Fu Song

Chapter 556
Xie Hong, who was neatly dressed and washed meticulously, walked slowly along the city wall. Along the way, he chatted with the sergeants holding spears and bows from time to time, and his bright smile echoed on the city wall.

The learned and talented Xie Hong was not at all polite in his speech, on the contrary, he was very humorous. Occasionally, a few words of Liba people's slang would pop up, and often after a few words, the nearby sergeants burst into laughter .

The same is true now, even after a month of hard work, Xuzhou was in danger several times and was almost destroyed by the puppet Qi several times, but as long as Xie Hong appeared, it would still bring some relaxed feeling.

No one thinks that Xie Hong is not down-to-earth.

His attire and calmness made the soldiers feel more at ease.

Contrary to him, Liu Jun, who was in charge of the entire Xuzhou military affairs, had a dusty face, a stubbled beard, sunken eye sockets, and a serious expression. Just looking at someone made one's hairs stand on end involuntarily, and one's body felt cold.

The two leaders of Xuzhou City have completely different styles.

But I have to say that these two people are well matched and complement each other. Xuzhou City can survive the siege of tens of thousands of puppet Qi elites for more than a month, which is inseparable from these two people.

Laughter came all the way, and finally stopped abruptly when he was a dozen steps away from him.

Liu Jun turned his head, sure enough, Xie Hong had already walked to his side.

"If there is no reinforcements, we can defend for ten days at most!" Liu Jun took off his helmet, hugged it in his arms, and turned to look at Xie Hong. "Boying, do you regret it? If we paid a huge price, but didn't wait for reinforcements in the end, and ended up with nothing! Even if we can escape in the end, we will really be devastated."

Xie Hong smiled: "How can we be so helpless? Even if we fail now, we have not gained nothing. It's just that we have gained less."

"What did we get?" Liu Jun was puzzled.

"Fame!" Xie Hongdao: "Our reputation of loyalty has been spread all over the country. Therefore, even if we really fail here, as long as we can escape, then we only need to raise our arms, and there will naturally be countless heroes. Loyal ministers and righteous soldiers gather under our command. When the whole country is silent and all horses are well-versed, you and I will rise up and fight against the rebels. This reputation of loyalty cannot be bought by money."

Liu Jun smiled dumbly: "It turns out that no matter whether you win or lose, Boying, you have already calculated clearly. Then I have good news to tell you now!"

"What good news, are you still on the fence?" Xie Hong shook his head slightly.

"Our reinforcements should have arrived!" Liu Jun said.

"Why do you see that?" Xie Hong looked at the puppet military camp in the distance, with flags flying, the sound of people shouting and neighing faintly, and from time to time there were teams of scouts rushing from a distance, sprinting around the city and then leaving quickly go.

"Some little tricks!" Liu Jun said coldly: "But they didn't do a full set of plays. When dinner is served, don't they even want to burn a few more piles of fire?"

"You mean they have troops gone?"

"Not only left, but also walked a lot!" Liu Jun said: "I have been observing since this morning. Their troops have been transferred here and there, but only the flags have been changed, not the personnel."

"Reinforcement? But where is the reinforcement?" Xie Hong was overjoyed, looking forward day and night, isn't he just looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements?As long as the reinforcements come, he will not only gain fame, but also retain a certain amount of strength.

After all, in such a troubled world, the stronger the strength, the better. The combination of strength and fame can make him rise to a higher level.

"The reinforcements should not come directly to assist Xuzhou, but to rescue the enemy." Liu Jun thought, "Boying, this also shows that there are not many people who came to rescue us. So we need to do this to lure the enemy away." , so as to solve our siege, and then join us in one place to strengthen Xuzhou's strength."

"Wouldn't it be that we can go out of the city to counterattack, maybe we can win a big victory!" Xie Hong said.

Liu Jun shook his head: "Boying, this is just my judgment. I don't dare to guarantee the specifics. What if Liu Yu took advantage of our eagerness for reinforcements and purposely made this up for us to see, let us guess. , lead us into their trap? Now we can only take tonics, not laxatives."

"You mean, we wait?"

