After Dong Ping received Liangshan's reply last night, he was overjoyed and said, "My plan fell into place."
Early in the morning, Dong Ping sent out his exploration horses to monitor the water. When he learned that Liangshan soldiers and horses had begun to cross the water, he summoned his generals to rectify the troops and horses.
A commander offered advice: "The thief has fallen into the hands of the governor, so why don't we take advantage of him and lead our troops to attack? We will win easily."
Dong Ping waved his hand and said: "Yesterday I made a declaration of war and invited the Liangshan thieves to a decisive battle. How could I go back on my promise and attack secretly? It is precisely to confront each other head-on and capture the Liangshan leaders one by one that I can show my Dong Ping's skills. Today you just lead the army The troops are overwhelming, watch me capture the Liangshan bandit chief alive in front of the battle line."
All the generals also knew about Dong Ping's bravery, and they were all flattered when they heard this, hoping to get some credit after the war.
Chao Yong had only seen the confrontation between the two armies on TV before, so he naturally refused to miss it. Looking at the mess of soldiers and horses after landing, he also frowned. If the officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation to attack now, I am afraid that half of Liangshan's soldiers and horses would be driven into the water.
Fortunately, before crossing the river, Chao Yong asked Shi Qian to bring twenty scout horses out of the mooring first. If the officers and soldiers came to sneak attack, they could be prepared.
Half an hour passed before the Liangshan soldiers and horses managed to form a square formation under the beating and scolding of the leaders.
"Report, the officers and soldiers of Dongping Prefecture are already marching in formation twenty miles away."
As soon as the formation was set up, Tan Ma came galloping over.
Chao Gai waved his hand and said: "The whole army keeps moving forward, and those who dare to mess up the formation will be killed."
The horses on both sides were galloping, as if they were practicing. They were just checking each other's position. Even if they encountered each other, there would be no conflict. They just flew past each other, waiting for the decisive battle.
Under the guidance of Tan Ma, the two armies arrived at the agreed place almost at the same time, and the two armies set up their positions two miles apart.
The confrontation between the two armies showed that Liangshan's soldiers and horses lacked training. Although the soldiers and horses of Dongping Prefecture are also local troops, Dong Ping trains rigorously every day. Although they are not as good as the border divisions who have fought many battles, they are still considered local elites, and the ranks are neat and uniform.
Although the Yangshan minions have fought against the officers and soldiers several times, the last time Jeju officers and soldiers attacked, many of them also killed the officers and soldiers. But this was the first time that they faced each other face to face with gongs and drums. Looking at the uniform officers and soldiers on the opposite side, I couldn't help but feel a little timid. The newly recruited men and horses under Liu Tang were even more unbearable. Many of them stood there trembling with their arms and legs trembling. It was obvious that most of their combat effectiveness had been lost.
Dong Ping glanced disdainfully at the crowd opposite him, and counted the seven people in front of Liangshan Formation. He was also overjoyed. There were seven people who had robbed the Grand Master's birthday card. He didn't know if it was these seven people. As long as these seven people are captured, the remaining people in the village will be captured easily. When the time comes to recover the Grand Master's birth date, I will probably receive a meritorious service and reward. When the time comes, I will take advantage of the opportunity to propose marriage to Cheng Wanli, and I won't be afraid of failure.
Dong Ping clapped his horse and walked to the middle of the two armies and shouted: "Which one is Chao Gai? Go out and die."
Chao Gai was furious when he saw Dong Ping being rude again and again, and scolded him: "Young man with a yellow mouth, you are so rude, watch me take you."
Wu Yong said hurriedly: "Brother, please calm down. My brother is the master of the village. Why go into battle in person? So I asked Coach Lin to meet with him for a while."
Lin Chong heard this and hurriedly rode forward, saying: "What the military advisor said is that with a brother like me here, there is no need for my brother to personally go out and ask Lin Chong to fight."
Seeing that Lin Chong had already stepped forward, Chao Gai reluctantly nodded and said: "Then I'll trouble you, Coach Lin. Coach Lin will definitely capture this guy for me, and don't let my Liangshan morale go down."
