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The iron horse rumbled, like a powerful fist, and hit the Xiguan army hard.

Thousands of Xiguan troops were coming towards the south quickly. The cavalry was extremely fast, and they met head-on in just a moment. Although the Xiguan army was already in a winning position, they were obviously still very afraid of the cavalry from Beishan.

Hearing the shouts and shouts from the Xiguan army, I saw that the Xiguan army quickly spread out to the two wings. The speed was not unpleasant, but the speed of the Beishan cavalry was still ahead of the Xiguan army, and a torrent hit them hard. The Xiguan army screamed again and again, and under the sabers of the Beishan cavalry, the Xiguan soldiers fell one after another.

The Xiguan army chasing Beishan's defeated army found that the Beishan cavalry was attacking the Xiguan army. Under the banners, the Xiguan army rushed towards the Beishan cavalry like ants.

Luo Dingxi swung his knife and slashed fiercely, but he also knew that the cavalry was not strong after all. Once surrounded by Xiguan troops gathered from all directions, the disparity in strength between the two sides was still unimaginable, and he did not dare to fight. Soldiers come first, so there is no need to entangle and fight with the Xiguan Army. Although the number of Beishan cavalry is not large, they are well-trained. They rushed back and forth in the wilderness, and the Xiguan Army suffered a lot of losses for a while.

Suddenly he heard the sound of horns from Qingtang City, Luo Dingxi turned his head and looked over, and saw that the gate of Qingtang City was really wide open, and people poured out from the city.

Luo Dingxi's expression was dignified, and immediately made people raise the banner. A thousand infantrymen led by Xiao Jingsheng were waiting in formation, but the Xiguan Army that rushed out of Qingtang City was obviously much stronger than Xiao Jingsheng. Xiao Jingsheng looked at the Xiguan Army who was like a wolf Approaching directly to my side, my heart was very nervous, and I shouted to let a hundred archers step forward to block the surging Xiguan army with arrows.

Arrows swished and whizzed, but there were too few archers. Although some people were shot by arrows when Qingtang was defending the army, the array pushed forward violently, shouting like thunder.

Xiao Jingsheng looked at the icy light of swords flashing in the formation of the Xiguan Army under the sun, and felt even more nervous. He had little experience in battle, and it was easy to say words of arrogance, but not everyone can do things with arrogance. At this time, I really want to turn the horse's head and withdraw immediately.

"Kill me!" Seeing that the Xiguan Army was approaching, Xiao Jingsheng waved his arm, but he didn't rush forward.

On the contrary, these soldiers under his command saw countless Beishan soldiers fleeing southward, but they still wanted to stay and fight bloody battles with the Xiguan army. Their mentality had changed, and their morale was even more sluggish. Xiao Jingsheng gave an order, but did not take the lead Charging, on the contrary, they reined in their horses and shrank back. The soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay. Seeing the countless Xiguan troops attacking like wolves and tigers on the opposite side, many soldiers felt frightened in their hearts.

Xiao Jingsheng originally thought that when the order was issued, the infantrymen under him would definitely rush forward without hesitation, but the fact was beyond his expectation. When the military order was passed down, only the soldiers under him looked around, and there were dozens of soldiers who were tiger-headed and tiger-headed. I rushed forward, but felt that no one was following behind me. When I turned around and saw that the large army was not rushing up, I immediately turned around and returned to the formation.

Although Xiao Jingsheng is the eldest son of the governor of Beishan, he has no prestige in the army. Now he is in a difficult situation, but he can't take the lead. Naturally, it is difficult for the soldiers to follow orders. Suddenly, someone in the formation shouted: "No more If you leave, you will die here, they can run, why should we stay...!"

As soon as the words fell, several soldiers were seen fleeing from the formation and also ran to the south.

