Chapter 179: The Golden Gunner Breaks through the Array and Captures the Flag II
It is said that since Hu Yanzhuo defeated Peng Wei and lost Ling Zhen halfway, he turned to meet with the defenders in Chang'an. The two military and horse meetings were in one place, and the horse troops were deployed at the edge of Xianyang City every day. However, no matter how Hu Yanzhuo called for a formation, the people in the city refused to agree. This huddle lasted for several days, which was completely different from the previous style of storming the city and conquering the land. This made Hu Yanzhuo feel unsure, and made the prefect of Chang'an even more worried. I was a little frightened. I always felt that it was really weird that the Green Forest Army had no movement at all. I was making random guesses. All kinds of conspiracies and rumors were also spreading wildly in Chang'an City. Each version was more mysterious than the last, and each was more alarmist than the last. But no matter Why, Hu Yanzhuo, like the prefect, was a little impatient, and led his imperial troops to attack the city. However, he did not expect that the city was already on guard, and they were beaten down by random arrows and rolling trees, before the imperial troops could cross the moat. They were beaten to pieces, and in the end they lost more than a thousand troops, so they had to withdraw.
Later, there were strong attacks during the day and night attacks after sunset, and there were a few times every now and then. However, I didn't want to be beaten so hard every time before I even touched the edge of the city. After several attacks, Hu Yanzhuo was like a tiger eating a hedgehog. He couldn't keep his mouth shut, so he had no choice but to spread his eyes and ears to inquire about the activities of the Green Forest Army. Hearing reports that there had been frequent traffic of cars and horses in the past few days, Hu Yanzhuo immediately became suspicious, knowing that the Green Forest Army was probably going to do something. Action.
While Hu Yanzhuo was spreading sentry posts, the Green Forest Army also spread out secret sentry posts to detect horses. At the same time, they closed the door and asked Ling Zhen to make various artillery pieces so that they could fight against the enemy in the future. In addition, under Xu Ning's guidance, there were five soldiers soon. Thousands of soldiers and horses learned to use the hook and sickle spear.
Just when everything was ready, Shi Jin said: "Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind. I don't know how to see, but there is an 'east wind' in my heart. I don't know if you all have the will."
Wu Yong said casually: "I would like to hear the outline."
Shi Jin said: "We will go to battle tomorrow. We will not send out cavalry. The generals will fight on foot with their troops and horses. Sun Tzu's Art of War said: 'It is beneficial to the mountains, forests and rivers.' We will take the infantry out of the city and divide into ten teams to lure the enemy." , but when we saw the army and horses charging towards us, we all walked randomly into the reed and thorn forest. In addition, we ambush the sergeants with hooks and sickles in the grass forest. For every ten sergeants who can use hooks and sickles, we will cooperate with ten hooks. But when he saw the opponent's chain horse coming, he stirred the hook and overturned the war horse, so he used the hook to catch the cavalry. He also ambushed like this on the narrow road of Pingchuan. What do you think?"
Xuexue Wu nodded and said: "This is how we should hide our troops and capture the generals. I think it is feasible."
Xu Ning also spoke at this time: "The hook-and-scythe spear is combined with the scratching hand, which is suitable for both distance and distance. This is the method."
On that day, Shi Jin assigned ten teams of infantry and horses. Lei Heng commanded two teams, Lin Chong commanded two teams, Yang Zhi commanded two teams, Wu Song commanded two teams, and Xie Qianqiu commanded two teams. These ten teams of infantry went down the mountain first to lure the enemy. , Ling Zhen is in charge of artillery, others named Xu Ning, Tang Long are in charge of dispatching hook, sickle and gun sergeants, the Chinese army Shi Jin, Wu Yong is in charge of the army and horses, and the other generals are responsible for guarding the city.
