Chapter Ninety-Three: Heavy Interception
"Pei Yuanshao."
"Yes."
"Lead 500 horsemen out of the west gate and feint to attack Zhu Jun's camp."
"Yes."
"Guan Hai."
"Yes."
"Lead five hundred horsemen out of the north gate and feint to attack the Huangfu Song camp."
"Yes."
"Liao Hua, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhou Cang."
"Yes."
Ma Yue said coldly: "Follow me to break through from the gap." ”
Liao Huase changed color and said: "Big leader, the infantry is not as slow as the cavalry, in case it is difficult to break out of the encirclement if it is surrounded by the Han army, you should act with the cavalry." ”
"I have made up my mind, and I don't want to say more." Ma Yuesen said, "The whole army immediately put on the hooves, wrap the hooves, do not light torches, do not make loud noises, violators ~~ behead!" ”
Liao Hua was silent, but there was a trace of determination in his eyes, and he was secretly ruthless in his heart, even if he fought all the Yingchuan brothers, he must protect the big boss and kill through the encirclement! If nothing else, just for Ma Yue, he will kill through the encirclement at all costs to meet the Yingchuan soldiers, this situation is the only way to kill in return.
…… Changshe, located in the north of Yingchuan County, the circumference of the city is more than 20 miles, the east, south, west and north are four gates, the gap smashed by the Han army catapult is just at the corner of the city wall between the north gate and the west gate, and it happens to be the gap between the Huangfu Song camp and the Zhu Jun camp.
Zhu Jun's elite soldiers of 7,000 are the right wing, surrounding the west gate, Huangfu Song's elite soldiers are 10,000 for the middle army, surrounding the north gate, Cao Ying's elite soldiers are 6,000 for the left wing, surrounding the east gate, only the south gate does not set up a soldier, but it has already dug a trap, all over the horse, and there are Yuan Shu general Zhang Xun led 3,000 elite soldiers, and the general Ji Ling led 2,000 elite soldiers, secretly ambushed in the dangerous place south of Changshe, just waiting for the thieves to abandon the city and flee, then the ambush soldiers were all out to intercept and kill.
The Han army intended to capture the city, drive the thieves out of the city, and then annihilate them, so the siege was not tight.
After a scuffle during the day, Ma Yue led 800 Liukou to defeat Huangfu Songzhong's army, the Han army suffered heavy casualties, and most of the 3,000 elite soldiers of the front army were lost, especially 1,500 elite archers, who were almost slaughtered by the Liukou. The left, center, and right armies that participated in the interception, as well as the left and right flank armies of Zhu Jun and Cao Ying, also suffered many casualties. In particular, the guns of the rogues caused a large number of casualties to the Han army.
Huangfu Song was now holding a throwing gun in his hand, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, and he said to Zhu Jun beside Su Li: "Gongwei has ever seen this thing?" ”
"No, I didn't."
Zhu Jun shook his head. (In China, it was not until the Song Dynasty that throwing guns began to be used) Huangfu Song said in a condensed voice: "When I was young, I heard my father (Huangfu Song's father Huangfu Gui, a famous general in the Eastern Han Dynasty) say that there are barbarians in the north who are good at using guns, and they can be connected within dozens of steps!" It's like the throwing gun used by today's rogues! ”
Zhu Jun said in a condensed voice: "In addition to throwing guns, there is also the heavy-armored iron horse, which is also unheard of and unseen. ”
Huangfu Song said: "Order the quartermaster to collect a few sets of heavy armor and study with good students, if my Han can have such a heavy armor iron horse, only a few thousand horses, can sweep the Eight Wilderness, how dare the northern barbarians disturb my border town again?" ”
"Woo woo~~"
Huangfu Song's voice fell, and a low horn sound suddenly sounded outside the tent.
Zhu Jun's face changed, and he said coldly: "Enemy attack!" ”
Huangfu Song frowned and said, "Eight hundred Liukou really want to break through at night?" ”
When they were in Cao Ying's camp, although Chen Gong and Cheng Yu had reminded them, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song did not think that the eight hundred liukou would break through at night, of course, more importantly, they were not afraid of the eight hundred liukou breaking through! Because Yingchuan has become a dead end, whether it is to defend or break through, the eight hundred Liukou will not escape the final defeat.
Since you can destroy 800 rogues in the end, why risk fighting at night? The heavy armored iron cavalry and throwing guns of the eight hundred Liukou left a deep impression on Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, this is still daytime, if it is a night battle, the two believe that the casualties of the Han army will be even heavier! The two armies are fighting at night, and the advantage of the Han army in strength will be weakened, but the advantage of the rogue cavalry charge will be vividly displayed! Therefore, as a last resort, the two of them were absolutely unwilling to engage in a night battle with the Eight Hundred Liukou.
