Chapter 444: The general will inevitably die in battle
However, he said that Xingyang was too guarded by Wei Lu to return to Luoyang urgently, but because of the foot soldiers, although it was a rapid march, he did not dare to rush at night, he knew that the current Zheng State was leaking on all sides, and there were enemies all around, and there was no excessive consumption of the physical strength of the soldiers, so that the soldiers could meet the battle at any time when the enemy was overcome.
Early in the morning, Wei Lu, who had been repairing all night, was about to set up camp and set up the village, when he suddenly heard a report from the scouts that there was a large force of elite horsemen twenty miles behind, and they were rushing towards this side.
"Suspend the camp and prepare for war!" After Wei Lu received the report from the scout, he reacted quickly, he didn't know how many large troops there were, but there must be a lot.
The distance of twenty miles seems to be a long way, but when he pulls up the camp, the enemy troops who came with the speed of horsepower are estimated to have arrived, this is an open plain area, there is no danger to defend, and when a large force attacks, he can only rely on the camp for defense.
"Have you ever found out who the Qing soldiers and horses are?" Wei Lu asked.
"Back to the general, the other party did not play the flag, and there was a morning fog to block it, and it was not clear from the equipment!" The scout bowed his head.
This is near Luokou Castle of the Gui Family, North Yiluoshui, and there will be mist in the early morning, so it is understandable that you can't see the enemy clearly.
"Revisit." Wei Lu waved his hand a little irritably, in fact, he didn't have to guess to know that only the Sui army came from the west, and among the princes in the world, only the Sui Dynasty, which controlled Ma Yuan, could get a large number of elite horses. It's just that he didn't expect the Sui army to come so quickly.
And in his heart, there is a feeling that the building is about to fall, first Li Yuan's northern expedition to Zheng Guo, Zheng Guo's three counties in a row, and then the southern crossing of the Great Sui, almost bloodless in cleaning up the territory. Thinking of this, I hated Wang Wan, who was as timid as a mouse, if it weren't for this noble acting king who gave away the dangerous pass of the Tiger Prison, how could he have been so passive? Why did Xingluo City fall so quickly?
What kind of bullshit on behalf of the guard, I think it's almost the same as the king of the dumb king.
Wei Lu, who was very angry, said to a personal guard: "You, take Yanshi away as soon as possible, and if you encounter our army, ask the other party for help!" ”
Wei Lu also knew that the emperor had given up the whole territory and had the idea of trapping the lonely city, and he had arrived here as far as he could, so the Yanshi defenders must have already retreated into Luoyang, but he still had a fluke and ordered his guards to go to the front for help.
"Whoa!" The guards said yes and galloped away.
"General, this army is coming for us, and our army has no equipment to defend the city." A partial general came to Wei Lu's side and reported with a bitter face.
Although the camp also has protective power, but it is far less solid than the city wall, and the most important thing is that after their men and horses learned that the Sui army occupied the Tiger Prison Pass, they burned the city defense equipment, in order to be able to reach Luoyang as soon as possible, and this place is a horse and a flat river, and there is no geographical advantage. Now against the enemy, if the number is equal, it is a little better, if the enemy's strength is far superior to your own, unless the opponent is the kind of people who can collapse at the touch of a button, they will not be able to hold it at all.
How could the Sui army, which was able to subdue the Turks, be the troops that came to the front, how could it be a chaotic people who were about to collapse at the touch of a button?
"I can't manage so much now, and it's too late to withdraw." Wei Lu shook his head and sighed, the enemy army was less than twenty miles away from him, even if he was willing to leave all his baggage and grain and grass and run away, if the enemy army followed, his troops and horses would have to be reduced to a rout, and he would not even have a chance to fight at that time.
"Report!" Not long after, another scout came to report: "General, the enemy army is less than fifteen miles away from our army, and the other party has already raised a banner, it seems that at that time, the Sui Dynasty Tanguo Gong Luo Shixin was in the department, and there were more than 40,000 people!" ”
"Luo Shixin?" Wei Lu was shocked in his heart, this is a well-known general, when he followed Wang Shichong in the early years to quell the rebellion, he heard more than once that the names of the four generals under Zhang Xutuo's command, all of them have the courage of ten thousand people, and take the head of the general like a bag. What shocked him even more was that the other party actually came with more than 40,000 fine horsemen, and he only had 10,000 people, how could this battle be fought?
"General, what should I do?" The general was a little panicked.
"Afraid of what?" Although Wei Lu was shocked in his heart, he must not show his cowardice at this time, and snorted coldly at the moment: "No matter how powerful Luo Shixin is, can it be compared to the Tang King?" ”
The king of Tang is Wang Renze, and since Wang Shichong was crowned Wang Renze, the army has called him the king of Tang.
Wang Ren usually treats soldiers well, because he is very respected in the army, even the crown prince Wang Xuanying does not have this treatment, after all, although Wang Xuanying is more noble, but for these ordinary soldiers, he is not as down-to-earth as Wang Ren.
"Cheer me up, don't lose the face of our army, what about Luo Shixin? You are a soldier trained by the Holy Lord and the Tang King! Wei Lu raised his arms and shouted.
"Roar!" A group of soldiers raised their arms and shouted.
Ten miles away, Wei Lu's camp was already in sight, Luo Shixin sat on horseback, looking at the camp in the distance with an expressionless face, his eyes flashing with a cold glow.
"General, according to the scout's report, this is a group of soldiers and horses under Wang Shichong, the number is only about 10,000, it seems that Wang Shichong is really going to abandon the periphery and defend Luoyang." Li Zhengbao rode his horse to Luo Shixin's side.
