Chapter 17: The Leaping River (Part II)

"Nanban's little white face, Jizhou Dian is also coming!"

The young general in the red robe of Xia led a group of men and horses to kill Zhou Fugui and the others, Suo Da had not yet rushed up, and Dian Meng made a phoenix sharp knife jump down from a mountain rock, held the phoenix sharp knife high, and split Huashan with a force, and slashed down towards the head of the young general in red robe.

The Xia army set up an ambush and attacked the Kokang battalion of the Yan army. The Jizhou Banner where the Jizhou people were located was also dispersed by the Xia Army, and the flag general did not run away, but was shot to death by the Xia Army in the Ma Yue River.

According to the Yan military law, the flag will die, and the whole flag will be beheaded, but there is a supplementary military law, if the flag soldiers fight bravely and turn defeat into victory, they can avoid death and will also get some rewards, so after the Jizhou flag will be shot to death, the flag soldiers not only did not run, but shouted and fought, with a glimmer of hope in their hearts, they can turn defeat into victory and continue to survive in this world.

The surrender will affect the family, running is death, desperate is death, it is better to work hard, desperate may still have a chance of life, the low-level soldiers of the Yan army are struggling just to survive.

At the same time, Dian Meng is an old black face, and the one he hates the most is the little white face...

Dian Meng jumped down from a height, like Mount Tai pressing the top, the momentum was extremely vicious, the young general in Xia Hong's robe didn't have time to dodge, he rode on a horse, holding the iron halberd horizontally with both hands, and resisted Dian Meng's slash.

The two sides exchanged swords and made a "dang" sound, both sides were strong, and they both felt numb.

The fierce phoenix-tipped knife slashed at the halberd of the red-robed young general, splashing a few sparks.

Dian Meng was directly bounced off and rolled down in the muddy water.

"Drink!" The red-robed young general shouted, holding the reins of the war horse in his left hand, the war horse neighed, and the person stood up, and the red-robed young general held the iron halberd in one hand in his right hand, according to the fierce in the mud.

"Poof!" With a bang, Dian Meng was so frightened that he rolled on the spot, and the iron halberd grazed Dian Meng's head and plunged into the mud, and the mud splashed Dian Meng's body, looking extremely embarrassed.

"Brother Dian Meng, I'm here to help you!"

At this moment, Suoda was killed, and with a roar of his axe, he rolled to the ground and slashed at the hooves of the white horse under the crotch of the red-robed young general.

The best way for foot soldiers to deal with cavalry is to cut down the mounts first, especially the heavy cavalry, and the only weakness of the heavy cavalry is in the horse's legs, and it is impossible to have armor protection on the horse's legs.

It's just that the horse's legs are not so easy to cut, and if the horse's legs are not cut, they will be trampled and kicked to death by the war horse first.

The red-robed young general rolled Suoda towards his mount, snorted coldly, and with a rein of his horse, the white horse leaped up, leaped over Suoda, and kicked Suoda on his right leg with his hind hoof.

Although Suoda was not seriously injured, he was limping.

"Dang!" With a bang, the white horse jumped in the air, and the red-robed young general turned around and smashed it at Suoda, who set up an axe to block and forcefully swing the red-robed young general's iron halberd away.

"What a powerful little white face, look at the knife!"

Although Suoda did not cut down the mount of the red-robed young general, he bought time for Dian Meng, who turned over and slashed at the red-robed young general with his sword.

The red-robed young general was not afraid at all, holding the iron halberd with both hands, and fought with Dian Meng and Suo Da.

So, two old black faces and a little white face fought together, and the killing was difficult to solve, regardless of victory or defeat.

What a great general!

Zhou Fugui couldn't help but praise in his heart when he saw this, and then bent his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow while the red-robed young general was fighting with Dian Meng and Suo Da.

The arrow flew like a meteor and flew quickly towards the back of the red-robed young general's heart.

Although Zhou Fugui admired the heroic general of the Xia army and admired it, he was ruthless in his sneak attack.

In the battle, the more fierce the enemy will be, the more people will die, if you don't shoot this general, maybe Zhou Fugui himself will die in his hands.

The feather arrow flew closer and closer, directly hitting the heart of the red-robed young general, just when Zhou Fugui was secretly happy, the red-robed young general seemed to have eyes on his back, and his body was slightly sideways, and the feather arrow flew over the body of the red-robed young general.

The red-robed young general was furious, and when he was fighting with Dian Meng and Suo Da, he was able to pull out, wield his halberd to force Dian Meng and Suo Da to retreat, quickly took off his bow and arrow, and turned around with an arrow.

Tooth for tooth, blood for blood, the fast-flying feather arrow sounded a palpitating sound of breaking the air, and it came straight to Zhou Fugui.

Zhou Fugui was horrified, hurriedly lowered his head, and the feather arrow flew over grazing Zhou Fugui's hair, and shot the felt hat on his head away.

"Tom... Tong... Tom..."

"Woo... Woo... Woo..."

At this moment, a long and clear sound of drums and trumpets was heard in the distance, and both warring sides temporarily stopped their hands and turned their heads to look.

I saw a thick black line, as if coming from the sky, getting closer and closer.

This is the cavalry of the Great Yan Kingdom.

Before Murong Tengge came to Ma Yuehe, he ordered the fast horse to urge the rear team to respond, and it had already had an effect, and the Yan cavalry dragoon battalion had arrived.

