Chapter 171. hoplites,

Toyosu. Ten miles from Toyosu City. Yang Dezheng and his Fuxing Army lurked here. Three days ago. Yang Dezheng designed an overall situation two hundred miles away. The bureau was designed to be a success. He and Fan Long succeeded in luring the cavalry of the Yeqi tribe and the original garrison of Fengzhou City into one place. Under his plan, the cavalry of the Yeqi tribe and the garrison of Fengzhou City fought together.

After the First World War, both sides suffered heavy losses. Yang Dezheng also took this opportunity to lead a thousand revival troops under his command to escape from the enemy's encirclement. Yang Dezheng, who escaped, rushed to Fengzhou City according to his private agreement with the Fuxing Army. According to Yang Dezheng's plan, after the revival army dispersed, in addition to a sneak attack to weaken the strength of the Yeqi tribe, it would also rush to Fengzhou City and raid Fengzhou City after fifteen days.

Then, taking advantage of the city wall, he defeated the wild beggars. At this moment, the army gathered around Yang Dezheng has gathered about 15,000 people. Moreover, after the tempering of these fifteen days of guerrilla warfare, these people are full of cunning and fierceness. This breath is completely different from the previous revival army.

It can be said that after these fifteen days of tempering, the soldiers of the Renaissance Army, both physically and mentally, have been tempered and have begun to transform into fierce soldiers. It is worth noting that after fifteen days of tempering, many of the positions of the captains originally appointed by Yang Dezheng have been changed.

The generals of the Zhejia Army, in this ordeal, successfully replaced the generals of the original Revival Army, and gradually controlled the soldiers and horses. There doesn't seem to be anyone unconvinced. The party advocates the strong. The wisdom shown by the Zhejia army on the battlefield easily convinced them.

Straight to the point. According to Yang Dezheng's plan, today is the time for them to attack Fengzhou City, but looking at the posture of the Revival Army now, it is more like they are holding their troops still. I don't have any other reason. When Yang De led his troops to attack Fengzhou City, he suddenly discovered that there was a group of men and horses from the east, who seemed to have the same intentions as them.

Yang Dezheng immediately ordered the whole army to lurk. Then send someone out to find out the truth. An hour had passed since the scout had been dispatched, and the scout had hurried back. The scouts were led by the still-thinking Fan Long. After Fan Long returned to the place where the army was lurking, Yang Dezheng greeted him.

"Did you figure it out?" Fan Long waved his hand, didn't speak, held a dilapidated crockpot on the table, and poured half a jar of cold water. "Huh~" After breathing a sigh of relief, Yan Tianzi spoke: "Check it out, this gang suddenly appeared, and the people and horses who want to attack Fengzhou City seem to be the Liao army." ”

Yang Dezheng turned his head to look at one of the generals of the Zhejia Army, and the meaning was self-evident. The general of the Zhejia army muttered: "As far as I know, the Liao army closest to here should be the Guo Dabu of Shengzhou. This person's ancestors are also rare and loyal, and later his family fell into the middle of the road, so he voted for the Xiao family of the Liao State and became the lackey of the Xiao family. ”

When Yang Dezheng heard this, he immediately guessed what Guo Da was planning.

"This surnamed Guo wants to take advantage of the fire to rob. He wanted to take Fengzhou and increase his weight in the Xiao family, which was really calculating. Fan Long asked, "The Liao people suddenly inserted in, what should we do?" Yang Dezheng smiled and said: "The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind." He wants to be a fisherman, so let's be a yellow finch once. Looking at the Liao people and the wild beggars. When they both lose, let's go out and pick up the bargain. ”

Yang Dezheng immediately ordered: "Pass the order, order the whole army to act in concealment, and not to expose your whereabouts and cause a big deal." Violators, beheaded. "The generals and colonels of the Zhejia Army, after hearing the order, immediately went down to carry it out. Although there are many of them, they really want to hide, and it is really difficult to find them. After fifteen days of training, everyone figured out a lot of hiding skills. After setting up the army, Yang Dezheng said to Fan Long: "Let's go, let's go watch the battle." ”

Yang Dezheng and Fan Long led a team and quietly approached Fengzhou City. When they arrived outside the castle of Toyoshu. I saw Guo Da leading the Liao army and slaughtered under the city of Fengzhou. The four gates of Toyoshu Castle were closed, and the atmosphere was very depressing. There were no soldiers and horses of the wild beggar tribe on the head of the city. There are only a few thousand people.

