The fire bull array broke the official army in the dark ~ a chain of horses took the lonely city during the day

Suichang fought for several days, Song Jiang failed to pull out the city, Wu used Dai Zong to inquire about Wang Yu and Wang Lian's main force why it was delayed, Dai Zong used the Shenxing Dao method to return in half a day, and said to Song Jiang and the people: "Because Huo Chengfu stuck to Lishui County, the official army was frustrated in attacking the city, Wang Yu and Wang Lian's army and horses were transferred back, and they attacked Lishui together, Huo Chengfu was defeated and left, presumably the army will come two days later." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Song Jiang said: "Fortunately, Zhishen robbed hundreds of truckloads of grain and grass a few days ago, otherwise people would eat horses and feed them, and the supply of grain and grass would not be available, and our army would be defeated without a fight." Zhu Wu said: "It is better to postpone the siege and wait for the army." ”

Wu Yong said: "Don't slow down the attack, if you let the thieves escape by taking advantage of the gap, it will be like a drop of water into the river, and let the tiger return to the mountain." Lu Zhishen said: "Suichang is just a small place, if you can block my Liangshan army, there will be no need to fight in the future." "The generals unanimously agreed to continue the attack on Suichang.

Song Jiang saw that everyone was united, and came to attack the city again the next day. In the city, Du Jingchen and Shi Wugong and Pang Wanxia discussed, and Shi Wugong watched the battle in the city, Du Jingchen and Pang Wanxia went out of the city to kill the enemy, and the rest of the generals guarded four gates.

The army went out of the city to line up the military horses, Du Jingchen was dressed in bronze armor, holding a "seven-strand support heavenly fork", pointing to the Song army and saying: "I know that you are Liangshan people, and later surrendered to the Song court, and you have made many meritorious deeds but cannot be rewarded. Du Jingchen leaned back and smiled on the horse.

Guan Sheng listened, the silkworm eyebrows were upside down, the phoenix eyes were round, and he mentioned the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and beat the horse to kill Du Jingchen, Du Jingchen looked at it, and said in surprise: "Guan Gong is alive!" Pang Wanxia said: "This person is not Guan Gong, but a descendant of Emperor Guan, named Guan Sheng, the ancestral Qinglong Yanyue Knife, nicknamed 'Big Knife', is the head of the five tigers of Liangshan, not to be underestimated. ”

Du Jingchen said: "I see, if it weren't for Guan Gong, I wouldn't be afraid." "Fork to meet Guan Sheng, when the two horses crossed, the knife has already fallen, Du Jingchen crossed the fork to seal, Guan Sheng retracted the knife head, with the knife to fight, Du Jingchen with a fork to open, two horses through the stirrup, each run more than ten steps, back to the horse and then killed, the horse's hooves swayed smoke and dust, permeating the front of the army.

Guan and Du fought more than ten times, Guan Sheng was defeated, returned to the horse and dragged the knife and ran, Du Jingchen went to chase, Guan Sheng suddenly returned to the horse, the big knife was pushed flat, Du Jingchen hurriedly used a fork to block, Guan Shengli sinked with a big knife, and was cutting on the fork pole, Du Jingchen shook on the horse, put the fork head against the phantom shadow on Guan Sheng's chest, and walked away in defeat, but he was not prepared for Xuanzan's dark arrow to shoot the left rib, Du Jingchen broke the arrow and ran, Guan Sheng came to chase, Pang Wanxia ordered the archer to release the arrow, shot back Guan Sheng, and the two armies collected their troops.

Du Jingchen returned to the city and entered the county office, removed his armor, took out the arrow under his ribs, and bandaged the wound. Shi Wugong came to ask about the injury, and Du Jingchen said: "Guan Sheng's guy is so powerful, he was almost plotted by him, but I don't know who shot me with an arrow, it's really hateful." ”

Pang Wanxia said: "I can see clearly, it was the ugly ghost who shot it, this person used to be a county horse, and his archery skills are exquisite. Shi Wugong said: "If such a stalemate continues, it must be defeated, if the main force of the Song army arrives, we can only lead the neck and kill." Du Jingchen suddenly asked: "How many adult cattle are there in the county?" Shi Wugong asked rhetorically: "What is the use of cattle in the war now?"

