Fenghou

Chen Qing's eyes turned to their formation again. At the front were nine thousand crossbowmen, arranged in three parts, six thousand crossbowmen and three thousand archers, who could be shot from far and near.

The cavalry on both sides guarded the left and right sides of the infantry formation. The infantry was mainly spear troops, and even saw the hook and sickle gun, which was a sharp weapon used to deal with kidnappers. It could also be used to deal with single cavalry, and there were still many people. There were five to six thousand people, which made Chen Qing vigilant, and he immediately ordered: "Send the order, the whole army pay attention to the enemy's hooks and sickles to attack the horses!"

At this time, the soldiers who reported the letter came back to report, "General Yang Zaixing's main force has been deployed ten miles behind him!"

At the same time, the scouts also came to report, "His Royal Highness, we found an army of 3 soldiers ten miles to the south, including [-] infantry, and the general is Liu Kai."

Sure enough, as he expected, Han Shizhong had another ambush. No wonder he dared to lead 5 people to challenge himself with [-] cavalry. The task of intercepting will be handed over to him."

"Follow the order!" The reporting soldier turned around and ran away again.

At this time, Chen Qing raised Fang Tian's painted halberd and shouted sharply: "People will not attack me, and I will not attack anyone. Since the imperial army wants to challenge us, let them have a try. Boys of the Western Army, we will win this battle!"

"Definitely!"

The [-] army raised their arms and shouted, and the shouts went straight into the sky.

"Where are Yue Yun and Zhang Xian?"

"The last general is here!" Yue Yun and Zhang Xian stepped forward together and bowed in salute.

"You two armies attack the enemy's left-wing cavalry, leave the infantry alone, and pull the team apart. Once the opponent's infantry runs, Zhang Xian's army can attack the enemy's infantry from the side!"

"Follow the order!"

Chen Qing ordered again: "Liu Qiong and Tang Qian!"

"The last general is here!" Liu Qiong and Tang Qian also stepped forward to salute.

"The two of you are the same. Attack the cavalry on the right flank of the opponent and attack with all your strength. Once the infantry runs away, Tang Qian's army will turn to attack the infantry's flank!"

"Follow the order!"

After the deployment was completed, Chen Qing shouted, "Beat the drum!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound of war drums was earth-shattering, and forty thousand cavalry galloped out, their horseshoes rolling like thunder. They were like four curved steel knives, bypassing the enemy's bow and crossbow array, and slammed the enemy's flanking cavalry from north and south. .

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At the same moment when the opponent was about to launch, Han Shizhong also received a report from the spies, who discovered that there was an army hidden behind the Western Army, with about 3 people.

This news caught Han Shizhong a little off guard. He knew exactly what it meant?It means that the army he placed in the south is likely to be unable to support himself.

He can only face the opponent's [-] cavalry with [-] troops, which is very passive.

Not only this, he just discovered that the opponent's general seems to be Yong Wang Chen Qing, completely unexpected to Han Shizhong, he always thought it was Yang Zaixing's army.

It turned out to be a head-on collision with Chen Qing. Han Shizhong felt a feeling of getting what he wanted, but at the same time he felt annoyed. He underestimated the other party. Chen Qing had fifty thousand cavalry and brought three Wan Yuanjun, this kind of caution caught him by surprise.

But it was too late to do anything now, the drums of the Western Army were beating loudly, and four cavalrymen galloped out, with the momentum like a landslide.

His subordinates shouted in shock: "Commander, the enemy is coming!"

"Steady! Hold me steady!"

Han Shizhong shouted: "The archers are ready!"

Nine thousand crossbowmen raised their crossbows, but soon, Han Shizhong realized that something was wrong. The opponent ran in two circular arcs from north to south, perfectly avoiding the shooting of the bow and arrow formation, and their target turned out to be himself Cavalry on both sides.

"not good!"

Han Shizhong secretly yelled that it was not good, and immediately ordered: "The cavalry is ready to fight, and the infantry stands firm, don't be confused!"

Han Shizhong had rich experience. He knew that once the opponent's cavalry attacked from the side, the bow and crossbow formation he had deployed would also be attacked from behind by the opponent, causing chaos.

He ordered again: "The crossbowmen change into sword and shield soldiers and join the big formation!"

