Liu Yanqing was a veteran general in hundreds of battles. Although he could not be called a god in military skills, he fought with Xixia for half his life, which has his own merits.
As soon as Lu Zhishen made this move, he guessed the other party's intention: Seeing Yao Pingzhong's bravery, he was afraid that Fang Qifu might be at fault. If he took advantage of the situation, the situation would be difficult to deal with. Therefore, he simply struck first to gain advantage. If he retreated slightly, , he was pinched on both sides, and Yao Pingzhong would be dead or alive. He might even take advantage of his unstable position to win a big victory, which was unknown.
Now that he has seen through it, he naturally refuses to back down. Liu Yanqing thought to himself that when it comes to the elite soldiers, the Western Army is superior. When it comes to the number of people, the opponent only has about 10,000 people, but he has 30,000 people. The advantage is clearly with me, so I am not afraid of head-on confrontation.
Therefore, we decided on a countermeasure: divide the troops from the left and right to attack, with the main force in the center. Don't say victory on both sides. After a little time of hanging around one or two sticks of incense, the Chinese army will be able to determine the winner. By then, a pack will be sent back, and the ten thousand southern army will be able to escape. At most, no more than half.
However, there were so many changes in the battle formation. Liu Yanqing did not expect that the Chinese army had just rushed out, and his right wing had already been completely defeated. When he looked around in horror, he saw an armored monk sitting on a tall horse, with all his hair shining brightly. Big head, killing like a meat grinder.
While the veteran was horrified, he thought: Oh, if he kills behind me and blocks the way in, our army will be sealed in this valley. By then, the Bangyuan Cave army will come out, and Marshal Tong will be a little slow to respond. , which is a situation where the entire army is annihilated...
The judge heard: If those truly courageous generals encountered such a situation, they might not stop doing anything. You hit yours and I'll hit mine. After all, Lu Zhishen's wing only has more than 2,000 people. As long as Having the confidence to control the morale of the military actually has a lot to offer.
But Liu Yanqing didn't have the courage. Seeing that his back was threatened, he quickly offered money to ensure that his back was safe first, and then slowly start to argue with his opponent.
However, the matter of the battle formation can affect the whole body with one move. Although he thought beautifully in his mind, his men were not the kind of elite soldiers who were really elite and could command and control as if they were one person. When they rushed out before, the formation was in good order, but now they are rushing out. In the middle of the battle, there was a sudden sound of gold. Some turned around and ran back, while others still lowered their heads and rushed forward. The formation suddenly became chaotic.
Especially the left wing of Ma Gongzhi's unit, which had been strangled with the right wing of Fang La's army for a long time. It was still evenly matched. First, they heard Liu Yanqing's troops shouting "defeated, defeated" in the distance, and then heard the Chinese army shouting gold. , and there was chaos.
Zhu Tong was clever and immediately shouted: "The officers and soldiers are defeated, the officers and soldiers are defeated."
The Southern troops under his command didn't know what was going on, so they all started shouting. When the officers and soldiers heard this, they turned around and fled back.
Zhu Tong and Qin Ming were overjoyed and sent out their troops to kill. Ma Gong saw that the situation was unclear, led a hundred and ten elite soldiers, and wielded two tile-faced gold maces to cut off the rear in person.
His two maces, sixteen pounds in the right hand and fifteen pounds in the left hand, are made of wrought copper plated with real gold. When they are danced, they shine with a golden light, which can scorch the eyes of the enemy, especially under the scorching sun.
He used these two weapons to guard Qinfeng Road, and the party members did not dare to look at each other!
Zhu Tong stepped forward to fight, but he could not stop his heavy mace. Qin Ming came to take over again. Both of them were heavy weapons, jingling like iron. After more than twenty battles, it was difficult to decide the winner. They secretly admired each other.
Qin Ming tried his best to swing his mace away, took two steps back from his horse, and shouted: "What a mace! I have Hu Yanzhuo in Liangshan, who is the grandson of the founding Iron Whip. He is very good at using the two whips. If there is a chance one day, he will use his mace." Let him fight with you."
Ma Gongzhi was a very upright person, and he did not say any nonsense about being a traitor or being unfaithful. He just nodded his head and said calmly: "I was in the northwest, and I also heard about this man's reputation as a 'double whip general'. Alas, he said To carry this mace, isn’t it a rare feat of bravery? If I were to argue with you, I would rather kill the Xixia people side by side with you.”
Qin Ming became more and more impressed after hearing his words. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Brother, what you said shows your magnanimity. If my eldest brother sees you in the future, he will definitely be happy. Qin Ming, 'Thunderbolt Fire' in Xia Liangshan, this is my brother 'Beautiful Bearded Master' Zhu Tong, I would like to hear your name."
