Chapter 118: Chenzhou Attack and Defense (7)
Although John is dead, the Hu cavalry is still not in chaos. Because these Hu riders are all stained with the blood of the Han people, it is also a dead end. So they have no choice but to fight hard. More than 1,000 Hu cavalry against the elite of 500 scouts soon fell into disadvantage. But after all, there are many people, and there can be a stalemate in a short time.
While fighting, Hu Qi pinned his hopes on the 8,000 bandit army in the camp.
Liu Sandao happened to be in the East Camp, and when he heard the sound of fighting outside the camp, Liu Sandao glanced at the camp gate, immediately lifted his long knife, and prepared to lead the infantry to rush up, surround the scouts and kill them again.
The idea is good, but it's a pity that the bandit army's movements are outrageously slow. After half an hour, Liu Sandao and 100 pro-soldiers beat and scolded, and the 8,000 bandit army gathered into a team.
At this time, there were only more than 700 horsemen left among the more than 1,000 Hu cavalry, and they were completely suppressed and beaten by the scout group. Liu Sandao was about to lead the army to join the battle group, but he saw Zhang Feng, the commander of the southern camp, riding an inferior horse and running over in a very wolf manner.
"Report to Commander Liu, Yue Heng suddenly came out of the west of the village, the iron cavalry had already broken through the Xiying, the main general of the Xiying Zhao Tianba was killed, and the Xiying collapsed. Now that little cub from Yue Heng has entered my southern camp again. Commander Liu, we have to go and save it quickly. A little later, my southern camp will collapse. ”
"Alas!" Liu Sandao couldn't help but sigh. What kind of commander has what kind of soldier. How can these cronies promoted by themselves be all rubbish. The bandit army is a rabble, and it depends on the courage of the main general to maintain a certain combat strength. Now that Zhang Feng himself has run out of the camp, Nanying must have collapsed.
As Liu Sandao expected. Less than a quarter of an hour after Zhang Feng appeared, hundreds of scout elite soldiers had already chased the butts of thousands of bandits and killed them. Yue Heng held a spear in his hand and took the lead.
"Brothers, kill all these bandits for me!"
Yue Heng overturned a bandit in a general's uniform with one shot, and couldn't help but be in high spirits and raise his arms and shout.
"Kill all the bandits and avenge the people."
Yue Heng's adventurous attack was extremely successful. He opened the west gate unexpectedly, and the iron cavalry rushed out, and in only a quarter of an hour, the whole infantry battalion was thrown into chaos. Leaving 500 cavalry to chase and kill the rebels, Yue Heng led 1,000 iron cavalry to storm the southern camp. After the southern camp was defeated, Yue Heng divided his troops again, and only led five hundred iron cavalry to rush over against Liu Sandao's battalion. Hundreds of scouts were all high-spirited and responded in unison.
Hearing the murderous roar of the scouts, the bandits ran even more desperately. Even if Liu Sandao ordered hundreds of soldiers to shoot with bows and arrows, he still couldn't stop the frightened bandits. Thousands of routs crashed into the eastern camp in one fell swoop. The 8,000 bandits who had finally lined up in a queue suddenly became chaotic.
Yue Heng seized this opportunity, and rushed into the hastily formed Dongda camp with the ass of the rout. Hu Qi, who was struggling to support him, saw this scene, and the governor couldn't do anything, so he immediately stopped desperately, turned his horse's head one after another, and ran desperately towards the city of Chenzhou. As long as they get to Wang Jun, they can live. After all, there are six or seven thousand horsemen under the city of Chenzhou.
Liu Sandao's face has turned pale, and he no longer has the murderous aura of slaughtering women and children in the past. He never imagined that his army of 30,000 would not be able to hold out even one morning, and was defeated by the 2,000 scouts.
Since nothing can be done, Liu Sandao certainly made the most correct choice: to escape.
In his infantry battalion, there were also more than thirty fast horses. Liu Sandao took dozens of personal soldiers, and while Yue Heng and Liu Ba were still slashing and killing the infantry, he immediately turned over his horse and ran out from the east side of the camp.
"Where is the Liu thief?"
However, Yue Heng has been paying attention to Liu Sandao's movements. If you can't kill Liu Sandao in this battle, it won't be a complete victory. Seeing that Liu Sandao was about to escape, Yue Heng immediately roared and led dozens of scouts to chase after him.
