Chapter 8 Saber Rattling Section 9
The younger brother of Su Fuyan, the king of the cliff, was surrounded and killed by Jiang Wu and his people, and three hundred Liaodong iron horsemen were also swept away. Su Fuyan looked at the corpses all over the ground, jumped like thunder, and chased after him all the way with three thousand iron horsemen. Xiaoshuai Wudan advised him to calm down, not to fall for the Han army's tricks to lure the enemy, and to go back to the city to join the army. Qiu Liju, the king of Bailang, had an order that all iron horsemen should not leave Jicheng for forty miles. Wudan said that if he chased it further, it would be sixty miles away from Jicheng.
Su Muyan shouted angrily, "Qiu Liju and Wuyan are both cowards. What's so scary about leopards? If I don't kill the Han army today, I won't go back to Jicheng. Give the order to go down, chase after me, chase me. ”
Su Fuyan had already held back the fire in his belly, and he was determined to slaughter the Han army to vent his hatred.
When Zhang Chun led the rebels to attack Jizhou last year, Qiu Liju and Wuyan were unwilling to go south to fight, only Su Fuyan couldn't resist Zhang Chun's temptation, and took 20,000 Liaodong iron cavalry to the south. Liaodong Karasuma lived in the border for a long time, and was very poor, and the tribes often fought each other in order to grab their wealth. They also often rebelled, and when they rebelled, they also wanted to attack the richer central border counties of Youzhou, but because of the long distance and the Karasuma tribe between Liaoxi and Youbeiping, they never succeeded. This time there was an opportunity to attack the rich Central Plains, and they could be plundered at will, and of course they did not want to miss it. Su Muyan took the iron cavalry south, and a lot of property was plundered along the way, but in the end, he was beaten by Zhao Yun near Handan City, losing more than 3,000 people. Originally, he still wanted to reorganize the iron cavalry to counterattack, but the little marshals of the various departments who had long wanted to go home were unwilling, and they took advantage of the situation to run away with the looted property, and they didn't even say hello, which made Su Fuyan embarrassed. After returning to Jicheng, if Su Fuyan hadn't killed the two tribal commanders who were going home, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry would probably have run out.
Now that the leopard and Gongsun Zhan who are famous in the north have come back, the Karasuma people are very afraid, they are already full anyway, why do they still have to work for the Han people? Wu Yan had already retreated, but Qiu Liju stepped in to stop it. He said that it was safe to run back now for the time being, but in the future, the leopard and Gongsun Chan would be able to let them go? Everyone knows Gongsun Chan's bloody methods against the Karasuma people, and according to Gongsun Chan's temper, if he doesn't kill them all this time, he won't give up. If he chases and fights the leopard and Gongsun Chan in the future, it is better to beat them down now, even if he can't kill the leopard and Gongsun Zhan, he will beat the two of them to the point that they lose their armor and are unable to advance eastward. The leaders of the tribes think about it, especially that Gongsun Zhan, if they don't kill him, they may be killed in the future. This time there was a rebellion with the Han people, everyone attacked the city and killed many people, even the captain of the guard Karasuma, Ji Chou, and the emperor of the Great Han Kingdom would not let go of the Karasuma people no matter what. So everyone hated the same enemy, made an alliance with blood, and vowed to fight to the death with the Han people.
After the Xianbei Xiong Ba came, everyone's thoughts immediately changed, and then Changping City was beaten down by a leopard in half a day, and now the Karasuma people have more thoughts in their hearts, and now even Qiu Liju wants to run, let alone Wuyan, only Su Fuyan still wants to fight, he wants to avenge Handan.
The scouts of the Karasuma people rushed back, and six miles ahead, they found the front of the Han army's infantry, about a thousand people, about ten miles away from the rear army of the Han army.
Su Fuyan's heart was full of joy, and he waved his hand and roared: "Go, rush up and kill them." ”
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After the Northern Expeditionary Army left Changping, the five troops and horses marched in unison and advanced in the direction of Jicheng at the fastest speed. Yan Rou's cavalry army was attacking near Jicheng, and the Karasuma Iron Cavalry was pinned down outside the city, so the Han soldiers did not have to worry about the appearance of enemies in front of them, so the speed of advance was very fast, and the one who walked in the forefront was the Lei Heavy Division.
