After Cao Shancheng died, Qinghe was settled.
But at this time, Liaocheng was still untouched, Tangyi was gathering heavy troops, and Wuyang County needed to make a statement. This march also needed a resounding ending.
Time came to the last day of March, which was also the last day of spring. With the massive and rapid advance of the three-pronged army of the Dragon Army, which far exceeded everyone's expectations, the heavy soldiers of the Tangyi army who had realized the situation on the battlefield decisively abandoned it. After arriving at Tangyi, he went south and approached Liaocheng.
This move was not only an attempt to break the siege of Liaocheng and rescue the two officials trapped in it, but also to rely on the soldiers and horses who had stayed along the river for defense to ensure a retreat... After all, this time in response to the situation in Qinghe, Although there were many imperial officers and soldiers coming, the core force was still the more than 10,000 elite men from the Eastern Capital City headed by Qu Tuda, and this army came along the river.
Of course, there is also the realistic consideration that if they don't leave, Tangyi and the elite of Wandongdu will also be surrounded by heavy troops of the fast-moving Dragon Gang.
This action also caused the Dragon Deposed Army to no longer be entangled in the whims of distinguishing Tangyi and Liaocheng due to its rapid progress. Instead, it immediately sent orders to all cities to gather heavy troops and rush towards Liaocheng.
In the morning, the sentry cavalry of the Deposed Dragon Army who were paying special attention to the direction of Tangyi in the north noticed the strange movement. Before noon, countless scout teams, including Guo Jingke himself, witnessed with their own eyes the imperial officers and soldiers in the direction of Tangyi who were desperately heading towards Liaocheng. Approaching, and then immediately delivered the exact news personally to the deposed dragon gang cavalry who had set up camp in Sanli west of Liaocheng City and took a break.
"Thirteen or four thousand, 10,000 are the elite of the Eastern Capital, and there are more than 3,000 cavalry among them. The cavalry should all have iron armor, because except for the scouts, no leather armor is seen, and less than 1,000 people have vests and silk ponchos. .....They should have burned most of their baggage and only brought part of the dry food and drinking water, and then used livestock to carry it. They were very fast. They were already twenty miles away, and they should have started from thirty miles away. I started to wear more and more clothes." Guo Jingke's face turned pale, but his tone was very steady. "That's not all. There is also something strange in the direction of Wu Shui. It should be that the thousands of defenders who were placed there have been summoned... I really didn't have time to see the Guanshi, Guantao, and Guixiang sides. I'm not sure if there are any others. Decoration."
"Fourteen thousand plus five thousand, plus three thousand, that's twenty-two-three thousand. If the soldiers from Xiangguo and Wu'an counties really come...then that will be 40,000? Another fight at Ma Face River? "Cheng Zhili asked in surprise. "Where did Qu Tuda get the courage?!"
"It's just a false show!" Zhou Xingfan breathed heavily and blurted out, almost yelling. Several cavalry leaders went to watch.
But Zhou Xingfan was not afraid at all and spoke boldly:
"Think about it, if he really dared to fight, why didn't Queen Ma Lianhe continue to fight before? Why did he come now instead? It's just that the two gentlemen in Liaocheng are too important, and they have five thousand soldiers and martial arts. In the Yangjun area, we had to try to save someone, so we concentrated all our troops and put on a desperate attitude, hoping to defeat us newly formed cavalry in a moment of anger. It would be better to scare us away directly! In fact, Go on, as long as we survive this wave of impact, when the reinforcements arrive, Qutuda will run away with his tail between his legs three times!"
"Well said!" Liu Heifu, the most junior person, couldn't help but follow, but he was almost shouting. "That makes sense." Cheng Zhili nodded immediately.
Fan Bao hesitated for a moment and said seriously: "It makes sense to say this, but the opponent is very aggressive. We only have 7,000 cavalry and one battalion of scouts. There are hundreds of scattered cavalry on the road that have not been gathered together. The opponent is three times more powerful." As for me, I’m ready to ride and walk, I still have a city in hand, and I’m not short of elites... So, the question is, how can we survive this confrontation?”
"Indeed!" Cheng Zhili, who was still quite excited at first, suddenly became uneasy after thinking about it. "And if we guard the stronghold for a while, wouldn't it be possible for the people in the city to be escorted out directly, and then there would be no explanation?"
