Chapter 15: Attacking the Five Tiger Villages (2)
Tian Feng was surrounded by Zhang He, Ma Qiang, Liu Wu and other three people, and their faces were full of joy at this moment.
Tian Feng said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the lord's iron nail battle array would have such a miraculous effect. β
Ma Qiang catered to him: "Yes, I didn't expect the master to kill the horse bandits with a simple little trick, and he lost his armor." β
Zhang He suddenly said in a loud voice: "But this iron nail battle array seems to be quite flawed. β
Tian Feng nodded and said, "What Jun Yi said is right, this iron nail battle array is too limited. If the enemy is infantry or in open terrain, this method will have little effect. β
After a pause, he continued: "Okay, it is estimated that the horse bandits will be angry this time and send a large number of infantry to meet the battle. β
The three of them arched their hands and said, "Order!" β
Wang Kui gasped and fled back to Wuhu Village, and was about to go back to the council hall to report the news, but was stopped by Li Lin, who was fighting behind the wall.
Wang Kui ran to the top of the wall, "Big brother, the officers and soldiers are cheating, and the ground is covered with iron nails and other things, and the brothers have suffered heavy losses, even the second brother and the second brother are ......."
Li Lin said coldly: "Okay, fourth." I saw it all. I don't blame you for this, the officers and soldiers are too cunning, and this mountain road is narrow and impossible to detour. How many officers and soldiers came, do you see clearly? β
Wang Kui thought for a while and replied, "There are probably more than a thousand people. However, only half of them participated in the battle just now, and the other half were just watching from the rear of the battlefield. β
Li Lin pondered for a while and said, "Okay, you go back and rest first." The rest of the men came with me, not on horseback, and rushed down while cleaning the battlefield. I'll see what other tricks these officers and soldiers can play. β
Lu Tie picked up his weapon and a mountain opening knife, and said to Li Lin: "Big brother, let me open the way for you in front." β
The battle situation was as Tian Feng expected, when Li Lin came with the infantry and horse bandits, the iron nail battle array was completely ineffective.
Even the bows and arrows of the officers and soldiers were not much to gain because the other side was equipped with wooden shields.
Under the command of Ma Qiang, Liu Wu, and others, the officers and men slowly retreated in an orderly manner.
Under the leadership of Li Lin, the angry horse bandits came out of the cottage to pursue the officers and soldiers.
But it took a lot of time to clean up the dead bodies on the battlefield and the iron nails on the ground.
What made the horse bandits even more resentful was that.
While they were cleaning up the battlefield, the shameless officers and soldiers even shot and killed many people with bows and arrows.
This provocative behavior of the officers and men made Li Lin, who had always been cautious, angry.
actually attacked at the moment of cleaning up the battlefield, it was simply unbearable, and the uncle could not bear the aunt.
There was no time to wait for his subordinates to clean up the battlefield, and as soon as a narrow passage was cleared, the grumpy Lu Tie rushed out with the horse bandits.
The officers and soldiers who came to provoke also fled down the mountain in a panic according to Tian Feng's explanation, and even discarded a lot of equipment, weapons, and other items along the way.
Seeing the exaggerated performance of the officers and soldiers, Li Lin gradually calmed down from his anger.
He sensed that something was wrong, but at this time, Lu Tie had already rushed down the mountain with six or seven hundred horse bandits.
It was impossible to stop him, so Li Lin had no choice but to order the more than five hundred people who were still beside him to strengthen their guard and chase after Lu Tie.
The officers and soldiers stopped and went.
From time to time, a small group of men were sent out to shoot arrows or set up some iron nails to slow down the pursuit of the horse bandits.
In just a few miles of mountain road, I walked for more than an hour.
Li Lin felt more and more that something was wrong at this moment, but at this time, all the horse bandits were provoked by the officers and soldiers.
Li Lin was not able to completely suppress it, and unconsciously, the officers and soldiers retreated to the vicinity of a forest and no longer retreated, but set up a formation.
Li Lin suddenly realized: "Sure enough, there is an ambush. Immediately, he ordered a horse bandit beside him to order Lu Tie, who was pursuing in front, to form a formation on the spot and not to advance.
After a period of pursuit, the anger of the horse bandits had subsided a lot, and under Lu Tie's order, they formed a formation to confront the officers and soldiers on the opposite side.
