Volume 3 Mending the Crack in the Sky Chapter 59 The Shaking of the Sky (4)
Between the mountains, standing in the valley of the Lanshui River, you can also see the Honggu wall, towering in it.
Normally, Honggu Village is also a complete defense system, and the fort is readily available. But after decades of peace, even the important military villages on the edge of the east side of the river were already dilapidated, and Han Yue spent a lot of effort to rectify and refresh them. Between the Lan Army and the Ninghua Army, the inner military village used to defend the Taiyuan Basin can already be imagined.
The platform is abandoned, the Gongwei small village is desolate, even if the main wall is still very majestic, it can only be seen from afar. When you really get closer, you can also see that there are many holes in the wall of the main village, and some of them have big gaps, but I am afraid that three or two military men can walk in side by side.
Honggu Village is all around, but where the slightly wide flat place has opened up fields, and there are also mulberry trees, and even a small stone coal kiln. If you talk about the art of management, the owner of the village here can be called extraordinary, but the military general's own duty, I don't know where to throw it.
And Han Shizhong and the others finally arrived in front of Honggu Village, raised their eyes and looked up, and what they saw was this peaceful scene. There is also a Song army flag fluttering on the wall, and there is a weak dance in the spring in Hedong. Some people with good eyesight can even see the shadows on the wall, and the figures wearing the red jackets of the Song army can be seen. Sitting or standing, idle, lazy, just like usual.
Even in the mountains, a group of fleeing refugees could be faintly seen passing by, which did not cause much reaction from the defenders on the wall. Where is it like the Jurchen Tartar army pressing the border, and the appearance of beacons everywhere in the Lan army?
In the middle of the river valley, a large group of knights rolled in, rolling up large clouds of smoke and dust in the Lanshui River valley. Above the wall. It seems that the movement here has also been discovered. Finally, a figure was alarmed. Running around, as if to inform that a large army was suddenly coming from the direction of the Ninghua army.
In the smoke and dust, Han Shizhong and his personal guards actually took the lead, and they were the sentry detectives. The surrounding guards actually regarded it as idle. This Po Han Wu is not very competitive for fame, and his reputation in fighting is far less than that of Yue Feiyue Invincible. Han Shizhong didn't care much about it, and he was a little suspicious of being lazy and tired on weekdays. But the real guards around him knew and fought. Han Shizhong wielded a long and heavy blade, breaking the formation and slashing the generals, which was only as bad as Yue Fei! And Han Shizhong made the giant bow out of the number, and his archery skills were stronger than Yue Fei's!
At this time, the light cavalry went hundreds of miles to help, and the lone army went deep, and the enemy situation in front of him was darkened. Naturally, generals cannot spare their lives, and they need to grasp the movements of the former enemy as soon as possible. At such a critical juncture, how can Han Shizhong not go to the front?
Including Han Shizhong, all the guards were already wearing armor seven or eight miles away from Honggu Village, and everyone was covered with dust. Lips and tongue burnt. Both men and horses are drenched in sweat.
Desperately rushed to see that Honggu Village was still a peaceful scene. The guards around Han Shizhong were all relieved. Niu Gao rubbed his hands and said: "General, let's kill it!" Take this bird village! The owner of the village is good, and if it is not good, he will throw it over, and when the time comes, he will throw it to Fuzhou to shame the bird! ”
Han Shizhong glanced at Honggu Village above his head, looked at Shaoqing carefully, and smiled coldly: "Niu Gao, you take all the people up to explore the truth and reality!" ”
Niu Gao didn't think much about it, agreed, turned over and dismounted. Take off the saddle and the two heavy hammers next to it are about to go into battle. Han Shizhong shouted again: "Bring a shield!" ”
Niu Gao obediently dropped an iron shovel, took off his riding shield and held it in his left hand. Greeting Yidu, the guards climbed up the mountain road. Qu Gai glanced at Han Shizhong, and seeing that Han Shizhong had no objection, he jumped off the horse in a hurry and shouted: "Wait for me!" "With a shield and a knife, he also chased after him.
The guards left around looked at Han Shizhong, but Han Shizhong didn't say anything, and watched Niu Gao and dozens of them climb more than 100 steps before he said coldly: "Change the bow and crossbow, bring a certain iron bow!" Slowly step forward! are like tigers, you gather people and horses in the back, thinking that they will respond! ”
Han Shizhong's personal guard, nominally the commander is Niu Gao, but in fact, where does Niu Gao manage so many trivial matters. The one who is really responsible for the command is still a general from the same township as Han Shizhong and from the Western Army. It was originally called Duhei, but now that it has a high status, it has changed its official name to Du Ruhu. is less than thirty years old, the eldest has a beard, black and hard, and his body is long and strong, just like a little Han Shizhong. The soldiers at the bottom talked about wine, saying that this is the illegitimate son of Po Han Wu and which girl.
In fact, it is true that in terms of age, unless Po Han is less than ten years old, he can give birth to a son.
All of them were like tigers, and suddenly rode their horses back, and ordered to play the banner, and the cavalry that came one after another was to form a formation and prepare.
And that Han Shizhong had already turned over and dismounted, took the two soldiers, changed their bows and crossbows, opened the array, and slowly stepped forward along the mountain road. It was the elite of the Shenwu Winning Army, and under the gallop, he suddenly dismounted and formed a formation, and then went up along the mountain road. Although each of them was extremely tired, they still formed a quick formation, a tight formation, and a solid step, slowly ascending like an iron wall. It's all like a great enemy!
