Section 344 Heavenly Soldiers
When Cheng Yanjin got the order, he immediately ordered all the men and horses to go out of Luokou and rushed to Beibi Mountain to block the enemy.
The continuous Beibi Mountains and the winding Luoshui sandwich the passage from the eastern capital to Luokou, and the Yanshi is entrenched in between, holding the main road.
Yanshi is sandwiched between Beibi Mountain and Luoshui, if the distance is calculated, it should be slightly closer to Luokou. Therefore, even if the eastern capital sent troops first, Li Mi had already calculated the distance, knowing that although Cheng Yanjin was a late-starter, he could also intercept it in Beibi Mountain in the north of Yanshi.
Li Mi personally led his troops up the Luoshui, but he was preparing to fight Xiao Buyi in the open area south of Yanshi City. He led the elite soldiers, and begged to defeat Xiao Buyi's army. Now that Xiao Buyi is gaining momentum, the Eastern Capital praises him, if he can defeat Xiao Buyi and frustrate the morale of the Eastern Capital, it is a good time to besiege the Eastern Capital.
The breeze was blowing, the horses' hooves were urgent, Li Mi marched all night, and when he reached the south of Yanshi, it was already early in the morning. But he didn't have the slightest tiredness, looking at the team without any chaos, and a sense of pride rose in his heart, the current Wagang army has long been different from what it used to be, and after his rectification, the combat effectiveness has already doubled.
At present, there are more than 8,000 elite cavalry led by him, plus 20,000 infantry to attack Xiao Buyi, I don't believe that Xiao Buyi can stop it.
These 8,000 elite cavalry are known as the internal army, and in Li Mi's eyes, they can be enough to be a million male soldiers. Now that the Central Plains is short of horses, he can cultivate a large cavalry battle group, which is also enough to be proud.
It's just that when they arrived in the south of Yanshi, the officers and soldiers at the head of the city woke up early, and when they saw the battle of Nuoda, they couldn't help but grab the spears in their hands and wait for the battle.
Now the tiger prison Pei Renji has taken refuge in the Wagang army, but he has pushed the Yanshi city on the east side of Luoyang to the forefront of the battle line. It can be seen that the thieves who are coming are mainly cavalry, and the soldiers defending the city are a little relieved.
No matter how fierce the cavalry is, it is impossible to attack the city. The soldiers defending the city had long been experienced and understood that most of these people were going to the eastern capital.
These words came, and the Yanshi city came back and forth without knowing how many soldiers and horses, so that the soldiers defending the city saw the rise and fall, although they were at a loss in their hearts, they were still desperately defending the city, but they didn't know which one they were for.
Yanshi had always been guarded by Pang Yu, the general of the Jianmen Mansion, but when Pang Yu and Pei Renji went to Xiapi to persuade Pei Xingyan to surrender, Pang Yu was stabbed to death by Pei Xingyan. Yanshi is also a big city, a strategic place, and Dugu Wudu, the commander of Heyang, is known for his prestige, so he has been transferred to defend the city.
Dugu Wudu is cautious and has been closed to the city, the Tiger Prison, Yanshi, and Dongdu are all extremely strong, and Li Mi has not attacked a city for a long time, if it weren't for Pei Renji's surrender, he would have lost face.
Originally, the Tiger Prison surrendered, and the Yanshi couldn't hold out for long, but when the soldiers heard that Xiao Buyi was in power, they couldn't help but boost their morale again, and felt hopeful, after all, many of these people's families were still in the Eastern Capital.
Indifferently watched the cavalry rushing past the south of the city, and in an instant there was a tide of infantry, and then the soldiers escorting heavy grain and grass passed by, but no one wanted to go out of the city to stop them. Suddenly, I heard the sound of fighting in the direction of Beibi Mountain, and the dust rose to the old height and turned into thick clouds, and all the city soldiers were strange, I don't know who was fighting there?
Li Mi came to Luoshui to restrain his horse, but there was a trace of doubt in his eyes, he felt that something was wrong, if according to the military situation, Xiao Buyi's rapid march should not be far from Yanshi at this moment, but now he only heard the murmuring of the river, the breeze blowing, and his horse's hooves were restlessly stepping on the gravel road, but there was no sign of the army coming.
