Chapter 963: The Battle of the Backwater
The Yuanhua River is rushing endlessly, the sound of the river hitting the shore is clear in the dark night, the crescent moon has gone west, tirelessly haunting in the clouds, and the pale white moonlight covers the river with a thin veil. A black dragon swam silently on the surface of the river, and the bulging sails were like the dorsal fin of a giant dragon raised high, silently revealing its hideousness.
Wu Yanhao held a strong shield in his hand, staring at the two sides of the strait nervously with wide eyes, and the spies reported that Anton's camp had set up a military village on the shore, and there were catapults in the village. Wu Yanhao has suffered the loss of catapults, this kind of sharp weapon from the Western Regions can bounce up more than 100 catties of boulders, small ships are smashed when they are neutral, and when they rush out of Huangzhou, the fleet is smashed by more than 20 ships, and nearly 1,000 soldiers are lost.
"Get off the sail", Wu Yanhao gave the order softly, the sail landed, the speed slowed down, and the boat moved slowly on the river by relying on the current. The moon broke through the clouds, and Wu Yanhao could vaguely see the military village standing several miles away, and the river wind swayed the light of the stars, and he didn't know if the defenders in the military village were asleep.
Wu Yanhao's heart raised his throat and eyes, and made a gesture, everyone bowed down, holding shields and getting ready, hoping to cross the military villages on both sides of the strait safely, reach Nanliu County smoothly, and enter Panghua Mountain.
Suddenly, the torches on both sides of the bank lit up, and the sparks reflected the river in a red place, and the sound of "rolling" entered the ears, which was a catapult. It's not good, the official army has already laid an ambush, and Wu Yanhao ordered loudly: "The ship is going south, brothers, fight to the death." ”
Several black shadows were slamming towards the ship with the sound of the wind, and they were throwing stones. The fat man beside him howled, holding his shield and heading towards the stone.
"Fatty, be careful", said that half of the stone had been smashed heavily on the shield, and the iron shield was smashed and cracked, and the fat man fell backwards heavily, but fortunately the fat man made it skillful and pushed the stone to the left. The stones continued unabated, and the planks were smashed with a bang.
The cracking, screaming, and shouting behind him were chaotic, and countless rockets rained down, landing at his feet and igniting the ship's plank, Wu Yanhao knew that these ships could not be saved. "Hurry to the shore and don't slow down." The torches on the shore lined up in a long line, the armor of the officers and soldiers in the firelight was bright, and the flags were fluttering, which was the soldiers and horses of Anton's camp.
The last trace of disillusionment in his heart was shattered, Wu Yanhao's eyes shone with red blood, and the only way to fight for his life was to put himself to death and survive. The boat slammed into the river embankment, the people on the boat stood on their feet, Wu Yanhao took the opportunity to rise up, like a goshawk to pounce on the officers and soldiers in front of him, the long knife was swung out, blood splashed on the fire, and the thick smell of blood rose.
"Kill", the ships docked one after another, and the officers and soldiers on the shore pounced like fierce tigers, even in the face of the stabbing spear tip. The gun pierced into the body, and before it could be withdrawn, the steel knife was slashed, and the wounds were exchanged for killing, and in a moment the officers and soldiers on the shore were crushed.
When the trebuchet threw a boulder at Jiangxin, Su Guangzu pressed his sword to watch the battle on the military village on the shore, and He Qiyuan, the general of Ning Yuan stationed in Nanliu, said with a smile: "The marshal really expected the enemy plane first, and calculated that the rebels would come to attack tonight, and these rebels are already fish in the net." The rebels were arrogant, causing chaos in the seven states of the south of the Yangtze River, the court lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, Zhang Yuanguan was killed in the hands of the rebels, wishing the marshal half a year to no avail, but was easily pacified by the marshal, congratulations to the marshal, the day of the marquis can be expected. ”
Su Guangzu's left hand was dipped in his beard, slightly exposed, the rebels were ambushed, and they did give themselves the credit of the feudal marquis, Andong and Annan were not as good as Anbei and Anxi, and they directly faced Moren and the Western Regions, and there was no shortage of military achievements. If it weren't for the rebellion of the Annan Tun army, I am afraid that I would only be able to make some small contributions by exterminating some bandits, so Annan and the Anton battalion heard of the rebellion of the Annan Tun army, and many people were overjoyed, and the once-in-a-century opportunity for meritorious service came.
Zhu Jinfeng father and son sit in the southeast, most of the generals in the army are from the gate of the Zhu family, plus Cao Jinghan this art of war everyone helps, Zhu Jinfeng went to the camp in the north of the town but was named the Marquis of Annan because of the blessing of misfortune, the rebellion of the Annan Tun army, the Son of Heaven is very much expected of him, thinking that the rebellion sent to Annan can be quickly pacified. Who knew that nearly half a year had passed, and the Annan rebels had not only not been exterminated, but had become more and more violent.
Su Guangzu has analyzed the examples of the rebels' battles, and less than 10,000 people are running around with Zhu Jinfeng's 40,000 horses, which shows that there are masters in the rebels, and in all fairness, changing himself to be handsome is not necessarily better than Zhu Jinfeng, not to mention that Cao is not in vain. Then there is only one reason, Wu Yanhao, who led this rebel army, has something extraordinary, after reading Wu Yanhao's resume, Su Guangzu sighed secretly, such a brave and resourceful general was actually forced to go to the Tun army, and he was only a captain. It's just that it's been old for a long time and it's hard to get rid of it.