Lin Chong cupped his fists and said, "I have the order."
After saying that, he rode his horse out of the battle and shouted: "Leopard-headed Lin Chong is coming."
While he was talking, the war horse under his crotch was already rushing towards Dong Ping like the wind, and the spear in his hand was pointed at Dong Ping.
When Dong Ping was in Tokyo, he had often heard of Lin Chong, but he had no chance to get to know him. When I heard him take action, I immediately put away my contempt and raised my guns to meet him. Two horses spun around, and three guns tangled together. Both of them used what they had learned throughout their lives to defeat this first battle. However, their martial arts were equally matched, and they met their opponents in chess. For a moment, they couldn't tell the winner.
The soldiers on both sides had never seen the martial arts skills of the two men before, and they were all stunned.
Chao Gai watched the two fighting and praised: "It was a good fight. Coach Lin is very powerful, and Dong Ping is also extraordinary."
In the blink of an eye, the two of them had been fighting for more than fifty years.
Chao Yong already knew from Water Margin that Dong Ping was highly skilled in martial arts, and he was also very brave and good at charging into battles. He liked him even more when he saw him today. He was afraid that the two of them would hurt each other, so he rode out of the battle and shouted: "Take a break, Coach Lin. I¡¯m here to meet Dong Ping.¡±
A commander in Dongping Prefecture saw a young man from the 17th or 18th generation on the opposite side coming out of the formation. He thought there was an advantage, so he rode out of the formation and shouted: "The thieves are shameless and want to fight with wheels. I'll meet you."
Dong Pingyuan originally thought that Liangshan was nothing more than a group of grass bandits. Even Lin Chong was just the instructor of the Tokyo Forbidden Army. Many instructors were?It¡¯s hard to live up to the reputation. Unexpectedly, Lin Chong's martial arts skills were so strong that he could compete with him.
When Dong Ping was worried that he couldn't take down Lin Chong, he couldn't help but feel happy when he saw a teenage young general rushing towards him. Lin Chong is the instructor of the 800,000-strong imperial army in Tokyo. The rest of the people in Liangshan are just reckless lunatics. They should be captured by experts. Let's capture this little thief first and then compete with Lin Chong.
Having made up his mind, he used his gun to force Lin Chong away, and beat his horse to capture Chao Yong.
Lin Chong knew Chao Yong's skills, so he did not chase Dong Ping. When he saw a commander from Dongping Prefecture coming out of the battle, he also rode forward to greet him.
The commander of Dongping Prefecture originally wanted to grab a share of the credit because of Chao Yong's young age, but he didn't know there would be such a change. Looking at Lin Chong coming with a horse, and thinking about the fight between him and Dong Ping just now, the commander really had the urge to run away with his horse, but everyone was watching, and the crime of escaping before the battle was not a light one, so he had to bite the bullet and fight Lin Chong, hoping that Dong Ping can kill that little thief with one shot, and then fight against Lin Chong.
Chao Yong's weapon was a fine iron long stick, weighing more than sixty kilograms. When he saw Dong Ping coming forward, he hit him in the face.
Dong Ping was arrogant and brave, and he bullied Chao Yong when he was young. He did not show weakness. When the two spears met, he wanted to hold Chao Yong's iron rod.
"when"
With a loud noise, Dong Ping felt as if his hands were struck by lightning, his guns flew out of his hands, his body swayed, and he almost fell off his horse.
The two horses were intertwined. In the midst of lightning and flint, Chao Yong handed his stick to his left hand, turned around, reached out with his right hand, and grabbed Dong Ping's armor belt. With a soft drink, Dong Ping was lifted onto the horse.
Just as Dong Ping was about to struggle, Chao Yong knocked him out with a hard blow behind the ear.
Chao Yong put the unconscious Dong Ping on the horse and rushed towards the commander who was leaving the formation.
When the soldiers and horses of Liangshan saw that the master of the young village had taken action and captured Dong Ping alive in just one round, they couldn't help but start making noises. Morale, which had been somewhat low, also rose.
