Chapter 474: Raid on the banks of the Gushui River
Hua Hai came over and clenched his fists: "What does the general command?" ”
"You take two thousand cavalry to chase the main force of the Yan Army!" Zhao Junsheng ordered.
"Me?" Hua Hai was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, uncle, I was born with a mud leg, and in the past few years, I have followed Miss to be a tooth master at most, with dozens of soldiers, you suddenly let me bring two thousand soldiers and horses, I was stunned, it's really not good!" ”
Zhao Junsheng got up and said with a straight face: "Who said you can't do it?" Is it someone who says you can't do it, or do you think you can't? I asked you to bring 2,000 soldiers and horses, just because I thought you could do it, don't you believe my vision? ”
"This ······ My heart is up and down! Hua Hai was at a loss, he couldn't help but look at Mulan, "Miss······"
Hua Mulan said: "What do you think I do? This is the general's military order, do you dare to disobey the order? ”
Hua Hai couldn't help but have a bitter face, and then looked at Zhao Junsheng, "Uncle, you're not joking, are you?" I'm not a general! ”
"Do you think I'm joking? Flower sea, carry out military orders, otherwise military law is engaged! Zhao Junsheng suddenly shouted.
Huahai reflexively straightened his body and agreed loudly: "Obey!" ”
But then, the sea of flowers was stunned again, slowly turned around to gather soldiers and horses, walked a few steps and turned around and came back to Zhao Junsheng and dropped a sentence: "Uncle, I think you must be fooling around this time, really!" After saying that, he turned around and left.
Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan stood up and watched Hua Hai go to gather soldiers and horses, and it took the boss's work to gather and assemble the two thousand men and horses, until they watched Hua Hai leave with two thousand people, Hua Mulan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother Junsheng, I also think you're fooling around!" Mulan said with a sigh.
Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "Whether it's nonsense or not, we'll know soon!" People, only when you are cornered will you give full play to your maximum potential! Although Hua Hai has not brought more than a thousand troops, he has been with you for several years, do you think he is blind and deaf? Even if it is a pig that has been rendered for so long, it will have some ability to lead soldiers! ”
Hua Mulan stuffed the last small piece of steamed cake into her mouth, took a sip of water, and said, "Leave the three thousand Yan Army to me to solve, I don't want to hear the news that Hua Hai was killed by Yan Jun."
Zhao Junsheng doesn't care, there are less than 4,000 cavalry left here, and more than eighty percent are real cavalry.
"Okay, let's go together, the battle is under your command! I've seen you for a long time! ”
Without saying a word, Mulan immediately issued an order for the entire army to assemble.
After hearing the order, the soldiers put away the dry food and water that had not yet been eaten, and stepped on their horses one by one to pick up their weapons.
"Someone, go and tell Wei Chi Yandong and ask him to lead the Yan army to the east bank of the lower reaches of Gushui!" Mulan gives an order to a herald.
"Yes, General!"
At this time, the soldiers were ready, and Mulan gave an order: "Go!" ”
Nearly 4,000 men and horses marched west in the scorching sun.
An hour later, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan arrived at the northern foot of a hill on the east bank of the lower reaches of Gushui.
"When the order goes down, wrap the horse's mouth for me, everyone has a wooden stick in their mouth, and no one is allowed to make a sound, otherwise they will be punished for violating the military order!"
The soldiers and horses are hidden at the northern foot of this hill, but the sun can shine here, and the soldiers and horses can only endure the scorching sun.
It was baked by the scorching sun for half an hour, and the Wei generals who were ambushed at the northern foot of the hill heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves.
"General Qiyu, General Wei Chi has brought the Yan army over with his men and horses!" The sentry in charge of the lookout came to report.
Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan immediately climbed up to the high post and squatted in the grass to observe, two miles away, a Wei cavalry was rushing from the southeast towards the Gushui River, and three miles behind this Wei cavalry, there was a Yan cavalry in pursuit.
"Mulan, how could you have thought of asking Wei Chi Yandong to bring the Yan army here?" Zhao Junsheng asked as he observed.
Mulan said, "You'll find out later!" ”
While he was talking, Wei Chi Yandong's soldiers and horses had already run to the shore of Gushui, but they quickly turned around on the shore and galloped north along the shore of Gushui.
Soon, the cavalry of the Yan army chased here under the command of the general Qin Du.
"General, they ran to the north! You see that we have reached the river, and the brothers have drunk all the water, and it is all hot, and the war horses also need to drink water, so why don't we replenish the water here, so that the horses can also drink enough? Wait until you're full of food and drink before chasing? ”
Qin Du turned his head and looked, the soldiers behind him were sweating one by one as if they had just been fished out of the water, and the war horse was also sweating profusely, the dehydration was too serious, and it was necessary to replenish water as soon as possible, but ······
Qin Du looked at the Wei army in front of him, who was almost disappearing, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let the brothers rest here for a while, and fill the water bags for the general, so that the horses can drink enough water!" ”
Hearing this, the Yan soldiers and generals cheered loudly one by one, jumped down and led their horses to the river, and when they ran into the river, the Yan soldiers and generals threw themselves into the river one by one like dumplings to play.
"It's time for our army to act! Brother Junsheng, you can sweep the formation for me! Hua Mulan saw that most of the Yan army had already gone into the water, so she immediately got up and said a word to Zhao Junsheng, and turned around and walked towards Gaogang.
