Nearly 8,000 bandits and cavalrymen were walking in front of them. The running horse's hooves were like countless drums ringing on the earth, making a deafening rumble.

More than 100,000 bandit infantry followed closely behind. The sound of footsteps mixed with the friction and collision of armor and weapons, which had a shocking power and murderous aura.

"King Gao Chuang, Ming Gouzi ran away! They have retreated to the other side of Yishui on the east side!"

Li Zicheng, who was leading the way with a group of cavalry in front, stood among the pile of black and scorched corpses and horse corpses, and shouted loudly to Gao Yingxiang, who was leading the bandit infantry quickly behind him.

Gao Yingxiang looked east and could faintly see the Ming army's troops and flags on the east bank of Yishui rolling north in the distance.

"King, what should I do? Should I cross the river to pursue it, or go back to attack Songxian?" As soon as Gao Yingxiang approached, Li Zicheng asked in a low voice.

"Hmph, if this Ming army is not eliminated, it will not relieve my anger!" Gao Yingxiang said hatefully: "The enemy army is not far from the east bank now. If it is not spread, once our army retreats, it will come again to harass it. The order of this great king, the entire army will immediately cross the river and chase such Ming dogs!"

Gao Yingxiong paused and shouted without any doubt. "Besides, the other side of Yishui is Jiugao Mountain, which is the important place to enter Ruzhou. If our army wants to capture Ruzhou again in the future, it will definitely seize this place and advance. Now, it is just in one go to destroy the Ming army and capture Jiugao Mountain."

"King, I'm afraid that when our army attacks with all its might, the Song County defenders will leave the city to harass them." Li Zicheng looked worried.

As soon as he finished speaking, a general next to him, who was tall and strong, with a fierce and ferocious face, and a beard that was as hard as a hedgehog, shouted loudly: "His grandma's dare! King, why don't you give me a soldier? I'll take that Songxian to prevent future troubles!"

Li Zicheng turned his head and saw that this person was Liu Zongmin, the general who had always been with him.

Liu Zongmin, from Lantian, Shaanxi, was sent to Gao Yingxiang's tent like Li Zicheng. He was one of the capable generals under Gao Yingxiang. After Gao Yingxiang's death, this man, together with general Liu Fangliang and others, supported Li Zicheng as the King of Chuang.

However, at this time, Liu Fangliang still led thousands of wounded soldiers to station in Luoning County, so he did not follow the army yet.

"Okay! However, General Liu doesn't have to attack the city with all his strength. He just needs to surround the small Songxian County Town so that the defenders dare not go out easily. If the Ming army is destroyed here, the Ming army in Songxian County will be chaotic and may be surrendered." Gao Yingxiang nodded to Liu Zongmin and continued, "I will give you 10,000 infantry and tightly surround Songxian. Even if it is a man and a dog, you must not release the city!"

"King of Breaking, just look at it."

Liu Zongmin responded loudly, then led 10,000 infantry soldiers back from the original route and headed towards Songxian.

Seeing that Liu Zongmin led 10,000 infantrymen to go far, Gao Yingxiang shouted loudly: "Transfer our military orders, and the entire army will immediately cross the Yishui River and destroy this Ming dog!"

Immediately, there were shouts like mountains and seas around me. The entire army then turned around and rushed towards the three pontoon bridges leading to the east bank of Yishui.

As the bandits headed towards Yishui, Li Xiao and Zu Dale, two of them, had just come down from the "Zushi Temple" at the top of Xianglong Peak of Jiugao Mountain and returned to the formation.

The Temple of the ancestors was said to be built to commemorate the Yin Jiaotong-Shanghai son of King Zhou of Shang.

It is said that Yin Jiao was dissatisfied with his father's debauchery and was even more unwilling to enjoy a wealthy life in the palace. He escaped from the palace courtyard privately and then traveled to all directions. Finally, he found that the Jiugao Mountain was pleasant and a good place for seclusion. So he built a hut on the mountain, lived in seclusion and practiced, and prayed to God to punish sinners and bring blessings to the people. The Emperor of Heaven thought that he was concerned about the people, so he named him "Zigao Patriarch" and asked him to spread medical skills here to save the world. Yin Jiao stayed in Jiugao Mountain for nearly forty years, and finally attained enlightenment. He rode a crane into an immortal on the top of Xianglong Peak.

The local people, remembering their kindness, built a "Zampo Temple" on the top of the peak where he ascended to immortality to commemorate it.

Subsequently, after being repaired and rebuilt on behalf of others, this temple of ancestors has been preserved to this day.

After hearing the legend of Yin Jiao, Li Xiao and Zu Dale went to Zushi Temple to burn incense to worship the prince of the Shang Dynasty who ascended to heaven early this morning.

In front of the Yin Jiao statue, Li Xiao solemnly burned incense and kowtowed, and secretly prayed in his heart that this Jiugao ancestor who had ascended to the immortal can bless the battle to block Gao Yingxiang's tribe and win successfully.

