44, Zhang Wenyuan captured the child (below)
Lu Ying said wildly, naturally he was proud.
His father Lu Yi, when Han Fu was in charge of Jizhou, had already dared to fight against Fang Bo of Yizhou, and Han Fu also sent troops to attack, but he was defeated by Lu Yi instead, forcing Han Fu to give up his position under internal and external troubles.
And Yuan Shao, who is newly in charge of Jizhou, also needs to vigorously encircle their Koji family, and then face Gongsun Zhan, and even rely on the elite of Luyi to defeat Gongsun Chan's army in one fell swoop, helping Yuan Shao stabilize the situation in Jizhou.
After that, the Hebei soldiers and horses attacked Gongsun, beheaded the poison, and defeated the series of victories in Montenegro, all of which were indispensable to the figure of his father Lu Yi, let alone the merits of the soldiers and horses of the Lu family.
With the pride of his father and family, at a young age, he was in charge of a battalion of soldiers and horses, and he was high-spirited and looked at the field.
In particular, I heard that the cavalry general who led the enemy rangers seemed to be Zhang Liao, a general under Lu Bu who defected from Hebei last year, and now he was defeated and surrendered to the Hedong soldiers and horses, which made Lu Ying, who was above the top, disdainful.
The general of the defeated army, how dare he speak bravely, and dare to run to the place where my Koji family's soldiers and horses are stationed to spread wild, not knowing whether he is alive or dead.
Lu Ying looked at the wandering Qianghu cavalry, thought about it, and thought about it, so he ordered the soldiers under his command to shout, verbally abuse Zhang Liao, and provoke the war.
"Zhang Liao, you are a defeated soldier, first defeated in my Hebei, and then rushed to Hedong, it can be described as a good and defeated general, today I met my Hebei elite soldiers, and did not quickly dismount and surrender. If you still have the courage to do so, you can dare to fight me! ”
"Zhang Liao, dare to line up and fight me!"
"Zhang Liao, dare to line up and fight me!"
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The Hebei soldiers under the command of Lu Ying roared in unison, and the sound shook the four fields, and soon reached Zhang Liao's ears.
Zhang Liao heard the shouts of the Hebei soldiers, and the muscles in his face spasmed, because his face was red, but he couldn't see much anger.
Wulou Thorn, who was following him, also understood the shouting of the Hebei soldiers on the other side, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, turned his head to look at Zhang Liao and asked:
"Captain, the enemy is fighting against you!"
Zhang Liao also glanced at this somewhat gloating Shangjun Hu man, when he was under Lu Bu, he served as a cavalry captain, Gan Ling treated him politely, and after he surrendered, he was still given the position of captain, but there were no cavalry under his command to lead.
The three hundred Qiang Hu Yicong allocated to him by Ganling were ostensibly headed by him, but in fact, he had to go through the Hu people around him to be able to command these cavalry, once Zhang Liao wanted to defect to Jixian and escape to Lu Bu's command, Wulou Jian would immediately give an order to shoot Zhang Liao and bring his head back to Ganling.
Sending Zhang Liao across the Qingshui to test the movements of the Luyi army was not only a consideration of Zhang Liao's ability, but also a test of Ganling's loyalty to Zhang Liao.
"What do you think if I give the order to attack on both sides and rush to kill the formation?"
Zhang Liao looked at Wulou Thorn and asked quietly. Wu Lou Thorn was not polite, and shook his head.
"No, these enemy soldiers are standing in formation, my cavalry has tried it, there are strong crossbows behind the big sword, you can't attack directly, you need to mobilize and consume their strength first, and then break the formation."
"But this is the enemy's station, and when you finish using up their strength, I'm afraid that the horsepower is almost exhausted, and it is a blessing to be able to retreat, can you still destroy them?"
