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"Are you still asleep? You can't get up when you fall asleep." Xue Si said.

Fang Tang spat: "Bah, bah, bah, don't talk frustratingly."

The two met while fleeing famine, and they voted for Yuan Laosan's team together.At that time, Yuan Laosan's army was called Dayuanying, and Yuan Shizhong's army was called Xiaoyuanying.

Yuan Laosan suffered a defeat, and they followed Nezha to rebel.

This Nezha, not that Nezha, really didn't have the ability to make a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, and was wiped out by officers and soldiers after only half a year of rebellion.

They went around and followed the four thieves back and forth, and now they are taking refuge under Zhang Yigui's command.

Xue Si couldn't sleep anyway, so he said in a low voice, "Do you think this battle can be won?"

"It doesn't matter who wins or loses," Fang Tang said indifferently, "If you lose, run quickly, if you win, run fast, maybe you can cut off the head of a high-ranking official."

Xue Si said again: "Do you still remember that Chen Xiucai?"

"The secret work of being caught and beheaded?" Fang Tang asked.

Xue Si nodded and said, "That's the one. He said that everyone in the south can share the land. They don't give land to landlords, but they all farm land for themselves. Emperor Zhao is also very benevolent. He has no servants and does not collect miscellaneous taxes."

Fang Tang laughed and said: "How can there be such a good thing in the world? That Chen Xiucai is talking nonsense."

"What if it's true?" Xue Si asked again with a longing look on his face, "A lot of folks have no food to eat, and they all went to the south together. Do you think they got the land?"

Fang Tang said: "Divide the fart's field. There is no good person who is an emperor or an official. Can you divide the field? Even if the field is divided, there will be severe drought every year, and no food will be grown. This In the world, only fools farm! God doesn’t have eyes, so he can’t grow food. God has eyes, and the food he grows is robbed by others. It’s true to rebel and serve as soldiers. If we don’t rebel, we won’t be soldiers under General Zhang. I've starved to death for years."

Xue Si sighed: "Oh, that's true."

Fang Tang warned: "Today's battle is very strange. It's so close to nightfall. I'm afraid it will start in the middle of the night. Fourth brother, be careful. If either of us falls asleep, remember to wake them up and run away together. We are all living ghosts whose whole family is dead, you take care of me, and I take care of you. Don't give your life to anyone, our lives are our own."

"I've been making noise all the time, how can I sleep?" Xue Si sighed.

……

Ouyang Shu was lying on the ground holding a spear, more precisely on the grass.

It's a bit cool at night, but fortunately it's not the season for mosquitoes to show their power, otherwise it will be even more uncomfortable tonight.

Although the superior's military order is to take turns to rest, Ouyang Shu can't sleep at all.From time to time, there were dragoons shouting between the two armies, or the gunfire soldiers in the front lit the matchlock.

As long as there is any movement, the orders from both sides will ring non-stop.

Ouyang Shu's ancestors belonged to a wealthy family in Anfu County, but in his generation, they have long been reduced to tenants.His name was given by Mr. Cunshu, who was born in the main clan, as a reward for his parents with half a catty of rice.

Ouyang Shu's eldest brother was also a soldier and was killed in battle with Sun Kewang.

In addition to the pension, the family also allocated an extra mu of land.The mayor also personally came to condolences, and let the eldest brother's two sons and a daughter study well, so that they can get extra points no matter what exams they take in the future.

Ouyang Shu also got the legacy of her elder brother, and she gave priority to converting from the militia to the regular army.

He is not afraid of fighting, and the young people in the village are eager to join the army. How many people look forward to fighting and making meritorious service.There are rewards for victories, pensions even for death, and extra points for children's exams. Anyway, serving as a soldier for Mr. Zhao will not suffer.

Taking off her armor and marching in a hurry during the day, and facing the enemy's pull back and forth in the evening, although Ouyang Shu didn't understand what was going on, she just followed the orders.

He has listened to those orders countless times, and he always supports them every day during training.

If he doesn't listen to the order for a day, he will feel that something is missing.

In Zu Dashou's eyes, it seemed so inconceivable that he would advance and retreat in battle.But for soldiers like Ouyang Shu, it was no different from usual training, they got used to it so early every day.

Afraid of the enemy's pursuit?

Hehe, the Datong army never thought that they would lose.

It doesn't matter if they are arrogant soldiers, anyway, they have long developed an aura of giving up to me, and even the low-level soldiers don't pay attention to Man Qing.

