Volume 2 The Journey to Nanhuai Chapter 116 The two sides are fighting
"Lord be careful!" The two lieutenants on the left and right have been staring at the surrounding movements, and at this time, seeing Tong Meng jumping up, one lieutenant set up a sledgehammer to block, and the other person was in a hurry, threw away the big axe, jumped up from the horse, and wanted to hug Tong Meng forward.
Tong Meng was in a hurry, with a big knife in his hand, he cut the jumping deputy general in two, raised a kick and kicked the deputy general holding a sledgehammer out of the horse, fell into the chaos, and was trampled to death. Thanks to the delay of the two lieutenants, Li Yaoyang came back to his senses, the big gun swept out diagonally, Tong Meng waved his knife to block, and was swept back by the big gun.
As soon as Tong Meng landed, he jumped under his feet, and then got into the chaos and disappeared, and at the same time, the rear army of Chu Xiang's army, which was not affected, lined up in formation at this time and moved forward step by step. Li Yaoyang looked at the two lieutenants lying in a pool of blood, and there was no trace of the sneak attacker in the chaotic army.
"Tong Meng! I know it's you! What kind of army general is sneaking! Li Yaoyang yelled at the rebels, but the only responses to him were chaotic shouts of killing and begging for mercy.
"Despicable villain!" Li Yaoyang scolded secretly, and the war horse under the seat felt the oppressive force of Chu Xiang's advance, and spun in place uneasily.
Several Nanhuai cavalry men held their guns and slapped their horses, approaching the advancing Chu Xiang rear army, and before they could fight in a hurry, they were pushed off their horses by the raised halberd in the Chu Xiang army, and the Chu Xiang army covered it with a shield, dragging the soldiers into the formation, only a few terrible screams were heard, and there was no movement.
The flanks of the Chu Xiang army, which were scattered by the Southern Huai Army, also gradually calmed down from the initial panic, and gradually surrounded by 5,000 Nanhuai cavalry from the rear. The 5,000 Nanhuai cavalry were all heavy cavalry, surrounded by the Chu Xiang army on all sides, and lost their momentum, so they naturally lost their previous power. can only be surrounded and strangled the lone Chu Xiang soldiers.
"Lord Wang, although our army broke the opponent's front army, we also messed up the formation, and the rear army pressed up... The Chu Xiang army, which had just been scattered on both sides, gradually surrounded from behind..."The two lieutenant generals were dead, and several cavalry soldiers seemed to have a good relationship with Li Yaoyang, so they rushed to Li Yaoyang's side at this time.
Everyone didn't say anything, Li Yaoyang also understood in his heart at this time, and he had been tricked. Tong Meng used a stand-in and the former army as bait to trap himself in the Chuxiang army formation, and the news that the outpost detectives heard that he wanted to fight with him was simply deliberately released.
"Don't panic, gather the soldiers, and we'll rush out again!" I knew the plan in my heart, but Li Yaoyang didn't pay too much attention to it, this burst of killing, except for the flank of the front army that escaped by luck, the front army was basically wiped out, and with just one face, it scattered nearly 5,000 people and horses of the Chu Xiang army, and the rest of the people and horses were really like straw men in the fields in Li Yaoyang's eyes.
A few soldiers just left, only to see Tong Meng fly again, rushing towards those people, a fight, those soldiers were all cut down by Tong Meng under the horse, Tong Meng sneered at Li Yaoyang, and hid in the chaos again.
Li Yaoyang was furious, turned his horse and looked around, but found nothing. Tong Meng was wearing the armor and military uniform of the ordinary soldiers of the Chu Xiang Army, and he was only caught by the two soldiers who were fighting and fleeing in a panic, and he couldn't find Tong Meng's specific location at all.
Li Yaoyang rushed to the side of the flag bearers of the Nanhuai Army, and the flag resistance soldiers were wounded in many places, still carrying the banner to death, Li Yaoyang asked: "Can you still resist?" ”
The flag-bearer replied: "Lord Wang, you can resist!" ”
"Good! Come with me, don't take half a step away from me. ”
Li Yaoyang danced his gun to open the way in front, and the flag-carrying soldiers held the big flag and followed closely behind Li Yaoyang.
Tong Meng sneaked to the big flag with a muffled voice, jumped up, and slashed towards the flagpole with a knife.
