Chapter 229 Ambush
After the Eastern Route Army was defeated at Qigou Pass, the offensive and defensive situation
of the Song and Liao armies was completely reversed. The two Liao armies attacked fiercely, and the Song army resisted stubbornly but was defeated step by step. Under the order of the Grand Marshal Yelu Xizhen, the Liao army stationed in Wuzhou and gathered towards Yuzhou, waiting to join the army brought by the Grand Marshal Yelu Xizhen in the rear to attack Yunzhou, Yingzhou, Huanzhou, and Shuozhou. After regaining the lost territory, they cooperated with the Eastern Route Army to invade the Song territory in the south.
Xinzhou's main general Li Chengze was also a Han Chinese. After Zhu Fang, the Han Chinese garrison commander of Huanzhou City, rushed out of Yunzhou City, he led more than a thousand soldiers to join Li Chengze, who was also a Han general.
At this moment, the two of them, with 5,000 elite soldiers, rode side by side, talking and laughing on a road called Wangjiagu, which was surrounded by low hills and trees on both sides.
The Song army's eastern route suffered a great defeat. Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao and Marshal Yelu Xiu'ge were leading the army to attack the Song army's rear. The Song army's western route vanguard, which had penetrated deep into Liao territory, was now like a turtle in a jar. They must have been panicking and only wanted to quickly withdraw to Song territory to save their lives.
The Song army in Yunzhou and Yingzhou, who were ordered to block the enemy and cover the army's retreat to the south, must have been terrified and huddled in the city, waiting for the Liao army to attack the city and then resist or abandon the city and flee.
Both of them thought so, so they led 5,000 soldiers and horses to the direction of Weizhou without any vigilance.
"Brother Zhu, I heard that the ones ordered to stay in Yun and Ying are Qin Wang Zhao Defang and Yang Yanzhao. This time, you can avenge your shame." Li Cheng teased with a hint of contempt.
Zhu Fang's old face turned red, and he felt ashamed, but he couldn't say anything to fight back. He just replied hatefully, "This time, I will definitely capture Qin Wang Zhao Defang and Yang Yanzhao alive to avenge my shame!"
Li Cheng curled his lips, thinking that you can blow the hide of an adult cow, so how can Qin Wang Zhao Defang and Yang Yanzhao be captured so easily?
There was a sudden commotion in the front army, and the already slow marching speed came to a halt.
"What's going on? Why don't you move on?" Li Chengze asked.
A messenger came galloping from the front, fell off his saddle and knelt on the ground, and hurriedly reported, "Report!... Report to the general, there is a landslide ahead, and the road is blocked by boulders and trees. It is impossible to pass. The vanguard is clearing the roadblocks."
Li Chengze's heart skipped a beat! This road is wide enough, and many caravans pass by it on weekdays. How could there be a sudden landslide with boulders and trees blocking the road?
"Be alert! Pull out the formation and stay alert!" Li Chengze shouted loudly.
Before he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves and shouts of killing came from the back of the army. Zhu Fang, who had been frightened twice, shouted in fear: "Quick! Turn around and charge!"
The Song army attacked from behind the army. In such a narrow place, you actually want the army to turn around and rush back and escape? Li Chengze glared at his frightened colleague and shouted in a deep voice: "Don't turn around and retreat. Clear the roadblocks quickly and charge from the front!"
The 1,000 soldiers led by Zhu Fang did not listen to Li Chengze. After hearing the order of their general, they turned around and rushed back. Li Chengze's 4,000 soldiers listened to the order of their general and rushed forward with caution. This not-so-narrow road in the valley was in chaos!
A black line of ink appeared from the hilltop on the left, and two thousand elite Moyun cavalrymen rode slowly to the top of the hillside. Luo Li stood beside the King of Qin in golden armor, looking down at the battlefield below.
One thousand Huoshan Army soldiers stayed in Yunzhou, and Yang Yanzhao led two thousand elite Huoshan Army cavalrymen, attacking the enemy from behind like a tiger into a flock of sheep.