Du Jingchen said: "I once heard that when the Warring States period was King Yan Zhao, Yan General Le Yi broke Qi, and Tiandan insisted on Jimo (now Pingdu, Shandong). King Yan Hui ascended the throne, Tian Dan surrendered to the Yan army, paralyzed it, and at night with more than 1,000 head of oxen, the horns of the ox tied with a sharp blade, the tail of the ox wrapped in reeds and filled with oil, ignited with fire, rushed the Yan army, and then rushed to kill with 5,000 warriors, defeated the Yan army, killed the cavalry, Tian Dan took the victory of more than 70 cities. ”

Shi Wugong said: "It turns out that the marshal wants to defeat the Song army with the Fire Ox Array. Du Jingchen said: "It is precisely this intention, coupled with the fact that the armor and banners of the Song army are all red, and the Song army will be defeated." Pang Wanxia said: "In this case, I will requisition all the big cattle of the peasant families in the county." "That's it.

In less than an hour, Pang Wanxia came back, and he had requisitioned five hundred adult strong cattle, and the oxtail was wrapped in cotton cloth and firewood, and everything was ready.

After lunch, the Song army called for battle outside the east city, saying that they were going to attack the city, and the small army reported to the county office. Shi Wugong said to Du Jingchen and Pang Wanxia: "Song Jiang is only a few thousand people, just bluffing, and he doesn't dare to attack the city. Du Jingchen said: "The night is long and there are many dreams, and the Song army is broken tonight." The three of them discussed properly, and the four city gates hung up the battle free card.

In the evening, Song Jiang was afraid that the Fang army in the city would slip away, so he sent troops to guard the four gates of Suichang, and the Chinese army was stationed at the east gate, and if there was a situation, it was set on fire to save it. After the second watch, only the small army guarding Yuanmen was sentry, and the rest had rested and slept.

Du Jingchen heard that Song Jiang led most of the generals at the east gate, so he discussed with Shi Wugong and Pang Wanxia and said: "Song Jiang is at the east gate, if you can defeat the Song Jiang camp, the rest of the gates will not fight and go on their own, first drive the bull out of the east gate to attack the Song camp, and then with 2,000 ironclad soldiers who dare to die, you can chase and kill when you see the Song army in chaos." Shi Wugong and Pang Wanxia said in unison: "Good plan, the two of us will go and prepare." Du Jingchen said: "No, General Shi guards the city, and I will go to General Pang in person to do this." Then, Pang Wanxia drove the ox out of the east gate, the horns of the ox were tied with sharp blades, and four spears were tied on both sides of the ox's body, Du Jingchen led two thousand warriors behind, and under an order, the sergeant set all the ox tails on fire, and the cattle scrambled to slam into the Song camp first.

Seeing such a scene, the small army guarding the gate hurriedly beat the drums, all the people in Song Jiang were draped out of the tent, the cattle had broken through the fence and rushed into the camp, the sergeant wanted to resist, but was killed by the horns and blades, these cattle went on a rampage, and saw the Song army wearing red clothes on the top, and the army dared to die behind and then slashed and killed, and the Song army was killed and injured countless times for a while.

Song Jiang and others panicked, hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of the army, the whole army was dispersed, the Song army soldiers took off the red clothes on their bodies, and the Song army, which guarded the gates, saw the fire at the east gate and came to the rescue.

When Song Jiang counted his brothers, Li Gon was missing, and a small army saw him and said: "General Li was trapped in the ox formation, was hit by the ox and died, and stepped into meat puree." Song Jiang lost his voice in grief, planted his head from the horse, and the generals dismounted to rescue him.

Fan Rui cried and said: "After the rebellion of Mangdang Mountain, Xiang Chong and Li Gon were inseparable from me, but now Li Gon is succumbing to death here. Li Kui scolded: "This is a very bird formation, the grandfathers have no place to run, and there will be no one left in the city when I enter the city." Xiang Chong remembered that he and Li Gon were born and died, and cried.

Wu Yong said to Song Jiang: "This array is the fire bull array built by Qi Guotian in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and I am to blame for losing my calculations and not taking precautions at night, so I will be defeated." The faces of the people were full of sorrow.