Shi Jin's allocation had been decided. It was the third watch of the night, and there happened to be a strong east wind and dark clouds covering the moon. Shi Jin first sent Xu Ning and Tang Long with five thousand sergeants with hooks, sickles and spears, quietly from the city gate away from Hu Yanzhuo's camp. After leaving the city, they split up to ambush in all directions. At the fourth watch, ten more infantry troops were sent out of the city. Ling Zhen then used a specially made carriage to carry the wind-fire artillery mount, put the artillery on it, and moved flexibly, and then left the city. An ambush was prepared on the predetermined high hill.
After the ambush was completed, it was almost the fifth watch. Shi Jin led the Chinese troops out of the city and took up positions opposite the Huyanzhuo camp, beating drums and shouting and waving flags.
At this moment, Hu Yanzhuo was in the central army tent. All the officers and soldiers were about to prepare food. Suddenly they heard the battle call, and they couldn't help being startled. At this time, the scout flew back and reported to Hu Yanzhuo's tent. Immediately, the order was sent to Han Tao, the vanguard, to come out first, and then ordered the sergeants to put on their armored horses. Hu Yanzhuo also put on his whole body, rode on the snow black horse, held two whips, and drove the army horses to rush out.
The two armies each took their positions. Hu Yanzhuo saw Shi Jin leading many troops from a distance. It was no different from before. He couldn't help but feel suspicious at the moment. However, since Shi Jin dared to come out, this opportunity should not be missed, even if there was something wrong. The trick is, I'm afraid that this horse is no match for the chain-armed horse. At that moment, Hu Yanzhuo teaches to get rid of the horse army, whether it is offensive or defensive, at least he is well prepared.
At this time, the vanguard Han Tao rode over and reported to Hu Yanzhuo: "A group of infantry is coming from the south. I don't know how many people there are yet."
When Hu Yanzhuo heard this, he smiled and said: "Why is it that the method that Shi Jin has been thinking about for several days is not working? I don't care about him anymore, I just command the chain of horses to rush forward, kill him first and leave nothing behind," Han After receiving the order, Tao immediately led the five hundred horse troops to fly out. However, at this moment, another shout of killing was suddenly heard from the southeast. A group of soldiers and horses raised the banner of Kowloon in the green forest and charged into the sky.
Han Tao wanted to divide his troops to kill, but before he could give the order, suddenly another group of flags gathered in the southwest, and the shouts were like rolling thunder. Han Tao saw this, and immediately lost his mind, so he led the troops again Returning to the front of the formation, he said to Hu Yanzhuo: "There are three thieves ambushing in the south, all under the banner of Green Forest."
Hu Yanzhuo pondered for a while and said, "This guy won't come out to fight for some time, so he must have a plan today." Before he could finish his words, he heard a cannon shot from the north. Hu Yanzhuo was startled, and he immediately slapped his thigh and jumped up to curse. He said: "This cannon must have been fired by Ling Zhen after he followed the thief and listened to the green forest's order." Before Hu Yanzhuo finished speaking, a burst of killing shouts also erupted from the south, and Hu Yanzhuo went towards Looking over there, I saw three more flags flying to the north.
Hu Yanzhuo saw the thieves coming from all directions like a tide, and immediately said to Han Tao: "This must be a treacherous plot by the thieves. They want to use this to mess up the morale of our army so that they can surround and kill us here, but they don't know that we are here." The chain of horses is so powerful that you and I will divide the troops into two groups: I will kill the troops in the north, and you will kill the troops in the south. Then we will gather together and charge straight to their camp." Just as we were dividing our troops, we saw another group of troops in the west. Four teams of men and horses rose up, shouting to kill and shaking the world. At this moment, they heard a barrage of gunfire from the north. Hu Yanzhuo was panicked when he heard this. Before he could order the soldiers and horses to disperse, he saw a streak of fire on the bright sky. A dazzling fire ball with a tail came towards this side like a shooting star chasing the moon. In the blink of an eye, those fire bombs fell in Hu Yanzhuo's camp. The sound of booming explosions came one after another. Those who were hit were all blown up with sawdust flying into the air, and the formation was like landslides and earth shattering. In just a moment, it was a raging fire. And those who exploded in the formation of soldiers and horses, even exploded the blood and flesh of countless soldiers and horses in the surrounding area. Horrible.
