Chapter 11: The Battle of the Zhang Family (7)
Zhang Hongfan got up early in the morning and just had breakfast, when he got the news that Zhang Shijie led 10,000 horses to challenge. At this time, Zhang Hongfan hesitated.
When he got up this morning, Zhang Hongfan felt a little cold in his head. He drank hot soup at breakfast, which was to dispel the dull pain. So before learning the news of Zhang Shijie's challenge, Zhang Hongfan couldn't help but envy the military station where Zhang Shijie was camped, which was a sturdy wall with more than one person high and one person wide. No amount of cold wind can blow through such walls. Even Zhang Hongfan could only live in a cold and leaky tent, and many of Zhang Hongfan's subordinates did not even have tents that were ventilated on all sides. You can only wrap everything you can wear and sleep in a place where you are windy.
It's February in the Song calendar, and the temperature in Hebei is still very cold. Of course, Zhang Hongfan would not have known that more than a thousand years later, Hebei was still supplying heating to protect against the cold. But Zhang Hongfan knew that it was extremely sinful to come out to fight on such a cold day.
After thinking about it for a moment, Zhang Hongfan ordered, "Go out and fight." ”
This time he went north, Zhang Shijie led 15,000 men, but left 2,000 men and horses in each of the two military stations, and 1,000 men and horses in the newly repaired military station. At this time, he only brought 10,000 horses to challenge.
Zhang Hongfan took 20,000 people south, and this time he brought out more than 15,000 people. When the two teams were facing each other, Zhang Hongfan saw that the Song army on the opposite side was all steel armor, and it looked like a silver snake. The last time the Song army was fighting, he hid behind the wooden shield, and this time he finally saw the true appearance of the Song army's field troops, although Zhang Hongfan had heard the description of the Tanma, he still couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Just by looking at the shine, you can see that the armor is made of steel, not black and dull iron. Even if Mongolia lifts the whole country, it is difficult to assemble such a luxurious steel armor of 10,000 people. Looking at Zhang Hongfan's subordinates, only some Mongolian cavalry had metal armor, and those ordinary soldiers were wearing leather armor, or just ordinary clothes. Moreover, the fabric of these clothes is still linen, and in the cold wind of the morning, some of the weak people can't help but tremble slightly.
The two armies were aligned, but neither wanted to attack first. At this moment, I saw a group of men and horses coming out of the Song army, and the first general wearing bright silver armor shouted in Hebei dialect: "Those Mongolian lackeys on the other side, I am your grandfather Qin Mohuan, who dares to come out to die!" ”
Before the large forces decided to attack on all fronts, some small troops would often be sent to engage first. Although Qin Mohuan wanted to stay in Cangzhou City to listen to the lectures, he wanted to come to fight even more, so he followed Zhang Shijie to the north. As a person who has long been favored by the Song army, Zhang Shijie also gave Qin Mohuan a team. Seeing that Zhang Hongfan didn't come up this time, he didn't mean to fight hard with the army, so Zhang Shijie asked Qin Mohuan to come out to challenge.
After calling for the battle, Qin Mohuan saw that the Mongolian army did not immediately send people to meet the battle, so he ran twice in front of the Mongolian army. He was tall and rode a tall mixed-breed Arabian horse, and he looked imposing.
was shouted at like this, and there was a Mongol Kharbara here asking for war. Of course, Zhang Hongfan would not stop it, so he saw Halbara riding a Mongolian horse to fight. This heads-up mode can best show the bravery of the warrior, seeing that there is only one person on the other side to fight, Qin Mohuan asked his subordinates to retreat. And this approach is seen in the eyes of the Mongolian army, so that many people also secretly praise.
The two of them didn't talk nonsense, and each urged their mounts to start hedging. Halbara and Qin Mohuan both used guns, and they saw that the two of them had spears in their hands, and the tips of the spears were facing each other, and the distance was getting closer and closer. Seeing that Qin Mohuan was about to enter the range of his attack, the Harbara spear stabbed forward suddenly, heading straight for Qin Mohuan's ribs. Qin Mohuan acted as if he hadn't seen it, and the spear stabbed straight at Halbara's chest.
After all, it is a nation that eats on horseback, and Harbara leans back with superb riding skills, which can avoid Qin Mohuan's spurs. And his arm was still stabbed forward with a spear, although his strength was weak, he still stabbed Qin Mohuan. There was only a sound of metal clashing, and Halbara's spear was not able to pierce the steel armor at all.
At this time, Halbara was shocked, and he knew that under the ribs were usually the junctions of the armor, and there were many gaps. Unexpectedly, there was a steel plate under the armor of the Song army on the opposite side, and there was no room to break through it at all. At this time, the two horses were wrong, Halbara hung up his spear, drew out his riding bow, opened his bow and set up arrows, and turned around to give Qin Mohuan on the opposite side an arrow.
