Chapter Sixty-Eight: A Small Victory
"It's okay, Niu Gao is bold and careful, nothing will happen, besides, it's just tens of thousands of light horses, Ben Shuai believes that Niu Gao can handle it."
Li Jing naturally understood everyone's worries, but he didn't care, in Li Jing's opinion, tens of thousands of Liaoguo light cavalry would not pose much of a threat to the Xiaoguo army, at most it would be more troublesome.
The most important thing for him now is to find ways to drag the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Liao State in Zhucheng, as for the victory or defeat, it has no meaning to Li Jing at all, as long as he can achieve his goal, it will be the biggest victory for him.
"Yes, lieutenant!"
Everyone saw that Li Jing had made up his mind, and even though they still had doubts in their hearts, they never mentioned it again.
"This commander predicts that the main force of the Liao army will arrive in Zhucheng in a few days, and the troops and horses of our army will be assembled by themselves, and there are many local government troops, and the cooperation is really quite unfamiliar.
Li Jing looked at everyone and was still suspicious, but he didn't say much, but said to everyone with a smile.
When the people heard the order, they hurriedly got up, clenched their fists, and withdrew from the tent
Seeing that all the generals were out of the big tent, Li Jing breathed a sigh of relief, and his face couldn't help but be a little solemn, his relaxed appearance just now was just for the generals to see, so as not to let everyone stress too much and affect the morale of the army.
Rao is Li Jing is tenacious by nature, in the face of such a situation of great enemy pressure, it is not easy at all, you must know that the Liao army killed is as many as 400,000, and the army gathered by the Great Zhou is less than 270,000 people, of which nearly half are local government troops, the combat power is worrying and there is a lack of run-in with each other, in this case, it is simply self-defeating to really have a hard encounter with the Liao army.
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At the beginning of March, the mountains of the Yongzhou Plateau are full of flowers and greenery.
Yelu Chucai was leading tens of thousands of cavalry on horseback on the official road to Zhucheng.
"Report, marshal! Three miles ahead, the Zhou army cavalry was found, about 10,000 people! ”
Just as Yelu Chucai was looking around with great interest at the scenery that was completely different from the grassland, a scout horse galloped from the front, rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, kneeling on one knee in front of Yelu Chucai's horse.
"Oh?" When he heard that there was a cavalry of the Zhou army in front of him, Yelu Chucai was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but think of what happened to him when he was in Mangshan, his eyes turned red when he landed, and his teeth creaked.
"The whole army listens to the order, moves forward as a whole army, and gives me a level of the Zhou army!"
Yelu Chucai's eyes were red, his hand was raised violently, and he shouted loudly and gave the order to advance.
"Ho-ho, ho-ho......"
Yelu Chucai ordered, and a group of Liao officers and soldiers immediately shouted, which was really quite powerful
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"Report, General! The Liao army is galloping towards our army! ”
"Array!"
In front of the Xiaoguo army, Niu Gao rode his horse and stood, and when he heard the report of Tanma, he waved his hand and shouted.
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After a while, I saw smoke and dust rising in front of me, and countless Liao cavalry were galloping on horseback.
"Listen to me, the Great Khan has an order, this battle can only be won, not defeated, otherwise the whole army will be killed!"
Looking at the cavalry of the Zhou army who were waiting in front of him, Yelu Chucai raised his scimitar and shouted loudly to his subordinates.
"Ho-ho, ho-ho......"
Hearing Yelu Chucai's shout and threat, the wildness in the hearts of the Liao soldiers was stimulated, and one by one they roared with red eyes, waving the scimitar in their hands and killing the Zhou army.
"Han Ting, nonsense!"
Seeing the Liao army shouting and killing forward, Niu Gao shouted.
"The last general!"
As soon as Niu Gao's voice fell, the two horses behind him flashed out.
"The two of you each lead a thousand cavalry from your headquarters to attack from the left and right sides, and attack the two wings of the Liao army!"
