In the panic, the core members of the Deposed Dragon Gang did not follow the instructions quickly and completely. Some chose to ride quickly to follow, while others obviously hesitated for a moment, and then moved in a huge queue amidst noisy shouts. , chose to mount the horse carefully, and followed the red flag from the flank.
There was nothing they could do. Beside them, Zhang Xing's personal guards, Xu Shiying's core members, and the temporary supervising team organized by Wei Xuanding and Guan Xu had all taken shape, which made any of their thoughts redundant at this time.
At the same time, horses are also insufficient. It is enough to provide these core members of the Deposed Dragon Gang, but it is impossible for each of Zhang Xing's two hundred personal guards to have a horse. The latter only provides a horse to force the former to get up and follow. After that, most of them stayed where they were. Only a few people followed the leader Jia Yue and escorted the flag on horseback to follow.
In fact, Zhang Xing's slow lifting of the horse meant he was aware of the possible hesitation and confusion, leaving buffer space for everyone.
No matter what, with the raising of the flag and the gathering of the Guards, and the habitual obedience of the old members of the gang, a so-called white-clothed tribe whose most members had no time to put on their armor still reluctantly gathered together and Under the leadership of the red banner with the word "deposed", more and more people came out, taking the lead in protruding towards the chaotic and unaware front.
The total number of people is about seventy or eighty, more than half of them actually have no cultivation level, and most of them don't have armor. They are all so-called white cavalry.
On the chaotic plains, this maverick force was so eye-catching that it had an immediate effect.
The broken troops of the Meng's Rebel Army began to avoid this team, which gained space for the core of the entire army in the rear; a small number of officers in the broken troops realized who was coming, and began to gather here on their own initiative... But Zhang Xingxing could not A mile later, he met an acquaintance - Meng Tiegui, the younger brother of the Meng brothers.
Meng Ziegui is obviously a nickname. It may have been coined by the eldest brother Meng Shanggong to scare others when he was forced to take on the family affairs after he became an official. It may also be because he is really brave. After all, he even deposed Long when he was in Zhouqiao. Both Gang and Zhang Xing dared to argue with each other. In short, as time went by, everyone got used to this nickname, and on the contrary, they didn't bother to care about his real name.
However, at this moment, the leader of the rebel army, who had always been fearless, was looking depressed and embarrassed. With no helmet left, he almost threw himself in front of Zhang Xingma, and was then beaten by several Jia Yue's subordinates. He was pulled up with half assistance and half vigilance.
"Zhang Longtou... we are defeated." Meng Zhigui took a breath after being helped up, and spoke nonsense in front of everyone's attention.
"I can see it." Zhang Xing sneered in response to the red banner with the word "deposed" floating in the south wind. "Just tell me where it was defeated, when it was defeated, how it was defeated, and what the outcome was!"
"Those who were defeated early this morning were defeated in Dang County." Meng Zhigui responded with all his strength. "We thought we had won, and then we relaxed when we heard that Ma Hu gave the guard thirty lashes and ordered the troops to withdraw to the south... But they suddenly changed their route last night, fought back, and rushed to Dang at dawn. At the foot of the county town, he climbed over the wall and opened the city gate, catching us off guard and forcing us to abandon the city and run away."
The process didn't seem to go beyond expectations.
But soon, Zhang Xing thought about it again, but was stunned for a moment: "You fled from morning to evening, from Dang County to Bianshui? Did you know that Chuqiu is on the other side of the river? What happened to Yucheng? ?”
"Yucheng is also lost." Meng Zhigui seemed to be in a trance. "The officers and soldiers are so powerful. The soldiers are much stronger than our soldiers. They have been chasing us since the siege. We were afraid of being killed in the morning, so we fled directly to Yucheng at noon, only to be chased by them again. I occupied Yucheng, then ran away, and were chased by them again... After running for an entire afternoon, I saw Zhang Longtou."
Zhang Xing was silent for a moment.
