Horse on the World

Chapter 938
Qinzhou City did not have a moat, but after the start of the battle on the outskirts of Qinzhou, Guan Xinglong took advantage of the few days of precious time gained from the outskirts to order a moat more than ten feet deep to be dug under the city. A few passages about several feet wide were left at the place. In order to fill up this trench, the Luoyang army had left thousands of corpses outside the city. About a kilometer of offensive passage.

Qinzhou City is a state city with a height of several feet and surrounded by blue stones. It is extremely strong. After being hit by crazy stone throwing outside the city, although the stone surface was smashed and cracked in some places, the entire city wall still stood upright. As before, from a distance, it is almost impossible to see any major damage, but the wooden buildings such as the towers on the city have suffered a lot, and almost nothing is intact.

The front door was wide open, and Wang Peng rushed out with the first cavalry battalion. From yesterday to today, the first cavalry battalion has attacked several times in a row, and the number of cavalry has been reduced from the initial [-] cavalry to more than [-].

"Kill!" Wang Peng raised his spear high, slammed the horse's belly, like an arrow from the string, and rushed towards the enemy army swarming from the opposite side.

"Dingzhou Army, Wan Sheng!" Four thousand cavalry shouted in unison, galloping out from the narrow city gate, within a short distance of a few hundred meters, they have already completed the transformation, from a long dragon to three attack groups .

"I heard that Guan Xinglong was praised by Li Qing as a horse with a sword, but I am the general of Guan! Seeing this man's use of troops, Li Qing's evaluation of him is not in vain!" On a high platform built of earth and stones in the distance, Qu Yongjie looked back at Zhou Tong. , said: "Although the troops are at an absolute disadvantage, he still dares to invest troops to fight out of the city. This person has good courage and strategy."

Zhou Tong nodded, "The generals of Dingzhou were all fought all the way from the battle of Pingman. There are no mediocre generals who can take high positions in the Dingzhou army. In the battle of capturing the flag, it can be seen that this man was courageous. He stood alone at a certain distance, and his [-] pacers fought against tens of thousands of barbarians. In the end, he dared to lead more than [-] riders out of the city to fight. This person's insight into the situation on the battlefield is really rare. Fortunately, we have an absolute advantage in military strength right now, and General Qu personally sits in charge, otherwise we would really have a fight with him."

Qu Yongjie's expression was extremely solemn, "The key is time. If Guan Xinglong successfully delays us, then the big battle that Shoufu has painstakingly planned will come to naught again."

"Although Wanli's plan to encircle and suppress Guo Shanfeng has come to naught, at least it can block Guo Shanfeng's return. The key is the reinforcements from Quanzhou." Zhou Tong pondered: "Wang Qinian's Qi Nian division has There are more than [-] people, and they are all veterans of hundreds of battles, and the Tianlei Battalion under their command is even known as the first infantry battalion in Dingzhou, General Qu, I think we need to strengthen our strength there."

Qu Yongjie shook his head, "I'm not worried about that side, but Bazhou!"

"Bazhou is blocked by old general Qiu Zhi, what is there to worry about?" Tong Zhou said.

"Right now, Li Qing's only trump card to get rid of this predicament is Bazhou. Break through Bazhou and control Laihe. General Zhou, what do you think we should do?"

Zhou Xian was startled, "Here, with Old General Qiu in charge, it shouldn't be like this, right?"

"This is the worst possibility. I have already written to Shoufu. No matter how tense the troops are, I will send reinforcements to General Qiu. If Bazhou is not lost, we can fight here with confidence. If Bazhou is lost... ..."

Zhou Tong was silent for a moment, "No matter what, the initiative is still in our hands. We will take Qinzhou here as soon as possible, and all difficulties will be solved."

Qu Yongjie smiled, "Yes, it depends on the performance of the sons. Look, Ouyang's cavalry has attacked, and see how our Luoyang imperial cavalry compares with the Dingzhou cavalry?"

Zhou Tong chuckled, "General Ouyang's heart is still quite high. I'm afraid he still has some regrets in his heart because he is not facing Dingzhou Changsheng Battalion or Whirlwind Battalion right now?"

Qu Yongjie laughed, "That's Dingzhou's military law. Only troops who have made great achievements on the battlefield will be awarded battalion names. Right now, this cavalry does not have an independent battalion name. Ouyang must be dissatisfied with such an unknown cavalry."

Ouyang Gangqiang was indeed very dissatisfied. He had a deep hatred with the Dingzhou soldiers. He was born as a general, and he had an older brother named Ouyang Jianqiang. Jun Jiemo, his elder brother was also killed in this battle.

The cause of Ouyang Jianqiang's death is a mystery. The imperial cavalry who fled back said that Ouyang Jianqiang had surrendered, but the mansion report issued by Dingzhou also said that Ouyang Jianqiang fought hard and did not surrender, and finally died in the chaos. .In fact, Ouyang Jianqiang did surrender before the battle, but he was quietly killed by Guo Shanfeng. In order to cover up the disgraceful incident of Guo Shanfeng killing and surrendering the general, Dingzhou Ming issued a report to his residence, which was regarded as an indirect help. Do Ouyang's family a favor.

In any case, Ouyang Jianqiang was dead after all. Based on this fact, Emperor Tianqi still gave honor to Ouyang's family, and Ouyang Gangqiang was promoted several levels because of this, and became a general of the Imperial Forest Army.