Escorted by officers and soldiers, Tian Feng shouted at the horse bandits on the opposite side: "Listen to the thieves on the other side, you have done many injustices, and we have come to crusade against the rebellion by the order of the imperial court." Many people are simply deceived and therefore those who are willing to lay down their arms and surrender on the spot will not be prosecuted. If you resist stubbornly, there will be no forgiveness! β
didn't think about it, but Tian Feng's words caused the horse bandits to laugh.
Lu Tie, who was the leader, said with a smile: "Haha, there is really no one in the Han Dynasty, even this scholar has gone to the battlefield?" With just a few of you, there is no forgiveness for killing? I see you obediently wash your necks and wait for the grandfathers to come and clean up! Brothers, don't you say! β
Lu Tie's words made the horse bandits even more noisy, clamoring to rush over and kill these officers and soldiers.
Just at the stall where the two sides were about to break out, suddenly a skyrocketing fire broke out halfway up the mountainside, accompanied by billowing smoke.
Under the leadership of Lu Bu and Zhao Yun, two hundred Bingzhou elite horsemen set off early in the morning and sneaked up the mountain from a narrow mountain road in the back mountain.
Tiger Leaping Mountain really lives up to its name, even if there is a path, there are still several knights and horses who fall off the cliff.
In the end, Lu Bu and others still climbed the mountain.
Not far below them is the Five Tigers Village, and you can vaguely see that there are not many horse bandits left in the village at this moment.
It seems that the frontal attack of the cottage was successful, luring most of the horse bandits out.
Lu Bu ordered everyone to take a brief rest, and then led all the cavalry down the mountain.
Due to the difficult terrain of the back mountain, there is no path up the mountain.
Therefore, when the Five Tiger Village was built, it was basically only built to defend against frontal attacks.
The rear of the cottage is basically undefended, which is exactly what Lu Bu wants.
Very smoothly, Lu Bu and others attacked the cottage.
Where are the defeated generals of Wang Kui and other remnants who stayed behind are the opponents of these new forces, and they were caught off guard, and they were easily defeated by Lu Bu and others.
After capturing the cottage, LΓΌ Bu left a few people to take care of the prisoners and supplies.
Set fire to all the other useless buildings in the cottage, signal the officers and soldiers under the mountain, and then lead the remaining hundred or so cavalry to attack the rest of the horse bandits.
Seeing the fire in the cottage, Zhen Yao also led the soldiers to rush out of the ambush near the cottage.
rushed into the middle of the horse bandits, completely separating the horse bandits led by Lu Tie in front and the horse bandits led by Li Lin in the rear.
All the horse bandits were disturbed by the sudden fire of the cottage.
Zhen Yao led the family soldiers to suddenly appear, and the panicked horse bandits were caught off guard.
In a hurry, Lu Tie didn't know how many officers and soldiers were ambushed.
They could only lead the horse bandits to break through, but as soon as they turned around, Tian Feng and others led the officers and soldiers to rush up again, killing the horse bandits on their backs for a while.
Li Lin, who had been vigilant before, was in a slightly better situation at this time, seeing Lu Tie being made dumplings by officers and soldiers, he was so angry that he wanted to go up to the rescue, but he was worried about the situation in the cottage.
After a little weighing, Li Lin decided to give up Lu Tie and led his men to escape to the cottage.
At this time, he already knew that the Five Tigers Village was finished.
The only way to do this is to take advantage of the fact that the officers and soldiers have not yet pursued and kill themselves, return to the cottage and take away the wealth accumulated over the years, and then escape.
Now he is only fantasizing that there are not many officers and soldiers attacking the cottage, and they have suffered heavy losses, and they are not the opponents of his more than 500 people.
The ideal is always very plump, but the reality is often very skinny.
Halfway through the march, Li Lin met Lu Bu and others, and the well-equipped and majestic cavalry in front of him made Li Lin beat the drum in his heart, and he could see that this was an elite division that had been trained for a long time.
But after all, these cavalry were not very numerous, only about a hundred people.
Li Lin shouted to his subordinates beside him: "Brothers, the officers and soldiers are going to kill us all, as long as we kill all the officers and soldiers in front of us, we can return to the village, and when the time comes, Lao Tzu will divide all the treasures and lead the brothers to die together!" β
These people who are following Li Lin now are all diehard loyalists who have always followed Li Lin.
