Chapter 181 Dare not
In fact, ever since the Yan army crossed the river, there have been active cadres around here. However, what is surprising is that these cadres do not seem to have wandered away. Some of the sentry riders looked like they were in the army, and some of them could be seen as having good skills and horsemanship skills, but most of them were not actually wearing Ganjun armor.
Scattered here and there, it seems a bit messy, and it seems that there is no system at all, just like a man in the rivers and lakes.
In Liang Cheng’s terms, the Sentinel Cavalry in battle is actually the eyes of an army. It is similar to the sandbox strategy games of later generations. In fact, there are always shadows in the field of vision, and the Sentinel Cavalry is needed. To broaden your horizons.
As for how many to send out, how to arrange them, and the quality of the sentries themselves, they actually all have great particularities.
Generally speaking, in an army, the most capable individuals and small units are often sentry cavalry. For a long time in later generations, before the concept of special forces existed, scouts and reconnaissance companies often played the role of special forces. , and as a result, many movies and TV shows about scouts and scout companies have emerged, influencing several generations of children to say that their future dream is to be a scout.
Cuiliu Fort basically uses barbarians as sentries, and whether they are Cuiliu Fort or the sentry riders of the Zhenbei Army, as a reconnaissance force that can be active in the vast desert with extremely harsh natural conditions, its Their quality is undoubtedly the best in the world, and therefore, these Sentinels from the Qian Kingdom are a bit unsatisfied in front of them.
Even if those people are very skilled, it is too easy to be killed or even captured alive under the combined attack of several sentries. From their interrogation, we learned that some people simply They were not sentries from the Qian Kingdom army, but servants sent from various families to inquire about the situation.
If it was just a small fight before, now we have received feedback from the sentries that a fully-organized army is coming here.
The number of people is probably more than two thousand.
Whether it is an organic unit or not is a key factor in measuring whether a troop has combat effectiveness. Therefore, when everyone came and played a one-on-one fighting game before, it was just a show. No one took it seriously, but it was considered an organic unit. After Gan Jun appeared, the nature of the matter changed.
The Yan army was still crossing the river. Even a beginner like Zheng Fan, who had just entered the military school, knew the story of "attacking halfway across the river". The nearly two thousand knights under his command charged directly towards him.
Zheng Fan's role ends here for the time being. Next, Zheng Shoubei consciously handed over the command to Liang Cheng.
Before I went to the battlefield, I always felt that the world was vast enough for me to roam. After truly seeing the cruelty of the battlefield, I realized that as a superior, you must have absolute confidence in your heart. One of your wrong decisions will It is very likely that the men under his command will lose many lives as a result.
However, Zheng Shoubei soon regretted it.
Because there was no test, no reorganization of the army, and no echelon arrangement,
Liang Cheng waved the saber in his hand,
without hesitation and gave the order to charge!
The frequency of the horse's hooves also accelerated, and all the knights began to accelerate!
Because he is in this mountain, with the tall tower of Fan Li standing in front of him, and the other demon kings are not far away from him, and there are also his own cavalry on the outside, so Zheng Shoubei really doesn't have a solid grasp of the situation. Observe the situation on the opposite side.
Oh, by the way, when Zheng Fan ordered the attack, Fan Li touched the little sword boy's head and put her on the spot without taking her to the battlefield.
As for whether she will slip away and run away, that is her own choice. It is up to her.
Finally,
the two sides came into contact.
Once the two armies join forces, much of the previous order will be lost. In everyone's eyes, only the opponent in front of them will be left, and all that will be left in their minds is "cut" "Death him" three words.
Zheng Fan also chopped down a Gan Bing with one blow. However, after chopping him down, Zheng Fan was a little stunned, because this could no longer be regarded as a Gan Bing. The clothes this man was wearing were more like those on the stage when watching a play. person's clothing.
The Yan State is still dark, and the system of the Yan State often means that the military and the government are not separated from each other. In other words, the Yan people do not have much "aesthetic" and "class" art. Talent.
