Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VII The Bloody Battle in the Southwest

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

Section 11 Unexpected Fierce Battles (1)

Extravagant is a rare member of the fierce general under Luxury Chongming, whether it is leading troops or fighting, he is too ordinary, and has made great contributions to Luxury Chongming and the Luxury family for more than ten years. However, there is one point, Luxury is usually too arrogant and unpopular, and he is extremely resistant to Luxury Chongming's rebellion against the Ming Dynasty, thinking that it is impossible to win this war just by relying on the power of the Luxury family and the An family, so he often whispers in Luxury Chongming's ear not to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, which makes Luxury Chongming very disgusted.

So, due to these various reasons, extravagant success caused extravagant Chongming's disgust and suspicion. In order to prevent possible unpleasantness, Yu Chongming found an opportunity in advance to capture most of the soldiers and horses of Hao Xiang, and forcibly weakened his strength; And after the war, let extravagant go to guard Qinglinkou, which is not too critical, so as not to take the opportunity to make war achievements.

At this time, after receiving the order from Luxury Chongming to reinforce Sword Pavilion City, Luxury Gang led the army all the way without the slightest hesitation or delay, because he knew in his heart: If Sword Pavilion City is lost, the main force of the world-famous Hanwei Army will pour down, and in one fell swoop, the Luxury Army that has not yet joined the Anjia Army will be scattered, and it will be a matter of time before the battle fails.

Therefore, Xuan Xiang didn't think about the various methods that Gao Chongming had used on him, and at this time he had only one thought in his heart, that is, to lead the army to Sword Pavilion City as soon as possible, and do his best to block the Han Wei army north of Sword Pavilion City.

Just when Hao Xiang led his 10,000 troops to hurry up, he suddenly received a news like a thunderbolt on a sunny day: Sword Pavilion City has been lost!

"How is this possible! Sword Pavilion City has been garrisoned by more than 15,000 troops, and when Xu has so many soldiers and horses, he can't hold the Sword Pavilion City with high walls and strong cities? I think Xu wants to die! ”

After hearing the news, Hao Xiang couldn't help but scold loudly, and then he heard the scout who came the news and said: "General Qiyu, it is said that Liu Yunwei, the commander of the Hanwei army, used a trick to lure General Hao Dang Xu out of Sword Pavilion City, and annihilated 10,000 soldiers along with General Hao Dang Xu in the area of Dajian Mountain; After that, Liu Yunwei led two or three thousand men and horses to raid Sword Pavilion City, and captured the city in an instant. ”

Hearing this, Extravagant couldn't help but be silent, and a pair of thick eyebrows were almost wrinkled together, forming a pimple.

After thinking for a while, Hao Xiang couldn't help but admire: "The Han Wei army is not only strong and elite, but also its main general Liu Yunwei is brave and strategic, it seems that our luxury family is in danger, and this battle is not optimistic!" ”

Suddenly, Extravagant thought of a question: Now that Liu Yunwei has already conquered Sword Pavilion City, how will he act next?

"If it were me, I would definitely go south to attack Zitong City with all my might, now that the advantage of the Han Wei army is so obvious, I will definitely find an opportunity to have a decisive battle with the master of the family, so as to end the war as soon as possible!"

Hao Xiang glanced at the 10,000 troops around him, and muttered: "Now there will definitely be heavy troops in Sword Pavilion City, and in the case of Sword Pavilion City and Nanjin Pass being lost one after another, it is meaningless to trap Qinglinkou, I might as well lead the army back to Zitong City and join the family master as soon as possible!" ”

So, he ordered the army to immediately turn around and head in the direction of Zitong City. However, before he could lead the army far, he received an urgent report from the scouts: the Hanwei army iron cavalry had been found ahead, with a strength of at least 5,000 people!

Extravagant only felt that his heart suddenly skipped a little, and a stream of hot blood suddenly rushed to the top of his head, and the whole person became dizzy, as if he was drunk.

"Stop moving! The whole army formed a circle formation, a dense formation! ”

Roaring hoarsely, the 10,000-strong army under his command immediately began to change formations on the spot, and a huge long dragon gradually turned into a turtle covered in spikes, quietly waiting for the arrival of the predator.

Soon, smoke and dust appeared in the south of the rebel array, and then an army of iron cavalry roared in, stopped two miles in front of the rebel circle, and immediately began to regroup.

Liu Yunwei took Guo Yi to ride his horse together, looking at the 10,000 rebels in front of him, he was very depressed, he never expected that this rebel army would find out the whereabouts of Long Xiang's iron cavalry in advance, and a surprise battle would become a face-to-face decisive battle between the two sides in a blink of an eye.

