Aspiration

Chapter 34 Ace vs Ace

Not long after Li Laiheng entered Xutong County, their way was suddenly cut off.

what's up?

When they came to several hills ten miles away from Xutong County, there was a sudden sound of artillery, and countless officers and soldiers appeared around them.

They fell.

Li Laiheng was slightly startled, but on his expression, he didn't seem to be surprised at all. He raised his arm and stopped in the air. All the soldiers stood quietly and looked at his raised hand.He looked around.There are many swords and flags, and the flags are flying.Because I was in a low-lying place, I couldn't see the whole picture clearly.

It is unclear how many soldiers were surrounded.But Li Laiheng estimated in his heart that there were at least [-] people in this encirclement.The number of people is not a problem, the problem is that others came prepared, just to eliminate them who have been erratic for many days.Also, Li Laiheng had already become a target of the imperial court. The ten people who hunted him had already conducted in-depth research on him, and it should be their credit for the ambush this time.Therefore, it will be very difficult to rush out, and it is almost impossible to retreat completely.

After fighting for more than a month without losing a single soldier, the myth should end.It is really a risk for the army to operate without the support of the intelligence system. Besides, they have been outside for too long.However, now is not the time to regret, now we must think of countermeasures, how can we break out?

Today, to break out is to create a myth in itself.

Because the long-awaited enemy has prepared a tiger cage made of fine steel, and they are here to catch the tiger. In fact, it can also be said that Li Laiheng and the others are already in the tiger cage.

A flag of the general was erected on the top of the mountain in front, one mile away, on the big red flag was a big yellow "Zuo" character.

The general who led the army was Zuo Liangyu.

Okay, Zuo Liangyu, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty.Li Laiheng's heart was pounding.

A smile appeared on Zuo Liangyu's face.

Finally surrounded, surrounded the prey that has been surrounded for nearly half a month.The hunt should be over.

"General, can we attack?" Zuo Liangyu's deputy asked.

Zuo Liangyu smiled but did not answer, his smile remained on his face stiffly, he stared at the [-] cavalrymen down the slope, he was shocked.In such a siege like an iron barrel, the opponent did not have the slightest panic.Incredible team.

What kind of person is this young general named Li Laiheng?

Zuo Liangyu saw the young general from afar.The battle Yang Sichang personally arranged was to deal with this eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy and his eight hundred cavalry.At first, Zuo Liangyu was disdainful and aggrieved.However, now he has changed his attitude. He has changed from hating this boy to respecting him, and from respecting to loving him.

Zuo Liangyu knew the limit of a soldier's concentration. He had a team of dead soldiers who had been trained for many years.Fortunately, just in case, he brought this 500 dead soldiers with him.

Of course, today, he still has two trump cards, one is the White Tiger Camp, and the other is the Qinglong Camp.The White Tiger Camp is heavy infantry, 1000 men, full body armor, long halberds, and big axes. It is almost impossible for anyone to break through the White Tiger Camp.The Qinglong Battalion is heavy cavalry, specially used for attacking in the formation. It can be said that he is invincible when attacking in a large formation.

Zuo Liangyu's three trump cards were all used today, and they quietly set up a net here last night.

It's hard to believe that Zuo Liangyu, known as the number one general of the Ming Dynasty, would use his entire platoon of possessions for a floating force of hundreds of people.However, the person who ordered him to do this was Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang's horror on the day he went to Xiangyang still makes him shudder. Although Liu Jianjun's death, the emperor has not punished him for the time being, but Yang Sichang understands that if he succeeds in eradicating the bandits this time, if he fails, even if he doesn't succeed, his political The future is basically over, and it's not bad if you don't go to jail.After the shock that day, not long after, there were ten more people around him. Brother Zhang Shiqi and the others had been hunting all the time. They firmly believed that the movement of Li Laiheng in Henan was the target of their hunting.

For Zuo Liangyu to use all his trump cards, Brother Zhang Shiqi played a key role.They've already missed it once.They don't have many opportunities to waste.

Li Laiheng quickly judged the situation.

Oops, there's no better way.

Kill Zuo Liangyu?
Taking the head of the general in the chaos is his basic strategy.However, it's not a rebellious army now, people are waiting for work here, and they have been waiting for them for a long time, not to mention, who is the leading general this time?Zuo Liangyu!Zhang Xianzhong's only few defeats were all at his hands.

Zuo Liangyu is a legendary figure among the famous officers and soldiers.He is from Liaodong. He is 38 years old this year. He is the commander-in-chief of Huguang.

