"it, I didn't expect Cui Yu to succeed quite quickly!"

When he saw the thick black smoke column rising outside Chifeng Fort, General Zheng Longfang put down the clairvoyant mirror, and his fat oil face was full of joy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He stood up from the ground, patted the soil on the well-maintained mountain armor on his body, and then ordered Hao Cunde, the captain of the family on the side: "Li Xiao has now been given the head, you immediately send the order, let the whole army quickly enter the fort with the general, and take the Chifeng Fort in one fell swoop!" ”

Hao Cunde, who also had a happy face, responded loudly, and soon, the whole army cheered together, people shouted horses, and then the whole team rushed forward.

Seeing the strength of his subordinates, Zheng Longfang was extremely happy, and it seemed that the first merit of capturing the castle would be captured.

He then thought proudly that Jiang Zun and several other rebel generals who thought that they had betrayed Shangguan and could be promoted to the rank of lord would never have thought that they would let their subordinates kill these rebel generals after using them to capture Chifeng Castle, saving these guys who have no use value, and then they will have to share the credit.

In Zheng Longfang's view, these traitors seeking glory are just a rag that can be thrown away when they run out, and when the time comes, let them go underground to reunite with the dead ghost Li Xiao.

In this raid, Zheng Longfang did not bring firearms, he only brought 500 carefully selected cavalry, 1,500 spearmen, and 1,000 sword and shield soldiers.

Zheng Longfang has his own reasons for doing this.

He believes that since Li Xiao is dead, then Chifeng Fort must be a group of dragons without a leader and a chaos, so his own army must mainly move quickly, so as to take advantage of the weakness as soon as possible to enter and capture the fort city, and kill Li Xiao's army by surprise.

Carrying heavy guns, or guns that are slow to reload and difficult to use, will not only delay the speed of travel, but also delay the effectiveness of the battle. If there is a conflict and riot in Li Xiaojun's army, it is difficult for the firearms troops to come in handy quickly, and it is also difficult to suppress and quell the ****, so it is better to only bring cold weapons troops to make the plan to seize the fort more smoothly.

Zheng Longfang's idea, to be honest, should be more correct if the plan to capture and kill Li Xiao was successfully implemented.

It's just that Zheng Longfang never expected that what was waiting for him was not a peach that was ripe and just waiting for him to pick it, but a carefully arranged trap, waiting for his fat sheep to step on.

This trap is Li Xiao's strategy.

Zheng Longfang was so meritorious that he and 500 cavalrymen galloped on horseback and soon distanced themselves from the infantry behind.

The distance of more than a mile was very close, Zheng Longfang and a group of cavalry soon came to the Yuhua Restaurant outside Chifeng Fort, and he saw from a distance that Cui Yu and a group of people were already standing on the official road outside the hotel and waiting.

"Phew!"

Five steps away from Cui Yu, Zheng Longfang, who was at the forefront of the horse, strangled the horse's hooves.

He was surprised to see that Cui Yu's face was pale, and there seemed to be blood marks on his neck.

"Cui Yu, are you injured?" Zheng Longfang asked.

"General, this is just now Li Xiao and his group of trapped beasts are still fighting, and they were accidentally scratched by their swords, but fortunately, they were only slightly injured and missed the vital point." The muscles on Cui Yu's face trembled, and he replied in a low voice.

Zheng Longfang sighed and asked again, "Then where is Li Xiao's head?" ”

Cui Yu hurriedly signaled to a few strong men who had been silent behind him, and soon, a few bloody heads were thrown in front of Zheng Longfang's horse by those strong men.

"General, this is the head of Li Xiao and his bandit leaders, please take a look."

Zheng Longfang had never seen Li Xiao, he saw these heads of grinning and bloody, and he decided that this was Li Xiao and his gang, and his face was happy at the moment, and he praised Cui Yu loudly: "Cui Yu, you are really good, no wonder Li Junshi praised you for being young and old enough to do things, and today you really achieved this great achievement in capturing and killing the bandit chief." ”

"Thanks to the false praise of the generals, how can you be restrained." Cui Yu squeezed out a smile on his face, but it was more ugly than crying.

