Chapter Ninety-Seven: Who Are the Heroes (Part I)

The quickest and surest way to conquer your fears and build your self-confidence is to do what you're afraid of until you have the experience of success. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Liu Guang is in this mood now, in the face of Liangshan's dismount, he will never give in, and nearly 3,000 soldiers and horses are his confidence.

Before the expedition, the prefect of Jiang made a bloody investment and provided 1,000 sets of infantry iron armor, 500 hard bows, and tens of thousands of feather arrows to the regimental training battalion. The forbidden army has 100 hard crossbows and 10,000 iron arrows. There were also 500 mules, bad horses, and donkeys, which, although not good, greatly increased their mobility. Bows and arrows, grain and grass are even more abundant.

With such capital, why should you be afraid of Liangshan?

Former regimental training envoy Huang An? Liu Guang naturally recognized him, just a straw bale, and it was not strange that he was killed by Liang Shan!

Zhujiazhuang Sanjie? A group of rural villagers dare to call them three heroes! It is estimated that it is also the level of street gangsters.

Therefore, after a night of guard, on the second day, Liu Guang gathered five hundred mules and horses, let his two sons lead the team, and formed a cavalry team. If the Liangshan cavalry dares to come again, let them have no return!

In fact, the officers and soldiers couldn't go ten miles away, and the Liangshan cavalry really came again.

Lin Chong and Yang Zhi led the leopard Tao cavalry and the dragon cavalry, like two dragons playing with pearls, one left and one right, hovering on both sides of the official army column.

Lin Chong's leopard cavalry was equipped with spears, shields, and waist knives. He is good at breaking through enemy defenses.

Yang Zhi's dragon cavalry is equipped with a simple sword and bow and arrow, and is good at long-range harassment and melee fighting.

There were only 200 Bao Tao and Long Xiang cavalry sergeants, and the war horses were not equipped with iron armor, so Lin Chong and Yang Zhi naturally would not stupidly rush into battle with each other's 3,000 troops, but remained in a stone's throw away, constantly harassing and teasing.

Although the dragon cavalry is equipped with bows and arrows, it is inferior to the infantry bows of the official army in terms of range, and it is not as good as the hard crossbow.

Liu Huiniang was still dressed as a soldier, wearing leather armor, carrying a shield behind her back, she was tightly protected, and she was led by a soldier on a horse, and said to her father Liu Guang: "Daddy, the Liangshan cavalry is wandering on both sides, and all the movements are under their surveillance, which will definitely cause the army's morale to be unstable." It has even delayed the speed of our army's march, and I am afraid that the Liangshan people are trying to delay time as a precaution! ”

Liu Guang rode on the horse, looking at the flickering distance and approach, like a hungry wolf that pounced on his flaws and took a bite at any time, like a fish in his throat. said: "How can I not know the thoughts of the bandits, and I will not let them get their wish!" In a moment, let our cavalry defeat them, and the shame of last night! What does Brother He think? After speaking, he turned his head to look at He Tao, the deputy envoy of regimental training beside him.

Since He Tao was missing an ear, he especially likes to wear armor and helmets, so that he can cover his defects, he is looking down and thinking about things, plus his hearing is poor, he didn't hear Liu Guang's words for a while, until Liu Guang frowned and shouted him for the third time, he came back to his senses, and hurriedly smiled: "The general's name!" ”

"Humph!" Liu Guang glanced at He Tao dissatisfied, and said secretly in his heart: What an incompetent person!

Liu Guang found his two sons, Liu Qi and Liu Lin, and asked them to lead five hundred cavalry to drive the Liangshan men and horses, and if possible, kill them as much as possible, but not too far away from the team.

Liu Qi and Liu Lin were high-spirited and shouted fists to lead their lives.

Soon the 500 cavalry was assembled, and Liu Qi and Liu Lin each led 250 people, preparing to lead a team to attack Lin Chong and Yang Zhi on both sides at the same time.