At the same time that Liu Sandao was beheaded by Yue Heng, Zhang Gui, who was responsible for blocking Luo Yanqing and Xiaoshan, also reached the end of his rope.
Zhang Gui only had 2,000 Hu cavalry, but Luo Yanqing Xiaoshan had 5,000 hard soldiers. It was originally six thousand, but in the battle to destroy the valley, more than a thousand horsemen were lost. Although Hu Qi had cultivated the military might of the beast army in more than ten days of killing, and he was extremely brave in battle, in the face of the five thousand hard labor troops who had just been released from the mine, their courage was far from enough.
Not to mention that these 5,000 hard labor troops have just slashed and killed thousands of gold soldiers, quenched into steel, and their morale is booming. The battle between the valley is atonement, and coming to Chenzhou to rescue Zhang Xianke is a real feat.
Finally managed to climb out of the mine, and not a single slave wanted to go back to the mine. The mortality rate in the mine is no lower than on the battlefield. They would rather die on the battlefield as a warrior than die in a mine like a rat.
It was out of fear of the mine that the 5,000 hard labor troops rushed to kill, which made the 2,000 brave Western Regions Hu Qi also dumbfounded.
The bow and crossbow could not stop the charge of the hard servants. Throwing guns could not stop the charging of the hard soldiers. Even Hu Cai's hedging still couldn't stop the charging of the hard labor army.
Jang Gyu is a pure Muslim. When it comes to fighting, he is by no means short of courage. But when he fought hand-to-hand with the hard servants, he still kept muttering in his heart.
"Where the fuck did this army of thousands of hungry ghosts come from? Look at these pagans, their faces are yellow and thin, and although their skeletons are large, they are all skinny, and their killing energy is higher than that of Muslims. ”
Zhang Gui clearly saw that at the moment when the two armies collided, at least 100 people were lost in the hard labor army, and at most more than 30 people were lost in the Hui army. But instead of being the slightest bit cowardly, the hard servants rushed to kill more bravely.
"We are Khitan warriors, and Yelu Abaoji is our king.
Our only god is the white wolf. ”
Three thousand pure Khitans and two thousand Khitan mixed blood sang Khitan ballads in the same language.
There were also more than 400 Khitans in Zhang Gui's 2,000 Hu horses. Hearing the ballads of their hometown, more than 400 Khitan people couldn't help but look strange. They never dreamed that these thousands of hungry ghost-like protectors would be all Khitans.
"Brothers of the Khitan, we are the eagles of the steppe, and only the sky wolf can control us. How did you become the lackeys of the Protectorate? Have you forgotten that our Great Liao was destroyed under the attack of the Jin and Song Dynasties? Khitan brethren, vote for it. Following General Zhang Gui, following General Wang Jun, we will trample through the Central Plains with horses' hooves, let the blood of the Song people soak their land, and avenge our unjust death. ”
Xiao Moyun, the Khitan general under Zhang Gui, saw the opportunity very quickly, although he didn't know where the Protector Army got this Khitan army, but just by looking at his face, he knew that this Khitan army must have been abused, so he immediately tried his best to fight, and at the same time knew it with affection and reason, and wanted to pull these thousands of brave Khitan troops into Zhang Gui's camp.
Zhang Gui also shouted loudly at the right time, "The Hu people in the world are one family." Khitan brothers, if we want to gain a foothold in the territory of the Han people, we must unite. There are too many Han people, and if we don't unite, we can't fight them. ”
However, to Xiao Moyun and Zhang Gui's disappointment, their wooing had no effect at all. This is thanks to Luo Yanqing. From Huaibei to Yucheng, and from Yucheng to Chenzhou, Luo Yanqing has not stopped brainwashing thousands of hard soldiers. Luo Yanqing was originally a child of a family, and he knew how to control the suspicious people. It is nothing more than a threat and a show of grace.
These hard soldiers were all defeated and captured by the Protector Army, and the military prestige of the Protector Army is naturally unforgettable. What Luo Yanqing has to do is to show kindness.
Along the way, Luo Yanqing Xiaoshan ate and slept with thousands of hard soldiers, without any particularity. This made the Khitan army, who were accustomed to slavery, feel good. To put it bluntly, no one under the sun is willing to be a cow or horse.