This artillery is called the "Zi Mu Cannon". It is Ling Zhen's proud masterpiece. It was only built a year ago. It has never been tested for its power. This is the first time it has been sent to the formation. The generals can't help but look at it after trying their skills. He was dumbfounded, followed by a series of cheers, and Ling Zhen was even more happy. This "Mother Cannon" is a cannon array with forty-nine sub-cannons as the center. The place where the explosion occurred caused the house to collapse. Collapse, landslide and ground cracking.
Hu Yanzhuo's soldiers and horses had never seen such powerful artillery, and they were in chaos without fighting. Hu Yanzhuo hurriedly led Han Tao's infantry and horses to clash in all directions. However, the ten infantry groups of the Green Forest Army, no matter how the officers and soldiers pursued them, They were all like shadows, keeping a distance of neither far nor close. When the officers and soldiers came, they would flee, and when the officers and soldiers retreated, they would pursue them again.
Hu Yanzhuo was furious after seeing this. He held back his anger. He didn't care about anything. He led his troops to look north and charged to the end.
Green Forest's soldiers and horses then walked in the predetermined direction, and they all threw themselves into the reeds and scattered in all directions.
Hu Yanzhuo saw this, shouted loudly, and drove the horses in a chain, rolling over the ground to kill them. The armored horses ran together, unable to restrain themselves, looking at the reeds, the withered grass and the barren forest. They went to kill each other, and suddenly heard a whistle sound inside, and suddenly many hooks and sickles appeared from the woods and grass. They raised their hands together and hooked the horses on both sides first. The armored horse in the middle started roaring, and the chain of horses started. They were tied together with iron chains. This time the two sides fell down and became a burden. All the galloping horses in the middle were restrained and thrown into disarray. Then the hooks, sickles and spears were fired at them, and those horses were shot. They were all knocked down. Just as the war horses rolled to the ground one by one, the hook-scratchers who were ambush among them also threw a handful of hooks from both sides. Suddenly, the hooks came in overwhelmingly, and they all caught them. After getting rid of the cavalry above, the green forest sergeant who was among the reeds went up and only focused on binding people.
When Hu Yanzhuo saw that he had been caught in the hook-and-scythe-gun trick, he reined in his horse and went back to the south to catch up with Han Tao. Who would have thought that the wind cannons from behind hit him head-on, and exploded in all directions, knocking out the chain of horses that followed Hu Yanzhuo back. Everything in the west was blown to pieces, and on the battlefield, all over the mountains and plains, there were infantry in the green forest.
The chain armored horses under Han Tao and Hu Yanzhuo rolled wildly into the grass and reeds. They also fell into the Green Forest Army's plan. They came out from the grass forest with hooks and sickles and killed those chained armored formations. The cavalrymen were dead and wounded, and all those who survived were captured by the Hook Hands. The two knew that they had fallen into the Green Forest Army's plan, and fled the same way. At this time, the camp had been blown up by the mother-son cannon. For a sea of fire, the two of them fought against the flying artillery and joined forces to fight for the road. Looking around, they saw that the southeast roads were lined with swords and guns, and the mountains and plains were full of Kowloon flags. The two of them did not dare to throw those few flags. As we walked along, we headed northwest, hoping to go to Chang'an.
However, after walking less than five or six miles, a group of strong men suddenly appeared on the way. A hero blocked the road first. Hu Yanzhuo took a closer look and saw that it was none other than the traveler Wu Song, holding a pair of iron swords. He shouted loudly: "The defeated general will not leave," and swung his sword to kill him. Hu Yanzhuo was so angry that he immediately danced his whip and rode straight towards Wu Song.