"How can the cavalry defend the stronghold?" Liu Heifu blushed, not caring that the other party was a senior leader.
"With such a fierce momentum, even the infantry cannot defend the stronghold." Zhou Xingfan was also rude. "Leader Cheng, please don't forget what happened to Xue Lao'er... At this time, defending the stronghold means retreating, and the cavalry defending the stronghold will retreat even more. Once they retreat, one will lose and the other will rise. Qu Tuda is not a bad general.
, and other subordinates are also old people who stayed behind in Dongdu. If you have a chance to peep, what should you do if you pull out the tiger's teeth? "
Zhou Xingfan is not an empty-handed leader. As soon as he said this, Liu Heifu immediately got excited and followed him on the spot: "Instead, we, the cavalry battalion who invited us to fight, will become the joke of the whole Hebei!"
"It doesn't matter if it's a joke." Fan Bao took a long breath. "If you lose the fifth battalion of soldiers, it will really hurt your muscles and bones... The entire situation in Hebei will be greatly compromised."
"That's what I mean." Cheng Zhili immediately spoke seriously, his momentum no less than that of Zhou and Liu. "No matter what, whether walking, fighting, defending the stronghold, public or private, we must preserve the family foundation of the fifth battalion of cavalry before we can say anything else... We are all leaders. , everyone should know how precious these seven thousand horses are!
Let's say that Leader Cheng looks majestic, but he is actually uneasy on the inside.
But this uneasiness is not simply uneasiness about possible situations, but multifaceted - he is a meticulous person and has clear judgments on many things. He thinks a lot or thinks thoroughly. , in short, they have some thoughts about themselves and the surroundings.
First of all, he didn't know whether others had read the "Six Tao" that he was handed out, but he had read it anyway, so now he knew very well that those three people, Guo Jingke, Zhou Xingfan, and Liu Heifu, were actually the "Six Taoists". The kind of dead soldiers mentioned in the soldier selection section of "Tao" are at least half dead soldiers.
For example, Guo Jingke is a typical person who fights to the death. The so-called person who made a mistake in the past and wants to make a contribution to regain his position may not be desperate on the battlefield, but he will definitely be determined; Zhou Xingfan is a typical person who is angry and angry, and his father is dead. , desperate for revenge, as long as he can fight the imperial soldiers, he will be happy; while Liu Heifu is half a mortal man and half a dull man. The so-called poverty and anger means that he is used to being poor and abject. , and have nothing to lose, so when I finally get the opportunity, I must be happy with it, regardless of my life or death... Even if I have a future, I am eager to cover up my miserable and ridiculous first half of my life by making meritorious deeds.
These three dead soldiers must insist on fighting. No one can persuade them, not even a big leader like themselves can stop them.
Fan Bao, on the other hand, has obviously outgrown this stage. As a descendant and with a family fortune, he is safe and he is a fellow countryman and can be relied on.
At the same time, Cheng Zhili himself was a little confused.
He knew very well that he had an excessive fear of being annihilated and losing military power. He was afraid of being bitten by a snake for ten years... Ever since he repeatedly jumped around and disobeyed orders in a self-righteous manner, As a result, after the two armies collided and all 800 cavalrymen of the same family died, he became particularly sensitive to such matters.
But the lesson from that incident was not only the loss of family foundation, but also the frustration of not being able to see the situation, recognize the true hero, and not knowing the importance of oneself.
So at this time, he was not only afraid that the cavalry army would be exhausted again, causing him to lose his capital, but also afraid that he would lose Liaocheng because of his conservatism, or that his radicalism would annihilate the entire army, causing him to fall into despair.
After a change of thought, he looked at Shan Tonghai, the justified leader of the attack and one of the three oldest leaders in the Deposed Dragon Gang, and then his heart sank.
Of course this person also has something to say.
"What's there to say? Are you afraid of losing so you won't fight?" Shan Tonghai patiently listened to the words of the five leaders in front of him and immediately raised his eyebrows. "Besides, we have five battalions, seven thousand riders and three Ningdan, where can't we go?! Since he comes to fight, let's fight him!"
The people around him were speechless.