"The last general commands!"
Wang Hanting bowed down and promised each other, then rode his horse and rushed back to his own formation, shouting and leading the army to disperse to both wings.
"Woo, woo......"
"Archer prepare!"
Seeing that the Liao army was getting closer and faster, Niu Gao ordered loudly.
"Put!"
The Xiaoguo army is really well-trained, after hearing Niu Gao's order, the sergeants of the Xiaoguo army almost at the same time opened their bows and arrows to shoot the arrows, a wave of feather arrows rose in the column, whistling through the sky, falling into the Liao army formation like raindrops, for a time countless Liao troops were shot off the horse, and they were trampled into meat by the horses' hooves before they even had time to scream.
The six-stone hard bow used by the Xiaoguo army was far from being comparable to the small horned bow of the Liao army, with a long range, and the penetration of the specially made arrows was extremely strong, and almost every three or four arrows in the rain of arrows could kill a Liao army.
"Put!"
"Put!"
After the continuous rain of arrows of the Xiaoguo army passed, the Liao army that galloped was much more open for a while, and almost before it reached the Zhou army, at least a quarter of the soldiers and horses were wiped out by the Xiaoguo army.
Even Yelu Chucai was hit by several arrows, but fortunately, he was wearing a rare treasure armor in the world to keep his name, otherwise he would have confessed on the way to the charge.
"Quick! Fast! Rush me! ”
Seeing that the situation was not right, Yelu Chucai was a little anxious, and galloped his horse while roaring angrily.
"Raise your sword!"
Seeing that the Liao army was close at hand, Niu Gao led his troops to press forward slowly, and then roared, and in an instant, countless snow-bright horizontal knives were raised in unison, like a forest of knives, flashing dazzling cold light in the sun.
"Kill!"
Niu Gao raised his knife and yelled "kill", and rushed towards the Liao army in the first place, and 10,000 Xiaoguo army iron horsemen had been waiting for a long time and shouted like a tornado and rushed forward, the sound of thunderous horses' hooves made the earth shake, and for a time the smoke and dust rolled up, and the murderous aura that rushed to the sky made the Liao army, which was already a little flustered, even more chaotic.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
However, in a moment, Niu Gao led the Xiaoguo army to rush into the Liao army array, and in an instant, I don't know how many Liao troops were knocked out by the huge impact force of the Xiaoguo army.
With only one charge, the formation of the Liao army was cut into several sections by the Xiaoguo army, and in an instant, the screams of killing sounded one after another in the Liao army's formation, so that the Liao army could not care about each other, and could only fight separately.
The Xiaoguo soldiers shouted to kill, and with their swords in their hands, they cut down the Liao troops beside them one after another under their horses, and then killed the Liao troops around them.
The Liao soldiers in the melee slashed at Xiaoguo Jun with scimitars, but except for the sparks that flew around, they didn't even leave a mark, which made the Liao army a little desperate.
Run, run! Seeing that he couldn't cause harm to the Zhou army at all, and seeing that there were thousands of Xiaoguo troops on the left and right wings shouting and rushing over, the Liao soldiers who were afraid of their hearts for a while could no longer care about any death orders, turned their horses' heads and scattered backwards, and the other Liao troops also fled for their lives when they saw this, and the Liao army collapsed in an instant.
Yelu Chucai also led a group of guards to fight with the Xiaoguo Army, speaking of which Yelu Chucai is also a fierce general, only to see a Xiaoguo Army cavalry was split into two pieces by him, and there was no enemy between the attacks and killings.
It's just that no matter how brave he is, he can't save the fate of the rout of the Liao army, and he can only watch his department being divided into small pieces by the Zhou army and strangled in scattered places.
When he saw more and more cavalry of the Zhou army rushing in front of him, he was shocked and rushed out of the battle formation with the rout, but as soon as he came out of the battle formation, he saw more than 100 cavalry staring at him in front of him.
