When Xi Sheng gave the order, two groups of soldiers under his command came out one after another. They gathered together in one place with spears and knives, and went straight to kill the four generals Guan Sheng, Yang Zhi, Han Tao, and Peng Qi who were unable to catch up. Guan Sheng, Yang Zhi, Han Tao, and Peng Qi.
Sheng's three strands of long beard were flying, and his prancing horse flew out to cut off the back of his comrades. He slashed down with a knife and split a thief into two pieces. Blood rain splashed in the sky. The murderous Guan Sheng stood in the middle, which frightened the thief for a moment.
No one dared to move forward.
"The strong men of Xiong'er Mountain and Funiu Mountain are not able to fight with generals now. How can they try to form a formation?" Xiao Tang looked solemn. He waved his hand and said decisively: "General Xuanzan! General Hao Siwen, lead three battalions to cover up the enemy!"
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"Got the order!" Xuan Zan and Hao Siwen took the order together. The elite soldiers of the third battalion, led by Xiao Tang, were transferred from the command department in front of the capital palace and the heavy infantry soldiers of the guard infantry department leaned their spears forward and drew their swords.
The sword is in hand and the shield is in hand, while the crossbowman and archer adjust the bow string, and the crisp sound of the treadmill coming from the divine arm bow is heard.
When Guan Sheng saw that Xiao Tang was preparing to lead his army to attack, he chopped up another thief and shouted: "Envoy Yang! General Han! General Peng! Let's go back first!!"
Yang Zhi responded. The spear in his hand was like lightning, and blood spattered from time to time as the horse galloped. He started to use the Yang family's spear skills, and the spear in his hand stabbed left and right like a spiritual snake. After a while, he killed seven or eight people.
A cavalryman rushed out from the bandit formation. Han Tao, the general of Yum Victory, relied on the jujube stick commonly used when the cavalry army charged in his hand, and ran rampant among dozens of thieves. After a while, he quickly retreated on horseback.
However, when Tianmu had just killed a cavalryman with the three-pointed two-edged sword in Peng Qi's hand, he accidentally poked out two scratching hooks from the thicket of thieves and dragged the hoofs of the horse under his crotch. After Peng Qi was overturned and dismounted,
The long knife in his hand fell away, and he was tied up by seven or eight bandit leaders who ran out of the enemy's formation.
"Brother Peng Qi!!" Han Tao and Peng Qi were brothers. Seeing that he was captured alive, they were anxious to ride back to rescue him, but Yang Zhi grabbed the reins and persuaded him: "Thief"
The army is strong, let's wait until Lord Xiao leads the army to fight! General Peng was captured by the thieves and could not protect him, so his life will not be hurt for a while!"
Seeing that Xuan Zan and Hao Siwen led the three battalions of officers and soldiers to press forward step by step, and only more than a hundred cavalry rushed out from the rebel formation and charged towards him, Han Tao sighed in annoyance, and following Guan Sheng, Yang Zhi rode towards him.
Our army's formation retreated.
After Guan Sheng and others had opened a certain distance from the bandit troops under Xi Sheng, Teng Kan, and Teng Shu, they gave an order of praise. The archers in the three battalions all picked up their bows and set arrows. There was a sound of bowstrings ringing, and then there were layers of sound.
There was a sound of clusters of arrows piercing the air, and rows of arrows were thrown out, slamming down into the formation of thieves! Among the thieves, there were more than a hundred people who had no time to put up their shields to block. Suddenly, more than a hundred people were hit by the arrows and fell to the ground.
After several rounds of shooting at each other to suppress each other, the two armies collided fiercely. The neighing of horses, the sound of sharp blades piercing flesh, and the screams and killing sounds alternated. The battle was extremely tragic for a while.
Xiao Tang frowned and watched the battle situation. The few battalions he brought from Bianliang, Tokyo, were no less weak and timid than those under the command of Dengzhou. The under-trained officers and soldiers could be regarded as the most combat-savvy and fierce among the Imperial Guards guarding the capital.
