Chapter 340
With a command, the guards who had just drunk the horse and had eaten dry food reacted quickly again. Before annihilated the 300 people of Pei Ming, there were no one who was injured or killed in the Liaodong guards. But at this time they had seen how embarrassed Cheng Yaojin was at this time. The seven people who went there were only three left when they came back, and they were chased like a dog from a stray family.
The Liaodong guards who had been through the battle for a long time knew that the group of people coming were definitely not the previous servants who had made up their numbers. The least they would be the government army, and they might even be the most elite guard Xiaoguo army. Chen Kefu held up a thousand-mile mirror and looked ahead carefully. In the mirror, Cheng Yaojin and the other two were only a few dozen steps away from the pursuers behind. They were lying on their horses and galloping wildly, blocking the arrows that were shooting from time to time.
Seeing that the three of them were about to reach the protection of their guards, a knight at the last of them suddenly caught an arrow in his vest and fell off his horse. The pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer, and Chen Kefu finally saw the troops clearly. A black light armor was in black, and even the war horses were covered in black leather armor. At first glance, there were at least a thousand people. More than a thousand cavalry blew towards him like a black whirlwind.
Cheng Yaojin and another survivor bypassed the defensive formation and ran to the back and entered the formation through the open gap.
"Master, these people are not simple. They are definitely veterans who have been on the battlefield. When we were exploring the way, we retreated as soon as we found out, but six brothers fell on the way along the way." Cheng Yaojin said breathlessly.
Chen Kefu gritted his teeth, "When will my Liaodong Army be afraid of it? No matter what kind of opponent it is, we will only win in the end. We must fight and decide quickly. After destroying this team, we will hurry up and hurry up. Zhang Yi, who is responsible for the fifth game of the Luoyang Special Service Department, who is responsible for the support of the road, said that only when we leave Henan County, we will have people to take over. There are still about two hours away from the nearest Xingyang County, so we must fight and decide quickly, otherwise it will only attract more pursuers."
No one expected that in advance, the court's pursuit soldiers had already been dispatched after just one hour. The original plan of the Special Service Department was that several thousand people were arranged in Henan County, but those were sent to be suspicious soldiers. The recent supporters were also in Xingyang and the Yellow River, but the man's calculations were not as good as the heaven's calculations. Now two teams have caught up with them one after another. Moreover, the war will not only be delayed, but more people will definitely find traces and finally smell the fishy smell.
The black armored army had a total of 1,000 people, but they were the black-clothed Iron Guards, led by deputy commanders Dugu Ming and Yu Chaoyang. Both of them were extremely excited when they finally found Chen Kefu's traces. Although the black armored Iron Guards were not established for a long time, all the iron guards were selected from the most elite guards. The three thousand black armored Iron Guards were the elite among the elites of the Great Sui army, and they were a few points stronger than the combat power of the Xiaoguo Army.
At this time, they were thousands of people, facing the Liaodong Army that was only about five hundred, and there were many old and weak among them. They had more confidence in victory.
Dugu Ming was born in the family of the empress of Emperor Wen Yang Jian, and the Dugu family was also considered one of the most noble families in the Sui Dynasty. The most famous of the Dugu family was Yang Jian's father-in-law Dugu Xin. He was not only handsome and elegant, but also achieved literary and military success. He was incredible in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. But the most praised person was his seven daughters, three of whom were queens, and he was also called the world's number one father-in-law. From the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, the Dugu family's prominent status has always flourished. Even when Yang Guang suppressed the Guanlong family, the Dugu family did not suffer any losses.
Dugu Ming is just the youngest son of the Dugu family leader, but he serves as the deputy commander of Yang Guang's closest black army. Gu Duxin is only in his early forties, and has obtained the inheritance of the Dugu family and has an extraordinary temperament. He led his troops to surround the Liaodong army with more than a hundred steps, stroked his long beard, and ordered with a smile, "Send a small team of people back to report the message, and say we intercepted Chen Kefu!"
Chen Kefu's men were facing the enemy with their backs on the water, and there was no way out.
If there were no dozens of family members in the team, Chen Kefu would have enough confidence to break through the array of men in black and break the array. He would only bring so many family members but he could not directly rush.
"Rise the crossbow! Welcoming the enemy!"
Qin Qiong shouted loudly, and all the guards once again held the loaded crossbow machine flat in their hands and aimed at the men in black who were outside the range.
In the queue of the black-clothed iron guards, Dugu Ming waved the whip in his hand and smiled at Yu Chaoyang beside him, "I think we are as stupid as the boy of the Pei family. The powerful crossbow arrows of the Pei family have already paid for it. How could this commander make the same mistake? He will pass on my orders, tree shields, raise spears, and arrange Yanyue defense formation. Chen Kefu found a good place for himself, and he had already chosen a place behind the river. This saved our defense forces. He surrounded me. In just one hour, Commander Sima would arrive with his army. At that time, we will be able to capture all of these people without losing and make a great contribution."