Zheng Longfang looked around casually again, but saw that the surrounding shops were all closed, and there were no pedestrians walking around Chifeng Fort in the distance, so he was not suspicious.

Cui Yu seemed to guess Zheng Longfang's doubts, and he hurriedly said: "My lord, just now I fought with Li Xiao and his gang, and these merchants were all frightened, so they closed their doors one after another. The pedestrians and family members in the fort were also scared half to death, so no one dared to walk outside the fort. ”

Zheng Longfang's brows eased slightly, he thought for a while and asked, "The general heard that Li Xiao's soldiers were originally training outside, why didn't they see a single soldier at this time?" ”

"My lord, after we got rid of Li Xiao and his gang, we corrected Li Xiao's order and ordered the whole army to return to the fort to stand by, so all the soldiers outside have been collected and returned to the fort. My lord, please quickly lead the whole army into the fort, and then take over Li Xiao's army, so as not to cause chaos later. Cui Yu lowered his head and said in a trembling voice.

After Cui Yu finished speaking, several strong men behind him knelt on the ground together, and said loudly: "We have already betrayed the lord and killed Li Xiao, and now we are willing to serve the front and lead the way for the adults, and beg Lord Zheng to speed up the army and take over all the key points in the fort, so as not to change later." ”

Zheng Longfang stroked his beard and laughed, the last trace of doubt in his heart was also dispelled, and he made a gesture of support to everyone with a happy face: "Everyone, please get up, wait for it in time, it's all a great achievement." Then please lead the way in front, after taking the fort, Ben will definitely be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and will not be stingy. ”

The strong men thanked in unison, and then, together with Cui Yu, led the way in front, leading Zheng Longfang and 500 cavalry to the south gate of Chifeng Fort.

While marching, Hao Cunde, the captain of the family on the side, said to Zheng Longfang in a low voice: "My lord, in my heart, I always feel that it is easier to capture the city like this, why don't you wait until the infantry arrives and enter the fort together?" ”

Zheng Longfang glanced at him and said disdainfully: "Cunde, you are too careful." And now the gate of this fort is wide open, and there is no movement at all, which shows that Li Xiao's army is still confused. If the thousands of infantry were so loud and noisy, the Li Xiao soldiers who were waiting in the fort would have been nervous, and they would inevitably be suspicious when they saw our army coming in such an uproar. Only by quietly entering the city like this, quickly occupying the gates and towers and other key points, and then taking over its army, is the best policy. ”

Hao Cunde scratched his head, although he always felt uneasy in his heart, he couldn't find the words to refute, so he had to nod and say: "My lord is right, I am really thinking too much." ”

Soon, Zheng Longfang led the cavalry to break through the door.

When Zheng Longfang entered the city, he quickly saw that except for the streets and wells that had been built, all kinds of buildings in the city had not been built, except for the rows of straw houses on the left, and everything else was empty.

In front of him and on the right side, Li Xiao's soldiers, each with a weapon in their hands, stood silently.

Directly in front were two teams of shieldmen, two teams of spearmen, and behind them were a group of heavy cavalry and a team of light cavalry. And on the right, there is a team of shield men, a team of spearmen.

Hey, why did these Li Xiao soldiers who were waiting in the fort faintly feel a murderous aura in them?

A violent uneasiness surged in Zheng Longfang's heart.

The smile on his face froze instantly.

"Phew!"

When the group was about to reach the middle of the main street, Zheng Longfang came over, he hurriedly reined in the horse's hooves, turned his head to look back, but saw that all the cavalry had passed the urn city at the south gate, and only dozens of horsemen had not yet entered the inner city.

He looked in front of him again, and the strong men who led the way had already taken Cui Yu with him, and they were nowhere to be found!

"My lord, the enemy soldiers are cheating, we have been fooled!"

Hao Cunde, the captain of the family on the side, had trembling lips and eyes full of fear.

Zheng Longfang was terrified, and suddenly saw that in front of him, a sturdy knight wearing the silver armor of a white-toothed soldier and riding an extremely handsome black-chested horse with white hooves paced out of the front of the battle.

