Eighty-three

In Licheng, Cui Guiyuan looked at the little officials who came to report the news, although his face remained calm, but his hands under the copywriter had already begun to tremble.

Seeing the rows of generals standing on both sides, Cui Guiyuan said indifferently: "Everyone, this matter is not a big deal, now the militia is coming to attack, I have experienced the high city walls and deep cities, and there is no need to worry, the generals will go back to their own barracks, there must be no mistake." The rows of generals below looked at each other, and Zu Tingnian said with a smile: "It's just my lord, the soldiers in the army have been making trouble again in the past few days, and my lord also knows that if the soldiers' salaries can't be helped, these Qiu Ba will make trouble, but it will be a troublesome thing." As soon as Zu Tingnian spoke, the generals below also picked up the mouth in a weird way, and for a while the governor Yamen only heard the noise of a group of Qiu Ba, and all the generals knew that Cui Guiyuan and the staff of the Ministry of War were drinking luck and losses, and they got the kickbacks and got their hands soft, and the following generals got sixty percent of the money, which was too much, originally these Qiu Ba did not have ten guts and they did not dare to make trouble, but now there are more than 100,000 militiamen, surging forward, attacking the city and dialing the village along the way, and the big and small posts are passed on, The fort was attacked countless times, the defenders on the way from Feicheng to Licheng fled from the wind, the rout coaxed the militia to be unstoppable, the news came, Cui Guiyuan, who didn't want to fight, also had to fight, as soon as the battle began, these Qiu Ba, who nodded their heads on weekdays, suddenly became much more important, Zu Tingnian spoke first, and the generals and generals in the back also coaxed together, just to force Cui Guiyuan to spit out some of what he ate.

Cui Guiyuan couldn't see anger on his face, and suddenly arched his hand in the direction of the divine capital, knelt on the ground, and said: "The saint appointed the ministers to shepherd one side, the ministers are incompetent, if the city is broken, the ministers should die for the country, and they will not survive. Cui Guiyuan's words really looked like that, and Zu Tingnian sneered in his heart: "You didn't drink the blood of the soldiers, then where did you come from in the big mansion in Shendu, you didn't drink the blood of the soldiers and eat it, your family's minions are better dressed than ordinary official gentry, you didn't work with the household department to deduct the quality of the fire rations, so why did you see your store reselling military rations in Qidi." "It's just that these words can't be said, the people who follow Cui Guiyuan to do these things are the eunuchs in the palace, and there are also the officials of the Ministry of Affairs, this is a large group of people to take benefits together, if Zu Tingnian doesn't know the current affairs and says it with his mouth, it is an enemy of a large group of people, Zu Tingnian doesn't dare to do this if he dares to do it, but he just hopes that Cui Guiyuan will take less.

The generals below saw Cui Guiyuan's appearance, and the deep-seated fear of civilian officials came up again, several generals showed hesitant looks, Cui Guiyuan stood up, and a general named Long Shizhong said: "If the adults have difficulties, it is not impossible for us to wait for a few days, but the adults must send it down, and the soldiers are quite complaining." Zu Tingnian secretly screamed, as soon as Long Shizhong spoke, several officers flinched, and they were all afraid of being settled by Cui Guiyuanqiu, and this time, more and more people retreated.

Cui Guiyuan said coldly: "What do you say? General Zu." "The reason why Zu Tingnian is more tough is because he is a guest soldier, and he will return to Liaodong in the future anyway, and Cui Guiyuan will not be able to control himself in the future. Seeing the appearance of a group of officers now, Zu Tingnian knew that he couldn't do anything, so he lowered his head and said with a smile: "What the adults said there, the small ones are just martial arts, this kind of military affairs, the small ones have a place to speak, and please decide for yourself." Cui Guiyuan sneered: "I see that General Zu is loyal to the country, such a general, it is rare today, this official is on the court, and General Zu will be transferred to the Shandong territory, and General Zu will be under the command of this official in the future?"

Now Cui Guiyuan is also waiting for Zu Tingnian to beg for mercy, Zu Tingnian frowned, he is also a person who has made great contributions to the country and immediately won fame, civil officials have a quirk, that is, to humiliate the prestige and capable generals, to show the military generals below, so that the soldiers understand that they are people, and now Cui Guiyuan just wants to humiliate Zu Tingnian, let the military generals below take a look, and understand who is in charge in Licheng and Shandong.

Cui Guiyuan said with a smile: "My lord said that it was funny, the junior general and the soldiers under the junior general, parents, wives and children are all in Liaodong, if the junior general is to be moved here, the court will get at least 800,000 taels of silver to settle down in silver, so expensive, I don't know if the court agrees." "The officers who are transferred to military positions in the court are often transferred together with their elite families, if there is really such a transfer, it will indeed take a lot of money to settle down, and it is impossible for the emperor to make this comparison of silver, Cui Guiyuan suddenly hit a soft nail.

