Volume 5 "Shu" Chapter 121: The General is Mighty (Smashing the Monthly Pass)

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The tiger rider broke through the horse thief riding formation, and then rushed straight to the thief camp with the sound of a mighty horn.

Naturally, the many leaders of the horse thieves were not all idiots, and in the face of strong attacks, some leaders began to lead their sons to highlight the camp and set up a cavalry formation on one side. There was not much time left for the thief leader, and the thief leader who reacted was the first to go out of the camp, and many thieves who could not find the leader naturally went to a crowded place, and for a while the shouting continued, and the different languages became noisy "buzzing" sounds.

In the face of a multi-faceted attack, the horse thieves of each department have not many choices, and after gathering together, it has become a matter of life and death whether to flee or fight, and after seeing that the rear wing is also outflanked, the thieves showed a frightened expression, and a burst of horns sounded as if urging people to die. There was a horse thief who took the lead in moving, and the thieves who didn't know what was going on naturally followed, and launched a counterattack again.

To the sound of horses' hooves, the tiger rode in, the campfire was trampled and splashed, and the tent was set on fire by a little spark. The wolf scurried in the camp of the horse thieves, and the thieves who had not had time to run to the horses watched as the heavily mounted horses roared towards them, trampled into flesh in a howl of fear.

The thieves with the bows fired their arrows, and to their horror they found that the arrows were useless against the spirit-like army, and then the ghosts howled and tried to hide in the tents, and they entered, but after the Tiger Rider charged again, they were also a puddle of flesh and blood that could no longer recognize people.

The leader of the horse thieves, named Cooley, trembled uncontrollably. He had seen his brother fall to the ground by the Tiger Rider, trampled by the roaring heavy horseman, and his flesh became a part of the earth. With a wail, he led the gathering of nearly a thousand troops to launch a counter-charge. But the target was not to rampage through the camp against the unrivaled tiger cavalry, but to attack Gongsun Hongbu from the northwest.

Seeing the horse thief launch a counterattack, the face under the face of Gongsun Hong's face armor became extremely hideous, he held the knife with his right arm and raised it to shout "kill", and the chasing wind under the seat felt the master's killing intent to speed up, and one person and one horse slowly protruded out of the riding formation, and swooped straight up in the "Han Army Might" battle horn that shook the world in the Han family's son.

The two cavalry armies engaged in a battle without skill. Staggered and followed by crimson blood, the sound of blades clashing, and more 'hiss' robes being sliced open. The sound of flesh being cut open into the flesh.

Gongsun Hong's eyes were red, his vision was blood-red, and he slashed with his knife again and again, and one person would be seriously injured and fall from his horse under each slash. Trampled to death by the horses that followed at gallop.

It is very difficult for a soldier in cavalry to kill an enemy with a single blow. Unless it is to cut the enemy's neck, it is more likely to chop off the enemy's arm or cut the enemy, so that the enemy will fall off the horse's back in pain, and the horse's hooves will kill the fallen horse.

Gongsun Hong saw a clown in front of him who was playing with the scimitar in his hand like an acrobatic and kept roaring something, he remembered Lin Bin's very apt adjective "cramps to death", and subconsciously controlled the horse to gallop in the direction of the clown. Gongsun Hong changed direction, and the leopard rider who followed him naturally immediately controlled his horse to follow, and the entire charging formation was pulled into the shape of Yanyue. An imperceptible pause, and then rushed straight up in a roar.

Cooley was still playing with the knife flower. He was still roaring hysterically during the gallop, and suddenly found that the enemy could still change formation in a charging posture, and he forgot to roar, and the cold air in his heart was "Okay...... It's scary! Then I saw that the enemy general in front of him rushed straight to him, and he shook a little, and subconsciously wanted to control the horse and escape, but the war horse under the seat fell over with a lame cry at this critical moment......

Gongsun Hong drove the horse to gallop, laughed wildly and leaned over and waved the sharp blade in his hand, the clown who was pressed by the war horse and looked around with frightened eyes was chopped in the neck with a knife, and the head on the neck rolled to the ground, and the headless corpse erected a column of blood like a fountain......

In Gongsun Hong's wild laughter, the morale of the leopard rider was like a rainbow taking advantage of the victory, and the thieves did not dare to fight.