"Evacuate?" Luo Shixin snorted coldly: "But it's not so easy, you lead the slave soldiers to attack the camp, and I will lead the headquarters to cruise with elite cavalry, if the other party surrenders, if you dare to resist, there will be no mercy!" Neither side can be allowed to appear behind our army. ”
"Whoa!" Li Zhengbao hurriedly bowed down and agreed.
At that moment, Luo Shixin led the main force to separate from it, Li Zhengbao drove the slave soldiers, and came to Wei Lu's camp in a menacing manner, but found that Wei Lu was already lined up outside the camp.
"I am Da Zheng Xingyang who guards Wei Lu too much, where is Luo Shixin? Do you dare to fight me to the death? Wei Lu pointed at the big knife in his hand and shouted.
Although Luo Shixin is famous, Wei Lu thinks that he is not the opponent of the other party, but at this moment there are only 10,000 horses in the camp, and in this kind of wilderness, even if there is a camp to block the enemy, it is difficult to resist the opponent's tens of thousands of troops.
An army of 10,000 is not enough to defend on all sides, and Luo Shixin has an army of 40,000 or 50,000 who can attack his weak point from all sides at any time. Instead of passively defending, it is better to take the initiative to attack, at least to delay the opponent's attack, Wei Lu has already given the deputy general an order, once he dies in battle, he will defend the camp and wait for rescue.
He actually came with a certain heart of death, and if he was lucky to win, he could boost the morale of the army. As far as he knew, the reason why Yang Tong was able to defeat the more than 200,000 Wagang army with 30,000 troops back then was because the fighting generals slaughtered several Wagang generals, which caused the enemy's morale to collapse.
And Zhengbao saw that the other party actually wanted to fight the general, and wanted to challenge Luo Shixin, he couldn't help laughing: "Nameless rats, dare to challenge the general, first win the gun in the general's hand!" ”
After speaking, he was not in a hurry to attack, but knocked the horse's belly and slapped the horse and raised the gun to fight.
Seeing that it was not Luo Shixin, Wei Lu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although he was unknown, he was also a middle-level general in the Xiaoguo Army before, and his martial arts were not weak. Seeing that the other party was coming with a gun, he no longer hesitated at the moment, and with a loud shout, Pegasus greeted Li Zhengbao.
"Bell~"
The knife and gun collided, making a piercing muffled sound, Li Zhengbao only felt that his arms trembled, and the spear in his hand was a little unable to hold it, and he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, Wei Lu was just a nameless person, and he actually had such a ability? At that moment, he put away his contempt, shook the gun, shook the big knife that Wei Lu slashed at homeopathically, and stabbed the black tiger with one move.
Wei Lu sneered, he has been by Wang Renze's side for many years, and his knife technique is mostly instructed by Wang Renze, Wang Renze's knife technique pays attention to momentum, Li Zhengbao's move was intimidated by his momentum, although it was not serious, but it fell into the ground, the big knife crossed the arc of a knife, and slashed towards Li Zhengbao again, and actually stabbed the other party into his heart like nothing.
Li Zhengbao was shocked, this guy is completely exchanging his life for his life, this trick goes down, although the other party's heart will inevitably be pierced by himself, but his own head will also be chopped off by the other party, Wei Lu obviously came out with a certain death, and he can only collect his gun and block it if he doesn't want to die with Wei Lu.
"Bang~"
In a loud bang, Li Zhengbao only felt that the opponent's strength seemed to be a little greater than the previous knife, his arms seemed to be unconscious, seeing Wei Lu slashing the knife again, his heart suddenly became timid, this knife, he could not stop it no matter what.
At the moment, regardless of the image, he drilled his body down.
"Poof~"
"Sigh Rule~"
In a miserable neigh, Li Zhengbao's war horse was cut in two by Wei Lu, and the blade almost brushed against the tip of Li Zhengbao's nose, which shocked Li Zhengbao into a cold sweat.
Watching Li Zhengbao escape, Wei Lu was extremely regretful, and at the same time felt a burst of weakness surging up, this kind of knife technique is the heaviest momentum, but the consumption is also very terrifying, I thought I could fight with Luo Shixin, who knew that even one Li Zhengbao couldn't clean it up, and he had lost the strength to fight again!
Seeing that he could no longer make contributions, Wei Lu reined in the horse's reins, turned the horse's head and was about to return to the camp, at this time, the ground suddenly trembled violently, as if the sky had collapsed, Wei Lu hurriedly looked back, but saw a cavalry was rushing towards this side, the first general, wearing bright light armor, and a hundred refining cold spear in his hand flashed in the morning light, flashing with a palpitating luster.
A solemn killing force surged overwhelmingly, causing Wei Lu's body to stiffen for a moment.
Luo Shixin!
Although Wei Lu had not seen it, he was sure that the heroic general in front of him was Luo Shixin, and the momentum was far inferior to His Royal Highness the King of Tang.
"Quick, back to camp!" Wei Lu shouted at the army cheering at Youzi, but he took the initiative to kill Luo Shixin, such a distance, it was impossible to rush back to the camp, he had to buy precious time for the soldiers before Luo Shixin led the army to kill.
Before the soldiers in the army came to their senses, they took the opponent's cavalry, Luo Shixin had broken away from the cavalry formation, and rode towards Wei Lu alone, the moment the two horses were staggered, Wei Land Tiger roared, raised his knife and slashed, but Luo Shixin dodged slightly, and then the Hundred Refining Cold Spear suddenly swept up a cold light, shuttling through Wei Lu's chest.
The two horses staggered, Wei Lu, who was galloping, still maintained a chopping posture, staring at the barrel of the gun that ran through his chest, a stream of blood gushed out from the wound like a spring, and the corners of his mouth suddenly flashed a bitter smile and a sense of relief, he opened his mouth, blood mixed with bubbles gushed out of his mouth, and the strength of his body quickly dissipated, and he fell off the horse weakly.