Chapter 423: A Hasty End
On the morning of December 21, 427 of the Great Jin Dynasty, the soldiers and horses of the other 14th Imperial Court Quelling Rebels outside Qinhuai City gathered more than 250,000 troops, and almost all of these more than 250,000 troops came to the east outside Qinhuai City.
Liu Ji also took two battalions of the First Cavalry Brigade and the First Infantry Brigade of the Guards Regiment as promised, and also came to the east outside Qinhuai City with the other 14th Imperial Court Rebel Army, to suppress the 14th Circuit Rebel Army, and even the general Sun Ziheng also took 2,000 forbidden cavalry and 5,000 forbidden infantry in Qinhuai City to go out of the city to help the counterinsurgency sent by the imperial court.
The camp of the Red Turban Army in the east outside Qinhuai City is still several miles away from the city wall of Qinhuai City, and it is the same as the camp of the Red Turban Army in the south and west of Qinhuai City, which is built on a hill, which is why Liu Ji led the 80,000 cavalry of the Broken Army to defeat the hundreds of thousands of Red Turban Army in the north outside Qinhuai City, why did not continue to expand the results of the battle.
In this world, as long as the two armies are facing each other, in many cases they will choose to fight, and both sides hope to use the fight to show their strong force and overwhelm each other in morale, so after the completion of the imperial army's formation, a partial general with high martial arts under the command of Liu Yuan, the governor of Pizhou, took the initiative to ask for battle and came to the camp of the Red Turban Army, and shouted loudly: "Xue Lu, the partial general under the command of Liu Zhoumu of Pizhou, is here, and the thieves are coming to die!" ”
When the imperial army's army began to line up in the east outside Qinhuai City, Wu Zhan, the commander of the Red Turban Army, rushed to the Red Turban Army's camp in the east outside Qinhuai City with many Red Turban Army generals.
When the partial general Xue Lu called for battle, Wu Zan had already arranged the defense of the red turban army camps in the east outside Qinhuai City, and in the face of the morale of the imperial army, Wu Zan was not ready to send the red turban army out of the camp to meet the battle, but waited for the imperial army to attack.
Seeing that the imperial court sent a general to call for battle, Zhang Qian, the number one fierce general under Wu Zan and also the number one strategist, said to Wu Zhan in a deep voice: "Marshal, although we are not ready to take the initiative to go out of the camp to fight, but we can't let these people in the court be too rampant, and my subordinates suggest sending people to teach these people in the court a lesson, and also improve some of our morale." ”
Wu Zan frowned and said: "In the big battle a few days ago, we saw with our own eyes that there were a few people around Liu Ji, who are likely to have the strength of peerless generals, but among our nearly 700,000 troops, none of them can be called peerless generals, if we fight with the imperial army, we will suffer a lot!" ”
Zhang Qian immediately said: "Marshal, according to the formation of the imperial army, the main force sent by the imperial army today should not be based on Liu Ji's broken army, and the person who is now calling the formation is not a partial general under the command of Liu Yuan, the governor of Pizhou, since he is not a general under Liu Ji, what is our Red Turban Army afraid of!" There are also many fierce generals in our army, not to mention many masters of the Guanghan Palace! ”
Wu Zan pondered for a moment and said, "Then go and invite the two inner disciples of the Guanghan Palace over, if you can rely on the fighting generals to improve your morale, it would be the best." ”
General Xue Lu couldn't help but feel a little proud when he saw that the Red Turban Army didn't dare to send someone out of the camp to fight with him for a long time, and then began to shout and curse at the camp of the Red Turban Army.
However, just as Xue Lu was scolding, a general of the Red Turban Army rode a war horse and urged the horse to go straight to Xue Lu from the Red Turban Army camp located on a hill.
Xue Lu saw that the thieves of the Red Turban Army came out of the camp to fight, and his expression was not a trace of panic, and he waved his knife to urge the horse to meet him.
"I, Xue Lu, don't kill the nameless people under the knife, and I will be famous!"
"The one who took your dog's life, Lu Zibo, the captain of the Red Turban Military Academy, is also!" The Red Turban General, who was also armed with a long knife, shouted loudly.
Immediately afterwards, Xue Lu and Lu Zibo fought together, and as soon as the two sides fought, the two of them couldn't help but cheer up the spirit of twelve, they had already tried out each other, their opponents were very powerful, and they were by no means general.
