A rare sunny day in winter.

Shi Zhuang sat on his saddle, squinting his eyes and enjoying the caress of the sun. Around him, three hundred cavalrymen were also sitting on the ground. This was his only cavalry now, and at the same time, his personal guard. As a general of the first guard, the three hundred guards were the upper limit. No matter where he went, he could bring these three hundred people.

Everything is ready, the trap has been dug deep enough, and there is no worry that the enemy will not jump in.

The information I just received surprised Shi Zhuang. Ding Sheng from Yiyang actually brought half of his men back to Changsha. Originally, Shi Zhuang thought that this guy would give up Yiyang all.

Leave half and walk half, this is undoubtedly the worst choice.

I can't bear to let go of this, and I can't leave it alone, so how can a big thing be achieved?

Of course, compared with the Tang Dynasty, Ding Sheng's choice was an unexpected surprise, which would make him defeat each one more calmly.

Hunan soldiers are still very fierce. Although they are not tall, they are not afraid of life and death when fighting. On the Yiyang front line, small-scale troops will burst out from time to time. Liang Han, who is on the front line, still praised the quality of the other party's soldiers.

But one general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies.

Now, thirty artillery pieces have been arranged on Jigongling and Yabeiling. In terms of fighting, it really made the Tang army spend all their efforts to get these sixty artillery pieces up the mountain. Fortunately, the mountain is not high and not too steep. But this also has its disadvantages. Once the war starts, the enemy will definitely charge towards the mountains on both sides at all costs. Shi Zhuang must leave enough manpower to protect these cannons. The manpower blocked in front will not appear so thick.

This time, Shi Zhuang's black tiger was heartbroken. Including Zheng Wenchang's two thousand navy troops, it was only more than 10,000. After leaving three thousand people to intimidate outside Changsha, only eight thousand people brought here this time. After leaving two thousand people to guard the mountains on both sides, there were less than four thousand people at the forefront. The gap between the two mountains they were about to guard was three miles long.

Therefore, Shi Zhuang also needs Chen Changping to arrive in time, otherwise the opponent's cavalry would be in trouble.

The ground trembled slightly, and all the three hundred cavalrymen beside Shi Zhuang stood up instantly and began to put their saddle on the horse's back. Shi Zhuang stood up slowly, raised the monocular in his hand, and looked at the end of the road.

So many cavalry!

It was so dark that I couldn't see the head at first sight.

Lu Yuan’s flag, Ding Hao’s flag, hey, there are actually Jiangxi cavalry flags. It seems that the Southern Alliance is really united now.

Even the death came together.

With less than 20,000 cavalry, this formation is big enough. It is rare for the Southern Alliance to gather so many cavalry at one time! Shi Zhuang has only seen such a large formation of more than 20,000 cavalry at one time. It was in the battle where Li Ze was famous all over the world, and the Yishui River, which laid the foundation for Li Ze's fortune in one fell swoop. The impact of Zhang Zhongwu's 20,000 cavalry was defeated.

Shi Zhuang still remembers that scene.

That time was also the closest battle to death in Shi Zhuang.

Winning, losing, life and death are actually just between the front lines.

Today, he once again saw such a magnificent scene.

Compared with his opponent, his current military strength is really pitiful, but he is much more certain than that time, and he is even in control of the victory.

Back then, the Yishui River was actually unsure about victory or defeat, including Li Ze, but it was just that it was forced to do so. This battle would not be possible without fighting.

That battle completely caused Zhang Zhongwu to fall from the top and recover from it. He was forced to enter the dead end by Li Ze step by step. He struggled for many years, but he still did not escape and was caught by Tang Jun. He was stabbed on the execution ground.

After the battle today, the Southern Alliance will also be cut off. For the Southern Alliance, if 20,000 cavalry are lost, there is no possibility of organizing such a large cavalry again.

A gunner beside him had a red face. He didn't know whether it was blown by the cold wind or excited, but he looked a little trembling. Shi Zhuang patted his shoulder, which scared him.

"How is it? Can you hit it correctly?" Shi Zhuang asked with a smile.

"Yes, General!" The gunman subconsciously thrust his chest and said loudly. After saying this, he said embarrassedly: "This darkness doesn't need to aim at it at all! Anyway, it can be blown up a lot with just one shot."

Shi Zhuang laughed and looked at the members of the gun team around the cannon and said, "Then fight quickly. The place is a bit flat, but the war horses can rush up. The more they are killed, the smaller the impact we will suffer next."

