Chapter 49 Hidden Truth and False

(Maybe it will be a little messy to see here, because when it was updated yesterday, Chapter 46 was omitted, and Chapters 47 and 48 were directly updated! I apologize to everyone here! Please forgive me no matter what!!)

A tall and burly general in exquisite scales rode on a black horse, marching in a group of officers and soldiers with a solemn face, constantly urging his subordinates to speed up the speed of the road. He saw that the man's face was dark, with a pair of cheeks on his face, and his eyes flashed with fierce light, and he was burly and powerful.

On both sides of his saddle, there are two iron mace. This pair of iron macemen obviously have some weight. Each of them should weigh at least ten catties. The body of the iron mace may be stained with too much blood, making the iron mace bright, and behind the saddle is also a hard iron tire bow and two pots full of carved arrows.

No matter who looks at his appearance, he will not think that he is a good encounter. At a glance, he will know that this person is definitely a fierce general.

And the officers and soldiers under his command are much tougher than the ordinary guard army. The quality of the equipment is also much better than that of the guard army. More than 40% of the armored soldiers in the army, and these soldiers also showed a tough look. At least there was no chaos during the march. All the officers and soldiers squeezed their mouths and sweated like rain. He rushed forward, but no one complained about it.

A team of cavalry raised a piece of dust from in front of them and galloped along the official road. They pulled the rein in front of the army one by one and circled the horse to get out of the way.

A leading military general galloped by the roadside and quickly ran to the position of the flag of the Chinese army, and the flag was written a congratulatory letter. When he came to the position of the Chinese army, he shouted loudly: "The general Liu Datong, the general of Zuo Xieqiwei, wanted to report everything to General He! Get out of the way!"

The officers and soldiers who were marching in the position of the Chinese army looked coldly at the man who claimed to be Liu Datong and made way for him under the order of the officer. As soon as he raised his horse whip, he rushed to the flag position of the Chinese army. When he saw the black-faced general from afar, Liu Datong turned over and jumped off the war horse and quickly came to the general. He knelt down on one knee and shouted to him:

"See General He for the humble position!"

"Liu Datong, you led the army to chase the thief's army, but have you ever killed him?" Immediately, the general grabbed the rein, looked down at Liu Datong, who was kneeling in front of him, and asked him.

"I'm ashamed of the inferiority. Those thieves are really cunning. The inferiority only killed two people, and they didn't kill them all! General, please forgive me! However, a thieves appeared on the big stone bridge of Zihe River three miles away in front of Beizhi, with a force of about 1,000 people. Looking at their banner, it should be the pole that claimed to be the Xingtian Army that was stationed in the area of Liyang recently, blocking our way! The special department rushed back and reported that the general had learned that the general would like to make a final determination!" Liu Datong did not dare to lie. He honestly reported their results and gave He Renlong the information of the enemy he had just met.

He Renlong raised his eyebrows and frowned slightly. First, he said to himself and then asked, "Xing Tianjun? ...Are you sure they are the Xingtian army in Yanyang?"

Liu Datong bowed his head and replied, "When I saw a Xingtian pattern embroidered on their flag, I expected that there would be no mistake. They took the lead and occupied the west bank of the Dashi Bridge, and they had lined up to block the way! However, the humble position took a look. They are just a group of rabbles. The number of troops will not exceed a thousand. It seems that they intend to prevent our army from returning to Longzhou!"

He Renlong heard that there were only more than a thousand people on the other side, and he heard Liu Datong say that they were just a group of rabbles, so he was relieved and sneered, "What do I think I came from?" It's just a small pole all the way! Unexpectedly, he also wants to stop me from returning to Longzhou City! Come on, pass the order, and then speed up and rush to the Great Stone Bridge of Wanzi River to line up! I'd like to see what's so powerful about this Xing Tianjun. Those wastes of Feng Xiangwei will be defeated by them twice in a row! Get up! You are really stupid. There are dozens of people who can't even solve a few poles. It's a disgrace to me!"

Liu Datong didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction. Today, he was indeed a little depressed. Dozens of people chased several people, ten times more than the enemy, but they let others run away. That's not to mention that. He also folded several subordinates. This matter really made his face dull. After being scolded by He Renlong, he didn't dare to fart and quickly got up. He stepped aside.

And He Renlongdu led his soldiers and horses and immediately accelerated his speed and rushed in the direction of Dashiqiao.

When He Ren Long Lema stood on a dirt slope about 300 steps on the east bank of the Wanzi River and looked at the other side, the sneer on his face was stronger. With a disdainful tone, he said to several generals around him, "It's really a group of mob, and they also want to stop us from crossing the river back to Longzhou City. What a bunch of lifeless things!"

And several of his generals also smiled contemptuously. After they arrived here, they stared at the other side. What fell in their eyes was just a group of thieves with different costumes and no military appearance. They were shouting on the slope on the other side of the stone bridge of the Wanzi River. It looked messy, except Apart from the red Xingtian flag fluttering in the wind, it is not a decent army at all, so everyone can't help but despise this Xingtian army.

