Chapter 101 Yelang Wanlidao-11
"Xianggong Yue has led his troops out of battle!"
In the camp of the Song army, the soldiers 'exchanged' heads and ears. The soldiers on duty stretched their necks and looked in the direction of the Zhenguo army barracks, only to see the flags shaking, the war horses galloping, and soon, a group of Zhenguo troops came out of the camp one after another, divided into left, middle and right three formations. The Xuanfeng battalion was under the command of Dong Xian's troops as the left wing, Yue Fei led the Chinese army from his own array, and the Zhongyi battalion was under the command of Niu Gao and led his troops as the right wing.
After Cao Di heard the news, he hurriedly took the generals to the stage to watch, the Yuejia army had all left the camp, the war drums were thundering, the Zhubu military camp was lined up into more than 20 phalanxes, the flags were waved in front of the formation, the officers shouted the order, and a team of musketeers, long-handled axemen, and crossbowmen were forming a team. The battlefield is flat, the field of vision is broad, the movement of the Song army aroused the vigilance of the Liao army on the opposite side, and it didn't take long for a team of Khitan cavalry to come out, and the large array of the Zhenguo army was in the form of a confrontation between the east and the west. Although the camp of the Liao army was not as strong as that of the Song army, it covered an extremely wide area and the camp tents were endless, making it difficult to 'feel' the truth and reality. Behind the camp of the Liao army, there were also bursts of horses' hooves, and puffs of smoke and dust rose into the sky, and it was obvious that a large group of cavalry was galloping forward.
"Han Xianggong has gained some strength after the division, and there are only more than 20,000 people under the command of Yue Xianggong," Cao Gu frowned, "There are more than 100,000 Khitan cavalry on the opposite side, and Yelu Dashi is personally in charge, he actually wants to outnumber?" Did he really think that this would make our army go into battle? ”
At this time, Yue Fei's Chinese army order flag waved, and hundreds of cavalry galloped out from behind the infantry array, lined up in front of the large array, and after a short pause, they launched a charge against the Liao army. There were tens of thousands of Khitan cavalry on the front alone, and under the disparity in numbers, the charge of these hundreds of Song cavalry rushed towards the huge reef shore like a small 'wave' and 'flower'. The generals of the Song army who were watching the battle couldn't help but take a breath in unison, although they belonged to other armies, they were still worried about the cavalry that rushed into battle. Only the cavalry commander Ma Duan praised loyally: "Good horse." "The Xijing battalion buys war horses from the Xia State every year, Ma Duzhong recognized at a glance, the mounts of these cavalry are all high-quality Hexi good horses, and the Khitan cavalry on the opposite side is also 'commotion', under the command of the banner, more than 1,000 Khitan cavalry beat horses out, and they are attacking against attacking. The battlefield was dusty, and the two sides lowered their bodies, pushing the speed of the war horses to the fastest, and before they were about to engage, the formation of the Song cavalry suddenly retracted, and the frontal width was reduced by more than half in a very short distance.
"Beautiful!" Ma Duzhong praised it, and the people next to him glanced at him, but he said more, "Good riding skills." ”
The Khitan cavalry on the opposite side was a little caught off guard, after a few breaths, the horses of both sides 'intertwined', the war horses neighed in the dust, in a very short period of time, countless figures waved their blades to fight bloodily, often in an instant, life and death, and the next moment, is a battle of life and death. The two armies 'clashed' for only a short time, and each penetrated the opponent's men. The center of the battlefield was filled with smoke and dust, and after the cavalry on both sides ran out, Cao Di's eyes were cold, and he saw that the formation of the Khitan cavalry was obviously scattered and 'chaotic', and he obviously suffered a big loss. The hundreds of cavalry of the Zhenguo Army changed from a one-word goose marching formation when they launched a charge to a sharp arrow formation. A white-robed general took the lead with an iron spear, and the cavalry behind him was close together, and even the speed of the war horse did not slow down much.
