Daming kill

Chapter 52
Li Ping is lamenting that he is doomed, and the enemy is also enlightened.

In just a short time, their casualties were so great that they themselves were afraid, and they were still insisting because they obviously had many more people, while Li Ping and the others had few people.

But they still began to hesitate, no one wanted to be the first to die.

They just relied on the large number of people and tried their best to stick around and make it impossible for Li Ping and others to get away easily.

Of course, the more important thing is that this was originally the rear guard area of ​​the Maba General of the official army, and the important leaders of the enemy army were not here, so no one was more severe to drive them forward.

Seeing the timidity of the enemy, Li Ping burst out laughing.

He raised his knife and made a bluffing move forward, and the enemies facing him immediately took a few steps back in fright, and Li Ping laughed even harder.

Suddenly, a feathered arrow was inserted into the forehead of an enemy opposite him, and then another feathered arrow was accurately inserted into the face of an enemy soldier, and then the expressions of all the enemies changed drastically.

A loud shout of killing also came from behind Li Ping.

After looking at each other in blank dismay, several of the enemies facing Li Ping immediately started to run backwards.

Li Ping turned his head and saw a lot of his brothers rushing out from behind the mist, and Ma Yong, the leader, was shooting his bow and arrows there.

Ma Yong led the brigade to attack, and Li Ping immediately relaxed.

The enemy was obviously caught off guard by the large group of officers and soldiers that came out, especially the effect of Ma Yong's large group of people continuously pouring out of the mist was quite bluffing, the arrows were shot accurately, and the killing was ruthless , In a short period of time, it caused a large number of casualties to the enemy soldiers who still wanted to resist.

Finally, the actually larger number of enemy soldiers near here collapsed, and they began to flee in all directions, and many even fled directly back into the woods.

At this moment, Li Ping was able to lower his head to check the wound on his waist. As expected, the wound was only bleeding, and nothing else came out, but it was still painful.

He casually took out a rolled long white cloth strip from his pocket to wrap the wound, and Liu San who was behind hurried up to help.This white cloth was specially prepared by Li Ping for each soldier by the health team, and it seemed to be useful.

Seeing Ma Yong coming over anxiously, Li Ping grinned and praised, "Well done, Ma Yong."

"Sir, I'm late, I'm all to blame." Looking at the arrow still stuck in Li Ping's shoulder, Ma Yong couldn't help but blame himself.

"You did a good job. Hurry up! While the enemy is in chaos, organize the troops to retreat, pull away those who are still kneeling on the ground, and go quickly. By the way, remember, grab two tongues."

When retreating again, instead of setting up a centipede formation, they simply formed two lanes and walked quickly while keeping their guard on guard.

At this time, the possibility of being attacked by the enemy is already very low, and they must be quick.

While walking, Li Ping quickly interrogated the five tongues that were picked out.Because the enemy soldiers retreated too fast, Ma Yong didn't bother to catch them at all, and directly captured about twenty enemy soldiers.

No nonsense, just kill people without answering any questions.After chopping off a head and chopping off a person's two hands, other enemy soldiers immediately recruited.

This group of enemies turned out to be the team that fought with Fang Guoan's troops outside Xiangyang City a few days ago.

Their strength is not large, but there are about 800 people. Although the main force was originally a group of bandits, most of them were ordinary villagers not long ago.

After they fought with Fang Guoan's troops, they didn't run away because they didn't have enough food and were afraid of being intercepted.Instead, after casually posing as a newly defected official army, he unexpectedly made a big circle and ran to this mountain to hide and rest, to see if he could collect some food and grass or grab some food from the Ming army outside the mountain. , and then escaped into the field to run.

He didn't realize it, but accidentally found out that Zuo Menggeng's wife was coming to offer incense, so he made up his mind and decided to rob Mrs. Zuo, a big fish, to make a fortune.

Several pilgrims in the temple the morning before yesterday were their spies.

The day before yesterday, they walked in the rain for a whole day before arriving in the valley in a hurry. They thought they could finish their work yesterday.Unexpectedly, I was poured for another day. This morning, I didn't eat all morning because I was afraid of a fire.

After hearing this, Li Ping was speechless.

Only then did I understand why a small temple fair in a big mountain had so many pilgrims in one morning.

Then there is the fact that this Zuo Liangyu really accepts everyone, so that there are too many peasant troops and bandit troops who have come to vote, and no one can figure out the messy ranks of each army. Shun Shun Dang escaped the pursuit safely, and gathered the crowd here without showing off.

