Sunset.

The battle in the valley was drawing to a close, and by the time the heavy cavalry joined the battle, the outcome was decided.

The rest is just to deal with the endgame.

The defeated Western army and prisoners of war scurried around the valley like headless flies.

If you look down from above, you will find that the Western Army is like a colony of ants that have been pierced in their nests.

More than 4,000 heavily armored cavalry dispersed, divided into squads of 100 people, and constantly drove the fleeing Western troops and prisoners of war back to the valley.

The officers and men of the cavalry battalion liked this situation the most, and the defeated foot soldiers were in front of the cavalry, which was a military feat picked up for nothing.

Han Zhen sat upright on the mountain horse, the dark iron lance in his hand hung low, and he was a little interested.

The combat strength of the Western Army is much worse than imagined, and after looking forward to it for so long, there is suddenly an illusion that it will come on the spur and return in defeat.

It is obvious from the battle situation that even if firearms are not used, the Western Army will be defeated, but it will drag on for a longer time.

When the sun sets over the valley, the war is over.

Han Zhen ordered: "Collect the ordnance and count the casualties." ”

"Order!"

More than a dozen secretaries of the army, with happy faces, went to count the casualties on both sides one by one.

Looking around, Han Zhen asked, "What about Liu Qi?" ”

Huang Kai replied truthfully: "County magistrate, Liu Dutong led a hundred heavy cavalry to chase the main general of the Western Army. ”

"Hmm!"

Han Zhen bowed slightly, and then ignored it.

Catching up is naturally an unexpected joy, and it doesn't matter if you can't catch up.

As for Liu Qi's safety, he didn't care, the cavalry came and went like the wind, as long as he didn't make a fool, no one could stop him if a hundred heavy horsemen wanted to leave.

……

Liu Guangshi looked frightened, and the whip in his hand kept pumping on the war horse.

The war horse was in pain, and the speed was a little faster.

This scene reminded him of the Northern Expedition to Liao last year.

At that time, he also fled for his life like this.

"Oh no, the thief is chasing after you!"

Suddenly, one of the soldiers exclaimed.

Liu Guangshi turned his head to look and saw a hundred Xuanjia iron horsemen rushing towards him.

He was immediately frightened, and the whip in his hand whipped faster.

Although Liu Qi and others are heavily armored, they can take turns to change horses with one person and two horses, and the speed is not much slower than that of Liu Guangshi and others.

chased and caught up, and before I knew it, it was already two hours.

The night covered the sky, but the moon was bright tonight, and the silver glow was sprinkled and reflected by the snow, like the day.

Feeling that the war horse under him was gradually exhausted and the speed slowed down, Liu Qi's heart was impatient.

Suddenly, there was a muffled noise ahead.

The front legs of the war horse under Liu Guangshi were weak, and even the people and horses fell heavily to the ground, their eyes were black, and they fainted.

"God help me!"

Liu Qi was overjoyed and hurriedly urged the war horse to rush forward.

"All of them are falling!"

"Liu Dutong!"

"Quick, save Dutong!"

When the soldiers and the cavalry saw it, they grabbed the reins of their horses and wanted to save Liu Guangshi.

But the Qingzhou heavy cavalry rushed to the front in a blink of an eye.

Rumble!

Dozens of light horsemen were like paper paste, and they were crushed by the Qingzhou heavy horsemen.

For a while, people shouted and neighed.

In the midst of a burst of screams, a violent anger suddenly came: "Wu Na thief, so daring! ”

Liu Qi bent down and leaned over, picked up the unconscious Liu Guangshi on his horse, and looked around, only to see a general in armor galloping towards him on the official road in front of him.

Behind the general, there were thousands of light horsemen.

Liu Qi was not afraid, and hundreds of heavy horsemen turned their horses' heads one after another, gathered around Liu Qi, and put on a sharp formation.

Seeing this scene, Han Shizhong was shocked and angry.

Heavy cavalry!

