Chapter 117: Chenzhou Attack and Defense (6)

Liulin Street is an ancient village, located in the west of Chenzhou City. The town is more than two miles in circumference, and there are more than 10,000 people living there. The wall around the town is more than two zhang high, and although it is all rammed, the wall is one meter thick. At least in terms of town-level defense, Liulin Street is also extremely strong.

There are more than 1,000 militiamen on the village, and the head of the militia is Liu Ba, a swordsman from Liulin Street. Liu Ba is a good friend of Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi Menglin was recuperating from his injuries at Liu Ba's house when he duel Guo Jing in Fuxiguan. Liu Ba also went to Ying Tianfu in person to inform the Golden Sword Wang Shan of the military situation. Because of these two reasons, Liulin Street was included in the rule of the People's Protector Army, and Liuba immediately became the head of a town. Of course, Liu Ba's own martial arts are indeed not bad, and everyone is brave, which is also the biggest reason why the villagers chose him.

However, when Liu Ba learned that Yue Heng was going to go out of the village to attack and kill the bandit army, he was still surprised. The enemy has thirty thousand, and I have only three thousand. I am weak and strong, and I should stick to it. Although Yue Heng is full of sharpness, the idea of going out of the village is too risky.

But Yue Heng had Yue Heng's thoughts. Since the rise of the People's Army, in less than a year, whether it is Zhang Xianjiqian, or Wang Gui and Zhao Hongyue, they have repeatedly made meritorious contributions and become famous all over the world. Only Yue Heng, after being appointed by Yue Fei as the head of the scout, has not fought a battle to show his face. This made Yue Heng, who was the youngest and most energetic, feel extremely depressed.

Although Yue Heng also knew that his duty was to listen to the military situation for several main divisions, not to fight and kill the enemy. For most of the year, the scout group has done a decent job, and has hardly allowed the Protectors to fight a hasty battle. At military meetings, Yue Fei also repeatedly praised the work of the scout group.

But Yue Heng was still a little unwilling. Yue Heng's ambition is to be a world-famous general, not an obscure scout leader.

It was with this idea in mind that Yue Heng learned of Zhang Xian's defeat at Wang Jun's defeat, and Yue Heng immediately gathered a group of 2,000 scouts to rescue Zhang Xian. Zhang Xian retreated into Chenzhou City, but Yue Heng's 2,000 elite cavalry were trapped in Liulin Street by Liu Sandao's 30,000 bandit army. It's not that the scout regiment can't retreat into Chenzhou, it's just that Yue Heng feels that if the cavalry retreats into Chenzhou, there will be no use.

Yue Fei led 2,000 elite cavalry, crisscrossing the West Hebei Road, aiding Huazhou, deterring Weizhou, breaking Cizhou, taking a big name, and beating hundreds of thousands of gold soldiers exhausted. Praise to everyone in the world.

Yue Heng retreated to Liulin Street precisely to attack and kill the bandit leader Liu Sandao.

Liu Sandao is an authentic Han Chinese. However, his actions are no different from those of the Hu people. This person is cruel in nature, and the bandit army he leads burns, kills, loots, and does all kinds of evil. From Bianliang to Liulin Street, half of the more than 100 villages that were slaughtered along the way were committed by Liu Sandao.

Seeing Yue Heng with a confident face, Liu Ba had to open his mouth to persuade, "Liu Mou is just a militia leader, and I don't dare to doubt Commander Yue's thoughts. But it was Liu who was the head of the militia and could be regarded as a member of the people's protection army. So Liu still has to say, is Captain Yue's idea too bold? ”

Yue Heng glanced at Liu Ba with sharp eyes, "If Liu Dutou has something to say, please speak directly." ”

Liu Ba immediately said unceremoniously, "Since ancient times, more people are better than fewer people, and the strong are better than the weak. Although the scout group is a veteran of a hundred battles, Liu Sandao also has 30,000 bandit troops. The strength of our army is too weak, Commander Yue, outnumbered, and reasonable. ”

Yue Heng led Liu Ba to the highest building in the town, a private residence of a squire, standing on the top of the building, looking around, and taking in the situation outside the town. The plains and wilderness are all wheat fields. Last year's winter snow had melted away, and a few days ago the town was full of green, and the wheat seedlings were in full bloom. Now I saw only the four large battalions of black oppression, standing on the wheat field. The green wheat fields were also trampled to a little blackened. A group of bandits either held on to the outside of the village, or scurried around in the camp, but the entire outside of the town can be described in one word, chaos!

