After Guan Ning's eighteen cavalry overthrew the 2,000 men and horses led by Fang Ruming, they did not stop to rest, but instead went straight towards the invading army that besieged Zhu Ling.
The leader held Fang Ruming's head in his left hand, and held a knife stained with the blood of the intruders in his right hand. His eyes became more and more sharp, and there was no fear in his eyes. In their eyes, the intruders did not seem to be any threat.
Only a few of the eighteen people were slightly injured, but they were not serious.
"Your Majesty, please look! It's Guan Ning's cavalry!" Wang Jiayan suddenly saw an invading army arrayed in the east. For some reason, it was defeated in an instant, and then fled in all directions. In an instant, the defense collapsed.
After that, a dozen cavalrymen wearing heavy armor appeared, standing in the center of the battlefield. One of them was surrounded, holding a bloody head in his hand.
Zhu Ling saw this scene very clearly, and he also expressed his appreciation for these people in his heart. However, there is no record of such fierce people in the history books, and he does not know who they are. They were hiding among Guan Ning's cavalry.
No one noticed. From this point of view, this Guan Ning cavalry can be said to be the best of the best.
There is really a shortage of people who are good at fighting around us. The few people who know how to fight are only half-experienced, or they refuse to obey the orders of the court. Among the truly loyal people, there are very few who know how to fight.
It seems that after this war, it is necessary to recruit good generals as soon as possible. These people are not as thoughtful as those literati, and they are not easy to control. After that, the plan of stabilizing the country, reforming the economy, and conquering the north is closely connected with the military generals.
"There are such brave people in Guan Ning's army!" Ni Yuanlu, who had not spoken yet, couldn't help but exclaimed loudly when she saw such a scene.
"Our Ming Dynasty is full of talents, not only civil servants, but also military generals and talents. It is not an exaggeration to call these eighteen people brave!"
Li Banghua also gave high praise. Perhaps they would have dismissed such a record before. But in the face of such a critical situation, they would naturally not be stingy in praising someone who came to the rescue with such courage.
During the whole process, Zhu Ling did not speak a word, and only expressed a few words of praise through his eyes.
At this moment, the surrounding intruders had a huge psychological shadow on the Eighteen Cavalry, and even the guarding generals were a little frightened. When the Eighteen Cavalry looked like they were dead, they rushed towards Fang Ruming's formation.
During this period, they only thought that the eighteen cavalry would be completely wiped out and there would be no chance of victory.
They even thought that these eighteen knights were just sent by Guan Ningjun to die, but the result was that they almost fainted.
The eighteen knights leaped over and defeated the two thousand army. The general Fang Ruming tried to encircle the opponent and kill them in the formation. However, he underestimated the eighteen knights and was taken down without even waving his sword.
head.
Although Fang Ruming was not a brave and skilled general, he was quite decent and never went wrong in any battle. However, today he made a somersault and lost his life. Was it because he was incompetent or was it really the Eighteen Cavalrymen?
Is Zhao Zilong average?
"The whole army obeys my order!"
The general named Xu Hong saw these eighteen horses charging straight towards him. He was not afraid at all. Instead, he was a little excited because Fang Ruming was killed. In his eyes, Fang Ruming was just a waste.
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A full two thousand men and horses were defeated by eighteen cavalry. What is this kind of achievement if it is not a waste?
And he would never make such a mistake!
"Line up to meet the enemy, with the spearmen in front and the swordsmen and shieldmen in the middle! As long as they dare to come in, everyone will immediately disperse, surround them, and then trap them to death!"
Without the charge, the cavalry are just ordinary soldiers who are a head taller.
Xu Hong snorted coldly, holding a simple sword, standing in the middle, quietly waiting for the arrival of Guan Ning's eighteen riders. He didn't believe that these eighteen riders were as brave as Zhao Zilong. If that were true, they would have been there long ago.
Even if they were destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, they would not fight all the way to the capital.
"Fang Ruming, just because you are incompetent doesn't mean that I am incompetent too!"
The next moment, the people headed by the Eighteenth Cavalry threw Fang Ruming's head high into the air and smashed it directly into the formation. The soldiers were very afraid of the sudden blood-covered head, and they all fled in fear.
"Don't move! Stay there!" Xu Hong shouted, his face red and his ears red, but he couldn't stop the soldiers who were frightened by their heads. Even if he was beaten with a whip, he really couldn't stop so many people.
