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The spear throwers quickly retreated, and Li Ye ordered: "General Lei Wanchun led the spear infantry to fight head-on, and General Gao Xiuyan led the Second Army's 10,000 cavalry to attack from both sides!"

Fifteen thousand spear infantry attacked, and the spear throwers just now also transformed into spear infantry and participated in the battle. Gao Xiuyan's soldiers divided into two groups and ordered Ying Yanglang General Liu Chunlin to lead 5,000 cavalry to attack the enemy's left side. He led 5,000 cavalry to attack the enemy's left side. The cavalry attacked the enemy's right flank.

Eight thousand Yan army cavalry came overwhelmingly to kill.

The standard equipment of the Yan army's cavalry is exactly the same as that of the Tang army. They all have a long and short horizontal sword, a standard spear, a bow, thirty arrows, and a round shield. The cavalry led by Tian Qianzhen is even more of the Yan army. The elite of the army, they are equipped with the most powerful bows, the sharpest knives, and the strongest armor.

But now they encountered the Helong Army with high morale.

At this time, the Yan Army cavalry was hindered by the corpses of their fallen comrades in front, and their speed slowed down significantly, but they still reached the front of the Tang Army's formation.

Thirty steps. ． ． ．

Eight thousand Yan Army cavalry had already rushed thirty steps away. Tian Qianzhen raised his sword and shouted sternly: "Charge into the enemy's formation."

The 15,000-strong Tang Army infantry formation was launched. Countless soldiers swept the ground and leveled their spears. The dense formation of spears was like a solid piece of steel, advancing slowly on foot. There were 5,000 cavalry on each side gradually pulling apart, as if Two broad wings flew towards both sides of the Yan army's cavalry.

The spear throwers of the Tang Army had two roles. They were both spear soldiers and spear throwers. They were hidden in the infantry formation. They were calmer and more accurate. They had to use sharp steel spears to severely defeat the Yan Army's cavalry offensive. .

The spear army of the Tang Army ran, and the two armies finally met. The dense rain in the sky was still gentle and smooth. It seemed to wash away the killings in the world and minimize the cruelty of war. However, the cruelty of war cannot be stopped by rain.

The galloping cavalry rushed into the jungle-like spears. The cavalrymen were pierced and fell off their horses one after another. However, Tang Army soldiers were constantly stabbed by the cavalry spears. Before the cavalry behind them could rush up, countless people were hit by flying steel spears. Shot through the body and crucified to the ground.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The war drums beat loudly, and the second wave of 20,000 Yan army infantry came to cover them up, led by Li Guiren himself.

Li Ye immediately ordered, "The cavalry of the First Army and the Second Army go up to fight."

The main force of the Tang Army, 20,000 cavalry, also immediately entered the battle, under the personal command of the coach Li Ye. On the several-mile-long front, the two armies were engaged in a life-and-death battle. The cold sword light was flying in the rain and fog. Rain, sweat, Blood and water mixed together, and heart-stopping screams could be heard endlessly.

The Tang Army's 15,000 spear infantry withstood the cavalry attack, while the Tang Army's 5,000 cavalrymen on each side gathered into two cavalry squares, like two iron fists on the left and right, attacking the enemy's positions again and again. They were ruthless and Cruelly tearing apart the enemy's formation, smashing the cavalry into pieces.

The battle between the other 40,000 people was even more brutal. Although the two sides had similar numbers, the weapons, equipment and training of the Tang army were obviously better than those of the other side. In particular, the Tang army had 20,000 cavalry, which was obviously more advantageous than the other side's 20,000 infantry.

If the distance is far, spears are used to thrust, while in close combat, horizontal swords are used to chop. Although the Yan army soldiers are also well-trained and can compete with the armies of Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, they are well-trained and good at cooperative combat. The Helong Tang Army was gradually losing ground.

In particular, the cavalry of the Tang Army were well-trained and well-equipped. They were like a dense net, constantly strangling the scattered enemy troops. They suddenly gathered into a line and attacked the enemy's back from the rear in one go.

Li Ye still has an army that has not gone to battle, that is, the 5,000 Modao Army, led by Hei Spear and Tian Zhen. At this time, a messenger rushed over, raised his command arrow and shouted: "King Qi has an order, Modao Army attacks Behind the enemy infantry formation!"

The five thousand Mo Dao army shouted and ran towards the back of the enemy's main force.

Five thousand Mo Dao troops lined up and rushed into the back of the enemy's main force in an instant. Five thousand sharp Mo Dao troops flew into the air. Blood and flesh splattered everywhere, and limbs and heads rolled to the ground.

