Chapter 117 Chapter Fifteen

Chapter 15 of the fourth part of the Northern Han Dynasty is in dire straits After a while, my mood finally calmed down, and I carefully calculated how to deal with the current situation. Four hundred vs. three thousand, both sides are elites, but with me as a burden on our side, I'm afraid I can't escape even if I want to It's not too late to think about Lu Can's affairs in the future, and escaping for his life is the top priority now.I forced myself to forget the fact that I was in a bumpy and dark car, and thought carefully about how to save myself and others.After a while, my heart suddenly brightened. The Flying Tiger General sent an order to capture me alive and kill King Qi. It seems that to him, the importance of me and King Qi is not the same. From the point of view of the bounty, it seems that I It is important to them, but in my opinion, it is not.For the generals who lead the troops, the life and death of King Qi is naturally more important to them, and I am afraid that these generals may not understand the importance of me. To them, maybe I am just a task that they need to complete, maybe because of this That's why my bounty is higher. This is to prevent those soldiers from just chasing King Qi.Even if my estimation is wrong, they regard me as more important than King Qi, it is not a big problem for my plan.

I was thinking like this, when suddenly the door of the car was pulled open forcefully, and I saw King Qi, whose clothes were covered in blood, shouting at me: "Suiyun, we must divide our troops." I thought to myself, it really is the hero who sees the same thing, and quickly said: "Zhe also has this intention." I poked my head out, and I saw that we had reached a narrow intersection with mountains and rocks on both sides, and the king of Qi ordered people to block it. Staying at the intersection, temporarily curbed the pursuers.I hurriedly took the special blue cloak from the car, tied it on my body, and then told Xiao Shunzi: "Hurry up and put on the armor, and then take me on a horse. We will part ways with His Royal Highness King Qi, please." Your Highness will assign another fifty people to me, so that the enemy's strength can be dispersed."

A gratified look flashed in King Qi's eyes, and he said, "That's right, but Suiyun, you have to be careful, if their target is you, I'm worried that you won't be able to escape." I smiled and said, "Maybe, but for the soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty, I am afraid that you are the primary target in their minds, so the one who is under the most pressure this time may be His Highness." Then King Qi and I hurriedly studied some battles After a while, the cavalry guarding the intersection were exhausted.At this time, Xiao Shunzi had already prepared everything.He first untied the two horses pulling the carriage. These two white horses were selected in advance, and they were completely qualified for the work of war horses. Xiao Shunzi gave one of the horses to be led by other cavalrymen, and then put on a white He took out two long spears from under the seat of the carriage, connected them together, and turned them into two long spears.Xiao Shunzi came over and helped me onto the horse first, then he jumped on himself, let me sit behind him, and carefully tied me with him with a belt.At this time, a group of one hundred tiger guards and five Qi king's guards had also formed a team. I immediately glanced at Qi king and said calmly: "Your Highness, I'm going to take a step first."

After all, Xiao Shunzi gave an order, and our cavalry, including a hundred tiger guards and fifty King Qi's personal guards, rushed to the wilderness first. A cavalry fled in another direction, but my specially-made carriage was overturned at the intersection, blocking the pursuers. My carriage was quite heavy, and it seemed that they would not be able to get through for a while. I have carefully considered the division of troops this time, but I admire King Qi's ability to figure it out so quickly. He has been fighting all the time. The enemy's goal is two. Even if we are together, our strength will not be strong. How big is it, but the enemy can go all out. Although our force division is weak now, the enemy will hesitate about how to arrange the division of troops. After all, we will not suffer.Moreover, it is a losing situation if you just run for your life and are unable to fight back. Now King Qi can be said to have no worries, so he can think of a way to fight back.

