Unparalleled Concubine

The general who led the troops to attack the camp was naturally Hou Jingde, General of the Left Camp of the Forbidden Army.

Because the imperial court held a conservative attitude as a whole, Hou Jingde's attack on the camp this time was only a trial and error, and he did not bring a particularly large number of people with him. In total, there were less than 3 people in the two Zhechong mansions.

In fact, this number has been accurately calculated. If the Southwest Army is completely unprepared and Hou Jingde succeeds in attacking the battalion, in the case of a sneak attack, these people are enough to defeat the 5 people led by Li Shuo, and even have the power to pursue them. It doesn't matter if you lose the battle. There are more than 20 imperial guards in the capital, and 3 or [-] people will not hinder the overall situation.

Hou Jingde is the general of the Zuoying Army of the Forbidden Army, and he leads 10,000+ people all year round. Originally, he would not be required to lead troops in person in this level of war. It shows that he has been unremarkable in the Forbidden Army for more than ten years, so that as the three heroes of Renchen, he still cannot control the Forbidden Army. Instead, the old Zhong Xuantong took over the position of the General of the Forbidden Army.

But Zhong Xuantong is a family member after all, and no matter who he is, he knows that he cannot control the Forbidden Army forever. Once the Southwest Army retreats, the position of General of the Forbidden Army will be vacant again.

Therefore, Hou Jingde urgently needs a worthy military service. When Zhong Xuantong proposed to attack the Southwest Army at night, Hou Jingde was the first to jump out and take the job.

Although he and Li Xin were colleagues in the old days, old friends, and "partners" of the Wei Palace, Hou Jingde is a standard Dajin man. Li Xin's friendship was far less deep than that between the Ye family and Li Xin, so between Da Jin and Li Xin, he chose the former without any hesitation, and took the initiative to invite Ying to fight the first battle.

Time passed quickly, and at Chou time, Hou Jingde's headquarters was less than ten miles away from the Southwest Army camp.

Hou Jingde took the lead and walked in the front. He looked around and frowned slightly: "Something is not quite right. Even if this Li Shuo has no experience in leading troops, it is not possible for us to touch him for ten miles and still remain silent. Li Changan What a prudent person, how could such a person come out to lead the army?"

Just as he was about to order the army to stop, he felt some movement in front of him. Not long after, a subordinate of the scout battalion came to report and said to Hou Jingde in a deep voice: "General Hou, the scouts of the Southwest Army seem to have discovered Now the Southwest Army has made some moves and seems to be guarding against us."

Only then did Hou Jingde relax a little, he lowered his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "This Li Shuo has brought a total of more than 5 Southwest Army, so many troops are stationed in one place, it doesn't take an hour or two to form a formation, this At that time, we were only ten miles away from them, and it was too late to find out, and by the time we rushed over, these people might not have crawled out of their tents."

Speaking of this, Hou Jingde shouted in a low voice: "Brothers, since we have been discovered, there is no need to hide it anymore. The first cavalry will charge and set fire to disrupt the enemy's formation, and the follow-up soldiers will follow me. Remember One point, we only fight until dawn, and before dawn, no matter what the battle situation is, unless there is another order from the general, we will all start returning to the capital!"

Hou Jingde has been in charge of the left battalion of the Forbidden Army for many years, and this time he brought over his close relatives. After receiving Hou Jingde's order, these people immediately took action. First, a cavalry with more than 1000 people rushed to the camp of the Southwest Army. , These cavalry were extremely fast, and quickly passed through the formation of the Southwest Army, which had almost no defense, and came to the camp of the Southwest Army.

A few torches were thrown down, and the camp of the Southwest Army immediately burst into flames, and the flames burst into the sky.

Because the cavalry was extremely fast, after setting fire to these people, only a small part of them were left behind by the shooters of the Southwest Army, and more than half returned to Hou Jingde headquarters. General Hou was very happy when he saw the camp of the Southwest Army on fire, and he stood up , and shouted to the soldiers behind him in a deep voice: "Brothers, the camp of the Southwest Army is on fire, and the formation is in chaos. Let's take this opportunity to rush over and definitely defeat the Southwest Army!"

"Kill the past!"

The Gyeonggi Forbidden Army is basically all infantry. There can be one or two thousand cavalrymen who have been picked out from between their teeth. It is impossible to use cavalry on a large scale. The Southwest Army camp rushed over.

Among the three heroes of Renchen, he is the only one left who is still in charge of the court, but he is also the most inconspicuous of the three. If he can defeat the Southwest Army today, his Hou family can take over from the capital. Stand out among them and become the core of the future Jin military.

The imperial army's charge was very smooth, and they hardly encountered any decent obstacles. They rushed all the way to a distance of only four or five miles from the Southwest Army.

At this time, Hou Jingde had faintly felt that something was wrong.

The Southwest Army was able to fight all the way to the capital, and it was absolutely impossible for them to be mobs. How could they be so easily approached to a distance of four or five miles?

But when the situation came to an end, Hou Jingde couldn't allow Hou Jingde to think too much, he gritted his teeth, took the lead, and shouted: "Brothers, kill them, defeat the Southwest rebels, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future!"

Hou Jingde was 40 years old when he first met Li Xin. Now, more than ten years later, he is already a veteran in his 50s. At this time, he was angry and bearded, rushing to the front, and his momentum was very scary.

The two soldiers of the Zhechong Mansion behind him followed him, spread out their lines, and rushed towards the burning Southwest Army camp.

When these people rushed to about a mile or two away from the Southwest Army camp, suddenly, an unremarkable clay pot was thrown over from a distance!