But at this moment, the Eighteen Cavalrymen directly reproduced the scene just now and leapt over the spears held by the spearmen. The men in heavy armor and their armored horses slammed to the ground, knocking them down.
The intruding sergeant was instantly knocked down.
Many people were directly thrown to the ground by the fallen soldiers in front. Even if many people fell together, the soldiers immediately behind did not know the situation and rushed forward to crowd. Little did they know that this crowding moment caused more people to fall.
People were pulled to the ground one after another.
In an instant, a large number of soldiers fell down without any warning. Even the Eighteen Cavalrymen did not expect that this invading army would be so vulnerable.
Taking advantage of such a great opportunity, they stopped talking nonsense and directly picked up their long knives, tightened their reins, and swung their sabers to kill wantonly among the army. For a while, they screamed again and again, and blood spattered everywhere. Many people were killed by this.
The scene was so frightening that he retreated repeatedly, only to cause an even bigger stampede.
"No one is allowed to retreat! Surround them!"
Xu Hong immediately shouted desperately, but no one listened to him. He originally wanted to kill a few people to stabilize the morale of the army, but more and more soldiers could not control their inner fear and ran away one after another. Just now, Fang Ruming was directly beheaded.
The shock that scene brought to them was really huge.
Before the Eighteen Cavalry could reach them, as the people in front were defeated, they naturally lost their will to fight and scattered for their lives.
"Look, Your Majesty, another invading army has been defeated! What a brave man!" Wang Jiayan has been the Minister of the Ministry of War for several years, and this is the first time he has seen such an exciting scene.
"There are only eighteen people. They are the only ones in the Ming Dynasty who can do such a great job!"
Wu Linzheng looked at the defeated intruder army in the north, and saw the eighteen people as if they were in a deserted land, slashing and killing the intruder soldiers who tried to resist, and he was very excited.
But Li Banghua on the side suddenly looked strange, frowned in thought, and sighed again after a moment.
Noticing Li Banghua's expression, Zhu Ling asked directly: "Does Li Qing have any ideas?"
Seeing His Majesty's inquiry, Li Banghua had no choice but to say: "I admired these eighteen people very much just now, but suddenly I thought about it, what if these eighteen people surrendered to the enemy? What if they fell into the hands of someone who was disloyal to the Ming Dynasty?
What will happen? How many generals in our Ming Dynasty can stop them?"
"Everything has pros and cons. I am afraid that I have thought too much and disturbed Your Majesty and all your lords."
Hearing that Li Banghua was so worried, several ministers immediately expressed their contempt for being too pessimistic. However, Zhu Ling somewhat agreed. Although his thinking was a bit long-term, his worries were not unfounded. Hong Chengchou was once so powerful, and Chongzhen treated him so well.
He held such high regard, but in the end he surrendered to the enemy. The most despicable thing was that he helped Jian Nu step by step to destroy the Ming Dynasty.
The last foundation of the Han people was destroyed - Nanming.
Talented people are naturally loved by all overlords, but they are also the most feared by overlords. Once they surrender to the enemy, they will be the greatest harm to themselves.
But now is not the time to think about this. As long as they can defeat the intruders, it will be a great achievement. No one can predict that Hong Chengchou will rebel, and similarly they cannot predict whether these eighteen people will defect to the enemy.
While they were talking, the Eighteen Cavalry had come to an end, and Xu Hong was nowhere to be seen. It was unknown whether he died or escaped, but what was clear was that this time, the Eighteen Cavalry had another great victory!
On the other side, Yang Kuo led the remaining 8,000 troops and quickly found the 10,000 rebel troops led by Liu Ming. However, when he found them, he only saw their retreating figures.
This group of thieves ambushed the enemy and escaped.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining two intruders immediately shrank their formation and retreated. It was probably the first time in their lives that they were so fast, and they fled in a short time.
"Everyone, come with me to see these brave and fearless eighteen knights."
[Author's digression]: The eighteen people I read should be from unofficial history. There was a businessman named Sima who led seventeen people to defeat three hundred Jiannu cavalry without any casualties.
The Jiannu cavalry at that time should not be underestimated. Their combat effectiveness was first-class, but they were defeated by these eighteen people.
What about these ordinary people who were farmers just a few months ago?