The two sides hurriedly attacked each other, and he knew that with 8,000 cavalry, there was no need to go to the camp, and only this open terrain could rush Xiao Buyi's army, but why didn't the enemy army arrive?
Turning his head to look in the direction of Beibi Mountain, he saw dust and smoke everywhere, and half of the air was dyed the color of brown earth.
**
In the north of Yanshi, the terrain is slightly open, looking at the past, the vast Beibi Mountain, connected to the cloudy sky, when Cheng Biting Jin rushed to the Beibi Mountain with elite soldiers, he only saw the dust in the distance covering the clouds, and the momentum was violent.
Zhang Zhenzhou's army is here as promised! It's even faster than Li Mi, Cheng Yanjin and others.
Cheng Yanjin couldn't help but be secretly frightened when he saw the dust and smoke in the distance, he had followed Zhang Xutuo for many years, and he also knew some ways to look at the dust, although the sound of hooves in the distance was urgent, but the dust and smoke were not messy, showing the superb marching skills of the people leading the army.
These veterans of the Great Sui are all experienced in a hundred battles, Zhang Xutuo, Yang Yichen, Zhang Zhenzhou and others are well versed in the method of marching soldiers, Cheng Yanjin saw that the enemy army was approaching, and his heart swelled with excitement.
He was never afraid of war, followed Zhang Xutuo for many years, no matter how difficult the battle was, Li Mi gave him the task of blocking Zhang Zhenzhou, and let Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang be his deputies, which represented great trust in him, and he strived to become famous in one battle and lay a position in Wagang.
The military order was quickly conveyed, Cheng Yanjin had led the soldiers to gallop up a high slope, temporarily set up a command post, and ordered 20,000 soldiers to line up according to the wings of the wild geese in the northern mountains, showing a perfect arc, this formation attack power is slightly inferior to the phalanx, but the bullet surname is full, and it can be flexible and changeable. Directly ahead, 2,000 cavalry charged, led by Li Mi's brave general Sun Changle. Nearly 1,000 cavalry were deployed on each flank, and they moved forward under the cover of the infantry.
Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang each led a road of soldiers and horses, hidden on the two wings, ready to rush and cut off the enemy's momentum at any time.
The cavalry of the Wagang army was followed by all the infantry, marching in a phalanx, equipped with spears and short knives, bows and arrows, iron shields, and only guarding against the front and unable to resist the rout.
This kind of arrangement, with the support of the rear phalanx, even if it is strongly impacted, there is still room for counterattack, Cheng Biting Jin people on the high slope, looking far away, only to see countless black spots surging on the horizon in the distance, in an instant Zhang Zhenzhou's cavalry has been killed, the soldiers and horses are like a tide, the ground is shaking, Cheng Biting Jin is looking far away, secretly frowning, and his heart says that Zhang Zhenzhou is very calm, and he has never had the opportunity to fight with him, how can he just fight with him, how can he be so stormy?
Looking over from the high slope, the army sent by Zhang Zhenzhou turned out to be a pro-color cavalry, and there should be three or four thousand people. Cheng Yanjin frowned secretly, his heart did not match the military situation, the spy said that Zhang Zhenzhou had nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, so where are the rest of the soldiers and horses?
In the blink of an eye, I found the peculiarity of the opponent's cavalry, on the spacious plain, the opponent's cavalry was one team first, and the two teams pressed the flanks, although they were galloping rapidly, but the formation was not chaotic at all. The momentum of the other party is like the momentum of three sharp knives, although it is not chaotic, the equestrian skills of these people are really breathtaking.
How could such a clever cavalry suddenly appear in the Sui army?
The first general, with black armor and black armor, only rode a white horse, and he controlled the speed of the entire cavalry. Who that person is, looking at each other from a distance, Cheng Yanjin couldn't tell it.
