Chapter 343: Famous general's useless death(1/2)
"kill!"
Ling Tong waved his swords and chased Murong Shaozong.
Murong Shaozong was eager to dispatch the Northern Qi army and had no time to change the soldiers' armor. Ling Tong recognized this as a general, so Ling Tong immediately led his troops to chase him.
The Northern Qi army was burned to pieces by itself, and was covered in dust. There were only a few hundred Xianbei cavalry left by Murong Shaozong.
"This person is very likely to be the enemy general Murong Shaozong, don't let him escape!"
Seeing that Murong Shaozong was well-armed and there were hundreds of Xianbei cavalry following him, Ling Tong was determined to be Murong Shaozong, a general of the Northern Qi army, and he was even more reluctant to leave.
There was a river blocking the way ahead, and a large number of Northern Qi soldiers were crowded on the wooden bridge, and people fell into the water from time to time.
"General Murong is here, give up a corridor!"
"It's too late, kill those who don't dodge!"
The Xianbei cavalry was anxious and simply swung their swords to kill their companions, trying to forcibly break out a path of blood.
The other Northern Qi soldiers crowded on the wooden bridge were also anxious. This was a critical moment of escape, so they could not care about the friendship of the past.
In order to escape, the soldiers of Northern Qi killed each other, and Ling Tong took the opportunity to catch up and killed more than a dozen Xianbei cavalrymen in a row, and led the cavalry of the White Lotus Sect to the wooden bridge.
"The White Lotus Army is chasing you!"
The soldiers of Northern Qi trampled on each other, and more people fell into the water.
"Murong Shaozong, don't want to leave, just surrender!"
Ling Tong caught up with Murong Shaozong, held two swords in his hand, and slashed at the enemy general!
The cold blade made a sound of shattering the air, with a sharp sword aura!
Murong Shaozong had to turn around and fight with Ling Tong, holding a spear in his hand, and knocking away Ling Tong's two swords!
The iron weapon collided, and the two of them were shocked, realizing that the other party's force was not low.
However, Murong Shaozong's aura was lowered, and the soldiers of Northern Qi were reluctant to fight, and Murong Shao also wanted to try to escape.
"This person's martial arts skills are pretty good, and it will be difficult to kill him if he continues like this."
When Ling Tong saw the river under the wooden bridge, he had a plan in his mind, so he simply rode a war horse and crashed into Murong Shaozong!
"You're crazy!"
Murong Shaozong was frightened. He didn't expect Ling Tong to be so cruel and adopted a lose-lose style!
Murong Shaozong's spear was attacked by Ling Tong's double swords, while Murong Shaozong's war horse was hit by Ling Tong's war horse, and his men and horses hit the wooden railing!
Bang!
The wooden railing broke, and Murong Shaozong, Ling Tong and their war horses all fell into the river!
Ling Tong was a military general from Jiangdong and was proficient in water. If Murong Shaozong was forced into the water, Ling Tong would have an absolute advantage.
This is the way Ling Tong came up with the opportunity to defeat Murong Shaozong!
"Oh no, the general is not familiar with water nature!"
"Quick, try to rescue the general!"
When Murong Shaozong's Xianbei cavalry saw Murong Shaozong fall into the water, they all looked pale.
The Xianbei cavalry was unscrupulous on the plains and drove straight into the ground, but when they touched the water, they were completely helpless. Most of the nomadic cavalry were landslides.
I don’t know how many cavalry from the north are in the Huai River, and the Yangtze River is broken and sinks into the sand. I sigh at the river.
Ling Tong and Murong Shaozong fought in the water, but in just a few rounds, Murong Shaozong lost his voice.
"Um?"
Ling Tong originally planned to fight Murong Shaozong in the water for 300 rounds, but when he saw that Murong Shaozong had no movement at all, he dragged Murong Shaozong to the ashore.
"Has you died?"
Ling Tong scratched his head. Murong Shaozong was quite powerful. As soon as he got into the water, he was panicked and fought with Ling Tong, who was proficient in water. As a result, the river water poured into his mouth and died.
A famous Xianbei general of the Northern Qi Dynasty died of drowning, which was really cowardly.
"If it were in Jiangdong, I don't know how many northern names would die at my hands..."
Ling Tong suddenly discovered that in the water, his force seemed to exceed that of most famous northern generals.
"The general is dead!"
"Escape!"
The crowded soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty saw that the famous Xianbei general Murong Shaozong died in an inexplicable way. The morale of the army completely collapsed and the phenomenon of trampling on each other became more serious. Hundreds of Xianbei people were squeezed into the water, and like their chief general Murong Shaozong, they died because of drowning.
Ling Tong simply took off the armor soaked in the river, revealing his bronze-like muscles, and led the cavalry to continue chasing the Xianbei people and killing them all.
The reed ground was completely burned by the fire and turned into a scorched earth. Ma Liang led a small team of white lotus troops to the hillside near the reed ground and found a earthen altar used by strange people to borrow the east wind.
"Sure enough, the wind direction of the reed land did not change out of thin air, otherwise it would be too coincidental. This is someone who borrowed the east wind to help our army. Is it Wang Shouren? No, Wang Shouren is in Daliang at this time, and it should not be Wang Shouren. Then no one can do this..."
When Ma Liang saw the earthen altar, he immediately understood that in secret, he would encounter help from noble people, otherwise the 50,000 White Lotus Army would be completely wiped out in the reed land.
