Chapter 16: Soldiers approach the city and force Kyoto (1)
Just when Shi Jin ordered troops and horses, another messenger from outside came to the city and handed over a letter. This messenger was sent by the Huyanzhuo Group Army. The letter detailed the attack on Caizhou and Yingzhou.
Recruiting troops and horses along the way, not only surrendered many generals, but also the number of troops and horses reached 120,000 to 30,000. Hu Yanzhuo, Xie Qianqiu, and Xu Ning's troops were divided into three groups across Huainan East Road, approaching Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing. In this way, they cooperated with the main force of the army to attack
The attack on Bianliang in Tokyo made it impossible for the imperial court to take care of both sides. Shi Jin was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately wrote back a letter promising many rewards.
At this time, the Southern Expeditionary Army led by Yang Zhi, Wu Song, and Lu Zhishen also successively captured Sichuan and Jingzhou. Except for Lu Zhishen who stayed behind, Yang Zhi and Wu Song had already been dispatched to Chang'an in the past few days to prevent Dajin from raiding.
Shi Jin wanted to break through the capital of the Song Dynasty as soon as possible so that he could visit his seriously injured brother as early as possible. That night, he and Wu Yong organized their troops in order. The first group: vanguard Xu Jing, Han Cunbao, and Jiang Wei, led by 5,000 soldiers.
The second group: Wang Huan, Wang Wende, Xiang Yuanzhen, the two-headed snake Xie Zhen, and the two-tailed scorpion Jie Bao each brought their troops, a total of 10,000 people. The third group: the female leader Yizhang Qinghu Sanniang, the female big insect Gu
Sister-in-law, led two thousand troops and horses. The fourth group: Li Ying, the flying eagle, and Du Xing, the deputy grimace'er, led two thousand troops and horses. The commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, Marshal Shi Jin, the military advisers Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, and the three generals of Tu Zhang
Members: Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, Zhu Biao. The leader of the front army is Wei Chi Sunli, the deputy generals are Chi Sunxin, Zou Yuan, and Zou Run. The leader of the rear army is Lin Chong, the leopard head, and the deputy general Liu Quantian. The leader of the left army is Hu Yanzhuo with double whips.
, Deputy General Mei Zhan, Zhang Kai. Right Army General Luan Tingyu, Deputy Generals Qiu Yue and Zhou Ang. They also led the artilleryman Hong Tianlei Lingzhen, Lehe was responsible for receiving food and grass, Shi Qian, and Kui Er was responsible for inquiring about the military situation. All the generals in the camp were divided
The allocation has been decided, and when dawn comes, all the generals go in order and set off on the same day.
Let's say that Suo Chao was reading a book of war in Feihu Valley to pass the time, when he saw Meteor Scout coming to report: "The soldiers and horses of the Green Forest Army are coming in great force, and the thieves are very powerful. They are currently about twenty or thirty miles away from the stronghold.
Coming soon!"
When Suo Chao heard the news, he immediately sent people on flying horses to Huaishupo Village to report Li Cheng. After hearing this, Li Cheng notified his horse to enter the city, but also prepared his own war horses and went to the front village. Suo Chao followed Li Cheng and prepared details.
After talking about the potential of the thieves discovered by Tan Ma, Li Cheng sneered and said: "I'm just saying, it's time to come, so we can go to Zhongmou City in person to find their troubles, send orders, pack up the troops, and prepare to leave the camp.
Meet the enemy!" Suo Chao then urged Wu Gen to make rice, and before dawn, he fully prepared and led his troops to leave the stronghold, came to Yujia Village, formed a formation, and deployed 50,000 horses.
Li Cheng and Suo Chao were both fully clothed and stood under the gate to rein in their horses. They held the pavilion and looked eastward. In the distance, they saw where the dust was rising. There were more than five thousand people, galloping towards this direction to kill.
When he came forward, one of the heroes in front of him was Han Cunbao, who shouted loudly: "Li Cheng, do you recognize me?!"
The voice sounded familiar. Li Cheng stared at it on the horse and laughed with Suo Chao: "Everyone says how powerful the Green Forest Army is, but it turns out they are just these grass bandits. With you among them, how can you be considered a pioneer!
, what do you think? Why not catch this rebel first? To show the prestige of the imperial court!"
Suo Chao looked at the surrendered general Han Cunbao and said with a smile: "There is no need for young generals to take action, someone will naturally make a contribution."