"Yelu Chucai! Look at you running there! ”
I saw a burly general led by Yelu Chucai shouting, and his copper bell-like eyes stared at Yelu Chucai with murderous intent, and the person who came was Niu Gao, the commander of the Xiaoguo Army.
"Kill... Kill...! ”
Seeing this, Yelu Chucai's heart instantly cooled half, and seeing that there was no way to escape, Yelu Chucai gritted his teeth and took the lead in killing the cavalry in front of him with red eyes.
"Humph!"
Niu Gao, who blocked Yelu Chucai's retreat, saw Yelu Chucai killing him, snorted disdainfully, and with a little horse's belly under his feet, he rode forward.
"Kill!"
When he was about to reach Yelu Chucai, Niu Gao shouted and slashed with a knife.
"Qiang ......"
Yelu Chu saw that Niu Gao waved his knife at him, and hurriedly raised his knife to block, only to hear the sound of "Qiang" The two knives collided violently together, and the scimitar in Yelu Chucai's hand flew out instantly, and the person was also hit and wanted to fall off the horse.
"Come here!"
The speed of the two horses was very fast, and at the staggered moment, Niu Gao's big hand quickly fished out, grabbed the belt around Yelu Chucai's waist, roared, and dragged Yelu Chucai, who was out of balance, away from the horse's back, and threw it on the ground with a flick.
"Ahh
Yelu Chucai was suddenly thrown to the ground, and he couldn't help screaming in severe pain.
But his life was at stake, and he didn't care about the pain in his body and turned over, so he wanted to run away, but before he could open his legs, dozens of cavalry of the Xiaoguo Army had already killed him like the wind and surrounded Yelu Chucai.
Finished! Yelu Chucai was not a person who regarded death as home, and when he saw that he was pointed at by dozens of long knives, he couldn't help but close his eyes and raised his hands with a gloomy expression.
"Tie him up for me," Niu Gao ordered, and then led his troops to the battlefield in the midst of fierce fighting, leaving only about 20 cavalry to guard Yelu Chucai.
At this time, the Liao army had already collapsed, and was killed and slashed by Niu Gao, who was like a tiger descending from the mountain, and the Liao army fled in all directions.
However, the Xiaoguo army was all heavy cavalry, and the light cavalry of the Liao army ran as fast as possible, so they could only watch many Liao troops flee, and in desperation, they surrounded and killed the remnants of the Liao army who had not yet had time to escape.
In a short time, the remnants of the Liao army had been slaughtered by the Xiaoguo army, leaving only countless unmanned war horses roaring on the battlefield.
"General! All the remnants of the Liao army have been wiped out! A lieutenant of the Xiaoguo Army reported to Niu Gaoyu.
"Hmmm! Clean up the battlefield as soon as possible and withdraw! At this time, Niu Gao breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered
"Take this with you and go!" As he spoke, he squinted at Yelu Chu and said, then flew away to the cities.
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In the Zhucheng camp, Li Jing, who was dressed in military uniform, was sitting in the tent of the Chinese army, but he was not studying any tactics, but was staring intently at a book, looking leisurely and complacent, without the slightest sense of tension about the war, and some were just calm and calm.
"Deputy Marshal, General Niu Gao returned to the camp in a big victory, and now he is outside the tent."
As soon as the curtain of the big tent was lifted, Yue Yun, who was dressed in neat armor, walked in quickly from outside the tent and reported to Li Jingyu excitedly.
"Let him in!"
A big victory is naturally a happy event, but Li Jing didn't show too much excitement, just gave a faint order, and didn't even raise his head.
After all, what is the strength of the Xiaoguo army Li Jing knows in his heart, winning the Liao army is a matter of course, if it is defeated, it will be a strange thing, Li Jing only wants to know how far the victory has been.
"No!"
As soon as Yue Yunsheng heard Li Jing's words, he simply responded neatly, strode out of the tent, and walked in from outside the tent with Niu Gao.
"The last general, see the deputy marshal!"