After Li Keyong made the decision, the order to withdraw the troops was quickly issued to various departments.

On the first night of October, Li Cunzhang personally brought Ying, Mo, Ji, and more than 10,000 troops from the four prefectures and Tutuan Township to the camp and attacked the Xia army camp.

Before the war, Li Cunzhang distributed all the stolen property and personally boosted his morale. Then, he led his own soldiers to supervise the battle. If those who were ineffective in fighting and did not advance, they would beheaded immediately.

Therefore, the Jin army struggled to boost morale for a moment and launched a tide of attack.

"You can lead your troops quickly and set up an ambush between Qingchi and Changlu. If the Xia people pursue, they will definitely advance lightly, and then they will suffer a great loss." Li Cunzhang grabbed Li Siben, lowered his voice, and instructed secretly.

When the Xia people want to pursue, they will inevitably face the problem of whether to wear armor or not. Armor is divided into three categories: iron armor, leather armor, and cloth armor (protective power is better than none, or it can be said to be without armor). Whether it is iron armor or leather armor, it is very hindering the action. Do you wear it?

If you don’t wear it and the light troops advance quickly, I will prepare troops for you to intercept it. Li Si was going to do this.

The fire started to burn, and the battle continued.

The Xia people were attacked at night, and they did not panic and responded in moderation. Most of them did not even get up. Only the night watchmen were fighting. The aided soldiers stood up and sat on the ground, preparing for support.

Of course, Li Cunzhang knew that he could not capture the Xia people's camps. They had more than ten miles of continuous force and had strong troops. If they wanted to break it, they could only create chaos, that is, break one of their camps, then set fire, beat drums, shout, and send cavalry to shoot arrows everywhere. This is possible. Moreover, there have been many such cases in ancient times, and they have achieved the brilliant achievements of some famous generals, and they have written a lot.

However, after Li Cunzhang tried it, he found that there was no chance.

The Xia people responded very professionally. The night soldiers fought normally. The aid sergeant stayed in the barracks and sat on the ground in the tent, ready. Others then went to bed, making loud noises spreading fear. Those who walked around without military orders were shot and killed by arrows, and those who killed were not guilty.

This army cannot make you create chaos and get cheap.

"As for the order." Li Siben seemed to have expected it, so he took the order and left.

Li Cunzhang thought about it again, summoned his relatives and said, "You go to the camp and collect all the cavalry and prepare for counterattack. Don't worry about the cavalry of the Xia thief, just stare at their infantry."

"Leave it behind, if I leave, here..." the dear general hesitated.

"I can't die." Li Cunzhang scolded and said, "Go and handle it quickly."

"As for your order." The dear will leave in a hurry.

Li Cunzhang continued to stare at the battlefield ahead.

The offensive was still very fierce, but he knew that it was unsustainable. The morale aroused by wealth came and went quickly. Even if there was military deterrence, it would not last long.

But he doesn't care. As long as he attracts the attention of the Xia people, it is worth sacrificing how many people he has.

As for the state army and the land unit, what can we do if we die? As long as we bring the elite soldiers back, Youzhou is still in our hands, and it is only a matter of one word to rebuild the force of these places.

As for whether the elite soldiers and strong generals can take them away, then let them do their best. Retreatment especially tests the level of the generals. Some people return all their troops, and some are wiped out. Anyway, he has done his best and arranged everything he should do and should not do. Let God decide now.

Basically, Li Cunzhang was still a little confident. Of course, the battlefield was changing, and no one could say what would happen. He was mentally prepared for the losses, and everything depends on the result of the bet.

*******

The camp was crowded with people, but few people spoke. Occasionally, a few made noises and were quickly scolded by the officers, so they had to shut up.

Everyone's faces were very complicated. The new recruits were excited and packed up all kinds of things, including the stolen goods. The veterans looked solemn. They gave up a lot of unnecessary things and only brought valuable softness.

Of course, there are also weapons to save lives.

You can carry some heavy armor and install it in a large cart. A long spear is also placed on the cart, which are all things that are very influential to the journey.

It is very important to remove these, swords, bows and arrows, because this is the only equipment they can counterattack when they encounter enemy hunting - if they don't have time to wear armor and get a spear.

The camp gate had been opened, and some soldiers were the first to go out of the camp. The auxiliary soldiers drove a large cart, loaded with food, equipment, goods and other materials, and disappeared into the vast night.

They dare not raise fire, and they can only quietly set off on the road by relying on the mountains and rivers they had been familiar with when they were stationed in the past two months.

After the first group of people left, the second group was the second group. Everyone was silent and rushed to the road.

And this is just the first camp.

There is no way for a 50,000 army to have only one camp. In fact, there are seven or eight places in total. This is quite small, and sometimes there can be more than ten places, which depends entirely on the local terrain. The 50,000 army camp mentioned by people is actually just the largest camp where the commander is located.

Tonight, most camps received orders to withdraw troops, and some camps that were intertwined with the Xia people and were not received at all.

Obviously, they were abandoned and at this moment they were counterattacking the Xia army camp.

The battlefield is so cold and cruel.

The army walked silently, Li Sien handed over the horse to his personal soldiers and finally looked back at the south side.

The drums never stopped, the killing sounded throughout the night sky, and the fierce battle continued.

Poor people! He sighed. He sympathized with those people, but that was all. People are selfish. Things like dead fellow Taoists have never stopped being staged since ancient times.

"Sigh the lotus!" The horse suddenly raised its hooves and neighed loudly.

Everyone's face changed.

Li Sien frowned. Even in the darkness, he seemed to be able to see the nervous expressions on the soldiers' faces.