Cui Guiyuan said with a smile: "It's a pity that this is true, it's just that the days of quelling the chaos are still long, and I think General Zu will have to stay in Licheng for a long time, and the time under the official account is also long." "It is implied that during this time, the ancestral court year will be killed. Zu Tingnian said: "Just now, a letter came from the old man Wen Ge in the middle of the court, saying that it will not take long for Lord Wu's army to arrive, and if you want to come there, you will definitely be able to quell the chaos, and the young general will be able to return to Liaodong with the officers and soldiers under his account." ”

Several generals have strange faces, Wen Ge is always Wu Mingxun's party, Wen Ge Lao sent a letter to Zu Tingnian, what does it mean, everyone can see it at a glance, it is to imply Cui Guiyuan, Zu Tingnian has a backstage, although the background is not a big tree, but it can be regarded as someone supporting, and Xia Zu Tingnian did not violate the interests of the entire civilian group, but hugged the thigh of a civilian official but dealt with another civil official, in the bureaucratic group, it is not considered a public enemy, at most it is speculation, so it will not cause a rective attack on the civilian group.

Cui Guiyuan said with a smile: "I think that's exactly the case, that's exactly the case, generals, you should step back for the time being, and the official should consider the strategy of using troops." "Cui Guiyuan fights a war, he doesn't want the generals to participate in the formulation of the strategy at all, most of his strategies are thought out in the study, and no one dares to open his mouth to the generals below, so he retreats in turn, understanding that the formulation of the so-called strategy is not allowed to be interesting to the generals, and the generals are only allowed to go into battle to kill the enemy, and the heads are counted.

After seeing the many generals below, with only a few close family members around him, Cui Guiyuan suddenly scolded: "You Qiu Ba, you are all pigs, you are all dogs, you are just a group of filthy goods with feet, and you dare to be presum......ptuous in front of this official" scolding, throwing the teacup in his hand to the ground, the tea flew to the side of the subordinates, these subordinates all trembled, and did not dare to make a sound.

After scolding half a salary, Cui Guiyuan summoned his hand, and a subordinate knelt quietly in front of the copywriter, and did not make a sound, Cui Guiyuan said: "You immediately sent a governor's order to Tai'an, asking Li to lead filial piety to bring all the Liao soldiers back to Licheng, and let him bring all the rural soldiers of Fang Yuanhua." The little official below whispered: "My lord, we haven't provided a grain of grain for Tai'an for more than four months, and I'm afraid they won't come." Cui Guiyuan scolded: "Do you use what you say? Of course I know that if they come, let them be cannon fodder, if they don't come, the official will go to the table to join Li and kill him. The petty officials below kowtowed again and again, and whispered: "Fang Yuanhua is the minister of military training appointed by the court, and the soldiers under him, if they don't go to Licheng, they won't be able to participate in his head." Cui Guiyuan pondered for a while, but what this little official said was the truth, nominally the officers and soldiers of Qi were subject to the control of the military preparation, the governor and the strategy, this is the system of the court to control the military with literature, although Li Shujiao is a guest soldier, but he is also hung in this system, and is controlled by Cui Guiyuan. However, Sun Yuan's position as the Minister of Military Training took another route, and the Minister of Military Training in various places chose the ministers of the court who retired at home. Raised people and other literati, they trained the soldiers and salaries for self-sufficiency, some of them in the court of the well-connected can get the court's assistance, his cooperation with the court soldiers and horses to fight, listen to the transfer of the magistrate, to see the training minister's own choice, when Cui Guiyuan gave an order, Fang Yuanhua casually pulled a little bit and did not come, Cui Guiyuan could not find a reason to participate in Fang Yuanhua, then Fang Yuanhua can say arrogantly, "This minister does not agree with Lord Cui's strategy, I don't want to send troops." "Cui Guiyuan has no way to do it, and although Fang Yuanhua is considered a clear stream orthodoxy, but Fang Yuanhua lost ground in the last orthodox infighting, and his seat teacher was also dismissed and returned to his hometown, and now the seat master of Xia Yuanhua also wants to take advantage of Fang Yuanhua's momentum to regain power, and he will not come to help Cui Guiyuan, if Licheng is lost, but Tai'an has nothing to do, then Fang Yuanhua will be extraordinarily meritorious, and Fang Yuanhua's seat master is very likely to recover.

Thinking of this, Cui Guiyuan said: "You try to be as affectionate as possible, know it with reason, isn't it because the rogue militia robbed the grain and grass the first few times? The little officials below understood the meaning of the leader, kowtowed, and lowered his head.

Cui Yuanyuan sneered a few times and said, "Look how you escaped from my palm and pinched you to death like an ant." ”

Hu Quan's Chinese army camp, Hu Quan sat high, watching the cadres below the army general run, Hu Quan issued general orders from time to time, transferred a certain department in a certain direction, and from time to time there were generals who stepped forward to report to Hu Quan on the dynamics of the march, more than 100,000 people were mobilized together is a major event, requiring coordination and cooperation in all aspects, this kind of thing is not good to do, and the color boy once wanted Hu Quan to retreat from this command center, but he could not find anyone who could replace Hu Quan.