Wu Lou thorn blinked, and subconsciously retorted:
"Even so, if you attack the fortified position like this, you will definitely lose, unless—"
Speaking of this, Wu Lou Thorn's words came to an abrupt end, and this Zahu warrior from Shangjun had fully understood Zhang Liao's plan, and he asked tentatively:
"So you're wanting..."
"That's right, I've already sent the cavalry back, just to tell Meng Sima, now, attack!"
Wu Lou Thorn suddenly felt that the red-faced man in front of him was not funny at all, and even a little suspicious that his anger just now was faked, which made him a little embarrassed, touched his nose, turned around and ordered:
"Captain Zhang has an order, let Shen Rui and Quan go to the evil formation, just like hunting, introduce the prey into the trap."
Ling rode the order, and immediately galloped away. After a while, the two rangers cruising around the Hebei soldiers began to assemble, approaching from the left and right, and began to send rangers to constantly approach the military formation of the Hebei soldiers, and from time to time they swept the formation and released arrows.
This abrupt change soon aroused Lu Ying's idea, and after watching the change, he smiled and said proudly after seeing the wandering Hu Qi begin to assemble:
"This Zhang Liao really fell for the trick, so he was provoked by my words, and he was really a mediocre general."
After finishing speaking, Lu Ying looked at Hu Qi who began to pass by, and also restrained the contempt on his face, and said solemnly:
"This group of Hu cavalry seems to have been trained in the art of war, not like ordinary rangers, they have already learned how to feint and test the distance and density of my bows and crossbows on all sides, and the whole army and soldiers have obeyed my orders, and they must not send a single crossbow arrow in vain."
"You must see the flag pointing and hear the sound of the drum before you can get up and launch the arrow, otherwise even if the enemy cavalry rushes to the front, I must crouch behind the big flank, and I am not allowed to raise the flag indiscriminately or shout."
After Lu Ying gave the order, only the subordinate military officials urged the soldiers to hold on, and let Hu Cai test the array to release arrows, and the stray arrows were scattered on the big tree, making a constant muffled sound, and occasionally there were arrows into the formation, and the Hebei soldiers were killed by the shooting wounds, and they were immediately gagged by the military officials and pulled to the back of the military formation for treatment.
The Hu cavalry on the right is still wandering, the Hu cavalry on the left is the first to approach, whistling and rushing, and raising gusts of dust, although it is more than a hundred cavalry, but it seems to have the momentum of thousands of troops and horses, seeing that it is almost close to eighty steps, the strong crossbowman crouching behind the big tree has clearly heard the sound of the horse's hooves stomping on the ground, and the ground under his feet is also trembling, but the drum still did not sound.
Just when the strong crossbowmen crouching in the big bush were trembling nervously, suddenly an unfamiliar horn sounded, and the sound of the horse's hooves, which was getting closer and closer, began to slow down, and before they could react, Lu Ying, who had been watching the battle, hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled coldly:
"Yidi's skills, dare to be tricky!"
As he spoke, the cavalry on the left who was about to charge into battle scattered one after another, and it was only a feint that approached within range!
On the contrary, the Hu cavalry on the right, who seemed to be scattered at first, had quickly assembled in the charge, forming a sharp arrow formation, and rushed towards the other side of the Hebei army formation.
If it was an ordinary crossbowman, he had already shot the first round of the most dense rain of arrows towards the Hu cavalry to the east at this time, and the Hu cavalry on the right was to take advantage of the excellent opportunity for them to wind up and rush into their formation in one fell swoop, taking the opportunity to disrupt their formation.
It's a pity that under the arrogance of Lu Ying, there is still a little capital, he was not deceived by Hu Cai's realistic feint attack at all, and immediately ordered the horse to the right, and the strong crossbowmen turned one after another, this time the cavalry on the right had completely increased the speed of the horse, and quickly rushed into eighty paces, and in an instant it was within fifty steps.
"Drumming!"