Neither Su Guangzu nor He Qiyuan took the rebels in their eyes, and an army composed of old and weak troops and bandits and bandits met with the officers and soldiers, and they were far inferior in terms of equipment and training.
The battle situation was indeed a one-touch collapse, but unexpectedly it was the officers and soldiers who were defeated, watching the rebels chasing the officers and soldiers like sheep, Su Guangzu twisted several beards.
"How far away, if you take people down, if you can't stop the rebels, you won't have to see Ben Shuai." Su Guangzu said coldly. These 10,000 officers and soldiers are under the command of He Qiyuan, because He Qiyuan is Su Guangzu's favorite general, these 10,000 officers and soldiers have also become strong in Anton's camp, eating well and taking advantage of the ordnance, and the bull is angry, but pulling out a battle made Su Guangzu disappointed.
He Qiyuan heard the monstrous anger in Su Guangzu's words, and responded loudly: "Please rest assured, if you can't stop the rebels, the last general will come to see you." After saying that, he turned around and went down the military village, and the words from behind him made He Qiyuan almost roll down the stairs, "If you can't stop the rebels, you won't have to see them." ”
The rapid rout of his subordinates was a little puzzled, he was a little puzzled, he was not lazy in training on weekdays, and the 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command could be called an elite division in the Anton camp, and Su Guangzu would look at himself differently. This guy rebel is so powerful? Anton's battalion also sent many old and weak soldiers to Tuntian, and He Qiyuan was confident that his soldiers and horses could be defeated by the rebels with one enemy and ten.
In order to protect the safety of the marshal, there are 800 elites stationed under the military town, and He Qiyuan said loudly: "The marshal has an order, and he can't stop the rebels from beheading me. ”
Eight hundred elites shouted "No" in unison, and the momentum was like a rainbow.
Someone led the war horse, He Qiyuan's heart moved, and he found the reason for the rout. At this moment, it is the end of the child, the war horse can not gallop in the night at all, the three thousand light horsemen under his command are useless, and the rebels are ambushed, life and death, it is the mourning army mentioned in the book of war, they train on weekdays, the shield is in front of the spear in the back, the bow and arrow are in the middle, the knife hand is last, the light cavalry is cruising left and right, and in order to intercept the rebels, let the archers stand in the front, disrupting the formation of the usual training, no wonder the rebels can take advantage of it.
Knowing that the rebels were not brave and invincible, He Qiyuan was relieved and shouted: "I can't ride a horse in the night, and the army will fight with me." Eight hundred elites followed him far behind and rushed towards the place where the shouting of killing was most intense.
Wu Yanhao's long knife was cut out, the spear of the officer and soldier on the opposite side was cut off by the knife, the cowboy on his side quickly rushed forward, the scimitar flashed, the man screamed and fell to the ground, the fat man waved the knife to stab the cowboy The hidden gun flew away, Wu Yanhao strode forward, swung the knife and slashed at the other person, and the sound of the weapon breaking the air and screaming on the side behind him resounded together. It was originally a robe, and waving knives at each other was a tragic thing in the world, so even Yue'er hid in the clouds, and couldn't bear to look at each other.
Wu Yanhao stood still, and heard the shouting of killing not far from the left, he could hear the shouting condensed in the army for a long time, and it was not chaotic, just like the shouting during the drill on the school ground. It's not good, the official army is coming, Wu Yanhao looked up, the fire in front was scattered, as long as he broke forward for half a mile, he could break out of the encirclement, but most of the brothers were afraid that they would be stopped by this group of officers and soldiers.
In a moment, Wu Yanhao made a decision and shouted: "Fat man, cowboy, take someone to follow me." With that, he turned to the left, and without saying a word, the fat man and the cowboy followed him with their knives, and the brethren behind them turned and followed the leader without hesitation.
He Qiyuan slashed a rebel, and said with a smile: "I really thought that the rebels had three heads and six arms, but it turned out that they couldn't even take a knife from He." Brothers, the commander is watching from the military village, his military exploits are rare, and he bravely kills the enemy. ”
There was a shout of excitement behind him, He Qiyuan smiled proudly, and strode towards the place where the fire was scattered, and eight hundred elites with swords and guns in their hands pushed forward like an impregnable shield wall, and the rebels were either killed or wounded in their passes.
Five or six zhang away, Wu Yanhao saw this team of soldiers and horses, this is elite, all strong, wearing leather armor, the swords and guns in their hands are shining with dazzling cold light, and the actions are coordinated with each other, and they know that they are well-trained at a glance. On his body were brothers who were constantly retreating, Wu Yanhao glanced back, and the figures were numerous, and he couldn't see how many figures were accompanying him in the dark. Wu Yanhao's heart warmed, he fought for half a year to fight his brothers in life and death, and he had incomparable trust in himself, and he must not take them to death.
In the light of the fire in front of him, he could see from the gap of the shaking figure that He Qiyuan was shouting insolently, Wu Yanhao's eyes fell on He Qiyuan like an arrow, and he knew that success or failure depended on whether he could kill this person.
"Fat man, cowboy", Wu Yanhao called softly, pointing how far away with his hand, the fat man recognized the opportunity, fell to the ground on his back, and the cowboy was stunned, and he also lay on the ground and pretended to be dead. Wu Yanhao stood up and shouted: "I am Wu Yanhao, who will fight me to the death." ”
The two armies faced each other, and this kind of battle between the common names and surnames was like child's play, but Wu Yanhao wanted to gamble and bet on the meritorious service of the generals opposite. When attacking Chihuai County, Wu Yanhao saw his own reward posted at the city gate: knight Jin Pingzi, official promotion to five levels, and a reward of 2,000 taels of silver.