Suo Chao didn't say anything. Behind Suo Chao's horse was a leading general, named Wang and Ding. He held a spear in his hand and took it directly at Han Cunbao. Han Cunbao shouted and clapped his horse, and the two met in the middle. Two spears were fired.
After this fight, they couldn't kill for thirty rounds. Wang Ding felt a lot of pressure. His marksmanship was messed up by Han Cunbao. When he was about to be killed by Han Cunbao and fled, Suo Chao looked at it and thought to himself that he was not good. He turned to another person behind him.
One of the generals waved his hand, and immediately another horse flew out from the formation. This man's surname was Lin, and his name was Xin. He had a beard and a dark complexion. He waved a spear in his hand and shouted loudly.
"General Wang, I'm here to help you!" He waved his spear and ran straight up.
Here Xu Jing swung his sword and clapped his horse, then stepped forward and shouted: "I'll meet you!" After saying this, he intercepted Lin Xin in the middle and chopped him off with his sword. The two of them fought, and the two horses circled.
Suo Chao saw that Wang Ding couldn't bear to eat, so he quickly called two more generals to come up to help. However, the two men flew up, but were intercepted by Jiang Wei. Four people versus three people still failed to reverse the defeat. Suo Chao looked at
He couldn't help but feel a little angry. In front of Li Cheng, this person was really embarrassed. After all, Li Cheng was still a reasonable person. He had already seen that those generals were not helping the cause. If this continued, there would be damage. That was inevitable for Suo Chao's face.
It didn't look good, so Li Cheng immediately ordered Suo Chao to lead 30,000 people to kill them.
Suo Chao was waiting for these words, and time was not waiting for him. He immediately led his troops and shouted to kill, and led the 30,000 troops behind him to rush up like a mighty flood.
Xu Jing and others were fighting smoothly here. Seeing the overwhelming number of officers and soldiers coming over there, they immediately parried twice and then returned to charge with their troops. However, the officers, soldiers and cavalry were coming with great force and their numbers were absolutely dominant. With this attack, Xu Jing and others were fighting smoothly.
The troops in Beijing were unable to resist and scattered in all directions. Suo Chao led his troops from behind and rushed straight through Yujia Village. He saw gongs and drums roaring from behind the hillside. Suo Chao looked around and saw that two soldiers and horses had already rushed out halfway.
On the right were Jie Zhen and Wang Huan, and on the right were Wang Wende, Jie Bao, and Xiang Yuanzhen, each with five thousand troops and horses, charging towards them.
Suo Chao was startled when he saw that they had troops and horses to support them. He did not dare to kill any more, fearing that he would fall into a trap, so he immediately reined in his horse and returned.
When Li Cheng came back and saw that Suo Chao had found nothing, he immediately asked: "Why didn't the thief be caught?"
Suo Chao reported: "When I rushed to the other side of the mountain, I was about to arrest him. Who knew that these guys were just cheating. They had already ambushed the supporting troops there. There were ambushes everywhere, and I almost fell into their trap.
, it was difficult to attack, so we had to break out and fight back, temporarily withdrawing our troops."
When Li Cheng heard Suo Chao's words, he not only excused the incompetence of his men, but also seemed to blame him for ordering the charge and fell into the enemy's trick. Li Cheng felt a little unhappy in his heart and said: "There is no need to fear these grass bandits.
!" After saying this, without further words, he would lead 50,000 troops from the front and kill them all through Yujia Village. Only then did Suo Chao realize that he had made a mistake. He was afraid that he would offend Li Cheng and cause discord among the generals.
The overall situation, now also brought the rear army of 50,000 people to follow.
Li Cheng didn't see a single soldier of the Green Forest Army along the way. When he was doubting, he saw flags waving and shouting, drums and gongs in front of him. Another group of soldiers and horses came out. The first one rode up, a female general, leading them.
On the red flag of the army were large characters written in gold, "A female general is one foot tall", followed closely behind was Sister-in-law Gu, leading more than two thousand troops and horses, all of whom were from the four mountains and five mountains.
Li Cheng reined in his horse and laughed, saying, "What are these soldiers for? You go to the vanguard to meet the enemy this time, and I will divide my troops to suppress the nearby grass bandits!"
Suo Chao knew that Li Cheng was insulting him in disguise, but he did not dare to disobey him. He immediately received the general's order, held a gold-dipped ax in his hand, sat down on his horse, and rushed forward to kill him.
