Delong

Chapter 213 Walking in the Snow (12)

On the north side of Wenshui, there are two official roads running from northeast to southwest, one from Bocheng to the nearby Liangfu, and the other from Bocheng to the farther Gongqiu. In addition, there is a natural passage formed by the banks of Wenshui River. Connect the two roads together and form a triangle with a small angle.

Let's be honest, both sides could have missed it.

However, since both sides realized that the other party was likely to come head-on, they spread out the sentry cavalry at night, and no longer cared about the movement.

So when it was three o'clock, the outposts of the two sides really encountered each other in the narrow triangle area surrounded by three roads, and a fight broke out when the password failed, and then quickly attracted the attention of the main forces of both sides.According to the established military strategy, the two families adjusted their direction almost at the same time, stepping on the crisp and frozen field, and moved closer to the fighting area of ​​the sentinel cavalry.

And after two quarters of an hour, when the forwards of both sides saw the cluster of torches of the other side, the battle broke out unstoppably.

Field battles on ridges, night battles at midnight, and head-to-head encounters after a long march—there is no more straightforward way of fighting than this, and there is no more chaotic and chaotic way of fighting.

However, as soon as the battle started, the victory of the striker had already been determined, and the officers and soldiers were like wolves and tigers, and they immediately won the victory.

This also seems to be expected.

After all, the official army set off late, did not cross the river, and did not wait in the open air or march in the daytime. In terms of physical strength, it was obviously superior; what's more, the forward general of the official army was extremely heroic. The armored general with a mask was holding a spear , True Qi seems to be faintly present, but if it really hits, it will basically be a terrible ending that will kill you if you touch it, and hurt you if you touch it.It played a huge role in attacking fortifications and expelling clusters; in addition, as the vanguard, the quality of the officers and soldiers was also faintly higher than that of the enemy and us. In the dark, they kept shouting and waved their torches in an orderly manner. Formation, and followed closely behind the masked general... It seemed to be well-trained, and there were layers of generals and grassroots officers to maintain and dispatch in the middle.

However, everyone knows that this does not represent the final outcome.

Because the number of the two sides is not the same.

Before the Shantong Haidong Expedition, there were more than [-] troops in Jiyin. After defeating Dongping County, because of his prior arrangements in Dongping County, he calmly let the two subordinate leaders take the lead in eating more than [-] troops each. Became the first big leader to control the masses among the various factions of the Zhuzhulong Gang.

That’s not to mention, in the ensuing surrender of Juyeze, he also received a large piece of fat. After successfully defeating Lu County’s Xiaqiu, he even recruited most of Lu County’s own soldiers, and then he was still in Zhishi. During the second collapse of the army, Cheng Dalang and some of the defeated soldiers were taken in... Therefore, even if there were still some scattered soldiers and horses stationed in the territory behind him, he still pulled out a full [-] people.

In sharp contrast to this, are the officers and soldiers of Qi County. They are subject to the establishment and supplies of one county in Qi County, and they dare not expand the army at will, let alone expand outside Qi County.

Therefore, until now, although there have been secret surrenders and replacements, the rule of 1 people is still the same.

Then, as long as the forward forces of the officers and soldiers are slack, and the follow-up soldiers and horses rush in, it will be the time when the situation is reversed.

This is also the reason why Shan Tonghai and Xiahou Ningyuan led their old Jiyin Central Army to be in the center of the whole army, and it is also the reason why Cheng Dalang was asked to lead the cavalry later - he realized from the beginning that his subordinates were recruits and had only fought Fighting against the wind, and the physical strength is not dominant, but it has the mentality of using Lu County pawns as human shields to consume and strike later.

Of course, in order to ensure the stability of the striker, Shan Dalang still assigned his confidant lieutenant Liang Jia to the former army and asked him to fight with the surrendered troops.

However, the situation collapsed too quickly.

