Chapter 586: General Hu cheers up again
Qin Yan was greatly disappointed when the Weishui ferry caught fire, but when he heard the intermittent shouting of killing, the whole person couldn't help but get excited. The reason why the www.biquge.info of the pen and the fun of the pavilion asked the lord to allow him to join the cavalry under the command of Wuhu Huaizhong was to behead and make meritorious contributions in the pursuit of the rebels, and now that the opportunity has come, how can he easily let it go?
"Kill me!"
At this time, Qin Yan was no longer followed by his old subordinates, but the uncivilized Hu people, who had always only been convinced of those who could fight and dare to kill, but ignored the official uniforms.
They were not convinced by this squad that had suddenly been stuffed overhead, and now that he dared to attack the rebels with nearly a thousand torches in the distance with only fifty men, they felt that this man was too bold. However, no one is willing to be left behind. So, a cavalry squad of fifty people shouted and rushed straight towards the rebels of nearly 1,000 people.
Qin Yan's fifty people were originally wandering around the periphery of the main force, but they did not raise torches out of necessity, so launching a surprise attack also had an amazing effect. Under the acceleration of the war horse, the distance of several miles came in an instant.
The rebels were not as strong as they imagined, and they did not stand in line, but only formed a loose formation, and the cavalry on the horses did not form an effective advantage, precisely because of the topography of the Weishui crossing, although it was relatively open along the river bank, but to the south was a sloping land, and the further south it went, the higher the slope. Qin Yan's cavalry squad rushed down like a fierce tiger in the mountains with a geographical advantage. The spirit of the rebels was originally focused on the "fire dragon" in the distance, but now many cavalry suddenly killed in the darkness, and the formation was immediately chaotic.
Chen Xuanren was also shocked, seeing that there were signs of the collapse of his subordinates, he shouted reluctantly:
"Gather and kill with me!"
Rather than sit back and wait, it is better to fight hard, even if there is no miracle transformation, you can kill a few more Ben.
Qin Yan's mind likes to be hot when he is eager to fight, but when the two armies are in short combat, his mind is clear. Attacking thousands of rebel cavalry with a squad of fifty people is too crazy, not to mention that it is the Anshi rebels who are fighting against it, I'm afraid that even local mountain bandits can't be so big and light the enemy, right?
Looking at the cavalry under his command, they were already excited, whistles, shouts of killing, and angry shouts were mixed with the sound of hurried and heavy horses' hooves.
"Kill!"
When the narrow road meets, the brave wins, Qin Yan has heard his own lord say more than once, isn't this the situation now? There is no way out, only the ability to fight!
Qin Yan raised the long knife in his hand, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and stabbed out fiercely as the tip of the spear of the entire horse team.
They were not heavy cavalrymen with lances and spears, and light cavalry had always been mainly used to harass and pursue, and it was rare to see such a fierce and charging action as today.
When they were only three hundred paces away from the rebels, fifty mounted crossbows fired the first round of feathered arrows in volley, followed by the second and third rounds...... In a short distance of 300 paces, a total of seven rounds were shot, which was already the limit of Tang Jun's ability.
Seven rounds of arrows, like a heavy hammer, struck the drum one by one, and finally in the last blow, the drum was completely broken, and the rebels scattered in all directions.
The infinite fear that darkness brings to people, God knows how many ** will rush out of this invisible void, and how many arrows will shoot over.
Their morale has long been exhausted under the city of Chang'an, and all they are trying to do is to escape, but now that the back road is broken, and they know that they will die, they finally collapse.
It was useless for Chen Xuanren to shout through his throat, the expected battle of unity and death did not appear, since the infantry army formation that was fighting head-on collapsed, what role could a mere hundred cavalry have?
Most of the horses were sent to the other side, and those who remained were actually cavalry, and letting them be foot soldiers was a last resort.
"It's all old brothers from Liaodong, today we don't want to speak together, but we want to die together, kill me and behead that person......"
Chen Xuanren's saber pointed at the ** cavalry that rushed over first, this person was burly and imposing, and he could be concluded at a glance that he was the leader of this leading cavalry. The cohesion of the cavalry of more than 100 people is acceptable, and as Chen Xuanren moves forward, it is a big deal to fight cleanly.
Suddenly, Chen Xuanren only felt that the war horse under his crotch seemed to have lost its balance, and the whole horse body fell forward, while he was thrown out of the saddle by the huge momentum and bounced forward. However, his feet were grabbed by the saddle again, and his body bounced in mid-air and was pulled back heavily, and he fell to the ground with the warhorse.
All this happened in the light of light, Chen Xuanren had almost no time to think, and felt that he didn't know anything when it was dark in front of him.
Qin Yan watched as the rebels in front of him turned on their backs without warning, and couldn't help but be ecstatic in their hearts, God really helped, if this could not be won, it would be in vain for the Tang Dynasty cavalry!
In fact, what Chen Xuanren and others were in was the stumbling rope and trap set up by the rebels themselves, but due to the chaos of the establishment and the haste of doing it, not everyone knew the situation, so they were confused and self-bound.
