Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 196 The Battle of Falling Horse City (Part [-])
  As a vanguard, Song Niu led [-] front troops, and according to the plan, he drove away enemy scouts who might be hiding around, cleared nearby obstacles, and cleared the place for the following army to form an array.

As soon as the fifth battalion of the former army lined up, they heard the sound of war drums in the distance.

The sound of drums and the sound of desolate horns spread to all directions.

Although Song Niu is Xiaofang Qushuai, he does have extremely rich battlefield experience. During the previous attack on Qingzhou, Jiufang Qushuai died in battle. Song Niu relied on his military exploits to fill the vacancy of Qushuai.

The soldiers below are also good at conquering and fighting.

Hearing the sound of drums, he immediately screamed that something was wrong and quickly ordered to form a formation.

A huge military formation was spread out, and the soldiers were like rocks, standing on the field outside Chuima City. The battle formation stretched for several miles, with swords and spears like ears of wheat and halberds like hemp trees, and flags covering the sky and the ground.

However, these [-] troops were not all his troops. There were also other three armies joining in. The first cooperation was not particularly tacit.

Therefore, when the enemy troops rushed in front of them, their battle formation was not yet ready.

The soldiers of the Tianshi Army in the first two rows were directly hacked to death by the enemy.

However, this group of enemy troops was not the real Yuzhou Army, but captured Tianshi Army soldiers. They had only practiced formation formation for more than ten days. Driven by a small number of Yuzhou Army soldiers, they forcibly charged towards them. before.

In Liang Song's eyes, these prisoners are cannon fodder, and he doesn't have so much food to feed tens of thousands of prisoners, so they only eat one meal these days. They are already a group of hungry ants struggling to survive. Even the mob is Not as good as.

Therefore, even though they had the upper hand, they were still stopped by Song Niu's vanguard army.

Without armor, they would fall to the ground as soon as they were struck by a knife.

They were frightened and backed away.

"Can't retreat, charge me!"

At this time, the Yuzhou Army who was mixed in was equivalent to the role of supervising the battle team. When he saw the prisoner retreating, he slashed at him with a knife.

With a wolf in front and a tiger behind, the situation suddenly became chaotic.

The sound of war drums in the city was endless. Countless powerful warriors held their drumsticks high and beat the cowhide war drums. The deep sound of the drums echoed throughout the battlefield.

Liang Song climbed up and looked far away. With his strength, he could already see that the situation was in chaos.

Immediately he ordered Shi Meng below: "It's your turn."

"promise."

Two thousand Xuanbao cavalry galloped out of the city, followed by thousands of soldiers. These people were the real elite of the Yuzhou army, and they were all wearing armor.

At this time, Song Niu's vanguard army was still fighting with this group of prisoners, and they started a fierce hand-to-hand battle.

Amidst the shouts of killing, the soldiers screamed one after another, blood burst out, and sharp spears and swords harvested the lives of these people on the battlefield as cheap as weeds.

And Song Niu's vanguard army obviously occupied an absolute crushing position.

However, as soon as Song Niu finished wiping the blood spattered on his face, he saw the sand and stones on the ground shaking, and the sound of horse hooves "ta da da da" came from not far away.

"call out!"

"call out!"

"call out!"

They looked up and saw the sky full of arrows coming towards them.

The rain of arrows makes no distinction between the enemy and ourselves. Whether they are the Yuzhou Army, prisoners, or the Tianshi Army, they are all within its killing range.

"Pfft."

"Pu Chi Pu Chi!!!"

A hail of arrows fell, and countless lives were harvested.

After the cavalrymen of Xuanbao Cavalry finished shooting, they rushed into their faces at the speed of war horses. The cavalrymen put their bows back, pulled out the swords on their waists, and killed the crowd.

The battlefield was already in chaos, and the formations had long been in disarray. Under such circumstances, there was no room for resistance in the face of the cavalry's charge.

Anyone who is not wearing the same armor will be attacked by the Black Leopard Cavalry.

The prisoners and the Heavenly Master Army were like wheat in the field, falling piece by piece.

Just when Song Niu was still trying to resist and try to turn the tide of the war with one person.

"dong dong dong"

The marching drum sounded, and the Yuzhou infantry rushed up. In the chaotic environment, Song Niu's vanguard army could not tell how many people came, but they could see that all the Yuzhou infantry were wearing armor, and there were no gaps. Hoplite.

One of the leading generals had dark skin and a tall build. He held two pumpkin copper hammers and was wearing a red armor. His fiery red shirt rustled in the wind.

When the hammer was swung, the person who was hit flew dozens of meters away, crushed a large area, and died suddenly on the spot.

Even the armored soldiers of the Heavenly Master Army were powerless to resist.

The other party has already issued an order to "capture the flag and kill the general".

Although Song Niu could rush forward and fight the opponent one-on-one, when he saw the vanguard soldiers starting to flee one by one around him, he could only grit his teeth and order a retreat.

Because even if he is surrounded, he will inevitably die in the end.

Following Song Niu's order, the soldiers' camps around them also began to retreat on a large scale.

At the same time, on the top of the city, Liang Song issued an order to withdraw his troops.

Because he saw that this bandit army was just a group of vanguard troops, and the main force was still behind, so it was not suitable for pursuit.

