Unlucky people should not be entrusted with heavy responsibilities, just like Yang Zhi.
He has extraordinary martial arts skills and good abilities. He was sent by Mu Guiying to defend the navy's stronghold.
The large ships owned by the government and army were parked in the stronghold for the purpose of conquering Liangshan.
This was originally Gao Qiu's navy camp, and was defended by Mu Guiying, making it impregnable.
Layers of iron ropes were also arranged outside the Dazhai to prevent enemy sneak attacks.
As long as Yang Zhi defends carefully, he has almost no worries about the enemy stealing the camp.
Mu Guiying didn't think Liangshan would make such an unwise decision to attack the navy's stronghold.
Song Jiang and Wu Yong indeed had no such plan.
However, the person she didn't count was Chao Gai.
In order to restore his prestige, Chao Gai secretly brought Liu Tang and the three men of the Ruan family to steal the stronghold.
Hundreds of small boats crossed the lake and were discovered by the officers and soldiers before they even got close to the water village.
Yang Zhi did not dare to neglect, and was busy making people fight back.
Up to this point, he had had smooth sailing. Chao Gai's navy was unable to withstand the attack of the official army, and was beaten to pieces in a short time.
However, things changed when Yang Zhi saw a big flag with the word "Chao" on a small boat.
Seeing that the opportunity to capture Chao Gai was imminent, he was eager to make a contribution and suddenly forgot Mu Guiying's order.
He hurriedly ordered the gate of the village to be opened, and the boat was launched to pursue him.
Perhaps because of his impatience, Yang Zhi gave random instructions and actually bumped into his own iron rope.
Suddenly, the ship capsized, Yang Zhi fell into the water, and the navy instantly lost command.
If only this was the case, it would not cause a serious accident.
However, after Wu Yong discovered Chao Gai's behavior, he had already sent Tong Wei, Tong Meng, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun to come to the rescue.
When they arrived, they encountered Yang Zhi falling into the water.
How could they let go of such a rare opportunity?
He hurriedly launched the fire boat and rushed towards the gate of Shuizhai Village...
When Mu Guiying heard that the water stronghold was destroyed, her face suddenly changed, and she gritted her silver teeth and said:
"Send the order, speed up and join Wuniang, and repel Liangshan first!"
At this time, neither Song Jiang nor Hu Yanzhuo's armored army could stay.
They couldn't retreat either. If they were chased by cavalry, they might not even be able to reach the city and they would be killed.
In a moment, the war horses connected by iron ropes surged forward like a copper wall.
At this time, the fifth lady of the Yang family had already moved out of the ambush and quickly blocked the path of the armored cavalry.
Hu Yanzhuo did not stop at all, and the cavalry directly hit the horse-rejecting formation.
Like ocean waves, it keeps crashing up.
For a time, both sides suffered heavy losses.
At this moment, Song Jiang suddenly pointed at the thick smoke rising in the direction of Jeju City and shouted:
"Brothers, Jeju has been burned! What a great opportunity!"
When the Liangshan generals heard this, their morale immediately soared, and they quickly led their troops to fight back.
With their help, the horse-rejecting formation immediately collapsed, and the two sides were fighting in one place again.
Seeing this, Hu Yanzhuo did not stop at all, and led the rest of the armored horses to continue to accelerate and go straight to Mu Guiying's main formation to kill.
At this time, personal martial arts has been suppressed to the lowest level.
After Mu Guiying killed more than a dozen cavalrymen, he was knocked off his horse. It was in great embarrassment that he managed to avoid the frontal charge of the chain of horses.
She looked back and saw that Hu Yanzhuo had come out of the formation and was reorganizing his troops.
Mu Guiying couldn't help but look solemn. Without the horse-rejection formation, no one could stop the armored horses.
She quickly shouted: "Quickly retreat to the forest to resist!"
But the people in Liangshan couldn't let her get what she wanted. The remaining leaders became fierce and entangled the officers and soldiers.
Hu Yanzhuo saw where there were officers and soldiers gathering, so he led a chain of horses to charge wherever they were, killing the female general of the Yang family to an unspeakable agony.
Sister Yang asked anxiously: "Guiying, what should we do now?"
Mu Guiying asked: "Where are Liu Niang and the others?"
Sister Yang Ba said: "It was scattered, I didn't see it."
