Chapter 756 The aptitude of the famous general, the thick and thin Niu Gao
"The officers and soldiers of the new army listened to the order, and the long gunmen on the left and right wings quickly formed an encirclement to attack the two sides of the rebel army! The Chinese army's formation slowly advanced, and they all followed the instructions of the leader of the front formation!"
Xiao Jiasui of the Chinese Army gave a decisive order, and more than 2,000 New Army soldiers in the middle line immediately moved forward in formation led by generals Dang Shiying, Dang Shixiong, and Wang Wenbin, raising their sharp spears one after another, with cold light flashing.
The spear pointed forward diagonally, forming a dense and cold forest of death.
At this time, Tian Biao, who was fighting in front of the formation, kicked a Song soldier in the chest. The soldier opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. His chest suddenly seemed to be dented. He almost didn't even make a sound, and immediately
He fell to the sky.
However, as soon as Tian Biao knocked over a Song general, more than a dozen spears immediately pierced out from the military formation like poisonous snakes. Tian Biao hurriedly dodged, but in front of him and behind him were densely packed soldiers of the New Army. He could only dodge one after another, barely.
Tian Biao, who was retreating, suddenly trembled. A sharp spear had already pierced his left shoulder! Severe pain suddenly hit his heart, making the ferocious and fierce Tian Biao howl out!
"Master! I'm here to help you!" Shi Jin took the lead. He rode his horse and danced his sword straight towards Wang Jin to kill the general. At this time, the Song army behind him also swarmed in like chopping melons and vegetables, and fled in all directions.
The bandits in Hedong were completely defeated, and it was now a foregone conclusion.
I can’t get out here! A good man doesn’t suffer the consequences of his immediate life. I haven’t lived happily enough, so how can I fall into the hands of these dog officials here!?
The fighting spirit in Tian Biao's heart finally disappeared. He turned around and immediately ran towards the rear. After only a few steps, Tian Biao pulled the thieves cavalry who was in a dilemma off his horse, and immediately jumped onto the saddle. Tian Biao
Then he used the back of his sword to strike the horse's hindquarters in panic, and then rushed out of his disintegrated battle formation when the new troops in front were encircling him, and when the officers and soldiers behind him came to kill him!
When Wang Jin and Li Yongqi saw that Tian Biao was about to escape, they ordered the generals behind them to act according to the military orders of the Chinese Army Xiao Jiasui, and at the same time they also urged their cavalry to chase after them. However, Tian Biao had already seen the fierce and unstoppable fighting postures of Wang Jin and Li Yongqi.
He went to look for them halfway and had no intention of fighting each other. He just urged his horse to gallop towards the dense forest of the valley on the northwest side. Although there was no path in the mountain on that side and the surrounding terrain was rugged, it was difficult for him to ride away. However, Tian Biao got wise in his haste.
He thought to himself that if we rush out from there, the officers and soldiers chasing me will have to be blocked by the mountains and forests. It is better to escape or hide in the deep mountains and wilderness than to be safe here and be attacked from both sides!
Wang Jin shouted loudly, and he knocked down two or three small bandit leaders who were still resisting. At this time, Xiao Tang, Yao Pingzhong, Guan Sheng and others led their troops to gallop over and join the new army.
The thieves under Tian Biao made dumplings for them. These fierce bandits who originally wanted to break out from the New Army had no way to go to the sky or to the earth. They were afraid that they would be killed after two or three cups of tea.
The Song army was completely wiped out!
"Master, where are Tian Hu, Tian Biao and those thieves?" Shi Jin rushed to Wang Jin on horseback and asked him hurriedly. When Wang Jin turned around to look, he saw Tian
Biao galloped on his horse and was already two or three hundred paces away from here. Seeing the thief leading the way into the forest, Wang Jin, who was about to chase after the thief with his horse, suddenly thought in his mind:
Isn't the direction in which Tian Biao's fellow was escaping exactly where Niu Gao led his cavalry battalion to patrol the outpost?
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In the deep mountains around Dingxiang County, there are only a few twists and turns and steep solid wood planks, and deep and secluded canyons and dense forests are sometimes filled with unpredictable mountain atmosphere. With the help of this mountain topography, many
Seeing that the situation was not right, the bandits and soldiers knew that it was important to save their lives. They took advantage of the officers and soldiers to kill their accomplices, and nearly a thousand of them fled into the deep valleys and mountains. Tian Biao fled to the mountains and gathered up the remaining troops. At this time, he
He had already exhausted all his plans and had no choice but to wander through the mountains in search of a hiding place.
