Late Tang

The former reinforcements from Duli Town were stopped outside the valley, and in a panic, Li Jing personally led Shamen Town's black bears, blue wolves, iron guns, flying eagles, and the town general's cavalry capital. Cyclonus.

A group of red sun seemed to suddenly jump out on the horizon, emitting a dazzling red light.The dazzling red light shines like a mirror facing the face, filling the eastern sky like the morning glow.

At the same time, there were bursts of muffled thunder in the distance, and the earth trembled inexplicably.

The piece of red clouds floated elegantly, with rippling light.

The rolling thunder approached rumblingly, not in a hurry, but very heavy.

Getting closer!

The faces of the cavalrymen in Duli Town turned very ugly in an instant. As cavalrymen, they certainly knew what the voice represented.That was the sound of cavalry galloping. Just by hearing the sound, they could basically tell that the ones coming were at least thousands of cavalry.Only with so many cavalry galloping could there be such a thunderous sound.

It is impossible for the Qingnipu Army to ambush them. They have been wiped out, so there is only one possibility, it is the Shamen Town Army.It's just that the Shamen Township Army has always been famous for its proficiency in sea warfare. How could it be possible to train an elite cavalry on that island, even thousands of them? How is this possible?

The cavalry were still hesitating, but Li Jing had already led the cavalry to the front.

From a distance, I can already see clearly.

All of them are vigorous and vigorous war horses, and people are like tigers and horses like dragons.The knights on horseback were wearing red lacquered leather armor, covered with the same fiery red crotchless robe and back, and a gorgeous long silk cloak on their shoulders, coupled with the red helmet on the iron helmet, this cavalry is so impressive. Shiny and dazzling.Even their war horses were all covered with dazzling red vests and burqas, and the entire cavalry came flying like a morning glow.

Seeing this cavalry, the cavalry in Duli Town immediately thought of the Crane Controlling Cavalry that had been in Liaodong for more than ten years.

The low cry of the knight, the heavy breathing of the horse, and the clang of the rolling armor!Frightening cavalry!A real iron rider!The invincible hurricane that sweeps everything!

The Crane-Controlling Cavalry Army used to have such power, but although the Crane-Controlling Cavalry Army is sturdy, compared to the gorgeously equipped cavalry army in front of them, the Crane-Controlling Cavalry Army is like a bunch of horse thieves. In fact, the Crane-Controlling Cavalry Army The army is indeed a team of horse thieves. They were horse thieves at first, and later they followed Li Lingfu into Qingni City.

As for the cavalry army in front of them, they had more gorgeous and sophisticated equipment, but they did not lose control of the crane army at all. This made those cavalrymen in Duli town who had lost contact with the rear army panic for a while.There are [-] cavalry in Duli Town, but these [-] cavalry have fought against the Crane Army no less than a hundred times in the past ten years, but they have not won a single victory.This made them all have a kind of phobia, seeing a cavalry that seemed to be stronger than the Crane Control Army now, which made them timid before fighting.

The flying horse's iron hooves trampled on the wet and muddy ground, kicking up a cloud of mud and flying.The Duli town cavalry who had lost their command had just woken up from the shock, and when they were still in a hurry to line up, the Shamen town cavalry had already shot crossbow arrows with their arms stretched.All the cavalry in Shamen Town are equipped with horn bows, and in addition to the horn bows, all the cavalry are also equipped with a crossbow.The breaking crossbow has a range of 230 paces (345 meters), which is farther than the 160 paces (240 meters) single bow crossbow issued by the infantry.

The price of crossbows is very high. A good crossbow is even equivalent to two bows. The arm crossbows of the cavalry in Shamen Town are worth ten guan each, which is equivalent to the cost of three ordinary longbows produced and sold by the armory workshop.Even the crossbow bolts used by these cavalrymen are all triangular pyramid crossbow spikes, which are more powerful and more expensive than ordinary armor-piercing arrows.An ordinary arrow costs [-] Wen, crossbow nails cost [-] Wen, and the crossbow nails equipped by the cavalry in Shamen Town cost [-] Wen each.Each cavalry carries thirty arrows and thirty crossbow nails on the horse at a time, and the sixty arrows alone cost six pennies.

But all these extravagances are worth it, and now the cavalry in Shamen Town are shooting these sharp crossbows at the cavalry in Duli Town desperately.

A burst of dense crossbow arrows directly shot down dozens of cavalry companies and horses in front, and the thousands of cavalry who lost their command also had several establishments below.After losing a higher level of command now, the cavalry generals of each capital began to fight on their own.Some cavalry generals ordered to charge forward, while others ordered to attack from the left and right flanks, and even two of them ordered to flee.