Liu Huiniang hurriedly persuaded: "Daddy, the art of war pays attention to separate and combined attacks, and it is necessary to use a knife to kill chickens." Why not concentrate 500 cavalry and attack only one place? ”

Liu Qi was a little dissatisfied: "Little sister, you are too careful, how many times our number is them, are you afraid that they will not succeed?" ”

Liu Huiniang persuaded: "Last night's sneak attack, Liangshan didn't lose a single person, and the combat power must be good." ”

Liu Lin said indifferently: "It was their sneak attack, and they didn't meet me." Otherwise, they must look good! ”

Liu Guang snorted coldly: "Enough! The battlefield is a place of life and death, we must be cautious, and we must not underestimate the enemy, how did I teach you before? ”

Seeing that his father was angry, Liu Qi and Liu Lin hurriedly arched their hands and said: "Father is angry, and the child knows that he is wrong." ”

Liu Huiniang also said: "My brother is just making meritorious contributions, and my father doesn't have to blame." If you are afraid when you see an opponent, you should let your father hit your palms. ”

Only then did Liu Guang calm down his anger and said: "According to what Ah Xiu said, I will first send someone to drag the enemy on the left, and then the two of you will join forces all the way, take the opportunity to attack the enemy on the right, and try to defeat all the way first!" ”

Liu Qi and Liu Lin hurriedly received their orders.

Liu Guang said to He Tao: "Brother He, I will transfer 300 archers and 100 crossbowmen to you, please go and block the enemy on the left first, how about it?" ”

He Tao scolded secretly: Bastard, let me do the work with my strength, and let your son go to the work of war, obviously I don't want to have merit!

However, under the eaves, how can people not bow their heads. He Tao's face remained unchanged, and he bowed his head.

On the left was Yang Zhi of Long Xiang's cavalry, he saw that there was chaos in the official formation, and soon, an infantry approached them, each with a bow and arrow in his hand, and began to shoot from a distance.

Although there is no accuracy in random shooting, the range of the infantry bow is basically 100 paces, which is much higher than the range of the cavalry.

The archers took a step forward, and the Long Xiang cavalry took a step back, Yang Zhi was secretly happy in his heart, as long as the archers dared to leave the official army brigade three hundred steps away, he would dare to risk a counter-charge.

But He Tao is also a person who is afraid of death, watching the archers advance step by step, the other party retreats little by little, but he does not dare to get too far away from the large army, and after two hundred steps, he does not dare to chase anymore.

Yang Zhi took a sip: Soft egg!

Liu Guang stared at He Tao in the distance, and also scolded secretly: Coward!

However, Liu Guang's tactical intention had been achieved, so he ordered Liu Qi and Liu Lin to lead the cavalry to kill Lin Chong's department on the right.

Lin Chong, Chao Yang, and Lu Fang led the leopard Tao to ride unhurriedly, and suddenly saw the cavalry rushing out of the official army, riding mules, horses, and even donkeys, under the leadership of two young generals with bright spirits and bright armor. The words "Kill the thief, take revenge" and other words were shouted.

Lin Chong snorted coldly, waved his spear, and said, "Withdraw!" ”

A hundred leopards rode into the distance.

Liu Qi and Liu Lin were even more encouraged when they saw the retreat of the Liangshan cavalry, and shouted: "The thieves are timid, and the army will follow me forward and make meritorious contributions!" ”

Lin Chong controlled the speed of the leopard tao's cavalry, and like a decoy, lured the opponent's cavalry towards the rear of the main force of the official army.

Because of this, the cavalry led by Liu Qi and Liu Lin has always been not too far away from the main force of the official army, and Liu Guang is not too worried.

However, after the leopard Tao cavalry ran to the rear of the official army, it began to gradually lure into the distance, Liu Qi and Liu Lin were chasing in a hurry, but they didn't notice that the five hundred cavalry led by him was getting farther and farther away from the main force of the official army.

At this time, Yang Zhi also began to get rid of the archer troops led by He Tao and ran towards the diagonal rear of the official troops.

