Chapter 3: The Storm Rises Section 19

Zhang Baiqi led the troops all the way to gallop.

The leopard did not take the lead in launching a siege on Zhang Baiqi as they envisioned, but instead attacked the more powerful Zhang Niujiao, which made Zhang Baiqi feel a little incredible. But no matter which one the leopard fights, as long as another Yellow Turban Army quickly outflanks it, it can inflict heavy damage on the Fengyun Iron Horse. This is the purpose of the Yellow Turbans.

Zhang Baiqi ordered the troops to abandon their baggage and advance lightly. Twenty thousand Yellow Turban soldiers flew between the plains and the mountains. In order to encourage the soldiers, Zhang Baiqi gave up riding, and he ran at the front of the line panting with his weapon in his hand like everyone else. Time is too precious now. The sooner you get to the battlefield, the more Yellow Turban soldiers you can save and the more enemy cavalry you can kill.

This Yellow Turban Army used to be Zhang Baiqi's old subordinates, disciplined and well-trained. The soldiers have been on Taihang Mountain for a long time, and their physical strength is particularly good, and they can barely support this long-term high-speed running.

Seeing the Jiuli Pavilion gradually appearing in the field of vision, everyone shouted excitedly.

Zhang Baiqi really couldn't hold on, and his legs were as heavy as lead. At the urging of his attendants, he climbed onto the white horse with difficulty.

He drove his horse to a hill and looked back. The troops were like a long, stout gray dragon, with no head or tail in sight, and the sweaty soldiers were running with their heads down.

He shouted excitedly: "Brothers, Jiuli Pavilion has arrived. After a little more travel, we will meet the commander. ”

"Kill all the leopards and iron horsemen, and avenge the death of your brother."

The soldiers ran for more than 40 miles in a row, all with pale faces, sore hands and feet, exhausted, and severely overdrawn. Now don't talk about going to war, it's a problem to get them to line up.

Zhang Baiqi saw that the soldiers were staggering, out of breath, as if they couldn't hold on to their weapons, and his heart was very weak. Rushing to the battlefield of Jiulihe like this, what else can you do except send him to death? Now it's all counting on the handsome. If they had fought fiercely with the enemy, and for more than an hour, both sides would have suffered heavy casualties and would have been difficult to sustain. At this time, you suddenly rush over, no matter how you fight, you can get miraculous results.

"Zhang Shuai, let's go over this hill, do we want the soldiers to rest?" Sima Huangting asked in a low voice.

"Nope." Zhang Baiqi said resolutely: "Rest, everyone may be exhausted and unable to run anymore." And so on and so on until the end of the battlefield. When the enemy suddenly sees our reinforcements appear, the morale of our army will be greatly reduced, while the morale of our army will be greatly boosted. ”

Suddenly, there were several horns in the wind.

Zhang Baiqi frowned deeply, and turned his head to look in the direction of Jiuli Pavilion.

On the hill in front, the withered and withered trees were lined up in rows, gently swaying in the mountain wind, like countless warriors lining up on the hill. In the whistling of the mountain wind, there was a faint sound of a thick and low roar

Zhang Baiqi glanced at Huang Ting suspiciously. Huang Ting was nervously looking around.

There are still seven or eight miles from the battlefield, how can the sound of the horn reach here?

Immediately afterwards, the white horse on which Zhang Bai rode suddenly became uneasy, and then raised his hooves and neighed.

Zhang Baiqi's face changed greatly, and he shouted repeatedly:

"Beat the drums, beat the drums, and get ready for ......"

Huang Ting immediately remembered the terrifying sound that came from the darkness on the night when the Fengyun Iron Cavalry robbed the camp.

He cried out almost without thinking:

"Attack, enemy attack ......"

The soldiers who were running suddenly heard the sound of war drums in formation, and they were a little dazed. But then they heard the roar of their horses galloping and felt the ground shake beneath their feet.

Needless to say, I also know that it is the enemy who is coming, and it is also the leopard iron cavalry that everyone fears.

The Yellow Turban soldiers at the front were frightened, shouted, turned around and ran back. Under the command of the battle flag and the sound of drums, everyone did their best to quickly concentrate on the Chinese army. The fighters of the Chinese army spread out in formation on the spot. The soldiers of the rear army did not know what was happening in front of them, but when they saw the soldiers of the front army rushing back like a tide, they instinctively felt danger and blood. Everyone scrambled to speed up, aroused the last remaining strength in their bodies, and ran towards the Chinese army.

Dense formations. Only dense formations could resist the charge of the cavalry.

