Under the high sky, birds are flying, and the haze of clouds is flowing over the earth. On the ground in the northwest, thousands of troops quickly travel from east to west.
Occasionally the sun shines down from the gap in the sky, and the river of light pours down. The smoke column of the wolf rose, and the soldiers on the run occasionally interspersed with each other. After the collision, they spread out like waves, leaving the remnants of the corpse and the deserters.
For anyone, it's a race against the clock.
There are always times when war may not give people an early warning.
When Langyan's warning message was delivered to Yanzhou City, it was already halfway through. This was the fastest means of communication during the war, but it was not accurate. The Western Xia general Ji Lasaile, who was guarding this place, quickly summoned his generals and waited for the arrival of further reports. At the same time, the army in the city had begun to assemble.
At noon, the first message rushed into the city of Yanzhou with fast horses. From the mountains in the east, a team of about 800 people was killed. It was extremely brave.
This first message came from general Kui Hong, who was thirty miles away and had been dead for an hour. Not long ago, as the second Xixia little leader who first came into contact with the Black Flag Army, when he saw his men collapse at an alarming speed, he resolutely chose to escape, but a platoon led by Luo Ye relentlessly pursued him. After five miles, he fell to the ground. In the message that came out before the formation collapsed, he exaggerated the number of incoming enemies, from more than 200 people to 800 people, but of course, this exaggeration of hundreds of people did not change the overall situation.
In Xixia's original prediction, during the grain harvest, the most likely enemy to come is the Zhejia who is now in Fuzhou. Ji La Seiler was confused for a while, and then his staff reminded him that the flag of the stars on the black background was suspected to be the flag of the bandit bandit in the mountains. But at this time, it cannot be completely confirmed whether it is a conspiracy of the Zhe Family Army.
More battle reports followed, too fast to be overwhelmed.
After crushing Shizhuang. Gushankou meets the enemy! Defeated! Dachuan meets the enemy! Defeated! The Basong Department was attacked and defeated, and the enemy brigade attacked! Sanhe encounters the enemy and is defeated! Within half an hour after the arrival of the first battle report, the Xixia Army in Yanzhou City almost exploded. The first report of the defeat of the army flew in front of Ji La Seile and a group of generals. According to these military reports, they were laid out on the map. After a large army jumped out of the mountain, it was setting up a formation of five miles left and right, and swept away in a destructive manner, following the direction of the beacon. Go straight to Yanzhou City!
Blood Stone Village is a checkpoint in the direction of Yanzhou City from the east. General Pu Da led two thousand people under his command to guard here. At noon, the news of his battle and the news of the defeat appeared in front of everyone almost at the same time. This is of course related to the strength and urgency of the front and rear messenger horses, but their arrival at the same time is enough to prove that the speed of the enemy's attack is astonishing.
The horse that reported the battle had just left, and Puda led two thousand men to form a formation on one side of the Blood Stone Village. According to the news of the defeated army, the other side rushed out of the mountain quickly. The brigade assumed a posture of bypassing the card. In the moment when Puda adjusted the army formation, the opponent rushed straight to the Blood Shizhuang. After a while, the entire army formation of the Blood Shizhuang was penetrated. Keep rushing towards Yanzhou!
The generals under Ji La Seiler have already exploded! No matter who the opponent is, this strategy of fighting fast is aimed at the current situation in Yanzhou.
At the beginning of Western Xia’s coming to the south, the entire army was about 100,000 people, and they stayed in several cities. After the defeat of the Western Army, more soldiers were dispatched. Ji La Seile was a general guarding the Gansu Military Division in Ganzhou. He had more than 50,000 people under his command, and now more than 40,000 have been mobilized to the Yanzhou area. Strengthen the garrison.
In order to guard the wheat fields in various places, and now the harvest has started, more than 20,000 Xixia troops have been sent out by Ji La Seile outside the city of Yanzhou, and more than 20,000 elites are stationed in the city. At this time, it was the harvest period of the wheat fields, and many wheat were still being loaded and transported to Yanzhou. At this time, the war started, and the opponent killed at high speed to the bottom of Yanzhou City. More than 20,000 Xixia soldiers will be blocked on the road by the other party with food.
These grains are already in Xixia's pocket, and the other party has entered the Yanzhou boundary, whether it is the bandit or the Zhejia army, they are all barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes. How to deal with this suddenness is the first priority.
At the same time, in the direction southwest of Yanzhou City, the main force of the Black Flag Army from Xiaocang River was divided into three groups and swept across, the distance had been shortened to within ten miles!
