Chapter 72 Fighting generals, stabbing in the back
Luanhe Camp.
The party entered and Zhang Qiong sat opposite.
Zhang Qiong was not happy and muttered, "I just chopped off the heads of a few defeated soldiers and stuffed them into the gaps between their teeth."
The same is true for Dang Jin. Although he is happy that his friend can achieve such a feat, he feels the same way because he has worked so hard but has not gained much credit.
"The Khitan cubs each claim to be eagles or wild wolves, and they blow their beards with great airs. I think they are quail dogs, and they can't help but beat them."
Dang Jin was full of complaints.
Zhang Qiong blinked and suggested: "You and I have nothing to do, let's go to the enemy camp for a walk?"
Dang Jin was also a bold leader, and his heart suddenly moved: "Let's go and chop off a few heads to vent our anger."
The two men did not bring too many soldiers and horses, but each led a hundred personal guards, and arrived at the foot of Prince Mountain.
Taizi Mountain is located 23 miles southeast of Luanhe River. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with alluvial plains in front and Songting Pass behind. It is a strategic location that can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating.
It was also the place chosen by Yelusha to camp.
At this time, Yelusha was sulking in the military tent. His favorite son and his best friend died in battle one after another. Even though he had experienced hundreds of battles and was used to life and death, he still felt a sense of sadness and anger.
Especially at this moment, he couldn't avenge him, and he felt even more incompetent, drinking alone and bored.
Yelusha took a big sip of wine and heard a burst of noise unexpectedly. He frowned slightly. He was about to get up to see what was going on when he heard a report from his attendants: "Nan Xiang! There are Southern thieves calling for battle outside the camp. They are in the camp."
Foreigners insult us Khitans as cowards and cowards..."
Call for battle, invite battle?
Yelusha shook his dizzy head and asked, "How many people are coming from the other side?"
The attendant replied, "It looks like there are more than two hundred people!"
Yelusha was already simmering with anger, but at this moment, his anger went straight to Tian Ling Gai, and he shouted angrily: "Thieves from the Southern Dynasty, are you really bullying me and no one in Khitan? Let me see..."
One-on-one combat has been somewhat demonized in later generations.
In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the one-on-one duel between generals is the most exciting. Things like warming wine and killing Hua Xiong, naked clothes fighting Ma Chao, Zhang Yide fighting Ma Mengqi at night, Taishi Ci Yong fighting the little overlord, etc. are all popular and talked about.
A famous scene from Le Dao.
But as more and more people become more serious, some people feel that it is too fake and that one-on-one does not exist. It is just words.
This is a bit overkill.
In fact, the custom of single combat has existed since ancient times, and is more common than imagined. It is also a battlefield custom that has gone through historical development and testing...
As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a theory of single combat.
However, it is not called a duel, but a very elegant term, called "Zhishi". The earliest record of Zhishi is the Battle of Muye in the Shang Dynasty. However, at that time, it was a chariot battle, and there were at least two people participating in the battle. The strict
It's not a one-on-one challenge.
With the emergence of cavalry, there were gradually more cases of duel.
During the Chu-Han War, there were many records of duels. Xiang Yu invited Liu Bang to duels many times.
How could Liu Bang be Xiang Yu's rival? Of course he shouldn't.
Liu Bang's Lou Fan also singled out and shot three of Xiang Yu's warriors.
During the Han Dynasty, the main opponent was the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu barbarians did not respect martial ethics, so there were few instances of duel.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, when there was civil strife, many people regained their martial virtues.
Lu Bu and Guo Si have records of single combat, and Guan Yu even killed Yan Liang among thousands of troops...
Especially with the emergence of stirrups, dueling has become a common phenomenon.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, a large number of duel records began to appear.
Even when Li Shimin was the king of Qin, he had a duel with an extremely brave Turkic general. Historical records record: When the sword was about to be connected, Taizong used his natural strategy to shoot a big arrow at the center of the hole in the back, and he died in response to the string.
