Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume III: The Turbulent Central Plains

Chapter 2 The Crisis of Gathering Hungry People Begins

Section 9 Longmen Pass Showdown (I)

Liu Yunwei shouted loudly, and after a while, he led the Long Xiang Iron Cavalry and the Flying Feather Soldiers to turn, under the command of Liu Yunwei and Lu Ying, the Long Xiang Iron Cavalry and the Flying Feather Soldiers quickly retreated, and began to reorganize their formation three hundred steps away from the thieves; At this time, the army of thieves led by Yu Shiqian had also retreated quickly, and joined up with the bandit soldiers and horses that had arrived.

At this moment, two huge formations were formed outside Longmen Pass, one side was the army of thieves with a strength of more than 100,000 people, and the other side was the soldiers of the Hanwei Battalion with only nearly 6,000 men. After a little formation, the two sides began to march in the opposite direction, and stopped when they were two hundred paces away from each other.

Liu Yunwei looked at the boundless thief array in front of the horse formation, and felt bitter in his heart, and said secretly: "This thief leader is really a good means, not only can he suddenly gather so many soldiers and horses, but also know how to use tactics, it seems that this battle has to be fought!" ”

At this time, Lu Ying said on the side: "Big brother, what should we do?" In the face of so many thieves, once we start fighting, our losses will be very large. ”

"I can't help it." Liu Yunwei said helplessly: "On the way here, I have received a notice from the Henan Political Envoy, and now the main force of Henan Mansion has been divided into two parts, one part rushed to Luoyang to defend the city, after all, there is a vassal king there, and the other part has gone to support Yiyang." Now we can only rely on ourselves here at Longmen Pass, and we have no reinforcements. ”

Lu Ying was also shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Then where is our main army?" ”

"It is estimated that I have passed the Otani Pass, and I am rushing here with all my might." Liu Yunwei looked at the army of thieves who were deploying troops to prepare for the attack, a sneer appeared on his face, and he said arrogantly: "Fight!" I'd like to see how capable these thieves are. As long as I, Liu Yunwei, are still alive, as long as my Hanwei battalion soldiers are still there, I will never let these traitors cause trouble in the Central Plains! ”

At the same time, Yu Shiqian was discussing the strategy of the attack with another leader.

Yu Shiqian said: "Thank you Brother Wang for coming to support, otherwise, I would have been defeated by that officer army horse team just now." ”

The eldest brother Wang mentioned by Yu Shiqian is another leader of the thieves named Wang Kuilu, this Wang Kuilu was originally a small landlord, and he also studied in a private school for a few years, but later Wang Kuilu's family suffered a disaster, and he immediately went bankrupt, and became a homeless person behind his fellow villagers. After wandering for a while, Wang Kuilu met Zhao Guyuan like Yu Shiqian, and immediately took refuge under Zhao Guyuan and became a leader.

"Brother Yu, where is this, we are all under the command of Zhao Zhenren, that is the brother of life and death, don't say such nonsense in the future."

It turned out that in order to incite the riots of the displaced people, and also to increase his prestige among the displaced people, Zhao Guyuan declared to the outside world that he was descended from heaven and came to save the suffering people. At the same time, Zhao Guyuan also sent people to spread the slogan of "the way of the world will change, respect Gu Yuan as a real person", and those Zhao Guyuan's subordinates and bewitched refugees called him Zhao Zhenren.

Yu Shiqian nodded in agreement, and then said, "Brother Wang, then how do you think we can fight these officers and soldiers?" These officers and soldiers are no better than those guards, these are hard stubble! ”

"Hard stubble indeed." Wang Kuilu nodded and said: "However, we now have more than 100,000 horses, I don't believe that we can't defeat these thousands of officers and soldiers!" Let's use the tactics of the sea of people to attack, and we will use human lives to kill these officers and soldiers! ”

Yu Shiqian laughed when he heard this, and said: "Haha, Brother Wang is really arrogant, since this is the case, then I will go and mobilize people, let's start attacking in a while." Knock down this dragon gate pass earlier, and it is better to give an errand to Zhao Zhenren. ”

Wang Kuilu and Yu Shiqian talked for a while and then began to mobilize soldiers and horses, and the two of them took 5,000 soldiers and horses as a team, and each time they attacked, they mobilized four teams of men and horses to attack at the same time; Wave after wave to ensure that the attack continues; If the first wave of men and horses fled, the rear men and horses directly acted as the overseers to kill the deserters. In this way, the thief can maximize his advantage in numbers.

After the two of them had finished arranging their troops, they ordered the first wave of thieves to attack.

I saw that four teams of 20,000 thieves divided into four long dragons and slaughtered the Hanwei battalion array, and the dry land suddenly raised dust covering the sky, like a huge sandstorm swept towards the Hanwei battalion soldiers who were waiting for the enemy.

Seeing this, Liu Yunwei sneered and shouted loudly: "Beat the drum!" It's time for war! ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The majestic war drums resounded throughout the battlefield, and the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion immediately prepared for battle. Thousands of soldiers roared in unison against the backdrop of war drums: "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! The crossbowmen of the Flying Feather Department stretched out their bows and arrows to point to the sky, and in Lu Ying's angry roar, a dense rain of arrows swept across the sky and fell into the ant-like rogue battle array.