The next general entered the tent and said loudly: "Marshal, our army has captured the horsemen sent from the direction of Licheng to ask for help from Tai'an, and they are now being held in the camp, and it seems that the direction of Licheng has begun to be afraid. The next group of generals also nodded frequently, since the decision to send troops to Licheng, first cut off the rear, and captured dozens of fortresses one after another, the officers and soldiers inside either fled, or died in battle, none of them could be carried, and now the morale of the militia is very strong, and they have also grabbed a lot of grain and grass in the fortress.

Hu Quan said: "Who wants you to catch the horseman who asked for help, you find an opportunity to let him go, the general is to transfer all the limited field soldiers in Tai'an to the north, force them to fight with our army in the plains, and give full play to the advantages of our army, you will arrest the envoy, isn't it bad for our army's plan?" The general was so frightened that his face turned white, and Zuo Mingyu said: "You can deliberately relax the guards and let these messengers run out, so that the goal will be achieved." Hu Quan said: "That's right, you wait to do this well, if you can't do it, the head will be raised." The general took the order and did not dare to say more.

Hu Quan said again: "All departments march, not to seek speed, but to seek stability, this commander wants all departments to advance together, if anyone dares to attack first, even if they win, they will be killed." The generals below led the order in unison, and Hu Ji said: " At this time, if it is a small defeat, it may damage the morale of our army, the morale of our army is rare, our army to the city, with the personality of Cui Guiyuan, will not dare to fight, shrink all the troops into the city, if it is determined to enter the army, in case of encountering the officers and soldiers who have not had time to withdraw into the city, there is a battle, if there is damage, but the morale of the officers and soldiers, damage the prestige of our army, our army only needs to make a dare to fight posture, then the officers and soldiers do not dare to fight with our army, naturally retreat, this can be won without a fight, if someone breaks the marshal's plan, the marshal will naturally not be polite. ”

This Qin bandit arrived at the door of the big tent, said a few words to the guard, the guard went to Hu Quan's ear, whispered a few words, Hu Quan's face changed, got up, and when he arrived outside the tent, he saw the Qin bandit, Qin Bandit saw Hu Quan arrive, pulled Hu Quan, to the side, whispered a few words, Hu Quan's face changed, and said: "Don't you really let go of Tianliang?" Qin Bandit said leisurely: "This is what the Lord means, do it as soon as possible, and be sure to do it without leaving a trace." Hu Quan frowned and said, "I know, it's just like this, but it's a pity that there are many troops who can fight, and it also damages the morale of our army." Qin Bandit said: "Then what's the pity, after breaking through Licheng, people will grab grain and grass at will, morale, just hide it for the time being." ”

Hu Quan returned to the tent, drew a general's order, and said loudly to the following: "Li Shun and Guo Tianliang obeyed the order, and the horse probe reported that Sun Yuanhua's township soldiers and some Liao soldiers were found in the east direction of our army. Li Shun received the order loudly, Guo Tianliang hesitated, and bowed his head to receive the order, and the two took the general's order, each went out of the camp, ordered the soldiers and horses, and assembled to the flank.

Guotianliang out of the big tent, back to the sub-camp, gather drums to gather generals, not long, the following chief, Wu Chang all arrived, although the Tianliang Department after the last defeat, but later after several additions, but not decreased but increased, now there are about 3,000 people, there are more than 100 cavalry, but now Hu Quan will be the cavalry unified call, so that he can now only and a few cronies of the general Zuo Ma can ride, the rest are foot soldiers, after the soldiers, the soldiers outside the tent will come to report, said that the golden rooster Li Shunbu has been opened.

One of the following captains said: "Big brother, this matter is a little wrong, hasn't the side always been the sweeping king in charge? Why did you want us to go into battle today, is it that the lord has the heart of a suspicious big brother?" Several other generals below also had this question, and they all said that something was wrong, and the supply of food, grass and weapons had dropped in the past few days, and something was wrong.

Guo Tianliang said: "I also know this, but this time the golden rooster is also around, even if there is any conspiracy, it will not harm him, and if our army does not win a battle, our status within the army will be lower and lower, there is still Elder Wang secretly taking care of it, but Elder Wang is gone, and there is no one in the army to take care of it, if we don't win a battle to prove the value of our wait, I am afraid that in the future, there will be less and less food and grass, and weapons and armor will become worse and worse." ”

The following Wu Chang said: "That's right, I heard that it was this Fang Yuanhua township soldier who ambushed Elder Wang and all the brothers in Jingliang Village, and beheaded thousands of brothers, we can't help but avenge this revenge, big brother, if we really meet Fang Yuanhua's township soldiers this time, we will just catch Fang Yuanhua and avenge Elder Wang and Elder Zhang." "This Wu Chang is a member of the White Lotus Sect, and naturally supports Wang Yingjia and the others, as soon as these words came out, the next group leader Wu Chang agreed and shouted.

