Bright Spring

Pei Youzhen: "..."

Pointing to the picture, Ping An said, "This place in the northwest is called Zhimo County? The Yuan army used to go ashore from this seaside? Why does it look like a dead place... If the picture is correct."

Liu Sheng came over to look at it for a while, and said: "Surrounded by the sea on three sides, the south is open land, and the terrain is like a small peninsula. The defenders are really easy to be cut off. But there are enemy troops over there?"

Pingan said: "The Yuan army also occupied Tsushima and Iki first, and then landed from this bay. This road is really out of the experience of the predecessors. Ideally, the Japanese army may deploy some troops in advance on the ancient battlefield?"

Liu Sheng nodded lightly: "It makes sense."

Another general said: "Let's immediately send our servants to the northwest to find out about the military situation."

Ping An said: "We waited for the scouts to find someone and run back and forth before we summoned our troops to go over, fearing that the enemy would have already escaped. Now that we have landed from this side, who will stand there waiting to die? This matter The sooner the better, I will gather some cavalry who have disembarked, and set off immediately to cut off the enemy's rear."

The general persuaded: "At the moment we don't have a clear idea of ​​the enemy's deployment. General Ping led a patchwork of cavalry and attacked rashly, fearing that there might be mistakes."

Ping An sneered and said, "Who taught you that fighting must be sure?"

The general said in embarrassment: "General Ping can choose a general to lead the troops, and he doesn't have to go into battle himself."

Pingan said: "You have said it all. Now that we have just landed, we can only gather some cavalry. I don't worry about ordinary people. Life and death depend on life and wealth."

Liu Sheng said: "General Ping also read the Analects of Confucius."

Sheng Yong, who remained silent all this time, said, "I agree with General Ping's suggestion."

Pingan clasped his fists and said: "The last general will have orders." After saying that, he immediately turned around, took the reins from the guards not far away, and got on the horse vigorously.After a while he turned back and said, "Ask someone to set up my big tent."

The Ming army could only go ashore through sand boats with a small load, and there were not many horsemen who came up, and some cavalry were left as scouts.Pingan gathered hundreds of riders one after another, and set off in a hurry.

This area is very flat, one of the few plains in Japan.But because of this, a lot of cultivated land has been developed, there are many paddy fields along the way, and the road is also very narrow.Ping An divided the team a little bit, and then ordered all the troops to disperse and march, so as not to be congested and slow down the speed of the horses.At the same time, he also sent some scouts to go ahead to look for traces of the enemy.

Ping'an led his troops to march westward.From the morning until the afternoon, they got some terrain and river information reported by the scouts, and the cavalry brigade also waded across two small rivers.

At this moment, two riders came galloping from the front, shouting from afar: "Enemy army! Commander, we found the enemy army..."

Ping An raised his arms, signaling the soldiers behind to stop advancing.Two scouts rushed over and got off their horses. One of them said anxiously: "Commander, five miles to the south, we saw many enemy soldiers and horses by a river."

"Calm down, Sergeant." Ping An said, "How many people are on foot and cavalry, are they marching or forming formations, what's the situation?"

The scout said: "Not four thousand, at least three to two thousand, mostly infantry."

The soldiers around him suddenly whispered, and there were less than 400 people under Ping An's command.The military situation is clear at a glance, and the enemy's military strength may be ten times that of the official army.

"March! Go east." The scout thought for a while, drew an arrow from the quiver, and stroked it on the ground, "There is a small river here, I don't know its name, and it flows from north to south. There is a wooden bridge on the river, and a small number of Japanese troops have already left." Crossing the river is located on the east bank; most of it is still on the west bank. I looked for a while, and there are some hills and small forests on the west bank; the east bank is dry land, and there is a small village at the head of the bridge with only a few earthen houses."

"Very good, you are doing your duty as a scout." After Ping An said, he turned and pointed at the two generals.Ping An didn't know these low-level generals, so he said, "You take a small flag to the north of the bridge, and you take a small flag to the south. Once you find a shallow place where you can wade, send someone back to report immediately. Then the rest of the people cross the river, Go deep into the hills west of the river and continue exploring the terrain."

"The last general waits for orders!" The two generals clasped their fists together.

Ping An raised his arms, and shouted to the rear: "Command the generals, after launching an attack, they should look for opportunities to gallop and charge. Use your brains, don't send their mothers to death, the Japanese army will not be able to catch up to us anyway."

All the troops echoed and yelled, and the atmosphere in the army became heated.Not long after landing, there was a battle immediately, and everyone was very excited.

"Drive!" Pingan yelled, kicked his horse and set off.

The cavalry troop jogged towards the south, and after a while, they saw many Japanese soldiers and horses appearing in sight.The army ran across a large rice field from various roads, and when they reached the dry land, people gathered together and continued to march southward following the banner of peace.

Soon Ping An also saw clearly that the Japanese army obviously had no time to gather the troops on both sides of the river, and the wooden bridge over the river was too narrow.The men and horses in the distance are lined up on the east and west banks, and the main force is still on the west bank.The enemy forces on the east bank have formed several dense formations, ready to fight.The line of sight here is very wide, and the Japanese army has obviously spotted the cavalry of the Ming army.

While jogging on horseback, Ping An waited and watched for a while.

