Chapter 225: A Little Frustration
In Julu County, Zhu Ling quickly gathered 4,000 soldiers and horses in Xiaquyang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Julu County is located in the hinterland of Jizhou, therefore, Niu Gao did not easily enter Julu when he plundered, Zhu Ling also took this into account after gathering soldiers and horses, did not hesitate much, and directly led the army along the Jinyang Pavilion and north, along the Shiluo River to Geng Township, hoping to take advantage of the Shangdang army to loot everywhere, and capture the stronghold of Shangdang breaking into Jizhou in one fell swoop.
However, after arriving in Geng Township, the scouts in front came to report that there were about four or five thousand troops stationed in Zhending, the main general Hua Mulan, Zhu Ling hesitated, if the opponent's defensive strength was weak, the surprise attack might be able to achieve unexpected results, but the enemy's defensive strength was not weak at all, it was still more than his own, and it was dangerous to occupy the city, and the surprise attack had almost no possibility of winning.
Gengxiang is located in the Central Plains, far away from the foothills of Taihang Mountain, affected by the terrain, the rainfall here is not as large as in Changshan, the fog is not particularly serious, the visibility is okay, just when Zhu Ling hesitated, Hua Rong's army rushed south, densely covered with scouts along the road, and soon found Zhu Ling's department outside Gengxiang City.
Hua Rong did not hesitate to wave his army straight to Geng Township, and the three thousand five hundred cavalry were like an iron fist in the rain curtain, rushing out of the drizzle that could not be avoided, and bringing up rain flowers at an unstoppable speed.
Zhu Ling had just gotten the news, and before he could react, Hua Rong's army came to his eyes.
This war came suddenly, and it came very fiercely.
Outside the city of Gengxiang, more than 3,500 iron horsemen pounced like hungry wolves, and in an instant they tore apart the four thousand Yuan troops without the slightest defense, and on the open ground outside the city, the cavalry rampaged first for a burst of fire, and then the soldiers divided into two roads, along the two wings of the Yuan army to assault, from a high place, it seems to have drawn two and a half arcs, tangential, and the Yuan soldiers in the center fell a large piece in the rain of arrows in a blink of an eye.
Looking around, a large number of soldiers were lying in pools of blood, their bodies were full of arrows, and those who were able to stand up were also shaking their legs, and their hands holding weapons were shaking. Zhu Ling's eyes cracked, roughly estimated that about a quarter of the soldiers perished in this wave of slaughter, this has not yet been fought, and he has lost so much at once, so is he waiting to be the meat of the chopping board?
Zhu Ling looked at the Shangdang cavalry who were ready to go, gritted his teeth, and shouted: "The big shield is in front, the spear is in the center, and the archer is in the back, slowly moving towards Gengxiang City!" ”
Defending on all sides, sooner or later it will be played to death by the Shangdang cavalry, Zhu Ling decided to rely on the wall of Gengxiang on his back, so that he could prevent the enemy from being attacked on his back, and concentrate his forces on both sides of the main defense and the main battle in front, so that there may be a glimmer of hope for survival.
Just a wave of blows was not what Hua Rong wanted, he and the deputy general each led a part of the Yuan army to stand on both sides, the rain of arrows was just an appetizer for the Yuan army, seeing the Yuan army slowly moving backwards, Hua Rong instantly understood Zhu Ling's intentions, raised his spear high, and shouted: "The whole army will charge with me!" ”
Thousands of cavalry rolls up to the post, more than 1,000 cavalrymen have a halberd to the opposite side of the Yuan army, Hua Rong and the deputy general one from the southwest to the north, one from the north to the south to lead the various departments to hedge against each other, the two are like an arrow leading the large army, straight into the Yuan army array.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! The hand-to-hand combat, bursts of scolding, and swords striking each other, resounded through the city of Gengxiang.
Although Zhu Ling was flustered, he still quickly established an infantry phalanx formation, and the sparse bow and arrow failed to stop the Shangdang cavalry in the slightest, and was killed by the Shangdang cavalry in an instant.
