Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VII The Bloody Battle in the Southwest

Chapter 1 Divide the army and fight the traitors in three ways

Section 5 Facing the head-on

Luxury Xu kept shouting loudly to his soldiers to prepare for battle, but when he saw that the soldiers around him were all frightened and frightened, Luxury Xu's heart was full of fear: "Not good! The morale of the army was destroyed by the artillery of the officers! ”

So, Xu was ruthless in his heart, gritted his teeth and jumped on the arrow, and shouted at the rebel soldiers on the city wall: "Soldiers! Follow me to repel the officers and troops and defend the Sword Pavilion! The head of the family is about to lead tens of thousands of troops to arrive, defend the Sword Pavilion, reward each person with ten taels of silver, and retreat and behead on the spot! ”

The surrounding soldiers also repeated Extravagant Xu's words loudly, between the white silver and the bright sword, most of the rebel soldiers chose the former, only a very small number of rebel soldiers were still scurrying around, but they were immediately caught by Extravagant Xu and cut down in public on the top of the city.

"All of them will be brought to the city for me to fight, the officers and soldiers are coming, kill them!"

When Xu finally beckoned his soldiers, he saw that the soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion under the city had formed three neat formations, and then the roar of birds resounded throughout the battlefield.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

Seventeen hundred bird-gunners were divided into three rows and opened fire in turn, and the fierce fire immediately enveloped the city, and the rebel soldiers who had no time to dodge in the future were knocked down, and the rest of the rebel soldiers hid one after another, and no longer dared to show their heads at will, and the whole city seemed to be half empty, and no longer half a figure could be seen.

Seeing this, Xu was anxious, he had just raised the morale of his subordinates, and now he was beaten down by the official army's birds, if it continued like this, it was estimated that Sword Pavilion City would be lost today!

So, Xu hurriedly ran down the city, quickly gathered 5,000 troops from the reinforcements, and prepared to go out of the city and fight with the official army. Anyway, now that the city gate has been destroyed by the artillery of the official army, instead of waiting for the official army to come in, it is better to directly lead his subordinates to kill them, and maybe there is still a glimmer of life!

"Soldiers, the time has come to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, follow me out!"

Extravagant Dangxu shouted loudly, and then the first to rush out of the city gate, the five thousand rebel soldiers saw that the main general was so brave, and their morale immediately increased, and they rushed out of the city gate immediately after.

At this time, Li Tianhao was about to command the soldiers of Battalion A and Battalion B to enter the city, when he suddenly saw that the rebels had killed themselves, and there were quite a few troops, including thousands, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

"Herald! Battalion C fired a salvo at the rebel formation that was attacking! The officers of Battalion A and Battalion B then attacked to meet the battle. ”

After Li Tianhao finished speaking, he drew his sword and rushed to the front with a hundred personal guards, preparing to charge and kill the rebels together with the soldiers of Battalion A and Battalion.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

After an unusually violent loud noise, the 5,000 rebels who came out of the city were like being beaten with a stick, and the original rapid offensive was stalled, and the more than 200 brave men who took the lead were like a piece of grass blown down by a strong wind, and they all fell in a pool of blood. Although the rebel soldiers who followed behind were still charging forward with the blessing of inertia, the morale of the army had gradually dissipated with the thick smoke of gunpowder.

At this moment, Li Tianhao led more than 3,000 soldiers from Battalion A and Battalion B to kill!

The officers and men of Battalion A and Battalion B formed a tight spear formation, and more than a thousand heavy spears like a steel jungle pointed directly at the rebel formation not far ahead, while Li Tianhao and more than 1,000 soldiers armed with long knives followed closely behind the spear array, ready to slaughter the rebels at any time.

A fierce battle ensued.

As soon as the two armies came into contact, the spear formation of the soldiers of the Yue cavalry battalion gave the rebels a slap in the blow, and Rulin's spear suddenly poked a large piece of the rebels' formation into it, and the soldiers of the Yue cavalry battalion killed and wounded at least 200 rebels in just one charge. But then the rebel soldiers used their weapons to block the spears of the soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion, and rushed to the front to engage in close combat with the soldiers of Battalion A and Battalion B.

However, before these rebel soldiers had time to show their skills, they unfortunately encountered the "Mo Dao Soldiers" led by Li Tianhao, only to see more than 1,000 fierce soldiers armed with long knives roaring and killing, and more than 1,000 sharp knives flew up and down, killing the rebel soldiers who broke into the Vietnamese cavalry camp on the spot. Li Tianhao led the soldiers to fight more and more bravely, constantly driving the rebels in front of him out of the phalanx, constantly rushing and beating forward, and in a blink of an eye, he rushed out of the phalanx past the pikemen and killed the rebels.

Xu originally thought that he could rely on the advantage of his strength to repel this army very smoothly, but what he never expected was that the 5,000 army led by himself had been pressed and beaten by 3,000 officers and troops.