"Give you a chance. Who will lead the troops to rush over and break up these mob for me? Whose head will be responsible for the first battle in Longzhou this time!" He Renlong looked at the Xing Tianjun on the other side, and his heart was full of contempt. The generals asked.

After looking at the lineup of the Xingtian Army on the other side, He Renlong's generals were interested. Several people stood up at the same time and punched He Renlong and shouted, "I'm willing to go..."

"All's it! Don't argue with each other. If it's cheap, I can't see what you guys are thinking? Lv Pin, let you take advantage of it this time. You take 400 people there first and ask people to cross the bridge to persuade them to surrender first. If they don't agree, they will lead the soldiers to rush over to me and slaughter the thieves on the other side!" With a contemptuous smile, He Renlong waved his hand to ask them not to argue, and nodded the names of one of his men to let him lead the battle.

The other generals who were not ordered showed dissatisfaction one by one, but they did not dare to make a mistake in front of He Renlong, so they had to retreat and coldly watched Lv Pin's happy order, then turned down to dispatch his men and began to line up in front of the army to prepare for an attack.

This is not He Renlong's big. Since He Renlong began to lead the army to suppress bandits in Shaanxi with Hong Chengchou, it can always be said that he wins more and loses less, and often wins more with less. The fundamental problem of changing the civilian army is that before their soldiers are engaged in the rebellious industry, most of them are farmers, only A small number of soldiers are invested in the peasant army, so the combat literacy is often very different from that of these officers and soldiers who eat professionally. Although the Ming army is not good at fighting the shats, dealing with the peasant army, whether it is equipment or morale, and even their combat effectiveness, often exceeds that of the peasant army.

So many times, as long as the main general is not a complete fool and stupid pig, the same force will rarely be defeated by the peasant army. More often, the officers and soldiers will win more. As long as they send elite soldiers to launch an attack on the peasant army and disrupt them. The army then rushed up again, and then the peasant army, which was more than twice or even several times more than them, could be killed and fled.

Today, He Renlong also did not pay attention to the Xingtian army on the other side. He thought that there was no need to pay too much attention to them. Originally, this group of Xingtian army was far less than them. In addition, it seemed that there was no effective training, and the quality of equipment was also poor, so in his opinion, there was no need to send too many troops at all. To go to war, there is no need to send troops to cross the bridge from both sides. You only need to send a small number of elite soldiers to attack, which is enough to destroy the thief army on the other side. Basically, there is no need to delay. However, now he is still in a hurry to return to Longzhou, and he is not willing to delay his time here because of this unknown Xing Tianjun. Yicai asked Lv Pinxian to send an envoy to cross the river to persuade the Xingtian army to surrender. If he could scare them off or persuade them to surrender without beating, it would be better.

At this time, Xiao Tianjian was also standing under the banner of Xing Tianda with his subordinates, watching the officers and soldiers pulled out across the Wanzi River with cold eyes. In front of them, they stood the soldiers of Xing Tianjun.

Since they are soldiers, they are definitely not elite soldiers. Although the soldiers of the Xingtian Army are much more capable than other auxiliary soldiers of the civilian army, and most of them are also young and strong, their main task at ordinary times is still responsible for the transportation of heavy troops. They do some chores in the army, only as a last resort. Only then will they be sent to battle, and if they are sent to battle, the battle will either be basically determined, or they will have to use them at a critical juncture.

Therefore, the quality of the equipment of the Xingtian Army's soldiers is naturally not good. Even the soldiers did not have any armor, not to mention the soldiers below, at most one person is given a long gun. Some people can be equipped with a waist knife, but in this case, compared with those civilian troops with hoe poles, he The quality of our equipment is also good.

Xiao Tianjian did not restrain the soldiers too much. Instead of restraining them, he ordered them to stand more disorderly, and the formation was also very loose. He just put the well-equipped soldiers behind them and covered the bodies of the soldiers.

This move is actually a proud soldier's trick. He will not be stupid enough to face the enemy several times more than him and show his old capital at once. In that case, He Renlong will definitely not be careless when he sees his military appearance. He will definitely send heavy troops and build an pontoon bridge to cross the Wanzi River in several ways. At that time, with his troops, he wants to If you want to stop He Renlong's soldiers and horses, it's just a dream.

And he is not going to fight with He Renlong to the end here. The main purpose of his coming here this time is to kill He Renlong, kill the prestige of He Renlong and his generals, and let them know the strength of the Xing Tianjun. The ultimate goal is to kill and injuring the enemy in large number and demoralize them.

As soon as he led his troops to the Great Stone Bridge of Wanzi River, he put the 300 soldiers brought by his team in front of the team, and the artillery he brought with the army was concentrated behind the mound on the right side of the Great Stone Bridge, and a simple artillery fortification was temporarily built there. If he stood on the other side, it was impossible to see his cannon. Array.