This is even more true for great generals such as Shi Wansui, Qin Qiong, and Xue Rengui.
By the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, when warriors were in power, fighting among generals became even more popular. There were even generals from both sides fighting each other. The officers and soldiers on both sides did not hold weapons and watched nearby.
A bizarre scene of lively banter and laughter.
Even in the Song Dynasty, which emphasized literature and suppressed military power, there were many examples of duels...
In addition to being a commander-in-chief who can win decisive battles in Qianli, Yue Fei is also a tiger general who is good at single combat.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the same was true because of the martial atmosphere brought by Mongolia.
Chang Yuchun, under Zhu Hongwu, is a one-on-one maniac. Even when he became the commander-in-chief of an army, he still did not change his love for one-on-one combat.
Zhu Yuanzhang persuaded Chang Yuchun more than once that duel is a matter for small schools, and it is undesirable for you, a general, to compete with small schools, so you should avoid it.
It can be seen from this that dueling generals in single combat has been a common thing in ancient armies since ancient times.
It wasn't until firearms became truly popular that the trend of single combat disappeared.
Although "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" exaggerated the effect of duel, it would be nonsense to overgeneralize and say that duel does not exist.
Dang Jin and Zhang Qiong are both fierce generals of this era. However, Luo Youdu does not advocate single combat, and they have not shown their abilities in this regard.
Bai Mingming had taken all the credit this time, and the two of them felt uncomfortable, so they went to the Khitan camp to stir up trouble.
"Scold me, scold me harder!"
Dang Jin put his hands on his hips, commanded his bodyguards, and greeted the relatives of the Khitan people in the camp from a distance, laughing at them for being cowardly turtles.
When Yelüsha came to the camp, he saw that the enemy had only about two hundred men. He showed off his power in front of their camp and became even more angry. He shouted, "Call the brave men in the army to follow me to fight."
With the rapid beating of war drums, Yelusha led a group of soldiers and horses out of the camp.
Yelusha said to the person beside him, "Tubu, come up and let them see how powerful I am, a Khitan warrior!"
When the team leader named Tu Bu heard this, he jumped on his horse without hesitation.
On the other side, the party advanced, and Zhang Qiong was still arguing about who should go out first.
Dang Jin said, "My kung fu is better than yours, I'll go first!"
Zhang Qiong sighed, "Are you able to fight with me on foot?"
The two have been friends for many years and know each other well.
Dang Jin's riding skills are outstanding, and he is able to hold the upper hand over Zhang Qiong in the riding battle.
But Zhang Qiong has extraordinary physical strength and quick footwork, and his fat body does not affect his agility. In foot combat, Dang Jin is really no match for him.
The two of them were facing each other tit for tat, glaring at each other with lantern-sized eyes, neither trying to convince the other but ignoring the other.
Zhang Qiong saw that the opponent's general had arrived in front of the formation, and said helplessly: "Old rules!"
Dang Jin looked solemn and said, "Old rules!"
The two of them stretched out their palms at the same time and chanted "戗, 嫃, basket..."
The 戗, 倃, and basket are the ancient sayings of rock, paper, scissors.
The sword, the boulder, the basket, the boulder can smash the sword, the basket can carry the boulder, the sword can expose the basket...
"Kun!"
「戗」
Dang Jin looked at the sword he had produced and said with a smile, "Good brother, I accept it."
He winked at Zhang Qiong, feeling complacent.
Zhang Qiong was furious, suddenly looked back and shouted, "Your Majesty?"
Dang Jin was so frightened that he trembled and got off his horse.
Zhang Qiong, however, took the lead and rushed over. He held a bow and arrow in his hand, shouted "Look at the arrow" and shot an arrow at Tubu.
Different from the Chinese version, historically it was allowed to use bows and arrows in duels.
Even horse racing and shooting are better than horse fighting.