The night and the wilderness have greatly accelerated the battle process, and once the advantages and disadvantages appear, they will quickly expand, because there is too little means to prepare troops.

The only advantage is that the wilderness extends in all directions, and the fleeing local soldiers and horses will subconsciously throw down their torches and flee to the dark and Wenshui, that is, their origin and hometown. shock.

"Brother, I can't wait any longer."

After two quarters of an hour of fighting, Liang Jiading, who was in a mess, rode a donkey and found Shan Tonghai according to the previous direction... His horse fell directly in the crispy field due to the temporary freeze at night, and he found a donkey in the dark. Already good. "The enemy's army is really unusual, but the more important thing is that it collapses as soon as it is defeated, and it can't hold the troops at all... If it continues like this, it will be self-defeating."

"Go back!" Under the dense torches, immediately confronted Dan Tonghai on the ridge of the field coldly. "Find the location of the enemy general and talk back!"

Liang Jiading was stunned, but immediately came to his senses, but turned around while dragging the donkey under his crotch, and headed towards the battlefield again.

And his task was easily completed, because the vanguard general of the official army is so powerful and eye-catching, even in the dark night, he shines brightly... Literally shining... the whole person seems to be Shrouded in the white moonlight, it was as if there was a layer of tulle out of thin air, but it was such a person, almost invincible, every wave of the rebel army gathered was easily cut by him, and the dense army behind him followed, instantly disrupting everything.

The scattered troops of the rebel army were completely unable to gather.

When Liang Jiading found this person, even though he had completed the task, he did not turn around in a hurry. Instead, he took a bow from behind him, turned over and got off the donkey, hid in the darkness behind the donkey's side, and quietly drew the bow. Then, when the opponent was facing him, he suddenly used his Lihuo Qi and shot an arrow!
The bow and arrow were wrapped in true energy, which immediately attracted the surrounding officers and soldiers to exclaim, but they couldn't stop the arrow from leaving the string, and flew straight towards the officer general.

However, there was loud thunder and little rain, and the arrow carried the true energy of Lihuo, and pierced the armor of the vanguard general of the officer army, as light as a feather, and did not lag behind the opponent's movements at all.

Not only that, the latter reacted, just rubbing the big gun casually, breaking the shaft of the arrow, his eyes were like torches shining in the direction of the arrow, and he saw the donkey and the army hiding behind the donkey at a glance. Will.

Fortunately, there is no bow and arrow on this person, but the guards beside him have to hand it over.

But Liang Jiading saw it clearly, took a deep breath, and before the other party could hold the crossbow, he turned around and fled into the night at high speed, and came back to his master.

This time, he even dropped his donkey for cover, but staggered back, and gave an additional notice:

"Brother, be careful...the vanguard general of the official army really doesn't know what it is, but he is a Ningdan!"

"It may be that Yu Baimei is in place, or it may be that Lao Ge has gained momentum, or even two people have arrived, with Yu Baimei in front and Lao Ge hiding behind! It may also be that a new master has been recruited! Shan Tonghai made a cold judgment, but he had already started to rein in his horse and move forward. "But if that's the case, am I afraid of him?"

All the confidantes around were stunned, each stepped forward, and some even got off their horses to give up their mounts for Liang Jiading.

"Liangzi changed his horse to sweep the formation for me, Xiahou was in charge of the army, and then sent someone to call Cheng Dalang, and let him come to help quickly..." Shan Tonghai continued to order without turning his head, and at the same time he rode his horse forward, towards his beloved general Coming from the direction pointed before.

Obviously, this is because the war is deteriorating too fast, and the Chinese army needs to be mobilized ahead of time.

Moreover, he is also ready to try to defeat the opponent's arrow figure with personal force in exchange for an advantage.

However, not long after he finished speaking, Shan Tonghai met the opponent's general unexpectedly, and immediately realized that the opponent deliberately let Liang Jiading escape and chased after him.