The valley is long enough and wide enough. Judging from past combat experience, this place is not a good place for ambushing. Therefore, the Union of the Southern Army broke into this area without any scruples.

Finally, all 20,000 cavalrymen entered this long valley.

"Fire the cannon!" A Tang army officer stood up and pressed down the red flag in his hand.

On Jigong Ridge, thirty cannons were lit at the same time, and the muzzle spewed out of the flames. Thirty flower bullets shot out a wonderful parabola from the mountain and landed into the valley.

At the same time, another thirty cannons sounded at the same time on the duck beak inner ridge.

Ding Hao looked at the sky in horror.

Lu Yuan suddenly pulled his horse and looked into the sky.

Sixty black shells fell down with a whistling sound like a deadly sickle flying from the Nine Nether Hell.

Explosions followed by explosions.

Inside the valley, there was a mess in an instant.

Each shell fell, and it could turn a space of more than a meter into an open space. The dead fell to the ground, the injured howled and screamed. The life of the war horses was much harder than that of the human beings. Many injured war horses were neighing and jumping around, running wildly in the valley uncontrollably until they fell.

Seeing that the downstairs turned into a pot of porridge, Shi Zhuang rode his horse and sneered: "Let's go down."

The detour reached the front end of the valley, where there was a scattered line, and four thousand soldiers formed a horizontal formation, blocking the way out of the valley.

"Run over, rush over!"

Unlike Ding Hao who was a little confused for a moment, Lu Yuan reacted immediately. Seeing Ding Hao beside him still stunned, he suddenly whipped up Ding Hao's horse thighs and shouted: "Roar, don't stop."

Ding Hao's war horse took this blow and rushed forward suddenly.

"Lu Wei, lead your troops to charge towards Jigongling."

"The remaining cavalry, follow me and charge towards Yabei Ridge!"

After two orders, Lu Yuan whipped his backhand and rushed upward towards Yabeiling. Behind him, about a thousand cavalry shouted and rushed upwards.

On the other side, his general Lu Wei led another cavalry to charge towards Jigongling.

On the mountains, the artillery soldiers ignored the cavalry that rushed up quickly, and just focused on cleaning up the shells, loading, loading, and firing them. In front of them, rows of Tang troops stood upright.

"Grenade!" the officer shouted sternly.

The Tang army in the last row ignited the grenade lead in his hand, counted three times, swung his arm and threw the grenade towards the bottom of the mountain.

In the front row, I was holding a crossbow and staring at the opponents who were likely to perform well.

Grenade attacks from a distance, crossbow arrows defend near the near defense. Finally, spears are stinging, and they have only one mission to protect artillery.

Ding Hao ran wildly on the horse.

He saw the flying flags of the Tang army at the end of the canyon and the infantry line of defense.

Then he heard the deafening explosion.

In front of the infantry defense line, Shi Zhuang buried a considerable number of explosive cannons, calculated the time, ignited the lead line, and then sent hundreds of cavalry rushing into the top to the sky.

This also includes Ding Hao running in front.

Poor Ding Hao, for not many days, had just been in high spirits, and he lost his life in such an unknown way. He fell to the ground and fell into the explosion of the big hole. In the sky, earth and rocks fell down, burying him and his people and horses.

Not only in front, but at this moment, there was also a violent explosion behind them.

The road ahead and the back are all closed.

The sound of cannons continued slowly, and the sound of the explosion of the grenade was heard.

Lu Yuan could see the muzzles that emitted flames, but if he wanted to destroy them, he would first kill all the Tang soldiers standing in front.

But how easy is this?

The black bumps flying on their heads and the extremely sharp iron sheets flying around while exploding, making it impossible to defend, or the infantry can rely on shields, but the cavalry are just wearing leather armor and are unable to resist under the attack of these iron sheets.

"War, is this what it is now?" Lu Yuanlema stood on the hillside, looking at the chaotic cavalry in confusion. The three-mile-wide valley was not narrow for the cavalry, but at this moment, it was all shrouded under the cover of the opponent's artillery fire.

"This is unfair!" Lu Yuan screamed.

In the distance, the sound of hooves rumbled and the battle flag was flying. A cavalry brigade was approaching the battlefield like a long dragon. The flying flag of Chen made Lu Yuan's eyes tingling.

That was Chen Changping, and they met many times on the Yiyang front.

It's finished!

Lu Yuan screamed hysterically, slapped his horse and rushed upwards.

Then he flew up.

Several grenades exploded in front of him, his horse was blown upside down, and he flew into the sky, spreading his limbs and falling down like a stone.

"This is unfair!" he thought to himself.
Chapter completed!