At this moment, Zhu Ling shouted: "Spearmen charge!" ”
The pikemen who were stunned suddenly came back to their senses, clenched the hand of the spear, and used the strength of the suckling to stab forward, and the cavalry who rushed over did not have time to stop the war horse, and crashed into the spear one after another, and was immediately overturned to the ground by the violent war horse, and instantly turned into the soul of the horse, and the pikeman succeeded in one blow, completely forgetting about death, and continued to follow the steps of the previous training, the horse lunge, the waist force, the spear stabbed out again, and in an instant it was a blood flower and scream.
With so much effort, more than thirty or forty horsemen fell in a row, and the deputy general saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, brandished his long knife, and successively overturned several pikemen who did not know whether they were alive or dead, and killed Zhu Ling, who was commanding in the center.
If it weren't for this person's command and dispatch, maybe the Yuan army would have collapsed at this moment, the deputy general's big knife flew over, instantly cut down a few Yuan soldiers who were blocking the front, whipped the horse's buttocks, the war horse leaped forward, and soon fought a bloody way to Zhu Ling, and the deputy general did not answer, raised his knife and slashed at Zhu Ling.
Zhu Ling, a native of Qinghe, Jizhou, was a general of Yuan Shao's troops at the beginning, and later returned to Cao Cao, and followed Cao Cao to conquer the Quartet, and made many military exploits. After the official reached the general, he was named the Marquis of Gaotang and was nicknamed the Marquis of Wei.
Zhu Ling is also a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, not only has a degree of command, but also has good martial arts, the general of the party is chopping waves and waves, how can Zhu Ling not pay attention, he has already secretly prepared to wait for the arrival of the enemy.
The adjutant general's blade mixed with the red blood roared, slashing Zhu Ling's head, Zhu Ling's spear was held high above his head in his hand, struggling to block the big knife, the deputy general couldn't hit it, and he closed the knife and fought again, who knew that Zhu Ling's spear flipped in the air to block his big knife, and flexibly drilled it from the back, hitting the lieutenant's thigh, the lieutenant was in unbearable pain, waving his horse and walking, how could Zhu Ling be as he wished, let go of the spear with his left hand, picked it up with his right hand, leaned back, and the spear flew over his head and stabbed straight into the back of the lieutenant's neck.
Killing the enemy together, drawing a gun in his hand, Zhu Ling glanced at the enemy general with blood bubbles on his neck, looked around, because of the brave support of the pikemen, the phalanx had not yet been broken, Zhu Ling was full of confidence, and was about to organize the phalanx to counterattack again, only to see the guards around him fly over, and before he could react, a sharp arrow swooped into the back of the guard, splashing Zhu Ling's face.
At this time, he saw an enemy general with a longbow in the distance, as a general who came out of Gaoyi City, maybe they didn't know Zhang Quan, but it was absolutely unforgettable for Hua Rong, and Zhu Ling understood it in an instant, and quickly rolled off the horse, and without waiting for him to land, he heard a "poof", and the war horse fell to the ground with a wail.
The Demon God is here!
Why did he come here?
Martial arts can be compared with Han Rong, and his archery skills are unparalleled to stabilize the Jizhou generals.
Melee combat can easily take his life, and long-range shooting can second him, how to fight?
Zhu Ling was no longer calm, let alone thinking, his body flexibly burrowed into the chaotic soldiers, and he didn't dare to look behind him.
Unexpectedly, the deputy general was killed by Zhu Ling, Hua Rong was very angry, quickly took off the bow, bent the bow and aimed at Zhu Ling, but was blocked by his personal guards, and it was another arrow, Zhu Ling had already jumped off the war horse and drilled into the crowd, and disappeared.
Thousands of county soldiers actually blocked the most elite cavalry of Shangdang for so long, Hua Rong shot a few spearmen with a bow in a row, and once again gathered soldiers and horses to go down the mountain with a fierce tiger, and fiercely collided with it, Zhu Ling fled, Yuan Jun no longer had a main general, and the cavalry easily broke into the enemy phalanx, followed by a one-sided slaughter, blood splashed, raindrops fell, and the rain mixed with blood under the city of Gengxiang gradually moved away along the curved road.
In this battle, the Shangdang cavalry suffered more than 100 casualties, and the Yuan army was killed except for a few hundred people who were trembling in the corner of the wall, and hundreds of people who fled while taking advantage of the chaos, but they never found the enemy's main general, Zhu Ling, who had escaped.