Chapter 34: The Decisive Battle of Qinghe (5)
Zhuang Shaoyou and Zhang Ning and others accelerated the march, to the northeast along the east bank of the Qing River, into the territory of Bohai County, after three hours of rapid marching, the sky was completely dark, everyone found a small forest on the bank of the river to bury the pot to rebel, Qinling directly arranged more than a dozen horsemen to guard the enemy around.
When Huangfu Song led the army across the stone bridge, he found signs of Zhuang Shaoyou and others staying, and judged that Zhuang Shaoyou was going to the northeast, so he led the army to pursue the whole afternoon, and did not catch up when it was dark, and he was very angry.
Zhuang Shaoyou and the others had dinner and rested in the grove, and the soldiers were exhausted and fell asleep. After about two hours, nearly midnight, Qin Ling received a report from the vigilant scout, twenty miles southwest is the resting place of the official army Huangfu Song, Zhuang Shaoyou listened to the report, and pondered how to ask Huangfu Song to pursue the soldiers.
At this moment, another scout hurriedly rushed over, dismounted and saluted, and said: "Report to the general, the cavalry of the official army has been found in the northeast, and about 3,000 people are rushing in the direction of our army at full speed, and there are still ten miles from here!" ”
Zhuang Shaoyou was shocked after listening to the scout's report, and was very surprised, it was reasonable for Huangfu Song to chase after him, but where did the officers and troops in the northeast come from? Suddenly thought of the messenger who intercepted the official army Cui Xiu when he first arrived in Ping'an Ridge, and the messenger said that he was going to the river to ask for help, so since he could go to the river to rescue, he could naturally go to Bohai County to ask for help.
Zhuang Shaoyou was anxious, there is no doubt that the Northeast official army is from Nanpi City, Bohai County, Nanpi is located in a strategic place, and there are heavy troops, all of which are regular official soldiers, not Cui Xiu's miscellaneous soldiers, there are actually 3,000 cavalry, and these are probably only forwards, and there are a large number of infantry behind.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Shaoyou broke out in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to hesitate anymore, immediately woke up everyone, and briefly discussed a few words with Zhou Cang, Zhang Ning and Luo Lin, Zhuang Shaoyou ordered: "General Luo, Brother Zhou, Mei Niang, the three of you take eight hundred soldiers and one hundred cavalry to break through to the southeast, now only this one direction is safe, I will take the remaining hundred cavalry to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers, and lead the officials and troops to the southwest Huangfu Song!" Hurry up! ”
Zhou Cang and Luo Lin were a little hesitant, but they still accepted it, but Zhang Ning was anxious: "Brother Shaoyou, you can't leave me alone, I want to go with you!" ”
Zhuang Shaoyou sighed, stepped forward to hug Zhang Ning, kissed her lightly on the forehead, and then cut her unconscious with a hand knife, and then handed it to Zhou Cang and said, "Brother Zhou, Mei Niang will be handed over to you!" ”
Zhou Cang said solemnly: "Brother Xian, you can rest assured, as long as I have a breath of old Zhou, I will definitely not let the young lady suffer the slightest grievance." ”
Watching Zhou Cang and Luo Lin roar away, Zhuang Shaoyou secretly sighed, when did he become so selfless? But there is no regret, for a man, the time should never be sheepish!
Zhuang Shaoyou prepared a hundred cavalry in the grove to prepare bows and arrows, and laid an ambush, less than half an hour, the sound of the official army's iron cavalry came, and soon a large group of cavalry roared and stopped five hundred steps in front of the woods.
After staying for a while, the officers and soldiers divided into three teams and began to search, two of which were coming in different directions to the grove, and the other team of 1,000 men was completely dispersed to explore everywhere. There is no hiding place nearby, so this grove is the focus of the search.
Zhuang Shaoyou scolded when he saw this, but he didn't have time to complain, he immediately made a decision after a little thought, and commanded a few words to the people behind him, and then when the official cavalry was a hundred steps away from here, Zhuang Shaoyou saw the opportunity, and immediately launched a surprise attack after releasing a few waves of bows and arrows. was overwhelmed by the shock
However, Zhuang Shaoyou is too few, dare not fight, the third time after the chisel to the southwest direction of the Huangfu Song camp headed, the commander of the official army was very angry, while sending people to the infantry behind the message, while reorganizing the formation to pursue away, the impact just now is the official cavalry lost four or five hundred, Zhuang Shaoyou's cavalry also lost dozens of people, only more than five hundred horsemen.
