Chapter 219: Xiao Jie
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At the same time, in the north of Huaiqing Mansion, near the east bank of the Qinshui River, on a vacant land on the west side of Ziling Village, 4,000 men and horses led by Zuo Liangyu were stationed here. ใๆโๅปโณๅฐโ่ชชโณ็ถฒ Qu ใ
Zuo Liangyu was pacing in the temporary camp, inspecting his four thousand cavalry, his expression was leisurely, and he did not have the nervous feeling that a big battle was imminent.
At this moment, a war horse came quickly, and a soldier rode on the horse, and soon came to Zuo Liangyu's side. Before the war horse stopped, he turned over and dismounted, jumped down, and then knelt on one knee and panted to report: "General Qiyu, according to our report from the horse, the situation in Huaiqing City has been clearly investigated, and there are only 4,000 rebel troops besieging the city. โ
"However, when our scouts returned, the rebel army besieging Huaiqing City was missing a thousand cavalry, and the four thousand rebel army that suddenly appeared in front of us converged. Looking at their posture, they want to block us from rescuing Huaiqing City. โ
After listening to the report of his subordinates, Zuo Liangyu's face showed a sneer, and he said contemptuously: "This chaotic army is really beyond its own strength, only 4,000 people want to attack the city, and want to use 5,000 people to block my Zuo Liangyu's 4,000 cavalry, it is simply wishful thinking, I don't know whether I am alive or dead!" Don't say it's 5,000 people, it's 10,000 people, and don't try to block the iron hooves of my Zuo Liangyu's 4,000 cavalry. โ
After finishing speaking, Zuo Liangyu turned around and went straight to his war horse.
"Come with me, immediately pull out the camp and rush to Huaiqing City, and by the way, solve the 5,000 chaotic army in front of you, so as to show the prestige of the army."
With Zuo Liangyu's order, all the soldiers ran to their respective horses, and after a while, they were already riding on horseback, holding the reins in their left hand and holding a saber in their right hand, all the way to the south, galloping away, chasing Li Zicheng and others, and the momentum was compelling.
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Not long after, when there were still about ten miles away from the north gate of Huaiqing City, Li Zicheng rode a horse and took the lead, hurrying towards Huaiqing City. At this time, a fast horse chased up from behind, and went hand in hand with Li Zicheng.
"Boss Qiyu, Zuo Liangyu's men have already caught up, and we are less than five miles away."
Li Zicheng was still in a hurry, and after the spies finished reporting, he ordered without looking back: "Gao Yigong, you immediately rush to Huaiqing City, and let the party guard Su transfer the Li family army outside the west city to the north gate, and gather with the soldiers there, stationed on the east and west sides respectively, give way to the official road in the middle, and wait for me to return." โ
"Yes, Boss!"
Gao Yigong responded, and the black ruffian under his crotch accelerated violently and shot out like a gust of wind, leaving only a black afterimage.
"Li Guo, immediately give the order to go down and let all the men and horses spread out on both sides. After a while, if Zuo Liangyu rushes to kill, don't fight hard, just use the crossbow arrow to greet him and kill him. โ
Although he was puzzled and didn't understand why his uncle arranged it, Li Guo instinctively agreed.
"Yes, boss, the last general will arrange this and spread the two wings."
Gradually, the five thousand Li Jiajun began to disperse to both sides, galloping and hurrying, adjusting their formation, like an eagle fleeing all the way, with its two wings fanning forward. As a result, the two flanks of the hurried army occupied the vast majority of the troops, and almost all of the more than 1,000 people brought by Li Zicheng in the middle were in the middle, and the battle formation showed a concave shape to the south.
After another period of time, Zuo Liangyu's four thousand cavalry finally caught up and appeared in everyone's field of vision, becoming clearer and clearer, Li Zicheng glanced back, and then ordered to slow down the march, so as not to be killed by Zuo Liangyu behind the camp.
Otherwise, once this happens, his Li Jiajun will suffer heavy losses, which is definitely not what Li Zicheng wants to see.
After all, the thousand people he brought not only lacked military quality, but even the war horses under his crotch were far inferior to the war horses carefully selected by the officials and soldiers. Therefore, if we keep speeding up and keep galloping at high speed, these 1,000 people will be left behind and exterminated by the officers and soldiers.
In the rear, Zuo Liangyu led his 4,000 cavalry faster and faster, and everyone was excited, as if they had been drugged. Like a pack of hungry wolves, all in front of them are lambs waiting to be slaughtered, their prey at their fingertips, not Li Jiajun.