When Shan Tonghai saw no one refuting, he immediately issued a specific military order: "Xiao Guo, go and set up your scout camp yourself. Information from all parties must be sent to you in time! Let the leader of Heshang Lu pay attention to the situation. If the officers and soldiers dare to attack If we want to retreat, he can also abandon the ship and make a move. This is what I want him to come! The rest of the people will follow me to organize the army, and then abandon the camp and go out. Three thousand armored cavalry will be in the center, and four thousand light cavalry will be divided into two wings to meet them face to face! As long as our cavalry While they are still coming and going outside, the two big men in the city dare not move at all!"
really!
Cheng Zhili screamed in his heart, but said nothing more... In the entire small group, his objections were meaningless.
In the afternoon, the sunshine of the last day of late spring was already very dazzling. Amidst the gentle breeze coming from the south, countless troops were marching hard in the green fields.
As expected, the troops of both the imperial court and the Deposed Dragon Gang were mainly composed of peasants. They instinctively avoided the crop fields and marched from official roads and fields. But it has to be admitted that as the war progressed, the focus gradually focused on time, and the need for marching became more and more urgent, so this instinctive maintenance of military discipline was gradually let go.
In fact, when the army marched to about twenty miles away from Liaocheng, the scouts from both sides were already chasing each other unscrupulously in the fields just up to the horse's knees, fighting each other. When they were fifteen miles away from Liaocheng, as the troops were dressed up, the forward formation of three thousand armored cavalry also unfolded, marching linearly in the fields without any scruples.
Among them, there was a group of cavalry with about 800 to 1,000 people in black armor and silk hoods. They were leading the way, looking vaguely unstoppable.
The deposed dragon army cavalry also did not hesitate at all. After completing their formation on the official road between the camp and the city, they headed north. They also gradually laid out a formation several miles wide, with armored cavalry in the middle and light cavalry on the two wings. Like a giant bird.
"Yuanfu-kun, do you think you can win?"
On top of the tall Liaocheng city, Lu Daobin, the ambassador of the Yecheng palace, who was dressed in cloth and looked like an ordinary clerk, held the hand of Yuan Baocun, the prefect of Wuyang beside him, and asked with sweating profusely.
"I don't know." Yuan Baocun said with a wry smile. "Logically speaking, General Qu Tu came with his whole army, so there was no reason why he couldn't win, but the reinforcements from the Deposed Dragon Army arrived at a moment's notice. Even if they won for a while, they didn't win... Moreover, looking at the cavalry posture of the Deposed Dragon Army, I I don’t even know if I can win for a while.”
Lu Daobin let go and became more and more at a loss.
At this time, a man suddenly went up to the city tower and shouted from a distance: "Lv Gong, Yuan Gong, please send troops to me, let me organize the army immediately, and attack the bandit camp immediately, so that he can't look at each other."
The two turned around and saw Li Qingchen, the deputy envoy of the Yecheng Palace, who was already dressed. They were not surprised because the cavalry of the deposed dragon army had just arrived the night before, and Li Qingchen took the initiative to invite a thousand soldiers to harass them at night, but they were defeated. And then...the three Ningdan even attacked the city in turn, causing the city to almost collapse on the spot, and frightened the two of them so much that they hid in civilian houses.
For this reason, Li Qingchen asked for a fight again yesterday, but the two of them jointly rejected it.
As a result, at night, this guy took hundreds of people out to burn the camp without permission. Although he didn't cause any more trouble, it was just a small fuss and half of the camp was not burned down.
And now, it would be strange if he didn't come to ask for a fight.
However, this time, Lu Daobin suppressed his uneasiness and did not directly deny it, but responded seriously: "Deputy Ambassador Li, how many troops do you want this time?"
"Three thousand." Li Qingchen blurted out.
Lu Daobin was helpless: "The two families here joined forces and only had 5,000 weak troops in Liaocheng. That day, the small camp outside the city was caught off guard and suffered a defeat. You lost another one or two. It is estimated that there are only 4,000 soldiers in the city. You still need 3,000." , how to defend the city?"
"That two thousand." Li Twelve seemed to have no bottom line. "Two thousand is fine." Lu Daobin remained silent, only looking back at Yuan Baocun.
