Volume 3 Mending the Cracks in the Sky Chapter 157 (20)
In the south of the water, a mist is filled.
A large group of military horses is trying their best to cross!
Covered in mud and weary infantry, the wolf bèi was trying to form an array to cover the crossing. More infantry troops are trying their best to collect materials and build rafts.
Among the men and horses crossing the river, there were at most one or two hundred cavalry, and at this time, despite the fact that the mounts were swaying and struggling, they were also trying their best to cover the array formed by the infantry army.
This military horse is the Zhijia army that left the Weishui River Valley and headed north.
Rushing all the way to the north and struggling to get here, there are already a lot of people who have fallen behind and lost money, even the people and horses who can still hold on to this place are also extremely tired, and they can barely maintain order, not to win, but just to survive!
However, more than 100 Jurchen knights hung this large group of Zhejia troops crowded at the ferry, and did not advance much, as if waiting for the arrival of follow-up people.
And the Zhejia army only rushed at the ferry, and there was no intention of attacking the Jurchen Tartars a little farther. Even in the array, I just kept looking back and watching the progress of those rafts. People can't help but suspect that once the raft is ready, this barely maintained array will collapse at home, and thousands of military horses will scramble to cross!
It is not that the Zhejia army has not lost a battle, and it is not that it has not retreated hard under the pursuit of the enemy. But at that time, there were always the children of the Folded family who took the initiative to break off and fight to the last man, covering the brigade to be able to go along the line. But at this moment, this cohesion is no longer there!
These more than 100 horsemen also seemed to understand that although the military horse in front of them was barely maintaining its intact appearance, in fact, the morale of the army had already collapsed. As long as you can cross the river, you just need to rush and kill. You can get twice the result with half the effort. I'm not in a hurry to move forward. Just hovering far away.
The Jurchen Mouke, who led the team, had a rainy face full of cement on his face, stepped on the stirrup with one foot, and crossed the saddle with the other foot, and looked at the military horses gathered by the waterside of the hedgehog for a long time.
Just one rush. Even if this army does not collapse immediately, it will be enough to destroy several arrays. Come a few more times, maybe they can create a miracle with more than 100 rides!
After the escort arrived, the Jurchen iron cavalry won more with less, and chased the victory of the north. But since he fought against the army and horse of the Yan King of the Southern Dynasty, he fought extremely hard, suffered heavy losses, and even such generals as Yinshu were not in the army. Now that he has finally regained his previous feeling in the Yan Yan Army and the Zhejia Army, what is surging in the chest of each knight is the irrepressible battle intent!
That Jurchen Mouke is a general under Lou Mu. Unmoved by the fighting spirit of the Jurchen Erlang around him, he reached out and felt a ball of dough soaked in mud from the saddle bag. Stuffed into his mouth, chewed sweetly, and swallowed it after a few strokes. Only then did he smile and said, "What's the hurry!" It's a good thing that this broken family soldier ran away, and Lou Mu didn't pay much attention to it. What are we doing when we fight so hard, just bite hard when the time comes. And even if they are killed, how many are cheap and easy to choose? If they have lost all their baggage and goods, will they strip their clothes from the dead? It is important to drive them across the river early, and then turn back to fight the Yan army of the southerners! β
This Jurchen general really understood Lou Muro's mind.
The Zhejia army suddenly moved out of the back road of the Weishui River Valley that he was covering and fled north. It was a surprise for Lou Mur! Although the Yan army was already bound to be defeated, if they held on to the Weishui River Valley, they didn't know how long it would take to swallow them completely. After all, that Yan Wang's army is on the east side, who knows if something will happen!
As soon as he ran away, Lou Room immediately gathered his troops and horses and approached the east. And to cover the rangers in the north, it is just for them to watch the Zhijia army escape, as long as they are not allowed to return to the battlefield, it is naturally best to take a bite, but it is not cost-effective to cost the lives of Jurchen sons and daughters in order to defeat them.
