"Master Li! Lee-sama! Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are coming! ”

A soldier who reported the news, while galloping down from the lookout platform of the northern city wall, in a tone that was almost out of tune with joy, said to Tie Qing, who was sitting not far from the inner side of the south gate of Nanyang, and Li Bei, the general soldier of Ruzhou, who was eating dinner, reported loudly from a distance. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Bei, who had just eaten two bites of rice, immediately widened his eyes and stopped the chopsticks he was pulling.

"What do you say? Are reinforcements really coming?! ”

"It's really coming, the small one has been seen clearly in the clairvoyant mirror, there are a large number of officers and soldiers reinforcements coming quickly from the official road in the north, they are playing the big bright sun and moon flag, the small one can see it clearly!"

Li Bei immediately threw away the dishes and chopsticks, he didn't say a word, and went straight to the lookout in Beicheng.

Come up to the lookout, immediately a small soldier quickly handed the clairvoyant mirror to Li Bei, Li Pei held up the clairvoyant mirror to see, sure enough, in the north four or five miles away, there is already smoke and dust, horses' hooves rumbling, a huge flag, hunting and flying in the cold wind, the most conspicuous is the Ming Dynasty's sun and moon flag and the tiger roaring sun flag with red background and gold line.

Li Bei slowly put down the clairvoyant mirror, and with his mouth half-open, a bright smile surged on his face.

At this time, deputy general Liu Zhaoji, guerrilla Luo Dai and other generals also hurried here.

"It's unbelievable that it's such a bull mark that it invited reinforcements so quickly!" Vice General Liu Zhaoji also had a smile of surprise and joy.

"This is strange, in this Nanyang Mansion, there is no such a large force of officers and soldiers, but I don't know where Niu Biao was invited?" The guerrilla Luo Dai looked puzzled.

"Haha, it's the luck of Niu Biao, it's just that a blind cat meets a dead mouse." Li Bei said with a smile: "According to the estimation of this soldier, he should have broken through the siege, and when he was not far away, he happened to meet the officers and soldiers who went south to rescue, and he immediately attracted the officers and soldiers who came to Nanyang City." Hmph, let this kid pick up a piece of credit. ”

"Oh." Liu Zhaoji nodded suddenly in realization: "Now that the reinforcements have arrived, then our army should join forces with them inside and outside, go out of the city, and destroy the old Hui Department outside the city in one fell swoop?" ”

Li Bei squinted, but a hint of gloom flashed on Junke's face, and he shook his head and said; "This matter is not proper, our army has been defeated in recent days, and there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses left in the city, while there are nearly 30,000 rogue soldiers in the old Hui Hui Department outside the city. If the troops go out of the city, if there is a mistake, this Nanyang City will be handed over to the Liukou. ”

"Then what does General Li mean by sitting in the city and watching the old man return and fight with the reinforcements? In that case, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate, right? Luo Dai said with a little hesitation.

Luo Dai's words made Li Bei feel a little fever on his face, he pretended to cough twice, but he still insisted on what he had seen: "Everyone, our army is scarce in soldiers and horses, and we must not easily go out of the city to fight, and look at the situation outside the city, if the reinforcements win, it will not be too late for our army to send troops again." ”

Liu Zhaoji and Luo Dai glanced at each other, and finally returned the shot

When Li Bei and other generals defending the city stood at the head of the city and watched, the chief general of the old Hui Department outside the north gate of Nanyang City, his son Ma Chao, was full of disapproval.

"Father is really getting older in the war, the less timid he is, isn't it just a Ming army of thousands of people, what's the matter! He dared to come to this Nanyang City, but I want him to taste the power of our army, so that these Ming dogs will not come back! ”

The one who said this was Ma Chao, the son of Ma Shouying, who returned to Hui.

He is a young man in his twenties, with a good appearance and outstanding martial arts, because he has the same name as Ma Chao, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, this person is in the old Hui Department, and he is named Ma Mengqi. He made a long-barreled steel spear and wore a bright and dazzling armor, which had a bit of the charm of a brocade horse.

"The eldest prince, the origin of this Ming army is unknown, the old leader said, you need to be careful to deal with it." The sentinel, who had come to deliver the news urgently, cautioned.

"That's enough, I see." Ma Chao waved his hand impatiently and motioned for the sentry to retreat: "You should tell my father that now outside the north gate, the more than 7,000 soldiers and horses of our army are enough to block this Ming army that comes to help, and let him relax." ”

Seeing that the sentry cavalry hesitated to retreat, Ma Chao sneered and added: "Our army is strong, over the years, whether it is in Shaanxi, Shanxi, or even in Henan, there is a Ming army that can be the opponent of our army!" The reinforcements and horses on the opposite side can be so strong, and let me lead the army to fight against the Ming army that killed itself, cut off the head of its main general, and then report to my father. ”

After speaking, Ma Chao turned around, looked at his appearance carefully in front of the bronze mirror rather narcissistically, sorted out the armor on his body, and pushed open the tent door and went out.

