Volume 3: Building the Foundation Chapter 75: Breaking the Thief
Outnumbered, there must be brave generals to open the way. Under the twilight of the battlefield, life is like an ant.
After several rounds of hedging, Wei Chigong turned his horse and went straight forward, and captured the enemy general alive.
"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! ”
Gao Si crossed the sword, and the hundred horses broke the enemy, so that the remnants of the Hu cavalry fled in embarrassment.
Wang Boren gathered the war horses and settled the soldiers, and he couldn't get enough of it.
"Are you Zhang Jincheng's subordinate? How did you come here, bad grandfathers, big things. Seeing the high-character general flag unfurled in front of him, Wang Boren couldn't help it anymore, opened his mouth to speak, and interrogated the captured thief general on the horse.
"Knowing my brother's name, you won't let me go?" The captive man was as strong as a bear, and he was still unconvinced, and he had become a captive, but he did not answer the other party's questions, and he screamed arrogantly.
Gao Si laughed, and suddenly said: "It's just a thief who has suffered a defeat and fled south, and he dares to be rampant, and he won't recruit me from the truth!" ”
"I'm Zhang Jinshu, and I'm the first to explore the way on behalf of my brother. How do you know that we have suffered defeat, aren't we in the same group as Su Lie's kid? The thief who was tied up and dragged behind the horse was shocked, obviously frightened by an official general named Su Lie, and became a frightened bird, and his arrogant spirit disappeared in an instant.
Gao Si found from Wangqi that although the thief army was strong, it had the appearance of collapse, indicating that it had been defeated by the official army not long ago.
He didn't want to talk much about this bastard, so he only snorted coldly and said, "Press it down first and keep it for tomorrow's sacrifice flag." He ordered the army to set up camp to prevent the attack of the thief army. ”
Seeing that the lord saw at a glance that the thief army was defeated and fled, Wang Boren snorted lightly, and his killing intent was great at this thief who came from afar.
The group soon came to the gate of the camp, and the sentry had already received the news, opened the gate of the village, and Gao Si and others welcomed them into the city.
The camp was already well arranged, with two teams of soldiers patrolling on both sides to maintain order, and the soldiers were silent, but the city was murderous.
In this formation, as long as there are a few battles, those who survive will become elites.
Seeing this, he has been happy and angry, and a smile appeared on his face. I was a little satisfied with Han Shi'e's adaptability and the results of the army's training.
"Summoning the generals!"
What Gao Si didn't know was that when he was looking at the strategy for using troops, Zhang Jincheng in the enemy general's camp was also losing his temper and beheaded all the knights who fled back.
This is a different means of driving the crowd.
The wolf is tyrannical and vicious, and sometimes even his own kind will be killed.
For Zhang Jin, the defeat was nothing more than a dinner that was about to become a ration, and it was not worth mentioning.
Heroes are born in troubled times, and devils are also born.
Zhang Jin said that when he was young, he made a living by selling smuggled salt. and long, and joined the ringing horse.
The career of licking blood from the knife edge has cultivated a good martial arts and a cold heart.
When smuggling outside the customs, he learned the tactics of the Hu cavalry. After raising troops in Shandong, he was defeated in a row, and he was famous, and he did not suffer defeat until Zhang Xutuo appeared.
Since escaping to Hebei, with his ruthlessness, he quickly pulled up the team again, Liankezhou County, life and death, and it was very comfortable.
He eats meat day and night, and is a bridegroom every night.
It's a pity that his violence eventually provoked a young hero.
Yongsu Yuanjing of Hebei Township sent troops and sent his son Su Lie into battle. Su Lie, the word is fixed, he is good at using white horses and silver spears, and three thousand iron horsemen raid in the dark, moving like thunder, and under the first battle, 50,000 thieves are killed.
Zhang Jin said that he had to flee all the way south, looting along the way, and only then did he recover six or seven percent of his troops.
"It's good to come! Just when I was worried that there was no place to start, there were two-legged sheep sent to the door. Tomorrow, their leaders will be destroyed, and the brothers will eat meat and drink wine in large bowls! ”
After getting angry, Zhang Jin said that he would be busy next, and if he didn't pay attention to the war, he would lose his head.
In addition to attacking, it is also important to prevent the opponent from attacking at night. sent two battalions of veterans to guard the door, and then called a snatched woman to indulge.
Before the war, in addition to being cautious, it is also necessary to relax appropriately.
Zhang Jin said that he was also familiar with this, and after venting on the woman, he fell asleep with a big knife on his pillow to prepare for the next day's battle.
In the eleventh year of the great cause, April 19, the great murderer should be killed.
The decisive battle between Gao and Zhang is scheduled to start on this day.
