Chapter 213: Repaying Grievances with Virtue
Despicable is a relatively strong word with a surname, and it is impossible to see noble or despicable when a person is alone, but two people stand together and there is a comparison, and there is a despicable side in the surname, and the difference is who has more and who has less.
Xiao Fan felt that Zhu Di was not qualified to scold himself, because he was not noble, and everyone was just a relationship of framing each other.
Of course, Zhu Di definitely doesn't think so.
The carefully arranged layout of the all-annihilation of the Tartars, as Xiao Fan attracted the Tartar forward, the 5,000 Yan army ambushed on the left flank was exposed in advance, and all of Zhu Di's plans were disrupted, completely losing the opportunity.
Zhu Di had the heart to eat Xiao Fan alive, and the burly and sturdy man was so angry that he almost didn't cry.
- Is this bastard really the king's natural nemesis? How many times! How many times have you hurt me! Brutes...... Tartar forward 10,000 people raised their halberds, screaming in their mouths, quickly assembled into a cone-shaped formation of cavalry charge, after a short assembly, with the commander of the ten thousand command, the long horn horn behind the Chinese army sounded in a low whimper, under the drink of 10,000 people, the whole formation was launched violently, and the sound of the horse's hooves that shook the sky was mixed with the murderous aura that swept across the sky, and rushed towards the Yan army of 5,000 light horsemen.
Although the 5,000 Yan army was the border army that followed Zhu Di in a hundred battles, the enemy was outnumbered, and it was suddenly attacked, and all the soldiers were a little confused, and even the war horses under their crotches began to writhe and scream uneasily.
If the position is unstable, it will be lost.
Zhu Di has been in battle for a long time, so he naturally understands this truth, and at this moment, he didn't care about greeting the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the Xiao Fan family, so he hurriedly pulled out his sword, raised it high to the sky, and shouted: "Formation!" Don't panic! The Overseer army is interspersed on both sides, and if there is anyone who does not obey the order, and those who flee in a cowardly battle, they will be beheaded immediately! ”
One hundred and ten overseers with red scarves on their left sleeves immediately rode their horses from behind Zhu Di to the Chinese army with broadswords in their hands, shuttling between the ranks, slashing several panicked sergeants with knives in their hands, and with a few terrible screams, the slightly panicked Yan army light cavalry quickly stabilized their positions and regained their calm.
The Tartar strikers were getting closer and closer, five miles, three miles, and one mile, and the Yan army could even see the thick hair like steel needles on the faces of the Tartars, and the bloodthirsty and hideous expressions of terror.
Zhu Di immediately ordered: "Five hundred people shoot arrows from the front to block the Tartar offensive, and the rest are scattered on both sides, avoiding the frontal edge of the Tartars, and attacking from the flank!" ”
The soldiers were quickly divided into three parts according to the order, 500 people urged the horse to step forward, and then took the arrow and set the bow, the cold and sharp arrow cluster pointed slightly upward, and the remaining more than 4,000 people under the leadership of their own 100 households and thousands of households, pulled out the horse's head and scattered to the left and right, overlooking from above, the 10,000 forwards of the Tartars were like a sharp long sword, and after the Yan army unfolded, it was like an all-encompassing scabbard, giving people a feeling of closing the sword into the sheath and suppressing the edge.
The Tartar was getting closer and closer, three hundred paces away from the Chinese army, and when it was within the range of the Yan army's bow and arrows, a hoarse voice shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”
Sou!
The rain of arrows poured out from the sky, shooting mercilessly at the Tartar forward, and the more than 100 horsemen who rushed to the front of the team bore the brunt of the attack, and after the arrow, they screamed and fell off their horses, and in the blink of an eye, they were trampled by countless horses' hooves behind. The knights behind suffered this setback, and the middle team suddenly appeared a little chaotic, and for a while, people turned on their backs, and more than 100 people were dismounted by arrows and tripped hundreds of people behind, and the momentum of the attack slowed down slightly.
