Chapter 722: Battle of Qishan!
Lu Zheng once again targeted Qi Biao, which is another blind spot that opponents can't easily think of! Generally according to habitual thinking, since Lu Zheng has captured Miao City, he will definitely not abandon the city, because Lu Zheng's specialty is to defend the city! Relying on the city to resist Song Naifeng, the two sides fought, maybe Lu Zheng can have a new harvest!
Also, even if Lu Zheng doesn't defend Miao City, the route he is most likely to take is to go south, who would have thought that Lu Zheng would not go south, but go north, take advantage of the night to walk day and night, and go straight to Qishan!
Song Naifeng did think of a way to deal with Lu Zheng, that is, to gather the 100,000 troops, connect them end to end, and then advance like a stone mill, leaving no gaps between them, so that Lu Zheng's surprise attack had no chance.
Isn't Lu Zheng's method to take advantage of the emptiness that exists between the armies to divide and encircle? Song Naifeng doesn't leave a vacancy, what else can Lu Zheng do?
It's just that Song Naifeng ordered the whole army to gather in Miao City, and before entering Miao City, they hadn't lined up each other! Undoubtedly, this gave Lu Zheng a good opportunity.
Besides, Qi Biao, he originally led 20,000 people, although 5,000 people were not his soldiers, but these 5,000 people were swallowed by Lu Zheng, and he couldn't shirk his responsibility as the master.
There were even strange rumors in the Northwest Army, saying that Qi Biao and Lu Zheng might have colluded, otherwise why did Lu Zheng only deal with Dong Jialin and ignore him Qi Biao?
The contradiction between Qi Biao and Dong Jialin is known to the whole army, Dong Jialin is finished, is Qi Biao very happy in his heart? The 15,000 cavalry under his command will not be supervised from now on, will they fight back at a critical time, not only can they not become a force in the Northwest Army, but they will help to cause abuse?
These strange words were quickly suppressed by Song Naifeng, and at this moment, Song Naifeng, as the main general, is very sober, that is, no matter what, his camp cannot be chaotic, and the military spirit cannot be chaotic.
The more surprising the opponent is, the more confident the opponent is, and the weaker the strength is. Song Naifeng, as a veteran of a hundred battles, has absolute confidence in his own strength, in addition, he has dealt with the Qi family for half his life, and he also knows that Qi Biao will not be able to take refuge in Lu Zheng no matter what, because once this matter is true, the Qi family must first be completely cleansed, and Qi Biao must not retreat with his whole body.
The Song family has dominated the northwest for so many years, how can it be without means? How can he, Song Naifeng, be a benevolent person? Ci is not in charge of the troops, and Song Naifeng's decision to kill at a critical time is absolutely unambiguous!
Therefore, Qi Biao is under a lot of pressure now, he went all the way north to pursue Lu Zheng, and received Song Naifeng's general order, so that the army quickly approached Miaocheng, and he quickly rushed to Miaocheng day and night.
It's just that the gap between him and the Song family army of the Northwest Army is quite deep, and others don't bother to pay attention to him, everyone is desperately going south, only hating his father and mother for missing two legs, Qi Biao is limited by his own route in Qishan, and the road above Qishan is difficult to travel, where can there be two other armies that take the official road fast?
So they walked in the mountains for two days, and they didn't come out of the mountains. Qi Biao, accompanied by his generals and strategists, climbed high and looked into the distance, looking at Yima Pingchuan, which could already be seen in the distance, he pointed to the front and said, "It's out of the mountain over there!" Qishan is out, we should be able to rush to Miaocheng within two days, I hope the defenders of Miaocheng can hold on for a few more days, otherwise when we arrive, Miaocheng has been captured, and we are afraid that we will be snubbed by shame again! ”
The strategist said: "General, the city defense of Miaocheng is actually quite strong, Lu Zheng is not an idle person, his defense in Miaocheng is said to be very tight, and many people died after two days of attack on Chuanshanyue, but he didn't even climb the city wall!" This arrogant general, there are times when he is deflated, the last time he was in the prince's camp, he still remembers your domineering attitude vividly, I don't know if the next time the general meets him, will he still be so arrogant? ”
Qi Biao sneered and said: "Chuan Shanyue, he has always been a brave and unscrupulous horseman, hmph, just dare to look down on me because of him?" Look, there's a time when this kid suffers! ”
Qi Biao sighed and said: "Lu Zheng has only heard of his name before, but he has never seen his real person, let alone understood his methods, this time I finally saw it, it is really famous, amazing!" ”
"However, it is difficult for his Qiao woman to cook without rice, no matter how high his means are, the prince is in a daze with soldiers, and now he gathers all the troops, and then approaches the capital, even if Lu Zheng is powerful, I am afraid he will have to fight with us!"
Qi Biao said this, but the strategists around him did not respond, he frowned slightly, turned his head to look at the side, several strategists opened their mouths wide, and suddenly pointed to the front and said: "General, it's not good, look!" ”
Qi Biao frowned slightly, looked in the direction of the fingers of several strategists, and suddenly his face changed greatly, because in his sight, he actually saw a big flag erected on the opposite mountain, and the word "Lu" was written on the flag, which was clearly Lu Zheng's army!