Yang Yanzhao, who was rushing in the front, rode like a dragon, and looked like a divine soldier. He held a bright silver spear in his hand, which was shining with cold light. He danced like a shining wind wheel, hitting the arrows that the enemy had shot back and then attacked the enemy.
With one spear, he knocked down a burly enemy general who was blocking in front of him, and rode forward, the bright silver spear in his hand was like a silver snake that was taking his life, knocking down more than a dozen archers on horseback, and disrupting the Liao army's hastily arranged offensive formation.
"Good! Yang Yanzhao is really a fierce general! He is brave and invincible, and he is worthy of being a famous young hero." Luo Li couldn't help but exclaimed with a surge of emotion.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang, who was standing by, felt sour when he heard this and said with an unhappy look: "Princess, please step back and watch the enemy from the top of the hill to see how brave and invincible I am."
Luo Li gave the jealous man a funny look and reminded him as she reined in her horse and retreated: "Be careful and protect yourself."
Qin Wang Zhao Defang, who was comforted by the princess's care, smiled happily: "Li'er, don't worry! You guys protect the princess."
Qin Wang Zhao Defang waved his hand, and a thousand Moyun cavalry elite soldiers lined up in a horizontal line, shook the reins, started slowly, and gradually accelerated. Thousands of black killer gods swooped down to kill the Liao army below!
The weapon of Qin Wang Zhao Defang is also a long spear, the shaft is black, and the spear head is made of snowflake iron. The black warhorse and the black long spear are a bit out of place with the golden armor on his body, but it does not affect his heroic and brave momentum at all.
Luo Li looked at the dazzling and eye-catching figure in the army of ten thousand horses, and was worried and nervous whether the enemy archers would shoot thousands of arrows at him? Zhao Defang insisted on wearing this golden helmet and golden armor given by the emperor to go into battle, saying that it was to give the emperor a face and also to give the Liao army a target image that they would be afraid of in the future.
Li Chengze whipped Zhu Fang hard on the head with a horse whip and shouted: "Zhu Fang! If you dare to disobey my order again, I will kill you! Tell your men to turn around and follow me to charge forward!"
Zhu Fang was awakened by the whip. He covered the burning and painful scars on his face and shouted hoarsely to order his subordinates to turn around. It took a lot of effort to sort out the chaotic formation.
The shouts from the back were getting closer and closer. The dull sound of horse hooves came from the upper left side. Zhu Fang looked up and saw, "Ah?..." He was almost scared to fall off his horse. "Mo Yunqi!... There is Mo Yunqi on the hillside on the left!..."
Li Chengze also looked up and saw the black iron stream, and his heart trembled! The voices were trembling as they shouted, "Archers! Quick! Archers, get ready!..."
The formation of the Mo Yun Cavalry maintained a horizontal line of two rows in front and back. There was no earth-shaking shouting. The warriors had firm eyes and swept towards the enemy group below like silent gods of killing!
The Liao army archers aimed their arrows at the black god of killing in panic and fear. After hearing the order, thousands of arrows were fired at once!
Luo Li, who was standing on the top of the mountain, suddenly tightened her heart and saw arrows like locusts flying towards the elite soldiers of the Mo Yun Cavalry. The arrows shot at Qin Wang Zhao Defang, who was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, were as dense as black rain.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang waved the big gun in his hand to shoot dense arrows. The shadow of the gun body protected his body and warhorse like a huge wheel, rushing through the rain of arrows. The elite soldiers of Moyun Cavalry held a small black shield in their left hands and waved long-handled steel knives in their right hands to block and knock down the rain of locust arrows.
Before the Liao army archer could shoot the second arrow, the black iron stream had already swept into the enemy team. Luo Li breathed a sigh of relief, and her heart relaxed.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang went straight to the Liao army commander Li Chengze, who was commanding the battle. He picked up the personal soldiers who were desperately protecting Li Chengze one by one with his long spear in his hand, and used his internal force to round the spear and swept it horizontally. With one sweep, a figure flew into the air with blood spraying from his mouth and screaming, and blood splashed...
Qin Wang rode forward and used his internal force to sweep the spear left and right. After a few shots, there were only a few of the hundreds of personal soldiers standing in front of Li Chengze. Luo Li finally saw what it meant to stick to death. The invincible generals in ancient times were even more exaggerated than what was described in the storytelling!