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Zhu Di immediately shouted: "Order the whole army to attack, penetrate their Chinese army from the left and right flanks of the Tartars, and fight with the Tartars!" ”
I have to say that Zhu Di's military order is very correct, the reason why the Tartars are invincible is that they rely on their unparalleled charge, relying on the high-speed sprint movement of war horses, destroying all the enemies who stand in their way, their tactics of sweeping Asia and Europe are actually very simple, relying on a vigorous charge.
Zhu Di ordered the soldiers to intersperse the melee, which will resolve the advantage of the Mongols invisibly, except for the hard fight of individual combat strength, they have no other way, as we all know, the cavalry plain battle, only when the formation is assembled into a formation to charge is the most attacking, once caught in a state of stalemate and unable to move, a cavalry's combat power may not be as powerful as a foot soldier.
Seeing the waving of the commanding flag, the five thousand Yan troops immediately rushed into the formation of the Tartars without hesitation, drew their knives and fought with the Tartars, the momentum of the Tartar charge was just slow, and the enemy took advantage of this gap to penetrate into the ranks, and for a time the formation was chaotic, the yellow sand was permeated, the dust was flying, and the figures passed through their horses' heads savagely, like a sharp knife inserted into the heart.
The Tartars were anxious, and the commander immediately ordered the rear team to disperse, distance themselves from the Ming army, and charge again, but who knew that the Ming army did not adhere to it, and you chased me on the grassland, and the team formation of both sides had been completely dispersed.
The passive situation of the Yan army finally recovered slightly with Zhu Di's continuous military orders, and the two sides soon fell into a stalemate.
However, after all, the number of the Yan army is less than half of that of the Tartars, Zhu Di understands that such a melee is only temporary, and the personal combat strength of the Tartars is much stronger than his own Yan army, and if it can't last for half an hour, his five thousand men and horses will be gradually eaten clean by the Tartars.
Zhu Di stood outside the battlefield, his brows furrowed, it would not work like this, the melee would not benefit both sides, it would only increase casualties. He didn't forget that the 10,000-strong Tartar in front of him was just a striker, and there was a main force of 40,000 Tartars behind him, maybe it would be in an instant.
"Someone! Pegasus went to Shanhaiguan, passed on the king's military order, and ordered Zhang Yu to set up a formation outside the pass, ready to meet the enemy! Zhu Di made a quick decision.
One of the pro-soldiers immediately clenched his fists and rode away.
A war of annihilation that should have been won easily, but now he is in such an embarrassing situation that he can't advance or retreat, and Zhu Di is in the mood to kill people now.
"Xiao Fan, raised by this son of a bitch, after this incident, this king must break him into pieces!" Zhu Di scolded with a blushing face.
Speaking of this culprit who sabotaged his plan, Zhu Di couldn't help but turn his head to look at the three thousand fleeing soldiers......**************************************************** Xiao Fan and the three thousand soldiers are very tired now, so tired that they almost lie on their horses and want to sleep for a long time.
After three days and two nights of long-distance panic escape, from Kaiping to the vicinity of Shanhaiguan, such a high-intensity escape experience, it is rare that there were no casualties among the 3,000 soldiers, and such a remarkable result is rare in the history of ancient and modern wars.
After successfully leading the pursuers to Zhu Di and his five thousand light horsemen, Xiao Fan and the soldiers scattered in all directions, all scattered like a group of rats.
When the Yan army and 10,000 Tartars were fighting together, Xiao Fan and the three thousand soldiers at this time had regrouped ten miles away from the battlefield, the war horses were snorting and panting, and the soldiers were also snorting and panting, and everyone rolled down from the horses, lying or lying on the grass in various ugly postures, breathing in a big gulp.