But at this time, it was useless to think about anything, Shan Dalang yelled, raised his gun and jumped on his horse, and announced his name loudly in the night: "Jiyin Dan Tonghai is here! Who is pretending to be a ghost, report your name quickly! "

The other party was stunned, and seemed a little puzzled, like a first-time brother in the battle, not knowing whether he should answer or not.

Shan Dalang himself didn't expect that this simple drink before the battle would actually have an effect, but he immediately raised his gun and stepped forward to fight the opponent.

As soon as the battle was fought, Shan Tonghai realized that Liang Jiading's judgment was correct. This person is definitely a condensed pill, and there must be a protective body under the armor, and his immediate kung fu posture is also first-class, even if he is robbed by him Take the initiative and be able to deal with it freely.

But the two sides fought more than ten rounds, no winner, Shan Dalang was secretly surprised, but remembered the other party's surprise just now, knowing that the other party was inexperienced, he secretly prepared, suddenly sold a flaw out of thin air, revealing his waist.

The opponent actually fell for the trick, and directly changed his hands with one hand in the air, turned the big gun to castrate, and then stabbed Shan Tonghai's waist with all his strength.

Shan Dalang had been prepared for a long time, he just turned around to avoid the big gun, and when the gun was too old, he calmly abandoned his weapon, held the opponent's gun barrel with one hand, and squeezed it with all his waist strength. Then the other hand lightly stretched out the ape's arm, and reached out to grab the opponent's shoulder... Of course, the true energy in both hands was being vigorously aroused at this time.

It is to use the strength of the waist and abdomen to take advantage of the opponent's hand.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Shan Tonghai's hand with Duanjiang Zhenqi grasped the opponent's shoulder, it was like a mud cow falling into the sea, unable to use it at all, trying to use his strength, it felt like being pulled off the horse by the opponent instead.

Shan Dalang was terrified, he knew that he had met a real master, maybe it wasn't just Ning Dan, let alone Yu Baimei and that Lao Ge.

As soon as he thought of this, he ignored everything, spread his hands together, and circulated his true energy through the eight meridians at the same time, trying to release all the true energy for protecting his body. Abandoning the horse directly, leaping into the air.

The only thing was that he didn't have time to properly use the zhenqi in a hurry, and Duanjiang's zhenqi cut across from under his feet. It didn't work on the opponent's general who also had the body-protecting zhenqi, but cut his own horse's spine out of thin air.

The horses neighed and wailed, spewing warmth in the night.

The next moment, Shan Dalang's waist suddenly tightened, and suddenly he felt a strong force squeezed from the spear he was borrowing, and then he was thrown off in mid-air, and fell directly into the field.

From the eyes of other people, the masked general of the official army seemed as calm as shaking off the mud on his spear.

And Shan Dalang fell down in embarrassment, his whole body was sore, and his eyes were dark, but he knew the critical moment, no matter what the battle situation was, he just let out his true energy desperately, and then jumped again.

He succeeded.

But at this time, the masked general, that is, Zhang Changgong, who entered the battle as a general for the first time, had already changed into a bow and arrow——Liang Jiading's surprise attack gave him a lot of inspiration, allowing him to fight without defying Zhang Xuguo. Under the condition of military orders, carry out some kind of pursuit on these people.

Bending the bow and setting the arrow, his true energy overflowed, and then he shot an arrow at Shan Dalang, who was obviously unstable, and he didn't know if it was real, but he shot the opponent down from the midair.

However, the result seemed a bit disappointing. The arrow was not fatal at all. After the opponent fell from the air again, he wrapped up his true energy on the ground and fled in embarrassment.

But Zhang Changgong didn't bother to care about it at all, just continued to switch to big guns, and chose the thickest and densest local army formation in front of him to divide and charge.And behind him, two thousand armored soldiers had already formed a group with the so-called Jiyin Chinese Army which was several times larger than him, but they still maintained the most basic formation and struggled forward.

