Chapter 3: The Storm Rises Section 27 (I)
The cavalry team that was running wildly in front suddenly slowed down.
Li Hong led the black panther to sweep away like a hurricane, and the passionate sound of the bull's horn rose to the sky in an instant, flying straight into the sky.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer.
Yan Liang suddenly pointed his finger forward and shouted, "My lord, that's our people." You look at their battle flags. ”
Li Hong looked up in surprise when he heard this, and sure enough, he saw that there was a black battle flag in the cavalry team in front of him that was particularly eye-catching, and their speed was gradually slowing down, as if they were about to stop.
Li Hong raised the steel gun and shouted loudly: "Separate the left and right, surround the ......"
Arc Ding and Qi Shen immediately led a tun of cavalry and outflanked each other from both sides of the opponent.
The rumbling of war drums immediately sounded from the cavalry ranks, and with the waving of various battle flags, the soldiers were not in a hurry, and set up a solid barrel-shaped defensive formation in an orderly manner.
Li Hong and the soldiers of the personal guard slowly pressed up.
This army of men and horses was about 100 horses, poorly dressed and armoured, and some of the soldiers were very thinly dressed. There are also various weapons, such as swords, guns, swords, halberds, spears, and halberds. In the face of hundreds of menacing cavalry teams, the opposing soldiers not only did not show the slightest panic, but quickly reacted to form a defense, which made Li Hong have a strong interest in this small cavalry team.
"My lord, the opposing cavalry is not chaotic in the face of danger, and the formation is skillful and free, obviously a veteran of long-term training, and there may be a master of cavalry in the formation." Shooting Tiger accompanied Li Hong and said very cautiously.
Li Hong smiled and nodded, "You have a point, there are masters, but this place in Hebei is originally a place where the dragon and the tiger are hidden. You see, isn't our tiger head brother a celebrity in Hebei? ”
Yan Liang waved his hand embarrassedly, "My lord praised me." I don't know if it's my own people or Zhang Niujiao's tricks, sir, do you think we should rush first or ask first? ”
Li Hong saw from a distance that the team led by Arc Ding and Qi Shen had been outflanked in place, about one hundred and twenty steps away from the cavalry formation, and he was also one hundred and twenty steps away from the other party, and further on, it might be within the range of the enemy's bow and arrow.
"Wait here, I'll take a look. I'd like to see what new tricks Zhang Niujiao can play? Li Hong said to Yan Liang and the Shooting Tiger, "Look at my gestures, I tell you to rush at you and kill me immediately." ”
Yan Liang shouted loudly, "My lord, I'll go with you." ”
Li Honggang wanted to refuse, but Yan Liang had already turned around and snatched the panther battle flag in the hands of the flag bearer, holding it high in his hand with a resolute expression. Li Hong laughed, beckoned to Yan Liang, and rushed forward.
Shooting Tiger worships Li Hong, thinking that he is the best in the world, there is nothing he can't do, and no one can defeat him, so he doesn't even have half a word of dissuasion.
The shooting tiger turned around and roared: "...... on the arrow"
The horn cried out sharply.
The soldiers of the pro-guard and the black panther servants drew their bows and arrows at the same time, and the tense atmosphere suddenly enveloped the battlefield.
At this moment, one person and one rider suddenly rushed out from the opponent's barrel formation. The man was riding on a white horse, clothed in armor, holding a black Chinese character banner in his left hand and a gun in his right hand.
"My lord, Zhang Baiqi? It seems to be Zhang Baiqi. What is he doing with the Han battle flag? Are you going to come and surrender? Yan Liang saw the white horse knight and suddenly shouted.
Li Hong shook his head, how did he know why. He looked very strangely at the oncoming man.
"Did Zhang Niujiao escape? Is this Zhang Baiqi going to fake surrender and delay our time? Yan Liang said in a low voice.
"Zishan, do you know Zhang Baiqi?" Li Hong asked suddenly. Yan Liang shook his head.
"It's a well-known thing that he rides a white horse, and it must be him, and he can't be wrong. Did he think that if he didn't wear a yellow scarf, he wouldn't be a yellow turban army? Joke. Wait a minute, cut him directly, don't ramble with him. ”
The two sides are gradually getting closer.
