Chapter 200: Expedition (4)
More than 20,000 cavalry sent by Ye Tianlong quickly caught up with Fang Maung, in order to gain more time to escape, Fang Maung sent out more than 3,000 light cavalry under his command, and was led by Liu Yun, the general of the Flying Dragon, Zhang Wei, the general of the Flying Tiger, Xu Fang, the general of the Flying Bear, and Zhen Cheng, the general of the Flying Mountain.
However, Ye Tianlong sent more fierce generals here, among which the Jade Qilin Lu Junyi once again took the lead, rushing to the front with a two-point steel gun, and killed the Feishan General Zhen Cheng in one shot.
Then Dong Ping, the double-gun general, also arrived quickly, and the two guns in his hands came out together, and the flying dragon general Liu Yun was completely suppressed in three or two moves.
Sick Lieutenant Chi Sun Li and Nine-Pattern Dragon Shi Jin arrived only a few seconds slower than Dong Ping, and they also entangled the remaining Flying Tiger General Zhang Wei and Flying Bear General Xu Fang respectively.
Suo Chao, the pioneer of the hurry, deliberately went around this time, and waited until the flying bear general Xu Fang was entangled by Shi Jin, who was wielding a three-pointed two-edged knife, before he suddenly killed and chopped off his head with an axe.
At this time, the golden gunner Xu Ning and the double whip Hu Yanzhuo also arrived one after another, among which Xu Ning took advantage of the flying dragon general Liu Yun to be entangled by Dong Ping with two guns, and stabbed Liu Yun in the waist with a hook and sickle in his hand, and then picked him off the horse with one shot.
The pair of whips were also a whip that directly smashed the head of the Flying Tiger General Zhang Wei.
After simply eliminating these four enemy generals, Jade Qilin Lu Junyi led this group of fierce soldiers to rush forward and kill all the way, where could the ordinary light cavalry of those enemy troops be able to stop this group of killing stars, and they were quickly killed and scattered.
And those ordinary cavalry of the Blue Dragon Empire in the rear had almost no chance to make a move, but fortunately, in addition to these cavalry, the enemy army still had more than 50,000 infantry left! So the cavalry hurriedly increased the speed of their horses, and followed the fierce group in front of them to continue to kill the fleeing enemy infantry.
Fang Xiang saw that the more than 3,000 cavalry sent out were actually killed so quickly, and the four generals were all killed, and finally felt panicked, knowing that he might not be able to escape death today.
However, this also aroused the ferocity of this goods, and I saw that he simply didn't run, let the more than 50,000 infantry under his command line up in formation, and he also took Fang Tian's halberd in his hand, preparing to fight to the death with the enemy.
Speaking of which, these soldiers under Fang Maung's command can also be regarded as the elite of the Fang La army, which not only has more than 3,000 cavalry, but also has a hoplite with all the staff equipped with iron armor. There are also more than 1,000 elite archers. The rest of the infantry also looked quite elite, all wearing leather armor and holding spears, and the formation was quite neat.
If it was the original Liangshan Army that came to conquer Fang La's army, then in the face of these elites under Fang Maung, he might really suffer a lot of losses.
But now they encountered the army of the Qinglong Empire, at this time, Ye Tianlong saw that the enemy's gun array was quite strict, so he let his cavalry retreat, and instead sent more than 7,000 elite hoplites under his command, and then led by dozens of infantry generals such as Wu Song, Lu Zhishen and Li Kui to kill the enemy's large array. They were followed by a large number of ordinary infantry, most of whom were armed with winch crossbows, and would work with the archers to provide long-range fire support to the heavy infantry in front.
Fang Xiang saw that the enemy had sent so many hoplites, so he hurriedly sent out more than 800 heavily armored infantry under his command, and at the same time asked the archers under his command to fire arrows at the same time, wanting to kill and wound as many enemy troops as possible before the enemy infantry approached.
It's a pity that those arrows rain down on the steel plate armor and Mingguang armor equipped by the soldiers of the Blue Dragon Empire, and they can't break the defense at all, but a large number of arrows and crossbow arrows shot by the Blue Dragon Empire are constantly killing and injuring the soldiers of the Fang La Army.
After the heavy infantry led by Wu Song and Lu Zhishen officially engaged the enemy infantry, the situation was even more like a devastating and decaying situation, quickly killing the large array of the army on that side, and the hoplites of the eight hundred party troops were actually only equipped with some iron armor, in front of Wu Song and Lu Zhishen These guys with natural divine power, these iron armor are almost the same as paper paste, especially the black whirlwind Li Kui, this guy also has brute strength, although the martial arts are much inferior to Wu Song and Lu Zhishen, But the killing spirit is very great, with two plate axes in his hands, constantly wielding, and the enemy infantry in front of him are all one axe, and no one can walk the second move under his hands.
Ye Tianlong looked at Li Kui's amazing efficiency of clearing the enemy's soldiers from behind, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, thinking that as long as this Song Jiang didn't die, then the black whirlwind Li Kui, the killing star, would not get out of control, and then he could make good use of it as a fierce general on the battlefield.
With such a fierce general like a humanoid beast rushing into battle, many enemy soldiers are afraid that they will be frightened and surrender directly, which is earned for Ye Tianlong. After all, the battle he is fighting now is a civil war, and the opponents are all Han compatriots, and it is always a good thing to be able to die fewer people in this peaceful war.
And just when Ye Tianlong was thinking about who to fight after beating this Fang La, that Fang Xiang was already in the process of fighting against Lu Zhishen, and was photographed by the other party with a Zen staff, and then before he got up, Zhen Sanshan Huang Xin had already put a big sword on his neck and controlled it.