Zhang Changgong was inexperienced in the battlefield, the army rushed towards each other in the dark night, Xiahou Ningyuan could not see the situation here, only Liang Jiading, who was already scared out of his wits, was the first to turn his horse's head to chase his eldest brother whose life and death were unpredictable.

This move means that the rebel army, which still has the superiority in strength and the cover of the night battlefield, has lost its ability to dispatch and suppress.

Xiahou Ningyuan, who didn't know anything about this, continued to command and fight, but unexpectedly, one was that the opponent was really elite, and the other was that as the battle progressed, he clearly noticed the reinforcements coming from the opponent, but he couldn't get the reinforcements behind his home to cover him for a long time. protect.

In fact, even so, there were reinforcements, but Xiahou Ningyuan didn't see it at all-Cheng Dalang received the previous military order and led the crowd into battle without hesitation, but personally led more than a hundred armored troops to ride ahead, letting Jia Run The soldier took the rest of the light cavalry out of the way to respond, and launched a surprise attack on the most powerful flank of the opponent's army without hesitation.

He succeeded, and even shook the flank of the elite army for a while, but he was immediately caught between the two armies by the Yubai Mei's sub-front that came later.

Immediately, Yu Baimei and Zhang Xuguo dispatched elite troops at the same time, and decisively launched a flanking attack on the uninvited guest.

Poor Cheng Dalang's knights, who have formed an army since the world was in chaos, can often rely on Cheng Dalang's excellent strategic military and political methods to be condescending, and can calmly deal with every battle, but tonight because of an extremely correct assault order, they are almost in a desperate situation.

The knights were sandwiched between two infantry formations, unable to speed up at all, and the most elite army formation was always dispatched properly, and the attacks were safe and fierce. This made Cheng Dalang's knights always divided by the superior forces of the officers and troops, often Fell into hand-to-hand combat, then strangled in the cold fields.

Cheng Dalang is a powerful man after all, at this time he found that his own cavalry had been reduced to pie, almost disappeared like melting snow, even more like being struck by lightning.

Regardless of the war, he just desperately wanted to take the remaining dozens of horses out.

However, the more he struggled, the more attention he attracted.

Yu Baimei spotted him first, and shouted excitedly from a distance: "Cheng Zhili, do you recognize your Grandpa Yu?!"

Besides, Cheng Dalang's cavalry has only dozens of closest knights to follow, and now seeing Yu Baimei again makes him feel extremely depressed.

In order to save the last possibility, Cheng Zhili could only turn around and order hastily: "Don't worry about anything else, just disperse, escape by yourself, go wherever you want, as long as you survive!"

After all, I am trying my best to meet him, but I want to fight hard to buy time for my subordinates.

The two sides are fighting, Yu Baimei only thinks that he has the upper hand at the beginning, and it seems that he has hope to win the opponent.

But after twenty or thirty minutes, suddenly, as Cheng Dalang looked back, he found that there were no cavalry from the headquarters behind him in sight, but he finally stopped holding his hands, and the long lance grew half out of thin air to match Cheng Dalang himself. The man is tall and big, and when he waved it, he was like a god descending from the earth, majestic and majestic.

Of course, that's all.

Cheng Dalang attacked repeatedly and succeeded in suppressing it, but without hesitation, he used his true energy, abandoned his horse and jumped up.

But at this time, in the army formation near the inner side of the battlefield, suddenly an off-string arrow wrapped in radiance and true energy flew straight towards it, as if it had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and directly shot Cheng Dalang's Units of light.

It can only be said that the good thing is that Cheng Dalang flew faster, and the general will avoid the vital point, but he was also shot in the thigh. Jumping continuously, he ran away desperately.

The two big bosses ended up with the same fate.

At this time, without knowing it, Xiahou Ningyuan was still working hard to command the Chinese army, fighting under pressure while waiting for reinforcements.

Two quarters of an hour later, Jia Runshi arrived with some Qingqi.

