Chapter 65: The Cattle of Nanyang, Jingzhou
ββ¦β¦ It seems that Yuyang Iron Rider, who has gradually become accustomed to fighting with the wind, is not to be afraid! β
Just when Fei Guo led only 8,000 Jizhou soldiers to repel the Northern Xinjiang generals Zhang Qi and Cao Da's 20,000 Yuyang Iron Cavalry, in another battlefield, Liao Li, one of the three generals of the Jizhou Army, said something similar to Fei Guo's lightly.
His tone didn't seem to be contemptuous, let alone mocking, he was more like preaching, teaching the young general beside him his own unique opinion.
"Lian Yuyang Iron Rider...... There is nothing to be afraid of...... Is it? Beside Liao Li, the young general straddled his horse and swallowed his saliva.
This young general of the Jizhou Army is Xie An's brother-in-law, the former commander of the Niuzhu Army of the Taiping Army, the Tianshu God General of the second generation of six god generals, and the withered sheep.
Originally, based on the nepotism with his brother-in-law Xie An, when the army was reorganized after the war, it was reasonable to say that he should be incorporated into Xie An's main division, but Dry Yang rejected his brother-in-law Xie An's suggestion, and he told Xie An his hope, he hoped to be incorporated into the partial division of the Jizhou Army, because he felt that the partial division in the Jizhou Army could let him learn more things.
Fei Guo, Ma Dan, and Liao Li, these three fierce generals of the Jizhou Army have now secured the position of the three major generals of the Jizhou Army, and their skills are difficult to match by the withered sheep. Although he is also the leader of the younger generation of the Taiping Army, he is even fortunate to become the second-generation Tianshu Divine General, this identity once made the withered sheep feel quite proud. But when he saw the strength and brilliant achievements of the three generals Fei Guo, Ma Dan and Liao Li in the Battle of Guangling, he realized. He lacked too much.
"My father was a general. Although he is the general of the defeated army, he has also blocked the Great Zhou Emperor outside Jinling City for three months, and now although I have the shame to take refuge in the Zhou State, but at the very least, I also want to become a famous general who is not inferior to my father, so as not to fall into the name of my Jinling Ram family! - Please, brother-in-law! β
These words were used by the withered sheep to persuade his brother-in-law Xie An. Because the withered sheep knows very well that if he keeps following his brother-in-law, then he will not achieve anything again, because of his nepotism with his brother-in-law Xie An, Xie An is destined to never let him take risks again. However, in the eyes of the withered sheep, the generals have some experience. You have to be in danger to learn.
Therefore, the withered sheep gave up the position of the commander of the main division of the Jizhou army, which is quite powerful and least dangerous, and it is undeniable that a considerable number of generals are jealous of this position, but this definitely does not include his withered sheep. In the end, the withered sheep got his wish and became a hundred generals under Liao Li, the commander of the Third Army of the Jizhou Army.
The dignified six gods will be the heavenly pivot god general. turned into an ordinary 100-person general of the Jizhou Army, but the withered sheep was not discouraged and disappointed at all, because he knew very well that the commander of the third legion of the Jizhou Army where he was located, named Liao Li. That is a fierce general that even Wu Heng, the fourth-generation commander of the Taiping Army, can hardly compete with.
Of course, this is only one of the reasons. After all, if you just like the ability of the general, then the withered sheep can also choose Fei Guo, the commander of the First Legion, and Ma Dan, the commander of the Second Legion, because these two are famous generals who are not inferior to Liao Li, and they became famous earlier than Liao Li.
The most important reason is that the withered sheep has a good impression of Liao Li, because before and after the Battle of Guangling, Liao Li has helped him relieve the siege more than once. Therefore, when the army was reorganized after the war, Kuyang did not hesitate to express to his brother-in-law Xie An that he hoped to be incorporated into the third division of the Jizhou Army, and spent a lot of effort to convince his brother-in-law Xie An.
I remember that at that time, Xie An also persuaded the withered sheep, saying that even if he wanted to stay in the partial division to accumulate experience and merits, he should be in the first partial division or the second partial division, not in Liao Li's third partial division, at that time, the withered sheep did not understand the deep meaning of his brother-in-law's words, until now, he realized that his brother-in-law's words were simply insightful.
"Yuyang Iron Rider...... Yuyang Iron Rider is not to be afraid...... Is it? It is said that the Yuyang Iron Horse is the Zhou State...... Hmm, it's the most elite expeditionary division of the Great Zhou......"
Secretly glancing at Liao Li, the general beside him, the withered sheep said while paying attention to the general of the Jizhou army who was entrusted by his brother-in-law to take care of him.
"I'm not saying that Yuyang Iron Cavalry is not ......strong," Liao Li shook his head slightly when he heard this, and patiently explained, "In the year of Gongmao, Rong Yi didn't dare to detain me in the north ......of the Great Zhou for thirty years."