In addition to Fang Xiang, the remaining four generals under his command, among which the Flying Leopard General Guo Shiguang was wounded by Yan Qing's crossbow arrow and was captured, and the Flying Heaven General Wu Fu, the Feiyun General Gou Zheng, and the Feishan General Zhen Cheng were all killed on the spot by the generals of the Blue Dragon Empire who were eager to make meritorious contributions.
As these generals were either killed or captured, the last 20,000 or so soldiers under Fang Maung's command also surrendered.
After spending a little time to completely clean up the chaotic army in Suzhou City, Ye Tianlong left 50,000 militia here, and then led the army to continue to advance.
This time, his target was Hangzhou City, the capital of Fang Lajun. When Ye Tianlong's army set off, Shi Qian had already set off in advance, and with dozens of members of the special combat team under him, he was ready to sneak into Hangzhou City to spy on the information first.
It took more than five days for Ye Tianlong to rush to the city of Hangzhou, and when Shi Qian saw the arrival of the army, he immediately went out of the city in person to report the situation in Hangzhou to Ye Tianlong.
To say that this Hangzhou city is worthy of being the capital of the Fang La army, which is garrisoned by 400,000 troops, but that Fang La is not in the city of Hangzhou, it is said that he has returned to his hometown Qingxi County.
Although Fang La is not there, there are not many enemy generals in Hangzhou City, among which the main one is Fang Tianding, the eldest prince of Nan'an, and there are four strong generals under his command, namely Baoguang Rulai National Teacher Deng Yuanjue, Nanli General Shi Bao, Zhenguo General Li Tianyan and Protector General Si Xingfang.
In addition to these four generals, there are 24 deputy generals in Hangzhou, namely Li Tianyou, Wu Zhi, Zhao Yi, Huang Ai, Chao Zhong, Tang Fengshi, Wang Ji, Xue Dounan, Leng Gong, Zhang Jian, Yuan Xing, Yao Yi, Wen Kerang, Mao Di, Wang Ren, Cui Yu, Lian Ming, Xu Bai, Zhang Daoyuan, Feng Yi, Zhang Tao, Su Jing, Mi Quan, and Bei Yingkui.
This Hangzhou city is already with high walls and thick walls, and there are so many soldiers, horses and generals stationed there, Ye Tianlong suddenly understood that this was definitely a tough battle, and it was no wonder that in the original plot, the heroes of Liangshan led by Song Jiang would suffer such heavy losses in the process of conquering Fangla.
In order to be able to take this Hangzhou city as soon as possible, Ye Tianlong decided to first come up with a strategy to lure the snake out of the hole, to see if he could lure the main force of the enemy out of the city, and when the time comes, he can definitely take the opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the enemy army with more than 20,000 cavalry under his command.
As soon as he thought of it, Ye Tianlong immediately sent a few soldiers with relatively loud voices to shout and invite war in front of Hangzhou City.
However, that Fang Tianding was obviously not a fool, seeing that his own city was captured by the army of the Blue Dragon Empire in such a short period of time, and so many soldiers and horses and generals were damaged, he already realized that this was a hard bone that was not easy to deal with, where would he go out of the city to fight because of just shouting!
While sending people to scold and invite the battle, Ye Tianlong did not watch dryly, but sent a large number of militiamen to collect materials and make various siege equipment.
After those subordinates shouted and scolded all day, and the enemy generals in Hangzhou City did not react at all, Ye Tianlong knew that this strategy to lure the snake out of the hole would not work.
So after letting the army repair all night, he launched a strong attack on the city of Hangzhou at eight o'clock the next morning.
And just when Ye Tianlong's side and Fang Lajun were in full swing, Na Xixia took the opportunity to make trouble again.
Previously, because the Western Army with the strongest combat power of the Great Song Dynasty was stationed on the border, the Western Xia State did not dare to rashly start a war with the Song State, but the Western Army lost a lot in the process of resisting the invasion of the Jin Army, and some of the survivors were basically transferred to Shuzhong by Song Huizong Zhao Gou.
As a result, there were less than 30,000 Western troops left on the border between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Kingdom, and most of them were still old, weak, sick and disabled with low combat effectiveness.
Western Xia also saw the opportunity because of this, and seized the opportunity to launch an invasion against the Great Song Kingdom, which was about to completely breathe.
This time, Xixia was obviously also preparing to play a big game, and almost pulled out all the soldiers and horses that could be fought in the country, forming an army of 200,000, and killing them mightily.
The Western Army, which had only two or three kittens left, was simply unable to resist the Western Xia army with many soldiers and horses, and was defeated after holding out for less than three days, and the Western Xia army was able to drive straight in, and in just half a month, the Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Military Road of the Great Song Kingdom were occupied.
After that, he began to storm Lizhou Road, and the teacher led tens of thousands of Western troops in Xingqing Mansion to resist the onslaught of the Western Xia army, and he couldn't support it, and in desperation, he could only ask for help from the emperor Zhao Ji who was hiding in Shu, hoping that the other party could send some troops to support him.
However, Zhao Ji, a selfish faint king, values his life more than anything else, and he now has less than 100,000 regular troops left on hand, and he feels that it is not enough to defend Sichuan and Shu! How could they divide their troops to rescue the Seed Master!
So the master waited and waited, but in the end, he didn't wait for a single reinforcement, but just waited for a holy decree, saying that he was named the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty, so that he could recruit and expand the army at will in the territory of Lizhou Road.
Seed Master Dao was almost not angry when he looked at this holy decree, and now he was besieged in Xingqing Mansion by hundreds of thousands of Western Xia troops, where could he go out to recruit soldiers!