Guo Tianliang said: "We are careful in this battle, I don't expect to make mistakes, we have engaged a lot of officers and soldiers in the past few days, that time these officers and soldiers guarding the fort are not fleeing from the wind, and now the morale of our battalion is also strong, I don't believe that we will lose the battle, we will start the camp when the battalion is standing, but we must guard against Li Shun, this guy has a lot of eyes, do you know?"

At present, in the rolling army of the rogue militia, a force of more than 3,000 people was divided to attack to the east, and joined Li Shun's department outside the rogue army brigade, and after the two armies gathered, they went to the east, which was the direction of the Fang Yuanhua department reported by Tanma.

Li Shunbu is about more than two thousand, most of them are well assembled, the golden rooster Li Shun has already led the troops in front, seeing Li Shunbu in the front army, Guo Tianliang also put his mind at ease, and said in his heart: "If the Lord doubts me, he will definitely not put Li Shunbu in front, and he will definitely let my army be cannon fodder." ”

The following scouts rode their horses to Li Shun's side, and the scouts reported loudly: "General Guo, those Liao soldiers' scouts saw the arrival of our army, so they retreated, and now our army's spies are pursuing." Guo Tianliang looked at the team around him, according to Hu Quan's requirements, now it is a regular march, the speed is not fast, the flow militia has to save physical strength, in front of the brawl of horsemen, they are just catching up, and they can't help much, and when they arrive, the war must be over, and then said: "How is the battle? The second half of the sentence is only a kind word, you must know that the horses and the night are all delicate soldiers, all led by Hu Quan and Deng Dezhi, they have always put their noses in the sky, and this horse is also the role of a horse captain, that the horse said: "And no, although the Liao soldiers have strong combat skills, but there are fewer people than our soldiers, and now our soldiers are pursuing, and they will definitely cut off the heads of Li Shujiao." Hu Quan said: "You have met Li Shujiao. The probe said: "Exactly, we saw the banner of Li Shujiao, he personally brought more than ten personal guards to observe our army, and was discovered by our army spies, and now hundreds of horsemen of our army are chasing and killing, and we can take off the head of Li Shujiao." Guo Tianliang heard this, his heart was hot, this Li Shujiao since he arrived in Tai'an, many times with a small group of cavalry raids on the militia, the militia died in his hands is not a few, the Liumin army heard the name of Li Shujiao, all of them hated itchy, if they can take down Li Shujiao's head, then it is really a great contribution, in the full camp of generals, there will never be a look down on themselves, grain and grass equipment should never be short of things, thinking of this, Guo Tianliang turned the horse, and said to the soldiers behind him:" Speed up the march, be sure to capture Li and lead the sect alive, and sacrifice it before the Lord. The soldiers below naturally complied.

The team of more than 3,000 people sped up and began to march rapidly, and thousands of people marched together, raising up the dust on the road, and the people and horses were shrouded in smoke and dust, and they couldn't see people's faces clearly. ”

The army marched in a hurry for a while, and met Li Shun's department head-on, Li Shun came head-on, rode his horse to the side of the Tianliang horse, and said hurriedly: "Why should the eldest brother be in a hurry, the younger brother has already sent people and horses, presumably Li Shunjiao will be captured alive in the near future, and please stay for a while." Guo Tianliang said: "This is not to pick the hair is to monopolize the great merit, how can I let him get his wish, and so on to kill Li Shujiao, my department will make a great contribution, even if the color boy is really suspicious, he will not dare to attack me, military merit in the heart, if you don't reward it, how can you serve the public, then it is not impossible to get Hu Quan's military power." At the moment, he said: "Brother, Li Shujiao must not come alone, there must be someone behind to answer, if your department goes, it must be ambushed, your department has few people, if there are more people in my department, my department comes forward, if there is something, then rely on the support of my brother." Jin Rooster suddenly scolded: "Old thief, do you want to rob your grandfather of military merits?" Guo Tianliang saw that the other party turned his face, and also shouted: "Who can grab the ability, what can you do?" If you have the ability, just go forward to grab it, if something happens, don't ask me to save you. Guo Tianliang said with a smile: "It's up to you, I'll put the words here, my department doesn't need you, and I can capture Li Shujiao alone." At this time, the commander of the Tanma Wu shouted and rode over and said: "We have surrounded Li Shujiao, we have surrounded Li Shujiao, just five miles ahead, our cavalry has surrounded Li Shujiao and more than a dozen of his personal guards on the Niubei Rock. Guo Tianliang grabbed the spy and shouted, "Make it clearer." The spy shouted, "We are chasing after Li Shuijiao, who has few men, and they have abandoned their horses, and have run up the Niubei Rock, guarding the path up the mountain, and now we are trying to storm it." When Guo Tianliang heard this, he shouted: "Hurry up, the enemy is in Niubeiyan." ”