On the opposite side is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, tall and strong, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, handsome and elegant, white and pure skin, a pair of beautiful big eyes that seem to be very spiritual, looking like a Confucian scholar who is both civil and military, with a steady and elegant bearing, and a heroic spirit.
Li Hong secretly admired in his heart, it was the first time he had seen such a handsome appearance, and he was ashamed of himself. This person is Zhang Baiqi?
Yan Liang saw that he was a big child who had just become an adult, and he was also suspicious in his heart.
The young man's eyes flickered, staring at Li Hong, his face was solemn, and his maturity seemed very unworthy of his age.
Li Hong and Yan Liang exchanged glances with each other, and they both felt that something was wrong. Is this person Zhang Baiqi?
The young man grabbed the white horse and glanced at the two of them warily. Yan Liang held a big banner high, obviously an attendant. Li Hong was disheveled, dressed in cloth, shabby armor, with blood on his body, and a murderous face, he didn't look like a good person.
The young man sneered, pointed the spear in his right hand, and said loudly: "You group of horse bandits, taking advantage of the chaos of war in our Han Kingdom, united with the Hu people, ran thousands of miles, burned, killed, plundered, and committed a lot of blood debts, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”
Li Hong and Yan Liang were stunned for a moment.
"You pretend to be the leopard army in the northern Xinjiang, and you don't regret dying for the sake of the people."
Li Hong laughed. He suddenly felt that it was a joke.
"Thief, if you meet today, you will have no place to bury your death." The boy suddenly screamed.
Yan Liang looked at Li Hong. Li Hong looked up at the sky.
Dusk has arrived, and it is estimated that it will not be able to catch up with Zhang Niujiao. They set off more than half an hour earlier than themselves, and it was difficult to catch up, especially in this mountainous area. Li Hong immediately had the idea of retreating.
He looked at the young soldier in front of him and liked it very much. But he didn't want to waste time, so he hurriedly explained, "You are the adult's subordinates? I'm Captain Li Hong, ......"
Before he finished speaking, the young man suddenly roared, planted the Han army's battle flag on the ground with force, and killed him with a gun.
Yan Lianghu roared, raised the flag in one hand, held the knife in the other, and urged the horse to meet him.
"When ......" swords and guns collided, making a loud sound. The two horses staggered, each rushing out a dozen steps.
Yan Liang didn't expect that this young man looked polite, but his strength was amazing, he carelessly held a knife with one hand to chop his gun, but was so broken that he almost lost the knife. Annoyed and angry, he threw the battle flag diagonally on the grass in the distance, turned his horse back, raised his knife and chopped it again.
The young man was not afraid, and fought again with a gun. The two immediately killed together.
It's troublesome to engage right away. After each fight, the two have to urge the horse to run more than 20 steps away, and then turn around, urge the horse to accelerate, and when the war horse reaches a certain speed, he will make another move. The move is a matter of an instant, and after a blow, the war horse has already run away with them. So I went back and fought again.
It was the first time Li Hong had seen a fighter face to face on a horse. After watching them go through a few moves, Li Hong became a little impatient. How long will it take to decide the winner? I'm afraid that the white foam of the war horse has run out, and the two of them haven't sweated yet?
He looked up at the sky again, and his heart became even more anxious. There is still a lot of work to deal with in North New Town, so how can there be time to soak here.
Li Hong beat his horse and ran back to his main formation, shouting: "Blow the trumpet and assemble." ”
The sound of the bull's horn immediately resounded in the night sky. Arc Ding and Qi Shen quickly gathered with their troops to line up on both sides of the guards.
"Call Zishan back. Whatever you fight, it's all your own people. Call him back. ”
Yan Liang, who was fighting, did not dare to disobey the military order and turned his horse back.
The boy saw that the opposing troops suddenly withdrew from the encirclement and began to assemble, and he did not know what was going on, so he hurriedly ran back to his own troops.
Li Hong then ordered the troops to set off and immediately return to Beixincheng. The horn of retreat sounded.
"My lord, the boy is here again." Yan Liang suddenly shouted.
Li Hong looked up. The young man followed an officer in full armor and was galloping on horseback.
"How did they believe it?" Yan Liang asked strangely.
"Go and see ......" Li Hong patted the panther and greeted him with Yan Liang, Shooting Tiger and a few attendants.
"It's Lord Yan in front?" The fully armored officer shouted.