Zhang Qiong is extremely skilled in archery, and the arrow went straight to Tubu's chest.
Tubu was also a warrior in the army. He saw clearly the direction of the arrow and said with a smile, "Well done!"
He was also proficient in archery, and with just one arrow he could tell that the opponent's archery skills were mediocre.
"This battle is the time for me to make a name for myself!"
Thinking of this, he ducked to the right and reached out to catch the arrow shot by Zhang Qiong.
But just as he grabbed the arrow in his hand, Zhang Qiong's second arrow approached his chest again.
This arrow was fast and accurate, with a bit of surprise.
This is what Tubu
Realizing that this arrow was the opponent's true level, this thought flashed through his mind, and then he was hit by an arrow in his chest and fell to the ground.
Zhang Qiong held up the bow and arrow in his hand.
More than two hundred people beside them saw Zhang Qiong shooting the enemy general and shouted, "The general is mighty, Dayu is mighty!"
Although Dang Jin was annoyed that Zhang Qiong stole his limelight, he killed the enemy with two arrows, which was really beautiful. Although he was good at riding, his ability in riding and shooting was slightly inferior. He was a little envious and shouted: "Fat Zhang, come on.
Let me take one. If you try to rob me again, we will no longer be friends."
Zhang Qiong stole the show and said, "I let you, I let you!"
He slowly retreated.
Dang Jin snorted, jumped forward and said, "A few more, one of them won't be enough to kill your grandpa Dang."
When Yelusha saw Tubu shoot two arrows at the opponent, his face was gloomy. He also heard that Dang Jin wanted to kill a few people, so he suppressed the urge to go to the battlefield and said, "Lang Zhen, go up and shoot him, and I will send you a group of soldiers."
, I will promote you to the rank of Taoist Commander."
In Khitan battles, every five hundred cavalrymen formed a team, ten teams formed a lane, and ten lanes served as one side. Each team, lane, and side had a commander.
Lang Zhen was the commander of a 500-man team. When he heard that he had the opportunity to have 5,000 troops, he became energetic. He crossed his legs and stabbed diagonally to distance himself from Dang Jin.
He saw Dang Jin with a leopard head and eyes, unparalleled in power, holding a horse spear instead of a bow and arrow in his hand, and refused to allow him to fight melee. He bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and with a whoosh sound, he fired the arrow at Dang Jin's face.
Dang Jin's expression remained unchanged, and with a wave of Ma Shan's hand, the arrow flew away.
Lang Zhen's face darkened. The opponent's vision skills displayed by this move were far better than anyone he had encountered. He drove his mount to try to widen the distance between the two, raised his hand and fired another arrow.
The Party is not in a hurry to approach, but keeps a certain distance.
He has rich combat experience and can shoot arrows quickly within fifty steps, and within ten steps, his arrows are both accurate and fast.
To rashly approach an archer with his bow drawn is tantamount to committing suicide.
Lang Zhen's shooting method is a test of arm strength. Under normal circumstances, after shooting three or five arrows, the stamina will be insufficient. That's when the opportunity comes to get close.
Amidst the shouts of soldiers from both sides, Lang Zhen and Dang Jin competed with each other's mentality and tactical skills.
Yelusha also saw at this time that the two men on the other side were not middle and lower-level generals at all, but real generals.
Grandpa Party?
Could it be that the party is advancing?
Yelusha was furious.
Generally speaking, the so-called fighting generals are middle and lower-level generals who fight for their status with their own bravery. Moreover, fighting generals are just desserts before the war. At the end, they increase some morale and cannot influence the situation of the battle. Who is the real general?
Take the risk?
The other party is cheating and bullying the small!
Lang Zhen was the first to be unable to withstand the pressure. Seeing that Dang Jin was getting closer, he pulled a full ring for the third time and shot out quickly.
