Chapter 1028: Iron Plate
However, after chasing a few steps, the Buddha mother saw a large river in front of her, and there was only a stone bridge over the river, and the army was swarming across the bridge to cross the river.
The scene is chaotic, where can the Buddha mother find Liu Xin?
When the Buddha Mother also crossed the Xiaoqing River in front of her, the 8,000 army had basically crossed the river. The Buddha's mother anxiously asked people to look for Liu Xin, and when she finally found him, she found that he had already reined in the horse's reins and looked ahead with a frightened face!
Mother Buddha followed Liu Xin's gaze and looked forward, at this time the dawn had arrived, the sky was already bright, and the scene in the distance was also clear - she was horrified to see that countless enemy troops had already turned their backs to the city, quietly lined up on the plain a mile away, as far as the eye could see, from east to west, densely packed with elite cavalry neatly draped and with swords and bows in hand, at least 10,000 of them!
In the center of the enemy formation, a two-zhang high banner is hunting and fluttering in the morning breeze, and there is a big 'Chinese' character written on it! Under the banner, the general with gold armor, holding a spear, and a black giant horse under his crotch, who is not the King of Han?!
At this moment, His Royal Highness the King of Han and his 10,000 cavalry all looked indifferent, staring at the tired, chaotic, and frightened Qingzhou Army with a calm gaze, as if they were looking at a dead man.
"It's over......" Liu Xin was cold from head to foot, and his teeth couldn't help but tremble, "Sure enough, I was hit by the military advisor, people are luring the enemy to go deeper!" "How is eight thousand tired infantry an opponent of ten thousand cavalry? Liu Xin's intestines were all repentant, but unfortunately there was no regret medicine sold in the world, he smiled sadly at the Buddha mother beside him: "Buddha mother, I just shouldn't be self-righteous......
The Buddha's mother was also shocked, and her heart swelled with remorse, if she hadn't subconsciously fought against Wang Xian, I am afraid that she would not have caused the soldiers to fall into such a dangerous situation!
"Boss, let's fight with them!" The generals shouted: "His grandmother's people are dead, kill these ****!" ”
"Shut the fuck!" After all, Liu Xin has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he knows that if this battle is hard, there will be only one result, and that is to hit the stone with an egg! Liu Xin forced himself to calm down, gritted his teeth and said: "After Lao Tzu led a thousand men and horses, you will quickly escort the Buddha Mother to retreat to the south bank of the river!" ”
"Boss!" Where the generals were willing to give in, they all shouted excitedly: "How can this be done!" Let me ......"
"Shut up!" Liu Xin interrupted everyone rudely, pulled out his knife, and said sharply: "Who dares to talk nonsense again, Lao Tzu chopped off his dog's head!" When the generals were silent, he then ordered: "After crossing the river, you will demolish the bridge for Lao Tzu!" Then hurry to Gaoqing to meet the military advisor! ”
"Ahh How's that going to work, boss, what are you going to do?! The generals still couldn't help but shout.
"I'm calling you!" Liu Xin slashed the helmet of a general in half, gritted his teeth and said, "You can't be the 10,000 cavalry?!" "He was already determined to die. He roared and said, "Get out of here!" ”
The "Boss ......" generals had red circles in their eyes and began to cry.
"Fuck off!" Liu Xin glanced at the Han King cavalry opposite, his armor was bright in the morning light, and his swords and spears were shining! Liu Xin waved his knife violently: "Get out!" ”
Seeing this, the generals had no choice but to kowtow to Liu Xin, and then left in tears, preparing to organize their subordinates to cross the river in turn.
However, the Buddha's mother was still by Liu Xin's side and refused to cross the river.
"Mother Buddha, what are you still rubbing!" Liu Xin suppressed his violent temper and said.
"I'm not going to go." The Buddha's mother said in an unquestioning tone: "I don't stop General Liu, and General Liu doesn't try to stop me." ”
"No way!" Liu Xin shook his head vigorously and said: "The Buddha's mother is related to the overall situation, and there is no room for loss!" ”
"If I leave the soldiers to be the only child, who else will believe in me?" The Buddha Mother said lightly: "General Liu, don't say more, hurry up and line up." After speaking, he lowered his voice and said: "What's more, General Liu doesn't know the skills of this seat, if you want to leave, no one can keep me." ”
"Hey!" Liu Xin knew too well the temper of the Buddha Mother, and knew that it was useless to say anything, so he turned his head depressedly, led his own thousand soldiers and horses, and lined up in front of the Han army.
Behind these 1,000 soldiers, 7,000 Qingzhou troops are crossing the river in an orderly manner...... No one spoke, no one scrambled, and 7,000 people silently crossed the river under the leadership of the generals.
In the distance, the Han Wangjun was still motionless, just like that, in the dazzling morning light, looking sarcastically at the Qingzhou army that retreated without a fight! .
Seeing that the Han Wangjun was reluctant to attack, Liu Xinxin's head swelled with an ominous feeling, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the south bank of the river, and when he landed, the blood was gushing upward, and he almost fell off the horse!
I saw that in the jungle on the south bank of the river, one, two, and countless battle flags suddenly appeared, followed by countless infantry, fully armed, from the woods and rushed towards the Qingzhou army that had just crossed the river to the halfway point!
In the blink of an eye, the enemy troops who had been in ambush for a long time were killed on three sides of the south bank of the river, and they surrounded the panicked Qingzhou army, shouting for a while!