"Hoohe! Hoohe! Hoohe! ”

The fierce Yan cavalry had already urged the horses under their crotch to jog, and the cavalrymen waved their scimitars lightly, and let out a heart-palpitating low roar from their mouths.

The Yan cavalry came to help, and the Yan army of Ma Yuehe suddenly lifted their morale, but the Xia army showed a frightened face.

Seeing this, the red-robed young general frowned, waved his halberd to force away the entanglement of Dian Meng and Suo Da, reined in the horse and retreated, and fought and retreated in an orderly manner, leading the Xia army to retreat towards the forest.

Infantry and cavalry battles need to make full use of mountains, rivers, forests, etc., in order to have the strength to fight.

The Xia army retreated like the tide of the ebbing tide, but the Kokang battalion of the Xia army in Ma Yuehe was already exhausted, and he wished that the Xia army would leave early, where would he dare to catch up?

In this battle, the Kokang battalion was ambushed by the Xia army, killing hundreds of people, countless wounded, and almost losing money, food, ordnance and other baggage.

After the Xia army retreated, there were only countless corpses left on the bank of the Mayue River, broken blades, arrows, etc., as well as countless wounded soldiers of the Yan Army lying on the ground and groaning in pain, the blood-red river washed over and over again on both banks, and the corpses rose and fell in the river, and the situation was unbearable.

"My brother!"

I don't know who cried first, and then almost everyone cried, and the cry sounded on both sides of the Mayue River.

Most of the Han people in the north recruited by the Kokang Battalion for the Yan Imperial Court were also basically compatriots, and some of them were even fathers, sons, brothers, etc., seeing their relatives die or fall to the ground injured, they couldn't help but feel sad and couldn't help crying.

The unpredictability of the future fate also made everyone cry.

This is war!

Zhou Fugui, who was covered in blood, stood up with a bow and arrow, looked at the messy Ma Yuehe, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In the battle of Ma Yuehe, Zhou Fugui's fellow villagers also suffered a lot of casualties, such as Wu Chang's injuries and death, Zhou Fugui was also extremely sad in his heart, and he also burst into tears.

Xiao Qing shrank behind Zhou Fugui, her face was already pale, she closed her eyes and lowered her head, not daring to look up at the tragic situation in front of her.

...............

"The ministry is big, the ministry is big, on the occasion of the war, the command led the troops to fight, and after the enemy retreated, the command waved the army to cover up and kill, and captured more than a dozen rebels of the Southern Dynasties..."

After the defeat of the Xia army, Albu Valley of course reappeared, and "waved the army to cover the killing", capturing a lot of Xia troops, most of whom were ordinary Xia people who were caught everywhere in Albu Valley.

Murong Tengge snorted coldly, glanced at Albugu, and then ignored him.

In the first battle of the Mayue River, Murong Tengge and others were blocked by the flood on the north bank, and basically did not participate in the battle, but they witnessed the battle with their own eyes.

The Kokang battalion was ambushed, it was a panic, and the banner of the Albu Valley was not Zhou Fugui leading the people to fight to the death, they had already been defeated, and the losses would be even heavier, and it was also the reason for Zhou Fugui, the other flags of the Kokang battalion on the south bank gathered together to launch a counterattack against the Xia army, and Zhou Fugui contributed a lot to this battle.

Without Zhou Fugui, maybe the Kokang battalion on the south bank would have been wiped out.

The Yan court strictly ordered that the chief generals of the various departments of the Han army must be served by Xianbei people, otherwise Murong Tengge wants to change generals, and let this timid, greedy for money and merit-hungry Albugu go to be a pawn, maybe he is not even worthy of being a pawn.

"Where is Zhou Fugui?" Murong Tengge thought of this and asked Albugudao.

"Ministry, you... What did he do, you ask? Of course, Albugu knew the situation of the battle of Ma Yuehe, but at this time, he was worried that Zhou Fugui would steal the credit.

You must know that the Yan court's rewards for military exploits are extremely rich.

"Call him over." Murong Tengge's face sank and interrupted Albugu's words.

Albugu had no choice but to call Zhou Fugui.

"Ministry, what are you calling the little one?" After Zhou Fugui came over, he sat on the stone, squinted at Murong Tengge and asked.

After days of marching, it was another big battle, even if Zhou Fugui was beaten with iron, he would be extremely tired.

At this moment, Zhou Fugui just wanted to sleep well, but was called over by Murong Tengge.

"Zhou Xiaolangjun has worked hard." Xianbei people don't have so much etiquette, Zhou Fugui's rude behavior will definitely cause criticism in Xia, and it will definitely make the main general in the army feel displeased, but Murong Tengge didn't care, patted Zhou Fugui's shoulder and said with a smile: "My vision will not be wrong, Xiaolangjun really lives up to my expectations!" ”

Yan has been in the Central Plains for a long time, and many Xianbei people have long been able to speak Chinese.

"Thank you for the compliment." Zhou Fugui said casually and weakly.

"Hmm..."After Murong Tengge nodded, he turned around and announced loudly to everyone: "Banner soldier Zhou Fugui, when the army was in danger, he fought against the rebel army of the Southern Dynasty and made great contributions, and my Dayan has always been rewarded for merit and punished, so Zhou Fugui was promoted to the middle of the banner of the Kokang battalion, and in addition, he would have reported the fast horse to the imperial court and rewarded the meritorious men in this battle, so as to show your courage and loyalty." ”

Generally speaking, it is extremely difficult for Han people to be promoted in the Yan army.