Northeast ......

The cautious Koga is also leading the army to attack, his tactics are more rigid, each band attack must leave a tun of leopards to roam outside, waiting for the oncoming enemy army to show defeat, then blow the trumpet to attack the whole army, each time can rely on this tactic to expand the results of the battle.

As time passed, the Koga Department cut it in layer by layer, and it was actually the first to complete the purpose of the battle than Gongsun Hongbu, who was fighting everywhere. Before Koga attacked the horse thief camp, he ordered his subordinates to gather, and instead of immediately waving his army to join the chaotic battlefield, he chose to wait for the general attack.

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Lin Bin raised his head and laughed wildly, laughing heroically: "Did you see it?" This is the war I want! This is the army under my command!! The heroic laughter made the peerless Yang Yang under his seat hiss.

The two hundred knights who did not participate in the battle saw that their adults were mighty, and their hearts were excited, and they shouted "Your Excellency is mighty".

Liu Yicui's eardrums were full of the roars of the knights, although she was a daughter, she was a woman, and she also learned to shout "mighty" while excited, and her cheeks flushed with excitement. She looked directly at Lin Bin, who was holding the horse in front of her and raising her front hooves, full of admiration, and made the same remarks as Liu Jing: "If you are born a man, you should be like this!" ”

The front hooves of the Absolute Shadow stepped heavily on the ground, one of its front hooves kept stepping on the ground, panting violently with its mouth and nose, and the head of the horse kept looking back, as if telling Lin Bin: Rush over, kill it, and join the battle!

Lin Bin watched the battle situation in front from afar, Gongsun Hongbu, Jiahe Ministry, and the Northern Army had already fought with the horse thieves who went out, and the pair of black spots that were staggered by, one of the black spots must have fallen from the horse. He knew that the essence of cavalry warfare was to destroy the enemy in motion, and the space required was relatively large, and although there were many horse thieves, they lost the space to move after being surrounded, and could only be beaten passively.

Lin Bin could see from a distance that the crossbow cavalry of his own side adopted the traditional tactic after the formation of the encirclement, that is, to ride their horses close to the battlefield. Jump off your horse under the cover of the leopard riders and shoot arrows, knocking down a large area of enemy troops each time, depending on the situation. If it is allowed, it will not retreat, and continue to shoot arrows to kill the enemy, which will demoralize the enemy.

Lin Bin saw the temperament of the officers under his command from this large-scale war, which was greatly conducive to the selection of generals in the future. Koga is a cautious person. Combat is relatively rigid, and it is prudent to kill the enemy almost according to the tactics of peacetime. suitable for serving as a strategic general; Love water is the same as Jiahe, they all use the method of fighting, and their future achievements may be limited; As for Frost, he may seem rough but has a cautious heart. Learn more about the art of war while recuperating from injuries. I also learned a lot of tactics from Lin Bin, and at this time I was using the tactics I learned to command the tiger cavalry to fight.

Lin Bin's evaluation of frost is: It can be made!

As the war progressed, the horse thieves were driven together under increasingly unfavorable conditions, and they were all gathered together in the camp, and the outcome of the rout was determined. Some of the thieves began to try to break through, but now it was too late to break through, and they could only try to break through again and again, and the thieves who sent out were either shot or twisted into a lump of flesh on the ground by the swimming Han iron horses.

The Tiger Rider returned to the starting point after a savage rampage. A detour, it is necessary to launch a frontal charge again.

Lin Bin saw this. motioned to the grassroots to hand over the horns and personally blew the horn of the general attack.

"Woo-woo-woo-"

The general attack means that the victory is certain, and the Han family Erlang who is on the battlefield has always believed that this nation that has been silent for a long time will be wonderful because of their existence, and under the leadership of their own adults, they will find what they have lost and want to regain all the time - dignity!!

"Phew!"

At the same time, he roared: "Han Army! ”

The horn of the general attack sounded again, and in response to the roar of the Han family's erlang: "Mighty! ”

Love water heard it and saw it. His eyes were unconsciously moist, and he felt extremely glorious, he, the Han family erlang named Qingshui, was about to win in the battle outside the Saiwai in his lifetime!