"My lord, this is the Yamen servant."
A Ming said.
Oh, yes.
Zheng Fan suddenly realized, no wonder this man's clothes looked so familiar. This was indeed not a regular cadre, but probably a spook from a nearby government office.
So Liang Cheng directly ordered the charge. An army composed of a group of government servants and an unknown number of other troops was simply a mob. Facing an opponent who had no tricks at all, what tricks should you pay attention to? As long as he has nothing to do to make trouble, Ula will be fine.
Facts have also proven that this is indeed the case. Even the regular army of the Qian Kingdom was reluctant to resist the Yan people's cavalry charge in formation, let alone this group of people who just gathered together without any structure.
After the charge, this group of soldiers and horses collapsed directly. What followed was a unilateral killing time belonging to the Yan army.
However, there was a civil servant riding a donkey in the Ganren Army.
Yes, riding a donkey, with gray hair, dragging a sword, because the sword was too heavy for him to lift.
Thinking about it, this ragtag group should have been summoned by him. Their spirit is praiseworthy and even a little shocking, but in terms of combat effectiveness, alas, there is really no combat effectiveness.
Zheng Fan just glanced at the old man. The next moment, the old man disappeared. Maybe he fell off the donkey, or was chopped down by Yan Jun's knife.
In short, in the face of a huge defeat, the probability of the old man surviving can be said to be extremely slim.
This is a battlefield, and there is no room for any respect for the old or for the young. Even if you want to express your gratitude to the heroes among your opponents, it is an extended activity when the battle is finished and the battlefield is cleaned up.
The opponent came quickly and collapsed quickly. However, Liang Cheng did not order a fierce pursuit, but decisively ordered the withdrawal of troops. As the vanguard, the most important thing for them was to protect the crossing. If it was because of greed, If something unexpected happens, it's really not worth the loss.
Even if we rush south for a while, we might be able to see Qian Guo's ascension to Beijing. The great feat of throwing the sky is right in front of us, but we still have to restrain ourselves.
When he returned to the army, Liang Cheng came to Zheng Fan and reported:
"Your Majesty, it is the defeated army of government officials and prisoners organized by the local old county magistrate, plus a group of local rangers."
Zheng Fan nodded when he heard this.
He didn't say anything else, let alone ask whether the old man's body had been buried. He went through a lot of similar things all the way south, and he was indeed a little numb.
The Qian Kingdom is so big that it is normal for there to be some people like this, but in fact, their appearance itself means that the power of the Qian Kingdom is declining.
However, at this moment, a Zhenbei army galloped over from the direction where Zheng Fan came. The leader was Li Fusheng, followed by Sun Guyi behind Li Fusheng.
"There are other men and horses guarding the ferry and continuing to wait for the army to cross the river. Zheng Shoubei, lead your men to follow me!"
"I will obey my order!"
Zheng Fan originally thought that Li Fusheng crossed the river first because he planned to go to the capital city to say hello to the official family of Qian Guo and fulfill his previous joke.
But unexpectedly, Li Fusheng led his army directly to the east instead of going south.
The total number of Zheng Fancui Liubao cavalry and Sun Guyi's men was less than 5,000. The follow-up troops were still crossing the river, but Li Fusheng obviously couldn't wait any longer.
Going eastward, everyone walked straight for seventy or eighty miles without stopping. In front of them, there was a military stronghold with soldiers.
From the appearance alone, this military stronghold is very neat and hierarchical. On the other side of the Bian River, there is another military stronghold. The military stronghold on the other side of the river is better than the military stronghold in front of you. The scale is larger and there are more soldiers inside.
Naturally, the appearance of a large group of cavalry could not be concealed. For a time, soldiers from the Qian Kingdom appeared in the military villages on both sides of the river.
To be honest, Zheng Fan is already a little dizzy at this moment. His level of map reading in his previous life was actually that of sister Zhiling guiding you.
