Chapter 41, Fight to Fame
Cao Wenzhao replied loudly: "It's not difficult to ask Cao to surrender, but you have to show a few hands to convince Lao Tzu." Li Dusi asked, "What do you want?" Cao Wenzhao said: "My men are all warriors, and one can beat the five of you." After a while, I will send two people here, and you will send ten people over there, if your ten people win against me and these two people, Lao Tzu will surrender, if you can't win, you will surrender, how about it? ”
Hearing this, Li Dusi's face turned yellow with anger, he knew that Guan Ning's iron cavalry had strong combat effectiveness, but it wouldn't be like fighting five at a time, could it be that my subordinates are all mud figures, let you pinch them casually! Li Dusi decided to fight.
He said to those behind him, "Who dares to go out and fight?" As long as I can win, I will reward one hundred taels of gold. ”
There must be brave men under the heavy reward, not to mention the huge disparity in strength in this competition, ten to two, if this can't win, what kind of rebellion will come out, simply go home and pick up the child. Li Dusi's words did not fall, and everyone asked for battle.
Li Dusi glanced at everyone and chose the person who was the most happy, this person's surname was Jin Mingjie, he was a famous fierce general in the army, he was born thick and strong, like a half-cut black tower, and he also had three hundred iron fork soldiers under him, all of whom used double-strand hunting forks, not to mention people, even if it was a tiger, a fork could be picked to death.
Jin Jie was overjoyed, he selected nine iron fork soldiers, rode out of battle, and shouted.
Cao Wenzhao's side was not so noisy, Cao Wenzhao finished speaking, and the people behind him did not respond. Because everyone is not sure. Although these people are strong in combat, they can fight two or three at a time, and they can still fight in one battle. But if one wants to fight five, it is too difficult, it doesn't matter if you give your own life, if you lose here, General Cao will surrender, and the stakes are very high, so no one dares to ask for orders.
Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Cao Wenzhao nodded: "Since that's the case, I'll go alone." ”
Zhang Gan and Huang Long stopped together: "Chief soldier, you are the commander of the first army, how can you take risks, aren't these ten rats, let's send them." ”
When the two of them said this, they also gritted their back molars, Cao Wenzhao saw it, and laughed: "How can I be the kind of person who lets my subordinates die casually?" Take it! ”
He pointed to the backs of the two cavalrymen, and the two cavalrymen understood, took off the iron rods behind them, and handed them to Cao Wenzhao. Zhang Gan and Huang Long suddenly realized. Bow your hands together: "Victory." After finishing speaking, he was about to rush down, Cao Wenzhao waved his hand: "Don't worry, after you go down, you have to be so ......"
When the two of them heard this, their spirits were immediately lifted. Holding the stick in his hand, this iron rod was the most advanced firearm at the time, the three-eyed god gun. It can be used as a gun or a stick, and the three barrels can be fired continuously, which is powerful at short distances. This thing has a relatively short range, so it can't be fired at a long distance like a bow and crossbow, and the cavalry is equipped with it, and it is only used when charging, and when the cavalry rushes to a distance of fourteen or five steps from the enemy, it can be ignited and fired, which can effectively kill and injure the enemy. Cavalry can use it to take out enemy spearmen first, and then charge, with a great chance of victory.
At the moment, it is also a good strategy to use the three-eyed god gun to compete.
The two men held the three-eyed god gun in one hand, hung the spear in their hands on the victory hook, and rushed downhill.
Jin Jie was showing off his might there with nine people, and suddenly saw two people rushing over, shouting an order, and ten people straddled the horse and divided it into two rows on the left and right, saying okay, five to one.
Zhang Gan and Huanglong hid the three-eyed eye gun in the horse's mane, and when they saw that they were rushing to the enemy, Zhang Gan and Huanglong nodded to each other, pulled the horse, separated the two sides, and ran down in the oblique spur.
Jin Jie commanded everyone, divided into pursuit, Zhang Gan ran and ran, suddenly flicked the horse's head, rushed straight to the peasant army, the spearmen in the front row immediately raised their spears, did not let him get close, and at the same time the archers in the back row rounded the bow and aimed at Zhang Gan, as long as he came forward again, he opened the bow and released arrows, and shot him on the spot.
Zhang Gan did not rush into the formation of the peasant army, but was more than ten steps away from the army formation, running and running, he saw that Li Dusi was not far away, staring at the field, Zhang Gan secretly shook the fire fold, estimated the distance, and then lit the fire rope behind the three-eyed god gun.
Behind each of the three barrels there was a short arque, which could be lit in unison, three salvos, or separately, one shot at a time.
As soon as the fire rope lit, it burned very quickly, making a very short sound, at this time Zhang Gan had already run to the opposite side of Li Dusi, and suddenly raised his hand, the three-eyed eyebolt made a sound, and the fireworks came out, Li Dusi screamed, and fell backwards.
