After seeing Suo Chao being captured, more officers and soldiers escaped from Daming Mansion, and it soon turned into a complete army rout.
Chao Yong did not let the Liangshan soldiers and horses take advantage of the situation to pursue him, because their mission was only to intercept the pursuers and allow the brigade in front to escort the money and grain to advance safely.
Suo Chao frowned when he saw that Liangshan soldiers and horses had gathered again, but Li Cheng's army had not yet arrived.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? If Li Cheng had led his army to attack from the flank during the great battle, it would have been possible to annihilate the bandits, or to kill them before the Liangshan bandits could gather again, and to defeat them.
Suo Chao only blamed Li Cheng for being too slow in leading his troops, but he didn't know that he was the vanguard who advanced too quickly.
Chao Yong led the troops and marched a few miles. When he saw the dust and smoke rising in the east, he quickly asked Tan Ma to take a look.
Suo Chao was stunned when he saw the dust and smoke rising in the east. Even if Li Cheng led his troops, he should be in the west.
Soon, Tan Ma flew over to report: "Report, the flag is Lingzhou soldiers and horses."
It turns out that Lingzhou also received a letter asking for help from Gao Lian, but Lingzhou and Liangshan are separated by Dongping Mansion and Qizhou, so they are not afraid of Liangshan attacking his city.
In order to curry favor with Gao Qiu, the governor of Lingzhou immediately recruited two regiments from the state, Shengshui General Shan Tinggui and Shenhuo General Wei Dingguo, and asked them to order a thousand soldiers and horses to rescue Gaotang Prefecture.
Lingzhou is located on the old Henglong Road of the Yellow River. Although the Yellow River once again changed its course to the north, in order to hinder the Liao cavalry from going south, a river was dug out. Therefore, there were two regiments, one responsible for road defense and one responsible for along the way. The river is blocked.
Shan Tinggui was good at using the method of breaking water to immerse troops, and everyone called him the "Holy Water General". Wei Dingguo was proficient in the fire attack method, and used special firearms to capture people in battle, so he was called the "Sacred Fire General".
Shan Tinggui is good at using the method of breaking water to soak his troops. Naturally, the soldiers and horses under his command are familiar with the nature of water and can also sail boats.
After the two received the general's order, Shengshui General Shan Tinggui mobilized the warships in the camp and sailed upstream with troops and horses.
When they arrived at Gaotang Prefecture, they learned that Liangshan's soldiers and horses had plundered money and food and retreated. As soon as the two of them joined forces, they also pursued them.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? was a defeat of troops from Daming Mansion. I heard that Liangshan soldiers and horses had been fighting for a while, so I caught up to take advantage.
Yang Zhi looked at the many wounded soldiers behind him and couldn't help but said: "Although our army won for a while, many soldiers were injured. It is not appropriate to fight again at this time."
Lu Zhishen said: "There are no more than two thousand soldiers and horses in Lingzhou. We are afraid of what he will do."
Wu Song also said: "The general order we received is to cut off the rear of the army. If we are driven by the pursuers to catch up with the army in front, we will be laughed at by our brothers."
Yang Zhi shook his head and said: "If we only have one army in Lingzhou, we can fight another one, but I'm afraid the Daming Mansion army is not far away from here. If we are delayed, we may fall into a tight siege."
Chao Yong thought for a while and smiled: "Do you guys dare to play a big game with me?"
Hearing this, Lu Zhishen couldn't help but smile and said, "Whatever brother Yong wants to do, the Sa family will accompany him."
Wu Song also said: "Brother Yong will do whatever he says."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "I will use the troops and horses we have cut off as bait to stop the Lingzhou troops and Damingfu troops. When the fight breaks out, the army in front will come from the flanks and defeat all the pursuers in one fell swoop."
Yang Zhi frowned and said, "We have just interrogated some prisoners. There are ten thousand reinforcements from Daming Mansion. Suo Chao's troops are only three thousand. Li Cheng personally leads seven thousand troops. I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for the reinforcements from the front. "
Lu Zhishen said with a smile: "Brother Yang Zhi has never been in the war, so we should not just look at the numbers on this battlefield. When the Sa family fought with Xixia, they also made several baits, that is, ten thousand people wanted to encircle and annihilate a thousand people, but there was no way. It is impossible to annihilate them all in an hour. We are only twenty miles away from the army. We only need to hold on for half an hour and the army will be able to come back. "
Yang Zhi was born in martial arts and had never been on the battlefield. Seeing what Lu Zhishen said, he didn't say anything more.