"Get out!" Li Yaoyang reacted very quickly this time, stabbed the big gun in his hand behind him, Tong Meng swung his knife to block, and was shot by Li Yaoyang, knocking down a large number of soldiers from both sides. The surrounding soldiers avoided it when they saw such a big movement, and suddenly Tong Meng was exposed, and there was nowhere to hide.
"A despicable villain like you is also worthy of being a general in the army, heh, Chu Xiang is really full of talents." Li Yaoyang glared at Tong Meng and clenched the big gun.
Tong Meng flipped over one by one, and said jokingly: "King Nanhuai is a righteous gentleman, but unfortunately his head was cut off, and he ended up in a different place." ”
"You're looking for death!" Li Yaoyang danced the big gun, and the smoke and dust rolled everywhere in an instant, which made Tong Meng's heart palpitate, and before he could react, a shot had already been shot, Tong Meng had an iron plate bridge, dodged this shot, the tip of the gun swept over the door, and the strong wind only blew Tong Meng's face painfully.
"Wait! You ride a horse, I fight on foot, and if you win me, you won't be able to win! Tong Meng dodged this shot, quickly stood up and said: "Why don't you get off your horse and fight, we will fight in a dignified manner, whether you live or die, the loser will automatically retire, how about it?" It also saves the soldiers of the two armies from fighting and affecting the lives of people. ”
Li Yaoyang put away the big gun, thinking about Tong Meng's proposal, and said behind the banner-carrying soldier: "The body of the prince's daughter, don't easily get into danger..."
Li Yaoyang waved his hand to interrupt the words of the flag bearer and said, "Yes, but first withdraw your men and horses and let the Nanhuai army out." ”
Tong Meng held the big knife and shook his head again and again: "That's not good, little prince, if you collide in one round, my Chu Xiangjun will already die." It's hard to surround you, how can I let you out. ”
"So what's there to talk about!" Li Yaoyang ran out of patience, clamped his legs between the horse's belly, raised the big gun, and smashed it on the head.
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Ma Liu led 30,000 troops, took the lead and looked around: "It stands to reason that Tong Meng is also fighting with the Nanhuai army now, and I don't know what the battle situation is." Which part of the Nanhuai Army is he talking about? How many centaurs are there? Have you ever found out? ”
Vice General Xue behind him replied in a low voice: "I haven't found out, since yesterday, a total of three waves of spies have been dispatched, but... No one came back..."
"Heh... If you guess correctly, our side should be Nanhuai's second son-'Zhang Zifang'. It is said that the second son of Nanhuai Wang does things without leakage, but he didn't expect it to be so meticulous, and he didn't put a single sentry back. What's going on on our end? Ma Liu asked.
"A total of four groups of Nanhuai sentinel spies were found before and after, and two people escaped." Vice General Xue replied.
"All stopped!" Ma Liu waved to stop advancing.
Vice Adjutant Wang asked, "Lord Wang, what's the matter?" ”
"One of our sentry detectives has not returned, but the other two have been missed, and the army must not enter lightly." Ma Liu frowned and thought about it.
Vice General Xue stepped forward and said, "The last general is willing to lead a team of men and horses to open the way before!" ”
Ma Liu looked at Vice General Xue and nodded: "Okay, General Xue will take 5,000 men and horses to open the way first, and General Wang will lead 5,000 men and horses to break the road." Ben will bring 20,000 horses in the center. Once the enemy situation is discovered, immediately send someone to report the news, and do not act without authorization. ”
The two generals took the order and left, and since the two left, Ma Liu was a little relieved and led most of the people to walk slowly.
After traveling for a few miles, a cavalryman came back and reported: "General Xue has found more than 100 Nanhuai troops and asked for pursuit." ”
"No! This will lure the enemy's soldiers, and shall not pursue. You can only follow it from afar, and it doesn't matter if you get away. Ma Liu ordered, and the cavalry immediately went back to report the news.
"Report! General Wang found that a large number of enemy troops appeared in the rear of our army and asked to turn back and fight a decisive battle! "As soon as the front army sentry left, the rear army sentry came to report the news.
Ma Liu was taken aback: "A large force of enemy troops appeared behind?" We have come all the way, how have we ever encountered the Nanhuai Army? Let General Wang investigate again! ”
The rear army sentinel was ordered to leave, and soon, the sound of the rear army killing was heard shaking the sky and endlessly.