Of these three groups of troops, the one led by He Zhicheng and the fourth led by Sun Ye were the ones who took the left. The third regiment led by Li Yi, with 1,800 people, went to the right, guarding the second regiment of Pang Luan and the special regiment led by Liu Chengzong, a total of more than 3,500 people.
The 9,000-odd people have not stopped in the slightest since they left the mountain. Of course, they killed more than 20 miles in half a day. It was not the fastest forced march. And over the mountains, it is already an amazing high speed. Along the way, I saw the smoke of the wolf rising, and the Xixia troops guarding the vicinity appeared from time to time. These food inspectors assembled team by team, and occasionally, swooped towards this army with a black flag, and then was separated out. Several companies broke up, corpses were scattered all over the mountain, deserters were scattered, if it wasn't for the high-level order of the Black Flag Army not to fight, the number of people who died within these two or three hours would most likely be doubled.
It's no wonder these Xixia troops came here in the form of conquerors. The Zhong family army was defeated, and the Wu Dynasty was powerless. Even if there were rebellions by some mountain bandits and villagers, when the army came out, they basically swept the past. Under such a situation, they naturally have high morale. These food inspectors consisted of several hundred people, if they were to gang around and gather one or two thousand people, they would not dare to harass the same team of several thousand people.
The other party dared to divide a small team to charge, which made them even more ridiculous. Only when the soldiers meet, the front line collapses at an astonishing speed, and the opponent rushes into the crowd with a steel knife like chopping melons and vegetables, can everyone feel the even absurd sense of terror.
The attacking army shortened the distance with Yanzhou City, and the reports of defeats flew past like snowflakes. Due to the change of distance and the time difference, the frequency of this battle was more urgent than the actual situation. On the road of the Black Banner Army, the formed Xixia soldiers came in waves, or flirted or tried, or resolutely blocked the way, and then they all scattered. The defeated soldiers were scattered everywhere in the nearby mountains and fields.
On the way, many civilians who were forced to collect food saw the army's rush and hedging almost on the front line. After that amazing fight, the wounded soldiers would be left behind and taken care of by these people.
besides. No one greeted them.
Until it was close to the area outside Yanzhou City, less than a quarter of the Black Flag Army actually fought with the Xixia Army. In Qin Shaoqian's order, the lieutenant general chose to use several fixed battalions and companies as the sword team against Xixia. The rest of the people will walk quickly while maintaining their physical strength. Even if the people in the queue can't see it, they will not be allowed to take the initiative to fight. In this way, it is only a few moments before this day. That is, around two o'clock in the afternoon, most of these troops in the army had been killed with blood. In the direction they came from, thousands of Xixia soldiers were fleeing in all directions.
Starting from Crushed Stone Village around 10:00 a.m., to half past 2:00 p.m., the army crossed a distance of 25 miles in a straight line, walked about 40 miles, passed several checkpoints, and approached Yanzhou City. At the same time, an army of 19,000 people from Yanzhou City attacked under the leadership of Ji Lacele, leaving 5,000 people to defend the city. They got it right first. It is more than 3,000 middle road troops.
For the Xixia people, this is actually the most correct choice. When they are at an advantage, no one will tolerate the enemy coming and going in their own territory. Although the black flag army is moving fast, soon after, Ji La Seil also roughly determines the number of this army, each of which is a few times. Thousands of people add up to no more than 10,000 people. If they are killed in a plate of loose sand, they will naturally be destroyed. But why should I be afraid of it
In any case, Yanzhou City at this time will not tolerate being blocked by an army of less than 10,000 people.
The sun, which had been a little blazing at noon, was now hidden behind the clouds again. Strange balls floated in the sky.
On a cloudy day, the two teams, which seemed equally gloomy, faced off for a moment. The third regiment of the Black Flag Army led by Li Yi emerged from the hillside, with a total of 1,800 men. There are still more than 1,200 people who have not participated in the war. These people lined up on the hillside, drew their knives, and breathed silently. Everyone's heartbeat was already fast at this time, and the blood flowed in the blood vessels.
In the Xixia army of nearly 20,000 people, the soldiers and generals also looked at the two attacking teams proudly, and then the army's fierce generals Cha Yangaibian and Xianzhu came to fight. Ji La Seiler looked at it for a moment, then waved his hand.
It was also an almost helpless order. At this time, the Northwest Territory was not against the Zhongjia army. If 20,000 people did not dare to fight against five or six thousand people, they would not want the military heart of their own men.