The latter originally came here because Cheng Dalang was besieged and could not find other commanders, but he came all the way from the periphery of the battlefield. Because of the advantages of Qingqi, he observed the overall disadvantages and some more terrible things.

"Chief Xiahou, are you going to retire?" After Jia Runshi finished talking about Cheng Dalang being trapped, he also knew in his heart that the other party couldn't help it, so he took advantage of the situation and asked something else.

"What do you mean?" Xiahou Ningyuan was dumbfounded. "Why didn't I know I was going to retire?"

"The rear army is going back." Jia Runshi blurted out, and his face turned pale at the same time.

Xiahou Ningyuan wanted to reprimand him, but he quickly realized that it was those Juluze rout soldiers who were valued by Shan Tonghai!
This group of bandits, who were used to doing their own thing, saw that they were at a disadvantage and could not win for a long time, so they retreated without authorization.

Xiahou Ningyuan wanted to curse, but he couldn't curse at all, because he couldn't move at all. Although his central army was about to lose its hold, it was still the core barrier of the entire front... What's more, he couldn't find it at all. To Dantonghai.

In fact, Xiahou Ningyuan didn't believe that Shan Tonghai would be easily defeated. In his eyes, Big Brother Shan was almost invincible in a battle of the same level.

It's just that the situation has deteriorated to this point, but no one has taken care of it, so even he began to wonder... Will he be surrounded and beaten?

Didn't it mean that both Yu Baimei and that Lao Ge might be Congealing Pill?
The only thing is that the situation doesn't allow him to think about it, or he doesn't need to think about it at all... After continuing to hold on for a while, suddenly, the morale of the officers and soldiers in front suddenly rose, and the shouts became one, and then countless torches were raised. When I got up, five or so clusters, two in front and three in back, were revealed in the field of vision, and then rushed towards the rebels like waves.

Xiahou tried to command, but found that he could not control the situation at all. Even the central army from Jiyin's hometown began to collapse backwards, and the collapse of such a large number of central troops, coupled with the squeeze on the battlefield, was comparable to the defeat of the previous army. It's not the same thing at all, where is manpower to stop?

This battle was clearly lost.

However, for Xia Hou, the defeat in this battle was both confused and clear.

He was confused because he couldn't control the information on the battlefield, he just did his own thing well but lost, and it was clear that he had a little understanding in his heart, that is, the two armies were clashing, what else could be said about this situation?It's nothing more than all the arrows in front colliding, it's just that they are weak by a line.

Shan Tonghai's self-proud personal force will inevitably encounter stronger personal force!

Cheng Zhili's precious cavalry must have encountered a more violent impact!

Now, their own central army will also be crushed by the opponent's wave of attacks... The only hateful thing is those Juyeze routs!
And Liang Jiading!
What is this guy doing?
His mind was in a mess, without delaying Xiahou Ningyuan turned his horse's head, and even called out to Jia Runshi: "You young man, what are you doing in a daze? Go away!"

Jia Runshi stared blankly at the torches in front of him, listened to the waves of shouts of killing, and finally reined in his horse and walked away again... This is the third time in a row that he is in the army of his hometown, and it is very likely that he is in front of his father. , escaped in embarrassment.

At daybreak, the officers and soldiers stopped their pursuit in the north of Wenshui River, and instead took advantage of the early morning vision to cross the river and pounce on Gongqiu. They won four battles and four victories in three days, successively captured Xiaqiu, Rencheng, Zou County also captured the former prefect of Lu County in Zou County and took him to Jiangdu immediately.

Then, after reorganizing the army for a while, regardless of the mud, they took advantage of the last gap before spring plowing and came to Pinglu County, which was surrounded by Dongping County from the outside.

This is the last big city in Lu County that has not been recovered.

And there is no doubt that Shan Tonghai, Cheng Dalang, and all the other remnants of the defeated generals should have arrived here... even worse, the officers and soldiers guessed right, but what they didn't know was that Xiongbo Nan and Li Shu also brought reinforcements here.