Every crossbowman has a shield on his back. They immediately exchanged their crossbows and shields, drew out their swords, and became sword and shield soldiers with crossbows on their backs. The crossbows behind them can also protect the soldiers behind them to a certain extent. Safety.

Twenty thousand cavalry lined up one after another, ready to meet the violent impact of the cavalry of the Western Army.

Han Shizhong suddenly realized something was wrong again. His cavalry and infantry were close together, and his own cavalry became a cover for the opponent's large formation of infantry.

Discovering this serious problem, Han Shizhong immediately ordered: "Order the cavalry to go out to fight, the infantry to hold their ground, and line up their spears!"

"Woo! Woo!"

The horns of the cavalry of the Song army sounded, and [-] cavalry suddenly mobilized to fight against the cavalry killed by the Western Army.

"Boom!" The two cavalry collided loudly, their weapons collided, and they fought fiercely together.

Although they are all Han cavalry, the Jiangnan cavalry cannot compare with the Northwest cavalry. First of all, their horses are much inferior. The horses of the Western cavalry are tall and mighty, muscular, extremely explosive, and fast.

However, the horses of the cavalry in the south of the Yangtze River are generally short and thin, and they are not even comparable to the horses of the infantry of the Western Army. How can they be compared with the horses of the cavalry of the Western Army.

Secondly, the cavalry is far behind. The cavalry of the Western Army is professional cavalry. Chen Qing brought [-] cavalry and the elite of the cavalry. The cooperation is very tacit.

In World War II, in just a quarter of an hour, the cavalry of the Song Army was a bit out of support, and they were in chaos. They were divided into pieces by teams of cavalry of the Western Army, and suffered heavy casualties.

The distance between the cavalry was widened and they were far away from the infantry formation. Han Shizhong took a breath. The strength and tactics of the cavalry of the Western Army were already able to compete with the Jurchen cavalry. No wonder Wanyan Wushu couldn't resist Chen Qing's army. Lose the Central Plains.

Moreover, Chen Qing's tactics were very clear. He would fight against the cavalry and ignore his own infantry. Once the cavalry was defeated, his own infantry would also be defeated.

Han Shizhong saw that his cavalry were being killed and retreated steadily, dead bodies were everywhere, blood flowed into rivers, many cavalry were killed terrified, some cavalry had already started to flee eastward, Han Shizhong knew that the defeat of this battle was settled, he immediately shouted: : "The whole army is heading north, retreating into Xiao County to avoid the battle!"

The county seat of Xiaoxian was ten miles to the north, and he led [-] infantry to run, not to fight the cavalry of the Song army, but to retreat to Xiaoxian!

The only way for infantry to fight against cavalry is to form a large formation of infantry spears and fight with collective strength, but once they run, the formation of infantry will disperse, and it is easy to be attacked by cavalry, thus cutting and killing.

Chen Qing watched the enemy's movements coldly, and the infantry began to run in a large formation. Chen Qing immediately ordered: "Blow the horn and attack the infantry!"

"Ugh-"

The horn of attack sounded, and Chen Qing led [-] cavalry to kill the opponent's infantry. At the same time, Zhang Xian and Tang Qian's [-] cavalry also turned their heads to attack the infantry. Thousands of infantry came to kill in a large formation.

Chapter 84 Defeated

Han Shizhong secretly groaned, the other party had already seen his intention, and [-] cavalry cut off the path leading to Xiao County, making it impossible for him to withdraw back to Xiao County.

Han Shizhong shouted anxiously: "Steady! Hold your ground!"

As expected of his well-trained infantry, they stopped quickly while running, and quickly lined up in a square formation to form a large spear formation.

Chen Qing looked at the enemy cavalry again, half of the western army was removed, the opponent's pressure dropped sharply, and the signs of defeat were eased.

Chen Qing immediately ordered his subordinates, "Go and inform General Zhang and General Tang, and order them to continue attacking the cavalry until the cavalry is defeated!"

The two soldiers took the command arrow and rushed away, and found Zhang Xian first. Holding the command arrow, the soldiers shouted: "General Zhang, Your Highness orders you to continue to lead the troops to continue attacking the cavalry until they are defeated!"

