Late Yuan Dynasty: I am the true emperor

Chapter 111: Fuck you, how arrogant you are!

"drive."

"drive!"

On the dirt road outside Dingyuan City, more than a thousand cavalrymen galloped on their horses, holding high torches to form a long dragon, rushing all the way to Outang Town.

Lu Ding followed the team and felt that this cavalry was extremely elite, with bowmen and spearmen in the front and bowmen and swordmen in the back. Each person carried at least two weapons, and basically everyone had armor.

Some cavalry generals who looked like officers even carried three kinds of weapons: bow, sword and spear. And it was obvious that they were well-trained, because the cavalry of the Shengwu Army all carried their spears in the same way as the Mongolian method.

The lancers in traditional Chinese cavalry would add a "victory hook" and a "finishing ring" to the barrel of their guns when they were marching. With these two accessories, they could hang the long weapons horizontally on the horses during the march.

The Mongolian way of carrying a spear is to tie two rope loops on the spear barrel. The upper one is put on the arm, and the rope loop at the tail of the spear is put on the foot, and then stepped into the stirrup. In this way, the spear can be fixed vertically during marching.

There are certainly many advantages. First, it does not affect the horse's running and turning. Second, long weapons can be used at any time without bending down to take the gun from the side of the horse.

Moreover, carrying the gun on your back does not interfere with riding and shooting, and both hands are free, so you can switch back and forth between archers and lancers at any time.

The disadvantage is that each person has a long pole standing on his body, swinging back and forth, like a lightning rod, which may expose the target during the march.

Moreover, the gun and the horse stand more than four meters high, which is certainly no problem on the grassland, but it is quite troublesome when marching in the woods. Fortunately, cavalry have few opportunities to fight in the woods.

The more than one hundred new cavalry recruits under Lu Ding could only ride horses and were not even equipped with weapons. They followed Zhu Liangzu and Ye Sheng just to make up the numbers. They could only lead the way for them.

It took the group of people nearly an hour to finally reach Outang Town. When they arrived at Renhe Township, where Lu Ding's hometown was, the place was already in a mess. From a distance, they could see flames rising from the direction of Lu Ding's home. It was really murder and arson, and all the houses were burned down.
"Damn you Sun Deya, I won't stop until I kill your entire family!" Lu Ding looked at the old house with flames shooting up into the sky, and rushed over with a roar.

"Brother-in-law, be careful, there's fire inside, don't go in."

"Go away!"

Lu Ding pushed his brother-in-law away and rushed into the fire. The burning door was kicked to the ground with a bang. No one could be seen inside. There were several corpses on the ground in the yard. Lu Ding's parents were killed at home. There were also some cloth ashes and scattered copper coins on the ground.

"Ahhh, Dad, Mom, Sun Deya, Pan Yuxing, Yu Shiliang, I want you to die!"

Lu Ding knelt in front of his parents' bodies and roared to the sky. Zheng Chao rushed in from behind, took a look at the house that was on fire and the bodies on the ground, and shouted hurriedly.

"Brother-in-law, let's move the bodies of the two elders out and bury them first."

Lu Xian and Zheng Chao quickly carried Lu Ding out, and the two began to move the body again.

Zhu Liangzu and Ye Shengke had no time to help them with this. The cavalry battalion's scouts were scouting around, and soon someone reported back.

"Commanders, the enemy is running north along the east bank of the Chi River, only six miles away from here."

When Zhu Liangzu heard that they had only run six miles, he immediately waved his hand and shouted, "Chase!"

More than a thousand cavalrymen galloped away again. Lu Ding left his cousin Lu Xian and twenty cavalrymen to guard the village. With red eyes, he set out again with Zhu Liangzu, determined to take revenge.

On the other side, Sun Deya and others were also panicking. Sun Deya had not intended to do anything so drastic, but his men were all newly recruited soldiers with no organization at all. They were armed with sharp weapons and had murderous intent. Once they were let out, they could not be controlled, so the entire Renhe Township suffered.

Especially Pan Yuxing, he was very ruthless and had no scruples at all.

After a period of killing and looting, Sun Deya felt that they could not stay here any longer, so a group of people began to move north along the Chi River.

The marching route was located between Chihe River and Huangfu Mountain. If they encountered the enemy, they would run into the mountains. If they did not encounter the enemy, they would go north and cross the river into the territory of Haozhou.