When fighting in this life, many times I am a little confused about the position.
In fact, it is not just Zheng Shoubei who is confused. At present, the area from Xishan County to Bianzhou County is not very big, with the Bianhe River as the dividing line. On both sides, the Zhenbei Army and the Qian Army The position of the world can be said to be intertwined and extremely complicated. It is not an exaggeration to say that there is me in you and you in me.
Li Bao, regardless of the cost of casualties to his men, beat him like crazy in the past few days and completely mobilized the Qianguo troops.
This is a chaotic war, and only truly outstanding generals have the ability to cut through the chaos to open up a situation.
Li Fusheng did not hesitate at all,
raised the long knife in his hand,
shouted:
"The ambition to break the formation!"
Behind him, the knights of the Zhenbei Army shouted:
"Death or life!"
There was no pre-battle speech, and he didn't even let the big guy who had just been galloping for such a long time stop to rest, it seemed. Being extremely pressed for time, most of the links were omitted, leaving only the charge!
Li Fusheng led the charge forward, followed closely by Sun Guyi. The Zhenbei soldiers no longer cared about the already overdrawn horsepower and began to drain the last bit of blood from their close comrades.
Liang Cheng turned his head and glanced at Zheng Fan. To be honest, this is very polite, because unless you want to defeat Dayan, if you still want to save your strength and not charge, then you will die. Bar.
The question is, if you don't continue to follow Dayan, can you still go to Qianguo, who is about to be beaten into a dog, and surrender?
Zheng Fan gritted his teeth and
shouted:
“Charge!”
Liang Cheng ordered the charge, and the Cuiliu Fort cavalry no longer hesitated. , followed closely by the Zhenbei Army knights who also began to charge forward regardless of others.
Arrows were shot out of the Qianjun camp. In front of them, Yanjun cavalry were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, but the cavalry beside and behind them continued to charge forward.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Some of the war horses hit the fence directly, and some of the war horses were stabbed in the abdominal cavity by the wooden thorns below, and blood flowed directly from the intestines. out.
The knight who fell off his horse held his saber, called to several robes around him, and continued to charge into the formation on foot.
The cavalry on both sides of the perimeter began to throw flying claws and began to use the power of their hips to destroy the outer walls of the military stronghold.
Li Fusheng took the lead, and the saber was directly bitten in his mouth. After dismounting, he used his hands and feet to climb directly onto the outer wall of the military village. He was as fast as a monkey.
Behind him, batch after batch of Zhenbei troops, like him, climbed the wall with bare hands.
The outer wall of the temporary military stronghold is naturally not as good as the real city wall, but it is quite easy to climb up. However, there are still soldiers inside who use spears to thrust, and archers to shoot arrows. There are some soldiers who are climbing. Most of them fell down on the way, but the people behind them remained unmoved. Like a group of lunatics who were not afraid of death, they continued to climb up with their own soldiers.
Fortunately, Paoze in the rear also counterattacked with arrows. Because he was more fierce and not afraid of death and had many powerful cadres in shooting skills, he finally suppressed the cadres in the general camp for a while.
At this time, Li Fusheng had already led the first batch of soldiers to climb the wall and began to fight with the cadres above, clearing a space for the following troops to climb the wall.
Zheng Fan also came to the foot of the village wall. On his left side was A Ming, on his right side was Siniang, behind him was the blind man, and in front of him was Fan Li.
For the demon kings, it doesn’t matter how the war goes, as long as their master is fine, it is acceptable.
Zheng Shoubei did not force himself to "go out independently to have fun". After all, it doesn't matter if you get high and overturn, but it is very likely that you will lead the demon kings to a collective death.
"What the hell are you fighting for!"
Zheng Fan roared angrily, not knowing who he was venting his dissatisfaction with. He only knew that he was picking at the hidden things. The family foundation, which has suffered almost no damage since the beginning of the war for so long, is dying one by one at an extremely fast speed at this moment.
