"It seems that these Yuyang cavalry, who have gradually become accustomed to fighting with the wind, are nothing to be afraid of!"
When Fei Guo led only 8,000 Jizhou soldiers to repel Northern Xinjiang general Zhang Qi and Cao Da's 20,000 Yuyang cavalry, on another battlefield, Liao Li, one of the three generals of the Jizhou army, said calmly He said something similar to Fei Guo.
His tone did not seem to be contemptuous, nor was it ridiculing. It was more like he was preaching, imparting his unique insights to the young general next to him.
"Even the Yuyang cavalryare not afraid?" Beside Liao Li, the young general sat astride the horse, swallowing his saliva.
This young general of the Jizhou Army is Xie An¡¯s brother-in-law, the former commander-in-chief of the Niu Zhu Army of the Taiping Army, and the second generation of the Six Divine Generals, the Tianshu Divine General, Kuyang.
Originally, based on the nepotistic relationship with his brother-in-law Xie An, Ku Yang should have been incorporated into Xie An's main division when he reorganized the army after the war. However, Ku Yang rejected his brother-in-law Xie An's suggestion and asked him to Xie An expressed his hope that he would be incorporated into the partial division of the Jizhou Army because he felt that being in the partial division of the Jizhou Army would allow him to learn more.
Fei Guo, Ma Dan, and Liao Li, these three fierce generals of the Jizhou Army have now secured their positions as the three generals of the Jizhou Army. Their abilities are difficult for Kuyang to match. Although he was also a leader among the younger generation of the Taiping Army, and was even lucky enough to become the second generation Tianshu Divine General, this status once made Kuyang feel quite proud. But when he saw the strength shown by the three generals Fei Guo, Ma Dan and Liao Li in the Battle of Guangling and the glorious achievements they achieved in the end, he realized it. He still lacks too many things.
"My father is a general. Although he was a defeated general, he blocked the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty outside Jinling City for three months. Now, although I have the audacity to defect to Zhou State, at least, I I also want to become a famous general who is not inferior to my father, so that I will not lose the name of my Jinling Gongyang family! - Please, brother-in-law!"
These words were used by Ku Yang to persuade his brother-in-law Xie An. Because Ku Yang knew very well that if he stayed with his brother-in-law, he would never achieve anything again. Because of his nepotistic relationship with his brother-in-law Xie An, Xie An was destined to never ask him to take risks again. However, in Kuyang's opinion, the general has some experience. It can only be learned by being in danger.
Therefore, Kuyang gave up the position of the most powerful and least dangerous position of flag captain of the main division of the Jizhou Army. It is undeniable that a considerable number of generals are jealous of this position, but this definitely does not include Kuyang. In the end, Ku Yang got his wish and became a hundred-man general under Liao Li, commander of the Third Army of the Jizhou Army.
The dignified Six Divine Generals, Tianshu Divine General. Suddenly transformed into an ordinary hundred-man general of the Jizhou Army, Ku Yang was not discouraged or disappointed at all, because he knew very well that the commander of the third legion of the Jizhou Army, where he belonged, was named Liao Li. That was a strong player that even Wu Heng, the fourth generation coach of the Taiping Army, could not compete with.
Of course, this is only one of the reasons. After all, if you only focus on the general's ability, then Kuyang can also choose Fei Guo, commander of the First Army Corps, and Ma Dan, commander of the Second Army Corps, because these two are famous generals who are not inferior to Liao Li in the slightest, and they are more famous than Liao Li. morning.
The most important reason is that Ku Yang has a favorable impression of Liao Li, because before and after the Battle of Guangling, Liao Li rescued him more than once. Therefore, during the reorganization of the army after the war, Ku Yang did not hesitate to express to his brother-in-law Xie An that he hoped to be incorporated into the Third Division of the Jizhou Army, and spent a lot of effort to convince his brother-in-law Xie An.
I remember that at that time, Xie An also advised Ku Yang, saying that even if he wanted to stay in the partial division to accumulate experience and meritorious deeds, he should stay in the first partial division or the second partial division, not in Liao Li's third partial division. At that time, Ku Yang did not understand his brother-in-law. There was a profound meaning in his words. It was not until now that he realized that his brother-in-law's words were simply true insights.
"Isn't the Yuyang Iron Cavalrythe Yuyang Iron Cavalry not to be feared? It is said that the Yuyang Iron Cavalry is the Zhou Kingdomwell, it is the most elite conquest force in the Great Zhou Dynasty"
Glancing secretly at the general Liao Li beside him, Ku Yang said hesitantly while paying attention to the general of the Jizhou Army who was entrusted by his brother-in-law to take care of him.
