Du Qi's army retreated overnight and arrived at Niulan Mountain before dawn.
The arrival of Du Qi's army surprised Xiao Yuanqi, because the original plan was for Du Qi's army to be in Guazhou. He quickly came down from Niulan Mountain and said, "Your Majesty, weren't you fighting with the Tang army in Guazhou? Why did you come out of Guazhou? "
The news of yesterday's battle had been delivered.
Xiao Yuanqi knew that Du Qi's army had the upper hand and won the battle yesterday. But Xiao Yuanqi was confused. According to the original plan, this was not the arrangement.
Du Qi explained, "The current battle plan with the Tang army has been adjusted. The focus is to attack the Tang army passing through Niulan Mountain. Xiao Yuanqi, you set up the battle array and even set up landmines on the official road from Guazhou to Niulan Mountain to stop Li Shimin. Next, the Tang Army and another Tang Army will come to surround us. The new plan for this battle is to destroy the Tang army in the rear first. "
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Xiao Yuanqi immediately went to arrange.
It was not the time to ask questions. First, he arranged everything and prepared for defense.
Xiao Yuanqi had made some arrangements before, but the main ones were on the mountain. Now, he had to set up a defense line on the official road to stop the Tang army. When Xiao Yuan Qi finished arranging everything, the sky was already bright. Du Qi's army also took advantage of this short period of time to rest and reorganize, and slightly recover their physical strength and energy.
Xiao Yuanqi came to Du Qi and said, "Your Majesty, everything is ready."
Du Qi nodded.
"Report!"
At this time, another soldier shouted.
A soldier flew to Xiao Yuanqi, saluted to Du Qi, and then reported, "General Xiao, the Tang army is coming from the rear. They have raised a banner, a banner with the word 'Duan'. "
Du Qi thought for a while and said, "Duan's banner, then the leader must be Duan Zhixuan. He has a total of 80,000 soldiers, but his military strength and combat power are weaker than ours. Let's take down this batch of Tang army first, and then deal with Li Shimin. "
"Reporting!"
At this moment, another scout ran over from the front.
This was arranged by Du Qi along the route from Guazhou to Niulan Mountain to monitor the whereabouts of Li Shimin's army.
The sentry came to Du Qi's side and reported, "Your Majesty, the army led by Li Shimin has been dispatched, they are coming straight for us. I estimate that it will take at most two hours to reach Niulan Mountain. "
Du Qi waved his hand to let the sentries continue to investigate. Then he looked at Xiao Yuanqi and said, "I'll give you another 10,000 soldiers. Guard the east line of Niulan and block the Tang army. You just need to stall for a day, and within a day, I will defeat Duan Zhixuan's army. Are you confident? "
Xiao Yuanqi said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I promise to complete the mission. Furthermore, I have another six thousand soldiers here. With enough gunpowder, mines, and so on, although our defensive forces are few, we will not retreat even half a step. "
Du Qi said, "Since you want 6,000, I'll give you 6,000. Plus the 6,000 you have before, you have 12,000 men under your command. You have a certain fighting strength. When I destroy Duan Zhixuan, this war will be won. "
Xiao Yuanqi said, "This humble one understands."
He had already arranged everything and only needed to wait in Niulan Mountain.
Du Qi no longer delayed and mobilized the army to rush to the position of Duan Zhixuan's army. The army led by Duan Zhixuan was mainly gathered on the west line of Niulan Mountain. This batch of 80,000 men.
Previously, Duan Zhixuan was heading toward Xia Xia to attract Du Qi's attention. Halfway through his journey, he rested for a moment before turning around and retreating. His army had arrived at the front line of Niulan Mountain in the second half of last night. It was just that Duan Zhixuan's army was rushing all the way and it was night, so they didn't immediately attack Niulan Mountain.
Up until now, Duan Zhixuan still didn't know that Du Qi had changed his strategy and was heading toward him. Duan Zhixuan's idea was very simple. He wanted to break through the army at Niulan Mountain and then cooperate with Li Shimin to take down Du Qi.
Duan Zhixuan led the army and quickly rushed forward. When they were about to approach Niulan Mountain, the scout he sent out suddenly returned and reported, "General Duan, Du Qi's army is coming. They have at least 80,000 men and are coming straight for us. "
Duan Zhixuan was a little surprised.