This explains why the sentry sent out in the morning was unaware of it, and also proves the correctness of his actions - Ma Hu's subordinates should be behind.
And he should be exhausted, just covered up by the pursuit of victory.
This cannot be changed even if the quality of the warriors of the Fifth Army is far superior to that of the rebels who have just joined the army.
"Where's your elder brother?"
After a while, Zhang Xing, who was slightly moved in his heart, lowered his voice and continued to ask.
Meng Zhigui was in a trance again and swallowed: "I don't know..."
"Go back and organize the army!" Zhang Xing suddenly raised his voice and turned around to order a knight. "Huang Ping, take him to find Xu Dalang, and then help him gather his troops quickly!"
Meng Zhigui was in a trance and was carried onto the horse. Even the commander of the guards, Huang Pong, was also stunned for a moment. Perhaps he didn't expect that Zhang Xing still remembered his name, and then he hurriedly led the people back. And go.
As soon as the people left, Zhang Xing continued to urge the banner and the gang to go south slowly. Then about a quarter of an hour later, when they were more than three miles away from Bianshui, they met the official army.
There were not many people, two to three hundred people, clearly divided into three or four groups, and they were chasing the ducks to kill the Meng rebels.
And these officers and soldiers suddenly raised their heads and saw the crowds of people and horses here. Seventy or eighty cavalry stood out from the smoke of the defeated army, and they had clear flags. They were obviously the elite of the large rebel Deposed Dragon Gang. They were obviously stunned, and then gave up the pursuit. Instead, he chose to gather the troops, but the troops had not yet gathered properly. After seeing clearly that most of the people who came had no armor, and even some long soldiers were lacking, he laughed instead.
There was even a group of seventy or eighty officers and soldiers, under the shout and command of a riding general, who gathered first and came towards them. Seeing this, the other groups of officers and soldiers also tried to gather together and then move closer to support.
"Wang Xiongdan!" Zhang Xing reined up his horse on the field ridge, drew out a scimitar and pointed it forward, but then turned back and called an unexpected person. "Since you are a well-known hero in Jianghuai, and you have always called me uncle, you should kill the yelling captain for me."
Wang Xiongdan was slightly startled, but when people around him saw that Ma Ping'er was also looking hopeful, he no longer hesitated, but abandoned the two swords he usually used and borrowed one from the military formation. spear, and then rode out.
Taking advantage of the momentum of the horse, he bypassed the scattered soldiers in front and went straight to the general. The latter saw that the incoming man was unarmored and was not timid. He just came to greet him. The two sides crossed their horses and then started to fight on horseback.
Moreover, the generals of that team are also people with battlefield experience. Once they fight, they will know that the generals who come from the deposed dragon army are actually not very high. At least, they are not at the same level as themselves, so both sides are just using their true energy to fight for strength. Degree. Only the other party seemed to be intimidatingly strong, but it was him. After a day of chasing and killing, all the men and horses were exhausted. It didn't show up just now. Now, once they had a fight and a hard touch, their arms were already sore and numb, and then Lost three points of fighting spirit.
At the same time, his soldiers, all infantry, were stunned on the spot. They didn't know whether to go back to rescue their superiors or continue to carry out the orders, especially since their superiors, who had been so arrogant and high-spirited before and seemed to have a good chance of winning, were suddenly confused in the middle.
Seeing this, how could Zhang Xing miss the opportunity? He immediately waved his sword to urge everyone under the red-backed "Deposed" banner to move forward, and then took the lead, without even releasing his true energy, and charged directly at these soldiers.
When he came up to him, he used the infuriating method of all the eight meridians to kill him with short soldiers on horseback.
Caught off guard, how could dozens of exhausted soldiers be able to block a group of cavalry headed by a man of cultivation just because of the extra layer of armor?
As soon as he rushed, he immediately fell into the disadvantage.
