Time passed by slowly.
It was originally only ten miles away, but it took Duan Zhixuan's army three hours to get close. The reason for this was that after Duan Zhixuan led his army to get close, he let his soldiers take a break to adjust their condition and recover some strength before approaching.
Duan Zhixuan led fifty thousand elites and approached the battlefield. When he saw Xia Xia's army in a defensive formation in front of him, his eyes lit up. He thought to himself, 'Have they finally realized that they can't escape, so they stopped running?'
"Kill!"
Duan Zhixuan did not hesitate and gave the order.
The army under his command spread out like a swarm of bees and launched an attack.
The mighty army charged forward, heading straight for the defensive formation that Ma Yuan had set up. When the distance was shortened and the overwhelming Tang army approached the defensive line of the Xia army, Ma Yuan did not immediately order the soldiers to charge forward. Instead, he got the soldiers to wait until the distance was shortened before throwing out a wave of grenades.
One after another, the grenades swept through the air and fell to the ground in the blink of an eye and exploded.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
The sound of explosions rose and fell one after another.
For a moment, the ground in front of them trembled and dirt flew. Countless people were killed by the explosions. The soldiers under Duan Zhixuan's command were originally as fierce as tigers, but the explosion of the grenades gave them a head-on blow. The soldiers who rushed at the front were blown to the ground and killed one after another. There were countless casualties.
However, the Tang army's offensive did not stop. More and more soldiers rushed forward and kept getting closer.
After the distance was shortened, they could no longer rely on the grenades.
Ma Yuan was not in a hurry. Because the entire army's defensive line had been built with simple defensive fortifications, when the Tang soldiers approached, soldiers with spears in their hands would rush forward one by one.
One after another, the spears stabbed out directly.
Puchi! Puchi!
The spears stabbed out and were instantly pulled out, bringing with them puffs of blood. Instantly, countless Tang soldiers who rushed forward were killed. Even so, the Tang soldiers still rushed forward, and the two sides gradually evolved into a hand-to-hand battle.
The two armies directly faced each other.
Ma Yuan's 30,000 elite troops were fighting against Duan Zhixuan's 50,000 troops.
Of course, because of the grenade attack from before, as well as the slight offensive during the defense, the actual number of people should be 30,000 against 40,000. However, in the end, Duan Zhixuan's forces held the advantage.
In particular, Duan Zhixuan kept encouraging the soldiers and ordering them to attack.
The Tang army kept rushing forward.
They kept attacking.
The attacks were extremely ferocious.
But even so, the soldiers under Ma Yuan's command didn't show any signs of fatigue or defeat. They continued to charge forward. The vast land was packed with people, and the two armies were constantly clashing with each other.
They fought back and forth.
Ma Yuan commanded from the rear. He watched as his soldiers continued to resist and charge. Although they were few in number, they were evenly matched and did not show any signs of fatigue. Time passed bit by bit. Neither side was defeated. Both of them went all out. As a result, the situation of the battle was very tragic.
Two hours passed in a flash.
Four hours later, the armies from both sides had been sent to the battlefield.
They had already reached the point where they would not rest until one of them was dead.
Either you die, or I die.
Only one side can survive.
Duan Zhixuan's eyes were red with killing. He personally blew the horn and ordered his soldiers to attack. The entire Tang army's side attacked like a tide. They were ferocious and kept attacking.
Ma Yuan saw all this. He reached out and took his iron hammer from a soldier beside him. He swung the two iron hammers in his hands and rushed forward quickly.
"Kill!"
"Everyone, follow me and kill!"
"Today is the day to kill the Tang army. Today is the day to kill the enemy and gain merit. Kill! "
Ma Yuan shouted loudly.
He was like an arrow leaving the bow, riding his horse and sprinting quickly. In a short time, he had already rushed to the front of the battle. Ma Yuan swung the iron hammer in his hand and smashed down. In an instant, the Tang soldiers were killed one by one. With the swing of the iron hammer, Ma Yuan was invincible. No one could resist the power of his hammer.
Under Ma Yuan's leadership, the army kept rushing forward. Looking down from the sky, it was as if there was a sharp knife in the crowd, constantly rushing into the heart of the Tang army.
This sharp knife was none other than Ma Yuan.
He led the army to charge quickly.
Because of Ma Yuan's appearance, the originally evenly matched strength of the two sides gradually changed. However, Ma Yuan was one person after all, so the change was not obvious in a short time, but the situation was quite delicate.
Duan Zhixuan saw the situation on the battlefield. He did not go up to fight personally. Instead, he ordered his soldiers to charge quickly and directly stop Ma Yuan's attack.
Because of Duan Zhixuan's mobilization, Ma Yuan was temporarily blocked.
The two sides were still fighting.
Duan Zhixuan looked at the scene of fighting on the battlefield, and his eyes showed a determined look.
He could not lose this battle.
He had to win.
If he lost this battle, it would be impossible for him to be valued by Li Shimin again. Therefore, Duan Zhixuan ordered in a deep voice, "All soldiers, attack. In this battle, kill the local general and your rank will be promoted by three levels. Kill the enemy's ordinary general and your rank will be promoted by two levels. If you want to kill the enemy and gain merit, then charge. "
The messenger relayed the order.
Following the implementation of the order, all the soldiers became excited. Because of the reward, this was a great opportunity. They moved quickly one by one and kept attacking.
The Tang army's decline was forcibly reversed, and they began to counterattack.
Seeing this, Duan Zhixuan's mouth curled up.
Hold on!
He finally stabilized the situation of this battle.
Next, as long as his soldiers fought with their lives, he would definitely win this battle.
Just as Duan Zhixuan was feeling excited, his ears suddenly twitched, and he seemed to hear a neigh coming from the rear of the army. But what was more clear was the tremor of the ground.
Duan Zhixuan immediately turned his head to look.
He immediately saw the smoke and dust on the official road behind him, rising into the sky.
Duan Zhixuan's heart thumped.
What was going on?
Why was there a large army behind him?
Especially when he saw the smoke and dust flying, Duan Zhixuan immediately guessed that it was a large group of cavalry charging over. Not long after, Duan Zhixuan could already feel the tremor of the ground.
In the blink of an eye, Duan Zhixuan could already see the warhorses galloping over from behind.
One warhorse after another, galloping quickly.
They kept sprinting.
Under the charge of these warhorses, they spread out on the battlefield, forming a large net.
At this moment, Duan Zhixuan's heart was even worse.
The situation was not good!
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