However, the leader of this group is also a bold person, who dared to take advantage of the gap between good and bad, and even dared to launch such an ambush. From discovering the target to making up his mind to organizing and implementing it, it can almost be described as super speed.

This is really something.

However, it is also to blame that the current army is too weak, no one dares to take a bite.

When they were waiting to learn more, they approached the exit of the valley, which was also a relatively narrow place, and there really appeared a line of enemy soldiers and horses in formation.

Probably because at the exit of the valley, there is no fog here, making everything clearer.

This group of enemy troops consisted of about a hundred people, and their front row was a row of specially made long bamboo spears, much longer than the normal Ming army's spears.Of course, because it is bamboo, it is also much thicker, and the weight should not be light, so that the bottoms of these long bamboo spears are inserted obliquely into the ground.

This looks like the enemy who was ordered to shut up intercepted his troops.

Seeing that many people let out a long sigh of relief, Li Ping guessed that they were glad they didn't run back immediately.Otherwise, once the army is in chaos, there will be people hiding from behind, and there are cliffs on both sides. Encountering such an enemy that is blocked by formations, the entire army can only be wiped out.

After seeing Li Ping's group of neat and not flustered troops, the enemy soldiers on the opposite side were also stunned, and suddenly began to commotion.

Li Ping stopped, took a look at the enemy's formation, touched the small half of the feathered arrow on his back shoulder with his hand, and said to Ma Yong:
"The army's swordsmen are in front, and the spearmen are behind, slowly forming an array forward. The archers concentrate on shooting the enemy's first row of spearmen. After three rounds, if the enemy does not return the arrow, the spearmen will be in front, and all Let the army speed up, so that the archers can shoot another two to three rounds. The enemy is not a strong army, and it should collapse. Go arrange it!"

"Yes, sir." Ma Yong immediately began to set up the formation after responding.

Not long after, the arrows of the archers on Li Ping's side shot at the enemy's formation. At a distance of five to sixty meters, the enemy immediately fell down many people.The enemy did not fight back, and it seemed that they were not equipped with bows and arrows.

When Li Ping howled and rushed towards the enemy's formation together with the crowd, the enemy had already collapsed before reaching the front, so that Li Ping only saw the enemy's back and corpses all over the place.

Soon, except for a small number of enemies who escaped, the remaining enemies were either killed or surrendered on their knees.

In this battle, Li Ping captured more than 20 enemies, and rescued more than a dozen horsemen and five horses who had been captured here.

After ordering to kill the wounded enemy soldiers on the spot, Li Ping quickly led the troops out of the valley and into the forest.Led by a local soldier from the original mountain, they began to circle left and right, marching continuously.

After walking a long distance, Li Pingcai ordered Xu Changen, Liu San and others to mount six horses and divide into three groups to detour to the city to report. put.

About two hours later, at a more dangerous place, Li Ping decided not to leave. He ordered the troops to occupy this place and organize defense based on the danger.

After everything was arranged properly, Li Ping collapsed to the ground like most soldiers.He was exhausted, and all his strength seemed to be exhausted.

Leaning against a small tree, Li Ping began to break out in cold sweat.

The boundless fear made his heart beat violently again, and the enemy's brains and severed limbs kept flashing before his eyes, making his stomach feel sick.And Zhang Yong's face bleeding from the corner of his mouth also appeared, which made him feel tense.

"Wow...Wow...Wow..." Li Ping finally couldn't help throwing up.

A few soldiers and Mrs. Zuo were so frightened that they hurried over to pat him on the back and looked for water for him to drink.

After drinking some water, Li Ping changed places and continued to adjust with his eyes closed.At this time, the cold sweat was already breaking out, and a gust of wind blew, making the body feel chilly.

After finally feeling better, Li Ping slowly opened his eyes, only to find Mrs. Zuo's bewildered face was looking at him all the time.Li Ping hurriedly struggled to sit upright and called out politely: "Mrs. Zuo."

Seeing that Li Ping opened his mouth, Madam Zuo hurriedly said: "General Li, don't move, I just want to rest. Thanks to you today, the little girl will remember it in my heart, and I will repay your kindness in the future."

Li Ping just wanted to follow the routine with a few polite words, but found that Mrs. Zuo had already gritted her teeth: "The six horses, really hateful, unexpectedly he is a person who only knows how to flirt, and he abandoned me and ran away. His subordinates looked at the spirit , are all trash. After returning, if he is alive, I will not spare him."