The humming horn sounded quickly, and the Duli town cavalry who received the order obviously sped up a little more, and they began to encircle the enemy cavalry in a crescent shape.

The iron-walled cavalry array and impenetrable crossbow arrows drove the scattered Duli town cavalry together like sheep, encircling them in the center from all directions.The cavalry in Duli Town are indeed fancy and useless. They have been suppressed and beaten by Qingnipu for a hundred years, which made Duli Town not very satisfied with this cavalry. How many excellent generals.In the past, they were more often seen as a troop placed in the city, functioning as a support team.Most of the army is the nephews and nephews of various families and officials in the town. Joining them is just to pass the gold, and put it down to practice.

Such a cavalry has long since lost its meaning when it was first formed. When faced with the attack of the Shamen town cavalry led by Li Jing, especially after losing their command, they are like a herd of sheep.According to the results of their usual training, the Shamen town army only made a wave-like charge, only relying on the rain of crossbows and arrows, plus a round of cavalry charge, and finally a round of saber chops, they completely scattered and fled.

When the Samana Town cavalry divided into teams and drove them from all directions, the larger number of them were successfully driven and surrounded by the Salmon Army, which was much smaller than them.

"call out!"

Li Jing shot a cavalryman from Duli town who was trying to escape on his horse with an arrow. Looking at the cavalry's attire and gorgeous armor, he must be a son of a wealthy family.This neat arrow terrified many people who had the same thoughts.The cavalry in Shamen Town tightened the encirclement a little more, and the cavalry in Duli Town, who were obviously swinging their slightly curved sabers, couldn't open their eyes.

"Dang!"

A lance was thrown on the ground, and a pale-faced knight jumped off his horse. He was wearing a precious mountain armor and a gorgeous long cloak, and he was also a son of a wealthy family.With the first one, there was a second one immediately, and the sound of the third clang sounded continuously, one after another lances and horizontal knives were thrown on the ground, one by one knights dismounted and surrendered.

"Tie them up and tie them to the saddle!" Li Jing didn't feel much excitement after defeating the former cavalry in Duli Town.Although this is the first time that the cavalry in Shamen Town has participated in the battle in a real sense.But what he was dealing with was just a group of dandies who had already lost their combat effectiveness, and the victory was invincible.

It took a while to tie up all the captives and confiscate their weapons and horses.A total of more than 200 prisoners were captured, and only more than [-] people were killed in battle.However, one adult horse was lost in the battle, and the cavalry surrendered directly, which shows its incompetence.Fortunately, each cavalryman brought five cowhide ropes specially used for binding prisoners, otherwise it would be really difficult to handle.

After leaving one of the capitals to take care of the wounded soldiers and prisoners, Li Jing led the other cavalry from the other four capitals to Taniguchi and removed the gravel and trees blocking the road.When the channel is opened, the battle in the valley is over.

In the valley, there are Iron Bi Battalion and Flying Eagle Second Battalion, with a total of 2000 troops.Li Wei and Xuan Cheng commanded the ambush together.Li Wei and Xuan Cheng were the first chief and deputy generals of the reconnaissance capital, and now one is the ten generals of the Feiying camp, and the other is the deputy ten generals of the Tiebi camp, both of whom are veterans.

Li Jing outside the valley deployed his cavalry, one thousand cavalry against more than 1000 Duli town cavalry.In the valley, there are two thousand infantry against nearly [-] cavalry. Although they are fighting against cavalry, the terrain in the valley makes it difficult for the cavalry to deploy. On the contrary, they are not as suitable for combat as the infantry.The reconnaissance battalion divided the cavalry in the entire valley into seven or eight sections, and then the iron wall battalion was divided into small square formations, annihilating them one by one.

The cavalry in Duli Town had no will to resist at all, and they often gave up the battle and surrendered as soon as they were divided and surrounded.Two thousand infantry against one thousand seventeen cavalry, although it is an ambush, the terrain is also extremely beneficial to the infantry.But the fight was so easy, and within a few hours, the cavalry in the valley had completely defeated the captives.Li Wei still couldn't help sighing that things went so smoothly beyond expectations. He thought it would be a bloody battle, but he didn't expect it to be so easy.

"Even if we catch [-] pigs in the valley, we will have to catch them for a day. What's more, there are [-] cavalry on horseback. These cavalry in Duli Town are really all pigs." Even Monk Xuancheng couldn't help laughing and cursing.