"The year of Gong Mao? Big Anniversary? The withered sheep looked puzzled.
"No!" Liao Li shook his head and explained with a little admiration, "The year of Gong Mao refers to the years when two people lived in the world, and Gong refers to the deceased uncle, that is, the former Dongzhen Marquis and the Tiger of Northern Xinjiang Liang Qiu Gong!" ββIn addition, the uncle is also the biological father of Liang Qiuhao, the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army. β
Because Liao Li was also Xie An's general, and Xie An married Liang Qiuwu, the granddaughter of the Liangqiu family in Donggongfu, as the wife of the Xie family, therefore, Fei Guo, Ma Dan, Liao Li and others all used the eldest and second masters to call Liang Qiu Hao and Liang Qiu Wu's biological father, that is, Liang Qiu Gong and Liang Qiu Jing, the two famous generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty who disappeared in the torrent of history in a flash in the pan.
"......" Withered Yang opened his mouth in surprise, although he had already known that the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army, Chen Bei, was the bloodline left behind by the Liang Qiu family of the Eastern Duke of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but he had never heard that Liang Qiuhao's biological father was such a famous person.
You must know that Liang Qiugong's two sons, the eldest Liang Qiugong and the second master Liang Qiujing, are peerless generals who are regarded as door gods by Jiangnan people.
"What about Shigeru?" As soon as he finished speaking, the withered sheep was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said, "Yan King Li Mao? β
"Not bad!" Liao Li nodded and said, "Northern Xinjiang has been weak for hundreds of years, although the Liangqiu family has repeatedly sent their children to serve, but because of the relationship between the Liangqiu people who are generally short-lived, they have never been able to reverse the situation that my Great Zhou is powerless against the grassland, until the uncle became the general of Northern Xinjiang, and learned from the riding skills and bows of the grassland people, and formed a skilled and victorious Yuyang Iron Cavalry, and this Yuyang Iron Cavalry has been guarding Northern Xinjiang for 20 years...... It's a pity that later, with the gradual aging of the old soldiers in the army, the grassland gradually began to move south into the Great Zhou Dynasty...... Subsequently, Li Mao, the king of Yan, once again revitalized the Yuyang Iron Cavalry. Inherited the glorious ...... of the uncle"
The more the withered sheep listened, the more puzzled he became, and he asked. "In this way, the Yuyang Iron Rider should not be unusually powerful......"
"I never said that the Yuyang Iron Rider was weak, on the contrary, it was too strong...... Whether it is the Yuyang Iron Horse in the era of the uncle, or the Yuyang Iron Horse led by Li Mao, the King of Yan! β
"......" The withered sheep looked at Liao Li suspiciously.
Seeing this, Liao Li thought for a moment, and suddenly asked the withered sheep, "Let's say so." Let me ask you, before the death of the uncle, Yuyang Iron Cavalry was so invincible in the grassland, which can be called a hundred victories, but more than ten years after the death of the uncle, Yuyang Iron Cavalry faced the same opponent of the grassland, but began to lose one after another. Until a few years after the Northern Expedition of His Royal Highness the eldest prince Li Yong, the Yuyang Iron Cavalry was wiped out, why is this? β
The withered sheep was stunned, and subconsciously guessed, "Is it because of the loss of the uncle, the tiger of the northern frontier?" β
Liao Li shook his head.
"Is it because the successor generals of Northern Xinjiang are too incompetent?"
Liao Li shook his head again.
"This ......" the withered sheep was as dumb as a student who couldn't answer the teacher's questions.
"Because Yuyang Iron Rider is too strong!" Liao Li announced the answer with a sigh.
"Huh?" The withered sheep was dumbfounded, what kind of answer was this in his heart.
Mrs. Eldest Sun once said. The whole will be lost, and the extreme of things will be reversed, and the fate is called circulation. Everything in the world needs to be like this. - The same is true of Yuyang Iron Rider! Speaking of this, Liao Li sneered and looked into the distance. said lightly, "It seems." Li Mao had never learned the lesson of the former Yuyang Iron Cavalry in the grassland, an old enemy who had been repeatedly defeated in the hands of the former at that time, and finally the whole army was wiped out......" After that, he glanced at the withered sheep, saw that the withered sheep showed a little doubt, frowned and said, "Can't figure it out?" Then think slowly! β
"Slow...... Thinking slowly? The withered sheep looked at Liao Li in surprise, where was there time for him to think about this problem at the moment.
In astonishment, the withered sheep raised its head and looked into the distance. I saw that in the distance, a majestic cavalry was getting closer and closer with the dust that covered the sky and the sun.
According to rough estimates, there are as many as 20,000 cavalry, judging by the military banner of this cavalry team, this is actually the Youdou army that divided the troops with Zhang Qi and Cao Da a few days ago, trying to take the lead and detour back to the front to intercept the Ma Dan army.