At this moment, Xiao Shunzi in front said, "My lord, there are about a thousand pursuers behind, what shall we do?" I was overjoyed, sure enough, for those arrogant soldiers, King Qi, the commander of Dayong, is the most important, but a thousand cavalry is not a small number, if we can't wipe them out in one fell swoop, we can't get away to help Qi king.Looking at the surrounding terrain, I said, "Let Hu Yanshou go into the wilderness, I have twenty flying divine fires with me." Xiao Shunzi got it right, nodded immediately and said: "I understand, fire and water are merciless, it's really a good idea." After that, he discussed it with Hu Yanshou, who was in command of the cavalry. Jin Wei, the emperor specially sent him here this time, and it was also for this reason, otherwise, how could a dignified deputy commander of the Tiger Guards condescend to do so.I heard him and Xiao Shunzi talking about how to lure the enemy into the bait, he is indeed a general who is good at using troops.I silently pray in my heart that I can succeed in one fell swoop, otherwise my little life may be sent here.

At this time, the pursuers gradually approached. There was no way, although Xiao Shunzi's riding skills were excellent, it was still far behind these cavalrymen who lived on horses almost all day long.Fortunately, Hu Yanshou commanded well, turned around, and finally was not surrounded by the enemy behind.After a while, the enemy army has lured us into a wilderness with wild grass. At the end of autumn, the yellow weeds are dry and flammable.Seeing that the wind was blowing in the right direction, Xiao Shunzi shouted, and everyone accelerated their horses.And the Northern Han cavalry behind them still controlled the speed of their horses and pursued them. This is what we expected a long time ago. Being left behind, generally speaking, unless the encirclement is already encircled or when the enemy army has no way to advance, they will generally not ride their horses with all their strength. Basically, they will control the speed of the horse and follow the enemy army without haste until they are exhausted. When it is time to launch a fierce attack, you can win in one fell swoop.Of course, this is the criterion when the quality of the cavalry of the enemy and us is similar. If the enemy army is too weak, this method is naturally not used.Therefore, Xiao Shunzi and the others speeded up their horses, and the pursuers behind were dropped a bit, but they didn't speed up their horses in the same way, so as not to be dragged down by us.

It's a pity that what they did this time was wrong. Just when the distance between the two sides was more than two miles, Hu Yanshou let out a roar, and our army was divided into more than a dozen teams and spread out. I could hear the Northern Han people behind me. The enemy laughed loudly, presumably they thought that our army was going to disperse and flee, so they would surely win, and I could even hear the joy of hunting prey in their laughter.At this moment, Xiao Shunzi suddenly rode his horse back, and then held a small silver tube in his hand. He pressed the mechanism on it continuously, and flames flew out from it, quickly igniting the yellow and dry grassland. I'm afraid that before the fire ignited, the enemy troops of the Northern Han Dynasty had already broken through the flame defense line, but this time Xiao Shunzi's flying magic fire was extraordinary, and the fire spread in just an instant.At this time, the scattered Yong army also lit the same fire from several other positions, and the fire quickly joined together, and the crescent-shaped fire circle rushed towards the Northern Han cavalry, and there were wild grasses everywhere. Man, the Northern Han cavalry wanted to go around the fire circle to pursue, but it was too late.They had no choice but to retreat, but their direction was downwind, and the flames chased them with black smoke. They had just run seven or eight miles, but they found in despair that the same fire blocked their way back.

I could hear the miserable cries in the sea of ​​flames, and I couldn't help but feel a little proud in my heart. Fortunately, because of the small shape and great power of the flying fire, I brought twenty of them on the carriage, although almost all of them have been used up now. It is worth the money, but it broke a thousand cavalry chasing soldiers.Although I also know that it is impossible to completely wipe out the enemy army, but at least half of their troops can be wiped out. But what makes me a little regretful is that the four people who were sent to set the fire behind were probably close to death.In order to achieve the purpose of annihilating the enemy army, I asked Hu Yanshou to send four people to leave on the way, turn around to the two sides, see the fire in front, and when the Northern Han army fled back, add two more fires, so that the fire can be Connect together to block the enemy's way of life.But Feitian Shenhuo is too powerful, and now the wind is so strong, they probably won't be able to come back.But I admire their courage in my heart. Although they knew it would be dangerous to stay and set fire, they all rushed to be the first, which made me feel a little ashamed.