Only then did he push open the tent door, and Ma Chao was stunned.

"Father。。。。。。

Standing outside the door, almost standing next to Ma Chao, is the old Hui Ma Shouying.

Lao Hui Ma Shouying stared at him fiercely, and his eyes were full of worry that he hated iron and could not become steel.

"Chao'er, because my father knows that you are outstanding in martial arts, and you are arrogant, I don't take this Ming Dynasty reinforcement in my eyes. It's just that I want to say to you for my father, this battlefield is not to be despised by any enemy, you must understand that there is a truth outside the heavens and there are people outside the sky, and it is always a good thing to be cautious and careful in everything. ”

Listening to the old man's words, a trace of anxiety flashed on Ma Chao's face.

He held back his impatience and replied in a pretentious whisper, "Father has seen that the lesson is true, and the child has written it down." ”

Lao Hui looked at him with complicated eyes, then sighed and said, "Chao'er, for my father, I hope you can really listen to him." For the sake of stability, I now send your uncle to lead his own troops and horses, together with your army and the rest of the Beimen soldiers, to gather 15,000 soldiers and horses to block the Ming Dynasty reinforcements. ”

Speaking of this, Lao Huihui instructed earnestly: "This Ming army is unknown, this time to fight, but you need to be cautious, everything must be arranged by your uncle, in case you find that the momentum is not right, you must not fall in love with the war, just go back to this Nanyang City, and send troops to meet your father." ”

Seeing that his father didn't trust him, and asked his uncle Ma Shoucheng to compete with him, Ma Chao was very upset. He suppressed the anger in his heart, and casually promised: "The child is just to listen to the arrangement of his father." ”

Lao Hui didn't say much, so he asked Ma Chao and his brother Ma Shoucheng to gather their troops and horses and go straight to the Ming Dynasty reinforcements four miles away.

Looking at the soldiers and horses of the old Hui Department who came to block the formation, Li Xiao felt a little regretful in his heart.

Originally, he thought that he would take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to rush to the city in one fell swoop and defeat the unprepared Lao Hui Department in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, Lao Hui was cautious and deployed the sentry cavalry more than ten miles away, which made Li Xiao's surprise attack plan come to naught.

Li Xiao sighed secretly in his heart, this old Hui has been able to crisscross Shaanxi and Gansu for many years, and he has almost never missed, in addition to the strong combat power of his army, this person's cautious character is also of great help to him, it can be said that he is careful to make a ship of ten thousand years.

Li Xiao knew that it would be difficult to defeat Gao Yingxiang's department easily like the previous time.

After all, it is impossible for me to always encounter a general like Gao Yingxiang who is reckless and underestimates the enemy, and it seems that today, there will be a real hard battle.

And it is a hand-to-hand fight based on cold weapon combat.

Because he wanted to hurry as soon as possible, Li Xiao left all the trebuchet troops and a number of auxiliary soldiers who hauled heavy ammunition behind, and arranged for 3,000 infantry from the Zu Dale Department to protect them.

Now, only Li Xiaojun's cavalry, spear and shield soldiers, rampant sentinels, Lu Mi guns, and all the cavalry of the Zu Dale Department rushed to the outside of Nanyang City.

In this way, in addition to the troops killed and wounded in the last battle, the combined forces of Li Xiao and Zu Dale only have about 1,500 people in 15 teams of shield soldiers, about 3,000 people in 30 teams of spearmen, 50 people in Lu Mi gunners, 780 people in Xuanhu heavy cavalry, 790 people in flying harriers, 560 people in the rampant sentry, and 1,900 people in Zu Dalebu's cavalry. The total number of troops is about 8,000 people.

As the enemy soldiers got closer and closer, Li Xiao noticed that there were about 10,000 infantry and more than 4,000 cavalry soldiers on the opposite side.

Seeing that the enemy army was strong, Li Xiao's face was solemn.

"Li Xiao, our army is tired from afar, and the number of enemy troops is nearly twice as large as our army, but this battle is not easy to fight." Zu Dale said with a worried face on the side.

"General Li, why don't our troops retreat for the time being, wait for the trebuchets behind to arrive, and then fight the enemy?" Li Dingguo, deputy commander of the Chifeng Battalion, also frowned.

"No!"

Li Xiao categorically vetoed: "The trebuchet troops are still far behind, and they can't catch up. And now that the enemy has sent troops to attack, it is too late for our army to retreat. Besides, our army is far away, and the soldiers are already tired, so they can only fight bravely and attack it with all their might, but they must not turn around and retreat to discourage the army! ”

"Pass on our military order, the whole army will line up on the spot, and then steadily step forward to attack it. At the same time, except for the Xuanhu heavy cavalry and our escort team, which were gathered together as a reserve, the rest of the cavalry were lined up on one side, and after the battle, they would go around to the enemy's flank, strive to defeat their side, and then take the opportunity to move and expand the results of the battle! ”

"Order!"