The knight had a mocking smile on his face, and the stainless steel tiger knife in his hand made a move towards Zheng Longfang, and shouted coldly: "Come, but General Zheng?" ”

"It's Ben General, who is you?" Zheng Longfang's voice trembled, his heart beat like a drum, in this cold weather, his fat face was sweating.

"The last general, Li Xiao, has seen Lord Zheng." The knight on the other side laughed.

Zheng Longfang was shocked, and before he could answer, Li Xiao's face immediately turned hideous, and he shouted loudly: "Zheng Longfang, your whole army has been trapped in my fort, quickly dismount and surrender, but Rao Er will die!" ”

Zheng Longfang was so remorseful that he pulled out the horse's head while drawing his knife and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order and quickly exits the fort!" ”

"Bang!"

With a loud sound that made people's eardrums tremble, Zheng Longfang was horrified to find that at the gate of the Urn City at the south gate, a huge bluestone seemed to fall from the sky and smashed to the ground from the passage of the Moon City, completely blocking Zheng Longfang's escape path!

"Into his mother, Li Xiao, who entered the dog, actually set up a jack gate!" Hao Cunde screamed beside him.

Zheng Longfang's face was like ashes, he was used to seeing battle formations, and he had seen such gates in some well-designed large forts. But he didn't expect that this Li Xiao would also adopt such a complex city gate design in this Chifeng Fort.

This kind of gate, which looks like an ordinary gate, is actually a two-gate setting. The front is an iron-clad wooden gate, and the back is a bluestone gate that is secretly set up, also known as the north of the jack gate, which is generally usually placed at the upper end of the passage of the moon city, once the enemy is encountered, you can put down the huge bluestone gate weighing two thousand catties, once this gate falls, it takes hundreds of people to use a winch to rise, if you want to break through the city gate only by brute force, it is really a fantasy.

"Zheng Longfang, you can't descend!"

Li Xiao's thunderstorm made Zheng Longfang tremble.

"Don't fall!"

Zheng Longfang's face was distorted and hideous, his eyes were bloodshot, and he waved his knife and shouted: "The whole army will come forward with me and kill Li Xiao!" ”

"Kill!"

500 cavalry shouted, slammed the horse's belly, and rushed towards Li Xiao on the opposite side.

Li Xiao sneered and retreated.

"Boom!"

The two shields immediately formed a neat straight line, and the shields were smashed to the ground, and then their shoulders were pressed against them, and the shields were firmly fixed.

The distance between the two armies was too short, Zheng Longfang's troops did not have time to sprint, more than a dozen horsemen trotted to the front, and the sharp steel thorns on the shield immediately poked deeply into the front legs of the war horse, and the war horse fell to the ground with a mournful roar, and the rider who could not dodge above fell to the ground, either dead or injured.

At the same time, the two teams of spearmen hiding behind the shield soldiers stabbed out countless 4-meter stainless steel spears from the top of the large shield, like a vicious snake that had been lurking for a long time, spewing out their long-brewing venom at their prey.

The sharp steel spear head with a deep blood groove quickly pierced the chest or neck of dozens of cavalry horses that had not had time to retreat, and the horse's blood sprayed wildly, dyeing the big shield and spearmen on the opposite side all over blood.

The horses roared and fell in a haphazard manner along the neat row of large shields, and the corpses of the horses and the corpses of the cavalry were stacked and mixed together.

"Bang bang 。。。。。。"

At this time, sixty Lu Mi gunners half-squatting on the city wall opened fire from behind the cavalry charging into formation, and in the dense white smoke screen, bright red fire fainted, and small lead bullets weighing three coins, with a subtle whistling sound, easily penetrated into the back of the cavalry wearing cotton armor.

More than twenty horsemen immediately staggered and fell from their horses, many of whom died with their ankles still clasped in their stirrups, and their dead bodies were dragged around by their horses.

After this round of Lu Mi Gun, the shield soldiers and spearmen on the right side also shouted and covered from the side and back.

