242 Heroes
"The Wokou are coming!"
"Run for your life!"
"Many, many, many, thousands!"
Hordes of routs shouted as they ran towards the ranks of the surveyor battalion. The soldiers of the Survey Battalion held their spears in their hands, facing the direction of these routs, and the bright tips of the spears reminded these people to run through the gaps in the spears, and not to break up the lineup of the Survey Battalion.
Behind the defense line of the Kanyu Battalion, Su Hao raised a few red flags, and asked more than a dozen soldiers armed with ghost-headed knives to loudly issue orders to the defeated soldiers: "Line up behind the red flags, don't run, and if you run one more step, you will be killed!" ”
A war horse neighed and ran over, and on the horse was none other than Huai'anwei's Qianhu Zhong Daren. Xu Guangzu saw him from afar, held a spear, greeted him, and shouted: "The surname Zhong, stop!" ”
"Phew!" Zhong Daren hurriedly grabbed the reins of the horse, and shouted to Xu Guangzu out of breath: "Uncle Xu, the widow is coming up, run quickly, if you don't run, it's too late." ”
"You bastard, gather the team and follow me to fight the Woko!" Xu Guangzu said angrily.
"This, this, this...... They're Wokos! Zhong Daren said with a blank face, "They kill people like hemp." ”
Xu Guangzu pointed at each other with a spear and said, "Boy, you can't get down!" ”
"Uncle Xu, offended, the young general will go first!" Zhong Daren knew that he couldn't communicate with Xu Guangzu, and then he heard screams behind him, where did he dare to stay. As soon as he flicked the reins, he wanted to urge the horse to run fast.
"Bastard, you still want to run!" Xu Guangzu was furious, picked up his spear, and gave Zhong Daren a solid shot from the side. Zhong Daren didn't expect Xu Guangzu to be brutal, and he couldn't sit still on the horse, so he pounced and fell down. His head hit the ground, and one foot was still hanging from his pedal. Xu Guangzu simply swung his spear and slapped it again, slapped Zhong Daren's foot off the horse's pedal, and then without looking at Zhong Daren, grabbed the reins of the horse, and jumped on the horse's back.
"Surnamed Xu, you old thing, what the hell do you want to do!" Zhong Daren was anxious, this horse was the mount he used to escape for his life, how could he let Xu Guangzu snatch it. Besides, Xu Guangzu kept telling him to stay and defend against the enemy, did he want to take the horse and escape for his life? When life and death were at stake, he didn't care about what kind of friendship Xu Guangzu had with his boss, and blurted out a dirty word.
Xu Guangzu ignored Zhong Daren, he clamped the horse's belly between his legs, urged the horse to rush over against the rout. As he ran, he slapped the fleeing soldiers with the pole of his spear, and shouted: "You bastards, don't run again, gather under the red flag in front, and those who disobey the order will be beheaded!" ”
Like Xu Guangzu, Su Hao and Deng Kui also snatched two horses from the rout, and then rushed forward, shouting desperately at the rout. The soldiers of the survey battalion standing behind stepped firmly under their feet, their spearheads flat, and loudly repeated the orders of the commander-in-chief, so that the rout gradually calmed down.
The rout of the army is actually a manifestation of collective hysteria. One person's fear is contagious to others, and when most people are running for their lives, the fear is amplified repeatedly, so that those caught in it cannot distinguish between what is real and what is hallucination.
Su Hao, Xu Guangzu and others rushed forward against the rout, and the soldiers of the Survey Battalion firmly held their positions, all of which injected some reason into the hearts of the rout. They passed through the gap in the queue of the survey camp and felt that someone behind them was defending them, and their brains began to gradually come to their senses. More and more soldiers stood under the red flag, and some of the soldiers who had already run away also turned their heads and returned to the bottom of the red flag with suspicion.
