"Go, order the fleet to speed up, and don't stop no matter what happens!" The moment the wind blew up, Li Xu suddenly turned his head and ordered Zheng Zhou Xing to the soldiers beside him.
"Sir!" Zhou Xing's eyes widened in shock. He didn't know why the general issued such a strange order. In his eyes, although the storm was coming, the scenery on the canal was still beautiful and picturesque. Occasionally, the wind came, and those soft
Liu twisted her waist back and forth, branches flying. The white sails on the river were also filled with wind in an instant, and they quickly slid forward along the waterway like a giant.
"Go, don't be wordy!" Li Xu had no time to explain to his subordinates and shouted loudly. Then, he raised the black knife on his waist and pointed it diagonally at a small mound on the east bank of the canal. "Brothers
, gather on the mound and form a battle formation! Hurry!"
The 1,500 loose riders immediately rushed towards the only high ground nearby like an arrow from a string. They did not understand the commander's order, but their usual rigorous training taught them how to execute it to the letter. Horseshoes
The smoke and dust that rolled up instantly blocked the sky near the mound. At the same time, a low horn sounded from the distance, like a tiger's roar.
It was not the horn sound commonly used by county soldiers. The horn sound used by county soldiers during training was not so low and depressing. Accompanied by the sound of the horn, a larger puff of smoke appeared in the wilderness in the distance. There were countless people, like a torrent.
It rolls in, swallowing up all the green in its path.
"Bandits, bandits are coming!" traders in the canal shouted in panic
"Robbery, the robbers are coming!" There was chaos on the river. Some people quickly picked up oars, while others quickly took out weapons from the cabin. Swordsmen hired by various companies rushed to the bow, bent their bows and set arrows,
They were prepared to defend their duties with their lives. But the moment they saw the enemy clearly, the bows in their hands began to tremble.
The strength of the bandits who dared to rob directly in front of the Sui army was probably beyond what swordsmen like them could resist. There were more than 10,000 enemies, and they were pouring towards the canal like ants. Those with sharp eyes could see the flags flying in the air. Cheng
, Shan, Li, Wang..., there are as many as twenty faces. Almost all the heroes who can be named from the counties around Xingyang gathered at this moment.
"Gruck!" Someone heard his teeth ringing. He didn't want his weakness to be discovered at this time, but his muscles could not be stabilized no matter what. The people who came to kill were the Wagang heroes, and they almost came in full force.
.Cheng Zhijie, Shan Xiongxin, Li Gongyi, Wang Dangren, each name in the folk can stop children from crying at night.
"People on the river, listen, General Li has an order -" Several fast horses ran along the river embankment at high speed, shouting as they ran.
"What did Mr. Li say? What did Mr. Li say?" The frightened swordsmen finally saw the savior and asked with a bit of tears.
"General Li ordered everyone to leave quickly. The Wagang Army is not here for you. Everyone, hurry up and leave without delay!" Zhou Xing, who was still confused before, regained his consciousness the moment the horse's hooves stepped on the river embankment, and clasped his hands together.
On the other side of his mouth, he shouted towards the river. "Hey - everyone, hurry up and rush forward. My general will cut off your rear!" The accompanying soldiers shouted in unison, clearly conveying Li Xu's order to everyone.
Under a white sail.
After hearing the order, all the objects that could speed up the ship were put into the water: poles, oars, planks, scabbards, etc. The boats were like jumping barracudas, quickly splitting the water and escaping into the distance. On the ship
The people paddling hard kept looking back toward the mound.
"You, your family said, can Mr. Li do it?" Someone asked while panting, his voice full of expectation.
"Okay, why not? Who in the world can beat him?!" The answerer vowed, but kept glancing at the shore. The general who promised to protect them was now standing like a rock with more than a thousand brothers.
On the mound, black clouds were pressing on his head, but he stood upright between heaven and earth, never hesitating or bending down.
"Good man!" someone sighed and praised.
"Good people are blessed by God!" The shipowners burned incense and murmured to the magic cards in the cabin. "Help the poor, help the poor, help the poor..."
"It's not the gods who save you, it's my...general!" After the commander's order came out, Zhou Xing turned his mount. The moment he looked at the battlefield, he hesitated. His commander and the incoming enemy were approaching.
Confrontation. Both the enemy and we are seizing the time to observe the situation on the battlefield, so no one is in a hurry to take action first. More and more Wagang troops are coming from the west, south and north. The people on the mound are unable to escape.
.
Incompatible with the tense atmosphere before the war, the few casual riders responsible for liaising with the cargo ship became the most leisurely people. Our own people had no time to interfere, and the enemy did not care.
"Am I doing the right thing?" Zhou Xing looked at the river and asked himself in a low voice. He suddenly had the urge to pull out the knife and put it across his neck.
"What, what is Captain Zhou talking about!" a soldier closest to him asked in surprise.
