"General Qiqi Cao, in the early hours of the morning, the two armies of the People's Army Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng jointly invaded Taiyuan! The governor led the Taiyuan defenders to resist! However, the number of attacking civilian troops was 40,000 or 50,000, and the defenders of Taiyuan were less than 10,000! The governor ordered General Cao to immediately lead the army back to Taiyuan City! ”

The sergeant panted and said to Cao Wenzhao.

Cao Wenzhao's face suddenly turned a little pale. The figure was slightly sloppy, looking at Zuo Liangyu, both of them were a little incredulous.

"What should I do?" Cao Wenzhao waved his hand to repel the herald, and then asked softly to Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu looked at the people's army on the opposite side and said softly: "General Cao, two days ago, the people's army fought with our army, and they didn't retreat, so I was wondering if they would have a backhand!" Now that I think about it, Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang have restrained our soldiers and horses here, while Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng have taken the opportunity to attack Taiyuan! Once Taiyuan falls, the consequences are unimaginable! ”

Cao Wenzhao sighed lightly: "General Zuo is right! Now the main forces of Shanxi are in the hands of you and me, although there are 10,000 defenders in Taiyuan City, but they are all temporary patchwork recruits, and Governor Lu is a civilian official, so he may not be able to hold Taiyuan City. Withdraw! ”

Zuo Liangyu nodded, but he didn't respond immediately, his eyes looked at the people's army, glanced at the cavalry of the two-thousand-strong people's army, and said: "General Cao, even if our soldiers and horses want to retreat, we must be careful that the people's army on the opposite side takes the opportunity to pursue." I see that the king used all the cavalry to move out, and the intention is not good. ”

Cao Wenzhao also frowned, he, like Zuo Liangyu, was a veteran of the battlefield, so he naturally understood Zuo Liangyu's worries. If the officers and men of Shanxi retreat rashly, as long as the people's army on the opposite side is not stupid, they will inevitably take the opportunity to cover up and kill, and when the time comes, the scene will become chaotic and the officers and men will surely be defeated.

Cao Wenzhao thought for a while and said categorically: "General Zuo, I will stop Wang for his own use, and you will lead your troops back to Taiyuan quickly!" ”

Zuo Liangyu thought about it, and then arched his hand and said, "That's ...... General Cao beware. ”

Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu talked in a whisper there, and Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang on the opposite side saw that the officers and soldiers were slow to attack, so they raised their voices and shouted: "Hey, I said Cao Zongbing!" The sun is getting high, why don't you attack? Can't you do it after lunch? ”

This was Wang's own voice, and then Gao Yingxiang laughed and said, "General Wang, you have wronged General Cao!" It's not that General Cao doesn't want to attack, but he can't attack, he has to hurry back to rescue Taiyuan City! If it's too late to go back, Taiyuan City changes hands, it won't end well, hahaha! ”

As soon as the leader of the People's Army stopped Gao Yingxiang's words, he laughed closely.

Cao Wenzhao listened, stared at Gao Yingxiang with red eyes, and shouted: "Sure enough, you have premeditated!" If you want to take Taiyuan City, just rely on a few of you, don't be delusional! ”

Gao Yingxiang and the others were furious, swept their arms and cuffs, and shouted at Cao Wenzhao: "Cao Wenzhao, don't talk big!" Do you dare to say that you are not in a hurry and are not in a hurry now?! In that case, let's fight for 300 rounds! ”

Cao Wenzhao held the spear in his hand, pointed at Gao Yingxiang from afar, and shouted: "Old thief, look at the gun!" With that, he grabbed the horse's belly and rushed out first. Behind him, the generals belonging to Cao Wenzhao's men saw this and followed closely behind them and rushed towards the people's army.

Gao Yingxiang was surprised, scratched his head and said secretly: "Could it be that Cao Wenzhao doesn't know that Taiyuan City is besieged?" ”

With a wave of his hand, the leader of the people's army led his people's army to meet him, and the two armies quickly fought together.

Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang hid far away in the rear of the warring parties, and ordered his shieldmen to protect the two, seeing that in the battlefield, the people's army and the official army fought fiercely, especially the Shanxi general soldier Cao Wenzhao, an ink-colored spear in his hand, like a god descending to earth, rushing left and right, as if entering a no-man's land, the people's army besieging Cao Wenzhao was wounded and fell to the ground.

Wang Ziyong watched from a distance, and couldn't help sighing: "When I was in Shaanxi before, it was said that He Renlong He was the most courageous, but now it seems that Cao Wenzhao's courage is still above He Renlong!" ”

Gao Yingxiang also had to admit that what Wang Ziyong said was the truth. He said: "Cao Wenzhao is still stronger than He Renlong, He Renlong only fights with brute force, and Cao Wenzhao is not only heroic in personal combat, but also always cheating. Well, I heard that Zuo Liangyu was originally under Sun Chengzong with Cao Wenzhao, and Zuo Liangyu's arrow is terrifying! ”

Wang Ziyong remembered Zuo Liangyu's arrows, and couldn't help but shudder! He searched in the crowd for a while, but he didn't see Zuo Liangyu, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Why didn't you see Zuo Liangyu?" ”

