Watching the eighteen Guan Ning cavalry charge straight down, there were ten thousand troops in front of them. Even if they were divided into four groups, there were still two thousand and five intruders! But they were killing them straight down.
This scene immediately shocked Gao Wencai. He could not imagine the courage of these eighteen people, but his awe for them in his heart had reached an astonishing level.
Since the 17th year of Chongzhen, which army has dared to send only 18 people to directly attack the invaders? Obviously, in the past three months, the invaders have fought all the way from Shaanxi to Shanxi, and then from Shanxi to the capital, all the way.
There were many people who fought bloody battles, but even more people surrendered out of the city. In this case, it would be an illusion not to say that 18 people rushed to kill the enemy, but even 10,000 people.
What he saw today was enough to make Gao Wencai overturn his understanding of Guan Ning's cavalry, but when he looked at Yang Kuo's expression, he saw that he had not changed at all, and there was no trace of worry in his eyes.
"General Yang, are these eighteen people enough?"
Looking at the retreating figures of the eighteen people from a distance, Gao Wencai couldn't help but ask.
"He said enough is enough."
Faced with Gao Wencai's question, Yang Kuo just replied lightly, as if he didn't care.
"But there are only eighteen of them, and there are ten thousand people in the army! This is to save His Majesty's safety, not to show off as a hero!" Gao Wencai heard this and couldn't help but feel a little unfair for the eighteen people.
"Gao Tongzhi, how about a bet between you and me?"
Instead of looking at Gao Wencai, Yang Kuo wanted to make a bet with him, which made Gao Wencai confused.
"Sir, please tell me."
"If these eighteen people can disrupt the formation of the ten thousand invaders, how about giving me five hundred taels of silver?"
Upon hearing the bet of five hundred taels of silver, Gao Wencai was instantly dissatisfied and immediately retorted: "What a big bet. My annual salary is only one hundred taels. You are asking for my five-year salary."
With such a big bet, even a high-level literary talent who is a commander of Jinyiwei and a third-rank official couldn't help but exclaim.
"Does that mean Gao Tongzhi believed that those eighteen people could disrupt the army?" Yang Kuo naturally knew that Gao Wencai would be so jumpy, so he laughed and said.
Seeing Yang Kuo tricking himself in this way, Gao Wencai was a little angry, but he was not afraid: "I'll bet with you. If you lose, you also give me five hundred taels."
“It’s a deal!”
…
But it was said that these eighteen people were lined up in a row, holding long knives, hanging muskets on their waists, and long bows on their backs. They did not stop at all, and soon they came directly to a few hundred meters in front of the invading army.
This scene directly stunned the intruders. They looked at each other and were very shocked that the Guan Ning Army with only 18 people rushed in. They never expected that the Guan Ning Army with less than 20 people would be like this.
Fearless.
Or ignorance.
Do you really think they are soldiers and generals? There are only eighteen people. Although Guan Ning's cavalry is famous, they are definitely not that powerful.
Fang Ruming, a general with more than 2,000 people, stood in the formation, holding a large tree in his hand, staring coldly at the eighteen people who were getting closer and closer. His heart was already full of anger towards them for being so arrogant.
.
Eighteen people clearly looked down upon him!
To annihilate Guan Ning’s army today, let’s start with these eighteen people!
Fang Ruming saw that the eighteen men were about to rush into the formation and immediately shouted. Several messengers around him immediately waved flags to convey military orders. In an instant, the hundreds of soldiers at the front immediately tilted their spears.
He stood up and pointed straight at the eighteen people, while the soldiers behind immediately raised their shields to cover the soldiers in front.
Each of them was riding on a war horse, and the horses were extremely afraid of sharp objects. Once they felt the edge of the spear, the eighteen of them would immediately rise into the air and stop in front of the army.
For the cavalry that stops suddenly, soldiers holding spears are their nightmare! Even if they can leap over, they will step on the shield. Then the army will instantly put down the shield, and the horse will surely stumble and fall, and then the surrounding soldiers will rush forward.
They must die without a burial place!
Fang Ruming watched these eighteen people rush over without any hesitation. The corners of his mouth could not help but reveal a curve, and he smiled evilly. He seemed to have seen their fate in his eyes.
Liu Ming, who was lying in ambush in the distance, was a little surprised when he saw the eighteen people rushing forward without fear of life or death.