Zhong Daren was supported by several personal soldiers and limped to the red flag. A soldier brought his horse over and said to Zhong Daren: "Qianhu, you can ride my horse away." ”
"Uh...... Forget it. Zhong Daren hesitated for a moment, but finally stood still. Fleeing in battle was a very serious crime in the Ming army. If everyone runs for their lives, it doesn't matter, after all, the law does not blame the public. Now Su Hao is resisting with his soldiers, and Xu Guangzu has also left cruel words to himself, if he escapes again at this time, it will be difficult to explain in the future.
Besides, Su Hao and the others have already rushed to the front, even if they can't stop the widows, at least they can buy time for themselves to escape, why don't they stay and take a look.
"Zhong Qianhu, are you injured?" Hu Kaixiang rode a horse and ran in front of Zhong Daren, looking at his disgraced appearance, he couldn't help but ask with concern.
"Uh...... It was a minor injury. Zhong Daren was embarrassed to say that he was beaten down by Xu Guangzu with a spear, so he had to go over.
Hu Kaixiang turned his head to look behind him, and then looked at the soldiers of the Kanyu Battalion who were gathering the rout under the red flag, and asked in a low voice: "Zhong Qianhu, what does this Su Qianhu mean, does he want to block the Japanese with only 200 people?" ”
"That's probably what it means." Zhong Daren nodded and said, "I saw that he took the horse of my own soldier and rushed to the front." ”
"It's really a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers!" Hu Kaixiang said, "The bandit didn't help him just now, he thought that the would-be robbers were so easy to deal with?" ”
"Hu Qianhu, what should we do?" Zhong Daren asked.
Hu Kaixiang frowned and said, "This two hundred and five is like this, but it will make it difficult for us to handle." Zhong Qianhu, what are your plans? ”
Zhong Daren said: "I also think he wants to trap us." However, if he doesn't retreat, we can't retreat alone. Otherwise, let's stay and see. ”
"Okay, I'll go and gather my team, Zhong Qianhu should be more careful, don't be reckless." Hu Kaixiang said.
The soldiers on both sides of the river and Huai'anwei were all mixed together when they fled, and now they are taking advantage of the opportunity to rest, and all the hundred households, general flags, small flags, etc., are calling for their own men and horses, and gradually restoring the system. The soldiers usually lack training, and suddenly come to such a long-distance run, all of them are so tired that their mouths are crooked, and some of them sit on the ground with their butts, and no one can pull them up. Others were foaming at the mouth of their spears, like dying fish.
Besides, Su Hao, Xu Guangzu and others ran forward for a while, and the large army of the routed army had already run over, and in front of them were the pursuing Japanese invaders. Su Hao found that in front of the Japanese invaders, there were dozens of Ming troops who did not blindly break and flee, but fought and retreated, one of the officers wearing a hundred household uniforms held a spear, pressed the formation at the end, and from time to time turned back to give a head-on blow to the Japanese who caught up with them, forcing the Japanese to slow down.
"Good martial arts!" Deng Kui immediately praised it.
"It's a man!" Xu Guangzu also praised.
As he spoke, two would-be robbers had already caught up with the hundred-hundred-household, who stopped, turned around and swept with their spears. Seeing this, a Ming soldier hurriedly stepped forward to help in the battle, and the two sides exchanged several rounds. Seeing that more would-be robbers were about to catch up, the hundred households were a little anxious, and the spear danced more violently.
"Brother, don't panic, Deng is here to help you!"
Deng Kui roared, stepped forward, and the big knife in his hand slashed open, slashing towards the top of the heads of the two widows. The two would-be robbers heard the wind wrong, and hurriedly raised their swords to fight. Hearing only two clicks, the two Japanese katana swords were cut by Deng Kui at the same time, and the two Japanese robbers were so frightened that they turned around and ran.
Taking advantage of this time, the dozens of Ming soldiers had already run in front of Su Hao and others, and the hundred households were the last to arrive, and he hurriedly bowed to Su Hao, and said: "Huai'an Wei hundred households Zhang Yunlong Xie General helped, the general left quickly, and Zhang was willing to be the queen of the palace." ”
"Good man, take your people and withdraw quickly, we will take your palace for you." Su Hao said.