He Tao's subordinates were all infantry, and they couldn't intercept it at all, so they reported the situation to Liu Guang.

Liu Guangda shouted: "Not good! ”

This cavalry must have wanted to bypass from the rear and flank the official cavalry.

Liu Guang hurriedly drove his horse to the rear and led the infantry to the rescue.

However, when he arrived at the rear to organize the infantry, he saw from a distance, thousands of miles away, two cavalry units had already exchanged hands, and there was a sound of fighting.

What's worse is that the dragon cavalry led by Yang Zhi is killing from behind.

Kilometer distance, for infantry, even if it is a run, it takes a cup of tea. But for a cavalry unit, it was only a distance of seventy or eighty breaths.

Anyway, I can't catch up.

I only hope that Liu Qi and Liu Lin can show their strength and take advantage of the superiority in strength to defeat the enemy. Or hold out until reinforcements of your own infantry.

At this time, Lin Chong was in good spirits, and he hadn't galloped like this for many years, fighting on the battlefield. In the past several battles, the cavalry was only used as an assault force, and when the battle was almost over, it went up to clean up the mess.

Only this time it was a one-on-one confrontation between cavalry and cavalry in the face of the cavalry units of the officers and soldiers alone!

What if there are 500 people on the other side? A rabble!

Seeing that the opponent's cavalry was lured far enough, Lin Chong ordered his subordinates to turn their horses and prepare for the formal battle.

The Liangshan cavalry is organized, with ten people as a tithe, a back flag behind the chief, and nine cavalry under it, neatly arranged according to the 3*3 phalanx pattern. Shi Chang rode at the forefront.

Five small phalanxes, arranged in a row, each with a distance of two feet from each other, just the distance between two spears. for the first echelon.

Five small squares, lined up in a second row. is for the second echelon.

The three generals Lin Chong, Chao Yang, and Lu Fang, with three back flags, were at the forefront of the entire army.

Facing the chasing officers and soldiers, Lin Chong pointed his spear, slapped his horse forward, and said in a loud voice: "Forward!" ”

The captains of the teams also drove forward and conveyed the order: "Forward, forward!" ”

The commander and the cavalry all slapped their horses forward, and at the same time responded: "Forward, forward, forward!" ”

The war horse slowly picked up, and when the two armies gathered a hundred paces, Lin Chong shouted: "Accelerate, charge!" ”

"Accelerate, charge!"

"Accelerate, charge!"

The sound of charging in the leopard riding resounded.

There are only 100 people on the Leopard Tao, and the formation is relatively compact, and the front width is only 50 paces. But his impact was very strong, with Lin Chong, Chao Yang, and Lu Fang as arrows, and instantly penetrated into the black curtain of the five hundred cavalry of the official army.

Lin Chong, Chao Yang, and Lu Fang were too strong, and there was no enemy in front of them, and those who met them head-on were picked off their horses one after another. The first cavalry followed.

The first group of cavalrymen, armed with shields in their left hand and spears in their right, plunged into the enemy group like hedgehogs, stabbing more than a dozen enemy horsemen to death in a single charge.

The dozen or so leopard cavalry that stabbed the enemy's cavalry, those who could draw back their spears continued to fight with their spears, and those who could not draw them back discarded their spears and pulled out their waist knives to continue fighting.

Because it is a small phalanx of ten people, they can also maintain a good formation when running, ten people help each other, and the injured ones go to the middle of the small phalanx.

There is a distance of two feet between each tithe, and if an enemy soldier passes around their front and passes through the side, it is just enough for the spears of the tizza to be stabbed out on top of each other.

Liu Qi and Liu Lin were good at using spears, but between the lightning and flint of the two armies, they were lucky to avoid Lin Chong, Chao Yang, and Lu Fang, and their eyes were aimed at Lin Chong's spear stabbing the opponent to death like a ghost, and there was a sudden palpitation in their hearts.