"Kidnapped the queen?"

"Snatched the middle palace?"

Shan Tonghai, who was shot in the calf, and Cheng Zhili, who was shot in the thigh, were dumbfounded.

"Yes." Li Shu looked as usual. "According to what King Xiongtian and Chief Du Caiqian who came to deliver the letter said, Shan Dalang, you and Wang Wulang made rapid progress before, and the people left behind were worried that they would not have meritorious deeds and be left behind by you, so they did this... I According to them, the matter has been done, and it has been done extremely successfully. They not only robbed the Central Palace, but also washed the treasury of Liang County. Covering the outside... Right now, it should be discussing with the government and the Huaiyou League, preparing to return it to the queen, so as not to become a target of public criticism."

Cheng Dalang couldn't help but glanced at Shan Tonghai.

"Since you have been robbed, why pay it back?" Shan Tonghai sat in the seat and saw Cheng Dalang, who was also limped, looking at him. He was ashamed and indignant and wanted to ridicule, but when he opened his mouth and looked at his wound, he was a little embarrassed, and his voice was also softened. "After doing this, I hope that it will not be the target of public criticism."

"The catastrophe is the catastrophe, and the aftermath is the aftermath." Xiong Bonan hurriedly explained that this was one of his tasks. "There is no delay in the two... The main reason is that the benefits are enough, and the reputation has also increased. Everyone feels that there is nothing wrong with forcing others to keep a queen and it is meaningless. Instead, they will suffer unreasonable disasters in the beginning of spring."

Shan Tonghai sneered and nodded: "It makes sense, Zhang Longtou can see it clearly, and knows that heroes among officers and soldiers are not easy to deal with... It's really not easy to deal with."

Li Shu was silent for a while, and said seriously: "Shan Dalang, this is the end of the matter, I won't say anything about victory and defeat... Now the enemy army is approaching, and half of the city is full of defeated soldiers brought back by you. There are many new and old leaders, all of whom belong to your department... Can you command Lingling now? If not, please hand over the command of the city defense to me and King Xiong Tian, ​​and we will arrange it uniformly."

Shan Tonghai looked at his legs, and gave a dry laugh: "Gong Li and King Xiongtian are here, can't they command some of my defeated soldiers? I am a defeated general, and I need to take care of my body... I will listen to Li Gong and King Xiongtian. disposal."

Li Shu nodded and didn't explain much, but continued to ask about the officers and soldiers of Qi County. After learning that the two were probably not shot by the same person, he frowned slightly, but still tried his best to organize the city defense.

On the other hand, after Li Shu left, Shan and Cheng couldn't hold back, and they only asked Shan Tonghai to call the familiar people from the rear to interrogate the kidnapping queen.

After a long time, everyone left, only the two big bosses were left lying there with their feet raised, and it was deserted for a while.

"Brother Cheng, tell me...Li Longtou heard about Zhang Longtou, did he act too hastily?" After a long while, Shan Tonghai still couldn't bear it. "Then let Qi County Lao Ge take advantage of it again."

And Cheng Zhili glanced at Shan Tonghai, but didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Shan Tonghai only came to urge: "Brother Cheng is still worried that the partition wall has ears?"

Cheng Zhili sighed, but answered unhurriedly: "Nothing, I was just thinking, if the soldiers and horses of the Xuzhou-Jiangdu Camp and the Hejian-Youzhou Camp were all like Qi County Lao Ge Characters, when in my life will I be able to assign a county to be the master? As for Li Longtou, I am really not familiar with him."

Shan Tonghai finally blushed, and couldn't hide his resentment, and scolded sharply: "If you don't take revenge, you're not a gentleman!"

PS: Thanks to the new leader, Mr. Xionglai... It is heart-warming to have this strong support at the time of the civil strife at the helm of the Dragon Gang.

(End of this chapter)