"What's going on? Why did the rear army suddenly start fighting? Send someone to check it out! Ma Liu was shocked when he heard the sound of the rear army's killing, and ordered someone to be sent to the rear army to check.
The herald was about to send his men, but he saw a horse lying on horseback, covered in blood, rushing from the direction of the rear army: "The rear army... Ambushed... General Wang requested... General Ma galloped to help. ”
Ma Liu was shocked, and hurriedly commanded: "The whole army supports the rear army!" ”
Chu Xiangjun hurriedly rushed to the rear under the leadership of Ma Liu, and didn't go far, only to see Deputy General Wang also rushed over with men and horses: "General Ma, the last general's rescue is late, please forgive me!" ”
"General Wang? You... It's okay? Ma Liu saw the rear army with all the troops in place, and asked Vice General Wang in surprise.
"The last general heard the shouting of killing, thinking that General Ma, you and the Nanhuai army were fighting, what..."
Ma Liu said angrily: "What about the herald just now? Where is it! ”
Chu Xiangjun searched all over the top and bottom, but he couldn't find the bloody sentinel just now.
Ma Liu suddenly came back to his senses: "It's not good, Vice General Wang, you will lead the rear army to continue to hold the rear, and the whole army will follow me to the front to have a look!" ”
The army traveled for about half an hour before discovering Chu Xiang's front army, but at this moment it had become corpses all over the ground.
Ma Liu saw that there was a person lying in a pool of blood, still breathing, so he dismounted and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”
When the soldier saw Ma Liu, he said intermittently, "General Xue... Discover more than 100... Nanhuai soldiers, leading troops to chase, don't want to meet... Ambush"
"Didn't I order that we should not chase after me! How not to respect the general's order! Ma Liu said angrily.
"I'm waiting... Not received... Anything that will order... General Xue is ashamed... I want to do the work... Ransom..."Before he finished speaking, Chu Xiang's soldiers tilted their heads and lost their breath.
Ma Liu put down his soldiers, hurriedly got on his horse and said, "The whole army retreats and joins the rear army." ”
The Chu Xiang army turned back and ran around for half an hour, and when they came to the place where they had just joined the rear army, the five thousand Chu Xiang troops who had just returned to the rear army had also become corpses everywhere. Ma Liu tossed and turned in the pile of corpses, but could not find a living person, and did not get the slightest useful information.
"Where did the Nanhuai Army come from!" Ma Liu threw a corpse in his hand into the pile of corpses and asked angrily.
"General, what's going on right now?" asked a general behind him.
"The whole army retreated and withdrew to Lushan." Ma Liu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said. Of the 30,000 soldiers and horses, he lost 10,000 in the blink of an eye, a loss that he could not afford.
The Chu Xiang army collected weapons and flags, and such a large number of corpses could not be brought back, so they could only bring back some useful weapons and materials. When he was collecting it, he only heard a loud laugh from the rear of the army: "Hahahaha, General Ma, how is my plan?" ”
Ma Liu looked, a group of people appeared in front of him, and he saw a young man, dressed in silver armor and silver helmets, sitting upright on a horse, and couldn't help but say: "This must be Li Dingxing of Nanhuai, the whole army is ready to attack and kill Li Dingxing!" ”
Chu Xiangjun quickly put down the weapons and armor in his hand and lined up in formation, but heard another loud laugh from behind: "General Ma, do you still want to capture me?" Guess you'll be able to get out of it today? ”
Ma Liu was shocked, turned around and looked, and there was a young man behind him, and there was also a young man, who looked completely different from the young man in front, but he was also a silver armor and silver helmet, and he was dressed in the same way.
"It's... Which one is Li Dingxing? Ma Liu was a little unsure.
"Nanhuai is good at water warfare, and what is naturally on the water is true, General Ma come and capture me." There was a fleet of ships on Poyang Lake, and the boats were relatively rudimentary, with half-finished warships and fishing boats. On the bow of the leading warship, a young man in silver armor and silver helmet stood impressively.
"Chu Xiang's beheading tactics are unparalleled in the world, why don't I let the whole army wear silver armor and silver helmets, and let General Ma catch enough?" In the swamp to the east, a group of Southern Huai soldiers stepped on wooden planks, led by a young man in silver armor and silver helmets.
"Okay, you Li Dingxing!" Ma Liu looked at the four Nanhuai armies and the four young men in silver armor and silver helmets who appeared, and gritted his teeth.