Chapter 170: Fighting for Hetao (35)

The Shenyuxing cavalry team appeared behind the thief of Xidu, slowly forcing the fierce battle between the two sides.

Xi Duguan was born as a horse thief. He preferred to attack curiously. He had always hated the positional war of "killing a thousand people and destroying 800 people". Now he besieged the small team of Richie's troops with absolute strength. Unexpectedly, several strong attacks were forced back by dense and accurate arrows. When Shen Yuxing cavalry team appeared in the rear of the horse thief, Xi Duguan became determined to retreat.

A horse thief came to the front of the formation with a leather shield in his hand and shouted in pure Zhongyuan dialect: "Steal the wooden basket and let you live a life."

After a while, a soldier from the Richie tribe walked out of the formation, led a mule and horse carrying a wooden basket, and said in Khitan saying: "The wooden basket contains earth-fire fruits, so I will give a basket to General Xidu to taste."

Xi Duguan originally thought that there were treasures inside the wooden compartment, but unexpectedly, the one guarding the Richie team was actually a delicious but not valuable earth fire fruit. Xi Duguan was furious and picked up a big axe, slashed the wooden basket together with a mule and horse to the ground with an axe.

The Shenyuxing cavalry team slowly approached the horse thieves team, and a team of horse thieves stopped the Shenyuxing cavalry team. Shenyuxing is an old sergeant, and the old sergeant means that most of the old sergeants who live long and live long like to fight the first battles. Until the last moment, they will never fight with the enemy. After the horse thieves blocked the way, Shenyuxing turned around and ran towards the north side. After running for two or three miles, the cavalry team suddenly turned and ran towards the east.

The horse thief held on to the Shenyuxing cavalry team, and the battlefield situation was immediately disrupted.

The horse thieves suddenly sounded in the horse thieves. The horse thieves chasing the Shenyuxing cavalry team also stopped chasing and retreated. The horse thieves besieging the Lijima team also retreated beyond the arrow. With a few particularly sharp horn thieves, the large group of horse thieves retreated to the northwest, and the flying black cow flag gradually disappeared at the end of the grassland.

Liu Hongye has a gentle and elegant appearance. Some scholars look. In fact, he is the most brave general in the Rikyu Ministry. His face is always as calm as usual during the battle. Seeing the horse thief roaring away from the battlefield, Liu Hongye couldn't help but praise: "It's true that the horse thieves come and go like the wind, and there are indeed extraordinary things. No wonder they can dominate the grassland for nearly ten years." Then he turned sideways to Liu Chengtong beside him: "The secretary of the school has good archery skills and shot and killed several horse thieves."

Seeing a battle inexplicably turned into invisible. Liu Chengtong said ashamed: "Although I have been in the army for two years, I am still a big girl who is on Hua Jiao. For the first time." He shook his sore hands hard, and then introduced to Liu Hongye: "The one who restrained the horse thieves was the cavalry of the Black Eagle Army, and the envoy of the cavalry team was my personal guard."

The Rikyu army was at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. After the Khitan was strong, the Rikyu army's journey south was blocked. Therefore, Liu Hongye did not know about the Black Diao Army and Hou Dayong. After Liu Cangmang returned to Shishan, he learned about the names of the Black Diao Army and Hou Dayong. Today, he saw the Black Diao Army cavalry team's skillful cavalry, and it turned out to be a bit elite. He praised: "It turns out that they are the Black Diao Army cavalry, and they are really well-deserved."

When the horse thieves retreated, Shenyuxing cavalry team did not chase after him, and bluffed and shouted several times. It was a pleasure to send off the horse thieves to leave.

Shen Yuxing cursed and said to the two friends: "I was chased by the Khitans twice today, which is definitely a bad day. Fortunately, we ran fast, otherwise there would be heavy casualties. Ling Yilang, Wubalang, go and check your brothers to see if there are any casualties."

Ling Yilang and Wang Balang are both veterans. After hearing this, they rode their horses out and greeted their subordinates. Soon, Ling Yilang brought the horse to Shen Yuxing and said, "Shen Jun, my brothers did not break any skin except the blood blisters on his hands." Wang Balang also completed the inventory work. He smiled and said, "Boss, my brothers are fine, but today they were chased like rabbits by the Khitans, and many of the brothers' thighs were worn out."

Heard that there were no casualties. Shen Yuxing was in a very good mood. He cursed at his brothers with a smile on his face and said, "You turtle sons, you should wake up a little when you fight. Eighteen years later, you are a hero and you are a kind of nonsense. You turtle sons are all lying to save your lives. Don't believe it. Have you heard of you turtle sons?" There are many Western Sichuan soldiers in the Black Eagle Army, and they like to say "turtle son" the most. Shen Yuxing soon got into this problem. "turtle son". Whenever you encounter happy things, the three words "turtle son" must be blurted out.

