Chapter 1327 Pillow of corpses, survive in the dead
Although it is said that the officers and troops who suddenly came out to attack did not raise the banner, Xiao Tang had vaguely guessed that at this time, he would still ignore the danger, and the commander who led the army to support Song Jiang's soldiers and horses should be the former prefect of Haizhou, but now he was also transferred by the imperial court to Zhang Shuye, who was transferred here because of the increasing strength of the soldiers and horses in the mountains and green forests under his command on Jingdong Road.
And Xiao Tang is also very clear that Zhang Shuye, who was born in a family of eunuchs, is by no means a civil official who does not know military affairs, his ancestor Zhang Qi is both civil and military during the Song Zhenzong period, and has been transferred to the jurisdiction of soldiers and horses, defense envoys, guards and pro-army horse army Du Yu Hou, Jiedu envoy Tongping Zhangshi, privy deputy envoy and many other military positions, and was even named Xu Guogong, with the prince and the prince to the master, posthumously presented the prince and servant, and the name of the glorious generation of ministers. Zhang Shuye also likes to talk about military affairs like his ancestors, and the first to enter the office with his ancestor is to do Lanzhou records to join the army, and when he was in office, he made contributions to the border and built the city of Xi'an to guard the northwest border. It curbed the invasion of the Qiang people and alleviated the troubles of the frontier, and also made a corner of Lanzhou almost free of Qiang troubles.
Of course, what impressed Xiao Tang even more was that in the official history, the Songjiang Uprising, which was fought in ten counties vertically and horizontally, and the officials and soldiers did not dare to attack it, was defeated and pacified by this Uncle Zhang.
Zhang Shuye in the original book, coupled with Su Yuanjing, an important minister in the court, were originally the key figures who persevered to promote the recruitment of Song Jiang when Gao Yu, Cai Jing and other powerful traitors repeatedly obstructed them. Now that Song Jiang's troops are about to be annihilated, and the battle is taking place on the border of Jeju, it is not surprising that Zhang Shuye immediately led his troops to support......
In the official history, Jin Jun is planning to use Zhang Shuye's status and prestige to promote and support Zhang Bangchang as a puppet regime. On the one hand, he was about to face the Jin army who was sharpening his sword, but Zhang Shuye categorically rejected the coercion and temptation of the Jin army, and was escorted to the north, and finally died suddenly due to hunger strike. For this loyal courtier of the Southern Song Dynasty court in recognition of his integrity, he posthumously presented the three divisions of the Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, and was nicknamed Zhongwen, Xiao Tang certainly did not intend to be his enemy. But now that Uncle Zhang has hit the head, he can only see the move, and he must not hesitate at all.
And on Song Jiang's side, seeing that reinforcements were suddenly coming from the periphery, he naturally would never let go of this opportunity to break out of the encirclement.
"Fight to the end, kill the will out!"
First a few leaders roared, and then more and more remnants of the soldiers also screamed, there was already no way to retreat, both horizontal and vertical, the soldiers who were still following Song Jiang were already planning to kill the enemy army to the death, but at this moment they found that they still had hope of survival, which undoubtedly inspired the determination of these soldiers to fight to the death.
Du Bao, Dong Ping, Li Kui and other fierce generals of the horse infantry army immediately under the order of Song Jiang either urged the horses to gallop forward, or rushed forward, gathered in a place to intercept the enemy phalanx towards the west and rushed to kill the past, most of the rest of the army under his command also did the same, crazy shouting, its momentum was like the sky falling apart, like a raging tide to sweep towards the enemy again, trying to kill a bloody way.
As for the young and strong general who led the archers under his command before, he suddenly launched a surprise attack on Xiao Tang's subordinates who were besieging Song Jiang's soldiers and horses. It was Zhang Bofen, the eldest son of Uncle Zhang, who waved the sledgehammer in his hand into the air at this time, and shouted loudly and powerfully: "Release the arrow!" ”
The archers under his command quickly stretched their bows, set up arrows, drew the strings, and set their sights, and then released the bowstrings, and a puff of feather arrows suddenly flew out, forming a dense dark cloud in the air, falling in an instant, and smashing the sharp arrows like raindrops to the soldiers and horses under Xiao Tang's command, who were slightly loose.
