Chapter 336, Battle (4)
Huang Degong continued to chase with his family, and his family members also had two or three heads hanging under their horses. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but it still can't be compared with Liu Liangzuo's family. Moreover, Huang Degong has encountered a problem now, that is, his war horse is tired.
The war horse under Huang Degong's crotch is an Andalusian horse borrowed from the Model Army, which has good intelligence, carrying capacity and sprinting speed, but its endurance is far inferior to that of Mongolian horses. After running for half a day, including a few shocks, the horse got tired. The red steed was covered in sweat and gasped loudly, spewing white foam from its nose. Huang Degong has always cherished this horse very much, and according to his wife, he is better to this horse than his own son. Now that the horse was tired, he was reluctant to continue to run on it, so he jumped off the horse, led the horse for a while, and waited until the horse's breathing gradually calmed down, and then stopped, and took out his pocket again, and gave the horse some beans.
Huang Degong knew that the horse needed to rest for a while. At this time, it was already noon, so Huang Degong asked the family to rest together and have a meal by the way. The soldiers dismounted, took out their dry rations, and ate the water from the kettle, and had just eaten for a while when they heard a faint sound in front of them.
The sound was not loud, but Huang Degong and his subordinates were taken aback and couldn't help but stand up. Because they had heard this voice a lot, it was very familiar, it was the shouting and killing of the army when it was engaged, and it was faintly mixed with the sound of trumpets and cannons. Liu Liangzuo was in front of them, he had been chasing and killing those routs, and the thieves who had fled were all coerced. It's a rogue, and they don't take them too seriously, so they naturally won't have nothing to do with the cannon to play, and they can't use the cannon to command the scattered rout army.
"Quick, go and have a look at the heights!" Huang Degong shouted.
One of the housekeepers hurriedly mounted his horse and ran to a higher place next to him. He went up and glanced at it, then turned his horse and ran back, until he rushed to Huang Degong and said, "Dashuai is not good!" ”
Huang Degong saw that this family's face turned white, so he said: "What's the panic, what's wrong, hurry up!" ”
"Dashuai, the thieves are coming, they are all cavalry, I'm afraid there are thousands, they are all chasing Liu Shuai and they are coming this way." The guy said.
Huang Degong looked at the surrounding family members, and when he saw that all the family members had changed their faces, he sighed. He knew that although he was much more careful than Liu Liangzuo and had not let his subordinates disperse, after this half-day pursuit, he could be described as sleepy. And the opponent is obviously a new force that has nourished enough spirit. Moreover, in the pursuit, most of his army and Liu Liangzuo's army were scattered in the pursuit, and now what he can command is the tired army of less than a thousand under his command. If you really plan to use such an army to meet your opponent, it will definitely be looking for death. And judging by the current situation, the soldiers have no fighting spirit.
Huang Degong jumped on the horse, also ran up to take a look, and immediately made a decision. "Get on your horse and retreat!"
Huang Degong knew that the enemy army was also cavalry, it was a new force, and the horsepower was better than that of this side, although it was still a little far away from them now, but Huang Degong estimated that most of the people still caught up. Let the family chase, chase and cut all the way, and finally run back, it must be a heavy loss, but in any case it is better than death.
Huang Degong ran for a while, and his horse gradually became unable to support it again. Gradually, they began to fall behind, and the shouts of killing behind became louder and louder. Huang Degong's family Ding Yan Yong rode over and said, "Dashuai, your horse is not good, it is better to change horses with your subordinates to ride!" ”
Huang Degong glanced back at the pursuers and saw that the pursuers were gradually approaching. Knowing that this was not the time to be humble, he jumped off his horse and exchanged horses with Yan Yong. The two got on the horse and ran for a while, but Yan Yong's horse couldn't keep up and fell behind. Yan Yong shouted: "Dashuai, he has a wife and children, and a brother, I hope Dashuai will take care of him." ”
Huang Degong galloped on his horse, and turned around and shouted: "Your wife, I will raise her!" ”
Li Dingguo led the cavalry and cut Liu Liangzuo's family members in a surprise attack just now. Except for a few who reacted quickly and ran into the woods, almost all of the others were cut down. Li Dingguo knew that the success or failure of this counterattack lay in speed, so he didn't care about sending people into the forest to chase after him, so he swept in with cavalry. As soon as he crossed a dirt slope, he saw a cavalry fleeing in the distance. Li Dingguo looked at it from a distance and recognized Huang Degong's horse. A few days ago, Huang Degong personally led his troops to attack every day, so he rode this horse and rushed back and forth to kill. This horse is not only tall, but also galloping like flying, which made Zhang Xianzhong, who likes horses, envious at that time. even said to others: "It's a pity that such a horse is actually ridden by a fool like Huang Degong." He also ordered: "Capture Huang alive and get merit, and reward five coins of silver; captured Huang Degong's horse alive and rewarded him with one hundred taels of gold! (Zhang Xianzhong sometimes likes to deliberately use very low bounties to humiliate the officials of the imperial court.) It's just that now it doesn't seem to be very good for the horse's stamina.
