Chai Shao left Guan Sheng to guard Jinchuan County, and mobilized 35,000 elite troops to pursue Longzhi's defeated troops, vowing to disrupt Jingxiang and force Yang Gao to withdraw troops from the Central Plains.
In order to lure Chai Shao to pursue him, Long Zhi constantly gathered his defeated troops and horses to stop Chai Shao, and finally ended up in a huge defeat and fled in rout.
Chai Shao Lian Zhan Lian Jie couldn't help but feel a little elated. In addition, since the beginning of the war between the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Tang army has suffered successive defeats. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji both ended up with their entire army annihilated. Although Long Zhi is not well-known and has only 15,000 men, he is an independent Sui army after all. If he can annihilate them all, it will definitely boost the momentum of the Tang army.
Chai Shao, who had made up his mind, pursued Long Zhi's troops all the way. He galloped through the starry night for five days and five nights. He had already approached the north bank of the Han River, and his troops were pointing directly at Xiangyang County.
"Report, inform the general that the defeated general Long Zhi has gathered more than 8,000 remaining soldiers to form a formation on the north bank of the Han River. It seems that he wants to fight our army again."
A scout on horseback arrived directly under the flag of the Chinese army commander, dismounted from his horse, knelt down on one knee and reported to Chai Shao. Because Long Zhi had been losing consecutive battles in recent days, the scout showed a lot of disdain when he spoke.
Chai Shao also smiled slightly when he heard this, pointed his riding whip and said: "Brave and invincible soldiers of the Tang Army, our defeated general Long Zhi is waiting in front again. This time he has formed a formation and has no way to retreat. Use your swords. Go and get this rat’s head for me.”
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The sound of horns was accompanied by loud shouts of killing, and 35,000 elite Tang troops marched forward in unison, waving weapons, horseshoes rumbled, dust flew, and they rushed forward like a tide.
The brave general Nian Deli of the Tang Army led the way with a pair of purple and gold sledgehammers, and soon rushed to the north bank of the Han River. When he saw Long Zhi, who was wearing armor under the flag of the Sui Army general, he immediately laughed and said: "Long Zhi, you rat. This time Grandpa will never let you go, just come and die under Grandpa’s hammer!"
The sound of sticking was very loud, and Long Zhi, who was not far away, could hear it clearly. He slightly curled his lips and said secretly, "I still don't know who is not letting go of whom today." Then he turned his head and shouted loudly: "Bang the drum!"
Boom, boom, boom! ! !
There was a loud sound of drums in the Sui army's formation. Chai Shao, who had just arrived at the Han River, couldn't help but sneer: "We have been defeated in a row. What's the use of this little drum sound? I think Long Zhi has lost too many battles and his brain has been damaged." broken."
Chai Shaozheng was happily joking and taunting Long Zhi with the generals around him. Before he finished speaking, he suddenly froze on the spot. He saw loud shouts of killing in the hills on both sides, and 50,000 brightly armored Sui troops shouting slogans. , walking in neat steps, slowly appeared in Tang Jun's sight.
At the front of the 25,000 Sui troops who appeared on the left flank of the Tang army were 10,000 sword and shield bearers, arranged in a line. Behind the sword and shield bearers were eight thousand long bearers, the tips of their stems gleaming in the sunlight. Behind the long swords were seven thousand cavalry, with horses and horses held high in their hands, both men and horses in armor, flashing with a fierce murderous aura.
Right in front of the Sui army, General Shang and his disciples were wearing straight horse helmets and seven-feathered armor. They had a furnace gun in their hands. The Hulei Leopard under his crotch was grinning at the tens of thousands of troops not far away. .
Directly in front of the Sui army on the right flank of the Tang army were five thousand crossbowmen, carrying a bulging quiver behind them, holding strong bows and aiming expressionlessly at the Tang army not far away. Behind the crossbowmen were ten thousand armored infantry, wearing heavy armor and holding round shields. Every step they took could cause a huge earthquake to tremble. Finally, there are the 10,000 spearmen responsible for holding down the formation.