"I'm not saying that the Yuyang cavalry is not strong" Liao Li shook his head slightly when he heard this, and explained patiently, "In the year of Gongmao, the Rong Yi did not dare to seize our northern frontier in the Great Zhou Dynasty for thirty years"
"The year of Gongmao? The anniversary number?" Kuyang showed a puzzled look.
"No!" Liao Li shook his head and explained with some admiration, "The age of Gongmao refers to the years that two people lived in the world, and Gong refers to the deceased uncle, the former Dong Dong. Liang Qiu Gong, the Marquis of Zhen and the Tiger of Northern Xinjiang! - In addition, the uncle is also the biological father of Liang Qiu Hao, the third generation coach of the Taiping Army."
Because Liao Li was also Xie An's family general, and Xie AnAn also married Liang Qiuwu, the granddaughter of the Liangqiu family in Donggong Mansion, as Xie's eldest wife. Therefore, Fei Guo, Ma Dan, Liao Li and others all called Liang Qiuhao and Liangqiu Wu's biological fathers as eldest and second lord, that is, Liang Qiugong and Liang Qiujing were two famous Zhou generals who only appeared briefly and then disappeared in the torrent of history.
"" Kuyang opened his mouth in surprise. Although he already knew that the third generation coach of the Taiping Army, Chen Chang, was the descendant of the Liangqiu family of the Donggong Mansion of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he had never heard that Liang Qiuhao's biological father was actually Such a big shot with a far-reaching reputation.
You must know that Liang Qiu Gong¡¯s two sons, the eldest son Liang Qiu Gong and the second son Liang Qiu Jing, are peerless warriors who are regarded as door gods by Jiangnan people.
"What about Mao?" As soon as he finished speaking, Kuyang was stunned for a moment, and then said with sudden realization, "King Yan Li Mao?"
"That's right!" Liao Li nodded and said, "Northern Xinjiang has been weak for hundreds of years. Although the Liangqiu family has repeatedly sent their children to serve, because the Liangqiu people generally have a short life expectancy, they have never been able to reverse our great Zhou Dynasty's influence on the grassland. The situation was powerless until the uncle became the general of Northern Xinjiang. He learned from the riding and arching skills of the prairie people and formed the Yuyang Iron Cavalry, which is skilled in bows and horses and is invincible in every battle. This Yuyang Iron Cavalry has been guarding Northern Xinjiang for as long as Twenty years Unfortunately, as the veterans in the army gradually aged, the grasslands gradually began to move south to invade the Zhou Dynasty Then, King Yan Li Mao once again revived the Yuyang Iron Cavalry. He inherited the glory of the uncle ¡¡±
The more Kuyang listened, the more confused he became, and he asked in confusion. "In this case, the Yuyang Iron Cavalry should not be unusually powerful"
"I never said that the Yuyang Iron Cavalry was weak. On the contrary, it is too strong Whether it is the Yuyang Iron Cavalry in the uncle's era or the current Yuyang Iron Cavalry led by King Yan Li Mao!"
"" Kuyang looked at Liao Li doubtfully.
Seeing this, Liao Li thought for a moment and suddenly asked Kuyang, "Let's put it this way. Let me ask you, before the uncle passed away, how invincible the Yuyang Iron Cavalry was on the grassland, and they could be said to be victorious in every battle, but after the uncle passed away More than ten years later, the Yuyang Cavalry faced the same opponent in the grassland, but began to suffer defeats one after another. It was not until a few years after His Royal Highness Li Yong made several northern expeditions that the Yuyang Cavalry was completely wiped out. Why is this?"
Kuyang was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously guessed, "Is it because I lost the tiger of Northern Xinjiang?"
Liao Li shook his head.
"Is it because the subsequent Northern Xinjiang generals were too incompetent?"
Liao Li shook his head again.
"This" Kuyang was as dumb as a student who couldn't answer the teacher's question.
"Because the Yuyang Cavalry is too strong!" Liao Li announced the answer with a bit of a sigh.
"Huh?" Kuyang was dumbfounded, wondering what the answer was in his mind.
"Mrs. Changsun once said. Everything must be lost, and everything must be reversed. The destiny is circulation. This is the principle of all things in the world. - The same is true for Yuyang Cavalry!" When he said this, Liao Li sneered and looked at him. Look into the distance. He said lightly, "It seems that Li Mao has not learned the lesson of the former Yuyang Iron Cavalry who was finally annihilated in the grassland by his old enemy who suffered repeated defeats at the hands of the former" After saying that, he glanced at the withered sheep and saw Kuyang showed some doubts, frowned and said, "Can't you figure it out? Then think about it slowly!"
"Slow think slowly?" Kuyang looked at Liao Li in surprise, thinking that there was no time for him to think about this issue right now.
After being shocked, the withered sheep raised his head and looked into the distance. I saw in the distance a mighty cavalry getting closer and closer carrying the dust that covered the sky and the sun.