"Resist me!" The generals who had already crossed the river shouted hoarsely: "We can't let them break us up!" ”
"Whew!" The officers and men of the Qingzhou Army hurriedly raised their blades, hurriedly lined up in formation, and nervously looked at the enemy coming from three sides, there were too many enemies! In the eyes of the officers and men of the Qingzhou Army, it is simply overwhelming!
However, after all, the general was a half-way monk, and a year ago he was still a salt dealer selling illicit salt, and in his nervousness, he forgot to ask his subordinates to leave enough space for the troops crossing the river behind him! The result of letting them line up in place is that the follow-up troops are blocked on the bridge and basically cannot advance!
But even if he thought about it, it might not be of much use! Because the offensive of the Han army was too fierce, more than 10,000 infantry rushed up from three sides, and as soon as they made contact, they killed the Qingzhou army with heavy casualties, and the formation was compressed to the extreme!
"Withdraw!" The general on the bridge saw that he could not advance, so he naturally gave the order to withdraw to the north bank, and he couldn't keep piling up on the bridge!
Seeing that the Qingzhou army had been beaten into a mess by the Bandu attack, the King of Han waved his hand, and the elite cavalry, who had long been unable to hold back, came out of the gate like a tiger and pounced on Liu Xin's 1,000 infantry!
Liu Xin looked at the enemy soldiers behind him, and then looked at the cavalry rushing in front of him, his heart sank to the bottom, and he finally understood how big a gap he was between himself and the real general! That's a lot of judgment! When people use a little trick, they bite the hook stupidly, and before the battle is fought, they have already fallen into a situation of defeat!
If it weren't for the Buddha Mother to protect, and the lives of so many brothers to be saved, Liu Xin really wanted to draw his sword and kill himself, don't be embarrassed anymore!
"General Liu, think of a way!" The Buddha's mother also found that there was a danger of annihilation of the whole army, and looked at Liu Xin anxiously.
"Breakout!" Liu Xin was calm, his eyes were red, and he said in a dumb voice: "Go west along the Xiaoqing River, it is Gao Qing!" After speaking, he instructed his own soldiers around him: "Let the brothers who have not crossed the river go west along the river beach, this is the only way to avoid the cavalry!" ”
"Yes!" The soldiers hurried to deliver the order, and those men who were waiting to cross the river turned to the west and retreated along the river bank as fast as they could.
Watching his subordinates turn west, Liu Xin took one last look at the other side of the river, those brothers who were besieged by ten times the enemy and still fought to the death, he knew that these people had no chance of survival!
"Brethren, it's our turn!" Liu Xin turned around and said to the thousand soldiers beside him: "Hold off the enemy and fight to the death!" ”
"Fight to the death!" A thousand soldiers roared in a low voice, raised their spears in their hands, and stared at the enemy cavalry that rushed to the front without fear of death!
However, those enemy horsemen did not mean to fight hand-to-hand, and when they rushed to within thirty zhang, they drew their bows and arrows one after another, and shot at the Qingzhou army! Their archery skills are excellent, and they are almost impossible to miss! The officers and men of the Qingzhou Army only held spears to resist the impact of the cavalry, and there were almost no shields, and they all screamed and fell to the ground with arrows!
In a single round of shooting, more than 100 soldiers were killed, and countless more were injured by arrows...... But as long as they can stand, the soldiers will still grit their teeth and block in front of the enemy cavalry, buying as much time as possible for their comrades behind them!
After shooting the arrows, the enemy cavalry turned to the two flanks of the Qingzhou army, outflanked them from the side, and gave up the front to the cavalry behind them - those cavalry had already finished bending their bows and arrows, and it was another terrifying round of shooting!
This time, even Liu Xin was not spared, his war horse was hit by an arrow in the front door, and the pain made the horse stand up, and Liu Xin was slammed to the ground, and he fainted!
Before fainting, four words popped out of Liu Xin's mind - 'Mongolian cavalry'!
Liu Xin saw it clearly, those enemy horsemen were simply Mongols who were issued with left jackets and scimitars and longbows! It's just that he couldn't figure it out, how could so many Mongolian cavalry emerge from the Han army?! So many Mongolian cavalry arrived in Shandong, why did the White Lotus Sect have no news, even the military division didn't know?!
Watching those Mongolian cavalry easily ravage the Qingzhou army, King Han had a cruel smile on his face, this was his secret weapon! His father relied on the Mongol iron cavalry borrowed from King Ning when he started the army, and now that it is his turn, how can he not follow his father's example and use those Mongols who take money to do things?!
Before the king of Han was assigned to Shandong, he had a very close relationship with Duoyan Sanwei in Liaodong, and after he arrived in Shandong, he spent a lot of money to buy off the leader of Duoyan Sanwei and borrowed 5,000 iron horsemen from them! In this way, with the five thousand cavalry in the hands of the King of Han himself, a full ten thousand of the most elite cavalry were gathered!
King Han knows very well that with these 10,000 cavalry, it is absolutely not a problem to level Shandong, and once the emperor collapses in the future, these 10,000 cavalry will drive straight in, and he will be able to come to the capital in two days to help him win the crown of the Ming Dynasty! No one in the world can stop it!
As for how this cavalry avoided the eyes and ears of the imperial court and came to Shandong from outside the customs, it was because there was a sea route, they boarded the ship from Liaodong, crossed the Bohai Bay, and disembarked in Lijin County, naturally they didn't know it!