Hu Yanzhuo fought before, returned to the Chinese army at this time, heard the military order, and led Han Tao and Peng Xi to lead a chain of horses to fight.

Zhao Ming looked at it from a distance, this chain of horses and iron cables, immediately had armor, it could be regarded as a kind of heavy cavalry, and the charge was the most powerful. It's a pity to use it in the wrong place.

Sure enough, the chain of horses went out to fight, and a row of five horses pressed towards Ma Chaojun, Ma Chao had so much experience in cavalry warfare, he knew what was going on at first sight, and then led the troops to keep a distance from the chain horses, and did not make contact, only letting his subordinates shoot from afar.

The chain horse belongs to the heavy cavalry, immediately with armor, the movement speed is far less than the horse family light horse, but the deterrent power is indeed a little large, if the number can have three or four thousand horses, it can be intercepted from all sides Ma Chao, or can win, but the number is too small, can only follow the horse Chao blind run, the most important thing is the five horse chain, under the Ma Chao army projectile, even the heavy cavalry has a lot of injuries, a horse injury dragged down the four horses, the front team was injured and dragged the back team, not long, the disadvantages and shortcomings of the chain horse were also exposed.

Seeing that the chain of horses had been completely dragged down, Ma Chaojun still galloped back and forth, teasing the soldiers and horses of Liangshan. Song Jiang was secretly anxious, this place was empty, and Xu Ning's hook and sickle soldiers had no place to ambush and plot against the Ma cavalry. worried: "I didn't expect the Longxi cavalry to be so difficult, how to be good." ”

Wu Yong's confidence was also hit a little, so he had to say: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to win today, so I'll retreat for the time being." ”

Everyone also knew that there was no way to retreat, many of the 10,000 soldiers and horses of the front army had been wounded and died under the cavalry bows and crossbows, and the morale was even lower.

When the front army heard that the troops were collected, they were all relieved, and if they continued to fight, they would collapse without Ma Chao rushing into battle. Most of the soldiers and horses in Liangshan are ordinary people, and there are less than 10,000 people with strict military training.

As soon as the front army retreated, Ma Chao immediately knew that the time had come, and raised his arms and shouted: "The thieves are defeated, kill." ”

At this time, Ma Chaofang launched a cavalry charge. When the soldiers and horses of Liangshan were slowly retreating, they suddenly saw Ma Chao's cavalry surging like a tide, and they ran away one after another, crushing for thousands of miles.

Ma Chao remembered Fan Zeng's words before the battle: If the Liangshan army is defeated and retreats, you can try your best to drive it away in the rear, force the Liangshan front army to disperse the formation of the Chinese army, and then the king will lead the army to cover and kill from behind, and our army can win a big victory.

Ma Chao sighed secretly: Guofu Fan Zeng is worthy of being called "Ya Father" by the king, everything is in Guofu's calculations, including the cavalry tactics just now are also set by Guofu.

Ma Chao followed the plan and tried his best to drive away the Liangshan front army, and behind him, the camp of the Longxi army was open, and Zhao Ming, Yue Fei, Wang Lanying, Qilang, Balang, Yue Yun and other leading foot soldiers were killed.

Wu Yong saw that he was about to suffer, and hurriedly whispered to Song Jiang: "Brother retreat quickly, today we have been defeated, if we retreat slowly, I am afraid that there will be more luck and less luck, and my brother can let Lu Yuan break off." ”

A trace of unwillingness flashed on Song Jiang's face, but it was only for a moment, and he said: "Please ask Lu Yuanwai to lead the army and answer all the brothers." ”

Lu Junyi nodded expressionlessly.

Song Jiang bowed to Lu Junyi with a serious face and said, "Song Jiang is here to thank you. "With that, lead the army back.

And not far in front of Song Jiang and others, the front army rushed into chaos with the Chinese army, people stepped on horses and trampled on this chaos, what formation, what morale was gone, and it was a complete defeat.

