Chapter 626: The Horse is Swift and Fast
When Li Zicheng and Hua Bushi on the hillside saw the gate of Huaiqing City open and Yu Jue led a large group of officers and soldiers out of the city, the expressions on their faces were all happy.
Li Zicheng slapped his palms heavily and shouted: "It's a good time! That kid Yu Jue finally couldn't hold his breath, and he still fell for us!"
Although Hua Bushi did not speak, a big stone fell to the ground in his heart.
As early as three days ago, when Gao Yingxiang had not yet become the commander, this bureau had already begun to be deployed.
On that day, Wang Ziyong took the men and horses of "Jinliang Village" to leave the camp angrily, Hua Bushi and Li Zicheng did not think that there would be a gap in the encirclement of the righteous army, but they deliberately kept this gap for more than an hour, and then sent people to plug it, that is, to give the scouts of the official army the opportunity to exchange news with the city by crossing the camp of the righteous army.
In the following days, Huaiqing City and the flying pigeons outside sent messages, and they did not intercept them, and it was not until early this morning that they began to blockade them, of course, with ulterior motives.
Yu Jue is not a stupid person, not only cautious, but also proficient in the art of war, from the day when the righteous army arrived in Huaiqing City, he set up a clever plan, leading the king to send cavalry to attack and lose the army, this Huaiqing general soldier can be called resourceful. It is not an easy task to fool such a shrewd person.
If Yu Jue could not be convinced that the reinforcements from Kaifeng Mansion had arrived, and the situation had become one-sided and irreversible, he would never have led his troops out of the city. And no matter how Hua Bushi cheats, it is not as effective as letting Zhang Yingchang, who really brought in troops to help, tell Yu Jue himself.
Therefore, the eldest young master deliberately let the other party exchange news, so that Yu Jue could know the exact moment of the arrival of the reinforcements, and did not cut off their communication until the moment of Zuihou, so as to keep this Yu general soldier in the dark.
Now Zhang Yingchang's 20,000 horses are being blocked by Zhang Xianzhong in Huangshiyu, and they will be at least three hours late. The large cloud of smoke and dust raised behind the camp of the righteous army that Yu Jue saw on the city wall was an illusion created by the two hundred riders of the "Thunderbolt Battalion" who were dragging branches back and forth behind their horses, and the few cannons he heard were genuine steel cannons, but the steel cannons were not owned by the officials and soldiers, but belonged to Li Zicheng.
Most of the rebels' ranks were poorly equipped, but this did not include Li Zicheng's men.
These steel cannons were originally sold by Hua Bushi to the righteous army, and this time the battle was to attack Jiancheng, and Li Zicheng dragged these bulky big guys from Biluo Village to Huaiqing. A few days ago, Wang Ziyong commanded the siege of the city, Gao Yingxiang once forbade Li Zicheng to send troops, and in the following days, these steel cannons were carefully concealed and were not used at all, until today's critical moment, only a few cannons were fired at the sky.
This is also calculated, Yu Jue thought that the rebels would not have large firearms such as Hongyi cannons, and as soon as he heard the sound of cannons, he would be more convinced that the reinforcements had arrived.
The layout of this bureau is really full of money, and even Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, was used as a bait, precisely to take advantage of Yu Jue's greed for merit. No matter how shrewd and captivous he was, he was still dizzy and jumped into this trap in the face of the temptation of promotion and wealth.
The righteous army outside the city, at this time has been completely chaotic, seeing Yu Jue's men and horses killed, the soldiers did not engage in the battle, immediately scattered and fled, Gao Yingxiang and more than ten volunteer army leaders also turned around and ran, and the two-zhang high "handsome" word banner fell to the ground, and it was a scene of trees falling and scattering.
Although the flag is down, Gao Yingxiang, dressed in red, is quite conspicuous in the chaos of the army, and it is also the goal that Yu Jue is determined to achieve. The rest of the general soldiers didn't care about the other fleeing rebels, and immediately led the men and horses to chase Gao Yingxiang, and he had to capture the bandit leader.
And the direction in which Gao Yingxiang fled was the hillside where Li Zicheng and Hua Bushi were located.
Among the 5,000 men and horses that Yu Jue brought out of the city, there were both cavalry and infantry. Just because the horse ran faster than the man, it was not long before he rode the yellow horse and five hundred cavalry in front, leaving behind more than four thousand infantry. When Gao Yingxiang fled to the bottom of the hillside, the distance between the official cavalry and the infantry was already a hundred feet.
Li Zicheng on the hillside lifted the reins of his horse, and there was a "choking" sound, and the big black iron sword was drawn in his hand, and shouted: "Finally, it's time for us to show our skills, so that the dog official surnamed Yu knows how powerful Brother Biluoshan is!"
Hua Bushi still had a solemn look on his face, and said: "Yu Jue is proficient in the way of using soldiers, and it seems that his martial arts are not weak, and the five thousand men and horses brought out of the city are also elite soldiers. ”
Li Zicheng said: "Brother Shi, don't worry! Since that dog officer has already fallen into the trap, how can a few thousand officers and soldiers not be able to take it down? When my brother and I go into the city, I will set up wine and invite Brother Shi to have a good drink!"
Gao Yingxiang ran across the hillside, Yu Jue had already chased to the front of the slope with a big sword in one hand, and five hundred cavalry followed closely behind the main general.
