Chapter Seventy-Four: The Fourteenth Mission: Rescuing the Old Camp (4)
Li Zhanchun chased after him until he was about to reach Jiaocheng County, and then realized that something was wrong.
"The big boss asked me to cross Fenshui near Wenshui County, and then go to Qi County to meet him, just now I chased so far in a hurry, if the big boss is in danger, I will die a hundred times."
Hurriedly left the people who had been to the vicinity of Taiyuan Mansion to continue to investigate, and immediately rushed back.
Things are often brutal, though.
When he arrived near the bridge near Wenshui County, he found that the wooden bridge had been demolished by others!
And if he wants to cross the river, he will either go south to Shitong Bridge near Jiexiu County, or go north to the vicinity of Qingyuan County!
And there are at least one hundred and thirty miles from here to Shitong Bridge near Jiexiu County, and there are also one hundred miles from Qingyuan County to the north!
Naturally, there are places where the Fen River is shallow, but at least now Li Zhanchun does not know.
What's more, since people can demolish the wooden bridge, they will naturally think of the shallow part of the river, and it is estimated that they have been stationed there for a long time.
Moreover, if people can demolish the wooden bridge in Wenshui County, they can't demolish the Shitong Bridge?
Although Shitong Bridge is a stone arch bridge, there is no absolute in everything.
Li Zhanchun was dumbfounded, so he had to stop and discuss with everyone.
Among these people, in addition to Li Zhanchun and Ou Mubu, the biggest is a sentry general, even if he has some intelligence, but he is definitely not as good as the two of them who have already trained with Long Thirteen, so in the end, Li Zhanchun has to make up his own mind.
"The big boss used to say that when you can't make up your mind, you can weigh the pros and cons, for example, if there are two paths to take, then weigh the pros and cons of these two paths."
"Let's talk about the division with the bridge first, the advantage is that at this time, most of the Cao Wenzhao Department in Jiexiu County has followed the big boss to the north, and the defense of Jiexiu County is empty, but the county has been taken by our department, Zhang Yingchang, and Cao Wenzhao, and it has long been dilapidated, even if I can use its defensive emptiness to take it down, it will not have much impact on Cao Wenzhao."
"What's more, according to what the big boss said, when one thing doesn't have much impact on the main goal, even if you do it, it's in vain, so occupying Jiexiu County is like this."
"As for Qingyuan County, the advantage is that since the enemy has a large cavalry to kill, they can send a large number of reinforcements to Dongguanbao, although there are many bridges near Taiyuan City, but if I cross the river from the bridges near Qingyuan County, I can catch their news, or find out the movement of their main force."
"Moreover, if there are reinforcements from Taiyuan City going south, then it will pass through Xugou County, perhaps, the Ming army has already regarded Xugou County as an important place to store grain."
"But what if the enemy also destroys the bridge between Qinyuan County and Xugou County? Do I have to kill to the left of Taiyuan City?!"
Just as he was thinking, the horsemen he had sent to scout in front came back.
Li Zhanchun was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Can you pass the wooden bridge in Qinyuan County?"
The detective replied, "Is there anything that is not passed through such a heavy place?"
"The wooden bridge is still there?"
"It's still there"
Li Zhanchun was overjoyed, and said secretly: "This place is about sixty miles away from Qinyuan County, and my scouts are all moving fast, if I wait to speed up the pace, that bridge should still be there!"
Then he said to Omubu: "You hurry up and follow these men north with the archers, and when you see the wooden bridge near Qingyuan County, you will definitely be able to occupy it, and I will arrive soon with the rest of the cavalry."
There is also a reason why Li Zhanchun said this.
Since Long Thirteen had released his lone army, it was impossible for them to wear heavy armor. qδ.o
By this time, some of that kind of cloth armor had already been produced, and now it was equipped with Long Thirteen's personal guards and Li Zhanchun's two hundred scouts, which were naturally less protective than cotton armor and armor, but they were much lighter and naturally much faster.
And the two hundred light cavalry of the Omubu all wore leather armor, and only a copper heart guard was decorated with a piece of brass at the mouth of the heart, and the weight was lighter than the cloth face armor, not to mention, the people of Omubu were good at riding and shooting, and this time they came out alone and did not let them be equipped with spears, only riding knives, bows and arrows, and javelins, so they ran
Faster than Li Zhanchun's troops.
Omubu, who is also the grandson of Dayan Khan, is now a qualified member of the promising bandits.
After receiving Li Zhanchun's order, he went north with two hundred archers without saying a word, and in order to reach the wooden bridge as soon as possible, he raised the speed of the horse to the highest, and only fed the war horse water and a handful of bean feed on horseback halfway.
However, as a good shepherd and rider, he would not be easy, and when he reached the wooden bridge about a mile away, he stopped, fed the horses again, and rested for about a quarter of an hour before he got back on his horse again.
And when he arrived at the wooden bridge at a normal speed, he found that both ends of the wooden bridge had been occupied!
At the other end of the wooden bridge, that is, on the east bank of the Fen River, there was a group of infantry troops, and at this end, cavalry!
This is naturally Jiang Wu's cavalry.
Just when Li Zhanchun and the others went up and spent a lot of time, Jiang Wu had already returned to Taiyuan City, and at this time, the news that the official army on the east bank of the Fen River had destroyed the bridge near Wenshui County reached here.
This is the advantage that the official army still occupies the initiative, and Long Thirteen is powerful, after all, there are not many people, and it is impossible to cover every place, but the official army is different, they have strongholds everywhere, they can transmit news at any time, and make arrangements at any time.