"Go back and die beside the general!" Zhou Xing shook his head vigorously and shouted. With a thousand and five enemies against tens of thousands, even if the general is the reincarnation of Bai Qi, he has no hope of winning. As for the reinforcements, according to Zhou Xing
As far as we know, the reinforcements are still in Yangwu, and there is no way they can be divided to rescue them.
He turned his horse's head and ran straight towards his own military formation. It was a road of no return, and he didn't care. At this moment, all he wanted to do was draw out his knife and fight in a muddle-headed way.
"Shixin, we can kill as hard as we can today!" Li Xu said quietly as he looked at the enemy troops slowly gathering under the mound. His voice was not loud, but it clearly reached the ears of everyone around him.
"Kill!" the soldiers raised their weapons and shouted to the sky.
"Kill, kill, kill!" All the brothers raised their weapons, forming a steel jungle. In the jungle, blood-red battle flags fluttered in the wind, and a big "Li" made a loud sound in the wind.
The Wagang Army obviously did not expect that the enemy could exude such strong fighting spirit in such a weak situation. For a while, many people instinctively retreated, knocking the flags around them topsy-turvy.
"Coward!" Luo Shixin pointed at the enemy 200 paces away and laughed loudly. There was no trace of fear in his laughter.
"Coward!" More than a thousand soldiers yelled in unison with the general's laughter, spreading the contemptuous voice down the wind and into the ears of everyone in the enemy army.
"Woo - Wu - Wu!" Li Mi, the commander of Wagang Army, saw that his brothers were timid before fighting, so he quickly ordered his soldiers to blow the horn. The low sound of the trumpet was suppressed and long, accompanied by the red clouds above the head slowly pressing down. The county
The soldier's trumpeter heard this and responded without hesitation with his trumpet blast, "Woo-wu-wu-wu-wu!" The sound made people's blood boil.
Li Xu mobilized his horse to circle in front of the formation and saw clearly all the enemy's battle flags. He walked to Luo Shixin and pointed straight ahead with the tip of his knife. That team of soldiers and horses had the most complete lineup. Just before the enemy's formation,
Despite his panic, he was as stable as a rock, "Your old acquaintances are here, but there are not as many people as last time!" He whispered with a smile, as if he was facing a friend he hadn't seen for many years.
"I saw it, and I was about to look for him. The wound on my arm is still itchy!" Luo Shixin responded with a smile. Opposite the cavalry were Cheng Zhijie and Shan Xiongxin of the Wagang Army. Their flags were cleaner than others, and their subordinates The team is also far more tidy than other heroes.
"My old acquaintance is here too!" Li Xu's eyes moved away from Cheng and Shan's two battle flags, and pointed with the tip of his knife at the side of the soldiers and horses at the Wagang Army headquarters. There, there were about 5,000 burly men crowding around. There is a general riding a white horse and wearing silver armor. This man is very tall and looks majestic.
"My surname is Li, is this your family? What a grand display!" Luo Shixin frowned and said, "Could it be Li Mi? I was just looking for him, but he actually dared to send us here!"
"Isn't this already here?" Li Xu responded with a smile, "Look, where should we start?"
"If we break through, that side is the weakest!" Luo Shixin pointed to Wang Dangren's headquarters and suggested that if he wanted to teach the enemy a lesson, he paused in his voice and said proudly, "I I want to go meet Li Mi!"
"Can you break through Cheng Zhijie and Shan Xiongxin's Wagang Army?"
"We can't break through, but I can scare them so that they don't dare to divide their troops and fight with you!" Luo Shixin shook his head gently, but the expression on his face was very relaxed.
The enemy was well prepared, which he could see clearly the moment the opponent's flag appeared. However, the mob that was well prepared may not be a highly refined opponent, and he was extremely confident in this.
The two of them were just talking and laughing, but the Wagang Army on the opposite side started to make noise again. After the confrontation just now, some of them had recovered some strength. "Surrender, you are too few!" Several soldiers with loud voices shouted loudly. Said. Immediately afterwards, the crowd at the Central Military Department divided, and Li Mishi, wearing silver armor and white robes, stepped out of the crowd.
"General Li, please come forward and speak!" Li Mi cleared his throat and shouted to the cavalry who were surrounded on the mound.
"Master Pu Shanggong Li, please invite General Li Zhongjian to come forward and speak!" Several soldiers raised their voices and repeated Li Mi's invitation over and over again.
"People think highly of you!" Luo Shixin shrugged and said with a smile.
"I'm going to meet him. When I'm a hundred steps away, look at my movements! Don't rush to deal with Cheng Zhijie and Shan Xiongxin. Let's try to drive out the weak and drive out the strong as we've been training! Then we can adapt to the situation!" Li Xu smiled. He made a gesture to Luo Shixin, and then inserted the black knife back into the scabbard on the side of the saddle.
Li Xu, with his hands free, rode forward slowly. Luo Shixin took over the position of his general, holding the command flag tightly with his right hand. Li Xu's hint was very clear, Luo Shixin knew what he should do. Cheng, Shan, Li, Xiang..., his eyes swept over the battle flags one after another, and finally focused on Wang Dangren. (To be continued)