Yue Heng pointed at the dense bandit army with his finger, and said confidently, "Liu Dutou has been walking the rivers and lakes for a long time, and his worries are of course reasonable. However, Liu Dutou did not know the enemy's situation, so he had such a worry. Look, although there are many bandits outside the town, the four large battalions are divided into four corners, and they look decent. But you look at those bandits, their clothes and armor are shabby, their morale is completely devoid, they don't walk in line, they don't follow the rules and regulations when they fight, they are completely a rabble. An army like this, not to say 30,000, is 300,000, and it is also vulnerable. ”

Liu Ba nodded, agreeing with Yue Heng's opinion. However, Liu Ba also pointed to the more than 1,000 cavalry wandering in the east of the town and reminded Yue Heng, "General Yue, don't forget that Liu Sandao also has cavalry under him. If we go out of town to fight, once we are entangled by cavalry, we will be surrounded by infantry. Once entangled by the infantry, they will be surrounded by cavalry. This possibility cannot be ignored. It's not that Liu is cowardly, it's really that our army can't win or lose. If our army is defeated, more than 10,000 Liulin fathers and elders will become ghosts under the sword. ”

Yue Heng immediately said his arrangement. "Don't worry about Liu Dutou. Although Liu Sandao has more than 1,000 horsemen, except for 500 Hu horsemen, the rest are unfamiliar with bows and horses, but they are infantry who can ride horses. I want to divide the 2,000 elite cavalry into two teams, one team of 500 cavalry, and kill to the east of the town and entangle more than 1,000 cavalry bandits. A team of 1,500 horsemen came out of the north of the town, killed the bandit army, and then attacked the cavalry bandits. When our army attacked, Liu Dutou could lead the militia to create momentum and feint to attack the west of the town. ”

Seeing that Yue Heng was full of confidence, Liu Ba couldn't help but be aroused by the heroic spirit, and replied angrily, "Head Yue, please rest assured, my people from Liulin Street are not bad seeds.

Yue Heng laughed, "Liu Dutou, please rest assured, Yue Heng will not fall into the reputation of the Protector Army." ”

The bandit leader Liu Sandao is named the leader, and it seems that he can control the 30,000 bandit army, but in fact, he can only command 30,000 infantry, and he can't command the more than 1,000 cavalry in the east of the town at all. The cavalry leader, John, was a Crusader, with a high nose and blue eyes, and was typical of the Western race.

John was originally a knight of Europa, but because he offended the nobles of his country, he fled to the Great Song Dynasty with a group of merchants. The prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty fascinated John, who believed that a veteran janitor in Bianliang lived a more comfortable life than the nobles of his homeland.

What's more, there are more than 1,000 Crusaders in Bianliang and have their own church. With his experience as a knight, John quickly distinguished himself among the Crusaders. Despite the fact that the Crusaders were not numerous, they also had an army of hundreds of mercenaries. John was the captain of the mercenaries.

The sky collapsed in Bianliang, and the barbaric Jurchens broke into the city, but John saw the weakness under the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty. When Wang Jun rallied the crowd to protect himself, the Crucidian and Muslim religions, which had always been incompatible, miraculously formed an alliance.

John also had a cavalry army of five hundred men. Wang Jun firmly believed that the cavalry, as a strategic force, must be in the hands of the Hu people. John killed nearly 100 citizens in Bianliang City, and there was no possibility of surrendering to the Protectors.

The reason why John was sent to Willow Street was his own request. There were 7,000 Hu cavalry, of which there were only 300 Crusaders, more than 2,000 Muslims, and more than 1,000 Khitans. This is due to the wise plan of Song Taizong to move the Li clan to Bianliang in Western Xia. However, the Li family escaped from a Li Jiqian, and three generations worked hard to finally build a Western Xia Kingdom in the Hetao area, which disturbed the Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years.