This kind of distance depends on the judgment of the general's eyesight, the slightest difference, a little hesitation, that is, the strong crossbowman fires the crossbow at the same time, Hu Qi also breaks into the formation, and there is immediately a difference between victory and defeat.
Lu Ying decisively ordered, strong crossbowmen surged up, crossbow arrows shot out, forming a layer of black curtain, the momentum of the crossbow arrows instantly shot down more than 30 horses, the front of the Hu cavalry front of the arrow array of the dozen or so horses were shot into hedgehogs, the front horses swooped to the ground, blocking the rear horses, and the entire Hu cavalry riding array suddenly became chaotic.
And the big tree on the right also immediately dispersed, a group of spearmen shouted thunderously, rushed forward, followed by the sword and axeman, rushed to the cavalry that had already reached the near place, spears stabbed the knights, swords and axes chopped the horses' hooves, like wolves and tigers, a group of foot soldiers actually killed the chaotic cavalry to the horse.
"Retreat!" Shen Rui, who was a member of the Shen clan, saw that as soon as the cavalry under his command took over, he lost one-third, and he was distressed, where did he dare to fight again, and hurriedly ordered to retreat, and this feint defeat unexpectedly turned into a real defeat.
Shen Rui hurriedly fled with the cavalry, and all the people who wanted to cover were also repelled by the strong crossbows of the Hebei soldiers, and the two Hu cavalry retreated one after another. When Wu Lou Jian saw this scene, he couldn't help but marvel, and said to Zhang Liao:
"Shen Rui couldn't hold on for a moment, this Hebei soldier is really fierce, Captain, I'd better retreat quickly."
At this time, there was no longer the slightest hint of ridicule on Wulou's face, this righteous soldier, in his opinion, was really a more fierce foot soldier than a cavalry.
Zhang Liao didn't make fun of Wulou Thorn, he took a deep breath, ordered a retreat, and then turned his horse's head and retreated in the direction of Qingshui.
"Hahaha, this Hedong soldiers and horses are really local chickens and tile dogs, and they will collapse at the first touch, this Zhang Liao is just a brave general, and he actually fled as soon as he was defeated, no wonder he was able to escape with Lu Bu all the way from Guanzhong to Hebei, and from Hebei to Hedong."
The big victory over Hu Cai's Qi Ying laughed, so unexpected, those Hu Qi's carving insect skills are not worth mentioning in front of him, he is going to repeat his father's 800 first to break the glorious record of the white horse righteous followers, and drive all the Hu Qi in the east of the river into the clear water.
After the soldiers of Hebei went out of the formation to chase for a while, they were about to stop the pursuit, but Lu Ying continued to order the pursuit, and the military officials around him hurriedly ordered to admonish, telling him that although he had defeated the Hedong cavalry, the other party was cavalry, and he was mostly foot soldiers, so he should not chase it any further.
But Lu Ying scoffed, and he said resolutely:
"Zhang Liao has been defeated and fled, the front is Qingshui, the shore is dense, it is not conducive to the cavalry to run, if the enemy cavalry wants to wade and escape, the speed is even slower, I just shoot slowly on the shore, today I want to make Qingshui red, I want to make those Hu cavalry who fled back tremble, flee back to the enemy camp, crying about the prestige of my Koji family soldiers and horses!"
Lu Ying refuted the military officials who dissuaded the pursuit, in fact, there was still a layer of thought in his heart, that is, he not only wanted to repeat his father's 800 first achievements in breaking the white horse, but also imitate his father's long-distance drive, cut the flag, pull out Gongsun Zhan's courage and courage in the Panya Gate, capture Zhang Liao alive, and let his reputation spread far and wide in Hedong and Hebei.
"Keep the pursuit!"
Lu Ying shook the horsewhip, rode out of the horse, and did not look back, the military officials around him had no choice but to obey Lu Ying's command and continue to chase forward with his soldiers.