The auxiliary soldiers quickly calmed the horses and the army continued to move forward.

Li Sien subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife around her waist and then loosened it.

With such a nervous look, even if you can escape today, the Xia people will chase them all the way tomorrow, how can they resist?

The neighing sound of the horses was remembered in the distance.

Li Sien just took a look and didn't pay much attention. He knew that it was a fight between the two sides, scouts, etc.

The battle between the rangers has existed since the beginning.

The meaning of their fighting is to prevent the other party from being close to their own camp and spy on them. Therefore, the arrangement is lighter in front and heavier in the back. That is, the closer they are to their own camp, the more rafts, the stronger their strength. They repeatedly drive away, fighting against the other party's spies to block their movements.

Former Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin liked to take a few rangers to investigate the enemy camp.

He is often discovered and then used his sharp shooting skills to escape. This kind of exploration is obviously a failure because he was driven away, but I did show a good courage.

"Rest for half an hour." After a long time, Li Sien looked at the sky and ordered.

The messenger quickly ordered the troops to be assigned to various units. More than 7,000 soldiers were relieved and sat on the ground, catching the time to recover their strength.

Li Sien found a high place and tried to overlook the entire wilderness. But the sky was still dark and he could not see anything, which made him feel a little upset.

I don’t know where the other troops had retreated, so he picked up a stem of grass and was uneasy.

*******

"Dongdongdongdongdong..." The war drum sounded, the camp gate opened, and a large group of soldiers came out in a row and lined up in the wilderness.

The wilderness is full of discarded weapons, armor, chariots, horses and war equipment. Corpse can be seen everywhere, trenches and village walls, even layer by layer. Judging from the cause of death, most of them are arrow wounds.

There are not many people who can move on the ground. The night dew is cold and the wind is cold. After being injured, all the people who can withstand the disease until now are fierce people. Even if there is, they will be chopped up with one knife and send you on the way.

The further away from the trench wall, the fewer the bodies. It is obvious that after the Jin army retreated, the Xia army did not pursue it rashly. Instead, they calmed down and waited until dawn to move.

There were still Jin cavalry moving in the distance of the battlefield. They held the horses, held the horn bows in their hands, and looked here with vigilant eyes.

The thief army camp was several miles away and could not see clearly when standing on the ground. However, after Zang Dubao climbed to the high platform of the camp, he saw everything.

There seemed to be fewer people in the camp.

"Someone is trying to cover up the truth." Zang Dubao stroked his beard and sneered.

He was a little surprised when he heard the Jin soldiers attacking the camp last night and subconsciously judged that the Jin people were going to retreat. But because the night was dark, he did not let someone attack, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy.

However, in the second half of the night, he still sent a mail to other camps, asking them to select elite troops and go out to test the camp.

Well, there is no news yet. But he is not in a hurry. Even if this group of people is really stuck, it doesn't matter. He can afford to die.

"Li Lin!" Zang Dubao got off the high platform and called Li Lin, the left wing military envoy.

"The last one will be here." Li Lin responded.

"You lead three infantry commanders and four cavalry commanders to attack the Jin bandit camp." Zang Dubao ordered.

"Affect the order." Li Lin took the order and left.

"Wang Jianji!" Zang Dubao shouted again.

"The last one will be here!"

"You can lead five cavalry commanders and take horses to the road, bypass the thief camp from the left, and search behind. If someone dares to stop him, don't doubt it."

"Affect the order."

"Niu Li!"

"The last general is here!" Tianxiong Army's capital, Yu Hou Niu Li, came out to respond.

"You go to the left camp and lead two infantry commanders of the right wing and General Tu, and two cavalry commanders, and pass through the thief camp and test their quality."

"I will obey the order at the end." Niu Li replied.

He understood that his mission was actually similar to Wang Jianji. He interspersed and surrounded him, just to test whether the Jin people still had enough troops to stop them. If not, he would have run away and chased him.

"Transfer an order to General Kang Jun, General Tu, and he ordered him to rectify the troops and attack Cangzhou." Zang Dubao issued the last order, and then returned to the tent and waited quietly for the news.

For a moment, the Xia army advanced forward and rushed to the opposite Jin army camp and Cangzhou city.

The first one to arrive was actually the two thousand infantry commanded by Jie Bin, the right-wing military envoy of Tianxiong Army. They first left the city to clean the battlefield and advanced all the way to the bandit camp. As a result, the arrows coming towards them were sparse, and there were even people in the camp shouting loudly.

Obviously, after their group of people arrived, the morale of the Jin army always collapsed and I don’t know what happened.

"Today!" Jie Bin raised the iron mace.

"It's just death!" Two thousand soldiers rushed forward, slashed the knives and axes, split the small village they used for warning, and then put the wooden boards on the trench and rushed past.

The Jin people on the village wall fled in scattered and then spread to the vicinity of the camp gate. Xia soldiers rushed over, chopped with an axe, pulled the horse, and the camp gate collapsed, revealing its true appearance.

"I'll report the news to the envoy. The thief has fled, so you can chase him quickly." Xie Bin laughed.

The personal soldiers understood and immediately went to send a message.

Speedy pursuit and slow pursuit are completely different concepts, and the effects are also very different.

Some people chased the enemy and were reluctant to let go, such as the Qing soldiers chasing Li Zicheng, and they did not give him a chance to reorganize the troops.

There are also those who deliberately slow down the pursuit speed and do not put too much pressure on the enemy, such as Zhao Chongguo's confrontation with Xianling Qiang.
Chapter completed!