Chapter 125: Cooperation between Officials and Bandits
Having said that, even if Azig is not a qualified coach, even if Azig makes four unforgivable mistakes, the Jiannu Iron Cavalry is still the Jiannu Iron Cavalry after all, and the invincible Jiannu Iron Cavalry in the field!
Except for the Che Battalion of the Ming Dynasty, until now, there has never been an army in this world that can block the assault of the Nu Iron Cavalry in the wild.
Even if the Jiannu cavalry is already sleepy and lacking horses, even if the Jiannu cavalry is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength with outnumbered troops, it is still more than enough to deal with the rogue thieves, although Azig has only 8,000 cavalry, but he is confident enough to defeat Li Yan's more than 50,000 rogue thieves from the front!
The progress of the war also fully proves that Azig's self-confidence is fully justified.
Azig didn't play any roundabout and roundabout cavalry tactics, and led the remaining more than 7,000 Jiannu iron cavalry to pull off the stance, like a monstrous wave, viciously crashing into the huge circular defensive formation of the thieves, and the front of the two armies suddenly turned on their backs, and the circular defensive array of the thieves was immediately knocked into a large piece!
The rogue wooden spear formation, which was only equipped with a small number of iron spear heads, could not withstand the assault of the serf heavy cavalry.
Although the rogue archers caused a lot of casualties to the Jiannu cavalry, they were frantically retaliated by the Jiannu light cavalry. Under the baptism of the rain of arrows of the Jiannu light cavalry, the only more than 2,000 archers in the rogue army were soon left.
In front of the Jiannu army, Azig held a knife in his left hand, and brandished a big iron spear snatched from the thieves in his right hand, and rode his horse to kill in the front, and after picking up nine thieves in succession, Azig shouted and threw the big iron spear in his right hand violently, and the heavy big iron spear shot through the bodies of the three thieves in a row before plunging into the ground.
Seeing such might, the thieves who stood in front of Azig were divided one after another, and no one dared to stand in his way.
The surname Azigerso, who was killed, untied the chain mail on his body, and took off his battle robe, just like that, with his scarred upper body, he rode through the rogue army, and the two hundred guards of the white flag swore to follow behind Azig, and the two hundred Jiannu cavalry were like a sharp arrow, easily cutting through the seemingly solid defensive formation of the rogue and rushing straight to the rogue army.
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Rogue Army.
Li Yan's expression looked calm and calm on the surface, but his heart had already turned up a monstrous tide, the powerful assault power of the Jiannu cavalry had far exceeded his imagination, before that, Li Yan had never thought that there would be such a powerful cavalry in this world!
The rebels have already set up a rigorous defensive formation, but in front of the Jiannu cavalry, they are still so vulnerable!
Li Yan couldn't imagine what would have been the outcome of this battle if the rebel army had failed to set up a rigorous defensive formation, and if the rebel army had not occupied an absolute advantage in strength? But even if the formation is set, even if it occupies an absolute advantage in troops, the prospects of the rebel army are very unoptimistic.
Jiannu's offensive is very fierce, the seemingly thick formation of the rebel army is being seriously squeezed, when this squeeze exceeds the limit of the rebel army, the circular defensive formation of the rebel army will collapse, and at that time, more than 50,000 rebel troops will be defeated like a mountain, and they will become the lambs slaughtered by Jiannu.
Although the situation was grim, Li Yan couldn't think of any way to recover.
For Li Yan, this encounter came too suddenly, whether it was psychologically or tactically, he didn't have any preparations, in the face of a powerful opponent who suddenly appeared, even if Prince Yue was reincarnated, he was afraid that he would be helpless.
In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and conspiracies will be useless, the attack power of the Jiannu cavalry is too strong, this is like a martial arts master and ordinary people competing, ordinary people no matter how big and three thick, no matter how brave and tenacious, it is impossible to overturn the martial arts master.
"Dashuai, the situation is a little bad."
"Dashuai, hurry up and think of a way, if you don't think of a way, it's all over."
Jing Maocheng and Li Xuan, who were covered in blood, had already returned to Li Yan's side, they had done their best, in order to buy time for the Chinese army to set up the formation, the old crow battalion and the Gushan battalion were broken again, and almost all the more than 3,000 soldiers of the righteous army who had just been replenished were killed, and even the original old capital was lost a lot.
"Big brother, why don't we leave?"