Guo Yi whispered on the side: "You see, Commander, that rebel army was still able to maintain its composure in the face of my Longxiang Iron Cavalry, and completed the formation in such a short period of time; The rebels were 10,000 in dense formation, and the pikemen protected the entire phalanx like hedgehogs, and this battle was not easy to fight. ”

Liu Yunwei observed carefully for a while, and then said with a smile: "Hmph! It doesn't matter, since we're already here, there's no reason to go back empty-handed; Now that the rebels have finished arraying, it is inevitable that the iron cavalry will lose too much if they charge into battle, so let's dismount and fight on foot! The order went down, and two thousand iron cavalry soldiers were divided to dismount and fight on foot, and attack the rebel army head-on! ”

It didn't take long for two thousand Longxiang iron cavalry soldiers to dismount and line up, forming a tight phalanx one mile away from the rebel array, and slowly pressed up towards the rebel array in the distance. And Liu Yunwei still led the three thousand dragon horses to wait in place, ready to attack at the right time according to the development of the battle situation.

Seeing that the 5,000 Han Wei Army Iron Cavalry faced his own 10,000 army and dared to divide his troops in battle, attacking the phalanx strictly defended by his 10,000 army with 2,000 soldiers and horses, he couldn't help but burn a raging anger in his heart, and said secretly: "Does this group of officers and soldiers look down on me? Then I'll give them some color! Therefore, he strictly ordered the army to hold the battle formation, preparing to deal a fatal blow to the Han Wei army that came to attack.

At the same time, after Guo Yi got the first opportunity to lead the army independently, he was very excited, and led two thousand Longxiang Iron Cavalry soldiers to march in formation, and it didn't take long to advance to a place fifty paces away from the rebel array.

Guo Yi saw that he was only a few dozen steps away from the rebels, so he shouted loudly: "Three-eyed gun ready!" ”

The phalanx of 2,000 Longxiang Iron Cavalry soldiers immediately shot out five or six hundred three-eyed guns, aiming at the rebel soldiers in front of them.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

Hundreds of three-eyed guns roared violently, and the dull sound resounded over the battlefield, and suddenly a thick fog of gunpowder formed between the Longxiang Iron Cavalry soldiers and the rebel array, completely covering the situation on the battlefield. At the same time, the outermost rebel soldiers in the rebel circle fell one after another, and about one or two hundred rebel soldiers fell to the ground in pain, and a huge gap suddenly appeared in the entire circle.

Seeing this, he did not panic, and while commanding the troops of the Chinese army in the circle to step forward to plug the gap, he ordered the archers to release arrows at the attacking 2,000 Hanwei troops, and immediately launched a counterattack on the Hanwei army.

"Archers prepare! Put! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

"Put it again!"

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

The dense rain of arrows of the rebels fell in the thick smoke of gunpowder, and then the dull sound of long arrows entering the body was heard.

However, before he could be happy for a long time, he saw Guo Yi leading two thousand soldiers of the Hanwei Army to rush out of the smoke with a shield in one hand and a weapon in the other, and directly entered the circle along the gap that had not been completely blocked.

"Soldiers, kill! Break through the rebel circle and kill me! ”

Guo Yi roared loudly, and even directly threw away the shield that was in the way, holding a knife in both hands and slashing left and right, and there was no one under him; And the two thousand Longxiang Iron Cavalry soldiers behind him are also very elite, these elites of a hundred battles who are strictly screened from among the 100,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army, like a swimming dragon, are like a dragon in the 10,000 rebel formation, and the original tight formation of the rebels has been disrupted in just one round.

"I don't believe in this evil, can't my 10,000-strong army stop just 2,000 officers and soldiers? It's just too deceitful! With a loud roar, he led the 2,000 men and horses of the Chinese army to go up, and in a blink of an eye, they collided with Guo Yi's subordinates, and the two sides immediately started a fierce fight.

After a close-range fight, Lu Xiang realized that he was wrong, and it was a big mistake! Although the number of soldiers and horses of the Hanwei army in front of him was only one-fifth of the number of soldiers and horses under his command, the battle was absolutely strong, and it was even enough to offset the numerical advantage of the soldiers and horses under his command!

Not long after the two sides attacked, the 2,000 men and horses led by Hao Xiang suffered heavy casualties, and the formation was also retreating; And the soldiers and horses of the Hanwei army in front of them are becoming more and more courageous, as if they are a group of monsters who are tireless, fearless, and fearless of life and death, only knowing how to rush forward and kill without flinching!

As a last resort, in order to save the gradually losing battle, Hao Xiang had to order the whole army to encircle the two thousand Hanwei troops, and do his best to annihilate this Hanwei army first. Otherwise, this battle will be lifeless!

Guo Yi looked at the rebel soldiers and horses that gradually came up, laughed and said to the soldiers around him: "Haha, it's a good time!" Brethren, line up! Circle the Formation! ”

The two thousand dragon cavalry soldiers immediately formed a formation on the spot, with pikemen outside, sword and axe hands inside, and soldiers with three-eyed guns wandering in the circle, and when they saw the opportunity, they gave the rebels a dull stick. In this way, Guo Yi led 2,000 generals and nearly 10,000 rebels to fight to the death, and they were at a stalemate with each other for a while.

And Liu Yunwei, who was watching the battle, laughed out loud when he saw this scene and said: "This victory opportunity has appeared!" Soldiers, charge with me! Kill the enemy and serve the country! ”

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! ”

The three thousand dragon cavalry immediately charged, rushing towards the rebels who were already in a chaotic formation like a frenzied tide.