Chapter 95, The Crisis in Xi'an 9
Li Kang's plan was not only to destroy the road, but also to block the officers and soldiers here, and when the road was almost destroyed, he would ambush the men and horses in the wild forest by the roadside and shoot the officers and soldiers with bows and arrows. At that time, the officers and troops will not be able to advance, and they will be ambushed again, and they will definitely panic. When they come to attack, they can take these 500 men and horses to retreat, Zuo Liangyu's people have to move away the stones and wood, and even fill in the deep pit, at this time, he can also lead the troops to harass, the worst, can also make Zuo Liangyu divide a part of the men and horses to deal with him, the Qin army kills one more officer, and Li Yan will have a little less burden.
I have to say that Li Kang's idea is still reliable, but what he never imagined was that Zuo Liangyu no longer gave him this opportunity.
Zhang Ji lied to him, and the officers and soldiers at this time were only more than a mile away from them.
Suddenly, Li Dang felt something unusual, he only felt that the earth was trembling slightly, and there seemed to be a dull thunder coming from the east, the sound was very weak at first, but then it became louder and louder, and finally it became clear that it was the sound of countless iron hooves stepping on the earth.
Li Dang rode his horse to the turn of the official road, and as soon as he turned around, he saw countless black ironclad cavalry in front of him, pressing over like the angry waves of the Black Sea, it was the men and horses of the official army, and some of the people in the vanguard were holding a big banner, and there was a big "left" character on the flag.
It's not good, it's Zuo Liangyu's people.
Li Dang shouted to the five hundred Qin troops: "Quickly withdraw ......" At the same time, he picked up his bow and arrows, his arms were full, and with a whoosh, a wolf's tooth arrow shot over.
One of the officers and soldiers at the head fell in response, was shot in the face with an arrow in the face, and shot off his horse in the head. When the rest of the Ming army saw it, they took off their hard bows one after another, and their feathered arrows shot like locusts.
As soon as Li Dang pulled his horse and ran backwards, the five hundred Qin troops also dropped their tools and jumped on their horses one after another, ready to fight. Li Dang knew that at this time, the formation was not in order, and he was in a hurry to fight, it was really like looking for death, he pointed to the wild forest on the side of the road, and ordered loudly: "All the men and horses withdraw into the forest, withdraw quickly......"
Five hundred men and horses galloped into the woods.
The vanguard of the official army chased to the front, and found that the road had been destroyed, and it was expected that this group of people was the Qin army, and the outpost of the forward battalion always knew Zuo Liangyu's general order, and the most urgent thing at the moment was to rush to Xi'an. He looked at the road, scolded his mother a few words, ordered three hundred people to move the barricades, and then continued to pursue the Qin army with a few hundred people.
After Zuo Liangyu left 2,000 men and horses, there were more than 3,000 people around him, and there were 1,000 people in the forward battalion, so it was not difficult to deal with the Qin army.
Li Dang took the men and horses to retreat to the forest in the distance, he could avoid the arrows that were shot, he looked at it from a distance, the Ming army began to remove the barricades, and it was impossible to clean it in a short time, and hundreds of other officers and soldiers had already caught up, he ordered the arrows to be released, and the Qin army shot out with a rain of arrows and put down a dozen.
The sentry always reacted very quickly, and when he saw that the Qin army was hiding in the woods, shooting arrows on his side, all of them were blocked by trees, and he suffered too much, so he ordered to withdraw dozens of steps and stop outside the range. He figured it out, as long as he kept an eye on this group of Qin troops and didn't let them harass the people who were removing the barricades, once the barricades were removed, he would leave the Qin army behind and go to Xi'an.
He ordered hundreds of officers and soldiers to draw their bows and arrows, and as soon as the Qin army came out of the forest, they would shoot them back with arrows, and they would not attack themselves, so they confronted each other.
Li Dare knew that in less than two hours, the officers and soldiers would be able to remove the roadblocks and fill the deep pits, and they would work hard for themselves in exchange for this little time, which was obviously a failure, he thought about it and ordered: "Everyone disperse, one team for every hundred people, divided into five teams, four teams rush out, start harassing the officers and soldiers from all sides, mainly aiming at those who clear the roadblocks, remember not to rush too hard, be careful of being surrounded by the officers and soldiers, I don't want you to win, you can delay a moment longer." Leave a team for me to pick up. ”
The soldiers of the Qin army received the order, and the five hundred people were divided into five teams, four of which ran out of the woods from four directions and ran away from afar. After running a mile away, he made a circle and outflanked back.
