ps: Thanks to Kunyangyang and Brother Iron Man for the reward, and thanks to eagleduke\I am a poor man\Brother Iron Man for his monthly ticket encouragement. Yesterday afternoon at 15:28, it was February 11th in the Gregorian calendar and January 12th in the lunar calendar. Lao Fan’s son
I was born and asked for red envelopes from my brothers, haha!
Li Congke looked up at the surroundings. The sergeants were in groups, sitting and lying on the surrounding grass scatteredly, or gathering behind a few bushes, or leaning under the sparse trees. Some were eating, drinking, and feeding.
There were horses, some were trimming their armor, and a few were trying hard to blow the dandelion velvet that had fallen on the food, swearing and swearing.
Nothing unusual happened, and the teams of sentinels who were sent out did not come back to warn, but Li Congke's heart palpitations became more and more intense. He turned around, found the highest place, and walked up quickly.
Go. Several officers around him quickly followed.
Hedong is criss-crossed by mountains and undulating hills. It is located in the Shangdang Basin, which is already a very good flat land. But even if you climb this small slope, you still can't see too far. The gentle slopes are staggered one after another, blocking Li Congke's efforts to see.
A view into the distance.
There was a sound of horse hooves, and a group of cavalry ran out from behind the hills half a mile away to the east. It was the sergeants who had been sent in this direction to guard. Their crazy movements of whips made Li Congke feel nervous.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!..." The sentry rider shouted while urging his horse desperately.
As the sentinels approached, Li Congke vaguely heard the dull sounds coming from all around, just like the thunder coming from the distant sky that he heard on the grassland when he was a child. The thunder soon grew from small to loud, and swept over quickly.
The resulting ground vibrations were very obvious, and large swaths of dandelion velvet suddenly became dense, flying and dancing all over the sky, leaving the world in pieces.
"Go quickly! Let the brothers prepare! Go quickly!"
"Lao San, take your people to the south and seize the high ground!"
"Niu Ya Yamen. Go to the grove on the left!"
"Lao Jiu, your people should go west first and clear a way for someone. If they encounter the Yan army, kill them!"
"The others follow Lao Jiu and retreat to the west together!"
"Two hundred brothers from the Black Crow Army, follow me forward! The third brother, Niu Yamen, will give me half an hour, and I will only have half an hour!"
"Let the brothers drop everything and pick up the guy. Move quickly! Pin the saddle on! Don't wear armor! Hurry..."
Li Congke was worthy of being a rising star under Li Siyuan. He made arrangements for blocking and retreating in a very short period of time. As soon as the sentinel cavalry came back, he issued a series of military orders. In his hoarse voice, the officers
He ran as hard as he could down the slope, shouting military orders as he ran. Niu Yaya simply followed the steep part of the slope and slipped down, his head and face covered with dust and grass clippings.
Li Congke also rushed down from the high slope and grabbed the sentinel officer who was approaching. He asked with a ferocious face: "How many people? In which direction?"
The sentry officer said with a cry in his voice: "Major General, there are thousands of people coming from the southeast, all densely packed..."
Li Congke pushed the sentry officer away and ran to his horse in a few steps. His bodyguard was still busy putting the saddle on the horse, but he pulled it off directly and jumped onto the bare horse's back.
Li Congke's response was not unpleasant. However, there were more than 1,800 horsemen walking around, and it was not easy to sort them out quickly. He stood on horseback and looked at the sergeants who were shouting and running in panic. He felt regretful in his heart, and he
How could he be so confused and let the sergeants rest at will?
But do you really blame yourself? This place is far away from Shideng Mountain and is no longer within the control of the Yan Army cavalry. Even if they have mastered their whereabouts and direction, how did they gather such a large number of troops in such a short period of time?
Cavalry? As soon as this question popped up, the black clouds he saw rising in the sky immediately appeared in Li Congke's mind.
It turns out that... those demonic clouds can not only be used on the enemy to indicate the enemy's whereabouts, but can also be used on one's own side to summon friendly forces to move closer to oneself...
After thinking about this clearly, Li Congke raised his hand and slapped himself in the face a few big times. If he had thought of it earlier, how could such a danger have happened now!
These thoughts just passed by in a flash. When Li Congke tried his best to cheer up and wanted to summon the elite cavalry of the Black Crow Army to come forward to meet the enemy, it was too late!
The sound of thunder suddenly exploded, as if it was close to my ears. On the surrounding hills and high slopes, khaki-yellow flags of the Yan Army appeared, and large groups of Yan Army cavalry rushed over fiercely. First there was a wave of locusts.
A crossbow-like arrow was fired, causing the Korean soldiers to flip over on their backs.
It is a pity that the Liaodong Security Army did not have the money to equip cavalry with repeating hand crossbows. Those who fired the crossbows were all cavalry from the Guizhou Army. Otherwise, the Korean army would have suffered heavy casualties under the first wave of crossbows - the formation was chaotic or even without formation.
Some soldiers didn't have time to put on their armor and take off their shields. How could they block the crossbows?
But this is no longer important. The large-scale charge of the Yan Army's cavalry was extremely sudden, and the Korean cavalry that was caught off guard could not last long. As the Yan Army approached, the Korean Army immediately collapsed. Li Congke just issued the military order
There was no time to implement it, and the outcome was no longer in suspense.
