Chapter 224: The Battle of Sand River (Part II)
The voice from behind shocked the Jinzhou army: It's not good, it's been discovered!
Looking back, I saw a rebel army coming from the north, with a dozen rebels on horseback in front and a group of infantry in sight, stretching for miles in the snow, no less than a few thousand.
The rebel who was walking in front of the rebels on horseback grinned and cursed as he beat his horse and galloped towards him. It seemed that he didn't notice anything wrong ahead.
Jinzhou was stunned at this time, and Shi Dayong's heart was beating hard. Obviously, the rebel general regarded the Jinzhou army, which was also from Liaodong, as his rebel army from Dongjiang, because the military uniforms worn by both the enemy and us were the same Liao army uniforms - a red fat jacket covered with cotton armor and a large felt hat on his head. If the two armies come together, it will be difficult to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy except by their banners.
The rebel general led the people closer and closer, and there were still more than 300 steps away from the Jinzhou army.
Neither distance nor time allowed Shi Dayong to hesitate any longer, and he had to make a decision immediately - attack or retreat.
The rebels would have gotten closer, and they would immediately notice that the men and horses in the same uniform as them were faces they had never seen before!
"Kill!"
Shi Dayong did not hesitate at all, and gave the order to attack in a deep voice.
After that, it is better to make the first move, and when he does not understand the situation, he is caught off guard!
With a clamp between his legs, he pulled out his long knife, and with a loud shout, the mount suddenly galloped out, and the long knife pointed at the rebel general who was ignorant and ignorant of the horse
That rebel general is Chen Shi, an elegant person who was born in a sea but is good at talking about history and the present, and likes to socialize with readers. The word "Confucian general" is the most common word on his lips on weekdays, and when he attacked the government and plundered the county, in addition to the rich women, he had the most scholars in his army.
Kong Youde also asked him for this: "What are you doing robbing so many readers?" ”
Chen's answer is sometimes: "Those who have achieved great things since ancient times cannot do without the assistance of literati." ”
One sentence choked Kong Youde enough, if he had been someone else, he would have cut it with a knife a long time ago!
You Chen sometimes want to achieve great things, so where is my Kong Youde!
Fortunately, Kong Youde knew his virtue, and he didn't care about his heart-wrenching answer, and let him go with a smile.
When it snowed heavily last night, when Chen sometimes went out of the tent to see the snowstorm, he had a whimsical idea to learn from his predecessors to attack Caizhou on a snowy night, and take advantage of the unpreparedness of the Xue Daming army to attack Baili and take Shangxian in one fell swoop, so as to clean up the remnants of the thousands of Beijing battalions, so as to save them from hanging under their noses.
On the side of the collapse, how can you allow others to sleep soundly!
Chen sometimes admires the newly captured Zhao Xiucai for saying this to him, this is too right, where can other people sleep next to Lao Tzu's bed, if you open your eyes and find an unknown bastard lying next to you, wouldn't it be very fucked!
Zhao Xiucai told him that taking Shangxian meant that the Ming army in Beizhili could no longer pose a threat to the general, and it also meant that Kong Dashuai in the east could attack Dengzhou boldly with confidence, and even after obtaining Denglai, he would take Denglai as the foundation and go north, so as to duel with the son of heaven of the Zhu family.
Chen was sometimes excited when he said this, and slapped his palm on the dining table, shaking the dishes and chopsticks on the table to jump down. Taking advantage of the strength of the wine, without saying a word, he ordered the whole army to get up and immediately set off to attack Shang County.
Driven by the elite soldiers of the three hundred Liao army, the rebels reluctantly assembled, but the sky was not beautiful, the snow was falling heavier and heavier, and the wind was getting stronger and stronger, until it blew so that people couldn't even open their eyes.
In this ghost weather, Hugh said that he was marching, but he couldn't stand it for a while, and he really wanted to forcibly send troops to attack Shang County, but he was afraid that before he reached the halfway, the team would disperse in a hurry.
Zhao Xiucai didn't expect that Chen would sometimes do what he said, it was windy and snowy outside, where could he go to a surprise attack. Don't eat the meat, but burst your teeth.
Under the persuasion of his subordinates and Zhao Xiucai's reasoning, Chen sometimes gave up the idea of attacking Shang County on a snowy night.
But as soon as the morning dawned, he issued another order, except for leaving 500 men to guard the Shahe, the rest of the soldiers and horses were all dispatched with him, this time, he did not attack Shang County, but changed to Haixing County in the southeast of Shang County.
Haixing County is close to the sea, since the Wuqiao uprising, the rebels have not touched here, so the people from all over the world have fled to Haixing, there are quite a lot of large gentry in the city, compared to the Shang County these have been looted in the city, the wealth in Haixing City is undoubtedly very attractive.
Haikou is Haikou, that is, he wears a few layers of official clothes and reads hundreds of books, he is a Haikou after all. If Chen sometimes insisted on attacking Shang County, he might really be able to break the city in one fell swoop. Because the Jingying in the city and Zhao Xiucai's analysis were general, thinking that with such a heavy snowfall, the rebels were also people, and it was impossible to return it in the ice and snow, so the guards could be said to be extremely lax.
Even the city gates, which had not dared to be opened for two or three days in a row, were also opened early in the morning, as long as Chen sometimes sent people into the city, and then suddenly killed, the inside and outside should be combined, and the Beijing camp of the frightened bird was bound to collapse. In that way, the great achievement will really be done, and no official army in Beizhili will dare to think about the rebels in Shahe or even Denglai.