But Zheng Fan knows that the best way to reduce casualties is to defeat the cadres inside as quickly as possible. Otherwise, if the stalemate continues, his losses will become greater and greater!
At this time, perhaps because the Xianden soldiers led by Li Fusheng successfully withstood the pressure and entered the military stronghold, the threat to the surrounding Yan army in the military stronghold began to diminish, so a group of The knights had already worked together to pull a fence out of the frozen soil.
"Bangdang..."
A vacant position of about ten meters was opened.
At this time, the cadres inside were not afraid to retreat. Instead, they swarmed in with shouts and wanted to block the opening of the general's stronghold.
The quality of the Ganjun in the military camp is good, at least they are much more able and daring to fight than the Ganguo guards in the city seen on the road.
“Fan Li!”
Zheng Shoubei roared.
"Roar!"
Fan Li let out an angry roar and rushed directly to the gap first with two axes in hand. He was dressed in iron armor and even had a big iron helmet on his head. Like a crazy bull, it hit the soldiers in front.
Because Zheng Fan's strength is limited, Fan Li is not a master in the absolute sense, but his physique and his own strength are really useful on the battlefield.
“Bang!”
Fan Li, by himself, actually suppressed the Qian army in front and had to retreat.
At this time, Zheng Fan and others followed closely and rushed in.
The blind man's mind power could not do anything else at this time. He could only do his best to protect himself, Siniang and his master from being hurt by hidden arrows.
As for A Ming and Fan Li, it doesn't matter if they receive a few arrows.
At this gap, Yan troops kept coming to fight on foot. Gradually, the soldiers who tried to block the hole could no longer hold on and began to retreat. At this time, they were competing. Bloody bravery, whoever retreats first often means defeat.
Gan Ren's momentum has been released. More and more Yan troops rushed in, and everyone began to fight in the military camp.
Without the protection of the military stronghold and the advantage of geographical location, Zhenbei's soldiers' personal martial arts advantages were undoubtedly evident, and the fighting in the military stronghold quickly became one-sided.
Finally, as Li Fusheng took off the head of a general, the already decadent Ganjun finally collapsed. They stopped resisting and began to flee through other entrances and exits of the military camp.
This military stronghold was captured by the Yan army.
At this time, the troops in the military stronghold on the other side of the river came out of camp to cross the glacier to rescue them. However, the military stronghold fell too quickly, and the reinforcements on the other side were defeated by Yan before the reinforcements could arrive. The army captured it, and what's even more ridiculous is that the Qianjun who came to the rescue was wrapped up by the Qianjun who escaped from the military stronghold, and the reinforcements also started to run away.
On the contrary, the soldiers of Yan Army who were preparing for the second battle were dumbfounded.
However, Zheng Shoubei is really dumbfounded now, because in the charge just now, nearly 400 Cuiliu Fort cavalry under his command were killed in battle alone, and twice as many were injured.
This kind of casualty cost made Zheng Shoubei, who had always been accustomed to small business, feel so heartbroken that he could not breathe.
Ultimately, it's because Zheng Fan hasn't evolved into the kind of person who can easily say, "One general's success will cost ten thousand bones."
The blind man was a little exhausted. He seemed to be huddled at the back, but he paid the most. In fact, what he feared most on the battlefield was not real swords or guns, but a sudden attack. , I won’t even know how I died when I die.
As soon as the war was over, the blind man sat on the ground, lowered his head, and began to rest.
Fan Li's armor was also damaged in many places and there were many wounds. Siniang was helping him deal with it. Fortunately, he had rough skin and thick flesh, so the problem was not a big problem.
Zheng Fan turned his head and looked, and sure enough, he saw a familiar and somewhat rickety figure sitting where the corpses were most densely stacked.
The man didn't have peanuts this time, but he kept putting red fried noodles in his mouth, his cheeks were stuffed, and he chewed them with indescribable satisfaction.
