Although there is a way to attack first and prevent Wang Shichong's army from forming successfully, strictly speaking, Sima Dekan, who actually commanded this decisive battle, was not a handsome man. He could only be an outstanding general who could charge into the battle and use it.

Some of the contingency tactics were lackluster in terms of coordinating the overall situation and using various military services. In particular, they failed to make good use of the cavalry team with the greatest advantage of the Xiaoguo Army, which gave the Wang and Li coalition forces too many opportunities to exploit their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

It was the same when Li Mi quietly launched a surprise attack. Sun Changle's 5,000 infantry advanced slowly, and two thousand-man cavalry attacked left and right to harass and cover. Even if the experienced commander couldn't guess Li Mi's true purpose, he would have dispatched it.

A cavalry force with an absolute advantage attacked one of the two harassing cavalrymen of Li Mi's army.

One of them, quickly defeated them, and then found an opportunity to attack the flanks or back of Li Mi's infantry, eating up Li Mi's attacking team bit by bit. However, Sima Dekan chose to send two cavalry of the same size.

They split up to attack the two cavalry groups of Li Mi's army. They also ordered the infantry to stand firm and use a strong formation to attack the infantry of Li Mi's army.

It cannot be said that what Sima Dekan did was wrong. The Xiaoguo Army's left wing actually had the upper hand. The Chinese army used defense instead of attack to preserve its strength. After General Fan Wenchao and other generals on the left wing defeated Pei Renji, they could free up their hands to jointly attack Li Mi's army.

The main force of the Chinese army. However, Sima Dekan's seemingly safe and sound choice brought Li Mi an opportunity and also brought the risk of failure to his own army.

The biggest danger to the Xiaoguo Army is of course Zhang Tong'er, who has brought his own dry food to serve as internal support for Li Mi. Although the current situation of the Xiaoguo Army is generally quite good, and there is no hope of victory if it can maintain it, Zhang Tong'er's handwritten begging for surrender

The letter was being held in Li Mi's hand. He could take it out at any time and kill Zhang Tong'er. Several

His immediate subordinates and the ten captains who actually commanded the troops had already been in contact. They knew that Zhang Tong'er was preparing to rebel, and the news might leak at any time, which would bring disaster to Zhang Tong'er, so when he saw Li Mi's infantry advancing toward

As the army position slowly approached, Zhang Tong'er was immediately forced into a corner where he had to make a choice.

They established their position and resolutely blocked the infantry of Li Mi's army. As soon as the messenger who conveyed Sima Dekan's military order left, several subordinates from the same country came up and scrambled to ask Zhang Tong'er in a low voice: "General, what should I do? Do you want to take action?

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He looked gloomily at the slowly approaching Li Mi Army infantry in front, and then looked back at the Huaji Brother Flag Formation behind him. Under the flag formation, a large number of Xiaoguo Army cavalry were lining up and waiting for orders. Zhang Tong'er's expression was even more hesitant -

- This is a risk with your head tied to your belt. It’s really not possible without hesitation. Several subordinates nearby became even more anxious when they saw it. They all urged: "General, it’s time to make a decision. If you don’t decide whether to take action, it will be too late."

Already."

"Be prepared first and wait for my order." Zhang Tong'er replied with a hoarse voice, his heart continued to shudder, and cold sweat spread all over his forehead in the cold wind.

The Li Mi Army cavalry led by Yang Defang and Zheng Detao were fighting back and forth with the Xiaoguo Army cavalry. The Li Mi Army infantry led by Sun Changle was also advancing slowly. Although the advancing speed was slow, it was gradually approaching the bow and arrow range of Zhang Tonger's Army.

Just when Zhang Tong'er was becoming more and more hesitant and nervous, Sun Changle's army suddenly ran out from behind.

As soon as he rode, a horse with a white flag in his hand rushed towards Zhang Tong'er's army position. Zhang Tong'er subconsciously ordered not to fire arrows. The envoy had already rushed to him and shouted: "General Zhang Tong'er, the time has come.