Zhao Junsheng turned around and shouted: "Mulan! ”
Mulan paused and looked back.
"Be careful!"
Mulan turned around and left quickly, waving her hand as she went.
When she arrived at the bottom of the mountain, Mulan summoned the herald over and ordered: "Let all the Youzhou army get on their horses and prepare for battle, and all the men and horses in the army will stay!" ”
After the herald got the order, he ordered a few heralds to convey the order, and the three thousand Youzhou troops got on their horses as fast as they could, they were already irritable under the sun, and they just wanted to start fighting quickly and end the battle early and rest early when they got the order to attack.
Hua Mulan turned over and got on her horse, took the big knife from the two personal soldiers, she turned her head to look, and saw that the soldiers were ready, so she immediately pointed forward with the big knife, and took the lead in beating the horse to rush around the hill and towards the bank of the Gushui River.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves came out, and the dust was flying, but these were blocked by Gao Gang, and some of the Yan soldiers who were playing in the river heard the sound of horses' hooves, stopped fighting, looked back, and only heard their voices, but did not see them.
"Damn, it scared me, I thought that the Wei army was back, but I didn't expect it to be a thunderbolt on a sunny day!" Someone couldn't help but scream.
The Yan generals did not find the enemy, and continued to soak in the river.
The Wei cavalry that bypassed Gaogang was finally exposed, and under the leadership of Hua Mulan, three thousand Youzhou cavalry went straight to the river.
"Oh no, there is a Wei army from behind Gaogang to kill, hurry ashore, hurry up and go ashore to meet the enemy!" The soldiers closest to the shore finally noticed the voice of Wei Jun and began to shout in a mournful voice.
Some people thought it was a joke, after all, they didn't see the enemy just now, so they ignored it, but many people couldn't help but look back, and this look made them frightened, and turned around in a panic and ran to the shore, but how to run in the water?
Seeing that there was only one arrow away from the river, Mulan immediately took out her bow and arrows and shouted: "Release the arrows-"
She released an arrow first, and a wet Yan soldier who had just climbed ashore fell in response, and the cavalry of the Youzhou Army behind him also began to take out bows and arrows and release arrows one after another.
"Whoosh ······" One arrow after another shot out, the arrows became more and more dense, the Yan army that had already gone ashore fell to the ground one by one, and the Yan soldiers who had not yet landed also fell into the river one by one, and the corpses were quickly washed away by the river.
The murky water of the river was dyed red, and the horses that had been hit by the arrows let out a burst of mournful screams and fell into the water and struggled.
After shooting four rounds of arrows in succession, Mulan rushed to the front, and seeing that she was about to rush to the bank of the river, she shouted: "Everyone follow me!" As soon as he pulled the reins, the horse immediately turned to the left and galloped along the riverbank.
After completing the turn, Hua Mulan and the Wei cavalry behind him continued to the room, and the Yan soldiers who came ashore were shot and fell to the ground one by one, and their bodies were spread on the river beach.
She rode her horse and ran for a while, and with another pull on the reins, the horse turned around and circled back, and the Wei cavalry behind her also followed her back, and a new round of cavalry continued to unfold.
Waves of arrows formed a rain of arrows to shoot towards the river beach and the Yan generals in the river, the Yan soldiers and horses in the arrows fell down like cutting wheat, and some of the Yan cavalry who had run ashore were about to get on their horses, but they were rushed to the ground by the oncoming Wei cavalry.
Qin Du, the general of the Yan army, saw that his generals were slaughtered by the Wei army like pigs and dogs, and he was so anxious that he jumped like thunder, he picked up several arrows in a row with his gun, jumped and sat on the back of his horse, and rushed towards Mulan with a pull on the reins.
"The Great Yan guerrilla general Qin Du is here again, and the thief will accept his life!" Qin Du burst out and stabbed with a gun.
Hua Mulan pulled the big knife in her hand, and took advantage of the situation to make a backhand, and the two exchanged several convergences in an instant, and when they staggered, Hua Mulan continued to swing the knife and kill the Yan army generals.
And Qin Du was stabbed in the chest by a Wei cavalry behind Mulan, and his upper body was actually separated, it turned out that he had just been cut into two pieces by Mulan, but the speed was too fast, and his upper body was stabbed before he fell to the ground.
Some of the Wei soldiers who came ashore were quickly killed, and Hua Mulan and 3,000 Youzhou cavalry kept rushing back and forth, shooting arrows with bows and crossbows, and the Yan cavalry in the river beach and river water were killed one after another.
After two moments, the Yan soldiers on the river beach had suffered heavy casualties, the river was completely dyed red, and countless corpses were washed away by the river.
The remaining Yan soldiers knew that they could not escape, and their morale was completely lost, and they knelt on the river beach or knelt in the water, hoping that the Wei army would capture them and not kill them all.
"Stop shooting!" Mulan stopped and shouted.
The Youzhou cavalry stopped charging and killing, stopped shooting arrows, and stopped controlling the war horses one by one.
Hua Mulan looked at the remaining Yan soldiers on the river beach and shouted: "Those who want to live, put down all their weapons, otherwise they will die!" ”
When Zhao Junsheng rushed over with hundreds of cavalry, Hua Mulan was directing the generals to escort the surrendered Yan army ashore, and when he saw that there were more than 1,000 of these prisoners, he couldn't help but have a headache, so many prisoners had to be guarded by at least 500 people, which was a major trouble.