At the same time, the enemy general over there realized the cunningness of the opponent's general and the difficulty of his opponent, and immediately wanted to escape.
But on the battlefield, you can escape wherever you want, especially during a life-and-death struggle. He just tried to turn around but failed. Wang Xiongdan saw the flaw and stabbed the spear into the gap under the armor under his ribs. He was tragically killed on the spot. Yelled, and then fell off the horse.
The boss fell from his horse, and the soldiers in the front immediately collapsed and fled to other friendly forces behind them. However, they in turn became prey, easily hunted by the capable core members of the Deposed Dragon Gang in the fields full of crops.
The whole process, although seemingly complicated, is actually very fast.
In the eyes of outsiders, Wang Xiongdan arrived on horseback and won a battle, and then Zhang Xing followed with his army, instantly annihilating the imperial army.
Specifically, the core members of the Deposed Dragon Gang, who had not had time to put on armor, were all in a daze. They themselves could not figure out whether it was the elite soldiers of the army who were overwhelmed by them, which led to the fall of the officer generals, or whether it was the officer generals who fell from the horse. This group of soldiers, who seemed to be no weaker than themselves, were instantly overwhelmed, and then more than half of them were quickly killed.
"Don't pursue more than a hundred steps! Don't take the head! Today we share the honor and disgrace under this flag!" After a successful attack, Zhang Xing immediately waved his sword on his horse and shouted, and then began to organize a new round of attack. "Wang Xiongdan is back! Jia Yue went out and picked out the general on horseback in the southeast! The rest of the group, gather quickly and follow me again!"
Under this order, the people who had gathered slowly in front of the river embankment were much faster. They swarmed back almost instinctively, surrounded by big flags and big dragon heads, and continued to move forward, following the same pattern.
At this time, the few officers and soldiers who saw this scene were completely at a loss. They couldn't understand why the column suddenly disappeared like a bubble... Are they winning or losing at this time? Should it be refunded or should it be advanced?
In a daze, the vitality of one of the officers and soldiers has been cut off.
Jia Yue's cultivation level is higher than Wang Xiongdan's, and he has more battlefield experience. Under the banner of "Deposed", many people have realized Zhang Xing's methods and witnessed the effect of this simple and compact tactic, but they are more confident. Sufficient, action is more inspiring.
So it was another successful hit, and more neatly.
At this time, the remaining small group of officers and soldiers could no longer hold on, and began to turn around and retreat with a strong sense of fear, just like the Meng rebels during the day.
"Zhang Longtou, I also have two meridians connected by the Qi Meridian. Let me pick it next time, there will be no shame in it!"
After another successful hunt for a small group of officers and soldiers, there were already people under the banner who could not contain their excitement and took the initiative to challenge. It turned out to be a martial artist from outside Jiyin County who had just come to Jiyin County and joined the Dragon Gang for two months.
"Okay! Go and get ready!"
Zhang Xing responded without hesitation. "But I'm afraid the officers and soldiers won't give us a chance... let's move forward!"
Including this person, everyone shouted for support, gathered under the flag again, and continued to march south.
But after just chasing the tail of a group of officers and killing a dozen people, they looked up again and glanced at the horizon ahead. Everyone knew what Zhang Dalongtou meant by what he just said... The remaining two groups of officers fled. In the south, smoke and dust were already billowing. Considering that the defeated army had already passed, it was as if the official army was in front.
This also allowed some people who had just cheered up to regain their composure and nervousness.
Zhang Xing also lowered his speed again and slowly lifted his horse forward.
Sure enough, the two groups of people came towards each other, and in less than half a quarter of an hour, they saw each other's situation as if the clouds were clearing... and then fell into some kind of awkward stalemate and confrontation.
It doesn't matter that there are seven or eight hundred officers and soldiers coming towards them. The key is that there are three or four hundred people in the middle. Their weapons and armors are exceptionally neat. Then, a large flag with the word "hemp" stands in the middle, serving as a place for dozens of cavalry. Surrounded, it was obvious that the opponent's Zhonglang general was also personally charging ahead.
