Chapter 241 Breaking Ambush

In addition to the tens of thousands of Shuixi troops, there is also the surging Yachi River in the west of the city, so Liu Chao doesn't know where Sun Jie is these days. However, An Bangyan went from attacking from all sides day and night at all costs to suddenly withdrawing his troops overnight, and Liu Chao judged that Sun Jie should have been very close.

A few days ago, he poked on the wall and watched the Shuixi thieves harvest all the crops he had worked so hard to plant, and then he was beaten for several days, killing and injuring more than 2,000 people, of which the old people in the river pool accounted for more than 300, Liu Chao was of course depressed and needed to vent. The water thief wants to escape? Then you have to chase it, it's time for revenge!

However, the five battalions under his command fought hard day after day, and everyone was very tired except for the lost manpower, so Liu Chao drew people from each battalion, temporarily put together two battalions, and organized a thousand auxiliary soldiers to find Zhu Xieyuan. This time, Lord Zhu was very happy, and without saying a word, he asked Sheng Degong to take Changjie Camp with Liu out of the city.

Ahn Bangyan did not evacuate as a whole army. In this era, there were few wide and flat official roads in the entire Ming Dynasty, let alone the southwest borderland. Tens of thousands of people crammed into the narrow paths will not only seriously affect the speed of the march, but also cause great confusion. Therefore, An Bangyan asked Wumi to lead more than 5,000 people to the west, enter the hinterland of Yizexi, and then turn north, and led nearly 20,000 main forces with the wounded and a large amount of grain and grass to capture and go directly north along the Yachi River, preparing to meet in the valley after receiving An Xiaoliang on the way, and then go to Xiongsuo Zexi to find luxury Chongming.

received a report that Wu Fan was bitten by Sun Jie, and An Bangyan did not send troops to respond. On the one hand, I am really powerless, I seem to have a lot of people here, but I have to carry the wounded and transport food, and I have to set aside a sufficient number of alert troops, if I divide the troops again, the whole army can only advance at a rapid pace, and if I don't do it well, the whole army will be annihilated! On the other hand, the 5,000 people brought by Wu Mi were all elites, and they were originally to block Sun Jie's pursuit. Because the spies who stayed on the north bank of the Xiangshui River never found Sun Jie, they would most likely come from the west. Of course, there is another possibility: they went to the Rouyuansho and then went directly north from the east bank of the Yachi River. However, An Bangyan felt that this was not very likely: Sun Jie's purpose was obviously to completely exterminate himself, not to make a show to relieve the siege of Yachi - as long as the pontoon bridge connecting the two sides of the river was burned, the Shuixi army would have to look at the river and sigh for a few days, and there was no need for the Han dogs to drag themselves with so much food.

An Bangyan is very confident in the black fans - even if he can't beat it, if he runs in the mountains, can the Han dog outrun our seedlings? What he was really worried about was the speed of the main army's march, after all, there were too many important carries, needless to say, all of them had lost their previous achievements, and it was not a joke that the army ran out of food in the deep mountains after joining with Luxury Chongming! Therefore, he sent a messenger to ask Wu Mi to delay Sun Jie as much as possible, and he urged his subordinates to hurry as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, not long after the messenger departed, Elder An received a new alert: the defenders of Yachi had also sent pursuers, and the banner was three battalions of soldiers and an unknown number of auxiliaries, and they were approaching him along the river, and the distance was only half a day's foot.

This news made An Bangyan a little scared. More than 1,000 Ming soldiers are nothing remarkable, field battles are different from defensive battles, losing the cover of the city wall, the two sides can only fight hard and brave - against the Hechi soldiers, these two points Elder An has absolute confidence in himself. However, what he is afraid of is that the army will be dragged down, in case Sun Jie defeats Wu Mi and rushes over, the other party is lightly armed, if he wants to fight, he will avoid it, and he will be dragged to death with so many belongings. So we have to eat these guys as soon as possible! So he asked Grasshopper to take more than 4,000 people to set up an ambush in the area of Yelagou, and wanted to kill these damned river pool guys in one fell swoop.

Liu Chao didn't know that An Bangyan divided his troops and retreated in two ways, so he bit the main force of the Shuixi Army and followed along the Yachi River, chasing and getting angry.