On this day, both sides lined up separately. In this battle, for the six or seven men and horses of the Gao Si Department to survive the battle, as soon as they came out of the mountain, they encountered the fierce and vicious thief Zhang Jincheng, which can be described as a bad year.
Zhang Jin said that there were 10,000 elites in his department, and 20,000 Ding Zhuang cannon fodder who had been captured and brought in, and he was quite arrogant.
On this day, the entire Yecheng area was completely lively with the roar of war drums.
Under the mobilization of soldiers and horses, a faction between heaven and earth was slaughtered.
The Qizi Qinglong Tooth Flag fluttered, and Gao Si sat in the big tent, counting the soldiers according to the sword.
"Han Shi'e, Wang Boren, and you each led an army, guarded the left and right camps, and prevented the enemy from breaking through.
He Huailiang, Hu Sizheng, and you each brought a battalion of men and horses, and followed me to sit in the Chinese army and guard the camp.
Wei Chigong, you will lead the cavalry to the rear of the thief army as the main general, and when you see the fire, you will break through the formation and attack back and forth.
Liuzhuang, Chang He, Mai Mengcai, Mai Zhongcai, Mai Jicai supplemented, there must be no mistakes! ”
"Yes!"
A group of generals responded to the order and left to prepare. Although he was facing bandits, the atmosphere of the first battle was very serious.
Wei Chigong led 800 cavalry to flee and drive straight away, among which the centurions were all fierce generals, only waiting for the critical moment to launch a surprise attack and break the enemy in one fell swoop.
Since ancient times, the soldiers have fought fiercely, and the army will be broken and killed if one order is lost.
There is a saying that a group of five people, ten people into a team, a team of 100 people, and a thousand people for a camp. This cold weapon battle is mostly based on flags and war drums, so the commander's banner and the bravery of the generals are often very important.
At this time, in the war, the rebels mostly used the tactics of crowds, charging in waves, and finally exaggerating the enemy's morale and defeating the opponent. Zhang Jin said that he had fought against the official army many times, and now he came up with offensive methods to use the newly captured cannon fodder in front, and the elite thieves of the old battalion were delayed, waiting to completely defeat the opposing team.
After Gao Si finished arranging, he said to Peng Shishi: "Press the house yesterday to sacrifice the flag!" ”
Peng Shiyue: "Haole." ”
Someone brought Zhang Jinshu up, and when the knife fell, a good head fell to the ground.
Peng Shi carried the head of the thief, came to the front of the formation, and shouted: "If you are not afraid of death, come, grandpa is waiting for you!" ”
"Attack!" Zhang Jin said that he was furious, ordered angrily, and yelled at a thief cronie beside him.
"Spread the words of Lao Tzu, charge the immortal three times, and allow him to enter the old camp."
Whoop - The thieves who hit the vanguard cheered one after another, each wielding a single knife to rush forward with death.
Ordinary thieves only have two meals a day, and they are still porridge with dried vegetables. The old camp had meat, rice, and robbed women to eat.
Human nature conforms to the herd, and some people may not be able to bear it at first, but with the tempering of the fights, most of the original good people have also become violent, and they are looking forward to entering the old camp to enjoy it.
Today's head is still there, and tomorrow I don't know where the bones are buried, so many thieves are very crazy, this is the struggle before death, the saddest.
Gao Si's Qi army was very different.
The main generals under his command are all from the family of generals, or the official army, and they adopt the combat habit of the Sui army to fight in formation. After a year and a half of accumulation, he practiced every day and built armor equipment, in order to be able to fight with the officers and soldiers in the coming days.
Although it has not experienced the baptism of war, it already has the shadow of a strong army.
Gao Si's face remained unchanged, but in the eyes of others around him, he was a general.
In the word of mouth of the soldiers below, it is the chief general of his own family who beheaded the generalissimo of the imperial court in the army of ten thousand troops, Yu Wenshu, what are the skills of a few thieves?
This kind of trust in the main general has also formed a kind of psychological advantage, and the morale from top to bottom is quite high.
Seeing the thieves screaming and charging, the pieces of swords shining, and the fierce aura that came to their faces made the faint of heart shake, but they couldn't bear it anymore.
Gao Si's face was not shocked, and he raised his sword and shouted: "First team, release arrows!" ”
Swing the flag, and the prepared archers step forward, bend their bows and arrows, and throw them forward.
Boom and Boom - Arrows fell like rain, instantly bringing up large areas of blood rain and miserable howls, although the thieves had hundreds of casualties, but the impact momentum did not stop, and continued to crash towards the camp.
One husband is desperate, ten people are not appropriate! Now these desperate hungry people, driven by the thieves, burst out with amazing courage and fought bravely.
