North bank of the Yellow River.

Wang Fubao and Liu Heita were arguing fiercely. They led their troops south quickly, but after arriving here, they had a dispute.

Faced with the news that the scout had reported that there were large troops stationed and intercepted on the south bank of the Yellow River, Wang Fubao believed that to be safe, he would wait for the arrival of the Xia army behind him before heading south.

However, Liu Heita believed that emergency rescue was like putting out a fire, so he should use this vanguard to cross the river.

Finally, Liu Heita said to Wang Fubao, "If you don't want to cross the river, I will go out alone."

This made Wang Fubao have to agree with Liu Heita's plan to take risks.

"We only have eight thousand men and horses now, but there are eighty thousand men and horses on the other side, and Li Mi may lead a large army to reinforce at any time. Now Dongjun is a huge trap. I believe Li Mi must have been waiting outside for a long time, just waiting for us to cross the river."

Liu Heita said, "So what about 80,000? Soldiers are more expensive than elites!"

Wang Fubao had no choice but to say, "Then our eight thousand people must quickly rush to cross the enemy and then fight to the decisive battle with the enemy. We will attack the masses with a small number, and even face the danger of being attacked halfway."

"I know, so what?" Liu Heita said.

Dou Jiande's Xia army has encountered only a handful of defeats since the uprising, and it has been extremely successful among the various rebels. And they have gone from a group of salt grass thieves in Douzigang to Daxia generals who now occupy most of Hebei, this success also makes them extremely confident.

Especially after defeating the famous general Li Jing, their confidence has expanded extremely.

On a cold night.

Wang Fubao and Liu Heita took dangerous moves and led their troops to cross the river quickly at night. Before the Wei army on the south bank responded, they crossed the Yellow River first and quickly assembled on the south bank.

At this time, after the Wei army in the camp on the south bank of the Yellow River discovered the situation, they rushed to block them by the river.

Xia army lined up with the backs of water.

This was the first frontal battle between the Xia army and the Wei army.

Zhu Can's time should not count.

The Wei army did not understand the Xia army's combat methods. They just regarded the Xia army as an ordinary anti-army, or even as an army of their own.

In the eyes of these Wei troops, anti-army generally means the common situation of poor military discipline, poor equipment, and even poor combat effectiveness.

They don't know.

In fact, although Dou Jiande's Xia army started out as a rash, their tactical ideas were always under the influence of Luo Cheng. Dou Jiande, Liu Heita, Wang Fubao, and others who were born in Luo Cheng's army have not forgotten the hard battles they had won under Luo Cheng's command, so they have been learning and imitating Luo Cheng's tactics.

The tactical ideas that Xia Jun have always used are good steel on the blade.

Although there were quite a few soldiers in the Xia army, there were always distinctions between war soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, as well as elites such as jumping, first climbing, and selecting the striker.

Even among the eight thousand soldiers and horses that came south this time, there was an armored cavalry.

Liu Heita personally led a thousand heavy cavalry. Although these heavy cavalry were not as good as Luo Cheng's iron cavalry, they were only half armored cavalry. The knight only had heavy armor on the upper body, and only the first half of the war horse was equipped with thick horse armor.

However, the practice of concentrating elite troops to create half armored cavalry is extremely rare among other rebels. Even if some are done, they are usually more than a dozen or dozen or more cavalry, and most of them are personal guards as the main generals.

It is rare to combine thousands or hundreds of elite troops together to form heavy cavalrymen.

The half-heavy cavalry under Liu Heita was only a thousand people. They were built by gathering the strength of the entire Xia army. They were the best equipped and the best soldiers. All of them were outstanding in combat skills and skilled in archery and horses.

At this time, Wang Fubao also had a heavy infantry under his command, with a total of two thousand. Among them, there was a battalion of Modao Sword Players, a battalion of elite sword players, a battalion of elite crossbow soldiers, and a battalion of horse-riding infantry soldiers.

These two thousand elite infantry can be as good as ten.

In comparison.

The Wei army paid more attention to quantity. Li Mi claimed to have a million troops, but in fact, after annexing Meng Rang's troops, his troops reached 600,000.

But there are too many mobs.

The real elite, Wei Wuzhang, was directly controlled by Li Mi, and was like an imperial guard guard beside him.

The Wei army that intercepted the Xia army relied on many troops, so a military formation of several miles long was set up on the plain.

In addition to being long, this super long infantry formation has another characteristic, which is its thinness.

A thin layer, which is about ten rows.

Then there was no one behind.

The Wei army set up such a long snake formation, obviously trying to stop the Xia army, or even double-team the Xia army and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

The battle begins.

The Xia army's light cavalry took the lead in charging, but did not take advantage.

Because the infantry of the Wei army was basically spearmen, and with the shield back in the front row and a small number of crossbowmen in the back row, relying on their huge numerical advantage, they forced the Xia army's light cavalry to charge back.

The Xia army's light cavalry rushed for several waves, unable to break through the thin military formation, and began to retreat.

The Wei army general was overjoyed.

"The whole army attacked and drove all the damn Hebei guys into the Yellow River!"

The battle on the south bank of the Yellow River led Cao Bao in Baima City to know about it. He climbed up the high building and watched the Xia army brothers fighting on the shore in the distance, so he also led his army to open the city gate and fight out.

However, when Wang Bo built a wall outside the city, it caused Cao Bao to leave the city to be trapped in his fortifications.

Wang Bodang's subordinates were able to stand on the earth wall and shoot arrows from a high place to attack Cao Bao who left the city. Cao Bao's army also suffered great casualties, which was even heavier than when he was defending the city.

On the bank of the Yellow River.

The Xia army retreated step by step.

The Wei army was attacking like a tide, and the entire army pursued.

But soon, the situation on the battlefield changed slightly.

Although the Xia army retreated step by step, it has not been defeated from beginning to end. Even if it retreats, it retreats neatly.

But on the contrary, the Wei army's pursuit seemed much more chaotic. As soon as the pursuit was farther, infantry and cavalry began to separate, and even infantry dispersed draggingly.

The already thin military formation has completely become a scattered line.

This is also a phenomenon in many peasant armies such as the Wei army. There are many soldiers, but they are still not good at it.

The Wei army was chasing her hard, and no one realized this problem at all, and no one thought about where Liu Heita's half-equipped thousand-man armored cavalry was?

Where are Wang Fubao’s two thousand elite infantrymen?

They only knew that the Xia army had retreated, so they rushed to pursue it, wishing they could drive the Xia army into the Yellow River immediately.

The Xia army soon retreated to the edge of the Yellow River, and behind it was the Yellow River.

Although there is no swaying river water and there is a surviving ice on the river, the Xia army will not just retreat across the Yellow River.

Wang Fubao's flag was raised by the river bank and then stopped retreating.

So the Xia army generals and the flags of the regiment camp were raised, and they remained firm.

The Xia army no longer retreated.

They lined up by the river and wanted to fight with their backs.

Judging from their flag moves and their military formations are neat, there is no sign of a defeat. On the contrary, the Wei army on the opposite side has already chased them all the way and has already run away into scattered soldiers.

A Wei general who was rushing in front was shocked when he saw the Xia army's army formation. However, it was impossible to stop the team at this time.

"Prepare for crossbowman!"

In front of the Xia army, an officer was issuing an order.

The enemy is approaching.

The crossbowmen, whose proportion in the military formation, had already raised their crossbow machines and aimed at the front.

"The enemy is two hundred steps away!"

Someone shouted.

"Stay steady, keep calm!"

The leaders of the team who led the battle shouted with all their might.
Chapter completed!