At this time, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song did not know that the Tiger Prison Pass had been conquered by 800 Liukou, and the copper wall and iron wall that the Han army had worked hard to operate had been carved a gap by Ma Yue. If they knew that the Tiger Prison Pass had been overcome, I believe that the two would lead the army out of the camp at all costs to intercept and kill.
Huang Fu Song's voice fell, and the sound of hurried footsteps sounded from outside the tent, and a small colonel hurriedly ran into the tent and said to Huang Fu Song: "General, thieves attack the camp!" ”
Huangfu Song said in a deep voice: "How many people are there? ”
Xiao Xiao said: "I can't see it in the dark, judging from the sound of horses' hooves, there are about 500 riders." ”
"More than five hundred rides!?" Huangfu Song's eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice, "Order all battalions and battalions to hold on, and not to fight without authorization!" Wait until dawn and find out the enemy's situation before pursuing! ”
"Yes."
The Colonel took the order and left.
…… In the dark, under the personal leadership of Ma Yue, two thousand Yingchuan thieves quietly left the city from the gap under the cover of night, and went straight to the north through the gap between Zhu Jun's camp and Huangfu Song's camp. Pei Yuanshao and Guan Hai ran back and forth around the Han army camp, and the sound of killing shook the sky, covering up the sound of Yingchuan thieves marching.
Everything went well, and the Han armies of Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song really did not go out of the camp to intercept and kill. Half an hour later, the Yingchuan thief who was rushing to the north had already traveled more than ten miles, leaving Changshe City far behind. Ma Yue then ordered Zhou Cang to lead dozens of horsemen to contact Pei Yuanshao and Guan Hai, and led his troops to join him as soon as possible.
Liao Hua breathed a long sigh of relief, patted his horse and walked up to Ma Yue, and laughed: "Sure enough, as expected by the big leader, the Han army did not come out of the camp to intercept and kill, hehe, I really didn't expect to escape so easily." ”
Ma Yue's eyes were cold, and he thought that no matter how powerful Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song were, they would never have imagined that the eight hundred Liukou had already captured the Tiger Prison Pass!
Liao Hua laughed and said: "When these fools are still searching for the whereabouts of our army everywhere on the Yingchuan Plain, our army is afraid that Luoyang City has already been captured, haha." ”
Ma Yue's expression was indifferent, and his gaze swept coldly across the pitch-black wilderness, as if he wanted to discover something from the endless darkness, but in fact, he couldn't see anything clearly. Ma Yue was deeply surprised to be able to break out of the encirclement so smoothly, which made him feel a little uneasy.
It seems that Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song, Cao Ying and the like are not so easy to deal with, right? Even if they didn't know that the Eight Hundred Liukou had already conquered the Tiger Prison Pass, there was no reason to indulge the Yingchuan Bandits to break through so easily!
Ma Yuezheng was unexpected, the front suddenly killed everywhere, in the deafening shouting of killing, countless torches were suddenly lit, and the sky was red for a long time, and a Han army killed from the dense forest on the left, and I don't know how many people and horses, all over the mountains blocked the way.
The first member of the general immediately crossed his gun and shouted: "The thief is leaving, Xiahoudun has been waiting here for a long time!" ”
Xiahoudun? The chief general under Cao Ying!
Really! Ma Yue's eyes lit up, and the murderous intent overflowed. Before the Han army appeared, Ma Yue still felt faintly uneasy in his heart, but now that the Han army really appeared, he was relieved. The most worrying thing is always the enemy that lurks in the shadows, always elusive, and once the enemy moves from the darkness to the light, it's no longer worth fearing, isn't it?
"Kill!"
Ma Yue swung the steel knife in his hand forward, and a cold word burst out from between his teeth.
Without the slightest hesitation, and no one flinched, the more than 2,000 Yingchuan thieves behind Ma Yue were already under the leadership of their respective big and small leaders, and rushed forward silently.
"Kill~"
"Kill~"
"Kill~"
The deafening shouts of killing suddenly sounded from the left, right, and rear, Ma Yuesheng reined in the war horse, looked back in shock, and saw that the surrounding torches were bright, illuminating the entire sky as bright as day, and under the blazing firelight, countless Han troops came out of the darkness like ghosts, and surrounded Ma Yue's two thousand Yingchuan thieves.
"The thief is leaving, Cao Hong has been waiting here for a long time!"
"The thief is gone, Cao Ren has been waiting here for a long time!"