And Liu Yunwei led the Long Xiang Iron Cavalry to rush out of the phalanx, wandering on the edge of the battlefield, ready to deliver a fatal blow to the army of thieves.

"Ahh

"Raise your shield!"

"Hurry up and run!"

The leaders of the thieves shouted loudly, trying their best to encourage the thieves around them to charge in the rain of arrows. Soon, after paying the price of thousands of casualties, the army of thieves rushed to the phalanx of the Flying Feather Division.

Seeing this, Lu Ying's eyes glared angrily, and he roared: "Engage!" Engage! Kill them all! ”

The soldiers of the four melee divisions of the Flying Feather Department roared and fought in formation, killing the boundless army of thieves, and the front end of the phalanx of the Flying Feather Division was suddenly covered with swords and swords, forming a long low wall paved with corpses in a very short time. Under the stubborn resistance of the soldiers of the Flying Feather Division, the first attack of the rogue army was contained in an instant, and the two sides began a competition of endurance and began a cruel desperate fight.

Wang Kuilu and Yu Shiqian looked at the battlefield in the distance, they were very surprised in their hearts, and said secretly: "This official army is really elite, under the onslaught of 20,000 troops, its formation is not chaotic at all?" ”

"Brother Wang, it seems that we should let the second wave of soldiers attack, this wave of men and horses can't win, we have to prepare for a protracted war." Yu Shiqian said.

Wang Kuilu smiled and said, "Don't worry, wait a minute." Wait until the first wave of attacking men and horses are all dead, this battlefield is such a big place, it is useless to rush up to many people, you can only wave the flag and shout in the back. ”

At this moment, the left wing of the thief array (equivalent to the right wing of the Hanwei battalion) suddenly heard the sound of iron cavalry, Wang Kuilu and Yu Shiqian hurriedly looked over, only to see two thousand officers and soldiers of iron cavalry on horseback. I saw that these two thousand iron cavalry were strong and strong, and the momentum was like a rainbow, and the strong momentum it exuded alone had already made the rogue array a little unstable, and some of the rogue soldiers on the left flank even began to retreat in fear, and the rogue soldiers' military heart had begun to waver.

Seeing this, Yu Shiqian hurriedly shouted: "Brother Wang, it was this official army horse team that attacked our department from behind, this horse team is extremely elite, let's be more careful!" ”

Wang Kuilu also gasped and said, "It is indeed a strong team!" However, their number is too small, so we will strangle this horse team with human lives! ”

After speaking, Wang Kuilu hurriedly mobilized four teams of soldiers, divided into left and right wings, and killed the Longxiang Iron Cavalry led by Liu Yunwei, trying to delay the impact speed of the Iron Cavalry with a large number of rogue soldiers. And Yu Shiqian took the opportunity to mobilize more men and horses and then surrounded him, wanting to completely surround and block Long Xiang Tieqi!

Liu Yunwei was furious when he saw this, and shouted: "The whole army is speeding up!" Crush the enemy! ”

"Woo~~~" The low horn sounded, and the dragon horse was like a huge dragon, leaping up on the battlefield, aiming at the left wing of the thief array. I saw that a huge depression suddenly appeared on the left flank of the thief array, and countless thief soldiers were knocked away by galloping horses, or killed by angry knights, and there were mutilated and incomplete thief corpses everywhere, and in an instant, blood stained the earth scarlet.

As Liu Yunwei led the Longxiang Iron Cavalry to become more and more courageous, the 2,000 soldiers rushed into the formation of the thieves in a very short time, and the four teams of 20,000 soldiers mobilized by Wang Kuilu to surround the Longxiang Iron Cavalry were left far behind by the Iron Cavalry before they could reach the position.

Everything came so fast that the two thousand Iron Cavalry soldiers were like two thousand sharp arrows, shooting through the thieves' array, leaving only corpses and piercing blood all along the way.

"Stop them! Kill me! Wang Kuilu shouted angrily, looking at the dragon horse who was rushing towards him, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little weak. And Yu Shiqian, who was next to him, said in horror: "Brother Wang, go quickly, the soldiers in our hands can't stop these iron horsemen!" If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave! ”

"Can't go!" Wang Kuilu glared at Yu Shiqian angrily and shouted, "Do you have any brains?" If we withdraw now, these 100,000 or so army will collapse immediately! Can we run on two legs over four legs? We'll all have to die! ”

Yu Shiqian was also so anxious at this time that he went crazy, and shouted, "Then what should I do? ”

Wang Kuilu said with a hideous face: "If all the soldiers and horses are pressed up, I don't believe that the horse team can keep rushing down!" Aren't these officers and soldiers able to rush and kill? Then I'll let them rush and let them kill, I want to see how long they can kill, I'm tired and tired to death! ”

At this moment, the army of 20,000 thieves who attacked the Flying Feather Department finally couldn't hold on, and was defeated by a counterattack by the soldiers of the Flying Feather Department led by Lu Ying, and the remaining more than 10,000 thieves ran towards their own large array in horror.

Seeing this, Wang Kuilu and Yu Shiqian were like stupid chickens, and said, "How could they be defeated so quickly? ”