At this time, it has been more than 20 miles away from the camp of the Liumin Army, into the hills, originally the soldiers of the Ministry after a long march, have been tired, but now when they hear the news, the morale of the soldiers of the Ministry has risen again, the trumpeter soldier blew a trombone, the whole Department of thousands of people on the knife on the soldiers and horses moved, thousands of soldiers and horses rushed up with amazing momentum, over the Tianliang to the back of the soldiers, throw down the baggage, full speed and rapid march, we have to rush before the horses capture the Niubei Rock. The baggage soldiers behind threw down the cart, which was full of food, and many heavy armors and shields, which were originally used for battle.

When the soldiers heard that the enemy commander was not far away, they were all elated, and they rushed to the front of the sky, and thousands of people in front and behind, like a long smoke dragon, marched on the road.

An hour later, after walking for a few miles, Guotianliang suddenly saw the figure in front of him running, and took a closer look, it was the horsemen who rushed back, there were about hundreds, and many horsemen rode their horses and ran, while throwing down the leather armor on their bodies, and they were not in formation.

When these horsemen passed by the militia of the brigade, they did not say hello, and said loudly: "What happened in front? What happened in front? Why did you run? Did you catch Li Shujiao?" none of these cavalrymen in the brigade answered his words, they all buried their heads and ran wildly, they were all horsemen, they ran fast, and after a short time, they ran away from the side of the Tianliang Department, and it didn't take much time to run from the head of the Tianliang Department to the end of the team.

Seeing that all the horsemen had run away, but no one told him what had happened? Seeing that one of them had not run away at the end, he said loudly: "Block him, block him." Several of the soldiers under the Tianliang pulled a tripwire and pulled it on both sides, and the last horseman rode over, the horse neighed, and the horse fell off the horse, and without waiting for the Tianliang command, the soldiers on both sides had already stepped forward and tied up the horseman.

Guo Tianliang looked behind him, his subordinate militia all stopped, and the horsemen who rode by just now made Guo Tianliang's men feel confused for a while, they didn't know what was going on, they all stood behind Guo Tianliang, looking at Guo Tianliang and the others.

Guo Tianliang stepped forward and said, "What happened, what happened to Li Shujiao?" The horse soldier looked around, and then looked at the large number of soldiers who surrounded him, and suddenly shouted wildly: "Run, the officers and soldiers are coming, the officers and soldiers of the brigade are coming, they are in ambush in front, waiting for us to go, we were just trying to catch that Li Shujiao, but we didn't expect to rush out of thousands of Liao soldiers at once, they scattered us, many brothers are dead, all dead, all dead, everyone run." ”

As if to confirm the words of this horse soldier, the front suddenly raised a cloud of smoke and dust, and the sound of killing was faintly visible, and experienced people knew that this was a sign that the soldiers and horses of the brigade were coming.

Guo Tianliang's face suddenly turned pale.

He glanced back, just now his soldiers had run for nearly five miles, all panting, and the people under his command were not very in formation, and now they were huddled together, and for the sake of speed, they had already thrown away the baggage, grain and grass, and even the rare heavy armor, and now the soldiers only had the simplest weapons in their hands.

As soon as the horseman spoke, some of the soldiers below began to look uncertain, and many of them looked panicked, all of them staring at the road behind them, calculating to run quickly, and everyone's eyes showed panic.

Guo Tianliang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his face was angry, and he scolded: "You guy, you dare to report the military situation in a panic, it's really bold." The horseman shouted: "The small one doesn't, the small one doesn't have ......" Before he finished speaking, Guo Tianliang swung out a knife, and the horse soldier was suddenly in a different place, and blood splashed Guo Tianliang's face.

Guo Tianliang turned around and said to the soldiers behind him: "Don't worry, there are only a few hundred officers and soldiers in front, these horsemen fled when they met the enemy, lying about the enemy, the general has already beheaded him, we have three thousand brothers, can't we beat hundreds of officers and soldiers?" A few ordinary soldiers in the back also cried out.

Guo Tianliang said: "Wu San, you immediately send someone to ask Li Shun for help in the back, how much can you get, Zhang Mazi, immediately set up defense, put up the shield and the horse pistol, and line up the full moon formation." Wu San, a pro-soldier, immediately rode his horse backwards and asked Li Shun behind for help, Zhang Mazi immediately led people to start a formation, and Zheng put the defensive formation in place when the other party rushed to follow.

