Chapter 88 Attack
Perhaps out of eagerness to achieve success, perhaps out of fright, several other smaller cars outside the door pushed forward a few steps when they saw the door open. When Yuan Wuyi took the lead and led a large group of people to fight out, the thief pushing the cart The crowd worked together to push the car over to the ground, and they all ran away - only a few overturned crash cars were left alone and abandoned on both sides of the door.
At this time, Qi Xiaoguang and Sun Fugui on the tower were in a state of confusion: Who is so bold to open and close the door privately? You know, the military law clearly states: "Those who open the city gate privately without receiving military orders will be killed even if they win!"
Cai Wenying is in charge behind the closed doors. Logically speaking, it is impossible for Magistrate Cai to do such stupid things! If a reckless man like Cao Jiu couldn't bear the humiliation of Liu Bang who had no bottom line, he would just give up Cheng Gao in anger and go out to fight in the city - besides, the thief didn't curse, he wasn't just keeping his head down. Hit the door? You, a seventh-grade civil servant, suddenly switch on and off to face the enemy, are you doing something wrong?
Fortunately, they didn't need to spend much time thinking about it. Soon, at the end of the highly motivated team that poured out of the pass, the two of them recognized Lieutenant General Kou, who was surrounded by several personal guards, raising his sword, riding his horse, and shouting!
That momentum was as majestic as a god.
Qi Xiaoguang felt his eyes go dark, staggered and almost fell, and hurriedly held on to the battlements with his hands. Sun Fugui hurriedly held him up and cursed fiercely: "Sir, be careful!" As soon as the words came out, he suddenly felt that the two sentences together were inappropriate, so he hurriedly added, "Sir, I am not It’s you”…
Qi Xiaoguang, who was heartbroken, shook his head: "I know, I'm fine. Order the troops to withdraw quickly."
Sun Fugui hurriedly turned around and shouted: "Ming Jin! Ming Jin! Retreat the troops!"
I roared for a long time, but couldn't hear any movement! The extremely angry Sun Fugui pulled out his sword with a swipe and was about to bring bad luck to the Golden Drum Captain. When he turned around, he saw the fearful face of Sun Houhou, the captain of the personal soldiers.
Sun Houhou sipped and said: "Sir, all the gong soldiers were taken away by Lieutenant Kou..."
"Cang!" Sun Fugui struck the wall with his knife, causing sparks to fly. "Damn it! How dare you let the officer go without my order?" Just as he was about to raise his foot to kill the person, Qi Xiaoguang grabbed his arm and said, "General Sun, wait a minute! Look..."
Following Qi Xiaoguang's hand, he saw that all the thieves in the pass had escaped from the wall. However, they did not run away like a defeated army. Instead, they quickly gathered nearby and formed small formations under the cover of the shield soldiers. The small formations on the left moved closer and merged with each other. In the half-burning time, they formed separate formations on both sides of the door. Create a larger circular array! Sharp bamboo whistles sounded from the small formations scattered outside the circular formation. Under the guidance of the whistle, the circular formation kept moving, constantly absorbing the nearby small formations. Every time it swallowed one, the one here was The whistle fell silent, the wounded were dragged into the formation, the shield soldiers squeezed into the first row, and the spearmen joined the gaps in the second row, stabbing at the approaching officers and soldiers outside the formation, providing as much safety as possible for their companions in the front row. space. Immediately, the circular formation began to move toward the next whistle...
In accordance with Kou Zhizhang's earlier order, the army's cavalry ignored the attacking thieves and rushed straight to the east gate of Xin'an. The infantry that followed were helpless in the face of the iron barrel-like circular formation. After seeing the spears coming out of the formation stabbing down a few of the bravest companions who were rushing forward, most of the officers and soldiers just surrounded the circle. The formation shouted from afar, but no one dared to step forward.
Qi Xiaoguang and Sun Fugui looked at each other. They looked at each other and said in unison: "What a powerful bandit!"
A little further away, several thieves saw officers and soldiers coming out of the pass. They turned their horses and galloped towards Xin'an. Several general flags that were no longer ignored fell down. Seeing this, a burst of excited cheers suddenly erupted from the official cavalry... The cavalry soldiers did not close the perspective of Qi and Zhu on the wall, nor did they see the rapidly expanding circular formation behind them. When the flag fell, they thought they were sure of victory, and everyone worked hard to capture the fleeing generals - whoever they caught could be worth hundreds, thousands, or even thousands of taels of silver! The cavalry soldiers tried their best to move their mounts, trying their best to avoid the dust raised by the hooves of their companions in front that affected their vision. They were completely out of formation and galloped westwards in scattered directions all over the ground.