The Xuanhu Heavy Rider and the Flying Harrier Light Rider, who had not moved, let out a sharp whistling sound, bypassing one side of the shield soldier and encircling the other side. With the spear and shield soldiers behind, it forms a situation of encirclement on the left and right.

Zheng Longfang's cavalry finally collapsed completely.

Countless cavalrymen dismounted and surrendered, they wailed and threw their swords, knelt on the ground, and begged Li Xiaojun to spare his life.

Zheng Longfang's mount was suddenly stabbed in the belly of the horse by a spearman, and the soft belly of the horse was cut open, and a large mass of grassy belly gushed out.

The war horse neighed and threw Zheng Longfang off the horse. Zheng Longfang screamed, and he was thrown out a few meters away, but fortunately he was not injured because he was protected by a good armor.

He got up angrily, raised the waist knife in his hand, and was about to order the whole army to fight to the death with Li Xiao, but he was not afraid that someone would hit him the back of his head with the handle of the knife, and he fainted instantly.

"It's down! Master Li, we're down! Hao Cunde, the captain of Zheng Longfang's family, immediately threw his sword and begged loudly in the direction of Li Xiao.

A short but fierce contact battle is over.

In Zheng Longfang's department, more than 60 cavalrymen were killed, more than 90 were wounded, a total of 415 cavalry were captured, 436 surviving war horses were captured, and a bunch of swords and guns were captured.

As for Li Xiao's entire army, only 4 shield soldiers were killed, 6 shield soldiers were wounded, 5 spearmen were killed, 8 spearmen were wounded, and three cavalrymen were slightly injured.

As soon as the battle of annihilation in the city ended, a piercing shout came from outside the south gate.

The infantry of Zheng Longfang's army finally rushed over.

"Escort Zheng Longfang to the head of the city and force them to surrender!" Li Xiao sneered, and then ordered.

Zheng Longfang, who had fainted but was tied up by five flowers, was forcibly erected on the city wall by several sergeants.

Seeing that his master would be like a lost dog, he was tied to the city gate, and a hundred steps outside the south gate, the 2,500 infantrymen who were originally shouting and shouting suddenly fell silent.

"Wait a minute, your lord has been captured by our army! If you don't descend early, you will not be spared! Li Xiao stood tall on the city gate, and the tip of the tiger knife in his hand pointed horizontally at Zheng Longfang's door.

Immediately there was an uproar under the city gates.

The infantrymen had different expressions, some were frightened, some were angry, and some were looking left and right, at a loss.

Among these infantrymen, a group of generals and generals who led the team discussed in whispers nearby and urgently discussed countermeasures.

Whether to immediately attack the city to rescue their superiors, or to retreat to protect the soldiers and horses of their headquarters, the infantry generals fought with each other.

For a time, the morale of Zheng Longfang's infantry was greatly depressed, and the originally high morale instantly fell to the bottom, and the whole scene began to be chaotic.

Li Xiao made a decision immediately, waved the flag in his hand, and immediately, the soldiers under his command began to take further action.

With a bang, the north gate of Chifeng Fort was opened, and 130 cavalry teams composed of Xuanhu heavy cavalry and flying harriers protruded from the north gate, ran south around the wall, and rushed straight into Zheng Longfang's infantry formation.

At the same time, the three Hongyi cannons on the city wall also immediately began to clear their chambers, fill with medicine, reload ammunition, and insert fire into the door line. Zhao Jie, the chief of firearms on the side, shouted at them to pay attention to each other's cooperation and speed up the loading speed. And in the spacing of the artillery, sixty of the already prepared Lu Mi gunners, lined up, the arquebuses on their guns were burning, and they all aimed at the infantry on the opposite side.

The other 2 Franc machines and 2 tiger squat guns, Li Xiao did not order to reload, because these two have a short range, and it is difficult to hit the infantry formation more than 100 paces away.

And behind Zheng Longfang's infantry battle array, a few hundred steps away from the shop street, the Yuhua Restaurant, which was originally closed with a closed gate, suddenly slammed, the gate opened, and the two teams of spearmen who had been ambushed here shouted and killed from the door and killed Zheng Longfang's infantry from behind.