As soon as he saw Li Zicheng's formation and the posture of escaping, Zuo Liangyu's heart suddenly blossomed, and he couldn't help but secretly say: "Haha... The chaotic army is the chaotic army, and sure enough, they are all a rabble, they don't know how to command, they don't have any strategy, and they actually march like this. Hey... This is better, the vast majority of the rebel army is located on both sides, and the middle army of the rebel army is directly exposed under my iron hooves. In this way, as long as a quick charge, concentrate superior forces, and kill the leader of this rabble, the rest of the chaotic army will collapse without attacking and will be better cleaned up. โ
As soon as he thought of this, Zuo Liangyu immediately shouted: "Pass the order, shrink the formation, leave the two wings of the chaotic army alone, give me to rush directly to the Chinese army of the chaotic army, and capture their leader alive!" โ
Immediately, the iron cavalry of the four thousand officers and soldiers began to gather their formation, like arrows off the string, and went straight to Li Zicheng.
At the same time, Li Jiajun's formation also began to change, from the beginning to like an escaping eagle, with wings in front and body back.
Now it was the opposite, the formation changed to two wings in the rear, the Chinese army in the front, showing a convex shape to the south, and the concave shape in the middle was just facing the officers and troops chasing behind.
Not only that, as the official army got closer and closer, the Li family army on both sides, that is, the 4,000 cavalry brought by Li Guo, raised their right arms slightly, pointing at the officers and soldiers who were about to catch up.
Li Jiajun's formation has changed more and more obviously, and the time used is only one or two minutes, and it is still a degree of advance and retreat, and the position is extremely accurate!
At this moment, Zuo Liangyu's four thousand men and horses were like a sharp sword, and Li Jiajun's formation was like a groove, just enough to wrap Zuo Liangyu.
In an instant, with rich battlefield experience, Zuo Liangyu immediately realized that there was something wrong with the situation, and it was very likely that he would be tricked, so that his men and horses were semi-surrounded. If you continue to advance, you will enter the pockets that the rebels have already tied.
As soon as he thought of this, the corner of Zuo Liangyu's eyes jumped straight east, secretly frightened, he didn't expect the chaotic army in front of him to be so powerful, and reacted so quickly, almost in a hurry, he spread out the two wings, forming a fan-shaped anti-encirclement trend!
At the same time, Zuo Liangyu clearly knew that it was too late to turn the horse's head now, or stop immediately. This is because the distance is too short to turn the horse's head and stop. Otherwise, once it is forcibly done, the formation will inevitably be disrupted, making people turn on their backs.
Therefore, Zuo Liangyu could only stand up to it, and did not forget the same horsewhip, and shouted: "Speed up, capture the leader of the other party alive for me!" โ
At this moment, Zuo Liangyu still had a thought in his heart, that is, with the elite of his cavalry, he could instantly kill in the middle of the chaotic army and capture Li Zicheng alive, so as to turn the situation around and turn the disadvantage into an advantage.
I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, when he shouted that sentence, Zuo Liangyu seemed to be in a hurry and forgot a little, and he didn't know who the leader of this chaotic army was, and who would those generals arrest? How to catch?
However, even Zuo Liangyu's last thought fell through the air and came to naught.
I saw that Li Zicheng pulled the reins to the right, and the war horse immediately ran to the right, and the 1,000 Li family army in the middle immediately divided into two teams and rounded to both sides.
Seeing this situation, Zuo Liangyu's face was overjoyed, his legs clamped the horse's belly, the whip in his hand was fiercely whipped on the horse's buttocks, and he shouted: "Don't get entangled with the chaotic army, speed up the march, and go to Huaiqing City!" โ
For a while, there was a commotion in the 4,000 officers and soldiers, and everyone was stunned, wondering how the deputy chief soldier could give such an order? Didn't you say it before the war? Take this opportunity to exterminate this chaotic army by the way, and then go to Huaiqing City, how can it be changed now?
However, after thinking about it, these cavalrymen still did the same, like Zuo Liangyu, their legs clamped the horse's belly, and the whip in their hands was fiercely whipped on the horse's buttocks, and the speed of the four thousand officers and soldiers suddenly increased to a new level.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves seems to trample the land!
Obviously, Zuo Liangyu made up his mind, taking advantage of the roundabout gap between Li Zicheng and the others to both sides, leading people through the gap in front of them to escape the encirclement of the chaotic army, and the crisis was lifted, temporarily turning the danger into a disaster.
However, although Zuo Liangyu's idea is good, the reality is very cruel, as soon as he speeds up, when he approaches the two wings of Li Jiajun, he sees Li Jiajun on both sides raise his left hand at the same time, aiming it in their direction, followed by a dense rain of arrows.
Whoa...
"Not good! What a damn one! How can these rebels have small bows and crossbows? No wonder these rebels have always been in formation, and they are not afraid of my four thousand iron horsemen. โ
Zuo Liangyu secretly scolded, regretting it very much, he shouldn't despise the rebellious army, in order to increase the speed of the march, he didn't let the army bring bows and arrows. Otherwise, the current situation of the army would not be so bad, and it could only passively accept the crossbow arrows of the chaotic army.