If you don't make up your mind now, when will you wait? Are you going to break the promise you made to Duke Wei by sending an envoy?"

Hearing the shouting, the Xiaoguo Army officers burst into an uproar, and Zhang Tong'er had no choice at all. He could only raise his sword and shout: "Brothers from Jiangdong, the time has come to take action. Everyone turns around and charges to kill Yuwen Wenhua."

And the traitors, go back to your hometown in Jiangdong!"

"Everyone turn around!" More than a dozen of Zhang Tong'er's comrades shouted loudly, roaring: "Turn around and charge, kill Yu Wenhua and the rebels, and return to their hometown in Jiangdong!"

In an instant, Zhang Boyer's army was in chaos without fighting. Some soldiers immediately turned around or turned around reflexively under the requirements of military orders, aiming their guns at the Huaji Xiongqi Formation in the rear, but most of the soldiers were disoriented and didn't know what to do.

His eyes widened and he couldn't believe that all this was true. Sun Changle's army took the opportunity to charge, shouting and striding forward. With almost no bows and arrows to suppress it, they quickly rushed to Zhang Tong's army.

Nearby.

The originally relatively orderly formation of the Xiaoguo Army's center also fell into chaos in an instant. Countless Xiaoguo Army soldiers were stunned. Brother Huaji, who was yawning on the handsome chair wrapped in a bearskin blanket, also jumped up in shock.

He shouted: "What happened? Why is there sudden chaos on Zhang Tong'er's side?"

p>At this time, Zhang Tong'er had already led a part of the troops who obeyed the command to launch a shouting charge, brandishing swords and guns and directly attacking the brother's flag formation. Sun Changle's army quickly defeated the dizzy remaining Zhang Tong'er's army, followed closely

Zhang Tong'er rushed directly into the Xiaoguo Army's formation, and the ace cavalry of the Li Mi Army behind him was overjoyed and launched a charge without hesitation.

The situation on the battlefield where the Xiaoguo Army had the upper hand suddenly reversed. When the Xiaoguo Army on the left and right saw the sudden change in the central army, they were frightened and became distracted. The army was panicked. The morale of Wang Shichong, Pei Renji and other troops soared, and the morale of the army was invigorated.

They immediately launched a counterattack on the spot, killing the panicked Xiaoguo Army until they could no longer resist, and gained the upper hand almost in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, Li Mi did not hesitate to issue the general offensive order, beat the charge drum, and personally led the main force of the Chinese army to rush into Brother Huaji's Chinese army position. Brother Huaji, Sima Dekan and others did not do so until this moment.

After waking up from the dream, he quickly ordered the cavalry to stop the traitor Zhang Tonger, trying to block the gap and buy time. However, the Xiaoguo Army cavalry rushed out hastily.

However, they were unable to take full advantage of the charge. Before the horses could exert their force, they already encountered Zhang Tong'er's army. Zhang Tong'er took the opportunity to lead the infantry into the gap between the cavalry, stabbing people up and cutting down the horses, killing without stopping.

The Xiaoguo Army cavalry was unable to resist, and then Sun Changle also rushed forward with his troops, and cooperated with Zhang Tong'er to deal a ruthless blow to the Xiaoguo Army that hastily fought.

The balance of victory began to tilt towards the Wang and Li coalition forces. Affected by Zhang Tong'er's rebellion on the battlefield, the Xiaoguo Army was in chaos. Not to mention using a strict formation to meet the general attack of Li Mi's army, they just wanted to effectively command all armies and departments.

The battle is full of difficulties, especially the Xiaoguo troops adjacent to Zhang Tong'er. They have to face the impact of the enemy and their own defeated troops, and they also have to guard against the main force of Li Mi's army who is charging towards them.

With a battered head, he didn't know what to do. Li Mi's army, which had successfully penetrated into the Xiaoguo Army's formation from Zhang Tong'er's position, always kept its formation intact and continued to attack various positions of the Xiaoguo Army from behind in order to support the main force.

