Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

The slopes near the small Xiaolianzi Village had become a furnace of war. He attracted all the Song troops here and devoured the lives of soldiers from both armies.

Outside the city of Guangzhou, Liu Guangshi, the former commander-in-chief of the Western Army, led more than [-] armored soldiers on war horses and stood ready. This was their first battle since returning to China.

(Liu Guangshi and his son: Appeared in Chapter 155. At first, both of them were commanders of the Western Army. They were father and son. The father was Liu Yanqing and the son was Liu Guangshi. After the [-] Western Army was defeated by the National Protector Army, they joined the National Protector Army. Among them The most powerful combatants are the armored cavalry commanded by Liu Guangshi. They are all elite troops armed with spears and heavy armor, and even their horses are armored.)

"Brothers, as the old saying goes, a arrogant army will be defeated, and a sad army will win. We have attracted the Song army to pursue us for so long just for this moment today. A hundred miles north from here, the Song army is fighting with us now. Now I order The cavalry of the Iron Armored Army will attack immediately with me to fight the Song Army. They are only allowed to advance but not retreat! The Iron Armored Army can only attack northward and must not stay!"

Liu Guangshi held his spear and waved his hand, "Charge!"

More than 3000 armored troops faced the Song army in a swallow-tail formation.

The Iron Armored Army was indeed majestic, with more than 3000 warriors all wearing heavy armor and marching in mighty force.

You must know that in the absence of heavy firearms in ancient times, the direction that the iron hooves of the armored army stepped forward was as invincible as the tank, the king of land today.

Even Su Xia's National Protectorate Army paid a heavy price when they first fought against the Iron Armored Army. In the end, they relied on the Weiyuan Artillery to win.

At this moment, thousands of armored troops were platooning towards the Song army.

This is more like a duel between the Western Army and the Imperial Army.

Almost at the same time, Wu Song led the remnants of the previous army to stand outside the city gate, watching the armored army attack first. These people pretended to be defeated all the way. In addition, they had suffered a heavy loss from Zhao Wuji before, and they had long been holding back a feeling in their hearts. A share of resentment.

Su Xia walked out majestically with his sword on hand. He stood on the general ordering platform outside the city gate. More than 2000 sergeants looked at Su Xia, led by Wu Song, Ruan Xiaoer and other generals.

"Drink!"

In front of the soldiers' formation, there are jars of good wine.

"Brothers, drink! I, Su Xia, respect you and your forbearance and sacrifice in the previous battles. Now the Iron Armored Army has rushed towards the Song Army along the north road, but I need you to attack in a detour along the south road without fear of sacrifice. , go to reinforce the defenders of Xiaolianzi Village and show off the majesty of our national defense army! Are you all here and ready? Do you dare to fight back?"

"Kill back, kill back, kill back."

Su Xia waved her hand: "Drink this glass of wine and let's go!"

The entire army immediately smashed the wine bowls in their hands, turned around, and attacked.

Wu Song rode on his horse, hugged Su Xia with a fist, stood up hurriedly, and stood at the forefront of the army.

Outside Xiaolianzi Village, Zhao Wuji was the first to realize that something was wrong. Seeing hundreds of his sergeants attacking continuously, causing heavy casualties, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

The lieutenant who had already lost his temper ran back to the front of the formation, "Sir, their firepower is very fierce, and they have many more muskets than before, probably hundreds."

Zhao Wuji had a worried look on his face: "I can see it. Their firepower is arranged very well, and they also throw thunder bombs from a high position. Our arrows seem to be of no use to them. In addition, they seem to have a huge and loud heavy cannon. We are It’s not about bringing up crossbows and artillery.”

Zhao Wuji shook his head: "The Soviet thieves are very cunning. Didn't you see that our baggage is all on the road? The crossbows and trebuchets of other armies have been destroyed, and only the crossbowmen are left. There is no threat to them.”

"What should I do?"

Seeing the deputy general's puzzled expression, Zhao Wuji suddenly thought of something. He leaned down and listened carefully, and suddenly his face was shocked: "No, immediately notify the rear team to change to the front team, and quickly withdraw to Liucheng!"

"Withdraw from Liucheng? What about the other forbidden troops?"

"Su Xia's cavalry army has appeared. It's just dozens of miles away. It will be here in less than half an hour. Hurry up and retreat. It's too late to notify you. Hurry!"

Zhao Wuji's thousands of pro-troops quickly withdrew back. The imperial troops who continued to rush to Guangzhou City along the way saw Zhao Wuji retreating, and they were momentarily wavered.

Zhao Wuji could not control (command) other armies. He had just seen the various forbidden armies restraining each other in Xiaolianzi Village and not obeying the command. In the spirit of doing more, doing less, he did not make any further stops and went straight to Liucheng.

However, Zhao Wuji still underestimated Su Xia's strategy of transporting troops.

As early as one day ago, Hua Rong had led the light cavalry to prepare five days of dry food and the cavalry with bows and crossbows as the main combat force to attack in a detour and directly penetrate the Song army's retreat path.

Hua Rong's thousands of troops collided with Zhao Wuji and the others.

I saw Xiao Li Guanghuarong yelling, "Spread your wings, encircle and attack!"

The arrows and crossbows accompanied the light cavalry in their rapid attacks, which made the Song army who wanted to escape miserable, unable to escape Hua Rong's pursuit.

Seeing that the entire army was in danger of being destroyed, Zhao Wuji's deputy general stood up again: "Sir, I will personally lead a team of troops to stop it!"

At this moment, everyone knows what the fate of those who stay will be, but they have no power to fight back.

The deputy general led 500 men under the canyon and launched a suicidal counterattack against Hua Rong's cavalry army.

However, Hua Rong was not willing to fight in close combat. Two volleys of arrows cost the opponent most of his life, and the two armies immediately outflanked him.

A fierce melee began, and the result was self-evident. Most of the soldiers who resisted the battle had no good results, and a few were captured alive.

Slowly, Hua Rong's cavalry surrounded them in a circle, surrounding the deputy general and several Zhao Wuji's soldiers. Seeing that they were still resisting, the cavalry turned their horses and thrust forward, leaving only the deputy general. By myself.

Seeing that he was the only one left, he wanted to pull out the knife and commit suicide, but he never thought that Hua Rong was one step ahead, he opened his bow and nocked an arrow, and the blade was on the string. However, Hua Rong did not use all his strength, only three-thirds of his strength, and he shot an arrow. He shot the knife out of the general's hand.

"Come here, arrest him and go back to see Mr. Su!"

Seeing that he could not commit suicide, the deputy general suddenly crashed into the spear of one of the Hua Rong soldiers and killed himself.

Seeing this situation, Hua Rong felt helpless, and finally murmured: "He is also a warrior."

He turned to the messenger on the side and said: "Order this person to be buried with military honors. Each team will immediately return to the main road and block other Song troops."

The deputy commander on the side asked: "Sir, are we not going to pursue Zhao Wuji?"

"They used these 500 people to block the speed of our pursuit. I'm afraid they have already built fortifications, which is not conducive for my light cavalry to attack and tie up the prisoners. There must be no mistakes. Zhao Wuji lost more than 500 people in this battle. It was also a serious blow to his vitality, so all the teams were immediately integrated, passed my order to the general, and returned to the main road to block the retreat of other Song armies."

"Yes!"