Chapter 419 The Elephant Army Attacks The Second Watch is 4000 words
At this time, at the head of the city, Lin Yi had already put the monocular on his eyes.
The battlefield is about ten miles away from him, the weather is better, standing on the high head of the city, you can see it with the naked eye, but in order to see more clearly and grasp the situation of the battlefield at any time, Lin Yi ordered his subordinates to bring such a high-tech thing.
The two armies faced each other, and the 40,000 horses on both sides were also out of sight, with strong armor and swords and guns, and in the sun, they grabbed people's eyes.
Zuo Liangyu has been on the battlefield for a long time, experienced, he knew that today was a tough battle, so he put 20,000 horses into the left army, the middle army and the right army three major phalanxes, the left army commander Ma Shixiu, the right army commander Huang Shu, these two phalanxes each 5,000 men and horses, the Chinese army 10,000 horses, the main general is of course Zuo Liangyu.
In order to preemptively strike, Zuo Liangzhu first ordered the deputy general Ma Shixiu to charge into battle, Ma Shixiu was one of Zuo Liangyu's henchmen and favorite generals, and after receiving the order, Ma Shixiu held a big iron knife in his hand, and led the five thousand men and horses of the left army to kill the enemy on the opposite side like a tide. These 5,000 men and horses are all cavalry, which is also Zuo Liangyu's elite.
At this time, the main generals of the enemy army on the opposite side will be two, one is Wang Dingguo, this is Sun Kewang's subordinates, the other is Mu Tianbo's faction, Yunnan Tusi general Long Zaitian, they will 20,000 horses just set up a position, and when they saw that the Ming army took the lead in launching a charge, Long Zaitian led his troops to meet the battle first.
The 10,000 Yunnan Tusi army saw that the Ming army was menacing, so they came to wait for work, Long Zaitian ordered three thousand archers to get ready, the archers opened their bows and squeaked arrows to fill the bows, and soon countless arrows were aimed at the Ming army that rushed over like a tide. As soon as he saw that the Ming army was within the firing range, the Tusi army gave an order to fire ten thousand arrows, and the arrows in the sky were like rain, covering the sky and the sun, and attacking the Ming army.
The Ming army that rushed in front hurriedly rushed forward while flying horses, while dancing the swords and guns in their hands to avoid arrows, but the bow and arrow in the cold soldier era were too powerful, pervasive, and could not be prevented, so it was difficult to count the people who fell from the arrow, and some people and horses were shot into hedgehogs.
But this Ming army is also quite brave, because this is Zuo Liangyu single-handedly brought out the team, when he fought with the Tartars outside the pass, and later repeatedly clashed with the thieves, once obeyed the orders of Yuan Chonghuan and Cao Wenzhao, just by listening to the names of these two people, you know that this team is not Xiongbao, but the Ming army, more precisely, the elite division of the old Ming army.
In terms of combat performance, they have defeated Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses, and this kind of charging in the face of a rain of arrows has long been commonplace. Not to mention the simultaneous firing of thousands of arrows, even if the other party bombarded them with red-coated cannons, they couldn't stop the momentum of their charge.
Therefore, the Ming army in front fell a group, the rear followed and rushed up, and then fell again, and then rushed up, while the casualties of the Ming army increased, the distance between the two sides quickly decreased, and soon the archers of the other side lost their effect due to the distance being too close.
As soon as Long Zaitian saw it, he quickly ordered the archers to retreat, and the other soldiers would charge forward, and the two sides were in one place in the blink of an eye. 5,000 Ming troops against 7,000 Tusi troops in Yunnan, this is, of course, an approximate number, soldier to soldier, general to general, and it started a hand-to-hand white-edged battle of life and death. For a while, it was difficult for the two sides to distinguish the winner from the loser.
After the work of about half a pillar of incense, Zuo Liangyu ordered the right army to attack. Huang Shu, the commander of the right army, also rushed over with 5,000 soldiers and generals, and the 10,000 horses of the left army and the right army were like two waves of turbulent waves, impacting the enemy army on the opposite side.