These thousands of infantry had no fighting spirit at all, and they were able to line up to meet the enemy because of their bounden duty. When the entire Beishan Army collapsed, they were still lining up outside Qingtang City. Like a silk thread, a few soldiers fled from the formation at this moment. Although the number was small, they were like a sharp dagger, cutting off the fighting spirit like a thread in an instant, and the consequences would naturally be very serious. Xiao Jingsheng will soon see It turned out that the Xiguan Army hadn't come close, and nearly a thousand soldiers under them, like a flood bursting a bank, suddenly roared into one piece. The originally tight formation collapsed in an instant. First a few, then in the blink of an eye. Dozens of hundreds, all the soldiers in a moment, all turned around and fled south.

Xiao Jingsheng was taken aback, galloped his horse, wanted to stop the soldiers, and even hacked to death several fleeing Beishan Army with a knife, but the army was defeated. At this time, even Luo Dingxi could no longer control the situation of the Beishan Army, let alone Xiao Jingsheng , There were still soldiers who came forward under his command, but in a blink of an eye he became a polished commander.

Xiao Jingsheng knew that the situation was over, and looked back, only to see Luo Dingxi leading the cavalry to fight against the Xiguan army, and Yuan Liao also leading the infantry to catch up to the battle. Only his army was defeated before the battle. Angry and ashamed at the same time, seeing the soldiers and horses from Qingtang City approaching, he was helpless and unwilling, so he could only turn his horse's head around and retreat to the south.

It was naturally Lu Cunxiao who led the Qingtang defenders into battle. Lu Cunxiao rushed to the front with a huge ax in his hand. When he left the city, he saw thousands of soldiers and horses of Xiao Jingsheng waiting in formation. He thought it was a bloodbath, but before he got close, he saw the Thousands of soldiers dispersed at once, and the Xiguan Army was stunned, but they did not stop advancing, but quickly approached Luodingxi's cavalry corps.

Luo Dingxi's situation at this time is also extremely bad. The cavalry attack certainly brought losses to the Xiguan Army. Even at this moment, the cavalry galloping back and forth in the wilderness has the upper hand in terms of combat effectiveness. The army has completely collapsed, and the soldiers and horses rushing out of Qingtang City have turned their guns, and instead of chasing Xiao Jingsheng, they came to kill him. Not only the defenders of Qingtang City, but also the Xiguan Army scattered around. Like a cat smelling a fishy smell, they all moved closer to this side.

Luo Dingxi knows that the key point of the Xiguan Army's current goal is the cavalry under his command. If this cavalry exists, it will always pose a certain threat to the Xiguan Army. Only by completely annihilating this cavalry, then from now on, Beishan There will no longer be a major threat to Xiguan.

"Withdraw!" Luo Dingxi yelled loudly. As the saying goes, there are raging soldiers and raging generals, but Luo Dingxi is not a bear general, but the Beishan Army is a Xiong army. Once a difficult situation arises, the willpower of the Beishan Army is frighteningly weak. He ordered the horn players around him to blow their horns. Hold on, this cavalry is hard to fly even with wings, so they will all be killed here.

The Beishan Army has no reinforcements, and now they can only rely on themselves to break out.

With the sound of the horn, the cavalry had no intention of fighting, and quickly broke through to the south. Under the leadership of Luo Dingxi, they left more than 200 corpses and retreated south.

Luo Dingxi felt chills all over his body. He had fought many battles, but he had rarely experienced such a big defeat this time. He led the remnants of the defeated army to the Liangzi River without stopping.

The cold has not dissipated, and there is still a layer of ice on the surface of Liangzi River. The ant-like Beishan army retreated from the ice to the south bank. The cavalry led by Luo Dingxi was extremely fast. Just arrived at the bank of Liangzi River, the crowd was crowded, and many people couldn't cross the river for a while. Xiao Jingsheng was still on the north bank at this time. When he saw Luo Dingxi leading the army back, he saw it and urged his horse to come over. , I didn't fight and retreated, I...!"

Luo Dingxi smiled wryly and said, "Young Master, the matter has come to this point, and it is not your responsibility...Young Master, hurry across the river, and the Xiguan Army is still chasing after you."

Suddenly they heard the sound of horns on the opposite bank, they looked up and saw a lot of people pushing carts some distance away from the opposite bank, Luo Dingxi could tell at a glance that it was a catapult.

