Chapter 123: The Great War Begins
But at this moment, a bloody battle befell them.
The Wen Chou army successfully touched the perimeter of their camp, and was still carefully hunting down their standing guard and patrolling people. A group of four or five thousand elites, after a day of careful preparation in the middle of the night, finally came to the time to kill.
Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Wen Ba, Dong Jiang, Tie Qian, Liu Qing, Dong Zhi, Zhang Lie, Xia Houlan, Li Ji and others respectively led 100 elite people in Taolin to clean up the thieves and sentinels in front; Liu Jun, the county lieutenant of Pingjian, and the county lieutenant of Luancheng led other county soldiers to come closely; Zhao Yun led a thousand cavalry to prepare a few miles outside the thief camp.
No matter how careful the military action is, it is impossible to leave the thieves undetected. When Wen Chou competently groped and killed nearly a thousand thieves, he was still discovered by the thieves.
"What people!"
"Ahh
"Someone hijacked the camp!" The sound of panic woke up some of the thieves in their sleep.
"Someone has robbed the camp!"
Seeing that it had leaked, the people of Wen Chou led torches and threw them towards the tents of the thieves. And shouted loudly and slaughtered the thieves who came over. Setting fire and shouting is naturally a signal to the county guards and cavalry who are still hiding in the shadows to attack!
"It's out of the water!" There was one more thing in the thief's shouting.
In an instant, the county lieutenants of the two counties led three or four thousand elite soldiers to kill out of the darkness, shouting to the sky. In a short time, they will be fighting with the disheveled thieves! The advantage is huge, because most of the thieves haven't had time to put on their armor, and they just carry weapons with them.
Guo Daxian, who had not been very asleep, quickly dressed up and was about to leave the camp tent, when a person came to worship and reported: "Marshal, the thief led the army to rob the camp, and there are people around, I don't know how to go!" ”
Guo Daxian didn't answer, but just strode out of the camp tent, only to see that the entire camp was full of fire and murderous awe, and the thieves were beaten by Wen Chou's army and retreated step by step, and there were many disheveled soldiers, carrying weapons to support.
Before Guo Daxian could speak, there was another "boom" sound from a distance! He didn't know it well, and he didn't care about his identity, so he listened to it and couldn't help but be shocked. It is the sound of horses' hooves striking the land, and looking at this momentum, I am afraid that there are no less than a thousand horses.
"Where are the generals?" Guo Daxian stood up with a gloomy face and shouted suddenly.
"Report to the commander, the generals may have just gotten up and are on their way here!" The man who came first said in a panic.
"A bunch of rubbish!" Guo Daxian said angrily, and then said: "Quickly report the whole army, gather up the troops, and slowly move towards the inside." And be sure to find out how many people are coming! This was his countermeasure, and it was not conducive to cavalry warfare. Although the fox doubted, how could Wen Chou still have so many troops and dare to rob his camp at night, but he didn't dare to hold it up, and besides, there were still a thousand cavalry coming!
After he gave the order, he went to the cavalry camp to organize the cavalry, and he still had a thought, "Since Wen Chou dared to rob the camp so loudly, he thought that he had fallen into his trap, and if he couldn't win it, he could also escape with the benefit of the cavalry." In times of crisis, his thinking turned quickly, and he figured out the pros and cons in an instant.
Wen Chou and the others would not let Guo Daxian's army gather their forces and move to the inside, they chased and beat fiercely, shouting and cheering. With such a surprise attack by Wen Chou, the thieves were in a panic, and they couldn't take care of it, let alone others! Moreover, there are still the remnants of Gaoyi County in the Wenchou army, and in a word, the four thousand Gaoyi County people will quickly turn back.
In this way, Guo Daxian's thief department, who was already at a disadvantage, was in an even more critical situation. The entire camp was cut into several parts by elite soldiers led by Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Wen Ba, Dong Jiang and others, and it couldn't be gathered at all! On the periphery, the county lieutenants of the two counties led the elite county soldiers to besiege and kill. It really made the thieves unable to advance or retreat.
The thousand-man cavalry led by Zhao Yun did not make Wen Chou wait long, because the sound of the horse's hooves hitting the earth was already close to his ears. Of course, this voice couldn't help but hit the earth, and it also hit the heart of the stubborn thief ruthlessly, like a prelude to death.
At this time, Guo Daxian led six or seven hundred thieves to ride rampant in the camp, this thousand cavalry is his biggest reliance, and there are two or three hundred cavalry that he has just captured from the hands of Wen Chou and Gaoyi County. The thief, who had just been trained, was very unfamiliar with the control of horses.
Six or seven hundred horsemen followed Guo Daxian and all over the camp to rescue the thieves who were caught in the struggle, and from time to time dozens of horsemen left the cavalry and were killed and captured by the Wenchou army. However, Guo Daxian still rescued several fighting groups, so that the elite of the thieves gradually gathered.
At this time, the Wen Chou army suffered heavy casualties. The combat effectiveness of a cavalry with speed is incomparable to that of infantry! Even if most of the Wen Chou army is elite, it will not work. Seeing a group of soldiers being tortured and killed by thieves, Wen Chou saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, so he could only hope that Zhao Yun would come soon.