Only then did Li Ping know that the general manager was called Ma Liuzi, but he didn't know if it was a big name or a small name, but it didn't make sense to ask.

Seeing Mrs. Zuo stop, Li Ping quickly answered, "Ma'am, it is my duty to be loyal. A good man acts loyally and righteously in the world, knows his shame and is almost brave. The commander-in-chief has kindness to me, and I can only repay it with my life."

"Well said! In the past two days, I have watched General Li and felt that he was extraordinary. The six horsemen were so picky, and I laughed it off. Although General Li doesn't talk much, I already know that you are the most loyal person. No wonder the boss Ren (Zuo Liangyu) said you are loyal and brave, but he is still accurate in judging people."

Li Ping hurriedly stood up and bowed his head, pretending to be flattered and said: "My wife and the commander-in-chief value it so much, I'm terrified, but I'm so heartbroken."

Seeing Mrs. Zuo smiling and nodding, Li Ping was suddenly a little afraid to continue chatting, he really had no words.So he said softly: "Ma'am was also frightened during this journey, my young body is stiff, Madam is golden, I need to take a good rest first, eat something, and freshen up."

"Okay, General Li also needs a good rest." Hearing what Li Ping said, Mrs. Zuo also realized that she was in a mess, and hurriedly called the maid who was still following her in light green clothes to wash up.

At this time, Ma Yong came to Li Ping with a knife and some long white cloth strips, followed by a soldier carrying water.Li Ping came to his senses, and after carefully taking off his clothes, Li Ping sat on the ground with his upper body bare and his back to Ma Yong.

After roasting the knife a few times in front of a small fire and simply cleaning the arrow wound with salt water, Mayon began to report on the situation of the troops.Li Ping knew that this was diverting his attention, so he listened carefully with a hidden pain.

Among their 118 people, 15 died and 27 were injured. Many of the injured were only slightly injured, but a few of them were probably not alive. Among the dead were Cheng Fei, the captain of the 8 teams, and 3 others. Wuchang and 1 Shichang.

The horse rescued a total of 32 of his subordinates, and 41 prisoners were still alive. A total of 15 horses and six mules were collected.Of the 2 horses and 6 mules they brought with them, 1 mule was injured, and the others are still there.

After saying this, the arrow on Li Ping's back has been dug out and cleaned.The arrow didn't go deep, and didn't hurt the bone. It is estimated that the enemy soldiers didn't use their strength during the chaotic battle, and the humidity caused the bow to be weak.

After treating the shoulder, Ma Yong opened the bandage on Li Ping's waist and cleaned and bandaged it again.The injury on Li Ping's waist was also fine. A deep gash five or six centimeters long was cut open, but it didn't cut through, and only bled a lot.

After treating the wound, Li Ping solemnly told Ma Yong that when the reinforcements came, he must remember to find and bring back the bodies of the brothers who died in battle. Dead wilderness, this must become a rule, an iron law.

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In the evening, countless torches shot out from the mountains around them, and groups of cavalrymen shouted everywhere, and Li Ping quickly joined a cavalryman who came to help.

Not long after, Zuo Menggeng came with Zhao Jin and others anxiously. After some clichéd praises, Mrs. Zuo took advantage of the night to go back to the city under the cover of cavalry, while Li Ping, Zhao Jin and Shi Ming stayed temporarily. Tomorrow we will search for the remains of the brothers who died in battle.

Zhao Jin brought a small bottle of alcohol to Li Ping, which was given to him by Gao Lei. After treating the wound again, Li Ping briefly described today's situation to Zhao Jin and Shi Ming, which made them amazed again and again. !

But the next morning, Li Ping found that he had a fever. He was a little dazed, and after struggling to get up, he was as soft as noodles.

After drinking a bowl of porridge indiscriminately, he couldn't eat anything anymore.I wanted to go together to search for the remains of the brothers who died in battle, but Zhao Jin and the others disagreed, and they directly escorted him back to the city to rest.

On the way, Li Ping, who was riding on a horse, finally couldn't stand it anymore, and fell off the horse.

Then everything fell into darkness.

Note:
Zuo Menggeng's daughter-in-law called Zuo Liangyu "Old Master" was not a typo, but actually a respectful and intimate name for Zuo Liangyu. "Da" was often used as a synonym for "father" in the north at that time, mainly in Hebei, and it was also falsely called "da".

(End of this chapter)