Li Hu was also covered in blood, in the vicious battle just now, he was injured in more than a dozen places all over his body, fortunately they were only some skin injuries, although they looked scary, but there was no worry about his life.
"If you don't win or lose, how can you give up easily?"
Li Yan's tone was very calm, as calm as if he was saying something inconsequential, but there was a long sigh in his heart: Retreat? It's too late, and ordering a retreat at this time can only make the rebels lose faster and worse! However, no matter how hard you hold on, you will inevitably lose in the end, and the only difference is that you will lose later, which will make Jiannu's losses greater.
Unless there is a miracle, the defeat of the rebels is inevitable.
Li Yan couldn't help but look back, looking at the gray outline of Datong City, and thinking very lonely: Will a miracle really appear? Is there really a miracle in this world? Suddenly, Li Yan seemed to see the scene of the defeat of the righteous army, and he seemed to see the red lady lying on his corpse and crying bitterly.
King, Li Yan has done his best, and he can only stop here! Your life-saving grace and knowing the grace of encounter, Li Yan can only wait for the next life to form a grass ring to repay it...... ■■■
Datong City Head.
"Ugh." Scarface sighed, "It's over, this time the thief is really going to be finished." ”
"yes." The bearded man also said with regret, "This time the thief is dead." ”
"It's worthy of being a slave." Zhao Xin said in a heavy tone, "With only seven or eight thousand cavalry, we have defeated Li Yan's more than sixty thousand thieves from the front, such a powerful attack power is really terrifying!" ”
"yes." Zhao Liujin said with deep sympathy, "If it weren't for this, how could our army of the Ming Dynasty be defeated by Jiannu, abandon the city and lose land, and finally even the entire Liaodong?" There is also the battle of Songshan, even the Hongdu division has suffered a defeat, if it weren't for the general who went against the trend and led his troops to attack Shengjing, now I am afraid that even the entire Liaoxi has been lost. ”
Wang Pu's eyes flickered, ignoring the whispers of the generals, no one knew what he was thinking.
In fact, Wang Pu's idea was very simple, he was waiting, waiting for a suitable time, waiting for the thieves and the Jiannu cavalry to almost lose each other, and then go out of the city to clean up the mess.
Of course, going out of the city to clean up the mess does not mean that the thieves and the Jiannu cavalry are in a pot, the officials and troops in Datong City do not have this strength, and Wang Pu does not want to do this, Li Yan's gang of thieves Wang Pu also wants to "raise" for a while, not only to give himself a reason to continue to stay in Datong and lead the troops, but also to deal with the Jiannu army that will be killed soon!
Obviously, the cavalry of the two white flags outside the city is just the vanguard cavalry of the Jiannu army, at the latest tonight, the brigade of Jiannu will be killed under the city of Datong, according to Wang Pu's estimate, the Jiannu army that broke through the pass this time is at least more than 100,000, such a huge Jiannu army, with less than 8,000 officers and troops in the city, it is inevitable that it will be alone.
The gang of thieves who rescued Li Yan, they may not be good at Wang Pu, but at least one thing is certain, with this gang of thieves outside to contain them, how can they create a little trouble for Jiannu, and the Jiannu army will not dare to attack Datong as they want.
You must know that this battle to defend Datong is related to Wang Pu's net worth and surname, and Wang Pu can't be cautious.
Seeing that the thieves outside the city were about to be unable to support it, Wang Pu finally decided to make a move.
When all the generals were whispering, Wang Pu suddenly shouted: "Bearded, scarface!" ”
The bearded man and Scarface hurriedly stepped forward and replied sharply, "Yes." ”
Wang Pu said: "Each led the men and horses of the headquarters and immediately went out of the city to attack the Jiannu cavalry. ”
"Huh?"
"What?"
"What?"
"Out of town at this time?"
Not only was the bearded man and the scarface stunned, but even Zhao Xin, Zhao Liujin, Jiang Xuan and other Ming generals also looked at each other, and they couldn't believe their ears, the current situation outside the city was so thrilling, why did the officials and soldiers go out of the city to wade into this troubled water, wouldn't it be better to let the thieves and Jiannu kill both of them?
"Didn't you hear?" Wang Pu shouted, "This is a military order!" ”
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
As soon as he heard the words of the military order, Scarface and Beard shivered excitedly, and suddenly agreed.