Chao Yong saw that everyone had no objections and said: "Listen to my general's order. Yang Zhi will take Suo Chao with his wounded soldiers to pursue the army. At the same time, he will ask the army to come back for reinforcements. The rest will follow me in formation and prepare to fight."
When Yang Zhi heard this, he immediately said: "Brother Yong, just ask a centurion to take the wounded soldiers to escort the prisoners away. The war is about to begin, how can Yang Zhi leave the brothers and go alone."
Chao Yong saw what Yang Zhi said, so he also sent a centurion to take the wounded soldiers to chase the army in front, and at the same time asked Tan Ma to report the news.
In the battle just now, although the strength of both sides was equal, the Liangshan soldiers and horses were led by several wolf-like and tiger-like leaders. However, there were not many casualties in killing the Damingfu soldiers and horses. They also sent some soldiers and horses to escort the prisoners away and then formed an array. There were still two thousand soldiers and horses.
Chao Yong had just commanded the army to set up their formation when he saw Lingzhou soldiers and horses also arriving.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Sprinkle a bucket of black tassels on the breast; wear a pair of bearskin armor with caulking and black oil along the edge; wear a soap collar embroidered robe with green tufts and bare sleeves; wear a pair of oblique leather stirrups with caulking Cloud-heeled boots; tie a pair of green nails to make a lion's barbarian belt; one shot and a pot of arrows; ride a dark black horse and use a black-barred spear; put a spear in front to lead the army to press the flag of Duxian County in the north, and write a letter of seven silver Words: "Holy Water General Shan Tinggui"
Another general wears a red embroidered helmet with golden hair, two long and short red tassels on top, a pair of armor with the face of a swallowing beast, a crimson robe with a collar embroidered with clouds and flying monsters, and a pair of red tassels. He wears brocade-heeled boots with emerald clouds stitched between thorns and unicorns; he carries a carved bow with a golden sparrow painting; he hangs a phoenix feather with wolf-tooth arrows carved into the mountain; he rides on a rouge horse; he wields a cooked steel knife; he carries one in front to lead the army. According to the red embroidered flag of the south, there are seven silver characters written on it, "Shenhuo General Wei Dingguo."
The five hundred soldiers and horses on Shan Tinggui's side were all dressed in black and black armor, while the five hundred soldiers and horses on Wei Dingguo's side were all dressed in red and had red armor. Each sergeant had an iron gourd tied to his back, which contained sulfur, flame salt, and five-color smoke powder. , dozens of cars were vaguely visible behind the formation.
When the two armies faced each other, Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo went out into battle together and shouted: "If the heavenly soldiers are here, if they don't dismount and be bound, how long will they wait?"
Chao Yong smiled and said: "We have seen many heavenly soldiers, but they were all tied up by us."
When the Liangshan soldiers and horses heard what Chao Yong said, they couldn't help but laugh.
Thinking of Liangshan¡¯s previous invincible record, morale is also high.
When Shan Tinggui saw Chao Yong making fun of him like this, he couldn't help shouting in anger, and then he slapped his horse to fetch Chao Yong.
Yang Zhi was acquainted with the generals of the Daming Mansion before and was too embarrassed to confront him. When he saw Shan Tinggui coming for him, he raised his steel gun to greet him.
Yang Zhi¡¯s first step was to use the Yang family¡¯s sword technique, but immediately he used the Yang family¡¯s spear.
The two men were fighting gun to gun. Although it was not as spectacular as the fight between Qin Ming and Suo Chao, it was more thrilling.
In the blink of an eye, after thirty rounds of fighting, Shan Tinggui forced Yang Zhi away, turned his horse and chased him into the formation.
Yang Zhi was about to make a meritorious deed, and then he chased after him on horseback.
Chao Yong had good eyesight and saw Shan Tinggui's soldiers and horses in front of the formation suddenly unhooking the hook and lasso from their waists, and quickly shouted: "Stop chasing." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster !)