Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1194 A Rare Opportunity
Just like a tiger meeting its prey, the cavalry on both sides dispatched almost immediately, and even in the dark of night, they still did not give up the exploits that seemed to be about to be obtained.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The sound of arrows piercing through the air kept coming, and people screamed and fell off their horses in the evening wind.

Then came the continuous sound of horseshoes.The sound of hooves was so dense that one could tell that someone was charging in groups.

Everyone knows that the Central Plains cavalry like to charge and fight face to face.For various reasons, the prairie cavalry is unwilling to confront the Central Plains cavalry head-on, but likes to go around in circles and kill the enemy with bows and arrows.

Generally speaking, the cavalry of the Xia Army are the ones who like to fight with you on the battlefield, instead of staying twenty or thirty steps away and shooting arrows from a distance.Khitans and Uyghurs who fled back immediately when they saw you approaching, and shot arrows after opening the distance.

But tonight it was reversed.

Facts have proved that not all prairie cavalry like to ride and shoot, some people are more special, such as the cavalry of the Jin army who came from the nine surnames of Zhaowu.The ancestors of these Sogdians came from Central Asia and Iran. At this time, armed with long spears, they launched a group charge against the cavalry of the Xia army.

The Xia army facing the battle is the Liang family from Helong.The chief general, Liang Mancang, the son of Liang Xiangjian, led a group of light cavalry who were not sure whether they were Han, Dangxiang or Tubo, and shot arrows in circles from afar.

As a result, a scene with great Tang characteristics appeared on the battlefield.The Hedong soldiers charged directly at the Daxia Fan soldiers, and the two sides got together and fought each other until they died.

Li Si'en was relatively brave, with a very high level of riding and shooting. Under the dim light, he fired arrows repeatedly and shot several people.Then he took out a handful of irons and rushed over, smashing horizontally and vertically, which was unstoppable.Even Liang Mandun, Liang Mancang's younger brother, was hit and almost fell off the horse.

"Stop fighting, retreat!" Liang Mancang stepped forward immediately, and danced straight, sweeping the last few Jin soldiers, saving his younger brother, and then retreated with a loud roar.

On the chaotic battlefield, howling like him would not be heard by too many people.This has nothing to do with the noisy environment, but also has to do with people - when people are in an extremely tense state, it is easy to ignore other aspects, and they often don't pay attention to watching flags, distinguishing golden drums, and listening to orders. This is the biggest difference between recruits and veterans.

However, this group of Helongfan people were already familiar with tribal warfare, and they were usually not well organized. They advanced in a swarm, retreated and scattered to escape. They had already practiced it many times.While fighting, many people saw that Pao Ze was retreating, so they also turned their horses and ran directly towards the fields, stepping on the crops, crossing the ridges of the fields, passing through the villages, and fleeing for their lives as if flying.

Seeing this, the morale of the Jin army was greatly boosted, and they roared angrily, chasing even tighter.

At the edge of the woods not far from the battlefield, Wang Jianji opened his eyes wide, trying to see the whole picture of the battlefield clearly.

The war horse under his crotch snorted uneasily and walked around non-stop, just like his master.

There were more than two thousand knights in the woods, and they had already got up from sitting on the ground at this moment, leading the horses, silently waiting for orders.

Li Yu weighed an iron mace, which was given to him by Wang Jianji's personal soldiers.

Li Yu could tell that the guards meant to see his joke.It's actually quite normal to send civil servants weapons for defense, but they are usually horizontal knives and daggers, and you end up sending iron maces?
This thing is used to smash the enemy's armor, hit the head, even if the enemy is wearing a helmet, he will fall to the ground.But correspondingly, there is a requirement of strength to use this kind of weapon. Can civil servants really do it?
But he underestimated Li Yu.When he was the director of Anling County under Lu Yanwei's rule, he acted as a county lieutenant and led people to arrest thieves with weapons.He was born in the Li family of Zhao County, and he also learned some martial arts when he was young, so he also shortened the time for studying literature.Although the iron mace is heavy, it is not impossible to use it.

"Why don't you be a righteous soldier for me?" Wang Jianji turned his head, looked at Li Yu, and said with a smile.

"Don't be joking, general, it's time to send someone to stop it." Li Yu said: "The night is hazy, retreat after the fight, and the thieves can't catch up."

"You bastards, you spend a lot of time." Wang Jianji sighed.

"Not all Mao-literati are like this." Li Yu smiled wryly: "Some are upright, some are indifferent and elegant, and some educate the world. I am greedy for officialdom and cherish my life, which is far worse than them. Besides, I used to be a civil servant in Dezhou. The magistrate of Ling County, who is still giving you advice at this time, is——ah! General, give an order quickly."

"Okay!" Wang Jianji straightened his expression, and immediately ordered five hundred cavalrymen of the Tianxiong Army to rush out of the woods to deter the Jin army, so that Liang Mancang and Liang Mandun brothers could escape with their lives.

The cavalry set off quickly.

They descended slowly, picked up speed slowly, and then crossed the field full of ears of wheat, rushing into the ranks of the Jin army.

The Jin army had already noticed them, so they had to allocate part of their manpower to fight.

The two sides fought in the field like this, blood rained, and corpses fell like rain.

The wheat that the people of Cangzhou worked so hard to plant in spring was trampled badly by war horses.But no one cares about their feelings. In life and death, who cares if you destroy the wheat field?

Besides, this is still a small scene. When the two armies are facing each other, tens of thousands of infantry stand in the wheat field, and the harvest is over for a year. In many cases, it is impossible to choose the battlefield. Fight wherever you want, and everything is in order to win. For the first priority, even the army that loves the people the most cannot be pedantic at this time.

"It's not bad." Wang Jianji looked at it from a distance for a while, then got on his horse and said, "Let's retreat."

Li Yu also got on his horse.

A group of people hula left the battlefield and retreated to the southeast.

The retreat of the large group of cavalry made the second reinforcements of the Jin army a little suspicious. They subconsciously slowed down their horses and let the Xia soldiers run away on horseback.

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Li Cunju waited in Lutai Army City until midnight, until the soldiers shook him awake.

"How?" He jumped up from sleeping in his clothes and asked.

"The Jingsai army won a great victory, beheading two hundred ranks and taking more than one hundred horses." The soldiers replied.

"They really picked it up!" Li Cunju said a little enviously, and then he was a little confused: "Why is Xia Bing so careless?"

The soldier couldn't answer, in fact he was also covered.

When the two were staring at each other, Li Si'en had brought the cavalry back to the city, and his loud voice could be heard from a distance.

"Happy! Happy!" After dismounting from his horse, Li Si'en walked quickly to the government office, laughed loudly and said, "Xia Bandit's horse is really good, tall and mighty, and very handsome."

Li Cunju was even more depressed when he heard that.

Of course he didn't know that Li Si'en's words contained a little exaggeration.In fact, among the more than a hundred war horses captured, less than [-] horses can be called gods, but they are only a little taller than the Jin army's war horses. good horse.

"For this victory, the king will surely reward you after he finds out about it." Li Cunju said sourly.

Li Sien smiled without saying a word.

Li Cunju couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up and asked, "How many people are there for Xia Bandit? Is it really that easy to fight?"

"About one or two thousand riders, it's not too difficult to fight. The thieves rushed, and the thieves broke up. I reckon that the Xia people will go out for a long time. They are tired and horseless, and their fighting spirit is not strong, which may be normal." Li Si'en Said.

"Then..." Li Cunju hesitated.

"I just met a messenger outside the city, and the arresting army is coming." Li Si'en said again suddenly.

"Catch the army?" Li Cunju was startled when he heard this, and Xuan frowned again.

The Zhusheng army is cavalry, led by Li Siben.When they came, Li Cunzhang who stayed behind was not far away.Maybe, this meeting has already arrived at Yukou Pass with soldiers from You, Zhuo, Ying, and Mo states.

In fact, he could have brought more troops south, but Li Cunxiao's betrayal changed everything.

Although Guizhou was besieged by soldiers and horses from the three towns of Hedong, Yiding, and Youzhou this year, and suffered heavy losses, it was not captured after all, and the threat always existed.This forced Li Cunzhang to leave some soldiers and horses to guard, and Li Luoluo's army at the back of the mountain, which made Li Luoluo in Tanji Yingping Town, could not leave.

In short, it is very difficult. Li Cunxiao is also really cheating, why did he suddenly drop?What can Shao Shude give you?
Let's talk about wealth, it seems that there is none, and it is still shrunk in that ghost place of Guizhou.

Let's talk about power, it seems to be the same as before, and the military rewards may not be issued soon.

Li Cunju couldn't figure it out, and subconsciously felt that even if he wanted to surrender, he shouldn't surrender at this time. Isn't it when the end of the mountain is not over yet, why bother?

"It's the arresting army." Li Si'en nodded with certainty, and said: "Once the arresting army arrives, most of the chances to fight the Xia people will be taken by them. It is difficult for us to mix infantry and cavalry."

"You say that, do you want to..." Li Cunju asked with some uncertainty.

Li Si'en hesitated for a while, then looked into Li Cunju's eyes, and said, "The king of Jin ordered me to go south to rescue Cangzhou. If that's the case, why not collect food and military resources, and rectify the troops to go south. You and I will join forces and have 5000 troops." , there are still 4 Cangjing soldiers in the city, and [-] here. From the Lutai Army going south to Cangzhou, there must be Cangzhou warriors. Let's gather along the way and recruit some Tutuan villagers. With [-] or [-] people, you can meet the Xia bandits. The Xia bandits attack the city and they are exhausted, full of resentment, and there may be a chance."

Li Cunju hesitated slightly.

"A rare opportunity!" Li Si'en said anxiously.

After thinking for a while, Li Cunju said: "It's better to persuade them to go south together after the arresting army arrives. With the arresting army leading the way, let's observe carefully from behind and see how much of Xia Bandit's combat strength is left. If it doesn't work Now, let’s speed up to the south and kill the last one!”

Li Cunju's words are relatively safe, and he has considered all aspects. Li Si'en also agreed, nodded and said: "That's the way to do it. Fighters appear, but they can't catch them, such a mediocre person. Capture the fresh army as the vanguard, Jingsai, Lu Longer The army will follow, and the left behind will lead the army to follow, layer upon layer, supporting each other, nothing could be safer."

The two of them made up their minds and did not hesitate any longer.

The whole army had a good rest that night.On the second day, they sent out men and horses to collect grain, carts, and mules, and Latin enlisted in the army to serve as the master of the army.

After everything was ready, on July [-], led by the Zhusheng army who had just arrived, more than [-] people from the whole army went south and rushed to Cangzhou cautiously.

(End of this chapter)