"Not good! Lu Zheng turned out to be coming at us, we were fooled! Quick, gather the whole army, let's break through! ”
Qi Biao shouted loudly, and he immediately ran back, and at this moment, the enemy's horn sounded first!
Qi Biao's army camped at the foot of the mountain, at this time all kinds of wooden rolling stones on the mountain beckoned down, and then there was the smell of fire oil, and then the fireworks rose, the cunning Lu Zheng actually had a fire attack in Qishan, once the fire burned, from the mountain to the valley, even if there was no death in the sea of fire, but the damage caused by the smoke was also huge!
The key is that the panic caused to people is too great, Qi Biao's subordinates are all cavalry, and they are not good at mountain combat at all, Lu Zheng gave them a surprise attack in Qishan, which caught them too off guard!
The whole army was in chaos, and at the critical time, Qi Biao used the order to gather the cavalry, and then rushed out desperately, from here out of Qishan is very close, but more than ten miles away, but these ten miles are fatal, poured out are all a sea of fire, and there are arrows on all sides!
Qi Biao's 10,000 horses rushed out like headless flies, fleeing for their lives, and they lost their troops along the way, and when they came out of Qishan, it was estimated that there were only less than 10,000 left.
But the good show that Lu Zheng prepared for them has just begun! Qi Biao's Northwest Army had just rushed out of Qishan, and Lu Zheng's 20,000 cavalry in ambush in front quickly crushed over, looking at Lu Zheng's cavalry, heavy cavalry in front, rangers in the back, because in the position of the mountain pass, Qi Biao didn't even have a chance to escape, there were mountains on both sides, mountains behind him, and his back was still a sea of fire!
When Qi Biao saw this scene, his eyes darkened, and he muttered, "It's over, it's over!" Quick, release the signal! ”
Qi Biao let hundreds of people in the army pull out the arrows, and the signal was very brilliant fireworks released in the sky, which can be seen for hundreds of miles!
It's just that at this moment, Lu Zheng has an absolute advantage in waiting for work, and the arrangement of troops has already been tight, the heavy cavalry is lined up in front, and the rolling iron cavalry is crushed like a torrent, Qi Biao has no room to dodge, so he can only fight to the death, and the cavalry battle between the Northwest Army and the Nanfu Army has kicked off like this.
Of course, such a battle is not fair, because the numbers are not fair, and the preparation of both sides is not fair. However, the battlefield is a trick, in addition to the soldiers on both sides, in addition to the combat power, the tactical strategy of the leader is also the core key. Lu Zheng never thought about fighting fairly with the enemy at all, the only thing he wanted was to defeat Qi Biao, or even destroy Qi Biao!
Qi Biao's ruthlessness also came up, and the desperate situation stimulated his bloodiness, he pulled out his waist knife, pointed to the front and said: "Brothers, our success or failure today is here to fight, rush out, I Qi Biao risked my life to protect our glory and wealth for a lifetime, if we can't rush out, then there will only be goodbye in the next life!"
The cavalry of the Nanfu Army is the number of our Northwest Army, and our Northwest Army will teach them how to kill people with knives today! There's nothing to say at this moment, just risk your life to kill, brothers, kill! ”
Qi Biao was also a fierce general, and when he was cornered, he drew his long knife, rushed to the front in the lead, and directly touched Lu Zheng's heavy horse.
Inspired by him, countless Northwest Army also rushed over one after another, the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, Qi Biao put away the long knife, took out the horns from the back and bent the bow, bent the bow and set the arrow, the strong bow of the two stones shot out the sharp arrows that broke the air, the long arrows were like rainbows, and an arrow hit the throat of a heavy horseman, and the heavy cavalry fell head-on, causing chaos in the Nanfu army.
"Coax!" The Northwest Army cheered in unison, everyone's morale rose rapidly, and the other sergeants also followed the example of the leader, bent their bows and arrows, and began to attack from a distance.
There are very few heavy cavalry under Qi Biao, the key is that they have just come out of Qishan, even if they are heavy cavalry, there is no way to put on armor, they have no choice on the battlefield at this time, they can only die!
Their archers did not have Qi Biao's means, and the results of a round of shooting were very small, and the archers on Lu Zheng's side began to hide behind the heavy cavalry and throw, thousands of archers threw arrows all over the sky, these arrows were shot into the enemy formation, and the soldiers of the Northwest Army were harvested wave after wave.
Qi Biao gritted his teeth and gripped the horse's belly vigorously, almost rushing through the area where the opponent was projectile in the arrow rainforest, and when the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, the power of the cavalry weakened.
In these two rounds of projectiles, Lu Zheng's side knocked down one-third of the enemy, and the cavalry under Qi Biao was only six or seven thousand men and horses left!
7,000 pairs of Lu Zheng and 30,000 cavalry, the battlefield was just outside Qishan, the two sides quickly strangled together, and the canyons and plains outside Qishan became purgatory on earth!
At close range, the Nanfu Army still couldn't take advantage, and the invulnerability of the heavy cavalry was infinitely weakened under the powerful combat power of the Northwest Army.
Their riding skills are exquisite, their martial arts are strong, the key is to cooperate tacitly, attack and defend to a degree, even if they encounter ambushes on all sides, they still move forward bravely, not afraid of death! The strength of the Northwest Army, Lu Zheng finally saw it again......