Chapter 186: The Battle of Lanzhou

Gu Chenxi under the city had already scolded the eight generations of his ancestors in his heart, and he was transferred from Longmendu to Lanzhou to eat the northwest wind at night, and he also spared the Liao army who could not see the end.

But even if you want to scold, you have to save your life first!

He drew the sword from his waist and stood in front of the Chinese army, ready to command the Chengdu right guard, who was waiting for the battle, to start receiving the enemy.

By the time An Yi rode his horse to the Chinese army, the Liao people had already killed within a hundred steps, and it was only at this time that they saw clearly that there was still a small handful of people in front of the Liao people who were being pursued!

"That's ........... That's Sun Dudu? ”

The group at the front of the group of about two or three hundred horsemen who didn't even light the torches, in the night, almost made An Yi's eyes round to see clearly, all of them were covered in blood, as if they had just escaped death, from the tattered banner held by a cavalryman behind him, it could be seen that it was the Xia army, and there was no doubt that there was no doubt that a veteran at the head of the group would be besides the metropolitan governor Sun Dezhang?

It's not that Sun Dezhang bravely led these two or three hundred men and horses to break through the encirclement, but Yelu Xiuke's good calculation,

When he was about to annihilate the Xia army that attacked Han Lin at night, he deliberately put a flaw for Sun Dezhang to let them break through the encirclement, and he led the army to bite the back.

The defenders on Lanzhou City watched most of their governors flee back with two or three hundred people, so they wouldn't block the door and prevent him from entering, and watch them being slaughtered, right?

The defeat of the remnants of Sun Dezhang will be the key for him to knock on the fortified city of Lanzhou, as long as the gate of Lanzhou is opened and the Xia army is allowed to enter, the army that Yelu Xiuke followed will never let them close again.

Fortunately, just now An Yi directly put the army under the city, if he comes, he will go to Lanzhou City, and now more than 20,000 Xia troops may be lining up to pass through the city gate, then it is really a big event!

However, An Yi is not an unpredictable prophet, he is mainly worried that He Liu has a small abacus in his heart, and this moment of great crisis has brought them all in, but if something goes wrong, it will be a catastrophe! It's better to leave them all under the city, and now the situation is that some people really take refuge in the north, and they have to fight the enemy to the death, and there is no second way.

"Let Sun Dudu come in!"

Gu Chenxi listened to An Yi's command and waved his sword forward, and the shield array of the front army flashed a "corridor" when he heard the order, that is, the shield array that was originally lined up in a line turned into a "concave" shape, and after Sun Dezhang's men and horses passed, this "concave" shape shield array could quickly block the Liao soldiers behind.

The Metropolitan Governor Sun Dezhang rode on the galloping horse, panting heavily, his beard on his chin that had been dyed gray and black was still a little red, and several of them were stained together by the blood stains that had been coagulated, and his face was blue and purple with a few scars, looking very embarrassed,

He never thought that Yelu Xiuke was so scheming, from the moment he stepped into the Lanzhou battlefield with the cavalry, what withdrawal of troops, withdrawal of camps, lack of food, arson plundering of villages and counties, and attacking grain teams were all scams, all of them were played for him, and the purpose was to lure him out of the city!

Sun Dezhang was full of joy and wanted to cut off the idea of the Liao people advancing eastward in a war, but he did not expect to be surrounded by Yelu Xiuke's army, and more than 18,000 horses and horses of the border army in Gansu Town were killed, and only the remaining hundred horsemen fled back in a hurry, and Zhao Baihu also fought to death in order to cover his retreat, but did not solve the problem in a battle, but was almost solved by others as a problem.

"Look, Governor! There are soldiers and horses under the city! ”

When Sun Dezhang heard this, he took a look, and roughly estimated that about 120,000 people formed a formation in front of the city of Lanzhou.

This is definitely not a person in Lanzhou City, eighty percent is either comfortable or Liao Ying, anyway, it doesn't matter who it is, rush in first to let go of it!

"Speed up! All in the field! ”

As Sun Dezhang's men and horses rushed into the shield array, the two sides of the groove in the shape of the "concave" began to gradually squeeze inward, constantly shrinking the space, and when the Liao cavalry who followed too closely rushed into the groove, the shields on both sides were almost attached to their horses' bellies.