The first to suffer from the enemy's arrow rain was the Panlong army that was about to detour to the west to intercept and kill Song Jiang's soldiers and horses, among which Yang Chun saw the rain of arrows in the sky, he hurriedly turned the big pole knife in his hand, and the knife rolled up in bursts, and collided with many arrows smashed in the air to make a series of clear sounds. However, under the attack of the unprepared soldiers and arrows, they fell to the ground wailing and fell to the ground, and a small half of them were immediately shot through the head, throat, and other vital places and were killed immediately, while many more fell to the ground with several arrows in their bodies, or were dying, or bleeding profusely, and at this time they also lost their combat power.
Suddenly, Yang Chun suddenly felt a sharp pain, and an arrow cluster still penetrated his spinning broadsword and slammed straight into his right shoulder. With only one sluggish effort, five or six sharp arrows fell in the air, taking advantage of Yang Chun's unstoppable kung fu, he also had to pierce into the vital points of his body!
Another burst of swords rolled up, and its momentum was swift, even more inaccessible than Yang Chun's knife move to block the incoming arrow clusters. Shi Jin waved the long knife in his hand again, immediately turned his head to look at Yang Chun, and said, "Brother Yang Chun, you have arrow sores in your body, retreat first!" ”
Yang Chun's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, so he had to cover the wound on his shoulder with his hands. Hearing Shi Jin's quick shout, he also nodded immediately. When Chen Da, another member of the Panlong Army, hurriedly urged the horse to come and see Yang Chun's injury, Shi Jin heard a hoarse shout of killing behind him, and when he immediately looked back, he saw the remaining soldiers and horses under Song Jiang's command, which also gathered into a black oppressive piece, and gathered into a dense charging formation, no matter the cavalry and infantry were crazy and rushed forward, like a group of beasts that were mad due to injuries and were eager to rush out of the cage!
Song Jiang led his troops and horses to take the opportunity to break out of the encirclement, and although some of the soldiers and horses under the command of Xiao Tang were caught off guard by the rescuers sent by Uncle Zhang, after a little rest, they naturally would never let Song Jiang and his gang escape.
The galloping horses were surging like a tide, and the hurried hooves of the horses splashed the dust of the stones in the sky, and the billowing smoke and dust that covered the sky and the sun. The battalions of the Mabu army led by Lin Chong, Qin Ming, and Yang Zhi were all pressed, shrinking and surrounding the Song Jiang soldiers and horses, but the first person to face the pursuing army was the Flying Centipede Wang Dao who was originally standing between the two armies.
Even if he has some martial arts, he is the only one of the kings, and when he faces the Mabu army that is going straight towards the surging slaughter, he is like a stone that is about to be submerged by the raging tide. He turned around and tried to escape, but in the end he couldn't outrun the cavalry behind him.
is not a general who is dispatched before the battle, only with his martial arts, a person can play a very small role in thousands of troops. What's more, it was Wang Daoren himself who caused everyone to rebel and leave first, and both Xiao Tang and Song Jiang regarded him as a damned person. When the figure of the royal man was overwhelmed by the rolling torrent, his desperate struggle was not enough to have any effect on the countless elite soldiers who trampled on his body, and even the cavalry who rode his horse first and knocked him away, and then passed by the royal man, did not look at him at all.
When Xiao Tang's horse infantry army surrounded on several sides chased after Song Jiang's soldiers and horses, the enemy and us were already crowded into a desperate struggle, the smell of blood quickly spread in the cold air, and the sound of gold and iron clashing was endless, almost breaking people's eardrums. When the sound of the palpitating blade entering the flesh and the heart-rending howl were remembered, the blood and stumps flew sideways in the air, which was particularly poignant and tragic.
At this time, if they are chased and intercepted by the enemy, most of them will have to be killed on the spot under the condition of chaotic attacks, and some people will be unable to parry the enemy troops from several directions, and they can only end up being captured. Among them, Du Qian and Song Wan fled more slowly, and saw that the remaining soldiers around them were killed and scattered, and a large number of soldiers under Xiao Tang's command had already flocked to the future. Du Qian and Song Wan saw that the hooks were tickling all around, the lasso was flying, and even if they were dragged down and overturned, they were all captured alive in the formation.
It's just that at the same time, Song Jiang was under the bow and arrow of the official army led by Zhang Shuye on the periphery, and there were leaders such as Du Bai, Dong Ping, and Li Kui who fought desperately.