"Think slowly, don't rush!" Liao Li's indifferent words slowly entered the ears of the withered sheep.
[too...... It's incredible......]
After being stunned for a while, the withered sheep felt that he couldn't find a word to describe his current mood.
And at this moment, suddenly Liao Li's face sank, and he lowered his voice and said, "Attention, it's coming!" β
"......" Withered Sheep's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he subconsciously glanced at the two thousand cavalry behind him, and it was undeniable that he was a little stunned in his heart.
With 2,000 cavalry to meet 20,000 Yuyang iron cavalry?
Well, although it was just to lure the enemy, 20,000 Yuyang Iron Horsemen ......
The withered sheep swallowed his saliva meaningfully, but the battle situation did not allow him to lose his mind for a moment, after all, at this time, the 20,000 Yuyang Iron Horsemen in the distance could also see their figures.
"Huh?"
The general of the Yuyang Iron Cavalry in the distance, that is, Youdou, one of the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang, frowned slightly.
In the past few days, in order to catch up with the Ma Dan army that greatly humiliated his Yuyang iron cavalry, You Dou rushed day and night after separating from Zhang Qi and Cao Da's second general, trying to detour to the front of Ma Dan's army, but what he never expected was that when he was about to arrive at the foot of Yunjing Mountain, he suddenly ran into a cavalry of about 2,000 people on the way.
"The scout detachment of the Ma Dan Army?" Muttering to himself, a thought immediately appeared in Yuto's mind that he didn't want to see. After all, if he really bumped into the scout cavalry of Ma Dan's army, then his plan to conspire with Zhang Qi and Cao Da to annihilate Ma Dan's army in Yunjingshan would be completely ruined. With Ma Dan's keen sense of the battle situation, I believe that he will immediately choose to break through from another direction.
Although he didn't want to say this, Youdou had to admit that the general of the Jizhou Army named Ma Dan seemed to be more proficient in the use of cavalry than he was born in the wolf tribe on the grassland, and he could be said to have mastered the essence of using cavalry.
After carefully looking at the cavalry blocking the road a few times, Youdou secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
[Ma Dan's army was originally only 10,000 people, and a few days ago it lost more than 2,000 horses under the capital of Ji, and only less than 8,000 horses remained. Moreover, the cavalry on the opposite side did not look like a scout, and there should not be any army that was so extravagant as a scout with two thousand cavalry as a scout......]
Thinking of this, Youdou raised his hand. Asked his cavalry to slow down the speed of the gallop of the war horse.
"Is it the local army? Hanoi? Taiyuan? Puyang? Youdou muttered to himself as he guessed the origin of the two-thousand-strong cavalry on the other side.
Suddenly. His eyes narrowed, and he saw the banner of the Jizhou Army in Liao Li's army.
"Jizhou Army?" The little snack was taken aback, and Youdou summed it up in his heart.
[Is it Ma Danjun?] Or is it ...... Is it another Jizhou army? Hmm, the military flag with the word 'Liao'? A general surnamed Liao? Haven't heard of it...... Oh, by the way, in the information that Chu You dedicated to His Highness, there is a deputy general named Liao Li...... Could it be him? ]
Shaking his head a little amusedly, Yudou muttered. "If you bump into General Ben, you're unlucky!" As he spoke, he took a deep breath and shouted in a deep voice, "Quickly defeat the blocking cavalry, don't delay!" β
"Oh-oh!" The 20,000 Yuyang iron horsemen raised their arms and shouted in unison.
In an instant, the Yuyang Iron Horse, which had already slowed down, once again accelerated the speed of the straddle warhorse. intended to defeat the facing Liao Lijun in an instant, after all, there were only two thousand cavalry beside Liao Li at this moment.
Facing the menacing 20,000 Yuyang Iron Horsemen, the withered sheep subconsciously pinched the reins of the horse in his hand.
Until now, he finally understood why the generals of the Jizhou Army inevitably showed a bit of disdain and contempt in their eyes when they mentioned the cavalry of the Taiping Army.
[That's it...... O cavalry! ]
I resisted the tremor in my heart. The withered sheep glanced at his arm, only to see that under the deterrent power of the 20,000 Yuyang Iron Horsemen, his arm actually aroused a layer of goosebumps, densely packed. Even there's a faint chill on his back.
[That...... Those guys...... It is generally known that it is not easy to deal with. Do you really want to fight them? With only two thousand cavalry? ]
Involuntarily glanced at Liao Li, and the withered sheep felt a layer of sweat oozing faintly from his forehead.
And at this very moment. But seeing Liao Li lightly glanced at Youdou in the distance, waved his hand and shouted, "Withdraw!" β
As soon as the words fell, Liao Li's two thousand cavalry turned around and retreated under the noses of Yuyang's iron cavalry, which made Youdou in the distance feel a little surprised.
