Chapter Seventy-Three: The Main Play (I)
Former Shuyang Army Barracks.
Ma Dahu, as the leader of the bandit army in front of the bandits, never thought that it would be so easy to break through the military camp of the Shuyang army, except for the decent resistance of about two hundred city defenders before he attacked the barracks, the rest all threw away the weapons in their hands and fled, as for these weapons, what are they?
It's just a pestle and a wooden pestle for farm work!
Ma Dalong glanced at the barracks, but the huge barracks did not have any considerable gains, and suddenly felt like a punch had hit the cotton.
Ge Bao also walked over and glanced at the surrounding situation, the crowd was crowded, and his own soldiers covered his vision again, and Ge Bao did not see his sight clearly.
"The officials and soldiers of Shuyang said that the soft-footed shrimp is the soft-footed shrimp, Brother Leopard, you see, I just waved a few Go, and before I got blood, these soft-footed shrimp ran away!"
Ran away?
Ge Bao glanced at the south of the barracks, and sure enough, he could vaguely see the officers and soldiers in Shuyang throwing them backwards one after another.
Ge Bao was also surprised, he really didn't expect that the officers and troops in Shuyang were so ineffective!
"But what's the catch?" Ge Bao was the first to think of such an answer.
"Trap?" Ma Dalong also scoffed at the caution of this righteous brother, and immediately pointed to those officials and soldiers in Shuyang and said: "Brother Leopard, look at them, they are not running backwards, but also running up the mountain, which shows that they have never negotiated an escape route, and the power of the martial army scared them into the desert and fled. ”
Hearing this, Ge Bao frowned, and always felt that there was something greasy in this matter.
Ma Dalong looked at him so hesitantly, and said unhappily: "Brother Leopard, don't think about anything, I looked at their number, it is about three thousand, not as many as us, and now they are scattered and fled, the number of people will be even less, such a few people are in the plains, what traps are you afraid of?" Brother Leopard, if you are never unsafe, or if you are afraid that I will rob you of your credit, take someone behind me, and the credit will be half of yours! ”
Ma Dalong said this, which also affected Ge Bao's judgment of the enemy situation in front of him, especially when Ma Dalong still analyzed it strongly, and besides, this time he worked hard to mobilize the people, except for getting a military camp, but he didn't have any gains, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to go back to recover his life.
After figuring it out, Ge Bao glanced at the bandits around him, nodded and said, "Okay, keep the formation unchanged and pursue the enemy army and the right bank of the river!" ”
Hearing Ge Bao's agreement, Ma Dalong was also excited, and when he shook Changge, he stepped on the horse and led the front army.
In an instant, the bandit army, which had only slowed down its offensive slightly in the camp of the Shuyang Army, launched a pursuit in the direction of the retreat of the Shuyang Army.
And in the hill not far from here, in the deep forest and dense grass, a figure raised the corners of his mouth: "I have been recruited......"
In addition to the front army's Wuguo army, like the locust's double pincers, those behind them are just bandits under the supervision of the bandits, after the bandit army took the Gou clan territory in Jianyang to get a large number of armaments, these bandits are mostly a weapon in their hands, and they can be regarded as having combat effectiveness, once the front army in front has gained an advantage, or after establishing a firm foothold, these bandits behind them are like locusts to bite off the enemy's flesh and blood.
Among the 4,000 bandit army, only a handful can have horses, not to mention that in the Shuyang military camp, the bandit army still slowed down the offensive slightly, but suddenly it was unable to catch up with those fleeing Shuyang officers and soldiers.
Seeing that the two sides did not shorten any distance, Ma Dalong also scolded in public, and then shouted loudly: "Kill me, the front is the water, and now the water is rising, there must not be so many boats for these soft-footed shrimp in the water, and they will all be killed on the shore of the water!" ”
Ma Dalong's words were like giving these bandits a bloody blow, and they ran faster in an instant, and I don't know if it was because of Ma Dalong's words, but the speed of the Shuyang officers and soldiers who fled in front of them slowed down, and the distance between the two sides was slowly reduced.