"Li Twelve Lang, you have lost several games in a row and still want to fight. Do you have anything to say?" Yuan Baocun also asked seriously. "Look, almost all the cavalry of the Deposed Dragon Army are out, and the stronghold is empty. What's the use of taking it or not?"
"There is an explanation." Li Qingchen came closer and replied seriously. "According to the Art of War, the best way to deal with cavalry coming from afar is to harass and tire them out... Mr. Yuanfu, think about it, do these deposed dragon army cavalry really have no weaknesses? They come all the way from afar. Come on, the biggest problem is tiredness. It may not be obvious at first, but if you can seize every opportunity to harass them constantly, they will expose this problem sooner or later, so you must keep harassing... I will go down now, If we seize their camp, even if they turn around, suffer a huge defeat, and then turn around to run into General Qu Tu, is it possible that they will be exhausted earlier? Will it work by then? What's more, you can directly shake them without saying anything!"
Lu Daobin was silent for a moment, twirling his beard to look at Yuan Baocun.
Yuan Bao Cun Tong
He twirled his beard, then thought for a moment and then asked, "Li Twelve Lang, where did you learn this art of war?"
"'Six Tao's." Li Qingchen paused and spoke frankly. "The basic art of war compiled by Zhang Xing and a few others in the Deposed Dragon Gang is very practical. It can be used for selecting generals, selecting soldiers, fighting and marching, and it covers the leader level. However, some people don't even read it. They just leave it at home and ignore it. There was someone who was illiterate and just asked someone to read it to him. I bribed someone to make a copy of it from the leader who didn't read it. I also bribed the person who gave the lecture and compared it to make a copy."
Below the city, the cavalry of the deposed dragon army rumbled away to the north, while on top of the city, there was silence for a moment.
Yuan Baocun hesitated for a moment, feeling a little moved.
Even though he and the Deposed Dragon Gang had long had a quarrel with each other, in troubled times, a senior politician who had been in charge of a large county for several years was a natural candidate for the princes... Therefore, he had more to consider.
To put it bluntly, when he saw Qu Tuda setting up defenses around Liyangcang, he knew that Wuyang County was going to fend for itself. So at this time, it would be no problem to adapt to the current situation and choose to surrender to the currently strong Qilong Gang. But, didn’t you join the Deposed Dragon Gang? We don’t expect to really defeat the Deposed Dragon Gang, but what if we try to weaken the other side, have more say, and look less at people’s faces?
Do you really think that you are willing to look down upon one of your former customers?
Therefore, it is of great benefit to let Li Qingchen give it a try and it really works, and to let Qu Tuda win.
However, we must also consider the possibility that stealing the chicken will end up losing the rice, and we must also consider that this move will anger the other deposed dragon troops who are about to arrive... He himself is still in Liaocheng.
Seven thousand cavalrymen were outside and they didn't dare to leave.
"How about... let me make a divination?" Lu Daobin suddenly said.
Yuan Baocun didn't say a word. Although Li Qingchen frowned, he didn't stop him. He was determined anyway. As for these two people, just because of their hesitant look, if his boss, who believed deeply in "Tai Xuan Jing", could divine something. Wouldn't it be better to have a good explanation?
When Lu Daobin saw that no one objected, he took out a few shiny wooden sticks from his arms and said seriously: "This is when I visited Dongyi when I was young. It was given by a former divination master, and it has been quite effective for decades... Li Twelve Lang, come here, face due south, look at the sun, and throw it to the ground."
Li Twelve Lang was about to move forward.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Baocun, who had doubts in his heart, suddenly stepped forward: "Let me do it! This place belongs to Wuyang, I am the Lord of Wuyang County, and I am also the nominal commander of this expedition... I will throw it!"
Both Li Qingzhou and Lu Daobin were speechless.
Yuan Baocun did not hesitate. Following the instructions, he faced due south, turned to look at the sun that was already clearly in the west, and threw a few wooden picks in his hand directly onto the bricks of the city wall at his feet.
Immediately, Lu Daobin immediately stepped forward to look at it, then looked back at the sun again, and said on the spot: "The hexagram is clear. On the fifth day, it is suitable for you to pull the car into the mountains and abyss."