But after thinking about it, You Dou also felt that it was common sense for the other party to withdraw his troops, after all, he had 20,000 cavalry, and the other party only had 2,000 people, if he didn't retreat, would he still have to fight with him?
The question is, to chase or not?
You Dou felt a little difficult in his heart, but after thinking about it, he still made plans to give up the pursuit, after all, although he belonged to the same Jizhou army, it was the Ma Dan army of the Jizhou soldiers that he wanted to chase and kill, not Liao Li, the nobody he mistakenly thought.
However, to Youdou's surprise and anger, he had spared the cavalry, which numbered only 2,000 men, but when he led his army around the foot of the mountain, the cavalry chased after them and hung far behind them.
"That's ...... What exactly do you want to do? You Dou thought puzzled. After a few moments, however, he understood.
"Indulge in ...... Shoot! β
The corners of his mouth flashed with a sneer, and Liao Li shouted to the cavalry under his command.
I saw that in the galloping of horses, the two thousand cavalry under Liao Li slowly narrowed the distance between them and the Yuyang Iron Cavalry, and immediately, the cavalry raised their crossbows and aimed at the back of the Yuyang Iron Cavalry, which was about a hundred zhang away.
"Whoosh-" After a bee-like sound, the 20,000 cavalry riders who were close to the rear were hit by crossbow arrows in their backs, and they fell off their horses with a scream.
"Damn it!"
You Dou, who learned of this, was furious, and immediately ordered the whole army to turn around in a big circle, intending to annihilate the cavalry of the Jizhou Army who dared to provoke his tiger whiskers.
However, Liao Li once again asked his cavalry to slow down the speed of their horses, turn around and flee.
"Bastard, it's a quick escape!"
Seeing Liao Lijun fleeing but not having time to catch up, You Dou scolded hatefully, and ordered the whole army to continue on the road.
However, in less than half a column of incense, when the Yuyang Iron Cavalry threw off the horse's hooves in the direction of Yunjing Mountain, Liao Li took the two thousand cavalry and turned back, and a round of crossbow salvo once again took the lives of hundreds of Yuyang Iron Cavalry.
Enraged, Youdou once again ordered the whole army to stop advancing, but at the same time, Liao Li also retreated at the right time, without giving Youdou the slightest chance to pursue.
After repeating this three times, You Dou chuckled in his heart, and he realized that he had met a good hand who made good use of cavalry, if he didn't take some precautions against this matter, then, don't look at his 20,000 Yuyang iron cavalry, and in a few days, the cavalry with only 2,000 people will be clean.
"Look! Your Highness! β
With an order, Youdou sent a general named Zhang Wang to lead two thousand Yuyang Iron Cavalry Palace, while he himself continued to chase Ma Dan.
With 2,000 cavalry against 2,000 cavalry, You Dou thought that this move was very appropriate, but what he never expected was that in his eyes, Liao Li, who was just a nobody, was a fierce general of the Jizhou Army whose strength was comparable to that of Fei Guo and whose use of troops was comparable to that of Ma Dan.
"Yo? Getting smarter? Do you know that it is time to break people? β
Seeing the cavalry team that had separated from the Yuyang Iron Cavalry and was ready to fight him, Liao Li sneered a little at the corner of his mouth, casually threw the crossbow in his hand to the withered sheep, and picked up a spear.
"That's it...... Kill it! β
At the same time, the northern Xinjiang general named Zhang Wang was stunned, he thought that Liao Li would retreat with his old tricks, but he didn't expect that this time Liao Li would kill them directly.
[Humph!] Seeing that the general has only 2,000 men, do you despise it? ]
There was a bit of murder in his eyes, and Zhang Wang carefully estimated the distance between him and Liao Li.
Suddenly, his eyes widened suddenly, and he shouted, "Release the arrow!" β
This is the bow and cavalry technique used by Yuyang Iron Cavalry to dominate the grassland and bluff the Jijing defenders!
However, at this moment, he saw Liao Li chuckle lightly, and with a move of his right hand, suddenly, the two thousand cavalry under his command actually made a big circle to the right side, accurately avoiding the arrows shot by Yuyang Iron Cavalry.
"What?!" Finding that the arrows he shot didn't even hurt a single hair of Liao Lijun's cavalry, Na Wang was dumbfounded.
I don't know if I saw Zhang Wang's stunned expression, and the withered sheep shook his head with pity in his heart.
[What an unfortunate one, that unknown general of Northern Xinjiang...... What a monster you've encountered is a terrifying instinct! And...... Very strong! ]
"Poofβ"
More than 20 zhang apart, the spear thrown out by Liao Li was in the middle of the chest of the lookout, passing through the body. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. )