This Mou Ke said with a smile, but the Jurchen sons and daughters around him were not satisfied. A bearded man with thin cheeks and a doubly fierce look came over and said angrily: "How much have we suffered in the heavy rain? And before in Yunnei, what kind of building was annoying, and how many girls really died? This time, the southerners collapsed, and they didn't cut down hundreds or thousands of heads, so could they relax and continue to fight with us? This time it's going to make the southerners scared! Tete, if you don't dare to lead the troops forward, I'll go up! I don't blame you when I die! β
A fierce light suddenly flashed in the eyes of the Jurchen Mouke, whose name was Tete, and he smashed the horsewhip with a wave of his hand.
"Did I say I just watched them cross the river like that? Since I went south, I don't want to kill more southerners? Just wait for my order! When the time comes, just let this Lan water turn red and you see! Get down, it's not your turn to call the shots! β
While he was scolding, there was another sound from the side, but it seemed that another team of people was coming in a hurry. A group of Jurchen knights looked sideways, and saw more than 100 Jurchen knights coming in the rain, also emaciated and tired, but also murderous!
Since the defeat and escape of this Zhejia army, the Jurchen rangers swimming on the front line of the Lan River are like packs of hungry wolves, just waiting for the right time to come up and bite hard, in order to vent their depression that they were blocked by Xiao Yan's subordinates, suffered heavy casualties, and must not turn the Southern Dynasty into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!
Tete whistled, beckoned the team of Jurchen knights to come closer, turned around and smiled at his son-in-law: "Haidun has also come up, and I have been soaking in the rain for so long, and I want to go crazy thinking about killing people." Don't let them be left behind! β
The Jurchen knights immediately hissed, as if a wolf howl sounded!
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And in the busy array of the Zhejia army, Zhe Keqiu also stepped on the stirrup with one leg, retreated from the saddle, and looked at the Jurchen ranger hanging behind his back.
Since the retreat to the north, he can clearly feel the collapse of the morale of the army and horses under his command, and he always looks at his own infinite worship and sworn to follow. Nor is it ever there.
Foldable and sought, I never felt like I was doing anything wrong. I will bring you out of the land of death. In the future, you will understand my painstaking efforts!
When the Yan Yan army is completely wiped out, and you can return to your hometown and reunite with your wife and daughter, then you will swear to follow this family master as before!
And I am glad that I took a step earlier. The main force of Zong Han who rushed from Yifang has not completely blocked the front line of this Lanshui, and there is only the cavalry guard curtain opened in the Lou room. And the main force of Lou Room was also attracted to the Yan Yan army because of his own family's opening of the road. That's a glimmer of life!
But when I waited at the edge of the water, I looked at the silent and numb sergeant, and looked at the tired and frightened faces. looked at the original trickle, but now it is a surging and roaring water. Looking at the Jurchen knights who were hanging far behind like a pack of wolves, and constantly converging, it seemed that they were ready to pounce on the Jurchen knights at any time, full of the will to kill.
But for the first time, he was shaken, can he still bring back most of the main force of the Zhi family's army!
From afar, I saw more than 100 Jurchen knights coming, and it turned out that there were more than 100 horsemen. Not in the eyes of the soldiers of the Zhejia Army, the number is ten times more. It's just a firm battle in formation. Now in the crowd, there was a commotion, and the soldiers in the array couldn't help but look back at Lan Shui, at the sergeants who were tying up the rafts, and the generals didn't have much intention of drinking, and like the sergeants, they couldn't help but look back!
Why did the battle intent of the Zhejia army fall to such a low level, Zhe Keqiu didn't want to think about it. He simply lowered his foot heavily, stepped into the stirrup, moved his muscles, and reached out to remove the lance from the victory hook on the side of the saddle. Turning to the guards around him who were still loyal to him: "Who wants to fight with a certain chong and drive these Tartars away?" β
More than 100 guards who still had horses at this moment silently drew their swords and responded to the call with action.
No matter what, the head of the family, who has always been very kind to them, at this time, just give him back his life!