A personal guard had already handed Han Shizhong an iron bow, which was two sizes larger than the strongest bow bow, and the tip of the bow seemed to be able to shoot with a pestle. The actual bow power, I really don't know how many stones there are. And the two guards who followed Han Shizhong closely, among the bags they carried, the arrows were also lengthened and weighted, and each standard army bag could only hold six special feather arrows with this kind of material.
Compared with Tang Huai, who was famous in the Japanese army and withdrew from Yingzhou, it was rumored that his archery skills had been abolished. If Tang Huai is like a god in archery, all kinds of archery skills can play flowers, accurate and fast, and when the beads are shot, one person can shoot arrows like flying locusts. Han Shizhong is far inferior to him in this regard, with such a huge bow, he can't send many arrows at the enemy. But Han Shizhong's arrows are amazingly powerful, one person and one bow, it can be like a small bed crossbow!
Han Shizhong personally stepped down with a giant bow and slowly went up to respond, and the leader of Niu Gao in front of him also spread out the formation and walked up quickly. From a distance, I saw that the figures on the wall of Honggu Village were still running endlessly, putting on a panicked posture. Niu Gao, as a sharp whistle, is naturally faster and faster. No matter what the situation is in Honggu Village, the sharp whistle is the work of hard detectives. But Han Shizhong always steadily suppressed the speed of the two commanders who stepped down, and walked forward slowly, not in the slightest hurry to rush forward and rush straight to Honggu Village.
It doesn't take more than a moment. Niu Gao, they were already close to Honggu Village, facing the east mountain road. I thought it was attached to the desolate small village platform. From afar, I saw Niu Gao waving his hand. The formation spread wider, and seven or eight armor soldiers turned to the small fortresses that had been deserted, ready to explore the reality.
Niu Gao has always been straightforward, and Qu Gai has never been too lazy to think about it. But when the battle is approaching, there is still no shortage of basic commands.
Han Shizhong has been watching Niu Gao and their movements intently, and the sight in front of him has made him have a bad premonition. But this time. Han Shizhong just prayed in his heart that his premonition would not come true. If Honggu Village is really lost, then the trouble will be big!
Prayer is spiritless.
Suddenly, in the small village that was about to be approached and stepped into by the armor soldiers, dozens of figures suddenly appeared. Everyone holds a horned bow, and in a breath, it is a rain of arrows!
And on the wall, the banner of the Song Army, which had been fluttering weakly, was also cut down at once. Suddenly, the black flag of the Jurchen Army was raised, and many Hulu let go of their throats at this moment. The cry is like the screaming of all beasts!
Whether it is a deserted small village. The houses in the mountains that looked at the fields all poured out of the figures. They were all fully equipped, and they could see the blood stained on their armor and leather robes. Those who stopped the refugee on the mountain path also drew their swords and shouted. The gate of Honggu Zhai is even more wide, and how many Hulu are red-eyed, rushing downward like a flash flood!
At the other end of the Lanshui River valley below, the roar of horses' hooves also sounded, and the Hulu knights who were hidden in the valley near the road also heard the sound and galloped out, about to impact the light cavalry of the Shenwu Victorious Army who was gathering the team and preparing to meet Han Shizhong's Shenwu Victorious Army!
Han Shizhong closed his eyes violently, and then roared angrily: "Continue to step forward and answer Niu Gao and them!" ”
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On the wall of Honggu Village, Yinshu can tear off the Song Army robe and uniform wrapped around his body, and hold on to the wall to take a closer look. There are still blood stains on the robes of the Song army, which are still used by the owner of the village here, made of fine silk silk, and the inside is full of silk. However, it was already covered with blood, and he threw it down without hesitation at this time.
Although the hundreds of defenders of Honggu Village had not dispersed, they did not expect that the Hu cavalry led by Yinshuke would go deep so fast. Still taken by a night attack. The in-depth and rapid attack reached such a point that even the cattle-like Hulu were too tired to burn and plunder, and after hastily killing all the people in the village, they fell asleep. Even if Yinshu wanted to drive them deeper to the east, break through this Lanshui River Valley, and intercept the back road of the Shenwu Changsheng Army, he had to stop for a while to catch his breath.
The next day, after these hutches had recovered a little, Yinshuke was ready to gather his men and horses, and then agitate them to continue westward. If someone is lazy and wants to loot on the spot, Yinshu will not hesitate to cut off a dozen or twenty heads.
In the middle of the rectification, I saw a lot of dust rising from the road in the east valley, and it was the appearance of military horses coming in this direction. Yinshuke suddenly changed his mind, and then erected the banner of the Song army, and hastily arranged it, wanting to lead the southerners reinforcements to crash into it. Let's see if we can take advantage.
Came and rode in a hurry, although he looked tired. But once you move, it's still neat and agile. At first glance, it looks like a strong army. Yinshuke immediately understood that his good days had come to an end. I bumped into that strong army of the Southern Dynasty again!
On the wall, in the crazy shouts of hundreds of Hu Qi, Yinshu also looked haggard, but his eyes were as if he was about to spit fire. stared at the Southern Dynasty military horse in front of him.
hastily arranged, and sure enough, it couldn't bully this strong army of the Southern Dynasties. It's a pity that the military horses of the Southern Dynasties are not all like you! Now that the Hedong offensive is being fought, the initiative has changed hands. Immediately, Zong Han's army will swarm in through the gap opened by his own house. But when the time comes, what can you do? Let's just have a tough fight here. Even if it can't be opened here, the Jurchen army can continue to go south. Look at you, the strong army of the Southern Dynasties, can you cover it completely?
One day, I will see this strong army of the Southern Dynasty that brought me endless humiliation and annihilated in front of me! (To be continued......)