Four thousand Southern Tang cavalry rushed out of the city first, and the wedge-shaped impact formations below the city. The subsequent infantry rushed out from the city gate and formed three major formations, namely north, middle and south.

The Zhou soldiers who set up camp under the city did not panic and gathered in front of the drum formation as soon as possible.

Upon hearing the news, the governor of Wusheng, Hou Zhang, colluded with Zhao Kuangyin to rush out of the camp to watch the enemy in front of the formation.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the speed of the Southern Tang soldiers' hurry but not chaotic, and was shocked and puzzled: "What does Li Jingsui mean to send troops to fight now? Have they seen through our plan to cheat soldiers?"

Hou Zhang's brows were also twisted and he didn't say anything.

As time went by, more and more Southern Tang soldiers were rushing out of the city, and they seemed to be fighting the entire army.

Zhao Kuangyin's doubts became increasingly serious and he did not dare to hesitate any more. He whispered to General Hou for a while. After obtaining his consent, he quickly sent several teams of cavalry to attack the outside.

Not long after, the Zhou camps in the north, east and south of Chuzhou City heard dense drums, and the three military camps began to gather, part of which was divided into force to attack the top of the city, and some of them lined up to the west gate for reinforcements.

There is no way to do this. Hou and Zhao led troops to claim 80,000, but the actual number was just over 40,000. There were still 8,000 defenders in Qingliu Pass, with an average of less than 10,000 troops in each camp. If all the tens of thousands of Southern Tang soldiers left the city, once they quickly broke through the Xidaying and then went straight to Qingliu Pass, they were very likely to seize the pass. These tens of thousands of Zhou soldiers would become rootless water and were in danger.

As for the sound of alarm drums from the other three cities, Li Jing, the King of Qi, who stood on the top of the city, saw that he had not heard of it. He just ordered the city to defend the city to death. He focused his attention on the enemy reinforcements appearing in the north and south of the city, and calculated the arrival of troops. At the same time, he was constantly ordered to maintain the speed of leaving the city, so that he would not panic or move rashly.

In this way, time passed slowly among the dispatched troops from both sides. The Southern Tang army formed three large arrays standing side by side, almost identical, with 10,000 people in each formation. Four thousand cavalry are now arranged on both sides of the north and south, while the Zhou army set up an inverted triangle battle formation with three fronts and one behind.

"There are less than 40,000 people in total, and Wu Qing's information about the enemy is very accurate." Li Jing then paired the opponent's troops that he had personally estimated with Yao Feng, the governor, and others. He immediately calmed down and raised his hand and shouted, "Come on, order the three formations to advance together to maintain speed."

Twenty-four sides of drums sounded, and 30,000 Southern Tang soldiers shouted "Kill" at the same time. The first row of Dutch shield soldiers moved forward as a whole. The back row of spearmen and archers took a step forward one after another. The scene was like a gust of strong wind, and three wide wheat fields were swept through at the same time, causing very spectacular wave patterns.

Hou Zhang and Zhao Kuangyin's faces changed drastically at the same time.

Zhao Kuangyin blurted out: "The enemy must have learned about the battle situation in Shouzhou, and this is going to fight us." If Li Jing did not know the outcome of Shouzhou and did not know his own background, it would be impossible for him to directly engage in a war of attrition in the position.

Hou Zhang couldn't help but turn his head to look west and shake his head gently. It's impossible to lure Chuzhou by cheating.

The two of them made an urgent discussion and ordered the three armies to tighten and approach, and the rear army slowly advanced forward.

The Southern Tang army shouted and killed, and the neat footsteps continued. The shield soldiers, spearmen, and archers cooperated, forming rows of small shield formations, moving forward like waves, and soon entered the range of bows and arrows on both sides.

With a deafening roar, the rain of arrows exploded from both armies almost at the same time, instantly covering the sky between them. Except for a few arrows that collided with each other and hit the ground in the air, the two black shadows quickly crossed and separated, and bit towards the target along a basically consistent arc trajectory.

From the perspective of size and coverage alone, the arrow rain from east to west is much heavier than the arrow rain in the opposite direction. However, because both sides are well prepared, most of the arrow rain that quickly hits fall on the shield. On the ground, only a very small number of arrow rains luckily passed through the dead corners of soldiers' guards, causing one of the few screams from both sides.

After just two arrows, the front shield formation in the Southern Tang Dynasty that was rushing up had already collided with the Zhou army shield formation waiting to be on the spot. There were immediately screams on the entire front, and loud shouts were heard.

Zhao Kuangyin, who had already stood on the horse, could tell at a glance that something was wrong, because most of the soldiers who were knocked away were their own brothers.

The Nantang head shield soldiers who had the upper hand at the same time waved their large shields and knocked the Zhou army's shield in front of them away and the spears, which also revealed that the clothes on their bodies were different from those of ordinary soldiers.

"Most of them are Dutou, and there are Dutou and Dutou." Zhao Kuangyin took a breath. The first group of soldiers attacked by the Southern Tang army were actually all imperial guards. This was incredible.

As Zhao Kuangyin saw, the grassroots officers in the Southern Tang Dynasty in the first row all led the way and shouted to kill the enemy, just like a skilled bricklayer quickly demolishing brick walls, and advancing extremely quickly.