When Sanniang, the one-foot-long green warrior, and Mrs. Gu, the mother-in-law, saw the fellow leading his troops to kill him, they immediately reined in their horses and turned around, looking into the valley of the mountain before leaving.
At this time, Li Cheng separated his troops and rushed around to kill. At this time, a group of troops suddenly appeared in front of them, shouting for a kill that shook the world. However, it was Li Ying who jumped into the sky, and his deputy Du Xing, with a grimace, led two thousand soldiers and horses under his command and rolled to the ground with a shout of kill.
came. Li Cheng was startled by the tiger-like morale, and before he could understand the situation, Wang Huan, Wang Wende, Xiang Yuanzhen, the two-headed snake Jie Zhen, and the two-tailed scorpion Jie Bao each brought their troops, a total of one
Thousands of people were repeatedly killed and turned around. At this time, the two female generals also turned their horses and then came to kill. Li Cheng's soldiers and horses were scattered in four directions. Suo Chao came to rescue him, but before he arrived,
Hearing a cry of killing from behind, a commander's flag was fluttering, and behind Commander Shi Jin, three generals, Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, and Zhu Biao, rushed straight in with 30,000 troops and horses. Suo Chao's
The soldiers and horses were blocked by Shi Jin and others, and there was a melee. Li Cheng calmed down his panic, and in a hurry, he led the soldiers and horses to break away from the encirclement and kill back. Suo Chao did not dare to fight and saw Li Cheng go back to kill, so he immediately led his soldiers
The horse hit and ran away.
After about five or six miles, we were walking and fighting when suddenly two more soldiers and horses came out halfway. Those rushing from the left were the former army leader Bing Wei Chi Sunli, the deputy generals Xiao Wei Chi Sunxin, Zou Yuan, Zou Run,
He led 10,000 horses. On the right was Lin Chong, leader of the rear army, Leopard Head, and deputy general Liu Quantian led 10,000 horses to kill them.
Li Cheng and Suo Chao joined forces and risked their lives to fight through everyone and seize the road. At this time, Li Cheng's deputy general who was staying in the camp came with troops to meet him. When they arrived at Dazhai, Li Cheng and Suo Chao's
Most of the troops and horses were lost.
For the sake of caution, Shi Jin gathered his troops and horses and did not pursue them. He withdrew his troops for a while and then set up camp.
Let's talk about Li Cheng and Suo Chao, who were killed in this battle. They hurriedly sent people into the city to inform the Privy Envoy Tong Guan. Tong Guan was shocked when he heard that, and sent Wen Dashu to come to the battle with 50,000 troops and horses overnight.
Li Cheng then went to Huaishupo Village to discuss the retreat strategy.
Wen Da smiled and said: "Why worry about scabies and leprosy! Dear brother, don't worry, let me vent your anger for you!" That night they discussed and decided on the marching strategy for the next day.
On the second day, the officers and soldiers prepared food at the fourth watch, put on their uniforms at the fifth watch, and marched into the army at dawn. The war drums were sounded at the second watch, and all the strongholds were raised. They arrived in front of Yujia Village and set up their formations. However, after a while, the soldiers and horses of the Green Forest Army came like a strong wind.
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When Wen Da saw the Green Forest Army coming, he taught everyone to spread out their troops and horses, use strong bows and crossbows, and shoot at the base of the formation. A general had already rushed out of the Green Forest Army's formation, with a red flag and silver characters, and the big writing "Leopard Head Lin Chong" on it.
, Lin Chong came to the front of the formation with a spear and Pegasus, reined in the war horse, and shouted sternly: "Listen, you corrupt officials in Bianjing! We are going to attack your city soon, for fear of harming the good people. If you sincerely surrender, I will not
Invasion! If you persist in your stubbornness, your last wish must have been made earlier!"
When Wen Da heard this, he was furious and shouted: "Who is going to capture this thief?" Before he could finish his words, Suo Chao had already stepped out and stood in front of the formation, shouting loudly: "You are also an official of the imperial court.
Chao Ye has heard your name many times, what does the country owe you? You did not do anything good, but you turned into a traitor! When I capture you now, you will be cut into thousands of pieces to show the power of the country and the French army!"
After Lin Chong heard this, he said nothing. Gao Qiu had been executed by Lingchi, his personal revenge had been avenged, and his knot was resolved. After hearing this, he was not angry at all. Jiuwen Suo Chao is a powerful character. Previously,
Yang Zhi mentioned more than once that he was determined to fight with him right now. Without saying a word, he clapped his horse forward, wheeled up his spear and ran straight up.