The soldiers were almost exhausted, and everyone was almost out of breath. But the fear of the Iron Rider in his heart and the desire to survive made everyone roar hysterically and run, looking for the last ray of hope for themselves.

The troops were in chaos as they regrouped. 20,000 people crowded on the plain below the hill, running from place to place, shouting and screaming, and making a mess.

The loud roar was getting louder and closer, and it was coming in an instant.

Zhang Baiqi looked at his chaotic troops, dumbfounded, and looked desperate.

Fast. This was the second time he felt the speed of the Leopard Army. It's too fast. His own soldiers had not yet gathered in the most basic formation of the Chinese army, and the sound of the rapid horses' hooves was already ringing in his ears like *.

He didn't expect that Li Hong would be so bold, and when he and Zhang Niujiao were close at hand, he would do his best to ambush him. Isn't he afraid that Zhang Niujiao will come all the way and copy his back road? Could it be that the officers and soldiers have come to send reinforcements? However, Li Hong's ruthlessness is incomparable, and it is precisely on his own vital point. In order to achieve the purpose of attacking the leopard army inside and outside Zhang Niujiao, he led his troops to travel more than 40 miles all the way to Jiuli Pavilion, but at this time the soldiers were exhausted, and the troops were already at the end of their crossbows.

At this moment, Li Hong came out, and he was sure to kill.

Zhang Baiqi was angry from despair.

He raised his long knife and roared:

"Brothers, kill ...... Ah......h

Before the words fell, the huge horn suddenly rose from the hill to the sky, and the passionate and loud charging horn directly hit the bottom of everyone's heart on the battlefield, striking a heavy blow.

With a shocking bang, countless cavalry soldiers rushed out of the hills, rushed out of the woods, and rushed towards the chaotic enemy army, and the shouts of killing that went straight to the sky were deafening, covering everything on the battlefield.

"Kill ......"

Zhang Niujiao could hardly believe his eyes.

He turned his head to look at Zuo Yan. Zuo Yan's eyes widened wider than his.

Tie Yue held a white flag high and galloped down from the hill.

"Is Xian Yufu crazy?" Zuo Yan said loudly: "He actually sent someone to persuade him to surrender. ”

A faint smile tugged at the corner of Zhang Niujiao's mouth.

"Xian Yufu moved quickly and ran in front of us. But if you look at the hill, he only brought five or six thousand people at most, including the troops of Daijun Xian Yuyin, who had been staying in Fangcheng. With the 10,000 cavalry of the leopard, this is basically the entire strength of the official army west of the Shengshui River. ”

"We have 30,000 men, and even if he has iron cavalry, if he tries to defeat us through positional warfare, I am afraid that his troops will be killed and wounded."

Zhang Niujiao smiled coldly.

"Good. Since he wants to persuade him to surrender, let's talk to him. ”

"Dashuai, Xian Yufu must know that Zhang Baiqi, who is forty miles away, may come to support at any time, and the officers and soldiers should attack in a hurry, how can they have spare time to talk to us here? Do they have some conspiracy? Zuo Yan looked at the white flag that was getting closer and closer, and said worriedly.

"They only have so many troops, no matter what kind of tricks he has great ability, he can conjure up any tricks." Zhang Niujiao looked at the cavalry in the distance, and said with great disdain: "Send someone to meet it, how long can it be delayed." As long as Zhang Baiqi arrives immediately, we will win this battle today. ”

The horn suddenly sounded from the sky, and the Iron Rider in the distance sounded the horn of preparing to attack.

Zuo Yan, who was negotiating with Tie Yue, was taken aback.

"What do you mean? Want to sneak attack? ”

Tie Yue smiled evilly, and he didn't have any good intentions at first glance.

"Zuo Sima, Zuo Sima, a little restless, a little restless. You know that there are many barbarians in the Leopard Army, and many of them do not listen to orders, and it is difficult to discipline them. ”

Zuo Yan ignored him, looked carefully at the distance, and after making sure that the opponent's cavalry had not moved, he turned around and continued:

"You kid isn't a good person at first glance, are you a fake soldier and lie to us?"

When Tie Yue heard this, he was furious.

"Left mustache, don't be embarrassed. Our adults are heartbroken that the Yellow Turban soldiers died innocently and unjustly, and they have made many killings, so they are kind enough to persuade them to surrender. Are you looking for a fight? ”

Zuo Yan smiled slightly, touched the beard on his lips, and said slowly:

"I'm not talking to you. Your qualifications are too poor, find someone who is similar to me and has a lot of weight to speak. For example, your captain. ”

Tie Yue pursed his lips and said defiantly: "Lord Captain said that he doesn't want to talk. He's going to attack. ”

"It's okay to be fresh and supplemented."

