Chapter 183 The bloody battle at Gule Village (Part 1)
Li Chengliang slept well that night.
It's not because he has nothing on his mind. On the contrary, Li Chengliang has a lot of things on his mind. However, extraordinary people must be extraordinary. Li Chengliang has a special ability. The more troubled he is, the calmer he becomes. He puts aside all his distracting thoughts and takes a good rest.
He rested all night just to prepare for the big battle the next day.
He has decided that no matter whether Nikan Wailan's persuasion to surrender is effective or not, no matter whether Jue Chang'an and Takshi's plan to sneak into the city to contact old friends and open the city gate for him is successful or not, he will continue to fight against Ma Tagule today!
Persuading surrender and stealing the city are all trivial matters. If it succeeds, it will succeed. If it fails, so what!
I, Li Chengliang, have been in charge of the Liao Dynasty for more than ten years. Did I achieve success by relying on this small path?
No, I rely on fighting! It is the never-ending victory!
In the early morning, there were already many talented people in the audience, and the four people standing at the front were the four main generals that Li Chengliang decided last night to attack the city today.
Yang Yuan, Zu Chengxun, Zha Dashou, Li Rumei.
As for Li Rubai... Li Chengliang knew his son Mo Ruofu. He knew that his second son's abilities were limited and far inferior to Wu Lang Rumei, let alone the elder Lang Rushong. Therefore, although Li Rubai would be dispatched in today's battle, he was not considered the main force.
However, in addition to the four main forces, Li Chengliang also showed off his trump card - Li Pinghu, the commander of his direct subordinates' bodyguards.
Li Pinghu usually followed Li Chengliang, but today he stood under the general stage, facing the "four generals", which shows his status in Li Chengliang's mind.
This man was lean and dark, with a drooped head and a slumped neck. His dark face was sallow, and he looked sickly. However, he was carrying an extra large thick-backed machete, and had a dark band around his waist.
The iron chain actually has a skull on it, and I don’t know which unlucky guy’s skull it is.
Li Pinghu's eyes were also extremely cold. He didn't even look at the "Four Generals" standing opposite him. Instead, he touched the skull hanging on his waist and abdomen from time to time. The whole person looked extremely terrifying.
You can't even tell that this is a general from the imperial court, but he looks like some kind of criminal thief or bandit.
This man had been under Li Chengliang's command for only a few years. Yang Yuan did not know this man because he had been abroad for a long time. Seeing his strange appearance, he couldn't help but tilted his head and asked Li Rumei in a low voice: "Fifth Young Master, why is this man dressed like this?
I have been working under the Marshal for quite some time, so how come I have never seen this person before?"
Li Rumei frowned slightly and said: "This Li Pinghu was originally a Tatar. He was impoverished when he was young and depended on his mother for life. He was often bullied by people in his tribe. He was once insulted by a philistine in person. He was so angry that he killed him by mistake. Therefore
He was thrown into prison and his mother was made a slave and died soon after.
After hearing about this man in prison, he howled for several days, looked for an opportunity to escape, and wandered in the mountains, just like a savage. One day, my father went hunting, and this man sneaked out of the forest to steal food. He was discovered by a probing horse, but he turned out to be empty-handed and bare-knuckled.
After defeating more than ten servants, my father loved his bravery and planned to subdue him personally, so he gave them the surnames Li and Pinghu to use under the tent.
Later, he participated in many military campaigns, and he was very brave and had many military exploits. However, this man was unruly and resentful. He always regarded others as enemies and bandits. Only his father could stop him. Therefore, he rarely talked to others and usually lived in a remote place.
, walking alone..."
When Li Rumei said this, her frown deepened, and she hesitated before adding: "In addition, this person is cruel and cruel. He will target one person in every battle and chase him to death. Then he will first cut off his flesh and eat it, and then cut off his body."
Take the head home, throw it in the toilet, and usually drown on it. If you want to go to war, choose a skeleton, rinse it a little, and tie it to your waist. Therefore, there is always the smell of corpses on the person's body, and everyone avoids it. This is called
He is a life-seeking ghost."
Yang Yuan was considered well-informed and couldn't help but click his tongue after hearing these words. He said after a while: "What a weirdo! However, I deeply hate such actions."
