Chapter 272: Come on, get on the cannon
71_71495He Renlong retreated to the side of the road in a daze, and looked back in surprise as the cavalry team that suddenly appeared rushed into the rogue army, like a torrent, smashing the originally compact rogue army formation into pieces.
The seven or eight pro-soldiers behind He Renlong also stood dumbfounded, and one pro-soldier rubbed his eyes and asked hesitantly, "General, is that the cavalry of the Liang army?" ”
He Renlong's eyes were very complicated, and he nodded slowly, staring at the cavalry team in the distance, with surprise, envy, and hatred in his eyes.
"General, look!" The pro-soldiers exclaimed, "Liang Jun, a lot of Liang Jun!" ”
In the direction where the cavalry of the Liang army appeared just now, there was an earth-shattering shouting of killing again. In the sound of the hurried horn, a Liangzi banner was hunting in the hands of the standard-bearer, and a white-bearded veteran, holding an elongated nine-ring broadsword, took the lead, leading countless Liang infantry behind him to rush over. Following the direction of the advance of the cavalry of the Liang army, the killing will pass.
The Qingyang garrison general He Renlong was still stunned, and the Guyuan guerrilla general Li Ying walked over with Pingliang Tongzhi Xu Liang, who was dressed in bright clothes and armor.
General Li Ying shouted in surprise to He Renlong from afar: "General He, Lord Xu has led the Liang army to meet us!" ”
Xu Liang rode seven or eight steps away in front of He Renlong, stood on the horse, hugged his fists and arched his hand: "General He, this official led the army to respond, and he was one step late, fortunately, General He was fine, it was really lucky." ”
Qingyang garrison He Renlong raised his eyelids, glanced at Xu Liang, and said coldly: "Lord Xu's Liang army arrived in time, if it is a quarter of an hour late, our army will be wiped out!" Lord Xu's grasp of the timing is really admirable! ”
Xu Liang choked when he heard this. Li Ying, a guerrilla general in Guyuan next to him, heard He Renlong's words with anger and unpleasantness, so he laughed and said, "Hehe, General He." Lord Xu also brought the general's artillery, and with the artillery in hand, the counterattack on Huating had a good chance of victory. The general quickly gathered his men and horses and followed Lord Xu into Huating. ”
He Renlong snorted coldly, and said stiffly to Xu Liang, who was standing on the horse, with a cold face: "Lord Xu, forgive me, He's Qingyang soldiers are more than half damaged." There is no longer the ability to fight. He led the army back to Qingyang to recuperate and say goodbye! With that, He Renlong turned his head and strode away.
"This ......" Guyuan guerrilla general Li Ying explained embarrassedly when he saw this: "Lord Xu is not strange. General He has always been so straight-tempered. ”
"Hehe," Xu Liang chuckled, playfully watching He Renlong go farther and farther, and said to General Li Ying disapprovingly: "General Li doesn't need to explain, He is a madman, and the official still knows something." General Li has gathered his troops and horses for the time being, and this official is going to take the county seat of Huating! ”
"Yes, Lord Xu, please. The last general congratulates Lord Xu on his victory. It's done! Li Ying said with a smile.
Xu Liang led the pro-soldier battalion and Sima Qiudao's artillery battalion to catch up with Dai Feng's foot soldiers, and chased the defeated and fleeing thief army in the direction of Huating County from a distance.
When Li Xinbei saw the cavalry of the Liang army appear, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. I lamented in my heart. Success and failure, success and failure! was so rampant and slashed by the more than 3,000 cavalry led by Wan Wenshan, and then saw a large area of Liang army infantry caught up by the rear, Li Xinbei knew that he had lost this battle again.
At this time, the army of thieves has been dispersed, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream to organize a large-scale force before the Liang infantry arrives. Li Xinbei ordered the Tianlong Department to lead the troops to break off. The cavalry blocking the Liang army led the Li family army to retreat in a hurry in the direction of Huating County.
The suburbs of Huating City are basically open fields and weeds. Trying to fight the cavalry of the Liang army here is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. Li Xinbei still has this bit of common sense. He planned to rush back to Huating County as much as possible, and with the help of Huating's city walls, he blocked the attack of the Liang army.
Xu Liang's army chased to the city of Huating, seeing that the city gate was closed, the city head was densely packed with thieves guarding the city, thousands of big bows were aimed at the Liang army under the city, and two cannons were erected on the corner towers on both sides, and Li Xinbei and Li Ting, the leaders of the Li family army in gray cloaks on the city tower, Li Chaoqin and others stood behind the battlements, looking at the Liang army under the city.
The cavalry of the Liang army stopped a stone's throw from the city wall, and Dai Feng's infantry began to slowly step forward and pose for the siege.