The knights of the Northern Army were extremely proud of seeing the powerful combat effectiveness of the Han army with their own eyes! They roared with swords and roared the battle cry: "Han Army - mighty!! ”

With the sound of battle horns, the Han army on all sides drove their horses forward......

"Ah~ha!"

Gongsun Hong felt the force from his right arm, and rode his horse forward at a gallop, and heard the sound of the enemy rider behind him rolling to the ground. He stared ahead with red eyes, and as time went by, the sky was bright, and he could see that the robes on all sides of the killing arena shouted "kill" and made a full combination, and the horse thieves were still blown from the camp despite the confusion.

A cold arrow suddenly arrived, Gongsun Hong didn't have time to swing the knife and slash, the cold arrow and the body and the fish scale armor sent out the most direct friction, he seemed to be able to hear the arrow hit the armor when it was slipped and bounced away, and he looked at a horse thief in front of him who wanted to pull the bow and shoot again. He was furious in his heart and accelerated his horse, during which he cut off a cold arrow that came again, and relied on the speed of chasing the wind under his seat to swing his knife fiercely at close range, and cut off the horse thief who wanted to slap the horse and escape.

But seeing that the Han army's iron cavalry launched an attack from four directions, the horse thieves were surrounded on all sides and could not win, and could not advance or retreat, but they were pressed into the camp in just a quarter of an hour, and when the horse thieves retreated into the camp, the tiger cavalry charged, and the two sides would once again have a dense collision.

With the deafening sound of the horse's hooves, the horse thief panicked and wanted to scatter around, but the distance between the companions was almost non-existent under the combined blow, and he could only try to stop it, and some people shouted "archery" in the chaos, and the scattered arrows were launched, but they were destined not to be captured, and the most fearful of the heavy riders was the oncoming arrows.

Frost Charge was still laughing strangely, he had been recuperating from his injuries for two months, and he couldn't wait to let the blade in his hand drink the enemy's blood. He was just about to roar and shout "kill" but two horsemen accelerated to occupy the horse's position, and suddenly wanted to scold, but saw that all the gun-wielding knights around him were accelerating, and the sword-wielding knights were still galloping at the same speed, the bloodthirsty head finally calmed down, and in an instant the gun-wielding knights crashed headlong into the enemy formation, and the knights then slashed in from the breakthrough, as if they were devastating, plowing the array of horse thieves, and actually penetrating the enemy formation without any resistance, and fighting again in a roundabout way in the military order.

The bravery of the mounted heavy cavalry greatly attracted the attention of the horse thieves, and the resistance of the three armies of Gongsun Hongbu, Kogabu, and Northern Army was reduced, and they all rode according to the military order to make waves of repeated attacks, as if they were squeezing the enemy's living space.

The horse thieves' own camp was charged and killed by heavy mounted horses. The horse thieves' already low morale suffered a more powerful blow, and some thieves began to be unable to withstand the pressure and wanted to withdraw from the battlefield, but this only added to the chaos. Let the opportunity to re-position the blocking array with the ability to be re-positioned be lost. Waiting for the Han iron cavalry in other directions also rushed into the camp, everywhere you can see the horse thieves who have lost the desire to fight jump off the war horse and abandon their weapons to surrender, until the Han army iron cavalry surrounded all the horse thieves who were gathered together, the horse thief began to shout loudly, "Descend, we have surrendered!" The Han army didn't understand, so they still beheaded him.

The knight of the Han army, who was killed later, jumped off his horse. In the sound of the order, the crossbow machine was straightened, and Gongsun Hong, who happened to ride the horse, shouted "Shoot!" The crossbowmen were unmoved without the orders of their direct officers. Gongsun Hong recalled the military rule of 'each duty belongs to him', and continued to command his army.

Chen Xi secretly smiled, waiting for Gongsun Hong to leave, Chen Xi raised his eyes. I saw that some horse thieves still wanted to resist. Pull the bow and put it on the ringing arrow, let go of the arrow, a sharp whistling elongated the sound shot out, the crossbowman had to order to pull the trigger, the crossbow arrow broke through the air, and landed in the group of horse thieves who still wanted to take advantage of the narrow terrain to resist stubbornly, under the spray of countless blood flowers, the arrowmen and horses were piled up.

