Chapter 222: Day 5: Riding alone against the enemy
Ding Yunyi and his cavalry were overtaken.
In fact, Ding Yunyi never wanted to escape from the beginning. He just wanted to use himself to attract Zhang Xianzhong and buy as much time as possible for Yingzhou.
He succeeded. Zhang Xianzhong, who was completely angered by him, chased after him desperately and successfully intercepted Ding Yunyi in Linquan.
But it's already the fifth day, and reinforcements should be arriving.
Li Dingguo, who followed Zhang Xianzhong and surrounded and killed all the officers and soldiers, soon discovered that something was wrong. The cavalry was fast. If he had deliberately escaped, since he had broken through the encirclement and should have left here at all costs, why did he let the rebels catch up?
"My son can find out, and I am very happy as a father." Zhang Xianzhong nodded approvingly: "Ding Yunyi did this just to lure me to pursue and reduce the pressure on Yingzhou. But even if I see through it, I still have to pursue him. The state has only
This group of officers and soldiers has been defeated a long time ago, so you don’t need to worry too much. But this group of Tiger Guards first defeated me in Xinyang and then won successive victories under Yingzhou City. Our army’s morale has been messed up. If we encounter him again in the future, if he becomes more powerful
How can our rebel army dare to confront him head-on? Now that he is trapped in Linquan, it is a great opportunity to annihilate him in one fell swoop. If we miss this time, I am afraid we will never have such an opportunity again. Our rebel army will only be afraid of running away if we see him again.
That’s it. As for Yingzhou, wait until I take Ding Yunyi’s head and use all my strength to capture it within a day!”
Li Dingguo suddenly realized that his adoptive father had been far-sighted and he was overly concerned.
Although this group of officers and soldiers can get used to fighting, they are small in number after all. Even if they have three heads and six arms, they may not be able to escape this time...
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"Huangfu Yunjie, where are the bandits?" Ding Yunyi suddenly asked loudly as soon as he arrived at Linquan.
"Back to General, we have arrived at Linquan!"
"Brothers!" Ding Yunyi suddenly turned his horse's head: "Fight back with me!"
The cavalry thought they had heard wrong and rushed out of the encirclement. They should have been looking for a suitable defense, but why did the general want to fight back now?
Seeing the concerns of his brothers, Ding Yunyi smiled and said: "We have six hundred troops and tens of thousands of bandits. No matter how strong the defense is, how can we resist it? Now that the bandits have just arrived, we have not established a stable footing, so we can kill them by surprise. Brothers, why bother?
Afraid? I regard thieves and bandits as nothing but grass, even if they have six hundred riders, they will still be defeated!"
These cavalrymen had already impressed Ding Yunyi, and upon hearing this, there was no hesitation. Ding Yunyi said sharply: "Huangfu Yunjie, you lead three hundred cavalry on the left, and I lead three hundred cavalry on the right. If the left and right collide, kill him by surprise!"
"I am willing to fight to the death with the general!"
"Duan San'er, raise the flag high for me to show the rebels that I am a good man of the Ming Dynasty!" Ding Yunyi was high-spirited. He glanced at the big flag and urged his horse: "Brothers, follow me and kill!"
Six hundred cavalrymen just arrived at Linquan. The horses did not stop, and the men did not take off their armor, but they killed them again.
Zhang Xianzhong never expected that the officers and soldiers would be so ferocious. When he first arrived in Linquan, he expected that the officers and soldiers would be fighting all day long. He was already tired from running all the way. At this time, he wanted to come and set up camp there and establish a foothold. He took these adopted sons to the front of the army.
Watch.
While they were discussing there, they suddenly saw dust flying in the distance. They frowned and looked around. They thought it was windy. Who would have expected that there was no wind at all.
Dust was flying, and the neighing of war horses and the shouts of knights on horseback suddenly came.
