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227 Chapter 10: The Way of the Armor ([-])

In the panic, the core members of the Dragon Clan did not follow the instructions quickly and completely. Some chose to ride their horses quickly to keep up, while the other obviously hesitated for a moment, and then moved in a huge formation amidst loud shouts. Among them, I chose to mount the horse carefully, and followed the red flag from the flank.

There was no way, Zhang Xing's personal guards, Xu Shiying's core troops, Wei Xuanding and Guan Xu's temporary supervising team had all formed by their sides, which made any of their thoughts superfluous at this time.

At the same time, there was also a shortage of horses. It was enough to supply the core members of the Dragon Clan, but it was impossible for Zhang Xing's two hundred guards to have a horse for each of them. After that, most of them stayed where they were, and only a few followed the leader, Jia Yue, and escorted the flag on horseback to keep up.

In fact, Zhang Xing was slow to raise the horse because he was already aware of the possible hesitation and confusion, and was leaving room for everyone to buffer.

In any case, with the erection of the flag, the gathering of the guards, and the habitual obedience of some old members of the previous gang, a so-called white-clothed tribe, most of whom had no time to wear armor, still reluctantly gathered together. Under the leadership of the banner with the word "解" on the red background, more and more people came out, and they took the lead in standing out towards the chaotic and unknowing front.

The total number of people is about seventy or eighty, more than half of them have no cultivation level, and the vast majority of them have no armor, all of them are so-called white cavalry.

On the chaotic plains, this maverick force was so conspicuous that it had an immediate effect.

The retreating troops of the Meng Clan's Rebel Army began to avoid this team, which won space for the core of the entire army in the rear; a small number of officers in the retreating army realized who was coming, and began to gather here on their own initiative... But Zhang Xingxing couldn't One mile away, they met an acquaintance—Meng Yigui, the younger brother of the Meng brothers.

Meng Yigui is obviously a nickname. It is likely that the boss Meng Sangong was forced to take care of the family affairs after he became an official in order to frighten others. It may also be that he is really brave. Both Gang and Zhang Xing dared to hate each other. After a long time, everyone got used to this nickname, and on the contrary, they didn't bother to care about his real name.

However, at this moment, the leader of the rebel army, who had always been fearless and fearless, was full of frustration and embarrassed. With his helmet gone, he almost threw himself in front of Zhang Xingma, and was then attacked by several Jia Yue's subordinates. Pulled up with half assistance and half vigilance.

"Zhang Longtou... we are defeated." Meng Yugui, who was lifted up, took a breath, and spoke nonsense under everyone's attention.

"I can see it." Zhang Xing sneered against the red-bottomed flag with the word "拍" fluttering in the south wind. "Just tell me where you lost, when you lost, how you lost, and what you achieved!"

"The one who lost this morning was defeated in Dang County." Meng Yigui tried his best to answer. "We thought we had won, but when we heard that Ma Hu had beaten the guard with thirty lashes and ordered the troops to withdraw to the south, we relaxed... As a result, they suddenly changed their course last night, killed their carbine guns, and rushed to Dang at dawn Under the county seat, they climbed over the wall and opened the city gate, killing us by surprise, we had no choice but to abandon the city and run away."

This process does not seem to exceed expectations.

But soon, Zhang Xingzai thought about it again, but was stunned for a while: "You fled from morning to evening, from Dang County to Bianshui? Do you know that Chuqiu is on the other side of the river? What happened to Yucheng? ?”

"Yucheng is also lost." Meng Yugui seemed a little dazed. "The officers and soldiers are too powerful, and the soldiers are much stronger than ours. After the siege, we have been chasing us and never let go... We were afraid of being killed in the morning, and fled directly to Yucheng at noon, only to be chased by them again Occupied Yucheng, then continued to run, and was chased by them... After running for an afternoon, I saw Zhang Longtou."

Zhang Xing was silent for a moment.

This explains why the sentry cavalry sent in the morning didn't notice, and it also proved the correctness of their actions - Ma Hu's subordinates should be behind.

And he should already be exhausted, it's just covered up by the pursuit of victory.

This point, even if the quality of the warriors of the Fifth Army is far superior to that of the rebels who have just joined the army, it cannot be changed.

"Where's your elder brother?"

After a while, Zhang Xing, who was slightly moved in his heart, lowered his voice and continued to ask.

Meng Yugui was in a daze again, and swallowed: "I don't know..."

"Go back and regroup the army!" Zhang Xing suddenly raised his voice, and turned around to command a knight. "Huang Pi, take him to find Xu Dalang, and then help him quickly pack up his troops!"