It turns out that the air breathed after escaping death is so delicious and peaceful, from a desperate hell to a peaceful and comfortable paradise, there may be only a thin line of separation, and the distance is so short that it only takes a small thought...... Thinking of this little thought, it was the young man who looked weak and thin, their main general, Xiao Fan, who brought them out of a desperate situation.
After a brief rest, the three thousand soldiers stood up from the grass and looked with gratitude at the young man who had saved their lives.
A miraculous battle, a miraculous escape, this young man himself is like a miracle, which makes the mountains look up.
Xiao Fan was also too tired, he lay on his back on the grass in a large font, panting rapidly, it took a long time to recover some of his strength, raised his head, he patted Cao Yi beside him heavily, the two looked at each other and smiled, the curvature of the corners of their mouths became bigger and bigger, and then the two of them looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, and the passionate laughter penetrated the blue sky and white clouds, and echoed in the nine heavens away.
With courage and wisdom, Xiao Fan led everyone to escape, lying safe and sound in this safe and quiet place enjoying the preciousness of life, who in this world is more qualified to laugh than them?
The blood and sweat of men are stirring, but the heroic laughter of men is even more disgraceful to heaven and earth, it is a kind of open-minded and atmospheric venting, contempt for all gods and ghosts in the world, even the god of death is discouraged.
What misery and misfortune can overshadow this heroic laughter?
The laughter gradually stopped, and Xiao Fan said proudly: "How is it?" We survived! Not a single one of the 3,000 brothers was missing! ”
Cao Yi patted him on the shoulder and said loudly: "Not bad! Competent! Cao has fought with the Tartars no less than 100 times in his life, but this time I fought the most happily! ”
Xiao Fan said with a smile: "Brother Cao led twenty brothers into the Tartar camp and assassinated their senior generals, who are brave and resourceful, and are not inferior to me......"
Cao Yi turned his head to look at the yellow sand ten miles away, and said with some uneasiness: "Brother Xiao, where is King Yan......"
Xiao Fan seemed to have heard of it, and said with a smile: "...... This time I returned to Beijing, I should be the son of tomorrow, please take the first credit for you and the twenty soldiers, and it is not a problem to seal your wife and Yinzi......"
"Brother Xiao, King Yan is in a bitter battle......"
“…… But speaking of which, my credit is not small, if I had not set fire to the Tartar camp and burned their grain and grass, it would not have been possible to provoke them to chase me for two days and two nights. ”
"Brother Xiao......"
“…… Do you think it's possible for my uncle to become a Hou master? I'm a real feat......"
Cao Yi stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Fan's head, pointed to the dusty battlefield in the distance, and said loudly: "Don't patronize the promotion to the rank of lord, the Tartars are about to eat the light horse of King Yan!" Shall we help? ”
Xiao Fan said expressionlessly: "King Yan, this is self-inflicted!" Don't forget that this is his game, he wants to kill us, if it weren't for my extra heart, I'm afraid that we would have been wiped out by the Tartars at this time. ”
Cao Yi looked quite unbearable, and sighed lightly: "King Yan should die, but now it is my Ming Dynasty and the Mongol Tartars who are at war, this is a national war, at this time we and the Yan army should be comrades-in-arms, we can't watch them annihilated by the Tartars......"
Xiao Fan also sighed: "I still have a clear distinction between righteousness and personal grudges, can I save it or not?" But, Brother Cao, you turn your head and look at the brothers, and our war horses, running away for two days and two nights, can the brothers still hold swords? Is the war horse still able to take a step? Our 3,000 people are now simply a group of helpless old, weak, sick and disabled, if we let the brothers go up to rescue the Yan army, what role can we do except send them to death in vain? ”
Cao Yi was stunned, and said, "That...... What to do? ”
"In addition to eating and drinking quickly, recovering his strength, and feeding the war horse with concentrate, what else can he do?"
Xiao Fan stood up and asked loudly at the soldiers who were staggering to the east, "Brothers, are you tired?" ”
"Tired-" said the crowd with weak energy.
"Are you hungry?"