"What do you mean?" Yuan Baocun asked in surprise.
"It's very powerful to pull a car into the mountains..." Lu Daobin leaned over and picked up a few wooden sticks and explained seriously. "This shows that this battle is about strength, not dexterity, and then the stronger one wins, the bigger one wins, the faster one wins, the stronger one wins, the more powerful one wins, the virtuous one wins, the one with higher status wins! There are no surprises You can tell!"
Yuan Baocun nodded, and then suddenly sneered: "Ambassador Lu, I believe your hexagram has some meaning, but with all due respect, your hexagram is what it says."
Lu Daobin shook his head: "It doesn't matter, after one hexagram, I feel at ease anyway... Let's see the rest of the results!"
Yuan Baocun nodded again, and then looked at Li Qingchen, who was obviously impatient: "Li Twelve Lang, I'll give you 1,500 men... Wait until the rebel cavalry has gone a little further before going down!"
Li Qingchen was a little surprised, but he had no reason not to accept it and said, "Okay! If you ask me, this battle is because our army is strong, and Duke Yuan's status is the most respected."
If the battle was successful, he would even be in the mood to compliment the opponent. Yuan Baocun just nodded casually.
Just like that, half an hour later, the cavalry forwards of both sides met at about seven or eight miles north of Liaocheng.
When they met face to face, they had already received the military order and had no extra words or actions. Instead, they speeded up and went straight to the fields to charge and fight in groups.
As long as the Zhenqi army formation is not formed, armored cavalry charge is still the most tyrannical means of military expression at this time. Records of inferior Zhenqi formations being overwhelmed by skilled armored cavalry formations are also common.
Moreover, unlike the Zhenqi military formation which requires the consumption of Zhenqi stock, a simple armored cavalry charge can often decide the outcome and life or death in an instant by relying on the speed of the war horse, the length of the weapon, and the stability and accuracy of the equestrian skills. Qijing masters who can use the method of releasing Qi often do the same, and their deaths are often faster and more tragic.
The so-called heroes and generals fighting against each other for dozens of times and getting the same result are more what happens between masters of Ningdan and above.
Therefore, in this round of collision, dozens of riders fell off their horses on the spot, and soon, more casualties appeared, because the military formations of both sides began to come into contact on a large scale, and a reciprocal fighting began.
It can be said that in just a moment, the so-called victory and defeat situation on the field was also clear-it was actually a temporary tie.
The equipment, tightness of formations, and equestrian skills of the officers and soldiers coming from the Eastern Capital were obviously superior. If there were no other factors, then the newly formed army of the Dragon Armored Cavalry would undoubtedly be defeated, and it should be an instant rout. .....However, there were two masters of condensation in the Dragon Armor Cavalry, and Fan Bao quickly joined the battle formation on the left wing. The three condensation generals instantly formed three local battlefield advantages, which were far from the only ones. The officers and soldiers of a black-armored cavalry leader can't compare.
The official cavalry general who was riding a strange spotted horse without a hood and flying a Qin flag quickly observed the situation, and then immediately realized the problem, but without hesitation, he rushed towards the side slightly closer to him. "Cheng" flag.
As the two sides approached, Cheng Zhili naturally knew what the general had to say, so he shouted on the spot, "Is this Qin Bao, a native of this state? Why are you still working for the court? In this situation, why don't you come here early to be your brother Zhang's arm?"
Qin Bao didn't say a word, and used Ding Lei Zhenqi to fight in person. Cheng Zhili didn't say much when he saw this, and used Duanjiang Zhenqi to fight the opponent personally.
Both parties are Ningdan, each has excellent equestrian skills, and they are old friends in Dengzhou. Logically speaking, there should be a lot of back and forth.
But in fact, before the fight was over, Cheng Zhili's arms became inexplicably numb, and he gradually fell into a disadvantage. Then he immediately realized that the opponent's zhenqi was small and might have another effect, and his own martial arts strength was indeed somewhat inferior. However, he was not afraid, because the war horse under his crotch was a majestic dragon colt that was found when Zhang Jinscale was broken that day. He gave it to Zhang Xing and then sent it back. It happened to be placed on Pu Tai in the battle of Lu Jun, so it is still there. ...According to his point of view, why not fake defeat and lure the opponent out of the center of the cavalry battle, and then go to the edge to make an argument outside with the horse under his crotch?