After Xue Lu and Lu Zibo fought together, the counterinsurgency army and the Red Turban Army who were watching the battle began to wave their flags and shout at each other, while Wu Zan turned his head and asked a strong man in armor with some concern: "Captain Huo, can Captain Lu Zibo defeat the other party's fierce general?" ”
This strong man in armor is named Huo Li, he and Lu Zibo who fought are both inner disciples of Guanghan Palace, originally in Wu Zhan's hundreds of thousands of red turban troops, there are a total of three inner disciples of Guanghan Palace and twelve outer disciples of Guanghan Palace, but the big defeat against the broken army a few days ago made one inner disciple of Guanghan Palace and four outer disciples of Guanghan Palace die in the chaos, and now only two inner disciples and eight outer disciples of Guanghan Palace are left under Wu Zhan's command.
Huo Li looked at Xue Lu and Lu Zibo, who were fighting outside the camp, and said with a calm face: "General Wu, don't worry, although this general of the imperial court has good martial arts, there should be no problem for Senior Brother Lu to win." ”
Wu Zan suddenly showed a smile on his face and said: "I, Wu Zan is not a person who is not rewarded for meritorious service, as long as Captain Lu Zibo can greatly increase the prestige of our army today, I will then promote Captain Lu Zibo to Captain." ”
Huo Li listened to Wu Zhan's words, and the look of disgrief on his face flashed, the lieutenant was only the deputy general of a battalion of soldiers and horses, and the power in his hands might not be as good as the captain who controlled a division of soldiers and horses!
It seems that these high-level leaders of the Red Turban Army have not relaxed their guard against the disciples of Guanghan Palace!
However, these Guanghan Palace disciples were sent to the Red Turban Army to help the Red Turban Army resist the imperial court army, even if Wu Zan was not rewarded, these Guanghan Palace disciples would do their best on the battlefield.
Although Liu Ji was not ready to play the leading role in today's attack on the camp of the Red Turban Army in the east outside Qinhuai City, Liu Ji still took thirty-five puppet bodyguards and several generals of the Broken Army, and other commanders of the Fourteenth Route Suppression Rebel Army, as well as Sun Ziheng, a general of the chariot cavalry, and stayed at the forefront of more than 200,000 imperial troops on horseback.
Liu Ji used the scanning function of the system to learn that Xue Lu, a partial general under Liu Yuan, the governor of Pizhou, although the force value was not bad, reaching 88 points, was a first-class general, but his opponent, the general of the Red Turban Army named Lu Zibo, had a force value of 92 points, and had stepped into the ranks of top generals.
However, Liu Ji didn't say anything about this, and still calmly watched in front of the visitors, without the invitation of the commanders of the other 14th Route Counterinsurgency Army today, Liu Ji was not ready to meddle in today's battle.
Sure enough, after Xue Lu and Lu Zibo fought for more than 20 rounds, Xue Lu had been completely suppressed by Lu Zibo, and Xue Lu's arm was also cut by Lu Zibo's long knife.
When Lu Zibo saw Xue Lu fleeing, he did not chase after him, but grabbed the reins of the war horse, pointed the long knife in his hand at the imperial army, and shouted: "Red Turban Military Captain Lu Zibo is here, who dares to fight with me!" ”
Xue Lu fled back to his own formation, and said to Liu Yuan, the governor of Pizhou, with an embarrassed face: "Lord, Xue Lu has failed your trust and was defeated by the hands of the Red Turban Army thief Kou, please punish the lord!" ”
When Liu Yuan, the governor of Pizhou, saw Xue Lu coming back, the expression on his face relaxed, "Xue Lu doesn't need to blame himself, it's good if he can retreat, Xue Lu should hurry up and bandage the wound on his arm!" ”
Xue Lu said with a grateful face: "Thank you, lord." ”
Pizhou Prefecture Pastor Liu Yuan immediately sighed and said to the commanders of the other counterinsurgency forces: "Xue Lu is the first fierce general under this official, since Xue Lu is not the opponent of this fierce general of the enemy, there is no one to send under this official, so I can only rely on you!" ”
At this time, Li Kexuan, the Taishou of Yanchang County, Pizhou, said loudly: "This official has General Wei Yi, but you can kill this thief!" ”
Since someone is willing to take the initiative to fight, of course no one will object, so the general named Wei Yi under the command of Li Kexuan, the Taishou of Yanchang County, Pizhou, then urged the horse to rush to Lu Zibo, the inner disciple of Guanghan Palace.
It's a pity that Wei Yi, who was called a general by Li Kexuan, the Taishou of Yanchang County, Pizhou, only fought with Lu Zibo for five rounds, and was split in half by Lu Zibo with a knife.
Next, a general under the command of Cao Lin, the Taishou of Linze County, Qianzhou, and a general under the command of Li Bo, the Taishou of Wuli County, Qinzhou, were also killed by Lu Zibo after the battle.
Lu Zibo fought against four generals of the imperial army, and won four battles, killed three people, and cut one person, which made the generals and soldiers of the Red Turban Army can't help but boost their morale, and the cheers simply broke through the sky.
