Chapter 174: The Battle of Xinshui
"Boss Gao! Don't be noisy with us? Which one was called the tall boss exclaimed: "Black three? You are crazy! How dare you come back! Although the surname Kan is gone, these are all his henchmen, if you are found to be there, there is still your life? ”
The big man known as the Black Three smiled: "Boss Gao, don't be afraid!" Back then, we were driven away from our hometown by that bastard of Kan Leng, so we joined the righteous army of the fair Wang Geqian. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Our eldest brother even saved Ge Qian's life in the battle with Yang Yichen, and has become the second general of this rebel army.
Now that Zhang Xutuo is gone, our 50,000 army has been killed again, and it is his blessing that Kan Ling has run away, and he is here; We killed him all. ”
Boss Gao let out a sigh and said, "Then what do you want me to do?" Hei San sneered: "Boss Gao, although that Kan Ling is a bastard, he is really capable." He ran Yangxin County the same as Tietong, and there were also 10,000 bandits who originally belonged to Zuo Xiaoyou.
If we attack it, we can attack it. I also have to lose a lot; It will be very disadvantageous for us to attack Shandong in the future. I want you to go to the county seat to call the police, just say that your salt works are under attack, and ask Li Wan to send reinforcements quickly. We intercepted them halfway, so didn't Yang Xin fall into our hands again! ”
"This?" Boss Gao hesitated a little, and Hei San smiled: "Boss Gao, isn't it that you have become addicted to doing coolies in the past two years?" I also want to give my life to the surname Kan. ”
Boss Gao gritted his teeth and slapped the table and said, "Fuck it!" Lao Tzu has long had enough, and Lao Tzu used to be powerful and blessed; And have suffered in this way! Our gang of overseers have made Kan Ling miserable, who doesn't want to kill him, welcome Master Gao back! We admit it for the sake of the master! ”
"Good! This is the boss I know! Let's do it now! You go to the county seat to call the police, and I will stay and contact the others to prepare to occupy the salt works! ”
Boss Gao agreed, cleaned up, pulled out a horse, secretly went out of the salt field, beat the horse and whipped straight to Yangxin.
Hua Rong, who was surrounded outside, smiled and said, "Okay, Yangxin is rising, I am the first to do it, and I can close the net!" One of the commanders of the Wind Character Regiment said with a smile: "The brigade commander is worthy of being the first place in every military Chinese assessment, and he can compose poems, which really makes me admire!" Hua Rong scolded with a smile: "Hurry up!" Let the enemy run away and watch out for your dog's head! ”
Gao Boss beat the war horse desperately all the way, just came to Yangxin in the early morning, at this time the city gate has just opened, he pretended to be embarrassed, Pegasus entered the city, running and shouting: "The thief is coming!" The thieves are coming! "It caused a lot of chaos in the county.
The county ordered Li Wansheng to make the lobby and ordered the officials to bring Boss Gao up. Boss Gao ran a few steps quickly, fell to his knees and panted: "My lord, the big thing is not good, the thief Keqian led an army of 20,000 to suddenly surround the Yangxin Salt Farm, and the Salt Farm is now in danger. For the sake of our diligence and contribution to the county, please send rescue immediately! ”
Li Wan sneered slightly, then pretended to be panicked, asked Boss Gao a few questions, and then asked his younger brother Li Qing to lead 7,000 men and horses to rescue Boss Gao to rescue the Yangxin Salt Farm.
Along the road, Boss Gao kept urging, Li Qing led the team all the way to hurry, and came to Xinshui at noon!
"Stop! Now at noon, people are sleepy and tired; Let's bury the pot and cook first, take a break and continue to hurry! Li Qing looked at the sun and gave an order.
"Ahh The sweat on Boss Gao's head flowed down, and he hurriedly ran to Li Qing's side and asked loudly: "Captain Li, the Yangxin Salt Farm is in danger!" Let's take a little more risk later! Please hurry up! ”
Li Qing sneered: "Sharpening the knife is not a mistake for a woodcutter, if I rush in like this, where will the army still have any combat effectiveness!" I'm resting here to better preserve my strength and destroy the enemy! Someone! Set up camp! ”
Li Qing's army simply ignored Boss Gao's urging and began to arrange obstacles in an orderly manner and set up camps.
Ge Qian and Gao Kaidao were waiting for the enemy on the opposite bank of Xinshui to prepare for a half-crossing attack; They spotted the enemy early, but waited an hour and saw no enemy. They had to arrange for the sentries to see what was wrong.
The return of the horse made both Ge Qian and Gao Kaidao's noses crooked; The enemy actually camped on the other side and prepared to rest.
"Lord Wang! We can't wait any longer, let's attack! It's better to fight the enemy here than to siege the city! ”
Ge Qian responded angrily and ordered the troops to cross the river to attack! An army of 50,000 crossed the Xinshui mightily, and then saw a heavily guarded, hedgehog-like walled city. There is also a human head on the gate of the village, and the owner of the human head is the boss Gao.
