Chapter 173 Lucky Li Guang

Under the city of Lingcheng, at about four watch, Hua Mulan led the cavalry to arrive. On the way, they attacked the enemy's village at night, and never leaked the news.

The only thing stopping Mulan was the city wall.

The dismounted cavalry dug the soil as a ridge, and everything went on quietly.

There are two Tang knives hanging on Hua Mulan's waist to prevent one of the knives from curling up.

As long as the mound is high enough, she can take a team of soldiers up the city wall and snatch the city gate.

"It's so cold, there are still people fighting in such ghost weather."

"Fortunately, we are only responsible for defending the city, and we don't have to go to the river to fight, otherwise it will be more difficult."

The defenders on the city wall gathered around the brazier to bake the fire.

Wu Sangui led the main force to leave Lingcheng, leaving only a few defenders in the city.

Wu Sangui thought that if he held back the opponent's main force, he would not have to worry about Chutian's surprise attack, and he never imagined that in such a harsh environment, someone would dare to attack 60 kilometers a day and night, directly attacking his rear stronghold!

Dozens of arrows shot out in the darkness, and the defenders who gathered by the brazier died of arrows.

The other defenders immediately drew their swords and were killed by Huamu's iron eagle scouts.

Except for the city wall defenders gathered near the brazier, the defenders at the city gate were sleeping and all were killed.

Hua Mulan dragged the blood-stained Tang Dao out and ordered the soldiers to open Lingcheng's gate.

The sound of hooves broke the silence of the night and entered the city!

They started during the day and ran for 60 kilometers all the way, and they came to Lingcheng at the fourth watch of the night, just for this moment!

The defenders in the city were awakened, but it was too late, and they were greeted by cavalry sabres!

Heads fell, cavalry marched straight in Lingcheng, Lingcheng of tens of thousands of people was controlled by Hua Mulan!

On the other side, Li Guang's cavalry was completely lost in the dark night and heavy snow, and Li Guang finally realized that he might be going the wrong way.

It's too late to turn around now.

The back road was covered with heavy snow, so Li Guang had to bite the bullet and march north.

From the fourth watch to the fifth watch, Li Guang has been circling around.

"General, we seem to have returned to the original place. The villain lost a dagger, but I didn't expect to find it again."

A cavalry reported to Li Guang.

"..."

Li Guang saw that the surrounding was dark and the snow was continuing. He really didn't know how to go, so he simply gave up on himself and gave up the march: "The whole army camps and rests. Wait until dawn, and then try to join the former army."

Li Guang's cavalry had about 700 people. As a side division and reinforcement, he knew that he had left the team at this time and that he could survive was his greatest contribution to this battle.

Li Guang was depressed to no avail, so he had to recharge his batteries. Otherwise, the whole army would freeze to death because of the cold night, and Li Guang would not be able to explain to Chu Tian.

It's okay to get lost, but if you get lost and your army is wiped out, you're out of luck.

After about three or four hours of rest, the sky turned pale, Li Guang urged the cavalry to get up and join Hua Mulan as soon as possible.

If Hua Mulan hadn't defeated Lingcheng, he could at least take over.

The Western Han cavalry archer asked, "General, where should we go?"

Li Guang looked around, because the sky was white, Li Guang could already see the surrounding terrain clearly - it was snowy and chilling.

"Where are we?"

Because Li Guang went the wrong way and marched at night, he lost his reference and could not judge the position.

Only a dead horse can be used as a living horse doctor.

In order to avoid affecting the morale of the army, Li Guang said confidently: "Follow me!"

The Prime Minister of Langya, Xiao Jian, led more than 10,000 soldiers to station in a village.

Yesterday's snowstorm seriously affected the speed of his march, so he had to be stationed in a nearby village to temporarily avoid the snowstorm and wait until the snow stopped before marching.

"The whole army is assembled."

Xiao Jian personally took command and led more than 10,000 soldiers from Ju County to leave the village.

When the soldiers from Ju County were halfway through, the snow started again.

"What the hell is this weather!"

Li Guang managed to distinguish between north and south, and took a road that he thought was leading to Lingcheng, but it started to snow again, and soon he could no longer distinguish between things.

He thought he was marching northeast, but he was actually marching northwest.

A Western Han cavalry archer galloped back and reported: "General, a lot of footprints have been found in the snow ahead, and it has not been completely covered by snow!"

Li Guang quickly understood after hearing that, an army of infantry archers had just passed by!

On the other side of the Yi River, there are only two soldiers and horses, he and Hua Mulan, all of them are cavalry. If the traces of the march are dominated by the footprints of soldiers, it is likely to be the enemy.

"Immediately pursue!"

There are only seven hundred cavalry on Li Guang's side. Although there are few people, it also means that he is more mobile and can quickly gather troops and launch surprise attacks.

The cavalry always takes the initiative on the battlefield.

Not only was the main general Li Guang depressed, but the cavalry under his command were also depressed. Now they finally found the enemy, swept away the haze, and fought hard to kill them.