Among them, Yan Liang led one hundred and ten Taolin elites to besiege and kill more than two hundred elites of thieves. I didn't want Guo Daxian to lead four or five hundred cavalry to come. Yan Liang was shocked, these four or five hundred cavalry were not something that more than a hundred of them could resist!
"Everyone dispersed, and the thieves rode here!" He couldn't think of a solution, he just shouted. Before the words fell, Wen Ba led people to come from the side.
Wen Ba and Yan Liang were not far apart, but Yan Liang's combat effectiveness was higher, and he had already annihilated a group of 100 thieves, while Wen Ba had just led people to annihilate 100 people. What the two of them originally thought was that the two teams merged into one and surrounded and suppressed these two or three hundred thieves! I don't want Guo Daxian to lead the cavalry to make trouble!
This time, the two of them fell into a desperate situation. There were quite a few thieves fighting in front of them, which made it difficult for them to get out, and then there were even more terrible four or five hundred cavalry, surging forward. At that moment, Yan Liang ordered the people to disperse, but he didn't get his wish, so he had to say: "Kill into the group of thieves!" ”
When Wen Ba heard this, he naturally realized that this was the rhythm of wanting to die with the thieves, otherwise it could also slow down the speed of the thieves' cavalry, so as not to accidentally injure the elite of his headquarters. I have to say that this is a good method, if it weren't for the ruthless Guo Daxian.
At this time, Zhao Yun's more than 1,000 cavalry had already been killed in the camp and were rushing in from the periphery. The one that Yan Liang and Wenba fought was the last one that Guo Daxian could rescue, if the rescue was not effective and a little bad, the next thing they would face would definitely be Zhao Yun's stormy attack.
Guo Daxian saw that Yan Liang and Wen Ba actually made the soldiers rush into the group of thieves, and his heart couldn't help but sink, knowing that this team of thieves and elites could not be rescued no matter what. The speed that was originally somewhat weakened soared again, but it was with the idea of crushing Yan Liang, Wen Ba and the elite of thieves together! It can be seen that his heart is ruthless and his decision is decisive!
Seeing this, Yan Liang slashed to death an elite thief with a knife, his eyes widened in anger, and he slammed the corpse of that person towards the oncoming thief horseman! Coincidentally, Wen Ba also followed Yan Liang's actions and smashed the corpses around him at the cavalry. However, it didn't have much effect, it only slowed down the thief's speed a little.
But the thieves who had fought with Yan Liang and the others saw the thieves riding coming, and knew that they had been abandoned, so they fled desperately and scattered, and they no longer fought with Yan Liang and them.
Seeing this, Yan Liang didn't care about them anymore, but just piled up the people he had killed and piled them forward! Everything around you can be piled up to stop the thieves, even if it's just a little bit to slow them down. Two hundred people under his command naturally understood and piled up items one after another.
Immediately, he held the ring head knife in his hand and stood up to fight, without the slightest intention of fleeing in all directions. It's just because they know that if they stick to the battle, there is still a chance of survival, and if they scatter and flee, they will be hunted by thieves and horsemen! This is what they were asked to keep in mind as soon as they entered the Taolinsai.
Yan Liang and Wenba were in front, and two hundred elites gathered behind them, and the first sword of the Xue Liang ring reflected the fire-lit camp, standing still, and a resolute momentum emanated from their bodies.
At the same time, Wen Chou and other generals also discovered the predicament of Yan Liang and Wen Ba! They all converged here, although they knew that it was too late, but they did not give up. But the closest to Yan Liang and them was the more than 1,000 cavalry led by Zhao Yun! It is almost possible to go one after the other with Guo Daxian. As long as Yan Liang and the others can delay Guo Daxian for a while, Zhao Yun will definitely be able to arrive! It's a double-kill situation!
The thief cavalry roared in, Yan Liang squatted slightly, holding the ring head knife in his hand, just waiting for the final counterattack. With more than 400 thieves and more than 200 infantry, the fate of Yan Liang and Wenba seems to have been fixed. But they don't believe in fate, they have the final blow.
"Second brother!" Wen Chou saw that the cavalry led by Zhao Yun was too late to rescue, and the iron hooves of the thieves had already hit the fortifications that Yan Liang and Wen Ba had piled up in a hurry, and shouted in a huff. Although he didn't believe that Yan Liang had fallen, he couldn't maintain an ordinary indifferent attitude at such a critical moment.
Zhao Yun also clenched the silver spear in his hand, and struck the horse's belly with his legs. Heroes cherish each other, Yan Liang is a rare opponent, how can he watch it fall! Even the thousands of riders behind him are all anxiously driving the mounts under their crotches.
The simple fortifications really played such a small role, which slowed down the speed of the thief riding a lot, at least when it hit the more than 200 people led by Yan Liang and Wen Ba, there was no phenomenon of knocking people away.
At this time, Guo Daxian was in the cavalry array, and his heart was also beating drums, but the matter had come to this point, there was no room to turn back, and he could only rush forward.
Finally bumped into each other.