Chapter 133: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada
"Of course, good men have ambitions in all directions, and now my father and brothers always treat me as a child, thinking that I am useless, if I can make military achievements, they will not dare to underestimate me. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Xie Lingzhen said in high spirits.
"So, aren't you afraid? The sword on the battlefield has no eyes. He was only fourteen years old, and it was hard for Yan Xining to imagine what a child of this age would look like when he went into battle to kill the enemy.
"Don't be afraid, Wu Zi said, if you are lucky on the battlefield, you will die, and if you die, you will live, I am not afraid, and I can't be afraid, a man dies on the battlefield, and the horse leather shroud is better than living in chaos and inaction." When he said this, his eyes shone brightly, and he couldn't help but marvel at Yan Xining, he patted Yan Xining's shoulder and said proudly: "Sister Xue, you don't have to be afraid, I will protect you." ā
Yan Xining listened to his words and couldn't help laughing, and the haze in his heart because he was worried about Xie Ronghua gradually dissipated.
Zong Zhengming sent people to call the battle every day, scolding a lot of ugly words outside the city, he had greeted several generals of the Wei army one by one, and when he saw that they were unmoved, he began to concentrate on scolding Xie Ronghua, and all those insulting words were almost used by them on Xie Ronghua, the soldiers of the Wei army were all resentful, but Xie Ronghua laughed indifferently: "They love to scold, but the handsome don't care, what do you care about, scolding is also a physically consuming job." ā
After scolding repeatedly for a while, seeing that the Wei army was standing still, Zong Zhengming sent hundreds of cavalry to pull horses to show off, and they didn't even wear armor, so they ran to a place very close to the city gate, and sat around to gamble and play. But the Wei army still ignored them.
In order to provoke the Wei army, Zong Zhengming also racked his brains, and he deliberately raced horses in the open space in front of the trench outside the city. One of them, a short man, pulled his companion down a great distance at a time, bare-chested, revealing a fine body of white flowers, but his face was as thin as a knife. When he drove his horse to the front of the trench, he did not restrain him, but took the reins, drew an arc in the air, and leaped to the opposite side of the wide trench. Then he galloped towards the second ditch, and came to the front of the ditch, but he forcibly stopped his galloping horse, and the horse raised its head and neighed, as if it was about to fall into the ditch, but it still landed firmly on the edge of the ditch. The short man pulls his horse and turns around and gallops, easily flying across the ditch and sprinting backwards. I saw him jump off the horse to the left, pick up a stone from the ground, put his hand on the saddle for a moment, and then flew on the horse, and without running a few steps, he jumped down to the right. Turning over and over like this is like being glued to the back of a horse and never falling off. The other soldiers of Western Qin let out bursts of cheers on the side.
"Any idea what I'm thinking?" Xie Ronghua stood on the city wall, looked at the Western Qin generals who were playing under the city, and asked softly.
Zhang Xuance smiled slightly and said, "The marshal is thinking, they will all be the trophies of our army in the near future, not only horses, but also people!" In the future, our army will compete in the Central Plains, and such elite cavalry will be needed to take the lead. ā
Xie Ronghua laughed and said, "Mr. Zhang really understands me. ā
Wen Xu on the side was baffled by their conversation, Xie Ronghua couldn't help but point to a place under the city and asked him, "Take a closer look, what is behind those cavalrymen on the ground?" ā
Wen Xu squinted in the direction he was pointing, and there seemed to be something hidden in the squirming grass.
"That's a king-sized bow, used to shoot eagles on the grassland, and the jugglers performing in the city are not only a group of good riders, but also a group of good marksmen!" He said softly: "They don't wear armor, they want to lead us to shoot them with arrows, if we are fooled, they will reveal their position, their bows have a longer range than ours, if they shoot back at us, they will definitely cause great damage to our army, they shoot and run, then you say we will chase or not?" ā
Wen Xugang wanted to answer: "Of course it's chasing." Suddenly he realized something, and said in surprise: "If we catch up, we will fall into their trap, and there is an ambush waiting for us in front of us." ā
Xie Ronghua smiled and didn't answer anymore, but Wen Xu suddenly had some solemn reverence for this young marshal, he thought that he had fought for many years and was also a veteran on the battlefield, but he couldn't think of these many entanglements for a while, and couldn't help but take a serious look at Xie Ronghua.
The short man outside the ditch under the city, he was standing on the back of a galloping horse and juggling, trying to seduce, not knowing what the people on the city wall were discussing and evaluating him!
By mid-November, the Wei army led by Xie Ronghua and the Western Qin army led by Zong Zhengming had been holding each other for more than 60 days. Zhang Shanren was quite dissatisfied with Zong Zhengming's performance that he had not taken Gao Yongcheng for so long, and the grain and grass supplied to him became less and less, seeing that the food of the Western Qin army was about to run out, the army's morale was gradually dispersed, and the generals in the army finally couldn't stand it, and secretly led his troops to express their willingness to surrender.
Night. Xie Ronghua secretly summoned Wen Xu and asked him to lead a team to set up a simple military camp at Gaolingpo in the dark of night to lure the enemy army to attack.
Wen Xu listened to his order, and was a little unable to come back to his senses for a while: "What did the marshal say about Gao Lingpo?" He asked, uncertain.
"Yes, Gao Lingpo, didn't they ambush us there last time? This time, we will treat others the way they do. Xie Ronghua said with a smile.
"Will they be fooled?" Wen Xu said with a fox question in his heart.
"Will it depend on General Wen's performance, I'm afraid it will be hard for General Wen at that time." Xie Ronghua smiled and patted him on the shoulder, looking comfortable.
Zong Zhengming was very happy to see that the Wei army finally went to battle, and wanted to lead the elite to meet the battle, but was reminded by his staff: "General, be careful of deceit?" ā
Zong Zhengming thought about it, last time they ambushed the Wei army there, this time he naturally would not come out of the nest, and decided to send a small team to explore the truth first, Wen Xu under their fierce attack, closed the camp and held on; The water for the soldiers and horses in the barracks was cut off for several days.
Seeing this situation, Zong Zhengming relieved himself and personally led the elite troops over, and Wen Xu's camp was about to be breached.
Pang Yun, who was originally ambushed not far from Wen Xu's tent, saw this situation, spit out the grass in his mouth, and said, "Damn, it's finally here, and the people who have killed Lao Tzu and his party have eaten the soil here for a few days." After saying that, he gave the order, and the army in ambush gathered into a formation and attacked Zong Zhengming.
The sudden attack made Zong Zhengming have to withdraw some of the elite soldiers, entangled with Pang Yun's military formation, the Wei army gritted its teeth and fought hard, the Western Qin iron cavalry repeatedly attacked, and Pang Yun's army was almost about to collapse.
At this moment, Xie Ronghua led an army of 50,000 from the north of Gaolingpo to appear on the back of the Western Qin army, with swords and guns lined up, and flags covering the sun, as if the gods had descended.
The sudden appearance of the third team made the Western Qin army suddenly confused, and they waved their swords in a panic, just wanting to quickly break out of the encirclement and escape! (To be continued.) )