Meng Yugui was in a trance, and was carried onto the horse by someone. Even Huang Pi, the chief of the guards, was also stunned for a moment, probably because he didn't expect that Zhang Xing still remembered his name, and then hurriedly led people back and go.

As soon as the people left, Zhang Xing continued to urge the flag and the gang to go south slowly, and then about a quarter of an hour later, when they were more than three miles away from Bianshui, they encountered the officers and soldiers.

There are not many people, more than two or three hundred, obviously divided into three or four, and they are killing the Meng's rebels like ducks.

And these officers and soldiers raised their heads suddenly, and saw that there were people and horses rolling in here, seventy or eighty cavalry protruding from the smoke and dust of the defeated soldiers, and their banners were clear, obviously they were the elite of the big traitor Dethrone Dragon Gang, they were obviously taken aback, and then gave up chasing Instead, he chose to gather the troops, but the troops had not yet been gathered properly. After seeing clearly that most of the people who came had no armor, and even lacked some long soldiers, they laughed instead.

There was even a group of 80 or [-] officers and soldiers, under the command of a cavalry general, gathered first and came head-on.Seeing this, the rest of the officers and troops also tried to gather together first, and then to support them.

"Wang Xiongdan!" Zhang Xing reined in his horse on the ridge of the field, drew out a scimitar and pointed forward, but turned back and called out to an unexpected person. "Since you are a well-known hero in Jianghuai, and you always call me uncle, you should kill that captain who yelled for me."

Wang Xiongdan was slightly taken aback, but when the people around him looked at it together, even Ma Ping'er looked hopeful, so he didn't hesitate anymore, but abandoned the pair of swords he usually used and borrowed one from the army Spear, and then hit the horse out.

Using his horse's momentum, he bypassed the scattered armored soldiers in front of him and went straight to the team general. The latter was not afraid when he saw that the incoming man was unarmored, but just came to meet him.

Besides, the general of that team is also someone with battlefield experience, and he knew from the first match that the general of the Dragon Army was not very skilled. Degree.Only the other party seemed to be frighteningly strong, but it was me, who was exhausted from chasing and killing all day long, and I didn't show it just now. Once I fought, my arms were numb after a hard touch, and then Lost three-point fighting spirit.

At the same time, the soldiers in the army were all infantry, stunned on the spot, not knowing whether to go back to rescue their boss, or continue to carry out the order, especially since their boss was arrogant and seemed to have a good chance of winning, but he was in the middle of the chaos for a while.

Seeing this, how could Zhang Xing let go of the opportunity?Instead, he swung his saber at once, urging the people under the flag with the word "解" on the red background to move forward, and then took the lead, without even letting out his true energy, he went straight to these soldiers.

When he was in front of him, he just resorted to the method of true qi that connects all the meridians and meridians, and chopped down with short soldiers on the horse.

Caught off guard, dozens of exhausted soldiers, how could they be able to stop a group of cavalry led by people with cultivation just because they had an extra layer of armor?
After a rush, he immediately fell into a disadvantage.

At the same time, the enemy general over there realized the cunning of the opponent's chief general, and also realized the difficulty of the opponent, so he immediately wanted to escape.

But on the battlefield, where you want to escape, you can escape, especially in the life-and-death struggle, just tried to turn around but failed, Wang Xiongdan saw the opening, stabbed with a spear, inserted into the gap in the armor under the ribs, and the scene was tragic Called, and then fell off the horse.

The boss fell off the horse, and the soldiers in front broke up directly, fleeing to other friendly troops behind them, but they became prey in turn, and were easily hunted and killed by the capable core members of the Dragon Gang on the field full of crops.

The whole process, which seems complicated, is actually very fast.

In the eyes of outsiders, it was Wang Xiongdan who came galloping and won the first battle, and then Zhang Xing swung his army to catch up, instantly destroying this army of imperial officials.

Specifically, the core members of the Dragon Gang who hadn't had time to put on their armor were all in a trance. They couldn't figure out whether it was the elite soldiers of the army who were overwhelmed by themselves and led to the fall of the officers, or the fall of the officers. This group of soldiers who seemed to be no weaker than themselves were instantly overwhelmed, and then more than half of them were quickly killed.

"Don't chase for more than a hundred steps! Don't cut off the head! We will share honor and disgrace under this flag today!" After a successful blow, Zhang Xing immediately swung his knife and shouted, and then started to organize a new round of attack. "Wang Xiongdan is back! Jia Yue went out and picked out the team leader riding a horse in the southeast! The rest of you, gather quickly and come with me again!"

