Chapter 352: Meijiaping Raid

Everyone has their own talents, it's just that due to the constraints of the conditions, most people simply don't know what their talents are, let alone use them.

This is the case with people like Li Dingguo. If he had been a farmer all his life, the crops he planted would not have been as good as those of others; Only by chance can his military talent be fully brought into play after he becomes the general of the Qin soldiers.

Compared with Li Dingguo's youth, maturity and wisdom, Li Laiheng's talent is reflected in the charge. Before being discovered by Zhu Youzhen and joining the militia group, Li Laiheng had never ridden a horse. But in just over a month, his riding skills have improved by leaps and bounds, surpassing many veterans of the Qi family's army, and he has basically reached the realm of "unity of man and horse". Don't talk about ordinary soldiers at this speed, even Qi Meifeng sighs to herself.

At this time, Li Laiheng rushed to the enemy formation first, and naturally used superb riding skills. He didn't have to reins his horse at all, but with the slightest change of force in his legs, he could make the horse change direction slightly at any time according to his ideas, and avoid the arrows fired by the thieves.

And the two hands he freed up were used to draw a bow and arrows and shoot at the thieves. The thieves on the opposite side did not have the technology of "man and horse unity", so they either had to stop where they were and fire their arrows, or they had no time to release their arrows on horseback.

Of course, the fixed target is much easier to hit than the moving target, and the thieves shot dozens of arrows at Li Laiheng, but none of them hit; Li Laiheng also fired five or six arrows in a row on the horse, but the arrows were not missing, shooting the first few thieves off the horse.

Of course, it was impossible for the Qin soldiers to let Li Laiheng charge alone. A hundred cavalrymen immediately lined up to follow, but instead of dodging the bow and arrows like Li Laiheng, they kept a straight line and slammed into the enemy fiercely. Even if a stray arrow hits, they only use their weapons to strike, and will never deviate from the course and disrupt the charging formation in order to dodge.

The speed of the cavalry charge was so fast, but in a matter of moments, the Qin soldiers rushed into the formation of the thieves. This thief suffered a big loss, because they should have charged against the Qin soldiers, so that the kinetic energy of the two sides when they collided was about the same, and maybe there would be a draw.

But because Ma Shiyao was killed, the thieves were leaderless at this time, and they couldn't organize effectively at all. In the face of the sudden enemy army, although they reluctantly gathered dozens of people to form a formation, none of them dared to charge. Seeing the ferocity of the Qin soldiers, they even involuntarily retreated slightly. This is good, although they are also riding horses, they are equivalent to infantry, and they were immediately disrupted by Li Laiheng.

The Qin soldiers were like a giant dragon with teeth and claws, roaring through the rogue array and rushing straight into the town. The thieves inside were even more miserable, many of them were cut down or knocked down by the Qin soldiers before they had time to get on their horses, crying for a while and calling their mothers, embarrassed.

The so-called "one blow", in the era of cold weapons, the role of morale is too great. In fact, Ma Shiyao's cavalry alone has more than 300 people, and the strength is far superior to Li Laiheng. But at this time, the dragons had no leader, and they had already become a plate of loose sand, and they all pondered their own way out. And Qin Bing is everyone uses their lives, and they don't need to use any brains, anyway, wherever Li Laiheng rushes, they will rush with him.

The two sides are compared, and the judgment is made. Strictly speaking, this can no longer be called a battle, but has completely evolved into a one-sided slaughter! Under the frantic pursuit of the Qin soldiers, the thieves were in a mess and flocked to the Dongzhenkou of Meijiaping like ants that exploded their nests, in an attempt to defeat them back to Fuping County.

But the streets at the entrance of the town were very narrow, and hundreds of thieves fled together, and no one wanted to be left behind, which caused serious congestion. Some people and horses were knocked to the ground, and the rebels behind trampled by, some tripped and trampled, and then the people behind rushed up and trampled... In this way, there was no need for Qin soldiers to kill, and the number of thieves who died from trampling on each other reached dozens of people.

The remnants of the thieves finally got out of the town, and they all breathed a sigh of relief, and rushed along the path towards the county seat. But before he could run far, he suddenly heard a loud sound of killing in front of him, and another team of cavalry wearing heavy armor came up head-on!

This is exactly Li Dingguo's 100 ambush soldiers. They were tired of waiting for a long time when they heard that the town was in full swing, and at this time they were really like hungry tigers coming out of their cages, and they were extremely fierce.

And the thieves have become frightened birds, and when they see that there are enemy soldiers blocking the way, they do not dare to meet the battle at all. Some turned their horses and ran back, while others rushed into the fields by the roadside. But the vicinity of Meijiaping is hilly, and the road can also be galloped by horses, and the fields are undulating, and the cavalry cannot be used at all. Some thieves were so desperate to flee for their lives that they simply abandoned their horses and walked on foot, and fled by crawling on the ground and falling into the wilderness.

At this time, Li Laiheng's troops also rushed up, sandwiched two breads with Li Dingguo, and after a short time, they wrapped dumplings with the thieves who were crowded on the path. As for the thieves who abandoned their horses and fled, the second general didn't bother to chase them, because Zhu Youzhen had already ordered: the soldiers are fast, and they can only defeat the main force of the enemy, and they don't have the time to kill them all.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen and Qi Meifeng also entered the town. After a brief count, three of the two hundred cavalrymen were killed and five were seriously wounded, and the casualties were relatively minor. After all, this is a cavalry battle, and it is simply impossible to achieve no casualties at all.

As for the casualties of the thieves, Zhu Youzhen didn't have time to go into detail, in short, there were no less than 200 people, and more than 100 war horses were captured. He just wanted to appease the people in the town, but suddenly saw the dust rising in the eastern sky, and couldn't help but change his color: "Meifeng, quickly send a scout horse to investigate!" ”

After a short time of exploring the horse, he came back and reported: "A large number of thieves have been dispatched from Fuping County, and they are in a hurry, and the number of troops is at least more than 10,000!" ”

"Li Zicheng is finally here!" Zhu Youzhen's heart sank, and his eyebrows tightened. Although this was also expected by him, what he didn't expect was that Yang He did not transfer troops. Relying on less than 1,000 Qin soldiers alone, Li Zicheng can't stop Li Zicheng in any way, not to mention that there is still a Luo Rucai in Jinsu Mountain!

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen was silent, all the generals hurriedly said: "Your Highness, for today's plan, the only way to do this is to withdraw your troops quickly and defend Jingyang County and Qinwangzhuang!" ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't say a word, still bowing his head and pondering. He knew very well in his heart that although Jingyang County and Qinwangzhuang had city walls, they had not yet been completed, and the most important thing was that there were too few troops. And Yang He is still daydreaming of appeasement, and the defenders of Xi'an may not be able to count on it. If the thieves follow the Qin soldiers to Jingyang, I am afraid that the city will be broken in less than half a day!

"Tailgating?" Zhu Youzhen suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind!

He immediately clung to this train of thought and thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more his brows stretched, and finally slapped him violently and shouted, "That's it!" ”

Everyone was stunned by his headless voice, and asked one after another, "Your Highness, what are you doing?" ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't answer directly, but said with a wicked smile: "Do you know the 'mushroom tactic'?" ”