Ai Nengqi stood tall, took a closer look, and his expression changed drastically: "No, the officers and soldiers have come back to fight again, my adoptive father must leave quickly!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and Zhang Xianzhong also changed his face. But in front of so many adopted sons and subordinates, they did not dare to show their panic: "What are you afraid of? There are only a few hundred officers and soldiers, and there are hundreds of people around me. How can I still be afraid?"
Can't you kill me? Generals, follow me and kill the officers and soldiers!"
After such a delay, a large group of cavalry had already rushed in. The leader, brandishing a sword in his right hand, was extremely fierce. It was Ding Yunyi who had killed the rebels and made them fearful!
Ding Yunyi originally wanted to kill the rebels by surprise, but he didn't expect that Zhang Xianzhong would be in the opposite army. He swung his sword twice and hacked to death the two rebels who rushed forward without knowing whether to live or die. He shouted sharply: "The Tiger Guards are here! Anyone who blocks me will die!"
The six hundred knights "He He" shouted, killing and slashing everyone they saw, until the bandit army was in chaos.
Ding Yunyi was excited to fight. When he raised his head, he suddenly saw a group of bandit soldiers in front of him guarding something. They were fighting and retreating. Looking carefully, he saw that Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu, etc. whom he had met on the battlefield were all there, and they were also holding hands tightly.
Weapon, nervously guarding a leader in the middle.
The leader was tall and thin, and the most peculiar thing about him was that he had a long beard, nearly two feet long, which was very beautiful. Only one person in the bandit army had such a strange and beautiful beard!
Ding Yunyi was startled, then he was overjoyed and said sternly: "Zhang Xianzhong!"
That person is none other than Zhang Xianzhong!
At this time, the brothers were all fighting, and Ding Yunyi was surrounded by two riders. He didn't even think about it: "Zhang Xianzhong, Ding Yunyi is here, take your life!"
They galloped their horses wildly and attacked Zhang Xianzhong like crazy!
If you can kill Zhang Xianzhong here, it will be better than killing 100,000 thieves!
Over there, Zhang Xianzhong watched as Ding Yunyi ignored him and rushed toward him like a tiger, dumbfounded. Li Dingguo saw the opportunity quickly and hurriedly shouted: "Fire arrows to stop him!"
A row of arrows came, and the two cavalrymen beside him fell off their horses, but Ding Yunyi seemed not to see it at all. He took off his shield, blocked the arrows, and rushed towards the opposite side with all his strength.
Charge the enemy alone!
Ding Yunyi rides alone to charge the enemy. No matter how brave he is, he is only one person. If he is lined up to kill, he can be exhausted to death. But at this time, the rebel army has already been frightened by his name, and he alone is in the eyes of the rebel army.
It was like thousands of troops, seeing him riding alone, they all gave way.
When Li Dingguo saw that something was going wrong, he hurriedly said: "Take your adoptive father and leave quickly, I will block Ding Yunyi!"
Some ridiculous and absurd scenes appeared on the battlefield. Zhang Xianzhong was surrounded by dozens of soldiers and several adopted sons. However, in front of the crazy tiger-like Ding Yunyi, only Li Dingguo dared to step forward to fight. The others protected Zhang Xianzhong and fell into desolation.
And escape.
Ding Yunyi was about to catch up with Zhang Xianzhong, but was blocked by a bandit army. The bandit army was also crazy and desperately entangled Ding Yunyi.
He was almost able to kill Zhang Xianzhong, but it was a pity that he failed. Ding Yunyi screamed a pity in his heart, held back the spear thrust by the opponent, and said sternly: "Who are you, dare to block my way!"
"I am Li Dingguo, the adopted son of the Eight Great Kings!"
Li Dingguo, who faced the enemy in battle, was famous for his bravery, both civil and military skills, and refused to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. With a meager force, he fought to the end with a hundred thousand Eight Banners troops. In the battle of Mopan Mountain, he defeated the superior Qing army and allowed the Manchu Qing puppet emperor Shunzhi to conquer the country.
Li Dingguo, whose anger led to the punishment of two Manchu princes, one Baylor, numerous commanders, deputy commanders, and generals?