"These soft-footed shrimp seem to be really dying, so they are so panicked!" Ma Dalong, who was sitting on the horse, was leading the front army at the front, so he naturally knew what the state of these Shuyang officers and soldiers in front of him was.
Ma Dalong suddenly waved his hand and pointed ahead and laughed: "Haha, these soft-footed shrimp in Shuyang can't run, rush over and kill them!" ’
As soon as the words fell, Ma Dalong took the lead as soon as he clamped the horse's belly, and rushed towards the fleeing official army of Shuyang.
It was also as he said, after these officers and soldiers of Shuyang collided in front of them like headless flies running east and west, they really exhausted their strength and fell to the ground one after another.
Ge Bao also felt very strange at this time, but since they were all chased here, the official army of Shuyang not far away was such a posture, and it was impossible to give up and continue to chase, especially Ge Bao remembered that Ma Dalong and his father-in-law once said that most of the city defenders in Shuyang were the children of the old clan who came to eat and wait for death, and they had no ability at all, Ge Bao thought that the Shuyang army adapted from the defenders of Shuyang City was naturally not much better, and he was also standing at the rear, wielding his sword to command the bandit army in the rear, and catching up with the pace of the front army: "Kill me!" Cut off the head of the enemy, and you can get a bucket of food! Kill! ”
If Lin Yuyan knew that the head of the non-commissioned officer of the Shuyang army was only worth one bucket of grain on the side of the bandit army, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh, after all, the ordinary soldiers of the Shuyang Army were now eighty buckets of food.
But it was obvious that these soldiers of the bandit army were very content, and they fought hard to kill a bucket of food for a person's head, and suddenly roared and rushed towards the officials and soldiers of Shuyang who seemed to be sitting on the ground.
Ma Dalong, who took the lead, and the tired and fallen officials and soldiers in front of him were already less than two miles, and such a distance could be reached in a few breaths with just one dive.
It seemed that the killing that could be obtained in the blink of an eye aroused Ma Dalong's excitement, and once again he clamped the horse's belly, it was faster, and the front army around him raised his weapon and roared towards the official army of Shuyang.
It's only a mile and a half away from killing!
But it was a vision!
"Shhh
The war horse under Ma Dalong's crotch neighed, and he fell to the ground, and even Ma Dalong was thrown out a few feet ahead.
"This!" Ma Dalong was stunned, only to find that the ground covered with weeds under his feet would be so muddy, and when he touched it, he found that the soil had been stirred with manpower, so it was so sticky, and as soon as the horse's hooves stepped into it, it was sunk into the mud, but it was covered with weeds and dead branches and leaves.
There is no doubt that these are made by those soft-footed shrimp in Huaiyang!
Ma Dalong, who was covered in mud, was even more furious, and said angrily: "Kill me, these soft-footed shrimp in Shuyang have no tricks, and they can save their lives with just muddy water!" ”
Hearing this, this gang of bandits did not stop the momentum of the attack, and continued to kill the fallen Shuyang army!
But to their surprise, once they stepped on those muddy places, they quickly fell in, one foot had just been pulled out with great difficulty, and the other foot was sunk deeper, and they lost their balance slightly, and the whole person fell on top of the mud.
Especially behind the front are the coerced bandits who cannot retreat but can only move forward, trampling countless times at a time.
Ma Dalong, like many of the front troops, has a Changge in his hand, and with the support of Changge, he quickly stood up, but Ma Dalong did not retreat, but continued to move forward, in his opinion, those soldiers who fell to the ground not far away were exhausted, and the "weapons" in their hands were abandoned when they attacked the military camp just now, and now rushing over to make up for it can end the lives of these people.
Therefore, Ma Dahu pinned his hopes on this muddy land, which was not too big, but let him down, this muddy land was several miles long, and it was completed by the two thousand young men under the leadership of the two thousand young men under the leadership of Shuyang Ling Yingde in this time, how could it be so small as there?
The more he walked to the front, Ma Dahu found that there was more muddy water, the more muddy it was, and now half of his body was already in the muddy water, and the mud below was too soft to gain a foothold at all.
It was only a mile away from the group of officials and soldiers in Shuyang who fell to the ground, and Ma Dahu could even see the officers and soldiers on the opposite side who were trembling in fright when they saw him and others rushing over!