The commander was originally waiting for Dong Ping to take Chao Yong to help him, but he didn't expect that Dong Ping would be captured alive in one round. His hands and feet were so frightened that he pushed away Lin Chong's iron spear and ran towards the main formation on horseback.
Chao Yong's horse was fast and he had already run up to Lin Chong and said to Lin Chong: "Let him escape. We will follow him on the left and right to charge into the formation."
Lin Chong understood, turned his horse's head and chased Chao Yong up.
The commander who was escaping in the front heard someone chasing him from behind. He turned around and saw two people chasing him from the left and the right. The idea of ????going around the formation was suddenly frightened. He was afraid that he would be caught if he went around, so he beat the horse with all his strength. Rush towards your own camp.
When the other two commanders saw Lin Chong and Chao Yong chasing their colleagues, they did not dare to step forward to stop them. They fired arrows for fear of killing Dong Ping in front of Chao Yong and being charged with killing Shangguan after the war.
The two armies are only two miles away from each other, and the battlefield of the fighting generals is one mile away from both sides. A quick horse can come over in a few breaths.
The two hesitated for a moment, but the three of them rushed forward. The commander who was leading the way rushed straight into the formation without stopping, taking advantage of the formation not closing up.
The other two were stunned for a moment, glanced at Lin Chong and Chao Yong who were close in front of them, and actually turned their horses' heads and fled towards the formation. At the same time, they shouted: "The gunmen form a formation and stop them."
Chao Yong was betting that the commander would find the shortest straight line to escape under the threat of the two men. The officers and soldiers did not dare to shoot arrows at the commander in front, but he did not expect that the two commanders behind him would also turn around and escape.
When the spearmen in the front row heard the order, they quickly moved closer to the center, preparing to form a forest of guns to deal with Chao Yong and Lin Chong.
This is also the most common formation used by Song soldiers to fight against Liao cavalry. The gunmen in the front serve as shields and the archers in the back shoot.
"It's a pity that they formed the formation too slowly. Lin Chong, Chao Yong and the commander who escaped first were only a few horse lengths away, and the fast horses could not gallop in the blink of an eye. The gunmen on both sides hadn't come close yet, so the gunman in the middle could only summon up the courage to stab Chao Yong with one shot.
Chao Yong twisted his shoulder slightly, and the spear grazed the armor and pierced the air. Before the gunman could react, Chao Yong had already clamped the spear.
"rise."
Chao Yong grabbed the spear with one hand and shouted softly. Before he could let go, the gunman was lifted up and hit against the gunman next to him.
Several gunmen were knocked to the ground in an instant, but Chao Yong did not stop. He swiped and smashed the iron rod and the stolen spear in his hand, breaking all the bones and tendons, and the ones that hit the head were even more brains splattered. In an instant, they were gone. Break out a bloody path.
Seeing how ferocious Chao Yong was, the archers behind the gunmen were even more frightened and fled in all directions.
Next to him, Lin Chong also rushed into the formation, clashing with left and right, unstoppable.
Chao Gai saw from behind that the two men had rushed into the formation of officers and soldiers. He was afraid of missing something, so he quickly led his troops to rush in.
The three commanders originally wanted the gunmen to block Chao Yong and Lin Chong, but they did not expect that the two men rushed into the formation, just like tigers rushing into the herd of sheep. How could anyone stop them?Gotta keep them. The three commanders did not dare to turn around to stop the two men. They looked at the shattered military formation and the roaring Liangshan troops and horses, and they all hit their horses and fled.
When the officers and soldiers in the rear formation saw that the governor had been captured and the commanders had all fled, whoever still wanted to fight fled back in a swarm.
The general was a courageous soldier, so Chao Yong and Lin Chong disrupted the formation of the officers and soldiers. Naturally, Liangshan soldiers and horses descended like tigers, killing the officers and soldiers and retreating all the way.
After chasing for ten miles, the camp just set up by Dongping Mansion last night was also broken open by the defeated troops, and was captured by the Liangshan troops who followed closely behind.