At midnight, Huangfu Song was resting in the temporary camp, and he had been overworked in the past few days, eating something hastily and sleeping on the chair of the big tent. Suddenly, a pro-soldier rushed into the tent and woke up Huangfu Song, who was furious and wanted to punish him, but the pro-soldier immediately said:
"Forgive the general, the scouts in front found that hundreds of cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army were rushing towards our camp, and it was less than five miles away from here!"
Huangfu Song was shocked, and he didn't have the heart to blame his own soldiers anymore, but thought about it on the chair, and wondered very much, the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army, that is, hundreds of people, dared to come to attack his camp, and he was impatient, right?
With a disdainful application on his face, his complexion changed greatly, and now the Yellow Turban Army has almost been wiped out, leaving only the young demon and Zhang Jiao's daughter, since it is a cavalry, the person must be the young demon, it is said that the guy is elusive, cunning and treacherous, how can he be so stupid as to throw himself into the net? Is there some conspiracy? No matter, let's destroy these thieves first!
When Zhuang Shaoyou came to the Huangfu Song camp with the cavalry, Huang Fu Song's subordinate officers and soldiers had just started to act, and countless crossbowmen and pikemen were arrayed outside the camp, Zhuang Shaoyou gasped, there were interceptions in front and chasing soldiers after that, in order to cover Zhang Ning's smooth escape, he knew that there were tigers in the mountains and preferred to go to the tiger mountains, fortunately, the Huangfu Song army had no formation and had not been lined up, otherwise it would be difficult for him to fly!
So he and his men took out their round shields and set up a sharp array again, ready to cut through the local crowd of archers, only to find that the front side of the archers was covered with pikemen, and if they collided, they would not be pleased.
Zhuang Shaoyou made a gesture to his subordinates, and hurriedly deflected the dock to attack the weak point of the flank of the official army. Although it won't hit the spear formation, it won't be able to impact the archers, and you'll definitely be targeted by the archers for a while.
Zhuang Shaoyou thought for a moment, and motioned to the cavalry behind him to slowly adjust the formation and line up; The two columns near the outermost part of the army held shields and concentrated on resisting the incoming bows and arrows, while the remaining four columns took out bows and arrows and threw them incessantly.
After a while, Zhuang Shaoyou entered the battle with less than 100 cavalry and the official army, and the formation that was hastily changed just now played a slight role, causing a certain amount of confusion to the formation of the official army and reducing his own losses, but just like that, he still lost more than 100 people, if it were not for the hasty preparation of the Huangfu Song army, and the officers and troops under him did not all come out, Zhuang Shaoyou and these people would definitely not be able to pass
Zhuang Shaoyou roared past with more than 400 cavalry and headed towards the stone bridge. After listening to the report, Huangfu Song was expressionless and sighed: What a difficult character!
The cavalry of Bohai County also chased here when Zhuang Shaoyou had just run past, and almost clashed with Huangfu Song's army, and when they figured out the misunderstanding, they were too late to catch up.
Zhuang Shaoyou looked at the subordinates who only had more than 400 people left, and sighed in his heart, a little helpless, but the look in his eyes was more determined, no matter what, he wanted to end such a troubled world as soon as possible, so that the brothers could enjoy a happy life without sacrifice.
Two hours later, Zhuang Shaoyou was still five miles away from the stone bridge, and everyone rested in the grove for half an hour and continued to run towards the stone bridge. When the sky was about to dawn, Zhuang Shaoyou led his subordinates to the edge of the stone bridge, and found that a large group of cavalry appeared on the opposite side of the stone bridge, about two or three thousand people.
When he got closer, he found that it was Song Tie who had fought with him yesterday, Zhuang Shaoyou lamented in his heart, this reckless man recovered really fast, I thought that he had been seriously injured yesterday, but I didn't expect to be able to go into battle again today.