Cao Wenzhao saw it clearly, he roared, and led his men and horses to pounce down, rushing straight to the position of the peasant army. The cavalrymen in the front row each held the three-eyed god gun in their hands, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed to the front of the formation, they lit the fire rope together, the battlefield was full of gunfire, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the spearmen and shield bearers in the front row of the peasant army fell one after another, and a gap appeared in the military formation.
Guan Ning Iron Cavalry stepped in through this gap.
It turned out that Cao Wenzhao had any intention of competing, he was going to plot against Li Dusi, and if he succeeded, the peasant army immediately became chaotic.
Three thousand iron horsemen rampaged in the military formation, like an oolong stirring the sea, setting off a monstrous blood wave.
But Li Dusi was not dead, although the shot hit, it only hit his shoulder socket, and it was not fatal. Li Dusi was knocked off his horse, and was rescued by his own soldiers, escorting him backwards. At this time, Cao Wenzhao had already led the cavalry into the formation.
Li Dusi was a little bold, he ordered to erect his own banner, commanded the men and horses outside the four sides to outflank him, and surrounded the Guanning Iron Cavalry in the center, he was blood-red, personally supervised the battle, and the supervising team composed of his own soldiers was like a killing god, if anyone retreated, he would be killed on the spot.
20,000 horses against 3,000 cavalry, this battle was fought in the dark, and the ghosts and gods were terrified.
Finally, the formation of the Guanning Iron Cavalry was no longer so strict and was divided by the bloody peasant army, but Rao was so, and the peasant army could not win, because the Guanning Iron Cavalry was too well equipped, the armor was strong, the horses were strong, the weapons were excellent, and the morale was high. To kill one person, the peasant army had to pay the price of at least a few people.
Li Dusi looked at the tragic situation in front of him, he understood that this battle would continue, even if he won, it would be a tragic victory, and the 20,000 horses would almost be exhausted. Suddenly, his eyes rolled, and he thought about it, and ordered several of his own soldiers to do this. When the soldiers heard this, they did not dare to slack off, and rushed into the battle on horseback.
They didn't go to fight, but found a corpse of the Ming army, cut off the head, picked it up with a gun, and began to shout around the battle array: "General Cao is dead, the head is here...... Cao Wenzhao is dead, and the head is here ......"
At first one person shouted, then several people shouted in unison, and finally almost hundreds of people shouted one after another, so that everyone in the battlefield heard it.
When the Ming army heard this, they were all shocked, and looked in the direction of the shouting, and sure enough, they saw a group of people's soldiers carrying a person's head, and they were proud, and everyone looked at each other, and gradually couldn't support it for a while.
At this moment, suddenly another majestic voice was laughing: "Mr. Cao is here, demon clown, death to those who stand in my way!" ”
The sound echoed through the battlefield like something tangible, burrowing into everyone's ears. The Ming army looked for the sound, only to see a chasing wind oolong horse turned over four hooves, to live the conflict, its fast as the wind, the person on the horse is Cao Wenzhao, holding a phoenix-winged spear, in the thousands of troops and horses several swings, no one dares to stop. He followed Huanglong, holding high the banner of Cao Zi, and wherever Cao Wenzhao killed, he followed.
Seeing that Cao Wenzhao was so powerful, the Ming army raised their guns and shouted together, and they were immediately courageous.
On the contrary, the morale of the peasant army plummeted, and its combat effectiveness was poor, and its morale was no longer there. The Overseer team killed dozens of people in a row, but it couldn't stop the defeated soldiers of tens of thousands from leaking like water, drowning the Overseer team.
Li Dusi had no choice but to turn his horse's head and flee westward. His own soldiers protected him, stepped on his own heads, and fled.
Guan Ning's favorite thing to do is to pursue the fleeing enemy, because they can't escape at all. Most of the peasant army were infantry, and they didn't run far before they were caught up by the Guanning Iron Cavalry, who either rushed to the ground and stepped on the flesh, or were pierced by spears, and blood was sprinkled with yellow sand.
Cao Wenzhao was full of enthusiasm and chased for fifty miles. Killing more than 13,000 captured peasant soldiers, Li Dusi fled to Pingliang and was killed by Hong Chengchou's men.
By this time, the largest peasant army forces in Shaanxi had been wiped out. Cao Wenzhao also became famous in the first battle and was impressed by Hong Chengchou.
There were Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao in Shaanxi, and many peasant armies were suppressed and their leaders were killed, which made the remaining peasant armies extremely frightened, and they smuggled across the Yellow River one after another, left Shaanxi, and entered Shanxi.
And the large military force left in Shaanxi was only the King of Qin and his Qin army.