After dawn, the sergeant came to report: "Wang Yu led 20,000 horses and infantry troops to support." Song Jiang greeted him and talked about the battle situation for a few days, and Wang Yu comforted him: "I hurry up and hurry, or I am one step late, so that the vanguard will be wiped out, since I have arrived here, this city will be pulled." ”

Hu Yanzhuo said on the side: "There are too many casualties in the attack, in my opinion, it is better to lure the enemy out of the city and use my chain of iron horses to break it." Wang Yu asked Song Jiang: "Who is this?" Song Jiang said: "This person is Hu Yanzhuo, the descendant of Hu Yanzan, the famous general of the founding of the country, who can make double whips and is proficient in battle formations." ”

Wang Yu said: "It turned out to be a tiger of the gate, so he lured the enemy out of the city and broke it according to your words. Hu Yanzhuo went to prepare a chain of horses, and Wang Yu, Song Jiang and others discussed how to lure the enemy without mentioning it.

Then said Suichang, Du Jingchen, Pang Wanxia returned victoriously, the county government set up wine to celebrate, the card was ten, and the general came to report that the Song Jiang army and horses walked around the city, as if they were going to Quzhou Longyou. Du Jingchen said: "Thinking about the defeat of Song Jiang last night, I knew that Suichang was difficult to take, so I had to leave. ”

Shi Wugong said: "My brother's revenge has not yet been avenged, but this guy wants to leave, I went to lead the troops to chase and kill, and I took Lu Junyi's head and returned." Pang Wanxia said: "I'll go with you, if you miss this time, when will the hatred of brother and brother die?"

Du Jingchen persuaded: "The war between the two armies is not a child's play, if the enemy uses a trick is not a trouble?" Shi Wugong said: "Even if I use a trick, I am not afraid, Song Jiang was already frightened last night, at this time, he is like a bird with a frightened bow, chasing and killing him, and he must not miss the opportunity." Shi Wugong and Pang Wanxia did not listen to the dissuasion, left Du Jingchen to guard the city, put on armor, and led the generals to chase and kill Song Jiang.

Song Jiang's soldiers and horses were marching to the vicinity of Jiulong Mountain in the southwest of Suichang, and Dai Zongfei, the "Shenxing Taibao", came to report: "Shi Wugong and Pang Wanxia were fooled, and they led 4,000 troops to chase after them, and the city was empty, and there were only 1,000 old and weak." Song Jiang stopped his soldiers and horses and lined up to wait.

Shi Wugong and Pang Wanxia hurriedly chased to the foot of Jiulong Mountain, and when they saw that Song Jiang had stopped the army and did not leave, they beat drums in their hearts. Song Jiang shouted: "Xiao Ke has been waiting for a long time, and the general really hasn't missed the appointment." Shi Wugong scolded loudly: "Pifu Song Jiang, dare to earn me." The order was given to attack. The Song Jiang army and horses were separated from the two sides, and Hu Yanzhuo's chain of horses appeared, and Hu Yanzhuo ordered the army to rush and kill.

This chain of horses is endless, a selection of a thousand young adults, a thousand fierce horses, people wear steel armor, horses hang iron armor, people show their eyes, horses show four hooves, every forty horses do a team, iron rings are connected, can not be broken, pull constantly, a total of twenty-five teams, but where the battle, far with arrows, close to the spear, three sides to kill, the infantry in the rear strategy, every battle must win, only by Xu Ning hook sickle once broken, few people know its weakness.

Shi Wugong said to Pang Wanxia: "I once heard my brother Shi Wengong mention that this is a chain of iron horses, with infinite power, withdraw the army quickly." "It's too late, the Song army shoots arrows like rain, the iron horse rushes, Shi and Pang fled in embarrassment, Song Jiang drove the army to kill later, Shi Wugong 4,000 men and horses, was killed 2,000, Shi Wugong and Pang Wanxia retreated into the south gate of Suichang, Hu Yanzhuo chain of horses chased straight to the edge of the city, Lu Zhishen, Wu Songbu army followed in, opened the south city gate, the Song army killed the urn city, entered the city, Wang Yu also broke the east gate, into the county government.

In the city, Du Jingchen ignored the pain of the arrow wound under the ribs, went on the horse to fight with a fork, killed dozens of Song troops, met Qin Ming, Qin Ming waved a mace in his hand to "sweep away thousands of troops", Du Jingchen put a fork to block, the arrow wound of the shock was broken, Du Jingchen was in unbearable pain, and his strength was exhausted, and he was hit by Qin Ming on the head, and even the helmet smashed off half of the Tianling cover, and Du Jingchen died under the horse.

Precisely:

Victory and defeat are common for soldiers, and the rise and fall are instantaneous.