One of the two Sui generals who led the army was eight feet long, with a purple face and long beard, a thin waist tied to the shoulders, and a majestic appearance. He wore a golden tiger helmet and golden chain armor. A good horse and a smokey cloud beast. It was Wei Wentong, the flower sword general who had just been born not long ago.
The other general of the Sui army was eight feet tall, tall and majestic, wearing a black robe and black armor, carrying a wind-splitting sword weighing more than 60 kilograms, and a tall black horse on his hip. It is Shi Bao, Yang Lin's newly adopted son.
At the same time, the Sui army in frontal formation suddenly separated to both sides. A veteran with white beard and hair wore a purple gold crown with the head of a dragon, a gold heart-covering armor, and a purple satin robe. He wears a beast-faced head-swallowing lion barbaric belt on his waist, wears tiger-head combat boots on his feet, and holds a pair of fire-and-water prisoner dragon sticks tightly in his hands, urging the Chahaiden Clouded Leopard under his crotch to slowly come out of the formation.
"Hiss! Backer King Yang Lin!"
Chai Shao had been an official in the Sui Dynasty for many years, so he naturally recognized Yang Lin, the most senior general in the Sui Dynasty, and immediately shouted out loud.
Yang Lin rode his horse to the front of the formation, pointed his dragon-prisoning stick in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Chai Shao, little boy, listen, you have been surrounded by our army. Remember that I once had some friendship with your father. As long as you dismount, Surrender, I can report to Your Majesty to pardon your sin of rebellion and protect you from death!"
"This old man is so brave, come and be hammered to death by grandpa!"
Before Chai Shao could answer, Nian Deli beside him was so angry that he flew out of the horse's belly like an arrow from a string.
"Thieves, stop being crazy and watch me come to fight you!"
In the Sui army formation, Guan Ling shouted loudly, clapped his horse and waved his sword to meet the attack.
"Go to hell!"
Nian Deli let out a roar, swung his hammers, and rushed towards Guan Ling's head with a powerful move that would crush the top of Guan Ling and blast him away.
"Ding dong, it was detected that Guideli entered a state of rage, with force +7 and intelligence -9. The base force is 100, and the current force has increased to 107. The base intelligence is 53, and the current intelligence has dropped to 44."
"open!"
Guan Linghu roared, and raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword with fire to the sky, facing the purple gold sledgehammer with strong stickiness.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Guan Ling has entered the brave state, the force is +5, the base force is 100, and the current force has increased to 105."
Dang, Dang, Dang! ! !
In the blink of an eye, the two warriors had fought for more than a dozen rounds, and the clashing of weapons made the weaker soldiers' ears buzz.
A pair of purple gold sledgehammers with strong stickiness are powerful and heavy, and they can be swung with great force. And the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in Guan Ling's hand didn't give in too much. The layers of the blade were spread out, and it didn't lose the slightest in a head-on collision with the sticky sledgehammer.
The two brave generals went back and forth, horseback and dragon snakes, taking advantage of each other's moves, stamping on each other, causing smoke to billow, and weapons to collide with sparks flying. After fighting for more than fifty rounds, the winner was still indistinguishable.
Yang Lin watched for a long time from behind the formation. Seeing that Guan Ling and Nian Deli were equally powerful, he thought to himself that even if they fought for hundreds of rounds, there would be no result. He clamped his legs between the horse's belly and flew out while waving the dragon-prisoning stick in his hand.
"You treacherous ministers and traitors, look at me coming to get your dog's head!"
Yang Lin rode his horse forward, raised the dragon-prisoning stick in his hand high, and slammed it down towards Guan Deli's forehead.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Yang Lin has entered a strong combat state, the force is +5, the base force is 99, and the current force has increased to 104."