Gao Kaidao sensed that the situation was not good, and hurriedly asked Tanma: "Have you ever found the enemy's reinforcements?" Tanma shook his head and said, "No, we have run all over the radius for more than ten miles, and we have not found any trace of the enemy." ”
Gao Kaidao relieved himself, roared, and led the army to come up. Li Qing sneered and roared loudly: "Archer! First quarter! Fifty steps to start shooting! Shield hand to protect the wall! Pikemen prepare their spears! ”
"Boom! Bang! "Seven thousand soldiers, marching in order!" Kill! "Wait until the enemy is within fifty paces; Li Qing and Gao Kaidao yelled at the same time.
"Boom" In a rain of arrows, the two armies finally collided together. Ge Qian's troops were several times larger, but Li Qing was guarded by a wall; The two troops were inextricably killed, and blood flowed like a river.
This battle frightened the commanders of both sides, Li Qing followed Kan Ling for a long time, and received the training methods of the Liangshan army, thinking that there was no one in the world more elite soldiers than this, but today and Ge Qian's thief soldiers only found that the enemy was as brave.
Gao Kaidao was also taken aback, because Ge Qian was the only one of the many rebels who practiced the equal-body system; That is, both generals and soldiers are equal, and only those who have military merit can be promoted; Therefore, his team has always been known for being fearless of death, but I didn't expect the Yangxin troops I encountered today to be as tenacious. They cowered behind the wall, holding back the charge of their own army, and slaughtered their men with spears and bows and arrows.
Li Qing's face was a little hideous, he was holding a big iron gun, and he had already come to the front line, shouting and commanding the army while violently assassinating.
In this way, they fought for most of the hour, and the bottom of the wooden village was soaked with blood, and people stepped on it and poofed, poofed.
Gao Kaidao glanced at the wall that was not very high, and shouted: "Stack the corpses for me and step on them!" ”
"Yes!" The soldiers piled up all those who were dead, those who were not dead, and those who were still struggling, under the wall, and built a slope. Geqian's rebels rushed up the slope and jumped into the camp.
Li Qing's face changed, and while letting people push down the ladder, he led everyone to clear the thieves who came in over the wall. At first, everyone was still at a stalemate, but as more and more thieves came in, Li Qing and the others had to give up the wall, shrink their troops, and form a circle to resist desperately.
Ge Qian watched from a distance and saw that the wall was breached, and victory was in sight; Finally breathed a sigh of relief; Raising the war knife in his hand, he shouted: "The whole team attack!" ”
The remaining thieves let out a cry and rushed up like a tidal wave. They had only been halfway through the race when they suddenly felt the ground tremble slightly under their feet, and a rumbling muffled thunder sounded behind them.
The thieves hurriedly looked back, and saw thousands of cavalry suddenly appear behind them, and they bent their bows and arrows while charging, and every time the arrow rain fell, a group of rebels fell.
Ge Qian, who was in the back, was also jumped, wasn't there no enemy ambush? So where did these people come from? He looked back and saw that there were only a few hundred pro-troops left around him, and this was the enemy's opponent. Hurriedly ordered loudly: "Mingjin!" Collect the troops! Escort! Escort! ”
"Dangdangdang" The rapid sound of gold sounded, and the rebels who were charging and fighting in front didn't know what was going on, so they hurriedly looked back; I saw a group of cavalry rushing by, and his great king Geqian fled in the wilderness.
As soon as they boarded the high open road where the camp was about to jump, they knew that it was not good when they saw the cavalry of the enemy all over the mountains, so they quickly pulled their henchman Zhang Jinshu, and the two ran down the gentle slope of the corpses and secretly fled outside the battlefield.
This time it was hard for the soldiers who had already entered the camp, and there were no reinforcements behind, and they couldn't get out if they wanted to, and they were quickly wiped out by Li Qing and them.
Li Qing saw that someone was cleaning up the corpses, and was about to open the gate of the village and rush out to help, so he scolded and said, "What about so many corpses? The enemy can use us, why can't we! Stand up for me, and let's rush out. ”
The soldiers agreed, and then rushed out along the slope of the corpses, forming a flanking attack with their own cavalry against Geqian's team.
In terms of numbers, Ge Qian is not without the strength to fight; However, all his reserves were sent out, and there were not many people left around him, so he gave the enemy a chance to be beheaded; In addition, in order to survive, he ordered chaos and led troops to disrupt his own ranks; Moreover, the Liangshan army led by Cheng Yanjin was extremely brave, and it disrupted his formation at once.
Cheng Yanjin rushed straight to Ge Qian first, although Ge Qian had hundreds of personal guards around him, and they were all elite soldiers, but he couldn't resist him for a while, and he killed one person on his back.
Since Ge Qian was captured alive by Yang Yichen and escaped; became a lot more timid, and when he saw that Cheng Biting Jin was unstoppable, he was so frightened that he hurriedly beat his horse and ran straight to the crowded place, shouting as he ran: "Escort!" Escort! ”