However, to his surprise, he saw that Qin Mohuan on the opposite side was the same, he was holding a crossbow in his hand, and he was also turning around to aim at Harbara. At this time, neither side made a dodge move. The arrows of the riding bow are fired almost simultaneously with the crossbow arrows.
With a bang, Harbala's arrow smashed into Qin Mohuan's helmet with a thud.
Yes! Qin Mohuan's arrow hit Harbara, making him can't help but let out a miserable scream.
Qin Mohuan didn't expect the Mongols to be so proficient in mounted archery, and he was also taken aback in his heart. But he still controlled his emotions, turned the horse's head as soon as possible, and chased after Harbara, who had no strength to urge the horse where he was covered by the arrow. The Arabian horse is not as fast as the Mongolian horse in the sprint, but it is only comparative. The Song army's sharp three-edged arrows easily pierced through Harbara's leather armor and reached its internal organs. This kind of pain is painful when you don't move, and it hurts your heart with a little exertion. Harbara, who was powerless to urge the horse, was about to be caught up by Qin Mohuan.
At this moment, I heard the Mongolian dialect. Two horses rushed out of Zhang Hongfan's formation at a gallop, and the Mongols on the horse shot two arrows at Qin Mohuan in succession, forcing Qin Mohuan to deal with the two of them first. And the two of them didn't want to come out and fight with Qin Mohuan, after forcing Qin Mohuan, the two covered Halbara and pushed into the Mongolian army formation.
Although he failed to kill the enemy general, Qin Mohuan undoubtedly won this battle. There was immediately a burst of cheers in the Song army, and everyone's morale was greatly boosted. On the other side, there was silence in the Mongol army, and the morale was still a little damaged.
Qin Mohuan ran in front of the Mongolian army for a while, and shouted at the same time, "I am Qin Mohuan of the Great Song Dynasty, who else would you dare to come out and die?" ”
Zhang Hongfan looked at the general again. This time, no one volunteered, not even the Mongols. Perhaps feeling embarrassed, the general next to him said: "Marshal, the armor of the Song army is too good." Rushing arrows can't move him. It's so boring for them to fight like this. ”
Hearing this, Zhang Hongfan felt that it was better not to speak. The Song army called for a battle to show their superiority, and everyone just saw it, wouldn't it be to shake the morale of the army to say so. At this moment, another Song army general came out and replaced Qin Mohuan.
saw that this Song Army general was relatively short, and the voice turned out to be a woman. I heard the woman shout loudly: "Mongolian thief, listen, I am a descendant of the Li family in Shandong." Zhang Hongfan, if you have the guts, you will come out and die, I will kill you to avenge my father! ”
When they heard that a woman had come out to challenge, the Mongolian army was in high spirits. And when Zhang Hongfan heard that the other party was actually a descendant of the Li family in Shandong, he couldn't help but feel that things in this world would inevitably become so fast. When Li Pu in Shandong was in rebellion, Zhang Hongfan was the general of the crusading army. At that time, he thought that Li Pu had killed all his wife and concubine and daughter in the end, but he didn't expect that there would be fish that slipped through the net.
"Marshal, please let me fight." Someone asked for war. Zhang Shijie saw that it was a general named Yeluqiong. Although he can fight, he is very lustful.
"Go ahead." Zhang Hongfan said.
This Yeluqiong is a foot general, making a simple knife. After walking out of the battle, he shouted to the woman: "Lady of the Li family, do you dare to dismount and fight?" ”
When the descendants of Li Pu saw that Yeluqiong really wanted to fight on foot, he also reined in his horse and jumped off the horse. The Mongolian army didn't expect this woman to dare to fight so much, and they couldn't help but boo. Yeluqiong's eyes lit up, and she felt that she had more chances to capture the woman surnamed Li alive. Although he has played with many women, he has never been able to catch a female general. The woman opposite has a visor directly on her helmet, showing a T-shape, so you can't see the face under the helmet clearly. But listening to the voice, it should be a young woman.
Thinking of this, Yeluqiong couldn't help but say with a hippie smile: "The lady of the Li family, but I don't know what to call Fang's name?" ”
Such a light words caused great unhappiness among the woman opposite, and a disgusted voice came from the gap in the mask, "When I kill you, you will naturally know!" ”
After saying that, the woman plunged the tip of her spear down into the ground beside her, then drew the sword at her waist, threw down the scabbard and slew at Yeluqiong.
Yeluqiong didn't expect the other party to say that he would do it, and he also packed up his mood and waved his sword to face the battle. The simple knife is a kind of weapon between the big knife and the single knife, commonly known as the two-handed belt. It can be seen as a weapon with a short handle mounted on a one-meter-long wooden handle. This thing is about four or five feet long, and it looks very powerful.
The stabbing sword in the hand of Miss Li of the Song Army was about three feet, and it looked very slender. The Mongol army only felt that as long as Yeluqiong's Pu knife touched such a thin sword, it would either be able to cut it off or smash it away. Jerejon's victory was only a matter of time.