Seeing that if this continues, the 5,000-strong army may be defeated by the official army in front of them, in that case, it is estimated that the army under his command will no longer have the courage to resist the official army. So, Xu Dang Xu hurriedly commanded the 2,000 soldiers in front of him to kill and fight with the officers and soldiers, while he retreated a little with the more than 2,000 soldiers who rushed behind, and then began to regroup.

A moment later, Xuan Dangxu led the more than 2,000 rebels who had already regrouped to kill the soldiers of the Yue cavalry battalion. At this time, the soldiers of the Vietnamese cavalry battalion had completely defeated the 2,000 rebels in front of them. Li Tianhao wiped the blood on his face and looked ahead, and saw the approaching rebel phalanx at a glance, so he immediately ordered the army to retreat a little and reorganize the queue.

The soldiers of the Vietnamese cavalry battalion immediately retreated fifty paces, and then began to re-array. Only a moment later, Li Tianhao led the soldiers of the Yue cavalry battalion who had completed the formation to meet the rebels, preparing to defeat them again and kill them into the city.

Unexpectedly, when the two sides were fifty paces apart, the rebels in front suddenly stopped, and then two thousand rebel soldiers raised their spears one after another, and threw them at the soldiers of the Vietnamese cavalry battalion as javelins. In an instant, two thousand spears flew over like a dark cloud, enveloping the air above the phalanx of the Yue cavalry camp.

Li Tianhao couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to raise their shields for defense. The shields equipped by the soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion can prevent arrows, but they can't prevent the powerful javelins at all, and the two thousand spears suddenly smashed into the formation of the soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion, and at least hundreds of soldiers were pierced through the body by the spears and nailed to the ground, and the entire phalanx suddenly became full of holes, and it was no longer possible to maintain the basic formation.

Seeing this, Xu was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the army to charge. The morale of the 2,000 rebels was also greatly boosted when they saw the damage to the officers and soldiers, and together with the more than 1,000 rebel soldiers who had fled before, they drew their swords and charged towards the soldiers of the Vietnamese cavalry battalion, who had no formation.

At this time, Li Tianhao was already furious, and on the one hand, he ordered the army to retreat slowly, and on the other hand, he urgently ordered the birds of the C battalion to line up behind the army, preparing to meet the retreat of the army.

"Retreat! Withdraw in both directions! ”

Li Tianhao shouted loudly, constantly ordering the soldiers to retreat to the rear, and he himself walked behind the rear with dozens of personal guards. After killing for a while, Li Tianhao saw that there were more and more rebels rushing up, so he no longer loved to fight, and with a loud roar, he led dozens of guards to the rear and ran towards the rear, not daring to turn back at all.

Fortunately, not long after running away, Li Tianhao saw the soldiers of the C Battalion who were already waiting in formation. So, Li Tianhao shouted loudly: "To the left!" Brethren run to the left! Dozens of guards ran to the left along with Li Tianhao.

Immediately afterward, everyone heard the deafening roar of the bird in the C camp. Li Tianhao ran to a safe place and looked back, only to see that the rebels who were chasing and killing fell to the ground like weeds under the blows of the soldiers of the C Battalion, and almost broke up and fled in a blink of an eye.

Li Tianhao let out a sigh of relief and said, "Order, collect the troops and return to the camp!" ”

After returning to the camp, Li Tianhao said to Liu Yunwei dejectedly: "Big brother, I lost this battle, and the brothers lost six or seven hundred people, big brother, punish me." After speaking, Li Tianhao explained the process of the fierce battle in detail.

Liu Yunwei was surprised after hearing this, and said: "This general of the rebel army really has some skills, it seems that we really can't underestimate the enemy." Tianhao, although the soldiers of the Yuecai Battalion suffered some losses this time, it cannot be said that they were defeated. In this case, I will fine you two months' salary, and remember not to let the morale of the soldiers of the cavalry battalion decline. ”

Li Tianhao nodded heavily and said, "Big brother, don't worry." ”

At the same time, the luxury of Xu who led the army back to the Sword Pavilion City was also extremely depressed, after counting, the soldiers under the command of this battle actually lost nearly 2,000 people, according to this method of fighting, it will not take a few days, these thousands of soldiers and horses will be exhausted.

After thinking about it, Xu Dang Xu wrote a letter for help to Chongming again, and once again asked for some artillery reinforcements in order to suppress the firearms advantage of the official army.

After it was written, Xu was ready to send someone to send the letter out. At this moment, a scout ran in in a panic and said, "General Qiyu, the head of the family has sent a message, telling the general to hold on to Sword Pavilion City no matter what, and be ready to suffer the enemy on his back!" ”

"What!" Xu suddenly stood up from the chair and asked, "What's wrong!" ”

"General Qiyu, there are officers and troops in the direction of Nanjin Pass, and the banner is the Hanwei Army in front of us. Now that the Hanwei army has defeated the 10,000 army sent by the head of the family, the head of the family is worried that the soldiers and horses will attack the Sword Pavilion from behind, so he asked the small one to inform the general to prepare in advance. ”

"Prepare a fart!" Extravagant Xu roared angrily: "It's all this time, the head of the family hasn't sent reinforcements to support the Sword Pavilion, just let me hold on to the city, what will I do!" ”