Zhang Xian took the command arrow and ordered to wave the battle flag. Nearly [-] cavalry in the northwest direction followed him and turned around to kill the enemy cavalry.

At the same time, Tang Qian also received an order to lead his troops to attack the eastern cavalry instead.

Chen Qing led [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to circle around. They drew their bows and set arrows while running at high speed, and fired arrows at the infantry formation, while the infantry raised their shields to resist.

Han Shizhong again ordered the army to move towards Xiao County, and he was forcing Chen Qing's army to attack them.

At this time, the main force of the infantry was still six miles away from Xiao County, where [-] Han Shizhong's troops were stationed, and they waved their flags and shouted on the top of the city.

Chen Qing saw that the opponent's formation was moving, and the corners of the four phalanxes were a little messy, so he shouted loudly: "Follow me!"

He swung Fang Tian's painted halberd, and rushed into the formation first. Wherever he passed, people's heads were flying, blood spurted out, and screams could be heard endlessly. The enemy soldiers fell down one by one like thatch, closely following Chen Qing has five hundred soldiers and is also the most elite cavalry. Each of them can fight ten against one. They are like a hammer, smashing everything they pass.

Behind them is the [-] Tigers and Bend Cavalry Army led by Lu Gui, which is also an elite army. Lu Gui wields a [-]-jin long-handled sledgehammer and roars like thunder. He only hates that the horses are too slow to keep up with Yong. The rhythm of His Royal Highness.

Chen Qing quickly killed the enemy's formation and rushed out from the other side. They cut off a corner of the enemy's formation abruptly, separating the three thousand infantry from the main infantry formation.

Three thousand infantry could not withstand the fierce massacre of thousands of cavalry, they were quickly routed, and ran in all directions.

At this moment, the sound of horns sounded from a distance. This was the sound of victory horns. Yue Yun and Zhang Xian took the lead, and the cavalry fighting against them were completely defeated. , Another Song Army cavalry was also defeated, and Liu Qiong led the army to chase after him.

Thirty thousand cavalry turned around and charged towards the infantry formation. Knowing that the situation was over, Han Shizhong couldn't help but sighed and ordered: "The whole army retreats to the southeast!"

It was said to be a retreat, but in fact it was a rout. Nearly [-] troops were defeated like a mountain, throwing away their helmets and armor and rushing eastward. Chen Qing immediately ordered, "The army pursues and kills, and those who surrender can be released and go home!"

The cavalry of the Western Army chased after them, and shouted loudly: "King Yong has an order, surrender and release him back home!"

The effect of this slogan of persuading surrender was immediate. The fleeing Song army no longer fled, and batch after batch kneeled and surrendered, and there were countless surrenders.

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On the north bank of the Yellow River, [-] Jurchen cavalrymen cursed loudly. The Yellow River was blazing with flames and thick smoke billowed. The pontoon bridge that Jin Bing had just built was burned down by more than a dozen Western warships, and more than [-] Jurchen soldiers were shot. Fell into the water, life or death unknown.

Wanyan Wushu was so angry that he slammed his ax on the ground, and finally waited for the decisive battle between Chen Qing's army and Han Shizhong's army, but he couldn't grasp this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defeat Chen Qing.

It is simply too hateful, to send warships to block the Yellow River, Wanyan Wushu does not value the navy, but at this moment, he finally realized the importance of the navy, they have Ju Yeze, can they also train a A navy?

"Marshal Du, Xiao County's flag has been lowered!"

The soldiers pointed at Xiao County and shouted, Wanyan Wushu also saw it, the black dragon flag with a yellow background was lowered from the head of Xiao County, and the black dragon flag with a red background was raised by the Western Army.

After a while, Wanyan Wushu let out a long sigh, the war must be over, it was too fast, less than an hour, the Song Dynasty army let him down too much.

But thinking about it, it's almost the same. When their Jurchen cavalry killed them, the Song Dynasty army would collapse at the first touch. There was no resistance at all, and they all slaughtered one-sidedly.

"Marshal Du, do you want to find a way to cross the Yellow River from the south?"

Wanyan Wushu shook his head, "Chen Qing has already made preparations. If we don't give us the chance to cross the Yellow River, what's the point of crossing the Yellow River even if the opportunity has been lost?"

Wanyan Wushu felt extremely disappointed, so he had to order: "Send the troops to withdraw!"

