Chapter 36: Counterattack of the Cavalry
Shi Heng was stunned by the cavalry rushing in, in this stunned kung fu, the cavalry had rushed behind the team, the Ming army had already begun to resist the enemy, but most of them still did not react, so the hundred or so people in the encirclement and the four or five hundred cavalry outside the encirclement should join in, and jointly tore apart the encirclement, and the soldiers would fight one family, and for a time the soldiers of the five military battalions who were several times more than themselves rushed and fled.
Shi Heng saw that these people were far more terrible than those Mongolian cavalry, and for a while there was a feeling that he was going to die today, a cavalry rushed to Shi Heng, Shi Heng was a military general after all, although he knew that he might not be invincible, but he was unwilling to admit defeat, he would rather die on the battlefield and see the enemy come to the left and right to draw a knife and cut it, the man also held a big knife and saw Shi Heng raise his knife to cut and hurriedly use the knife to hold it, and then raised his foot and kicked the neck of the war horse that Shi Heng was sitting on, Shi Heng was shocked by the strong force and leaned back, Just wanted to stabilize his body and then the war horse fell to the ground by the force of this kick, Shi Heng fell heavily to the ground, his left leg was pressed by the war horse and couldn't move for a while, the knight swung his knife and slashed at Shi Heng's head, Shi Heng closed his eyes and shouted: "My life is over." ”
A mace giant stick was horizontal in front of Shi Heng, blocking the sachet that was cut down, the mace went around in a circle and then took the saber out with a strong swing, and then swept towards the cavalry, the cavalry hurriedly turned the horse and wanted to escape, but was hit by the mace strongly, the person flew out of the horse at once, fell to the ground and sprayed a few mouthfuls of blood, and the body was also hit by the spikes on the mace and bloodied, both inside and outside, and I saw that there was no air intake. Shi Heng raised his eyes and saw that it was Mr. Shi's fifth apprentice, Du Hai.
Qin Rufeng saw that the soldiers were panicked and responded to the enemy, and saw that they were about to be dispersed and defeated, so he raised his head to the sky and shouted: "All the soldiers obey the order, and the cavalry will follow me and attack head-on." The Ming army saw that someone finally gave orders, so they stabilized their minds, and the cavalry gathered beside Qin Rufeng, and during the months of marching, they saw the strength of the people in the middle of the world, and the same martial arts naturally admired the strong, Qin Rufeng's arrow before setting off was also deeply engraved into the hearts of each sergeant, so the Ming cavalry obeyed Qin Rufeng's arrangement and lined up behind Qin Rufeng.
Qin Rufeng shouted a few times, and said to the more than 2,000 cavalry assembled: "It is inevitable to stand today, are you willing to let others slaughter or defeat them, surrender or fight?" More than 2,000 people shouted in unison: "Fight, fight!" "For a while, the shouts resounded like thunder." Well, we have the advantage in numbers, and we will win the battle and kill them all! Qin Rufeng was still boosting morale, and when the soldiers heard Qin Rufeng's encouragement, they suddenly felt less panicked in their hearts, and the sound of killing suddenly rose for a while. Qin Rufeng drew his sword and pointed forward and shouted, "Kill!" ”
The cavalry charged out and engaged the enemy cavalry in a group. The rest of the people gathered the scattered soldiers, Qu Xiangtian called a partial general, and asked him to gather the infantry and raise the big shields in a line, the spearmen were behind, and the crossbowmen were lined up behind the spearmen, so that Qin Rufeng watched the enemy sweep the formation in this formation, and watched Qin Rufeng quickly pull up his morale to counterattack the opponent's cavalry and stand together, he couldn't help but nod again and again and said: "Second brother and third brother, this Qin Rufeng is a general." Lu Yunzhi's clothes had already been stained red with blood, and he couldn't help but nod and said when he looked at Qin Rufeng, who was rushing forward, and said, "Big brother, should we come forward to help, Senior Brother Du Hai has charged into battle with Qin Rufeng." Fang Qingze was also covered in blood, and at this time, he was so uncomfortable that he had already taken it off, and he was shirtless in this cold night, but there were bursts of heat on his body, and the fight just now had already made him sweat profusely, and at this moment he said: "That's it, eldest brother, the third brother is right, why let Qin Rufeng, this kid take the limelight, let's also go forward and fight, we can be superior in numbers compared to them." ”
Qu Xiangtian laughed and said: "Of course, it's good to be a hot-blooded man like Qin Rufeng, but I always feel that there is still a soldier and horse ambushing again, let's wait." No hurry, no hurry. Besides, the number of the other party is less than ours, but in all fairness, their martial arts skills are not inferior to ours, although we have an advantage in numbers, we have no advantage, we only have more than 40 people in the Zhongzheng lineage, but they have more than 600 people and have such kung fu, who are these people? With such a force of troops and horses for me to send, I will be invincible. As soon as the words fell, I saw Han Yueqiu, Xie Qi, Xie Li walking with Mr. Shi, Shi Heng followed behind the four of them, and was supported by two sergeants, although there was no fatal injury, but the left leg seemed to be fractured, and he couldn't walk for a while, so he had to jump and jump to follow. Qu Xiangtian saw these five people and hurriedly said, "Please General Shi command the mobilization of troops and horses." ”
In the past half a year or so, Shi Heng has been calling brothers and sisters to rough people such as Qu Xiangtian, Qin Rufeng, Du Hai, etc., and said at this moment: "Brother Qu, I'm afraid I can't get on the horse to command, so you should come." In fact, this is just an excuse for Shi Heng, his wishful thinking is like this, he knows that Qu Xiangtian is more proficient in the art of war than himself, and he knows the way of leading troops better, so he is much more reliable than himself. More reasons are that if the battle is defeated, the guilt of poor command can also be pushed to Qu Xiangtian, although the guilt is inevitable, at least he will not be sentenced to death, and it will be much safer to sit with him, as for the so-called inability to command on horseback, it is definitely an excuse, if this is the case, Sun Bin, a person who has been tortured, will not become a famous military strategist. Qu Xiangtian certainly understood what Shi Heng thought, but there was a raging fire in his heart, and he knew that the long-awaited moment of being in charge of the army was coming, and whether he was a soldier on paper or proficient in the art of war could be seen at this moment.
Although he thought so in his heart, he still said modestly: "I don't dare to go down, I still hope that the master will preside over the overall situation." Mr. Shi shook his head and looked at Qu Xiangtian with a smile, as if he had seen through his thoughts, Qu Xiangtian couldn't help but feel nervous, and hurriedly lowered his head. Han Yueqiu said coldly: "Since Master asked you to come, you can come, don't be polite, several of us are not as good as you in the study of the art of war." Fang Qingze heard Han Yueqiu's words and muttered, "Finally said something human." "Han Yueqiu's popularity in the Zhongzheng line is extremely poor, in fact, there is no way to be conscientious as the big housekeeper who controls the Zhongzheng lineage, and it is normal to be complained about. Hearing Fang Qingze's muttering, Han Yueqiu pretended not to hear it, and generally looked at Qin Rufeng, who was fighting in front of him.
Qu Xiangtian bent over and saluted and said, "Since the master and brother are all recommended below, then I might as well be respectful." All the soldiers obeyed the order and strictly guarded against it, and they were not allowed to attack without my order. Where are the scouts? More than 30 people ran out of the team, knelt down on one knee and replied, "Yes!" Qu Xiangtian saw the scout ordered: "Patrol the surroundings, and report immediately if you see something wrong." "Yes!" The scouts replied, then stooped, lowered and scattered, reconnoitring behind the surrounding hillsides.