Deputy Commander Yu Chaoyang also laughed a few times, "Mr. Dugu is right, just surround him, you can't fight with them." When they came, they could see clearly the death of hundreds of people from the Pei family on the way. More than 300 people were dead under crossbow arrows, each maintaining a charge formation, and there was no sign of short-term fight. They didn't want to do this as well.
Qin Qiong and other generals looked at the movements of the black-clothed army, and their hearts were heavy. If the enemy took the initiative to attack, they could rely on the powerful crossbow in their hands to give the opponent a painful blow. Break their formation and escape. But now the opponent is so cunning and only surrounds but not attacks, which is a dilemma. Attack means facing the enemy's defensive formation, which is an extremely unfavorable approach. If you don't attack, the result will be even worse. It won't take long for the imperial army to arrive. At that time, they will be unable to fly and cannot escape.
The two brothers Yuchi Gong and Yuchi Ren rode their horses out and shouted, "There are 100 people who are not afraid of death and take the lead with my brothers!"
As soon as the words were finished, the guards in front of the formation rushed out and quickly unfolded a charge formation in front of the formation.
Zhang Yi, director of the fifth bureau of the Luoyang branch of the Special Service Department, took the horse to Chen Kefu, "Master, use this!"
Chen Kefu looked back and saw Zhang Yi take out a small iron can from a bag next to the saddle, which looked a little bigger than his fist.
Zhang Yi smiled and explained, "This is a thunder specially made by the Liaodong Firearms Bureau for the brothers of the Special Service Department. It is packed with pig iron cans, five pounds per. After ignition and throwing it out, the sound is huge, and it depends entirely on the broken iron cans to kill. However, the lethality is not great, and the main reason is that the momentum and effect is very high. It is especially suitable for the brothers of the Special Service Department. This time we brought ten each of us, which was when we used him."
Chen Kefu called the two brothers Yuchi Gong, "You bring a hundred brothers, each of them bring a few of these things, and use this to break their formation. I will take two hundred brothers to follow, and Shubao will bring the remaining brothers to the rear of the family hall. Remember not to fight, and after breaking the formation, rush directly to Xingyang east."
The sky became darker and darker, and there was only darkness. The whistling north wind blew, and snowflakes began to fall in the sky.
Yuchi Gong took off the horse spear given to him by Chen Kefu, pointed forward diagonally, and shouted loudly, "The brave ones who meet on a narrow road will win, and they will rush!"
One hundred vanguard knights bowed down and instigated the war horses. A ignition rope was wrapped around their left wrists. This fuse rope was somewhat similar to the fuse. The only difference was that they burned very slowly, and it was as slow as the incense of wire, but it could keep the wind blowing. This was specially made by the Firearms Bureau for engineers who threw the sky thunder. When igniting, you only need to point the lead to the left hand and do it, which is light and fast.
The war horses first ran slowly and started running quickly. When all the war horses moved quickly, the hundreds of cavalry that rushed to the formation were not far from the defense of the Black-clothed Army. Dugu Ming and Yu Chaoyang, the commanders of the Black-clothed Army behind the Yanyue defense formation, both looked at the rushing Liaodong Army knights with some suspicion.
The knights of the army did not hold a spear, nor did they hold a crossbow that feared them. Instead, they were attached to a round shield, and mounted a spear, rushing towards Yu Chaoyang with a stern. Dugu Ming said to Yu Chaoyang with some suspicion, "I heard that the strongest troops of the Liaodong Army were the heavy cavalry of the army camp. I heard that when they were fighting, they didn't have to worry about anything. They just had to hit the enemy like a wall. They must be the ones who won the final victory. Could it be that I was dazzled? Why did I see that the more than a hundred cavalry rushing over clearly had light helmets and light armor, but they rushed over like heavy cavalry? They wouldn't think that with this small shield and light armor, we could break through our spear array and shield array, right?"
Yu Chaoen stared at the cavalry that was getting closer and closer, shook his head and said in discomfort, "Maybe he was captured alive, so let's fight for the battle like this. I heard that the Liaodong army is all madmen, otherwise it would be impossible to pacify Liaodong in the end. Since they want to die like a soldier, let's give them this honor!" Yu Chaoen was in his early fifties and was also an old soldier who had been serving in the border for a long time. Seeing the Liaodong army's decisive charge, a sense of military identity arose in his heart.
Dugu Ming nodded, "Stay steady in the position and raise the spear! Give these people a decent way to die for sergeants!"
Large shields rose up one by one, and a metal city wall was instantly built on the river beach! Between the shields, one spear after another penetrated, making the entire metal wall covered with dense metal spikes.
Chapter completed!