Deputy Liu was not handsome with the Shuixi thief, but was very dissatisfied with Sheng Degong, the battalion officer of the Changjie Battalion. It is worthy of Sun Jie's personal guard battalion, the equipment of that water is really eye-catching, not to mention the swords, guns and weapons, the big-headed soldiers each have a good iron armor - look at their own camp, such good armor, there is no guarantee that each person has a set! As for the soldiers, the cotton armor was patched with patches, and the iron pieces lining it were rusty so that they were removed and sewn to the vital points...... This is still an elite veteran, and as for the others, they can have a set of tattered leather armor and be considered an armored soldier. Besides, Nasheng Degong, don't look at it as just a guerrilla, but there is a collar of mountain pattern armor, in addition to feather arrows in the quiver, there are several iron arrows with triple barbs, these arrows alone are several taels of silver! Well, Sun Shuai is deeply favored, and Vice Marshal Liu can't envy him - but he already has such good equipment, and that guy is still not greedy enough, and he will get five hundred step bows when he opens his mouth! You have only 700 people in total, and you already have 150 archers, why, do you have to take away a good bow from Lao Tzu? Master Zhu is also right, without saying a word, he asked someone to open the arsenal to get it. When leading the arrows, they were picking and choosing, this rod didn't work, that feather didn't work, and they tossed a lot, because of Lord Zhu's face, Liu Chaoqiang endured it and didn't speak.

Before he left the city, Sheng Degong came up with a new plan: these 700 people should be accompanied by the same number of auxiliaries, plus fifty carts, including the coachman, and all of them must be young and strong! A total of 1,000 auxiliaries, allotted to you a battalion of 700 men? It's embarrassing to open your mouth! However, they had the support of Lord Zhu, and Vice Marshal Liu had no choice but to pull people again.

When the whole team left the city, Liu Chao couldn't help it: the carts of the Changjie battalion were half empty, only loaded with heavy grain and grass, and the iron armor was not put on the car, so the seven hundred auxiliary soldiers were asked to carry them, and each of them followed a soldier! Yes, the lion opened his mouth wide and called for cheap people, who would have counted on them to help us make meritorious contributions. At this time, Liu Chao felt a little regretful in his heart: he originally expected Sun Jie to ask Changjie Battalion to fight back under his own banner when he came over, but he knew that it was better not to take them with him, anyway, he led the army to chase the enemy, and the Shuixi thieves would always fall behind, and it was also a proper beheading skill, so why owe Sun Jie a favor?

In fact, it was these actions that made Vice Marshal Liu angry that saved his life soon after.

When it came time to march, the Changjie battalion showed something extraordinary: after crossing the Yachi River, Sheng Degong waved his hand, and a dozen or so horse guards who were hugging him galloped away, and every few miles someone stopped, and in a moment, the nearest scout began to wave the yellow flag, and the Changjie battalion drove forward neatly. Except for the occasional coughing sound in the entire queue, everyone hurried away, and the temporary recruits were immediately scolded if they occasionally exchanged heads, and some were even beaten. Looking at his two battalions again, all the armor materials were piled up on the car, and the chatter was so lax, Vice Marshal Liu scolded and whipped it, but the team was always quiet for a while, and soon after that, it was noisy......

A grasshopper timidly led people to hide in Yelagou, waiting to be caught off guard by the river pool guy. After all the arrangements stopped, he deliberately ran away for a while to observe, and was very satisfied with the effect of the ambush: many Miao people were the best hunters at hiding, and there was no sign of an ambush more than half a mile away. Ah Grasshopper was full of confidence, and when the gang of river pool guys found the ambush, thousands of people rushed up, hum, the distance of two or three hundred steps, that is, a few breaths, no one could escape!

However, hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Grasshopper knew that something was wrong...... Poked his head out of the ditch and looked around, there was a large patch of gray smoke and dust six or seven miles away, needless to say, it was the brigade of the Hechi guy, and in front of him, several armored horses were more than half a mile apart from each other, and they were exploring the road in pairs, and the two horses running in front were only more than a hundred steps away from themselves!

