When the two armies were fighting, they both jumped up when they heard the sound of drums and stopped when they heard the sound of golden drums. It's just that the sounds of the golden drums on both sides were different.
At this moment, bursts of drums and golden sounds came from the bottom of the mountain. The drums were the drums of the Han army's attack, and the golden sounds were the Yi soldiers retreating back to their camps.
The Yi soldiers who were attacking in the mountains retreated in panic, while the Han troops on the mountains cheered when they saw the reinforcements arriving.
Yang Qing saw clearly from the top of the mountain that a supporting army came from the northeast and a supporting army came from the southwest, just in time to surround the enemy.
The Yi soldiers never expected that they were besieging the Han army, but they suddenly turned around and were counter-surrounded by the Han army.
A sudden change occurred. How could the Yi soldiers return to camp from the mountain so quickly to deal with the enemy behind them? In an instant, you were pushing and shoving, and they were in chaos.
How could Yang Qing let go of such a good opportunity? He waved his flag and ordered the troops on the mountain to charge down and engage the reinforcements in a pincer attack from both inside and outside.
This charge was even more serious. The officers and soldiers had been besieged by the barbarians for half a day, and they had long been holding back a sense of resentment.
When they were released at this moment, they were all like tigers descending from the mountain, biting the Yi soldiers still on the mountain and fighting until the Yi soldiers cried for their fathers and mothers, and everyone was frightened and fled down the mountain in a panic.
Li Qiucheng and E Huan, who were at the bottom of the mountain, were stunned for a while when the reinforcements of officers and soldiers first appeared, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
Li Qiucheng was deep-minded and full of cunning plans. This trap and assassination of Yang Qing was also designed by him. Therefore, he was very confident in his plan and happily thought that he could capture and kill the prefect this time.
Unexpectedly, the plan to annihilate the enemy in the valley was changed. Now a large number of reinforcements from the Han people have arrived. Looking at the strength of their troops, there are no less than 3,000 people. Coupled with the nearly 1,000 officers and soldiers on the mountain, the number of troops is already greater than our own. The offensive and defensive situation is now The child turned around.
No, I fell into a trap.
This is by no means because the Han reinforcements arrived in time, but because the Han people used a trick to lure themselves and wanted to eat a large number of their own people in one bite.
Li Qiucheng was a very wise man after all, and he quickly understood that his plan had been seen through by Yang Qing. The reason why the Han people used cavalry to enter the valley today was to retreat in time and lure him to pursue.
Then he deliberately went up the mountain and asked that idiot E Huan to come with his troops. When the army gathered, the Han people would come and catch them all.
Oops, I didn't realize it, how stupid I was.
"General, what should we do now?" While Li Qiucheng was standing under the tree, lost in thought, Li Changtai, who was already in a state of chaos, ran over on horseback and asked him eagerly.
This question made Li Qiucheng come back to his senses. He quickly got on his horse and looked around. He saw that the Han people were in large numbers and attacking like a tide. His son was in a chaotic formation and was killed by the Han people and retreated continuously.
He knew that this was a life-and-death moment, and if he was not careful, the more than 3,000 people on his side would be in danger of being wiped out.
At the critical moment, the ferocity in his bones was also aroused. He drew his saber and shouted to the hundreds of cavalry behind him: "My sons, if you want to survive, kill me."
These hundreds of cavalrymen are his trusted clan members, the elite force he relies on most. Not only do they serve them with good food and wine, but they also give priority to supplying weapons and equipment.
Therefore, the cavalrymen have always been loyal and devoted to Li Qiucheng. They knew that the situation was critical now, but their general took the lead in the charge, so they followed him without hesitation.
At this time, the Yi soldiers in the north saw their general leading the cavalry coming to the rescue. At that moment, the morale of the soldiers recovered a little, they stopped retreating, turned around and fought forward.
E Huan in the south was simple-minded and did not have as many thoughts as Li Qiucheng. After the first moment of surprise, he quickly realized and immediately ordered his barbarian soldiers to step forward to meet the enemy. However, he still could not stop his decline and was killed by the officers and soldiers. Back away.
On the top of the mountain, Yang Qing also noticed the changes in the barbarian soldiers in the north. He let out a slight sigh and said to the young men and middle-aged men on the side: "Guli Clan Chief, Boqi, look, that man is riding a big black horse. The man wearing black armor must be Li Jiucheng."
It turned out that the people beside him were Gu Lichi, the chief of the Guli tribe of Qingqiang, and Zhang Ni, the county soldier. They had accepted Yang Qing's clever plan early and led troops to rescue.
