Looking at the approaching battlefield, Tan Ma flew over to report: "Sir, the Liangshan bandits are rushing over with Lingzhou soldiers and horses."
Li Cheng frowned and thought to himself, it seemed that these Liangshan bandits were quite powerful. They had just defeated Suo Chao's tribe, and so quickly defeated Lingzhou soldiers and horses.
"Let Lingzhou's soldiers and horses turn around and kill the thieves. Anyone who dares to charge will be killed without mercy."
After Tan Ma heard this, he immediately ran forward and shouted Li Cheng's order to the Lingzhou soldiers and horses.
The soldiers and horses of Lingzhou saw the reinforcements, and if they continued to escape, it would be a dead end. They had no choice but to turn around and fight with the soldiers and horses of Liangshan again.
Seeing Li Cheng's decisive use of troops, Hua Rong knew something was wrong. He took out his bow and arrow and wanted to shoot Li Cheng, but he was blocked by many people and horses in front and couldn't see clearly.
Only Li Cheng's military flag was floating in the air, very conspicuous.
At that moment, he fully opened his bow, looked at the rope on the military flag, and shot.
Li Cheng saw an arrow coming, and was about to call, but found that the arrow was shot too high, so he ignored it. As he was riding his horse to charge, he heard a "ding" sound behind him, and then the soldiers behind him screamed in surprise.
stand up.
When he looked back, he saw that the arrow had hit the military flag he recognized, breaking the rope on the flagpole. The flag with his name on it had fallen to the ground, and was trampled by several footprints by the soldiers behind him who couldn't hold their feet.
Li Cheng naturally knew the role of the general's flag in a war. It would be a courageous soldier. However, in a war, the soldiers could hardly see the general, so they could only follow the general's flag. If there was no general's flag and a melee broke out, the soldiers in the distance would
The soldiers will not know their own life and death, and will not fight to the death with them.
"Hurry up and raise the military flag for me."
Li Cheng scolded the soldier holding the flag and asked him to lower the flagpole and hoist the flag again.
"Whoever kills Li Cheng will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold."
Chao Yong was overjoyed to see Hua Rong shoot so well. He kicked his horse under his crotch and rushed towards Li Cheng.
"Kill Li Cheng"
When the Liangshan soldiers heard that Chao Yong had offered such a large reward, their already exhausted bodies suddenly glowed with new vitality, and they pounced on the Daming Mansion soldiers and horses one by one like wolves and tigers.
Li Cheng was also shocked when he heard Chao Yong's shout.
A thousand taels of gold can be converted into copper coins, which is tens of thousands of guan. When Chao Gai and others fell into trouble, it was just because they robbed the 100,000 guan of birthday gifts given to Cai Jing by Liang Taishu.
Unexpectedly, a reward of one thousand taels of gold was offered to kill him.
As long as he kills himself, the reward will be enough to return home, buy hundreds of acres of land in the countryside, marry a few beautiful concubines, and live a peaceful life.
Li Cheng seemed to be able to feel the golden light in the eyes of the soldiers behind him. He also wanted to shout: "Whoever kills the leader of the thieves will be rewarded a thousand taels." He focused all his soldiers' attention on the thieves to avoid them.
Someone really stabbed me in the back.
However, the imperial court's reward for Chao Gai was only 5,000 guan, and the maximum reward for other thieves was 3,000 guan. It was impossible for him to collect tens of thousands of guan in any case.
But Chao Yong didn't have to worry about not being able to cash out the gold and silver. After plundering Gaotang Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture, Liangshan would have plenty of money and food. If he brought three thousand troops to the rear and defeated more than 10,000 pursuing troops, it would be a disaster.
As a reward for meritorious deeds, no amount of gold or silver is too much.
Li Cheng's flag had just been raised when Liangshan soldiers and horses had already killed the remaining Lingzhou soldiers and rushed over.
"Kill the thief with all your strength, and you will be rewarded based on your merits after the battle."
Li Cheng shouted, then clapped his horse and led his troops to meet him.
However, comparing the two, there is a big difference between his reward based on merit and Chao Yong's reward of 1,000 taels.
