Not long after, Guo Denglin arrived with his troops.
The salt gang members who appeared in front of him did not form a stronghold, but formed a narrow and thick square formation.
There were not many people, only five thousand.
"How dare you take the initiative to leave the camp?" Guo Denlin was greatly surprised.
One of the trusted generals said: "I'm afraid that by killing Li Qing, he is arrogant and wants to gain power over us by relying on his large numbers!"
"Take me to establish authority?!" Guo Denlin smiled wildly: "I think he is looking for death!"
Surrounded by his subordinates, he walked to the front of the military formation, carrying an iron-wrapped spear, and shouted loudly: "Is Zhou Jiao here? Come out and answer!"
The opponent's military formation loosened slightly, then the center opened, and a car was pushed out.
After a dry cough, Huo Pingzhang said: "The troops have arrived and the war is about to begin. Why talk nonsense?"
"Huo Pingzhang? Old guy!"
Guo Denglin laughed angrily and said, "My father saw that you were well-known in Hedong and summoned you many times. You pretended to be noble and could not come. Didn't you become a traitor and rebel against the party today?"
Huo Pingzhang was sitting in the car, his cloudy eyes showing calmness: "I am here to get rid of thieves today."
Guo Denlin's face darkened, and he raised his gun: "Go and kill this cripple!"
"I come!"
The general who had answered him earlier rode out.
The two armies were very close to each other, and the fast horses were within twenty paces in the blink of an eye.
Huo Pingzhang's retinues moved nervously, but the cart did not retreat at all.
He sat on the cart, lowered his head again, coughed several times, and seemed very weak.
snap——
The war horse raised its hooves, and the general sneered and raised his sword: "Old man, it's time to die!"
"Yeah?"
At this time, Huo Pingzhang's voice suddenly came to his ears.
The exhaustion and sickness were gone, but there was only boundless murderous intent.
While he was slightly frightened, his ears caught the sharp sound of breaking wind.
call out--
Startled in shock, he turned sideways and tried to dodge, but there was a heavy blow on his throat.
The weight was unparalleled and shattered his life at the moment of contact, dragging the body off the horse.
The war horse neighed and ran back in fright, with lots of blood on its back.
In front, Huo Pingzhang, who was sitting on a cart, was holding a bow: "Thieves are just thieves after all, they are not as good as me, a veteran of the imperial court."
"Guo Denlin, please surrender with your father as soon as possible to prevent the nine tribes from being wiped out."
Being humiliated by a cripple made Guo Deng, who was determined to succeed his father and planned to sleep with the prince and concubine at night, face shameful: "Go again!"
"yes!"
Several more horses rushed out one after another, but without exception, they were all knocked to the ground by Huo Pingzhang's strong bow.
The shouts among the Yan Gang army were loud.
Huo Pingzhang on the cart showed off his might, which greatly boosted the morale of the entire army.
Until the three riders rushed out at the same time, the cart turned and walked towards the formation.
"Want to leave now?"
Guo Denglin, who had been holding back his anger, exploded and swung the big gun: "Come here, trample this old guy to death, and wipe out this rabble!"
"I won't stop talking nonsense. I just have one point. Please listen to me."
"I have enjoyed the wonderful people tonight, and the benefits are indispensable to you."
"The money, food, and women here can be shared among all the brothers!"
"The bitch women in Guizhou may be skinny and dark, but there are also rich ladies and young ladies among them. Don't you want to have a taste of them?!"
boom!
The army marched straight forward.
The salt gang's phalanx loosened slightly, and a large number of archers began to press forward.
After a while,
——Shua——
Arrows like raindrops splashed into the sky, and then fell rapidly, hitting the crowd and making a splash of blood as the flesh was broken.
The men and horses were surrounded and fell down, and there were harsh screams among the arrogant shouts of killing.
Although Guo Denglin's men can be called fighting soldiers in the land east of Hedong, when it comes to equipment, they cannot compare with the imperial army.
The pitifully low armor rate makes arrows extremely lethal to them.
Guo Deng's face trembled: "I was careless!"
The rebel army in front of us is completely different from the previous ones!