"Who will it be? These patterns look like Qimen Dunjia..."
Ma Liang looked at the various oracle bone inscriptions and obscure formation patterns on the earthen altar and vaguely guessed that it was Qimen Dunjia, because one of Zhang Hua's military advisors, Song Xiance, would also be Qimen Dunjia.
However, Song Xiance was roughly familiar with the superficiality of Qimen Dunjia, and could only predict the time in three days at most, but could not change the time in such a way that it was so despicable.
Only the hidden masters who might be hidden nearby.
Ma Liang wrote down the matter and then led his troops to meet with Tang Sai'er.
Thirty thousand elite soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty were attacked by fire in the reed land, and all the casualties were killed and injured. The White Lotus Army chased for eighty miles and recaptured the five towns.
The officials of each town have already been laid down. Anyway, they will surrender to the other side if they win.
These towns have almost no soldiers and horses, and it is impossible to stop tens of thousands of White Lotus Army.
What's more, 30,000 elite Northern Qi soldiers were defeated. How could these towns with only a few hundred yamen runners or town heroes stop the White Lotus Sect, which is spreading wildly?
Gao Cheng, the prince of Emperor Shenwu of Northern Qi, was defeated, and the famous Xianbei general Murong Shaozong drowned. Only a few thousand people fled back. This news spread throughout the Northern Qi forces, and all the towns were alarmed!
"Mabalazi, I have had enough of the Xianbei people. I will not rise up at this time, and when will I wait!"
The county magistrate of a county killed the Xianbei general stationed in the local area, led the city defense troops to revolt, responding to the Bailian Army.
"We are a group of heroes in the green forest, and have been surrounded and suppressed by the Qi army for a long time. It's time to go down the mountain to settle the score with them!!"
The bandits, horse bandits, and water bandits who were usually suppressed by the Northern Qi army, saw that the main force of the Northern Qi army were defeated by the Bailian army, so people were excited and rebelled one after another.
The towns in Nanyang, which were originally pacified by the Northern Qi army, were once again caught in war. In addition to the several cities such as Wancheng, they were also firmly controlled by the Northern Qi army, and almost all the villages and towns under their jurisdiction were out of control.
Gao Huan's subordinates are usually busy corruption and abuse of power, which leads to the dissatisfaction of people in various places.
During the White Lotus Rebellion, the White Lotus Army conquered cities and bounded the land everywhere, and responded to the White Lotus Army, which quickly expanded from five towns to ten towns, forming a pincer attack on Wancheng.
"General, the 30,000 troops of Northern Qi were defeated by the White Lotus Sect in the reed land near Funiu Mountain. We can come out of the mountain."
"That's right, we were defeated by the Northern Qi army before and had been a savage in this mountain forest for so long. It's time to go down the mountain to fight back."
In the Funiu Mountains, another force was alarmed.
Gao Huan's Northern Qi army swept across the Nanyang Basin, and many forces were defeated, either surrendering or fleeing to Funiu Mountain.
These remnants of forces heard that the Northern Qi army was defeated by peasant uprising troops of the White Lotus Sect, and believed that the Northern Qi army was no longer as strong as the peak, so they all came out of the mountains.
"Strange, with the same force, the Northern Qi army should crush the Bailian army, how could it lose to the Bailian army? Even famous generals of Murong Shaozong were killed in battle because of this?"
This general from Funiu Mountain fell into deep thought.
Incredible, quite incredible.
There should be no suspense about the 30,000 Northern Qi army fighting against the 50,000 White Lotus Army. The White Lotus Army is the crushed side.
But the result of the battle was far beyond the expectations of this general.
The 30,000 Northern Qi army was actually defeated, but the main general was defeated to the extent of his death in battle.
"This group of White Lotus Army may be different. They may be funded by Xia army behind them. I have found out that my brother will serve in the Xia army. We will come out of the mountain and meet with the White Lotus Army. If my guess is good, the purpose of this group of White Lotus Army should be to capture Wancheng."
This general who was dormant in Funiu Mountain led thousands of troops down the mountain.
He was also looking for an opportunity to retaliate against the Northern Qi army that defeated him, but was taken a step ahead by the White Lotus Army.
He suspected that the timing of the White Lotus Rebellion was too coincidental, and it might be related to the Northern Qi army heading north to attack Ruzhou. It is not difficult to guess the relationship between the White Lotus Rebellion and the Xia army.
So the general took thousands of troops out of the mountain to join the White Lotus Army.
These thousands of soldiers were not bandits, but regular troops of the feudal dynasty. They were wearing infantry armor and carrying divine arms bows, and the "Song" army flag was rushing.
This general was originally a lord who was seizing one side in the Nanyang Basin, but he could not resist the attack of Gao Aocao and the three generals of Northern Qi, so he fled to Funiu Mountain and built a mountain village and a barracks to wait for a comeback.
Therefore, he still retained thousands of Song troops.
"Murong Shaozong actually drowned..."
Gao Cheng fled back to Wancheng and ordered martial law throughout the city to be lingered in fear.
The famous general of the Northern Qi forces, Murong Shaozong, died in battle, and the Northern Qi army lost more than 20,000 elite troops. It was really a loss of troops and generals. People everywhere were fluctuating and unstable in the rear.
To be continued...