But these things can't be taken care of anymore. Hu Yanshou gathered the army, and we have to leave quickly. Now we are too close to the fire scene. If the wind direction changes, I'm afraid we will have to be buried with him. Abandoning the chasing soldiers who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, we rushed to the scheduled meeting place. Dayong has many strongholds on the border. King Qi and I agreed on the meeting place. At that time, King Qi can rely on the fortress to hold on, and we can Raid the Northern Han army from behind.There is no other way, twenty Flying Divine Fires may not be enough to deal with three thousand cavalry, so I can only lure them to divide their troops first, and then annihilate one of them. Fortunately, there are fewer cavalry chasing me, otherwise I'm afraid it will go through a hard fight.While listening to the wind in my ears, I prayed that His Royal Highness King Qi could arrive at the rendezvous place safely, otherwise I have nothing to do.

And of course I didn’t know at this time, about half an hour later, when there was only a piece of black ashes left in the wilderness where the fire started, the bodies of several charred horses were pushed away, and from under the horses Standing up was a man covered in black and ash, and he shouted sharply: "Jiang Zhe, Wei and you are inseparable!" This person is Wei Ying. On the day he was ordered by Lu Can, he brought Lin Bi's token to the Northern Han army. After receiving Lin Bi's military order, the Flying Tiger General Yingshi, who was ordered to respond to Lin Bi, brought 3,000 cavalry with him. , Lurking on the return journey of King Qi.And Wei Ying, who hated Dayong deeply, also volunteered to participate in this operation, and what made him excited was that Jiang Zhe really went with King Qi.Later, when Quartz divided his troops to pursue him, Wei Ying also chose to pursue Jiang Zhe, but he was caught in a sea of ​​flames.Wei Ying was quick-witted, he knew that his riding skills were mediocre, and it was impossible to escape from the flames, so he took advantage of the chaos and killed several backward Northern Han cavalrymen, killed their horses, and then hid under the horses' bellies, In the blood, this barely escaped the fate of being buried in a sea of ​​fire.He cursed angrily, and then embarked on the journey back to Nanchu. He would not be so stupid to chase and kill Jiang Zhe, and deal with more than a hundred cavalry alone, he didn't have the courage.