Next, facing the first team of cavalry of the Liangshan cavalry, Liu Qi and Liu Lin originally wanted to show their strength and pick down a few enemy soldiers to fall off their horses, but those Liangshan cavalry were all in a group of ten, and the staggered speed of the two horses was very fast, and the machine guns stabbed out by the Liu brothers were blocked, so they could only helplessly pass through the gap and continue to rush forward.

Immediately after the charge of the second platoon of the Liangshan cavalry arrived, Liu Qi stabbed one person, but was saved by his comrades, and returned in vain.

Rushing through the second row of the Liangshan cavalry, Huo Ran was cheerful in front of him. Liu Qi and Liu Lin turned their horses' heads, looked back and saw that the cavalry around them were scattered, and where the Liangshan cavalry passed, it was a mess, a large number of officers and cavalry were lying on the ground, and the mules and horses had no owners, so they stopped in a daze, neighing non-stop.

Lin Chong, Chao Yang, and Lu Fang led the troops to kill through the enemy formation, rushed out, and laughed. This time, I rushed into battle and killed happily.

Lin Chong regrouped his ranks, lined up again, and rushed towards the official army again!

Compared with the ten-person squad of the leopard Taoqi, the two teams charged in echelons. The 500 cavalry of the official army was simply a rabble, without cooperation, hulala, encountering a strong enemy, they all rushed to pass through the gap, but they were calmly poked over by the leopard Taocai.

A hundred well-trained cavalry in a whole team, turning, is naturally much faster than a whole team of five hundred rabble, turning. So when the leopard Tao rode through again from behind, Liu Qi and Liu Lin were still on the other side of the army and did not react.

Piercing through the enemy's formation again, Lin Chong gathered his team again, and when he counted the number of people, he found that there were no more than a few casualties, and at least 100 officers and soldiers were dismounted.

Leopard Tao's two chiseling piercing, Liu Qi and Liu Lin were blinded, they had not officially fought with the Liangshan people, and they felt that the strength of their bodies had not yet been exerted, and when they looked back, they found that the team they led was already scattered.

Liu Qi and Liu Lin scolded the incompetence of these officers and soldiers, but further lowered the morale of the already low morale.

When Leopard Tao was about to make the third charge, Liu Qi and Liu Lin finally caught up with Lin Chong, Chao Yang, and Lu Fang.

Liu Qi rushed towards Lin Chong and shouted: "The thief is rampant, look at my Rouge Mountain Qilin brother to meet you!" ”

Liu Lin also greeted Chao Yang and shouted: "The thief is here!" ”

But as soon as they fought, they found themselves thinking too much.

Lin Chong and Chao Yang didn't care about them at all, Lin Chong's spear was entangled, and as soon as he picked it, Liu Qi's spear flew away, and Lin Chong's horse didn't stop and continued to charge forward.

Chao Yang swept directly with a spear, and Liu Lin rolled off the horse. As the arrow of the cavalry, Chao Yang shouldered the responsibility of opening the way for the follow-up troops, so naturally he would not stop, but continued to move forward.

The Liu brothers finally dodged the cavalry charge of the two echelons behind, and looked back at the Liangshan cavalry roaring away, and they were shocked and shocked, is the gap so huge?

When Lin Chong's leopard cavalry chiseled through the formation of the official army for the third time, Yang Zhi's Long Xiang cavalry also rushed over, and the official army immediately fell into the predicament of attacking from front to back.

The experience of two chiseling and piercing has caused the morale of the officers and soldiers to plummet, and the formation is even more scattered, and they were attacked by the leopard Tao cavalry and the dragon cavalry before and after, and without the supervision of Liu Qi and Liu Lin brothers, the official cavalry collapsed and fled in all directions.

The leopard Tao cavalry and the dragon cavalry tried their best to strangle it, and it was another harvest.

When Liu Guang led the main force of the infantry to come to the rescue panting, Lin Chong and Yang Zhi laughed, led the captured nearly 100 mules and horses, and went away again.