Several troops, not to mention their equipment, were much better than the thieves who were gathering in the mountains and forests, but for a while they were fighting with two bandit armies led by Xi Sheng and it was hard to tell the winner.
Xi Sheng is good at setting up formations. Naturally, he is not the mythical magic formation in many classical novels that makes the enemy have no way to go to the sky and no way to the earth. However, he is well versed in the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint in the formation, and when facing the enemy, he uses his
With exquisite deduction, you can change the formation instantly and maximize the power of the Rikka Formation.
The structure of the Rikka Formation is a hexagon, which is very stable from a structural point of view, and is symmetrical and reasonable in deployment. Because it is evenly stressed on all sides, and can be used as combat units when changing sides. Not only is the defense very solid, but the three front ones when attacking
All square formations can be besieged together, so that the enemy will be attacked from both sides.
Although it is easy to say this, in actual practice, soldiers are not only required to attack when they hear the drums and retreat when they hear the gold, but also to act according to the ever-changing orders. While grasping the battlefield situation, they must also know how to seize the fleeting moment.
fighter plane.
"It seems that Xi Sheng does have some tricks..." Xiao Tang secretly admired, now he is a strong general who can charge and break the formation, but when it comes to arranging troops and predicting the enemy's opportunity, I
Can you compete with those commanders who are good at commanding troops?
The formations usually used by the army of the Song Dynasty include square formation, circular formation, female formation, male formation, rushing square formation, Fu Zhi formation, wheel formation, and wild goose formation.
The famous general of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Guogong Li Jing's formation outline, and that Xi Sheng painstakingly studied Li Jing and Li Yaoshi's military strategies. With his current army command method, it is enough to make Mingming's equipment and training weaker than the officers and soldiers under Xiao Tang's command.
The combat power of the thief army has been improved, and they are inextricably killed by the official army.
Keep fighting? It will only hurt both sides. Xi Sheng thought about it and said: I have also heard that Xiao Renxia went to the west of Beijing to set up a government department, and Liu Min of Fangzhou also sent a message saying that he wanted to pacify the green forest in the west of Beijing...
....If possible, I really don’t want to be an enemy of such a luxurious person in the world. Even though I have become an enemy now, I can’t use up all the military strength of my village here...
Xiao Tang also had a general idea. After a tentative attack, he felt that his officers and soldiers did not have the strength to defeat Xi Sheng's team. Moreover, now was not the time to fight to the death with him. The coaches on both sides had their own general ideas, so
After only fighting for a while, the official army and the two bandit armies from Xiong'er Mountain and Funiu Mountain paid the money and retreated, and each of them slowly retreated...
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After Xiao Tang's men set up camp in a village in Nanyang County, adjacent to Dengzhou, Wang Yi, the military commander of Dengzhou who was rescued by Dadaoguan Sheng, thanked Xiao Tang and apologized repeatedly.
Xiao Tang didn't criticize him too much. This Wang Yi served as Tong Guan's Badu Supervisor in Water Margin. He was also a figure who gave life to Liangshan heroes to gain experience. What's more, in the book, he fought with his enemies.
Teng Kan and Teng Xu were fierce generals among Wang Qing's "Five Tigers of Jishan Army". Xi Sheng was a wise general who was good at arranging troops. Together with Liu Yuan and Pan Zhong, they were both known as the bravest among thieves.
How can a general, Wang Yi, with his officers and soldiers with low combat effectiveness, win?
When Xiao Tang ordered Jun Jian to escort Pan Zhong, who was captured alive by Guan Sheng, Pan Zhong, although his hands were tied, stood up instead of kneeling when he saw Xiao Tang. He looked indignant, held his neck and said loudly: "Xiao Renxia
!I have heard of your name, and you are also a man with a good reputation in the world. Why do you insist on working as a tiger and a dog for the government!? "
"How dare you insult Mr. Xiao!"
"It's okay, let him scold you." Xiao Tang smiled and told Yang Zhi not to worry, and then said to Pan Zhong: "You are also a man, but why are you the thief who robs homes and bullies good people? Why should I?
Can’t I suppress you?”