Li Dang kept an eye on the officers and soldiers, and after his four teams rushed out, the officers and soldiers began to divide their troops to chase, and the sentry was always very experienced, and he felt that there were still people in the forest, so he still brought more than a hundred people and stood still.
After a short time, the four teams of men and horses of the Qin army began to approach the road, shooting arrows while running, and some of the officers and soldiers on the road fell to the ground with arrows, but these Qin troops did not rush hard, they ran away after shooting a burst of arrows, and after a while, they came back in a circle, and there was a burst of random arrows.
The sentry finally couldn't hold his breath anymore, and he led his men and horses to retreat, apparently to protect the Ming army that was clearing the road on the official road.
As soon as this person left, Li Dang shouted, rushed out of the forest with a hundred people, and chased after the sentry.
At this moment, Zuo Liangyu's brigade of cavalry had already arrived, and when he saw that his men and horses were all gathered on the main road and were not allowed to advance, he was so angry that his eyes were on fire, and he ran to the front to take a look, only to know that someone had destroyed the road. The place in front of me is a turn, the official road is not wide, and it is tightly blocked, it seems that it cannot be passed in a short time, and what is even more infuriating is that there are enemies around to harass it.
Zuo Liangyu gave an order, divided a thousand men and horses, chased and annihilated the enemy cavalry, even if they could not be annihilated, they must be driven away from afar, don't come to make trouble.
So about 300 cavalrymen rushed at Li Kang and them.
Li Dare knew that he was invincible, so he could only avoid it first, so he ordered the men and horses behind him to return to the forest, and personally cut off the rear.
This group of Qin troops rushed to the forest, and after a short time they entered the bushes, and when Li Dang was about to run to the edge of the forest, suddenly his heart froze, and he felt a burst of killing intent rushing from the front, and at the same time, a black light hit his face, he secretly screamed that it was not good, and it was too late to dodge, so he had to lift the silk reins hard, and the horse's front hooves stood up half a person high.
The black light was sinking into the horse's belly, and the horse neighed, and the porphym fell.
At this time, the officers and troops behind him were getting closer and closer, Li Dang was already within their range, and the random arrows had already been shot, Li Dang rolled on the spot, dodged a few arrows, and rolled behind the dead horse to avoid the rain of arrows.
The Qin army, who had just entered the forest, saw that Li Dang was in danger, and rushed out again, facing the officers and soldiers. For a time they were scuffled together.
Before Li Kang could get up, a voice came from behind his ear: "Doctor Jun, get on the horse quickly." ”
He raised his eyes and saw that it was Zhang Ji, who ran past him and stretched out a hand, Li Dang raised his hand and grabbed his arm, jumped on the horse, and sat on the horse's hips.
Zhang Ji was a little ashamed: "It's because I didn't find out, the officers and soldiers must have taken a detour......"
Li dared to say: "Needless to say, let's take care of the present for now, and rush out to talk." ”
Zhang Ji shouted, "Okay." With a sharp turn of his elbow, a bright short knife stabbed diagonally into Li Kang's ribs.
The two were close to each other, and it was not easy for Li Dang to see his actions below, and Zhang Ji's knife was urgent and ruthless, and the middle one was killed immediately.
At this time, the two sides began to fight, and most of the Qin troops fought on their own, not caring about others, and no one saw Zhang Ji's knife. And Zhang Ji thinks that he has already succeeded.
But he was wrong, Li Kang seemed to have taken precautions, as soon as his arm moved, the tip of the knife had not yet been pierced, and he felt that his wrist was as if he was being caught by an iron hook.
Zhang Ji stabbed with all his might, where could he withstand Li Kang's divine power, the knife could not advance a bit.
I only heard Li Dare say in his ear: "I already knew that you were suspicious, that arrow was shot by you, tell me quickly, who sent you to kill me......"
Zhang Ji only felt that his bones were about to break, and the pain made him break into a cold sweat, but he didn't dare to say it, because he knew that if he said it, he would die.
Li Dang's hand was staggered again, and Zhang Ji's wrist bone was staggered, and the pain shook Zhang Ji's whole body, Li Dang continued to ask: "If you don't say anything, I will break all the bones in your body, and you will be paralyzed on the bed for the rest of your life......"
Zhang Ji gritted his teeth and was silent, Li Dang still wanted to exert himself, but suddenly saw Zhang Ji's body slam backwards, and let out a muffled snort in his mouth, and then his body softened and his head hung down.
Li Dang took a look and saw that a black arrow was nailed to Zhang Ji's chest, which was shot by the official army. Li Dare scolded the bad luck and raised his hand to push Zhang Ji's body off the horse.