In the entire Northwest Five Roads, there are not many heavy armored cavalry, but the anti-thieves in Zhao and Song have a hundred heavy cavalry.

There is no need to think about it, it must be those corrupt officials and corrupt officials who secretly collude with the thieves to resell weapons and war horses.

Although he is brave, he is not a fool, and he can't do such a stupid thing as riding lightly and riding heavily.

Don't look at their 1,000 light cavalry, they have an advantage in numbers, but they can't use it at all on this kind of narrow terrain official road, and they can't give full play to the mobility and flexibility of light cavalry.

Forcing a charge is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Han Shizhong grabbed the reins of the horse, gradually slowed down the horse's speed, and finally stopped a hundred paces away.

Glancing at Liu Guangshi, who was on horseback and didn't know his life and death, and then at Liu Qi, Han Shizhong shouted: "Who are you?" ”

Liu Qi raised his chin: "Qingzhou Army Liu Qi, who are you?" ”

Qingzhou Army?

The dare to blaze the army was destroyed, and the Black Mountain thieves have not yet been pacified, so how did a Qingzhou army emerge.

The land of Shandong is really simple and simple!

Han Shizhong was secretly frightened, but his momentum did not fall, and he said loudly: "I am the deputy commander of the right army of the Western Army, Bingyilang, Han Shizhong!" ”

Liu Qi chuckled and said, "Who should I be, the original way is to splash Han Wu." For the sake of you and the county magistrate of my family, you will spare you once and retreat quickly. ”

"Who is your county magistrate?"

Han Shizhong's face was puzzled.

What is the position of this county magistrate?

Liu Qi made a mistake in his unsparing temperament, and joked: "My county magistrate's surname is Han Mingzhen, and the second line in the family, you are a prankster, you should call the second uncle!" ”

"How daring!"

Han Shizhong shouted angrily.

He used to be rampant in the township, and he was a well-known prankster, so the people in the township gave him the nickname of Pamper Han Wu.

Now he is also the mainstay of the Zhao Song army, and at this moment, he is being splashed by an anti-thief on the left and Han Wu on the right, so he can't be angry.

"Huh!"

Liu Qi smiled disdainfully, waved his hand and said, "Go back!" ”

Capturing alive a Western army commander is already a great achievement, and when people are tired, there is no need to continue to deal with the other party.

Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Han Shizhong suddenly became anxious.

Although he doesn't look down on Liu Guangshi, no matter what he says, the other party is the commander of the left army of the Western Army, and if he is kidnapped by the thieves in front of him, then his face will be dull.

Han Shizhong raised the spear in his hand, pointed at Liu Qi from afar, and said in a loud voice: "Wu Na thief, dare to fight with me?" If I win you, I will leave Liu Dutong! ”

Military generals are single-handed, which has existed since ancient times and is widespread.

Instead of talking nonsense like various self-media and marketing accounts in later generations, saying that the military generals in ancient times did not exist at all, it was all nonsense.

In fact, the military generals began in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and there is also a very elegant name, called:

To the teacher!

The earliest recorded time to the teacher occurred in the Battle of Muye at the end of the Shang Dynasty.

From the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhishi was only a contest between nobles, and both sides would leave a line and would not make a dead hand.

In the Warring States Period, etiquette collapsed, and the teachers were no longer limited to the nobility, and middle and high-level generals on both sides could participate, and no longer kept their hands.

Liu Bang ruled the world and established the Western Han Dynasty, and there were almost no wars in the country, mainly fighting against the Xiongnu.

And the Huns are barbarians, the advantage is to advance, the unfavorable is to retreat, not ashamed to leave, where the profit is, do not know the etiquette.

As a result, the teacher disappeared.

Until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the heroes fought together, the generals who had been suppressed for hundreds of years completely let themselves go.

With the popularization of stirrups, the wind of teaching is becoming more and more intense, and there are countless heads-up of all kinds, and there are hundreds of records in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" and various historical books, and those that are not recorded do not know the geometry.

Since then, the tradition of the teacher has been preserved.

