"Retreat!"

"The thief Huaihuang retreated!"

The star of the central army on the opposite side had slowly moved backwards, and the dazzling Yi Feng also turned his horse's head and walked eastward. The brigade of horses and infantry retreated in a cluster.

The joy of the Allied Forces at the foot of the Taoshan Mountain was thundering, first surprised, then ecstasy.

Lao Daozhan couldn't help but wiped his eyes, and finally confirmed that Huaihuang army was indeed retreating. Zhang Cheng was surprised and shouted excitedly at Lao Daozhan: "Leader, Huaihuang thief has retreated, please order to take advantage of the situation to pursue!"

For the Green Forest Horse Bandits, retreating is mostly a retreat. The more people, the harder it is to retreat. Often, if you are not careful, it will turn into a defeat. Although the two armies are not fighting at the moment and the Huaihuang army is in a formation and retreating, it still gives Zhang Cheng a glimmer of hope. If you can rush forward in one go, you can create an opportunity to take advantage of the opponent's opportunity to retreat and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. Zhang Cheng is full of confidence in the military advantage of the Allied forces several times that of the Huaihuang army.

Lao Dao squinted his eyes and tried hard to stare at the retreating military formation opposite. He had also led the Northern Qi army back then, so his eyes were very vicious. After a while, the light rising in his eyes gradually faded away. He shook his head in disappointment: "Tell me the order. Without my military order, no one is allowed to pursue without authorization." After saying that, he turned to his son-in-law and said, "The Huaihuang Army's military appearance was purged. Although he retreated, it was orderly. The various troops retreated alternately, and there were cavalry on both sides of the wings to cover it. Although he retreated without any confusion, we pursued it rashly, and we could not get any benefits at all. If we turned around, once the Huaihuang Army turned around, we would be rolled down the bead curtain by him. Be more steady. Press the position first, and wait." He is an old world, and he will not attack easily without seeing a rabbit.

Huaihuang Army retreated calmly. Although it was a bit inexplicable about this order, after this period of training, the entire army was familiar with the principle of obedience as the duty of soldiers in the military regulations. Since the above orders to retreat, even if the mountains of gold and silver were piled up in front, they could not advance at all. They could only retreat. If the trumpet was sounded and the attack order was under the attack, there would be a sea of ​​swords and blood ahead. They had to rush forward.

The Taoshan Allied Army stared wide and no one pursued. He watched the Huaihuang Army retreat further and further away, and finally retreated from sight.

Seeing that Huaihuang's army had really retreated, Lao Dao was a little surprised. He thought that Yi Shisan's retreat was just a trick to lure them into attack, but he didn't expect that he would retreat without saying a word. Now, he was in a dilemma.

Lead troops to attack or defend Taoshan?

After seeing the sanction of the five thousand Huaihuang Army, it was difficult for the old sword to sit still. If he did not react, with his current low morale, the coalition might fall apart.

"Father-in-law, you must attack. Otherwise, the morale of the army will disperse." Zhang Cheng approached the old knife and said in a low voice.

Lao Dao thought about it again and again. He nodded. At this time, it was difficult to get off the tiger and he had to get off the road. Otherwise, if you wait, Huaihuang's follow-up troops might have arrived. The most troublesome thing is that the coalition forces of various villages that had just seen the Huaihuang army rectified the military appearance, and might be dispersed. We must keep up. Under the pressure of Huaihuang army, everyone can only advance but not retreat and fight back.

"Keep the formation and advance slowly, let's decide the outcome with Yi Shisan." Lao Dao sighed and issued an order to advance, but his heart suddenly became a little empty.

For a moment, a magical scenery appeared on the east side of Taoshan.

The Huaihuang army's five thousand troops lined up in several arrays, lengthened for several miles, and slowly retreated. A few miles behind them, more than 20,000 coalition forces in Taoshan followed and walked slowly at a more careful and slow speed.

The detective cavalry quickly brought the news from the Taoshan coalition. Ling Yun immediately smiled after hearing this, smiling calmly.

He was very happy that the Taoshan coalition forces chased after them as expected. He was still worried just now that it would be a little trouble if the Taoshan coalition forces dared not chase them. Of course, Ling Yun withdraws his troops not for the real retreat.

Retreat thirty miles was just because he saw that the terrain at the foot of Taoshan was not conducive to the Huaihuang army. The Taoshan army was condescending, and it was a dive momentum in real battle, which was obviously not good for the Huaihuang army. Retreat thirty miles, the terrain there had been long seen when the clouds came. It was not completely flat grassland, but there were grass, slopes, woods and small rivers. Such terrain was extremely suitable for his tactical arrangements and was the best battlefield. He should take the initiative to retreat.

Half a day later, the five thousand Huaihuang soldiers had retreated thirty miles and arrived at the battlefield that Lingyun had already booked.