Unfortunately, his greedy nature blinded Chen Shishi's eyes, and he finally chose Haixing County, and sent another 500 people to Shandong as a partial army, so as to confuse the Lu soldiers in Shandong and make them dare not go south to Shahe.
Sure enough, Haixing County, which thought it was far away from the rebels, was unwary of the arrival of the rebels, and with only a burst of guns, the Ming army stationed in Haixing was dispersed, and in only half an hour, Chen sometimes successfully took Haixing County.
After entering the city, after some burning and looting, Chen sometimes rushed back to the Shahe nest with the stolen gold and silver treasures and women.
Because there were too many goods and women to rob, the speed of the march slowed down, and when he finally came back, he saw many horses in front of him in the distance.
Seeing the war horse, Chen Shi's eyes suddenly lit up, as a person leading soldiers, how could he not want to have a cavalry.
Moreover, he instinctively thought that the soldiers and horses in front were the partial division Wang Dasha sent to Shandong, and he did not suspect that the officers and soldiers in front were at all. When he saw the military uniform worn by the other party, he was even more convinced that it must be Wang Da Fool who came back from stealing a lot of war horses in Shandong. Because in the territory of Beizhili, in addition to his Dongjiang soldiers and horses, where are there soldiers and horses who will wear the military uniforms of Liaozhen!
The recent Liao soldiers have been surrounded to death by the marshal in Dengzhou City, and the one in front of them is not Wang Da Fool or who!
Chen, whose eyes were shining from those war horses, sometimes ran over with a whip in ecstasy, and he didn't realize the danger at all
Wang Da Fool is the nickname of Wang Tiande, the garrison of the left battalion of the original Dengzhou Infantry Army, he is very bold, and he almost died on the battlefield, even if the enemy is strong, he dares to lead his troops to charge. When he attacked the rear of the Jin people with Mao Shuai, he led more than a dozen soldiers and more than 100 gold cavalry to fight, and the last battle was only one person, and he did not retreat.
After the war, Mao Shuai held his hand and sighed: "The world is afraid of Jiannu, and every battle is looking at the wind and fleeing, but you can ride alone to retreat from Jiannu's strong soldiers, and you are under the command of this marshal, which is really the blessing of this marshal and the luck of the court!" ”
The Dongjiang generals thought differently from Mao Shuai, they all said that Wang Tiande was a fool, and he didn't fight like this, this is simply stupid, he really lost his life, can he commit it?
Over time, the nickname of "Wang Da Fool" spread among the army, and the mention of this nickname was half an admiration for Wang Tiande's courage to fight, and half a ridicule of his stubborn head.
After all, the Dongjiang Army is not a soldier who takes the imperial court's salary, they take Mao Shuai's salary, and there is no need to serve the imperial court.
During the Phidao Mutiny, Wang Tiande also threw himself under Liu Xingzhi's account, and after Liu Xingzhi's death, he was taken to Denglai by Kong Youde.
Because of Wang Tiande's bravery, Kong Youde also attaches great importance to him, feeling Kong Youde's kindness, after the Wuqiao Incident, although Wang Tiande had doubts about the incident in his heart, he still fought back to Denglai with Kong Youde.
After Kong Youde went to Dengzhou, the 300 elite Liao soldiers left to Chen were led by Wang Tiande.
Chen sometimes led troops to attack Haixing County, and it was Wang Tiande who was ordered to attack and harass in Shandong, with 100 Liao soldiers under his command.
At this moment, he is also leading his troops to Shahe
Looking at those military horses, I am afraid that there are hundreds of horses, and with these hundreds of horses, he Chen will be able to immediately form a cavalry and become the only general in the rebel army with cavalry. They will no longer suffer from the absence of cavalry, and they will be able to stretch their hands longer.
Under the excitement and ecstasy, he loved Wang Da Fool even more, and said in his heart that this big fool has made a great contribution this time, and he must give him a few more beautiful women he snatched from Haixing today, and treat him well.
However, after happily running forward for dozens of steps, Chen sometimes felt that something was wrong, in the past, every time he called Wang Tiande, this big fool would always say a few words to himself, but today Wang Da fool seemed to be dumb, and he didn't greet him.
What's going on?
Chen, who was strange in his heart, sometimes subconsciously looked at those horsemen and found that they were all maintaining a fighting posture, and suddenly a spirit was excited: Not good, these soldiers are not Wang Da fool's people!
In addition to the 100 Liao soldiers that Wang Tiande took away, the remaining 400 people were all recruits who had just joined, and none of the 100 Liao soldiers could ride horses, how could they make a fighting posture that only cavalry had on horses!
"Phew!"
After knowing that the road was not good, Chen sometimes made a hurry, and the mount that stepped down was in pain, and let out a long hiss.
More than a dozen personal soldiers who came with Chen sometimes saw it, and they didn't know what to do, and they also reined in their horses one by one, looking at their generals for some reason.
"Run, it's officers and soldiers!"
Chen sometimes shouted in a hurry, and was about to hit his horse and run back.
When those pro-soldiers heard this, they immediately panicked, and two of them who still didn't believe it glanced at the Jinzhou army, and when they found that a masked general suddenly drew his sword and rushed over, he was immediately shocked and changed his face.
"Officers and Soldiers"