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Volume 2: Hu Qixi and Liu Zhe Chapter 96: Decisive Battle with the Shangdang (11)

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    ps: Thanks to Kunyangyang and Brother Iron Man for the reward, and thanks to eagleduke\I am a poor man\Brother Iron Man for his monthly ticket encouragement. Yesterday afternoon at 15:28, it was February 11th in the Gregorian calendar and January 12th in the lunar calendar. Lao Fan¡¯s son  He was born, asking for red envelopes with his brothers, haha! Li Congke looked around and saw that the sergeants were in groups, sitting and lying scattered on the surrounding grass, or gathering behind a few bushes, or leaning on the sparse grass.  Under the small tree.  Some were eating and drinking, some were feeding horses, some were trimming their armor, and a few were trying hard to blow the dandelion velvet that had fallen on the food, swearing something unknown in their mouths.  Nothing unusual happened, and the teams of sentries that had been sent out did not come back to warn. However, Li Congke's heart palpitations became more and more intense. He turned around, found the highest place, and walked up quickly.  go.  Several officers around him quickly followed.  Hedong has crisscrossed mountains and undulating hills. It is located in the Shangdang Basin, which is already a very good flat land. But even if you climb this small slope, you still can't see too far. The gentle slopes are staggered one after another, blocking Li Congke's efforts to see.  A view into the distance.  There was a sound of horse hooves, and a group of cavalry ran out from behind the hills half a mile to the east. It was the sergeants who had been sent in this direction to guard. Their crazy movements of whips made Li Congke's heart tighten.  "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The sentry rider shouted while urging his horse desperately.  As the Sentinel Cavalry approached, Li Congke also vaguely heard the dull sounds coming from all around, just like the thunder from the distant sky that he heard on the grassland when he was a child.  The sound of thunder quickly grew from small to loud, and swept over quickly. The ground vibration caused by it was very obvious. Large tracts of dandelion velvet suddenly became dense, flying and beating all over the sky, leaving the world in pieces.  "Go quickly! Let the brothers prepare! Go quickly!" "Old Third, take your people to the south and seize the high ground!" "Niua Yamen. You go to the grove on the left!" "Old Jiu, you  "The others go west first and clear a way for me. If they encounter the Yan army, they will kill them!" "The others will follow Lao Jiu and retreat to the west!" "The two hundred brothers from the Black Crow Army will follow me!"  Go ahead! Lao San, Niu Yaya, I¡¯ll give you half an hour, I¡¯ll give you half an hour!¡± ¡°Let the brothers put down everything and get on with it! Don¡¯t put on the saddle!¡±  Armor! Hurry up" Li Congke was worthy of being a rising star under Li Siyuan. He made arrangements for blocking and retreating in a very short period of time. As soon as the sentinel cavalry came back, he issued a series of military orders.  As he spoke hoarsely, the officers ran desperately down the slope, loudly issuing military orders as they ran.  Niu Yaya simply slid down the steep part of the high slope, and his head and face were covered with dust and grass clippings.  Li Congke also rushed down from the high slope and caught the sentinel officer who was approaching.  With a ferocious face, he asked: "How many people? Which direction?" The sentry officer said with a cry: "Major General, there are thousands of people coming from the southeast, all densely packed" Li Congke pushed the sentry officer away.  After running to his horse in a few steps, his bodyguard was still busy putting the saddle on the horse, but he pulled it off directly and jumped onto the bare horse's back.  Li Congke¡¯s response was not unpleasant.  However, there are more than 1,800 people walking around, so it is not easy to sort them out quickly.  He stood on horseback and looked at the sergeants who were shouting and running in panic.  I was filled with regret, how could I be so confused and let the sergeants rest at will?  But do you really blame yourself?  This place is far away from Shideng Mountain and is no longer within the control of the Yan army's cavalry. Even if they know their whereabouts and direction, how did they gather such a large number of cavalry in such a short period of time?  As soon as this question popped up, the black clouds he saw rising in the sky immediately appeared in Li Congke's mind.  It turns out that those demonic clouds can not only be used on the enemy to indicate the enemy's whereabouts, but can also be used on one's own, with the function of summoning friendly troops to move closer to him Li Congke raised his hand after thinking about this clearly.  He slapped himself in the face with a few big slaps. If he had thought of it earlier, where would the danger like now have happened!  These thoughts just passed by in a flash. When Li Congke tried his best to pull himself together and wanted to summon the elite cavalry of the Black Crow Army to come forward to meet the enemy, it was too late!  Thunder suddenly burst out, as if it was close to your ears, and khaki-yellow flags of the Yan Army appeared on the surrounding hills and high slopes, and large groups of Yan Army cavalry rushed over fiercely.  First there was a wave of locust-like crossbow arrows, which caused the Korean soldiers to flip over.  It is a pity that the Liaodong Security Army does not have the money to equip cavalry with repeating hand crossbows. Those who fire crossbows are all cavalry from the Guizhou Army. Otherwise,The Korean army will suffer heavy casualties under the first wave of crossbow arrows - the formation is chaotic or even without formation, and most of the soldiers have no time to put on their armor and take off their shields. How can they withstand the crossbow arrows?  But this is no longer important. The large-scale charge of the Yan army's cavalry is extremely sudden, and the Korean cavalry that was caught off guard could not last long.  