Li Chengze stared at the Song general in golden helmet and armor, who was rushing towards him like an invincible god. His pupils were dilated and contracted in fear. Without the personal soldiers blocking him, he could only muster up his courage and ride forward with his sword.
"Who is coming? Leave your name!" Li Chengze also heard the trembling in his voice.
The King of Qin raised his spear and pointed a finger, looking at him with a proud smile: "I am Zhao Defang, and I will take your life today. When you go to hell, you can go to complain to Prince Yan."
Li Chengze's heart trembled again! It turned out to be the famous Song Dynasty war god, King of Qin Zhao Defang. What's the use of complaining to Prince Yan after I go to hell! Will Prince Yan still have pity on me, an
innocent dead ghost, and come to settle accounts with you? Suppressing the fear in his heart, he gritted his teeth and urged his horse forward, swinging his sword and taking the initiative, "Today, this general will kill you, the arrogant son of the King of Qin, on horseback!"
Seeing that Li Chengze was brave enough to fight to the death, the King of Qin Zhao Defang turned around and shook the long spear in his hand at the princess on the hilltop, and then turned to meet the enemy.
Luo Li, who was watching the battle on the hilltop, couldn't help but laugh, Zhao Defang, this guy, is he trying to show off in front of me!
The Ghost Hand Poison Doctor who was responsible for protecting the master's safety curled his lips and said, "Killing a little chicken is worth showing off?"
Luo Li stared at the two generals whose horses were about to collide. When the two horses crossed, Li Cheng used a move to split Huashan, and the big knife in his hand slashed fiercely at the head of the King of Qin.
The cold big knife carried the murderous aura of splitting mountains and splitting rocks, and slashed directly at the King of Qin Zhao Defang. Luo Li's heart was suddenly tightened!
The horse that Qin Wang Zhao Defang was riding on instantly moved to the left. The tip of the long spear in his hand was facing the junction of the blade and the handle of the big knife on the upper right. With a light push, he pushed the blade more than a foot away with his clever force. The tip of the spear turned around like a nimble poisonous snake and went to Li Chengze's throat...
Li Chengze pulled back his knife and couldn't block it. His heart shrank in fear, his hair roots stood up instantly, and he shouted: "Ah!..."
The two horses crossed each other, and on the tip of Qin Wang Zhao Defang's spear, which was raised high, was the corpse of the enemy commander who had kicked a few times with his hands and feet.
"Good! Awesome!" Luo Li couldn't help but shout excitedly.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang held up the corpse of the enemy commander, rode his horse in a circle and showed off to the top of the hill. The nearby Moyun cavalry soldiers shouted in unison: "Your Majesty Qin Wang is mighty!"
Ghost Hand Poison Doctor was proud of his nephew in his heart, but he said embarrassedly: "It looks like a peacock with its tail spread."
Siyu smiled and retorted: "Ghost Hand Junior Brother, the prince is a proud golden peacock, not a peacock."
Everyone couldn't help laughing, and their tense mood was relieved a lot.
Liao army commander Li Chengze was killed by Qin Wang's spear, and another commander Zhu Fang was so scared that he took his subordinates and turned to escape. He dreamed that he could still rush out from the back and escape back to Xinzhou City.
Yang Yanzhao led two thousand Huoshan soldiers to meet him. After a few rounds of fighting, Zhu Fang was knocked off his horse.
After the Liao army rushed forward after clearing the roadblocks, they were shot dead by a volley of arrows. The thousand Moyun cavalry elite soldiers who were blocking there, led by Wu Xing, rushed forward with swords in hand.
This ambush in the heart of the enemy country was a great victory with the annihilation of 5,000 enemy troops.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang ordered to quickly clean up the battlefield and move immediately. The armor and weapons of the Liao army were not rare, but the more than 3,000 uninjured war horses and bows and arrows were valuables, so they were all taken.
While the soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, Luo Li, along with Ghost Hand Poison Doctor and Siyu, treated the wounded urgently. An hour later, the two elite cavalry units quickly moved to the next battlefield.