Cheng Biting Jin felt that this team was very strange, but now that the arrow was on the string, how could he not send it, Cheng Biting Jin Gaopo ordered the flag to make the changing flag beat the drum, the Wagang army roared, and Sun Changle had already led his troops to rush forward.
Sun Changle is a bandit under Li Mi, the stronger the enemy, the more fierce his momentum, the start of the two thousand cavalry under his command is just a momentary effort, but he only cares about rushing forward, and the cavalry and infantry have opened a large distance in an instant. Cheng Yanjin's face suddenly changed slightly, and he ordered the soldiers to beat the drum to give the order, and ordered Sun Changle to turn into two wings and dodge away, and the infantry behind him took over.
Sun Changle didn't care a lot, but he just rushed over to the opponent, his blood boiling, and he led his subordinates to wave their spears and shout, and the spears were like a forest, shining brightly. But Sun Changle may not know that Cheng Yanjin suddenly changed his order, just because he clearly saw on the high slope that the cavalry of the opposing side was in the process of charging, the cavalry in the middle rested for a while, and the cavalry on both wings suddenly increased their speed.
This is an extremely strange feeling, people are on a high slope, Cheng Yanjin thought that the speed of the opponent's cavalry had been raised to the limit, where did he think that the opponent suddenly sunken down, the frontal cavalry shot long arrows, and the cavalry on both sides pierced in.
Sun Changle's team was in chaos in an instant under the impact of this iron horse...... The arc-shaped formation instantly collapsed, and it was no longer perfect!
**
It is not easy to train a cavalry, it can even be said to be a very difficult thing, after Li Mi conquered Henan, the first thing is to collect war horses, the Wagang army is now known as a million army, but if you talk about effective combat effectiveness, it is only two or three hundred thousand manpower. The rest are still old, weak, sick and disabled, women and children. And among these two or three hundred thousand people, there are as many as twenty or thirty thousand cavalry.
Although cavalry accounted for a small proportion of the million-strong army, in the Central Plains, this was already an extremely spectacular scene.
Although Li Mi is arrogant, he has nothing to do with the Turks, and it is unusual to collect so many war horses with his own strength.
However, the training of cavalry was far more complicated than that of infantry, and many of them could not ride horses or shoot arrows, and it was even more uncomfortable to fight on horses and shoot arrows with bows than to kill them.
Li Mi did his best but trained 8,000 well-trained cavalry, and he has always brought them to his side, but most of these 8,000 hussars are Sui soldiers and generals who surrendered, which shows that the cavalry is not easy to train, even Li Mi can only use the old capital of the Sui Dynasty. The rest of the cavalry was led by General Xiao, and Sun Changle led the cavalry on the periphery of Wagang. Sun Changle, Shan Xiongxin, Wang Bodang The cavalry led by these people is not elite, it can only be said to be strong, few people can shoot bows and arrows, and they generally rely on spears to sprint to win, but these people are powerful, and they often receive miraculous results in combat only with the power of impact.
But Cheng Yanjin was already clear at a glance on Gao Po that the other party was well-equipped, equestrian, and skillful in the use of bows and arrows, far higher than Sun Changle and others.
On the battlefield, the line between life and death, this is a very terrifying thing!
Cheng Biting Jin was cold in his heart, and suddenly found that a horse riding was like electricity, and the person riding the horse rose into the air, like a dragon, and the sun shone brightly, shining on the person's face, with an indifferent smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were condensed with coldness and ruthlessness!
If the man looked at Gao Po intentionally or unintentionally, and in an instant, he entered the Wagang army, and Cheng Biting Jin lost his voice and said: "Xiao Buyi? ”
He couldn't believe it, but he couldn't believe it, but Xiao Buyi didn't attack from Luoshui, how could he get here!
Although he was shocked in his heart, Cheng Biting Jin was not chaotic, and he couldn't command Sun Changle, but he still had the rest of the manpower. Gritting his teeth, while the flag was waving, Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang flanked and came over to rescue Sun Changle, who was trapped by the Sui soldiers.
**
Fang Cai Sun Changle and the others did not listen to the order, and this would already be unable to listen to the order.
