Zhang Pili is very young. He is a little younger than Li Laiheng and only two years older than Youci. He is only seventeen years old now. But he has been fighting with the Chuang army for many years. Although he is a child soldier, his skills and experience are not the same.
Not inferior to the elite cavalry team Bai Wang sent to Luoyang urgently for reinforcements.
A total of about 150 cavalrymen were handed over by Li Laiheng to the leadership of Hao Yaoqi, who deployed them to lurk in the Zhengli Village area between Zhengjia'ao and Shibei'ao villages, as a mobile force and a reserve force for assault and annihilation of the enemy.
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In order to prevent Hao Yaoqi from disobeying orders and using his troops arbitrarily and indiscriminately, Li Laiheng specially asked Zhang Pizhu to be his deputy general. Zhang Pizhu served as Li Laiheng's personal soldier for a long time. He was enthusiastic and courageous.
, the most important thing is that he can understand Li Laiheng's intention very well and obey Li Laiheng's dispatch and arrangements very much.
Letting Zhang Pizhu serve as Hao Yaoqi's deputy is to ask him to control Hao Yaoqi's hand and not let Hao Yaoqi let himself go again.
In addition to their team of cavalry, Li Laiheng also deployed relatively strong troops on Zhengjiaao and Yegou East Road. In addition to the 150 cavalrymen such as Hao Yaoqi and Zhang Pili, there was also Guo Junzhen.
Zhengjia'ao stronghold has more than 100 troops, and there are another 200 mobile troops near Zhengjia'ao stronghold.
Li Laiheng's intention was to concentrate his forces on the east road and strive to inflict a big enough blow on the army to promote peace, forcing Li Xianfeng to accept the script of "King Tiande" in order to grasp the life-saving straw.
On the other hand, if the east route fails to achieve sufficient results, then Li Laiheng will further adjust the deployment of troops and withdraw more defenders on the other route, causing the officers and soldiers to be blocked all the way and advance rapidly, making them
If the troops are out of touch, then concentrate on taking advantage of the internal lines to achieve rapid maneuvers and annihilate the troops along the way who are deeply out of touch with the army.
It would be even simpler if the army and the army were not separated. Such a large army group would operate in a group. As long as the garrison defenders deployed along the way repeatedly attacked and harassed, Li Xianfeng would be exhausted and unable to attack Luoyang.
Therefore, after Hao Yaoqi also received the news that Gao Qian's troops were attacking on the east road, he immediately prepared to send troops to attack the back road. Thanks to Zhang Pizhu, he understood Li Laiheng's military intention and tried his best to hold Hao Yao back.
Banner, not allowing him to send troops too early, but waiting for the Henan army to strengthen the stronghold, the troops are tired or mobilized, and then take the opportunity to attack.
This requires a high level of tactical timing. Although Zhang Pizhu has fought in many battles, he does lack sufficient experience in tactical sense. Fortunately, although Hao Yaoqi is prone to getting too hot-blooded and fighting indiscriminately, no matter what
He was also a veteran camp leader who followed Li Zicheng through Qin, Shu, and Chu without defeat. When he was calm, he was able to grasp the tactical timing of cavalry dispatches.
"Great! All the fucking officers and soldiers are on the move. These idiots are repeatedly moving their troops between the two strongholds. They don't even take us seriously!"
Hao Yaoqi reined in the reins and cursed: "The fucking officers and soldiers of Henan dare to look down on old brothers like us. Can you guys tolerate this? Do you want Guo Junzhen to take away all the credit?"
Really? My friendship with Guo Junzhen is just a casual one, but when it comes to fighting, you still need to see the truth, and this time I have to teach him what fighting is!"
These capable cavalry are all veterans who followed Li Zicheng from northern Shaanxi to Sichuan and Chu, and from Sichuan and Chu to the Central Plains. Most of them are about thirty years old, and these 150 people are all
They rode tall horses and were neatly armored. In addition to swords, bows and arrows, each person also had a long spear with a white wax pole and red tassels.
The lengths of the barrels and heads of the spears are all the same. The soldiers all hold the reins in their left hand and the spear in their right hand. The tail of the spear is inserted into the iron ring installed on the right side of the saddle. The barrel of the spear is upright. From a distance, this group of cavalry looks like one piece.
The silver-white ocean resembles a forest of spears, and this ocean is still undulating with the galloping horses.
Under the sunlight, the sharpened spearhead and scarlet tassel, as well as the silver spear that followed, looked particularly dazzling.
Zhang Pilu took a breath, held the reins tightly, and said to Hao Yaoqi: "The officers and soldiers mobilized repeatedly in front of us because they did not find any trace of us. It was also because they underestimated the enemy and were arrogant, so they did not let the intruders go at all.
For the sake of my eyes."
"Guan Guan's troops always hit the key points with their troops, and often won by surprise. With him in Zhengjiaao Village, the officers and soldiers must have found it very difficult. All their attention was restrained and attracted to this point, so they ignored us."
"Young students really understand! Zhang Pizhu is right. The officers and soldiers are so arrogant that they don't take the Chu army seriously. It's time for them to see the real chapter!"