Although Li Xiao did not believe in ghosts and gods, after coming to this ancestor temple to burn incense and worship, Li Xiao felt much more peaceful and peaceful inside.

When the two of them came out of the temple, they suddenly heard the sound of cranes crying above their heads, which was loud and loud, reaching the hearts of the people. Looking up, two white cranes flying from unknown places passed over the roof of the ancestor temple and left gracefully.

"Li Xiao, when we left the temple, we heard the crane ringing, which was auspicious sign. It seemed that our army was fighting against the bandits of Gao Yingxiang's army, but we were expected to win smoothly." Zu Dale looked happy.

Li Xiao smiled and said, "The so-called auspiciousness is mostly for self-comfort. The ironwork needs to be strong himself. If we want to defeat the thieves, we need to work harder on our army. Of course, if we get a good sign of auspiciousness, it will be very good for boosting the morale of the army."

When the two returned to their respective formations, they could clearly see that on the other side of the Yishui River, there were bandits rushing towards Jiugao Mountain with a overwhelming force.

Looking at the bandits surging on the other side, Li Xiao suddenly felt inexplicably sad.

How many of these 100,000 bandit soldiers were once ordinary people, among them, there were farmers, citizens, vendors, all kinds of people. Their purpose of joining the bandits might be just to have a good meal or just to survive. In the cruel battles on the battlefield, these poor people’s human nature became increasingly destroyed, their hearts became more and more cruel, and eventually became devils with no morality or conscience except for killing and plundering.

It’s better to be a peaceful dog than a person in troubled times.

Such a cruel and bloody chaotic world must be completely ended in the future!

Of course, Li Xiao knew that the 100,000 bandits, and the truly combat-capable soldiers may only be 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers. Although the rest of the bandits' families were all holding swords and swords, they could only follow the large army and fight a battle with the wind.

Sure enough, Li Xiao saw that the bandits on the opposite side were divided into two parts in front, and more than 50,000 infantry in front were divided into three paths, and they stepped into the bridge from the three floating bridges.

Li Xiao, who was halfway up the mountain of Jiugao Mountain, could only see the heads shaking on the bridge deck from a distance.

He kept the floating bridge and allowed the enemy to rush by, but it had a purpose.

Because Li Xiao knew that from Jiugao Mountain to Yishui, this narrow and empty area would be the bandits who crossed the river and the final burial place.

As the enemy infantry began to pass through the bridge and rushed towards themselves, the more than a thousand cavalrymen pulled their horses and slowly fled towards Jiugao Mountain behind them.

When the bandits and infantry chased to the foot of Jiugao Mountain, they stopped and waited for the team behind to arrive.

After nearly 50,000 troops crossed the river, they quickly formed a huge rectangular battle formation two miles away from Jiugao Mountain. At first glance, they could not see the end.

Gao Yingxiang, who was escorting the formation on the other side, hesitated for a moment, then ordered the eight thousand cavalry to be divided into two parts. He personally led 4,000 cavalry to cross the river to supervise the battle, striving to eliminate the sparse Ming army on the opposite side in one fell swoop.

"King Gao Chuang, let me go. You can stay on the West Bank." Li Zicheng begged.

"No need, this is the king who will destroy all of them today!" Gao Yingxiang's face flashed with ferocious expressions, and he said to Li Zicheng: "I will lead my troops in person. You are here on the west bank, waiting for my good news."

A trace of helplessness flashed across Li Zicheng's face, as if he was upset that he had lost the opportunity to make contributions. However, he agreed with the promise, Gao Yingxiang rode his horse with four thousand cavalrymen across the river.

After crossing the river, they met with the infantry in front. At this time, Gao Yingxiang's eyes were immediately attracted by the steep and winding Jiugao Mountain two miles away.

"What a steep mountain, it is really a momentum for a man to pass, and ten thousand men cannot open up." Gao Yingxiang sighed softly.

"King Gao Chuang, from the bottom, Jiugao Mountain in front is a very good place to hide troops. The small Ming army in front is probably to lure troops, but the king needs to be careful." Next to Gao Yingxiang, a person who looked like a deputy general said to him in a low voice.

This man's name is Gao Jiaolong, but he was the old brother of Gao Jiazhuang who was fighting with Gao Yingxiang that day. He is now the commander of Gao Yingxiang's army. Seeing that Jiugao Mountain in front of him was so steep, he couldn't help but play the drum in his heart.

Gao Yingxiang nodded, and he whispered to Gao Jiaolong. Gao Jiaolong immediately led three thousand cavalrymen to pounce towards the Ming cavalry that was scattered at the foot of the mountain in front.

When Gao Jiaolong led the cavalry out of the bandit formation, the soldiers in front of the bandit battle formation saw a slight creaking sound from the middle of the Jiugao Mountain in the distance.

Soon, they saw that just opposite the direction where the three thousand cavalrymen rushed, there were more than a dozen weird wooden machines, pushing out from the dense bushes.