This time, under the order, the people who gathered slowly in front of the river embankment were more than a little faster, and they swarmed back almost instinctively, surrounded by big flags and big dragon heads, and continued to move forward, following the same pattern.

At this time, a small number of officers and soldiers who saw this scene were completely at a loss. They couldn't understand why the same row suddenly disappeared like a bubble... Was he winning or losing at this time?Should I retreat or enter?

In a daze, the vitality of one of the officers and soldiers has been cut off.

Jia Yue's cultivation base is higher than Wang Xiongdan's, and he has more battlefield experience. However, many people under the word "抓" have already realized Zhang Xing's method and witnessed the effect of this simple and compact tactic, but they are more confident. Sufficient, action is more exciting.

So it was a successful blow again, and it was even more agile.

At this time, the remaining small group of officers and soldiers could no longer hold on, and began to turn around and retreat with a strong sense of fear, just like those Meng's rebels during the day today.

"Zhang Longtou, we also have two meridians through the Qijing, let us choose next time, there will be no embarrassment!"

After another successful hunting of a small group of officers and soldiers, someone under the banner could not hold back their excitement and took the initiative to ask for a fight. It was an out-of-town expert who had just come to Jiyin County and joined the Dragon Gang for two months.

"Okay! You go and get ready!"

Zhang Xing responded without hesitation. "But I'm afraid the officers and soldiers won't give us a chance... Let's move forward!"

Including this person, everyone shouted for support, gathered under the flag again, and continued to march south.

But after catching up with the tail of a group of officers and killing more than a dozen people, they raised their heads again and glanced at the horizon ahead, and everyone knew what Zhang Dalongtou meant just now... The remaining two groups of officers fled In the south of the city, smoke and dust were already billowing. Considering that the defeated brigade had already passed, it seemed that the army brigade was leading the ranks.

This also allowed some people who had just been cheered up to regain their calmness and tension.

Zhang Xing also lowered his speed again, and slowly picked up his horse and moved forward.

Sure enough, the two groups of people came towards each other, and within half a quarter of an hour, they saw each other's situation as if seeing the sun through the clouds...then they fell into some kind of embarrassing stalemate and confrontation.

There are seven or eight hundred officers and soldiers coming head-on, but that's all right, the key is that there are three or four hundred people in the middle, the weapons and armor are extremely neat, and then a big banner with the word "Ma" stands in the middle, which is surrounded by dozens of cavalry. Surrounding, it is obvious that the Zhonglang General of the opponent is also rushing forward in person.

This made the vanguard of the rebel army who had only [-] or [-] riders and didn't have time to put on armor instantly lost the mind to continue the classic tactics before. Even the hero who invited himself to fight, all just swallowed and didn't say anything more.

A group of people gathered around the big flag with the word "把" and stood on a small dam of a dry ditch that was only half a person high. They just stared at the big dragon head under the flag and waited for his orders.

At the same time, the officers and soldiers had obviously obtained the previous information, and realized that the visitor was not good, so they did not act rashly, but tightened their formation, and by the way, the flying horse urged the troops backward.

Just like that, Zhang Xing stood under the banner with a blank expression on his face, and built a shade with his hands to cover the sunset light from the west. I came to a place to the west of the front officer's army.

There was a whole team, about one or two hundred crossbowmen, who were following other friendly troops in a daze to find a rallying point.

Their steps were hesitant, their directions were chaotic, and the crossbows were carried on their backs, but none of them were opened.

Obviously, no matter what the reason is, whether it is simply being caught off guard, or not seeing or not expecting, this army that is actually the most threatening to the vanguard of the Dragon Army, which is good and bad, has not been caught by Ma Hu at all. Protect and dispatch... on the contrary, they were exposed on the flank and defenseless.

Zhang Xing suppressed his beating heart, thought for a few breaths, turned around and reined in his horse, and raised his voice behind him, but he didn't mention these crossbowmen at all:
"Everyone! The overall strength of the enemy army is similar to ours. Because of the sudden fall of Yucheng, the two sides collided head-on, and they were all caught off guard. Logically speaking, it seems that no one can do anything to the other... But have you thought about it? We actually have two huge advantages at this time.

"One is that both sides have been marching all day, and they are both very tired, but the enemy army is chasing them in armor, and they fought in the early morning. They are more tired than us in their bones, and it is harder to support them. The so-called external strength, we have just tested this out!

