Chapter 44: Han Sufa's first defeat
Now Han Sufa has arrived, leading a snowball-like rebel army, with a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses to the vicinity of Nanjing City. Han Sufa felt that he had a heavy army in his hands, and it was naturally a little difficult to manage, but fortunately, the Lu family sent students from Qilu Academy, these students were no longer on paper after being tempered in the army, and the combination of theory and practice was more suitable for the military, and it was not a problem to deal with these mud legs under his hands. The world is going to be chaotic, in just a few months, Han Sufa's troops are increasing, they are all peasants who can't survive or something, and Han Sufa doesn't have so many weapons at all. But it doesn't matter, as long as there is food to eat, the rations are easy to say that with the coordination of Shen Yew and the Lu family, the two major business households, the rations are not a problem for the most troublesome of the troops.
These peasant rebels who have no way to live are raised in order to find a way to live, whether they have weapons and armor is something to worry about in the future, and now that they have food to eat, that is the most important thing. Han Sufa not only used punishments such as three knives and six holes in the gang, but also used a lot of food reward systems, such as for a piece of bacon, the soldiers would sacrifice their lives to rush to the front. Along the way, Han Sufa was invincible and invincible, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court had not yet confronted him, and he was frightened and fled just by looking at the momentum of sacrificing his life. Han Sufa even thought that if there were more people, he wouldn't have to fight at all, just scared could directly frighten all the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and it would be no problem to fight straight to Beijing.
However, Han Sufa did not act arbitrarily, he still obeyed Lu Yi's remote command, he was very optimistic about Lu Yi, and felt that it was no surprise that Lu Yi could inherit Lu Bing's mantle. Even if he can't, he can win in the struggle for power in the future, and if he follows Lu Yi well, the future is simply bright.
Nanjing is the birthplace of the Ming Dynasty. It is the old capital, and if he can lead the army into the city of Nanjing, it will be a merit that will go down in history. But as soon as Han Sufa came into contact with the divided imperial soldiers and horses outside Nanjing, Han Sufa discovered that something was wrong.
Ying Tianfu's soldiers and horses looked down on themselves at all, even though their numbers were several times greater than them, but the other party did not retreat and put on a posture of taking the initiative to attack. Naturally, the soldiers and horses outside Nanjing were the most elite troops in the south. Like the soldiers and horses of Shuntianfu around Beijing, they were responsible for defending Kyoto, and they were the best choice in terms of military salaries and blades. He is a real king of soldiers.
Such a unit usually ignores other teams when they see it, and their eyes are high above the top and they are full of arrogance, how can they give in to Han Sufa's department, which is in tattered clothes and uses farm tools and wood as weapons. It's a war of self-esteem, if the court retreats. After the top and bottom are gone, the sense of honor in the army will be gone.
As a result, after the two armies met, Han Sufa was taken aback. The imperial court actually had such a brave army, and its 20,000 people fought 4,000 and were defeated and returned with countless casualties. Moreover, according to the intelligence, other troops were gathering towards Han Sufa, and Han Sufa was shocked and prepared to retreat, he couldn't understand why the imperial court soldiers and horses that had been unable to attack the city of Nanjing for a long time would be so powerful. In fact, it was just that Han Sufa was proud and complacent before, and the enemy he encountered was too weak.
Just as he was about to give the order to retreat, Cui Ling picked up the curtain and walked in. Han Sufa didn't dare to underestimate this person, not only did this person represent the young master Lu Yi. is also because he is the descendant of the sword king Cui Ying, whose martial arts are strong Han Sufa has seen it when he was in Taihu Lake Water Village.
Han Sufa is nearly thirty years older than Cui Ling. Still said with a smile on his face: "Brother Cui is here." ”
"Do you want to withdraw?" Cui Ling asked straightforwardly, Han Sufa was shocked, he knew that the Sword King Sect was very powerful, and he also knew the rigor of the Lu family's intelligence, but this was what he thought just now, and he hadn't ordered to go out yet, how did Cui Ling know, could it be that he had the ability to see through his heart?
Han Sufa was dumbfounded, Cui Ling smiled and asked again: "You just need to answer yes and no." ”
"Yes." Han Sufa said honestly, Cui Ling said: "You can't retreat!" ”
"But the combat effectiveness of the imperial court is too strong, this group of people is the elite of the southern soldiers and horses, with strong combat effectiveness and good equipment, rich experience in actual combat, and counterinsurgency everywhere, these rabble under our command can't fight against the enemy at all. And when they assemble, it's too late for us to leave. Our numerical advantage will be gone by then, so when will we not leave at this time? Han Sufa said.
Cui Ling still said: "You can't retreat." ”
"Why?"
Cui Ling said: "Retreat and retreat, where is the place to stand." Besides, as soon as we retreat, the soldiers and horses gathered by the other party forced back Han Sufa, who had won many victories, and suddenly there would be a surge in morale and nowhere to vent, and we would attack Nanjing City, and the efforts of the brothers in Nanjing City would only be wasted. The brother in the city of Nanjing has become the end of the crossbow, not only can we not retreat, but also fight into the city to meet him. In fact, the officers and soldiers outside Nanjing are not strong, they are not united and have contradictions, before you just underestimated the enemy, and the troops we are connected with are not our trump cards, but unequipped and untrained mud legs. I don't know what you're afraid of, do you know that the soldiers are a nest of bears, Han Sufa, don't forget that you came this time to take Nanjing, and then open up the line from Nanjing to Guangzhou to divide the Ming Dynasty. ”
"But Brother Cui, I" Han Su didn't finish speaking, Cui Ling only stopped his words and said: "Don't worry, just hold on for three days, the reinforcements will come back in three days, you won't be left alone, there are people from the north and south." ”
"You mean the young man is coming?" Han Sufa's eyes lit up and said, "Isn't the lord coming too?" ”
"Heaven must not be divulged." Cui Ling said with a smile.