How is that possible?
Du Qi's army was clearly in Guazhou City. How could they leave the city and appear near Niulan Mountain?
Duan Zhixuan didn't understand, but he could only continue to move forward. However, Duan Zhixuan continued to move forward. Less than a quarter of an hour later, another scout galloped over. This scout was sent out by Li Shimin early in the morning. He took a detour to Duan Zhixuan's side and reported, "General Duan, there's a letter from His Majesty."
Duan Zhixuan took the letter and quickly read it. When he finished, he realized that Du Qi had already changed his strategy. He had already given up on Guazhou City to deal with him.
Li Shimin's order in the letter was very simple. He wanted Duan Zhixuan to attack with all his might. When he blocked the attack of Du Qi's army, he wanted to destroy Du Qi's army and make the battle go smoothly. In the letter, Li Shimin also said that he was leading the army to Niulan Mountain to attack Du Qi together with Duan Zhixuan.
In short, Du Qi couldn't be allowed to escape.
They had to completely defeat Du Qi.
After reading the letter, Duan Zhixuan understood. His expression was solemn as he ordered the soldiers under his command to hurry forward. Duan Zhixuan also said that Du Qi's army wanted to escape. He ordered the soldiers to stop Du Qi and not let Du Qi escape.
This was Duan Zhixuan's little trick.
Du Qi's intention was to defeat him first, not to give up on Guazhou and run away. But in fact, Du Qi had given up on Guazhou and was heading in the direction of Xia Xia. Under this premise, even if Duan Zhixuan changed his story and said that Du Qi was escaping, no one would refute it. No one even doubted it because the Tang army was strong.
The army set off, rushing forward in a grandiose manner.
All the soldiers were in high spirits.
Because they thought that Du Qi was already defeated and couldn't stop the attack of the Tang army. The two sides moved towards each other. In a short period of time, the two armies met. At this time, both sides tacitly didn't shout and directly gave the order to attack.
Du Qi was in the rear. Seeing the two sides fighting in this vast and open area, he didn't hesitate and directly looked at Mordor beside him and said in a deep voice, "Mordor, I'll give you five thousand elite cavalry. You lead five thousand elite cavalry from our left wing into the enemy's formation. Charge back and forth and cut down the enemy's banner. "
"Yes!"
Mordor cupped his fists in response.
At this time, he was carrying his drum drum and urn hammer. The warhorse under him was also a special mount. Only such a divine horse could carry Mordor's power.
He mobilized five thousand elite cavalry and quickly charged out from the left wing.
Du Qi looked at Xue Rengui and said, "Xue Rengui, you don't need to command. Lead your cavalry and charge out from our right wing. Don't hold back in this battle and don't have to leave any backups. Now is the time to attack and defeat the enemy in one go. We have cavalry and infantry, and we have more troops than the enemy. In this battle, we will destroy the enemy's formation in one go. "
"Yes!"
Xue Rengui immediately mobilized the five thousand elite cavalry under his command.
Du Qi looked at Ma Yuan and ordered him to lead the army to attack from the middle.
At this time, Du Qi sent out all the troops under his command. The cavalry and infantry all charged out to kill the enemy, and no one was left behind. With such a formation, the attack was like a wave, and they were aggressive.
Beside Du Qi, there were only Shangguan Yi and the others, less than a hundred people.
Du Qi was not worried about being ambushed.
He was staking everything on this one throw.
On the battlefield, Moledo, Ma Yuan, and Xue Rengui led the three armies to attack. The infantry and Duan Zhixuan's infantry clashed, and it was hard to tell who was stronger in a short amount of time. Mordor and Xue Rengui were different. Both of them were peerless generals who led the charge. Their attacks were ferocious and unparalleled, like they were plowing through a garden and sweeping through a cave, constantly pushing forward.
The infantry of the Tang army could block Ma Yuan's infantry. However, under the attacks of the cavalry, even if Duan Zhixuan had a certain number of cavalry under him and sent them to stop, they could not stop. Very quickly, the defensive line was destroyed.
The left and right wings of the Tang army fought for less than an hour before they started to be suppressed.
They were showing signs of defeat.
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