The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 278

The quiet dust particles in the soil gradually trembled, human footsteps and iron hooves stepped down, and flew into the air. Countless dust flowed on the ground, and several "long dragons" traveled from north to south, with banners and flags, quickly passing through the official roads, fields, and forests .

"Hurry up, notify the back, speed up the pace!"

"drive!"

People shouted, war horses neighed, the soldiers pushing the carts pushed the wheels out of the potholes, and the captain on horseback swung his whip and yelled at the surroundings, receiving orders from Lingqi and issuing instructions.

There is still a burning village in the distance, which has been destroyed by the passing soldiers, and all food and poultry have been looted. The corpses of those who did not evacuate or escape have their heads cut off, and they are inserted into the fence outside the village with desperate and terrified expressions. Stretch out.

War is cruel to civilians at any time.

As the war went south, many villages along the way were too late to receive the news, and were plundered by Shatuo soldiers passing by behind. First, the signal to cut off the war spread. .

For this behavior, Jin Wang Li Keyong acquiesced. He rode a horse with his adopted sons Li Cunmao and Shi Jingsi on the edge of the official road, followed by two hundred guards at a distance.

"This time the troops are sent out to attack the unprepared. These dead people should be able to understand. They are like ants. They are resurrected from the dead. At this time next year, there will still be lush farmland and smoke from the farmhouses here. So, don't There are concerns that too many people will be killed."

Li Ke shook his whip and narrowed his eyes.

"There will always be some casualties in the world. If there is peace in the future, I will be worthy of them."

Li Siyuan and Shi Jingsi, who were two steps behind, didn't speak. They didn't have much feeling for these dead people. Just like Jin Wang said, after a few years, there will be people living here again, and even more people will live here.

However, the opportunity to attack Zezhou, occupy the north bank of the Yellow River by force, and threaten Luoyang and Bianzhou will not come in a few years.

"Is there any news from Cunxiao?"

A group of people followed the long-dragon-like team for a while. Li Keyong suddenly asked a question, and the two people behind him shook their heads. It was basically unimpeded, and the main roads and towns occupied by Liang Jun were swept away.

"General Flying Tiger has the Black Crow Army under King Jin's command, so I think he won't encounter any trouble." Shi Jingsi had lost his title of number one general of the Jin army, and although his words were a bit joking, he still admired Li Cunxiao.

"With Cunxiao leading the army, you can feel at ease alone, not to mention having Cunxin to help you."

Cunxin, Li Cunxin, is also one of his adopted sons. He is clever and has a wink, and he is equally brave in battle, which just makes up for Li Cunxiao's rebellious side.

"Well"

Li Ke used his horse to take a few steps slowly, groaned for a while, and said in his gaze: "It's really slow." He didn't mean the speed of Li Cunxiao's march, but that it had been more than ten days. No news from Liao was received.

"This group of Khitan people are really slow. If they can't hold back the Liang army in Hebei, it is really possible to create a situation where they will be attacked first and last."

Probably such a low voice.

The sun streaked across the sky and clouds, hundreds of miles ahead, the skylight reflected the luster of metal, and the sound of hooves resounded and spread across the earth.

Under the high sky, teams of Shatuo cavalry advance up and down like sea tides. This is the fastest way to attack in this era. The mighty cavalry is running wildly along the way, and the enemy's sentry is heard from afar. Sound, the torrent suddenly dispersed, and a branch rushed over. After the collision, it pierced through the soldiers and horses leaving the city of Zezhou, leaving a mess, and returned to the cavalry.

Fan Jushi, the general who was in Zezhou, was a general of hundreds of battles. He was a team leader at the beginning, conquered Huang Chao and Caizhou thieves, and then took down Xiazhou with Xie Tong and Zhu Zhen. , Hearing that the intruder came from Luzhou, he summoned the generals under the account to discuss, and at the same time gathered the soldiers and horses outside the city, and let the army gather under the city.

When the news came, he didn't really believe it too much, but with the first information, a large number of cavalry from Luzhou rushed straight to this side. The outpost camp in the world only had time to send out a short message, and was defeated in an instant.

——Jin Banner, [-] Shatuo cavalry marched south.

It has been two hours since the battle report was received, and the second information that arrived showed that the third formation had already been broken, and seven outpost battalions of 200 people had been defeated head on. Among the news sent, the number of Jin cavalry was reduced Turned to more than 5000 people.

Of course, Fan Jushi didn't believe it. He crumpled up the battle report and threw it on the ground, but he didn't deny that the cavalry who came suddenly had some abilities, and they looked at the leading generals more or less seriously.