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Two days later, the soldiers and horses near Yingtianfu were assembled, totaling 60,000 people, and they were ready to confront Han Sufa's troops. Cui Ling usually doesn't look cynical, but this time when he really started fighting, he was not ambiguous at all, and he rode on a tall horse to make up for the lack of height, and he looked particularly energetic by relying on clothes and saddles.
In fact, there are three reasons why Nanjing City was not laid, first. The dragons have no leader, and they don't want to be other people's pawns. Second, the hard work of the family and horses in the interior of Nanjing. With the strong defense of the city and the complete set of tools, it did play some role, and Nanjing's tiger was easy to defend and difficult to attack, which also helped the Lu family in the city. The third is that they are pretending to be confused, knowing that the holy decree must have been issued, but as long as they don't see it, they will not use troops, and it is also necessary for self-protection.
This seems plausible, since neither Beijing nor Nanjing has an order to come. But in fact, the worse the banditry and the longer the time, the greater the power in the hands of this group of court generals, which belongs to raising bandits and self-respect. Deliberately did not hit Nanjing. And without a superior to lead, you can wantonly spoil the people nearby, as long as it is not too excessive, it is easy to say.
To sum up the above reasons, Han Sufa, who did not analyze it, underestimated the enemy and thought that Nanjing could not defeat the army. It's simply vulnerable. Then he was shocked and frightened. Now that the enemy is rising, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are roaring and neighing, and the peasants and rebels under Han Sufa's department can't help but shudder because they are already afraid of officials. Looking at his trembling subordinates, Han Sufa couldn't help frowning, his shape was unfavorable.
Cui Ling roared, although he was not childish, but his momentum was not lost. He shouted luckily, and his voice rang like a bell through the three armies. I don't know how he came to such a loud voice, but people can't help but feel refreshed and bold: "The faint king has no way, the king is dark, we have no way out!" Now, if we retreat, there will be no way back, we can only let the mermaid meat! Remember when they insulted your wives and children, and mutilated your families? If you retreat, I, Cui Ling, look down on you, if you enter, even if you die on the battlefield, I Cui Ling sincerely admire it, even if you die, I swear that I will make him pay for his blood debt! Now is our chance to take revenge, defeat them, rush into the city of Nanjing and make peace with our brotherhood, and divide the money and land among the girls! Our reinforcements have dropped, and the number of people is now more than their group of court scum, what are you still afraid of, they are all born and raised by your father and mother, two shoulders and one head, two can't beat one against one?! Rush into the city, you are the heroes, the team that rushed into the city first, the promotion bounty, Cui Ling, I will never say anything! ”
Everyone knew that this gold-armored young general Cui Ling was the spokesperson of the Lu family, and his credibility was higher than that of the commander Han Sufa, and the crowd suddenly became excited. The Lu family knows the kindness and boldness of the world, everyone in the world knows, kill it, who is afraid of whom, if you lose, you will go to see the king of Hades as soon as possible, and if you win, you will be prosperous and rich for a lifetime!
Encouraged by Cui Ling, the rebels under Han Sufa's subordinates let out a roar, and the sound of hoarse strength was shocking. The soldiers and horses of the court laughed, in their opinion, this is just demagogy, in front of them is still the rabble that was defeated a few days ago, if you can defeat the enemy with just a few words, then what do you need weapons for, then what kind of training.
The direction of the court just wanted to shout and scold a few words, but saw Cui Ling rushing out first and killing the soldiers and horses of the court. Immediately, Han Sufa's department surged towards the imperial army like a tide, and the pace was uneven and did not form a phalanx, and the training of the imperial court soldiers and horses was immediate, but the momentum was not inferior to the imperial court soldiers and horses at all.
The soldiers in the front row of the imperial court soldiers and horses raised their spears, marched forward, walked more than a dozen steps and stopped, and used their spears to support the ground, waiting for the opponent's vanguard to come up by themselves. At the same time, in the back row of arrows, many people in Han Sufa's department did not have a shield at all, and they fell to the ground one after another, and many even carried the corpses of their classmates to block the arrows. In this way, they stepped on the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood to advance step by step towards the imperial court's soldiers and horses.
At least Cui Ling, who was at the forefront, rushed into the enemy first, cut off his spear and drove straight in, but he was instantly engulfed like a flat boat in the sea, and only the sound of blood gushing and roaring could be heard from the imperial army.
When the two sides met each other, many people in Han Sufa's department couldn't stop at all because they rushed too fast, and they were squeezed and pushed by the people behind, and they were suddenly pushed to the spears in the front row of the imperial court's soldiers and horses, and suddenly the spears were extremely heavy, like a string of rock sugar gourds, full of people.
At this moment, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court saw a terrifying scene, and behind the forward of Han Sufa's charge, hundreds of shirtless men rushed into the enemy camp with some packages, and their waists were also full of stuff. Someone reacted and shouted gunpowder, but it was too late, and the brave won by exchanging their lives for their lives. (To be continued......)