"The catapult! It's Ming Gouzi's catapult!"

Beside Gao Yingxiang, an injured cavalry with a burnt smell on his body shouted in horror.

"King Gao Chuang, just now, these Ming cavalry tempted me to wait by the river. These catapults fired together, and killed and injured more than 2,000 brothers in our army. I thought they had escaped, but I didn't expect that they would still hide halfway up the mountain."

The cavalry looked anxious and said terrible.

Gao Yingxiang frowned and shouted anxiously: "Let Captain Gao retreat to the formation!"

The two cavalrymen responded loudly and shot out like arrows, chasing the cavalry team of Gao Jiaolong in the distance.

At this time, the Gaojiaolong cavalry team, who were rushing forward all the way, suddenly heard a strange and tiny whistling sound from the air.

Gao Jiaolong subconsciously looked up and saw fourteen or five big black dots roaring towards his own direction.

"Fuck! It's Ming Gouzi who threw the thunder in the sky!" Gao Jiaolong's face changed drastically.

"Ming Gouzi set up an ambush, and the entire army retreated quickly!" Gao Jiaolong, with a pale face, shouted loudly at the top of his lungs. Then, he took the lead and turned around and ran away.

It's too late.

Before his order could be conveyed everywhere, more than a dozen thunders roared in the sky.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang..."

About a dozen continuous and overlapping explosions sounded violently, and exploded among the chaotic three thousand bandit cavalry. In the dazzling yellow fire, people and horses were split into pieces and blood rained.

At least two thousand bandit cavalry were killed by fourteen thunders that were exploded almost at the same time, weighing 40 kilograms.

The splashing fragments even splashed to a thousand Ming cavalry that were still a mile away from the bandit cavalry, causing several Ming cavalry to be slightly scratched.

Gao Jiaolong, who escaped the fastest, suddenly felt his right calf being cut by a sharp and hot thing. The huge pain made him fall off the horse almost instantly. Fortunately, a cavalryman in charge supported him in time.

The cavalry then looked shocked and said stutteringly: "Prince, your legs..."

Gao Jiaolong, who was so painful that he almost bit his chin, controlled his almost fainting consciousness. When he was about to reach the formation, he subconsciously looked at his right leg. He was frightened to find that his entire right calf, from below his knee, was cut off extremely neatly by the fragment, and even cut the sharp and powerful fragments, even the saddle, revealing the pig iron seat inside.

Gao Jiaolong screamed and fainted.

He rolled off his horse, fortunately he was caught by several infantrymen who were rushing to meet him, so he avoided the fate of falling to death.

Seeing that his cavalry returned in a crushing defeat, Gao Yingxiang was so angry that he almost went crazy.

So far, he has not even killed a Ming army, but was bombarded twice by the Ming army with the sky-shaking thunder, and killed more than 4,000 of his own cavalry. This is a shame that he has never encountered before!

"King Gao Chuang, what's going on with his plan?" A general next to him came over with horror and asked in a trembling voice.

Before Gao Yingxiang could answer, at this moment, a dense and subtle whirring sound came from Jiugao Mountain two miles away opposite him.

Gao Yingxiang took out the thousand-mile mirror and immediately saw that a large number of Ming army infantry emerged from the bushes at Jiugao Mountain and trotted down the mountain.

Soon, the Ming army formed a battle formation with guns in front of the shield and lined up a long snake formation at the foot of the mountain.

On both sides of the gun and shield battle formation are the heavy armored team of Li Xiaojun, and the three thousand infantrymen of the Zudale Club.

After the rampant team, the cavalry of Li Xiao's army and Zu Dalemen were all concentrated here, with a total of more than 3,500 cavalrymen.

Gao Yingxiang roughly estimated that the number of Ming army soldiers in front was more than 10,000.

He noticed that the Ming army lined up along the mountain had a neat array and neat armor, which should be a rare elite army. It seemed that he had really accidentally fallen into the ambush of the Ming army.

Seeing that there were so many Ming troops hidden in Jiugao Mountain, the bandits immediately began to stir up noise.

"King Gao Chuang, why don't our army retreat for the time being?" The bandit general just now seemed to be shocked by the murderous aura emitted from the Ming army's battle formation in the distance. He asked Gao Yingxiang in a low voice.

Gao Yingxiang started to think quickly in his heart.

retreat?

Can you really retreat?

Now, there are as many as 50,000 troops, and the number of people is very large. If you want to retreat to the other side of the Yishui River, there are only three floating bridges to pass. If the Ming army chases after him when he retreats, these soldiers will probably collapse immediately and trample on each other, and may worry about the entire army being wiped out.

Gao Yingxiang was soon ashamed of his cowardly idea.

Grandma, now, there are as many as 50,000 troops in my own formation, five times the number of the Ming army opposite. I want to retreat, really throw my ancestors away!

Although the enemy had some catapults, as long as the troops under his command could rush over in one fell swoop and strangle them into a group, these catapults of the Ming army would probably be useless.
Chapter completed!