Chapter 51: Fighting General
In the morning light, an arrow away from the north gate of Jinzhou, a majestic knight riding a majestic horse, wearing cold-forged stainless steel armor and a black high-needle dark tasseled helmet, holding a huge tiger spear, stood silently. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The wind hunted, blowing up the misty sand and dust, but the knight still looked up intently at the huge stone inscription above the north gate of Jinzhou. He stared at the three ancient gilded characters of Wushengmen in the plaque for a long time, and his eyes were as sharp as a wolf.
This knight was the 33-year-old Hou Jin Gu Shan Ezhen, Ilgen Jueluo. Mountain. Gazing intently at the city gate, he unconsciously remembered the past four years ago, when he wanted to defect to the Ming Kingdom.
In the autumn of the second year of Chongzhen, Ashan's brother Ada Hai was killed by Huang Taiji for the crime of rebellion. Ahsan, who was the third lieutenant general of Houjin at the time, was terrified, fearing that Emperor Taiji would plot to kill him next, so he fled to the Ming Kingdom together with his younger brother Kalaizi Sehe, as well as Ada Haizi Chata, Mo Luohun and others.
Ah Shan and others came to the north gate of Jinzhou in the Ming Realm and sent an envoy to enter the city, but Qiu Jiahe, the governor of Liaodong at that time, suspected that his envoy was meticulous, and ordered to shoot with arrows, and then sent troops to chase and kill Ah Shan and others.
Ah Shan and the others fled quickly, and finally had to return the Houjin because they were desperate, and then asked Huang Taiji for their guilt. Huang Taiji, who was quite tolerant, forgave Ah Shan and his party and reinstated him as an official.
Ahsan was filled with emotion in his heart.
It's been four years, and I'm a mountain, and I've finally come to the city of Jinzhou again.
Last time, I, Ah Shan, wanted to take refuge in the Ming Kingdom so sincerely, but instead of accepting me, you even wanted to kill all of us, which is really hateful. Thinking about it, it's really heavenly, and now, I will give you this blood and fire sword light to the people of the Ming Kingdom, but you are also to blame!
A sneer broke out on Ashan's face.
It's a sigh, since I have led the army here, burning, killing and looting like entering a no-man's land, it is ridiculous that these Ming generals only dare to shrink in the city, and no one dares to go out of the city to fight with themselves. Perhaps the day before yesterday, the Zu Dabi Division, known as the first warrior in Liaodong, was almost completely annihilated by himself, which made these Ming troops almost bold.
It's just that I didn't expect to jokingly shoot into the arrow book in Jinzhou, and invite Li Xiao, the general of the Ming Kingdom, to fight alone, originally to mock the Ming army again. Unexpectedly, last night, he actually got a reply from Ming Guo agreeing to go heads-up.
Ah Shan grinned, but suddenly there was a complicated expression on his face.
The Ming army put forward Li Xiao, the general manager, to return 600 people and return to Houjin, although the outstanding force of himself did not care, and wanted to agree happily, but he did not expect that it was resolutely opposed by the commander of the Han army, Tong Yangxing.
Tong Yangxing believes that Ashan, as a general of the unified army, is so reckless as to fight with a general of the Ming army, which is already extremely inappropriate. Now he wants to use the people captured by Dajin as a bet for war, and also attach the conditions for the withdrawal of the army, but it is really a joke.
Tong Yangxing is extremely angry with Ah Shan, this Ah Shan, the crime of defection that day has not been investigated, and today he used the benefits of the Dajin Kingdom to make a bet on his own reckless private fight, which is really hateful.
Seeing Tong Yangxing's opposition, Ah Shan was also angry in his heart, and he emphasized to Tong Yangxing that now most of the villages in the west and north of Jinzhou have been burned and killed, and even if the army retreats, only a few deserted villages have not been slaughtered, and this invasion has also completed the task brilliantly. Moreover, he has excellent military strength, and he can defeat the little-known Ming army commander Li Xiao. These promises are just empty favors, so what's the harm in agreeing to the Ming army's demands.