However, it was too late to think about anything now, Zuo Liangyu had to hold on to his spirit, and then waved the broadsword in his hand, and used the broadsword to cut off the flying arrows while riding at a high speed.
Even though he was strong in martial arts, experienced in a hundred battles, and skilled in swordsmanship, Zuo Liangyu was finally hit by three crossbow arrows. However, after such a fight and struggle, Zuo Liangyu had also passed through the encirclement of the Li family's army and rode away, followed by other surviving officers and soldiers.
"Ahh Yes... Ahh
The screams were incessant, and a large number of officers and soldiers fell off their horses, and even if they were not killed by an arrow, they were trampled to death by the horses that followed them.
For a time, in less than ten minutes, the officers and soldiers lost nearly one-fifth of their troops, and the others came in a hurry, and there was no beginning of the indispensable, and they did not take the Li family army in their eyes at all.
At this moment, Li Guo rode a horse and stood on one side, quietly watching this scene, his expression relaxed at the same time, he admired his uncle more and more, this use of soldiers, god!
However, Li Guo thought about it again, his eyes wandered between the Li family troops on both sides, not only did he have some sighs in his heart, if the thousand people in the middle reacted a little faster and moved as neatly as those he brought, this battle would be perfect, and the elite division of the official army would be severely defeated with zero casualties!
Moreover, Li Guo is still guessing that most of the reason why his uncle did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and eliminate the remaining officers and troops should be that these 1,000 people are in the front, and the 4,000 cavalry in the rear cannot be used to chase after them.
Suddenly, when Li Guo thought like this in his heart, a bright light flashed in his mind, and he suddenly realized that this battle was not only his uncle's miraculous use of troops, his command was determined, and his ability to adapt quickly on the spot, but also had 4,000 well-trained cavalry as the backing.
It is not difficult to imagine that if the troops of other rebel armies were on the two wings, they would not be able to react in such a short period of time and make such a move, and the cavalry would cooperate tacitly, seize the position very accurately, and quickly make corresponding actions, so that the two wings of the army could be expanded, so as to seize the opportunity, quickly maneuver, and detour to both sides, so as to attack the officers and troops led by Zuo Liangyu with bows and crossbows.
All of this, as well as Zuo Liangyu's light enemy, did not bring bows and arrows, so that the Li family's army won such a big victory, with less than fifty casualties.
With Li Zicheng's orders one by one, nearly 5,000 Li Jiajun gathered together again, spread horizontally, and galloped up again, chasing the officers and soldiers who were looking at the trail in front of them.
Seeing this situation, Li Guo breathed a long sigh of relief, rode his horse and chased after him, muttering in his mouth: "Fortunately, my uncle didn't let the tiger return to the mountain." If Zuo Liangyu is allowed to run away this time, not to mention other rebel armies, he will have to leave a big trouble for the Li family's army. โ
Between running and chasing, Huaiqing City was already close in front of him, Zuo Liangyu, who was at the forefront of the army, was embarrassed, although the armor was quite neat, but he was covered with blood, and even the helmet was not known when he lost it, and his long hair was messy.
At this time, a young general rode a horse to chase after him, looked back at the Li Jiajun who was in hot pursuit, and Zuo Liangyu was only half a war horse, and said anxiously: "Father, this chaotic army is too powerful!" Not only is it well-equipped, but even the quality of the personnel is extremely high, do we still want to enter Huaiqing City? If we enter Huaiqing City, we will have no way back. โ
As if he hadn't heard it, Zuo Liangyu was still galloping on his horse, waving a horsewhip, without the slightest intention of turning the horse's head.
"Menggeng, my son, now there is no other choice but to enter Huaiqing City. Due to the urgency of coming out, we only brought three days of food. If we change direction now, even if we get rid of the chaotic army in the rear, it will be difficult for us to solve the problem of provisions. Moreover, with this defeat alone, the army urgently needs to rest. Only by entering Huaiqing City can the morale of the army be stabilized. โ
"Father, the child understands."
Zuo Mengeng agreed, and after being reminded by his father Zuo Liangyu, he remembered that in this place in Henan, there have been droughts for several years, natural and man-made disasters, and it is difficult to raise grain and grass from the countryside except for the towns.
The most important thing is that what the army needs most now is to repair and stabilize the morale of the army. If you don't enter the city and sleep in the wilderness, you will always be on guard and beware of the sneak attack of the rebel army.
As soon as he thought of this, Zuo Mengeng had no other thoughts, and began to wave the horsewhip vigorously to urge the war horse under his crotch. Reading, a better reading experience.