But so what?
Without enough time to train, no matter how many people there are and how many arrows there are, it will just be a mob!
After running through the rain of arrows, the two sides collided.
Huo Pingzhang immediately ordered: Five thousand troops poured out from each side of the camp, with the intention of outflanking Guo Deng.
Guo Denlin also immediately deployed his troops.
In this way, the area of contact between the two sides continues to expand and expand.
The two sides were entangled in the battlefield for a while, and it was difficult to distinguish between them.
This made Guo Denglin quite angry.
In the past, to suppress rebellion, only one-third... no, one-fifth, or even one-tenth of the troops could easily win!
Today's stalemate made him slightly uneasy.
Because he only saw Huo Pingzhang and had never seen the so-called Zhou Jiao until now.
Does Zhou Jiao not exist at all? Is Huo pushing everything behind the scenes?
No... Huo doesn't have such financial resources!
While his thoughts were spinning rapidly, someone suggested to him: "Sir, we can't let Huo Pingzhang lead us by the nose."
"The other army is weak but numerous, while our army is strong but few. We will definitely suffer from sharing the combat area."
"It's better to abandon the flanks and concentrate our troops like punching the chest with force."
"As long as we defeat the enemy's vanguard, the rear will disperse!"
After thinking briefly, Guo Denglin nodded and shouted: "It's just as you said! Send my order and the whole army gathers..."
"Report!"
At this time, a sentry rider rushed over: "Sir, an enemy force has appeared on the left side of our army and is quickly cutting into the flank!"
"how many people?"
"Two thousand people."
"What do two thousand people care about him!?" Guo Denlin angrily shouted: "I don't pay attention to the tens of thousands of people in front of me, so why should I be afraid of two thousand people?"
After this sentinel knight, Luo Nuo, retreated, another one came up: "Sir, those two thousand knights have defeated the five flanks of our army!"
Guo Denglin's face changed slightly.
Then, several sentry riders arrived one after another:
"Sir! These people are very ferocious, and our army is hard to defeat!"
"It's Zhou Jiao! It's Zhou Jiao who's coming, and this army is under the banner of Zhou Jiao!"
Guo Denlin was stunned on the spot.
Then, instead of panicking, he laughed.
"Okay, everyone, do you know what Zhou Jiao's intention is this time?"
"Defend with weak troops from the front, make our army's formation thinner, and then use elites to cut in and execute the strategy of decapitation!" A veteran commander replied.
The opponent has already played their cards, and if they still can't figure out their intentions, then all of these more than 10,000 people will really be idiots.
"Not bad!" Guo Denglin nodded and smiled ferociously: "My family rules Hedong, and my personal guards are all carefully selected warriors from Hedong, at least they are leather armors with swords."
"In Hedong, except for my father and Li's personal soldiers, who is your opponent?"
"A team that was reckless at first dared to play elite duel with me. I really don't know how to write the word death!"
"Come on, come on, come with me, kill this Zhou Jiao directly, and complete the victory in one battle!"
Surrounding Guo Denglin, there are more than 300 guards in the center and 1,500 retinues in the outer camp.
These are the most capable troops left behind in the county.
They surrounded Guo Denlin and ran to the left.
Soon, Guo Denglin saw a large banner fluttering on each side, with words such as "Stop the evil spirits" and "Salt Gang Zhoujiao".
He straightened up and shouted to the crowd: "Who is Zhou Jiao? Do you dare to respond and let me have a look?"
"Are you the second son of Guo Zhenyue?"
The person who answered him was at the front of the enemy line.
Wearing white robes, black armor and green scarves, he is extremely tall, covered with an iron armor mask, and holds a strange long soldier wrapped in cloth.
"That's right! The person who is about to pick off your head!" Guo Denlin couldn't stop laughing: "Boy, I have to thank you. Without your head, I don't know when I would be able to taste that piece of meat!"
With that said, he also urged his war horses and walked towards the front of the battle formation.
As a person who relies on swords to make a career, and is protected by armor and guards, there is absolutely no reason to be afraid of battle formations.
"Beautiful meat?"
boom!