Song Tie, who was on the other side of the bridge, was overjoyed when he saw that it was Zhuang Shaoyou, and said with a smile: "Young man, the mountains and rivers have met, you and I are really fateful, let's meet again!" Today, I, Song Tie, will defeat you! Come on! ”
Zhuang Shaoyou rolled his eyes and said, "Does this general want to fight me on the bridge?" ”
Song Tie hesitated slightly and said, "Then I'll let you come over, and I'll fight with you!" ”
"Are you as brainless as you are? If I passed, even if I won, would there be a way to live? Zhuang Shaoyou said disdainfully.
"So what do you say?" Song Tie frowned and shouted
Zhuang Shaoyou groaned slightly, it was estimated that this Song Tie really wanted to fight with him, and looked up at the sky, there was still about a quarter of an hour before dawn, and his heart suddenly had a plan. So he said, "You let your people retreat two miles, and I will take my people to walk over, what do you think?" ”
Song Tie thought about it for a while, and felt that it was okay, as long as the other party didn't rush over with a hula, he shouldn't be able to run, so he agreed, and ordered his subordinates to retreat two miles.
Zhuang Shaoyou made a gesture to Qin Ling behind him very secretly, and Qin Ling immediately understood and quietly ordered his men to prepare. Zhuang Shaoyou deliberately rubbed here for a while, firstly, to calm down his mind, and began to recall the Tai Chi swordsmanship and the feeling of the first Guangzong Qing River Battle, grinding for half an hour, Song Tie urged impatiently, and then walked slowly towards the stone bridge.
Qin Ling followed behind with four hundred cavalry and kept a little distance from Zhuang Shaoyou, so that Song Tie could feel at ease. Song Tie watched Zhuang Shaoyou and his subordinates walking slowly on the bridge, his heart relaxed a lot, and then he began to prepare for a single challenge for a while, and his heart swore that he must be ashamed!
Zhuang Shaoyou closed his eyes and slowly walked on the stone bridge, his mind was calm, suddenly, Zhuang Shaoyou clamped the horse's belly, and the phantom immediately accelerated and galloped towards Song Tie, Song Tie was startled, but saw that the cavalry of the Yellow Turban Army behind him was still walking slowly, so he put his mind at ease and urged the horse to run towards Zhuang Shaoyou. And Zhuang Shaoyou galloped on the stone bridge, and in the blink of an eye, he had already crossed the stone bridge, Zhuang Shaoyou lifted the reins of the horse, and the phantom jumped up one person high and jumped towards Song Tie.
At this moment, there was a golden light in the distance, a round of red sun jumped out of the horizon, and the golden light made the surrounding earth red, Zhuang Shaoyou opened his eyes at this moment, held the sword in his right hand and raised it high towards Song Tie, then Song Tiezhi felt a golden light in front of him, and hurriedly used all his strength to parry with a hammer.
Tai Chi swordsmanship, Qiankun struck a blow, and Zhuang Shaoyou used it for the second time.
"Ding!" A not-so-loud metal clash sounded near the stone bridge, followed by the sound of horses' hooves falling to the ground, followed by "Poof! There was a sound of something falling to the ground.
Qin Ling didn't wait for Zhuang Shaoyou's order, and immediately commanded his subordinates to speed up instantly, roaring across the stone bridge, Zhuang Shaoyou held the Qiankun Sun and Moon Sword in one hand, his right arm hung down weakly, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, and coughed a few times.
That Song Tie had been shot down and dismounted, fell heavily to the ground, and the horse under the seat also took a few steps back and turned to the ground, Song Tie's subordinate three thousand iron horsemen were stunned on the spot, looking at Zhuang Shaoyou blankly, Zhuang Shaoyou's face was expressionless, and the horse was stationed in place and confronted the three thousand iron horsemen opposite
Qin Ling led more than 400 cavalry across the stone bridge in an instant, and traveled along the Qinghe River to Bohai County in the northeast.
Song Tie's subordinates looked at each other, but they were immediately shocked, and hurriedly ran over to check Song Tie's injuries, Song Tie lay on the ground protruding a few mouthfuls of blood, and muttered to himself: "I might as well too." Then he passed out.