The Shenyuxing Cavalry Team participated in many major battles, with great results, but the casualties of the entire army were the least. The soldiers under his command admired this cavalry envoy who appeared to be rude but actually loved the cavalry envoy under his command. When the soldiers heard him say "Turtle Son" one after another, they knew that he was in a good mood. They teased the sergeant and said, "Turtle Sons know." "Turtle Sons said it well."

For a moment, the cavalry team was very lively.

After cleaning up the number of people, the cavalrymen moved closer to the Liji troops. When they moved closer, the cavalry was quite cautious. They stopped outside the arrow and a big throated soldier shouted: "Who are you?"

Liu Chengtong came to the front of the formation with a single horse and said, "I am Liu Chengtong, but the cavalry team of Shenjun envoys?"

Seeing that Liu Chengtong was on the battlefield alone, Shen Yuxing knew that there was no danger, so he went out on a single horse. He came to Liu Chengtong, finished his military salute, and whispered: "The Secretary-General is not dangerous, right?" Liu Chengtong smiled and said, "These people are all guests from the governor's land. Fortunately, you are here, otherwise you will be surrounded by horse thieves and don't know how to get out." Shen Yuxing smiled and said, "The archery skills of these guards are really great."

After the two armies met, the Shenyuxing cavalry team with shovels started to bury the dead soldiers again. In order to prevent the horse thieves from making a comeback, after simply burying the soldiers of Richie's troops, the two armies quickly crossed the Yellow River from the Liujia Ferry Crossing and then crossed a Gobi Desert. The next afternoon, they arrived in Lian County.

The two armies soon arrived in Lian County. Liu Hongye's last visit to Lian County was twenty years ago. At that time, the city of Lian County had been destroyed, and most of the people in the city had moved inward, leaving only a small number of soldiers guarding here. This time, he entered the city, which was a revisit of the old place.

At this time, Lianxian County was far more lively than twenty years ago, and became a veritable military city. There were Xiong Camp, two thousand soldiers, more than 4,000 soldiers in the city, and more than 2,000 soldiers in the Lion Camp, and more than 2,000 soldiers and more than 1,000 Jiao Camp. Li Man, an adjutant of the military commander, also brought more than 1,000 logistics troops. In addition to the soldiers, there were thousands of migrant people in the city. Lianxian County was originally small, with more than 15,000 soldiers and civilians coming and going in the city, which seemed extremely lively.

At this time, a battle in Lian County was coming in a tense atmosphere, and there were always a large number of elite cavalry shuttled back and forth in the city. The second day after Liu Hongye entered Lian County, Shuofang Jiedushi Hou Dayong led 5,000 united soldiers and a large amount of food and supplies to Lian County.

When Hou Dayong entered the city, Liu Hongye was sweeping the graves of the dead soldiers in the Liji army. Hou Dayong heard that Liu Hongye was in the cemetery and came straight to the cemetery. Before he arrived at the cemetery, he heard the "Dingding, Dangdang" knocking sound. Liu Hongye deliberately brought the list of dead soldiers. A sergeant of the Richie army wrote the name on the stone tablet with a brush, and another soldier carved the name on the stone tablet with a nail. There were nearly two thousand soldiers who died, and only one-quarter of them were carved in a day.

Hou Dayong's personal guard stopped at the foot of the hillside and guarded the cemetery. Hou Dayong, Guo Jiong, Shan Zongyuan, Jiang Hui, Bai Shuangwu, Liu Chengtong and other military leaders came to the cemetery.

Liu Hongye heard someone going up the mountain, but still knelt on the ground motionlessly without looking back. Liu Chengtong took a step forward and was about to speak, but Hou Dayong made a gesture to stop Liu Chengtong and took a step forward. He took a bottle of Lao Sa from Feng Sha and fell to the tombs of the Black Eagle Army and the Richie Army's fallen soldiers.

Liu Hongye stood up from the tomb with a sad expression. She walked to Hou Dayong and wanted to say a word but stopped. She bowed deeply to Hou Dayong and said lightly: "I will not thank you for your kindness."

After arriving in Lian County, Flash No. 3 brought Liu Hongye's situation to Lingzhou. Hou Dayong knew that he must be Liu Hongye, the elder of Minister Ricky. So he bowed back and said, "It's hard for you to wander for a hundred years."

Hearing this, Liu Hongye raised his eyebrows and said, "General is Hou Dayong, the governor of Shuofang? Below is Liu Hongye." Hou Dayong nodded and said, "Below is Hou Dayong."

