Daming kill

Chapter 134
In the midst of the commotion, the sweaty Zhao Jin received an order from two cavalrymen wearing waist armor and holding blue triangular flags, asking them to go to Baimadu beach to deploy defense immediately.

Because before this, there had been sparse sounds of firearms from the direction of Baimadu for a long time, Zhao Jin already understood that the battle might be inevitable.

But he didn't flinch.

Zuo Liangyu, who had been with them all along, and a small group of cavalry accelerated and overtook them halfway, indicating that the situation was not hopeless.

The prudent Zuo Liangyu should not make fun of the life she cherishes more and more.

However, Zhao Jin still deliberately slowed down some marching speeds to give his men more respite and preparation.

But now that the order has arrived, he can't think about it anymore.

Zhao Jin immediately conveyed the general's order, then mounted his horse and galloped forward with a few personal guards.

Zhao Jin did not ride a horse for most of the itinerary, but chose to walk.

For this first hasty march, for this hasty march to the battlefield, Zhao Jin knew very well how crucial the power of role models and the close supervision of officers and soldiers are.

Now he chooses to get on the horse and go forward because they have been walking through the woods for the last part of the journey, and he hasn't seen Hanshui yet!Even more ignorant of the terrain and situation of the destination.

When the cavalry followed the order and circled out of a tree, an empty land and a wide river in the distance appeared in front of Zhao Jin's eyes, and his vision was finally opened.

However, soon, Zhao Jin became more and more dignified by the scene in front of him.

At this time, the corpses of some soldiers and horses lay dead on the open ground in front of Zhao Jin, and a small number of infantrymen seemed to be dealing with these corpses.

Obviously there was a battle here just now, and it is also obvious that the river here is shallow enough!
But now, this former battle zone is empty!
Look at the mountains a little further away.

On several small hills close to the Han River, a large group of infantry is climbing the mountain, and some infantry are disappearing on the passage between the mountains. Of course, several groups of cavalry totaling hundreds are gathering scatteredly on several mountainsides Looking towards them.

Under the guidance of the ordered cavalry, Zhao Jin quickly figured out that the area he was going to defend had previously been defended by a part of the infantry of Lieutenant General Hui Dengxiang.But just now, these infantry troops were transferred to strengthen the defense of the miles-long mountain along the river and the multiple mountain passages on the west side.

"The enemy's cavalry is on the other side of the river. Prime Minister Hui Deng has already withdrawn before his soldiers arrive. Doesn't this mean that there is a handover gap?" A trace of anxiety flashed in Zhao Jin's heart.

At this time, the words of a messenger cavalry interrupted Zhao Jin's growing doubts.

"The master is over there."

Following the direction of the cavalryman's finger, Zhao Jin easily found a large group of figures on the second row of mountain love peaks hundreds of meters away from the Han River.

Although there were no flags in the large group of people, the reflection of some iron armor and scale armor that only generals and personal guards would wear in the sun still exposed the identity and status of the group of people.

Zhao Jin's heart tightened.

He immediately ordered his personal guards to order the infantry to speed up and pay special attention to laying down the flag, while he himself rushed to the shore of Baimadu for a quick survey.

After a while, when the speeding Zhao Jin troops finally arrived at the shore and were about to take a rest, there were bursts of loud shouts from the other side of the Han River.

The infantry of the peasant army arrived.

Because the Hanshui River has a large forest on the north bank of Baimadu, and a hilly area several kilometers long runs across a few hundred meters along the river, the movement of the peasant army's infantry near the river was effectively blocked.

However, Zuo Liangyu's estimated arrival time for the Peasant Army's infantry was entirely based on experience and common sense.

Because the Han River is also in a big arch here, the shortest distance of the peasant army from Fancheng to Baimadu is actually much longer than the shortest distance of the official army from Xiangyang City to Baimadu, at least a few kilometers.

And because there are many swamps, water depressions and rugged terrain on the north bank of the Han River, the march of the peasant army is not only a problem of further distance, but also more difficult, and the speed will be further greatly reduced.

