Chapter 34 third quarter

Ma Kuo rushed to the forefront in such a mental state full of memories and mixed feelings.There is a sound of drums and horns and shouts of killing from the front line, and this is the real battlefield.The Jade Suanni who carried him galloped forward were more acutely aware than he was that they had entered a life sumo battlefield. Jade Suanni, like its master, was raised and raised on the battlefield.Only in the last two or three years have they left the battlefield and been sent to the court to enjoy a high-level living treatment.It is a place where talents are suffocated with fine clothes and fine food, and it is a place where no matter whether the virtuous or the foolish, they will all be stuffed with fine grains and fatten to death in the end.If Yusuan enjoys free choice and can express it freely, it would rather choose to gallop on the battlefield than enjoy happiness in the court.The long-term stagnation has not dampened its ambition, and the scene of war in front of it has brought back its youth.He has no doubt that his master, who has brought him here skilfully, will be as welcome to the place as he is.It made a long hiss, stretched its limbs, stretched its body thin and long, leaped over thousands of troops, and then carefully selected every tiny space and moment of time, The vacated body suddenly landed on the ground.This is how it draws itself and its master into the fighting position like a whirlwind.

Yu Suanni's courageous actions really summoned Ma Kuo back from his trance.Suddenly, a shrill horn sounded like an alarm, making Ma Kuo realize that he had arrived on the battlefield.So the white-haired old mother, the ecstatic brother, and the wife with an unforgettable desolate smile all retreated from his consciousness.There is a conditioned reflex instinct when approaching the battlefield that requires him to concentrate his thoughts and prepare for battle immediately.But he still couldn't find the relaxed, happy, and untroubled feeling of freedom that he often experienced on the battlefield in the past.He understands that he must have this feeling of freedom to win this battle, but this is not something he can find with his own subjective strength.

Before he could completely get rid of his wild thoughts, two infantrymen who jumped out from the slanting stabs suddenly stopped him and fought him.The two of them used the shield machete together to attack his lower three lanes.He mechanically swung the green spear in his hand to deal with them, still wondering: "Is it really here to do it?" "Is my life going to be in the hands of these two unknown soldiers? Bah! It's not worth dying under their hands." "Yelu Dashi is here to supervise the battle? Didn't you say that we will compete on the battlefield. He died in the battle without even seeing his face. This is called injustice!"

"Who was fighting over there? He fought so bravely and ferociously, he was clearly a good player, why didn't I know him?" A series of questions entangled in his mind, making him distracted and unable to concentrate on dealing with the enemy.This is obviously not conducive to fighting.In the initial confrontation, he was very unsatisfactory, and his spear missed. The movements between him and Yu Suanni lost coordination, causing him to shake on the horseback. "I haven't been on the battlefield for a few years," he sighed regretfully, "I haven't played this tune for a long time, it's strange that I'm so novice!"

This new mistake had serious consequences for him.A Liao soldier on the left took the opportunity to take a step forward, and went straight to his heart. This place has crossed the power circle of the horse lance and has become an active area for short blades (during his family's horse stance exercise, even if this happened, a victory for the infantry).This Liao soldier seized this opening, and slashed fiercely, with a "Zheng", it slashed on his leg armor, making him break out in a cold sweat.He gathered himself together, twitched his buttocks, and prepared to make a retreat.But Yusuan, who was used to fighting before him, already felt the need to do so before he made any moves. It nimbly jumped back two steps, which allowed him to win time and space, and readjusted his tactics. status.He managed to get the upper hand, so he used his killer without hesitation. Suddenly, he swung the spear in a circle with one hand, dancing a spear flower, confusing the opponent's attention, and then ruthlessly With a precise shot, he stabbed him right in the throat.The Liao soldier didn't have time to yell, and fell to the ground on his back with a painful expression.

The second Liao soldier ran away from him ten paces away, he hesitated for a moment, decided not to shoot him with an arrow, or to chase after him.These two plans, as long as there is speed, can achieve the goal, but this moment of hesitation makes both of them unsuccessful.Suddenly there was a cry, and more than a dozen enemy generals and soldiers rushed up from the left and right, rescued their partner, surrounded him and attacked him from all sides. This kind of desperate situation that put him to death made his thoughts completely liberated and highly concentrated.The pure, happy, relaxed, and carefree state of mind he had hoped for now really came out of nowhere.Facing more and more enemies, facing the danger of dying at every moment, he himself is particularly handy in the battle.He used all his strength and all his abilities.At this time, the will of the man and the gun have been completely unified. Wherever he wants to stab, the tip of the gun will point there. He was forced to step back.He and Yu Suanni's wills are also completely unified, and there is no longer any difference between them doing their own thing or fighting against each other.At first, he was taught by his second elder brother, and then after long-term training and practice by himself, the horse riding skills have reached such a state of deification, as if it is an organic part of his body, and it will do whatever he thinks of, just like the arm. Make the wrist, the wrist makes the fingers.

The more he fights, the braver he is, the more enemies he attracts, and the number of comrades who come to cooperate with him also increases.The comrade-in-arms he praised just now had completed his mission and came to help.How bravely he killed, his ghost-headed sword danced like lightning, and snowflakes fluttered.He went in from here, and came out from there again, without any timidity. Contrary to the situation of great chaos and rout in the rear, the situation of fighting against the enemy at the front is good. Qin Feng's army, who was covering the retreat of the army behind the palace, retreated after the army retreated. After hearing the news of the enemy cavalry's pursuit, Qin Feng's army automatically collapsed. Shi Chen tried his best to resist the attack of the enemy cavalry and turn the tide.Their blocking had paid off, drawing most of the enemy to their side and driving out some of the enemy who had already wedged deep in the rear.Now when Ma Kuo was besieged by the enemy, many scattered warriors gathered around him, as if many tributary streams were inevitably joining the main stream.