Li Xiaojun immediately set up a long snake formation on the spot, and the entire gun and shield battle array spread out for as many as 1.5 kilometers, and began to press forward step by step.

Looking at Li Xiaojun, who came from Yan Order, although the number was only more than half of his own, but he was full of coercion and murderous atmosphere, Ma Shoucheng, the general of the unified army, and his nephew Ma Chao, the two had a fierce quarrel.

The key difference in the quarrel between the two was that Ma Shoucheng wanted to line up on the spot to defend, and Ma Chao wanted the whole army to hurry up and attack.

"Virtuous nephew, please listen to the uncle's words, in my opinion, the origin of this Ming army is unknown, but its momentum is strict and orderly, it must be the elite division of the Ming army, but our army needs to deal with it carefully. Therefore, the uncle believes that it is still necessary to defend cautiously on the spot in order to be stable. Ma Shoucheng said with a frown.

Ma Chao glanced at him and snorted coldly: "Uncle, I don't understand, this Ming army is not large in number, and it is a long-distance reinforcement, its momentum has declined, and our army is waiting for work, it is a good time to attack!" Why do you have to defend the place so aggrievedly, this is simply to increase the morale of others and destroy your own prestige! ”

Ma Shoucheng pulled down his face: "Ma Chao, why don't you understand the uncle's hard work?" The enemy situation is unknown, and it is always good to be cautious in everything. Now that the uncle is the general of the army, I have made a decision, but you must oppose it? Have you forgotten what your father told you before you left the army? ”

Ma Chao snorted coldly, and a sneer flashed on his handsome face: "How dare you, how dare you, the uncle is the general of the unified army, and the little nephew obeys orders." It's just that I'll tell you the truth, uncle, you are also a battle-hardened general, but you are so afraid of this Ming army, which really makes the little nephew's teeth cold! ”

Ma Shoucheng was furious: "Ma Chao, you are too presumptuous!" Uncle warns you that if you don't listen to orders and dare to act recklessly, Uncle will be court-martialed against you! ”

Ma Chao's face turned red, he gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, snorted deeply in his nose, but did not speak again.

In the end, under Ma Shoucheng's arrangement, the Liukou's blocking battle array was also arranged in a zigzag shape, but slightly wider than the length of Li Xiaojun's gun and shield battle array.

Ma Chao's personal command of 3,000 personal cavalry, and Ma Shoucheng's 1,500 personal cavalry, were lined up on both sides to cover the infantry flanks.

The cold wind is bleak, the wilderness is vast, and the river in the west is like a gray-white ribbon, silently far away. Under the reflection of the sun gradually moving westward, in the battle formation between the Ming army and the Liukou and the Liukou, people, horses, weapons and armor were all dyed a faint gold.

Looking at Li Xiaojun's battle formation as he got closer and closer, Ma Chao could feel that his young and strong mind was beating violently almost uncontrollably.

He clearly saw that Li Xiaojun's cavalry, except for the main general in the middle, who was escorted by nearly a thousand cavalry, almost all the cavalry was concentrated on the other side to protect the right flank of this Ming infantry battle formation. On the side in front of him, except for hundreds of heavy infantry, the entire left flank of the Ming army had no protection.

Ma Chao's eyes suddenly showed a greedy gaze like a wolf.

If, his own elite cavalry can crush these hundreds of heavy infantry in one fell swoop, then in the future, whether it is to charge the enemy infantry on his back, or simply attack the enemy's main general, there is a great chance of victory.

Ma Chao turned his head and looked at his uncle Ma Shoucheng on the other end with an expectant look, he really hoped that Ma Shoucheng could immediately give the order to let him lead the army to attack.

To his great disappointment, there was no movement on Ma Shoucheng's side, and this person didn't even look at himself, as if he was waiting for Li Xiaojun to attack, and other than that, he didn't think about it anymore.

Ma Chao gritted his teeth and stiffened his face, and scolded Ma Shoucheng in his heart.

As Li Xiaojun took a step closer, when there were only about five hundred steps left from the Liukou army array opposite, the anger in Ma Chao's heart completely exploded.

Into the, can't wait any longer!

Such a rare opportunity to impact, if you really miss it, you will regret it!

He is afraid of death, afraid of war, I am a super Jinma, but I can no longer be so aggrieved with this generation!

What if you violate military orders, what if you don't listen to commands, and when I crush one wing of the enemy's army, or even behead its commander, I see that you are guarding the army, and I am not ashamed!

"Brush!"

Ma Chao pulled out the snowy waist knife, and then raised it high.

"Pass my order, I will assemble all the cavalry, attack together with the general, first defeat the hundreds of heavy armored infantry, and then, directly take the enemy's main general." Ma Chao looked hideous, and shouted loudly: "I'm Jin Ma Chao, but I'm going to cut it with my own hands, that damn the head of the Ming army!" (To be continued.) )