As the Yan army approached, the Korean army collapsed immediately. The military order issued by Li Congke had no time to implement, and the outcome was no longer in suspense.  Several officers rolled and crawled back to Li Congke, screaming at the top of their lungs and urging Li Congke to leave quickly.  Li Congke also knew that the battle situation was irreversible, so he immediately turned around and ran away surrounded by more than a dozen personal guards.  Several officers raised their swords and chopped down the Korean army sergeants who were running around. After grabbing the horses, they immediately followed Li Congke and fled to the west.  On the battlefield where Li Congke was thrown down, the Korean cavalry were killed to pieces, and there were many people fleeing in all directions.  There were also some brave Korean cavalry who upheld the wild temperament of the old Hedong Army and rushed towards the commander of the Liaodong Security Army, Zhao Zaili, without hesitation. However, they were unable to take a single step beyond their reach and were all killed on the spot.  When a small number of fierce Korean troops died in battle, large groups of defeated soldiers began to surrender to the Yan army. At the same time, the Yan army's cavalry began to disperse towards the Western Zhou Dynasty to capture the surrounding Korean army deserters.  Zhao Zaili, who was under his banner, shouted loudly and repeatedly. This kind of cavalry can make full use of the advantages of cavalry by rushing quickly and crushing the opponent with lightning speed. This is the favorite of cavalry commanders.  Zhao Zaili preferred cavalry combat, and also fought against the Xuanwu cavalry on the Qingqing battlefield. However, due to the overwhelming advantage of the Hebei cavalry, facing the weak cavalry force of the Xuanwu army, the fight was not satisfying.  Today, he faced the Lao Hedong Army, who was equally outstanding in cavalry combat. After this battle, Zhao Zaili felt that his life had been well spent.  Zhao Zaili wanted to know which general under Li Siyuan was leading the cavalry. He also wanted to share his feelings about the battle with the other party. This was entirely out of the winner's show-off mentality, which was deeply understood by his subordinates, so  , the top priority for the victorious Yan army soldiers is to find the opponent's general.  Li Dutou of Dongyang City, who has joined the Youyan Security Army, is also in the army. He knows Li Siyuan¡¯s inside information about the Korean army the best. He was directly named by Zhou Kan and was temporarily transferred to Zhao Zaili to serve as the Yuhou who expelled the Korean cavalry this time.  Li Du looked at the battlefield being cleaned, looking at the groups of Korean cavalry being tied up. He still couldn't believe it, as if he was in a dream.  This is a victory?  He participated in the entire attack and witnessed everything that happened. The overall feeling was that well he kept riding on horseback, running, running, and running again. In the process of running, a group of soldiers who were initially commanded by Zhao Zaili personally  One hundred cavalrymen shot gunpowder arrows into the sky while running, and then the one hundred cavalrymen became two hundred, five hundred, one thousand, two thousand, three thousand Then they rested in a ravine for half an hour, and continued  Running, and then rushed directly under the enemy's nose, but the enemy had no idea!  Li Dutou knew the strength of these tied up enemy soldiers in front of him. This was the elite of the old Hedong Army. The warriors who dared to charge without hesitation in the face of tens of thousands of enemies were now defeated in such a useless manner.  He didn't even have time to put on his armor.  While Li Dutou was complaining for the other party, he also enjoyed the thrill of the surprise attack. Looking at the heroic and high-spirited Zhao Zaili under his command, he suddenly had the idea of ??abandoning the Youyan Security Army and joining the Liaodong Security Army.  But he quickly put this idea aside. Li Xiaoxi treated him well. If he did this, he would be scolded.  During the process of cleaning the battlefield, the Yan Army cavalry did not find the enemy general. Li Dutou personally carefully identified the prisoners, and did not see any familiar officers.  So the Yan army brought forward several low-level officers, and after torture and questioning, they learned about the cavalry.  Li Du was startled. It turned out that the leader of this cavalry was "Little Yazi" Li Congke!  He quickly reported the news to Zhao Zaili and explained Li Congke's identity and status. At the same time, he flattered Zhao Zaili without any trace and congratulated him on defeating Li Congke, the next generation young leader of Hedong who was "powerful in the three Jin Dynasties".  Zhao Zaili's flattery to Li Dutou was very useful. The significance of this battle did not lie in who was defeated. Being able to wipe out the main cavalry under Li Siyuan's command was a major victory related to the balance of the Xiangyuan battlefield. With this military merit in hand  , Zhao Zaili has added a distinguished qualification to his military career.  Of course, he was not willing to let Li Congke go, so he ordered the "enemy chief" to be hunted down immediately.  The raid by the Yan Army cavalry started from three directions: east, south and north. Needless to say, Li Congke's escape route must be westward.  Zhao Zaili ordered the Yan Army cavalry to spread a wide net and continue to pursue westward. When deploying troops, he focused on strengthening the search to the north - the direction Li Congke wanted to escape back to the Korean camp the fastest was to the north.    When the sun set on the top of the mountain, an urgent report from the rangers came from the distance. Traces of the enemy's fleeing general were found eight miles ahead!  Zhao Zaili immediately urged the army to move forward faster.  ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????He is already close to the remaining veins of Taiyue Mountain. If you continue forward, you can enter the mountains.  Zhao Zaili finally saw gunpowder arrows flying from time to time under a mountain wall in front of him, exploding into black clouds, so the brigade turned and headed down the black clouds.  (To be continued)
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