However, as soon as Cheng Zhili pretended to be defeated, he urged the dragon horse on his crotch to go east. The strange horse on Qin Bao's crotch also neighed and ran as fast as flying. It actually passed him and stopped him, Chief Cheng. In the formation.
Cheng Zhili knew that the opponent's mount was superior, and he was frightened. He hurriedly approached with extreme caution, and at the same time, he was ready to leap and escape.
But Qin Bao was unyielding. He waved the big iron gun in his hand like a wheel, and the Ding Lei Qi caused lightning to overflow. He quickly suppressed the opponent, not giving the opponent a chance to leap and escape. The winner was about to be decided. .
At this moment, even an experienced Taoist like Cheng Zhili couldn't help but panic. He just felt that if he made the same mistake again today, his life would be in danger.
However, at this moment, a horse suddenly came from a distance. After dozens of steps, Pegasus shouted: "Qin Er! Do you have the nerve to fight?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he gathered his true energy and joined the battle group.
Qin Bao could see clearly that the person coming was none other than his old friend Zhou Xingfan. He knew about the troubles in Zhou Xingfan's family, and because he was young, he always thought that he was a little brother, so he wasn't annoyed at all. He actually felt some pity for him, but Just be prepared to look for an opportunity to kill the opponent's mount with one shot, and then deal with Cheng Zhili.
But after Zhou Xingfan arrived, he took some of the pressure off Cheng Zhili. The latter regained his energy and tried his best to fight again.
Not to mention this, I saw three flags rolled up together in the distance, which alerted the other generals in the formation early. After a moment, a horseman also came out of the diagonal stab, and it was astonishingly...
Single access to the sea.
On the official side, although there was only one Ningdan Qin Bao among the cavalry in front, there were also two in the rear formation, but they did not come to the rescue in time.
Shan Tonghai's momentum suddenly reversed when two Ningdans came to fight one, but Qin Bao was still not afraid. He swung his iron spear horizontally as calmly as if he was swinging a wooden pole. He defended tightly, and Ding Lei Zhenqi burst out from time to time, and he could also fight back.
Shan Tonghai was in full swing, and he moved closely and fought hard. However, Cheng Zhili was careful and found an opportunity in the battle formation. He shouted at Zhou Xingfan: "If Zhou Xingfan wants to win, don't get involved! Call General Fan to help. You and Liu Heifu take the opportunity to charge and kill his troops!"
Zhou Xingfan woke up and clapped his horse and ran away.
Sure enough, a moment later, Fan Bao jumped up after getting the news. He randomly picked up a war horse and picked up a long spear. However, three Ningdan, three long spears, and three families of Duanjiang Zhenqi attacked Qin Bao alone. .
At this time, the four horses gathered together, and the three horses on the outside were surrounding each other and fighting like lanterns. Qin Bao in the middle could not move at all, so he could only support himself, and was gradually overwhelmed... But he finally woke up, Why did Xiong Bonan say that he underestimated these realms of cultivation?
The three Ningdans working together are comparable to Chengdan, but I still can't do it.
As soon as he thought about this, he suddenly rounded the iron spear with one hand, swung it around, and used the other hand to touch the neck of the spotted leopard beast under his crotch. At the same time, Ding Lei Zhenqi was exerted with all his strength... After receiving the signal, the spotted leopard beast received its infuriating energy, neighed, stepped on the infuriating energy, jumped up two or three feet, and flew out to be surrounded by three people. The three of them were all shocked, knowing that the opponent's mount was a top-notch dragon colt, and that he had vaguely mastered the method of Zhenqi Leap. However, they immediately became furious and started to catch up again.
The surrounding guards also gathered into a group and followed behind to open the battle line.
Qin Bao was really outmatched and could only rely on his horse power to escape quickly. He could no longer worry about the cavalry front and watched helplessly as the opponent took the opportunity to complete the breakthrough.
But at this time, the commander of the army, Qu Tuda, a master of Chengdan, was still in the middle army. The other two masters of Condensation were only supervising the advance in the rear army formation. They seemed not to know the situation at all. He was alone and had no choice. .
