Chapter 54: Cavalry Assault
Ge Qian has always been a bold person, although the defenders of Liyangcang are elite, but he still resolutely made a sneak attack on Liyangcang, he thought that as long as he succeeded, not only could he recover his vitality immediately, but it would be no problem to collect another 100,000 troops, and then he would be able to go to Zhang Xutuo again.
However, Ge Qian didn't know if it was bad luck or what, before he could touch the gate of Liyangcang, he bumped into a northern expedition team with tens of thousands of people, and after a few blows, he was beaten to the ground and escaped from Ji County, only more than 5,000 people remained.
In just a few days, Ge Qian's troops have changed from an army of 80,000 to a little more than 5,000 now, and he feels that this life is like a dream.
"General, the front is Sujube County!" Tanma's return brought Ge Qian's thoughts back to reality.
"General" is Ge Qian's self-proclaimed, although there are many people in Hebei and Shandong who rebel against the flag, but most of them call themselves "generals" or "so-and-so duke" and "so-and-so lang", no one dares to call themselves kings, and no one dares to think of being emperors.
Ge Qian originally planned to call himself the "King of Lu" after defeating Zhang Xutuo, but now that he only has 5,000 people, he is already disheartened and intends to get as far away from Qi County as possible.
Ge Qian plans to capture the county town of Suozao, get some supplies, recover some vitality, and then go south to Huaisi to find opportunities for development and growth in the south.
"Only when you stay away from Zhang Xutuo can you be the king and hegemon." This is Ge Qian's inner monologue right now.
Ge Qian raised his horsewhip and shouted: "Little people, cheer up, and if you hit the sour jujube city in front, you can eat hot food, and the bright girl can play whatever you want!" ”
After hearing Ge Qian's words, the morale of his subordinates, which was originally extremely low, only improved a little.
As the sun set, several big birds suddenly flew out of the grove in front of them, and then a Sui army of thousands of people appeared in front of Ge Qian and the others.
Ge Qian trembled at first, and immediately ordered the team to stop advancing, he thought that he had encountered a large group of Sui soldiers again, "Could it be that God wants to kill me Ge Qian?" ”
But after a while, Ge Qian's heart completely calmed down, because he found that the 1,000 officers and soldiers had no follow-up troops at all, only a thousand people.
Ge Qian spat and scolded: "The thief really thinks that Lao Tzu is a girl by the dock, and everyone can come to tease?" Just a thousand people dare to come out, it's really fatal! ”
Ge Qian still has this self-confidence, after two great escapes, none of the people who can still follow him now are old, weak, sick and disabled, all of them are sturdy Shandong men, although the morale is a little lower, but the combat effectiveness is not needed at all.
After the 1,000 Sui troops came out of the grove, they did not stop at all, and continued to move forward bravely, among them, 700 were the government soldiers of the Sour Zao Yingyang Mansion, and 300 were county soldiers, and the commander was the brigade commander Zhou An and the county lieutenant Liu Tong.
So where did Li Yin go?
He was on a small hillside farther away on the west side, and with him was a hundred elite cavalry from the Eagle Yang Mansion.
After Li Yin saw that the Sui army and the Ge Qian army were about to meet each other in a short battle, he shouted: "Get on the horse!" ”
One hundred elites, neatly turned over and got on the horse, Li Yin pulled out a long knife, pointed at the flank of Ge Qianjun and said, "Attack with me!" As he spoke, he stepped on the stirrup, and instantly galloped out like an arrow from a string.
After Ge Qian engaged with the Sui army, he withstood the attack of the Sui army with 2,000 people, and then dropped 1,500 people on the left and right wings to attack the Sui army from both sides.
However, as soon as the flank troops were halfway through the march, Ge Qian suddenly heard the sound of eager horses' hooves, and when he turned his head, he saw a hundred-man team led by Li Yin.
"Quick, let the right flank troops stop advancing and return to the right flank!" Ge Qian hurriedly gave an order, although the number of horsemen in the hundred-man team was small, but Ge Qian did not dare to be careless, because he knew that the cavalry was powerful.
The troops on the right flank have already gone halfway, if they want to defend back, how can it be so easy, if they want the front team to change into the rear team, and the rear team to change to the front team, this can only be done by the elite of the Sui army, Ge Qian's men and horses obviously do not have this ability, and they fell into chaos in an instant.
Li Yin naturally didn't know what the "fire tongs tactics" were, since he dared to attack in advance, he didn't take the right flank troops of Geqian's army into his eyes, but now that they were halfway gone and fell into chaos, it couldn't be better, and soon led the crowd to the vicinity of Geqian's army's Chinese army unimpeded.
Only a scream was heard, and an ordinary soldier in Geqian's army was knocked into the air by a horse, and when he fell again, his flesh and blood were blurred, and he couldn't die anymore.
The hundred-man cavalry led by Li Yin was like a sharp dagger, stabbing straight to the heart of Ge Qian's army!
Why can cavalry be a battlefield weapon? It was because of its wind-like speed and powerful impact that Li Yin's hundred horsemen did not stop at all after rushing into Geqian's army, and the enemy tried his best to block it, but under Li Yin's lead in rushing and killing, it did not play a role.
The number of Ge Qian's army was small and most of them fought against the 1,000 Sui army in front, so Li Yin and the others quickly rushed to Ge Qian's vicinity, and Ge Qian saw that the big thing was not good, and as soon as he stepped on the stirrups, he wanted to escape.
Don't dare to say anything else, Geqian's ability to escape has made great progress these days.
"Thief, where to escape!" Li Yin shouted angrily, slashed, and killed several people in the blink of an eye, which frightened these people who were already not high morale in the vicinity to flee to both sides, making there be no obstacle between Li Yin and Ge Qian.
"Damn!" Ge Qian cursed, and then slammed his whip.
Li Yinna is willing to let go of this big thief? Immediately patted the horse and galloped towards Geqian.
Ge Qian's horse was slightly lacking in physical strength due to the continuous travel, and was soon caught up by Li Yin, who bent his bow and shot an arrow at Ge Qian's back.
Li Yin's horse kung fu was practiced when he was living a free life in Xiejia Village, although he was not riding a horse at that time, but a donkey and a big yellow ox, but he finally had some foundation, and he had the opportunity to ride a horse and shoot arrows every day when he began to conquer Goryeo and wait for tasks in Donglai County, so his horse kung fu was not bad at all.
This Ge Qian is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and after hearing the sound of the bowstring, he immediately lowered his body forward, "Bang! The helmet on top of Ge Qian's head was shot to the ground by a bow and arrow, and Ge Qian broke out in a cold sweat in shock, and he was terrified and desperately waved his horsewhip.
But it was all in vain, because Li Yin relied on Ge Qian's dodge of the bow and arrows to slow down his speed slightly, and he had chased after Ge Qian, picked up the big knife and slashed towards Ge Qian.
Ge Qian hurriedly resisted with the spear in his hand, but the strength of Li Yin's big knife was better than a knife, and after more than a dozen moves, the haggard Ge Qian finally couldn't resist it, and was cut off by Li Yin's knife, and a generation of thieves who crisscrossed the land of Shandong were killed.