Zhang Yunlong is not a hypocritical person, he saw that Su Hao and the others were coming in the opposite direction, and knew that they were originally here to help, and it would be superfluous to say any more kind words to himself. He beckoned his men and ran forward. Su Hao and Xu Guangzu turned back their horses' heads and followed behind them, while Deng Kui, who was carrying a big knife, was the last to protect him.
The Japanese invaders pursued the Ming army all the way, and they had already run for three or four miles, and the formation was all stretched. Seeing Deng Kui's momentum and might, coupled with the treasure knife in his hand, the Japanese in twos and threes did not dare to catch up and provoke, so they could only separate more than a dozen steps and pursue cautiously, Su Hao and the others had to retreat to their own formation without danger.
"Dare to ask, the general is Su Qianhu in the survey camp?" After Zhang Yunlong stood still, he gave a formal military salute to Su Hao and asked. He didn't know Su Hao, but before he came out, he knew that the mission of this trip was to assist the Kanyu Battalion, and the thousands of households in the Kanyu Camp were surnamed Su.
"A certain family is Su Hao." Su Hao replied.
"Yunlong and the brothers thanked Su Qianhu for saving their lives." Zhang Yunlong said.
"Xie Su Qianhu's life-saving grace." Zhang Yunlong's subordinates also said in unison. Seeing Deng Kui riding his horse back, everyone saluted and thanked Deng Kui again.
Su Hao waved his hand and said, "It's all Pao Ze brothers, how can you say thank you?" You dared to fight back against the Japanese and covered the large army, you can be called a hero, and Su admires you very much. ”
Zhang Yunlong's face was ashamed, and said: "Su Qianhu laughed at me for waiting, more than 2,000 people, chased by 100 Japanese robbers and abandoned their armor, what kind of hero." However, Su Qianhu's department dared to meet each other in the face of a strong enemy, which was a hundred times stronger than our Huai'anwei. If Su Qianhu does not give up, Zhang is willing to be a pawn in the survey camp, fight the enemy together, and be ashamed of Xue Huai's security. ”
"!" Without waiting for Su Hao to say anything, Xu Guang's ancestor spoke, he pointed at Zhang Yunlong's head with his finger and said, "Boy, you are a man, but when it comes to being a small soldier in the Kanyu Battalion, this is." Let me ask you, if I let you lead the 1,000 men and horses of Huai'anwei, do you dare to take them to fight back against the Japanese invaders? ”
"This ......" Zhang Yunlong was stunned, he saw that the other party was wearing an old battle jacket, obviously dressed as a big-headed soldier, how could he let out a big word, saying that he would let himself lead the 1,000 men and horses of Huai'anwei. Before he could say anything, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the horse in Xu Guangzu's hand, isn't this clearly the mount of his own Qianhu Zhong Daren, how could it fall into Xu Guangzu's hands. Because he didn't know Xu Guangzu's identity, he didn't know what to say for a while.
"Boy, you think I'm a big soldier, don't you?" Xu Guangzu saw Zhang Yunlong's thoughts, and he smiled and said, "Let me tell you, Li Shida is my junior, and I can do half of Huai Anwei's affairs." You come with me, I will ask Zhong Daren to hand over power, you go and gather the soldiers of Huai'anwei, and attack with the old man in a while. ”
"This ...... The last will not dare! Zhang Yunlong said.
"What dare not, the old man tells you to dare, you have to dare!" Xu Guangzu dragged Zhang Yunlong unreasonably and walked under the red flags assembled by the Ming army.
Su Hao watched Xu Guangzu drag Zhang Yunlong away, and only felt ridiculous. wants to seize the power of thousands of families on the battlefield, and I don't know how capable this old man is. However, thinking that Xu Guangzu and Huai Anwei Commander Li Shida did have some indescribable relationship, Su Hao didn't bother to care about this matter, and his top priority was to command the survey battalion to resist the first wave of the Japanese charge.