The reason why the Southern Tang officers sacrificed their lives was very simple. Before leaving the city to fight, Li Jing, the King of Qi, summoned officers of all sizes of imperial guards, and said with a word: "Lin Feng, a weak scholar, leads a group of mobs to easily kill 50,000 enemies in Shouzhou. I, the great Tang army marshal, leads the most elite imperial guards of the Tang Dynasty. Now I will attack 30,000 with 50,000. I am waiting to see your performance on the battlefield."

Everyone needs shame, and the King of Qi has said this. These officers were all red-eyed and swore on the spot that they would fight to fight the enemy bravely, serve the country with death, and live up to the King of Qi. Turning around, these people quickly reached an agreement when they met with each other: the officers took the lead, selected elite troops, and continuously attacked with the strongest lineup, and must quickly open up the situation.

It is this kind of motivated morale that has prompted the battle formation at the front end of the Southern Tang Dynasty to advance rapidly.

When Zhao Kuangyin saw that the momentum was wrong, he immediately ordered the entire army to continue to press forward and withstand this wave of offensive first. At the same time, he urgently ordered each city to attack the city and decompose the pressure on the front battlefield.

The Zhou army's rear army was divided into three teams, joining the three square formations on the left, middle and right respectively, making the square formation thicker and wider, and temporarily stabilizing the formation.

However, the messengers quickly came back with the messengers from each city to fight back, and reported in a panic: "There are Tang soldiers from all three cities going out to invite the battle, and the number is more than 3,000."

Zhao Kuangyin was shocked. The three city gate camps now had only two thousand soldiers with feint attacks, and basically one blocked two, which was dangerous.

Before these commanders could turn around, there were commanders from each city to attack and rushed to report: "A small number of enemy cavalry and infantrymen left the city and fled far away, but our army could not stop it."

Before we could digest the significance of this news, the third group of messengers rushed to him one after another: "Report that another enemy soldier has gone out of the city to reinforce."

Zhao Kuangyin and Hou Zhang looked at each other, and at the same time they felt their hands and feet were cold. Hou Zhang urgently ordered: "I'll order the city gates to quickly retreat to Xidaying."

Zhao Kuangyin looked solemn, shook off the cloak on his body, clasped his fists and said hurriedly: "Mr. Hou. Please lead the army to retreat gradually, and his subordinates come forward to support him."

Hou Zhang looked at the brave young man with some concern and reminded him: "Yuan Lang, don't just fight hard, be sure to retreat in time. I'll wait for you under Qingliu Pass."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded gratefully, waved his head and rushed to the front with his personal guards and brothers. These new forces directly entered the battle group that was fighting, and immediately stabilized the already shaky front line.

At this time, the sound of golden gongs that stopped for a while sounded sounded in the rear, signaling the Zhou army in front to retreat one after another.

Zhou Jun's formation slowly loosened from behind and began to retreat gradually. Every time he retreated for a distance, he immediately turned around and staggered the formation. The brothers who were waiting for the retreat to detour and then stepped on the formation again before retreating.

When the army was defeated, withdrawing troops would best show the basic quality and ability of the first army. Li Jing on the city then saw through the telescope that the Zhou army was shrinking and retreating in an orderly manner. He couldn't help but secretly promised himself, urgently ordering the troops to slowly push forward and not to advance without authorization.

Zhao Kuangyin led a group of brothers to retreat while fighting and retreated all the time to his own military camp. The Zhou army, who had prepared torches, immediately lit the tent in the camp. The fire spread rapidly in the cold winter wind, and in a flash, it wrapped the entire military camp into the fire, temporarily isolated the pursuing troops of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin led a group of brothers to pass through the barracks quickly, and with the brothers who retreated from other cities, he joined the rectangular shield formation behind the barracks, and began to retreat to Qingliu Pass in the northwest. The Southern Tang army, which had already surrounded the three sides, had no choice but to "escort" these Zhou troops to Qingliu Pass outside the range of the bow and arrow.

At this moment, the scene when the Qingliuguan Guards of Southern Tang retreated to Chuzhou reappeared, and the scale was even larger, but this time the offensive and defensive sides exchanged positions with each other.

The two armies retreated to Qingliu Pass. The Southern Tang soldiers stopped and watched as some of the other party prepared to set up camp, while some slowly retreated into the pass. They immediately cheered in unison to celebrate this major victory.

"The King of Qi used his troops to be a heavy sword without a sharp edge. Unfortunately, he changed the offensive and defensive situation in Chuzhou at once, and successfully passed on the news of the victory of Shouzhou. It was indeed a magical calculation, and our future road would be much easier." Wu Qing, who was hidden on the east side of Qingliuguan, listened to the cheers in front of Qingliuguan, and looked at the flames that were still not extinguished in the next Zhou camp in Chuzhou City, with great excitement, "Okay, from now on, our special forces will really start to take our own path, and the results are waiting for us."

Wu Qing waved his hand and moved into the mountain with his brothers who had more than 500 people, and quickly disappeared. The first release of this book comes from 17K Novel Network, and you can read the genuine content as soon as possible!
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