And after Lu Zibo won four battles and four victories, the commanders of the 14th Route Suppression Rebel Army showed embarrassment on their faces, and they were unwilling to let their generals take risks.
Liu Ji couldn't help but be a little amused when he saw this situation, you must know that Lu Zibo's force value is only 92 points, and one of the weakest puppet bodyguards under his command can defeat Lu Zibo, but now the 14th Route Suppression Rebel Army does not dare to send people to fight the generals.
In fact, through the scanning function of the system, Liu Ji has seen that among the 14th Route Counterinsurgency Army, there are seven generals whose force value exceeds 90 points, belonging to the ranks of top generals, and among the seven top generals, there are four of them whose force value is higher than that of Lu Zibo, but it is a pity that the commanders to whom these seven top generals belong are unwilling to show the hole cards in their hands, but just watch Lu Zibo show off his power there.
At this time, Liu Du, the governor of Qinzhou, suddenly coughed, then turned his head and said to Liu Ji: "General Liu, I have long heard that the fierce generals under your command are like clouds, and it seems that the general of the Red Turban Army named Lu Zibo has to ask General Liu to send someone to cook it." ”
The words of Liu Du, the governor of Qinzhou, made many commanders of the counterinsurgency frown, after all, today's attack on the camp of the Red Turban Army, everyone has the idea of fighting for merit, and it is best that Liu Ji does not send a single soldier to participate in today's battle.
Qianzhou Prefecture Mu Liu Chong sighed and said: "It seems that General Liu has to be bothered to send people out, the general of the Red Turban Army named Lu Zibo believes that he has the strength of a top fierce general." ”
Liu Ji shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Then General Ben will send a guard to deal with the general named Lu Zibo of the Red Turban Army!" ”
Liu Ji then sent Liu Ka, the puppet bodyguard, to go up, Lu Zibo saw that another one came out of the imperial army to die, and directly urged the horse to wave his knife to meet him, but Lu Zibo just fought with Liu Ka, his face suddenly changed, Lu Zibo can be sure that the court general in front of him definitely has the strength of a peerless general, and he is not at all able to deal with it.
So Lu Zibo wanted to turn his horse and escape back to the camp of the Red Turban Army on the hill, but it was a pity that Liu Ka, a puppet bodyguard with the strength of a peerless general, suppressed Lu Zibo to death, so that Lu Zibo couldn't even find a chance to escape from the horse, and the two only fought for less than ten rounds, and Lu Zibo was cut off by Liu Ka.
Huo Li, the inner disciple of Guanghan Palace, saw that his junior disciple Lu Zibo had his head cut off, and his face suddenly changed, "Peerless fierce general!" The person who fights with Senior Brother Lu must be a peerless general! ”
Zhang Qian, who was following the commander of the Red Turban Army, Wu Zhan, sighed and said: "Look at the dress of this imperial general, he should be the one who captured the general Liu Ji, since the imperial army has this peerless fierce general to suppress the formation, we don't need to send people out of the camp to fight the generals, let's honestly guard the camp!" ”
Liu Ka beheaded Lu Zibo, the inner disciple of Guanghan Palace, but it improved the morale of the troops of the 14th Route Suppression Rebel Army on the side of the imperial court, and then the commanders of the 14th Route Suppression Rebel Army took the opportunity to order a direct attack on the camp of the Red Turban Army.
This attack on the Red Turban Army camp in the east outside Qinhuai City lasted only about two hours before it had to end hastily.
Because the camp of the Red Turban Army in the east outside Qinhuai City was built on a hill, which made the various camps of the Red Turban Army easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the 14th Road Counterinsurgency Army of the Imperial Court gathered a total of 250,000 soldiers, but after two hours of storming, even a camp of the Red Turban Army was not completely captured, and it suffered heavy losses.
In the end, the commanders of the 14th Route Suppression Rebel Army could not bear such a large loss, and ordered their troops to immediately stop the attack on the camp of the Red Turban Army.
After the troops of the 14th Route Counterinsurgency Army attacked the camp of the Red Turban Army and withdrew from the battle, the commanders of the 14th Route Counterinsurgency Army immediately showed a distressed expression as soon as they counted the casualties.
In just two hours of fierce fighting, the 250,000 soldiers assembled by the 14th Route Counterinsurgency Army were only a little more than 200,000.
Liu Ji took the 8,000 cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Guards Legion, and the 8,000 infantry of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Guards Regiment, and never joined the battle, but Liu Ji gained a lot, he absorbed a total of nearly 80,000 soul points from the soldiers of the Pingping Rebel Army and the soldiers of the Red Turban Army who died in the battle, which also shows that the losses of the Red Turban Army today are much less than those of the 14th Route Pingping Rebel Army.