After Hao Yaoqi shouted loudly, the cavalry team, which looked like mountains and oceans, started shouting in unison. Immediately afterwards, these more than a hundred war horses smashed through the horseshoes and trampled the tranquility in Beimang Mountain.
Like a fierce storm, it swept past and swept away in the direction of Zhengjia'ao and Yegou.
Everyone was scrambling to be the first. Although there were only one hundred and fifty cavalry, due to the rich capture in Luoyang, everyone was well-equipped and well-equipped. One hundred and fifty cavalry, under the neat and sophisticated armed configuration, actually had
The spirit of thousands of horses galloping forward.
Hao Yaoqi rushed to the front non-stop. He was still carrying the usual jujube stick in his hand. But compared with before, he now had a fine armor, a well-made saber and a bow and arrow.
With light swords, long soldiers and sharp arrows, they no longer look like the thieves they once were!
The Zhengjiaao area is not a mountainous area with steep peaks, but only small patches of low hills. The intruder cavalry shuttled through the green and gray hilly land like a surging white wave.
The sky at this moment is exceptionally blue, and the sunny weather on this day makes the scenery among the hills even more enchanting. The fragrance of the blooming plum blossoms permeates the air, and the pale white petals are frightened by the galloping horses, and several
The sparrows were also frightened and flew up from the branches into the blue sky.
Turning around the hill in front of them, the cavalry team would rush directly to the flat ground of Zhengjiaao. Zhang Pikui held his breath. After all, he was still too young, and his arms were veined from holding the reins tightly.
Revealing his nervousness.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the detour in front of them.
Turn around, run over, rush over, kill over!
"Kill! Scatter all the generals and troops!"
Accompanied by Hao Yaoqi's roar like thunder on the ground, one hundred and fifty cavalry turned a small bend and then surged over from a slightly upward slope.
The battle situation and scenes in the Zhengjia'ao plains were clearly displayed in front of Zhang Pizhen. Guo Junzhen's defense was extremely powerful. He led his soldiers out of the stronghold to attack and gave the official army a blow. Although the official army's Ma Bao tried his best to maintain the situation,
The siege was still partially broken, but due to the superiority of the officers and soldiers, the entire siege was not broken by Guo Junzhen.
"Go down!"
One hundred and fifty cavalrymen rushed down from the hillside like a sea. The red tassel on Fan Yang's hat fluttered in the wind, like feathers dancing, reminding people of the appearance of the gods.
The neat armor and cloth face armor, as well as the sky blue smocks and robes, made the intruder cavalry look like a whole, not more than a hundred knights, but one person, a sharp sword, and a spear.
Ma Bao looked desperately at the cavalry rushing down the side hillside, raising his sword in vain, but he knew it was meaningless. Many of the officers and soldiers around him had begun to drop their weapons and turn around and run away.
"Who dares to run away! There are not many intruders. As long as we form a formation and stand firm, we can wait for General Gao's reinforcements! No one is allowed to escape. We must form an array and stand firm!"
It's a pity that even the hoarse shouts could not stop the officers and soldiers from escaping. Originally, these hundreds of people were blocked in Zhengjia'ao's wooden village. Several strong attacks failed, and the loss of troops and morale was very serious. Not long ago, they were attacked by Guo Junzhen.
A short assault, the morale of the army is uncertain, how to resist the enemy?
After taking the initiative to make a surprise attack out of the stronghold and achieving certain results, they retreated back to Guojun Town, which was entrenched in the stronghold. When they saw the intruder cavalry cutting into the battlefield from the side, they said excitedly: "The fighter plane has arrived, it's time to wave the flag! The fire is coming!
The gunslinger will stay in the stronghold just in case, and everyone else will follow me out of the stronghold to attack! Let’s go!”
Two suspension bridges were put down in the Zhengjia'ao village. Although there were not many troops, Guo Junzhen knew that at this time, the most important thing was not the number of troops, but how to rely on wave after wave of attacks to destroy the morale of the officers and soldiers.
Therefore, when he saw the arrival of the rebel cavalry, he immediately led his very tired soldiers and other capable warriors in the village. Regardless of physical exertion, they attacked from inside and outside, and joined forces with Hao Yaoqi to deliver the final blow to the official army.
Accompanied by the roar of war horses, the galloping cavalry cut into the Henan army through the gap where many officers and soldiers fled. More than a hundred knights first used their spears to knock down the enemy with their powerful impact, and then drew out their spears from their waists.
With his sword or saber, he was dashing while slashing and stabbing left and right.
Ma Bao relied on his own strength and was never willing to surrender. After blocking the charge of an intruder cavalry with his long knife, he also tried to drag him off his horse and seize the horse to escape.
However, Zhang Pikui saw Ma Bao, who was wearing fish-scale armor among the rebels. He was obviously different from ordinary officers and soldiers. He threw it with all his strength and threw the dagger while the horse was running wildly, although it failed to hit Ma Bao's vital part.
, but also stabbed Ma Bao in the thigh, making him unable to escape.