Those Liao soldiers also knew that Sun Dezhang was a big official, so they just stared at the chase, and when they reacted that it was completely Xia army around them, it was too late to retreat, and a hook and sickle spear poked out between the gaps in the shields, cutting off the war horses under their crotches, whether it was the horse's hooves or the horse's belly, and when the tall Khitan cavalry sat unsteadily and fell off the horse, three or five tassel guns pierced their faces in an instant.

After dealing with these chaotic "miscellaneous fish" shield arrays, the shield array was restored to leveling, and one by one the foot soldiers hid behind the tall shields, baring their teeth and riveting their strength, ready to withstand the overwhelming Liao soldiers who came with the momentum of the landslide.

"Boom!"

The horse-fast cavalry made a muffled sound when it hit the steel shield with its flesh and blood, and from the perspective of the King of Shu on the city wall, it was like a monstrous black torrent blocked by the shield array of the Xia army, which could be regarded as withstanding the most ferocious fatal blow of the Liao army!

An Yi hurriedly rushed to the old Du Du Ma who was sheltering in the formation, and helped him down.

Sun Dezhang held the horse's back a little tremblingly, panting, and hurriedly turned his head and asked him: "General An, are you....... How many people have you brought with you? ”

"The last general only brought the right guard of Chengdu to come, but he didn't know how many people the Liao army had?"

Sun Dezhang stretched out his left hand and slapped An Yi, "Yeluxiu has been planning for a long time, old ....... The old man can see that it is at least 50,000 or so! ”

"So much!"

An Yi was also surprised, just standing on the city wall and looking at the Liao army, he thought that the Liao army only had more than 10,000 cavalry under Yelu Xiuke, but he didn't expect more than 50,000 people, he couldn't help but be a little worried: "That's not it, Yelu Xiuke can bring these horses must be in Lanzhou, I can't stand it alone, the old governor, transfer General Liao too!" ”

Sun Dezhang is really an old man, even if he has been in the ranks for a lifetime, he can feel that this breath in his chest cannot be lifted when he moves his muscles and bones slightly, he keeps stroking his chest, and then nodded heavily towards Anyi,

"Give up......... Give up the two cities of Qing and Su, and take everyone back to Lanzhou! ”

"Good!"

Now that the war has begun, there is no way to send the old governor to Lanzhou, so he can only arrange a few personal soldiers to take Sun Dezhang to find a slightly safer place to rest temporarily.

Then he found Jin Mingyin and instructed him to divide two teams of people to rush to Sucheng and Qingcheng to pass on the order of the overseer, and asked all the soldiers and horses to abandon the two cities and gallop to Lanzhou as soon as possible.

"Let Zhao Lingfeng and Jiang Shang find a dead wood and hay and a broken boat piled up at the ferry, pour some fire oil for me, and light the two ferries of Longmen and Feiling for me, as big as they can be, at least don't let them cross the river tonight, and then bring all the soldiers and horses to Lanzhou!"

"Yes!"

"Also, you personally go to Qingcheng to pick up Liu Siyi, Xin'er, I don't know if she is in the army when she runs around, when the time comes, you ask Jiang Shang, tie these two girls to Lanzhou City for me! If you don't have a single hair from them, I'll ask you! ”

Hearing this, Jin Mingyin's face darkened for a while, and he said in his heart, "This An Xin, it's a big deal, I salute first and then the soldiers tied her, where can I tie Liu Siyi?" But he had to say yes,

"Okay, I understand!"

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West of Lanzhou City

Meng Qi's cavalry waited outside the city, watching the confrontation under the north city gate from a distance, waiting for a comfortable sound of arrows to join the battle group.

Ah Yi relied on his marksmanship like a pear blossom, coupled with his quick and flexible mind, he had been promoted by Meng Qi to be a chief flag officer, with one or two hundred cavalry standing on the side of the team, wearing a white robe and a white horse with a silver gun in his hand, his handsome face was not afraid of the tragic battle in front of him, he only sat high and looked at the front calmly, waiting for Meng Qi's order at any time.

