Just half an hour after Lin Chong arrived, Lu Zhishen, Ou Peng, Yang Zhi, and Ma Lin each led their headquarters to arrive. Later, Liu Tang and Li Ying also led a team of soldiers and horses to kill.

But at this time, the large force of the Liangshan Army was still twenty miles away from the battlefield.

Liang Shanbo, who had many soldiers and horses, did not do his best to fight Cai Zhen, and he did not do his best to fight Xu Jing. Although more than 50,000 land and water cavalry were mobilized in this battle, it did not mean that every time a battle was fought, more than 50,000 land and water troops would be dispatched.

Don't say anything else, just look at the Qinghu Sanniang, hit and Cai Zhen to set off, how long has it been, and I haven't seen anyone. It's also ridiculous to say that this Hu Sanniang was the first to lead the reserve army to set off with Cai Zhen, and also captured the thousands of reserve soldiers of her brother Hu Cheng, and the two thousand men and horses marched straight to the west, and the target must be Xu Jingbu. But what about the facts? She took a fork in the road and went directly to the side of Xu Jing's camp. But the sentry came to report that Hu Sanniang was wrong, and he was bumping into a defeated army, and he finally captured thousands of prisoners, which was not in vain. It can be said that the blind cat bumped into the dead mouse.

More than 50,000 cavalry troops were invisibly staggered from each other because of different reasons such as speed and position. Catch up with eating meat and drinking soup - such as the cavalry of Lin Chong's department and Hu Sanniang's department, this is eating meat and drinking soup.

And Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, and Liu Tang, who failed to catch a little oil star in Xu Jing, led the soldiers and horses to continue eastward without looking back.

Since last night, it's been three days now, aren't they tired?

It's impossible not to be tired. But Lu Qian has a saying that makes a lot of sense - take advantage of the fire to rob and fall into the well. Perhaps it can also be said elegantly: It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to sell the name of the overlord. This is the time when the easiest outcome of this war can be. Now if you are tired and have back pain, aren't you afraid of losing Qingqing's life when you fight head-on?

This fighting posture of the Liangshan army can be said to be very dangerous. The main force of the Liangshan Army led by Lu Qian, after winning the battle with Cai Zhen, waited for himself to loosen the fist he had clenched at the beginning and went to hit people.

It's like that tall man. It's just that the official army can't find anyone who can turn the tide and save the war.

Song Jun is here. Another military conference is underway. I saw an officer and said: "According to the report of the horse exploration, there are seven or eight thousand people in the Liangshan Bo thief army in front of you, and about 1,000 iron cavalry. There were no follow-up soldiers and horses of the thief army for ten miles around. ”

Hearing this "seven or eight thousand people", Wang Wende and Mei Zhan's mood finally improved, and the official army was at least twice as large as the thief army. Even if it is a cavalry, the combined force of the cavalry in his two armies is 2,000 people, not to mention the overall pressure of the army, just say that the cavalry can take out a single training alone, and it can fight with the thief cavalry for a few rounds.

"What is the configuration of the thief army?"

"The horses dare not approach the thief army, and the thieves are very fierce in light horses, and the cover is very powerful." The officer replied again.

Then the situation is completely clear. Both armies had a large force of soldiers and horses behind them, but they could not arrive in a short time. Now the Liangshan army is in array for battle, whether it is war or peace, and the choice is in the hands of Wang Wende and Mei Zhan.

Wang Wende cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "He Cai Zhen was broken, Gao Taiwei didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and the three generals Han, Jing, and Xu couldn't hear the slightest news. Tens of thousands of officials and soldiers have lost their divisions, if such a defeat is spread to the imperial court, how can the Son of Heaven not be angry when he hears about it? ”

"Everyone, if you don't want to be punished at that time, we will have to have a bloody battle with the thief army today, so that it will not be easy for the court to wait for us."

Wang Wende glanced around, his gaze stopped on Mei Zhan's face, the two looked at each other, and there was no need to say anything. But Wang Wende's words are half-true and half-false, and the two can't completely ignore their friendship after all, nor can they completely ignore their reputation.