Compared with the Liao army under the city, it looks very thin. "Why is the defense of this Toyoshu City so weak?" Fan Long frowned. Yang Dezheng said softly: "Most of the soldiers and horses of the Yeqi tribe have come to pursue us. Naturally, there were not many soldiers and horses in Toyosu City. Fan Long said in a deep voice: "Doesn't that mean that the Liao people will easily take Fengzhou City?" Yang Dezheng muttered: "That's not necessarily. The Liao army of Guo Da's department, under Guo Da's training, does look like a strong army. But after all, it is not the elite of the Liao army, so the equipment is a little weak.

Although there were not many soldiers and horses on the head of Fengzhou City, when facing Guo Dabu's Liao army, it was useless to show a panicked appearance. It should be relied on. Although I don't know what this dependence is. Fan Long said solemnly: "It stands to reason that since Guo Da has voted for the Xiao family, he should not be bad at the equipment to ......" Yang Dezheng rolled his eyelids and said: "The Liao people lack iron ......" Fan Long frowned and said: "There are a lot of iron mines in the Liao country. Yang Dezheng was stunned and said with a smile: "The mining skills and iron-making skills of the Liao people are very primitive, and even the forging skills are very primitive. Therefore, for the Liao people, it is better to buy it from the Great Song Dynasty to make iron by themselves.

Of course, now that there are no Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, there is even more shortage. Fan Long asked, "Why do you know so much?" Yang Dezheng said with a smile: "Because in Daizhou, I found that there are several generals who are doing weapons business with the Liao people." It is inferred from this. Fan Long was stunned and asked, "Why don't you stop it?" ”

Yang Dezheng shook his head and smiled, "What's the use of stopping it?" The court is turning a blind eye, why should I offend people. Besides, even if it is stopped, what can it do? Daizhou doesn't let people sell it, and people can also sell it from other places. Rather than that, I might as well let them sell it in Daizhou, and I can still take a little tax money from the middle. Fan Long wanted to ask, but was rudely interrupted by Yang Dezheng. Don't talk, there's movement in Toyosu City. ”

Fan Long looked towards Fengzhou City, and sure enough, he saw movement. In the face of the pressure of Guo Da's army, Fengzhou City actually opened the east gate. "Boom~" A shaking sound came from the gate of Toyosu City. Immediately afterwards, I saw a hundred horsemen and appeared outside the city of Toyosu. As soon as these hundred horsemen appeared, everyone who saw them gasped. Each cavalryman was like a giant of an iron tower, wrapped in armor and tall in stature.

In their hands, they dragged the Glaive Knife made of stainless steel. The horses under their crotches also seem to have been carefully selected, and they are particularly tall and armored. A hundred horsemen stood there, lacking the momentum of thousands of troops and horses. "Hiss~" Yang Dezheng first gasped, and then said in ecstasy: "Heavy armored cavalry? "Yang Dezheng seems to have a special preference for heavy cavalry.

After arriving in the northwest, Yang Dezheng's hobby was infinitely magnified. Fan Long was not infected by Yang Dezheng's ecstasy, and after seeing the heavy armored cavalry appearing in Fengzhou City, he raised his eyebrows. "It's ...... them," Yang Dezheng turned his head and asked, "Do you know?" Fan Long nodded, shook his head again, and said, "I don't know each other, but I have fought before." ”

Yang Dezheng asked: "How is the strength?" Fan Long groaned: "One-on-one, it's not my opponent......" Yang Dezheng couldn't help but roll his eyes, as far as Fan Long's martial arts are concerned, the opponent he can find in the Great Song Dynasty will never exceed a slap. Fan Long understood Yang Dezheng's mind through Yang Dezheng's eyes.

He muttered, "If they go together, I won't be their opponent." It is not easy for them to say what the Liao army of the Shangguo Dabu said. Yang Dezheng was curious: "How can it be difficult to say?" Fan Long rolled his eyes and said, "I didn't see the situation of me and them rushing to kill the military formation, how do I know." ”

Yang Dezheng hahaha: "Watch the play, watch the play." "Outside the city of Toyosu. Guo Da was also stunned when he saw the heavy armored cavalry that appeared in Fengzhou City. He also felt the fierce and heavy aura from the heavy armored cavalry. However, Guo Da feels that the other party is not invincible. In terms of numbers alone, the soldiers and horses under Guo Da's command can crush the other party to death.

Guo Da just felt that taking down this heavy armored cavalry might pay a great price. Now, Guo Da can't help but hesitate. It was impossible for Guo Da to abandon Fengzhou City just because there were a hundred heavily armored cavalry blocking the way. It's just a hundred.