No pullback!
This is the only thought in Ma Dahu's heart in this matter.
However, Ge Bao, who led the rear, also noticed that something was wrong at this time, because of the order to launch an attack, the crowd ran and crowded, Ge Bao only noticed that the speed of the front army had slowed down, but he didn't see that the entire front army and half of the bandit army had fallen into the mud!
Ge Leopard, who struggled to pull out one foot, suddenly felt that he had inhaled a breath of cool air, and the bandits who came next to him, even though they noticed the mud in front of them, were still moving forward under the sharp sword of the bandits in the rear.
For some reason, although he didn't see any crisis, Ge Bao still haunted this bad premonition in his heart, these bandit troops who had been trained by himself in the past only knew how to advance and never retreat, but this matter made him feel the slightest sense of victory on the battlefield.
But Ge Leopard, who was trapped in the mud, his sword was inserted in the muddy water to maintain his body balance, and the figure was not in the crowd, how could he give military orders, and the continuous advance of the front army was to require the bandits in the rear to supervise the people under their hands to keep advancing!
Ge Leopard's sense of crisis is getting stronger and stronger!
Ma Dalong was about to split, his hands clenched into Changge, and he still shouted angrily towards the Shuyang army: "Kill me!" Kill me! Kill me ......"
Yuyang Ling Huang De stood up, and the three miles that he ran over just now were indeed exhausted, but when he thought that behind him was the place where the Shuyang army was stationed, he also lay down without any scruples, but during the period of lying down, those bandits who were constantly approaching him also had to care, and when he saw the bandits staggering in the muddy water, Shuyang Ling also slowly lowered his hanging heart.
I really didn't expect that this muddy land that His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince let himself lead the two thousand young men of Shuyang to dig during this period of time now has such a purpose.
The order of the emperor also slowly understood the intention of the original Royal Highness of the sixth son, did not feel a little terrible, that day from the beginning of the city, the fourth prince of the royal highness predicted this step, its will, worthy of being born in the royal family.
After slowly seeing the hope of victory, the Shuyang Order also made people raise the Ling Flag, and suddenly those who were lying on the ground were young and strong in the Lingyang, and when they saw the Ling Flag raised, they also stood up and gathered behind the Shuyang Ling, instead of falling asleep on all fours, because they knew that the real Shuyang Army hidden behind them was about to be dispatched!
When Ma Dalong saw these "Shuyang officials and soldiers" standing up and gathering together, he was also angry, and when he was about to issue an order to kill him, he was shocked to find that there was a sudden change in his surroundings!
Originally, after these "Shuyang Officers and Soldiers", it was covered by dense forests and grasses, and when those "Shuyang Officers and Soldiers" gathered together, the dense forests and grasses behind them fell down in unison, and were replaced by a team of soldiers in armor!
Ma Dalong was horrified, for he found that the soldiers in the front row were holding the longbow in their hands, and carrying quivers, which were full of tail feathers of arrowheads.
Ma Dalong is now a shocked person who can be described, and immediately said to the front army beside him: "Withdraw!" Remove! Remove! Withdraw ......"
Ma Dalong can now remember to say clearly the word "withdraw", and then even when he saw the front army stuck in the mud retreating backwards, Ma Dalong himself also found that after the trampling muddy water, the mud below was even more muddy and difficult to walk!
Suddenly, Ma Dalong felt the breath of death coming.
It was not to his surprise, the two hundred soldiers of the Shuyang Army were all with bows and arrows, and unceremoniously shot arrows at these "live targets" in the muddy water.
A rain of arrows passed, and the original yellow-brown mud was dyed scarlet, and the bandits in the muddy water were constantly stirred, and soon the mud turned blood red.
However, a wave of arrows just came, and then a second wave of arrows came again, and continued to ......
Ge Bao also found the real Luyang army gushing out from the opposite side in the rear, and he was also surprised, this army is the real regular army, so it seems that the "Shuyang official army" that Ma Dalong said before is just a bait, no wonder Ma Dalong said that they are soft-footed shrimp, what else do you put if you don't put soft-footed shrimp in the bait!