The yellow horse that Yu Jue was riding was a horse-in-a-thousand, which ran faster than Gao Yingxiang's horse, and was about to catch up with the other party, when suddenly the thatched bushes on both sides moved, the loess on the ground splashed, and a thick rope had swung up three feet high, and it was across the road!
It's a tripline!
At the same time, five or six spears hidden behind the grass stabbed out and went straight to Yu Jue, intending to stab him and his horses together!
When it came to the critical moment, the difference between the BMW and the Chang Ma was reflected, the yellow horse reacted very quickly, only let out a roar, kicked the ground with hind hooves, and jumped into the air, and jumped over the three-foot-high thick rope!
Yu Jue, who was riding on horseback, was not slow to react, and hurriedly swung his knife to shoot, only a "ding" sound was heard between the cold light flashing, and the heads of the five or six spears that stabbed over were all cut off by him!
It turned out that this General Soldier Yu was not only riding a BMW, but the weapon in his hand was also a treasure knife that sharpened iron like clay.
Yu Jue escaped with a fast horse and a sharp sword, but the officers and cavalry behind him did not have such good luck. Only the neighing of horses could be heard, mixed with the sound of weapons piercing into the flesh and the terrible howls of those who had been stabbed, and in an instant the five hundred cavalry horses had been knocked down by hundreds of people, either tripped by the stumbling rope or overturned by the pikemen who were lying in ambush by the roadside.
For a time, the road was full of fallen horses and cavalry rolling to the ground, and the officers and horses were blocked in the middle of it, and there was chaos.
Yu Jue's face was full of panic, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that Gao Yingxiang in front of him had already fled without a trace, and from the hillsides on both sides of the road, there were thousands of righteous soldiers shouting and rushing down!
Hit the trick!
Yu Jue's mind flashed, and he understood everything in an instant. The siege and defeat of the rebels were all carefully set up traps to lure him out of the city, and now he has unfortunately fallen into the trap of the other party!
"All turn around and go back!
Yu Jue shouted loudly and handed down the order, but the cavalry of the official army had already been crowded together, and they were killed by the rebel spearmen on both sides of the road.
Seeing that the rebels on the hillside rushed down, they were about to cut off the back road, and the officers and soldiers and horses were like being packed into a big bag, and once the mouth of the bag was tightened, they could no longer escape! Yu Jue turned his heart sideways, took the knife in his hand, urged the war horse, turned around and galloped back the way he came.
Chasing Gao Yingxiang before, he was rushing to the front of the team, but if he wanted to retreat at this time, he had to pass through the entire horse team. Yu Jue galloped on his horse and shouted: "Get out of the way for me, don't get in the way!"
It was only a dirt road, not too wide, not only were there many tripwires on the road in front and back, but there were also spearmen of the rebels in ambush behind the grass on both sides of the roadside, and the officers and horses were caught in it, and they were attacked on both sides, which was very embarrassing. Yu Jue ordered them to give way, but the soldiers had nowhere to go, but they crowded in the middle of the road.
Yu Jue's horse was fast, he had galloped to the front in the blink of an eye, the knife in his hand flashed, and the blood splashed place, he actually slashed and killed an officer and cavalry company with a horse in front of him, and the yellow horse roared and stepped straight over the fallen corpse!
But seeing that he was calling out to give way, his subordinates showed no mercy at all, and successively slashed and killed three or four cavalrymen who stood in front of him. The rest of the officers and men were terrified when they saw this scene, and they all forcibly pulled the reins of their horses to dodge, so as not to hit the head of the horse of the commander-in-chief.
Although the spearmen of the rebels on both sides of the road were dangerous, they were still not as sharp as General Yu's broadsword, and for a while, there was a fierce push and squeezing on the road, and many cavalry were knocked off their horses, and several war horses were also knocked to the ground. Yu Jue slashed and killed several soldiers who couldn't avoid it, and actually fought his way out of the crowded and chaotic center of the officer's horse team, galloping from the front team to the rear team.
Passing through the horse team, Yu Jue galloped backwards without stopping, and the long knife passed through, cutting off more than ten spears stabbed from the side of the road, and the yellow horse also jumped and jumped over five or six triphorse ropes.
At this time, the rebels and horses on the hillsides on both sides had rushed to the front, but Yu Jue was still one step faster, and actually rode out of a gap in Zuihou, which was cut off on the back road, and galloped towards the officers and infantry of the brigade who were a hundred feet behind.
Yu Jue fled, and the remaining officers and cavalry were even more panicked, and they were crowded together at a loss. Some people tried to follow Yu Jue to rush out, but it was not so easy to rush out, either they tripped over the horse rope or were assassinated by the pikemen on the side of the road, and the back road was soon cut off by the rebel soldiers rushing from the hillside, and the five hundred cavalry who were encircled were about to be annihilated.
The battle situation at the bottom of the slope was all seen clearly by Hua Bushi, who was standing on the hillside on horseback. The eldest young master nodded suddenly, and said, "Yu Jue is really a general, I'm not mistaken. ”
Yang Jiangyi said: "As the chief general, he saw that the troops were about to be wiped out, but he left the cavalry alone, only cared about his own life, and cut many of his subordinates, how could this kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death be a general?"
Hua Bushi said: "The five hundred cavalry were ambushed and surrounded by more than five times the righteous army, and it was irretrievable to be completely destroyed. He could not hesitate to slay his own soldiers, a decisiveness and ruthlessness that no ordinary leader could have, and if he did not die today, he would surely achieve something in the future. ”