The two of them were fighting together. Han Tao saw Wu Song's prowess, so he patted his horse and came up to help. The three of them fought together, and they fought for about twenty rounds. Wu Song patted his horse and left. Hu Yanzhuo was afraid that he had fallen into a trap and would not come. He chased after him, took the main road, waved his troops and left.
They couldn't go far when they saw another group of strong men coming out from the bottom of the hillside. The first one galloped and stood in the road. Without saying a word, he opened his bow and shot towards this side. This bow was equipped with five arrows in parallel. , whistling, he came towards Hu Yanzhuo's face. Needless to say, it was Xie Qianqiu who had this technique. Hu Yanzhuo saw it in his eyes and knew that he couldn't open it with a whip, so he secretly clasped his foot in the stirrup and pulled it. The saddle left the saddle and hid on the side of the horse to avoid this disaster. Then the two horses met and they fought together.
Hu Yanzhuo danced his whips and came to fight Xie Qianqiu. The fight did not last more than ten rounds before Xie Qianqiu turned his horse around and left.
Hu Yanzhuo was afraid of Xie Qianqiu's arrow feathers and was afraid of falling into Xie Qianqiu's trick, so he did not dare to pursue him at the moment. He seized the road and continued to drive east. However, after only half a mile, hundreds of hooks and sickles suddenly appeared on both sides. , rolling towards the ground, the officers and soldiers immediately neighed with their horses, and the cavalry fell in large numbers. Just when everyone was panicking, scratching hooks flew out from both sides above their heads, intertwining into a terrifying network that filled the sky, killing the officers and soldiers on the horses. They all caught off their horses. Hu Yanzhuo had no intention of fighting and did not dare to stop. He turned the horse's head and spurred the horse forward, looking northeast to go up the path. However, he did not expect that at this time, Lin Chong had been waiting for a long time with a soul-chasing gun horizontally. He looked at Hu Yanzhuo at the moment. So he stopped on his way.
Hu Yanzhuo saw that the road was uneven and there were many thorns blocking it. He gritted his teeth, slapped his horse and whip, and went straight to open the way. Lin Chong and Hu Yanzhuo spent thirty rounds, and Lin Chong also put away his gun and bought an opening to release Hu Yanzhuo. Zhuo passed by, and Hu Yanzhuo threw himself to the northeast without thinking. He was defeated and the two were in chaos.
Shi Jin paid gold and returned the army back to the mountain, asking for rewards for each one's merit. More than half of the three thousand chain-armored horses were knocked down by hooks and sickles, damaging the horses' hooves, and their leather armor was stripped off by the sergeants. They used them to cook dishes to reward the three armies, and the rest There were also more than 40% of the good horses, which were brought back to the camp to be fed and used as mounts. The armored sergeants were also captured alive and returned to the city. The five thousand infantry were surrounded on three sides and wanted to hide in the grass and forests. They were all dragged over and captured by hooks, sickles and spears. Those who tried to cross the river to escape were all surrounded by infantrymen who rushed up from all directions and were trapped on the shore.
All the previously captured horses and captured sergeants were brought back to the city. Lei Heng then also captured Han Tao who had escaped, tied them up and brought them to the city.
Shi Jin saw him, personally untied him, invited him to come to the hall, treated him with polite words, and treated him to a banquet. He ordered Peng Huan and Ling Zhen to persuade him to join the group.
Han Tao was also a member of the martial arts community, so naturally he was of the same mind, so he followed everyone's wishes and became a general in the green forest.
Shi Jin was naturally as kind as ever, and immediately repaired the book, and sent people to Chenzhou to recruit Han Tao, old and young, to come to the city for a reunion. Shi Jin was so happy that he broke the chain of horses, and got many military horses, armor, helmets and swords. He held banquets every day to celebrate his achievements, and still mobilized Everyone guards the city gates and is wary of the officers and soldiers.