The three thousand militia suddenly became busy, and the soldiers scolded the ordinary soldiers below with knives, asking them to quickly set up the formation, and there was a lot of chaos after a while, Zhang Mazi ran to Guo Tianliang's side and said: "Big brother, our rejection rifle and big shield have not been brought up, I think it can't be guarded, brothers protect you, give up these soldiers and horses, let's run away." Guo Tianliang scolded: "Fart, run there, as soon as we escape, our men will immediately collapse, the other party is a cavalry, riding horses and rushing over, none of these 3,000 people can run, even if we run away, do you think that they will spare us, now there is only one battle, withstand the impact of the other party, and then slowly retreat." Zhang Mazi opened his mouth, couldn't speak, and turned around.

After a period of extreme panic, more than 3,000 soldiers under Guo Tianliang finally put on a full moon formation, thick in the middle and thin on both sides.

At this time, the rogue militia all sweated on their faces, their eyes were wide open, and many of them looked shocked, and this battlefield suddenly became quiet.

In the final analysis, Guo Tianliang has not won any battles, the reason why he has today's status within the militia is also the promotion of Wang Yingjia and other elders, Wang Yingjia used his identity as an elder to interfere with the administration of Se Gongzi, he forced the logistics quartermaster to transfer the armor and grain sent to other departments to Guo Tianliang, and forced Se Gongzi to issue some decrees on the integration of politics and religion, and even wanted to take the most elite armor pacesetter of Se Gongzi as already owned, and the feud between Se Gongzi and Wang Yingjia can be described as deep as the sea, Guo Tianliang can have today's status, but also the result of Wang Yingjia's forced interference in politics, if according to Hu Quan's military law, Guo Tianliang also fought a defeat, will never let him rise to where he is today.

Moreover, as Guo Tianliang's soldiers and horses, in fact, in addition to fighting some fortresses, they also have no experience in winning a head-on battle with the official army, and their previous victories were to attack the peak fire platform and small fort with only 180 people, and the battle of thousands of people, they were inexperienced.

The crowd militia quietly looked at the empty sand in front of them, at this time there was a slight fog, three hundred paces away could not see very clearly, only faintly heard the neighing of horses, and a red figure flashed in the middle, a small soldier started to tremble, he shouted, threw down his spear, and wanted to run back, did not want to cross the Tianliang of the personal soldier had already prepared, an arrow shot over, the fleeing deserter fell to the ground, twitched a few times, and there was no sound.

Wang Ergou, a personal soldier of Tianliang, shouted: "Whoever dares to escape will be executed, he is an example." "It was he who shot the deserter with an arrow.

Before he could finish his words, the soldiers heard the sand and gravel in front of the battle camp suddenly jump, and then there were countless neighing of horses, and one of the soldiers shouted, "Near, near, they are coming." "All the soldiers lifted up their weapons, and those with spears were in front, and those behind were with short swords, and the repelling pistols and shields that had been used against horses were thrown in the back, and they did not bring them at all.

In the eyes of the militiamen, they only saw these Liao soldiers rushing over, and countless horses' hooves stirred up sand and dust on the ground, and for a time the ears of the people's militia only had the neighing of horses and the sound of horses' hooves, and what they saw was the sound of the cavalry rushing over, getting taller and taller.

A soldier with a spear in the front row closed his eyes and suddenly cried loudly, the cry was not obvious in the shouting of killing, this soldier did not have hair on his mouth, he was a young child.

Guo Tianliang only felt his heart jump out of his mouth, and saw that the other party seemed to be lined up in several rows, rushing towards his side, they cooperated tacitly, and when they impacted, their mouths made a "whine" howl, which seemed to be shepherding sheep, and they had already rushed to within thirty steps of the party.

Guo Tianliang saw the cyan rust on the other horse's pedals, as well as the dark red color of the cowhide saddle, the Liao soldier's face was blown a little thin and black by the wind, but this Liao soldier did not have a trace of fear, his eyes seemed to have courage and ability.

Guo Tianliang yelled: "Kill"

The imaginary collision did not take place, and when the cavalry had reached twenty paces, these men suddenly split into two strands from the middle and galloped to the right and left, and with the movement of turning, they were throwing spears thrown in a row of twos and twos.

With a "whew", a throwing gun pierced the chest of a rogue militiaman in front of Guo Tianliang, the child who was crying in front of the battle just now, this little child with tears on his face, covered his wound with his hand, and slowly fell down.

Heavy javelins flew into the crowd, with bursts of screams, and in the sound of horses' hooves, the cavalrymen threw their javelins at the human wall, and they rode their horses through, never impacting the large formation of the militia.

More and more rogue militiamen were pierced by throwing guns, and Wang Ergou shouted: "Steady, steady, they don't dare to attack our big array, they have a maximum of thousands of people, and they suffer a loss if they rush hard." Wang Ergou barked, while slamming the soldiers who dared to turn back with the scabbard, in the chaos, the large array of the wandering militia did not collapse, only a chaotic scream, and even mixed with crying, heavy javelins flew into the crowd one after another, constantly piercing people into sugar gourds, the people behind cried and shouted, and some grabbed the corpses of the people in front, but like this, after all, they were beaten with stiff hair, and there was no power to fight back.

