Chapter 703 The two armies join forces, are you Xiao Tang?
After Fan Yuming and Yao Pingzhong were killed with one arrow, the commotion spread among the thieves. Compared with the Western Army who had fought bloody battles in the important town of Bianting, these green forest bandits were no longer affected by the scale of the war they had experienced or the faces they had faced. It can be said that there is a huge difference in the strength of the enemy forces. Soon, some thieves started to retreat with shouts, and the rest all retreated. Gradually, it evolved into a rout, until all the thieves were running away with their heads covered. Western officers and soldiers chased and killed him.
Fang Xuedu, who was in the rear formation, was also dumbfounded. He did not expect that this army was actually a well-trained and brave force. Not only did the sneak attack fail to cause chaos to the opponent, but the opponent immediately stopped the counterattack and killed The general came out and his troops were unable to resist. Fan Yuming was shot down by an arrow before he could even escape. Now the possibility of defeating this army is extremely slim.
As long as the green hills remain, there will be no need to worry about running out of firewood.
Fang Xuedu immediately thought of retreating. Although Tian Hu would definitely be blamed, as long as one life was left, who could care about it at the moment?
As Fang Xuedu led more than a thousand troops and fled, the group of thieves who were fighting in front looked around in horror and found that their companions had turned around and fled long ago if they had not been killed by the tough officers and soldiers. Only It is impossible for them to reverse the situation of the war if they are left to resist. Although they are more likely to be massacred by the army if they flee together, if they stay where they are, they will only die faster!
The army was defeated like a mountain.
"The infantry in front should disperse first, and the crossbowmen should be cocked!" Seeing that the thieves had begun to flee, Yao Pingzhong immediately ordered several groups of crossbowmen under his subordinates to draw the magic arm bow, the long-range weapon of the Song army, before the enemy could escape from the shooting range. Here comes the murder weapon.
As a commander of the Western Army shouted like thunder, the next moment, a piercing scream flew across the sky, and a swarm of black crossbow arrows were like dense locusts, and they were directed towards the man who was pointing at his back. The rebels launched a fierce volley!
A large number of thieves fell forward like cutting wheat. Yao Pingzhong picked up his horse war sword, slashed forward with force, and led his horse infantry to pursue the fleeing thieves!
After being killed and stripped of his armor, Fang Xuedu, who was in a state of panic, led his remnants to escape four or five miles away. It was also because there were many thief infantrymen behind him who acted as human shields to block the pursuing officers and soldiers, so they also gave him some breathing space. opportunity.
At this time, Fang Xuedu was thinking that since he took refuge in Tian Hu, he had fought with strong men from all over Hedong and defeated the army many times. However, he seemed to have been unlucky for eight lifetimes, encountering the most elite troops among the officers and soldiers one after another. . He sadly counted the weapons around him, and found that there were only more than 300 horse troops and more than 400 infantry troops. Thinking that of the thousands of troops he had managed to recruit, only about 20% remained. This also made Fang Xuedu really... Want to cry but no tears.
What's even more terrible is that when Fang Xueduqiang braced himself and planned to lead the remaining troops to escape quickly, he saw smoke and dust billowing in front of him, and there was also the faint sound of rumbling horse hooves, and there were actually a few people urging the horses ahead. The fleeing thieves turned back again. When they saw the remnants of the troops led by Fang Xuedu, they rushed forward again and reported with a sad face: "Chief Fang, another two or three thousand troops are galloping from the official road from the north. , we will arrive here in a short while!”
"What!!??"
Fang Xuedu exclaimed and almost fell off his horse. Now there were six battalions of wolf-like Forbidden Army chasing him. There were other officers and soldiers in front who had cut off their way. If they abandoned their horses and walked deep into the mountains and dense forests, they would be surrounded by everything. There are soldiers and horses chasing and arresting me, so how can I escape?
With no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth, Fang Xuedu was desperate and frightened, as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. At this time, he suddenly remembered that when he and Fan Yuming went to win over the green forest soldiers and horses in the Taihang Mountain chain village, relying on
I have met the leaders in the Taihang Mountain Dazhai, so I still remember how to walk through the mountain trails to study at the Lianhuan Village in Taihang Mountain.
Although Fan Yuming's words were inappropriate before, and the leaders of the Taihang Mountain Chain Village were annoyed and ordered them to knock them down from the stronghold, there were still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses there, and now Fan Yuming had been shot to death. Taihang Mountain Chain Village Master,
Meng, Liu, Jiao and other leaders seemed to be very righteous. If I wanted to plead hard, I would ask those leaders to take them in temporarily for the sake of being a member of the green forest...