The [-] Jurchen troops turned around and retreated, giving up this opportunity.

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There were more than 3 soldiers who surrendered outside the city of Xiao County. There were not only infantry, but also more than [-] cavalry. In addition, there was news from Yang Zaixing that they had defeated Liu Kai's army and captured them. More than [-] people.

Since this battle was not long, it ended in less than an hour. Not many enemies were killed. More than 300 enemy troops were wiped out, while the Western Army suffered [-] casualties.

However, the number of captives was astonishing. They even captured more than [-] enemy soldiers. This is why Chen Qing's order had a huge effect. Those who surrendered could be released and go home. So, who would want to continue fighting?Who wouldn't want to go home?

The garrison of Xiao County also surrendered the city. To Chen Qing's surprise, the garrison of Xiao County turned out to be Han Shizhong's eldest son, Han Liang. Han Liang was only 20 years old and refused to surrender.

Chen Qing went to the top of the city and ordered people to bring Han Liang up. After a while, Han Liang was pushed up. Han Shizhong looked so mighty and majestic, but his eldest son was a frail scholar. However, Han Liang had some backbone. He didn't kneel down, didn't speak, and turned his head to look outside the city.

"Untie the rope!"

The soldiers untied the rope behind Han Liang, and Han Liang gently moved his wrist. His skin was thin, and his wrist was painfully strangled by the rope.

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "I knew your father in the first year of Shaoxing. He said that his son was less than ten years old. You should be around 20 years old this year!"

Han Liang was taken aback, glanced at Chen Qing, and asked later, "You... are you His Royal Highness King Yong?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "Of course it's me, do you think it's Yang Zaixing?"

Han Liang sighed for a while, "No wonder... my father thought it was Yang Zaixing who led the army."

Chen Qing nodded, "I won't make things difficult for you, you go back and tell your father, this battle should be regarded as a battle between me and him, only this time, there will be no next time, I will release all the soldiers who surrendered If you want to go home, you can go home. If you want to continue serving the court, I will not force it. If the soldiers have already returned home, let them work on farming with peace of mind! Don’t force them anymore.”

Han Liang cupped his fists and saluted, "I will tell my father!"

"If you have family members, you can take them away!"

"Thank you Your Highness for your tolerance, I only have one old family member to follow."

Chen Qing immediately ordered: "Give him two horses and let them go out of the city."

Chen Qing gave him a passing arrow, and Han Liang rode away slowly with an old family member.

The [-] surrendered soldiers were registered, and after the registration, each of them distributed a bucket of rice and let them go. The soldiers were very grateful. After bowing to the top of the city, they got up and left. Most of the soldiers returned home. Don't want to fight anymore.

Han Shizhong fled back to Xuzhou on horseback under the protection of dozens of soldiers. He collected the defeated soldiers on the way, and only collected more than [-] soldiers. The [-] army was exhausted, especially this is the Han family army!It made Han Shizhong's heart ache.

I met Liu Qi on the road, and his 2 army only had a few thousand people left. The two sides joined forces, and there were less than [-] people, which made them sigh.

In desperation, he had to return to Xuzhou Daying, but not long after, Han Liang came back, which made Han Shizhong very happy. This is his eldest son, who does not know martial arts. He has been very worried, for fear of bad news.

"Father, it was Chen Qing who sent the child back. Father should know that the opponent in this battle is Chen Qing!"

Han Shizhong nodded, "After I saw his Wang Banner, I realized that I knew it was Chen Qing. This battle should not have been fought. I lost [-] troops for nothing!"

Han Shizhong couldn't help but let out a long sigh, Han Liang shook his head and said: "There is not such a big loss, the loss is only 1 people!"

Han Shizhong was taken aback, "Why?"

"The Western Army captured our [-] troops. When the boy came back, they had already been released. They said they were released and went home, but the boy didn't know how many soldiers came back."

This news really made Han Shizhong overjoyed. He did not expect Chen Qing to be so tolerant and released all the captured soldiers. It seemed that he did not want to turn against the court.

"Chen Qing, do you have anything else to say to me?"

"Have!"

Han Liang said slowly: "Chen Qing said that this fierce battle is just a sparring between him and his father, it's just this one time, and I don't want it to happen again."