Chapter 377: Divine Archery
Li Ling, a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty and the grandson of Li Guang. At the beginning, he was a general of the Western Han Dynasty, good at riding and shooting, and loved soldiers, and was quite famous. In the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty, he was ordered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to go out to conquer the King of Yan, led 5,000 infantry and 80,000 King Yan to fight in Junji Mountain, and finally surrendered due to being outnumbered.
Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty misheard the false rumor that Li Ling was training troops for King Yan, and wiped out the three tribes of Li Ling, causing them to completely sever relations with the Han Dynasty. His life was full of contradictions between national and family hatred, and he himself caused controversy. His legendary experience made him the object and prototype of later literary and artistic works.
"Ding! Players Wu Xiaotang, Li Ling, and Zi Ling Qi want to recognize you as the master, do you accept it? Wu Ruotang's ears sounded a system prompt.
"Accept!" Wu Ruotang smiled and agreed.
After recruiting Li Ling, Wu Ruotang was in a good mood!
"My lord, what am I responsible for in the army?" Li Ling couldn't wait!
Wu Ruotang was silent for a moment, and then smiled: "I will let you lead the army alone, and I will provide the weapons and equipment, but you have to recruit the soldiers yourself!" You can go directly to the recruiting office to choose, but it is best to focus on cavalry, and if you do well, you will be given a separate archer, which is called Phantom Feather Cavalry! Perhaps because of the prestige of the "Flying General" Li Guang, Wu Ruotang loves Li Ling more and more, and as soon as he recognizes the master, he gives him extraordinary space to play.
"Yes! I promise I'll lead the Phantom Feather Rider to the world! As soon as he heard Wu Ruotang's order, which also represented Wu Ruotang's trust, Li Ling said excitedly and inexplicably.
"After you are a pilot, I believe you can do it!" Wu Ruotang said with a smile!
Wu Ruotang, who recruited Li Ling, was in a good mood. Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but good generals are hard to find! Li Ling alone is better than 10,000 troops.
Just when Wu Ruotang was sketching a bright future with Li Ling and others, the army behind the palace also rushed over one after another. But the situation made Wu Ruotang stunned.
Qi Jiguang and Zhang Qing just walked towards Wu Ruotang, Zhang Qing was fine, Qi Jiguang was ragged and bloodstained, followed by the ironclad cavalry. All the infantry looked like they had gone through a hard battle, which made Wu Ruotang can't help but chuckle in his heart, could it be that Qi Jiguang and the others were ambushed halfway? No wonder it's so late? However, Wu Ruotang didn't say anything, just looked at Zhang Qing with an inquiring look. After all, Zhang Qing was sent by him to pick up Qi Jiguang, so he should know something. Looking at Qi Jiguang's appearance, it is estimated that it is not easy to come all the way, if you ask directly, I don't know if he will have any negative emotions. I have to say that Wu Ruotang is sometimes very good at thinking about others, although he knows that Qi Jiguang will not have any thoughts because of this, but Wu Ruotang still doesn't want to deepen his guilt or psychological burden when he sees him, after all, he didn't arrive on time during the war, and the crime can be big or small.
"My lord! I will fail to live up to your trust! Please, punish the sin! Before Zhang Qing could speak, Qi Jiguang suddenly "slammed", knelt heavily in front of Wu Ruotang and said sincerely.
"Let's get up first, what's going on?" Wu Ruotang hurriedly took a step forward. Bent over and vigorously helped Qi Jiguang up, and asked with concern. It stands to reason that the cavalry is not far behind in terms of walking time, plus Qi Jiguang was born in a crusade against pirates and bandits, and he should know best if there are other armies near his army! How did it come to this?
"The last general was overlooked for a while, and was raided by the cavalry of King Yan, delaying the lord's major affairs, please punish the lord!" As soon as Wu Ruotang's voice fell, Qi Jiguang said guiltily. Slow down and kneel again.
"That's it! You go and rest first, and talk about it later! Wu Ruotang is not a very hypocritical person, seeing that Qi Jiguang insisted on kneeling down and pleading guilty, he opened his mouth and ordered the soldiers next to him. Look at Qi Jiguang's current state. I guess I can't really ask anything!
"That's it! You go down first, no one wants this kind of thing to happen, and it is expected, this return trip will definitely not go smoothly, this is not your fault! Seeing Qi Jiguang open his mouth to speak, Wu Ruotang waved his hand. Signaling Qi Jiguang to retreat first and rest for a while, the attack of King Yan's official army had long been expected by Wu Ruotang, and it was really strange that it didn't happen, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly, so suddenly, and so coincidentally!
Seeing that Qi Jiguang was a little guilty and retreated with self-blame, Wu Ruotang frowned and looked at Zhang Qing and asked, "What happened?" "It stands to reason that although the army led by Qi Jiguang is an infantry army, its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Xuantie armored cavalry, but it also has 20,000 horses, and it shouldn't be so embarrassing to deal with the surprise attack of the enemy!
"I don't know the specifics, the battle is almost over by then, I only know that the Yan King's army has premeditated and has been secretly tracking and observing us! It is very likely that there is also King Yan's fine work in our army, but I don't know how to contact us, just when we left, we carried out a surprise attack on the army led by Qi Jiguang! Zhang Qing said with a little unspeakable.
"Oh! How's that going? You're not going to tell me you don't know yet, are you?! Hearing Zhang Qing's report, Wu Ruotang couldn't wait to ask repeatedly, and his tone was a little loud.
"King Yan's army has about 30,000 cavalry, well-equipped, brave and good at fighting! General Qi's subordinates were all infantry, desperately resisting, killing more than 10,000 people in battle and killing 3,000 enemies! Zhang Qing reported.
Guan Sheng, Li Ling, and Wu Ruotang nodded slightly, and with 20,000 trained simple infantry, they faced 30,000 elite cavalry, and Qi Jiguang was able to fight like this, trying to ensure that the army would not be defeated, which was really rare! It is enough to show the strength of his famous generals.
"Lord, it's rare that General Qi can still lead a large army to fight back despite his disadvantage!" Guan Sheng stood up and spoke for Qi Jiguang.
Unity within the army is more important than anything else! Only when the officers and men of the whole army work together can we defeat the powerful enemy and create new glories! This is a deep-rooted view of Wu Ruotang.
Seeing Guan Sheng stand up and intercede for Qi Jiguang, Wu Ruotang nodded approvingly in his heart. At this time, Zhang Qing and others also took the initiative to speak for Qi Jiguang, including the newly joined Li Ling, which made Wu Ruotang see the brilliant future of his team.
"How to deal with this matter, I will go back and discuss with Mr. Ziya! Now, our top priority is to quickly take over the defense of Fuzhou! Wu Ruotang took a deep breath and said calmly.
The generals admired Wu Ruotang's mentality and belly, and nodded yes.
"Lord, King Yan's cavalry has fled back to Shanhaiguan, should we pursue?" Zhang Qing gritted his teeth.
"Don't worry, the ironclad cavalry has just gone through a big battle and needs to rest!" Wu Ruotang shook his head and refused. (To be continued.) )