After Shang Haibo took charge of Luoyang, he deeply felt the strength of the Dingzhou iron cavalry. In order to fight against the Dingzhou iron cavalry, while expanding the iron armored cavalry, he also vigorously strengthened the construction of the Imperial Forest Cavalry. In a few years, the Imperial Forest Cavalry was almost expanded. It doubled to about [-] cavalry, but it was still far behind the cavalry of the Dingzhou Army. However, the [-] cavalry was formed after Shang Haibo exhausted all the potential of the Central Plains. What troubled him was The lack of qualified war horses, although the Central Plains is large, it is not like Dingzhou, which is backed by grasslands, and has an endless supply of horses from the barbarians.

The Imperial Forest Cavalry has only one horse per person. Although the horses have restricted the development of the Imperial Forest Cavalry, the strong financial resources and human resources of the Central Plains still make the strength of this cavalry not to be underestimated. The excellent equipment is no less than that of the Dingzhou Cavalry. , stabbing spears, sabers, iron armor, hand crossbows, whatever the Dingzhou cavalry possessed, Shang Haibo tried his best to satisfy them, and the well-equipped imperial cavalry generals naturally had a higher level than the Dingzhou cavalry down the mind.

Ouyang Gangqiang and Xie Chengfeng, another general of the imperial cavalry, led [-] imperial cavalry each to charge up from the two wings to meet Wang Peng's cavalry.

Ten thousand against four thousand, the imperial cavalry had the absolute upper hand in terms of strength.

Facing the impact of the Dingzhou cavalry, the attacking Luoyang infantry quickly moved closer to the center, ready to close the army formation, while Ouyang Gangqiang and Xie Chengfeng's cavalry rushed to the front of the infantry and faced Dingzhou. The cavalry welcomes the opportunity for the infantry behind them to deploy.

"Boys, Tiezhou iron cavalry, invincible in the world, punch through!" Wang Peng roared and rushed forward.

Behind him, the soldiers of the [-]st Cavalry Battalion raised their stabbing guns and let out a cry. They first pulled their arms back, twisted their waists, and exerted force suddenly. The stabbing guns in their hands flew out with a whizzing sound. The gun was used as a javelin.

The imperial cavalry also had stabbing spears in their hands, but what the instructor told them during the training was that the stabbing spears should be used for sprinting at the moment of contact between the two sides. , Coupled with the galloping horsepower, these stabbing spears are so powerful that even if some people react, they can't avoid them. They all fell off their horses.

"Pierce through!" The Dingzhou cavalry, who threw their spears, drew their sabers with their backhands. The cold light flickered, and they stepped on the fallen enemy's corpses. They swept into the opponent's cavalry like the wind. Dingzhou cavalry kept throwing stabs in their hands to clear the way for their comrades in front.

Wang Peng picked up an enemy lieutenant in front of him with an iron spear, fell into the crowd, swung the iron spear round, swept the ground around, and knocked down several enemy cavalry around him. The iron gun swallowed, and the blood burst out.

In a short while, a deep blood alley was shot out from among the enemy cavalry.

Wang Peng has always had a regret. He is the deputy general of the Hengdao Division, and at the same time personally leads the First Cavalry Battalion under the Hengdao Division. The name of the battalion, and this is the honor that the generals of Dingzhou are most looking forward to.Thinking about how he has been in the army for many years, he fought with General Guan and made countless contributions, but the cavalry battalion under his command does not have a battalion name of his own. The battalion capital was awarded the battalion name of Fei Ling, and Wang Peng couldn't help but feel hot.

After this battle, the First Cavalry Battalion will have its own independent battalion name.

"Kill!" Wang Peng puffed up his eyes and rushed forward.

Wang Peng killed all directions and stabbed several Yulin cavalry school lieutenants under his horse one after another. Ouyang Gang was so angry that he slapped his horse and went up to him. He brandished two maces in his hand, hit Wang Peng upwards and the horse's head downwards, intending to kill the enemy. The general died in front of the battle.

Wang Peng chuckled, and the iron spear went straight in the middle, ignoring the opponent's double mace at all, both horses were fast, even if Ouyang Gangqiang's double mace could hit Wang Peng, the opponent's iron spear would stab him to the heart cold.

Ouyang Gangqiang was startled, lunatics, the generals of Dingzhou are indeed lunatics.When Tang Hu fought in Luoyang City, Li Qing's mad dog spirit has been passed down to this day, but not everyone can learn it.

Ouyang Gangqiang fought with two maces, smashed the iron gun, and the two sides staggered. Wang Peng shouted loudly, pulled out the horse-cutting knife from the saddle with one hand, and sliced ​​it out with a backhand. Then, the two kinds of weapons collided with each other, and there was a loud bang, a big hole was missing in the saber, and the head of the iron mace disappeared.Both of them had numb wrists.

The two horses galloped away, Wang Peng put the saber back into the scabbard, held the iron spear with both hands, and charged into the enemy's horse again.

Thousands of horses clashed, and the chances of the two meeting again were extremely slim.The other party was extremely skilled immediately, and Wang Peng made a good conclusion for the other party.

In front of his eyes, Wang Peng had pierced through the enemy's formation. When he looked up, he was surprised. In this moment, the Luoyang infantry had already formed an army formation.

"Kill back, kill back, don't attack the enemy!" Wang Peng roared loudly, and when he reined in his horse's head, the horse let out a long hiss and stopped abruptly, while more cavalrymen behind them couldn't hold back their horses' heads and turned to the enemy. The front bumped forward, and with a bang, a rain of arrows completely enveloped the cavalry who had rushed forward too far.

(End of this chapter)