Long Zaitian's 10,000 Tusi army couldn't support it, if it could still support Ma Shixiu's 5,000 people alone, Huang Shu's 5,000 men and horses rushed up, and Long Zaitian's men and horses were like wind and clouds.
Wang Dingguo in the back didn't see it well, immediately waved the big knife in his hand, and immediately came to help with 10,000 people, this 10,000 horses is different from the Tusi army in Yunnan, these Tusi troops in Yunnan are actually the local army of the Ming Dynasty or the regimental training arm, and it is also the old Ming army. But Wang Dingguo's 10,000 horses were all born as thieves, and they were once the regular army of Daxi cultivated by Zhang Xianzhong, and they were one of Sun Kewang's main forces, and they were accustomed to fighting.
Zuo Liangyu stared at this team, and at this time, he also destroyed the war horse, and led the main force of 10,000 Chinese troops to charge into battle in person, intercepting Wang Dingguo's men and horses to fight.
This time, all 40,000 horses were staked, and the sky was dark, and the sun and moon were dark.
In the melee, Long Zaitian was surrounded by Ma Shixiu and Huang Shu, and before he could get out of a few ways, Long Zaitian, who was in a hurry with the second general, was slashed under the horse with a knife. Then the second will support Zuo Liangyu in the future, Wang Dingguo here is also barely supporting, Zuo Liangyu is a few years old now, otherwise Wang Dingguo is definitely not an opponent.
As soon as Ma Shixiu and Huang Shu came up, Wang Dingguo directly lost the play, and ran away under the protection of the guards.
Zuo Liangyu freed his hand, hung up the knife, took out the bow and arrow behind him, and shot Wang Dingguo under the horse with an arrow, Wang Dingguo's guards still wanted to come to the rescue, and Zuo Liangyu opened the bow left and right and fired several arrows, and Wang Dingguo's guards were shot down.
At this time, Huang Shu and Ma Shixiu rushed over, killed Wang Dingguo's guards, and cut off Wang Dingguo's head with a click.
The two main generals died a pair, and the remaining soldiers will flee in all directions like motherless children, Zuo Liangyu and the two generals will unite the middle army of the left army and the right army, and continue to pursue and kill the enemy.
Lin Yi saw this scene clearly in the city, and couldn't help laughing, "Commander Zuo is really brave, he is old and strong, he is worthy of his reputation, and he fought well!" ”
Zuo Mengeng, who was beside him, was also very angry when he heard this, and said in his heart, of course, who is my father? That is Emperor Chongzhen's own seal of the powerful Ning Nanbo, once cut Zhang Xianzhong's blood, chased Li Zicheng to heaven and earth, Sun Kewang If these juniors are not relying on those elephants, how can they be his old man's opponents?
But soon the form on the battlefield changed, Zuo Liangyu won the first battle, and Sun Ke, who was only two or three miles away from them, hoped that their 130,000 army would not be lively.
Sun Kewang and Mu Tianbo they were immediately on the high slope, these people looked at it, it was very unexpected, they didn't expect Wang Dingguo and Long Zaitian to lose the battle so quickly, the 20,000 army was defeated without a pillar of incense, Wang Dingguo and Long Zaitian are brave people, especially Wang Dingguo, that is Zhang Xianzhong's former army commander who established Daxi.
The so-called former army is Zhang Xianzhong's founding of the country, in the military imitation of the lighting system to set up the five military governor's office, the five army governor's office is second only to Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and other four kings, it can be seen that the former army commander in the important position of the Western Army, but these two generals are now killed.
Sun Kewang was furious, and he was about to take a large team of men and horses to cover up the past, Ai Nengqi stopped him and took the initiative to ask for help, Sun Kewang suppressed his anger, and then sent troops, he planned to lure out the elite in Lin Yi City, and that was only to defeat Zuo Liangyu.