"Hungry—"
Xiao Fan smiled: "Eat when you're hungry, are you all stupid?" ”
The soldiers barely cheered up, took out the dry food they carried, chewed on the water in their skin bags, and from time to time took out a handful of finely chopped essence from their backpacks, and fed them to the war horses beside them with both hands.
Xiao Fan rolled up his sleeves and instructed the pro-army beside him: "I want to eat hot, bring me a Brazilian barbecue ......"
“…………”
The Yan army and the Tartars are in the middle of a fierce battle, and ten miles away from the battlefield, but there is a curling smoke, which looks so quiet and pleasant, in stark contrast to the atmosphere of the bloody battlefield, the scene is like a miserable hell full of skeletons and severed limbs, and suddenly a pure little angel with a bare ass and cuteness suddenly appeared, so weird and weird, out of place, It's simply the most discordant picture.
Zhu Di's eyes stared at the fierce battle between the soldiers of the Yan Army and the Tartars on the battlefield, and some people kept being cut down from their horses, and some people quickly made up for it, going forward and successively, endlessly.
Military orders were passed down one after another, and in his busy schedule, Zhu Di turned his head and looked at the curling smoke outside the battlefield, and the whole person couldn't help but be stunned.
"We're bleeding here, but he's barbecuing there......"
At this moment, Zhu Di wanted to order the soldiers to turn around and kill the shameless guys who were still eating barbecue leisurely...... Gritting his teeth, Zhu Di resisted the urge to vomit blood, and watched the soldiers of the Yan Army fighting for their lives on the battlefield, which was gradually showing a state of exhaustion, and the situation became more and more critical, Zhu Di's expression began to become anxious.
"Lord Wang, General Zhang Yu has set up a crane wing formation in front of Shanhaiguan, and he can launch a formation at any time." The pro-army hurriedly came to report.
Zhu Di perked up and said loudly: "Order the soldiers to withdraw from the battlefield, lead the Tartars to the front of Shanhaiguan, and annihilate them in one fell swoop!" ”
The sound of the sound of gold spread leisurely, and the soldiers of the Yan army who were fighting retreated when they heard the gold, and they turned around and evacuated.
However, it is easy to blend into the enemy formation, and it is much more difficult to withdraw from the enemy formation, seeing that the Yan army has already retreated, the red-eyed Tartar refused to relax at all, and followed the horse, and the Yan army, which had just withdrawn halfway, soon fell into the melee again.
Zhu Di's heart sank, and now he said that it would not be easy for these 5,000 soldiers to get out, and they might all be left behind in the enemy formation.
"Tut-tut, it's so tragic......" A slightly mocking voice sounded in Zhu Di's ears.
Zhu Di turned his head in shock, but saw that at some point, Xiao Fan had already run to his side from ten miles away, he was holding the reins in one hand, and holding a roasted golden and crispy leg of lamb in the other hand, and was eating with a mouth full of oil, seeing Zhu Di looking at him in astonishment, Xiao Fan grinned and showed a mouthful of white teeth at him.
Zhu Di was so frightened that he trembled, his body couldn't help but fall backwards, and he stumbled and fell under the horse.
The pro-army around him was quick and hurriedly helped him.
"Lord be careful!"
Zhu Di shook off the hand of the pro-army, pointed at Xiao Fan angrily and said angrily: "You...... What are you here to do? Do you want to see the jokes of this king? ”
Xiao Fan suddenly showed a very aggrieved look: "...... I'm here to see if there's anything you need our help with. ”
Zhu Di said angrily: "How can you help?" ”
"Of course I can't help......" Xiao Fan cocked his thumb, pointed behind him, and said with a smile: "But the three thousand soldiers under my command may be able to do the prince a little favor." ”
Zhu Di looked back in amazement, but saw that the three thousand soldiers behind Xiao Fan were standing in a neat row, and after nearly an hour of replenishing their physical strength, the soldiers had recovered some of their spirits.