Ma Kuo did not fight alone.He hadn't expected such a situation beforehand, but he wasn't surprised either.One of the most tenacious elements of their Western Army is that in times of crisis, there are always some troops who are desperate to help each other.At this time, Ma Kuo no longer thought of dying in battle, but hoped to win the battle.As this possibility increases, so does his desire to live. He felt more and more that his strength was increasing.In the beginning, a group of infantry using short swords jumped and guarded to fight on his left and right, so that he could free his hands to perform the special skill of "Yali Mali".In the Western Army, his bow and arrow are also top-notch.He drew his bow and fired arrows, shooting the enemy cavalry down to the ground again and again.Then batch after batch of cavalrymen followed up to meet them.He rushed up with the cavalry, and the enemy army did not retreat. Sometimes they mingled with each other, and sometimes they switched directions. After fighting for a long time, this place became the core of a battle.With its infinite allure, it attracts more fighters from both the enemy and us to join in the battle, making it roll like a pile of snowballs, and the battle becomes more intense.

A well-proportioned sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded behind their heads, and as the sound of horseshoes approached, there was a burst of panicked shouts from the Liao army. They don't have to look back, just based on this well-proportioned rhythm, it must be that a well-controlled and powerful cavalry unit from our side has come to reinforce them.The timely arrival of this army, which happened to be arriving at this critical moment, made them exult and clamor loudly. This supportive division was led by a cavalry general, with a total of 1,200 cavalry under his command.Except that the men and horses are all wearing armor, each of them holds a white wooden pole made of heavy sandalwood with square ends and a round middle.When the two armies are facing each other thinly and hand-to-hand, it is difficult for spears and halberds to play a role. Using this kind of guy who is good at killing the enemy is the most effective.This kind of stick is called "white galloping".The use of "Baigao Tactics" to deal with the iron cavalry of the Liao army is an active measure arranged by Zhong Shidao before withdrawing troops.From each route of the Fifth Route Western Army, he dispatched some elite cavalry to form the "White Gallop Army", which was properly trained and prepared to be used as the main force when covering the retreat of the army.Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the defeat, the Baijiao army was dispatched too early, and it was not the right time.At that time, the Liao army came too fiercely, and the Baishao army was also dispersed along with the army.Later, the seed division gathered them again, hid behind the formation, recharged their energy, and waited for an opportunity to come out again.When the cover battle at the back of the palace was very intense, the Baijiao army asked for instructions several times, but they were all stopped by the seed division if they wanted to go out.Like an experienced doctor, he knows when to inject a good medicine in order to receive the greatest effect.Now that the war was coming to an end, the fighters on both sides were exhausted from fighting. The seed division was able to hold on until the last moment, knowing that they had grasped the chance of victory, so they ordered the Baijiao army to enter the battle again.After a full rest, the Baijiao army, whose morale had been doubled, suddenly rushed up from behind like dragons and tigers, just in time for the final blow to close the whole attack.

Seeing that the cavalry general commanded the whole army to rush into the enemy's line, Ma Kuo first mentally humiliated the Liao army, which was exhausted from the long battle, and then gained the upper hand in tactics.When the Baichao army encounters the enemy cavalry, they don't use other weapons, but only rely on the thick white galleon in their hands, either to hit the head or sweep across the waist. If they can't hit anyone, they will hit the head of the enemy's horse first. After knocking the enemy off the horse, let them be trampled under the iron hooves of both the enemy and ourselves, so as to destroy their vital strength.

The Baibing army moved closer to the army headed by Ma Kuo, who had been fighting in the enemy's battle, and the two cavalry would join together.Since both sides were wearing pockets lowly, they couldn't recognize each other at such a close distance.But Ma Kuo saw the news from the way the opponent bent his knees, clamped his legs, and spurred his mount to gallop. This was the movement his second brother taught him to gallop.When others are galloping, the angle of bending their legs is not so great.He couldn't be anyone else.Ma Kuo suddenly felt a strong sense of kinship and pride, and he couldn't help shouting: "Father!" That's right, that cavalry general is indeed his father, Ma Zheng, Qin Fengjun's marching staff officer.Ma Zheng was ordered by Zhong Shizhong to control this white galleon army.When he recognized his son's voice, he waved to him.They are father and son, and they are also comrades-in-arms fighting together on the same front. According to the tacit understanding on the battlefield, Ma Kuo immediately understood his father's intention of waving his hand, which was to lead the soldiers to rush into the left position of the Liao army. Lead the Baishao army to charge the right position of the Liao army.The two men and horses acted quickly and bravely plunged into the enemy's formation, like two incomprehensible swimming dragons, freely passing in and out among the layers of enemy troops, driving them to pieces. Suddenly, drums and shouts were heard.When the power of the wind and rain had died down and the power of the Song army was revived, a large banner embroidered with "Qin Feng Road Jinglue Shi" was suddenly raised high in the center of the battle.All the horse infantry and Baibing army who had turned to fight against the enemy on the front line were gathered by it, converging into an unstoppable torrent, sweeping away the Liao army, which had become the last of its strength, and driving them back to their original place step by step. During the whole day of bitter, vicious, and dramatic battles that started at midnight and ended at dusk the next day, the banner with the word "kind" retreated and advanced several times—when it retreated to the farthest It is only two or three miles away from the root of Xiongzhou City, and finally it still stands on its original defense line, like a bear in power blocking the Liao army's way to Boxiongzhou.