"The second is the supreme blessing. We have just crossed the river, so the whole army is in order, and it is on the edge of the Bian River, but the enemy army is chasing on the plain, and the troops are out of touch!

"At this time, if everyone is willing to listen to my orders, move forward with me, and hold on to the previous vigor to face difficulties, they will definitely be able to catch them by surprise in turn and make them fall back layer by layer! Then let us hunt down their two counties in turn!"

After saying these words, without waiting for the pale-faced people to answer or question, Zhang Xing hurriedly called out another person: "Yan Qing!"

Yan Qing, who had just killed a man, and it might be the first time he had killed someone on the battlefield, panted heavily, blushed and hit the horse, the tip of the spear in his hand was still dripping blood: "Third Brother, command!"

"You go back immediately."

Zhang Xing ordered in public. "Go and tell Xu Shiying what I just said, and then tell him that Ma Hu is in front of him, I will attack first, delay and weaken him for him, and let him prepare his troops with all his strength, as long as he prepares a thousand soldiers, he will send them over immediately! Prepare another 1000 troops and send them over again! If the front team is not in the battle when the rear team picks it up, the rear team will march immediately, so if he can send out all the troops before dark, the battle will be won ! Now repeat!"

Yan Qing was stunned for a moment, obviously digesting the meaning of the military order, and then immediately replied: "Understood, there are one thousand soldiers, send out one thousand soldiers, continuously, the front team retreats, and the rear team can practice military law!"

Zhang Xing nodded, and Yan Qing immediately threw the spear to the people next to him, grabbed the reins with both hands and galloped towards the north side of the Bian River with the horse between his hands.

As soon as the people left, Zhang Xing didn't care what the other people's faces were like, and cut Jia Yue and Zhang Jinshu again with a scimitar: "Chief Jia, Chief Zhang, the troops gathered in a hurry, there is no special military law unit, but the two of you have to take responsibility... ...Only look at the end of the team, if anyone flees, he will be killed directly."

Jia Yue was expressionless, Zhang Jinshu's face was blue, but they all nodded together.

To put it bluntly, this is a powerful team in disguise. At least half of the people in it have no cultivation base. Yes, it was a temporary agitation.

There is no real reliable high-end combat power in the gang, but most of them form the army as officers.

Zhang Xing turned his head, suppressed the panic in his heart, and forced himself to scan the dozens of riders from the eye level of the others, then turned around again without saying a word, and raised the horse forward.

This time, from the side of the scimitar, the cold ice qi gushed out ahead of time, arousing a clear white water vapor on the central plain in the evening at the turn of spring and summer, as if a small mist was artificially formed.

Those with self-cultivation came to their senses one after another, and they all used their true qi. After connecting with Zhang Dalong's true qi, their hearts instantly became calm; those without self-cultivation also realized something. After the leader Jia, they all also drilled into the mist.

Immediately, dozens of cavalry wrapped in the mist broke away from the infantry and the "拍" flag, directly increased their speed, and "shaved off" the mist, and then went to the west of the front officer formation without waiting for reinforcements. Straight to the point.

There was by no means a particularly weak point there. In fact, after the conspicuous mist that deposed the dragon army moved, the officer's lieutenant sensed the opponent's purpose—a large group of crossbowmen should not be too obvious.

"Aren't they already formed? Why don't they just come and fetch me?" Ma Hu is in his 30s, with a strong figure and a rough face. He just looked at the horse for a while, and suddenly asked a team member beside him Will. "Why did you go to the crossbowman?"

"They don't have armor." The officer who fled from the front froze for a moment before replying immediately. "It should be because I'm afraid of steel crossbows, so I went to touch the crossbowmen first."

"What nonsense?" A school lieutenant next to him couldn't understand at all. "How could they not have armor? The thieves in the entire eastern region are the most lacking in armor and armaments! The Dragon Gang will not be short!"

"I don't know." The escaped team general swallowed. "But few of them wear armor... Few of the dozens of cavalry have armor."

Ma Hu ignored the disputes among the low-ranking officers under him, and just looked at the cavalry with a cloud of mist and true energy faintly emerging, looking like a formation.

The reason for this is that it was too late. When he heard the officer describe the strength of the opponent's combat power, he immediately thought of the rumors about Zhang Xing and his robbing of the queen. Zhang Xing brought the high-end combat power of the Dragon Gang to provoke him, so he didn't notice that there was a crossbowman not belonging to him at his side.