The opponent's iron cavalry killed, the cavalry hung the bow and drew the knife, and started hand-to-hand combat in an instant, Sun Changle is not a good kind after all, in the moment of dulling the opponent's speed, he tried his best to restrain his soldiers, and shouted loudly, but when he saw the opponent's knife falling, the spear had little resistance, under one knife, the spear shaft was broken, and under the two knives, the head flew down!
Sun Changle's eyes were red, his spear flew, and he had already stabbed down two Sui soldiers, but he saw a cold wind blowing in his face.
The wind arrives to the horse, to the people, to the guns!
"Xiao Buyi is here, blocking and killing!"
The shout sounded like thunder, and it was like a clear sound from the nine heavens, Xiao Buyi was fast, and in an instant, he arrived in front of Sun Changle, and the spear thundered and lightning struck out!
Sun Changle saw that the man was extremely fast, and he had no time to dodge, and in the roar, the spear pierced out. Even if he dies, he will kill one of them.
But without waiting for the gun and Xiao Buyi, he felt a cold in his chest, and was brought up by a strong force in an instant, Sun Changle only felt that he was flying in the air, flying higher and higher, like a bird.
The fierce battle field suddenly sank and thundered, and there was a moment of silence, and in an instant, everyone saw that Sun Changle was pierced through the chest by Xiao Buyi's shot, and then he shook his hand, and the weight of more than 100 catties flew up, and it flew higher and higher...... Blood is sprinkled like a spring, and under the sunshine, a tragic map of the battlefield is splashed!
The cold wind blew, the bloody meaning was strong, and the generals were cold, thinking that this person was the famous Xiao Buyi?
As soon as the main general died, the troops led by Sun Changle lost control, and they only felt that there were enemies everywhere, and they didn't care about killing the enemy, they just wanted to flee for their lives, and the front cavalry of the Wagang Army was already collapsing!
Xiao Buyi stabbed Li Mi's subordinate Sun Changle to death with one shot, but he did not have the slightest smugness, since he led the team to rush over, his senses have been highly acute. Sun Changle just noticed that the opponent was rushing, but he recognized Sun Changle as the main general at the beginning, shooting people and horses, capturing thieves and capturing kings, and his goal was only one, that is, to assassinate Sun Changle.
But he still noticed Cheng Yanjin on the high slope, Shan Xiongxin on the left wing, and Wang Bodang on the right wing!
After all, Cheng Yanjin is extraordinary, although he is defeated, his ability to lead the army is much stronger than that of Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang, who became monks halfway, and under the waving of the banner, the cavalry on both wings has been outflanked.
The battlefield is unpredictable, and a single detail, a single insistence can lead to a fundamental turnaround. Cheng Biting Jin's quality is much stronger than other bandits, if Zhai Rang, Bing Yuanzhen and the like, after such a strong impact, they would have felt that they could not support it, and they fled, but Cheng Biting Jin was not, he wanted to use solid infantry to reverse the decline!
The slightest setback at the moment is nothing, as long as the strength of the infantry can be exerted, it is enough to trap thousands of Xiao Buyi's people inside.
War drums, flags, horses' hooves, and neighing were intertwined, but Xiao Buyi could feel the subtle changes in the situation in the noise.
As long as it takes another moment, Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang will form a situation of encirclement, and as long as it takes another moment, the advantage they have only gained will be gone. Now it is the blood of the Wagang army, and it will be the blood of their iron cavalry in a while.
A sentence from Li Jing flashed in his mind, your cavalry wins quickly, surprisingly, and in command, but after all, it is a human being, and the manpower is poor, so you must not fight, and you must not be greedy for merit, otherwise you will lose your advantage.
With a wave of the spear, Xiao Buyi had already shouted: "Leave!" ”
The cavalry he led was in a chaotic battle, but when he heard Xiao Buyi's order, he left immediately. Everyone was mixed together, and the blood was entangled, but it suddenly slipped out like silk and flowing water.
At the time of the evacuation, the black-armored cavalry did not wait for orders, they had already erected shields to cover, and opened the way with random arrows, everything was simple and clear, but it had already been tempered a long time ago, considering the attack received during the retreat.