Catapults are siege weapons that can throw huge boulders. In order to take Jiazhou this time, Danyang City has prepared some siege weapons for emergencies.

On the surface of the river, there were people all over the place, and suddenly there was a burst of exclamation from the crowd, and someone shouted loudly: "The ice is cracked, it's not good, the ice is cracked...!"

The ice layer on the river was not thin, even galloping horses would be fine, but at this moment tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were retreating from the ice, the pressure on Liangzi River can be imagined.

On the surface of the river, ice cracks appeared in many places immediately, and the crowd was crowded, and many people fell into the ice hole immediately.

"My lord, hurry up and cross the river." Luo Dingxi urged, "The humble post will be postponed later!"

Xiao Jingsheng was also flustered at this time, and did not dare to delay. He patted the horse and reached the river. At this time, the Beishan army retreated. Escape from birth.

On the south bank of the Liangzi River, Xiao Huanzhang had a gloomy face at this moment. Dozens of catapults were lined up, and each catapult was separated by a long distance. Said in a deep voice: "Send the order to go down and prepare to install stones. The governor gave the order to break the ice immediately to prevent the Xiguan army from crossing the river."

Someone nearby hurriedly said: "Xiao Du, the river is full of our people, breaking the ice at this time, many of us will die...!"

"A dry wine bag and rice bag, a strong man wrapped in horse leather, nowhere like them, they are a bunch of spineless things." Xiao Huanzhang's hand holding the horsewhip trembled slightly.

After Xiao Jingsheng led the reinforcements out of the battle, Xiao Huanzhang thought about it. What he was most worried about was that after the Beishan Army retreated across the board, the Xiguan Army would follow and attack Danyang City.

Liangzi River was the only barrier between Beishan and Xiguan. Of course, he thought that this river must be used to stop the Xiguan army from attacking.

After Xiao Jingsheng took people away, he immediately issued an order to mobilize the catapults in the city. The troops were insufficient, so he brought in the strong men in the city, transported the catapults to the river bank, and put the Liangzi River within the overdraft range. When coming over, use the catapult to reveal the boulder and smash the ice, so as to prevent the Xiguan army from attacking.

He was riding on a horse, looking at the crowded river, and suddenly saw a person in the middle struggling to come this way, and he recognized Xiao Jingsheng at a glance, not because he had good eyesight, but because Xiao Jingsheng's armor was too conspicuous, even though Xiao Jingsheng was not good He rarely goes into battle, but he is very concerned about his armor. Xiao Jingsheng is wearing a silver armor today and riding on a tall horse, which is naturally very conspicuous.

Seeing Xiao Jingsheng squeezed towards this side among the crowd, Xiao Huanzhang was slightly relieved. The battle ahead was chaotic, and he was also worried that something would happen to Xiao Jingsheng on the front line. After all, Xiao Jingsheng was already his only son, and he absolutely could not have Lost, thinking in his heart that as soon as Xiao Jingsheng crossed the river and saw the Xiguan army appearing behind him, he could immediately order the throwing of stones.

Suddenly, Xiao Huanzhang's expression changed. Although it was a long distance away, Xiao Huanzhang saw that Xiao Jingsheng, who was riding towards the south bank on a horse, fell off the horse for some reason.

His eyes were wide open, and Xiao Jingsheng's eyes were also wide open at this time. He tried his best to go to the south bank in the crowded crowd, and when he saw that he was about to cross the river, he felt a sharp pain in his neck, and something seemed to be sticking out of his throat. , the breath in the chest cavity could no longer be brought up, the body shook twice immediately, and fell over.

Although the fleeing Beishan soldiers ignored the people around them, Xiao Jingsheng rode a high horse and wore battle armor, which was very conspicuous. He fell off the horse suddenly, which naturally attracted the attention of everyone around. Everyone saw Xiao Jingsheng fell off the horse, and only saw a Zhi Yu's arrow actually shot from the back of Xiao Jingsheng's neck, penetrated the neck, and came out from the front throat.

This arrow is extremely accurate, piercing through the neck, it is impossible to survive no matter what.