Zheng Fan took a deep breath and spit it out heavily.
Zheng Fan had no intention of going up to argue with Li Fusheng or say anything, because it was Zheng Fan who was at fault.
At this time, A Ming secretly pulled out an arrow from his shoulder, threw it aside, and asked Liang Cheng, who was standing next to him:
" What is this? ”
"It should be that Li Fusheng just learned the news that the defense of this military stronghold is empty. Obviously, according to the size of this military stronghold, there should be more than this number of defenders inside. They may have been transferred out to encircle and suppress Li Bao."< br>
“Then what?”
“Then Yes, we already have two ferries in our hands along the nearly 100-mile-long Bian River." Liang Cheng replied, "The ferries are a suitable place for crossing the river. Although the river is frozen now, you can't. It is unrealistic to cross the ice on a large scale. There were many soldiers when we crossed the river before. It will take time to build a pontoon bridge after falling on the ice, and as long as there are enough sentinels, it won't be a problem for Ganren to cross the river on a small scale, but if we want to cross the river on a large scale, we will definitely find out in advance. It will be much easier to attack halfway across.
Here, It should be Xifengdu
Originally, the most capable troops of Qian Kingdom were transferred north. Later, because of Li Bao's troops, the capital of Qian Kingdom could not mobilize as much. Some elites were sent to Xishan County to intercept and encircle Li Bao
Now, we have this ferry in our hands again. It is equivalent to saying that the Bianhe River that was specially dug by the Qian Kingdom to prevent the Yan people from going south is now on our side and can be used by us. ”
Liang Cheng turned around and looked to the south, where the richest city in the world stands.
And this city has already lost its strength because of the road that was originally used to protect it. The Bianhe River isolated his own troops.
…………
“Zheng Shoubei. ”
Li Fusheng waved to Zheng Fan who was standing in the distance.
Zheng Fan walked over without any disrespect on his face.
On the contrary, after seeing a knife wound deep into the bone on Li Fusheng's left shoulder, he showed concern and said:
"Sir, your injury?"
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. It's just a minor injury. It's just a minor injury. I'll just let someone deal with it later. But this person is also your general?"
Li Fusheng pointed to his side,
Zheng Fan then saw Xue San, who had been completely obscured by Li Fusheng's figure.
"If it hadn't been for him before, I wouldn't have been able to kill the opponent's general so easily. Zheng Shoubei, there are so many talents around you."
So many, Li Fusheng They were all a little jealous.
"Sir, you are joking, but now we are all your people."
"Haha, don't talk nonsense like this. Once this stronghold is captured, leave seven or eight thousand riders to guard it. The goddamn people on the other side of the river won't be able to cross the river in peace. I'll do whatever they dare to do. Let him give away as much as possible.
It's like trying to get around, huh, with the structure of having few cavalry, those infantry should spread out. He ran with his legs, and within three or four days, he had no chance of getting around.
The silly leopard was so playful this time that he deliberately used his weakness to let Qian's army surround him, and then the army was surrounded. All the soldiers in the village have been mobilized, otherwise it will be really difficult to take it down."
Zheng Fan lowered his head and remained silent.
“This time I owe that silly leopard a huge debt.”
Saying that,
Li Fusheng laughed again,
pointed to the south,
said:
“Zheng Shoubei, I said before, be careful I had a long chat with that official, now, I have at least three days to have a good chat.”
Li Fusheng reached out and patted Zheng Fan on the shoulder,
asked:
"Zheng Shoubei, I have the greatest skill for you. If you get this skill, this battle, You deserve the top spot!
Let me ask you,
Do you dare to be my messenger tonight?
Go to the capital to send a letter of greetings to the official family of Na Qianguo? "
Zheng Fan immediately knelt down on one knee excitedly,
clasped his fists,
said sincerely:
"Don't dare! ”
"..." Li Fusheng. (End of this chapter)