A rough estimate suggests that there are as many as 20,000 cavalry. Judging from the military flags of this cavalry team, this is Yu Dou who split up with Zhang Qi and Cao Da a few days ago, trying to sneak back to the front to intercept Ma Dan's army. military.
"Think slowly, don't be hasty!" Liao Li's calm words slowly reached Kuyang's ears.
[It¡¯s so¡ so incredible¡]
After being stunned for a while, Kuyang felt like he couldn't find a word to describe his current mood.
And at this moment, Liao Li's face suddenly darkened and he lowered his voice and said, "Attention, we are coming!"
"" Kuyang's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he subconsciously glanced at the two thousand cavalry behind him. It was undeniable that he was a little frightened.
Two thousand cavalry to fight against 20,000 Yuyang cavalry?
?? Okay, although it¡¯s just to lure the enemy, 20,000 Yuyang cavalry
Kuyang swallowed his saliva reluctantly, but the battle situation did not allow him to lose consciousness for a moment. After all, at this time, the 20,000 Yuyang cavalry in the distance could also see their figures.
"Well?"
You Dou, the general of Yuyang Cavalry in the distance and one of the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang, frowned slightly.
In the past few days, in order to catch up with Ma Danjun, who had greatly humiliated his Yuyang cavalry, Yudou was fightingAfter Zhang Qi and General Cao Da separated, they traveled day and night, trying to detour to the front of Ma Dan's army. However, what he never expected was that just when he was about to reach the foot of Yunjing Mountain, he suddenly bumped into someone on the way. A cavalry force of approximately two thousand people was formed.
"Ma Danjun's scouting unit?" He muttered to himself, and an idea he didn't want to see immediately came to Yudou's mind. After all, if unfortunately he bumped into Ma Dan's army's scout cavalry, then his plan to conspire with Generals Zhang Qi and Cao Da to annihilate Ma Dan's army in Yunjing Mountain would have completely failed. With Ma Dan's keen sense of the battle situation, I believe he will immediately choose to break out from another direction.
Although he didn¡¯t want to say it, Youdou had to admit that the general of the Jizhou Army named Ma Dan seemed to be more proficient in using cavalry than he, who was born in the Canglang tribe on the grassland. He could be said to have mastered the essence of using cavalry.
After carefully looking at the cavalry blocking the road, Yudou secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
[Ma Dan¡¯s army originally numbered only 10,000 people. However, he lost more than 2,000 horses at the foot of Jijing City in the past few days, leaving less than 8,000 horsemen. I believe he would not be willing to spare 2,000 horses to serve as scouts. Furthermore, the cavalry on the opposite side does not look like a scout. No army should have the luxury of having two thousand cavalry as a scout]
Thinking of this, Yuto raised his hand. He asked his cavalry to slow down the speed of their horses.
"Is it a local army? Hanoi? Taiyuan? Puyang?" Yudou murmured to himself while guessing the origin of the two thousand cavalry team opposite.
Suddenly. He narrowed his eyes and saw the flag of the Jizhou Army among Liao Lijun.
"Jizhou Army?" Xiaoxiao was startled, and Youdou thought about it in his mind.
[Is it Ma Danjun? Or is it another Jizhou army? Hmm, a military flag with the symbol ¡®Liao¡¯? A general named Liao? Never heard of it Oh, by the way, in the information Chu You presented to His Highness, there was a deputy general named Liao Li Could it be him? ]
Yuto murmured as he shook his head in amusement. "It's unlucky for you to bump into this general!" He took a deep breath and shouted in a deep voice, "Quickly defeat the blocking cavalry without any delay!"
"Oh!" Twenty thousand Yuyang cavalry shouted in unison, raising their arms.
In an instant, the Yuyang cavalry, which had slowed down, once again accelerated the speed of the horse. The intention was to defeat the Liao Lijun facing him in an instant. After all, there were only two thousand cavalry beside Liao Li at this moment.
Facing the menacing 20,000 Yuyang cavalry, Kuyang subconsciously tightened the reins in his hands.
Until now, he finally understood why the generals of the Jizhou Army always showed a bit of disdain and contempt in their eyes when they mentioned the cavalry of the Taiping Army.
[This is the cavalry! ]
He suppressed the trembling in his heart. Kuyang glanced at his arm and saw that under the intimidation of the 20,000 Yuyang cavalry, his arm actually aroused a dense layer of goosebumps. There was even a faint hint of coldness on his back.
[Thenthose guysgenerally know they are difficult to deal with. Do you really want to fight them? Just two thousand cavalry? ]
Glancing at Liao Li involuntarily, Ku Yang felt a layer of sweat forming on his forehead.