The hills are covered with green trees, and the temperature gradually rises under the warm sunshine. Countless insects move around under the grass, seizing this precious time, or looking for food or creating the next generation.

After Hou Dayong and Liu Hongye made a brief introduction, the two of them did not speak for a while and looked at each other. The generals remained silent behind them, waiting for this historic scene.

Hou Dayong had already prepared a lot of sensational words and was about to speak. Suddenly, a "buzz, buzz" sounded. A group of red-footed hornets rushed towards Hou Dayong and Liu Hongye in the middle of the cemetery like ghosts from the underground.

This kind of red-footed hornet is extremely venomous. It likes to attack living creatures, and after launching an attack, it will continue to attack one after another, and will never stop. Liu Hongye has lived in the grassland for a long time. Of course, he knows the history of this hornet. He dared not move and whispered: "Don't move, they will fly away." During the special forces period, Hou Dayong had traveled through the wilderness of the motherland for a long time. He had seen many kinds of hornets, so he naturally would not move. Hou Dayong did not move, Guo Jiong, Shan Zongyuan, Jiang Hui, Bai Shuangwu, Liu Chengtong and others did not dare to move. A group of powerful generals who traveled thousands of miles did not dare to breathe under the pressure of a group of hornets.

Luo Qingsong was guarding the mountain. He didn't know the situation next to the cemetery. After receiving an emergency military situation, he rushed up. The red-footed hornet kept circling around the cemetery. When he was bored in doing nothing, he saw a giant creature appearing in front of him. The red-footed hornet was like a pervert who had not seen a woman for ten years. Suddenly, he saw a coquettish mother's side and immediately rushed forward without hesitation. Luo Qingsong did not expect this situation to happen and shouted: "Emergency military situation, emergency military situation." The red-footed hornets obscured Luo Qingsong.

Seeing that his life was about to happen, Hou Dayong suddenly returned to the era of special forces, and did not care about the emperor of the military governor. He grabbed Feng Sha's chest and suddenly used force. The long gown of Feng Sha was turned into two pieces. Hou Dayong covered his head with a piece of cloth, ran to Luo Qingsong a few steps, and wrapped Luo Qingsong's head with another piece of cloth.

Luo Qingsong was so dizzy that he saw someone stepping forward, and he reflexively came up. Hou Dayong sideways and avoids Zhengsong's right ankle with his right hand, pinning Luo Qingsong's left leg with his front foot, and suddenly raised his hand and threw it.

Luo Qingsong rose into the air and was thrown into the grass. Hou Dayong was already closely followed by a hornet. Fortunately, he wrapped it tightly. Except where the palms were exposed outside, the other parts were not injured. Hou Dayong rushed to Luo Qingsong quickly, picked up his belt, and ran to the bottom of the mountain. A small pond at the foot of the mountain was left by the heavy rain the day before yesterday. Hou Dayong went straight to the small pond, which was nearly two meters away from the pond. Hou Dayong jumped down desperately with Luo Qingsong.

The small pond was only half a person deep, and Hou Dayong was lying in the water. The red-footed hornet lost its target and circled over the pond.

Hou Dayong confronted the red-footed hornets in the water for a while. Some clever soldiers Wen Xun looked for some dead grass and cow dung. After igniting it, thick smoke rose. The smoke and fire were the nemesis of the red-footed hornets. After smoked for a while, the red-footed hornets disappeared without a trace.

Hou Dayong and Luo Qingsong stood in the small pond in a wet water. Hou Dayong wrapped his head with a cloth strip. He was wearing soft armor, so there were only two big red and swollen bags on his forehead, which were as if he had two more eyes.

Luo Qingsong was much more miserable. His face was as swollen as steamed buns just out of the cage. He kept laughing "Hey, hey" and couldn't feel the pain at all. He looked at the gentle sun and said, "Why are there several suns in the sky, and the sun makes his face burning. I want to shoot him down."

Hou Dayong knew that Luo Qingsong had been poisoned by bee and said, "Go and invite medical officer Han Qi. Luo Qingsong was infected with the extremely serious hornet poison. Remember to let him bring medicine."

Luo Qingsong heard Hou Dayong's voice, his mind briefly woke up and whispered: "Jingdu, the Khitan army is still sixty miles away." After saying that, his feet softened and he sat down on the ground.