In the chaos of the army, the brothers Xie Zhen and Xie Bao were trampled into meat by war horses, Lei Heng was picked by Ma Chao, and Liu Tang was slashed alive by Wang Lanying.

Qin Ming met Pang De, lost the battle, and was captured by Pang De, and Suo Chao, who was already injured, did not run away and was taken by the soldiers.

Balang Yang Yanshun met Yang Zhi, the two of them staggered a big battle, Hachiro found that Yang Zhi made it out to be the Yang family's knife technique, only to know that Yang Zhi was also a member of the Yang family, fingering Yang Zhi scolded the poor people, the old Yang family actually did robbers, Qilang saw from afar that Balang fought Yang Zhi and urged the horse to fight Yang Zhi with Hachiro, Yang Zhi felt ashamed, and had no intention of fighting, and was picked off by Qilang in less than ten rounds, and was also caught.

After Lu Junyi led Yan Qing, Yang Xiong, and Shi Xiu to break off, he faced Yue Fei. Lu Junyi fought Yue Pengju, Yan Qing, Yang Xiong, and Shi Xiu fought with Tang Huai, Zhang Xian, and Wang Gui, Niu Gao and Zhang Xian came from behind, and Zhang Xian captured Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu. Seeing this, Yan Qing urgently persuaded Lu Junyi to retreat quickly, but Lu Junyi did not dare to fight and broke through with Yan Qing.

Wang Lanying slashed Liu Tang with a knife, and was leading the sword and shield soldiers to chase after him, just met Xu Ning with the hook and sickle soldiers, the two sides had a big battle, and the hook and sickle soldiers were all wiped out, Wang Lanying saw that his sword and shield soldiers broke dozens of people, and she was very distressed, and after a knife slashed Liu Tang, she split Xu Ning again.

Xu Ning is one of the people that Zhao Ming likes, and the hook and sickle soldiers have some role in the army, and Zhao Ming wants to keep him. But what Lord Wu said about trying to show mercy to his subordinates is useless to Wang Lanying's aunt, basically seeing who to chop whom.

After the war, Zhao Mingyi counted the five leaders of Liangshan, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, Lei Heng, Liu Tang, and Xu Ning. Yang Zhi, Qin Ming, Suo Chao, Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, and Li Kui were captured.

In just one battle, the 108 leaders of Liangshan lost almost one-tenth, including Qin Ming, Li Kui, Suo Chao, and Xu Ning, who were very capable of fighting, and the soldiers and horses lost more than 10,000 soldiers, and the two special troops of "Serial Horse" and "Hook and Sickle Soldiers" were also lost.

Song Jiang saw that the losses were so heavy, so he had the intention of retreating, but he had broken so many brothers, if he retreated, he was afraid that it would be difficult to explain to the brothers. And he also has some worries about Tie Niu Li Kui in his heart.

At this moment, he secretly regretted in his heart, he shouldn't have listened to Wu Yong's hasty dispatch of troops.

In the big tent, Song Jiang said sadly: "Since we went down the mountain, we have never suffered today's defeat, all the brothers were killed, Song Jiang felt ashamed, at this moment Song Jiang was flustered, lost his square inch, I don't know if the brothers have a countermeasure?" ”

Everyone was speechless for a while, and Wu Yong said when he saw this: "Our army's defeat today is because we don't understand the benefits of the Longxi cavalry, there is such a cavalry in the Longxi army, and our army is difficult to win." ”

Song Jiang smiled bitterly: "If that's the case, I'll have to go back to Liangshan first, and then think about it in the long run." ”

Wu Yong said with a smile: "Brother doesn't need to be like this, then the Martial King is not three-headed and six-armed, there are two strategies for my brother to use." ”

Song Jiang's eyes lit up: "Jialiang already has a countermeasure?" ”

Wu Yong nodded: "If you want to break today's situation, you can start from two aspects, one is to find a way to make King Wu retreat; The other is to find a way to transfer King Wu's cavalry, King Wu has no cavalry, and our army will have a chance to win. ”