They charged forward with all their strength, and when Li Mi personally led the main force to the front, several troops in the southeast corner of the Xiaoguo Army also collapsed immediately. They fled from top to bottom, and then disrupted other Xiaoguo Army positions.

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Wang Shichong also issued the general offensive order without hesitation. Using the Huainan warriors as arrows, more than 20,000 Dongdu soldiers used infantry and cavalry to beat the panicked Chen Zhilue to the point where he fled, and then quickly routed the equally panicked Xiaoguo Army infantry.

Expelling them, they quickly advanced towards Hua Jixiong's army.

The situation on the left wing of Fan Wenchao and Meng Jing was slightly better, but they could barely maintain their integrity. The morale of the army also declined rapidly. Pei Renji, a professional cheater, fought against the wind and led the army with boosted morale to push Xiaoguo's army forward.

The cavalry fought with great pain, and quickly gained the upper hand.

The wind and snow were obviously getting stronger, and the battle situation was much more unfavorable to the Xiaoguo Army. Although Brother Huaji still had more than 10,000 cavalry at his side, the sudden collapse of the front army severely reduced the charge of the Xiaoguo Army's cavalry.

There is no way for a cavalryman who cannot charge up in space.

Taking advantage of the group charge, they could only step forward to stop the enemy at the same speed as infantry. As a result, in close combat, the weakness of the cavalry's inflexibility was immediately exposed. They were beaten by the agile infantry and were miserable and difficult to parry.

It cannot turn the tide of the war.

The most important thing in cold weapon warfare is the morale of the army. When the morale of the army is panicked and the morale drops, the Xiaoguo Army's serious weaknesses in injuries and illnesses are quickly exposed. The Xiaoguo Army officers who no longer kill enemies and thieves with red eyes are in confusion, and their combat effectiveness is also reduced.

Along with the rapid decline in morale, the generals and soldiers were all panic-stricken.

, subconsciously looking for a way out, no longer just thinking about defeating the enemy in front of him and regaining his way out, Brother Hua Ji even jumped on the horse and was ready to run away at any time. The Wang and Li coalition forces were advancing with great success.

The Xiaoguo Army was beaten back and forth, gradually showing signs of total collapse.

The battle has reached this point. The Xiaoguo Army dare not say that the defeat is certain. Basically, as long as nothing unexpected happens, a disastrous defeat is inevitable. Wang Shichong and Li Mi both understand this well, so both Li Mi and Wang Shichong

I couldn't help but laugh wildly on the battlefield, "We will definitely win!"

"Woo--! Dong-dong-dong-dong!"

At the critical moment, an accident suddenly occurred. The sound of war drums and horns suddenly came from the depths of Mang Mountain in the northwest. At the same time, there were three blue and white wolf smoke rising straight into the sky, which quickly attracted the attention of many soldiers on the battlefield. Li Mi and Wang Shichong also quickly noticed.

At this point, when I looked up and saw the smoke, I couldn't help but be stunned and thought to myself: "Why are you lighting the smoke? Is there an ambush?"

There really was an ambush. Very quickly, about a school's cavalry rushed out of the forest under the banner of the Xiaoguo Army. They took a detour and rushed to the flag formation where only a few drummers and buglers were left. The speed was still very fast, and they were fighting with Xiaoguo Army.

The troops of the various branches of the Guo army were united by Wang Li

There was no time to stop them. Seeing this scene among the rebels, Brother Huaji, Sima Dekan and others were immediately dumbfounded and exclaimed: "When did we ambush the army there? Who arranged the ambush? I

How come you don’t know?”

It doesn't matter who set up the ambush. At the critical moment, the ambush of our own army suddenly appeared. Although the number was very pitiful, the officers and soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army who saw this situation were still greatly encouraged, and their morale improved and they stopped continuing.

collapsed and began to be able to effectively resist the enemy's attack. And that team of Xiao

The Guojun cavalry, both soldiers and horses, were obviously carefully selected. During the charge, their speed was amazing, and their formation was always intact. Wang Shichong, in his busy schedule, separated hundreds of infantrymen to step forward to block them, but they were also stopped by them.