As soon as he finished speaking, Hua Rong shot another arrow. Li Cheng recognized the military flag and dropped it again.
Driven by a thousand taels of gold, Liangshan's soldiers and horses were as powerful as tigers. However, the soldiers and horses of Damingfu saw that their general's flag was shot down twice in a row, and their morale couldn't help but plummet.
Although Li Cheng heard the screams of the soldiers behind him, he and Chao Yong, who came at the lead, were only a few horses apart and did not care to take care of the military flag anymore.
The two met each other, and Chao Yong hit Li Cheng with a stick.
Seeing how fierce Chao Yong was coming, Li Cheng quickly used his swords to parry.
There was a loud noise, and Li Cheng felt as if he was struck by lightning. Not only did his two swords fail to hold Chao Yong's iron rod, but he was forced back and slashed his chest with the back of the knife. Chao Yong's iron rod also fell on his shoulders, leaving only a stick in the air.
With the next mouthful of blood, the whole person was smashed and fell off the horse.
Upon seeing this, Li Cheng's soldiers rushed up to intercept Chao Yong.
Chao Yong did not pursue Li Cheng, but swept away a few soldiers, broke the empty flagpole with a stick, and then killed the rear team.
Although Wu Song was fighting on foot, his charging speed was not inferior to that of Chao Yong. When he saw Li Cheng falling from his horse, he caught up with him and chopped off Li Cheng's head with a single blow.
Wu Song raised Li Cheng's head and shouted: "Li Cheng is dead."
When Liangshan soldiers and horses heard this, they all shouted: "Li Cheng is dead."
When the Daming Prefecture officers and soldiers in the rear team heard the shouting and looked at Li Cheng's identification of the military flag, not only was the flag gone, but the bare flagpole was also missing, and they couldn't help but commotion.
Chao Yong swept all the way, invincible to those who stood in his way, but soon the iron rod in his hand deformed again. Chao Yong could only grab a spear and continue to charge, but the spears equipped by the army were even worse than his magical power, and could not reach more than a few dozen feet.
, and was broken by him again, so he could only keep grabbing the weapon.
Chao Yong also decided to go back to the mountain and ask Tang Long to make weapons.
After Tang Long went up the mountain, many leaders remade their weapons, and Lin Chong replaced the original steel spear with the Zhangba snake spear made by Tang Long.
He had also considered Chao Yong's weapons for a long time and consulted many people. Everyone recommended him the Overlord Spear, Overlord Halberd, Eight-edged Purple Gold Hammer, and Coiling Dragon Staff, but he had never thought of it well.
He prefers the eight-edged purple gold hammer, which is violent enough. It can be said that you will die if you touch it, and you will die if you touch it, but the attack range is a bit small.
The Overlord Spear, Overlord Halberd, and Coiling Dragon Staff had a large enough attack range, but lacked some domineering power, so he had never decided what weapons to build.
However, after experiencing several battles, these three things can be eliminated. His magical power is so amazing that long weapons will deform when he slams them hard.
In addition, I was looking for a bow and arrow. Just now, Chao Yong saw Hua Rong using a bow and arrow to open a gap when he was charging. His heart was moved. With his skill, he could shoot more arrows, and he could shoot more arrows.
The effect of a stiff bow is definitely more amazing than that of Huarong.
Wu Song and Lu Zhishen followed Chao Yong to the left and right to expand the gap, allowing the Liangshan soldiers and horses behind them to continuously break into the Damingfu formation.
Chao Yong didn't know how long he had been fighting, but he saw more and more officers and soldiers retreating from both wings. Finally, wherever Chao Yong rushed to, they began to collapse.
Soon, there were no more officers and soldiers facing Chao Yong.
Chao Yong looked at all the officers and soldiers who had fled, and reined in his horse to rest. Today's battle was the longest day he had fought. He didn't know how long it had been, but the officers and soldiers who died in his hands were probably
Hundreds or more.
Lu Zhishen reined in his horse, took a few deep breaths, and said, "These Forbidden Army are still just showy. If it were the Western Army, I'm afraid we would be in a hard fight."
What Chao Yong could not say was that after the humiliation of Jingkang, thousands of soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were defeated by a dozen Jin soldiers, and there were many such battles.