Omubu had to wait for Li Zhanchun to arrive, and it took about half an hour for Li Zhanchun to arrive.
Jiang Wu coldly looked at the rogue cavalry who had returned again, and a trace of disdain naturally surfaced in his heart.
"It is said that this small strong brigade is powerful, but why do you have to divide the troops into two ways? Still arranged across the Fen River? It seems that Yuan Ming's Mansion expected it well, and the thieves were ready to cross near Qingyuan County after they couldn't cross the river near Wenshui County, but it's a pity, it's a pity, this is still my Daming place, how can I let it come and go freely?"
As soon as Li Zhanchun on the other side saw this posture, he knew that he would never give up on this matter today, he turned back to Ombu and said: "The enemy looks like this, obviously he is fully prepared, and I will lead the fighting cavalry to rush forward, and you will immediately retreat and guard the battlefield after shooting a round of arrows......
"Why is that?"
"Since the enemy can tear down the bridge near Wenshui County, he must have informed the officers and troops near Wenshui County, and if he wants to pose a threat to our department, he must have cavalry, and the cavalry on the left is only Wang Pu, and Wang Pu's department is divided into two."
"One is led by him personally, stationed in Qi County, and the other is led by his subordinate Jiang Xuan, stationed in Fenzhou, under the direct command of Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, since it is on the west bank of the Fen River, most of the Jiang Jiu is ambushed in the left vicinity, once it is killed, don't fight with it, use the tactics that you Mongols are good at to deal with it, and then ......."
Omubu nodded.
Soon, the distance between the two sides was less than a hundred meters!
Four hundred cavalrymen shot arrows!
Then Omubu broke away from the team with two hundred Mongolian boys, while Li Zhanchun continued to rush forward with two hundred cavalrymen who were all equipped with cloth armor with javelins in one hand and spears in the other!
In the throwing of arrows just now, at least 10% of Jiang Wu's cavalry was affected.
The so-called affected means that some of the cavalry were injured by arrows falling from the sky, although they could still maintain the battle, but their morale and fighting spirit were affected, and some of the cavalry were injured by their horses, and they obviously had to withdraw from the battle immediately.
At this time, Jiang Wu also rushed up!
In his opinion, the rogue cavalry is no matter how powerful it is, but in the face of his own superior forces, it is difficult to escape the fate of defeat after all, and his only concern is that most of the cavalry under his command is composed of local merchant guards, these groups of people can catch and fight each other, but it is the first time to fight in a line on the battlefield.
What's more, the throwing of arrows just now had already caused his morale to be plucked up by him suddenly drop a lot, but Jiang Wu believed that once the two sides began to fight each other, their numerical superiority would soon be revealed.
Jiang Wu's subordinates rushed in front of Jiang Wu and the twenty family members who followed Jiang Wu from the Beijing camp to here, this is also a matter of no way, although they are cavalry, but after all, they are regimental cavalry, and they want to improve their combat power by fighting with the thieves, but it seems that the thieves are in front of them
's combat power does not seem to be weak.
Twenty meters!
At this time, the speed of Jiang Wu's cavalry reached its maximum, and neither side adopted a wall-like charge formation, in fact, it would not have been possible to adopt this formation without great sacrifice.
The reason why Long Thirteen prevented his own cavalry from doing this was because the cavalry of the thieves was not easy to come by, how could they turn into powder in the jade fragments on both sides?
And Jiang Wu didn't do this completely because he couldn't do it, his regimental training cavalry couldn't directly steer his horse forward and collide violently with the enemy - the war horse will reflexively dodge sharp objects, but it will not dodge the war horse, just think about those bullfights and sheep fights.
In high-speed galloping, horse hedging will make the excitement of the war horse to the maximum!
"Whew......"
Li Zhanchun's 200 javelins are coming from the sky!
At a distance of twenty meters, the lethality of a one-meter-long javelin is far greater than that of an arrow thrown from a distance of 100 meters!
A family member next to Jiang Wu was also shot with a javelin!
Then the wailing of the people and horses behind him was endless, the sound was contagious, and in an instant, the speed of Jiang Wu's cavalry suddenly slowed down!
This is a fatal mistake, the reason why the cavalry is more powerful than the infantry army is because an ordinary cavalry has the bonus of horse speed, its strength and lethality will be greatly increased, and if it is used properly, it can easily kill the infantry who was stronger than him.
What's more, a large beast weighing hundreds of pounds rushed over at an extremely high speed, and even the brave people would tremble.
This is the battlefield, the braver the more likely it is to survive, and the more cowardly the more likely it is to die early!
Li Zhanchun was originally going to give the order to "kill the horse", but when he saw this scene, he laughed.
"Cavalry!"
"Li Zhanchun, Strength 83, Commander 62, Agility 80, Luck 80, Wisdom 70"
On the other side, Jiang Wu is obviously higher than Li Zhanchun in terms of force value and commander value, but Li Zhanchun is known as the "Black Harrier", which is vividly reflected in its agility value, luck value, and wisdom value.
Of course, when riding a horse, you can save your strength by holding it between your arms and holding it in your hands, until you can stab the horse with one hand when facing an enemy.
The moment Long Thirteen and the others threw out the javelin, they quickly took out another javelin!
Although Li Zhanchun is usually cunning, once he arrives at the real battlefield, he will not lie behind and charge under his subordinates, just like Jiang Wu, he also rushes to the front!
One foot!
In the flash of light, Li Zhanchun's javelin was thrown out violently!
Jiang Wu's war horse is in the middle!
At the moment when Jiang Wu was about to fall off his horse, Li Zhanchun's horse lance stabbed Jiang Wu's right arm!