The nomads were not afraid of the Han army. But he was very afraid of the crossbow machine of the Han army. Most of their comrades who wanted to continue the resistance were killed by the crossbow arrows in the sky, and they were attacked by surprise and had no hope of victory. The demoralized horse thieves had no choice but to surrender.

More and more people jumped off their horses and abandoned their weapons and squatted in accordance with the law of the grassland, and the bows and crossbowmen of the Han army quickly reacted, and when they saw the enemy still riding on horseback, they shot arrows and killed them, and there was no thief who dared to ride a horse or stand up in a quarter of an hour.

A morning of fighting, lying corpses everywhere, more flesh and blood mixed with the soil, Lin Bin saw the lone enemy horse running away, knowing that it was unavoidable, after seeing the thief army make a gesture of surrender, issued a military order: "Order all departments to collect the weapons of the horse thieves and drive them together to surround them!" ”

The herald had to give the order to go out in response to the "promise".

Lin Bin still had that calm expression, his primary enemy was not a horse thief, but the enemy troops such as Xianbei and Wuhuan who would be gathered one after another in the next month. He never doubted that his army would be able to defeat the horse thieves who had been temporarily assembled, and now he had to think about what to do with the surrendered thieves now that the battle against the horse thieves had been won.

Liu Yicui seemed to be a little stunned, she was shocked by the invincible momentum of Lin Bin's command, and then saw the horse thieves being disarmed and driven to a pile, and the Han army bows and crossbowmen surrounded them in the sound of the trumpet, and subconsciously turned their heads to look at Lin Bin.

"Let's go!"

With a "drive", Lin Bin took the lead in galloping, and then two hundred knights, including Liu Yicui, immediately followed.

Many of the horse thieves were still in a state of confusion, they were attacked in their sleep, and they were defeated in the morning after a fight. Seeing that the enemy was dressed in a red robe, his heart trembled, "Isn't this the enemy we are going to attack?" "Why did you kill it?" , a lot of questions disappeared with the formation of the Han army's bows and crossbowmen, and what they saw was the proud faces of the Han soldiers, the arrows shining in the sun!

"Listen up! Who's the boss automatically comes out! Those who do not take the initiative to rank within a hundred: the leader is beheaded, and the subordinates are also killed! ”

There was a burst of angry shouts, the crowd of horse thieves rioted, and under the strong pressure of the Han army's bows and crossbowmen, some people took the initiative to go out one after another and were escorted to kneel aside.

When Lin Bin arrived, he heard the report, "Four thousand horse thieves have surrendered", and he was not surprised to hear the number of 'four thousand', the purpose of the multi-faceted rout was originally to force the enemy to surrender, not to annihilate them all. He stood on his horse and watched the leader of the horse thieves who kept walking out amid the shouting and cheering, and after a while there were as many as twenty-three people, which can also be seen that although the horse thieves were numerous, their composition was extremely chaotic, and it was reasonable that their combat strength was not strong.

When the officers of all departments saw Lin Bin, they all laughed and galloped, and most of them congratulated the victory.

Lin Bin was satisfied with the officers' effective coordination and cooperation, praised them one by one, and also inquired about the casualties of various departments. He breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that there were less than two hundred dead soldiers, and under the careful arrangement, he took advantage of the bows, horses, and armor, and fought against a rabble of horse thieves, such a casualty rate was reasonable.

Gongsun Hongyin's test was announced, "My lord, are you ......?" He made a gesture to wipe his neck.

There were 4,000 thieves who surrendered, almost the same as the soldiers under Lin Bin, which was bad news, in order to ensure that the surrendered thieves would not resist. Killing some people is naturally necessary. But Lin Bin is no longer the martial artist who doesn't know anything, he didn't need to think too much before, but now he has to think about it. What would happen if this was done?

To be precise, the political significance of this war against the horse thieves was greater than the military purpose, and the intention was to tell some people that "your support has been rewarded", and it was also to use the powerful combat power shown by actual combat examples to deter those with malicious intentions.

Lin Bin took a deep look at Gongsun Hong and shook his head with a smile.

"Get a rope sleeve and tie it all strong!"

Gongsun Hong showed a disappointed expression, clenched his fists, and returned to the line.