I thought that even if Guan Ning's army saw through their plan, they would send some people to defeat the enemy and save the emperor, but I didn't expect that they would only send eighteen riders. Did they underestimate them or...
Really powerful.
This doubt gave everyone an explanation the next moment.
I saw these eighteen men coming in front of the army, reining up their horses and leaping over the spears in front, and then jumped onto the shields. The soldiers below who were holding the shields suddenly felt a huge weight on their heads, and they were directly crushed and fell.
Fall aside.
Immediately afterwards, the eighteen knights quickly waved their long swords and killed all the surrounding intruders one by one. The intruders had no time to react before they were chopped down to the ground. Seeing this tragic situation, the other soldiers knew that they were outmatched, so they
Trying to escape from this place.
Fang Ruming never expected that these eighteen riders would be so fierce, breaking through the obstruction of thousands of people, and even killing thousands of people in all directions, almost entering a no-man's land.
But after all, they had two thousand people, and the opponent only had eighteen riders. Even if they fought one against a hundred, they would never be able to defeat them. He immediately ordered the surrounding battalions to quickly surround them, but he never thought that the eighteen riders did not stop at all.
He actually killed him directly in one direction, and that direction was exactly where Fang Ruming was.
"General, get out of the way!"
Hearing the guards around him wailing to dissuade him, Fang Ruming did not run away. Instead, he gathered hundreds of soldiers around him and formed a formation to greet them. Two thousand men against eighteen! If the company commander escaped, how could he still have the dignity to survive?
In this world!
No retreat! No retreat!
"Commanders, there are two thousand of us, why should we be afraid of eighteen of them! Listen to my orders and kill them..."
The next moment, before Fang Ruming could finish his high-spirited words, his head was chopped off by a Guan Ning cavalryman who was galloping through the air. A stream of blood spurted out in an instant, and his head was lifted up by the opponent.
The big tree in his hand also fell aside.
He immediately picked it up in his hand, raised it high, and shouted:
"Your general is dead, why not retreat quickly!"
As the Guan Ningjun who had been summoned by Yang Kuo shouted loudly, the surrounding soldiers saw how brave they were and even cut off the head of their own general with ease, and the little fighting spirit in their hearts was immediately dissipated.
The next moment, the soldiers rushed to throw down their weapons and turned around to run away. However, the soldiers further away in the formation had no idea what was going on. They looked over blankly and suddenly heard the cry of escape in their ears.
In an instant, a large number of soldiers fled bravely, and some soldiers who had no idea what was happening were immediately pushed down and then trampled to pulp by the soldiers who later fled frantically.
As soon as Fang Ruming died, the army of 2,500 people he led instantly collapsed. Almost everyone fled in all directions without caring about anything else. However, the Eighteen Cavalry only killed less than 200 people, but left more than 2,000 of them dead.
The army collapsed in an instant.
Fang Ruming, the general of the Chuang Army, "made an indispensable contribution".
In this moment, the Eighteen Cavalry rushed into the army, killing them with all their strength as if they were in a deserted place. Soon their leader was beheaded. Liu Ming saw such a disastrous defeat and hated it in his heart.
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This is not defeat against Guan Ningjun, this is waste!
"Trash, more than 2,000 people were defeated by the Eighteen Cavalry. Why are you so stupid?"
This was also the first time Liu Ming cursed loudly. Compared with the strength of the troops, even if there were 2,500 pigs, it would take at least an hour to be defeated by the Eighteen Cavalry, but the living people were scattered instantly.
At this moment, Liu Ming's confidence in facing Guan Ning's army was completely shattered. He no longer had any hope of facing the enemy Guan Ning's army head-on. Faced with such a disastrous defeat, the army probably already had fear in his heart.
This scene was also seen by Yang Kuo and Gao Wencai. It was so shocking that they had endless aftertaste, and for a while they could only sigh.
But Gao Wencai couldn't stop sighing, his heart felt like a knife was cutting him, and he couldn't help but feel heartache. In less than a moment, the five hundred taels were gone, and the words of his mother who had often advised him to gamble and harm others appeared in front of him.
After Yang Kuo read it, he did not immediately ask for the silver from Gao Wencai. Instead, he greeted several generals behind him, then got ready and headed straight towards the ambush where Liu Ming was.
Before leading the army to leave, he did not forget to turn around and shout to Gao Wencai: "Gao Tongzhi, don't forget my five hundred taels of silver!"
[Author's digression]: The leader of the Eighteen Riders is a book friend
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