Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1152 Comes A Little Fast

In the mountains and river valleys to the north of Dugu Gate, countless Khitans are marching.

Because of the narrow and narrow terrain, the queue could not be seen at a glance, and it meandered to an extremely distant place.Yang Hongxin looked left and right through the method of counting the number of people he had learned, and found that there were thousands of riders.As for how many people there are in the sky, the ghost knows, maybe there are thousands, maybe tens of thousands.

Most of them led their horses on foot, only the hundreds of people in the front rode their horses, but they were also very relaxed-although the Xia people seemed to launch a counterattack, but as far as the nearby battlefield was concerned, the Khitan had an advantage in numbers It is still unshakable, which may be the source of their relaxation.

Obviously, this is an encounter.

Both sides were marching, accelerated to the battlefield, and then met in the Dugumen area.

Looking at the hundreds of soldiers gathered around him, Yang Hongxin picked up a horse spear abandoned by the Khitan people from the ground, weighed it, and said: "The military envoys are on their way, and the Khitan bandits are also on their way. Formation, but not so easy to fight."

Everyone listened silently.

The dozens of Yang's trilogy who came with him have long been used to obeying orders, and the other dozens of men from the Silver Spear Army are also fierce soldiers on the battlefield, and they don't have any expressions of fear or fear—Warrior is doing his best, since he is afraid of death, why bother? Come out to work hard?
"The terrain here is already narrow, and the river divides it in half, and the rest is even narrower." Yang Hongxin said: "The thieves walking in front, with poor equipment and unknown banners, are obviously led by a certain tribal chieftain." Doing a private part, hundreds of people are all under the direction of him, and they are chaotic. I want to go straight down and give them a blow, what do you think?"

The Yang family's trilogy naturally has no objection.

The veterans of the Silver Spear Army looked at me and I looked at you, and finally one of them stepped forward and said, "You little brat is quite courageous, and I like it quite a bit."

After speaking, the veteran took off his helmet and threw it on the ground.He untied his armor again, exposed his breasts, held the spear firmly, turned on the horse and said, "If you are not afraid of death, follow me Shi Sanlang!"

The crowd didn't respond loudly, but they arranged their equipment skillfully and were ready to attack.

Sometimes words of support in action speak louder than words.

Yang Hongxin was stunned when he saw that the veteran wanted to charge forward naked.

When he was eager to win, he wanted to take off his armor, but he was stopped by his subordinates and said in a low voice: "Don't learn the bad habit of bragging about your bravery in the army."

Yang Hongxin blushed, as if he was ashamed because he was compared to others.

He knew that this kind of thing with the naked body going forward has been very popular since the Anshi Rebellion.For example, when Li Siye faced the aggressive enemy army, he took the initiative to charge the cavalry with his naked body and two thousand infantry, cutting the rebel army to pieces.

More than 100 years after the hardships, charging with flesh and blood is an important means of showing off bravery.

It sounds very irrational and irresponsible for one's own life, but isn't fighting in battle just an aura?
Husband battle, courage also!

How much morale can be inspired by such a fierce man who is not afraid of death?Everyone stepped up shoulder to shoulder, and directly smashed the opposite side.

"Rush!" Yang Hongxin blushed and rushed out first.

More than a hundred riders followed behind.No one backs down, or even scrambles.

That's the case when the hunks get together.The brave and fearless emotions will infect other people. No one wants to be looked down upon by others. That is unbearable for macho men who have always thought highly of themselves.

Compared with the social death caused by being underestimated by others, physical death seems to be more acceptable. Isn't a human being just a face?A good death is definitely better than a good life.

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As a member of Liubuxi, Mei Lu always felt that he was braver.Otherwise, they would not have been sent out as the vanguard of the army.

He was very grateful for everything Xi Wang Shuli had won for him, so he selected more than 500 strong and strong shepherds from the tribe, and went out first to open the way for Xi Wang and the eight tribes of Khitan from Jin Abaoji.

At the same time, I also have some regrets.This time, all the cavalry came out, and there were very few infantry.

What Xi Ren is really good at is actually infantry combat.As long as they are given good training, excellent equipment, and the vigor brought about by a long-term hard life, they can definitely become a strong army.

He has also seen the remnants of the Yan soldiers brought by Liu Rengong and the Gao brothers, and they are indeed better than ordinary Xi people.But how long have they been training?How long did Xi Ren do farm work all day long?
Shu Li is right, if Xi Ren wants to become truly strong, he still has to rely on Khitan and A Baoji.

Going to Zhuxi to flee to the Xia people has betrayed the entire Liubu Xi.In the battle of Yuyi Town, he was beaten and fled in embarrassment, and Xi people ridiculed and despised him one after another.

Such a coward is no longer qualified to be a leader.

There was a commotion ahead.

Mei Lu was startled, he rode forward, and asked angrily: "It's not safe to walk around, I want to fight back. There are military laws in the army..."

Having said that, he was also dumbfounded, and looked forward blankly.

Only a few rangers were chased and killed.

The enemy's bowstring rang repeatedly, and the ranger screamed in pain.In desperation, one even ran straight to the surface of the Gushui River to escape.

"Whoosh!" Someone galloped and shot his horse, and the ranger cried out in surprise and fell into the river.

There seemed to be a large number of enemy cavalry, because there was a large cloud of smoke and dust on the mountain road, which made Xi Zhong a little uneasy.

"What are you in a daze for? Get on your horse and meet the enemy!" Mei Lu shouted loudly.

Xi Zhong woke up like a dream, and got on their horses one after another.

But the canyon and the river bank are very narrow, and there are not many people standing there.Some Xi people crowded forward, ready to fight, and some ran back, ready to pass orders, and they were in a mess for a while.