"The thief Kou Xiu is leaving, Xiahou Yuan has been waiting for a long time to cultivate!"
Three thunderous shouts came from the front of the Han army, and each of them had a general who killed majestically from the formation, and it was Cao Hong, Cao Ren, and Xiahou Yuan, the generals under Cao Ying.
Xu Chule turned his horse back and said to the horse: "The big leader is not good, he is ambushed!" ”
"Big Boss, what now?"
Liao Hua's tone was hurried, and he was already a little panicked.
Ma Yue's eyes sharpened, and he said in a deep voice: "Dian Wei listens to orders." ”
Dian Wei flashed out and said sharply: "Yes." ”
"Lead 500 foot soldiers as the vanguard, and swear to defeat the enemy army to the death."
"Yes!"
"Xu Chu listens to orders."
"Yes."
"After leading the army for 500 breaks, he will not retreat from the battle."
"Yes!"
Ma Yue Lerma turned around, swung the steel knife in his hand forward, and shouted: "Brothers, kill, even if you die, you have to die on the way to charge~~"
…… On a hill not far away, Cao Ying watched the battle accompanied by Chen Gong, Cheng Yu, Li Dian, Yu Ban and others.
Seeing the four ambushes coming out and surrounding the thieves, Cao Ying couldn't help but smile, and praised Chen Gongdao: "Sure enough, as expected by the public platform, the thieves came to the big road, and it was done~~"
Seeing Cao Ying's praise, Chen Gong did not have the slightest joy on his face, but said worriedly: "Lord, although the formation of thieves is scattered, it is not as chaotic as it is, it is not like after a fight, it is expected that the two generals Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song have not led the army to intercept and kill. ”
Cao Ying said: "This is expected. ”
Cheng Yu was also worried: "In this way, the Liukou light cavalry is coming suddenly, if you can't break the thief army in time, I am afraid that you will be defeated, if you get the help of Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song, the thief will be defeated." ”
Cao Ying's small eyes flashed with a fierce color, and he said in a deep voice: "It's man-made!" ”
Cao Ying is worthy of being a hero, like Ma Yue, a typical gambler's psychology.
…… Surrounded by a hill, the fierceness is blazing.
"Get out of here~"
Dian Wei shouted, ignoring the steel spear that stabbed straight at Xiahoudun like a poisonous snake, and the double iron halberd in his hand carried a fierce and unparalleled might, and swept viciously, slashing Xiahoudun Xiong's waist, and his eyebrows were filled with a violent aura of killing with one blow, even if he was pierced through the chest by Xiahoudun with a shot, he had to cut it into two with a halberd.
"Huh!?"
Xiahou Dun's eyes froze, and the steel spear in his hand sank, which was worthy of the iron halberd swept by Dian Wei, he didn't want to die with this evil man!
"When~"
"Sigh Rhythm ~~"
In the deafening symphony, the mount under Dian Wei's crotch could no longer withstand the ravages like a rage, raised his head and let out a mournful hiss, and as soon as his front hooves fell to the ground, Dian Wei on horseback was immediately slammed down. However, Xiahoudun was not much better, he was swept away from the horse by Dian Wei, tumbled and fell more than ten steps, and fell heavily into the grass, and suddenly made a gray face.
"Tu~Tu~"
Dian Wei didn't have time to get up, two sharp spears stabbed like poisonous snakes, and when he was about to stab the chest and abdomen, Dian Wei's huge body suddenly moved a few feet sideways, and the spear suddenly pierced into the air, deeply pierced into the ground, and made two muffled sounds.
"Dead open~"
Dian Wei turned over and got up, still clenching the two big iron halberds in his hand and swinging them viciously, and instantly cut the two Han soldiers who tried to sneak attack into four pieces, and the splashing blood sprayed Dian Wei's face all over his face, and the salty and bloody blood slid down his cheeks, all the way into Dian Wei's mouth, and the strong smell of blood provoked Dian Wei's violent killing intent more and more.
"Wu Na, don't hurt my sergeant!"
Xiahoudun got up in disgrace, and happened to see Dian Wei cut the two Han soldiers into four with a halberd, and he couldn't help but crack his eyes, and went straight to Dian Wei with a steel spear.
"Lao Tzu will kill you first~hehe~~"
Dian Wei grinned, revealing his blood-dripping steel teeth, hideous as a ghost, dragging the double iron halberd backwards to meet Xiahoudun.
...... "Hum~"
A wooden stick the thickness of a bowl struck heavily on the head of a Han soldier, and the Han soldier only heard a buzzing sound in his ears, and in an instant it was like falling into the clouds, and his ears could no longer hear any sound, and his eyes were at a loss.