However, the battle was much more than the Mongol army expected, and the two only fought two or three faces, and the bayonet sword in Miss Li's hand stabbed Yeluqiong's left arm with a thrust. Yeluqiong couldn't help but scream, although she continued to resist, she could only swing her knife with her right hand to force Miss Li back, and at the same time began to retreat.
Miss Li was dressed in well-fitting steel armor, her steps were as light as a dance, and when she paused when Yeluqiong's arm was swung too much, she took another arrow step, and the sharp tip of the stabbing sword plunged into Yeluqiong's right arm. This assassination hit the straight bones, and Yeluqiong could no longer hold the Pu knife under the severe pain.
The knife fell to the ground, and Yeluqiong already felt death approaching. At this time, he did not run away, but roared loudly and threw himself towards Miss Li with open arms. I want to knock Miss Li down, and then use my strength to defeat her.
And Miss Li took a light step back, and when her heel hit the ground, she stabbed her sword forward, and the sharp tip of the sword pierced through Yeluqiong's open mouth, penetrating the cervical vertebrae, and emerging two inches from the back of her neck. Yeluqiong lost her strength in an instant, and as soon as her legs were weak, she knelt in front of Miss Li, and she couldn't die anymore.
This set of movements was too fast, and many Mongol soldiers only saw the fierce Yeluqiong and fell to their knees in the blink of an eye. I was surprised and didn't know what was going on. Miss Li raised her foot against Yeluqiong's throat and drew her sword at the same time. A large amount of blood came out of the back of Yeluqiong's neck and mouth, and the whole person fell to the ground limply. Only then did the Mongol army know that Yeluqiong had been killed cleanly.
Miss Li rubbed the blood on her sword on Yeluqiong's corpse, and then pointed the tip of her sword in the direction of the Mongolian army, and shouted: "Zhang Hongfan, you dog thief, do you dare to come out to fight?" ”
Facing Qin Mohuan, who was tall and strong and rode a tall horse, the men in the Mongolian army would also measure their abilities, and they were unwilling to lose their lives because of their ability. On the opposite side was a female general, and the Mongolian generals felt that Yeluqiong was killed just because he was careless. Immediately, two people roared angrily and rushed out of the formation, heading towards Miss Li.
Both of them noticed each other, and neither of them stopped, but quickened their pace to try to rush over to fight Miss Li first. A man in leather armor had less of a burden, and rushed in front of Miss Li before the Mongolian army general in iron armor. He shouted: "Changshan Zhao Fei came to receive the teaching." "Immediately wave a pair of four-lined iron slips and kill them.
The four-flute iron is made of iron, which is very heavy and very majestic when wielded. As long as it is smashed, it will probably break bones and tendons. However, this weapon requires a lot of power and inertia. After only two or three rounds, Miss Li saw an opportunity to stab Zhao Fei in the chest with a sword. When the sharp tip of the sword pierced in, Zhao Fei shouted. The stabbing sword was drawn, Zhao Fei continued to roar and rushed forward, only a few swings of the iron slip, and Zhao Fei suddenly fell to the ground. After a few convulsions, he stopped moving. It turned out that he had been stabbed in the heart just now, and he was dead at this time.
The one wearing iron armor in the back didn't know, but when he saw Zhao Fei pounce on the ground, he scolded "Don't pretend to be a dead dog", and then rushed up with a swing of the Fang Tian Painting Halberd, and shouted in his mouth: "Liaodong Xiao Wannian came to receive the teaching." ”
Miss Li took a few steps back and retreated to her spear. Piercing the sword into the ground, Miss Li drew her spear and fought with Xiao Wannian. And Zhang Hongfan also looked at it carefully, and the woman who claimed to be Li Pu's orphan put down the two of them in a row, although Zhang Hongfan was very surprised, but Zhang Hongfan also felt suspicious.
The pear flower gun that instigated the heavy rain of the Li family is famous all over the world, whether it is Li Pu's father Li Quan or Li Pu's mother Yang Miaozhen, they are all famous for the pear flower gun, and there is a saying that "twenty years of pear flower gun, the world is invincible". And although this Li girl carries a gun when she is on the horse, she is good at swordsmanship.
Now that he finally has a chance, Zhang Hongfan looked carefully, but saw that Miss Li really made a pear flower gun. saw that the head of the spear was like a flying pear blossom in Miss Li's hands, and the move went straight to Xiao Wannian's vital point.
And Xiao Wannian was nicknamed Xiao Lu Bu in the army, and a Fang Tian painting halberd was like a spiritual snake in his hand, not only resisting Miss Li's spear attack, but also constantly counterattacking. Just when the Mongolian generals and colonels were quite impressed by the martial arts of the two, they saw Miss Li take two steps back, suddenly pulled out a revolver from her waist, and fired two shots at Xiao Wannian's face.
Xiao Wannian was hit by a bullet, and the whole person froze. Miss Li stepped forward again and stabbed Xiao Wannian in the throat with a single shot. The spear retreated, blood splattering. This little Lu Buxiao Wannian died on the spot.