At this moment, when the army's armored cavalry retreated obviously because the center was breached and the two wings were wrapped by light cavalry, suddenly, there was an obvious fire on the west side of Liaocheng in the south.
The wind blew from the south, and the smell of smoke could be heard for miles. Everyone turned around in surprise, knowing that the camp was being attacked, and everyone was uneasy.
"Leave him alone!" Shan Tonghai was furious and roared on his horse. "Reinforcements are bound to arrive tonight. We are still cavalry, so why should we care about the camp?" Just fight with abandon! "
However, among the troops, there were some who heard this, some who could not hear it, some who approved, some who were instinctively uneasy, some who were so scared that they wanted to continue to advance, and some who were afraid of severe casualties in a short period of time, but it was Reactions were mixed.
In just a quarter of an hour or two, there was a clear disconnect between the deposed dragon army and the cavalry, and the official cavalry actually regained the upper hand. That's not all. As time gradually passed, the infantry of the official army finally gradually arrived from the rear, and the cavalry and infantry were mixed to enrich the military formation. Although the cavalry on one side lost part of their mobility, it was greatly stabilized. the front.
In addition to being able to maintain a breakthrough at the three Ningdan leaders, the deposed dragon army cavalry was pushed back almost across the board. One of the two Ningdan generals from the official army also began to appear on the front line from time to time. In this regard, in order to ensure that their troops would not be surrounded and killed, the three leaders could only keep looking back to clean up the situation.
But Qin Bao also learned to be clever, and from time to time he would cooperate with the master of condensation to counterattack. He was also powerful, forcing the three of them to turn around and suppress them.
This was repeated over and over again, and the front line began to approach southward across the board.
In the afternoon, the sun was much farther to the west. At the north gate of Liaocheng, Yuan Baocun and Lu Daobin came up to have a look. Although they could not see the specific situation, they were both well-educated people. From a distance, they saw that the battle lines in the fields were clearly repeated. , still no problem.
I couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"The hexagram is accurate." Lu Daobin couldn't wait to speak. "The hexagram is accurate, there are no surprises. The strong one wins, the big one wins, the fast one wins, the virtuous one wins, the one with high status wins, the one with sufficient energy wins, the one with the crowd wins!"
Yuan Baocun also let out a long breath.
Angry, he nodded repeatedly.
At this moment, a subordinate suddenly galloped to the city and shouted from a distance: "Mr. Yuanfu, Ambassador Lu, and Deputy Ambassador Li have something to say. This is a good opportunity. Get out of the city quickly, go out from the south, and then go to the city." Go west, leaving only a thousand men to guard the city."
After saying that, he ran away again.
Yuan and Lu looked at each other and were hesitant.
After a while, Lu Daobin still shook his head nonchalantly: "The battle line has been advanced so quickly. It will be enough to reach the city before sunset. Then we can calmly leave the city and gather away. Why worry about it now?"
"Yes, if the bandits are alerted and the cavalry are gathered to surround them, wouldn't they be throwing themselves into a trap?" Yuan Baocun also expressed his agreement.
The two of them ignored it.
However, as they had guessed, in the face of the advance of the main army formation, the deposed dragon army cavalry, which had lost its vigor, could still maintain its formation and group, but it was unable to stop the opponent's advance. Just try to be as slow as possible.
About an hour and a half after the battle, the most helpless thing finally happened. Because Qin Bao was able to bite hard, the Dragon Army cavalry was still unable to turn around and recapture the camp. This led to the situation when they retreated to a mile or two away from the camp. At that time, I finally could no longer retreat.
At this time, Li Qingchen did not hesitate to lead his troops to fight out of the camp, which triggered the response of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side. Qin Bao jumped out and led the officers and soldiers in silk armor to launch an assault. The three generals of the deposed dragon army came to block them, but unexpectedly No blocking.
Qu Tuda, as the commander-in-chief, led dozens of personal guards, Yan Qi hid behind Qin Bao, and suddenly rushed out. For a moment, Shan Tonghai was caught off guard and was stabbed in the shoulder. At the same time, Qin Bao's horse was bitten to death by Qin Bao's crotch mount. , and fell out in embarrassment on the spot.