At this time, the situation of the government and the army was very good. As clan leaders and commanders of the army, they did not have to personally lead the troops to attack.
When the two heard this, they looked to the north and saw a barbarian general leading a cavalry charge in an attempt to turn the tide of the battle.
Hearing that this person was Li Qiucheng, Zhang Ni trembled, held the sword in his hand, and stared at Li Qiucheng's figure with burning eyes.
Seeing this, Yang Qing knew what Zhang Ni was thinking, so he patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, today is the day this thief will die, and it will be your time to take action in a while."
After saying that, Yang Qing turned around and said to Gulichi: "Chief Guli, who is leading the noble disciples in the north?"
This time, Yang Qing used himself as bait, so he was fully prepared.
As early as a few days ago, he secretly ordered Yang Xi, who was staying in Anshang City, to capture Huo Jian's superior Huo Chang and others. Huo Chang, as the key person to pass on information about Gaoding and the Huo family, naturally knew about the Yi people's attack. The true intention of marching into the army.
This man was not as good as his brother Huo Jian. Yang Xi easily learned from him that Li Qiucheng used looting as bait to lure the prefect Yang Qing out of the city, and then repeated his old plan of gathering an army to capture and kill him.
Although Huo Chang did not know the details of when the hundreds of cavalry led by Li Qiucheng and the Yi army entered Anshang and where they ambush, Yang Qing already felt that this was enough.
Although the Yi army came with concealed information, the thousands of troops would definitely leave traces. With careful investigation, the scouts would be able to find clues, not to mention that Huo Chang was not completely unaware of this.
Moreover, Yang Qing had already guessed about the plan of the Yi people, and now that it was confirmed, he already had the upper hand.
It's just that he originally only planned to eat the hundreds of cavalry, but he didn't expect that the Yi people were so generous this time that they sent thousands of reinforcements to lurk in Xindao.
This made him not know how to deal with it for a while, but good opportunities were hard to find. If he didn't seize the opportunity to eat these thousands of barbarian soldiers, when would he do it?
Therefore, he secretly sent an order to Zhang Yi, asking him to contact the Guli tribe and mobilize a total of four thousand troops to sneak into Xindao County from the mountain trail east of Anshang. He also secretly lurked in the east of Xindao City two days in advance. Somewhere in a valley.
After following Huo Jian's line to find Li Qiucheng's hiding place, he decided on this plan of using the enemy to his advantage.
During the march this morning, Yang Qing had ordered a rest. However, in fact, everyone had already arrived near where the reinforcements were hiding, so he ordered Wu Que to pretend to go to detect anomalies. In fact, he was going to contact Zhang Ni and others to communicate the news.
After daybreak, everything went almost as he expected. All the barbarian soldiers gathered under the mountain. It was the time to annihilate them.
Three thousand Qiang soldiers and one thousand official troops were mixed into two groups. One army attacked from the northeast, and the other two thousand troops detoured to the southwest and attacked from behind. Together with the nearly a thousand official troops on the mountain, they attacked from both inside and outside. Next, more than 3,000 barbarian soldiers were divided into several groups and besieged.
It's just that Zhang Yi and Gu Lichi arrived in a hurry, and Yang Qing didn't know how the reinforcements were mixed and arranged for a while. After all, after he decided on the general direction, Zhang Yi still commanded the specific troops.
"Master Huifu, to the north is Chief Shen Qu leading my two useless sons and daughters to fight, and to the south is Chief Lei Qu and Badi commanding the army." Gulichi replied.
Yang Qing nodded and said in surprise: "Why, Sister Gulina is also going into battle?"
Gu Lichi smiled bitterly and said: "You don't know something, my daughter likes to dance with swords and sticks most in her life. This time I heard that there was a big battle, so she refused to let it go. She insisted on going to the battlefield with her brother. I I couldn’t twist her, so I had to follow her will.”
As he spoke, Gu Lichi was still quite worried. In such a situation, Yang Qing couldn't say much, so he could only say a few words about auspicious people and heavenly signs.
While everyone was talking, the situation on the battlefield at the foot of the mountain suddenly changed.
Although Li Qiucheng's troops in the north had a small number of people, they were well-trained and well-equipped. Under his command, they gradually stabilized their position.
However, in the south of E Huan's unit, Lei Xiong led his sword and shield men to the front, tearing apart the defense line of the barbarian soldiers in an instant. More than a thousand Qiang soldiers behind took the opportunity to follow up, and quickly killed the barbarian soldiers.