Qingshui is not far from the pavilion, less than ten miles, when most of the foot soldiers of Lu Ying approached the river, Zhang Liao's Hu cavalry had just trekked in the water, and some of the Hu cavalry were still scrambling for the road, and the horse lost its front hooves and fell into the water, causing a splash.
Lu Ying laughed proudly again, and hurriedly commanded the soldiers to step forward, and ordered the crossbowmen to run to the water's edge and fire crossbow arrows, and today he will let all these Hu horsemen die in the water.
Unexpectedly, when the pursuing Hebei soldiers rushed to the river bank to shoot Hu Qi in the water, there was a thunderous shout from the reeds on the water's edge that had dried up early due to drought, and a large number of Hedong soldiers actually emerged from the grass.
And they also have strong crossbows in their hands, under the fire of ten thousand arrows, the unsuspecting Hebei soldiers were shot down a large piece, Lu Ying was frightened, and he also knew that he was careless, and fell into the ambush of the other party, he hurriedly transferred the horse's head, made a sound, shouted to withdraw the army, and took the lead in fleeing behind.
It's just that the soldiers and horses in Hedong who are waiting in ambush can let go of this pursuing enemy general, in the midst of the chaos, the prancing horse rushed out, with a bare face and a thick beard, and shouted loudly.
"Little Luying, Yanmen Zhang Wenyuan is here!"
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Kuicheng, Hedong military camp.
Ma Lin was privately called to the tent by Gan Ling, he was confused, seeing Gan Ling's solemn face, frowning, stunned and laughing, and teasing in his mouth:
"Shusheng, call me to the tent, what are you still in a daze, are you thinking about your Ma family girl?"
Ma Lin and Gan Ling are both old men under Yan Xing's command, the two followed Yan Xing at the beginning, and they also had a quarrel with each other, and now they are like friends, if Gan Ling listens to him make fun of Ma Yunlu on weekdays, he will definitely ridicule each other, but today he is abnormal, but he shook his head and said:
"You come and see this military report."
Ma Lin was stunned for a moment, and also noticed that something serious seemed to have happened, so he quickly put away his smile, and then stepped forward to take the military newspaper in Gan Ling's hand, which was sent by Xu Huang from Yewang City, conveying the order of Anyi Yan Xing.
Zhang Ji of Hongnong has already done his best, invaded Hedong and Henan, the war is urgent, Yan Xing has led his troops to personally go south to set up defenses, and the front military full authority is entrusted to Gan Ling and Xu Huang, no need to ask for instructions, be sure to calm the situation in Hanoi as soon as possible, and then divide the troops back to Hedong to control Zhang Ji.
After reading this military report, Ma Lin was shocked, and he opened his mouth and said:
"Such a big thing happened, this, Zhang Ji!"
Gan Ling looked at Ma Lin, nodded and said:
"The original military newspaper was sent from Anyi, and there was a seal from the shogunate, which is really true."
Speaking of this, Gan Ling couldn't help but smile bitterly, sighed and said:
"In vain, I tried my best to win the victory and take Hanoi County, so I divided my troops to confront Lu Yi, intending to force back Hebei reinforcements, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen in the rear, and now it is difficult to ride a tiger, so we have to risk using troops, cross Qingshui, and seek a decisive battle with Lu Yi."
Ma Lin listened to Ganling's words, and his mouth was also astringent, and he didn't know how to persuade him, people are not as good as heaven, and he knew that this was the case, so it was better to make a desperate bet at the beginning, and the whole army attacked Yewang City.
How could they have imagined that at such a critical moment, there would be such a big accident, and now it is difficult, one wrong step, one wrong step.
The two were relatively speechless, and suddenly a guard outside the tent came to report.
"General Qi Zhonglang, Meng Sima came to report, our army defeated a battalion of Hebei soldiers on the edge of Qingshui, Zhang Duwei captured Lu Ying, the son of Lu Yi, and has taken the enemy general outside the gate, and I have come to ask General Zhonglang for instructions!"