.Now it seems that this is the only way to avoid being pursued by the army.
The sound of galloping horses' hooves became clearer and clearer. Fang Xuedu made up his mind. He immediately urged his horse to gallop towards the mountains in the northeast. At this time, the horse under his crotch was snorting heavily, and Fang Xuedu was stopped by Fang Xuedu.
After being beaten and running wildly, the horse had little energy left. After Fang Xuedu led some thieves to rush through the gentle slope of the passage, and then there was a steep mountain. The horses could no longer climb the ridge. Fang Xuedu
He and the thieves around him immediately dismounted and hurriedly ran down the mountain path to escape.
Only a moment after Fang Xuedu crossed the mountain, a battalion of Western troops under Yao Pingzhong's command had already rushed towards them. The rest of the thieves' infantry who could not escape hurriedly threw down their weapons, knelt on the ground and shouted for surrender.
The Western Army general who first led the team to arrive was the Qin commander who had just been joking with Yao Pingzhong. Seeing that the thieves in front of him no longer had the intention to resist, he spitted a thick mouthful of phlegm and cursed angrily:
"Straight mother-in-law! This gang of thieves is too much of a puss, but I haven't killed them smoothly yet!"
Before the curses subsided, Commander Qin also vaguely heard the faint sound of rumble of horse hooves from the official road to the north. His expression condensed and he ordered his subordinates of the Western Army to draw their swords and prepare to defend against the enemy.
But after about a cup of tea, Commander Qin and his party saw the soldiers and horses galloping from the north, all wearing official uniforms and armor. The leader was a man with white teeth and red lips, and his eyebrows were swollen.
He had a jade-faced general with a slim waist, broad shoulders and a muscular body. The brave general rode his horse and rushed to the front. When he saw many thieves kneeling down to beg for mercy and were restrained by a group of officers and soldiers, he
Immediately he asked: "Are these my colleagues from the Western Army here? I am sent to Hua Rong, under the command of Marshal Xiao Jie, who is on official business in Hedong. I am here with Marshal Xiao and his troops, and I am about to pick up my brothers from the Western Army."
Go to Tongtang County!"
"Hey, this boy is very handsome, but fighting a life-threatening war is not what Mr. Rabbit should do. Did Xiao Tang recruit such a handsome man as his confidant just to be majestic and good-looking? No wonder he led the troops to even the bandits from the east of the river.
If we can’t exterminate them, we will have to trouble our Western Army to deal with the consequences of these cowardly and weak soldiers.”
Hearing Hua Rong's question, Commander Qin sneered, and then joked to the soldiers beside him.
Hua Rong saw the other party muttering. Although he couldn't hear clearly what he was talking about, seeing that the Western Army general looked very arrogant and rude, Hua Rong frowned and asked loudly: "We are both officers and soldiers."
Soldiers and horses should also report their whereabouts to their respective military commanders in advance to avoid misunderstandings. I have asked you a question, but why do you avoid answering?"
Commander Qin smiled and shouted to Hua Rong: "What's your name? The Sa family did come to Hedong to suppress bandits according to the orders of the Yongxing Army Commander! I have a clumsy mouth and a clumsy cheek, so I can't chat with others about trivial matters. Commander The young commander Yao Dujian of our Western Army son-in-law will be here soon. Xiaolangjun, if you have anything to say, you can ask him!"
When Hua Rong heard this, his face suddenly seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, but he also knew that the current situation was not suitable for a conflict with the bastard in front of him, so Hua Rong just snorted heavily and said: Didn't say much.
After another hour and a half, Xiao Tang and Yao Pingzhong led their troops to arrive here. After they heard Hua Rong and Commander Qin each reporting the other's whereabouts, their expressions changed. Yao Pingzhong immediately turned his eyes. Looking at Xiao Tang, he secretly said: It turns out that man is Xiao Tang, who is favored by the officials and is well-known in the world. Judging from his demeanor, he seems to have some ability, not like a person who only relies on A jester who gained an important position among the imperial military officers by flattering others.
Xiao Tang was also looking at Yao Pingzhong carefully at this time, thinking to himself: This person is Yao Pingzhong, the young Taiwei of the Western Army and the descendant of the general of the Miyuan Yao family. Compared with his current prestige in the Western Army, this Yao Pingzhong's In the second half of his life, it can be said that he was a strange person with some intriguing deeds...