Liuhongye looked around and saw a few pointed weeds in the grass. He quickly picked them down and kneaded them with his hands, put them in Luo Qingsong's mouth, and said to Hou Dayong: "Journalist, all things in the world are mutually generated and restrained. There must be an antidote for poisonous bees. We call this wild grass mountain bee grass, which is the most effective to relieve bee venom." The mountain bee grass was extremely bitter, and Hou Dayong wrinkled his face and put it into his stomach, and a spicy feeling soon appeared in his stomach.

When the Red Foot Bee bombed Hou Dayong in the small pond, Guo Jiong, Shan Zongyuan, Jiang Hui, Liu Chengtong, Feng Sha and others picked up the dead grass and set fire with the soldiers. They were sweating profusely and their faces were covered with grass. At this time, they were all surrounded by Luo Qingsong.

Han Qi came very quickly. When he saw Luo Qingsong's appearance, he was shocked. He pried open Luo Qingsong's mouth, saw some herbs in his mouth, took some and sniffed them, and said, "It turns out that I have eaten mountain beehive, and I'm here to save it." He took a bottle filled with bright red liquid, put the mountain beehive in the bottle and shook it, and then poured it into Luo Qingsong's mouth together.

After a while, Luo Qingsong moaned and opened his eyes. His whole body was incredibly painful, but his mind was awake, and he said, "These hornets are really harmful." Hou Dayong smiled and said, "I'll give you a few days off, so have a good rest."

Liu Hongye observed this scene quietly.

Hou Dayong rushed to the small slope to meet Liu Hongye, thinking of sensational lines in his heart. Who knew that just as soon as he said something, he was ruined by the uninvited guest. Now he has become a chicken with a slap. All the deep words are useless. Hou Dayong said to Jiang Hui: "Jiang Lang, you are the master of Lian County. Is this your way of hospitality? Hurry up and find a way to compensate?"

"I have been ready for a long time. Boiled cabbage and braised lambs, these two delicacies are ready." Jiang Hui said while stepping on these bees with his feet and explained: "After spring comes, many bees suddenly come. Many people working outside the city have stinged a lot. These bees are nested on the trees in the high ground. When they are out every day, hundreds and thousands are densely packed. These bees like sweetness and sprinkle smell the most. Only after they smell it will gather."

Hearing this, Hou Dayong stopped thinking about it.

He Wulang, deputy commander of the Lion Camp, hurriedly ran up the mountain. He came to Hou Dayong, saluted the military salute, and whispered: "Fifty miles outside the city, the Khitan Army vanguard was found."

Hou Dayong said quietly: "I understand." He said to Feng Sha: "Notify the chief generals of the army and the deputy generals will come to the tent to discuss matters."

Hou Dayong said to Liu Hongye a little apologetically: "I originally wanted to talk to Mr. Liu once. The military situation is urgent, so I can only talk about it another day. The Khitan army will arrive soon. Mr. Ruo does not dislike it, and I will see how to defeat the enemy."

Liu Hongye didn't know how many Khitans were. At this time, there were more than 10,000 troops in Lian County. They looked good in combat. They said, "The Khitans are powerful and good at using cavalry, and should not be underestimated." Originally, Liu Hongye wanted to make some suggestions, but when he saw the generals looking relaxed, he would not say more.

After the generals went down the mountain, they went straight to Hou Dayong's tent in Lian County, while Liu Hongye returned to the clean yard specially prepared for him.

About an hour later, the sound of horse hooves sounded in the city.

Liu Hongye focused on listening to the sound of horse hooves. After a while, a middle-aged man wearing a big round neck shirt walked in and said, "More than 4,000 cavalrymen have left the city, and all battalions in the city are stepping up their mobilization."

Liu Hongye gently tapped the table with one hand and said, "It seems that the Black Eagle Army is going to fight a big battle with the Khitan Army. I wonder how many people have come to the Khitan Army?"

The middle-aged man said: "According to my observation, the Black Eagle Army is not good at plagiarism. They are equipped with a large number of crossbows, and it seems that they have strong defense capabilities." The Liji army also has many crossbows, but the Liji army's ground crossbows are mainly used for defense and are concentrated in the Shishan guarding troops. Generally, the cavalry do not have crossbows. Therefore, the middle-aged man judged that the Black Eagle Army has strong defense capabilities.

Liu Hongye did not comment and tapped the table with his hands for a while, saying, "The Black Eagle Army has strong horses and well-trained cavalry. Along the way, we secretly competed with the cavalry of the Black Eagle Army squad, but did not take advantage. The cavalry left the city for an attack."

The next morning, Feng Sha came to Liu Hongye's courtyard. Liu Hongye got up very early and was walking in the courtyard. Feng Sha stepped forward and bowed and said, "The Khitan army is already outside the city. The Jiedushi wants to ask the sir to watch the battle."
Chapter completed!