In a low shout, more than 100 horsemen pulled away from the array, splashed muddy water, slowly rode forward, and then tried their best to raise the speed of their horses in the mud. Under the cold rain, a hoarse cry suddenly sounded, and it was from the mouth of Zhe Keqiu that it erupted. And the more than 100 guards were also distorted, shouting and following closely!
The Jurchen Moukett laughed loudly, and he didn't give any orders, but just took off a long-handled hammer on the side of the saddle, circled it on his head, and pointed straight to the north.
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In the midst of the rain, a large group of Jurchen knights rushed to break through the camp, like a black dragon, and poured straight into the valley of the Weishui River.
This camp is the great camp that was abandoned on that day. Even though there are scattered military horses on the back road, no one is in charge of the overall situation, and these scattered military horses also collapsed for a while!
The back road of the Yan Yan army was exposed unobstructed under the iron hooves of the Lou Chamber!
Although Lou Mu led his subordinates to sweep around, the persecution to the east was not very tight. But the bearing of the famous general is revealed here, and once the gap flashes, the sentinels from Lou Murmur will immediately transmit the military information. And Lou Mu did not hesitate, led the guards to go straight, and seized this gap to completely cut off the last bit of vitality of the Yan Yan army!
At the same time, he decisively gathered and swept the crossings on the east bank of the Yellow River and blocked the troops of the great river. Follow in his footsteps and fight eastward into the valley of the Ulshui River. And the battle-hardened military horses under his command were also scattered, and they immediately moved, converging towards his banner!
In the drizzle, Lou Mu had no intention of staying at the exit camp of the river valley, and continued to march eastward like the Jurchen knights around him, killing and scattering the Southern Dynasty military horses that dared to block in front of him.
After this battle, the Western Route Army should be able to firmly stand in the hinterland of the southerners, and the southwest can kill Shaanxi, control the big river, and advance east to attack Bianliang is also expected. And the Yan Wang's subordinates could no longer force the Western Route Army to fight them in a small area, and Zongwang could always break through into Hebei. This Yan Wang's department, the east and west are fighting. Eventually, the energy is depleted. The annihilation of the whole army is only concerned.
Until then. The entire Southern Dynasty was under the iron hooves of the Jurchen army!
For this goal, Lou Room will only use all his courage and ability!
Surrounded by a large group of knights, Lou Room was emaciated and tired, but his eyes were as sharp as lightning.
On his side is the turbid current of the turbid water, all the way through, all the tun camps abandoned by the Yan Yan army, and the military supplies and food that have been transferred up are thrown there, and no one cares about it. Before the Jurchen Iron Horse. The soldiers and civilians who had not escaped had lost the slightest will to resist, so they stayed in the camp and waited for the Jurchen iron cavalry to enter. But the Jurchen military horses rolling by, they didn't even bother to sweep these camps, they just pointed straight east without pause!
A famous rider caught up with the team from time to time, and did not leave the team, but ran everywhere.
"Where's Nahu? Let him hurry up and keep up, he will need his military horses! If you continue to grind like this, you will sue sΓΉ Nahu off. You know what to do! β
"Where is the army of Zonghan? When will the north be completely sealed? Sue sΓΉ Zonghan, a certain does not wait for him. Now it is necessary to take advantage of the situation and go straight forward, so that Yan Yanjun's own family will collapse! After a little delay, Yan Yanjun stabilized again, and he didn't know how many more girls Zhenerlang's lives would have to be paid! β
ββ¦β¦β¦β¦ What's the matter with the family army, just let them run! Didn't Teter watch over them? As long as you don't return to Lanshui South, this can be empty and bear the name of a famous general, in fact, it is a self-inflicted person. With such a lead of troops, the morale of the army would have collapsed a long time ago. Turning back, it was easy to clean up his three states outside the river! β
After sending off the knights sent out one by one, Lou Mu finally let out a sigh of relief, and suddenly shook his horse while sitting on his horse. The surrounding guards hurriedly stretched out their hands to help: "Lou Room, do you want to rest first?" β
Lou Mu closed his eyes for a while, opened them violently, and roared angrily: "How can there be a certain rest now!" Only continue to the east! After passing through the southern military camp, no matter what means you use, you will burn it to a certain person, and tell the southern people that this Yan army is completely cut off! A certain iron rider has already killed them............ They're out of life! β
In the roar of Lou Room, none of the Jurchen soldiers who were also extremely tired dared to take a breather, no matter how tired they were, even if they wanted to tie their homes to horses, they just continued to move forward. And the camps and camps on the back road, after pouring the fire oil prepared by the Song army himself, burned in the rain. Pillars of smoke rose upward, announcing that the Yan Yanjun had completely fallen into death!