The Khitan cavalry shouted loudly, ready to circle the war horse and fight again, but the Song cavalry ignored it, and rushed towards the Liao army camp in front of the tens of thousands of cavalry, the momentum was so strong, the Khitan cavalry on the opposite side was a 'chaos' and 'chaos', just now after the 1,000-person team came out of the formation, the 1,000-person team had just made up, and the mount had not yet gained a firm foothold, so it ushered in an extremely fierce battle, and the Khitan cavalry was panicked and unbearably Draw out the scimitar, the war horse has not been urged, the oncoming Song cavalry has been killed, these cavalry more than the big gun, the big gun is more than the Khitan cavalry's scimitar, riding spear more than a cut. And the first to charge the battle of the general is particularly remarkable, the blade of its big gun behind the blade is not the ordinary red and white tassels, but a spiked round iron vertebrae, when the big gun is waved, the heavy iron vertebrae make the body of the spear bend like a bow, but soon rebound back, even if the opposite Khitan cavalry is wearing armor, it is either dead or injured when touched by this iron vertebral spear. This person is as brave as this, and the Song generals who watched the battle have paid attention, even though they are two miles away, they still seem to hear the sound of "crackling", "crackling" and bursting brains. The Song cavalry had a tiger general as the tip of the spear, and soon penetrated the unprepared Khitan thousand-man team and continued to kill in the depths of the Liao army's camp.
At this time, the entire Liao army's front was 'commotion', and some cavalry generals didn't even wait for the military order, 'draw' their scimitars, and shouted loudly that their subordinates were ready to return to their horses to deal with the Song cavalry who kicked the camp. With the wave of the flag, groups of Khitan cavalry came out from the depths of the camp, but the Liao army's camp was wide, especially conducive to the galloping of the cavalry, and the speed of the cavalry of the Song army had risen, so it was easy to intercept. Under the guidance of that general, the cavalry of the Song army reversed the style of rushing and killing just now, seized the gap in the Liao camp and rushed left and right, like a loach to avoid fighting with the Liao cavalry, and kicked off a lot of fictitious camp tents along the way, some of the Liao army camp tents were covered under the camp, some Xi army foot soldiers went to the camp to defend, and even some gunners were so nervous that they lifted their gun jackets. Seeing that there were more and more Khitan cavalry chasing and intercepting at the end, just when Ma Qianzhong and other generals watching the battle were sweating, when there was no room for it, the cavalry general of the Zhenguo Army led his troops to rush out from a gap between the Liao army camp and the Khitan cavalry.
"There is such a tiger general under Yue Fei's tent!" Cao Di praised, his eyes flashed, and he turned his head sideways and asked, "Who is this person?" ”
"It seems to be," Staff Officer Wei Chengji took a step forward and said in a low voice, "It seems that it is Yue Yun, the eldest son of Yue Xianggong, who leads the army to break the enemy. "Wei Chengji is Cao Di's think tank, and he has paid attention to the generals of Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, and Zhao Xingde, and the other generals have heard of Yue Yun's name for the first time. Only Cao Di's eldest son Cao Gu was displeased, and said in a low voice: "'Winning officials' is probably a word of praise, every time the Zhenguo Army reports its merits, the Prime Minister's Mansion reports the world with its residence, and often hears the names of Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, Dong Xian, Yang Zaixing, and Niu Gao, but this Yue Yun has never heard of it." ”
"Oh?" Cao Di's face sank, he glanced at Cao Gu, turned his gaze to Wei Chengji, and asked, "Why is this?" ”
Wei Chengji hesitated for a moment, looked at Cao Gu, and then at Cao Di. Cao Gu stared at him, Cao Di's face was 'pale' and 'gloomy', and when he asked, his eyes were still looking at the battlefield. Wei Chengji didn't dare to hide it, and said cautiously: "I heard that Yue Xianggong governs the army, and he doesn't 'want' people to think that he is partial to his son, and he is especially strict with Yue Yun. And every time Yue Yun made military merits and presented them to Yue Xianggong, Yue Xianggong wrote them off and did not report them, so he used Yue Yun to make many meritorious contributions, and he is still just a cavalry battalion commander. Although his voice was small, even the generals around him could hear it clearly, and he said in his heart: "I see." "Cao Gu's face became more and more blue, and in the end, he didn't look at Wei Chengji, his eyes stared at Yue Yun on the battlefield. Hundreds of cavalry Song troops kicked back from the camp, and less than half of them were lost. Yue Yun's white robe was all blood-colored, and he carried an enemy head on the iron spear, and made two trips back and forth in front of the Zhenguo Army's large array. The whole Zhenguo army cheered, and even the soldiers on the side of the Xijing camp spontaneously cheered loudly.