As she spoke, she gritted her teeth and said:
"I only saw Cao Bin's general, and he had already run away when the horses rushed into the formation."
"He is so skilled in martial arts that he actually escaped from the battlefield..."
Mu Guiying shook her head helplessly, and casually killed someone and said:
"Don't worry about him. The Hu family's chain horse is very powerful. If you retreat to the forest quickly, you can reduce some losses."
Just as he was talking, the armored horse rushed over again and scattered the two of them.
At this time, the officers and soldiers passed by the armored horses and charged several times, and were on the verge of collapse.
Hu Yanzhuo laughed excitedly and said:
"The imperial court persecuted Zhongliang and destroyed my entire clan. Today I will let you know how powerful my Hu family's armored horses are!"
Just as he was shouting excitedly, an army suddenly rushed from the direction of Jeju and quickly crashed into the armored horses that had just rushed out of the crowd.
When the two armies met, it was like a giant mountain colliding, with men and horses overturned and everything turned upside down.
Cao Bin watched from behind with sore teeth and heartache. The personal cavalry he had finally built up was at such a loss.
It's just that the horses chosen by his personal soldiers were all very good, strong, and well-armored, and they had a lot of advantages when they first collided.
After fighting together, the armored chain horse was instantly suppressed.
In addition, the sedan chair was the vanguard, and under his big halberd, the opponent's armor looked like paper.
Men, horses, and equipment were shattered, and flesh and blood flew everywhere. It was almost unstoppable.
Hu Yanzhuo rubbed his eyes in disbelief and said, "The imperial court actually sent such cavalry here?"
The imperial court has many cavalry, but there are not many tall and big horses that can carry heavy armor like Cao Bin's soldiers.
However, Hu Yanzhuo's chain horse cut corners a bit. While reducing the burden on the horse, it only used heavy armor for protection in key places.
Other parts are made of materials with similar colors, making them look seamless and bluffing.
This is also the reason why Hu Yanzhuo is able to select armored horses from ordinary good horses.
In fact, this is enough, enough for Hu Yanzhuo to rely on it to control all over the Song Dynasty.
Cao Bin didn't know this. He said that as long as he had money, no problem would be a problem. Now his soldiers are one man and two horses.
He planned to continue smuggling horses, leaving him with five horses and six horses.
Seeing that the armored horse was blocked, the female general of the Yang family breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time she felt quite sour in her heart.
Sister Yang's eyes were green with envy. She, the Yang family, couldn't even gather her own soldiers, but Cao Bin managed to create such an excellent heavy armored cavalry.
Is this appropriate? This is not appropriate!
After looking at the chaotic battlefield, Cao Bin quickly ordered the two thousand light cavalry troops behind him to step forward to help in the battle.
And he took Hu Sanniang and found a high ground outside the battlefield to wait.
If there was no other way, he would not even come out of the city.
It was just that the daughter of the Yang family who was guarding the city was going to support the water village, so he could only rush to the shelves and bring his own soldiers and forbidden troops to support.
On the way here, he also encountered a sedan that had escaped from the battle.
Cao Bin was quite speechless when he saw this.
I let you ride a sweaty horse just to make it easier for you to escape?
But thinking that he would definitely not leave her and run away, she didn't care.
As for other people, they are not within the scope of the sedan chair's responsibilities.
He also didn't want the general he had worked so hard to exchange for to be lost in such a war.
On the way, Cao Bin changed mounts with him again, just to make it easier for him to escape.
The addition of imperial reinforcements immediately shook the morale of the officers and soldiers, and Liangshan was defeated steadily.
At this moment, Hu Sanniang suddenly said: "Marshal Mu is in danger."
Cao Bin followed her finger and saw Mu Guiying on the edge of the battlefield, with blood dripping from his leg armor, fighting hard with two Liangshan leaders with a knife.
At this time, she happened to be separated by a group of Liangshan soldiers. She seemed exhausted and a little unsustainable.
When Cao Bin saw this, he didn't hesitate at all: "Protect me!"
As he spoke, he urged his war horse, and it sprang out like lightning. At the same time, several arrows shot out, knocking the leader of Liangshan to the ground.
He reached out and grabbed Mu Guiying's right hand: "Let's go!"
Mu Guiying took advantage of her strength and jumped behind Cao Bin in an instant. The sweaty horse quickly drew an arc and was about to escape from the battlefield...