When we finally arrived at Gushanzhai, even though I was taken by Xiao Shunzi, I was still exhausted, and the inner sides of my legs were worn out by the saddle. I will stand this year, but I have never suffered such a pain , When I was awakened by the deafening shouts of killing, I realized that our cavalry was parked under the hillside, not far from the top of the hill, and I could hear the sound of fighting on the other side of the hill. Xiao Shunzi helped me down, and said: "My lord, there is Gu Shanzhai ahead, His Royal Highness King Qi is besieged outside the village, and the defenders in the village tried to come out to rescue them several times but failed." My heart tightened, Gritting his teeth, he stood up and said, "Help me to have a look." Xiao Shunzi put his arms around my waist, and without seeing how he moved, he took me to the top of the mountain, hid behind a rock, and then I saw the battlefield. Gu Shanzhai got its name because the village was built on a small hill, which is more like a rocky hill than a hill, and there is a spring with a huge amount of water in the village, flowing down the mountain.When building the house, ditches two or three feet deep were dug around the village, and then poured with spring water. Gu Shanzhai has both the advantages of the terrain and the "moat" to resist the enemy. It is a very important fortress.It's a pity that because the stockade is too strong, most of the troops stationed inside are infantry, only 300 cavalry.I looked down and saw that just a thousand steps away from the stockade, His Royal Highness King Qi led more than a hundred wounded cavalrymen to charge endlessly, and was trapped in the formation by more than a thousand cavalrymen.The other seven or eight hundred Northern Han cavalry were cruising outside Gu Shanzhai, blocking reinforcements from Gu Shanzhai.I can clearly see that on the edge of the moat, there are a large number of corpses and some ownerless war horses wandering.And at the highest point of the village, straight black smoke is billowing upwards. At this time, Hu Yanshou also followed up, and said worriedly: "My lord, the sergeants in the village just wanted to go out of the village to respond, but they were blocked back. Although the village is now using the beacon to notify the neighboring villages, there is no time for them to come out. I can’t reach it. My lord, we must rescue His Royal Highness King Qi.” I looked at the two sides fighting below in amazement. This was the first time I saw the confrontation of elite cavalry so close. Although there was a big difference in strength, King Qi did not show timidity at all. Every sprint was aimed at the enemy. The army went away weakly, and although the Flying Tiger General Quartz, who commanded the Northern Han Army, reacted quickly and kept King Qi and others trapped in the formation, he was still unable to suppress King Qi.I asked a little strangely: "Hu Yanshou, although it may be because of His Royal Highness King Qi's superb fighting skills, why do I think Quartz is not worthy of its name?" Hu Yanshou said: "Your Excellency, I don't know. The generals of the Northern Han Dynasty had different strengths. Quartz was good at running for thousands of miles. This time, the elite guards around His Highness are only above Quartz's troops, so Quartz can't succeed in a quick attack. In terms of marching and formation, the Northern Han army is led by the ghost-faced general Tan Ji, but in our Dayong army, commanding the cavalry in front of the battle is rarely better than His Royal Highness King Qi, so there is such a situation. I thought in my heart that I was lucky, if it was the ghost-faced general Tan Ji who chased and ambushed us this time, I would probably be able to collect the corpse of King Qi, of course, this is only if I have a chance to escape.The arrangement of the Northern Han Dynasty this time is not inconsiderate, but I did not expect that I would bring the flying magic fire that was originally prepared for the meeting in the East China Sea. In addition, I forgot that autumn is the season when tall grass grows and it is easiest to use fire attack .However, Quartz's tactics were restrained by King Qi, but it was a helpless move. I don't think the Northern Han Dynasty could have thought that King Qi would go to the East China Sea in advance. The conditions are a little worse, and today's situation is not the same.After carefully observing the battle situation for a long time, I said seriously: "Little Shunzi, you will follow General Huyan to attack the Northern Han army in a while. Although your riding skills are not good, you should be barely comparable to an ordinary cavalry soldier. If you have practiced the Jiang family's marksmanship, you should use it. It would be best if you can take Shishi's life, but if you can't, you should stop Shishi from commanding the enemy. What do you think of this arrangement?" Both Xiao Shunzi and Hu Yanshou frowned slightly, and Hu Yanshou said first: "My lord, Mr. Li's martial arts are powerful, and the last general saw it with his own eyes back then, but your safety is the most important thing, my lord. If Mr. Li also goes to battle to kill the enemy, then if you are killed We can't bear the burden of the rebel army injuring your lord." I smiled wryly and said: "General Huyan, this is a last resort. If you want to command the army, I'm afraid you won't be able to spare the matter of beheading the general and capturing the flag, and if you can't win, even if you are all here to protect Jiang, it will be useless. How about