Zuo Liangyu, he went from an unknown pawn to a general officer in just over a year.Ten years ago, Zuo Liangyu committed a capital crime shortly after serving as a soldier. Fortunately, his friend was responsible for it alone, so he was lucky enough to survive.Later, he joined the Changping guard general You Shiwei as a soldier. Because of his outstanding martial arts and intelligence, he was quickly appreciated by You Zongbing.Coincidentally, in the fourth year of Chongzhen, the Qing soldiers besieged the Daling River. Chongzhen urgently recruited the Changping defenders to help. However, Changping was originally a barrier for Beijing. Who led the troops to help?It became a headache for Hou Xun, the servant of the Ministry of War who was in charge of guarding the mausoleum at that time. You Shiwei thought about it and suggested that Zuo Liangyu lead the troops.At this time, Zuo Liangyu was just a small school.Hou Xun may have been in a hurry to administer medicine indiscriminately, or he had a lot of trust in You Zongbing. On the same day, he gave the order to Zuo Liangyu to lead the troops to help while he was protecting the emperor and promoted Zuo Liangyu to be a deputy general. .Zuo Liangyu lived up to their expectations. He led a team of thousands of elite soldiers and won several consecutive victories in Songshan and Xingshan.From then on, his position in the army was established, and within a year he was promoted to the commander-in-chief, in charge of the war in Huguang area.

Zuo Liangyu's army leadership is very unique. In terms of military training, his training is extremely strict, so his generals have excellent fighting qualities. In the army of the Ming Dynasty, they can be regarded as one of the most elite troops.However, on the other hand, he indulged the soldiers a bit. He often turned a blind eye to burning, killing and looting.

The imperial court's evaluation of Zuo Liangyu's department is fierce, fierce, arrogant, and arrogant.

Therefore, Zuo Liangyu, who was newly defeated not long ago, was punished. As soon as Yang Sichang arrived, he was reinstated.

Besieged by Zuo Liangyu, this is the first time Li Laiheng encountered a predicament.

In the past, he was the one who took the initiative to attack, but this time, he was surrounded by elite soldiers like iron barrels.

"Luo Hu, tentative impact!"

This was the first order that Li Laiheng issued after a while.It wasn't hesitation, he thought about more than a dozen countermeasures, and there was really no good solution except for head-to-head.He was going to find out about Zuo Liangyu's strength. For the first time, he had no perceptual knowledge of Zuo Liangyu, so he had to give it a try.

With a wave of Luo Hu's sword, two hundred cavalry arrows shot forward.

The sharp knife wedged into the enemy's formation, and it was unprecedentedly heavy, but it still pierced in after all.Too hard, too tough, soon, Luo Hu counterattacked and broke away from the fight.

Li Laiheng's face was serious.

Elite!Zuo Liangyu is not simple.For the first time, Li Laiheng felt that his knife was not as sharp as before, it was hard and tough when he cut in.Luo Hu was right to leave the battle. Now, the key question is, how thick is the enemy line before he sees the whole picture?unknown.

"Take the hill on the left!" Li Laiheng said softly, he had to stand on that hill to know the general situation of the enemy's formation.

Eight hundred riders got on their horses again.They are used to resting their horses before charging.

There was no gap between getting on the horse and charging, all in one go, the sharp knife quickly stabbed to the left.Encountered resistance, but not strong, the officers and soldiers quickly retreated.

Capturing the hill was surprisingly easy.

Li Laiheng's heart was not at ease, because he knew that Zuo Liangyu was showing off, and he took the initiative to let Li Laiheng occupy that hill, so he wanted him to see the majesty of the trump card army.

Zuo Liangyu smiled.

Li Laiheng looked around at the formation. There were swords and guns like a forest, and people's heads were like hemp, all over the mountains and plains.Li Laiheng couldn't help but gasped, how did he know last night?To be in such a heavy siege today.

Thanks to Yang Sichang for his kindness, he used 2 soldiers to deal with [-] soldiers and horses, which is a big deal.

Not so generous.

Yang Sichang has had trouble sleeping and eating recently, and a cavalry force that appears and disappears has swept across the whole of Henan. How can Yang Sichang's presence be tolerated in his rear?Therefore, he sent countless scouts, and Zhang Shiqi's Jin Yiwei was also desperately trying to catch the information.This time, it was so easy to catch him. If he doesn't make the capital now, when will he make it?

Li Laiheng looked at the formation carefully. Around him, there were three other troops surrounding them in a triangle shape.They are different from ordinary soldiers and horses, these should be Zuo Liangyu's three trump cards.Five hundred dead men; a thousand heavy infantry; a thousand heavy cavalry.And Li Laiheng himself, he is eight hundred light cavalry.