Guo Tianliang looked at the miserable situation of his subordinates, opened his mouth, speechless, the first few times to beat the small fort of officers and soldiers, there was no such situation at all, at that time, as long as a small fort was surrounded on three sides, and then attacked hard, set up some long ladders, ants attached to it, the people on the outer layer of the people shouted loudly, the officers and soldiers inside would quickly escape, and the officers and soldiers would be very familiar with the grain and grass weapons left, because they knew that as long as the things inside were left, the wandering militia would not come to chase the deserters, if they did not leave the things inside, then maybe the wandering militia would not stop chasing and cut off their heads, the things in the fort were used to exchange lives, and Guo Tianliang also thought for a whileFor such officers and soldiers, he is full of confidence, like many militia generals, think that it is easy to win, but today's situation is different, if the officers and soldiers of the world are like this, his idea of seizing the world can not be established at all, the last defeat he attributed to being raided, but today there is a certain amount of preparation, such a tragic situation still happens, Guo Tianliang finally accepted in his heart the fact that his soldiers and horses are weaker than the officers and soldiers, but this army of officers and soldiers.

Guo Tianliang turned his head back and shouted, "Why haven't Li Shun's reinforcements come back yet?" No one answered him, because the reason why the militia did not collapse is not because of the discipline of their combat effectiveness, but because of the temporary aphroxia of their brains, and they don't know what to do when they encounter such a situation for the first time.

The golden rooster Li Shun has lined up the formation, a row of cowhide shields more than one person high behind him, three rows of rejecting horse pistols behind him, and then the back row of heavy armor soldiers, and then the back row of throwers and direct shooters, as well as the two wings of mobile cavalry are all lined upright, a hundred steps behind, is his banner, but now there is not only one banner for him, there is also a banner with the word "Deng" on one side, the number of people in the large array here is more than 5,000 people, and the cavalry on both sides is more than 800.

Especially behind the formation, a group of armor soldiers wearing cotton armor and chain mail, hand shields and small shields, with calm expressions, lined up according to the ranks, and occasionally there were backfoot bows and crossbows and armor soldiers among them, these people were silent, but they moved extremely quickly, without a trace of noise, just coldly looked at the friendly troops in front.

Guo Tianliang knew that these people were the armoured pacesetters, although they were his own allies, but he remembered that in a battle with the officers and soldiers a year ago, when he led his brothers and officers and soldiers to rush into battle, the enemy could not resist the pressure of the officers and soldiers, and fled backwards, these people rushed from behind, and when they saw that someone dared to face the armored soldiers, they slashed to death, and then a small group of people broke through the formation of the officers and soldiers, and they killed more friendly soldiers than they killed at that time.

Deng Dezhi looked at the smoke and dust in front of him, stepped off his horse again, and said to the cavalry on both sides: "You all get off your horses, use less horsepower, if you wait for a while for the other party to come over, your horsepower will not be as good as the other party, and then let the other party catch up and hack to death." He passed down the order, and the cavalry on both sides quickly dismounted and took the horse in his hand, Li Shun said: "Indeed, if it wasn't for the last time I cooperated with Brother Deng, I didn't know that there were so many ways to fight this battle, and I thought it would be enough to rush forward." Deng Dezhi's face was resolute, and he said slowly: "Sometimes a small mistake can make the whole army exhausted, especially with these Liao soldiers, they have been fighting with female straight people for decades, although they have been defeating the war, but in the mainland, it is more than enough to fight our soldiers." Li Shun shouted: "The Liao soldiers haven't beaten a female straight man yet, hehe, I can't imagine that there are strong players in the strong." Deng Dezhi said coldly: "Liao soldiers and Yan soldiers, since the court divided the power of commanding troops to the economic strategy and governor decades ago, they have lost one battle after another, what I am worried about now is that we have all the border soldiers, what if the female straight and the Turks are killed." Li Shun smiled and said: "Brother Deng, you are too careful, I want to wait for the world to be far away, and I will think about these things later." Deng Dezhi shook his head and said: "I'm worried that I will make a wedding dress for the Turkic female straight, and when the son sits in the world, I will block these soldiers and horses on the northern grassland for the son, and prevent them from entering the Central Plains." Li Shun said: "It's impossible to think about them." Deng Dezhi said: "Marshal Hu Quan was originally an unambitious general in the border soldiers, have you seen the elite soldiers trained by Marshal Hu Quan - the pacesetters in armor?" Li Shun said: "Why didn't I see it, such an elite soldier, presumably even the female straight people in the north can't stop it." Deng Dezhi said coldly: "You are wrong, Marshal Hu Quan said in private discussions with me that the current armor pacesetters can be better than the female straight people's armor, but not the female straight people's white armor, Marshal Hu Quan's method of training the armor pacesetters is actually modeled after the training method of the female straight white armor soldiers, the most elite soldiers and horses of the female straight people, is called the tooth swing soldiers." ”

While the two were talking, a horse galloped in front, this knight fought desperately, regardless of the overdraft horsepower, with a panicked look on his face, seeing the large array in front of him, his face showed a happy look, this person was Wu San sent by Guo Tianliang to ask for help, he shouted loudly: "General Guo Tianliang met the team in front, please hurry up and help, please hurry up and help......