In the battle with Jiagutu, Luo Yanqing Xiaoshan was all the first soldiers, and he chose the front and entered the Jiagu Tu army. This made the Khitans, who admired warriors, even more impressed. Especially Luo Yanqing, armed with a double iron gun, galloped among thousands of golden soldiers, unstoppable, and forced the hard soldiers to respect like gods.
Of course, in addition to these reasons, there is a more important reason, which is Xiaoshan's status as a division commander. As a Khitan general, he was able to become the division commander of the People's Protector Army. This shows that Yue Shuai, who was rumored to be a demon by the Jin people, did not discriminate against Khitan men. In this case, the country no longer exists, it is in the Central Plains, why not follow Xiaoshan Xiao?
Zhang Gui and Xiao Moyun were still trying to persuade them to surrender, but they heard Luo Yanqing laugh a long time. "I'd rather hand over ten thieves than one. You people from the Western Regions have come back and forth, and Lao Tzu has already seen through your faces. The Central Plains has raised you for more than 100 years, but you still regard the people of the Central Plains as enemies. Today, Lao Tzu will let you taste the counterattack of the Central Plains. Don't try to win over my Khitan brothers. They are all men who value love and righteousness, and they are all good brothers of my Luo Yanqing. Today, I will let you see how the Khihan teamed up to kill all of you in the Western Regions. Eat Lao Tzu with a shot! ”
In Luo Yanqing's shouting, he had already killed in front of Zhang Gui. The iron spear in his left hand stabbed out like lightning and went straight to Zhang Gui's left rib. Zhang Gui waved the Damascus saber in his hand and slashed at Luo Yanqing's spear head, and immediately cut off the spear head.
Luo Yanqing couldn't imagine that the knife in Zhang Gui's hand was so sharp. However, he did not panic, and the short gun in his right hand slashed from the bottom up, piercing the left eye of Zhang Gui's mount.
The war horse neighed, and the man stood up. Zhang Gui's riding skills were exquisite, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately jumped up and jumped onto the back of a pro-soldier's horse.
Luo Yanqing laughed, threw away the broken gun in his left hand, and pulled out a short gun from his back again, which was still a double-gun Luo Yanqing. He took advantage of Zhang Gui's hurry and stabbed straight again.
This time, it was the pro-soldier who saved Jang Gyu. Zhang Gui, who couldn't dodge, kicked the soldier down, just in time to stop Luo Yanqing's double guns.
When Luo Yanqing withdrew his two guns and wanted to stab again, he saw that Zhang Gui had already led the horse away.
As soon as the connoisseur stretches out his hand, he will know if there is one. After a move, Zhang Gui knew that he was not Luo Yanqing's opponent, and of course he would not wait to die on the spot. What's more, he saw that his 2,000 Hu cavalry couldn't stop the 5,000 hard labor army who didn't want to die. After only a quarter of an hour of fighting, the two armies were twisted together, forming a melee. Scuffles are beneficial to the side with more people. So Jang Gyu doesn't plan to fight anymore. He is going to transfer to the city of Chenzhou.
Xiao Moyun didn't know Zhang Gui's careful thoughts. He waved his saber and fought hard against Xiaoshan. Xiao Moyun thought that Xiaoshan was a disgrace to the Khitans. He wanted to behead Xiaoshan under his horse, and then subdue these thousands of hard servants who fought and died.
Although the imagination is good, the reality is extremely cruel. Xiao Moyun and Xiao Shan fought ten moves, but Xiao Shan only had a wound on his left rib, which was protected by chain mail, which was not in the way at all, and Xiao Moyun was cut off by Xiao Shan's right arm. If it weren't for Xiao Moyun's personal soldiers desperately covering up, Xiao Moyun would definitely die on the spot.
Zhang Gui did not dare to face Luo Yanqing, and Xiao Moyun was seriously injured. There was no fierce general who captured the flag, and the two thousand Hu cavalry fought hard for an hour, and were finally defeated by the five thousand hard service troops.
Zhang Gui and Xiao Moyun led more than 1,000 remnants of soldiers to flee to Chenzhou Mansion. Luo Yanqing and Xiao Shan were in hot pursuit. They decided to use these more than 4,000 hard soldiers to relieve the siege of Chenzhou in one fell swoop.