Surrounded by more than 600 cavalry of the Selected Front Army, Xu Huai, Wang Ju, Zhu Han, Shi Zhen and others stepped on ice across the Yanglougou River. In their sight, several enemy scouts were wandering in the river valley area southeast of Ruzhou City, but no large number of enemy cavalry interspersed to intercept—

Xu Huai and the others met the messenger sent back by Wang Xian. They learned that the enemy troops in Heluo had about 14,500,000 people, and were quickly approaching Pishan. The front had already entered the river valley on the south side of Pishan and set up camp.

However, in the first batch of Heluo enemy troops advancing east, the number of cavalry was limited, with about two or three thousand people covering the flanks.

In addition, from Pishan to the west to Guangchengze, no trace of the large enemy cavalry has been found.

The military intelligence surveillance lurked in the hinterland of Heluo to explore military intelligence, and it has long confirmed that the elite cavalry under the Heluo General Administration Office retreated to Yique on the left and right of Wan'an Mountain after the battle of Guangchengyi, and the Daguguan camp was resting. At present, various signs have shown that Cao Shixiong has not yet mobilized the main cavalry force to Ruzhou again as soon as possible.

This is also normal.

After the battle at Guangchengyi, Cao Shixiong first used heavy troops to cut off the liaison between Ruyang and Zhiliang County, Ruzhou, and then transferred the main infantry forces to the periphery of Ruyang and took turns to attack Ruyang City. At that time, the main force of the Right Army in Chushan was restrained by the enemy in the west of Beijing and fought hard along the banks of the Centipede River north of Xiangcheng. There was no place for elite Red Hu cavalry to use their skills in Ruzhou.

On the prudent side, Cao Shixiong had no intention of sending a large group of cavalry to the area east of Ruzhou before taking down Ruyang. After the beginning of winter, Chushan and Ruzhou strictly strengthened the walls and cleared the fields, and guarded against enemy cavalry to intervene and infiltrate.

In addition to leaving a small number of cavalry to cooperate with the blockade, in the absence of other threats, the main force of the Heluo cavalry temporarily retreated to the city with more abundant food and grass reserves to rest and recuperate, so as to save the consumption of food and fodder and reduce the burden on logistics. This is also a reasonable arrangement.

Cao Shixiong may not have thought that he would conquer Ruyang so soon, so it took a process for him to re-transfer the main force of the cavalry back to Ruzhou.

Of course, although Cao Shixiong is the Marshal of the Heluo General Administration, he may not be able to send his fingers at will as he is as arm-to-arm.

In any case, the main force of the enemy cavalry was slow to move and did not intersperse into the area east of Ruzhou at the first time. In Xu Huai's opinion, this is a rare and comforting good news at the moment.

This means that the Chushan army in Ye County, Wuyang, Wuju and other places can enter the west of Ruzhou City for reinforcements more smoothly.

Otherwise, the Chushan Army, which was dominated by infantry, would have been unable to move forward in the city of Ruzhou through the open upper reaches of the Northern Army under the force of a large number of enemy cavalry.

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Xu Huai led the cavalry along the post road on the north bank of the North Army River and headed to Ruzhou City under the twilight.

Not only was there no gates closed on Ruzhou City, but the large group of people were leaving the city and gathered in front of the river beach near the North Marine River outside the south city.

Xu Huai sent someone to report and ask about the situation. After a while, several riders rushed here.

A scar-faced general had blood red eyes, and tears still remained on the corners of his eyes. He rode in front of him and got off the horse as if he was getting out of the horse, shouting sadly: "Mr. Xu, Mr. Zhu, I want to avenge my marquis! "

The scar-faced military general Yang Yaozong was the younger brother of the Yang Lin clan. He was originally a general in Fuzhou. After Emperor Jian ascended the throne in Xiangyang, he transferred to the Zuo Xiaosheng Army and other Yang military generals to command the troops. He was the commander-in-chief of Zuo Xiaosheng Army and the sixth general.