Xiao Tang wanted to annihilate the remaining bandits near Dingxiang County, and at the same time he divided his troops into four groups and sneaked into the mountains to hunt down the fleeing Tian Biao. After another two days, he was hiding in the deep mountains and dense forests.
Tian Biao, who was hiding in hiding and looking for a way to escape, suffered from hunger and cold. He and the remaining thieves and soldiers under his command suffered all kinds of hardships, and finally escaped to a foothill near the official road of Xinzhou. Tian Biao just thought he could finally escape.
They escaped, but they didn't expect that a troop had already discovered their traces, and clearly observed every move of Tian Biao and his men who had slipped through the net...
"Envoy Niu, the thief has now fled near the official road and is about to flee. What should we do?"
In the deep shade of the forest in another mountain stream on the east side of Dingxiang County, a horse army envoy was reporting to a tall man with a black face and a tall body, wearing the armor of a Song Army horse officer general. This big man
Naturally, it was Niu Gao, who was recently appointed by Xiao Tang as the commander of the Hedong New Army Cavalry Battalion.
Today, the military envoys and soldiers and horse envoys in this new army and horse camp (in the military system of the Song Dynasty, the commander of the first infantry battalion is usually called the commander of the first infantry battalion, and the commander of the first infantry battalion is called the commander, while the horse army is called the military envoy and the soldier and horse envoy).
Most of the low-level officers such as the escort officer, team leader, deputy team leader, and left and right flags are temporarily dispatched by Xiao Tang, who select veterans with rich combat experience from among the three thousand strong cavalry trained by Hu Yanzhuo. After all,
When the new army was first established, many low-level military officers lacked the manpower to serve, so Xiao Tang also selected some officers from other troops and temporarily appointed them to serve on official duties such as suppressing the east of the river, conquering Tian Hu, and selecting and training the new army.
Then he returned to the military department he was originally subordinate to to obey his orders, and also recorded the various achievements he made in Hedong.
However, except for these veterans of the various ministries and camps who are still good at fighting, most of the rest of the horse army soldiers were horse herders who had been responsible for raising and herding horses at the Horse Herding Supervision on Hedong Road, or had taken care of horses.
When they heard that there were still thousands of bandits who had fled to the nearby area, and their own horse army camp was full of soldiers, there were only more than 300 people. Some soldiers panicked, and some of them admonished Niu Gao:
"...General Niu, we don't have enough troops. I'm afraid it will be difficult to defeat those thieves. In my humble opinion, it would be safer to send a few brothers to keep an eye on them and then report to Commander Xiao Jie as soon as possible. After all, we
I was ordered to lead a ranger sentry to scout out the surrounding movements, to guard against other bandit troops passing through this place, and to be sent as a scout who does not have to fight to the death with the enemy..."
When Niu Gao heard this, his strange eyes widened. He shouted to the soldier in a low voice: "You are afraid of a bird! That group of thieves and soldiers only has about a thousand people. We have three hundred at least."
My brother, I am just waiting for work, so why can't I fight with them!? The bandit army only has so few manpower, but it wants to ask for help from my brother. If other colleagues in the army know this, wouldn't they laugh at our uselessness?"
After being scolded by Niu Gao, the military commanders also hurriedly shut their mouths and did not dare to say any more words. However, although Niu Gao intended to ambush the bandit army that hit him, he also knew very well that except for a dozen temporary
Most of the veterans of the cavalry army who were dispatched to his command had never experienced any battles.
The thieves don’t know what their fighting strength is, and the current situation is one against the many. Just as the military warrior said just now, Niu Gao was ordered to patrol here. He was originally just a scout to investigate the surrounding situation. There was no need to
If he had to confront the enemy head-on, even if he rushed to Dingxiang County to report to Xiao Tang and did not set up an ambush to intercept Tian Biao and his band of traitors, according to military regulations, Niu Gao and his cavalry officers would not be held accountable by military law.
However, just like Niu Gao, who in the official history organized a rebel army to fight against the Jin soldiers because his hometown fell to the Jin army, he led the people who had also just put down their hoes and blocked the enemy many times in the Pingdingshan area.
Niu Gao's first confrontation with the Jin army in Zai was with the enemy openly and secretly. He set up an ambush and waited for the Jin soldiers to arrive before killing the opponent by surprise. Now Niu Gao frowned and thought for a moment, and finally made up his mind.