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In the south of the water, hundreds of knights fought and scuffled in the mud, and people and horses fell to the ground heavily, splashing muddy water and flying.
Both sides are actually tired divisions, and this fight is not exciting, just gritting their teeth and working hard. There are slightly more Jurchen knights, and there are slightly fewer family guards. For a while, it was able to maintain a situation of no victory, just because the roar of Zhe Keqiu was like thunder, a horse lance was circling and flying, and there were conflicts, and five or six Jurchen armor soldiers had been picked off one after another, and even Pu Liyan, who was not inferior to Tete before, was stabbed and knocked off the horse in a flash!
The main general is like this, and the guards around him are also gritting their teeth and fighting, stabilizing their positions for a while, so that although the Jurchen knights have a slight advantage in numbers, they are not allowed to take a step forward!
The rain and blood on his face were mixed together, and he didn't have time to wipe it off. Several Jurchen knights collided from the side, and when they got out of their hands, they threw spears and flew out, and they turned around and flashed a shot, while one of their own guards screamed and was shot off his horse. Fold can ask for a little stirrup, the war horse takes a step horizontally, turns sideways, and at the same time folds can ask for a lance like electricity, stabbing over a ride. Then he swung his lance and slammed down another Jurchen knight!
In the midst of the fight, he shouted with disgust: "What about the spears of you fighting birds? β
Everyone is well-equipped. Bows and arrows are not easy to use in the rain, and there are two short-handled steel spears on the sides of the saddle. Hearing the shouting of the begging, more than a dozen guards around him suddenly took off their short spears and threw them out of their hands, and the row of Jurchen knights who rushed towards them suddenly turned over on their backs, and they overturned for a while!
At this time, I only felt that my arm was sore, and the inside of my lungs was hot and scorching, so I breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the rain and blood on my face, and looked back at my own array.
There's still a chance! While his own family was still pestering these Jurchen knights, the infantry array pressed up. Not to mention the big victory. At least the Jurchen Tartars will not dare to beat this point to the death, and they are still absolutely sure. These birds are under the command of the generals. Don't you see this opportunity? Do you want to blow the horn and beat the drum himself?
Looking back, he saw his own brigade array, and he didn't move a step forward, and not many people even looked at the battlefield, but he couldn't stop looking back at the shore.
And at this time, there was a Jurchen Tartar's horn sounding in the distance!
This lonely horn seemed to instantly shatter the last order that the Folding Army was struggling to maintain. I don't know who was the first to roar out in the military formation.
"Tartars have reinforcements again! Hurry up and cross the river! β
In the shouting, the array of the Folded Family Army suddenly collapsed! Thousands of sergeants discarded their blades. I took off my scarf and ran to the riverbank to fight for the unfinished raft!
The rafts were pushed into the river in this fight, and the soldiers who had lost their armor rushed to the rafts. Between the struggles, these unstable rafts suddenly collapsed as a wave. I don't know how many people fell into the water!
The man who fell into the water swam desperately to the rafts that were still intact, but the man who occupied the position only paddled hard, not daring to look at the robed brothers who were floating in the water. In the river, the cry shook the sky for a while. And the battle for rafts that have not yet been pushed into the river is even more tragic!