Li Rumei sighed and said: "I also hate this person deeply, but he is indeed extremely brave. My father and eldest brother both love me deeply, so I can't say more." Yang Yuan knew that he was the youngest in the family, although he was the youngest of his father.
Favored, but did not have much say in important matters, so he nodded to express his understanding.
Li Chengliang ordered the troops to be put down for the time being, but said that A Tai in the city had been invited to discuss strategies every day since his brother A Hai failed and fled elsewhere. However, these two people did not have much strategy in mind. After thinking about it,
There is no way to retreat from the enemy, the only way is to stick to one line.
Today, the two of them were patrolling the city together to check the defense. Suddenly they heard the sound of a drum, followed by shouts that shook the sky. Atai hurriedly looked into the distance and saw flags and flags surging in the Ming army formation, swords and guns shining, and one man carrying a machete on his back.
Holding a shield and walking out of the battle, Zha Dashou was followed. Behind him were more than a thousand strong men, all with thick armor and heavy shields, carrying ladders on their shoulders, and came shouting to kill.
Seeing this, Atai quickly mobilized 300 archers and pressed down the stones in the gray bottle to prepare for the attack.
Not long after, Ahai saw that the Ming army had rushed to the foot of the mountain, set up a ladder, and the ants were climbing up. He quickly asked Atai, "Governor, do you want to fight now?" It turned out that Atai also called himself the governor like his father Wang Gao.
Even his brothers will address him as governor when they see him.
Atai said: "No!"
After a while, Zha Dashou had led more than ten Ming troops to the platform. Ah Hai asked: "Captain, can we fight now?"
Atai looked a little nervous, but still shouted loudly: "No! Don't worry!"
While he was talking, more than a hundred Ming troops had climbed onto the earth platform. Zha Dashou covered himself with a shield and directed the Ming troops to put up ladders on the wall of the village. Ah Hai jumped to his feet anxiously and asked again: "Captain, aren't you going to fight?"
Atai shouted: "No fight! Don't be anxious! Don't be anxious!"
After a while, more than 300 people gathered on the earth platform, and more than ten Ming troops came up the ladder with shields and reinforcements. When Atai saw this, he suddenly drew his knife in his hand and roared: "Kill!——"
As soon as he finished speaking, a shower of arrows came out, and gray bottles and stones fell down. The earth platform was only a few tens of feet in diameter. More than three hundred people gathered on it, which was extremely cramped. Bows, arrows, stones and other objects were all fired without fail.
Yu Ming's army fell in response, and almost all the remaining soldiers were hit by arrows, causing a commotion.
When Zha Dashou saw this, he was furious and shouted: "Don't panic!" He drew his sword and shouted: "The commander-in-chief has strict orders! In today's battle, there will be no retreat! Those who advance will be rewarded, and those who retreat will be killed!"
After receiving the order, the Ming army did not dare to neglect, so they rushed forward one after another and swarmed forward again.
Less than two minutes after the battle, dozens of Ming troops were lying on the ground. The Ming troops on the stage were huddled together, and the Ming troops below the stage were not allowed to enter. Zha Dashou was anxious. He was also a fierce general. In anger, he simply stretched out his hand to dial
Dismiss the crowd and go up the ladder with your own shield.
Although Atai did not know Zha Dashou, he knew that he was the chief general. When he saw him approaching in person, he was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly sent people to attack him.
For a moment, Zha Dashou's armor, the arrows on the shield were like hedgehog thorns. However, Zha Dashou relied on the armor on his body. The shield was specially made of Jinghua stainless steel and was extremely strong, so he ignored it at all and instead moved forward bravely.
, and in the blink of an eye it had climbed to the city battlements.
Upon seeing this, Ah Hai roared in panic, called several warriors from the clan, and together they lifted a large stone pier weighing at least two hundred kilograms and threw it down onto the city.
Zha Dashou looked up and hurriedly raised his shield to block it. However, although the shield was embedded with fine steel and was not afraid of the two hundred kilograms of stone piers, how could human beings be able to withstand such an impact?
Zha Dashou was hit by a stone pier and could not hold himself up. His vision went black, blood spurted from his mouth, and he fell to the sky. Upon seeing this, his own soldiers quickly protected him and left while fighting. The rest of the Ming army also retreated like water.