Arranging for these two teams of spearmen to ambush here was Li Xiao's preparation. At that time, it was to prevent Zheng Longfang from retreating in a hurry after seeing through Li Xiao's strategy, so he could immediately rush out and cover up for a while. Unexpectedly, at this time, it could be used to outflank the rear road of Zheng Longfang's infantry.

Li Xiaojun's thunderous artillery, cavalry, and infantry attacks made Zheng Longfang's infantry battle array, which was already in turmoil, immediately chaotic like a pot of boiling water.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Three deafening cannon sounds, three black and hot twelve-pound shells, let out a deadly scream, and rushed towards Zheng Longfang's soldiers.

Immediately, three shells ploughed out three straight blood paths with blurred flesh and blood from the dense infantry formation!

In the midst of a terrible scream, at least 40 hundred infantry were killed and disabled by Li Xiaojun's Hongyi artillery.

Of course, compared to the infantry of up to 2,500 people, this casualty is really insignificant. It's just that this kind of ultra-long-distance absolute death has caused unimaginable psychological pressure on Zheng Longfang's infantry, which has already suffered a great demoralization.

"Bang 。。。。。。"

As soon as the cannon fire was over, 60 Lu Mi guns lined up on the city wall, firing a volley, a total of 42 Lu Mi guns, and more than 20 of the infantry 100 paces away screamed and died.

At this time, in front, the light cavalry composed of the Xuanhu heavy cavalry and the flying harrier launched the final charge. The well-organized wedge-shaped battle array, like a boning sharp knife, rushed fiercely into the chaotic infantry battle array.

At the same time, the two teams of spearmen in the back bread also shouted and held 4-meter stainless steel spears, and rushed straight to the rear of Zheng Longfang's infantry.

The three attacks occurred almost simultaneously, and Li Xiaojun's battle formation cooperated tacitly like a high-speed and sophisticated machine.

Zheng Longfang's infantry battle formation immediately collapsed.

Li Xiao, who was standing at the head of the city silently watching the battle, thought to himself that Zheng Longfang's infantry, who had lost his commander and was surrounded in three places, could hold on until now before collapsing, and his performance was okay.

The ensuing battle turned into a hunt.

Half an hour later, the battle to clean up the mess finally ended.

In this battle, Li Xiaojun killed a total of 279 infantry and captured more than 1,420 infantrymen. Because Li Xiaojun had too few cavalry after all, and Zheng Longfang's infantry was too numerous, nearly 800 infantry fled in all directions and were not captured.

And Li Xiaojun only paid a slight price of 3 cavalry killed, 5 cavalry wounded, 7 spearmen killed, and 10 spearmen wounded.

Li Xiao ordered to clean up the battlefield immediately, hand over the weapons of those Zheng Longfang's troops, and strip off the armor.

The battlefield was quickly cleaned up, and the final results of the battle were quickly reported.

In this battle, Li Xiao captured a total of 415 cavalry, 1,420 infantry, captured 436 usable war horses, and stripped 2,050 pieces of armor, most of which were cotton armor, a small part of iron armor and scale armor, and the luxurious mountain armor on Zheng Longfang's body was also stripped off. In addition, the captured swords, guns, and shields are not counted.

Li Xiao was very happy in his heart, originally in order to equip his army, he had to spend a lot of money to go to various blacksmith shops to order, but he didn't expect that so much armor could be captured in this battle, even if all the existing troops were equipped, it would be more than enough.

Coupled with the fact that there were still so many captured horses and weapons, Li Xiao felt that the plan to expand the army could start in advance.

It's just that when the battle finally ended, Li Xiao, who had calmed down, did not have the infinite joy of winning in the past in his heart, on the contrary, there was no trace of a smile on his face.

The generals who rebelled against themselves are dead, and the sneak attack of Zheng Longfang's troops is also over, so what should the families of those rebel generals do next?

(Thank you Verl v Sai Palace, five brothers for rewarding, today it is nearly 6,000 words, and it is not divided into chapters, thank you for your support.) ）