This made the rebel vanguard, who only had seventy or eighty cavalry and had no time to put on armor, instantly lose all intention of continuing the classic tactics. Even the hero who invited himself to fight just swallowed his saliva and said no more.
A group of people gathered around the big flag with the word "deposed" and stood on a small dry ditch dam that was only half a person tall. They just stared at the big dragon head under the flag, waiting for his orders.
At the same time, the officers and soldiers had obviously obtained the previous intelligence and realized that the intruder was not malicious. They also did not act rashly. They just tightened their formation and urged the troops backward on Pegasus.
Just like that, Zhang Xing stood expressionlessly under the banner, building an awning with his hands to cover the sunset in the west. He watched without saying a word for only seven or eight breaths. He narrowed his eyes slightly and immediately stared. We arrived at a place to the west of the front-line army.
There was a whole team there, about one to two hundred crossbowmen, who were following other friendly troops in a daze to find a rendezvous point.
Their steps were hesitant and their directions were confused. The crossbows were carried on their backs but had not been opened.
It is obvious that no matter what the reason is, whether it is simply caught off guard, or whether it is not seen or expected, this force that is actually the most threatening to the vanguard of the Deposed Dragon Army, which has mixed good and bad, has not been attacked at all. Protect and dispatch... On the contrary, they were exposed on the flanks and defenseless.
Zhang Xing suppressed his racing heart, thought for a few breaths, turned around, reined in his horse, and spoke loudly behind him, but did not mention the crossbowmen at all:
"Everyone! The overall strength of the enemy and ours is similar. At this time, due to the sudden fall of Yucheng, both sides collided head-on, and they were both caught off guard. Logically speaking, it seems that no one can do anything to the other... But have you ever thought about it? We actually have two huge advantages at this time.
"First, both sides have been marching for a whole day and are very tired. However, the enemy is pursuing them in armor and fighting early in the morning. They are more tired and harder to sustain than us. The so-called external force is strong but the middle is strong. We have just tested this!
"Second, it is the Supreme Blessing. We have just crossed the river, so the whole army is organized, right on the edge of the Bian River. However, the enemy is chasing on the plains, and the troops are out of touch!
"At this time, if everyone is willing to listen to my orders, move forward with me, and hold on to the spirit of facing difficulties as before, you will definitely be able to catch them off guard and make them fall back layer by layer! Then let us hunt down the two counties in turn!"
After saying these words, without waiting for the pale-faced people to respond or ask questions, Zhang Xing hurriedly called out to someone again: "Yan Qing!"
Yan Qing, who had just killed a person and probably killed someone for the first time on the battlefield, came up to the horse with a red face and panting heavily. The tip of the spear in his hand was still dripping with blood: "Third Brother's orders!"
"You go back immediately."
Zhang Xing gave the order in public. "Go and tell Xu Shiying what I just said, and then tell him that Ma Hu is right in front of you. I will attack first, delay the weakening for him, and let him do his best to prepare his troops. As long as he prepares a thousand troops, he will send them over immediately! Prepare another thousand men and send them over again! If the front team is not fighting when the rear team is picked up, the rear team will march immediately, and so on. As long as he can send out all the troops before dark, the battle will be sure. Win! Repeat it now!"
Yan Qing was stunned for a moment, obviously digesting the meaning of the military order, and then immediately replied: "I understand, there are a thousand soldiers, send a thousand soldiers, one after another, the front team retreats, and the rear team can practice military law!"
Zhang Xing nodded, and Yan Qing immediately threw the spear to the people next to him, grabbed the reins with both hands and struggled to hold the war horse and ran towards the north bank of Bianshui River.
As soon as the people left, Zhang Xing didn't care about the faces of the others, and struck Jia Yue and Zhang Jinshu with his machete again: "Boss Jia, leader Zhang, the troops have been gathered in a hurry. There is no special military law force, but you two have to take responsibility... ...Just look at it from the end of the team, if anyone escapes from the battle, he will be killed directly."