This time, 30,000 soldiers and horses were dispatched, and there were still two main generals with troops, one was Ai Nengqi, the king of Dingbei in Daxi, and the other was Sha Dingzhou, a famous Tusi general. These 30,000 soldiers and horses are mainly based on Ainengqi's old department, when the Great West was founded, Ainengqi supervised 20 battalions for the commander of Dingbei, and the army directly under his command exceeded 50,000, although the scenery is not there, but there are still 20,000 horses.
The other 10,000 were the Tusi army of Shadingzhou, and the two generals and a 30,000-strong army were killed like a mountain.
At this time, Zuo Liangyu led the army to continue to chase and kill, because although the first battle was successful, the elephant army had not yet been dispatched, which showed that the lure of the enemy was unsuccessful, of course they could not retreat, and they had to continue to fight.
In the blink of an eye, the two sides were scuffling again.
This time, Zuo Liangyu's men and horses fought hard, firstly, they rushed and killed for a while, and their physical strength was seriously consumed, and secondly, because the enemy was outnumbered. Just now it was 20,000 against 20,000, if that is the first game, now this second game is 20,000 against 30,000.
Moreover, the 30,000 horses of Ainengqi and Sha Dingzhou are all new forces that have just entered the battle, and these two generals are also much more fierce than Wang Dingguo and Long Tian.
Therefore, as soon as these 30,000 horses rushed up, the Ming army immediately suffered heavy casualties.
But Zuo Liangyu played with his life, and now he can't play with his life, he knows that Lin Yi is watching the battle for him at this time, luring the enemy is unsuccessful, although the victory is still defeated, his son is also a hostage with Lin Yi, if Lord Lin turns his face, their father and son's heads will have to move, so he took Ma Shixiu and Huang Shu to fight without retreating, and the Ming army saw that the main generals were like this, and they were all out.
The battle went on quite fiercely.
Lin Yi at the head of the city frowned at a glance, damn, Sun Kewang is really cunning, if he doesn't see a rabbit, he won't let go of the eagle, look at what this means, Zuo Liangyu's 20,000 people want to lure out the elephant army, it's enough to choke, if they can't do it, they have to send more people!
Thinking of this, Lin Yi immediately ordered the generals Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi to take 5,000 soldiers and horses out of the city to support Zuo Liangyu, and told the second general not to retreat if they did not see the other elephant army attacking, on the contrary, if the elephant army attacked, immediately retreat to the city, the more embarrassed the better.
The second general received the order, at this time Zuo Mengeng was not set up for a long time, fighting his own brothers, going into battle with father and son, and seeing his father fighting outside the city, so Zuo Mengeng had the courage to ask Ying to go out to help his father.
Originally, he was taken as a hostage because he was afraid that Zuo Liangyu would change his mind halfway and surrender to the enemy to judge the country, but Lin Yi now saw that there was no need to keep this hostage, so Lin Yi gave permission on the spot and let Zuo Mengeng fight with Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongyi.
Zuo Mengeng thanked Lin Yi, the three generals ordered the soldiers and horses, these 5,000 men and horses are all the soldiers and generals brought by Lin Yixin, although they are not standard battalions and invincible battalions, but they are well-equipped, all of them are new muskets, these soldiers are equipped with knives, spears, or bows and arrows according to their own specialties, that is to say, they are all double weapons.
The city gate was wide open, the drawbridge was lowered, and the three generals came out of the city with 5,000 soldiers and horses, rushed across the drawbridge, and rushed out like opening the floodgates.
At this time, Zuo Liangyu's men and horses could not stand it, in the melee, Zuo Liangyu encountered Ai Nengqi, the sledgehammer had a thousand catties of strength, at this time Zuo Liangyu, who was already sweating and panting, would be his opponent, just one moment, the big knife flew. Zuo Liangyu ran away with his horse, Ai Nengqi chased after him, and the deputy generals Huang Shu and Ma Shixiu arrived and intercepted Ai Nengqi to fight.