Not enough to threaten him. Besides, I haven't fought yet, it's really easy to say who is strong and who is weak. Guo Da, who had a plan, didn't say a word and issued a military order. "Attack." The 30,000 Liao army pounced on Fengzhou City like locusts. Under the castle of Toyosu. Facing the 30,000 Liao troops who attacked. There was no expression on the face of the wild beggar Jigu. He slowly raised the Glaive in his hand.

Wait until the Liao army rushed into his attack range. The glaive slashed down. "Kill!" One hundred heavily armored cavalry. Like a torrent of steel, gushing out. They seemed to have turned into a sharp sword and plunged straight into the Liao army's military formation.

"Whoosh~" The hand rises and falls. In front of them, there was no Liao army that was their enemy. The glaive knife in their hands is like a judge's pen in the judge's hand, and with one stroke, a person's life is slashed. After rushing into the Liao army's formation, they showed their powerful destructive power.

Not to mention their sharp Glaive Blades. It's just the war horse under their crotch, a rush. The formation of the Liao army collapsed. All the Liao troops who stopped in front of the war horses were hit by the war horses, and their brains flew wildly. Even if he is not killed, he will be trampled to death by the war horse behind. The heavy cavalry charged with swiftness and speed. It only took a stick of incense to penetrate the Liao army's military formation.

The Liao army in front of them or on both sides fell as if they were harvesting wheat. Yang Dezheng, who was watching the battle in secret, had a lot of brilliance in his eyes, and kept saying, "It's so fierce, it's so fierce......" "Bang~" Yang Dezheng patted the shoulder of the deceased man, which startled Fan Long. Then in Fan Long's annoyed eyes, Yang Dezheng said solemnly: "Fortunately, we didn't attack Fengzhou City, and let Guo Da go to this troubled water first." Otherwise, we will lose a lot.

I just calculated that this charge alone caused more than two thousand casualties to the Liao army. A hundred people, charging head-on, can cause such a big result, it is really fierce. And only a few were wounded, and there were no deaths. Hearing that Yang Dezheng was worried about the casualties of the soldiers of the Fuxing Army, Fan Long was obviously stunned, and the annoyance in his eyes gradually disappeared.

Yang Dezheng analyzed the battle situation, he also saw it. As someone who has fought against this heavy cavalry. After seeing the sharpness of the heavily armored cavalry on the battlefield, he still felt shocked. He also experienced it. Heavy cavalry, not suitable for fighting alone, they seem to have been born for the battlefield. On the battlefield, they are like demon gods descending.

The results were staggering. At this moment when Yang Dezheng and Fan Long were analyzing the battle situation. Ye Qijigu led the heavy armored cavalry under his command and launched a new round of charging and killing. It was still a one-sided massacre. The heavy cavalry returned to the city gate from outside the battlefield. The harm caused by just two rounds of rushing kills is amazing.

Guo Da, who had been commanding the Liao army to fight, had a dark face. However, even so, Guo Da still has no intention of giving up. He sat on horseback and roared with a hideous face: "Kill, kill you." I don't believe you can kill endlessly. With such heavy armor, isn't there a time to run out? ”

So far. Guo Da has no other way but to fill it with human life. Then he dragged down the heavy cavalry of Yeqijigu and crushed him in one fell swoop. In order to create more resistance to the heavily armored cavalry, Guo Da even had people drive their horses to charge them. Facts have proved that Guo Da's trick is indeed effective.

With the addition of tens of thousands of war horses, the charge of the heavy cavalry was quickly disrupted. Speaking of which, Guo Da is also ruthless enough, and he is willing to use tens of thousands of war horses to make a meat wall to block the heavy armored cavalry of Ye Qijigu. A large part of the lethality of heavy cavalry is caused by impact.

was such a gear by Guo Da, and the heavy armored cavalry of Ye Qijigu fought in the group of war horses, and it seemed a little powerless. Guo Da saw the opportunity and ordered the soldiers of the Liao army to divide into small teams and rush into the herd of horses, taking the opportunity to inflict damage on the heavy armored cavalry of Ye Qijigu. It can be seen that Guo Da's tactics are very effective.

The heavy cavalry under the command of Ye Qijigu began to die. When Ye Qijigu led the heavy armored cavalry under his command to break out of the flesh wall of the Liao army's war horses, the heavy armored cavalry under his command lost nearly 30 people. It was a one-third drop.

It can be seen that the heavy armored cavalry under the command of Ye Qijigu is depleting their strength very quickly, and in just three charges, they have fallen into exhaustion. Ye Qi Jigu was also decisive enough, and when he realized that the heavy armored cavalry under his command had lost his strength, he led the heavy armored cavalry under his command to enter the city through the south gate in a half circle.