At this time, the sun was already in the west. Against the dazzling sunlight, no matter how much the owner urged, the horse could never run at full speed. Similarly, in order to see the fleeing enemy more clearly, the horsemen controlled the reins with one hand, put up the stirrups with the other hand and leaned forward to look forward. Their weapons were hung back on the saddle rings or inserted back into their waists - unless In the event of a huge accident, if you catch the thief a few horses behind him, you will have enough time to take it off or pull it out, no problem.
However, something unexpected happened.
Huge unexpected change.
Qi Xiaoguang and Sun Fugui looked helplessly and saw a puff of white smoke coming out of the east wall of Xin'an. After taking a breath, they heard a "boom" sound in their ears. Immediately afterwards, several small flags suddenly appeared on the city wall - Sun Fugui knew that those were the real commanding flags of the thieves!
It looks small just because it is far away.
"ambush!"
"Was ambushed!"
The two shouted in unison.
In this era, there are only a few means of transmitting information on the battlefield. For short and medium distances, you can use golden drums, flags (lanterns of various colors at night), noisy arrows, bamboo whistles, fireworks, etc. There is only one type of cannon in the distance - and its almost only purpose is to notify ambushes everywhere to come out after hearing the news! Therefore, even Qi Xiaoguang, who had no military foundation, could react immediately.
Of course, this method has great disadvantages. There have been such battle cases: Party A originally set up ambushes on various hills, and only waited for Party B to completely penetrate the encirclement. The cannons were used as a signal, and ambushes were everywhere... Unexpectedly, someone on our side surrendered to the enemy, so Party B took advantage of the strategy and first defeated the small groups of troops ambushed on each hilltop, and then launched a general attack to achieve complete victory. Since there was no means of instant communication, the headquarters was ignorant when each ambush force was surrounded and annihilated, until they became a lone army amid doubts about "Why haven't the enemies come yet?" and ultimately suffered a disastrous defeat.
When he heard the sound of the cannon, Guan Peizhong was only a dozen feet away from the thief running in front, and the pain in his leg had long been driven away by the adrenaline filling his body. Although Yuan Wuyi ran first at first, Guan Peizhong took the lead after a few dozen feet. After all, he is the Royal Guards and Horsemen Qian. Not to mention Luofu, General Guan Qian’s superb riding skills are well-known throughout Henan Province. In the early years, the Tang King of Nanyang Mansion once asked someone to euphemistically express to the longevity king Qiansui, I wanted to use ten beautiful maids, two horses, and a glass orb (that thing is now called a glass ball) paid tribute by Taisi Fan State in exchange for Xiao Guan, who was still President Bai at that time! King Shou Qiansui immediately summoned Mr. Guan Bai, and when he saw him galloping past ten scarecrows, with a spear in his hand knocking over seven of them, he was overjoyed, and refused on the grounds that "the ancestral vassal king has no personal relationship" The King of Tang immediately promoted General Manager Bai to General Manager Qian!
In fact, when he first heard the news, Mr. Guan Qian was really a little uneasy: it was everyone’s consensus that the superiors of Ming Dynasty had absolute rights to Buqu, including ownership. Not to mention the ten maids, they were just one-for-one, as long as the superior nodded. , Bu Qu also had nothing to say and could only go with him. Of course, if a dignified man trades for a woman, he will definitely be ridiculed by others, but that is another matter - as long as Shangguan's original intention is to exchange you for a pig, you can only accept your fate, right? Having said that, Taixi's glazed orbs are extremely good things: they are made of crystal clear crystal on the outside and orange petal-shaped flowers on the inside. There is no crack at all on the outside. I really don't know what kind of miraculous craftsmanship it takes to make them. ! As the saying goes, seven percent of a pearl is worth eight percent of a treasure. If the diameter of a pearl reaches eight percent, it is extremely valuable. And this glass bead is two inches in diameter! According to Hu Changshi's guess, this is clearly a treasure in the Dragon Palace. It may have been lost by some dragon prince somehow, and then obtained by the pearl divers in Taixi. To be able to have such a net worth, the most important thing is to stay with him for a thousand years. It is simply an unparalleled honor! Ever since she found out about this, her mother-in-law never said a word while frying beans, and her eyes were full of admiration when she looked at him... From then on, Mr. Guan Qian was determined to go through fire and water for the longevity king thousand years old.