Xiacheng implements the military merit system, and the generals and soldiers who have gained military merit can get better treatment. Therefore, from the generals to the soldiers, they all yearn for military exploits.

They had already lost their military exploits to capture Lingcheng, so they could only find another way.

Xiao Jian's more than 10,000 Ju County soldiers formed a long line and marched westward.

Suddenly, the soldiers walking behind the team heard a chilling sound.

"The sound of hooves?"

"Is it our cavalry?"

The soldiers in the rear did not realize the seriousness of the problem.

They did not think that the enemy's cavalry had circled to the rear, and Wu Sangui was still confronting Chutian.

In the snowstorm, a tall horse appeared. This group of steeds was very steed. The cavalry on horseback raised their sharp sabres!

The bow and arrow were affected in the snow, and Li Guang's light cavalry directly pulled out the ring-headed sword to melee, broke into the opponent's rear army, and slashed all the way!

A Ju County soldier didn't have time to dodge, and Li Guang, who took the lead, cut him down!

The fifth-order Western Han cavalry archers are equally powerful in melee combat. Under the premise that the opponent's infantry is unprepared, they will be defeated in a battle!

There was shouting from behind.

"Check now, what's going on!"

Xiao Jian is located in the Central Army. Due to the elongated formation of the army, it will take time for the Central Army to transmit information to the Hou Army.

"Lord Prime Minister, the rear army was attacked by enemy cavalry!"

"cavalry?!"

The personal soldiers around Xiao Jian turned pale when they heard that they were being targeted by the cavalry.

"How come there are cavalry behind us?"

"Lord Prime Minister, please leave this place immediately under the protection of the villain!"

"No, as the main general, how can you escape from the battle, you all follow me to kill the thief!"

Xiao Jian drew out his sword and planned to command his own soldiers to resist.

The personal soldiers beside Xiao Jian hesitated, but went ahead anyway.

Li Guang's cavalry took the fifth-order Western Han cavalry archers as the vanguard, slashing and killing soldiers along the way.

There were not many soldiers who were really killed by Li Guang and others. Most of the soldiers saw that the situation was not good and fled to the surrounding fields and mountains.

When Xiao Jian arrived with his personal soldiers, he could no longer contain the collapsed rear army.

Fleeing soldiers blocked the road.

"Kill them! To settle down!"

Xiao Jian asked his own soldiers to execute two deserters, and the military's heart was a little more stable.

However, the stability of the army was only temporary, and soon Li Guang and his cavalry were in front of him.

Li Guang drove the defeated troops to attack Xiao Jian and other troops that had not yet been defeated, and then hacked and killed himself in the rear.

Some of Xiao Jian's troops that had finally stabilized were washed away by the scattered soldiers in the rear, and Li Guang drove straight in!

Li Guang, who was lost, became angry with shame and showed his might!

He knew that if he could defeat the army in front of him, then at least his merits and demerits would be offset, and he would not be punished by Chutian.

"Lord Prime Minister, the enemy cavalry is fierce, retreat quickly!"

Xiao Jian's personal soldiers saw that Li Guangrui was unacceptable, so they forced Xiao Jian to leave.

Xiao Jian is a civil official. In fact, he can't lead soldiers to fight or use force. He was also frightened by Li Guang's brutality and did not dare to continue fighting, so he followed the steps of his own soldiers.

Li Guang had pierced through his rear army, most of the soldiers collapsed, and Xiao Jian and his personal soldiers fled among the rout.

The armor worn by Xiao Jian and his personal soldiers was more gorgeous than other soldiers. Li Guang soon found out that the other party might be a general, so he took the cavalry to kill Xiao Jian and others.

"Go away!"

Li Guang's dedication to meritorious deeds, the tiger's body shook, and the deserters standing in front of him were cut down by him!

escape!

Xiao Jian and the soldiers had only one thought in their hearts.

"Lord Prime Minister, get on the horse!"

The personal soldiers urged Xiao Jian to leave on his horse.

With the help of his personal soldiers, Xiao Jian climbed onto the horse, but was jammed by the rout soldiers everywhere.

The personal soldiers protected Xiao Jian and squeezed out the crowd.

Li Guang in the rear had no scruples, and directly cut a bloody path, and the soldiers of Ju County were all over the place.

Li Guang has approached Xiao Jian!

Dozens of personal soldiers drew iron swords and tried to intercept Li Guang.

Dou Da's head fell to the ground, blood stained red and white snow, and the raised horse's hooves trampled on the corpse!

Li Guang and his cavalry slaughtered dozens of personal soldiers, and chased and killed Xiao Jian among the ten thousand army. Except for the personal soldiers who worked for Xiao Jian, no one dared to step forward to stop him!

Xiao Jian looked back nervously, and found that one of the other generals was chasing after him, and he was already less than 20 meters away!

Li Guang is more than 1.8 meters tall, his arms are thick and long, and with his armor, he looks extraordinary compared to ordinary people.

Especially compared with Xiao Jian who is a civil official, Li Guang is comparable to the God of War.