Being attacked from both sides by the Tang army, the main force of the Yan army was in chaos and was on the verge of collapse. ． ． ． ． ． ． ．

Li Guiren was extremely anxious. Zhou Zhi's army should have arrived long ago. Why has there been no movement? Is this bastard really just perfunctory?

"Kill!" A tall young general of the Tang Army suddenly came to Li Guiren, his eyes bursting with anger, and the extremely sharp sword in his hand drew a roaring arc and slashed towards Li Guiren's neck like lightning. Caught off guard, he raised his spear in panic.

The young general of the Tang Army was Xi Wanli, the eldest son of Xi Yuanqing. He followed Li Ye to fight and was always looking for an opportunity to kill the enemy general. Unexpectedly, he found him.

‘Crack! ’

The strength in Xi Wanli's body seemed to be able to split the mountain into pieces. Li Guiren's spear shaft was cut off with one knife. The force of the knife was still fierce and fierce. The cold blade slashed across Li Guiren's shoulder and cut off a huge head. After slashing more than three feet, the famous general Li Guiren died in the hands of a new general of the Anxi Army.

Li Guiren's head was still wide open with anger in the air. Blood spurted out from his neck, irritating Xi Wanli's face. Xi Wanli raised his head and laughed wildly. He wiped his face and wiped the sticky blood all over his body. The horse flew up and cut off Yan Jun's flag with another sword.

Li Ye saw the Yan army's commander's flag being cut off at a glance, and he immediately asked: "Who cut off the commander's flag?"

The soldiers galloped on horseback to investigate, and came back after a while to report, "It's General Xi Wanli. Not only did he cut off the enemy's commander's flag, but he also killed the enemy's general!"

Li Ye was overjoyed and asked: "Where is Li Guiren's head?"

"Your Highness, here!"

Xi Wanli rushed over with Li Guiren's head and held it high.

Li Ye also didn't expect that An Lushan's most powerful general would die in the hands of Xi Wanli. He nodded, "From now on, I will officially appoint you as General Hu Ben!"

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When the cavalry of the Tang Army carried Li Guiren's head on the battlefield and shouted: "Li Guiren is dead! Li Guiren is dead!"

The Yan army could no longer support it, and Li Guiren became the last straw that broke the Yan army's back.

The Yan army was defeated on all fronts and was chased by the Tang army. They killed all the soldiers without leaving any surrender. The entire 30,000-strong army was destroyed, with less than 300 survivors who escaped.

Tian Qianzhen escaped with a hundred cavalry. He was heartbroken and fled all the way to Hebei to join his clan brother Tian Chengsi.

Zhou Zhi's army was ambushed in Bailong Ridge for more than half an hour and then withdrew. He naturally had a bottom line in his mind. If the Helong Tang army was as easy to deal with as Xiangzhou Yu Chaoen's army, he might as well send troops to get a share of the pie.

But his spies told him that the Helong army was stronger than Li Guiren's army, so he led his army to retreat eastward without hesitation.

Hearing that the Yan army was defeated and Li Guiren was killed, Zhou Zhi turned pale with fright. He led an army of 20,000 people and did not dare to stay in Mianchi County, but retreated quickly towards Xin'an County.

He ran fifty miles away in one breath and met Shi Siming who led his army to Xin'an County in the evening.

Shi Siming was confused and asked anxiously: "What happened? I asked you to come back as prime minister. Why did you bring the army back?"

Zhou Zhi was astonished, "Biji did not receive the military order from His Majesty. It was just because Li Guiren did not listen to Bizhi's advice and sent troops to fight the main force of the Tang army without permission."

"What?"

Shi Siming was shocked. Li Guiren had already sent troops to fight. He asked urgently: "How is the battle going?"

Zhou Zhi shook his head, "Bizhi originally planned to go to support General Li, but before he reached the battlefield, he heard that he had been defeated and died in battle. Bizhi did not dare to stay and quickly retreated to Xin'an County."

Shi Siming's eyes widened, "You said Li Guiren was killed in battle?"

"I'm not sure, I just heard about it."

Shi Siming took two steps back, feeling an inexplicable panic in his heart. Even a powerful and famous general like Li Guiren was defeated and died. Li Ye was not ordinary powerful, and he had to consider his retreat.

Thinking of this, he said to Zhou Zhi anxiously: "I will leave the army to you. You can lead 50,000 troops to guard Xin'an County and Hanhangu Pass for me. I will go back immediately to redeploy the defense of Luoyang."

"I humbly obey my orders!"

That night, Shi Siming rushed back to Luoyang overnight with 300 personal guards.