When Gao Yingxiang heard this, he also searched in amazement, and then the two looked at each other and shouted, "It's a trick!" Zuo Liangyu is not here, he must have led the army back to Taiyuan! ”

Gao Yingxiang shouted angrily: "Cavalry! Bypass me and chase !! ”

Cao Wenzhao didn't know how many civilian soldiers he had killed, so he bowed his head and gave up a long knife, and then the spear in his hand swept and smashed a civilian soldier upside down and flew out. Suddenly, I felt the ground shake, and when I looked up, I saw Gao Yingxiang with the cavalry of two thousand horsemen, rushing out around the edge of the battle between the two sides. Looking at the direction, it is the direction in which Zuo Liangyu is being pursued. Cao Wenzhao shouted: "Stop these cavalry!" ”

Then one of his generals led the army and rushed over and stopped in front of the cavalry of the people's army.

However, although the cavalry under Gao Yingxiang is not regular, but in the end it is the cavalry, and the natural impact advantage is there. The powerful impact force directly knocked down the Shaanxi officers and soldiers who were blocking and flew out, and as soon as they fought, hundreds of people were knocked into the air alive, blood spurted from their mouths, they fell to the ground, and were immediately trampled to death by the horses' hooves.

The officers and soldiers of Shaanxi did not dare to stop it anymore, avoided the cavalry of the people's army, and watched Gao Yingxiang lead the cavalry away.

Cao Wenzhao sighed secretly: "Zuo Liangyu, I, Cao Wenzhao, have also tried my best, and the safety of Taiyuan depends on you!" Then he greeted the swarming civilian army and shouted, "Kill !! ”

The two armies fought together again.

Zuo Liangyu took more than 3,000 officers and soldiers and ran towards Taiyuan City.

"Quick! Don't stop! Come on! Zuo Liangyu rode on horseback and shouted at his officers and soldiers.

After running out for about seven or eight miles, the speed of the team slowed down, and some soldiers begged Zuo Liangyu: "General Zuo, brothers are really tired of running, take a break and run again!" ”

Zuo Liangyu shouted in a deep voice: "Can't stop!" Think about it, Taiyuan City is being attacked by Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng, and with the troops in the hands of the governor, it can't hold on for long! If we arrive early, Taiyuan City will be safe! I know that many brothers' families are located in Taiyuan City, if Taiyuan City is broken, have you ever thought about what will happen to them?! ”

As soon as Zuo Liangyu said this, the soldier was silent, and after a while, the soldier turned to the officers and soldiers behind him and shouted: "Brothers, run up, work hard!" Arrive in Taiyuan early! ”

Many Shaanxi officers and soldiers thought of their families and parents in Taiyuan City, and they had a little strength in their hearts and once again accelerated their speed and ran forward. After advancing for another mile or so, Zuo Liangyu saw that behind the team, Gao Yingxiang led a long team of lost horsemen to chase and kill. Not only Zuo Liangyu saw it, but also the three thousand soldiers under his command saw it, and everyone looked at the cavalry of the People's Army swept in the distance like a torrent, and they all had a sense of powerlessness.

Zuo Liangyu's heart fell to the bottom, and he scolded: "Damn, why didn't Cao Wenzhao stop these cavalry!" Clenching the hard bow in his hand, Zuo Liangyu hissed and shouted, "Prepare to meet the enemy!! ”

The Shanxi officers and soldiers under his command turned around, panting like oxen, their palms holding weapons were full of sweat, their eyes widened, and they hurriedly formed a defensive formation!

Bang!!

Gao Yingxiang's cavalry and Zuo Liangyu's Shanxi soldiers collided fiercely, and then staggered through, and the battle was immediately staged. Stumps and broken arms, blood gushing!

The people brought by Gao Yingxiang are all cavalry, and the people who can be selected as cavalry of the people's army are higher than ordinary people's troops in terms of physical strength and martial arts. Coupled with the impact of the mount, I saw that Gao Yingxiang's cavalry actually rushed Zuo Liangyu's Shanxi official all the way through! The cavalry passed everywhere, and the officers and soldiers of Shaanxi suffered heavy casualties.

Zuo Liangyu didn't know how many arrows he shot, his hands kept trembling, looking at the deaths and injuries along the way, his heart was dripping blood, and he even wondered if it was an extreme mistake to lead the army back to Taiyuan?

In contrast, Gao Yingxiang was very surprised and pleasantly surprised, he never imagined that the regular army in Shanxi would be so vulnerable.

After he led his cavalry to rush out, he turned his horse's head and counted the casualties, and the result was very surprising to Gao Yingxiang, and the cavalry suffered less than 400 casualties in one round of killing. And look at the officers and soldiers of Shanxi, tsk, that line of casualties!

Gao Yingxiang looked at it for a while, and soon understood the reason: these Shanxi officers and soldiers ran for more than ten miles in one go, and their individual strength consumption was very large.

Gao Yingxiang led his troops over, and the original purpose was to harass Zuo Liangyu's army and delay his return to Taiyuan. Because Gao Yingxiang brought cavalry, which was more mobile than the infantry, his plan was to lead the cavalry to charge for a while and run! Turn around and catch up again!