John and Wang Jun divided their troops, but because he thought that the oil and water in Liulin Street were not small. As long as he breaches Willow Forest Street and loots at will, he should be able to return John to his hometown. It turned out that this Crusader had an extremely keen eye, and he saw the fighting potential of the Song people. The 100,000 bandit army was violent, but it could not frighten any village. Even if there are only 100 people in the village, they dare to take up arms and fight the bandits to the end.

Such a people could not be enslaved not only by the Jin people, but also by any nation. John soon came to such a conclusion. Thinking of the prestige of the Protectors, and thinking about the blood on his hands, John decided to snatch this vote and run south. I heard that there are a lot of Hu merchants in Quanzhou, and it may be a good place to stay, and you can take a boat back to China at any time.

Whether it was John or Liu Sandao, they didn't expect Yue Heng to dare to go out of the village to counterattack. But Yue Heng was bold. Just when Li Jinzhu died at the head of Chenzhou City, the east gate of Liulin Street also suddenly opened. Five hundred elite horsemen, armed to the teeth, with sabers in their hands, rushed towards the more than 1,000 cavalry troops who were only five or six hundred paces away from the stockade. Outside the east gate, there were also more than 1,000 bandit troops, but these bandit troops didn't even bother to line up with guns, but just crowded into a ball. As a result, he was rushed by five hundred elite horsemen, and he was defeated when he boarded.

"What's the situation? So many people dare to go out of the village to counterattack? John, who was two meters tall, rode on a very majestic meandering horse, and his eyes widened in disbelief at the rushing cavalry, and then he became angry again. God's people, follow me and kill all these heretics. ”

John's weapon was a two-foot long cavalry lance. He put his spear flat in front of his horse, and quickly urged the horse to meet the general of the Protector who had been killed at the front.

Liu Hachi's twin knives were stained red with blood. Although he can't command a battle, when it comes to charging into battle, he is no less than Yue Heng. However, seeing John, who was as majestic as a hill, Liu Ba was still a little timid in his heart.

John and the dozen or so soldiers behind him were all dressed like the typical heavy-armored knights of the West, covered in iron armor, like an iron can. Even his face was covered with an iron mask, revealing only a pair of turquoise eyes. In addition, the riding spears in their hands are all two feet long, and they rush to kill, which is really spectacular.

The two sides hedged, and in the blink of an eye, they were already approaching within thirty steps. Liu Ba's deputy, Wu Tianxi, the head of the scout group, suddenly shouted, "Throw the spear!" "The reason why Wu Tianxi was allowed to give the order was because Liu Ba was nervous and couldn't speak. Wu Tianxi's martial arts are not as good as Liu Ba, but his experience in the battle formation is enough to kill him in seconds.

The dozens of scouts who rushed to the front row took off their half-meter-long short iron spears from their saddles and threw them quickly.

The armor-piercing performance of the throwing gun is excellent, especially at such a close distance. I only heard a fluttering sound, and more than a dozen horsemen were thrown off their horses. John's great riding skills miraculously avoided the throwing gun, rushed forward, and with a single shot, he picked one of the scouts into the air.

The riding spears in the West are like the lances in the East, they are made of hardwood, and they are not very elastic. Just by taking advantage of the length, he knocked away the enemy's forward at the moment of hedging. However, when the cavalry spear pierces the human body, the huge anti-shock force will also make the knight unable to hold the large gun. Westerners don't have the big gunsmanship of ash poles. John shot successfully, immediately abandoned the gun and took the knife, roared again, and slashed at Liu Ba.

"Hugou is crazy!"

The good man Liu Ba finally came to his senses. He was ashamed of his nervousness. Immediately, the two knives went up, and immediately blocked John's slash, and with both hands, he twisted John's saber over.

John never expected that this little man Song Ren was not only surprisingly strong, but could actually stop his own slash, and also snatched his own knife with strange methods, and couldn't help but panic a little.

Liu Hachi laughed wildly, and the double knives poked out like scissors, cutting right on John's neck. A stream of blood splattered, and John's head fell to the ground.