Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 274 Fierce Battle

An Fujiang said to Cheng Rui: "The ancients said: Know yourself, know your enemy, and win a hundred battles. If Cheng defends, what about Sun Confucian bandits?"

In the first battle just experienced, the thieves were quite brave, especially when retreating, the whole army was calm and orderly, which impressed Cheng Rui deeply.

"The thieves have a basis for advancing and retreating, and follow orders. This is a strong army!"

An Fujiang said with a smile: "Commander Cheng only knows one thing, but not the other. On the battlefield just now, all the swords, bows and crossbows of the dead were taken away by the bandits, even the clothes of the dead, and the armor that was easy to take off. Being swept away, what a defensive envoy!"

Cheng Rui looked at the several naked corpses on the battlefield, and suddenly realized that although there were not many people who took weapons and armor from people, when he thought about it carefully, these bandits would always stare at these equipment and property whenever they had the opportunity.

What a bunch of beggars!
What a beggar can't see the most is the things outside his body!
……

Sun Ru issued a general order to reorganize the army.

Ma Yin said to Liu Jianfeng and others: "The army formation of the imperial court is very strange. The shield soldiers and archers are all scattered into small teams of more than a dozen people. As long as we form an army formation and push in slowly, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy army. We must not take the army lightly." Enter the battle!"

This is more than 1000 lives, in exchange for experience.

The four-way army lined up in a strict formation and marched towards the left Shenwu army.

This time Sun Ru sent more than [-] people, and the army was even stronger.

Seeing Sun Ru's army dispatched, Li Shenfu clasped his fists on the tower of Xuancheng, and said to Yang Xingmi: "Commander, this opportunity is not to be missed, dispatch troops immediately!"

Yang Xingmi shook his head and said: "The thieves must be prepared to make a big splash. If they send troops at this time, there may be an ambush."

Yuan Xi didn't speak. In his opinion, it's better not to send troops. When the imperial army and Sun Ru's army fight to the death, they can just reap the benefits of fishermen.

"If these soldiers and horses are taken into their own hands, and the tigers occupy Xuanshe and spy on Huainan, the situation will be different again!"

In this troubled world, only strong soldiers and strong horses can make people feel at ease!
But Ge Congzhou, who was on the other side of the Qingshui River, saw this situation with a serious expression on his face, suffering from the staring eyes of the bandit army, he did not dare to cross the river easily.

"An Fujiang is the general manager of the West Road camp. If Zuo Shenwei's army is defeated, or if An Fujiang is captured and killed, how can he get away with it?"

"Quick horse and whip, let Wang Zhongshi speed up the march."

"promise!"

"Give me an order to send [-] archers to line up along the river bank, cover the whole army, and build a pontoon bridge."

"promise!"

Suddenly the deputy general Ma Liwu pointed to the front and said, "Deputy Manager Ge, look..."

Ge Congzhou looked along and saw that the Zuo Shenwei army was slowly retreating.

Liu Zhijun on the side shook his head, the army of bandits was holding the line, he should stand firm and wait for reinforcements, those who dared to retreat were either mediocre generals who only knew how to run.

Either a top warrior needs to have enough confidence in his troops, otherwise it is very likely to retreat one step at a time, leading to the defeat of the entire army.

And Hua Hong had seen the bravery of Zuo Shenwei's army in the Battle of Chengdu. Seeing An Fujiang's command at this time, he must have a backup.

On the battlefield, Liu Jianfeng attacked head-on. Although his strength was small, only 5000, they were all solid elites, the core of the Tutuan Baitiao Army, and their armor rate was extremely high.

At this time, they were facing each other, seeing Zuo Shenwei's army retreating, these soldiers were brandishing their weapons, the Qi army was clamoring, the two armies were fighting against each other with morale, one side retreated, and the other side's army was naturally boosted.

After seeing the retreat of Zuo Shenwei's army, the armor and weapons left on the field, the horses and money, all of them could not walk, and ran forward frantically.

"Grain, I haven't eaten food for a long time!"

Bags of millet, as well as dry rations, cakes, and dried fish, immediately stimulated these soldiers to salivate.

They haven't had real food for a long time.

When the soldiers of the Ma Yin army on the two wings saw this scene, they were even more anxious, for fear that they would not be able to grab it if they went to play too late.

Liu Jianfeng, Ma Yin and others will see this scene and feel chills in their hearts. They have led the army for many years, and they know that the formation is not in order at this time. If they are taken advantage of by the enemy, the consequences will be disastrous.

All the generals sent sword generals to clean up the military discipline, but at this time, the red-eyed soldiers could not be restrained.

"There's still money!"

I don't know who yelled!
The madness continued, and even the thieves themselves worked on the field, for a bag of rice, or for a piece of cake.

There are also people who snatch the armor and can't wait to put it on, and then they are snatched away by others. Armor is extremely precious at any time, and it naturally arouses the greed of most people. Because it is too little, they are not willing to take advantage of it. The armor was even chopped into several pieces abruptly, and was divided up by the crowd.

Those horses were also untied from the carts, and someone stepped on the horses and fiddled with swords.

Someone wielded a knife and wanted to cut off the horse's legs. Since it is not possible to have one horse per person, it is better to share a piece of meat. The salty and sour dried human meat has long since vomited.

It's messed up, all messed up.

The relatives around Liu Jianfeng also looked at the coach.

"Marshal, should all these things be distributed to these lowly households?"

They also want to share a piece of the pie!
Ma Yin looked depressed, he had already seen that the Zuo Shenwei army had stopped, no, it was returning, and a group of more than a thousand cavalry came out from the army formation, and the infantry followed behind the cavalry...

"Formation, formation, formation!"

There were waves of vibrations on the ground. Those who are familiar with the army know that it is the movement of a cavalry brigade charging. The movement made by more than a thousand cavalry is not small. Each infantry army in the imperial army has a cavalry of 500 people. After the break or the coach's personal guard.

The Zuo Shenwei Army has been expanded. Like the Left and Right Huwei Army, the entire army has more than [-] infantry, more than [-] cavalry, and more than [-] auxiliary soldiers. At this time, half of the infantry was brought in, but all the cavalry was brought over. .

"kill!"

The distance of [-] steps was approaching in no time. Under the desperate eyes of Liu Jianfeng and Ma Yin, some of the pawns were still grabbing their spoils, and some of them had already fled in a hurry.

At this time, struggling is futile.

"withdraw!"

"Get out!"

Ma Yin organized the personal guards around him, gathered more than a thousand troops, and bravely stepped forward. At this time, he hoped that these infantry would run faster, and they would be safe when they returned to the army stronghold.

While Sun Ru watched this scene, he secretly scolded the imperial army for being despicable, thinking about whether he should send the cavalry in his hand, thought for a while, and shook his head.

"Let Zhao Dexun press up and cut it off, and be sure to block the officers and soldiers."

"Marshal, General Zhao only has 1 horsemen, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist!"

"As long as you block it for a quarter of an hour, and the army enters the village, I will personally meet him!"

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)