However, Ah Jin beside him did have a worried face, he looked at the private and no one for the time being, so he leaned into Ah Yi's ear and whispered: "Brother Yi, we don't have to work so hard, right?" The sword has no eyes on the battlefield, what if you are injured and touches somewhere? ”

Ah Yi smiled softly, but his eyes were still the majestic Lanzhou City, and he replied lightly: "Ah Jin, you don't understand, I have never felt so close to this country and these subjects, if I don't work hard, how would I know that in addition to having a singing and dancing Wang Jing in the Great Xia Dynasty, there is also such a devastated northwest?" If I didn't work hard, how would I know that the Great Xia official army, which had killed countless enemies every time in the court, was so vulnerable. We have been in the temple for too long, and this is the true appearance of our country, the result of the 400 years of peace and prosperity in Bactria. ”

Although Ah Jin didn't quite understand what Ah Yi said, he could see that the bitterness on his face was overflowing, but he couldn't interject about this kind of thing, and he could only sigh deeply with Ah Yi.

"What are you talking about?"

A sweet voice sounded from behind Ah Yi, interrupting his slightly dull thoughts, and when Ah Yi turned his head when he heard the sound, he was simply shocked,

"An Xin?! Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to go to your brother? ”

Not only him, but even Ah Jin beside him also had round eyes, this time he was about to charge, what is this eldest lady running here for?

An Xin was wearing a white riding suit, I don't know where to get a horse, and she was carrying a tassel gun in her hand, and said to them with a smile: "Look at the two of you, I am not a porcelain doll that will break when I touch it, and when I go to find my brother, I will definitely be caught by him and go back to the city." Besides, I've learned both of the marksmanship you taught me, so I'm going to try it out with you this time! ”

Ah Yi smiled bitterly when she heard this, "Sister Xin'er, this is the battlefield, not child's play, where did I teach you two sets of marksmanship Rao is that you have learned the number of ways, but the strength of the wrist and the experience of fighting can not be mastered overnight, the Liao people are fierce, how can you be a woman in danger?" ”

An Xin looked at him with a long "sigh", and said disdainfully: "So what, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, as the so-called double rabbit walks on the ground, An can tell that I am male and female, and women don't let me shave my eyebrows!" ”

An Xin's cherry little mouth was really a set, so that Ah Yi didn't know how to pick it up, and after thinking about it for a long time, she was just about to persuade her, but she didn't know that Meng Qi was also attracted by the noise on their side, and pointed to An Xin's back from afar and shouted: "Which chief flag officer are you?" Why are you dressed up like this? Don't you know the rules of the battlefield! ”

Who knew that as soon as he walked in front of him, he saw An Xin'e turn her head and said with a smile: "Meng Qi, it's me!" ”

"You......... You......... Sister Xin'er?? Why are you here?! ”

was so frightened that Meng Qi stammered when he spoke,

"Hurry up, two people, send Miss An back to the city! If you want Brother Yi to know that you are here, you have to beat me to death! ”

Meng Qi said that he was going to find two people to "arrest" An Xin back,

An Xin's little face that was still smiling just now collapsed, "Why are you all like this!" ”

As he was talking, he saw a whistle arrow rising in the air in the military formation under the gate of Lanzhou North City!

"Whoosh~~~Smack!"

The shrill whistling sound passed through the noisy battlefield like a razor, clearly transmitted to the ears of the soldiers of the vanguard battalion who were waiting for the battle, and the bright tail flame pierced the night sky, reminding them that it was time to charge!

Ah Yi saw that this matter was urgent, and he was not at ease to let the two cavalrymen escort An Xin, so he said to Meng Qi: "General Meng, you take the brothers to attack according to the plan, let Ah Jin take my command first, and I will send Miss An back." ”

When he came to do this, Meng Qi was also relieved, nodded heavily at him, and told him to let this eldest lady go to Lanzhou safely, and then turned around and returned to the front of the army, and pulled out the saber on his waist with a "bang" and pointed at the volley,

"Brothers, kill!"

"Kill, kill!!"

For a while, the shouts of killing resounded in the sky, and more than 3,000 cavalry were like a sudden sharp knife, rushing towards the Chinese army of Jeluxiuko.

An Xin looked at Ah Yi with a sad face, "Do you really want to send me back?" ”

Ah Yi is also a young man not much older than An Xin, watching Meng Qi galloping into the battlefield like a rainbow, he couldn't help but be enthusiastic, he asked rhetorically: "Do you really want to go to the battlefield?" ”

An Xin, this little girl, still asks? It must have been listening, and the two beautiful eyes nodded almost brightly.

"Good! Then I'll drive you crazy! ”