Chapter 11: Who Guards the Horses Under the City (9)

[There is also a watch, and I will rush out if I don't sleep. Please watch it tomorrow morning. 】

"Gao Zi Jiangqi, it is Gao Yongneng who personally leads the army!"

At present, the rangers who went to investigate the enemy's situation came back to report, and Li Qing realized that it was Gao Yongneng who took the lead first.

Looking back, of the more than 4,000 soldiers who followed him, only less than 1,000 were cavalry, and the rest were foot soldiers. On the other side, Gao Yongneng has three thousand headquarters, and in terms of numbers, his own side has an advantage, and in terms of combat power, Gao Yongneng is a little stronger.

As the two armies and the two armies gradually approached, Li Qing saw the Song army on the opposite side more and more clearly. At the head were two foot soldiers, silver spears, silver helmets, silver armor, only the helmets were bright red. This is clearly the choice of Yan Yanlu!

Gao Yongneng's headquarters had already left the city more than a mile, and when they reached the middle line between the city and his own camp, they didn't see anyone in the city coming out to cooperate. Li Qing secretly rejoiced that fortunately, there were only less than 400 cavalry on the opposite side, so he could still fight.

Gao Yong was able to press forward, and the scolding in his stomach had not stopped from before he left the city to now. That Master Xu wanted a dignified victory, but he refused to agree to the night attack proposed by Qu Zhen. If we had sent troops to harass us last night, we would have been able to weaken the enemy on the opposite side by two points.

One mile out of the city, the outfit on the west thief on the opposite side can also be seen clearly, which is the appearance of the Han people.

"It's Bang Linglang." Gao Yongneng was surprised: "There is still a Han army there in the Western Thief?!" ”

His sharp, eagle-like gaze swept over the enemy's forces. The formation was very chaotic, and it had not undergone rigorous training, with iron armor in the front rows and ordinary clothing in the back. There were less than a thousand cavalry scattered in the outer wing formation, and they didn't look like elites.

When the two armies were two hundred paces apart, Li Qing commanded Linglang to stop and began to shoot at the Song army with a divine arm bow. But the Song army raised its shield and moved steadily in the rain of arrows.

Arrows clanged on the iron armor and shields, and the cavalry kept galloping past the Song army's formation, but no matter what, they could not slow their footsteps.

When the front lines of the two armies were fifty or sixty paces apart, the divine arm bows in the Song army's formation were fired in unison. The neat and dense arrows immediately suppressed the crossbowmen on the opposite side. The overwhelming rain of locusts and arrows is not the same as Ling Lang's previous shooting.

And just when the archers on the opposite side were suppressed, two hundred silver-helmeted and silver-armored vanguard troops rushed out of the formation. In just a few blinks, the distance of more than fifty paces was reduced to zero. In the midst of the loud shouting, the silver spears all pierced out of the air.

Almost instantly, Li Qing found that the armored soldiers in the front row of his line had been swept away. And those who followed couldn't stand up and began to break up.

It's incredible. Li Qing was glad that he didn't put the real elite in front of the battle, today was just a temptation, and he was reluctant to throw away too much capital.

The fluctuations of the rout in front had been transmitted to the Chinese army beside Li Qing, and he looked sideways at the west and whispered to himself: "It's time to do it, right?" ”

Almost at the same time, the horn of the main camp of the former army in the east resounded on the battlefield, attracting countless eyes.

Then the earth shook suddenly, and a deep thunder sounded from the ground, and an iron harrier came out of the camp.

Li Qing smiled relaxedly: "Ye Xiaoma is finally willing to send troops!" ”

This Biao man and horse are divided into three strands, the hoof galloping in the center is the heaviest, the most powerful, the chest is a silver shining plate armor, the head is also a Song Army-style helmet, holding an iron gun in his hand, a pair of wrought iron shovels are inserted behind the saddle, and the front half of the mount under the crotch is also covered with a layer of anti-arrow leather equipment - in the forbidden army is now all ironclad, many cowhides have been transformed into horse armor - such a fully armed armored horse is completely built on the victory of the Battle of Lingzhou.

Heavy cavalry with armor rushed straight to the high banner. The left and right forces were light cavalry without armor, and they did not rush towards the array of the Song army, but interspersed between the Song army and the city gate outside the city. actually wanted to leave all of Gao Yongneng's subordinates.

Xu Xi was excited about Gao Yongneng's defeat of the enemy army at the head of the city, but he didn't expect that an iron harrier would suddenly enter the battlefield.

"Du Jing, Wang Han, you two hurry up and prepare!"

Qu Zhen stared at the opponent's banner, the golden and white battle flags of Western Xia were galloping on the battlefield one by one, and the iron harriers were like a pack of wolves, excitedly rushing towards the target, wanting to tear their besieged prey to pieces.

Want to eat Gao Yongneng's centaurs? How can it be so easy! He glanced at Xu Xi in a panic again, how could he not prevent the western thieves from sending troops to support?

The iron harriers that came out of the battle seemed to be overwhelming, but in fact, because they were cavalry, they had to spread out when they galloped, and in fact there were only more than a thousand horsemen.

Gao Yongneng glanced in the direction of the enemy cavalry, and there was no surprise on his face. As soon as the flag in his hand was unfurled, the horn sounded, and the battle formation that was originally outwardly convex and convex was retracted inward with the flag, and the Xuanfeng army, which had already scattered the enemy formation, immediately retreated to the center of the formation.