Wang Wende's eyes finally stopped on the face of Zhai Jin, the brave general under his command.

Zhai Jin is a son of the Longmen Wang clan in Xijing, and was appointed as the first palace attendant for his merits in capturing robbers, and he was appointed as the first general in western Beijing. He was transferred to Xihe Road in the northwest. His top boss is Liu Fa, the great commander of the Western Army, who is known as a god general.

The latter is the first general of the Western Army in the world, Huizong Chongning four years (1105), Liu Fa in Huizhou (now Huining, Gansu) Ertik Spring to meet the main army of Western Xia, a battle to break the enemy, after defeating the enemy, across the Yellow River across the desert to pursue more than 400 miles, plundered the Kara River, and captured more than 10,000 people of the Western Xia army (recorded in the stele of Dinggong Jihua). In the second year of Daguan (1108), Liu Fa participated in the battle to recover the Jishi Army in the Hehuang region, and in the same year, he served as the Marquis of Yu, the commander of the Sanya Guard, the pro-army Ma Jun.

Such a person who can fight well is not a person who is good at sycophancy. In the third year of Huizong Daguan (1109), Liu Fa did not personally greet him because of the imperial court (as the main local military and political governor was disrespectful to his superiors - Tong Guan), he was dismissed from Xihe Road through a little pacification envoy and Zhixizhou, and dismissed the Marquis of Yu, the pro-army horse military division of the Sanya guard.

Zhai Jin was a brave general under his command, and he was also affected and was beaten to the command of Hongnong Wang Wende. It has been six or seven years now, and the revenge is not allowed to be carried out, and the depression is not for a long time.

Wang Wende also knows people well, and takes him as his subordinate and personally represents the cavalry.

"Zhai Jin, I know that you have great ambitions, and you don't want to be vacant in Hongnong, wasting your time, just creating and making people. Now is the time for you to exert your might. But if you can resist the iron horsemen of the thieves, I will allow you to be the first great achievement. ”

Last year, Song Xia in the west went to war again, Zhai Jin heard the letter from the old friend of the Xihe Road army, it was restless, and he couldn't wait to give birth to two wings and fly to Liu Fa's account. Mei Zhan also handed over the thousands of horse troops under his account to him, "If you can make great achievements in this battle, why can't you get your wish?" ”

Zhai Jin naturally knew what kind of goods the two horse armies were. Compared with the cavalry of the Western Army, not to mention the sergeants, the horses are a little worse first. The Hongnong Horse Army is already a cut behind, and the Runan Horse Army is even worse than the Hongnong, and it is not as tall as the war horse of the Liangshan Bandit Army opposite, which is also strange. In such a battle, I am afraid that I will suffer some losses. But Zhai Jin was not afraid at all.

Two thousand horsemen against one thousand horsemen, even if the war horse has to suffer some losses, why not? The two festival envoys instead sent the credit, he is also a person who has been trained in the Song army for many years, he has been ready to endure hardships in the front, and the merits are in the back, I never thought that the two festival envoys value him so much, and immediately hugged their fists and said: "Please rest assured that the two festival marshals will fight hard to kill the thieves and destroy the thieves." ”

Wang Wende nodded with satisfaction, Zhai Jin was the number one general under him, brave and strategic. Except for Ma Jun to hand it over to him, there is no one who can reassure him.

Zhai entered and exited the military tent, looking towards the east with a faint gloom.

Lin.

When he went out to watch just now, the first thing he saw was not the tall horse of the Liangshan thief army, but the 'forest' banner raised by the iron horse. The leader surnamed Lin in Liangshanbo, besides Lin Chong, who else will it be?

In terms of age, he is already forty-two years old, ten years older than Lin Chong, and when he was in contact with Lin Chong's father's peers, he had been instructed by Lin Lao Tizhi in marksmanship, but now he wants to use this marksmanship that he has instructed him to take credit for his son. It's really a mess of the world.

Zhai Jin even knew that this battle should be the node of this army's crusade.

and Cai Zhen was broken, Gao Yu didn't know whether he was alive or dead, Han Cunbao, Jing Zhong, and Xu Jing didn't know the life and death, and then there was another battle, no matter whether they won or lost, the Western Route Army was abolished.