In the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the northern nomads also began to pay attention to martial virtues, and gradually were influenced by Zhishi.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the military generals once again ushered in a wave of peaks.

Even Li Shimin, the king of Qin, has participated in several heads-ups.

It is recorded in the "New Tang Book" and "Taiping Yulan" that when the Tang army crusaded against Liu Heimin, Li Shimin fought a Turkic warrior under Liu Heimin.

[The blade will be connected, Taizong will shoot it with a big arrow from the general of Tiance, and the center hole will be back, and he will be killed! ] 】

The famous generals of the early Tang Dynasty, Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao, were almost the existence of Li Shimin's subordinates who specialized in dealing with the enemy's provocations, and they could be called the heads-up king.

It is recorded in the "Old Tang Book": Every time Shubao conquers from Taizong, there are strong generals in the enemy, showing off people and horses, and those who come and go, Taizong is quite angry, and he orders Shubao to take it.

Another example is Xue Rengui, the most famous of his single-headed deeds in his life is the Three Arrows Dingtian Mountain!

In the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, martial arts were rampant, and military generals flourished again.

However, in the Northern Song Dynasty, there were some changes, because the Zhao and Song dynasties used literature to control the military, and most of the commanders and generals in the army were literati, and their combat power was weak, so they rarely participated in it. Gradually, the military generals were transferred to the middle and low-level military attachés to participate.

The atmosphere of teaching teachers was still prevalent until the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", which were written during this period, are keen to describe the scene of the military general's heads-up.

Chang Yuchun is extremely fond of heads-up, even if he later becomes the commander of one side, it is still the same.

So much so that Zhu Yuanzhang had to personally persuade: Yu Chun is a general, why fight with the school, it is not even expected, and it is advisable to quit it.

……

Liu Qi sneered: "If you have a good calculation, I can't be an idiot." The enemy is in hand, why should I fight you? ”

Han Shizhong was speechless, feeling aggrieved.

The other party's hundred-heavy horse wanted to go, but he really couldn't stop it.

But the anger in his heart couldn't help out, so he shouted: "Then no matter whether you win or lose, can the thief dare?" ”

Liu Qi was also aroused, and sneered: "If you don't dare, I won't deceive you, you can pick and choose." ”

"Okay, then let's fight!"

Han Shizhong said, and ordered the light horse behind him: "Take two hundred steps back!" ”

He is not stupid, the opponent is wearing heavy armor and is invulnerable, and the horse war is too bad.

The cavalry of the Western Army hesitated for a moment, and then turned their horses and retreated.

Two hundred steps is a very ambiguous distance.

This distance is outside the range of the Divine Arm Crossbow, and even if the opposing cavalry wants to take advantage of the opportunity to attack, it has time to react.

Seeing that the other party was talking about martial arts like this, Liu Qi also ordered: "You can also take two hundred steps back!" ”

With that, he turned over and dismounted, and pulled out the dragon stick from the side of the horse's back.

played a stick flower, Liu Qi held a stick in one hand, and pointed at Han Shizhong from afar: "I have heard that the Western Army has a Han Wu, who is brave and good at fighting, and has strong martial arts. Today, I, Liu Qi, will come to weigh your catties! ”

"It's a bit bold!"

Han Shizhong sneered, pulled out the steel knife at his waist, and strode towards him.

Liu Qi did not retreat but advanced, took the initiative to meet him, and the dragon stick in his hand brought a burst of wind and smashed his head.

Woo!

This stick is extremely powerful, even if you are wearing iron armor and are hit in the head, you will end up with a concussion.

Han Shizhong crossed the knife in front of him and blocked the stick.

Feeling the stinging pain coming from the tiger's mouth, a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

The opponent's strength is not below him, and the coiling dragon stick is strong and heavy, and it can't be hard.

Thinking of this, Han Shizhong held the steel knife in both hands, drew a semicircle, removed the strength of the stick, stepped forward, and the steel knife was lifted from the bottom up.