It was a good idea, but he didn't expect to encounter the enemy so soon, and they were all cavalry!
"Three generals, it's bad. A large group of cavalry is chasing us from the south!" After the scouts on the periphery discovered Zhu Liangzu's cavalry, they immediately ran over to report.

Sun Deya and the other two were all shocked and asked quickly.

"Where do the cavalry come from? Whose troops are they?" Yu Shiliang was a little timid. When he heard that there were pursuers, he asked hurriedly.

The scout said quickly, "It's too late to see the flags clearly. Those people are holding torches, but we can see red scarves wrapped around their arms. They look like the Luzhou rebels."

"Luzhou soldiers?!"

The three of them looked at each other in astonishment. They didn't expect that this kid Lu Ding was actually in cahoots with Luzhou, and he found helpers to seek revenge so quickly.

"How many cavalry are there? Can you see a large number of infantry?" Pan Yuxing asked calmly.

"There may be thousands of cavalrymen, but I can't see them clearly. I don't see any infantry."

"Oh my God, why do we need infantry? We can't stop them with just a few thousand trained cavalry. What should we do? What should we do? Think of a solution quickly!" Yu Shiliang was suddenly panicked.

Pan Yuxing frowned and thought for a moment, "They are all cavalry, we can't run away, why don't we line up with our backs to the water, they won't be able to break into our formation."

Sun Deya slapped his forehead and was speechless for a moment.

"What formation? We are all new soldiers and we don't have all the weapons. Have you ever taught us how to form a battle formation? And how can we form a battle formation with our backs to the water? Do you think you are Han Xin?

"Run quickly, run to the mountains, and save as many as you can. Take your property and weapons with you. At worst, you can hide in the mountains first and wait to come back to gather the defeated soldiers."

Sun Deya is quite open-minded and has already prepared for the worst.

Yu Shiliang agreed immediately. He didn't have the courage to stay behind to hold the line, but he was good at escaping. With the score of two to one, Pan Yuxing had no choice but to give up his fantasy of a last-ditch battle. He took his trusted confidants and led the team to Huangfu Mountain.

By the time Zhu Liangzu and his men caught up, the marching formation of the three men was like a long winding snake, and the vanguard had already turned two miles into the mountainous area to the east.

Zhu Liangzu immediately said, "Give me two hundred cavalrymen, I will go to block the head and you will cut off the tail." "Okay." Ye Sheng agreed and transferred a company to Zhu Liangzu's command.

Zhu Liangzu was extremely excited and immediately led more than 200 cavalrymen to encircle the enemy from the east.

Ye Sheng led the remaining troops and rushed to the rear of the marching column, intending to intercept the group of people at the end of the team.

Hundreds of cavalrymen were fully deployed, forming a battle line several miles long. In the first wave of raids, Ye Sheng led the large group to pass by the flank of the marching column.

"Ugh~"

"Huh!"

The cavalry of the Shengwu Army made strange screams, which was described in historical books as "sounding like the cry of a monkey."

"Ghost!"

"With so many cavalrymen, we are done for. We can't escape!"

"Run, run to the river and swim across."

On the fields at night, hundreds of brave cavalrymen were seen, and the sound of horse hooves was as loud as thunder, which frightened Sun Deya and other newly recruited soldiers so much that they stood still and dared not move. They raised various weapons in their hands and looked nervously in the direction of the cavalry. Some even started to run towards the Chi River.

Ye Sheng's raid finally began. A large group of cavalry formed a column and quickly passed by the marching column. The first wave threw the torches in their hands as weapons at the enemy. In fact, they could not cause any damage at all. They were just to "light up" the enemy and free up their hands.

But just this one action caused the group of recruits to collapse and start fleeing in all directions.

Now there was no need for even the diffuse fire tactic, they just started attacking the fleeing soldiers directly, one team drove the fleeing soldiers to gather at the riverside, while the other team drove the fleeing soldiers to continue attacking the rear of the marching column.

In the marching column of more than 10,000 people including Sun Deya, one-third of the rear row directly collapsed, and more than 4,000 people were stopped.

Zhu Liangzu, who was in charge of blocking the enemy, was like a tiger out of a cage. He hadn't fought a tough battle for a long time. After making a big circle, he led his team to attack head-on from the front of the marching column.

He brandished the iron spear with great force and rushed into the army line to kill people in all directions, stabbing or stabbing, killing those who were hit by the spear and injuring those who were hit by the spear. There was no enemy that could match him at all, and no one dared to stand in front of him. The new recruits were so scared when they saw such a fierce man that they ran away.