Because of his great contribution in the Battle of Boluogu, Lei Zhong was successively promoted from an ordinary soldier to a military commander in a short period of time, which made him a legendary figure in the Zhenbei General Army. Probably because of his similar experience, Li Hong was very good to him. Lei Chong was illiterate, so Li Hong asked him to worship Zuo Yan as his teacher, and went to Zuo Yan's military tent every night to study for an hour. Many generals are skeptical that Lei Zhong can lead a group of soldiers and horses, and a person who does not understand the art of war can lead troops? Li Hong was unmoved, insisted on his own opinion, he said to his subordinates, I used to be illiterate, and I didn't know the art of war, but I still led the troops to fight, I can do it, why can't Lei Chong?
When the generals of various departments were training in the Longshan camp, Li Hong asked Lei Zhong to teach the generals of each department to practice the rejection of horses. Lei Chong was very scared and didn't dare to teach, so he asked Li Hong to resign, but Li Hong did not agree. On the first day of training, Li Hong personally stood among the trained generals. When Lei Chong saw it, he was so scared that he couldn't even speak. Li Hong smiled and said, if you teach boldly, I want to see who is disobedient and who looks down on you. Whoever looks down on you Lei Chong looks down on me Li Hong.
Lei Zhong was very excited. In this life and this life, he followed Li Hong, fought for Li Hong, died for Li Hong, and he didn't think about anything else.
When attacking Changping City, it was not Yan Liang's turn, and for this reason, Yan Liang, Lei Zhong and others were very breathless, and they all wanted to rush to Jicheng as soon as possible to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. After starting from Changping City, Yan Liang led his troops to advance all the way, and Lei Chong took the soldiers to trot all the way, eager to step to Jicheng in one step. Originally, each division marched three miles apart, but Lei Chong ran too fast, and unknowingly threw Chen Haobu, who followed closely behind, ten miles behind.
Scout Pegasus came to report, and a Karasuma cavalry suddenly appeared in front of him, and he was rushing to kill.
Lei Chong was taken aback and asked loudly, "Which one is closest to me?" ”
"It seems to be Gao Shun Gao." The scout pointed to the left and said vaguely.
"Hurry up and call for help." Lei Zhong shouted eagerly, "No matter who it is, tell him to immediately lead his troops to help." ”
"Herald, immediately call for help from the rear, quick, quick."
"Beat the drums, line up ......" Lei Zhong raised his hand and shouted, "Brothers, kill the enemy." ”
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Su Muyan saw the Han soldiers in a loose formation from a distance, and his eyes lit up with excitement, and he was like a hungry wolf smelling blood, screaming and shouting frantically, leading the army to run wildly. Under the command of the impassioned horn, the three thousand iron horsemen swept like a hurricane.
Thirty paces apart, the Karasuma people stopped firing, and the speed of the horse's galloping speed was immediately raised to the limit, and the sound of the horse's hooves was deafening.
At this time, the Han army resounded with earth-shattering war drums.
1,600 soldiers formed 160 horse-repelling formations, which were intertwined with dogs and teeth, and the distance between the front and rear was more than 500 paces. The twenty horse-rejecting formations standing in the front row faced the swarming enemy cavalry and let out an earth-shattering roar: "Kill ......"
When the two armies collided, there was a loud "......boom" sound, and in an instant, the neighing of war horses, the resonance of swords striking each other, and the shouts of killing resounded throughout the mountains.
Twenty horse-repelling formations and two hundred soldiers, although they assassinated dozens of horses and killed dozens of enemy soldiers in a short instant, delaying the enemy's rush to kill, they themselves were crushed into powder by the huge impact of the enemy horsemen.
The Karasuma people in front of the formation rushed on their horses, but the iron cavalry that followed them was in a hurry to kill the enemy, and they scattered around the Han army's formation and divided into dozens of iron cavalry squads, each of which rushed into the horse rejection formation from all directions along the winding passage in the formation.
Lei Zhong stood in the center of the array, looked at the enemy cavalry killing everywhere, and let out a sneer, "Beat the drums, order the formations, and attack at will......"
Without waiting for the order of the superiors, the soldiers of the Horse Rejection Formation had already launched a ferocious attack on the Karasuma people, who had lost their speed. The Karasuma people, who frantically rushed all the way into the horse rejection formation, suddenly found themselves vulnerable. Their horses were punctured into honeycombs by spears piercing from all directions, and they themselves were killed by more spears, knives, and long-flying arrows.
The soldiers on both sides were entangled in the battle of the horse rejection array, and the losses of the Karasuma cavalry were getting bigger and bigger.