"Yes, wait!" Liu Jun said: "No matter what, there will always be news within three to five days. At that time, we can also decide whether to leave or stay. Once Liu Yu's army surrounds Xuzhou again , then it can only show that the reinforcements have failed. It is conceivable that there will be no second wave of reinforcements for a long time, so we have no choice but to go if we don’t want to die. Then it is as you said, we only Fame is all that's left."

The two stopped talking, and stood side by side at the top of the city, looking at the endless barracks of the puppet Qi camp in the distance.

Waiting is always the most tormenting!
If you want to get, you always have to give first.

This time, they paid too much, and if they couldn't get more, they would naturally be unwilling.

Xiapi, the old course of the Yellow River.

Yue Teng slowly drew his two sabers from behind.

The knife is narrow and long, with a thick back and a thin blade.

The cavalry composed of three thousand Syrian barbarians all held this specially made saber in both hands.

In the distance, the smoke and dust billowing from the puppet Qi cavalry was already clearly visible.

Behind them, Gao Yingxiang who saw Yue Teng drawing his sword felt a chill in his back.

Who formed the iron kite that is now famous all over the world?
Everyone in the world thinks it is Xiao Ding.

The iron kite is a powerful unit that can fight to the death with the most elite Jurchen of the Pishi Army of the Liao Kingdom.

But those who know the details know that the whole set of iron kites' methods of selection, training, and equipment are all from Xiao Cheng's hands, and even the first batch of iron kites were formed by Xiao Cheng alone.

The Tianying Army is in the same line as the Iron Harrier.

Compared with the iron kite, the Skyhawk Army has even made further progress in many aspects.

First of all, the cavalry formed by the Syrian state is also good at fighting in the mountains.

Cavalry that can fight in the mountains is a rare item.

The second point is the war horse, the Syrian state war horse, which is not as tall and powerful as the Northwest horse, but its endurance is far beyond.He is not as good as the iron kite in the short-distance sprint, but his advantage will be revealed after a long battle.

In terms of weapons and equipment, the Skyhawk Army is almost a replica of the Iron Kite.

It's just that the iron kite's full body armor has been replaced with a lighter half body armor.

Holding the handle of the knife with both hands behind his back, Yue Teng breathed out, clamped his legs together, and the horse moved forward slowly, speeding up slowly, faster and faster.

A huge arrow in the shape of a sharp arrow rolled up a long yellow dragon on the old course of the Yellow River, and swept away towards another yellow dragon not far away.

Liu Yu's puppet Qi army did not lack cavalry, just like the Northern Army of the Great Song Dynasty lacked cavalry, they also had enough cavalry.

Just like the Liao people, these puppet Qi cavalry also looked down on the southern cavalry very much.

They may still be in awe of the infantry of the Song Dynasty, but they can only look down on the cavalry in their hearts.

This is the consensus of everyone.

If the southern army wants to compete with the northern army in cavalry, it is courting death.

But they would never have thought that there was such a wonderful existence as the Skyhawk Army.

The Syrian Man is a natural cavalryman.

After Xiao Cheng subdued them, he not only gave them the best equipment and treatment, but also taught them what is called strict military discipline and tactics.

Xiao Cheng knew the northern cavalry very well.

However, Liu Yu's cavalry had no knowledge of such a southern cavalry.

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

When the two cavalrymen collided, the loess rolled up all over the sky, and it was completely impossible to see what kind of scene was in the loess all over the sky.

Gao Yingxiang breathed out lightly, he looked relaxed, but in fact he was quite nervous.

After all, the opponent's cavalry number is about [-], which is almost half more than that of the Skyhawk Army.

"Is it time for Wei Wu to arrive?" He looked to the northwest.

After Liu Yu found out that he had been duped, he no longer cared about Wei Wu who was running all the way to the northwest, but returned to Xiapi with all his strength, and Wei Wu would naturally approach here to join Gao Yingxiang.

In the distance, in the blue sky, a red firework suddenly bloomed, which was the signal that Wei Wu was approaching.

A smile appeared on Gao Yingxiang's face.

As long as Yue Teng's first attack gets enough gains, then this battle will be won.

"Forward!" He drew his knife and pointed forward.