Ye Qijigu made such a fuss, and the offensive of the Liao army under Guo Da was a mess. Guo Da could only temporarily stop the offensive and began to integrate his troops and horses. After a short period of rectification, Guo Da relaunched an attack on the city of Fengzhou. At this time, the heavy armored cavalry, who had rested for more than an hour, rushed out of the city gate again and launched a new round of charging and killing.

The offensive that Guo Da had just formed was scattered by the heavy cavalry. This was repeated for a day. After nightfall, the two sides temporarily ceased hostilities. The scouts left behind by Yang Dezheng stared here, and he and Yan Tianzi returned to the hidden camp of the Revival Army.

Yang Dezheng looked excited. Today, the heavy armored cavalry of Ye Qijigu performed very amazingly, leaving too much deep impression on Yang Dezheng. Yang Dezheng had to admit that in this era, the heavy armored cavalry could be called a weapon of victory. It is no wonder that Li Yuanhao, the lord of Western Xia, can create a large foundation in the northwest with three thousand iron harriers. Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning. After Yang Dezheng got up, he hastily ate a light meal, and then returned to the place where he watched the battle with his mourning son. Yang Dezheng has a hunch that today should be the day when Ye Qi Jigu and Guo Da will decide to be male and female. Nobeg Jigu has a posture of guarding Toyoshu Castle. Guo Da is a posture that does not achieve the goal and will never give up. After a night of thinking, Guo Da also thought of some ways to deal with the heavy cavalry.

Early in the morning, Guo Da sent tens of thousands of soldiers to start digging trenches one after another along the perimeter of Fengzhou City, hoping to hinder the heavy cavalry of Ye Qijigu. In order to deal with the dozens of heavy armored cavalry under the command of Ye Qijigu, Guo Da can be regarded as a bloody capital. Ye Qijigu, who had been watching Guo Dabu's movements at the head of the city, seemed to have seen Guo Da's purpose. When Guo Da sent people to dig a trench, he decisively led the heavy cavalry out of the city to destroy.

And Guo Da today is a bit of a way to avoid a fight. As soon as the heavy cavalry of Ye Qijigu appeared, his men quickly retreated. Don't give Ye Qijigu a chance to attack at all. Although some of the Liao troops did not run in time, they were killed by Ye Qijigu.

But relatively speaking, Guo Da really doesn't care about this loss. Ye Qijigu's several battles were basically in vain. He could only watch at the head of the city as the Liao army dug out one trench after another, setting up one stumbling stumbling post after another. This is a helpless thing for Ye Qijigu.

The soldiers and horses in Fengzhou City add up to less than 3,000, and they are all temporarily transferred soldiers and horses, and they are all pitiful with weak combat effectiveness. These 3,000 people can't pose any threat to Guo Dabu at all. The only real threat to Guo Dabu is the heavy armored cavalry under his command. And after Guo Da tasted the power of the heavily armored cavalry yesterday, he focused on them today. And when his arrangement is not completed, he will always avoid fighting and not give him a chance at all.

Although Ye Qijigu felt helpless, he had to persevere. The letter for help has been sent. As long as you insist on leading the army back to help, this Fengzhou City will definitely be able to hold it. In fact, in Yang Dezheng's view, Ye Qijigu can do this step, which is enough to be proud.

With 100 cavalry, he blocked Guo Da's nearly 30,000 Liao troops from advancing an inch. This is already a classic battle to win more with less. With the huge difference in the number of people, it is really not easy to do this. Even if you lose, you are still glorious. Of course, Yang Dezheng doesn't have back pain when he stands and talks.

If Guo Dabu's 30,000 Liao troops were placed outside Daizhou City, Yang Dezheng would definitely not have such thoughts. Guo Da's arrangement lasted for a morning. It was close to noon. On all sides of Toyosu Castle, there are already ditches and stumbling horse piles. Guo Da can also be called a madman, and there is almost no flat place outside Fengzhou City under his toss.

Three o'clock in the afternoon. Guo Da, who was ready for everything, launched another attack on Fengzhou City. It can be seen that this time the siege of the city, Guo Da is full of confidence. Because he took out all the soldiers and horses under his command. In one go, they were all stationed at the east gate of Toyosu City.

Large catapults, ladders, and siege chisels were all pushed to the bottom of Fengzhou City. Guo Da held the order flag in his hand and shouted loudly: "Attack." Tens of thousands of Liao troops, with Guo Da's order, quickly rushed to Fengzhou City. When the Liao army was about to rush to the city, it was not surprising that Ye Qijigu led his heavy cavalry to attack again.