He quickly walked around and watched as they flew towards the flag array left by Li Mi.

Although they were caught off guard, the few remaining defenders in Li Mi's flag formation quickly lined up to intercept. However, before they could engage the Xiaoguo Army cavalry, a dozen gunpowder bottles flew over their heads first, and the gunpowder exploded.

Their formation was in chaos, and the Xiaoguo Army cavalry also took the opportunity to rush past their position, rushed into Li Mi's flag formation and quickly cut down many military flags, and then rushed towards the back of the main force of Li Mi's army like flying.

The furious Li Mi's rear army immediately turned around to fight. However, what stunned Li Mi's army was that the Xiaoguo Army cavalry suddenly pushed out a man with five-flowered robes who looked like Li Mi, and shouted in unison: "We have captured Li Mi!"

We caught Li Mi! We caught Li Mi!"

Shouting, the team of Xiaoguo Army cavalry did not fight with Li Mi's rear army at all. They adjusted their direction slightly to avoid the interception of Li Mi's rear army, and then quickly approached other teams of Li Mi's army, while shouting that we had captured Li Mi.

They also kept asking the man who looked very much like Li Mi to flaunt the slogans in front of the military ranks, proving that they had indeed succeeded in raiding Li Mi's military flag formation and successfully captured Li Mi himself.

Not to mention, this team of Xiaoguo Army really played a huge role. When they heard the shouts and saw the prisoners who looked like Li Mi's thieves, the officers and soldiers of Li Mi's army were in chaos. The Dongdu Army under Wang Shichong was also dumbfounded and said

Li Mi really has been captured unfortunately, but the Xiaoguo Army has the best effect. Hearing these cries

, the morale of the Xiaoguo Army officers immediately surged again, and they roared and fought with the enemy risking their lives, regaining some local advantages. Chen Zhilue, the general of the Xiaoguo Army who had had close contact with this mysterious Xiaoguo Army, was not yet ready.

Living up to his name and feeling blessed, he asked his soldiers to shout the slogan "Catch Li Mi", which boosted the morale of the troops and at the same time demoralized the enemy.

You can imagine how angry Li Mi was when he received this report. When he saw the mysterious Xiaoguo Army cavalry showing off and then fleeing directly to the west, Li Mi woke up and cursed: "It's the Guanzhong Army! It's the Guanzhong Army."

Those guys pretended to be Xiaoguo soldiers to trap us! Quick, let Yang Defang lead the cavalry to pursue us. No matter where we go, we must catch up and capture some prisoners!"

It was quite difficult to convey news among the rebellious army. When Yang Defang received the order, the mysterious team of Xiaoguo Army cavalry had already fled to the edge of the field of vision, but Yang Defang still led his troops to pursue without hesitation. However, could Yang Defang catch up with that team?

Leaving aside the Xiaoguo Army, the Xiaoguo Army is still troubled by this mysterious friendly army.

The rain brought morale back up. Even though they were still at a disadvantage, the army was no longer as chaotic as before. At the same time, the three forces that were fighting fiercely gradually noticed a new change - due south, the rising tide also rose.

Several streaks of green and black smoke! The smoke shot straight into the sky, and I didn’t know where the emergency was coming from!

Li Mi and Wang Shichong also quickly noticed the existence of the smoke in the south. When they were shocked and quickly identified the location, Wang Shichong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, because the smoke was far away from Dongdu City, and it was obviously not Dongdu that was in danger. They also observed the location.

But Li Mi's face turned pale all of a sudden - because the location of those smokes was exactly where Wang Bodang's camp was!

(How far the smoke can send the signal, the author cannot verify, but there is a clear record in "Wu Jing Zong Yao" that the Tang Dynasty set up a beacon tower every thirty miles, so the straight-line distance is more than twenty miles, Jinyong City here

You should be able to see the smoke coming from Wang Bodang’s camp. At the same time, you can see the smoke coming from Wang Bodang’s camp.
To be continued...