The Yingchuan thief knocked the Han soldier unconscious with a stick, took a step forward with a cold face and dragged the Han soldier to him, pulled a sharp dagger from the leg tie and pulled it on the neck of the Han soldier, and the hot blood was marked out from the neck of the Han soldier like a fountain, splashing five steps away.
Before the Yingchuan thief could be complacent, a sharp steel knife flew in front of him in front of his left, and between the flickering of cold light, it coldly opened his lower abdomen.
"Poof~"
The blood spurted, and the abdomen of the Yingchuan thief immediately burst open, and the hot intestines, blood, and feces trickled down and dragged them to the ground.
"Uh~~"
Looking down at his cracked abdomen, Yingchuan was stunned for a few seconds, and then howled miserably, stuffing the dripping intestines and internal organs into his stomach as he howled.
"Poof~"
Another knife slashed coldly, cutting off the hands of the Yingchuan thief who stuffed his intestines and internal organs into his stomach.
Yingchuan thief looked at the palms of his hands that were lying quietly on the ground and no longer belonged to him for a while, the eyes in his eyes gradually became crazy, Huo Ran turned his head, and saw a Han soldier half-kneeling on the ground, with a hideous expression, was struggling to raise the steel knife in his hand and pick it up according to his abdomen.
"Lao Tzu fought with you~~"
The Yingchuan thief howled wildly, dragged the intestines and body to the Han soldier, opened his mouth and bit the neck of the Han soldier, the sharp steel teeth bit off half of the Han soldier's neck in an instant, and the hot and bloody blood splashed on the face of the Yingchuan thief, and the thief staggered straight up, and laughed strangely.
"桀桀~~"
"Instigation~"
A cold spear flew into the air, and with a "poof" sound, it pierced into the back of the Yingchuan thief, the strange laughter of the Yingchuan thief stopped abruptly, and the tattered body finally shook and fell to the ground, but before he fell, his body was weirdly flipped over, facing the north, his head was raised, and his eyebrows were hideous, his grandmother's, even if he died, he would die on the way to the charge!
…… Pack on the hill.
Li Dian said in a deep voice: "My lord, General Yuan Rang (Xiahoudun) is about to be unable to hold on!" ”
"Huh!?"
A trace of solemnity flashed in Cao Ying's eyes, these Yingchuan thieves are really terrifying, what happened to these thieves? It's only been a few days before and after, and it's like a different person! For a moment, Cao Ying simply suspected that he was fighting against the Central Han Army of Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song.
Cheng Yu said: "Unbelievable! When did the Yingchuan thief become so tough!? ”
Chen Gong said: "This must be a leap forward." ”
Cao Ying's heart is solemn, this Ma Yue is really getting more and more unbearable!
"General Wen Ze."
Before stepping on the ban, a trace of majesty flashed in the tiger's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "The last general." ”
Cao Ying said in a deep voice: "You can lead 500 elite soldiers from your headquarters to help in the battle." ”
Yu Ban said abruptly: "The last will be ordered!" ”
Yu Ban shook off the cloak behind him, turned around and walked away.
Cao Ying breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "Immediately order Cao Ren and Cao Hong, ignore the rear army of the thieves, and go all out to attack the middle army, and we must defeat the thieves before they break through!" ”
"Yes!"
Li Dian agreed, pulled his bow and arrows, and put the two rockets on the string at the same time.
"Woo~Boom~"
Two rockets swept up from the hill and were clearly visible under the dark sky.
...... "Huh!?" ”
In the Yingchuan thief formation, Ma Yue suddenly raised his head, only to see two bright rockets skimming through the air, and in an instant, the killing sound on the left and right sides was loud, and the offensive of the Han army was significantly strengthened! An inexplicable cold glow floated from Ma Yue's eyes, Ma Yue Huo Ran turned his head, and looked directly at the direction of the rocket rising with a heavy gaze, could it be ~~ Ma Yue took a deep breath of cold air and said in a deep voice: "Liao Hua!" ”
"Yes."
Liao Hua held the knife in his left hand, and Huo Ran turned around.
"Regardless of the Han army's left and right cover, go all out to attack, and break Xiahoudun!"
Liao Hua Senran said: "Obey!" ”
Liao Hua took the order and left, taking the last three hundred elite foot soldiers with him.
Ma Yue turned around slowly, and under the dark night sky, dozens of heavy-armored iron horsemen stood quietly, and the green bronze armor seemed to burn under the firelight, reflecting the scorching flames.
(To be continued)