Now that the first charge and kill had achieved such a big result, Gao Yingxiang suddenly changed his mind, laughed and shouted left and right: "Brothers, have you seen it? The officers and soldiers of Shanxi have run for more than ten miles, and they are all tired and become dogs! I don't have the strength to fight us! Line up, and rush back with General Ben! ”

"Yes!!" The cavalry behind him was also rejoicing, waving their weapons, shouting, and rushing over again against the Shanxi officers and soldiers.

Zuo Liangyu looked at the cavalry of the People's Army who rolled up the dust two meters high and rushed over again with great momentum, and then looked at the officers and soldiers around him with desperate faces.

The surrounding area is a large field, and there is not even a hill! Perfect for cavalry charges!

Zuo Liangyu lamented in his heart, back then in Liaodong, he also led the Liaodong Iron Cavalry around him to fight against the Houjin soldiers, but now he has to be ravaged by these anti-thief cavalry!

The world is impermanent!

Zuo Liangyu swung his bow again, and shouted hoarsely: "Array!" Meet the enemy!! ”

The People's Army and Shanxi officers and soldiers collided again and fought! The cavalry of the People's Army once again rushed through and harvested the Shanxi officers and soldiers all the way!

Gao Yingxiang turned the horse's head again, this time he didn't need to count the casualties, he could already see that Zuo Liangyu and his Shanxi officers and soldiers were already supporting themselves and were on the verge of collapse.

Gao Yingxiang was so excited that his voice changed: "Brothers, come again!" ”

"Kill !!" The cavalry of the People's Army were all red with excitement, since the incident, when will they be able to arbitrarily slash and kill these high-ranking Shanxi officers and soldiers like this time?!

Unthinkable, unprecedented!!

When the two armies fought again, Zuo Liangyu's Shanxi officers and soldiers finally and inevitably collapsed! Countless officers and soldiers scattered in despair. No matter how Zuo Liangyu shouted hoarsely, it would be useless.

Once the rout began, it could not be suppressed.

The remaining more than 1,000 Shanxi officers and soldiers were panicked like lost dogs, crying and running towards what they thought was the way to live, and some even simply lost their weapons and sat on the ground, staring at desperate eyes, waiting for the machetes of the people's army to fall.

Zuo Liangyu retreated while fighting, and only a few dozen personal soldiers around him followed to the death, blocking the cavalry of the people's army who caught up.

Gao Yingxiang divided a small part of the cavalry to chase and kill the defeated Shanxi officers and soldiers, and the large number of cavalry surrounded Zuo Liangyu and those people.

Countless cavalry ran around the encirclement, and the neighing of horses came and went.

Gao Yingxiang was in the distance, coldly watching one after another Shanxi officers and soldiers fall under the arrows and spears of the cavalry of the People's Army.

Zuo Liangyu is still shooting arrows, and every arrow fired will inevitably take the life of a civilian cavalryman.

"General, let's go!!" There are fewer and fewer pro-soldiers around Zuo Liangyu to protect, there are only a dozen of them, and the pro-soldiers hugged Zuo Liangyu's legs and cried.

"Let's go? Where can it go? Zuo Liangyu looked around, and the people around him were all cavalry, looking at the bow and arrow in Zuo Liangyu's hand in fear, although he was afraid, he did not retreat. stared coldly at Zuo Liangyu's dozen people, waiting for the moment when the arrows in Zuo Liangyu's hands shot out.

Zuo Liangyu's mount had been killed by an arrow, and he had no horse at the moment, even if he rushed out under the protection of his own soldiers, how could he outrun the cavalry of the people's army?

Gao Yingxiang laughed outside the encirclement: "General Zuo, I respect you as a talent, as long as you lay down your weapons and submit to our righteous army, I Gao Yingxiang will protect you as a vanguard officer, how about it?" ”

Zuo Liangyu didn't answer, the bow and arrow in his hand aimed at the cavalry of the People's Army who wanted to get closer, and shot out one arrow after another.

The soldiers around him fell five or six more arrows, and Zuo Liangyu was also hit by an arrow in his shoulder, and his hand pulling the bow was a little difficult.

When he reached out again to get the arrows, he found that the arrow box was empty!

Zuo Liangyu looked at the only five remaining personal soldiers around him, his face was like ashes, and he said to the five: "I have wronged you!" ”

"Haha, he's out of arrows!" The cavalry of the People's Army shouted loudly with excitement!

Gao Yingxiang was overjoyed and shouted: "Don't release the arrows, this general will catch it alive!" ”

The cavalry of the People's Army responded loudly, and then slowly approached Zuo Liangyu and the others with their teeth and claws.

Rumble! Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and a fireball roared and exploded in the cavalry group of the people's army. Immediately, more than a dozen cavalry of the People's Army were blown up! Screaming and screaming!

"What's going on?" Gao Yingxiang turned his head in horror, and then his eyes widened, only to see that in midair, seven or eight more fireballs roared and fell into the cavalry group of the people's army, blooming everywhere. (To be continued.) )