And just then. But Liao Li glanced at Yudou in the distance, waved his hand and shouted, "Retreat!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liao Li's two thousand cavalry turned around and retreated under the eyes of the Yuyang cavalry. This made Yu Dou in the distance feel a little surprised.
But after thinking about it, Yuto also felt that it was common sense for the opponent to withdraw his troops. After all, he had 20,000 cavalry, and the opponent only had 2,000. If he didn't retreat, would he still have to fight him fiercely?
The question is, should we pursue it or not?
Youdou felt a little confused, but after thinking about it, he gave up the plan of pursuing him. After all, although they both belonged to the Jizhou Army, what he wanted to chase was the Ma Dan Army of the Jizhou Army, not Liao Li. Mistakenly a nobody.
However, what surprised and angered Yuu Dou was that he had clearly spared the cavalry team of only 2,000 people, but when he led the army around the foot of the mountain, the cavalry team actually pursued him. Come up and hang far behind them.
"That guywhat exactly do you want to do?" Yudou thought in confusion. However, after a moment, he understood.
"As much as you want cum!"
With a bit of a sneer on his lips, Liao Li shouted to the cavalry under his command.
As they galloped, Liao Li's two thousand cavalrymen slowly closed the distance between them and the Yuyang cavalry. Immediately, the cavalry raised their hand crossbows and aimed at the rear of the Yuyang cavalry, which was about a hundred feet away. back.
¡°Swish, swish, swish¡ª¡ª¡± After a sound like a bee and locust,Among the 20,000 Yuyang iron cavalrymen who were riding close to the rear, countless people were hit by crossbow bolts in the back and fell off their horses with screams.
"damn it!"
After hearing this, Youdou was furious and immediately ordered the entire army to turn around in a big circle, intending to annihilate the Jizhou Army cavalry who dared to tease his beard.
However, Liao Li once again asked his cavalry to slow down their horses, turned around and fled.
"You bastard, you escaped very quickly!"
Seeing Liao Lijun fleeing but not having time to catch up, You Dou cursed bitterly and ordered the entire army to continue on their way.
However, less than half a stick of incense had passed before and after, when the Yuyang cavalry kicked off their horses in the direction of Yunjing Mountain, Liao Li turned back with the two thousand cavalrymen, and a round of hand crossbow volleys took away several more cavalrymen. Bai Yuyang's cavalry's life.
Yudou, furious, once again ordered the entire army to stop advancing, but at the same time, Liao Li also retreated at the right time, giving Yudou no chance to pursue.
After repeating this three times, Yudou's heart skipped a beat, and he realized that he had met a master who was good at using cavalry. If he didn't take some precautions against this matter, then, even if he had 20,000 Yuyang The iron cavalry will eat up the only two thousand cavalrymen in a few days.
"Look around! Rear of the palace!"
With an order, Youdou sent a general named Zhang Wang and asked him to lead two thousand Yuyang cavalry to the rear, while he himself continued to chase Ma Dan.
With two thousand cavalry against two thousand cavalry, Yu Dou thought that this move was very appropriate, but what he never expected was that in his eyes, Liao Li was just a nobody, but his military strength was comparable to that of Fei Guo, and his troops were comparable to horses. Dan's Jizhou army is a fierce general.
"Yo? Have you become smarter? Do you know how to tell people to cut off your queen?"
Looking at the cavalry team that separated from the Yuyang cavalry army and prepared to fight with him, Liao Li sneered slightly at the corner of his mouth, casually threw the crossbow in his hand to Kuyang, and picked up a long spear.
"Just kill it!"
At the same time, the Northern Xinjiang general named Zhang Wang was stunned. He originally thought that Liao Li would retreat using his same tactics, but he did not expect that this time Liao Li would directly attack them.
[snort! Do you feel contempt for this general when he sees that he only has 2,000 men? ]
With a hint of murderous intent in his eyes, Zhang Wang carefully estimated the distance between him and Liao Li.
Suddenly, his eyes widened and he shouted, "Fire the arrow!"
This is the art of archery and cavalry used by the Yuyang cavalry to dominate the grasslands and frighten the defenders of Hebei and Beijing into fear!
However, at this moment, Liao Li chuckled and made a move with his right hand. Suddenly, the two thousand cavalry under his command made a large circle to the right, accurately avoiding the arrows shot by the Yuyang cavalry.
"What?!" Zhang Wang was dumbfounded when he discovered that the arrows fired by his side did not even damage a single hair of Liao Lijun's cavalry.
?????????? Seemingly seeing Zhang Wang¡¯s stunned expression, Kuyang shook his head with pity.
"What a misfortune, that unknown Northern Xinjiang general what you encountered was a monster with terrifying and incredible intuition! Andvery strong! ]
"Pfft¡ª¡ª"
With a distance of more than twenty feet, the spear thrown by Liao Li hit Zhang Wang's chest and passed through his body.