"Can you go through the array?" Li Laiheng asked himself again.

answer.His own answer was no.No hope of getting out of here today.

No regrets.There is no habit of regret on the battlefield.Those who regret cannot go to the battlefield.

Now that you have this opportunity, let's try how powerful the enemy's trump card is.

Ace against ace.

No more divisions.

Li Laiheng turned around and said to the soldiers: "The enemy's trump card is ahead, and we are the trump card of Chuang Wang. The trump card must be played against the trump card. Obey the order! Kill!"

A sharp knife quickly pierced into the enemy's formation.He chose the Azure Dragon Formation and White Tiger Formation without heavy armor, and he only had light weapons, so it was right for him to choose the dead warrior's side to break through.

After passing through the first layer of ordinary soldiers, they soon ran into the first "wall". The five hundred dead soldiers only wanted to kill the enemy and spared their lives. They seemed to have only one action, to kill.

Blade thwarted.

The five hundred soldiers only killed the enemy but did not save their lives. Li Laiheng's speed suddenly slowed down.

Separate the second knife point.Then came the tip of the third knife.Luo Hu and Wang Si became the other two sword points.

All three knives were thwarted.

The tip of the knife struck a heavy, thick wall.

Now it's not fighting, it's slaughtering!There was no moaning, no shouting, only the sound of hacking.

This dreary duel seems to be a long one.

In fact, it didn't take long, and the victory or defeat was just a matter of a moment.All five hundred soldiers died in battle.Li Laiheng's [-] elite had no more [-], he had no time to estimate the number, another thick wall moved ahead, they were Zuo Liangyu's second trump card.Heavy armored infantry.

Halberd, great axe, full body armor.

The light cavalry with swords in hand had no way to attack.

Zuo Liangyu who was standing on a high place seemed to be unable to bear it.

He had never seen such an elite army.Although his dead soldiers dare not say they are invincible, but before today, as long as he used them, he hadn't experienced any defeat.The strangest thing is that they are known as dead soldiers, but their battle loss rate is the lowest among all Zuo Liangyu's troops.They often finish battles with disproportionate casualties.In their war history, it is not surprising that the number of casualties is one to one hundred.

People who are not afraid of death are the scariest.

People who don't want to die are even more terrifying.

However, 500 people did not have the time to spend half a stick of incense, and all of them were killed.Zuo Liangyu's heart ached, and even more frightened.Whose army is this, really Li Zicheng's?He has never fought against Li Zicheng, he has only heard of Li Zicheng's reputation, but in his mind, Zhang Xianzhong is more famous, and his subordinate Zhang Kewang is qualified to be called the God of War.

Half a month ago, Zhang Shiqi said that a young general under Li Zicheng was the real God of War, but Zuo Liangyu didn't believe it.When he saw that the North and South Arrows were here to hunt and kill Li Laiheng, he thought it was too exaggerated.He felt that this was Hong Chengchou's bluff to lessen his guilt of letting Li Zicheng go.

Now he believes it.

It's a pity that such heroes lost their lives like this, what a pity.He thought of himself, once the military rations he escorted were stolen and should be sentenced to death, his friends pitied him that he was a hero and died for him.Now, it was his turn to kill the hero, and he couldn't bear it.

persuade to surrender.

How good it is to have such a general in hand!
"Who dares to persuade them to surrender?" Zuo Liangyu said.

A civilian staff member stood up and said, "I would like to go."

"Okay, it's best for Dr. Zhang to go. Persuade this young man, he has a bright future, why bother to rebel? I would like to protect him as a lieutenant general." Zuo Liangyu really likes this young man, and he even has another idea , not only to protect him as an official, but also to marry his beloved daughter to him.

Facing the armored formation ahead, Li Laiheng didn't plan to force his way in. While thinking about countermeasures, he let his soldiers rest for a while. , The fight just now was a rare hard battle, and it was not easy to kill someone who was desperate.

A man dressed as a literati rode over.Behind him are two school lieutenants.

Li Laiheng was shocked again.The guards next to the scribe were Zhang Shiqi and Zhang Shiba.The two of them came, so the divine arrow should also come.Today, he is in greater danger than ever before.In the crowd, two sharpshooters were ambushing, and the arrow with the word "Gu" would shoot at his throat at any time.

Can't be careless.

Stop idealizing and face reality today.Eight hundred soldiers cannot fight against the army, they can only play a specific role under specific circumstances. 800 people are not the main force of Chuang Wang, he is just a surprise soldier, of course, it is a trump card in the battle.

The trump card is not necessarily the main force.

But the trump card can turn the tide of the battle for the main force.

(End of this chapter)