Chapter 289: He Renlong vs. Liu Zongmin (I) Second Watch
Lin Yi led more than 30,000 officers and soldiers, and after a fierce battle for half a night, he not only successfully rescued Hao Shaoqi's thousands of men and horses, but also killed Niu Jinxing's 100,000 army.
At the dawn of Linming, Lin Yi led the victorious soldiers to chase and annihilate the remnants of the enemy, and Lin Yi did not go to the battlefield in person for several months. This time he felt very enjoyable, just like when he was a special soldier before the crossing, he had a pulling exercise, and he was full of heart, although he sweated a lot, but he felt very enjoyable.
Unlike usual, it stands to reason that after such a big victory, the soldiers and horses should be collected, the battlefield should be cleaned, the spoils of war should be cleaned up, and so on to deal with post-war matters.
But this time Lin Yi didn't do this, leaving only Hao Shaoqi to take care of the prisoners with the people in his headquarters, and other post-war matters will be discussed later.
Lin Yi followed the main force in hot pursuit, chased more than 30 miles in one go, and arrived at the foot of the hill where Sun Chuanting was trapped.
There is still a fierce battle here, of course, it is He Renlong's men and Liu Zongmin's team fighting here.
According to Lin Yi's plan, He Renlong left Lin Yi's main force with 10,000 cavalry, including 1,000 new-style musketeers, one day ahead of schedule. After a detour of more than 300 miles to the northeast, the target was, of course, the hill where Sun Chuanting's men and horses were trapped.
Lin Yi planned like this at the beginning, in order to attract Li Zicheng's brigade to fight head-on, and then let He Renlong lead a partial division to attack from behind, mainly to rescue the trapped Sun Chuanting.
The reason why He Renlong's team moved in advance and went around so far was to avoid Li Zicheng's exploration of horses.
However, plans don't always keep up with changes. Or in other words, Li Zicheng, Niu Venus, Song Xiance, and Li Yan are not straw bales, three stinkers, and one Zhuge Liang, they will not easily play cards according to Lin Yi's plan.
Li Zicheng's men and horses only came 100,000, and the main player will be Niu Jinxing, which can be regarded as the main force. But Li Zicheng is now strong, and there is still half of his troops left, and he is still gathered at the foot of Sun Chuanting trapped at the foot of the mountain, holding a wait-and-see attitude, which undoubtedly poses a great threat to He Renlong's rescue.
Here Hao Shaoqi was trapped in Zhaojiatun again, forcing Lin Yi to use a fake plan to encircle Wei to save Zhao in order to confuse Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing, but in fact, it was to attack the west.
Lin Yi's trick was concealed from the sky and the sea, and it really attracted Li Zicheng's 70,000 horses to the bank of the Xiliu River, creating sufficient conditions for He Renlong's team.
He Renlong arrived near the hill, just in the evening near the second watch. At this time, Lin Yi's men and horses were dozens of miles away on the bank of the Xiliu River, eating that late dinner. And Li Zicheng led a rapid march of 70,000 horses and horses to the other side of the Xiliu River and ambushed them.
On the periphery of Zhaojiatun, less than 40 miles away from the other direction of He Renlong's men, was Niu Jinxing's army of 100,000, and he surrounded Hao Shaoqi's thousands of men and horses. But at this time, he was not eyeing Hao Shaoqi's thousands of officers and soldiers, but the main force of Lin Yi on the banks of the Xiliu River, which was 40 miles away from them. He was looking forward to Lin Yi's men and horses starting to cross the river, and then he sent a strong force to chase after him.
At this time, He Renlong's real opponent was Li Zicheng's 10,000 horses who guarded several exits of this hill, and the main general with the troops was Liu Zongmin, the No. 2 person of Li Zicheng's group.
He Renlong ordered the team to rest temporarily in order to recover the full strength of the battle, and after finding out these conditions, near the third watch, He Long led 10,000 horses and suddenly launched a fierce attack on a mountain pass.
There were only 2,000 thieves here, and it was a sudden attack in the middle of the night, so it was effortless, and He Renlong's men and horses killed the 2,000 thieves in all directions with a charge, and the corpses were everywhere.
After killing the thief army for two days, He Renlong rushed to the mountain with his men and horses. Just halfway up the mountain, a team rushed down from above. Although this team is said to be rushing, it is actually not much faster than walking, some of the weapons are not stable, and some of the roads are not good, and the wind can even blow them down.