Wang Pu shouted: "Immediately lead the troops to attack, and don't forget to let the brothers shout the word 'kill slaves'." ”
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Scarface and Beard replied and turned and walked away.
It was only at this time that Wei Daben, the prefect of Datong, recovered from the huge shock, walked up to Wang Pu and reminded: "Master Ma, have you ever thought about the consequences of this?" ”
Wang Pu said indifferently: "What can be the consequences?" ”
Wei Daben looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Master Horse, if this matter is known to the Imperial Historian of the Beijing Division, they will play right and wrong in front of the Lord of Long Live and frame you for intentionally sending troops to help the thief!" ”
"They're going to tell the story, that's their business." Wang Pu said, "How to do it in the next is a matter of the next, but I still have to thank Lord Wei for the kind reminder, through the matter of giving porridge to the people outside the West Gate, it can also be seen in the next, my lord, you are also a good official who can do solid things for the people." ”
Wei Daben's face floated with a trace of shame for no reason, and he hugged his fists and said: "The master of the horse is too famous, and the lower officials dare not be ashamed." ”
Wang Pu smiled slightly, his expression immediately became serious, and he said: "Lord Wei, Jiannu will not pity the people of the Ming Dynasty like a thief, you better hurry to the West Gate and move the tens of thousands of people outside the city into the city as soon as possible, if it is a few hours later, these people will inevitably be slaughtered by Jiannu." ”
"Huh?" Wei Daben said in horror, "If it weren't for the reminder of the horse master, the lower official would have almost missed a big event." ”
After saying that, Wei Daben waved his hand at Wang Pu again, turned around and walked away quickly.
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Outside the city of Datong.
Azig personally led two hundred iron cavalry has broken through to the thief army, the thief cavalry led by the red lady, as well as Jing Maocheng's crow battalion and Li Xuan's Gushan battalion remnants are desperately resisting, but there are more and more Jiannu cavalry who break in along the gap, and when the thief's Chinese army is about to be submerged by the Jiannu iron cavalry, a wave of shouts suddenly sounded outside the battlefield.
"Kill slaves!"
"Kill slaves!"
"Kill slaves!"
When Li Yan, the Red Lady and his wife, Jing Maocheng, Li Xuan and other generals of the righteous army hurriedly looked back, they saw that a team of officers and soldiers in bright robes had already driven out of Datong City, and were lining up in a neat queue, rolling forward with neat steps.
Li Yan was the first to comprehend the meaning of the slogan of the official army, from the beginning of the Datong city not long ago shouting "not my race, its heart must be different", Li Yan had a faint suspicion in his heart, and then Li Yan took the risk to transfer the old crow camp and the lonely mountain camp, and the officers and soldiers in the city really did not take the opportunity to sneak attack, which further confirmed Li Yan's guess.
Now the officials and soldiers are going out of the city when they shouldn't be going out, and they are shouting the slogan of "killing slaves", so Li Yan can basically conclude that the officials and soldiers are clearly here to help the war! Although Li Yan didn't know why the official army or Wang Pu did this, this was undoubtedly an opportunity to change the fate of the rebel army that was on the verge of collapse!
"Kill slaves!"
Li Yan drew his sword with his backhand, raised his arms and shouted.
"Kill slaves!"
"Kill slaves!"
"Kill slaves!"
Red Lady, Jing Maocheng, Li Xuan, Li Hu and others shouted one after another, and finally more and more soldiers of the Righteous Army joined the ranks of the shouts, and the original chaotic shouts gradually became uniform, and the shouts of the Righteous Army soldiers echoed with the Ming officials and soldiers who drove out of the city, and the momentum intensified.
Before the Jiannu formation, Azig Huoran grabbed the reins of his horse, turned around and shouted, "What's the matter? What are these Nanming barbarians shouting? ”
"His Royal Highness, there are reinforcements!" A leader with a white flag rode up to Azig and said breathlessly, "Reinforcements are coming from the flanks." ”
"Reinforcements?" Azig asked aloud, "Where?" ”
Zhengbai Qi pointed to the west and said, "The king of the county, please look, it's there." ”
Azig saw it, and immediately laughed: "These Nanming barbarians really don't know whether to live or die, and the army of tens of thousands of people has been overthrown by us, what can we do if we send such one or two thousand people?" Isn't this a deliberate attempt to die, hahaha......"
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(To be continued)