The armored cavalry rushed towards the military formation, stepping on the earth-shattering hooves. The two commanders on the side of the winged army formation obeyed the order and showed their swords in unison. The snow bright sword light pointed straight ahead, and the army was easy, and there were even more divine arm archers waiting in the rear.

In the face of the Song army's defense line, the heavy cavalry did not continue to attack, but lifted the reins in front of the formation and turned slightly, from straight to crossing, and the god arm bow that had already been wound in their hands released a rain of arrows towards the Song army's military formation, and then went away, leaving only three or two riders who were unfortunately shot down by the Song army, lying on the ground.

And the enemy before this Song army retreated quickly at this time, and in the blink of an eye, it was a hundred steps away. In the process of retreating, the formation was more strict than when Fang had just advanced, so that Gao Yong could be impressed by their main general.

The cavalry was not weak, but the infantry on this side were retreating too quickly. I can't imagine that I still want to preserve my strength at this time? Is it because it is because it is a Han person, and he is unwilling to really work hard for the party members? ’

Relying on Ye Xiaoma's iron harrier to suppress the enemy formation, Li Qing smoothly led the Han army under his command back to the camp. The Song army also turned around and retreated. Ye Poma's cavalry harassed them, but they did not shake them in the slightest.

"It's a fluke to get out of the way." Back in the camp, Li Qing let out a long sigh after dismounting, "I didn't expect the Song Army's selection of strikers to become more and more sharp." ”

"There are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, so the captain doesn't have to worry too much."

When Li Qing heard this, there was a little more smile on the corner of his lips. Look down on those donkey dung eggs in Beijing. Zi, I have always believed that Lao Tzu is the first in the world, and the stinky temper of the Western Army is vividly manifested in the body of Wu Gui.

"This time it can be regarded as a test of Song Jun's details." Li Qing said, "The Western Army is indeed good at fighting, but the commander is really not a good man. Today, the Song people's use of troops is too disjointed. If it were an army that was a little worse, it would definitely not be able to keep it. ”

"Gao Jun's formation, there are few who can win him." Wu Gui said in a low voice, and said to Li Qing again: "This time, you can attack Yanzhou City with peace of mind." ”

"I have to have no one from Xiazhou and Huanzhou to come to the rescue." Li Qing thought about it for a while, and then smiled again: "However, neither Chong Ge nor Gao Zunyu would be willing to see Xu Xi make meritorious contributions, but the time they can delay is limited." They would never dare to disobey the edicts of the imperial court. ”

"It's okay to say that after the fiasco, the vitality was greatly damaged, and the morale of the army was scattered. Send 18,000 iron harriers to guard the mouth of the camel, and the Huanqing army will definitely not be able to pass. But the ...... over there was "Wu Gui raised his eyes to look at Li Qing."

"Most of the troops in Baichi Fort have already been sent to bypass Yanzhou City to go to Liuboling, Tiemenguan and Zuocunze, and it will not be a problem to capture the walled forts in those places." Li Qingdao, "As for the road from Xiazhou to Yanzhou, the prime minister should not forget to send troops to contain it. ”

"Divination people can't be trusted!" Wu Gui said immediately.

"Of course not relying on diviners." Li Qing smiled and said, "You go and arrange for the sons and daughters who are fighting today to have a good rest." I have to discuss it with Ye Poma here, tomorrow can't be as ugly as today. ”

The night passed quickly, and this time, it was outside the city that beat the drums of war first.

Xu Xi led the generals, following the enemy's war drums, and climbed to the head of Yanzhou City. In the distance to the west, dust clouds rolled, and I don't know how many people and horses haunted the yellow dust.

"I can't imagine that after yesterday's battle, the western thieves still haven't learned a lesson, and they are willing to give up until they are all dead?" Xu Xi looked at the enemy army from a distance and sneered twice. Suddenly slapped the pheasant moat and pointed to the west, "Who wants to go out of the city to fight and destroy this stubborn man for me?!" ”

The four generals of the Beijing camp, Wang Han, Du Jing, Fu Mingju, and Zhu Pei were listed at the same time, "The last general is willing to go." ”

Gao Yongneng also took a step forward, "The last general is also willing to go." ”

Gao Yongneng's move immediately aroused the angry eyes of the four generals of the Beijing camp. Xu Xi saw that he still wanted to fight for a chance to send troops, so he immediately smiled and said: "You have already defeated the enemy's sharp edge in the previous monarchy, and you have taken the first credit, so you can take a rest today." You can't always let your sixth general fight and let more than 20,000 other people sit back and enjoy the success in the city, which is also unfair to the 4,000 soldiers of the sixth general. ”

Du Jing, who is in his forties, with a short haircut and a neat appearance, said to the side: "What the bachelor said is true, and it is time for me to make some effort." Sitting in the city, I really have no shame to have high hopes for the Son of Heaven and the bachelor. ”

"You can't let the Western Army get tired all the time."

"It's time for my Beijing camp to last fight."

Several generals of the Beijing camp opposed it in unison, allowing Gao Yongneng to fight again. Gao Yongneng's face sank more and more.

Yesterday, he faced the Han army with the lowest combat power among the Western Thieves, and he was only the forward of the front army, so it seemed that he still came out to test his superiority. It's just a small victory, and it doesn't even win much. Is it decided that the Western Thieves are not worthy of war? But it's going to be a big loss!

The Iron Harriers, with cavalry as the main force, did not do their best yesterday. It should be that after the war horse passed through Hanhai, its physical strength has not yet recovered, resulting in a missed opportunity. But after a day's rest, the state of the war horse recovered, which was not comparable to yesterday.