Sun Deya was a very cunning fellow. When he heard that thousands of cavalry were chasing him, he was ready to run away. His confidants didn't even raise their flags, and wore long robes over their armor to cover themselves so that their armor wouldn't be seen and their identities would be exposed.

Seeing that his army of tens of thousands was defeated in one encounter, this guy said to Yu Shiliang and Pan Yuxing without any hesitation, "Let's all flee, and those who are still alive will meet up in the mountains."

"Ah? Brother Sun, don't go. I'll go with you and take care of my little brother." Yu Shiliang hurriedly followed. He didn't want to stay and attract the enemy's attention.

"Either take off your armor or wrap yourself in a robe. Your armor is so conspicuous, are you trying to attract the enemy?" After running for a while, Sun Deya cursed Yu Shiliang immediately when he saw him chasing after him.

"Ah? So you have to wear a burqa! Quick, take off your burqa and give it to me." Upon hearing this, Yu Shiliang immediately asked his men to give him the clothes.

The two of them led a core of hundreds of people, pretending to be defeated, and ran towards the mountains.

The young and naive Pan Yuxing was also fleeing to the mountains, but in another direction.

This guy got a set of iron armor from Sun Deya, and his followers were mostly on horses, and his men were carrying many flags. He was very conspicuous among the fleeing soldiers. Who else should we attack if not you?
Zhu Liangzu immediately chased after this guy.

"Stop, where are you going to escape? You didn't attack the Yuan court, but attacked our Luzhou righteous army without authorization. Do you still want to escape? I'll kill you!"

Pan Yuxing was so angry about being chased that he immediately reined in his horse and turned around when he heard this: I’m not running anymore!
"Fuck you, you are so arrogant. I just started the war two months earlier. I am going to fight you, uh~"

It was a pity that this guy hadn't finished speaking yet. When he turned around, he saw a cavalryman in iron armor raising his bow and aiming at him. The next moment, the bowstring vibrated with a bang, and an arrow instantly pierced Pan Yuxing's head.

"The enemy general is dead, follow me to kill him!"

Zhu Liangzu put away his bow and raised his gun, leading dozens of cavalrymen to charge directly at Pan Yuxing's core group. When Pan Yuxing's core members saw that their commander was shot off his horse at the first sight, they dared not resist and immediately scattered.

Zhu Liangzu killed Pan Yuxing's core, reined in his horse and turned, stood up with his feet on the stirrups, raised his iron spear in his hand and shouted loudly, "Those who surrender will be spared!"

Upon hearing this, the fleeing soldiers around him laid down their weapons and surrendered.

When the battle lasted until the hour of Yin, which was a little after four in the morning, the sky was already turning pale. Zhu Liangzu and Ye Sheng gathered the prisoners. Although only a few hundred were killed in this battle, more than 8,000 were captured.

The army of more than 10,000 people led by Sun Deya and his two companions was finished. One of the three marshals was killed in the battle formation by Zhu Liangzu, which only allowed Sun Deya and Yu Shiliang to escape. Some of the defeated soldiers were completely scattered.

Lu Ding was whipping Pan Yuxing's corpse when Ye Sheng came over and said to Zhu Liangzu, "Some prisoners confessed that Sun Deya ran to the mountains, some ran to the north, and some crossed the river and ran to the west. His whereabouts are unknown. Should we still chase him?"

Zhu Liangzu sighed as he looked at the more than 8,000 prisoners. "What's the point of chasing them? Let's take these people back first. Also, we need to report to the Marshal as soon as possible."

Ye Sheng also nodded, "I also want to escort these new recruits back. There are too many of them. I have to ask the Marshal to send someone to pick them up, otherwise I'm afraid they won't have enough food on the road."

The two men calculated that now that the main force of the Fifth Regiment had taken over the defense of Dingyuan City, Guo Zixing had more than 4,000 people, and Miao Daheng also had more than 4,000 people, and they also threatened to surrender.

Wang Bi, Hua Yunlong, Wu Guoxing, and Wu Guobao also have two thousand soldiers, and Feng Sheng has more than four hundred soldiers.

If we add the eight thousand captives, there will be nearly twenty thousand troops.

Ye Sheng's only cavalry also had to escort them back. Anyway, it was impossible to reorganize these people in Dingyuan, and Dingyuan did not have so many weapons.

Zhu Liangzu and Ye Sheng discussed it and nodded immediately, "Let's go back to Dingyuan first."

In the afternoon

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(End of this chapter)