The river was full of people's heads. On top of a piece of wood, there were seven or eight people clinging to it. Despair floats away with the drift load. And there are many more people who don't even have this thing to rely on, and after falling into the water, a wave hits, and there is one less head surging on the river!
In the midst of the battle array, Zhi Keqiu stared blankly at what was happening in front of him.
Ever since he decided to go north, abandon his allies, and cut off the head of Orihiko with his own hands, he should have understood that this Ori family army can no longer be trusted, can no longer fight, and no longer has the cohesion and combat effectiveness of an army. And his prestige, the head of the broken family, collapsed for a while!
Although Zhe Keqiu still has a strong self-confidence in himself, as long as he can return to the three states outside the river and redeploy, after a period of time, he can also restore the combat strength of the Zhejia army and the prestige of his own family. But in this war, there is nothing that can be done, and it has completely lost control of this broken army, which can no longer be called an army!
It is right or wrong to abandon the army and go north, and I am no longer willing to regret it. Now he has only one thought, to survive!
He is a family lineage of more than 100 years, and he is destined to seek a higher status for the family in this world of imminent changes, how can he die here?
I want to survive at any cost!
At the moment when he saw the army disintegrating, he had already turned around and left, just yelled at the guards beside him: Go! β
While galloping, he tore off his armor and prepared to rush into the river without hesitation.
War horses can already float in the water, and they are also a good water nature, even if they are empty, they have the confidence to swim through this Lan water!
Those guards who followed Zhe Keqiu and fought hard watched in amazement as Zhe Keqiu turned around and left. These guards, who have been following for more than ten years, seem to have recognized this family master for the first time.
Thousands of children of the Fold family collapsed on the riverbank, and the Jurchen armor rode behind them to catch up, and it was suddenly a bloody massacre. At this time, shouldn't we fight as hard as we can to win time for the children of the Fold family to escape? Even if you turn back to the bank of the river and clean up the mess!
Why did you leave like this again?
first dodged the Lan army, and then left the Yan army in the Weishui River Valley, and at this moment, he left the children of the Fold family!
However, the perennial inertia of following Fold can be sought for a long time still makes some of these guards immediately beat their horses to chase Fold Keqiu, and they also have to follow him to cross the river on horseback. And there were also guards who yelled loudly, still facing the Jurchen armor in front of them. It doesn't matter if it's broken, or it's desperate. Let's entangle these Jurchen Tartars for a moment more for the Lord of the Fold, and entangle the Jurchen Tartars for a moment more for the brothers of the Zhejia who collapsed and crossed the river!
Ten years of kindness, so it's still clean, right?
But I just don't know what the folded family will become in the future!
In the Jurchen knight array, after a horn sounded, the army of the Zhe family suddenly collapsed, and Zhi Keqiu turned around and left. Such a scene aroused the morale of the Jurchen knights even more, and they rushed to kill more fiercely and fought more fiercely! Instead, Tete stepped back slightly, turning to the place where the horn sounded.
There are really not many soldiers and horses left by Lou Room to protect the banks of the Lanshui River, and the two hundred or so horses should be all nearby. Where has another detachment of men and horses appeared?
Between Tete's gaze, he saw that in the eastern rain curtain, the black banner was the first to come out, followed by a large group of Jurchen knights. Compared to their scattered rangers, this brigade of Jurchen knights from the east seems to be all over the south bank of the Lan River!
Tete laughed out loud.
Zong Han's main force has finally caught up! was besieged by the Southern Army, and the northern passage was also blocked! An unprecedented victory since going south has finally arrived!
In this case, let's kill by the waterside first, and start the bloody slaughter of the southern army first!
Tete raised his spear and shouted: "Kill all these southern barbarians!" β
The red-eyed Jurchen knights around him shouted loudly. And the Jurchen knights who came from the south also let out a roar like a tsunami at this moment. The rushing and roaring water, the sound of the waves crashing on the shore, in the cheers of the Jurchens, seemed to have turned into a whimper! (To be continued......)