The armored rider at the front had apparently noticed the anomaly, pulled the reins on one side of the mount and went diagonally to the side, running along the outer ring of the encirclement and observing, letting out a sharp whistle from his mouth, and at the same time pulling out a small red pennant from the saddle and shaking it backwards and desperately. The first horsemen behind had all urged their horses to run away into the oblique spurs, and they all began to shake the little red flag.

This distance made Grasshopper very embarrassed: no matter how good the physical strength of the light infantry was, it was completely unrealistic to run six or seven miles in one breath and then immediately enter the battle, but it was absolutely impossible to leave time for the Hechi guys to put on their armor! A grasshopper gritted his teeth timidly and issued an order to attack, and the Miao soldiers jumped up one after another in the sound of bamboo whistles...... Then they were stunned for a moment when they looked at the pursuers who were still six or seven miles away, and then, under the orders of Ah Grasshopper and the leaders, the Miao soldiers quickly pressed towards the Hechi guys in groups of three or five.

Finding the warning signal, Sheng Degong raised his arm and pointed forward, and shouted at the same time: "Stop!" The whole army is in armor! The remaining dozen or so armored horsemen drew their swords out of their sheaths, urged their mounts to gallop forward, and converged with the scout front team galloping back about three miles before the formation, and about thirty war horses formed a small horse team and began to gallop back and forth horizontally, while wading up a large puff of smoke and dust to form a military barrier to cover the enemy's sight, while waiting for an opportunity to harass and delay the enemy troops driving towards their side. Amid the shouts and shouts of the officers and generals, the six infantry teams of the Changjie battalion took off their iron armor from the auxiliaries next to them and helped each other put them on. Liu Chao was surprised to find that none of the soldiers looked up at the enemy army!

Compared with the Changjie battalion, his two battalions have long been in chaos. Because it was a temporary formation, many soldiers were not very familiar with each other, after the initial panic, everyone crowded to the baggage cart to grab armor, shields and equipment, the officers took turns to scabbard whipping to barely maintain order, and when they were chaotically putting armor on their bodies, the Changjie battalion had pulled out three horizontal formations, each soldier held a bow, put a big shield and spear under his feet, and quietly looked ahead, waiting for the commander's order. Dozens of carts had been pushed down and stood on either side of the small formation, providing them with flank protection.

The Changjie battalion, which was waiting for the battle, was like a reassuring pill, and the defenders of Yachi slowly calmed down from the panic, and the noise gradually became quieter.

A roaring arrow rushed into the sky, and the horse team in front of the formation retreated when they heard the sound, and regrouped to Sheng Degong's side who was standing on the cart. There was a small cheer from the Changjie battalion, and Liu Chao noticed that two armored cavalry had each picked the head of a Shuixi thief with their spears when they galloped back, and deliberately swept past the queue - obviously, these elite soldiers had also made a surprise attack with the speed of their horses, and this kind of show-off once again greatly boosted the morale of the Changjie battalion before the battle.

In his vision, the water thieves had already walked two or three hundred steps in front of the formation, and their footsteps had stopped: they were accumulating strength, and after a little respite, they were about to launch a deadly charge.

At the same time, in the voice of the officers of each team, Liu Chao saw in disbelief that every soldier of the Changjie battalion, whether it was a spearman or a sword and shield soldier, skillfully drew a bow and arrow, and steadily pointed the feather arrow at a forty-five degree angle to the sky.

"Put!"

"Put!"

"Put!"

The three horizontal teams shot arrows one breath apart in sequence, and while the last row of arrows was in the air, the soldiers of the first row had already placed the next arrow on the emcourse and began to draw their bows......

"That's amazing! Sun Dashuai led a good soldier! Without waiting for Liu Chao to express his heartfelt emotion, the Shuixi Army, which was only a hundred steps away from the defense line, had begun to charge with all its might.

"Shield Formation!"

"Three rounds of rapid fire!"

With different commands, the first platoon of armor abandons their bows to the ground and raises their large shields on the ground, the second platoon protrudes their spears forward through the gaps in the shields, and the last platoon of professional archers performs their final disruptive fire at the enemy with their bows half outstretched. At the same time, the sound of hooves suddenly rose, and the small horse team attacked again, divided into two teams, and rushed towards the two wings of the Shuixi Army in a fan-shaped formation......