This is also the main reason why the cavalry brigade of the Peasant Army failed to arrive in large numbers, because this terrain is even more unfriendly to the rapid advance of the cavalry.

Unless you want to spend all your precious horses.

Although Zhao Jin's infantry started a little later, they basically walked on flat ground, and the speed was not slow. It should be the first to arrive.

But the infantry of the Peasant Army also arrived at this time, which is really surprising.

The sudden arrival of the peasant army's infantry immediately caused panic and confusion among Zhao Jin's more than 2000 infantrymen who were sitting or lying on the ground resting. Many people jumped up instinctively and looked at the opposite bank hundreds of meters away in amazement and fear. The long line of enemy soldiers suddenly appeared in the woods.

The Huidengxiang infantry on the hill on the left side of Baimadu was also in an uproar, and the cavalry who had dismounted and rested on the hillside of the few hills behind almost all instinctively got on their horses.

In a state of astonishment, the Peasant Army infantry that emerged from the woods a few hundred meters away from the north bank of the Han River did not rush to the bank of the Han River as everyone imagined and then stop and slow down. Step directly into the river and come towards the south bank.

The Peasant Army infantry unexpectedly started to attack before they had a firm foothold.

But the hundreds of peasant army cavalry who had been hovering on the shore did not move.

Zhao Jin, Shi Ming, and Wang Chengwu, who had just begun to urgently discuss the formation, had no time to discuss in detail. After the three of them put their hands together and shouted "good luck" three times, they hurriedly adjusted the deployment according to the rough division of labor just now. force.

According to the division of labor, Zhao Jin's headquarters was on the left flank, and Shi Ming and Wang Chengwu joined forces on the right flank.

Fortunately, when the troops were brought into the shore, they had already pulled the troops into a straight line along the shore in the order of sentinels, so that the assault formation would not be caused by great confusion, and the exhausted peasant army infantry wanted to run nearly 2000 miles away. The meter wide river is not so fast.

Zhao Jin and the others still have at least 10 minutes to adjust and prepare.

While yelling, Zhao Jin first quickly adjusted all the spearmen of the general battalion, who were three in a straight line, to the front row on the shore in a team and a line.

Each of his three general battalions has two posts, and they are organized in the manner of two spear teams and one sword player team.

In this way, each general battalion can just form a team of four spearmen in front of each other, followed by a second row of swordsmen to hold the formation and make up for the position.

One of the third posts of the general battalion is more than 100 soldiers equipped with bird guns, and the third post of the general camp is more than 50 archers who are not full. Immediately place them in a line at the forefront of the entire front.

Zhao Jin led his personal team (including more than 30 cavalry) and another third post of the general battalion (also a mixed post with swords and spears) in the center for preparatory support.

Shi Ming and Wang Chengwu also fortified roughly according to this idea, but because their spearmen were not as many as Zhao Jin's, the spear formation was thinner, with only 3 rows.

When all Zhao Jin's men and horses finally lined up in the basic formation in a hurry, the enemy was already very close.

Zhao Jin looked back and found that there was still no shadow of the infantry of the friendly army galloping here from Xiangyang, but the cavalry on the mountainside had formed a cavalry line several hundred meters behind them.

At this distance, the horse can fully accelerate and slew, but I am afraid that the attack will also be indiscriminate.

"Tell Deputy General Wang that as long as the infantry formation of the participating general Zhao Jin is not broken, his cavalry will not move." Zuo Liangyu said to a messenger beside him.

"Although the soldiers are tired, they set up the formation quickly. Elite soldiers are nothing more than that. Although the bandit army is also regarded as elite, but its army is even more tired. It may take a lot of effort to break the formation." Instead of going down the mountain with Wang Yuncheng, he continued to accompany him on the left Xiang Huideng beside Liangyu said in admiration.

Following Hui Deng's words, Zuo Liangyu looked at Shanxia and nodded, it should be that the two people's views coincided with each other.