The two had a big quarrel, and finally ended in Tong Yang's helpless retreat.
However, although Tong Yangxing retreated for the sake of taking care of the overall situation, as a member of the royal family of Aixin Jueluo, he had already made up his mind that after returning to Shenyang, he would definitely take a good look at this Ahsan, and let Huang Taiji punish this arrogant and unruly man.
The light sound of the city gate opening made Ahsan, who was in a mixed mood and full of thoughts, come back to his senses.
Ah Shan saw that a tiger with a wolf's waist, a strong figure, wearing a white fang-trumpet armor, a red tasseled high-needle helmet, and a stainless steel tiger knife in his hand, rode a majestic horse with black and shiny four hooves but white as snow, and slowly rode out from the north gate of Jinzhou.
This knight of the Ming army is Li Xiao who went out of the city to fight.
On the city wall behind him, there were countless pairs of eyes full of anticrisy and concern.
Even the governor Fang Yizao and the chief soldier Zu Dashou also came to the city wall to watch the battle in person. Several cowhide drums have also been erected on the city wall, and several stout drummers are holding huge drums, ready to cheer Li Xiao on the drums.
Li Xiao, who rode out of the city, reined in the reins of his horse about 500 steps away from Ah Shan, and stood still.
The cold wind was bone-chilling, whistling, and the strong wind blew through the empty and yellow gentle field, emitting a strange howl, and between heaven and earth, it seemed to be shrouded in gray sand and dust, full of a dark depression. It also made the whole empty field even more indescribably desolate.
"The general on the other side, but Li Xiao?" Ahsan shouted loudly in stiff Chinese.
"It's Li, you are the enemy general Ah Shan?" Li Xiao's face was expressionless, and his tone was as cold as iron.
"Humph! It's Ben General! Li Xiao, I heard that you killed many of my big golden whistle riders, but today, I, Ah Shan, want to come to meet your ability! Ah Shan, who had a hideous face, finished expressing himself in Chinese with difficulty, and his eyes shone like a wolf.
Li Xiao didn't answer, just sneered, stretched out his index finger to Ah Shan, and hooked him.
Ah Shan was furious, shouted, held the tiger gun tightly in his right hand, and slammed the horse's belly with both legs, the horse neighed in pain, spread its four hooves, and rushed towards Li Xiao!
Li Xiao also let out a deep sigh, the tiger knife in his hand was horizontal, he slammed the horse's belly, stepped on the snow BMW with a long roar, and also rushed towards Ah Shan!
"Ho!!"
"Yikes!!"
From the sky, on the gray and yellow field, two small black dots as fast as meteors, in the dense sound of horses' hooves like popping beans, one south and one north, hedged at high speed!
The rumbling war drums, accompanied by the loud shouts and cheers of the sergeants on both sides, exploded in the formations of the two armies of Ming and Jin almost at the same time.
Single-handedly mounted combat is the most dangerous and dangerous battle. The key to winning a heads-up battle is the knight's sense of control over the horse and weapon, the timing of the shot, the choice of position, the angle deviation, the transition between attack and defense, etc., all of which must be taken into account. Every time you make a move, you must concentrate all your energy and concentration, and there must be no deviation.
This kind of knight hedging to the death, the victory or defeat is often a microsecond, life and death are only in a moment, unless the two sides are too far apart in force, otherwise no one will win, and no one will lose. Those so-called two-horse fights, dozens or hundreds of rounds of hard fighting in circles, etc., are purely a novelist's joke.
The distance of 500 paces was extremely short, and the two majestic horses ran as fast as lightning, as if in just an instant, the two horses were staggered together.
At this moment, the people watching the battle from a distance had not yet seen the position of the two horses, Ah Shan had already taken the lead, shouted violently, exerted force with both hands, and the tip of the spear flashed with a fierce cold light, and quickly pierced Li Xiao's throat!