And since Liang Shanbo's army can kill Hecai Town, what will happen to the Southern Route Army, it will also be better than harmed.

In this way, more than half of the soldiers and horses under the command of Shijiedu have been lost, can this battle be fought again?

Zhai Jin remembered that he had also seen Lu Qian, and he didn't have much impression of him in his heart. I didn't think that I would go away, but I only regarded gold as rotten copper.

In just two years, this Lu Qian pierced a hole in the sky of the Great Song Dynasty. As a former high-level military officer of Zhao Song and a local wealthy family, Zhai Jin knew very well that the world of the Great Song Dynasty was not peaceful. But even if the civil unrest in the past was frequent, no matter how big it was, it was just a matter of one state and one government, what happened to Lu Qian? Jingdong, Hebei, Huainan......

defeated the official army in a row, and then lost ten knots, which is simply the same as Li Yuanhao back then. It's a pity that he is not in Nanling, nor in Sichuan and Shu, but in Qilu Jingdong, which has no danger to defend. Even if you are a hero of a moment, you cannot be a hero of a lifetime.

In the military tent behind him, Wang Wende's voice was loud: "This battle has attracted the attention of the world, from the Son of Heaven to the hundreds of officials and the people, all looking forward to the good news." The Son of Heaven attaches great importance to military merits, how can the Emperor and Song Dynasty treat heroes badly for more than a hundred years? As long as this battle is won, as long as this battle is meritorious, promoted and rewarded, and famous all over the world, it is not a vain, you can understand it......"

"Don't worry, Dashuai, we will move forward bravely, and we will never give up until we kill all the thieves!" In everyone's response, Zhai Jin had already left.

didn't mention him, just said that the generals got on their horses one after another and returned to their respective camps, and when everyone dispersed, Wang Wende, Mei Zhan and the guards also got on their horses and moved forward, and a henchman whispered to Mei Zhan: "Jie Shuai, are you sure this time?" ”

Mei Zhan was silent for a moment, and then said: "I can only win this time, if I don't win, I'm afraid that this life will be taken." ”

Lu Qian has repeatedly defeated the official army, is he a soldier who does not know the soldiers? Now that the army is still sent to fight, the seven or eight thousand thieves in front of the camp will definitely have good combat power.

The henchman's face was very ugly when he heard it, and he muttered: "What does Wang Jieshuai think, now that Gao Yu and Han Xujing don't know whether they are alive or dead, then they should be the first to protect their strength." Don't you know that the more you do, the more you get wrong? ”

Speaking of this, Mei Zhan turned his head and glared, and his henchman didn't dare to say anything. Mei Zhan looked up to the sky and sighed, "Brother Wende's experience is also for the sake of my generation's name, not to let the younger generation have no one in their eyes, so that the government and the wild rivers and lakes think that I am old and weak, and I am no longer usable." This time, sacrifice your life to accompany the gentleman, and repay this friendship! "And what if the three men were defeated, and not captured. This fight can still give those three old guys a plan or two.

Before the camp, it was only a distance of a thousand paces. The tide of the Song army generally poured out of the camp, and the Liangshan army on the opposite side also sounded the horn in unison, waving the flag, and now the various departments of the official army have begun to unfold, people shouting horses neighing, dust looking up to the sky, they should also go forward.

Half an hour ago, Lin Chong ordered all the cavalry to dismount, and the men and horses to eat and drink. Then the three infantry troops arrived, and they also sat on the ground to recuperate.

At this moment, the two armies are like two angry bulls, panting and glaring at each other.

Everything is ready, war and fighting, and it begins.

"Kill-" Zhai Jin and Lin Chong led the Ma army to charge at the same time. In the face of a well-organized infantry group, a frontal assault was something that the cavalry should avoid as much as possible. Unless it is an armored iron cavalry, otherwise, even the kind of cavalry led by Lin Chong is a fine cavalry wearing iron armor, and it is necessary to turn the front of the troops to the flanks of the infantry array.

Both cavalry teams are going to fight each other's flanks, so before they can do so, they need to have a brutal battle with each other.