Volume 3 Chapter 181 Feasting on the Hongmen (24)

The 2,000-foot army, under the cover of a commander of more than 200 cavalry, silently came out of the camp in the darkness before dawn and formed an array.

No matter how you ride, you are covered with dust and tired. But these armorers were silent, and just silently stood in the array.

The firelight was like a torch, illuminating the fields near Yifang's left and left, illuminating the broken armor on everyone's body. A point of light jumps in the darkness. The infantry army held bows and crossbows, and the horse army held Changge, and everyone looked resolute, with a posture of preparing to fight to the death.

The drums beat low and straight to the heart.

And to the west, there was a fire. But he hurried back to block the few mountain passes that could be passed by the army. It also divided more than 2,000 infantry troops, and had a lineup of more than 200 cavalry troops to cover it.

A military general stood in front of the queue, rode his horse back and forth for a while, suddenly raised the spear in his hand, and pointed firmly: "Entangled the Jurchen Tartars here, let our brothers clash out, so that they can avenge us in the future!" ”

In the midst of the hoarse roar, the sergeants of this array shouted in unison: "Kill! ”

The drums turned into a tight rhythm, and more than 2,000 marched out of the camp eastward. There was a loud clash of armor, and the footsteps slammed against the ground, and no one looked back.

Behind them, there were 6 ∈ horses in a large formation, just looking at their figures out of the camp wordlessly, and everyone's solemn faces were like sculptures.

As soon as Xiao Yan arrived, he quickly made a decision, and Yang Keshi ordered the whole army. One is westward, blocking the pass of the Weishui River Valley, and the other is eastward, entangled the uncertain cavalry of the Hulu Division, and then gathered the main force and marched north. Tong guò Flying Kite Castle. Rush through the water in one fell swoop!

The defeated army of Yan Yan clashed so far. The remaining infantry army was only more than 9,000, plus more than 3,500 cavalry troops gathered with Yang Keshi's department as the backbone. After dividing the troops from the east to the west again, there were only 5,000 infantry troops and 24,500 cavalry troops left.

But for the Jurchen Tartars to block and chase here, the defeated army of Yan Yan and Yang Keshi's troops became more and more tenacious, no matter what, they had to carry this little bit of blood and bones left. Rush out of the dead and avenge the tens of thousands of Kansai children who died in battle!

Such a cruel war is like a whetstone, after paying a heavy price, it has polished away the layers of heavy dust and rust on the body of the Yan Yanjun for decades, and tempered it with blood, so that this old Western Army will radiate its original edge little by little.

It's just that this price, in the middle of it, is too painful!

Xiao Yan was in the middle of the heavily guarded Chinese army. Wearing a ghost face, his eyes rolling. Looking at the broken military horses of the eastward and western armies. Beside him, Yang Keshi sat upright on a horse, his face full of pain, and he hung his head deeply.

If you go north from the moment of highlighting the Weishui River Valley, you may have occupied the Flying Kite Fort at this moment, according to which the west resists the Jurchens and returns to the division, and the south refuses to ride Yifang, and the brigade takes advantage of the situation to rush across the Lanshui, maybe more Kansai Erlang will survive!

Since there is already King Yan in the army, why don't you stay behind and atone for your mistakes?

Xiao Yan's voice sounded faintly: "Want to stay? ”

Yang Keshi Huo Ran raised his head and said in a deep voice: "Please also ask General Xu Mo to stay!" ”

Xiao Yan smiled coldly after the iron face: "If you think that the western flank of the entire Hedong Front will collapse, and the Jurchen Tartars will spread into their hometown in Shaanxi, bringing even greater calamity...... And you stayed. If you want to die willingly, you will not avenge the white bones of the Kansai Erlang in the mountains east of the river in the future...... And you stayed. If you don't want to take those who have ruined tens of thousands of Kansai children from their seats, do justice to the law, and let them spend the rest of their lives in prosperity............ You stay! ”

Although his voice was soft, every word intersected like gold and iron, which made Yang Keshi's heart tremble. But I don't know why, this man's head can't hang down anymore!

Xiao Yan raised his hand and pointed forward: "Don't you go north and fight a bloody road?" How long do you have to wait? Could it be that these good sons and daughters will be sacrificed? ”

Yang Keshi suddenly glanced at the fire that was going east and west, and looked back without pause.

Brothers, I Yang Keshi has gone, and one day, I will follow the banner of King Yan and kill again. Destroy this army of crazy Tartars and rein in your loyalty! Wait for me, wait for me!

Yang Keshi waved his hand suddenly: "To the north!" ”

The surrounding guards responded in unison, and then led the whole army, and thousands of men tore their voices together and roared: "To the north!" Northward! ”

Under Xiao Yan's ghostly face, he also gently spit out two words.

Northward!

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The shout was like a raging wave, crashing against it.

He sat on the mound and was silent for a long time. It seems that in the last roar of tens of thousands of men who were forced to a desperate place, the darkness that had been enveloping the land east of the river slowly faded at this moment.

The morning light is slightly dewed.