But then, Zuo Liangyu turned his head and asked Huideng as if he suddenly remembered something: "Liangbi, do you know how Yangpitan is?"

"Oh! Yangpitan, Yangpitan is safe. Li Guerzilla is especially good at using firearms, and he defends very well, severely injuring the bandits." Prime Minister Hui Deng was a little caught off guard, but he answered firmly.

"It's so good. But the intruders are so cunning, Liang Bi, you should hurry to the west and sit in the army, and you must guard against death to prevent the thieves from going around and attacking."

Xiang Huiden's expression froze, and he immediately took the order and left.

At this time, the peasant army in the river did not gather and only came to Baimadu. They were shouting and marching along the entire shallow water area several miles long. The hillside on the south bank of the Han River was obviously also their goal.

The peasant army is indeed taking risks, and it is not afraid of casualties.

But this also made them not have a dense offensive formation without waiting to gather their successors.

However, the length of the attack surface also makes people feel that Hanshui is full of people, and the sense of oppression is still very strong.

And this further exacerbated the chaos of Zhao Jin's department who was still adjusting the formation on the shore. Some people obviously started to be timid, and even a few figures struggled to get out of the queue and ran backwards.

Beside Zhao Jin and behind Shi Ming's queue, several cavalry galloped out one after another, turning those who escaped into headless corpses in an instant.

At the same time, there were several screams in the horizontal line that had already been lined up.

Immediately afterwards, all the officers and soldiers of Zhao Jin's Department suddenly saw General Shi Ming running into the river several meters in front of the entire formation, holding the hair of two heads high, covered in blood.

Zhao Jin's troops were deployed along the shore to ensure that the enemy could only stay in the water and fight with them. At this time, Shi Ming could only run into the river if he wanted to stand up in front of the battle.

"Those who disobey orders will die..."

Shi Ming, who was only wearing an iron helmet but not a piece of armor on his body, held a human head high in one hand and held a bleeding Yanling knife in the other, screaming back and forth in front of the battle. He seemed not worried about his lack of protection and the coldness of the river.

At this time, not only Shi Ming, but also the few leaders and personal guards with full body armor have not had time to wear armor.

It was impossible for them to wear full body armor during the rapid march just now, even if most of them rode horses, they had to consider reducing the burden on the horses.

Their full body armor is carried individually by mules or auxiliary soldiers.

And in the eager process of team building just now, whether it is Shi Ming or the leader's personal guards, their primary task and focus can only be to adjust the troops first and have no spare time to put on armor.

Shi Ming rushed out without even armor, obviously in a hurry.

"Death to those who retreat... Death to those who retreat..."

"Death to those who retreat... Death to those who retreat..."

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At this time, the cavalrymen who chased and fled from the army also returned with their heads in their hands, and galloped back and forth behind the formation, shouting wildly.

Many officers and soldiers of Zhao Jinbu looked at the front and then at the back, and the somewhat turbulent army formation finally stabilized.

Seeing that the army formation had stabilized, Shi Ming suddenly threw the head into the river, and then faced the entire Zhao Jin battalion officers and soldiers raised the blood-dripping Yanling knife in their hands and shouted again:

"When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Under the leadership of Wang Chengwu, some people in Shi Mingying immediately shouted, "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

So like an infection, the soldiers of the entire Zhao Jin Department were mobilized, and kept shouting "Kill! Kill! Kill!" following Shi Ming's rhythm.

Amid the shouts of killing, the peasant army, which was already less than 500 meters away from the shore, seemed to be affected as well. Their progress came to a sudden halt, and then they no longer regained their previous frenzy, but slowed down significantly.

Just like the obvious deceleration when they first entered the Han River from land.

It is almost human instinct to avoid the strong.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu, who was letting his soldiers adjust his armor on the hill behind, looked at the scene down the mountain, nodded vigorously again, and then said to himself:
"Not bad!"

(End of this chapter)