At this time, Tianlei is almost known to everyone, even the ordinary people in the capital know a little bit. Seeing this thing, Hou Jingde was shocked. Formation!"

Everything is too late.

This was a trap that Li Shuo had designed early in the morning, just waiting for the imperial army to sneak in. Now that the imperial army has already sneaked in, he naturally has no reason not to catch the net.

The Southwest Army, which seemed to be in a panic at first, completely ignored the camp that was on fire at this time, and the throwers who had ambushed for a long time threw sky thunders at Hou Jingde's troops. Starting to exert strength, arrows all over the sky shot at these two Zhechong mansions.

Hou Jingde's face turned pale. Although he had never led troops to fight, he had been in the army all his life. Seeing this scene, he knew very well that this battle might not be easy.

The old general snorted and gritted his teeth: "The crossbowman fought back, and the rest raised their shields to follow me. These southwestern rebels have disrupted their formation. As long as we can charge, they will soon be defeated!"

General Hou held a big gun and took the lead, rushing towards the camp of the Southwest Army.

Next to him, thunder exploded from time to time, and the flames of the explosion illuminated his dark face.

At this moment, Li Shuo, who was watching with a binoculars, was expressionless.

"Don't save your firearms, don't let any of the enemies who invade tonight get away!"

Chapter 1071 Caught an old friend

Those who charged were all soldiers from the Zuo Battalion of the Forbidden Army, the subordinates that Hou Jingde had led for more than ten years. After Hou Jingde gave an order, these people charged without hesitation.

However, Li Shuo was well prepared. The Southwest Army's unique throwers kept throwing thunder into the formation of the forbidden army. At the same time, Li Shuo had already arranged the bow and crossbow, and fired at full power towards the forbidden army's position.

The whole road of more than one mile, without any barriers, the imperial army was hit by dozens, hundreds, or even more sky thunders, and the people who were blown up were thrown off their feet.

Fortunately, the left battalion of the Forbidden Army is all old-fashioned Forbidden Army, with high military quality. Although the casualties were heavy, when Hou Jingde did not order to retreat, these people still gritted their teeth and charged forward with their shields. The old general Hou Jingde took the lead and rushed forward. first array.

He knew very well in his heart that he was ambushed by the Southwest Army, but at this moment, he couldn't retreat, he gritted his teeth and rushed forward, maybe there was still a glimmer of hope. At that time, under the pursuit of firearms and crossbows, the two Zhechong mansions he brought over, it is estimated that not many can go back.

At this time, all they had to do was to disperse the camp of the Southwest Army in one go, and then find a way to retreat from the flanks, and they must not turn around on the spot.

From the beginning to the end, Li Shuo has been watching with cold eyes.

A war with firearms is far more cruel than a war with pure cold weapons. When many soldiers of the imperial army fell to the ground, their bodies were already covered in blood.

In this way, the two Zhechong Mansions of the Left Battalion of the Forbidden Army rushed to the front of the Southwest Army's formation against the firepower of the Southwest Army, and were about to meet the Southwest Army.

However, they did not pay the price. The two Zhechong Mansion soldiers could only charge over sixty-seven out of ten, and most of them were overwhelmed by the power of the firearms, and they were somewhat timid. Li Shuo did not panic when he saw the enemy rushing towards him. , He pulled out the shining long knife from his waist, put on the helmet of the Southwest Army, and rushed over first.

"Brothers, the enemy's formation has been scattered. If you kill them at this time, you will be full of military exploits in front of you!"

"The future is all delivered to your door!"

"Fight with me!"

When the number of people exceeds ten thousand, it is impossible to kill all the enemies with only firearms. In fact, it can disrupt the enemy's formation and has achieved the tactical goal. The personal guard rushed towards the enemy!

The number of imperial troops was already inferior to that of Li Shuo's troops, and so many were killed and wounded by firearms along the way. As soon as they fought, their momentum weakened a lot. The two sides fought hand-to-hand for about an hour. He chopped down a court soldier who was resisting the banner, and cut off the flagpole with another knife. The black banner with the emblem of the imperial army embroidered on it fell down in response. Li Shuo looked excited and raised his arms and shouted.

"The flag of the forbidden army has fallen, the enemy has been defeated, kill me!"

"The Banner of the Forbidden Army has fallen!"

After hearing these words, all the Southwest Army members were shaken. They felt that they had gained more strength, and many of them shouted loudly.

"The Banner of the Forbidden Army has fallen!"

For a while, these words spread throughout the battlefield. The soldiers of the imperial army who heard these words looked around, and indeed they could no longer see their own flags. They inevitably panicked and thought of running away.

The situation on the battlefield immediately turned to the Southwest Army!

Li Shuo held the saber, and after killing four or five people, he lost his strength. He is just an ordinary person. Although he practiced martial arts with the Pingnan Army when he was young, he has not let go of the military tactics handed down by the Li family all these years. , but after all, not everyone is a born fierce general like the Ye family, and Li Shuo can only be regarded as an ordinary general. After fighting for an hour, he was a little tired, so this Ningzhou general He retreated more than a dozen steps, retreated into his own formation, and shouted angrily: "Brothers, don't let these people go away, fight a beautiful battle to show the general, let the world know how powerful our Ningzhou army is! "

There were shouts of killing on the battlefield, but Li Shuo was powerless to fight any more. Under the protection of several personal guards, he retreated to his camp and began to direct his soldiers to put out the fire.

In fact, the situation on the battlefield is now very clear, the imperial court is retreating steadily, and the remaining thing to fight for is how many imperial troops can be left behind.