"Second team, put! The third team, put! "The Qi army is like a sophisticated machine, as thick as a boulder, lying across the earth, firmly resisting the rush of the main thief army.
The battlefield is like a slowly unfolding picture of purgatory, and those who are in it are either tempered into steel and transcended, or they are refined into ashes.
"Sword and shield hands come forward, form a formation!"
The archers retreated, and the mighty sword and shield hands stepped forward, and soon fought together with the cannon fodder of the rushing thieves.
Puff, puff, the perfect combination of shield and knife, one attack and one defense, plus a group of five people, fought in formation, and soon repelled the first wave of attacks of the thief army.
This is just the beginning, Gao Si does not dare to be careless, the real test is still to come.
"Damn officers and soldiers again!" Zhang Jin said that he roared loudly, and this method of warfare was his most hated opponent.
"Continue to rush forward for the master, cut down all the escapees, and send another 5,000 people immediately, even if you fill it with heads, you will also level this group of officers and troops for Lao Tzu!"
"Order!" You Heizi took the old thief in the prison array, went up and cut down, and slaughtered the hundreds of people who fled.
Then he ordered people to shout: "Defeat the camp of officers and soldiers, and everyone eats meat." If you can't beat it, those who retreat will die! ”
Eat meat or cut off heads?
In desperation, the new army of 5,000 thieves rushed over with even more frenzied momentum.
"What a mad dog, damn it, damn it!" Gao Si said to Zhang Jin that he had a killing machine, and today he had to end up with this thief.
Beat the drums!
Knock knock, the long-lost Emperor Breaking Formation drum sounded, and the morale of the soldiers was boosted.
Then, it was still a bow and arrow, a big knife slash, and so on.
Husband war, courage also. One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion.
Zhang Jin said that although he didn't know the art of war, he also had the ability to make up my battlefield without a teacher.
After five consecutive rounds of onslaught, most of the 20,000 Ding Zhuang were killed and wounded, and they could no longer gather the momentum to attack.
You Heizi was still waiting to be killed again, but was stopped by Zhang Jincheng, and scolded with a smile: "Enough, you fucking kill again, where do we replenish the old camp manpower?" ”
"Yes, the boss is right." You Heizi smiled.
"Brothers, the officers and soldiers are tired, it's time for us to go. Break the officers and soldiers, eat meat and rob women. Kill—"
Zhang Jin raised his sword and roared, as if the wolf king appeared, giving birth to an irrepressible ferocious intention, urging the last of the more than 10,000 old thieves to rush to the opposite Qi army camp with a roar.
The opportunity for a decisive battle has finally come.
Wang Boren ordered to push open the gate of the village and led the left battalion to kill first.
Seeing this, Han Shi'e also urged his soldiers and horses to take the initiative to meet the thief army and strike first.
These two generals coincidentally chose to attack against the trend, just to curb the momentum of the thief army.
After the Chinese army noticed the changes in the battlefield, Gao Si also fought out with a large army and collided with the thief army head-on.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The two flags of Gao and Qi followed the pace of the main general, and they moved forward firmly.
When-the sword cut off the two thieves' long knives again, and Gao Si rose up bravely and continued to slash and kill.
"Lord, light the wolf smoke and call for reinforcements!" Peng Shishi shouted despite the blood stains on his face.
Gao Si stared at it for a moment, and flatly refused: "The thief army is not tired yet, wait a little longer." Seeing that his family members around him couldn't stop retreating, he couldn't help but say angrily: "I call myself a hero on weekdays, why do you become a coward on the battlefield?" ”
Peng Shi received this blow, roared, drew his sword and rushed forward, and in an instant, his thin body burst out with amazing strength, slashing twelve thieves in a row, breaking the enemy's edge.
"Broken thief!" The youngsters are brave and make others excited.
Wang Boren and Han Shi'e also shouted fiercely in no particular order, and commanded their subordinates to fight desperately.
Zhang Jin said that the horses rushed several times, but they could not completely defeat the official army, so they had to temporarily retreat and regroup.
"The thieves are tired." Gao Si saw it clearly, and immediately ordered: "Light the wolf smoke!" ”
Light the wolf smoke! Everyone shouted in unison, and the last remaining sentry of the battalion immediately ignited wolf smoke when they heard the news.
Seeing this, the five hundred cavalry who had already gone around to the rear of the thief army shouted: "Erlangmen, follow me!" ”
Soon, the dust rose behind the thief army, and there was a faint sound of horses' hooves, and the killer weapon prepared by Gao Si finally appeared.
Woo woo - the iron cavalry column Zhang, like a war hammer from the rear of the thief army brutally smashed, two assaults rushed the thief army to pieces, scattered and fled.