Xiao Buyi's shouts may not be heard by every cavalry under his command, but it doesn't matter, all the cavalry are not blindly fighting, when wielding a long knife, pay attention to the movement of the people around him, see a person evacuated, the whole line is like a dazzling pull, the drive of thousands of cavalry is natural and smooth, Cheng Biting Jin Gaopo can only sigh when he sees it. He may not be satisfied with Xiao Buyi's martial arts and Xiao Buyi's luck, but he can't disagree with this person who trained cavalry.
This soldier is a genius!
Xiao Buyi is the head of all the cavalry, as long as the head continues, the cavalry will fly like a dragon, and the snake will twist......**
Li Yuanren was in Taiyuan for several years, recruiting troops and horses, not forgetting to rebel, and pulling people to make friends with the next group of loyal ministers. Li Jing is arrogant and uninhibited no matter whether he is in Mayi or Taiyuan, and he knows few people, but he has cultivated elite cavalry for Xiao Buyi.
These cavalry were trained by Li Jing with painstaking efforts, and they acted extremely secretively, but they also relied on the endless supply of war horses, armor, equipment, and money provided by Xiao Buyi!
Xiao Buyi's hard work for several years, Yuan Lan's painstaking accumulation for several years, this dynasty finally showed great power!
The cavalry in Xiangyang was just the tip of the iceberg, but all the elite soldiers came to the eastern capital under Li Jing's planning. Xiao Buyi is going to rely on the ironclad cavalry trained by Li Jing for him to have a showdown with Li Mi!
So although he is alone, he is not alone. This battle, he wants to win, he wants to win, and he must win!
Li Mi tried his best to pull out Xiao Buyi and capture the Eastern Capital, why didn't he want to pull out Li Mi, eradicate Wagang, occupy the middle abdomen, and plot the world?
He received news from all directions in the eastern capital, but he was most interested in Li Jing's movements, and the brotherhood between him and Li Jing had never been severed.
Li Mi may be able to use the resources of the Sui Dynasty, but when it comes to the selection of war horses, the sophistication of equipment, and the transportation of money, he is still slightly inferior to Xiao Buyi.
Xiao Buyi has the name of the horse god, under the help of Meng Chenxue, the best war horses are selected, Xiao Buyi has the help of Qi Wuhuaiwen's descendants, using the best blades, he got the treasure of Taiping Dao, and through Yuan Lan's management, the wealth has been accumulated, which can make Li Jing's training no longer worry.
After these years of hard work, he has carefully accumulated his own capital, and now it is finally time to use it.
For the first time, he led his troops out and easily killed Sun Changle, Sun Changle's cavalry touched Xiao Buyi, and he was devastated, and nearly half of them were injured!
The mournful neighing of the ownerless horses, the autumn breeze is bleak, and the withered grass and rocks in the northern corner of the mountain are as red as the maple leaves stained with blood!
**
Li Mi frowned, vaguely heard the shouting and killing sound from the direction of Beibi Mountain, saw the smoke and dust there, and knew that Cheng Yanjin had fought with Zhang Zhenzhou.
But they were so far apart that they didn't know what was going on there.
At this time, of course, he didn't know that Xiao Buyi had played a trick with him again, and he didn't expect that it was not Zhang Zhenzhou who was fighting with Cheng Yanjin at this time, but Xiao Buyi!
When he was still wondering where Xiao Buyi went, a spy in front of him finally turned around and said, "Duke Wei, Xiao Buyi's army was halfway through, and for some reason, it suddenly turned back. ”
Li Mi frowned and said, "Have they returned to the Eastern Capital?" ”
The spy nodded, "That's how it should be." ”
Li Mi was slightly disappointed in his heart, his goal in this battle was Xiao Buyi, where did he think that his mighty attack, without a battle, turned around without a battle, what kind of reputation did Xiao Buyi do?
Zhang Zhenzhou sent troops as promised, Xiao Buyi was a plan to kill people with a knife, but Zhang Zhenzhou is really the pillar of the Eastern Capital, how could Xiao Buyi be such a smart person, how could he destroy the Great Wall.