Several officers rolled and crawled back to Li Congke, screaming and urging Li Congke to leave quickly. Li Congke also knew that the battle situation was irreversible, so he immediately turned around and ran away surrounded by more than a dozen personal guards. Several officers raised their knives.
He chopped down the Korean army sergeants who were running around, grabbed the war horse, and immediately followed Li Congke and fled to the west.
On the battlefield where Li Congke was thrown down, the Korean cavalry was killed to pieces, and there were many people fleeing in all directions. There were also some brave Korean cavalry who upheld the wild temperament of the old Hedong Army and ignored the Liaodong Security Army's control of Zhao Zaili.
The generals came to kill them, but they were unable to take a single step beyond the boundaries and were all killed on the spot.
After a small number of fierce Korean troops died in battle, large groups of defeated soldiers began to surrender to the Yan army. At the same time, the Yan army's cavalry began to disperse towards the Western Zhou Dynasty to capture the surrounding Korean army deserters.
Zhao Zaili, who is under his banner, shouts loudly and enjoys the continuous shouting. This kind of cavalry rushes quickly and crushes the opponent with lightning speed. It can give full play to the advantages of the cavalry. This is the favorite of the cavalry commander. Zhao Zaili prefers cavalry combat.
I also fought against the Xuanwu cavalry on the Qingqing battlefield, but due to the overwhelming advantage of the Hebei cavalry, it was not satisfying to face the weak cavalry force of the Xuanwu Army. Today, I faced the old Hedong Army who was equally outstanding in cavalry combat.
, after this battle, Zhao Zaili felt that his life had been worthwhile.
Zhao Zaili wanted to know which general under Li Siyuan was leading the cavalry. He also wanted to share his feelings about the battle with the other party. This was entirely out of the winner's show-off mentality, which was deeply understood by his subordinates, so
, the top priority for the victorious Yan army soldiers is to find the opponent's general.
Li Dutou of Dongyang City, who had joined the Youyan Security Army, was also in the army. He knew the inside story of Li Siyuan's Korean army the best. He was directly named by Zhou Kan and was temporarily transferred to Zhao Zaili to serve as the Yuhou who drove away the Korean cavalry this time.
Li Dutou looked at the battlefield being cleaned and the groups of Korean cavalry being tied up. He still couldn't believe it. He felt like he was in a dream.
Is this a victory? He participated in the whole process of the attack and witnessed everything that happened. The overall feeling was... well... he kept riding on horseback, running, running, and running again. In the process of running, he was initially affected by
One hundred cavalry under the command of Zhao Zaili personally shot gunpowder arrows into the sky while running, and then the hundred cavalry became two hundred, five hundred, one thousand, two thousand, three thousand...
Then he rested in a ravine for half an hour, continued running, and then... rushed directly under the enemy's nose, but the enemy knew nothing about it!
Li Dutou knew the strength of these tied up enemy soldiers in front of him. This was the elite of the old Hedong Army. The warriors who dared to charge without hesitation in the face of tens of thousands of enemies were now defeated so cowardly. They
He didn't even have time to put on his armor.
While Li Dutou was complaining for the other party, he also enjoyed the thrill of the surprise attack. Looking at the heroic and high-spirited Zhao Zaili under his command, he suddenly had the idea of abandoning the Youyan Security Army and joining the Liaodong Security Army. But soon
He suppressed this idea again. Li Xiaoxi treated him well. If he did this, he would be scolded.
The Yan Army's cavalry did not find any enemy generals when they were cleaning the battlefield. Li Dutou personally carefully identified the prisoners, but did not see any familiar officers. So the Yan Army brought forward several low-level officers, who were tortured and interrogated.
, learned the news about this cavalry.
Li Dutou was startled. It turned out that the commander of this cavalry was actually "Little Yazi" Li Congke! He quickly reported the news to Zhao Zaili, explained Li Congke's identity and status, and patted Zhao Zaili without leaving any trace.
Congratulations to him for defeating Li Congke, the next generation young leader of Hedong who is "a powerful figure in the Three Jin Dynasties".
Zhao Zaili's flattery to Li Dutou was very useful. The significance of this battle did not lie in who was defeated. Being able to wipe out the main cavalry under Li Siyuan's command was a major victory related to the balance of the Xiangyuan battlefield. With this military merit in hand
, Zhao Zaili added a distinguished qualification to his military career. Of course, he was not willing to let Li Congke go, so he ordered the immediate pursuit of the "enemy chief".
The raid by the Yan Army's cavalry started from three directions: east, south, and north. Needless to say, Li Congke's escape route must be to the west. Zhao Zaili ordered the Yan Army's cavalry to spread a wide net, continue to pursue westward, and deploy troops
At that time, the search was focused on the north - the fastest way for Li Congke to escape back to the Korean army camp was to the north.
When the sun set on the top of the mountain, an urgent report came from the rangers in the distance. Traces of the enemy's fleeing generals were found eight miles ahead! Zhao Zaili immediately urged the army to move forward faster.
Not long after traveling, we were already close to the remnants of Taiyue Mountain. If we went further, we could enter the mountains. Zhao Zaili finally saw gunpowder arrows flying from time to time under a mountain wall in front of him, exploding into black clouds, so the brigade turned.
, heading down towards the black clouds. (To be continued...)