Su Fuyan, who was traveling around the battlefield and commanding, saw his cavalry being wantonly picked and killed by the Han army's foot soldiers one after another, and immediately realized that this strange formation of the Han army was specifically aimed at the impact of the iron cavalry. The iron cavalry fell into formation, and then lost its speed and impact, and if it continued to struggle, the cavalry would suffer heavy losses.
"Cunning Han Chinese." Su Fuyan scolded viciously and shouted: "Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet, order them to withdraw, withdraw." ”
When the Karasuma soldiers heard the call to retreat, they hurriedly turned their horses and rushed out.
Lei Zhong dragged the bloody spear, took a few steps back, waved at the drummers in the formation, and shouted: "Beat the drums, narrow the formation, entangle the enemy......"
At this time, if the enemy is allowed to rush out to regroup the formation, and then use a dense formation to attack the horse rejection formation, everyone will die today.
The Han soldiers had been training such a horse rejection formation for several months, and they certainly knew what the consequences would be for letting the enemy rush out. With the sound of dense war drums, the Han soldiers invariably accelerated the speed of their attacks, and the corridors between the small formations became narrower and narrower. The Karasuma people couldn't advance or retreat, and their ferocity was fierce, and the fight between the two sides became more intense.
Su Fuyan was in a hurry, and immediately ordered the trumpet to gather more than 1,000 cavalry who were wandering outside the formation, "reorganize the queue, line up intensively, quickly, quickly......"
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Suddenly, war drums thundered on the hillside on the left side of the battlefield, and a group of Han soldiers rushed out.
Gao Shun held a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, looking back and shouting: "Brothers, kill ......"
"Kill ......"
A thousand Han soldiers raised their weapons and roared like thunder, and they slaughtered one by one like wild horses that had escaped from the brisle.
Without hesitation, Su Fuyan waved his knife and shouted: "Kill the past, kill the past......"
More than 1,000 iron horsemen turned their horses' heads, and under the leadership of Su Fuyan, they faced the Han army and killed them.
Gao Shun was running wildly, and at the same time roared loudly, murderous. He has nowhere to vent his resentment, and today he finally seized the opportunity to release it completely, and he wants to use the blood of the enemy to calm the resentment in his heart.
He joined the army at the age of sixteen and has been in the army for eleven years. After he joined the army, he was appointed as the commander of the tun because of his outstanding civil and military affairs, and later became a fake military marquis, a military marquis, but he has never been promoted since then. Not because he has no military merits, but because he does not flatter and does not bribe officials. In the past few years, he killed the Yellow Turban Army with the army in Hanoi, and made many military exploits, but he did not get a reward once, but offended his superiors because of the military salary. Shangguan not only deducted military salaries but also defaulted on military salaries, and did not pay a single money for half a year. For the sake of his subordinates, Gao Shun did not hesitate to draw his sword against him, and was almost killed by Shangguan for the crime of rebellion. When Commander Ding Yuan heard about this, he released him and promoted him to a false Sima, telling him to take his 1,000 soldiers to participate in the northern expedition of General Zhenbei. Ding Yuan said to him, you do a good job, don't embarrass me, come back with military merits, you are my military commander. Gao Shun was grateful, knelt down and left. He swore that even if he died, he would repay Ding Yuan for this kindness.
Gao Shun rose into the air, chopped down with a knife, "kill ......" With his loud shout, a big head flew out of the air, and at the same time the round shield in Gao Shun's left hand smashed into the head of another enemy soldier, and the enemy soldier with a knife was smashed by him and fell to the horse, and he died with a whimper.
The Hanoi soldiers took the tithes as a formation, cut the horse's legs with knives, picked the enemy with halberds, and shot long arrows, and cooperated very tacitly, and the Karasuma people were killed for a while, and they had no power to fight back.
Su Fuyan turned around on his horse, turned around and fought again, and met Gao Shun head-on. Gao Shun stood up, his eyes wide open, unafraid, he turned sideways to let go of the galloping war horse, waved his shield to block Su Fuyan's powerful blow, and raised his hand to cut off the hind legs of the war horse. The war horse flew out more than a dozen steps away and fell, and Su Fuyan was caught off guard and was overturned. Gao Shun rushed to the scene, chopped down with a knife, Su Fuyan was broken, and he raised his shield to block, "dang" a loud noise, the round shield shattered, Gao Shun roared, and then stabbed, but at this time, the enemy's spear behind him was already whistling, Gao Shun had to give up Su Fuyan to dodge and let go of the enemy's killing blow.