The Taoshan Army was still following him ten miles away, and Lingyun rode his horse and inspected the battlefield.

The land nearby is rugged and uneven. It is about twenty steps wide and just over the deep painted river. The bank is slippery, muddy, gentle and gentle, rising to the slope to the east. Going eastward, it is flat and stone-filled terrain. On both sides of the slope are many birch forests.

Ling Yun looked at the scheduled battlefield with satisfaction, drew his long sword and pointed the tip of the sword at the woods on both sides of the slope, shouting at Shan Xiongxin and Qin Qiong: "Shan Xiongxin, you lead three groups of 600 light cavalry to defend the woods on the left, Qin Qiong, you also lead three groups of 600 light cavalry to defend the woods on the right. Remember, your mission is to prevent any enemy from passing through your positions and attacking the slopes in the middle through the woods."

Lingyun did not guard that small river, the river was too shallow. Moreover, in Lingyun's plan, this river actually had an excellent effect. The river water could slow down, and the muddy land on the banks of the river could also slow down. Lingyun gave up both sides of the river and lined up the troops behind the east bank of the river. The main position was the slope, occupying this low slope, and the Huaihuang army could attack the enemy troops crossing the river from a high point. The woods on both sides were the two wings of the main position, and they had to be guarded here to prevent the enemy from surrounding them from both sides. There were six hundred light cavalry on each side, and the forest was guarded.

It is no problem to live on both sides of the main position. "Your main goal is the enemy's group of infantry that circumvents the side, and they must not let them form a formation and advance. As for the enemy's light cavalry, these two woods can help you share a lot of tasks. Unless their cavalry can rush through the woods at high speed, their cavalry will not be afraid. Just keep a watch on the group of infantry that attacks the opponent's side. Any enemy infantry who dares to approach will use your war horses to break through them and smash them. It is enough to break their formation."

Shan Xiongxin rode his horse back to his cavalry formation, and quickly assembled three cavalry under his command with the order. He rode his horse in front of the cavalry formation with a long spear in his hand, shouting loudly: "It's this forest!" It was a dense wild birch forest, lush and green, but the forest was not very big. Like many forests on the dam, it grew on the edge of the slope, like a green isolated island, not a continuous large forest. "The leader gave this place to us to defend. No matter what happens, no thieves must enter this tree and attack the main position from the side. If anyone dares to get close to this place, we will cut off his legs and chop off his head!"

"Cut off their legs and chop off their heads!" The cavalrymen of the three regiments kept slapping on the cavalry round shields with their cavalry swords in their hands, making loud noises.

Not long ago, these cavalrymen were also composed of a group of miscellaneous mobs. They had confidants from the Jin Palace, guards of the Gao family, the royal family of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the powerful servants from Shandong, the heroes of the Green Forest in Henan, and the horse thieves from the northern border... At this time, they were all riding war horses, wearing leather armor, and holding cavalry swords, and were the Hussars in the tent of Huaihuang Town.

But these fierce light cavalry are not the protagonists of the battle. According to the commander Ling Yun's assignment, the protagonists of this battle are the longbowmen, who are just the two-wing guards of the longbow soldiers.

On the low slope on the front, eight long archers of 1,600 long archers lined up into an array of eight archers. In front of them were rows of spearmen, and the two wings were knife players.

The strangest thing is that Ling Yun did not rank the reserve team behind this time, but instead ranked the 600-phalanet cavalry reserve team directly in front of the formation.

Ling Yun was on the front line in person, "Hurry up, put the horses on the horses, and then put the baggage chariots in front." Ling Yun put the big flag tree in front of the archer formation, and then directed the soldiers to hurry up and set up the horses on the horses, bury the iron calves, dig the horse pits, and dig the moats. In addition, Ling Yun also asked the soldiers to grab the time to bury the two pointed wooden stakes in front of the archers, and rows of wooden stakes were dipped into the mud, and then sharpened the top one.

"Wait and feed the crows!" Gao Jia sighed while sucking cold air beside Ling Yun. As an experienced former general of the Northern Qi imperial army, he had already seen the danger of Ling Yun's position. The Taoshan Alliance did not know the power of the Longbowman, but he was very clear. At first glance, this position seemed to be a traditional position war dominated by the infantry of the central army led by Ling Yun and supplemented by the two-wing cavalry. But who knew that the most powerful killer move of this position was the 1,600 Longbowman? All arrangements were made around this 1,600 Longbowman.

The sound of the horn is getting closer and closer, the war drums are excited, and the horns are sad, and the army of Huaihuang finally arrived.

In an instant, the enemy had appeared in front and emerged from the west all over the mountains. They hid behind the barriers formed by shields and spears, and slowly pressed in like a huge monster.

More than 20,000 people spread on the flat grassland, and suddenly felt like the sky was covered with people, mountains, flags and seas. As far as you can see, there were black crows everywhere, spears in the forest, flags like seas...
Chapter completed!