Secondly, according to his understanding, if there is no armor, it is possible, that is, all members are practitioners, and according to information, the Dragon Gang also has this strength, and if that is the case, try to support it yourself, Give up chasing and killing, stand by and wait for help... But now, the opponent actually comes up to hunt and kill the crossbowmen, and seems to be afraid of these crossbowmen. This is not like a serious high-end combat force gathered together The cavalry formed formation.

This made him a little puzzled.

Just as he was thinking about it, following the guidance of the flag, the cavalry suddenly accelerated, and with a large amount of gray-white true energy visible to the naked eye, they rushed straight into the messy crossbowmen, just like real heavy cavalry digging into formation... and the crossbowmen After realizing it, several people successfully released the crossbow arrows, and successfully knocked the two knights to the ground, which seems to show that their cultivation bases are not very good...but that's all, next, Ping Yuan Above, everyone can see that with the charge of the cavalry, the formation on the west side was penetratively broken, and the crossbowmen scattered without any setbacks, triggering hand-to-hand combat at any cost.

This seems to confirm something.

Ma Hu put away his extra thoughts, turned around immediately, ordered the surrounding troops to move closer to him, and then looked at several subordinates as a matter of course: "You guys split up and go to the back to find other people, just say that the leader of the dragon gang Relying on his cultivation, Zhang Laosan led the elite of the seventy or eighty cavalry gangs, and used his true energy to form an array, to serve as the reinforcements for the defeated soldiers. I, Lao Ma, chased them all day, and I was too tired to move anymore... let them Come and save me, the head of the house."

"I don't think everyone in it has a cultivation level..." One of the team members seemed to want to express his opinion, so he tried to remind him. "If there are seventy or eighty cavalry with cultivation base, they would have been knocked into the air just now... We also have cavalry, so we can try to pinch them."

"Everyone is so tired, are you sure?" The captain on the other side sternly reprimanded. "It wasn't you who leaked the armor information just now? Where is the rank law in the military?"

Ma Hu just sneered at Nian Xu.

Knowing Ma Hu's temper, the team general shut up immediately and set off with the others.

In this way, here at Ma Hu, the officers kept thinking about it, they had different ideas and cognitions, but what these court officers did not realize from the beginning to the end was that the forward's seventy or eighty riders had no real strength. Meaning, no matter how clearly they distinguish it, it doesn't make sense-a key problem is that the main force of the Dragon Army is actually only four miles away.

And they rushed forward because of the few seventy or eighty riders, because there were many core members of the Dragon Clan, because many people were dressed in white, because of the big banner, because of the half-truth and half-false true spirit, because The striker was too decisive to rush and attack and fell into confusion.

Their attention, doubts, and guesses were all on these few dozen riders, and then they gave up advancing and reconnaissance.

Of course, after two quarters of an hour, under the setting sun, Ma Hu and his subordinates no longer need to be confused.Because just as General Ma frowned and watched this group of so-called elite knights of the Dragon Gang show their lack of strength more and more, although the casualties were not many, they continued continuously, so that he began to hesitate whether to give it a try. When Jiaqi was forming a pocket formation, there was a sudden sound of intensive war drums in the north.

He followed the prestige, but saw the smoke and dust billowing under the setting sun, and then he began to panic instinctively.

A moment later, as the white-clothed cavalry of the Dethrone Dragon Gang regrouped on the flanks and stared at the tiger, a line of infantry battalions with complete equipment, banners, armor, and golden drums appeared in the smoke and dust on the horizon.

Some officers and soldiers chose to flee.

As a result, Ma Hu didn't move, just raised his hand and pointed, and the armored cavalry guards caught up with them and cut them behind the formation. Then, the pioneer Zhonglang announced in public:

"Retreating at this time is looking for death! The only place to survive is to wait here with my old Ma for backup! And the backup will arrive soon! There are such people who retreat without permission!"

Zhang Xingyao, whose body was splattered with blood earlier, looked at this scene from a distance. Although he couldn't hear what the other party was saying, he could guess it, so he also sighed, and then turned back to find someone with a smile on his face:
"Where's that hero just now? Can you kill him for me?"

There were only six or seventy cavaliers left, and no one responded.

Zhang Xing realized something, nodded, and immediately threw down the scimitar that was already full of potholes, and took the startling dragon sword to laugh at Huang Piao: "That's it! This time, I will do it! You are my queen! "

As soon as the words fell, Ma Ping'er leaped out and shouted first, Wang Xiongdan followed closely behind, Zhang Xing was stunned, and immediately raised his horse to catch up, and the sixty or seventy riders behind him did not hesitate, and launched another charge, unexpectedly It is to go straight to the banner of Mahu.

PS: Good night everyone.

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