Fortunately, the other two generals abandoned their horses to save others and leaped away. Together with the desperate efforts of the bodyguards to stop them, they were able to escape.
So far, the cavalry that had just been formed by the Deposed Dragon Army had been killed by the army in front of the city, and the camp that controlled the western access road to Liaocheng had also been lost.
Our army was also divided, with the main force in the east and Liu Heifeng's troops in the west. From a tactical point of view, the attack was a complete failure.
However, this seemed to be something that was "expected" from the beginning.
What do you mean, just survive this wave of impact and wait for reinforcements.
"Let you two get out of the city quickly!" Qu Tuda rushed to the captured camp and was so angry when he heard that the two people in the city had not come out yet. "Never mind that the deposed dragon army cavalry is still wandering outside. The scouts to the east have been having problems since just now. If they don't come out again, I'm afraid they won't be able to come out... Qin Bao, you and Li Twelve Lang will lead it personally. Jia Qi goes to pick them up! After we pick them up, let’s tidy up the village for a while and then withdraw all troops!”
Qin Bao and Li Qingchen had no choice but to get on their horses again and led the elite cavalry to the city to look for him.
When I came to the west of the city, I couldn't find anyone. I was so angry that I had no choice but to go to the north of the city. After all, that was the best place to observe the battlefield.
As a result, when they came to the north of the city, they learned from the city that the two officials were heading east.
The two of them secretly screamed that something was not good, so they went east again. From a distance, they saw what seemed to be a group of people standing on the northeast corner of the city. To the northeast of the city, the cavalry of the Deposed Dragon Army were trying to regroup in the fields, and they relaxed again. After a long breath, I just thought that the two of them came here for this reason.
As a result, as soon as they arrived under the turret, the view to the east of the city suddenly widened, and the two of them stood stunned.
It turned out that there was a lot of smoke and dust on the main official roads east of Chunliao City, and it was obvious that there were large troops filling them, while the surrounding Tianlong was densely packed and intersecting like lines, and they were all filled with troops holding various flags.
There is no doubt that these are all reinforcements from the Deposed Dragon Gang.
It is conceivable that the view to the northeast was blocked by the deposed dragon army cavalry and could not be seen for a while.
"Lv Gong! Yuan Gong! Stop looking and leave quickly!" Li Qingchen came back to his senses and shouted towards the tower above the city. "This is the last chance!"
Only a hundred steps away, Li Twelve, who was not weak in cultivation, could even see Yuan Baocun and Lu Daobin glance at him, and then turned away as if their lips trembled or something. Li Twelve was stunned for a moment.
The next moment, next to Yuan Baocun and Lu Daobin, there suddenly appeared
A man wearing a short white cloak stepped on the city wall and sneered, his true energy stirring up, and the sound shook the whole country: "Xu Shiren, the leader of the deposed Dragon Gang, is here. Zhang Longtou has an order, but when he sees the bandit army Qin Bao riding a spotted horse, he Shoot him with an arrow first! To show that we and the enemy are not at peace with each other!"
Before he finished speaking, an arrow wrapped in Duanjiang's true energy, like an iron spear, flew down from the city and headed straight for Qin Bao.
Qin Bao was shocked and turned pale. He quickly gathered his energy and jumped back. The spotted leopard beast under his crotch also neighed and jumped forward... One person and one horse barely escaped the arrow, but their original position was... It was like burning bamboo, and the surrounding horses exploded on the spot. All of them, including Li Qingchen, could not control their mounts and fell in all directions.
Knowing that this person's cultivation level was definitely not his own, Qin Bao did not dare to stay any longer. Instead, he stepped forward and dragged Li Qingchen out, turned over the spotted leopard beast who turned back, channeled his true energy, and led the crowd to swing left and right to the west. escape.
Behind him, on the building in the northeast corner of the city, Lu Daobin, the ambassador of the Yecheng Palace, couldn't help but shook his head: "The hexagram is still accurate, there are no surprises. The strong wins, the big wins, the fast wins, the crowd wins!"
Yuan Baocun remained silent and just looked at the countless reinforcements of the Dragon Army to the west under the light of the setting sun. They were walking under the late spring sunset, which reflected the fields and made them look dazzling.
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Happy New Year everyone.