(Readers, please remember: If you travel back in time one day, you must bring a pocket of glass balls with you)
The war horse under Mr. Guan Qian’s crotch is also a good horse, not only a good horse, but also his darling! Regardless of whether it was cold or hot, Guan Qian always got up every night, took the half-cooked beans that Mrs. Guan had cooked with her own hands and hay, and went to the stable to feed it in person, watching it eat with pleasure and touching its neck. Xiang talked softly to the horse, and sometimes took out an apple or pear from his arms, took a bite, and put the rest into the horse's mouth. As long as it is in the palace, the horse even has a special tank for drinking water - there are a few miscellaneous fish in the tank, and all kinds of insect eggs in the water will be eaten by the fish, so that there will be no parasites in the horse's belly!
Guan Qian always has four horses, one is a pack horse, specially used to carry weapons and supplies, and two are riding horses. They usually take turns to ride for transportation. This horse is a war horse. Apart from walking it for hours every day, Mr. Guan Qian would rather lead the horse on foot than ride it - "horsepower is life in wartime". Every time Mrs. Guan pretends to be annoyed that her husband treats the horse better than her. , Mr. Guan Qian said so.
This horse also has great trust in Mr. Guan Qian, and there seems to be a tacit understanding between the two.
Hearing the sound of the cannon, the management training center vaguely felt that something was wrong. He subconsciously tapped one leg lightly, and the horse galloped away into the diagonal stab without even needing to wear the reins. At the same time, the lance was already in the palm of his right hand. He lifted it loosely and then grasped it, firmly holding it in the middle, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance.
I saw several enemy generals who had gathered together to escape just now suddenly scattered in all directions, with a huge gap between the horses, and from the direction of Xin'an East Gate, which was obscured by smoke and dust, there was a faint thunderous rumble!
This sound is all too familiar to Mr. Guan Qian: the accelerating cavalry!
Guan Peizhong hurriedly turned around and looked back, only to see seven or eight friendly cavalry troops galloping in scattered rows and columns in the field of view behind him, and few of them had weapons in their hands! Even further away, the smoke and dust rising from the horses' hooves could not be seen clearly, but with his rich experience, Mr. Guan Qian quickly came to the conclusion: due to the differences in riding skills and horse power, as well as their own little thoughts, the riders on their side were facing each other. The spread is very wide - and encountering the enemy in this situation is almost a dead end! As long as the enemy pulls out a column of two or three people and collides head-on, even if a single rider can dodge or deflect the enemy's first blow, the second and third riders who follow can easily knock him off his horse. ! The enemy cavalry rushes straight to the end of the formation and then crisscrosses back left and right, almost able to carry out the next round of killing without losing horse speed!
Objectively speaking, Guan Peizhong is not afraid of death. As a warrior, dying on the battlefield is his fate. However, at this time, Mr. Guan Qian felt a huge sense of fear in his heart. No, it was not fear, but a helplessness like exhaustion - facing the approaching death, he was completely helpless. The noisy battlefield was unexpectedly It seemed to be empty... After a long time, Mr. Guan Qianzong became General Guan. After drinking, he would often describe to people that feelings have colors: red when he is excited, white when he is angry, and black when he is sad... At this time, the feeling of loneliness is gray - a hazy gray, a lifeless gray, a soundless and boundless gray that swallows up everything!
During the gallop, Guan Peizhong wrapped the reins around his left hand a few times, gently lifted the right one, and made a squealing sound. At the same time, he hit the spurs hard with both legs. Then the horse, which had almost never been treated so roughly by its owner, knew: The owner It's a life-and-death moment! So he accelerated suddenly and rushed out to the north (right).
Yuan Wu felt suffocated since he was left behind by Guan Peizhong, and he urged his horse with all his strength. After hearing the sound of the cannon, he made a fatal mistake: reining in his horse and observing. In a cavalry hedging, unless the strength of the riders is vastly different, the one with the faster horse will always win! When he saw clearly the large group of enemy horses on the opposite side, he turned his horse's head and ran back. How could a horse that had just started to run compare to an opponent who had already lost his temper? He had not galloped more than three to five feet when a horse shot through his chest, becoming the first casualty in this cavalry field battle.