"Catch up! Capture Huang alive! Li Dingguo shouted while urging the horse to catch up.
The soldiers around him immediately shouted: "Capture Huang alive!" It's just that somehow, when more people shouted together, the shout became: "Capture Huang Degong's horse alive!" ”
When Li Dingguo heard this, he just smiled, but he didn't correct it, just controlled the speed of the horse and continued to catch up.
Seeing that Huang Degong and the people in front of him changed horses, and then the horse gradually fell behind. Li Dingguo had already caught up at this time, Yan Yong turned around, and knew that he couldn't run away, so he took the arrow, raised the riding bow in his hand, and aimed at Li Dingguo. Li Dingguo stared at the family with wide eyes, ready to dodge. The distance between the two was getting closer and closer, only seven or eight steps away, and Yan Yong's bow was gradually full. At this moment, Li Dingguo suddenly shouted, just like a thunderbolt in mid-air. At the same time, his body flashed violently.
In many storytelling and the like, the return arrow is depicted as particularly powerful, but in fact, it is actually quite difficult to shoot an arrow backwards on a galloping warhorse, and in fact, the range of riding archery that can ensure shooting accuracy is often only ten steps. Moreover, the strength of the riding bow is also insufficient, and if you can't shoot at a weak point, the lethality is actually very limited. And turning around to shoot arrows, often lead to a decrease in horse speed, easier to be caught up by the opponent, if the arrow does not hit the vital point, the next moment is likely to be picked by someone to shoot under the horse. So people who are preparing to shoot arrows are also very nervous. Li Dingguo roared suddenly, Yan Yong's hand shook, and the arrow was shot, but he didn't know where it flew.
At this time, Li Dingguo clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse rushed forward, but it caught up, and at the same time, the spear in Li Dingguo's hand took advantage of the situation, and the tip of the spear pierced straight into Yan Yong's right armpit, and he shook his hand and picked Yan Yong off the horse.
Li Dingguo didn't care about Yan Yong, who fell off the horse, he handed the spear to his left hand, slowed down a little, and reached out to buckle the halter of the horse with a reward of one hundred taels of gold. And a cheer suddenly sounded around him: "I have caught Huang Degong's horse!" Caught Huang Degong's horse! ”
Li Dingguo slowed down a little, turned his head to look around, but saw that many cavalry had also slowed down, and immediately said angrily: "Feng Shuangli, you guys don't hurry up and catch up with Huang Degong alive!" Still want to fight me for a horse? ”
The surrounding cavalry all laughed, and Feng Shuangli slammed his horse's belly, rushed forward, and shouted, "Five coins of silver are also money!" Sons, Hugh is leaving! ”
The other cavalry also shouted: "Capture Huang Degong alive!" Capture Huang Wuqian alive! ”
Li Dingguo shook his head, couldn't help but laugh, he handed the reins of the big horse to one of his personal guards and said, "Take care of it, this is a hundred taels of gold." Then he hastened to catch up.
"Second general, which one is Huang Degong?" Feng Shuangli saw Li Dingguo chasing after him, so he shouted at the top of his throat.
Li Dingguo saw Huang Degong exchanging horses with his own eyes, so he naturally recognized it, so he said: "The one wearing the red cloak is Huang Degong." ”
Feng Shuangli shouted: "Sons, the one wearing the red cloak is Huang Degong!" I caught a reward of five silver coins! ”
The cavalry next to him also shouted loudly: "It's Huang Wuqian who wears a red cloak!" "It's Huang Wuqian who wears a red cloak!"
Huang Degong was urging the horse to flee when he heard a shout from behind. "Catch the one in the red cloak!" "It's Huang Wuqian who wears a red cloak!" Irritated, he stretched out his hand, untied his cloak, and threw it on the ground.
When Li Dingguo saw it, he laughed and shouted: "The one wearing the golden helmet is Huang Wuqian!" The side suddenly shouted one after another: "The one wearing the golden helmet is Huang Wuqian!" ”
Huang Degong listened, and immediately threw the golden helmet on the ground again.
Li Dingguo glanced at it and shouted again: "The one who didn't wear a helmet was Huang Wuqian!" Naturally, the cavalry next to him also shouted.
Huang Degong naturally had no place to change into a helmet at this time, so he could only continue to run bareheaded, only to hear bursts of laughter and scolding from behind. And the wails of the backward family members when they are constantly being killed. I couldn't help but be angry and ashamed. I can only lower my head and urge the horse to gallop. But suddenly noticed that the shouting behind him gradually stopped. He turned his head to look behind him, only to see that many of the family members had spontaneously thrown away their helmets.
Li Dingguo looked at the Ming soldiers in front of him who had thrown away their helmets, put away his smile, controlled his horse and moved closer to Feng Shuangli and said, "Huang has the heart of the army, but it is really worth more than five dollars of silver." ”
At this time, the walls of Tongcheng were not far away.