Ouyang Shu turned over and saw Shaoyang next to him, with one arm resting on the back of his head, the other hand holding a weapon, lying on the ground with his legs up looking at the moon.

"Hiss!" Ouyang Shu pressed the tip of her tongue against her teeth, and made a small sound in her mouth.

Shao Yang turned his head to look over, the two of them giggled silently.

Whispering is forbidden tonight, they dare not speak, throwing weed leaves at each other to relieve boredom.

After an unknown amount of time, the messengers in the team came over and whispered one by one: "A surprise attack at dawn, hurry up and rest, if you can't sleep, just close your eyes and wait."

It's strange to be able to sleep, there are movements every now and then.

……

Zu Dashou was always alert, but at dawn, he couldn't help dozing off.

The main reason is that he was highly concentrated in the first half of the night, and he was always on guard against the Datong army.Although they knew that the Datong army was using routines, it was a tactic to tire the enemy, and it also made them get used to making noise and giving up their vigilance.

But the trick still has to be tricked, at least Zu Dashou himself, yawning in the middle of the night.

Alas, as I get older, my ability to stay up late deteriorates.

Zu Dashou has an advantage in military strength, and the composition of the troops is messy.He doesn't want to fight at night, the daytime is very chaotic, and the fighting at night is even more chaotic, so we have to wait until dawn to talk about it.

The morning light is faint, and the sky is slightly bright.

"woo woo woo woo!"

The sound of the horn suddenly sounded, and Zu Dashou woke up instantly, but the Datong Army had already lit the matchlock and was preparing the whole army to attack.

Xue Si and Fang Tang, who were chatting last night, finally fell asleep in the second half of the night.

Hearing the bugle and the order from the superior, they stood up rubbing their sleepy eyes, and were forced to line up to meet the Datong army's attack.

"what……"

Xue Si covered his mouth and yawned, his mind was in a daze.

Fang Tang looked at the sky and murmured: "It's still daylight, what's the hurry on the other side?"

After Zu Dashou's military order was handed down for a long time, the Datong army began to jog forward, and the formation on his side was still not in place.

Many thieves who took refuge in the Qing Dynasty could not even understand the flag orders, nor could they understand the orders!

In desperation, only the most primitive method can be used.

Zu Dashou sent messengers to inform the generals on horseback, and ordered the two wings to outflank.He has 8 to 1 people, and the Datong Army only has more than [-], so he can't be separated without outflanking.

"Don't kill the prisoners!"

"Squat down and surrender!"

"Don't kill the prisoners!"

"Squat down and surrender!"

The 1 Datong soldiers shouted in unison.

It was a bit chaotic at first, but after a few more yells, it became more and more rhythmic, and even ran while stepping on the steps.

Xue Si's position is on the far right, and he didn't hear what the Datong Army was saying last night, so he asked confusedly, "Would it be possible to survive by squatting down?"

"It should be," Fang Tang reminded, "Squat down if the momentum is not good, survival is the most important thing."

Ouyang Shu didn't think about life or death, he was trotting and shouting with a long gun in his hand.The more you shout, the more imposing you are, the more you shout, the more confident you are, and you don't care about the tens of thousands of enemies on the opposite side.

The two wings are still outflanking, and when they move, the formation is extremely chaotic.

The Datong army rushed over, and after approaching, they ran faster and faster.Zu Dashou's former army, hearing those shouts and recalling the shouts from last night, subconsciously wanted to throw away their weapons and squat down.

Wu Sangui wanted to lead the cavalry to stop him, but the friendly troops were outflanking on both wings, blocking his harassment route in a mess, and the dragoons kept staring at him, so they wouldn't let Wu Sangui enter the field easily.

"Order the two wings, immediately meet the enemy and fight, don't go around again!" Zu Dashou roared.

Fearing that the generals would not obey the orders, the messengers rode out again, ran close and passed the message with their mouths.

At this time, the infantry of the Datong Army had rushed dozens of steps away, and the troops on the two wings rushed over, trying to cooperate with the front army to carry out a three-sided attack.

In order to cooperate with the friendly army's charge, Cao Bianjiao and Wei Guoxiang rode their horses to the opponent's two wings for a distance of twenty or thirty steps, regardless of the nearby Wu Sangui cavalry.

The whole army dismounted, raised their guns and fired.

Xue Si followed the officer around first, and then charged inside.Zhang Yigui's troops he was in were all old thieves for more than two or three years, and they were extremely brave in fighting desperately, so they could be called "elite".

But they really can't understand the flag order, and the formation is not neat, anyway, it's over when they are fighting.