Tie Yue laughed.

"Good. I'll go back and ask. ”

Xian Yufu saw Tie Yue beating the horse and flew back, smiled and said to Yan Rou beside him, Xian Yuyin: "Zimin's idea is good. If we continue to entangle with Zhang Niujiao like this, it will be okay to drag on for an hour. ”

"I'm afraid we willing, Zhang Niujiao is not." Yan Rou smiled, "After a long time, Zhang Niujiao must suspect that there are ghosts in it. ”

"If Zhang Niujiao suddenly wakes up to his plan, he will immediately launch an attack, break through the interception as quickly as possible, and quickly move closer to Zhang Baiqi." Xian Yuyin looked at the soldiers behind him, and then said: "We have few people, although we have the advantage of terrain, but if we want to block the Yellow Turban Army, I am afraid it will be very difficult. ”

Xian Yufu said confidently: "As long as the people surround and annihilate Zhang Baiqi, no matter how powerful he is, this Jiuli Pavilion is his burial place." ”

"Zhang Niujiao lost miserably this time, and hundreds of thousands of main forces lost a net light at one time. After this battle, the day of defeat of the Jizhou Yellow Turban Army is not far off. Yan Rou said with emotion: "Since the Zizi militia crossed the Shengshui River, the situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse. Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find, and the ancients were honest and did not deceive me. As soon as the people arrived at the battlefield of Zhuojun, they won one battle after another, and after more than ten days, the Yellow Turban Army was so desperate that they had to withdraw and flee, which was really unimaginable. ”

Xian Yuyin immediately continued: "The ancestor of this dynasty once praised Huaiyin Hou Han Xin, and one person can reach 100,000 troops. But Huaiyin waits for this kind of art of war, and we haven't encountered one in hundreds of years. Now that the people have annihilated more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops with one person, I think he is a master of the art of war that happens once in a few hundred years. Over time, his achievements will certainly be remarkable, perhaps surpassing Huaiyin. Xian Yuyin praised sincerely.

When the people heard this, they must have died of joy. Junyi, I can't see that you shoot arrows well, and this flattery is not bad! Xian Yufu laughed.

The handsome face, which was fresh in silver and white, immediately turned red.

"But you're right. Since the Battle of Luronse, it has been more than a year since the people led their troops to fight, but they did not lose the first battle, which is a miracle. I remember that during the Warring States Period, there was a famous general named Bai Qi in the Great Qin State, who killed the 400,000 troops of the Zhao State in Changping Pit. He led his troops to fight countless battles in his life, annihilated more than 1 million troops of the other six countries, attacked more than 70 cities of the six countries, and never lost a battle in his life. I think it is unlikely that the people will surpass Huaiyin Hou in the future, but it is very promising to surpass Bai Qi. ”

Yan Rou pointed at Xian Yufu and looked at Xian Yuyin and said: "Junyi, listen, Brother Yuxing's flattery is much more subtle than what you say, and the level is obviously higher." ”

The three laughed.

"I was worried that you wouldn't be able to come, but the people trust you so much that they don't doubt your trust in him." Xian Yuyin continued, "His ability to win consecutive battles has a lot to do with his sincere and open-minded character. If you stay with him all the time, I'm afraid that you already have a lot of military achievements, at least Brother Yu Xing can be promoted to the rank of captain. ”

Xian Yufu shook his head indifferently.

Yan Rou nodded again and again, and said rather regretfully: "At the beginning of the year, if it wasn't for He Taishou's repeated retention, I would definitely go to Shanggu with him." Whether you are promoted or not is secondary, the key is that you can fight, and you can win battles in a row, which is enjoyable. ”

Xian Yufu glanced at Yan Rou in surprise and said, "Ziyu has been in the county government for many years, and he still can't get rid of his murderous problem?" ”

"It's not a thirst for killing, it's belligerence." Yan Rou corrected: "So this time we received a request for help from our people, and immediately rushed to join the war. Fight with him, and be happy. ”

"I'm afraid this time is enough for you." Xian Yu pointed to the Yellow Turban Army densely scattered around the Jiuli River, and said with a solemn expression: "Blocking the enemy, and there are still so many enemies, a bloody battle." ”

"By the way, is there any news from the people?" He suddenly remembered something and asked Xian Yu Yindao.