When Li Jing entered the valley, he couldn't help laughing when he saw the results.The plan was to ambush and beat up the cavalrymen of Duli town, and it would be good to beat them up.Unexpectedly, the result turned out to be that almost all of them were captured without any damage.

Immediately they returned victorious, and within a short distance, Li Xu and Mei Gen led the Zhenhai Raging Second Battalion, and Li Juyi's brothers came with the Crane Control Army, White Beard, and several hundred men.Earlier they were worried that Li Jing's 3000 troops would ambush the reinforcements in Duli Town, fearing that he would suffer, so as soon as the battle was over, they immediately left a part of the troops to clean up the battlefield and rushed to help.Unexpectedly, the battle on Li Jing's side has ended.

As soon as he saw Li Jing, Li Juyi got off his horse and hurried forward. He knelt down in front of Li Jing and said in tears, "Thank you Uncle Guan Jian for helping me, otherwise my nephew and my Qingnipu thousand remnants would all be dead. Poor My lord father, but he has already been killed in the town of Duli, my nephew and brother are incompetent, and even my lord father's body was not recovered, please avenge our brothers, my lord uncle!"

Li Jing wiped his eyes and sighed: "Your father and I are sworn brothers. Now that he died unfortunately, I will raise my army to avenge him. Don't worry. But right now we have to go back to Qingnipu, but we have a long-term plan. "

Just as Li Juyi had been comforted, the two men, White Beard and Yellow Beard, walked up to Li Jing's horse and knelt down to plead guilty: "We sent troops without the general's order, which resulted in the death of many brothers in the Nutao Camp, and also caused many Nutao's troubles." The death of the son of the camp is a serious crime, and I ask the general to deal with it according to the military law. Whether it is beheaded or killed, my brothers and others will never complain."

Li Jing stepped forward to help the blind white beard and the yellow beard with a broken arm, and said in a gentle tone: "You two generals, don't blame yourself. You are not responsible for this defeat. If it is a few days later, I will also Maybe they will suffer this defeat together. The two are also seriously injured, so it is better to rest in peace and recuperate. How about the other two generals, are they okay?"

Seeing that Li Jing's attitude was very good, White Beard didn't blame them. He felt more and more uneasy, and hurriedly said: "The third child was hit by eight arrows. Fortunately, the inner armor sent to him by the yamen saved his life. The fourth child was stabbed in the abdomen. One shot, but fortunately there was a first aid kit to treat him in time, so he is fine for the time being, and now he stays behind. I wanted to come to plead guilty to the general in person, but I couldn’t come in person.”

"It's fine for people to be fine." Li Jing comforted the two of them, "I've asked Megan and Julie to take over temporarily at Camp Raging Waves. You've all been seriously injured this time. After I go back, I'll meditate on Salmonella Island first." You don’t have to worry about the rest of the things. The brothers who are injured and injured, as well as their old wives and children, I, Li Jing, will do all of these according to my original promise, so you can rest assured.”

Both the white beard and the yellow beard understood the meaning from Li Jing's words. When they met Megan and Julie earlier, they had already heard that they were put under house arrest by the captains of the Zhenhai Camp because they wanted to send troops by force. matter.Later, although Li Jing didn't punish them for sending troops without a military order, he didn't punish the school lieutenants' subordinates and superiors, either.However, Megan Jolie was transferred to Camp Rage, and several lieutenants were promoted, and the leader was promoted to ten generals.

Now although Li Jing said that Megan had the right to lead the Rage Camp, White Beard and Yellow Beard understood that they did not have a military order to send troops this time, so Li Jing did not punish them on the surface because of their face. .Telling them to go back to recuperate in peace and not have to bother about the Raging Waves camp now is tantamount to telling them that there will be no place for them in the Raging Waves camp in the future. They are disabled and have to retire.

It's fine to retreat, if they don't retreat, Megan and the others will have no place.And they did make a mistake this time, and this result is considered good.Besides, they are all seriously injured and disabled, even if they are raised well, they are not as good as before.

Iron Wall, Flying Eagle, and a thousand cavalry joined the two battalions of Zhenhai Raging Wave, and returned to Qingnipu with the defeated soldiers from Qingnipu, bringing nearly [-] captives from Duli Town.On the way, Li Juli saw that Li Jing had captured a large number of soldiers from Duli Town, including Wang Pu's younger brother, so he couldn't help being furious and wanted to kill all the prisoners.

Earlier, Li Jing had heard that Li Juyi brothers killed all the more than 4000 soldiers and horses in Beisha City, and frowned a little without keeping any of them.Seeing that he wanted to kill these Duli town prisoners again, he couldn't help shouting: "Wait a minute, these people can't be killed!"

(To be continued)