Jia Yue's face was expressionless, and Zhang Jinshu's face turned blue, but they all nodded together.
To put it bluntly, this is a powerful team in disguise. At least more than half of the people in it have no cultivation. Those who have cultivation are not very general, and most of them are people who later joined the gang and do not have much fighting spirit. Yes, it can be regarded as being temporarily instigated.
There is no real reliable high-end combat power in the gang, but most of them are serving as officers to organize the army at the back.
Zhang Xing turned around, suppressed the panic in his heart, and forced himself to scan the dozens of horses with his gaze at the level of the other people's eyes. Then without saying a word, he turned around again and lifted his horse forward.
This time, on the side of the scimitar, the ice energy poured out continuously in advance, stirring up an obvious white water vapor on the central plain in the evening at the turn of spring and summer, just like a small mist artificially formed.
Those with cultivation levels woke up one after another and used their true energy. After connecting with Zhang Dalongtou’s true energy, their hearts instantly became calm. Those without any cultivation level also realized something and looked at the slaying general just now. After the leader Jia, they all went into the mist.
Immediately, dozens of cavalry wrapped in fog broke away from the infantry and the "deposed" flag, directly increased their speed, and directly "thrown away" the fog. Then, without waiting for reinforcements, they headed towards the west of the official formation in front. Cut straight.
There was by no means a particularly weak point there. In fact, after the conspicuous mist of the Deposed Dragon Army moved, the captain of the official army realized the opponent's purpose - a large group of crossbowmen should not be too obvious.
"Aren't they forming a formation? Why don't you just come and get me?" Ma Hu, who is in his thirties, has a majestic body and a rough face. He just looked at the horse for a moment and suddenly asked a man beside him. Team general. "Why are you pointing at the crossbowman?"
"They don't have armor." The officer who escaped from the front was stunned and replied immediately. "I'm probably afraid of the steel crossbow, so I went to meet the crossbow soldiers first."
"What are you talking about?" A captain next to him couldn't understand it at all. "How could they not have armor? The thieves in the entire Eastern Region are the most in need of armor and weapons! The Deposed Dragon Gang will not be in short supply either!"
"I don't know." The captain who escaped returned swallowed his saliva. "But there aren't many of them wearing armor... There are basically few of the dozens of cavalry with armor."
Ma Hu ignored the arguments among the lower-ranking officers under his command, and just looked coldly at the cavalry that looked like a formation with a mist and a faint air of true energy emerging.
The reason for this was that it was too late in the first place. When he listened to the officer describing the opponent's strong combat power, he immediately thought of the rumors about the deposed Dragon Gang Zhang Xing and when he robbed the queen. He instinctively thought that he had the cultivation of Dan Condensation. Zhang Xing brought all the high-end combat power of the Deposed Dragon Gang to provoke him, so he didn't even notice that a crossbow soldier who was not affiliated with him was beside him.
Secondly, according to his understanding, it is possible without armor, that is, all members are practitioners, and according to the intelligence, the Deposed Dragon Gang also has this strength, and if that is the case, he will try his best to hold on, Give up the pursuit, wait for reinforcements, and wait for the response... But now, the other party actually comes up to hunt the crossbowmen, and seems to be afraid of these crossbowmen. This does not look like a serious gathering of high-end combat forces. The cavalry formed a formation.
This made him a little confused.
Just as he was thinking about it, following the guidance of the flag, the cavalry suddenly accelerated, and with a large stream of gray-white energy visible to the naked eye, they rushed straight into the messy crossbow hands, just like a real heavy cavalry carving an array... And the crossbowmen After reacting, several people actually successfully fired the crossbow bolts, and successfully shot two knights to the ground. This seemed to indicate that their cultivation masters were not very good... but that was all. Next, Pingyuan Above, everyone could see that as the cavalry charge caused a penetrating collapse of the formation on the west side, the crossbowmen dispersed without any trouble, triggering a melee pursuit at all costs.