Zhu Di paused for a moment, and then overjoyed, the five thousand Yan army has now suffered considerable casualties, and it is stuck in a melee and cannot be withdrawn, if there are three thousand people to supplement and fight, the situation may be greatly improved.
For a while, he didn't care about breaking his plan with Xiao Fan, Zhu Di clapped his hands and said eagerly: "Quick, quickly tell your soldiers to kill in!" ”
Xiao Fan rubbed his nose and said slowly: "Lord Wang, what you said about sending a large army to meet us is in this wilderness fifty miles away from Shanhaiguan?" You can't get lost, right? ”
Zhu Di's face suddenly showed embarrassment: "............"
"You want to harm us, but it didn't work, but we repaid the grievances with virtue, lord, we can't afford to hurt it......"
Zhu Di: "............"
"Do you know it's wrong?" Xiao Fan looked at the child who made a mistake like an elder, and asked in a serious tone.
Zhu Di gritted his teeth and nodded with a pale face.
"Do you feel the weight of the moral cross?"
Zhu Di nodded: "............"
"Look at my sincere eyes and swear, okay?" Xiao Fan's eyes sparkled.
“…… Are you enough? Is there an end? Zhu Di couldn't help but roar.
Xiao Fan laughed a few times, and asked Zhu Di again: "Okay, I'll forgive you for your despicable behavior for the time being, just lead the Tartar to the killing array under Zhang Yubu in front of Shanhaiguan, right?" ”
Zhu Di snorted angrily and nodded unwillingly.
Xiao Fan laughed, finally let him go, turned his head and said loudly to the soldiers: "Brothers, ......"
Cao Yi and the other soldiers were in high spirits when they heard this, and they drew their swords one after another, staring at the battlefield with murderous eyes, looking eager to try.
Xiao Fan frowned and said, "What are you doing?" ”
Cao Yi was stunned and said, "Aren't you going to fight into the enemy formation?" ”
Xiao Fan glanced at Zhu Di and snorted: "Stalking with the enemy, that's what stupid people do......"
Zhu Di's nostrils began to steam: "...... So you say, what should a smart man do? ”
Xiao Fan's eyes suddenly flashed a wicked smile, and he stared at Zhu Di with burning eyes.
Zhu Di was so frightened by his familiar bad expression that his scalp was numb, and he stammered, "You...... What do you want? Don't mess around......"
Xiao Fan smiled, suddenly pulled out the dagger he carried with him, and stabbed the buttocks of the big black horse that Zhu Di was riding.
The black horse was in pain, and couldn't help screaming, regardless of its owner still riding on its back, and turned around and ran away like crazy, Zhu Di was shocked and angry, and pulled the reins hard, but the injured war horse didn't recognize his relatives at all, and pulled his legs and galloped all the way back.
Xiao Fan pointed in the direction where Zhu Di was far away, and said loudly to the Tartars who were fighting on the battlefield: "The person who escaped is none other than King Yan, and if you catch him, your leader will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and he will be named the commander of ten thousand masters!" ”
Cao Yi also reacted at this time, and hurriedly translated Xiao Fan's words aloud with those soldiers who knew Mongolian.
The Tartars who were fighting for their lives heard the shouts outside the battlefield, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then saw a middle-aged man wearing luxurious armor and running wildly around the neck of a horse.
Zhu Di rode on the horse, had no choice but to hug the horse's neck, and roared sadly and angrily: "Xiao Fan, you son of a bitch-"
People are far away, and so are voices...... Xiao Fan clapped his hands lightly and muttered, "It's actually that simple to attract enemies......
Looking at the soldiers of the Yan Army who were at a loss on the battlefield, Xiao Fan said leisurely: "...... What are you doing with it? Why don't you catch up with the escort? ”
All the soldiers of the Yan army shivered together, and chased after them with frightened faces, and shouted angrily: "Protect the prince-"
(To be continued)