Although before, Yang Yaozong and others would be in charge of Caizhou in the defense zone of Chushan Camp, Zuo Xiaosheng's army could only guard a corner of Ruzhou and was full of opinions, they were full of thought that Chushan elites could avenge Yang's bloody hatred.

Seeing Yang Yaozong's grief and eager to seek revenge, Xu Huai knew that Ruzhou should have known that Yang Lin's death was at this time. He sighed in his heart and asked, "Where is Yang Qiye? You are gathering troops outside the city, where are you going to kill?"

"After Cao Gou thief dragged my marquis' body on horseback, the young marquis was very sad and angry, and he led the cavalry to Pishan to rob my marquis' body," Yang Yaozong shouted in grief, "We gathered our troops and horses, and then we rushed to fight the enemy to the death!"

"What?" Xu Huai couldn't believe that Yang Lin died of serious injuries, but his body fell into the hands of the enemy and was so mean!

When they left Ruzhou City and went to the river valley on the south side of Pishan, they were only twelve or three miles apart. They stood in the south of Ruzhou City and could see a large number of enemy troops deploying formations between Pishan and the Northern Army.

At this time, there were two or three hundred cavalrymen eight or nine miles away. Under the sky where the twilight was getting deeper, they were charging in a charge formation along the shallow and broad area on the north bank of the North Marine River, and heading towards the river valley on the south side of the Pishan Mountain.

Xu Huai noticed this team of cavalry just now, but he didn't expect that it would be Yang Qiye who led such a little cavalry and went straight to the enemy's formation.

"This is a powerful and seductive plan by Master Cao. I will send someone to persuade Mr. Yang to return!" Shi Zhen said in shock.

Zuo Xiaosheng's army built camps on the south side of Pishan, but there were only more than a thousand garrisons. In Ruzhou City, Zuo Xiaosheng's army had less than 5,000 soldiers, and the others were very poor in combat. The enemy troops arrived at the south side of Pishan and were coming to Pishan quickly, with more than 15,000.

Cao Shixiong's move was obviously intended to lure the remaining main force of Zuo Xiaosheng's army out of Ruzhou City before the main force of the Chushan Army came.

Even if Xu Huai arrived in Ruzhou at the first time, including the infantry and cavalry that had arrived in Pishan under Wang Xian, there were only 1,400,500 troops, and the size of the two sides was too big.

Seeing that the generals in Ruzhou were so angry that they could not help themselves. They were full of thought of regaining Yang Lin's body. Yang Qiye led only two or three hundred cavalry and charged straight towards the enemy's formation. The soldiers on this side were in a mess when they got out of the city and gathered. The generals were angry. Seeing that the generals were scattered out of the city, there was no advice and admonition. They were so impatient that they whipped the whip and beat them directly. Everything was disorderly. How could this battle be fought?

Shi Zhen threw himself into Chushan to specialize in government affairs and had no actual experience in commanding troops. However, as the actual revisionist of the "Martial Jing Zongyao", he was really familiar with the details of marching and combat, and there were really few people in the world who could match him.

Of course, not all the generals and officials of Zuo Xiaosheng's army and Ruzhou Prefecture Office were unreasonable.

But no one could have been so sad and angry that he was so worried that he would never see Yang Qiye, Yang Yaozong and other generals who were humiliated even if he died in the battle.

Zhu Han and Zhu Zhi were also in a heavy mood, but they also knew that they would fall into the enemy's treacherous plan when they went to fight in a hurry. They looked at Xu Huai: "Marty Xu, Ruzhou cannot be misunderstood!"

"Switch horses!"

Xu Huai also knew that Cao Shixiong was sinister and sinister, but how could he expect Yang Qiye and the generals of Ruzhou to calmly guard the city, watching the enemy general Yang Lin's body tied to the horse and drag and trample on the ice and snow?