The distance between the two was rapidly shortening. At this time, the superior Turkic war horse that Chu Tian rewarded Li Guang played a role.

The diamond-level Turkic warhorse galloped like a fly in the chaotic army. Coupled with the current force of 95, Li Guang, who was comparable to ten thousand enemies, the unfortunate flying general finally shined, killing more than a dozen soldiers in a row, and God stopped killing God. Approaching Xiao Jian!

"drink!"

Li Guangguang shouted, caught up with Xiao Jian, regarded him as a military general, and went all out to slash!

Xiao Jian resisted with an iron sword.

The ring-head sword was cut off, the weak iron sword was knocked into the air, Xiao Jianzhong's sword, and his head rolled to the ground.

"fragile!"

Li Guang was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the opponent's main general was not even his enemy.

Li Guang saw that the long sword that fell on the ground seemed to be of good quality, so he picked it up as a trophy for the lord, and at the same time proved that he had killed the enemy general.

He still didn't know who he was killing.

Xiao Jian was nominally the prime minister of Langya, equivalent to the prefect, second only to the governor in Xuzhou.

The result was such a tragic death under the lost Li Guangdao.

A literati encountered a parachutist with 95 force and was killed before he could beg for mercy.

When Xiao Jian died, the rest of the troops dispersed, and Li Guang captured about 300 prisoners alive.

It wasn't that he couldn't catch more prisoners, but that Li Guang's cavalry was small, and he didn't have the energy to hunt down deserters.

The frightened prisoner was brought before Li Guang. The fierce man in front of him beheaded the Prime Minister of Langya among the ten thousand army.

Although Xiao Jian's army had already been defeated to take the head of the enemy in the ten thousand army, it still made everyone fear.

Li Guang directly interrogated the captives, and finally found out his location, but it was far away from Lingcheng and close to the Yihe River.

"How far is Wu Sangui's army from here?"

"About forty miles."

"Bring Xiao Jian's flag, let's attack Wu Sangui!"

Li Guang made a decisive decision.

Li Guang, who defeated Xiao Jian, swept away the previous haze and wanted to make another contribution.

Wu Sangui didn't know that Xiao Jian was defeated. As long as he was fast enough, he could defeat Wu Sangui before Wu Sangui got the news!

Under the banner of Xiao Jian, Li Guang used the captives as guides and hurried.

After Hua Mulan occupied Lingcheng, she deliberately released some of Wu Sangui's cavalry and brought the news of Lingcheng's fall to Wu Sangui's camp, causing panic among Wu Sangui's army.

"There seems to be a riot in the camp opposite... It should be that General Hua Mulan's surprise attack has worked."

Fang Xuanling climbed up and looked at Wu Sangui's camp and made a judgment.

The stronghold was attacked, and this sudden attack was enough to shake the army.

"Presumably Zhou Yafu is ready to make him attack."

Chutian here is not silent.

When Hua Mulan made a surprise attack on Lingcheng, he ordered Zhou Yafu to build a pontoon bridge on the upper reaches of the Yi River overnight, and the pontoon bridge was built overnight!

The purpose of the pontoon set up by the downstream Taishan thieves was just to attract Wu Sangui's attention, and Zhou Yafu had already crossed the river overnight and was ready to fight.

The pontoon built by the Taishan thief is not completely useless, it is only 100 meters away from the opposite bank.

"Once Zhou Yafu launches an attack and the opponent's army is shaken, Yin Li will be ordered to complete this pontoon bridge at all costs, and we will attack Zhou Yafu!"

Chutian sent cavalry to inform the generals.

Wu Sangui was timid when he learned that Lingcheng was occupied.

He needs food to fight. His food is all in Lingcheng. Without food, he can't even fill his stomach. No one will be willing to die for you.

"You can only retreat to Jucheng and ask Xiao Jian to take him in."

After Wu Sangui made up his mind, he planned to leave the Taishan Thief Palace, which was of no use value, and then led the elite soldiers to retreat.

The upper reaches of the river suddenly shouted and killed, and the old Changxi troops stationed in the north were attacked by Zhou Yafu's Xiliu Camp, and they were all defeated!

"The enemy crossed the river from the upper reaches! Retreat immediately! Protect the lord from leaving!"

Wu Sangui didn't expect Zhou Yafu to set up the pontoon bridge overnight, and the army crossed the river, so he could only hold Qi Xiaobai away.

A team of elite soldiers protected Wu Sangui and fled.

Wu Sangui was reluctant to kill Qi Xiaobai, and he had to use his status as a player to get the blueprint of the seventh-level cavalry battalion.

"Cross the river!"

Wu Sangui gave up defending the other side of the river, and Yin Li immediately rushed to repair the unfinished pontoon downstream, wanting to make a contribution in front of Chutian.

The pontoon bridge he supervised was already in a state of being completed.

Zhou Yafu sent Zang Ba and Sun Guan to act as the vanguard, and Chang Xi's old division saw Zang Ba and Sun Guan and looked down on the wind.