Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Harrier on the West Road
In the wind and sand brought up by the autumn wind on the West Road of Yansui in the Ming Dynasty, the two armies were fighting fiercely against each other. The two sides bravely and fearlessly hedged each other, and their respective positions were in the flesh and blood, and there were gaps in the shadows of swords and swords from time to time, but they were filled by the troops standing behind them.
The fighting spirit and tactical literacy displayed by the two teams will definitely make the spectators feel admired. But what makes people wonder is that the two troops are wearing the same style of armor, and even some of the flags are printed with the same Ming logo, because the two sides of the war are the Ming army against the Ming army.
"Kill them all, slaughter them all." An officer wearing a Ming army armor was directing the battle, and the words "Ningsai" and "Baizong" could be vaguely seen in the small flag with blood on his head. Under his command, a hostile Ming infantry squad on the opposite side had already collapsed, and the troops around the enemy army were also unstable.
"Hmph, the team of the Monkeys is nothing more than that, we are going to win." The 100 general officers, who felt that the victory was in their hands, held a bloody human head and said words of contempt with disdain.
"Pipe, there are enemy troops behind us." At this time, a rear guard came to report that a new enemy had been found.
"What!?"
Regardless of the shocked officer's reaction, a group of lancers in red armor quickly entered the ranks of the "Ming army", and the surrounding soldiers did not immediately rout, they tried to reorganize their formation and drive their opponents out. However, the enemy infantry in front of them once again entangled them, making it impossible for the surrounding soldiers to assemble smoothly.
"It's the horse harrier, let's kill him together." The general officer of the hundred found the leading officer of the opposing cavalry, and after killing a few infantrymen, he actually rushed towards him single-handedly through a small gap. Chief Officer Bai thought that there was an opportunity, so he beckoned the guards around him and rushed forward together.
It's just that their cooperation was not smooth for a moment, and "Ma Harrier" killed several people in a row at this moment. In the end, under the astonished gaze of the 100 general officers, a shot ended his life.
At this time, the other cavalry who broke through also killed the side of their leading officer, forcing back other opponents who were still planning to counterattack. One of the cavalrymen quickly jumped off his horse, and after cutting off the head of the 100 officers with his sword, he took his head and shouted to the other enemies around him: "The head of the thief is dead, surrender immediately, or you will be killed." ”
With the shouts of this cavalryman, the news of the death of his commander soon spread throughout the battlefield. The two Ming armies that were engaged in the battle finally decided the winner, and the troops that lost their commanders suffered an avalanche of routs under the chain reaction.
Ma Harrier saw that many people chose to flee instead of dropping their weapons and surrendering. Immediately regrouped his cavalry team, and after he gave the order, there was another scream on the battlefield. And this scream became louder and louder as the cavalry moved, and even many voices begging for mercy were covered.
"Ma Er, don't kill them, they are willing to surrender." An infantry officer of a cavalry teammate saw that something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to stop the friendly commander's arbitrary killing. As if he was afraid that he would not be able to control the other party's rage, this person also grabbed the reins of the opponent's war horse.
After being forcibly stopped, the harrier finally stopped his actions. It's just that he was covered in blood, and his eyes seemed to be red, revealing a strong murderous aura at the same time. Even the guards who followed behind the infantry officer were shocked by this murderous aura and unconsciously took a few steps back.
"Collect your murderous aura and scare everyone around me. You're nicknamed the Harrier, but now you look more like a ghost than my red-haired ghost. And you too, the appearance of your own leader scares you like this, are you still a man from northern Shaanxi? Cheer me up, don't embarrass me here. ”
Zhao Wankui saw Ma Xiangzhong's murderous appearance, and he was actually a little shocked in his heart. But after all, he is the third master of the cottage, and at the same time he is used to seeing the world, so he didn't let himself lose his temper in the end.
"Three masters, there seems to be the movement of the enemy army in the northwest. Our sentry has gone out before and hasn't come back, so I'll bring someone over to pick it up now. Under Zhao Wankui's persuasion, Ma Xiangzhong closed his eyes and readjusted his breathing. After he opened his eyes, the horse harrier of Jinding Mountain finally changed back to his usual appearance.
