Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 118 The arrogant soldier will be defeated
"Where is Huang Gun?" Jia Rui shouted in his handsome position.

"The end is here."

Following the sound, a burly man came out from the crowd.

I saw him: taller than ten feet, with big arms and round waist, black face, black beard and black steel beard, like a smoky Tai Sui, a burning King Kong, fierce and vicious!
This Huang Dang was discovered by Jia Rui when he checked the resumes of the generals yesterday.

He can be regarded as a relatively neutral person, not from the noble family, nor from the emperor's family.

This trip to Gansu was of great importance, so Jia Rui did not dare to use people with obvious factions, so he took a fancy to Huang Gun.

"I order you to lead [-] elite soldiers as the front vanguard, to seal the mountains and open roads, and to build bridges when encountering water."

"The last will obey."

Huang Gun cupped his fists and took a step forward. After receiving the general's order, he turned around and left the tent.

Afterwards, Jia Rui arranged for the generals in the back to hold the food, and the guards on the two wings, and the rest arranged for the central army to march with him.

As Jia Rui's military orders continued to be passed down, the entire camp began to move.

Teams of elite troops left the gate of the camp and began to march westward.

And Jia Rui also rode on his own yellow puma, led his guards, and followed the Chinese army out of the camp to the west.

When the army left the city of Xi'an, there were actually two people watching from a distance on the city.

These two people are Ruyang Hou Zhang Ji and his staff.

Zhang Ji watched the army come out slowly, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, and nodded slightly.

"Although Jia Rui got promoted through flattery, I have to say that he still has some brains."

"Commander, we should prepare quickly."

"I know. I have ordered soldiers from all Shaanxi provinces to assemble. We should be able to assemble another 3 troops within a month."

When he said this, Zhang Ji was very confident.

Back then, he could fight against the enemy's 3 to [-] troops with just [-] miscellaneous soldiers. What's more, he didn't believe he could defeat the [-] regular troops now.

It is said that Jia Rui directed one hundred thousand troops to leave Xi'an, cross the pass, and enter Gansu.

After entering Gansu, Jia Rui became more cautious and did not march more than fifty miles a day.

Whenever it's time to set up camp, scout horses must be sent to patrol around to guard against enemy sneak attacks.

Not to mention, Jia Rui's arrangements really played a role.

The leader of the rebels, Su Si, also knew that the imperial army had entered Gansu, so he also sent spies to find out what the imperial army was doing.

Along the way, in order to slow down Jia Rui's advance, Su Si also carried out small sneak attacks every now and then.

Fortunately, Jia Rui used his troops carefully, so he did not suffer heavy losses, and the army was able to keep approaching Lanzhou.

As Jia Rui approached Lanzhou, Su Si's side also seemed to panic, and finally he had to gather [-] cavalry to stop Jia Rui.

The reason why Su Si can have so many cavalry is because this is Lanzhou, a famous horse farm, and the people here can ride horses almost from birth.

On this day, Jia Rui was leading the army slowly when suddenly Huang Gun sent a spy from ahead.

"Report to Commander, a large group of enemy cavalry is found ahead, please Commander to make a decision."

As soon as Jia Rui heard this, he quickly ordered the army to stop advancing immediately and set up camp on the spot. At the same time, he ordered Huang Gun's 1 troops to stand guard in front.

Fortunately, the spies had already discovered the enemy's traces, so they didn't let the enemy disrupt the team.

After the camp was set up, Jia Rui went up to the high platform and watched the enemy army from a distance.

I saw countless black cavalry in front of me, on the grassland, crisscrossing back and forth, I saw the leader, nine feet tall, with a pair of copper bell eyes on a flat top, two black thick eyebrows, big nose and big ears, and a shaggy coat. green hair.

Behind him was a tall flag with the word "Shuai", and the big word "Su" fluttering in the wind.

It seems that this person is Su Si, the leader of the rebels.

Huang Gun, the forward under his command, has already formed a formation, blocking the enemy's cavalry directly in front of them, preventing them from advancing rashly.

Su Si seemed to be very dissatisfied. He had [-] cavalry, so how could he be afraid of [-] enemy soldiers?

Therefore, he ordered his cavalry to divide into two groups and began to attack Huang Gun's head and tail.

Just when Jia Rui thought that Huang Gun might not be able to hold on this time, an accident happened.

Although the enemy army was skillful with bows and horses, they encountered Huang Gun's rock-like formation and were unable to divide his formation.

After fighting like this for nearly an hour, the enemy army not only failed to win, but also suffered a lot of losses. In the end, they had to retreat five miles and set up camp.

When Jia Rui saw that the enemy army was forced back by Huang Gun like this, he breathed a long sigh of relief and was full of confidence in the upcoming war.

The enemy was not as powerful as imagined. Huang Gun only had [-] infantrymen. Although they were all elites, he was able to fight the enemy against [-] cavalry. It can be seen that the enemy was a mob.

Jia Rui has made up his mind to go out in full force tomorrow to defeat the enemy, break the siege of Gansu, and achieve unparalleled achievements.

The army rested here for a night. The next day, Jia Rui personally supervised the army and came out in full force.

You must know that if there are more than [-] people, there are no borders, let alone an army of [-].Su Si on the opposite side did not disappoint Jia Rui. He also led his troops to form in front of the formation.

Jia Rui looked at the opposite side immediately, and found that although the number of enemy cavalry today was about the same as yesterday, their morale was obviously not as high as yesterday.