Xu Huai's face was as gloomy as water, and he ignored Shi Zhen, Zhu Han and others' advice.

Yang Lin was unfortunately killed in battle. If there were no other higher-level generals and officials, Yang Qiye, as the commander of the first wing of Zuo Xiaosheng Army, would automatically temporarily take over the control. However, Xu Huai was in Ruzhou and according to the court's regulations, he was even more qualified to temporarily lead Ruzhou and Zuo Xiaosheng Army until the court appointed a new chief general.

After all, Zuo Xiaosheng's army was an imperial guard, not an Yang family's private army.

However, Xu Huai did not order Yang Yaozong and other generals to calm down, led their troops to retreat to the city, nor did he send anyone to chase Yang Qiye to order his return.

Under Yang Yaozong and others' eyes staring, Xu Huai ordered the soldiers of the front-selling army behind him to change their horses and make their final preparations before the battle. At the same time, he signed a military order and sent people to rush to the Yanglou River, ordering Xu Xin and others to march to Ruzhou and prepare for the night battle.

In a moment, the cavalry led by Yang Qiye had already entered the enemy's formation-

Judging from the enemy's posture of dispatching troops and generals, in addition to using armored soldiers to resist the assault of Yang Qiye's cavalry and attacking the flanks with hundreds of cavalry, about 2,000 cavalry directly stepped on the river ice and moved eastward, obviously to block the reinforcements from Ruzhou City so that they could eat Yang Qiye's cavalry first, or severely damage the troops who might fight from the southern foothills of Pishan!

Ruzhou City seems to be only twelve, thirty or four miles away from the battlefield on the south side of Pishan, and it is only a blink of an eye that the fast horse gallops. However, under the blockade of the 5,000 infantry of Zuo Xiaosheng's army, it is impossible to form a formation and advance to the south side of Pishan without an hour or two.

If Zuo Xiaosheng's army was marching like a long snake, advanced rapidly to the south of Pishan, and was rushed forward by a large number of enemy cavalry from the flanks, killed and destroyed, it might be a blink of an eye.

What Xu Huai can do now is to personally lead the five hundred elite troops of the selection army into the front line, blockade, intercept and tear open the enemy cavalry, tear them apart, and do everything possible to drive the enemy cavalry westward, so that the five thousand infantrymen of the Zuo Xiaosheng army rushed into the battlefield and flattened the passage.

Cao Shixiong took the power of new victory, relied on his advantage in military strength, and wanted to lure the main force of Zuo Xiaosheng's army out of Ruzhou City to fight in a mess, then fight in a mess!

Xu Huai sat back on the war horse wearing chain armor, frowned, stared at the battlefield on the south side of Pishan, and yelled and ordered:

"Niuya Mountain, carry the battle flag! Follow me to kill the enemy cavalry!"

Niu Er is not good at controlling skills and has no way to kill the enemy while galloping against the war horses.

However, no matter how sharp the blade is, it needs to be supported by a tough blade.

The assault cavalry formation is like a battle knife. It is far from enough to have only the wings that are good at rapid assault combat.

Niu Er tied the battle flag to his back and stood up high. More than a hundred fierce war horses around him were all wearing chain armor, walking close to the forward line led by Xu Huai and Wang Ju. They were like a heavy sword with a sword without a sharp edge, waiting to take the enemy to destroy the edge and break the strength.

Under the dull and watery twilight, the horn whimpered.

Shi Zhen, Zhu Han, Zhu Zhi and others stood in the open space south of Ruzhou City, watching Xu Huai, Wang Ju and others, surrounded by five thousand elite troops of the Selected Front Army led by Shi Hu, rushed westward along the vast river valley on the north bank of the North Marine River, as if a dark torrent.

The distance was a little farther, and the people became a little blurred, but Niu Er carried the White Tiger Battle Flag and flew in the wind, but it was so bright.
Chapter completed!