"Nope. It is estimated that Zhang Baiqi is still a long distance away from Jiuli Pavilion. ”

"When that kid passed the Nine Mile Pavilion before, he ran very fast. Now I'm going to run back as fast as I can, and I'm exhausted. Yan Rou said with a smile.

"It is precisely because he is exhausted, otherwise he will be entangled after the fight, and if he can't solve it for half a day, things will be in trouble. The time has dragged on, and if you rush over with Zhang Niujiao, it will be us who will die. Xian Yufu said: "This Jiulihe battlefield, it depends on whether we can hold this hill." Hold on, block the horns, and we will win; If we can't keep it, we will shed our skin if we don't die. ”

Tie Yue beat the horse back and scolded.

"Send someone to tell Old Man Tian not to blow any horn when he is fine. Does he want me to die? ”

Xian Yuyin hurriedly stepped forward and smiled gloatingly:

"There's nothing wrong with you dying. Why, the people of the Yellow Turban Army want to kill you? ”

"Not really. But it scared me. Old man Tian suddenly blew the trumpet, if the people of the Yellow Turban Army think that we are going to attack, they will shoot arrows, and I will not become a target. ”

Xian Yufu and Yan Rou looked at the young man in front of them with great interest.

Now in the Fengyun Iron Cavalry Army, there are five or six young soldiers like him, and the youngest is Xiao Lazy and Shooting Tiger, only sixteen or seventeen years old. Xian Yufu and Yan Rou admired Li Hong very much, he dared to use the hairy children who had just grown up, and he didn't dare to use it. When Xian Yuyin told them that Tie Yue was the famous horse thief leader in Daijun, the two of them were not surprised at all.

"Lord Xianyu, Sima Zuoyan of the Yellow Turban Army said that he wanted to talk to you."

"Yes. You go one more time and tell him I'm going to talk to Zhang Niujiao in person. ”

Tie Yue agreed, turned the horse's head, held the white flag high, and rushed down the hill again.

Li Hong rushed to the front with the black panther Yicong.

Yan Liang was clinging to Li Hong's left side.

In the battle of Du Kangting, it was really not worth showing off to let the conceited Yan Liang rush to his martial arts. Seeing that Li Hong killed people without blinking, killing people like a wind, he was inferior to himself, and the gap was too far. If it weren't for his comrades-in-arms and Li Hong's desperate rescue that day, he would have died in Huangquan. On the battlefield, no matter how powerful an individual's martial arts are, it is useless. So he is now very attentive to the cooperation between him and his comrades. Yan Liang didn't like the Xianbei soldiers of the Black Panther's righteous obedience at first. But since Xianbei's comrades-in-arms saved his life, he began to take the initiative to get acquainted with them, get familiar with them, and gradually became friends with Arc Ding and Qi Shen. The courage and fierceness of the black panther deeply shocked Yan Liang. Although he can't speak the language, and the righteous servants can't speak the language of the Great Han Kingdom, they can still communicate and laugh together. The feelings between comrades-in-arms are deep, and the cooperation on the battlefield is naturally tacit.

He is the leader of Li Hong's personal guards, and he should always be by Li Hong's side, but last time it was Li Hong and his comrades who saved his life, and he did not fulfill the duty of a personal guard. So this time he warned himself to stay by Li Hong's side no matter what, and never run around.

Li Hong saw the chaotic Yellow Turban Army in front of him, and a heart hanging in his throat suddenly let go.

He was most afraid of being entangled in the Yellow Turban Army. Once the Yellow Turban Army was in good formation, its morale was high, and the troops of Colonel Zuo were in the same place as the Dukang Pavilion, and everyone swore to fight to the death and started a bloody battle with the cavalry, it would be bad. It took two hours to kill 30,000 people in the left school department that day, and if the same situation were encountered today, I am afraid it would have taken so long. In this way, Zhang Niujiao in the direction of the Jiuli River had ample time to break through the infantry's resistance, climb over the Jiuli Pavilion, and pounce on his back. Under the front and rear attacks of the Yellow Turban Army, it is no longer possible to annihilate the enemy, and it is already very good to be able to ensure that the troops can withdraw unharmed.

Everything was as he expected, the Yellow Turban Army rushed all the way due to their impatience, causing serious physical overdraft. The soldiers were exhausted and almost incapacitated. Although the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were still running hard and lined up, they were physically and mentally exhausted, and in this situation, defeat was inevitable.

Originally, they were bait, a well-prepared and very dangerous bait, but after such a toss by Li Hong, they became a prey that could be slaughtered and helpless.

Li Hong held the black steel gun high, used all his strength, and shouted:

"Kill...... Ah......h