This seems to confirm something.
Ma Hu put away his unnecessary thoughts, immediately turned around, and ordered the surrounding troops to move closer to him. Then he looked at several subordinates as a matter of course: "You guys split up and go to the back to find other people. Let's depose the leader of the Dragon Gang." Relying on his cultivation, Zhang Laosan led the elite of the cavalry gang of seventy or eighty, and used his true energy to form a formation to support the defeated soldiers. I, Lao Ma, chased the defeated soldiers for a whole day. I was too tired and did not dare to move anymore... let them Come and save me, the head of the family."
"I don't think everyone in there has the cultivation level..." One of the team generals seemed to still want to express his opinion, so he tried to remind him. "If seventy or eighty of the cavalrymen were all well-trained, they were knocked away just now... We also have cavalrymen, we can try to pinch them."
"Everyone is so tired, are you sure?" The captain on the other side scolded sternly. "You weren't the one who just leaked the armor information? Where is the class law in the military?"
Ma Hu just twisted his beard and sneered.
The team general knew Ma Hu's temper, and felt cold. He immediately shut up and set off with the others.
Just like this, here in Ma Hu, the officers were constantly calculating, with different ideas and different perceptions. But what these court officers did not realize from the beginning to the end was how little the real strength of the seventy or eighty forward cavalry was. The meaning, no matter how clearly they distinguish it, is meaningless - a key problem is that the main force of the Dragon Army is actually four miles away.
And they rushed forward because of the few seventy or eighty horsemen, because there were many core members of the Deposed Dragon Gang, because many of them were in white, because of the big flag, because of the half-true and half-false energy, and because This striker was too decisive in charging and attacking and fell into confusion.
Their attention, doubts, and conjectures were all focused on these few dozen horses, and then they gave up advancing and conducting forward reconnaissance.
Of course, two-quarters of an hour later, under the setting sun, Ma Hu and his subordinates no longer had to be confused. Because just as General Ma frowned and watched this group of so-called elite knights of the Deposed Dragon Gang, it became more and more obvious that they were lacking in strength. Although the casualties were not many, they continued continuously, so that he began to hesitate to try to move. When Jia Qi was setting up a pocket formation, intensive war drums suddenly sounded from the north.
He followed the sound, only to see smoke and dust billowing under the setting sun, and then he began to panic instinctively.
A moment later, just as the white-clothed cavalry of the Deposed Dragon Gang regrouped on the flanks and watched with eager eyes, a fully equipped infantry brigade with flags, armor, gold drums and all in place appeared in the smoke and dust on the horizon.
The officers and soldiers chose to flee.
As a result, Ma Hu didn't even move. He just raised his hand and pointed, and a bodyguard on horseback caught up with him on horseback and killed him behind the formation. Then, the vanguard lieutenant general declared in public without haste:
"To retreat at this time is to seek death! The only way to survive is to wait here with me, Lao Ma, for backup! And backup will be here soon! There are such people who retreat without permission!"
Zhang Xing, who had blood all over his body, looked at this scene from a distance. Although he couldn't hear what the other party was saying, he could guess what he was saying. He sighed, and then turned back to find the person with a smile on his face:
"Where is the good man just now? Can you kill him for me?"
There were only sixty or seventy knights left, and no one answered.
Zhang Xing realized something, nodded, threw down the machete that was already full of pits on Huang Qiao's horse, took the Jinglong Sword and said with a smile: "That's it! This time, I will do it! You are my queen!" "
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Ping'er jumped out of the horse and shouted first. Wang Xiongdan followed closely behind. Zhang Xing was startled for a moment, and immediately raised his horse to catch up. The six or seventy riders behind him did not hesitate and launched another attack. It's a direct attack on Ma Hu's banner.
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