Zhao Wankui glanced at the battlefield, and his side had won a complete victory. The enemy's troops were either killed or surrendered, and only a few who were completely out of order scattered and fled in all directions to not be able to pursue. Their men were divided into two parts, some were in charge of guarding and guarding prisoners of war, and some were cleaning the heads and weapons left behind on the battlefield.
"It's okay here, you can take someone to support Lao Fan and them. Don't come nonsense, Shen Yikui's brigade should have arrived, and now the eldest brother (Zhang Mengjin) and the second brother (Guan Zhiqing) should also end the battle. We should go back to Duhe Fort to rest first, and wait for the situation to clear up before making the next move. ”
After feeling that there was really no threat, Zhao Wankui agreed to Ma Xiangzhong's proposal. But the three masters of Jin Dingshan, who were familiar with each other's temperament, said some words of advice to prevent the bloodthirsty harrier from flying out of their range in search of prey.
Ma Xiangzhong, who had the permission of the three masters, once again gathered his subordinates. After that, he said to Zhao Wankui, and then rushed to the northwest with his carefully selected bloodthirsty subordinates.
Zhao Wankui looked at Ma Xiangzhong's departing figure and sighed, and said to Wei Heyong in the distance: "Old Wei, tell your people to hurry up, let's go back to the military fort." ”
Although this battle was won by the Jindingshan group of Duhe Fort, because of the enemy's bravery, Zhao Wankui and others also suffered certain losses.
However, the main reason is that the enemy army is superior in numbers, and Zhao Wankui's preparation is somewhat insufficient. Because of the change in the time of the rebellion of the Shen Yikui gang, the behavior of some officers of the Western Road and the Castle of Ninsey caused an impact on the grass and snakes.
Although Jin Dingshan and his gang reacted quickly, there were generally no mistakes in the subsequent actions. However, some unexpected moves by the enemy still caused them additional losses.
On September 18, the fourth year of Chongzhen, the former great thief god Yikui's subordinates rebelled again. They took advantage of the fact that Wu Hongqi, the general of Ningsai, was out of business, and quickly occupied Ningsai Fort. Other officers in the city who were loyal to the imperial court, such as Fan Li of the Chinese army and Yin Hongji, who were in charge of conduct, had been captured alive by the rebellious descendants.
Although the people of the god Yikui used their own unique characteristics to uncover the rebellion again. However, according to the observation of Zhang Mengjin and his gang, there seems to be no sign of Shen Yikui, the former head of the plate, in the early activities, and some of the actions initiated in his name were actually led by Huang Youcai.
It seems that Shen Yikui also has some abnormalities within himself, so Zhang Mengjin and his gang in Duhe Fort caught the difficulties caused by these anomalies, and decisively attacked and severely damaged some of the other subordinates who followed Shen Yikui to rebel again.
Now Zhang Mengjin, the big boss, led a large group of men and horses, and was in the area north of Wuqiying and Jintang Mountain, relying on the flexible terrain to block the plundering Shenyi Kui tribes in the south. The second leader, Guan Zhiqing, like Zhao Wankui, led his troops to continuously intercept other rebels who were gathering towards Ningsai Fort.
Before Shen Yikui reacted, the subordinates who chose Duhe Fort to continue to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty were trying their best to weaken the Shen Yikui Division, who was several times their own and was still very good at fighting.
Therefore, although large-scale rebel forces appeared again on the Yansui West Road, the adverse impact was not as great as in the original history. The people also had more time to evacuate to various places, and some people who were worried about their crops were able to harvest some of their newly ripe crops without any problems.
It's just that the troops of Zhang Mengjin and others can't hold on all the time. The rebels of Ninsai had gathered thousands of brave men, and Shen Yikui, who had not appeared since the rebellion, finally accepted the command of leading the rebellion, surrounded by many descendants who had chosen to rebel.
The other Shen Yi Kui tribes who participated in the rebellion all cheered and jumped for joy, and under the leadership of Shen Yi Kui, they drove to the Duhe Fort, a Western Route military fort garrisoned by their former comrade Monkey.
Although according to the rumors, Zhang Mengjin and his gang defeated several of their small scattered forces. But the leaders of Shen Yikui's department were not worried, with the leadership of the big boss, they could gather more troops, and the total number was still several times that of the defenders of Duhe Fort.