On the opposite side, the one-eyed general on the warhorse was talking, and he pointed to this side, pointing to the position of the commander-in-chief flag of the Xixia Army. The Xixia Army divided into two formations and started to push forward. Thousands of people here were silently changing formations, and cavalry appeared, but a large part of the cavalry went to the rear. It seems that all of them are not going to participate in the war because they are used for heavy livestock. On the hillside, the front line of more than a thousand people raised their shields and began to advance. Their steps were steady and silent. In front of them were the four thousand Xixia soldiers led by Xi Xia.
The pace is getting faster and faster.
A Arrow's Land
"Give me... rush"
The sound of thunderous footsteps suddenly exploded on the ground! With the countless hysterical shouts, these two small teams fell into the arms of the Xixia army ahead like a roaring tide! In this case of head-to-head hedging, strategies and tactics have been meaningless for a period of time. Ji La Seiler was not at ease, but when the two sides of the hedge suddenly collided, he still scolded: "Stupid."
After a cup of tea, the two armies, each composed of four or five thousand Xixia soldiers, were like giant rocks, and they were slashed and collapsed. The blood waves and corpses were pushed away like a river, and the defeated soldiers tried to flee to the main formation, and some ran around.
Ji La Seil saw the soldiers who were piercing through the obstacles in front of them in a frantic slashing attitude, shouting and raising their shields, but the pace of their feet did not stop at all, and rushed towards their own formation.
There was a loud bang. On this day, the huge waves on the seashore washed away the huge rocks.
In the city of Yanzhou, the people who lived in it had already noticed the strangeness of this day. They saw Xixia soldiers assembling, martial law, and then an army attacking. Just an hour after the army attacked, the defeated soldiers flooded into the city like a tide, they were bloodied and panicked...
in the mountains.
In the desolate valley with many rocks and rocks, camps were set up and bonfires were raised.
As the sun went down, Xu Qiang and a few partners around him were having a meal, and there were also people around with swords, in groups of three or five, either preparing dinner, talking to each other, or even sparring. Some people's fights attracted a lot of onlookers, or commented, or showed their unique skills in the end.
In the past few days, Xu Qiang has met many martial arts heroes who have been admired for a long time. After meeting, they learned from each other and benefited a lot. This is also a good atmosphere that he has never seen in the green forest. Many people are no longer stingy with a few unique skills in their hands, communicate with each other, and increase each other's strength. He had heard of the grand scene when Grandmaster Zhou Tong led dozens of green forest masters to assassinate Zongwang. Before the assassination, Grandmaster Zhou was like this every night, and he did not hesitate to mention his companions around him.
Today, Zhou Dong's feat of stabbing Nianhan has become an immortal legend in the green forest. Xu Qiang believes that the chivalrous actions of his own group will also leave a name for the history of the past and will be remembered for future generations!
Looking around, among these people, there are young and outstanding Lulin rookies, and famous Lulin tycoons: Li Yanni, the "Broken Knife" who was once invincible in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, He Longqian, the "robber", Yu Lie, the "white tooth gun", the Ministry of Punishment. The general arrester, Fan Zhong, known as "Golden Eyes and Thousand Lings", a former Liangshan hero, "Big Sword" Guan Sheng, "Thunderbolt" Qin Ming, "Winged Tiger" Lei Heng, "Hunjiang Dragon" Li Jun, "Jinghuo" Mu Wan" Hao Siwen... All these heroes had broken his heart. And now, he is also one of them, he remembered this picture in his heart, he couldn't help standing up, his chest was bulging, and his heart was fierce.
Tomorrow, all of them will go straight into the small Canghe River to slay the devil in this world! All of them have put life and death aside!
This evening, he thought so.
The next day, at the foot of the mountain outside the Xiaocang River, Xu Qiang's feet trembled when there was a bang, and everyone saw the "white tooth gun" Yu Lie's half body flying up. The flying lower body crossed the top of Xu Qiang's head, dyeing half of his body blood red.
On the 18th day of June in the second year of the second year of Jingping, even many years later, the impact of the Green Forest people on the Xiaocanghe, the legend of the inner demon slaughtering the martial arts was finally established, and it began in a tragic form.
At the same time, Li Bingbing led dozens of people and walked in the farther forest. At this moment, he has truly put his life and death aside.
In the east of Yanzhou City, three huge balloons flew in the sky, the black flag army lined up, facing the ancient city wall, Ji La Seile stood on the city wall, his face was pale after being injured, looking at this Horrible army never seen before.
In Xiaocanghe, Ning Yi and Zuo Duanyou sat in the yard halfway up the mountain, chatting while waiting for the passing mountain breeze to bring all the news. At this moment, the sun was shining brightly, and the explosion sounded like a distant thunder on the horizon. (.)