With a "whoosh", a bolt of lightning flew into his mouth, bringing up a slip of blood, Wu San's eyes widened, and then he fell off the horse's back and fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust, and then he saw more and more arrows flying over.

Deng Dezhi looked at Li Shun and put away the bow, and couldn't help but say: "People say that the golden rooster wears through Yang in a hundred steps, I didn't believe it at first, but now I believe it, here is one hundred and twenty steps away from the cavalry who reported the news, and General Li can shoot it with one arrow, which is really amazing." Li Shun grinned and said: "I used to rely on this ability to eat, otherwise, I would have been arrested by the officers and soldiers." After Li Shun finished speaking, he shouted to the soldiers behind him: "The officers and soldiers disguised themselves as my brothers and came to earn us, everyone should be vigilant." Deng Dezhi naturally knew what was going on, but he didn't open his mouth to speak, but just said to the soldiers around him: "Collect that person's body later, and he can be regarded as a good man." ”

Guo Tianliang is now crowded with people under the support of Zhang Mazi and Wang Ergou, and desperately flees backwards.

More than twenty paces ahead of them there was a horse tied to a pole, and the man who watched the horse had been pierced to death by a spear thrown by an official, and now the horse was still on a leash, and the horse was screaming, and from time to time pulling the reins of his own tie, and neighing, and the horse now knew that it was going to run.

The flood of people was surging backwards desperately, and the horse was tied to the side of the aisle, and many of the soldiers who had fled backwards found it, and a group of people rushed to that side.

Now the flag of the Tianliang is falling to the ground, countless pairs of feet step on it, the deserters all have a frightened look on their faces, they go backwards, to the left and right, desperately rushing to the side of the hill, pushing each other, Guotianliang saw a soldier was trampled on the ground by the crowd, the soldier who was trampled on the ground rolled on the ground a few times, and then he fell under countless pairs of feet, the fleeing soldiers all had frightened looks on their faces, scrambling, and the Liao soldiers who were urging their lives came roaring, they were divided into small groups, exacerbating the chaos.

Wang Ergou's face showed ruthlessness, and several soldiers who blocked him were cut down, and the three of them squeezed towards the horse not far away, and there were no less than ten people who also ran towards this horse.

Wang Ergou shouted: "Zhang Mazi, you protect the eldest brother and grab the horse, and I will stop them." Wang Ergou howled, picked up the big knife, waved it, several rebels let him cut down, Zhang Mazi also pulled out the knife, and killed a few rebels, now there are weapons in hand, and it is convenient to escape.

And the horse was tied to the pile of stones, and now he was counting on rushing over, and several of the rebels rushed to the side of the horse, and the rebels fought with each other, and another soldier did not know how to ride his horse, and he ran behind the mad horse, and as soon as the horse lifted its hooves, the soldier flew out.

Under Wang Ermazi's chaotic knife, the rebels who rushed over here saw that there was such a killing god here, they instinctively turned around and ran to the other side, Zhang Mazi dragged the beam across the sky and rushed to the place where the horse was tethered.

Wang Ergou laughed miserably, his knife had been cut to the bottom, and now it was like a bloody man, so that the rebels did not dare to rush this way, but finally saw Tianliang run away.

Then he saw the unbelievable.

Zhang Mazi, who stood behind Guo Tianliang, poked into Guo Tianliang's waist with a knife, and then drove the handle of the knife, and opened the boss's mouth on Guo Tianliang's body, Guo Tianliang bent to the ground, he covered his stomach in pain, and his intestines seemed to flow out, Zhang Mazi stepped on Guo Tianliang's back with his feet, skillfully got on the horse, cut off the cowhide reins with a knife, and cut down a few chaotic soldiers who rushed to him, and pulled the horse, the horse was already impatient to be bound, and as soon as the rope was released, he neighed wildly, and ran away to turn back, leaving only a little smoke and dust。

During the whole process, Zhang Mazi didn't look at Wang Ergou here, he concentrated and meticulously killed Tianliang, grabbed the horse, ran away, and did not waste half a bit of time, at this time Guotianliang was still rolling on the ground in pain, and the feet of the rebels finally stepped on the Tianliang, Wang Ergou scolded a few times, waved the knife hard, and wanted to squeeze over, the rebels squeezed over without a head, Wang Ergou used all his strength to squeeze to Guo Tianliang's side, only to see the intestines on the ground, and Guo Tianliang's eyes were not closed.

Wang Ergou scolded: "Zhang Mazi, one day, I will kill you." ”