The enemy on the opposite side has already raised the speed of the horse to the extreme, and rushed straight down the mountain road.

Scattered warriors went up to meet them, but they failed to stop them at all, and were immediately dispersed, life or death unknown.

More than a hundred riders continued to move forward with a strong momentum.Like a small chisel, it was deeply wedged into the crowd of five hundred Xi.

The Xi people in front screamed and fell off the horse, and the Xi people behind them cursed, but they couldn't help.

The crowd was crowded together, and it was difficult to wield a weapon, so some people spread out to both sides, trying to outflank it.Some people began to retreat, trying to gain a wider combat space.

Mei Lu was so anxious that he swung his knife and knocked down two Xi soldiers who stood in front of him. Just as he pulled out of the space, he saw a long spear coming towards him. He was so frightened that he immediately used his unique skills and dodged dangerously.Then he was furious, he pulled out the bone and was about to smash it, but saw another long spear stabbing like lightning, so anxious that he clamped it with his arm.

"Bang!" Dodged once, twice, but failed to dodge the third time, an iron rod hit his helmet, Mei Lu felt his world spinning, his eyes went dark, and he fell off his horse.

Several cavalry stepped over him, spears like drills, and stabbed all the Xi people who stood in front of him off their horses.

"Mei Lu is dead!" A terrified voice suddenly sounded.

Xi Ren was shocked and his morale plummeted.The knight who was huddled behind and was going to fight, turned his horse's head immediately and fled backward without saying a word.

The grassland tribes are like this. Once the headman (commander) died, there were no officers at all levels such as Commander Deputy, Du Yuhou, Yuhou, Ten Generals, Deputy Generals, Team Leaders, and Team Deputy. A state of leaderless dragons.

More than 500 Xi people lost all desire to fight and retreated frantically.

At this time, Yang Hongxin, like Fuzhi's soul, did not continue to charge without thinking, but let people wave the banner violently, gather their hands, and then firmly controlled the rhythm, while killing the Xiren cavalry who fell at the back, taking it easy. Drive forward slowly.

After calming down, his movements became more and more steady, without the slightest frizz.

Whoever dares to turn his head back, throwing his hand is an arrow.

Whichever Xi people ran slowly, Yang's trilogy rushed up and shot him.

Where the people were a little dense, they immediately summoned dozens of cavalry, rushed over desperately, and immediately scattered them.

Hundreds of Xi people broke up all the way, no one dared to turn back, the establishment was in chaos, and they rushed straight to the Khitan brigade behind.

Yang Hongxin took the time to glance around.When he was charging just now, he saw Shi Sanlang was extremely brave, his horse stepped on the enemy's formation, beating Xi people into a mess.Later, he was seen falling off the horse covered in blood, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead.

Alas, such a good man also died in battle, what a pity!

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Abaoji is resting on the side of the road.

The soldiers set down a table and brewed a pot of famous tea bought from the Central Plains.

Xiao Dilu, Haili and others sat around and chatted in low voices.

"It's better to speed up." Xiao Dilu said: "The scouts are scouting, and the Xia bandits are also stepping up their advance. Tulubu's useless gadgets are scattered everywhere. Many people even ran away and retreated eastward. After this class teacher, maybe we can make a fuss about it."

"Tulubu and Tuju both come from the same source, they are brother tribes, they have never been very obedient." Haili also chimed in and said, "Yi Li Jin can take advantage of this opportunity to rectify it."

A Baoji hesitated when he heard this.

Khan Shen Dejin is in poor health, which is well known in the tribal alliance.The Khitan Khan is elected every three years, but in fact, after the expiration of the three years, he will go through a process of re-election.

If Khan Hendejin died, the Khitan Eight Divisions would elect a new Khan.Haili once suggested that members of the Yaolan clan should not be allowed to continue to be khans, and Abaoji should fight for it.

To be honest, this is a taboo, and it also breaks the Khitan rule that has been established for many years, that is, the Yaoni family is the khan, and the Yelu family controls the eight military powers.But since Yelu Shilu became Yuyue and took over the civil affairs of the Khitan Eight Departments, Yelu has already taken the first step to expand his power.

This step seems to have aroused no opposition.Even after so many years, the rest of the ministries have already acquiesced that Yelv Shilu should have passed.In other words, the power of opposition is not as great as imagined.

That being the case, can you think about Khan's position?

A Baoji was somewhat repelled by this, because it was unnecessary.

Khan Hendejin was quite cooperative, his uncle Shilu was in charge of military and state affairs, and as Tama Yushali, he commanded the pro-army composed of eight elites, and it was the eight tribes of Yilijin who held the power of conquest.

With the status of uncle and nephew, do we still need that Khan's false name?

However, Haili insisted that the current state of the tribal alliance is very dangerous and cannot protect Khitan from a major change unseen in a century.The eight Khitan tribes must centralize power and establish a strict system and division of labor, otherwise they will be wiped out by the Xia people sooner or later.

It was this sentence that made A Baoji think so, and then had an impulse.

"We'll talk about this after the class teacher." A Baoji nodded, and began to plan what to do after returning, his mind was no longer on the battle situation.

"Yi Li Jin." Several riders came galloping from the south.

A Baoji looked up and saw that they were all trusted followers of the Diela tribe, and immediately motioned for them to come over.

"Yi Li Jin." The leading scout reported, "Xia people have arrived at Dugu Gate. Under the surprise attack, Xi people suffered heavy losses and are retreating back."

"Follow me to watch!" After hearing this, A Baoji suppressed the surprise in his heart and said immediately.

It is conceivable that the former army met the Xia people.After all, both sides are on their way, and encounters will happen sooner or later.It's just that in his prediction, this encounter will be delayed by a day or two.

Xia thief, come a little fast!
(End of this chapter)