The distance between the two armies was about [-] paces, and Ping An raised his iron ax and shouted, "Kill!"

"Kill! Kill..." All the soldiers shouted for a while, and happily followed Ping An to the enemy camp.

After a while, Ping An shouted again: "Fen!"

The soldiers around followed the momentum, repeated the military order, and shouted in unison: "Fen!"

The ministries of the Ming army gradually divided into multiple columns, separated into a wide front, and continued to charge forward.

On the northern front of the Japanese army, several layers of spears were densely arranged. They were obviously very afraid of cavalry charging.Soon the longbows and arrows in the Japanese camp were thrown out one after another.However, the formation of the cavalry charging was very thin, and the arrows thrown randomly could not resist the iron cavalry at all, but occasionally a horse was unfortunately injured by an arrow, and neighed amidst the "rumbling" hooves.

Ping'an led his troops to rush to the front of the Japanese army for more than [-] steps, immediately roared, and turned to the right.After a while, the sound of "cracking" sounded like fried beans, and the arrows shot by horses flew into the Japanese army like locusts.

Most of the small soldiers in the Japanese army did not wear iron armor, and the spearmen did not wear shields. The bamboo pieces on their bodies could not stop the flat shot of the compound bow more than ten steps away; There were screams in the formation, and the formation was in turmoil.

But Ping An didn't rush to the battle, and continued to gallop around the Japanese army's various teams; each unit was near and far away, galloping and shooting arrows everywhere.The arrows fired by both sides were flying in the air, and the "swish" sounded in the wind, which was very terrifying.Some ranks of the Japanese army have been loosened, and many soldiers have begun to run away to avoid the arrows.

Suddenly, a samurai in armor swung a very long knife in the formation and shouted "chili wah la".Many Japanese soldiers rushed towards the cavalry on Ping'an's side as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

Seeing this, Pingan shouted: "Rush to his flank!"

A group of cavalry ran forward for a while, then immediately turned around and rushed towards the chaotic crowd of Japanese soldiers.A Japanese samurai on horseback raised a long sword and went straight to Ping An.

Pingan held the iron ax in one hand, and when he got close, he swiped the ax away. With a sound of "bang dang", the heavy iron ax bounced off the long knife, the ax remained undiminished, and struck the servant's face with one axe.The man's blood spattered, and he was cut off the horse in an instant, and the short, empty horse rushed past Ping An.

Chapter 8 Nine Comes and Goes Like the Wind

The dry land on the river bank was full of soldiers and horses, with galloping horses and chaotic crowds everywhere.There was such a loud noise that it seemed like everyone was shouting.

Every time the heavy iron hoof stepped on the ground, it made a shocking pounding sound.In the eyes of Japanese soldiers, Mongolian horses and Tibetan horses can be regarded as tall horses.The people on horseback were all wearing iron armor, which looked solid and terrifying.A column of horses rushed in all directions.

"Oh..." a samurai roared in a melodious manner, holding a Japanese sword high in both hands, staring at the rushing cavalry.He widened his eyes and clenched his teeth, as if he had made up his mind to die.In the blink of an eye, the war horse rushed forward, and a huge black shadow blocked the sky in front of him. The samurai swung the Japanese sword, but his body dodged uncontrollably. The chopping has come to the head.

The rest of the Japanese soldiers turned around and ran away, but they were quickly overtaken by the cavalry. The stabbing and chopping were bloody, and the screams and fear were deafening.The living Japanese infantry is in a mess.

A samurai not far away was shouting angrily. He kept moving nearby, wielding a Japanese sword, and watched the extremely fast cavalry rushing past.Under the man's anger, he was full of fear and helplessness.

The wooden bridge on the river was on fire, and the main force of the Japanese army on the other side had already set the bridge on fire.The crowd on the bridge was in a mess and overcrowded; some people were rushing westward, and some people turned around and wanted to go back when they saw the fire.

A row of Ming army horses stood on the bank, and the dismounted cavalry continued to shoot bows and arrows into the river, just like shooting targets in formation.His body was covered with arrow feathers, floating all over the surface of the water.

Among the rebellious soldiers, some people shouted in Japanese: "Survivors will not die!" Others shouted in unison, learning Japanese, and their pronunciation was not very standard. I don't know if the Japanese can understand the meaning.

The scene of sprinting and fighting gradually began to ease, and many people surrendered, especially the infantry wearing pointed bamboo hats, many surrendered.

Someone in the crowd shouted again: "Marshal Ping is mighty!" "Mighty..."

Pingan reined in the horse, sat on the horse's back, took out a delicately embroidered handkerchief, wiped the blood on the iron axe, and watched the fire on the river and the scene on the other side coldly.

The banner with "Ping" is waving in the wind on the battlefield.If the scouts sent out recently came back, they would surely be able to find peace easily.But so far, Ping An has not received any information about the location of the wading.

However, judging from the speed and width of the water flow of this small river, there must be some places where it is possible to ford and cross the river.

Ping An hung the ax on his back, and said: "Let the captured soldiers throw away their weapons and gather in one place, leaving thirty cavalry to escort them to the rear. The rest of the troops, follow me to the south!"

"Decree!" The soldiers beside him clasped their fists in response.