this, you leave a few tigers to protect me, as long as you fight quickly, I should not be in too much danger." I am ashamed to say that Hu Yanshou is not absolutely sure to suppress the quartz. Xiao Shunzi didn't say anything, he understood the current situation, and he also knew that Jiang Zheling was like a mountain, and he thought that the best solution was to kill Shishi quickly and then come back to protect the young master, and he couldn't help feeling a little regretful in his heart Jiang Zhe was not asked to bring a few more confidant guards over.At this time, King Qi's formation below was a little scattered, and it seemed that it was at the end of his battle.I quickly ordered: "General Huyan, act quickly, if His Highness is injured, I'm afraid we won't be able to bear it." Hu Yanshou promised in a low voice, and arranged several powerful tiger guards to protect me, and then got on the horse. Xiao Shunzi glanced at me and got on the horse. At this moment, I remembered something, and hurriedly approached and shouted: "Xiao Shunzi, there is one more thing?" Xiao Shunzi leaned over with a questioning look on his face, I whispered a few words in his ear, and then hurriedly stepped aside. Seeing that everyone was ready to stand still, Hu Yanshou raised his horse, pointed to the sky silently, and then pointed down suddenly. Nearly two hundred cavalry rushed to the top of the mountain, and then roared down like a lightning bolt. Standing on the side, I only felt The ground shook, the gravel rolled around, and I almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, a few tiger guards who stayed behind to protect me helped me. These tiger guards are also the guards who protected me in Hanyuan back then. They have been promoted in the past few years, at least they are also military officers of the sixth rank. But when they met me a few days ago, they complained to me. It is said that after I left back then, they were severely reprimanded by King Yong and now the Emperor because of "ineffective protection". Finally, King Yong knew that they were wronged and did not punish them, but because they stayed by my side for several years , have been reused, but I still can't lift my head for a long time.Fortunately, they will definitely not laugh at me. When I was in Hanyuan, they were all responsible for keeping an eye on my physical condition at all times. Once they saw that my complexion was not good, they had to go to Yongwang Mansion who was in charge of treating me at any time. Medical.Although I have basically recovered my health now, in their minds, it is probably still the medicine jar that may die at any time. When I stood up, I happened to see Xiao Shunzi rushing into the cavalry of the Northern Han Army behind Hu Yanshou. The white horse with silver spears and snow-covered robes was majestic, which made me a little jealous. Unfortunately, I am It is impossible to go into battle and kill the enemy.The black and red iron flow was unstoppable, the Northern Han army did not expect an ambush, and the situation was chaotic for a while, and the troops of King Qi were shocked and fought hard. At this time, the village was also alarmed, and the gate of the village was opened wide , Only a hundred or so remaining cavalry in the village also killed them. Although the strength of the Dayong army was still not as strong as that of the Northern Han army, the Northern Han army was in chaos due to the internal and external attacks and the three-way onslaught. Quartz never expected that there would be an enemy army behind him at this time. They had cleared many Dayong's scouts beforehand, and the Yong army in those fortresses would follow the strict order of King Qi and would not leave the fort easily, so He could have surrounded and killed King Qi in a safe manner, and Jiang Zhe who "escaped" with his guards was not taken seriously by him. A resourceful counselor may not be a general who can lead an army in battle.If it wasn't for Lin Bi's order that specifically required Quartz to capture and kill Jiang Zhe, and the Southern Chu envoy insisted so much, he and Ben would not have sent a thousand people to pursue Jiang Zhe. As for Jiang Zhe's ability to escape, Quartz But it was absolutely unexpected, so he didn't expect that there would be reinforcements nearby.When seeing the black and red armor, Quartz's first thought was the safety of the cavalry chasing Jiang Zhe. While his heart was cold, the order to stop the enemy was inevitably a moment late, just for a moment In between, the game is lost. Shishi was very decisive, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army. After the troops with their own troops were cut off, the Northern Han cavalry fled in all directions due to the large number of people. Shishi just knocked down a Yongjun who was blocking the way. A knight in white clothes and white armor blocked his way, and the mask covered the man's face, so he couldn't see his face, but his figure was not tall, Quartz smiled coldly, confident that he was strong and brave, and he slammed it away, that The knight didn't dodge either, a silver spear protruded obliquely from the bridle, and the spears collided with each other, Quartz felt as if he had hit a ball of cotton, the impact seemed to be real, and he couldn't help but staggered. The knight's silver spear split open suddenly, scattered into the sky full of spear shadows, and countless small and icy air streams aroused by the spear tip rushed towards the quartz.Quartz shouted loudly, and the horse slashed in the air. The fiery wind blocked the