Chapter 235: The Battle of Yangjiagou
Li Guo divided the 800 cavalry into four teams and lined up in four arrow formations, preparing to cut into the large formation of the horse guards from four directions to disrupt the rebels' formation. { ?. 8?1〉 He knew that only by fully exploiting the advantages of cavalry mobile assault and disrupting the enemy's large array could he support the arrival of the new Liao army. Otherwise, with his own 800 people, he would be overwhelmed by Ma Shouying's tens of thousands of troops in minutes.
Ma Shouying personally led the army to the Majia village in Gushan Town, Ma Hongxi was in trouble, and asked for himself, and this Ma Hongxi has a lot of influence among the Muslims in this area, if he saves him this time, the Muslims in the nearby state capital will return to themselves in the future and come to join him. Most of Ma Shouying's subordinates are Muslims, so how could they let go of this rare opportunity.
What's more, Ma Hongxi also said that Wang Jiayin, He Yilong and other people who had just fled to this area were also willing to join forces to attack the New Liao Army, and even the people of the Ten Miles and Eight Townships added up to more than 100,000 horses, and the New Liao Army was only more than 30,000 people, so how could they do it!
Therefore, Ma Shouying personally led the army to rush over, in a vain attempt to defeat the New Liao army with Wang Jiayin, He Yilong, Ma Hongxi and other people, and achieve their goal of entrenching in Huguang.
The army rushed to Yangjiagou and encountered Li Guo's cavalry. Ma Shouying was in Hequ before, and Li Zicheng, Li Guo also had a friendship, after the first battle of Hequ, Li Guo was captured, Ma Shouying, Li Zicheng and others all escaped, but they never heard of Li Guo's whereabouts.
At this time, when he heard that the officers and soldiers who came in front of him were Li Guo, Ma Shouying couldn't help but be furious, and when he heard that Li Guo was only seven or eight hundred people, Ma Shouying was even more angry and laughed: "This Li Datou is really bold, even a few hundred people dare to attack this commander!" Hahaha......"
Ma Shouying shook the long beard under his chin with his right hand, and said loudly: "Lao Tzu wants to see if this rabbit cub has eyes on the top of his head!" ”
Saying that, Ma Shouying waved his whip, galloped to the front of the formation, and saw that Li Guo was really arranging the formation, preparing to attack, he couldn't help but shout and scolded: "Li Guo!" You little bunny! It's really the other thing about you! He actually brought the official army to attack this marshal! ”
Li Guo raised his head and saw that Ma Shouying was scolding himself angrily dozens of zhang away, his face turned cold at the moment, and he ordered his subordinates to quickly take place and prepare to attack.
Li Guo and Ma Shouying know each other well, but Li Guo has never had a good impression of Ma Shouying, the reason is that Ma Shouying is cruel and unkind, ruthless and vicious, and his subordinates are even more arrogant and fierce.
Li Zicheng has a good relationship with Ma Shouying, so the two soldiers and horses can get along safely, but Li Guo secretly persuaded Li Zicheng to keep a distance from Ma Shouying, so as not to know when he will be overshadowed.
Li Guo smiled coldly, and also said loudly: "Ma Shouying! Li Guo is now under the account of General Mo Limo, the general soldier of Daming Lake, the so-called Lu of the king, for the king's worries, and General Mo is eloquent and strategic, and the sky is talented, Li Guo is both an official and an army, and he is under the account of General Mo, and it is Li Guo's duty to follow General Mo to pacify the world, so why do you have to blame me! ”
When Ma Shouying heard that Li Guo actually dared to contradict himself, and called his name, he couldn't help but be even more angry, and shouted: "Li Guo is a thief!" Your uncle Li Zicheng still doesn't dare to call Lao Tzu by his name, you stinky kid, why are you so arrogant! Originally, Ben Dashuai also planned to look at your uncle and let you go, it seems that today's Lao Tzu is wrong! ”
"Yes, you're wrong! You are wrong not to indulge your subordinates in prostituting and plundering the people, so that the lives of people will be ruined, and the land will be thousands of miles away! Li had long heard that after Ma Shouying's rebels went south from Yunyang, they burned and looted all the way, and almost no grass grew everywhere they passed.
Thinking of the tragic scenes in Tangjia Village, Li Guo couldn't help but be filled with righteous indignation. Ma Shouying's rebels were no less brutal than Zhang Dashou, and Li Guo could imagine what kind of purgatory-like ravages the people of these hundreds of miles from Yunyang to Changning.
"Joke! Aren't you Li Guo and your uncle Li Zicheng also righteous soldiers at the beginning, who still doesn't know whose virtue, why do you say me? Ma Shouying sneered.
"Fart! I've never done any dirty things like you brutes! Today, I will seek justice for the people who have been harmed by you! Li Guo was furious, his legs clamped between the horse's belly, and with a spear, he rushed towards the enemy formation on his horse, shouting: "Brothers! Kill! ”
Under the command of Li Guo, the 800 cavalry were divided into four teams, each lined up in the shape of a pointed triangular arrow, and rushed towards the rebels who were guarding the horses from four directions.
The galloping horses and roaring soldiers soon rushed to the edge of the enemy formation, like a plowshare, fiercely tearing a hole in the rebel formation, and ploughing towards the enemy formation.
Each of the three cavalrymen who rushed to the front of the arrow, all wielding a bright spear or broadsword in their hands, fiercely slashed, stabbed, and swept at the old Hui rebel soldiers who met them, while the cavalry that followed closely behind them were all long-colored knives, and they were also slashing fiercely, and each knife splashed countless blood.