According to Lin Bin's previous plan, it was to fight the time difference to annihilate the horse thief. Then immediately return to the division and prepare for war. Winning the battle against the horse thieves will definitely give your side a great morale boost, and it will be very helpful for the next stage of the battle plan, after all, the next time you will face an enemy army of less than 10,000. Rather, at least thirty thousand cavalry.

After spending a short time, according to the old habit, try to recover the body of the dead robes and sort out the captured loot, Lin Bin ordered to return to the division!

Winning and returning home is a good word. Along the way, the Han family looked proudly at the horse thief who didn't seem to react. All made a laughing gesture.

Lin Bin was also laughing, although this time he still won by a strange scheme, he also gained some valuable experience from it, which was conducive to his future fight with the enemy. Under the condition that the result of the war was clear, his face was finally not always tightened, and he looked fierce, and Liu Yicui also seized this opportunity to ask a lot.

"How can you be sure that your side is victorious, and then wave your whole army to cover the kill?"

Gongsun Hong rode the horse on the side. Answer: "You will need to stand outside and look in all directions." Listen to the four fields. Soldiers are impermanent, and they must not be judged in terms of the art of war, but need to be resourceful and adaptable. ”

Qing Shui was still in an excited posture, he saw that the other generals were all calm expressions, and asked suspiciously: "Do you like to win?" ”

Everyone laughed, greeted Lin Bin with a fist, and then patted the horse and left, they wanted to return to the establishment to appease and care for their subordinates.

Liu Yicui and Qingshui were puzzled at the same time, they saw that some officers were just coming to report the military situation, and immediately left, and now there are some senior officers around Lin Bin, and they asked in confusion: "Why is this?" ”

Those who stayed behind burst out laughing again.

Most of the survivors who followed Lin Bin in the grassland had already been promoted, and of course they understood the mentality of the Northern Army at this time, which was a kind of joy and excitement after defeating the nomads. Anyone can understand the palpitations in the heart of a person who has been aggrieved for a long time once he hits the enemy, and the heart is mixed with discomfort and pride, after all, it is completely different to hear people say that defeating the enemy is a completely different feeling from being in the middle of it to defeat the enemy.

Every time they defeated the nomads in the past, they would enjoy it for a while, and when they won more, they would no longer have excitement, but a strong sense of pride, and they couldn't help but shout: "There are many children in Huaxia, who has slaughtered the enemy with his own hands!?" ”

This is a proud mentality, and once this mentality is slightly guided as the number of victories increases, it becomes a sense of honor.

Lin Bin couldn't help but see that everyone in the Northern Army still had that happy and excited expression. Now that he has been given command of the Northern Army, it is his duty to tell them something.

"The victory is gratifying, but while we are happy, we should think more about the conditions under which this victory was built. What should you do if you want to continue to win in the future? ”

Lin Bin pointed to the troops galloping away, and then pointed to the soldiers under his command who were in a state of marching.

"I don't need to say that there are rewards and punishments, but what I want to tell you is what needs to be done in addition to rewards and punishments. As an officer, you can be happy, but you can't just care about your heart, you should wander among the soldiers and enjoy with the soldiers, and you should also visit the injured robes under your command, and do your duty as an officer to gently comfort you. ”

The love water pondered, and walked away silently. The rest of the Northern Army also left with their fists clenched.

"If you want others to fight for you, rewards and punishments are not enough, that is just a formality. Governing the army and governing the army strictly, this is a kind of formality that the guy who talks about the army on paper. If a real officer can only govern the army harshly and does not know how to relax, he deserves to be cut off by his subordinates. ”

Liu Yicui was stunned when she heard it, and many of the words Lin Bin said were things that were not in the military book. She saw that the people who stayed were all listening, and those people were also obviously looking at their own adults with adoring eyes, and began to understand why this army was so strong in combat under the leadership of Lin Bin.

"Do you love and reform the soldiers, so that the soldiers are willing to work for the generals?"

Lin Bin nodded with a smile, "This is only one aspect. ”

Frost listened most attentively. Hearing that Lin Bin was only halfway there, he asked anxiously: "Is there anything else?" ”

Lin Bin smiled, "Of course, there are others." I can't tell you because I'm fumbling too. Just like Gongsun Hong said, the military is impermanent, you can't use what you have learned rigidly, you have to look with your eyes, see what the soldiers under your command need, and you can't be friendly to the soldiers. That would make the ruffians even worse; In the same way, it's not just about being friendly, it's about choosing the right time. ”

Talking along the way. Lin Bin may be in a relaxed mood, he almost asks what others ask, as long as he knows everything.