On the battlefield, when Shi Meng saw the opponent fleeing, he instinctively wanted to give the order to pursue him, but soon he heard the loud sound of golden gongs ringing from behind.

Mingjin retreated.

The execution of orders and prohibitions is the most basic thing for a strong army.

Both the Xuanbao Cavalry and the Yuzhou Army infantry immediately stopped advancing.

Only some of the prisoners who were still alive looked around blankly, not knowing whether to follow them back to the city or run towards the direction of the Tianshi Army.

However, they did not hesitate for too long. They rushed towards the direction of the Heavenly Master Army.

Upon seeing this, Shi Meng began to exterminate as much as possible.

…    A few miles away, the Tianshi Army’s Central and Rear Army troops who were still behind heard the sound of drums. As the commander-in-chief, Lu Yonggang’s expression changed. These were the enemy’s war drums.

He immediately ordered a formation and sent scouts to investigate.

When the news came from the scouts that the Pioneer Army had started a war with the Yuzhou Army, Lu Yonggang suddenly looked surprised.

The Yuzhou army actually dared to go out of the city to fight?

After all, since they don't know the specific situation of each other's forces, they first explore the forces, and then conduct preliminary battles to test them.

But now that the details of the military strength are unknown, it takes a lot of courage to go directly out of the city to fight.

And judging from the current situation, it is obviously the most stable to defend the city.

After thinking for a while, Lu Yonggang quickly ordered Huang Da and Chen Mo to lead troops to reinforce.

That's what auxiliary soldiers are like, where they need to be filled in.

But when Chen Mo and the others rushed over, Song Niu retreated with less than half of his troops, his face gloomy.

……

It's past noon.

The wilderness thirty miles away from Chuima City was filled with soldiers of the Heavenly Master Army wearing black armor, with military flags at all levels raised high.

A clearing opened up.

"Have mercy on me, Lu Shuai, have mercy on me, we were forced too."

"."

The prisoners who surrendered again knelt in rows and rows, desperately begging for mercy.

However, facing this group of former prisoners of the Heavenly Master Army, Lu Yonggang remained unmoved and ordered: "Behead!"

"Don't, don't"

The military order was issued, and the soldiers of the Tianshi Army who acted as executioners were already standing behind them. As they raised the sword and dropped it, blood mist splashed everywhere, and the heads rolled down.

Lu Yonggang knew that they were forced, but he still wanted to die.

More than half of the vanguard army was killed or wounded, and someone had to carry this.

Moreover, Lu Yonggang clearly knows the virtues of the Tianshi Army soldiers at the bottom. They can only win and keep winning.

If you lose, especially in the first battle, it will be a big blow to morale.

"It was them who caused great casualties. As followers of the Tianshi Sect, they actually surrendered to the imperial court and turned their swords against us. This is unforgivable." Lu Yonggang said loudly.

The soldiers around him spread what he said to all around.

“Suffering, corruption, bullying, and famine are all brought about by the imperial court.

We, the common people, have suffered so much. The officials are corrupt and wantonly bully us. There is a severe drought in the world and no crops are harvested. However, taxes and benefits are heavy because the princes, powerful people are arrogant, extravagant and greedy for happiness.

We, the common people, rose up just because we wanted to go to Tianchuan River to seek justice from the lofty Emperor of the Song Dynasty, but in exchange we were beaten and killed.

If the court is unfair, we will overthrow the court; if the world is unfair, we will destroy the world.

The lives of the thousands of soldiers of the Tianshi Army must be repaid with the blood of the officers and soldiers who fell into the city. "

"Victory!" Lu Yonggang pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted.

"Definitely!"

"Definitely!"

"Definitely!"

The soldiers below all echoed, and their voices shook the sky.

The low morale originally caused by the defeat of the vanguard army was actually brought back by Lu Yonggang's "speech".

"There's something." Chen Mo looked at it from a distance, apologizing in his heart for "underestimating" Lu Yonggang before.

It seems that the Tianshi Army has been able to develop to such a large scale just by taking advantage of the situation. There are also many talented people within it.

I am still far away from "this path", and I still need to read and learn more.

After restoring morale, Lu Yonggang immediately convened officers at all levels for discussion.

In the military tent, Lu Yonggang asked Song Niu to recall the entire process, but summed up the experience of failure.

Song Niu admitted that he underestimated the enemy.

He never expected that at this time, the opponent would dare to leave the city, catching him off guard and not even setting up the battle formation.

And the opponent did fight beautifully in this battle, progressing step by step, one link after another, and the most important thing is that they are not reluctant to fight.

Chen Mo took the booklet and recorded everything with charcoal. This is all based on experience and needs to be learned.

After summing up his experience, Lu Yonggang began to talk about what to do next.

First of all, this city must be beaten.

They are different from the Yuzhou Army. The longer the time drags on, the lower their morale will be, especially if they lose a battle at the beginning.

Besides, winter is coming.

The cold weather is even worse for them.

Unless they disobey the Tianshi's order and withdraw from Yuzhou.

Therefore, we must capture Falling Horse City as soon as possible while our morale is still there.

Everyone began to discuss ways to attack the city.

ps: There will be an update on the leader chapter in the early morning.

(End of this chapter)