It seems that yesterday's battle also dealt a huge blow to the morale of the enemy. If they can't beat Jia Rui today, their morale will probably fall to the bottom.

Jia Rui didn't want to talk nonsense with the enemy, so he directly ordered his subordinate Huang Gun to attack the enemy and take a position.

Huang Gun took the order, adjusted his armor, tightened his belt, then raised the Fangtian Painted Halberd and walked straight out of the formation.

Arriving in front of the formation, he used his painted halberd to shout to the opposite side: "Rebel, who will come to fight with me?"

As soon as Huang Dang finished speaking, a green horse flew out from the opposite side, and immediately sat a young general, wearing a green radish robe, holding a moon knife, and went straight to Huang Dang.

As soon as Huang Gun saw it, his horse moved forward. The two horses fought against each other, without saying a word, and each raised their weapons.

The Yanyue knife flashed with cold light and went straight to Huang Gun's head.

And Huang Dagon didn't show weakness, he raised his halberd and knocked outwards.

There was only a loud noise, and the two weapons collided, and the Yanyue Knife flew into the air immediately.

It turned out that as soon as they fought, the opponent's weapon was knocked away by Huang Gun.

When Huang Gun saw this opportunity, there was no way he would let it go. Fang Tianji moved the head of the halberd to offer the tail, and thrust it forward. The young general roared, and was shocked to the core, and then fell off the horse.

Huang Gun's victory was so great that the morale on his side also skyrocketed.

On the enemy's side, there were generals who did not believe in evil. Two or three people flew out one after another to fight Huang Gun, but they were no match for Huang Gun. They were knocked off their horses by three or two halberds.

This time, no one in the army on the opposite side dared to come out of the formation, and Huang Gun waved his Fang Tian painted halberd on his horse and roared back and forth in front of the formation.

The enemy army was in shock.

Seeing this scene behind the formation, Jia Rui knew that the opportunity had come. He immediately pointed the iron gun forward in his hand, and the [-] troops came out, rolling forward like a fan.

Seeing that Jia Rui's army was moving forward, the enemy troops did not show weakness and swarmed forward under the command of Su Si.

Don't look at the [-] soldiers on your side, twice as many as the opponent, but the opponent is cavalry, so Jia Rui didn't dare to take it lightly at the beginning, but fought against the enemy in a tight circle.

But as soon as I opened it, I found that the enemy army didn't look like cavalry, but they seemed to have no formal training, and they were all mobs.

This time Jia Rui was quite happy, he waved the steel gun in his hand, and led the troops forward.

Even though the enemy had [-] cavalry, facing an attack of [-] infantry, they were defeated in a single battle, and then scattered and fled backwards.

Seeing this scene, Jia Rui immediately ordered the army to separate and pursue. Today, he must annihilate all the enemy troops and capture Su Si alive.

In order to be steady, Jia Rui led [-] elites to sit in the middle, ready for reinforcements at any time.

However, Jia Rui thinks that he will have nothing to do in the next battle, because he knows from the way the enemy fled just now that this army has dispersed. It may not be that easy to regroup again. His pursuers It should be foolproof.

Therefore, Jia Rui took [-] elite soldiers to sit in the rear, and at the same time ordered his men to start gathering the horses and weapons left behind by the enemy when they fled.

When the sky was about to darken, the pursuers from all walks of life sent back news one after another, all of them were progressing smoothly, and the enemy was vulnerable and fled.

Jia Rui felt relieved now that the battle was secure.

This is what Jia Rui thought: Without you, Zhang Ji, I, Jia Rui, would still lead the army to win the battle. When I return to Xi'an, I will see if you still have the face to appear in front of me.

Just when Jia Rui was a little flustered, suddenly a group of fast horses flew in front of Jia Rui's formation, and the horsemen immediately rolled to the ground, and then roared loudly:

"Marshal, General Huang is in a hurry."

Jia Rui frowned, and then ordered his soldiers, "Bring him here."

Immediately, two people ran out from beside Jia Rui and dragged them to the front of Jia Rui.

The person who reported the message was already so tired that his whole body was limp. He just reluctantly took out a command arrow wrapped in white cloth from his bosom, "General Huang Dang ordered me to hand it over to the commander-in-chief."

After saying that, he fell to the ground.

The soldier next to him stepped forward and touched his nose, then with a look of pity on his face, he turned to Jia Rui and replied:

"Commander, he is dead."

Now Jia Rui's face was ashen, he waved his hand, and his soldiers immediately handed him the command arrow wrapped in white cloth.

Jia Rui took a closer look at the Lingjian and found that it was indeed Huang Dagon's personal belonging. After that, Jia Rui opened the white cloth again.

All I saw were the words on the white cloth, all written in blood. The content was that he accidentally advanced and was besieged by the enemy. The [-]-strong army suffered heavy losses. Now he is leading the remaining army to garrison on a hill and asks the commander to hurry up for reinforcements. , and at the same time told the location of the hill.

Jia Rui frowned and looked at the blood letter, thought for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he had fallen into Su Si's arrogant soldier trick.

He dispersed his army by feigning defeat, and then concentrated his forces to attack one place.

After Jia Rui figured it out, he felt very angry. One minute he was still in high spirits, thinking he was an invincible general, but the next minute he was slapped in the face.

But now I can't take care of these things, Jia Rui hastened to send an order, ordering the three-way pursuers in the vicinity to meet at the hill immediately to rescue Huang Dagon.

(End of this chapter)