The Northern Song Dynasty has enjoyed peace for too many years, and the soldiers have long lost the courage to wrap their bodies in horse leather on the battlefield. Except for the Western Army that has been fighting against Xixia, the entire army can be said to be vulnerable, so there are so many people who occupy the mountains and become kings.
of grass bandits.
In this battle, the number of wounded soldiers increased a lot. When Chao Yong was rescuing the wounded, the army from the front came back to help.
Li Kui came running in a hurry and shouted: "Where are the officers and soldiers of Daming Mansion? Weren't they all killed by you?"
Lu Zhishen liked Li Kui's straightforward temperament and said with a smile: "You came late, they were all killed and retreated."
When Li Kui heard this, he couldn't help but frown and said: "King Chao Tian also said that they were some kind of bullshit imperial army. He couldn't help but kill them. At least he was able to hold on until I came. Let me kill him as fast as he can before leaving."
After Chao Yong heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "In a while, I won't be able to fight with you."
When Li Kui heard this, he happily said: "That's good, I will be a pioneer then."
Chao Yong smiled and said, "You have to ask my dad about this."
Seeing that his son was fine, Chao Gai was relieved and said with a smile: "Okay, I will let you be the pioneer then."
Li Kui suddenly smiled and said: "Brother Tianwang is very happy. When Tieniu gets the reward, I will treat you to a drink."
There are several restaurants on Liangshan Mountain, and the soldiers have five days of rest every month, and they can get drunk on the mountain.
Li Kui's salary and bounty were quite large, but except for his mother and brother, he also invited the mountain chiefs and his brothers to have a drink. Often, before the pay was due, Li Kui would have no money to drink, and then he would find someone to drink.
The familiar leader drinks and eats.
Chao Gai also knew what happened to Li Kui and said with a smile: "Then come and treat me to a drink as soon as you receive the reward, so as not to be late and lose it again."
Li Kui scratched his head and said to Xiang Chong beside him, Li Gun said: "Please remember this for me. If you receive the reward, you will be the first to invite the King of Heaven to drink."
Xiang Chong and Li Gun saw that Li Kui took Chao Gai's joke seriously, and they couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay."
When Li Kui saw a few wounded soldiers passing by, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said with a smile: "King of Heaven, look at how many of their children are injured. Shouldn't I be given the final task?"
When Chao Gai heard this, he smiled and said: "I didn't expect Tieniu to be smart. Well, the three thousand who were cut off will be transferred to the Chinese army for rest and reorganization, consisting of Hu Yanzhuo, Han Tao, Peng Qi, Li Kui, Jiao Ting, Xiang Chong, and Li Gun."
Lead three thousand men to cut off the rear."
Chao Yong reported again: "In order to boost morale and defeat the troops of Daming Prefecture, I offered a reward of one thousand taels of gold for Li Cheng's head. In the end, it was Brother Wu Song who beheaded Li Cheng and asked my father to agree to the matter."
When the other leaders heard about the thousand taels of gold, their expressions changed. Even though the salary in the Song Dynasty was richer than that of the previous dynasties, this thousand taels of gold was also a huge sum.
Chao Gai didn't value gold and silver that much. After plundering Gaotang Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture, there was no shortage of gold and silver in the village. He smiled and said: "Since you said you would reward a thousand taels of gold, then let's reward you like this.
To be able to defeat 7,000 soldiers and horses with 2,000 exhausted troops is a great victory and deserves a heavy reward."
Chao Gai was also the head of a family. He also knew that if he rewarded Wu Song in this way, if he favored one over the other later, he would probably cause dissatisfaction among the leaders, so he also pointed out the special nature of this battle to pave the way for different rewards in the future.
When Wu Song heard this, he hurriedly said: "Li Cheng was knocked down by Brother Yong. Wu Song just got an advantage. This reward should be given to Brother Yong."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "Is it possible that I can still give myself a reward? Besides, I also said that Li Cheng was the one to be killed. I only wounded him, but you were the one who killed him. But I also have some credit, you take it." Just treat me to a drink with the reward."
The other leaders were secretly heartbroken when they saw Chao Yong being so generous. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)