In this case, Qin Yan only learned about it afterwards, and now he only feels that God is helping him.
The battle didn't even take half an hour from the beginning to the end, except for the foot soldiers who scattered and fled, Qin Yan only stared at two things, one was the head, and the other was the war horse.
These two are good things, the head can be exchanged for credit, the war horse is the heart and soul of the cavalry, who doesn't want to have a few more good horses under their command?
On the north bank of Weishui, Sun Xiaozhe and Zhang Tongru both noticed the firelight on the south bank and the faint sound of fighting, and soon someone came to report that the ferry that should have arrived later had not arrived.
Sun and Zhang felt a burst of sadness in their hearts, after Chen Xuanren patted his chest before, who would have thought that this farewell would be an eternal secret. He had obviously decided to die, otherwise he would not have set fire to the ferry, and this was done to prevent the Tang/Army pursuers from crossing the river.
"Dashuai, now is not the time to be sad, in order for Chen Xuanren not to die in vain, we must transfer immediately!"
Sun Xiaozhe looked at the flickering fire on the other side, and his heart was full of frustration, anger and sadness.
It was the first time he had been so awake since he had been drunk, and the unbearable pain felt like snakes, insects, rats, and ants gnawing at the heart in his chest.
"Let's go!"
A word was viciously squeezed out from between his teeth, Sun Xiaozhe turned over and got on the horse, this revenge will not be avenged as a big husband!
The confidence and coldness that had disappeared for many days flashed back in his eyes.
Zhang Tongru suddenly saw that the familiar handsome man was back, and he couldn't help crying with joy, as long as the strong heart did not die, they did not completely lose.
However, their marching route changed again, and this time they did not choose to go to Pujinkou, but followed the official road that traversed Feng Yi's territory to the northwest to Fengxian Jiechen, which was at the junction of Fangzhou and Jingzhaofu.
Because the horsepower had long been exhausted, only more than 20 miles out, and there were constantly war horses killed, Sun Xiaozhe had no choice but to order to go to the nearby mulberry forest to repair, accumulate horsepower, and wait until dawn to march again. After this incident, more than half of the men and horses who followed Sun Xiaozhe were lost, and after a rough count, there were less than 2,000 people left.
"Dashuai, aren't we going back to Liaodong?"
Most of the Khitans came from Liaodong and returned to the mountains of Liaodong and even further north, even if Shi Siming wanted to settle accounts with them, it would not be easy.
Sun Xiaozhe's face appeared with the same sneer as before.
"Remember when I said that crossing the river east through the Pujin Pass and returning to Hebei is the middle policy, right?"
Zhang Tongru nodded.
"Actually, that's the next policy, Qin Jin Zhuzi has run Hedong without leakage, how good Cai Xide is, isn't it also the whole army annihilated and returned in embarrassment?
"Then, how can that big handsome say that it is the middle policy?"
Suddenly, a trace of bitterness flashed in the sneer on Sun Xiaozhe's face, before this he was bent on death, so he didn't care where he could escape. And now it is different, Chen Xuanren's death completely woke him up, and only then did he carefully examine the environment he was in.
"Do you still remember the Shenwu army encountered in Baishui County? They must have returned to Fengyi County at this moment, from Tongzhou to Pujin, these critical places must have been heavily armed, and this time they will throw themselves into the net, not to mention successfully passing the Pujin Pass and then arriving in Hedong!"
Listening to Sun Xiaozhe's words, Zhang Tongru only felt a chill behind his back, and the cold sweat had soaked his robe.
Fortunately, thanks to today's change, otherwise the two paths he proposed, no matter which one he chooses, may be an abyss from which he will never recover.
At the same time, he was also secretly amazed by Sun Xiaozhe's judgment, but he did the opposite, everyone thought that they would go east, but they chose to go west, so unexpectedly, it seemed to go deep into the hinterland of Shuofang, but in fact there was a great chance to successfully get out of trouble in the gap that Tang Jun could not take into account.
"This is a clever plan!"
"Don't assert that it's too early, it's only after Gyeongju that you can take the first step, now we just hope that the chasing soldiers will go against us, but we can buy more time. ”
Sun Xiaozhe sat down against the mulberry tree for a moment, closed his eyes and recuperated, and was tired of running for a day and a night, which had already made him physically and mentally exhausted, and the back of his head was close to the trunk, and the sleepiness had already surged up like a tide.
Suddenly, Sun Xiaozhe tapped his forehead with his hand, trying to get rid of sleepiness, now he can't sleep, and there are more problems waiting for him to think about and plan. Every moment is too precious to be wasted.
Sun Xiaozhe opened his eyes and saw that Zhang Tongru had fallen asleep soundly, and the rest of the soldiers were the same, except for most of the soldiers in charge of the sentry patrol.
After all, people are not beaten by iron, they have to eat, they have to sleep, if they continue to consume like this, I am afraid that they will not have to wait for the pursuers to arrive, they themselves will have to exhaust themselves to death!
No matter how firm Sun Xiaozhe's will was, he couldn't resist the drive of instinct, and finally fell asleep.