Because Ge Bao was also in the rear, he had just fallen into the muddy water, and he sensed that something was wrong, so he didn't go far, and in the case of a threat to his life, he tried his best to pull out his feet from the muddy water, and finally reached the flat ground.
Because the Shuyang army on the opposite side was still separated by a mile and a half of muddy water, so after Ge Bao also stood firm, he said to the bandit army around him: "Let people come up, and the front army will withdraw!" ”
Ge Bao's loud anger instantly woke up the bandit army who was frightened by the sudden outpouring of the Yuyang army, and immediately began to command the bandit army in the rear to run up from the muddy water.
However, the front army and half of the bandit army are already stuck in the mud, and it is difficult to get out of it without a half-pillar of incense, but now that the real Shuyang army has appeared, will they still give themselves time for this half-pillar of incense?
Ge Bao didn't believe it anyway, so he quickly shrank the forces in his hands.
When he was in turmoil, Ge Bao suddenly heard: "Brother Leopard save me!" ”
Ge Bao looked back, in the blood and water, the front army had already suffered casualties, and Ma Dalong was also hit by an arrow in his back, and kept crawling from the muddy water from a distance, thinking about Ge Bao asking for help.
Ge Bao didn't think much about it, and then sent a few people: "Go down and bring Ma Shou over!" ”
Seeing a few people enter the muddy water, Ge Bao felt that it was a little too late, so he shouted at Ma Dalong: "Step on the body and come here!" ”
This sentence not only reminded Ma Dahu, but also reminded the bandits who were trapped in the muddy water, and suddenly people stepped on people, trampling countless times for a while, although Ma Dalong was hit by an arrow in the back, but it was not a vital point, and his strength was greater than others, and he suddenly stepped on people and came towards Ge Bao.
For a time, there were countless bandits who choked to death in the muddy water......
Xiang Ying, the commander of the capital of Shuyang, looked at the muddy water in front of him, which was now dyed with blood, the bows and arrows of the two hundred soldiers had already harvested the lives of hundreds of bandits, and on the muddy water for several miles, there were hundreds of corpses of bandits.
Seeing that these bandits were about to escape within the range of the bow, Xiang Ying raised his sword and ordered: "Hunt down the bandits!" ”
Suddenly, under the leadership of Shuyang Qingzhuang, who knew the location of the muddy water, the stubborn and stubborn Shuyang army bypassed the muddy water and covered up the bandits who came ashore.
Ge Bao pulled Ma Dalong out of the muddy water, glanced at its arrow wound, it was the shoulder, not the vital point, and then saw the Shuyang army rushing towards this side, that is, let people help Ma Dalong, and began to retreat backwards.
The front army rushed in the muddy water, and all of them were killed in the rain of arrows, and the damage was heavy, without the front army, the combat effectiveness of this army on their side would be greatly reduced, and Ge Bao gathered some available people and sent bandits to retreat.
However, because of the previous pursuit of the official army of Shuyang as bait, the bandit army had exhausted their strength, Ge Bao glanced around and ordered everyone: "Retreat to the camp of the Shuyang army to rest, and organize a team of men and horses to block the offensive of the official army of Shuyang with the rejection of horses!" ”
Everyone responded to the sentence.
So when sacrificing the soldiers who had not climbed up in the muddy water, the bandit army retreated in the direction of the camp of the Shuyang army.
Xiang Ying glanced at the battlefield, and saw the bandits who were still struggling in panic in the muddy water, and just wanted to order the soldiers to be killed, but they were dissuaded by the Yang Ling Yingde: "Captain, Your Highness has ordered, the bandits will not be killed." ”
Xiang Ying gave up at this time, and ordered to Shuyang: "Xiang will go to chase and suppress the bandit army first, and leave a group of men and horses to be handed over to Lord Ling Gong to collect and surrender the bandits here." ”
Shuyang Ling nodded and responded to this matter, that is, he summoned the young men around him to pick up the weapons of the bandits, and began to persuade the bandits who did not escape.
At the same time, Xiang Ying led most of the men and horses to continue to pursue the bandits.