A general at the head of the army, his armor was disheveled, the armor on his head was gone, he was carrying a snake spear, and he was not riding a horse. He Renlong took a closer look, and knew him too well, it was his former boss, who was ready to kill him, and the main object he wanted to save on Lin Yi's orders this time, Sun Chuanting, the current military secretary who hung the sword of heaven on his waist and was commensurate with the superintendent.
Thousands of men and horses were trapped on the mountain, there was no food and grass in the outside, there was no rescue, the army was interrupted for nearly ten days, and Sun Chuanting, who did not want to sit still and wait for death, had been accumulating strength for a long time and planned to fight to the death to break through the siege.
The sound of the fighting of the people and horses at the foot of the mountain alarmed him, and he strengthened his spirit and immediately gathered his team. These people are actually hungry and can't sleep, just barely sleeping. After gathering, rush home, in fact, the speed of a snail is about the same.
The slope of this road is not steep, and the road is not long, but they just can't walk, until He Renlong's men and horses completely disperse the thief army below and rush up, and the two sides meet.
Because it was dark, plus Sun Chuanting and his soldiers, now they were all two-headed, groggy, mainly hungry, and wanted to fight with He Renlong's men and horses, and regarded this team that came to save him as a thief army.
Thanks to He Renlong's sharp eyes, he stepped forward to recognize this Sun Supervisor, otherwise the two armies would fight, He Renlong would not have made any effort, and he would have wiped out this force of men and horses, which would have been wasted.
When Sun Chuanting recognized He Renlong, his face was full of incredulity, a few days ago he was ordered by the imperial court to put He Renlong to death, and now he is in a desperate situation, and it was He Renlong who led the troops to save him.
At the beginning, he and Lin Yi rebelled against the military tent, wantonly killed people, and became the anti-thieves of the imperial court, although now the imperial court has pardoned them for their innocence, and the two of them have been reinstated to continue to suppress the thieves, but can they forget that incident, can they not hate themselves?
"He Renlong, are you here to kill Ben Du to take revenge? Then please do it. ”
He Renlong gritted his teeth, "Lord Inspector is not right, I am here to rescue Lord Lin on the order of Lord Lin." ”
"Then there is Lord Laurin and Your Excellency, thank you very much, ashamed of yourself." Sun Chuanting didn't know what to say at that time.
"You don't have to thank me, if you want to thank us, Lord Lin." He Renlong disdainful, the implication is that who is rare to thank you, if it weren't for our Lord Lin's order, the ghost would risk death to save you!
Of course, Sun Chuanting heard it, and he also felt very embarrassed by this tone. At this time, he didn't blame He Renlong, some were just grateful, after all, it was a life-saving grace, and Sun Chuanting was also a person who valued love and righteousness. And he did feel a little justified in that matter, but it was difficult to disobey the holy order.
He wanted to explain that incident to He Renlong, but he felt that the explanations at this time were pale and useless, and that would not only be disrespectful to the court, but would make He Renlong and others feel that they were greedy for life and afraid of death.
Therefore, Sun Chuanting did not mention this matter again.
The more than 4,000 Qin troops under his command saw that they were the men and horses of the imperial court at this time, and their hearts were also in their stomachs, and the desire to survive supported their bodies that were hungry to the limit.
The soldiers of both sides rushed down the mountain as one, and someone gave Sun Chuanting a horse for him to ride. Of course, He Renlong's men and horses opened the way in front.
As soon as they rushed to the bottom of the mountain, there were three cannon shots ——, bang, which was deafening, and the thieves all over the mountain rushed from all directions, and countless torches under the night sky were like winding dragons, sealing their path.
There are Liu Tichun and Dang Shousu on the left, Bai Minghe and Lan Yingcheng on the right, and Liu Zongmin, the commander-in-chief, on the front.
A few hours ago, after Li Zicheng left with 70,000 horses, he handed over this place to Liu Zongmin.
Liu Zongmin took four generals and 10,000 horses, responsible for continuing to besiege this hill, and could not let Sun Chuanting and others escape.
They never dreamed that there would be something going on here tonight.
Liu Zongmin was suddenly woken up by his subordinates when he was asleep, someone came to report, the reinforcements of the official army had been killed, and I don't know how many, their three people and horses reunited in the east had been killed, and an official army rushed to the mountain.
Liu Zongmin felt that the matter was too big, so he ordered to immediately assemble the team, dress up and hang up neatly, and rush to this mountain pass with his men.