"Alas-" Cao Di suddenly sighed and said in a low voice, "Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou." ”
"Father!" Cao Gu's face was pale, and he said loudly, "Please let me lead the army to battle, if I don't defeat Liaokou, I would rather engage in military law!" "He couldn't hold back any longer and 'stood up'. Cao Di's gaze fell on him, and Cao Gu only felt that the anger in his 'chest' was even worse, and asked for his life again: "Please allow me to fight!" He lowered his head, his eyes as if they were about to burst into flames.
All the generals looked at Cao Di, and the Xijing camp was the most well-preserved among the camps of the Great Song Dynasty. As a martial artist, if you don't have the heart to jump and 'want' to try, it is also a lie. "The last general is willing to go out with the eldest prince!" Ma Duzhong came out of the ranks. Although the eldest prince Cao Gu is allowed to be martial arts, he does not have the courage of treating thousands of troops and horses as if he was nothing, and Ma Quanzhong is a brave general under Cao Di's account, saying that he went out with the eldest prince, but in fact, it was a round for Cao Gu. Staff Officer Wei Chengji looked at this scene nervously. The air seemed to freeze all at once.
Cao Di was silent, looking at the front of the battlefield, the flag officer of the Zhenguo Army was shuttling back and forth between the various phalanxes, and soon after, the large formation of the infantry army moved, and the fire battalion was slowly pressed up, pointing directly to the direction of the Liao army's fortification. Obviously, after testing the reality of the Liao army's camp, the Zhenguo army prepared to storm the Liao army's artillery fortress. The plains in this area are open, there is no danger to defend, the two armies are 'engaged', if the Liao army is captured by the Zhenguo army, it will be difficult for this large battalion to hold.
"Yue Shumi's self-invitation is the front line, and our army is the back line. When marching and fighting, the first heavy queue is tight, and you must not 'mess up'. Cao Di's face was uncertain, and he didn't look at the second general who leaned over to ask for battle, and said slowly, "Pass on my military order, Han Zhongyan will lead the rear army to stay in the camp, and the rest of the army will follow me out of the camp and line up!" Ma Qianzhong and Cao Gu straightened up together, Ma Quanzhong's face was excited, Cao Gu's eyes were complicated, and he also went down with the generals to rectify his subordinates and prepare to fight.
"Great Marshal," after the generals retreated, Wei Chengji stepped forward and whispered, "Yue Fei consumes his own vitality, don't we save our minions?" ”
"If Yue Fei and Zhao Xingde both die in battle, I, Cao Di, retreat without a fight, and the army is finished." Cao Di looked at Wei Chengji, his face sank like water, "No one in the world is a fool, and everyone is ...... slowly" He looked outside the tent, "My Cao family has been the 'door' for generations, and in a hundred years, dozens of ancestors have died in the Great Song Dynasty, so I can't leave a stench for 10,000 years because of Cao Di alone." ”
Cao Di's tone was a little gloomy, Wei Chengji seemed to have an understanding, nodded respectfully, and suddenly heard Cao Jieshuai sigh again, "Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou." ”
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