Su Fuyan was lucky enough to pick a life, and with the help of his own guards, he jumped on a war horse and slashed with a knife, "Kill, kill, kill him for me......"
Gao Shun was surrounded by several war horses, like a bloody tiger, killing left and right, and splitting several people in a row. Su Fuyan was timid, so he turned his horse and left.
"Beat the drum, kill forward, ...... forward" Gao Shun kicked the enemy's head and raised his sword and roared.
The soldiers of Hanoi marched forward when they heard the drums, their morale was like a rainbow, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
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Li Hong came with three thousand black panther righteous followers like long arrows off the string.
Karasuma was shocked, and the sound of the horn of retreat was rapid and poignant. Su Fuyan turned the horse's head and took the lead in fleeing. The Karasuma people, who were still fighting fiercely in the Horse Rejection Array, fought desperately to open a bloody road and fled in panic. The Karasuma people, who were fighting fiercely with the Gao Shun tribe, panicked and fled, only to be chased and intercepted by the Black Panther Yoshi, suffering heavy casualties.
Li Hong looked at the Hanoi soldiers who were advancing and retreating in an orderly manner and were brave and good at fighting, and a trace of admiration flashed on his face.
Lei Zhong and Gao Shun walked up to Li Hong one after the other and bowed down. Li Hong glanced at Lei Chong and said with a smile: "What are you doing running so fast?" ”
Lei Zhong embarrassedly wiped the blood on his face and didn't dare to make a sound. If it weren't for the small number of enemies in today's encounter, he and his 1,600 men would have been over. Li Hong didn't say anything to blame himself, and he was already very tolerant.
"Ziping, are these soldiers led by you?" Li Hong pointed to the Hanoi soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield and asked.
Gao Shun looked back at his subordinates and nodded proudly.
"Lord Gao's subordinates are very powerful, calm in battle, brave and invincible, and the use of battle formations is also very skillful, these people must be veterans who have followed Lord Gao for many years." Lei Chong also looked back and said with praise, "If it weren't for Lord Gao's timely support today, my Lei Chong would have died." ”
Gao Shun smiled humbly and said in a low voice, "Lord Lei is serious. Lord Lei's position is just right to resist the impact of the enemy cavalry, and without the support of the lower officials, you can also support until the general comes to help. ”
Lei shook his head and said with trepidation: "If you come a little late, the Karasuma people will use a dense array to attack, and we can't stop it." ”
"By the way, I think your battle formation is effective against cavalry, how did you come up with that?"
"Xiaguan is a native of Mayi, Yanmen County, and when he was in the army, he was a soldier in Yanmen Pass, and he fought many battles with the Xianbei people." Gao Shun said with a smile, "These methods were discussed by the brothers together, not by me." "He fought a fierce battle today, killed a lot of enemies, was in a much better mood, and talked more.
At this time, Pound came back with the pursuing Black Panther, and several people stood and chatted for a while. It didn't take long for several marquis to report the number of casualties on both sides.
In this battle, the Han army killed more than 1,400 Karasuma iron cavalry. Lei Chong's division lost more than 600 soldiers, Gao Shun's department lost more than 300 people, and the Black Panther Yicong also wounded more than a dozen.
Lei Chong's face was ugly, and he defeated nearly half of his soldiers in the first battle, and he suffered a big loss.
Li Hong comforted Lei Chong and Gao Shun for a few words, and then said to Gao Shun: "You should be a military horse." Your old subordinates should be promoted, and I'll approve it. ”
Gao Shun was stunned for a moment, and then happily knelt down and thanked him.
"My lord, I have an old subordinate named Li Yun and Li Ziyi, he was originally a military marquis, because he was dissatisfied with Shangguan's deduction of soldiers' salaries, he beat Shangguan, and now he is just an ordinary soldier, I don't know if my lord can be extraordinarily gracious......"
Li Hong laughed and said, "This person is very bold. Well, this man is good, and I will be the one who dares to speak for the soldiers. Tell him to be a fake Sima and be your deputy. ”
Gao Shun is overjoyed, thank you again.
Li Hong hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile, "Ziping, I don't like my subordinates kneeling down at every turn. You go and call Li Yun, and I'll see what this person who dares to beat himself looks like. ”
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