Yan Liang looked at it carefully, and suddenly exclaimed: "Lord Li, are you still alive?" I'm Yan Liang, I'm Yan Liang. ”
"Tiger head, tiger head ......" the man flew off his horse, fell two heels in a row, and ran over shouting all the way. Yan Liang also dismounted and ran head-on, and the two hugged each other tightly.
Li Hong took the shooting tiger and the attendants, and the young men who had just fought with Yan Liang on the opposite side dismounted and surrounded them. The boy was very embarrassed, led the horse, and stood far away.
Yan Liang took him to meet Li Hong. The man had broad shoulders and a broad body, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a beard, and he looked very strong and brave.
"Xiaguan Lihan greets your lordship. The situation just now is unclear, and there are many collisions, offenses, offenses. Hearing that the opposite side was the leopard Li Hong, Li Han looked very excited and stammered a little.
Li Hong hurriedly helped him up.
"You seem to be injured, but you are not injured yet, right? Just now he dismounted and the battle was unstable, and he fell twice in a row. Tonight, I asked Zishan to invite you to eat and drink, and I was shocked. ”
Li Han's face suddenly turned red. Yan Liang laughed.
"My lord, Li Han is my brother, he is Tinggao, and he is a person from Changshan Zhending. When we went up to Taihang Mountain to suppress bandits, he was a county lieutenant, and I was his subordinate. Later, he was promoted to the county government of Changshan and became a subordinate governor of the thief Cao. Yan Liang introduced, "This year, the Yellow Turban Army attacked Changshan Kingdom, and the Minister of State Li and a group of county officials were all killed by the Yellow Turban Army. ”
"I thought you were dead too." Yan Liang said to Li Han, "Why are you here?" ”
"I escaped with a group of brothers after the fall of Zhending City. At that time, the Yellow Turban Army and the official army in the east were fighting in Julu County, so we had to flee north to Zhongshan Kingdom. But Zhongshan was also occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, so we had to go north again, preparing to flee to Zhuo County. Who knew that we rushed to the vicinity of Beiping, and before we arrived at Zhuo County, Zhuo County let Zhang Niujiao fight down. We had no choice but to flee to Bears Ears Mountain and settle down temporarily. Li Han hurriedly explained: "Recently, there are often Hu people in Daijun, and the Han horse bandits pretend to be leopard soldiers to harass the people everywhere. ”
"It's not easy for you to hold out with so many soldiers for three or four months." Li Hong praised: "Now that the Yellow Turban Army in Zhuo County has been completely defeated by us, Lord Li can leave Bear's Ear Mountain with his troops." What are your plans? ”
"What can I do. Changshan Country is gone, Master Li and they are all dead, and no one wants to take me in wherever I go, a deserter. Li Han said dejectedly: "If someone denounces me and tells Lord Jizhou Mu Guodian, I will be guilty of escaping from the battle." ”
"Then you've been in the grass?" Yan Liang asked worriedly.
Li Han smiled bitterly, pointed to the soldiers in the distance and said, "They all escaped with me from Zhending City, and they are not guilty. If the Captain is willing to take them in, I will be grateful. I'm alone, and I can eat everywhere. ”
Li Hong laughed, looked at Yan Liang and said, "Your brother is good. Then he patted Li Han and said, "If you don't mind, follow me with the troops." In the future, if you return to Changshan and make military merits, you will be fine. ”
Li Han was overjoyed, and knelt on the ground excitedly, wanting to kowtow to Li Hong, but was stopped by Li Hong.
"Alright, alright. They are all their own brothers, they have nothing to do, kowtow less, and do more. ”
"Tinggao, that kid is so powerful, what's it called?" Yan Liang pointed to the young man holding the horse who was standing in the distance and said.
The haze buried in Li Han's heart suddenly dissipated, and his mood suddenly improved a lot. He immediately beckoned to the boy.
"He is my fellow countryman, and he is also a native of Changshan Zhending, and the recruit recruited this year is only seventeen years old. Because he was strong in martial arts when he was in the army, he directly entered the guard of our county government as the chief. ”
The young man hurriedly ran over, blushed, and saluted Li Hong and Yan Liang respectively.
"Xiaguan Zhao Yun has seen two adults."
"Zilong, this is really Lord Leopard Li, not fake." Li Han said loudly: "We will follow him in the future." ”