"Bah!!!" After hearing this, Pan Zhong was even more furious. He opened his eyes wide and cursed angrily: "I, brother Xi Sheng, and brother Liu Yuan are all military men, and they are used to seeing those cruel people.
The behavior of dog officers who swallowed the army's pay and drank the soldiers' blood! Conquering bandits? Damn it! How dare those soldiers and bandits go forward when they conquered the strong men in the stronghold? They just followed behind, chased here and there, bluffed, and even killed good men.
You're taking credit! I and my brothers are upright men, how can we accept the arrogance of those who abuse and kill talents!?"
It seems that this is a man who was forced to become a thief. Moreover, since he was born in the army, he must know a lot about the crimes committed by officials in Dengzhou and other states in the west of Beijing. Xiao Tang secretly thought, I still need to ask more questions.
At that time, suddenly Jun Jian came to report that Yang Tai, the commander-in-chief of the troops and horses on South Jingxi Road, had also led his troops to Dazhai.
Yang Tai hurried into the commander's camp, and when he saw Xiao Tang, he worshiped with sincerity: "Yang is ashamed, but he troubled Mr. Xiao to send troops to protect the peace of our Dengzhou side. It is all because of Yang's incompetence in the military governor, which allowed thieves to thrive. Alas.
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Yang Tai thanked Xiao Tang, but when he turned to look at Wang Yi, his face changed again. He sternly cursed: "You are a coward like you, who missed important national affairs and developed a traitorous streak. Today you are a thief."
This guy has insulted the country by losing his master, I will teach you how to look good!"
Wang Yi was scolded by Yang Tai and did not dare to speak. Pan Zhong's eyes were about to burst when he saw Yang Tai. He gnashed his teeth and cursed in a hissing voice: "Yang Tai! You thief! You are greedy for military pay and rations.
You kill good people and take credit for it! And you also framed my brother Xi Sheng!!! But you still have the face to confuse right and wrong here! I just want to peel off your skin and drink your blood!!"
Yang Tai's face suddenly twitched, and a murderous intent burst out from his eyes. Seeing Pan Zhong scolding him for his ugly behavior in front of Xiao Tang, Yang Tai pointed his halberd at Pan Zhong and cursed: "You are a thief and a bandit, killing good people."
, invited to rob a business trip, and committed more than one evil! Now you dare to speak out and slander my reputation? Come on, drag this thief down and behead him!!"
"Master Yang... I should have the final say whether this thief should be killed or imprisoned, right?" Xiao Tang's face gradually darkened. In the camp, Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, Yang Zhi, Han Tao, etc.
The general looked at Yang Tai with more contempt.
Yang Tai was covered in cold sweat. He reported to Xiao Tang in fear: "Mr. Comfort Envoy, you absolutely cannot trust the words of this thief. This strongman is cunning and despicable. He actually slandered and slandered me..."
Your acting skills are a bit poor, right? Who among the people present can't see that Yang Tai is trying to cover up his own lies? Xiao Tang sneered in his heart, but said in his mouth: "If Mr. Yang behaves correctly, why should you care about others?"
The rumors and slander? This Pan Zhong cannot be killed now. When I was fighting with the bandits from Xiong'er Mountain and Funiu Mountain, my general Peng Qi was captured by the bandits, and he was about to exchange with Xi Sheng."
Yang Tai hesitated to speak, thinking that if he said that he wanted to kill the thief with a thousand swords, he would only anger Xiao Tang's generals. He gritted his teeth and glared at Pan Zhong with hatred in his eyes.
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Pan Zhong gasped, and stared at Yang Tai fiercely for a long time. He raised his head again and shouted to Xiao Tang: "Xiao Renxia, you are tens of millions of times stronger than this thief! Wait!
I will fight with the general you have after exchanging them! Even if I die in your hands, I, Pan Zhong, will admit it!"
"Let's not talk about the life and death fight for now. I have something to entrust you with." Xiao Tang smiled slightly and said to Pan Zhong: "When you return to Xiong'er Mountain, let your boss know that I, Xiao Tang, want to see you.