When the heavily armored cavalry appeared from the city gates. Yang Dezheng let out a long sigh and said, "It's a pity ......"

Fan Long was stunned and nodded. He understood what Yang Dezheng meant by 'it's a pity'. Judging from the current situation, this heavy armored cavalry, attacking again, is not much different from suicide. Heavy cavalry, more suitable for frontal charges and charging in battle formations. But the heavy cavalry was not suitable for defending the city. "Kill!"

After Ye Qijigu led his heavy armored cavalry to rush out of the city gate, he burst into cheers. The heavy cavalry slaughtered the Liao army. The shield soldiers in front of them barely had much power to block them, and they were cut through the defenses. After the heavy cavalry rushed into the camp of the Liao army. Trenches and tripping horse piles began to play their role. One by one, the heavy cavalry began to fall to the ground.

The Liao army around them took the opportunity to rush forward and unceremoniously greeted them with spears. In just a few breaths, more than a dozen heavily armored cavalrymen were killed. The wild beggar Jigu also suffered. He also tripped over a stumbling stake and fell to the ground. After falling off his horse, he rolled on the ground several times in order to avoid the attack of the Liao army. It looks awkward.

"Dismount and fight on foot." At this time, the war horse had become a burden to the heavy cavalry, rather than a help. Wild Beggar Jigu decisively ordered his men to jump off their horses. The remaining forty or so people quickly formed a small steel battle array. "Kill!" Wild beggar Jigu took the lead. He brandished the Glaive in his hand and slashed non-stop.

The heavy cavalry warriors who followed him also followed and slashed in all directions. The hand-to-hand combat lasted for an hour. The soldiers of the heavy cavalry, in the space of an hour, fell one by one to the side of Ye Qijigu. In the end, there was only one person left.

Around him, the corpses had been piled up into a hill. The glaive knife in the hand of the wild beggar Jigu has been chopped and curled. "Huhuhu~" Ye Qijigu gasped, and around him, there was still a steady stream of Liao troops gathered over. Wild Beggar Jigu wanted to pick up the Glaive and continue slashing, but he was exhausted. The Glaive was halfway raised, and it fell to the ground with a thud.

"Puff~" "Puff~" "Puff~" "Puff~"

A series of three spears stabbed him into the body. The blood in the mouth of the wild beggar Jigu spurted out without money. "Quack~" Guo Da, surrounded by his own soldiers, rode his horse to the side of Ye Qijigu.

Guo Da looked around Ye Qijigu, and said with a dark face: "Dog, because of you, the people and horses under Lao Tzu's command have lost nearly 10,000 people." You're damned. Hearing this, Ye Qiji Gu raised his head, stared at Guo Da, and laughed heartily.

"Hahahaha......" Guo Da seemed to be annoyed by Ye Qijigu's laughter, he pulled his saber from his waist and shook it hard. Puff~"A big head flies up. The head of the wild beggar is in a different place. Yang Dezheng and Fan Long, who were watching the battle from a distance, frowned at the same time.

But the two men didn't say anything. Guo Da killed Ye Qi Jigu and immediately ordered the army to continue the siege. Under the fierce offensive of Guo Da's army, the defenders in Fengzhou City were not his opponents at all.

Less than evening. The head of Fengzhou City was replaced with the banner of the Liao army. Yang Dezheng and Fan Long quickly fled back to the camp of the Renaissance Army. Yang Dezheng immediately invited the generals to discuss the matter. The place of the meeting was a thatched hut.

It is also the only building where the Ba'ath Army is hiding. The rest of the soldiers of the Renaissance Army basically slept in holes. The soil structure in the northwest is very good, and it is not easy to collapse when digging a hole, and it is convenient to do so. In the thatched house, after Yang Dezheng gathered all the generals, he said openly: "Everyone, now Guo Da of Shengzhou has taken Fengzhou City. Although Guo Dabu's losses were great, he still had 20,000 soldiers and horses.

If we want to snatch back Fengzhou City from Guo Da, we will definitely come back at a great price, and we will definitely lose a lot. When the time comes, Ye Qi Ganbo will lead the army to attack, and we may not be able to hold Fengzhou City. Yang Dezheng glanced around at the generals and said, "Now, I want to ask you, this Fengzhou City, do we fight or not?" ”

A group of generals of the Folded Army looked embarrassed. When they were under the command of the Emperor in the past, the Emperor would not ask for their opinion at all, but chose to give them orders directly. Now that Yang Dezheng asked them for advice, they were really a little hesitant and didn't know whether to say it or not. If you say something wrong, you won't be punished.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.