The commander-in-chief leaned forward, the drums were rumbling, and the square formations formed by thousands of infantry were scattered and moved forward slowly amidst the beating of the drums.

The speed is very slow, but the sense of oppression is full.

Sometimes, in such a phalanx of infantry, the force of advancing forward with spears and knives in unison is stronger than the sound of rumbling horseshoes.

What do you mean by spears like a forest and shields like a mountain? This is how the pawns move.

At this time, Liu Yu was even more angry.

He has discovered that even the enemy's attack on Xiapi is fake.

Here, there are still about fifty miles away from Xiapi!

This enemy team is waiting for him here, which probably means a round-up for reinforcements.

Trying every means to lure him here is naturally the intention of destroying him.

This is not taking him seriously at all!

Liu Yu was extremely annoyed by being tricked by his opponent again and again.

Being taken advantage of by opponents many times on the battlefield, even if there is no actual loss, it will also lower the morale of the soldiers.

Because the soldiers are not fools, they can see what kind of situation they are in now.

By this time, the strength of the opponent's troops has almost been clearly seen, with a maximum of [-] people walking and cavalry.

Right now, in front of me, there are about six or seven thousand people, and the team that dragged me for a few days is a standard command, and it will not exceed [-] people.

Of course, Liu Yu also saw the fireworks in the sky, and the scouts also brought news that another enemy was approaching, but Liu Yu didn't take it seriously. Such a team of infantry marched for several days, even if Come here, how much fighting power do you have?
Under his command, the two commanders who followed Wei Wu for a few days can only be used as support troops now.The other party has traveled a long distance, and the situation is even more dire.

Liu Yu even just set up a command and alert in the northwest direction.

It is a problem for most people to judge others by themselves.

Liu Yu thought that his army was already quite strong, a little bit stronger than most of Zhao Song's army.

As for Zhao Song's southern army, for the northern generals, it was like adding heads.

When Liu Yu was expecting his cavalry to win the battle, it was the enemy who rushed out of the smoke first.

The bloody Yue Teng rushed out, looking at Liu Yu's pawn formation in the distance, he grinned, licked his lips, and rolled the blood from his lips into his mouth.The war horse galloped, and after running forward for a while, it drew a small arc and headed to the left.

But the other general who was following him was heading to the right.

Behind them, more and more Skyhawk cavalry rushed out.

Riding one after another, they plunged into the yellow sand again.

But at this time, the rolled up yellow sand was spreading towards the two wings.

Gao Yingxiang's pawns stepped into the yellow sand, and Liu Yu could only vaguely see the opponent's flag.

Liu Yu's heart twitched violently.

The yellow sand spreading to both sides became thinner and thinner, and finally the situation on the battlefield could be barely discerned.

But that result was unacceptable to him anyway.

Because his cavalry had lost and was running wild at the moment.

They couldn't move forward, because Gao Yingxiang's infantry phalanx was slowly pressing towards them. If they dared to go up, they would be greeted with a rain of sharp arrows. There is really no way out.

Of course, they can't run back, because they collide with their own army's position. Even if the army wins in the end, they can't escape the end of the sword.

Where should we go?

Naturally, you can only run left and right.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Skyhawk Army were shouting excitedly behind them, wantonly reaping their victory.

After half an hour of fierce fighting, the horse's stamina advantage was finally fully revealed.

The smaller Xuzhou horses were still galloping like flying, while many of the Hebei horses, which looked tall and strong, were running at the moment, but one of the horses stumbled and threw the rider off the horse.Although some are still running, their speed has dropped significantly.

It's almost a one-knife one.

The biggest gain of the cavalry is basically obtained in the pursuit after defeating the opponent.

Because at this time, there is no confrontation, only massacre.

Liu Yu didn't have much time to mourn for his cavalry, because Gao Yingxiang brazenly ordered the army to start when the situation was unclear. At this moment, they were already approaching the puppet Qi's infantry phalanx.

At the same time, drums sounded in the northwest direction, and Wei Wu's troops arrived just in time.

Although it seems that there are still more troops in the puppet Qi, but judging from the scene, it seems that there are fewer people and more people are surrounded.

(End of this chapter)