Ma Gongzhi said: "My surname is Ma, and my double name is Gongzhi. I am the one who is Zhi and I am Gongzhi. Because I am born with a fair face that cannot be tanned, people call me 'White-faced Qin Qiong'. Haha, I have little ability, which is quite insulting." Sages."
In fact, if Ma Gongzhi is alone, Qin Ming and Zhu Tong can attack from both sides. However, Ma Gongzhi has more than a hundred soldiers, all of them are armored with spears. They kill them regardless of life and death during the war. Qin Ming and Zhu Tong lead the Fang La soldiers. However, he had no soldiers willing to fight to the death, so he could not rely on large numbers to win. He had to watch him fight and retreat, and retreated with his men and horses.
Zhu Tong's mind was spinning quickly. Seeing that there was nothing he could do to the other party, he suddenly hung up his spear and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Brother Ma is upright and capable. I admire him! I only hate Tong Guan for his nepotism. If this fight The leader is Brother Ma, I'm afraid the outcome will be different."
Although Ma Gongzhi knew that he was provoking, but looking at it, he saw that most of the soldiers who died in the battle were his own Qin Feng Road soldiers. He felt depressed in his heart. He smiled bitterly and said lightly: "These words are meaningless. Our army came all the way. If it weren't for Fang La and these trash , if it were you Liangshan hero, the result would be different."
The two looked at each other, laughed, and retreated.
His wing fought fiercely in the front and fought fiercely in the middle. Later, Ma Gong relied on his courage to cut off the rear, but they ended the fight hastily. There was still some sympathy between the two. According to the words of the great ruthless de Biao Gong of Northern Liaoning in later generations, it was considered a fight. Civility and courtesy.
But on Lu Zhishen's side, it was a truly ferocious battle. He did not follow the routine at all. Hearing Liu Yanqing's call for gold, he suddenly turned his troops, abandoned Liu Guangshi's troops, and charged into Liu Yanqing's army diagonally. Liu Yanqing's troops The horse was almost ten times as large as his, but he was caught off guard. He killed him in waves, and drove straight into the center where the main general of the army was.
The battle between Fang Qifu and Yao Pingzhong was in full swing when two wings of soldiers and horses suddenly came out. Not long after, Liu Yanqing's entire army rushed towards him. Fang Qifu was horrified and was about to leave the formation and return to take command. How could Yao Pingzhong be willing to let go? A gun is tightly entangled.
While Fang Qifu was panicking, he suddenly heard the soldiers shouting gold, and the army rushing in like a tide rushed back like an ebbing tide. He knew that a big change was going to happen, and he was ecstatic in his heart and shouted: "The whole army is fighting!"
The five thousand soldiers and horses were stunned for a moment, and then they shouted loudly and turned towards the officers and soldiers to kill them.
Yao Pingzhong yelled that something was wrong, and scolded Liu Yanqing bloody in his heart. When he was about to leave, Fang Qifu laughed loudly, "When the dragon comes to the world, thousands of armies collapse," "When the dragon returns, it will fight for every inch of land." "The dragon crashes into the mountain and the iron bones are clank"...the moves are so exquisite that he can't leave him even an inch.
Lu Zhishen went on a rampage, his Zen staff was bloody and bloody, and he killed six or seven of Liu Yanqing's generals in a row. Liu Yanqing dared to fight with him, so he quickly took out arrows and shot them. Unfortunately, Lu Zhishen was a great monk who jumped out of the Three Realms and had no connection with a layman like him. Three or five consecutive arrows landed on his own soldiers. Frustrated, he became more and more courageous, and simply fled like his son.
It was a pity that Liu Yanqing was not as talented as his son. There were many soldiers and horses in front of him, so he did not dare to raise his gun to kill his own people. So he was chased closer and closer by Lu Zhishen. When he saw that he was about to catch up, Ma Gongzhi led his soldiers to stab him diagonally. He bumped into him, waved his mace, and blocked Lu Zhishen from fighting.
Lu Zhishen knew he had met a master as soon as they fought, and wanted to fight happily, but Ma Gongzhi's soldiers came out with guns like a forest. Lu Zhishen used his strength and killed ten or twenty people. The soldiers behind him came forward to kill one after another, knowing that it was impossible. Because of this, we had to lead our troops to retreat.
Liu Yanqing narrowly escaped death and hurriedly ordered Ma Gong to stop the attack and lead the army to retreat. However, he did not care about the retreat of the army, leaving only Yao Pingzhong behind.
Fang Qifu laughed loudly, made a fierce attack, reined in his horse and retreated. Yao Pingzhong opened the door with his spear, and looked blankly: there was Fang Qifu in front of him, thunderbolt fire behind him, the flower monk on the left, and the beautiful bearded man on the right. Hot and sweaty, my heart felt cold.
This is exactly what it means: A man who is brave but still wants to accomplish meritorious deeds will retreat like the wind. Looking in all directions alone, there are seven Buddhas with fireworks and beautiful beards.
(End of chapter)