Song Jiang asked, "How should I act?" ”

Wu Yong said: "The first strategy, the Longxi army is far away, and there are many unfamiliar county guards in various places, and my brother can make people pretend to be the Longxi army to loot villages and towns, so that once the court hears that the Longxi army is a disaster, it will definitely not be able to spare this young martial king." Wu Wangxin fought all over the world back then, and there were so many people who offended, and there must be many people in the court who wanted to find an excuse to deal with King Wu, and I Liangshan gave them this excuse. In addition, we also caused people to spread rumors everywhere, saying that Wu Wang Ming made friends with henchmen everywhere in Henan and Yan'er Prefecture, recruited troops and horses, and had bad intentions. ”

Poisonous scheme, the hearts of the people here are cold, this scholar's heart is really ruthless.

Wu Yong continued: "The second strategy, my brother can send the general to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack Fanxian and Dongping, and force King Nawu to divide the cavalry to rescue Fanxian and Dongping, and our army will take this opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Longxi army, first defeat the Longxi infantry soldiers, and then ambush the cavalry on the road to help, which can ensure victory." ”

After speaking, he arched his hand and said: "These two strategies can be carried out at the same time, or you can choose one of them, and only the elder brother decides." ”

Song Jiang lowered his head and thought about it, frankly speaking, after today's battle, he was really a little afraid of fighting with the Longxi army. For the first strategy, he is still a little nervous.

Song Jiang was thinking about it, when suddenly a person got up and said, "Brother can choose the second strategy, as for the first strategy, it is absolutely impossible." ”

Everyone looked up and saw that it was another military advisor in the army, "Shenji Military Division" Zhu Wu.

This Zhu Wu was a little at odds with Wu Yong on weekdays, and when he got up to oppose it at this moment, everyone was not surprised, but they were a little curious about his reasons, so they asked: "I don't know why Brother Zhu Wu said that?" ”

Zhu Wu Zhengse said: "Dare to ask my brother if he really wants to have a mortal enmity with the Nawu Palace, and not share the sky?" ”

Song Jiang didn't speak, but Wang Ying next to him jumped up, he was short himself, and at this moment he jumped and stood on the stool and shouted: "That Martial King has harmed several of my brothers in Liangshan today, and they have long been out of the same day, what does Brother Zhu Wu mean by this?" Is there still room for us to turn back with the Martial King? ”

Song Jiang understood what Zhu Wu meant, if he said that if he used Wu's first strategy, whether it succeeded or failed, Liangshan and Wuwangfu would be mortal enemies, so ruining the reputation of Wuwangfu, even if Liangshan did not trouble Wuwangfu in the future, Wuwangfu would never let them go.

However, thinking about the status of the former martial king Zhao Xin in the government and the opposition, Song Jiang felt a little chill in his heart, his ambition was to do something in the imperial court, if he became a mortal enemy with the martial palace today, he would find a back account in the martial palace, I am afraid it would be difficult to be good.

Thinking of this, Song Jiang Zhengse said: "Although we are at war with King Wu, the reputation of King Wu's Mansion has always been admired, even if I Liangshan hates King Wu again, I will never be able to do this thing that ruins the reputation of loyalty." I have decided to use the second set of strategies of Jia Liang, first transfer the Longxi cavalry, and then fight a decisive battle with King Wu to save the brothers. ”

In the Longxi camp, Zhao Ming looked at the six captives in front of him, and felt a little unhappy, one was because Xu Ning was split by Wang Lanying, and the other was because Li Kui was too capable of calling.

Forget it, let's split it, in front of the two armies, how dangerous the sword light and sword shadow are, you can't force the generals not to hurt the enemy generals, he won't give such an order if his brain doesn't get into the water.

As for Li Kui, Zhao Ming scanned the data of the six people and said, "Come on, drag this black guy down and pour chili pepper water until you beg for mercy." ”