This knife is very insidious, even if there is a skirt to protect the children and grandchildren, but if it is solid, it is enough to make Liu Qi hurt for a while.

Liu Qi's reaction was not unpleasant, leaning down, one leg raised back, which was a standard goose falling flat sand style, and at the same time, the dragon stick in his hand was like a spear, stabbing at the other party.

Although the steel knife is fast, how can it be as long as a coiling dragon stick.

Han Shizhong didn't notice it for a while, and his abdomen was topped, and his strength penetrated through the iron armor, and he suddenly felt that the river and the sea were stirring up in his abdomen, and the whole person took a few steps back again and again.

Standing up again, Liu Qi put the coiling dragon stick on his shoulder, and smiled proudly: "Don't you understand the truth that one inch is long and one inch is strong?" ”

Holding back the desire to vomit, Han Shizhong's face was gloomy, and the contempt in his heart completely dissipated.

Han Shizhong held the knife and rushed forward again, and the steel knife slashed obliquely.

Liu Qi made a gesture to block, but found that this knife was just a false move, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good.

Sure enough, I saw Han Shizhong's waist twisted, turned around and kicked sideways, hitting the other party's heart.

Liu Qi was kicked back seven or eight steps by this powerful kick.

"Come again!"

Spit out the turbidity in his chest, and Liu Qi rushed forward with a stick.

Han Shizhong was not afraid and swung his sword to meet him.

The martial arts of the two are almost the same, you go back and forth, you fight for nearly a quarter of an hour, your physical strength is almost exhausted, and in the end, no one can help anyone.

Liu Qi was heavily armoured, and although the steel knife slashed on his body, it couldn't break the armor, and he could only splash a burst of sparks.

Similarly, the iron armor that the coiling dragon stick smashed on Han Shizhong's body could not hurt the muscles and bones.

The cavalry on both sides watched it refreshed, and their hearts were hooked.

Han Shizhong gasped and said angrily: "If it weren't for the heavy armor, I would have killed you today!" ”

Liu Qi knew in his heart that he had taken advantage of the heavy armor on his body this time, otherwise he would really not be Han Shizhong's opponent.

However, he was not discouraged, and gasped: "I am very proud, I am still a teenager, my strength is still growing, and in two years, the victory or defeat is still unknown." ”

This is true, he is only sixteen years old after the New Year's Festival, and the future is promising.

Han Shizhong glanced at Liu Guangshi in the distance, and dropped a cruel sentence: "Next time you meet again, you won't be so lucky!" ”

Next time?

Liu Qi smiled suddenly: "It's you who should be careful, if you meet the county magistrate, you can't walk under him!" At that time, I will report Liu Qi's name, and I may be able to save a small life. ”

"Huh!"

Han Shizhong sneered, turned around and left.

What the other party said, he just regarded as gibberish.

……

……

"Magistrate Yu, this battle battle was slashed 8,000, more than 31,000 prisoners, and more than 28,000 spears were captured...... There are 830 crossbows, 627 war horses, more than 2,600 cattle, horses, and livestock, 5,000 and 300 stones of rice and grain, and more than 6,000 stones of finely fed hay......"

Han Zhen sat in the main tent and listened to the secretary's report on the results.

In this battle, the Western army was almost wiped out, and in addition to prisoners of war and ordnance, a large amount of grain and grass were also captured.

What pleased him the most was the eight hundred and thirty pairs of divine arm crossbows.

Luo Sha and Yu Chaohuan tried their best, but they only got more than 400 pairs, and now in a big war, more than 800 pieces have been captured.

As a result, the number of divine arm crossbows in the army exceeded 1,000.

"Not bad!"

Han Zhen smiled slightly, and then asked, "What are the casualties of our army?" ”

The secretary replied truthfully: "Our army lost twenty-eight people, one hundred and seventy-seven were seriously wounded, and four hundred were lightly wounded. ”

Han Zhen's smile faded a little, and he said in a deep voice: "Collect the bones of the fallen soldiers, and order the military doctor to do his best to treat the wounded soldiers." Write another battle report and ask the scout battalion to send it back to Zi and Qingzhou. ”

"Humble command!"