"Go meet the cavalry from Taiyuan for a while? Zhuerlang, follow me out of the city!"

Soon, 3000 Liang soldiers assembled outside the city to attack, while Fan Jushi only left [-] people to defend the city. An hour later, at a place called Shitoupo, he encountered an invading enemy.

The cavalry sweeping across the half of Zezhou slowly stopped and confronted each other two miles apart. Fan Jushi also raised his hand on his horse. Tighten the bowstring and look up to the sky.

"A cavalry army went deep alone, but stopped and waited for me to form an formation. Are you an idiot, or do you think that after a few victories, you will be invincible?"

In Fan Jushi's previous battle experience, the cavalry was mostly used to weave through the battlefield to clear the battlefield, even if it was used to break through the enemy's formation, but it was unexpected, and quickly smashed through the infantry that had not yet been prepared at an astonishing speed.

Stop like this and wait for him to assemble [-] soldiers and horses and arrange the formation. It is not a fool or something. As long as the first wave of charge is blocked, the infantry will be able to sweep the past with a large number of counterattacks, and the cavalry will be defeated. It collapsed and scattered at an alarming speed, and the archers were still free to shoot one by one.

It's just that Fan Jushi is looking at the quiet cavalry formation in the distance, and the silhouette of the leading cavalry commander has a feeling of frightening fear.

"A person who has experienced many battles, how can he be afraid? It must be caused by too many female sex recently."

Fan Jushi looked at it for a while, and the generals under his command came over, and then he waved: "Let's fight and see."

Soon, the war drum sounded, and the 3-strong army formation, with cavalry guarding the two wings, slowly pushed forward in an orderly formation with pressure.

wow wow wow-

The banner with the word "Jin" was flying, and the figure standing alone in front of more than ten thousand riders quietly watched the sound of drums on the opposite side, and the booming footsteps advanced. Under the black tasseled iron helmet, the heroic face grinned. , raised his arms excitedly, and the heavy soldiers streaked across the sun, pointing a Yu Wang lance obliquely at the sky.

Behind them, rows and rows of cavalry pulled out their horn bows, which were neat and uniform, put on feather arrows, and then the arrows rained into the sky.

"Crush them!"

The moment the black migratory locusts soared into the sky, Li Cunxiao reined in the reins, and the flaming warhorse stood up, raised its iron hooves, and rushed forward with a loud hiss.

Teams of Shatuo cavalry who shot feather arrows quickly retracted their bows and changed their spears, and rushed out almost at the same time.

"kill--"

On the opposite side, the 3-strong army stopped, and the general dismounted from his horse and hissed, one side of his shields turned up to the top, covered by rain of arrows, the shields bounced and fell, and some fell into the crowd, causing a spray of blood.

When the thunderous hoofbeats exploded in front, getting faster and faster, Fan Jushi smiled and cursed: "It really is an idiot."

The army formation in front of him formed a spear formation like a forest of spears, and the handles of the guns stabbed steadily into the soil. Countless infantry huddled together shoulder to shoulder, watching the huge wave rushing silently and nervously.

Boom.
Iron cavalry swept in like a wave——

boom!
Snapped!
The spears pierced into the bodies of people and horses, or broke, or bent, and the shields flew out against the infantry behind them. The high-speed impact was like a pile driver. Changing the knife, he frantically slashed and killed the soldiers of the Liang army around him.

A stick of incense!

This 3-man Liang army collapsed and scattered in the wilderness. Blood waves and corpses were spread along with the charging Shatuo cavalry.

On the nearby hillside, the flag with the word Liang was overturned and was trampled over by horseshoes. On the fiery red horse, Li Cunxiao held Yu Wang's lance in one hand and the bloody head in the other, and glanced at the trampled flag.

Throw Fan Jushi's head to his own soldiers.

"Besiege Zezhou and prevent reinforcements from the Liang army on the south bank of the Yellow River."

"Yes!"

Let the rider take the lead and gallop down.

In Luoyang, Zhu Wen strode back and forth in the front yard with his hands behind his back, Geng Qing and a group of Liang Jun generals accompanied him to the left and right, waiting for the news of the next step, and occasionally chatting in a low voice.

Then, the news of Zezhou on the north bank of the Yellow River entered the city. At this moment, no one spoke.

Zhu Wen held the information and sat under the eaves, silent for a long time.

"Zezhou fell." He looked at Geng Qing who was beside him, "The leader of the army is called Li Cunxiao."

(End of this chapter)