Zuo Liangyu was able to escape. But if these two generals work together to fight an Ai Nengqi, they can still support it for a while, but at this time, Sha Dingzhou came up to help Ai Nengqi, and he was defeated by Ma Shixiu, leaving one Huang Shu, his martial arts are not as good as Zuo Liangyu, because he was slapped by Ainengqi with a hammer in the brain, and Ma Shixiu, the deputy general over there, couldn't resist Sha Dingzhou, and after a few combinations, he almost fell off his horse and fled in the wilderness.
At this time, Zuo Liangyu took out the bow and arrow again after getting out, but this time he found that the bow weighed a thousand times, and his arms were like being filled with lead, and he couldn't pull it away at all. Ainengqi and Sha Dingzhou came over with men and horses, and the Ming army was full of dead and wounded, and they retreated one after another.
Zuo Liangyu saw that it was bad, and he was going to fail to lure the enemy today.
At this moment, there was a crackle, and countless gunshots rang out, and with the gunshots, the rebels or thieves fell one after another.
Zuo Liangyu looked back and saw that a Ming army was surging, all of them were cavalry, all muskets, firing while rushing forward, he even saw the figure of his son Zuo Mengeng, and immediately knew that this was Lin Yi sent reinforcements, and a hot feeling rose in his heart: It seems that he is right to surrender and surrender, Lin Yi, the master of the prison country, is not an unrighteous person, not as Gao Jie said, deliberately let them be cannon fodder, and cover up his descendants, who are a hundred times stronger than the Chongzhen court, and really shouldn't follow Gao Jie and them to go through the troubled waters.
This chaotic shot, where can Ainengqi's men and horses resist, countless casualties, one after another, the rest of the scattered fled, some of the horses were frightened on the spot, rampage, Ainengqi and Shadingzhou's men and horses were completely chaotic.
At this time, the rescue of the Ming Kingdom arrived, Ai Nengqi and Sha Dingzhou also wanted to fight to save the situation, at this time Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi and Zuo Mengeng came to a three-on-two, Liu Fangliang and Zuo Mengeng fought against Ai Nengqi, Yuan Zongdi fought Sha Dingzhou, although Sha Dingzhou was fierce, but could not resist Yuan Zongdi's double whip, after a few faces, Yuan Zongdi used his left whip to press Sha Dingzhou's knife shaft, and his right hand whip up against Sha Dingzhou and smashed down. Frightened, Sha Dingzhou twisted his body desperately, and smashed it on his back with a click.
Sha Dingzhou screamed, threw the knife and ran, and a mouthful of blood spurted out without running a few steps, but he still did not fall off the horse, his hands clung to the iron bone beam, and his body fell on the horse's back and fled dizzily.
Yuan Zongdi didn't chase him, he came to clean up Ainengqi, three to one, Ainengqi couldn't stand it, it was difficult to take care of the beginning and the end, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, and Ainengqi turned his horse and left.
Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi and Zuo Mengeng chased and killed with soldiers and horses, at this time Zuo Liangyu was still relieved, and the wounded Ma Shixiu reorganized the soldiers and horses and Liu Fangliang's men and horses, and continued to chase and destroy the remnants of the enemy.
Sun Kewang and Mu Tianbo saw that they had lost two games in a row, and the 50,000 army was overwhelmed, and their blood was surging again, so they had to put all the 110,000 troops up and charge in person.
At this time, the thinker Yan Ximing spoke, "The great commander and the prince are slow, Lin Yi's elite has already attacked, how long will the elephant army not be mobilized at this time?" ”
"Okay, just Mr." Sun Kewang felt that he was almost out of order, at this time the elephant army attacked, the Ming army would be defeated, and the elephant army would open the way, and they would follow to cover up and kill, and the battle could be successful. Thinking of this, he immediately ordered Wink to lead the elephant army to dispatch.
Wen Ke couldn't wait for a long time, and after receiving the order, from the rear of 110,000 soldiers and horses, this special force was transferred out......