Dang Jin heard the sound of the arrow and knew that it was coming quickly and could not intercept it forcefully. He lowered himself on the saddle and the arrow passed over his head. At the same time, he accelerated instantly and approached Lang Zhen.
Lang Zhen gritted his teeth and hurriedly used his magic skills to attack the party on the left and right with two arrows.
Dang Jin laughed loudly, turned sideways to avoid an arrow, and Ma Shan swung another arrow away.
Lang Zhen wanted to shoot again, but his breath suddenly stopped. He raised his arm halfway and was unable to draw his bow.
Seeing that Dang Jin was nearby, he was so frightened that he threw his hand at Dang Jin and tried to turn around and run away.
Dang Jin stabbed him in the back of his heart and ended him.
Dang Jin laughed wildly, "They all said there would be a few more, but one is not enough..."
Seeing that Dang Jin was so arrogant, Yelusha was about to let his most powerful general go into battle, but saw a cold arrow shot at Dang Jin.
This arrow was like a shooting star.
Zhang Qiong shouted in shock, "Be careful!"
Dang Jin's expression also changed drastically. He hurriedly picked up the reins of his horse, and his mount suddenly stood up in front of him.
This arrow was so powerful that it penetrated from the horse's chest to the tail of the arrow.
The war horse fell to the ground in severe pain, and Dang Jin was thrown off the horse, which was quite embarrassing.
Zhang Qiong shouted, "Help!"
He galloped forward and stood out from the crowd
, Xian Wu shot three people in a row.
The two hundred personal guards of the two men moved instantly.
Dang Jin rolled on the ground, and when he saw his beloved horse lying on the ground, he did not hesitate, quickly galloped to the side of Lang Zhen's horse, jumped on the horse, turned around and ran away, saying loudly: "Khitan rat, I hate you for this!
Grandpa will repay you one day."
He didn't dare to stay, so he exchanged glances with Zhang Qiong, and they hurriedly left.
A man walked out of the crowd and said, "Why doesn't Prime Minister Nan lead his troops to pursue them? Capture them and win a big victory."
Yelusha was already unhappy, but now he saw that he had lost his martial virtue, and his face was irrelevant. It could be seen the identity of the person coming, but he could only suppress his anger.
The person who came was called Yelu Tizi. He was the grandson of Wuli, the Prime Minister of the Northern Prefecture. He had a close relationship with Emperor Yelu Bishe since childhood and had a very good relationship. He was the supervisor of the army.
If it were anyone else, Nalu Sha would take custody and beat him up, but Yelv Tizi could only sneer and say: "The supervisors are brave enough to hurt people with secret arrows, why don't they chase after them themselves?"
Seeing that the eyes around him were looking at him with a bit of contempt, the young Yelu asked how he had ever been so angry, and said: "Let the enemy leave, and Nan Xiang will explain it to His Majesty himself."
He thought about throwing up his sleeves and returning to the tent.
The mocking and disdainful glances from those around him appeared in Yelu Tizi's mind, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He had lost two team leaders, and he was kind-hearted in helping, but he was treated with cold eyes.
When these two armies confront each other, how can there be any martial virtue?
Extremely pedantic.
Although Yelu Tizi came from a famous Khitan family, he always regarded himself as an elegant man. He was good at archery, but he was even better at painting, especially painting people and horses, which was unique in Khitan.
What people like him can't stand the most is the martial artist's tricks.
What the other party brought today is obviously a big fish, why don’t you eat this?
Fool?
"no!"
In Yelu Tizi's mind, Dang Jin was in a state of embarrassment because he had knocked down a dog with an arrow, and his heart moved. The other party's call for formation was just to undermine the morale of our army. It would be better to draw Dang Jin's embarrassment, and show it to him the next day.
Report it to the entire Southern Dynasty army on the battlefield to see how cowardly their fierce generals are, and maybe their reputation will be spread throughout the world.
Thinking of this, Yelu Tizi immediately took out the pen and ink he carried with him and carefully described today's situation.