Chapter 4: Fighting on the Way

Crossing a stream, they galloped on horseback, climbed over a hill, and went straight to the top of the slope, and came to a hill, where they suddenly saw a clear sight. I saw that on the plain below, there were two armies of men and horses fighting endlessly. On one side there are nearly 10,000 Sui soldiers, and on the other side are all big men wearing cyan strong uniforms, the number is only about half of the Sui soldiers, but everyone has good martial arts and a complete formation, which makes it difficult to give full play to the advantages of the Sui soldiers. On a hill at the other end of the plain, there is obviously the command post of the Tsing Yi warriors, stationed in several groups of men and horses, directing the attack and retreat of the Tsing Yi warriors with red, blue, and yellow signal lanterns.

Seeing the tragic situation of the two armies, Yang Ying was stunned for a while, it was the first time he had seen a battle of this scale, and he had forgotten the purpose of rushing here. After a long while, Yang Ying came back to his senses, pointed to the two warring teams in the distance, and asked, "Do you know which two armies are fighting?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the team of men and horses in Tsing Yi should be the Wagang Army, and the leader on the other side should be Qin Qiong" Li Jing said and pointed to the Sui army general holding a double gong, and then looked at the Wagang Army command post, "That should be Shen Luoyan, the beautiful military division of Wagang, only she uses the three-color lantern to command the battle." ”

After listening to Li Jing's introduction, Yang Ying was thinking about whether to support the Sui army, although the Sui army had a numerical advantage, but it seemed to be inferior to the well-trained Wagang army, seeing that Yang Ying was a little eager to try, Li Jing hurriedly dissuaded: "The emperor can't help much now, it's better to wait for the guards behind to follow up and then make plans."

"Yes, it's too dangerous now, Your Majesty," Yuwen Chengdu echoed. After listening to the words of the two, Yang Ying didn't have any ideas, after all, it was the first time to experience such a formation.

By the time the guards had gathered, night had fallen.

"Brother Li has a good way to retreat from the enemy"

"Back to the emperor, judging from the current situation, we should not fight hard with the Wagang army, as long as the Wagang army is frightened back, there is no room for too big losses" Li Jing replied, thought about it and said: "Let the guards ride horses and stand in three rows to disperse, rush to the Wagang command post, take advantage of the dark night to make the enemy mistakenly think that there is an ambush, to annihilate them all, and when rushing over, pay attention to let the horses fall heavier, so that they are not easy to estimate the number of reinforcements"

"Do what General Li wants," Yang Ying commanded.

I saw Li Jing riding a horse and rushing towards the Wagang command post, and at the same time shouted: "Qiao Junshi, capture before you tie your hands", and the guards also shouted, and there was still a sense of grandeur for a while.

At the Wagang command post at the other end of the plain half a mile away, nearly 200 warriors in green clothes formed a formation, using strong bows and arrows to protect the white-clothed beauty with long hair and shoulders in the center. Every time the beauty gave an order, the three men in charge of lighting the light signal waved the three-iron lantern tied to the top of the long pole to direct the attack and defense of their own samurai on the battlefield. There were four people standing in a row behind the beauty, and just by looking at their demeanor, they were all masters, namely a thick-bearded dwarf, a giant man like an iron tower, a man in Confucian clothes, and a middle-aged healthy woman with an ugly face.

Suddenly, I saw a group of cavalry rushing from the other side, and I was a little flustered for a while.

The long-haired beauty exclaimed: Strange! Why do we have the Sui army on our side, and who set up this situation to try to annihilate us?

The ugly woman said, "Miss has an enemy army and walks quickly, so you must not be in danger." As soon as she spoke, the others immediately frowned at her unpleasant voice like the screaming of a night owl. But her words were supported by the thick-bearded dwarf, who agreed: "When Gong Li sent us to protect Miss, he once said that Miss's safety was the most important thing in everything. The long-haired beauty's beautiful jade face flashed with displeasure, but her tone and voice were still so gentle and tactful, and she said lightly: "Seeing that victory is in front of me, but a team of cavalry has appeared out of nowhere, it seems that I still underestimate the Sui army a little, withdraw"

Shen Luoyan knew that he couldn't do anything, so he boarded the war horse he brought in, more than 200 people galloped to the other end, the guard in charge of carrying the lantern raised the red lantern, the Wagang army retreated in an orderly manner when he saw this, Qin Qiong had the heart to go in pursuit, and Li Jing hurriedly stopped the Sui army.

Yang Ying rode forward, Qin Qiong saw the person who came, and hurriedly dismounted and knelt on one knee, "The last general, Qin Qiong, will see the emperor." ”

As soon as Sui Jun saw the general's performance, he knew the identity of the person who came, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "See the emperor"

Qin Qiong was still a little puzzled about how the emperor came here, so he heard the "flat body" and stood up, Yang Ying saw Qin Qiong clearly, only to see that this Qin Qiong was mighty, and his eyes were bright, Qin Qiong saw the emperor looking at himself, and hurriedly said: "The last general was ordered by General Zhang Xutuo to crusade against the Wagang army, but unexpectedly fell into the plan of Shen Luoyan, and almost lost the battle, fortunately the emperor arrived in time."

"How's Zhang Xutuo doing?"

"Originally, General Zhang led an army of 200,000 to attack Wagang by His Majesty's order, but no one expected that the Wagang army had strict discipline and brave combat, and after several defeats in a row, the soldiers fled, died, and some even threw themselves into the rebels, and now there are only these soldiers and horses and the 30,000 horses led by General Zhang."

Seeing that Qin Qiong was still loyal to himself, he was a little relieved, but I don't know if Zhang Xutuo is still loyal to himself now, after all, he has fought so many big defeats, and he still has a certain number of soldiers and horses, and now there are flames everywhere, the court is not safe, and the emperor's words are not so effective. Therefore, Yang Ying didn't dare to trust others at will, so he ordered someone to bring a message to Zhang Xutuo, asking him to rectify the remnants of the army, and then return to Chang'an to guard the capital.

Getting closer and closer to Chang'an, there was no need to disperse and advance, and a large group of people slowly headed towards their destination. Along the way, he continued to integrate the Sui army that was wandering around the country, and he already had 20,000 soldiers and horses when he arrived in Chang'an.