The cavalry following the arrows took black grenades from their bodies, lit the fuses, and threw them vigorously into the dense crowd of rebels on either side.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
Countless grenades exploded in the rebel array, only to blow up the rebels' flesh and blood, ghosts and wolves howled, and many rebel soldiers who were blown up and broke their hands and feet, clinging to their broken bodies and rolling on the ground, making a heart-numbing howl.
Li Guo and the other three teams of cavalry were like three arrows in the rebel array, and everywhere they passed, they all caused a mess, although the rebel soldiers were thousands, they could not stop the fierce cavalry of 800 people.
But after all, there are too many rebels, more than 60,000 troops, no matter how incompetent, they can always trap these hundreds of people. The new Liao army is now relying on the fast power of war horses and the huge power of grenades to suppress these tens of thousands of rebels, but war horses will be exhausted after galloping for a long time, and when the grenades are always used up, they will face the siege of tens of thousands of troops, and the situation of these 800 people can be imagined.
But Li Guo was not afraid, because he knew that as long as he held on for a while, the general's army would arrive.
Li Guo led his subordinates to keep rushing and killing, trapped in the chaos of tens of thousands of people, he knew that he must not stop, because with his own strength, once he stopped, the crowd of the other party could instantly overwhelm you.
After killing a stick of incense, many soldiers were wounded, blood flowed from their bodies, and many brothers were shot and fell from their horses, and Li Guo's team was only about 170 people left, and the war horses gradually slowed down.
was fighting hard, suddenly, but saw the rebels behind him in chaos, a crying father and mother's cry suddenly sounded, like a pot of hot oil being poured into a spoonful of cold water, churning.
Li Guo forcefully picked a rebel off his horse, took the time to take a look, and suddenly almost jumped in surprise.
It turned out that at the end of the official road, a big flag with black letters on a red background was waving in the wind, embroidered with a big horse character on it, and under the flag, a general with shiny armor waved a mace and led thousands of soldiers to rush over bravely, it was Ma Jinzhong.
On Ma Jinzhong's side, there was another infantry of more than a thousand people, all black-clad and black-armed, with a snow-bright long knife, as cold as a messenger from hell, silently slashing at the rebels, almost every knife took away the life of a rebel, and the blood of the rebels splashed on their faces, and no one wiped it, without blinking an eye, and continued to cut to the next one.
These are the Black Flag Guards led by Xiao Yang. Among the Ming soldiers in red uniforms and the rebels in a mess of various colors, their black was particularly conspicuous, cold black, dazzlingly black, and terrifyingly black.
At this time, because the cavalry and the rebels led by Li Guo were intertwined and the melee was endless, although the new Liao army carried artillery, it did not dare to fire, for fear of accidentally injuring its own people. And the musket three-stage shot is basically unusable, because everyone is in a scuffle, and the only way to kill is to use cold weapons.
So, Ma Jinzhong, Xiao Yang, Su Hansheng and others led more than 3,000 soldiers to wield swords and guns and kill them from the front.
Especially the Black Flag Guards who rushed to the front, what they are best at is a single slash, often using only one knife to cut off the opponent's head entirely. For a moment, where the Black Flag Guard had stepped on, there were human heads rolling all over the ground, and blood was spraying wildly everywhere.
On the big banner behind Xiao Yang, there was a huge white skeleton and two long knives embroidered, and the rest of the background color was pure black, as black as the night, so black that it was mysterious and terrifying.
Ma Shouying's rebels were shocked by the cavalry led by Li Guo before, and now they are frantically attacked by thousands of murderous Black Flag Guards, many of these rebels are new recruits, not all of them have been trained for a long time, and at this time they were all stunned by the cruelty and ruthlessness of these Black Flag Guards, and they all ran away with strange screams, and no one dared to stop these crazy Black Flag Guards.
Ma Jinzhong also brandished his huge mace, fighting on horseback, every time the mace swept, almost a head was smashed, ** splashed, flesh and blood flying, the horror was no less than the psychological panic brought to the rebels by the Black Flag Guard.
The rebels retreated one after another, although the number of the new Liao army was only three or four thousand, but the combat power was too terrifying, and after a while, the enemy in front of the new Liao army was slaughtered thousands of people, blood flowed all over the place, and corpses were everywhere.
Ma Shouying couldn't help but be shocked, glared at Ma Hongliang, who came to report to ask him to send troops, and Ma Hongxi, who was almost chased by Li Guo just now, and shouted angrily: "Ma Hongxi, Ma Hongliang, didn't you say that He Yilong would also come to attack the officers and soldiers together, what about people?" ”
Ma Hongxi was also frightened by the crazy killing of the Black Flag Guard, he knew the power of the New Liao Army, and he had also seen the horror of the Black Flag Guard, but he had just been chased here by Li Guo, and before he could talk to Ma Shouying in detail, the New Liao Army was killed.
Moreover, if he told Ma Shouying to flee for his life at this time, Ma Shouying would definitely think that he was crazy, how could more than 60,000 people be scared away by hundreds of officers and soldiers?
As for He Yilong, the ghost knows if he brought troops to the war.
Ma Hongxi said in a trembling voice: "Ma Dashuai, the little ones don't know where He Yilong's men and horses have gone, or let's withdraw first?" This new Liao army is too ruthless, and the small stockade is almost wiped out by them......"
Ma Shouying scolded fiercely, gritted his teeth and popped out a word: "Withdraw!" ”