"Good time!"
Ah Shan, who originally thought that this gun would be hit, was surprised to see that the tip of the spear that was stabbed out was still rushing away in the air, but Li Xiao was quick to shoot, and the stainless steel tiger knife was blocked in the air, and the gun was resisted.
"Ding!"
In the shocking sound of metal impact, the edge of the tiger knife was slamming into the tip of the tiger spear, and Ashan's sturdy body as an ox shook sharply, almost falling off the horse.
Ah Shan's move was old, and it was too late to collect the gun, he hurriedly bowed his head and lowered his head, and heard the sword wind whistling in his ears, so that he could avoid the powerful and heavy tiger knife swept by Li Xiao's fierce attack!
After the two sides finished the blow, they immediately went non-stop, and after galloping more than 200 steps in their backs, they turned their horses' heads around each other.
The drums beat loudly, and the sergeants on both sides thundered with joy.
Including the governor Fang Yizao and the chief soldier Zu Dashou, who watched the battle in person, everyone who watched the battle had an extremely excited and nervous look on their faces.
"Ho!!"
"Yikes!!"
The sand and dust are all over the sky, the wind is as strong as a knife, the galloping horses' hooves are like war drums beating the earth, and the fluttering manes are like flags flying in the wind. Li Xiao and Ah Shan, both of them were as tense as a bow, guns and knives were pointing horizontally, fast horses helped, blood and qi fought together, and in an instant, they rushed together again!
"Click!"
Li Xiao, whose eyes were as sharp as an eagle, took the lead in making a move, this was a fierce blow as fast as lightning and sinking like a falling stone! The tip of the stainless steel tiger knife slashed through a bright white light, and the hilt of the tiger spear that Ah Shan used to resist was cut in two from the middle!
Li Xiao hit the right blow, his wrist shook, and the tip of the cold tiger knife in his hand slashed downward, slashing straight at Ah Shan's throat!
"Ding!"
Ah Shan desperately used the half-cut tiger gun in his right hand to block Li Xiao's fierce blow, and the tiger's mouth in his right hand was immediately shocked to blood!
When blocking Li Xiao's ferocious fatal blow, Ah Shan gritted his teeth, and the back half of the tiger spear in his left hand was thrown at Li Xiao violently!
Li Xiao pulled his knife horizontally and knocked the tiger spear that was thrown in half of it, and Ah Shan saw the truth, took advantage of this rare opportunity, and hurriedly pulled out the horse's head, turned around and fled backwards.
Li Xiao chased his horse to the north, and a strong wind wrapped in sand blew over, making Li Xiao lose his eyes for a while, and had to hold on to the reins of his horse.
"Damn! Let this guy escape! Li Xiao, who rubbed the sand in his eyes, took a sip hatefully.
"Ah Shan, don't forget the previous appointment, let my people come back quickly!" Li Xiao shouted loudly at Ah Shan's fleeing back.
Ah Shan did not respond, and Li Xiao saw him galloping from a distance and retreating back into the already silent Jin army array.
The two armies are fighting generals, and I will win!
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
At the head of Jinzhou City, all the soldiers of the Ming army waved the swords in their hands and cheered together, like spring thunder.
Zu Dashou laughed loudly and rubbed his hands excitedly: "What a Li Xiao, if you are really good at martial arts, you really have the power of my Ming official army!" ”
Governor Fang Yizao didn't speak, but bowed his head frequently, and his face was also full of excitement.
Not long after, in the distance, there was a commotion in the Jin army's array.
Li Xiao, who was still standing on his horse, clearly saw that about five or six hundred captured Ming people, like a group of rabbits that had escaped from the minions of fierce beasts, rushed towards the direction of Jinzhou City.
"This Ahshan, but he is still quite faithful!" A faint smile appeared on Li Xiao's face.
A white-haired old man ran to Li Xiao's side, knelt down suddenly, held a green jade and gold brute lion belt in both hands, and handed it to Li Xiao.