This made Liu Yicui, who had been staying next to Lin Bin, think that Liu Jing's judgment was not very correct, at least Lin Bin in Liu Yicui's eyes did not look like an elm head at all. In her eyes, Lin Bin is more like a well-educated person.

Of course. This is only limited to when Lin Bin is talking about military affairs......

Due to the need to escort the prisoners, although the army rushed non-stop, it was not until the next morning that they saw the shadow of Shiyan City in the distance, and the soldiers suddenly let out a tired cheer when they saw the city wall, as if proudly announcing to the robe that stayed behind in Shiyan: We have returned victorious!

The cheers naturally spread to Shiyan City, and Shiyan City seemed to have been rewarded by the scouts, but in a few breaths, the various war drums on the city wall were sounded one after another under the instruction of someone. Treat each other with the gift of welcoming back the victorious army in China.

Lin Bin summoned the scouts who stayed behind in Shiyan halfway and asked, "Who is the head of the city defense today?" ”

The scout replied, "The princess has been standing in the castle tower since the battle of the Lords. Always look forward to the victory of the adults. ”

Lin Bin understood that Chen Yi, who was in charge of military affairs, accepted Liu Jing's dispatch after he left, and the person in charge became Liu Jing, who did not know about military affairs.

"Who sent scouts, and how many?"

"It was distributed by Lord Chen, and the number was as large as usual, two hundred. The warning distance is also ten miles longer than usual......"

Lin Bin signaled that he knew, and they met his scouts sixty miles away from Shiyan.

After a brief pause, the army was re-arrayed, and the captured prisoners were transferred to the formation for strict guarding, and the army moved again.

When approaching Shiyan for about ten miles, it can be seen that there are hundreds of people standing in front of him, Lin Bin's eyesight is better, and he sees Liu Jing wearing a princess costume at the head, and behind her is a queue of civil officials, according to Chinese etiquette, this is a grand welcome ceremony, indicating that the people who stay behind attach importance to the returning army.

Lin Bin took the lead in slapping his horse forward, and the two hundred soldiers behind him hurriedly followed......

Liu Yicui also wanted to follow, but she knew that although Liu Jing asked Lin Bin to take care of herself, she didn't like to see herself and Lin Bin standing side by side, and she stopped where she was.

Lin Bin and the others slowed down their horses when they approached, and saw Liu Jing dressed up for inconvenience in walking but still running forward, her face was full of smiles, and she seemed to shout something while running.

It wasn't until Lin Bin got in that he heard clearly that Liu Jing was shouting "The king is coming", and those civil officials were shouting, "The general is mighty, and he will return victorious." The Han army is mighty, and the night is small and timid", which is a very elated atmosphere.

Lin Bin probably knew that this was another kind of etiquette to welcome the return of the army in the Han Dynasty, and restrained the war horse at a distance of nearly fifty paces, but instead of dismounting, he raised his head high. While laughing heroically, he felt like an arrogant martial artist in his heart, and he was a very arrogant and under-smoked martial artist.

Before returning, Liu Yicui found Lin Bin and taught some Han etiquette. Although it is strange, the above is the etiquette of the general's victorious return, which is an ancient gesture to show the general's courage and the army's good fighting. The tradition of replacing military salutes with military salutes was popular in the Han Kingdom. Therefore, when people in later generations watch Han Dynasty documents or TV, they will always see the victorious generals who dare to laugh in front of the Son of Heaven and not get off their horses, which is from here, not arrogant.

Liu Jing stopped at a distance of ten steps, she was a princess but slowly bowed to the ground: "The king is back, fight bravely." The general was mighty and returned victorious. ”

The civil officials are also obedient and singing, which can be regarded as the first time for Lin Bin to see the importance of martial arts in the Han Kingdom, no wonder he was slightly changed as today, and broke free from the constraints of Huang Lao's technique and immediately burst out with strong strength.

He admired in his heart: "The Han Kingdom is ......, very powerful!" ”

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