In the cold glimmer of the sky, I saw thousands of soldiers in tattered armor, under the cover of the flanks of the few cavalry troops, taking steps and rolling eastward without hesitation!

And there was already a large group of men and horses, heading west. There is also the main force of the brigade, between the drums and trumpets sounding in unison, the flags flying, and in the roar, heading north!

None of the three military horses looked back, but they just resolutely left.

The Jurchen generals around Hulu are all discolored.

The southern army finally reacted, resolutely divided the troops, and after breaking off, pinned down the Jurchen army horses of various departments, and turned to the north with the main force, desperately trying to get out of this dead land!

What is the right thing to do now?

Tens of thousands of southern troops and thousands of southern troops marched eastward, and they were the same for the Hulu Division. It is necessary to retain troops and horses to contain their eastward advance, prevent them from rushing behind the Jurchen defense line in the mountains east of Yifang, and take the army of the southerner Yan Wang out of the mountains, and the overall situation that has already won at that time may be reversed.

And to deal with the thousands of eastward marching horses, what troops did Hulu use to intercept the journey of this northbound army? Even if you barely pull out one or two hundred horses, it is too thin. Even if Hu Lu was convinced that his troops were strong, he also knew that this barely divided force must not delay the footsteps of the northward and southern armies!

At this time, there is only one line of death to protect Yifang. After all, the Flying Kite Fort has already sent Zhihui, and maybe he can still hold the front line of the Flying Kite Fort for a few days. And the army of Zonghan and the army of Lou Room are all rushing forward. These southern troops may not be able to struggle out!

Although the reason can be thought through, after a fight last night, after seeing the elite armored cavalry escorting a group of people straight into the camp of the southern army opposite, I saw that the southern army immediately resolutely divided its troops, and the main force went north. The Jurchen is a heavy general, and there is always a lingering doubt in his heart!

What kind of character came through the battle last night?

The surrounding Jurchen generals ignored the review of Hulu, and all of them were anxious and anxious.

When the southern army has not fully deployed the array and covers each other's advance, it is necessary to launch with the advantage of cavalry, or harass or attack. The Southern Army Brigade was forced to be scattered in array and at different paces, so that they could be held back and slowed down.

If you don't make a decision on which way to fight, it's too late!

And in the eyes of these subordinates, there is no need to consider which way to contain.

After the southern army went west to the break, it naturally had Lou Room to clean up from the Weishui River Valley. The main force of the southern army that fled north was the head and tail of the Zonghan army that returned to the division. The department of Hulu is trying to protect the defense line around Yifang, so that the army of the Yan King of the Nanren cannot clash out. What must be fought is the military horse of the Southern Army that is approaching the east!

Hulu raised his hand several times, but hesitated several times.

In his heart, he wanted to give the order for countless times to ignore Yifang's line and intercept the past to block the pace of the northbound and southern armies. Even if it is broken through by the Southern Army here, it will not hesitate to let countless Southern troops pour out of the Lanshui River Valley!

But the idea was so ridiculous that he couldn't even convince himself.

In front of them, the eastward and southern armies were already deploying their arrays one by one, and they were gradually about to form a large formation that could cover each other and move forward steadily. And the army from the north to the south finally began to move slowly in a roar.

Nearly 10,000 troops, the heart of the north, cannot be contained.

Such a scene made Hu Lu couldn't help but wonder for a while, that is, he made up his mind to put all his strength into containing the main force of the southern army going north, regardless of the eastward advance of the southern army, whether he could delay them a little!

In the midst of the overwhelming roar of the north, Hulu found his heart shaken for the first time, and finally he had to slash his hand down.

"Each leader will not be able to take a step east! The army of Zong Han and Lou Mu is about to arrive! ”

As soon as he gave an order, the guards around him suddenly whined the horn and whining. Several Jurchen Mouke, who were hovering around Hulu, shouted angrily and galloped out of the horses to divide the various departments.

And walking on the left and right, groups of Jurchen rangers, all turned on their horses, ready to attack the thousands of oncoming southern troops, so that they could not take a single step east!

And just when the Hulu headquarters finally moved, among the northbound army, the infantry army was still steady, but a team of thousands of horsemen slowly stood out from the queue.

The team of about 1,000 horsemen was all the subordinates directly led by Yang Keshi, and the guards who escorted Xiao Yan last night were also among them.

And Xiao Yan is under the heavy guards of this brigade.

Xiao Yan turned his gaze, and through the gap exposed by the surging bodies of the knights around him, he watched from afar as the Jurchen rangers roared eastward and the army rushed away. And this eastward advance was broken off, and the army continued to advance eastward without hesitation.

There was no one who looked north at his robe.

What suddenly sounded in my ears was the shouts of thousands of Yan Yanmen who had resolutely broken off.

King Yan, King Yan! Tell my hometown fathers. Although we were implicated by the incompetence of the commander, we were eventually defeated. In the end, he fought to the last moment for the sake of his brothers!

Please also ask King Yan to return to the teacher as soon as possible, collect my bones, and return to my hometown!

On Xiao Yan's side, Yang Keshi's tears rained down. (To be continued.)