On weekdays, there are even more evils, and there will definitely be no good end in the hands of officers and soldiers, so there is no intention of surrendering from beginning to end.
It's just that some of the people who are active are ready to take the time to escape.
However, there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and now after hearing Li Lin's promise, everyone is in good spirits.
Most of them fall into the grass for the sake of glory and wealth.
With the temptation of these treasures, how can you not let these men who lick blood from the knife every day fight bravely.
Everyone scrambled to draw the swords in their hands and rushed towards Lu Bu and the others.
After Lu Bu watched the horse bandits become vigorous under Li Lin's encouragement, he was not surprised but rejoiced.
He raised the halberd in his hand and said, "In front of him is the remnants of the Five Tiger Village." Soldiers, at this time, everyone, charge with me! Kill! β
More than 100 people shouted in unison: "The iron horse of the state is invincible!" β
The blood-boiling atmosphere made Zhao Yun, a young man with strong blood, also excited, and he followed closely behind Lu Bu, his bright eyes blooming with excitement.
The contrast between the numbers of 500 and less than 200 is obvious.
However, due to the difference in troops, the difference in equipment, and more importantly, the difference in the generals who led the troops, the result of this hedging turned into a victory with less.
Lu Bu rushed into the enemy formation first, and a Fang Tian painting halberd flew left and right, and there was no enemy in front of the horse bandits.
Zhao Yun, who was following closely behind Lu Bu, was like a sharp sword, and the silver gun in his hand was killed.
Under the leadership of the two of them, the sharp arrow formation formed by more than 100 Bingzhou athletes was like a sharp knife cut into butter, and almost no resistance tore apart the formation of the horse bandits.
It is not to blame that these horse bandits are vulnerable, these horse bandits who have been following Li Lin are also a group of proud soldiers.
And most of them are also equipped with leather armor and other equipment, and their combat power is almost not inferior to that of ordinary Han troops, and they are not far behind in terms of bravery.
But although there are a large number of people, it is due to low morale, coupled with the fact that in the face of Lu Bu, a great killing god, a group of arrogant mountain bandits have also turned into bubbles that will burst at the touch of a button.
At this first charge, the number of horse bandits was almost half, and the cavalry lost only two or three people.
Lu Bu's bravery, the soldiers' use of their lives, and the condescending charge and other factors caused such brilliant results.
Due to the narrowness of the mountain road, after breaking through the formation of the horse bandits, the cavalry had no way to move and turn, so they could only rearrange the formation in the same place.
This also gave the horse bandits an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Li Lin saw that Lu Bu's charge was so powerful, and he was so frightened that he was terrified.
I don't greet anyone else, I just run towards the cottage.
Most of the other horse bandits followed Li Lin to the mountain, and there were also many clever horse bandits who did not take the mountain road and got into the mountains or woods next to them.
Lu Bu didn't care about the horse bandits who were scattered everywhere, and after a short rest, he led the cavalry to chase and kill Li Lin.
Everyone else can let it go, but the first evil of the Five Tiger Villages really says that they can't let the tiger return to the mountain.
It's just that this time the cavalry turned into a back attack, and the speed slowed down a lot.
At this time, Lu Bu suddenly found that Li Lin seemed to be aware of his intentions and was about to burrow into the woods next to him.
He smiled coldly, and on top of the galloping war horse, he took out the bow and arrow beside him, and shouted softly: "Shoot your right leg!" β
Between the lightning and flint, a feather arrow pierced Li Lin's right thigh.
Zhao Yun saw Lu Bu's divine shooting, and he had the idea of winning in his heart.
picked up the bow and arrow, grabbed two feather arrows in his right hand, and shot them out in a row, piercing the throat of the two horse bandits who were supporting him beside Li Lin.
Lu Bu immediately understood what he meant when he saw Zhao Yun's archery, and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, Zilong's archery technique is so good." A certain willing to bow down! Hahahaha! β
Hearing Lu Bu's words, Zhao Yun knew that Lu Bu had seen through his thoughts.
He couldn't help but blush, and he also understood that Lu Bu's archery skills were not inferior to his own, and he was even superior in strength.
But the other party was willing to put down his body in front of his subordinates to flatter himself, and he couldn't help but be moved in his heart and spoke loudly.
"My lord's praise, Zilong is ugly in front of my lord, please forgive my sins!"
Lu Bu didn't answer, he knew that this young future super general had a good impression of him, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.