The secretary replied.

In the military village, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army were roasting the bonfire while tasting the fragrant and steaming broth.

Of the 1,000 horses of the Western Army, more than 300 were killed or wounded.

If the injury is light, throw it to the cavalry battalion, and it will be raised for a while, and it can be used again.

The seriously injured war horses were directly slaughtered, and the cattle and horses that died when the cavalry charged the battle were enough for the Qingzhou soldiers to eat several meals.

Da-da-da-da!

The sound of horses' hooves came from outside the valley.

After verifying his identity, Liu Qi led a hundred heavy horses back to the military village.

Carrying Liu Guangshi all the way into the main tent, Liu Qi pulled open the item, revealing a slightly immature face, and said loudly: "The last general will live up to the trust and capture the main general of the Western Army!" ”

Han Zhen said with a smile: "Capture the main general, remember your great achievement!" ”

Liu Qi was overjoyed, suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, when the last general was pursuing, he encountered reinforcements from the Western Army, about 1,000 light cavalry, and the main general was Han Shizhong. ”

"Reinforcements?"

Han Zhen frowned slightly.

This place is a hundred miles away from Licheng, and it has only been a few hours since the war began.

Even if the spies go to Licheng to report quickly, the reinforcements will have to arrive tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.

Could it be that their whereabouts have already been revealed?

Seeing this, Liu Qi immediately understood Han Zhen's doubts and explained: "Then when Han Shizhong heard about our Qingzhou army, he was extremely surprised, so the last general felt that our army should not have exposed its whereabouts. I thought that Han Shizhong was sent by another send, and he happened to meet the spies who reported to the city of Huili. ”

Han Zhen nodded and ordered, "Let the scout camp keep an eye on it." ”

Either way, there's nothing wrong with being careful.

After giving the order, Han Zhen looked at Liu Guangshi, who was tied up with five flowers.

As the head of the four generals of Zhongxing, even if Han Zhen did not know much about the history of the Northern Song Dynasty in his previous life, he had heard of his name.

Liu Run, Run!

The ability to fight is not much, but the kung fu of escaping is a must.

At this moment, Liu Guangshi had already woken up from a coma, pursed his lips and said nothing.

Despite the pretense of composure, the panic in his eyes revealed the fear in his heart.

"County magistrate, what should I do with this person?"

Liu Qi naturally heard the name of Liu Guangshi, it was this person who was afraid of war and broke the contract, which led to the defeat of Guo Yaoshi, otherwise he would have taken Nanjing City of Liao, and under the attack from both sides, Yelu Dashi would have been defeated.

Therefore, he was extremely disgusted with Liu Guangshi.

Han Zhen asked lightly: "Do you want to die or live?" ”

"I want to live, I want to live!"

At this moment, Liu Guangshi didn't pretend anymore, and replied busily.

Han Zhen said condescendingly: "Give you a chance to tell all the information about the Western Army, be sure to be detailed." I will send someone to corroborate this matter, and if there is a lie, you know the consequences. ”

After a slight hesitation, Liu Guangshi poured beans into a bamboo tube, and explained all the arrangements of the Western Army from top to bottom.

It's just a matter of knowing everything.

After Liu Guangshi finished speaking, Han Zhen turned his head and asked, "Have you written it down?" ”

The scribe replied, "The magistrate of the county, all the humble ones have been written." ”

"Let's take it down." Han Zhen waved his hand.

Liu Guangshi is the queen of the gate, and his father Liu Yanqing is now serving as the envoy of the Runzhou Festival, leaving his life, and when he negotiates with Zhao Song in the future, he can also have one more bargaining chip in exchange for some money and food.

Hearing this, Liu Guangshi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, his little fate was saved.

As for the victory or defeat of the Western Army, what does it have to do with him!

(End of chapter)