Going in a mess, Xue Si moved closer to Fangtang as much as possible.Suddenly hearing the sound of horseshoes, I couldn't help turning my head to look, but saw the enemy cavalry charging closer and closer.

Then, dismount...

Fang Tang also saw it, and quickly shouted: "Fourth brother, you rush slowly, you have to save your strength to escape!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The person in front was shot and fell down. Before Xue Si could dodge in time, he tripped over the corpse and accidentally fell down.

Before he recovered, Fang Tang dragged his clothes and shouted, "Run!"

The 2500 riders on this side, a total of 2000 thousand people shot, and a distance of more than 20 steps knocked down a large area in an instant.

Xue Si stood up and found that there were countless casualties among friendly soldiers around him, and he didn't know how many died. Anyway, there were still many screaming and wailing who were wounded but not dead.

Xue Si was frightened out of his wits, and when he saw the enemy chasing him on horseback, he turned around and ran away.

"kill!"

Cao Bianjiao held a waist knife and led his troops to charge towards the rout, leaving only [-] cavalry to block Wu Sangui who was rushing after him.

"Run, run!" Fang Tang shouted.

Xue Si said in a crying voice: "I'm running, I'm running!"

Under the impact of this broken army, cavalry came from behind, and another army on the flank also collapsed.A chain reaction was triggered in an instant, and the flanking army was completely defeated. Some people even remembered shouting slogans, and even knelt down and surrendered in the face of cavalry pursuit.

Wu Sangui ignored the dragoons, he finally seized the opportunity, and charged towards the Datong soldiers who were charging, and charged from behind the Datong army!

"Brother, fight or flee?" Jiang Xuan asked.

"Where can I escape?"

Jiang Guan drew his bow and nocked his arrow: "Fight it!"

They followed behind the Datong pawns and were responsible for blocking the impact of Wu Sangui's cavalry on the infantry.

Of course, the Jiang brothers did not fight alone, and the dragoons on the two wings each kept five hundred, waiting there without firing their guns.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Shhhhhh!"

On each side, 500 dragoons fired their guns, and more than 400 Jiang brothers fired arrows from the front.Then, they all took up their weapons and charged towards Wu Sangui's 4000 cavalry—after being hit by arrows and guns, only four thousand remained.

There are only 1500 cavalry in total on the three sides, and the dragoons pulled their hips in close combat, but rushed towards the enemy army twice as large as themselves without hesitation.

After only one meeting, Jiang Xuan was beheaded by the horse, and Wu Sangui even beheaded two of them alone.

Thousands of cavalry fought in close combat like this, and the scene was extremely tragic. Because of inferior equipment, more than two hundred dragoons fell one after another.

Just when Wu Sangui's cavalry had an absolute advantage in the cavalry battle, the cavalry of those miscellaneous troops suddenly took the opportunity to flee the battlefield with their cavalry.They fled even if they won the battle, because on the friendly side, the infantry on both wings all fled, and fled back to attack the front army.

"woo woo woo woo!"

"Whoa!"

The infantry of the Datong Army formed a large formation, and all the ministries waved their flags frantically, and the copper whistles and horns also sounded.They changed formation during the charge, the melee soldiers ran to the sides, and the firecracker soldiers in the middle had no support at all.

Against the arrows of Zu Dashou's former army, the Datong firecrackers paid hundreds of casualties and rushed all the way to within twenty steps.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The firecracker hits three times in a row, and the enemy in front of him falls down like cutting wheat.

"Go on the bayonet!"

"Charge!"

"Toot, toot, toot, toot, toot, toot..."

Zu Dashou didn't even have time to mobilize the central army reserve, the front army and the two wings all collapsed.Even if he puts on his own elite, it is still unstoppable. More than 7000 firecrackers strike in three stages, and after releasing the blunderbuss, they all charge with bayonets.

Who can stand this?

Moreover, the two wings fled first, and the former army was already on the verge of collapse.

Facing the charge of Datong infantry, tens of thousands of Zu Dashou's former army did not escape.They threw away their weapons, some knelt down, some squatted down, and some squatted down, as if they had been prepared for a long time.

Some missionary officers stopped to mobilize the surrendered enemy generals: "Take up arms and charge with the army!"

Don't be afraid that these generals will defect again, because they have already lost their organization.

The generals who surrendered did not dare to fight tough battles, but they were good at fighting with the wind.So they picked up their weapons one after another and rushed with the Datong Army, and the Datong Army "increased" tens of thousands of troops in an instant.