attack of the silver gun. "Ding ding ding" the sharp sound of a series of weapons clashing and the violent wind and waves made the two of them within a few feet of each other. No one can stand anymore. Quartz is a famous military general in the Northern Han Dynasty. Although he has encountered opponents on the battlefield, he has never been as difficult as he is today. If he hadn't noticed that the man's marksmanship and riding skills were very different, he would use his own advantages in riding skills to fight against him. , I'm afraid I can't compete with that person evenly.The two sides fought for more than a dozen rounds, and the man gradually gained the upper hand. Suddenly, the silver gun turned into a shooting star and pierced through Quartz's defense line. With a sound, regardless of life and death, the horse spear in his hand tried his best to shoot, the man rode the horse back a step, Shi Shi turned and fled, the dozen or so guards around him blocked the enemy general's attack by coincidence, and the silver gun turned into a little bit of star rain , Brilliant bright red flashed in the air, when the dozen or so personal guards were killed by the silver gun, Quartz had already rushed a long way under the protection of other personal guards.Seeing that he was too late to catch up, the snow-robed general shouted loudly: "Shishi, tell His Royal Highness Jiaping that Nan Chu has no kindness. They are just passing on news, but you have lost soldiers and generals. This snipe Clams are fighting, but the fisherman's strategy is still unclear?" Shishi could hear it clearly, although she knew it was sowing dissension, but she still felt angry for no reason, and couldn't help but doubt Nan Chu's intentions. According to the envoy, the person who instructed him was Nan Chu Lu Can, and it was said that Lu Can was Disciple of Jiang Zhe, don't the disciples know the master's ability? Could it be that Lu Can passed the news to us because he knew that we could not easily succeed? I heard Xiao Shunzi's shout from a high place, and a smile appeared on my face. Lu Can and Lin Bi joined forces to kill me. This revenge must be avenged. The military leader of the Northern Han Dynasty is Long Tingfei. If Long Tingfei can be made If I have my guard against Lu Can, then I can avoid too deep collusion between Northern Han and Southern Chu, and I can save myself from trouble. After a while, the battlefield had calmed down, and only Sergeant Dayong was left to clean up the aftermath. Then I walked up the mountain under the protection of several tiger guards.It's only a short distance, and if I rode a horse, I would arrive in no time, but the inner sides of my legs were already bloody, and I really didn't want to ride a horse. Although walking was painful, I had to admit it.Walking to the bottom of the mountain, King Qi came up with his personal guards. He was covered in scars and blood, and he was very embarrassed. In the future, I might as well command and kill the enemy." I suppressed the urge to give him a few glances, and said: "Your Highness, this is embarrassing me, if I can go to battle and kill the enemy, then everyone in Nanchu can join the army. At this time, the generals defending the village also came to respectfully invite us to enter the village. I saw that Xiao Shunzi was cleaning up with Hu Yanshou and the others, and I felt that there would be no danger now, so I walked side by side with King Qi to the suspension bridge at the gate of the village. , There are a lot of corpses there, and they haven't been cleaned yet, but everyone here is battle-tested except me, and no one cares about it.I could only turn a blind eye and walk towards the village, thinking that the most important thing is to take a shower, change clothes, and get a good night's sleep. Dimly, Li Hu opened his eyes. He was a small cavalry commander under the Flying Tiger General Shishi. He was accidentally stabbed off his horse when he was blocking the reinforcements from Gu Shanzhai, and hit his head on a rock. Hence the coma.The battle was rushed, and no one noticed that he was still alive. He was in a coma for a long time, until Quartz was defeated and left. For such a long time, no one thought that there would be living people here.The Yong army who was busy cleaning up the battlefield didn't have time to take care of this, but simply dragged away some corpses blocking the suspension bridge, and then went to clean up the battlefield, rescue comrades, and stabbed the seriously injured Northern Han army or took it aside .So Li Hu just lay there, no one bothered.When he opened his eyes, he happened to see a general wearing a royal golden armor and a red robe, and a scribe in green walking towards the suspension bridge side by side.Li Hu's heart was burning like a raging fire, knowing that the Northern Han army must have been defeated.He held tightly the horse lance that had never been let go, and with all his strength, he suddenly sat up and threw the horse lance out of his hand.He saw that almost everyone was wearing battle armor, and he was worried that he would not be able to win in one fell swoop, but he threw the spear at the green-clothed scribe. Li Hu, who exhausted all his strength, only felt that his eyes were black. After seeing the scribe stabbed in the back by his horse, his body was on the verge of falling. After everyone around him fell down the bridge, Li Hu had no strength. Resisting the Yong army rushing over to hold him down, allowing them to tie up and beat him, his heart was filled with joy, and he burst out laughing.