"General, when the Tartar is put back into the old man, bring this belt to me, and ask me to bring it to the general, saying that it is a little careful."
Li Xiao sighed and picked up the belt with the tip of his knife. When the old man saw Li Xiao take away his belt, he immediately got up and fled back to Jinzhou City.
Li Xiao took a closer look at this belt and found that this belt was made very finely, the inside was soft steel, the outside was wrapped with black python skin, the whole body was inlaid with green jade, and it was decorated with some gold pinching teeth, among which was the Nanban lion head swallowing belt made of pure steel, which was fierce and hideous, and the whole belt was very good-looking and strong.
Flipping the belt, Li Xiao inadvertently saw that on the back of the lion's head, three small characters were engraved.
Qi Shaotang.
Li Xiao's mind suddenly seemed like lightning, and he immediately figured out the origin of this belt.
Qi Shaotang was the name of Qi Jin, a famous general of the Southern Army who aided Liao at that time. This Qi Jin, is the son of Qi Jiguang's brother Qi Jiming, a group of Zhejiang soldiers under his command, known as the last remnant of the Qi army, in the bloody battle of the Hunhe River that day, together with the white pole soldiers of Sichuan, killed the Eight Banners almost boldly, after killing the enemy several times, because the Liaozhen soldiers escaped, isolated and helpless, and finally was completely wiped out by the Eight Banners led by the old slave. After Qi Jin sacrificed, he was posthumously presented by the imperial court to the governor of Tongzhi, and was given the nickname Wulie.
This belt, after Qi Jin's death, was captured by the Houjin army, and the old slave gave him this belt in order to reward the young general Ah Shan, who had contributed a lot to this battle.
Unexpectedly, to this day, this Ahsan has given this belt to himself, thinking that he is a thank you for his victory.
Li Xiao suddenly felt an indescribable sourness and sadness in his heart.
Holding the Qi gold belt in his hand, he suddenly felt that although he won this head-to-head battle, the impact on real history was almost negligible.
Even though he is covered in iron, he can twist a few nails.
No matter how many heads-up victories are won, will they have any effective changes in the direction of history?
The Ming Dynasty, the glorious Han empire for more than 200 years, is only more than ten years away from the time of its demise in history. At this moment, this dying empire full of holes is still moving towards the terrible end of complete collapse and destruction step by step, and the Han people of the whole country will also usher in the darkest moment of the fall of shaving hair and changing clothes in Chinese history.
So what should I do to really change the sad fate of the Chinese and Han people? Instead of being like this tragic famous general Qi Jin, he can only become the funeral object of the Ming Dynasty.
This is by no means the result I want to get when I travel back to this world at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Li Xiao, who was confused in his heart, suddenly raised his head, like a wounded wolf, looking up to the sky and roaring.
The wind and sand rose and tore his roar to shreds, swallowing it all.
Li Xiao, who returned to Jinzhou, in the cheers of the crowd, although he tried to squeeze out a smile on his face, but the careful person could see that there was an indescribable loss on the face of this young Qianhu.
Fang Yizao stepped forward with Zu Dashou and praised Li Xiao. Fang Yizao, the governor who was in a good mood, temporarily decided to reward Li Xiao with another 1,000 taels of silver, in order to congratulate Li Xiao on his single-handedly victory and save the people, but Li Xiao thanked him without mentioning it.
Next, Zu Dashou wanted to hold a celebration banquet for Li Xiao, but Li Xiao refused because he wanted to rush back because there were many things in the pier.
When Fang Yizao and Zu Dashou were tentatively discussing with each other, how to attribute the credit of snatching back 600 people to themselves as much as possible, so as to repay the victory to the imperial court, the Houjin army began to march eastward and return to Shenyang.
At this time, Li Xiao was leading a group of flying harriers, taking the reward of 1,000 taels of silver, and returning to the pier of no return with a serious and lonely expression along the official road to the south.
What to do in the future?
Li Xiao was asking himself this question all the way.
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