But the battle in Beibi Mountain was not false at all, Li Mi only thought about it for a short time, and said in a deep voice: "The soldiers are sent to Beibi Mountain." ”
No matter what the result of that side is, he is ready to join forces with Cheng Biting Jinbu to fight in the Eastern Capital again, Xiao Buyi is invincible and fled, which is exactly what he wants, since this is the case, when the reserve soldiers and horses are urgently deployed, Xiao Buyi will retreat this time, and he must not be allowed to come out again!
**
Xiao Buyi said that he would attack, and he would withdraw when he said that he would withdraw, and the soldiers and horses had already rushed out before the two wings were outflanked, but the cavalry opened the way in all directions with random arrows, and shot and killed many soldiers in Wagang.
Shan Xiongxin frowned, Wang Bodang was furious, Cheng Yanjin clenched his fists from afar, he didn't expect that he would lose face again. If the last attack on Huiluo was a slight setback, this time it was a heavy blow.
There were 4,000 cavalry and more than 10,000 infantry, and they were killed by Xiao Buyi for a while and then returned, Xiao Buyi suffered very few casualties, but the Wagang army had already lost nearly 1,000 horses and manpower, and also folded the fierce general Sun Changle, how did he go to Wei?
But the most infuriating thing is that he has more than 10,000 infantry that has not yet been used!
This is like a mosquito biting a lion, the lion has no strength, but it can't be done, there is no power to do it, this kind of breath is full of chest, Rao is Cheng Biting Jin has experienced wind and waves, and his face has changed color for a while.
To chase or not to chase?
Xiao Buyi's goblin soldiers were killed, and he was out of nowhere, so it was inevitable that he would not leave a back hand, and he was afraid that he would be ambushed if he chased out, but if he didn't chase it, he would lose Sun Changle, and 20,000 soldiers and horses were killed by thousands of cavalry, what did the Wagang army think of him, how did Li Mi think of him, how could Wang Bodang and Shan Xiongxin let it?
Although Li Mi uses only the quantity, considering Cheng Bitingjin's command ability, he ignores one point, Cheng Biting Jin's foundation is still shallow after all, and Cheng Biting Jin thinks more. He commanded Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang, but they did not necessarily obey his orders.
It's just this hesitant effort, Wang Bodang has taken the lead in chasing after more than 1,000 cavalry, he really can't swallow this breath, the last time he went to attack Luocang, Wagang came back with a disgraced face, he Wang Bodang also suffered more than ten wounds, and it took a lot of time to get better, but he didn't expect to be uncovered by Xiao Buyi and humiliated by Xiao Buyi this time.
Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable? He, Wang Bodang, must fight with Xiao Buyi in a dignified and upright battle.
Wang Bodang chased down, Shan Xiongxin couldn't help but chase, he was righteous, of course he couldn't give up Wang Bodang, the soldiers and horses on the two wings were together, and they had already followed Xiao Buyi's back to chase down.
Cheng bit the gold on the high slope with a long sigh, rode down the high slope, and ordered the infantry to follow, at this time, it could not be stopped. Even if there is an ambush, he will save the king and the two.
The phenomenon of military orders like mountains is not suitable for the Wagang army, at this time, Cheng Yanjin even missed the time under Zhang Xutuo, after all, at that time, the army was still the army, and the Wagang army here can only be described as a swarm of bees.
It's just that two legs can't run four legs after all, and the cavalry led by Xiao Buyi, Wang Bodang, and Shan Xiongxin threw Cheng Biting Jin people far away in an instant.
After a turn in the road ahead, everyone had disappeared, Cheng Biting Jin secretly complained to himself, and ordered all the soldiers to follow. Only then did he reach the turn in front of him, and heard the sound of fighting again.
After the turn, Cheng Yanjin's face changed dramatically, the soldiers led by Wang Bodang and Shan Xiongxin had fallen into an ambush, and countless Sui soldiers poured out of the valley, spears and iron shields!
(To be continued)