Ding Yunyi was overjoyed. If he couldn't kill Zhang Xianzhong, it would be good to capture Li Dingguo!
Li Dingguo joined the bandits at the age of ten and was deeply loved by Zhang Xianzhong. He is only fifteen years old this year. Although he is brave, he still lacks experience, especially when facing Ding Yunyi. Although he is not a few years older than him, he has experienced countless fierce and bloody battles and has rich experience in battle.
The generals looked more immature.
Ding Yunyi turned sideways to avoid Li Dingguo's fierce stabbing shot. The two horses crossed each other. He did not kill anyone. The dragon's teeth fell down and he cut off the head of Li Dingguo's mount with one knife.
The war horse fell to the ground, with blood all over the ground. Li Dingguo fell off his horse and fell into a pool of blood.
At this time, Wang Wei, Duan Saner and others had also arrived. Just as they were about to kill the thieves on the ground, Ding Yunyi hurriedly shouted: "Don't hurt his life, capture him alive!"
Before Li Dingguo could get up, he was surrounded by more than a dozen officers and soldiers. Knowing that he would definitely die today, he closed his eyes and said nothing.
Looking at Zhang Xianzhong fleeing in embarrassment, Ding Yunyi laughed, knowing that today's killing had frightened Zhang Xianzhong. Although the thieves were numerous, they did not dare to attack Linquan today.
You should be able to spend the fifth day safely, right?
But where are the reinforcements now?
On the 5th, he promised to defend Yingzhou for five days in front of Hong Chengchou. Now that Yingzhou was still in the hands of the imperial court, he led 600 cavalry to attract Zhang Xianzhong's main force. Where were the reinforcements?
Ding Yunyi and his brothers waited patiently for reinforcements, but Zhang Xianzhong, who had narrowly escaped death, did not know this.
This time, he originally wanted to kill Ding Yunyi to boost his army's power, but he didn't expect that Ding Yunyi would suddenly turn around and kill him. Not only did he almost lose his life, but the life and death of his favorite adopted son Li Dingguo was also uncertain.
"Hongyuan hasn't come back yet?" Zhang Xianzhong asked, looking around in shock.
Several foster sons shook their heads together, and Ai Nengqi said boldly: "Father, Hong Yuan is in danger of facing the enemy alone, I'm afraid..."
Zhang Xianzhong swayed and almost fell off his horse. After a while, a few tears fell down.
His men were frightened when they saw it, dismounted hurriedly, and even claimed death penalty. Zhang Xianzhong wiped his tears and said: "Since I raised the rebel army, although there have been some minor setbacks, I have never been so humiliated. On the Yangtze battlefield, I was beaten by hundreds of riders."
They were severely defeated. When I arrived at Yingzhou, I was blocked by hundreds of cavalry for four days and nights. I finally drove them to Yingzhou. Not only did I fail to capture the enemy, I was almost killed. Even Hong Hong was defeated.
It's all gone. It's not you, the fault is all mine. That's all, you all disperse. There is no need for this rebel army, and there is no need to raise the rebel flag anymore. I will just go and fight the officers and soldiers myself."
Upon hearing that Zhang Xianzhong not only did not prepare himself for his incompetence in fighting, but instead took all the responsibility on himself, his subordinates were all moved. Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu, and Sun Kewang, the three adopted sons, stamped their feet and said: "Don't worry, adopted father, we can't fight anymore today."
, when the army is gathered together tomorrow, the three of us will be our own soldiers, fighting to the death, and we will definitely sacrifice Ding Yunyi’s head!”
An unknown smile appeared on Zhang Xianzhong's lips.
After such a disastrous defeat, the morale of the army was in chaos, and now was the time to regain confidence. A few tears and some self-blame would have a great effect.
When the war resumes tomorrow, these adopted sons will surely fight to the death with the officers and soldiers regardless of their own safety.
In this way, my performance in front of so many subordinates can be considered effective! (To be continued...