Xu Liang rode out of the crowd, looked up at the few leaders of the Li family army on the upper floor of Huating City, and shouted loudly: "Which one is the new leader of the Li family army, Li Xinbei and Old Man Li?" ”
Li Xinbei took two steps forward, and looked at Xu Liang under the city and said, "Our family is Li Xinbei!" Lord Xu's soldiers are coming to the city, what advice do you have? ”
Xu Liang carefully looked at Wei Zhongxian, who was known as Li Xinbei, and saw that he was in his sixties, although there were some wrinkles and old age spots on his face, he was white and clean at a glance, the bun on his head was neatly combed, and a black cloak was draped on his shoulders at both ends very symmetrically, his legs were upright, and his standing posture was straight, which was very imposing to the world.
Xu Liang said secretly, he can be regarded as seeing Wei Zhongxian's true face! He arched his hand, put on a gentle smile, and said: "This official has long heard that there is a governor in the Li family's army, who is both civil and military, so he has only skipped people. Old man Li is in a difficult situation, but he is still as stable as Mount Tai, his face does not change, and this calmness makes the official admire. Even compared with the fourth lady Li Ting, she is still a little worse. Oh, Miss Four, don't come to harm, Ma Ling hurriedly said goodbye, the official misses Miss Four very much, when the Japanese official is willing to take a big risk and sincerely invite Miss Four to come out of Pingliang City, and drink for joy, how can Miss Four be too suspicious, and she actually missed the appointment, which is really regrettable. ”
Xu Liang smiled kindly, as if he had seen an old friend, and he was chattering comfortably under the gaze of tens of thousands of people under the gaze of tens of thousands of people.
Fourth Miss Li Ting interrupted Xu Liang's words, snorted coldly, and sneered: "Lord Xu mobilized the army and led the army to come, is it just to take advantage of the city's tongue?" ”
"Of course not!" Xu Liang said categorically. He raised his eyes to look at Li Xinbei, and said with emotion: "I want to raise people in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and I was lucky to be appointed to the position of Jianchang Dianshi, at that time, the Duke of Wei was still powerful and hot. Although the official is in a humble position, he has not been able to enter the eyes of Wei's father-in-law, and this official road has stumbled and is extremely unsmooth. Seeing Old Man Li today, I can't help but think of Father-in-law Wei back then, if Father-in-law Wei is still alive in the world, he should be as old as Old Man Li, right? ”
Xu Liang paid attention to Li Xinbei's expression at the head of the city as he spoke, and when he saw that Li Xinbei's face really changed, he was even more sure in his heart that this person must be Wei Zhongxian.
Li Xinbei's expression changed for a while, and he snorted coldly, and said, "What crazy things Lord Xu said, our family can't understand a word." If Lord Xu is just looking for our family to chat today, our family has a lot of accidents, and he really doesn't have the time to accompany him. If Lord Xu wants to take my Huating City, please take care of it. ”
Xu Liang sighed again, looked at Li Xinbei and Li Ting regretfully, and said: "Actually, this official has always been particularly reluctant to meet the two soldiers, how can I be an official, and you are a thief, how many years have the officers and soldiers been playing a drama to catch the thief, and the official can't help it." According to the official's opinion, the two of them should hand over Huating County as soon as possible, let's liberate Huating peacefully, no war, no death, how good is this? ”
"Hahahaha!" Li Xinbei looked up to the sky and laughed, as if he had heard a very funny joke. After laughing, Li Xinbei looked at Xu Liang with idiot eyes, spread his hands and shouted: "It took a lot of effort for the governor to take this Huating County from the court, but now Xu Liang, you want the governor to give up Huating County?" Is this possible? You didn't take the wrong medicine!"
Xu Liang looked at Li Xinbei with a pitiful look again, and said, "Since Old Man Li is so insistent, then the official has no choice but to offend." After Xu Liang finished speaking, he turned around and shouted in the Liang army's formation: "Come on, get on the cannon!" ”
Xu Liang quickly retreated into the Liang army's formation, and then the Liang army made a move, and the seven generals' cannons were pushed to the front of the military formation, and the black muzzles were aimed at the city gate of Huating County, and the gunners of the artillery battalion began to nervously load gunpowder and shells under the command of Sima Qiudao, the commander of the artillery battalion.
Upstairs in Huating City, Li Xinbei, who originally had a sneering face, saw the seven great general cannons clearly, and his face suddenly changed, and he shouted in a lost voice: "This is the No. 135 general cannon of Tianzi?!" Then he screamed at the city gate in fright: "Quick, stop the city gate, quick!" (To be continued).