Chapter 429 Retreat and turn into its swift wind
The cold wind was flying, and 30,000 soldiers of the Rebel Army walked through the winter countryside. The formation was not regular, but the morale was very high.
Wang Yin walked in front on a fierce horse, with a shiny steel gun on his shoulder. He was tall and thin, with a beard. He looked like a powerful general, but he was wearing a civil robe. Wang Yin was originally a stonemason in the mountains and fields of Shezhou. He was accustomed to using a steel gun, and his marksmanship was elusive and elusive. However, he was quite well-versed in literature and strategy, and such people were short of Fang La's army, so he was given civil service and his official title was the Minister of War and was in charge of military power.
Looking back at the rebels behind, Wang Yin felt like a different world. In ten years, he had gone from a stonemason in the deep mountains to a man who followed Fang La to a man who traveled around the world, and slowly praised him for his reputation. Only in the Jiangnan area, only someone had heard his name. Three months ago, the people under his command changed from a few to a few hundred, and from a few hundred to a few thousand, tens of thousands, and hundreds of thousands. In three months, starting from Qingxi County, he traveled around and captured dozens of prefectures and counties. From killing dozens of people in the past, he could be famous in the world. To the present tens of thousands died under his command, he realized that he was born as a general, not a man who licked blood from a knife. No matter how famous the people in the Jianghu were, it was not worth mentioning compared to the generals who fought south and north.
Wang Yin also heard that the court sent 150,000 troops to quell the rebellion, but he didn't care. He was used to the imperial guards of the court. The imperial guards he encountered in Jiangnan were about to collapse at once. Even Guo Shizhong, known as the famous general, only fought under him for a long time. Wang Yin now felt that it was not that difficult to conquer the world.
This time, he led the team to attack Xiuzhou because the main force was in the south, and Wang Yin did not have many people. But it was enough. When Muzhou was captured, there were only 20,000 people in total. Now, many of the 30,000 rebels under his command had armor. The hoes and hammers were replaced with shiny swords and guns forged by the court. The combat power was no longer the same as before.
"Ship Wang, Chongde County is ahead. The scout said there were defenders on the city wall. Should we fight or take a detour?"
Li Tian rode a horse beside Wang Yin, took out the map of the government to look at the surrounding terrain.
Wang Yin touched his chin's beard: "A county town with a low wall, I'm afraid it will be destroyed without attack. You can take a team of people to see the situation first. If the defenders flee in sight, they will save the soldiers from wasting their efforts."
Li Tianrun nodded, immediately lit a thousand soldiers and horses, raised the banner of Fang La's army, and marched towards the county town with great momentum.
In the past three months, most of the towns and counties we encountered were in this pattern. The rebels were approaching with big flags and big drums. The guards in the city fled in the wind. The officers and soldiers collapsed without fighting. The people were welcoming each other. The rebels rushed in and killed the rich and bribed the hearts of the people, grew stronger like a snowball, and then continued to move towards the next goal.
Chongde County is a small county town, and there are no exceptions.
Li Tianrun took the lead and left a part. Before he could see the outline of the city wall, a scout rode his horse and ran over first, impatient:
"General, the soldiers and horses in the county are evacuating out, wearing armor and riding horses, full of good guys, and with many women, don't let them run away."
Li Tianrun was slightly stunned. Unexpectedly, he could meet a pair of exiled cavalry with complete armor. The war horses were short of things. The entire Fang La army only had tens of thousands of cavalry soldiers, and they were used to make up the inferior horses in the market. The cavalry in Jiangnan was already rare, and qualified war horses could not be found at all.
Li Tianrun looked slightly happy, and immediately took the lead and urged the infantry in the rear: "Go and notify Lord Wang quickly. The cavalry team will definitely not be happy to leave the city. It is also a great harvest to be able to leave hundreds of war horses."
"promise!"
The messenger left and ran back.
Li Tianrun took the infantry and took the lead, wanting to go outside the county town to see the situation and arrange the route to make dumplings.
However, Li Tianrun ran out of the official road for only half a mile and found a figure on the stone bridge of a small river.
Riding on a black horse, wearing a white robe, and a spear scattered across the bridge, facing the snow all over the sky.
"Yu"
Li Tianrun pulled the horse violently, and at a glance, he recognized who the King of Hell was in front of him. He didn't expect to hit Cao Hua, who was alone in the wilderness. He was shocked and almost fell from the horse's back.
The infantry behind him did not understand the intention, and stopped in a panic and looked around, thinking that he was ambushed.
Li Tianrun had a psychological shadow over the last pursuit. He grabbed the reins tightly and was actually confused.
Cao Hua was holding a long spear in his hand. When he saw Li Tianrun, he was stunned. Then he frowned and showed a cold and creepy smile:
"Yo! It's you again, what a coincidence."
After saying that, he grabbed the horse's belly and rushed straight towards more than a thousand invaders.
Li Tianrun suddenly changed his expression. Without thinking, he turned his horse's head and ran towards Lai Lu frantically, shouting:
"Run quickly, it's Cao Hua!"
More than a thousand vanguards were inexplicably , and looked at the bows and arrows in their hands , and were alone with the other party , and they really didn't feel that they needed to escape . But the general said so , and could only run back hesitantly .
Li Tianrun was scared and his deputy general was still awake. Although he had heard of Cao Taisui's reputation, Cao Taisui was not a god. Why did so many people run away?
Seeing Li Tianrun running away in panic, the deputy general was angry and anxious, and quickly raised his horse whip and roared:
"What are you running? Shoot the arrows, shoot the arrows!"
Many infantrymen finally heard the words of human beings, and immediately set off their bows and arrows, and fired down at the bridge.
Sausa--
Hundreds of feathered arrows rose into the sky in an instant and fell like locusts.
Seeing this, Cao Hua forced his horse to stop his horse, turned around and ran, galloping towards the field on the side, waving the horse spear in his hand like the wind breaking through the water, and opening the feather arrows falling toward his body.
"Chasing! Chasing! His head is valuable!"
The deputy general looked anxious and used a whip to drive the infantry to chase him.
Li Tianrun ran a few steps and turned around and saw Cao Hua turning around and ran away. He realized that the rebel army had long been different from the past. He had strong bows and arrows on his hands, and was afraid of some martial arts. His face turned red, and he immediately turned his horse's head and ran back, saying aloud:
"Kill me! The Lord of the Condor has an order to take the head of Cao Hua's neck and reward him with ten thousand taels of silver and marquis of Thousand Houses!"
"kill--"
More than a thousand pioneers had a huge morale, and they rushed into the fields with swords and guns.
It’s a pity that both legs definitely cannot catch up with Cao Hua’s war horse, and it disappeared in a flash.
Li Tianrun was very angry, but he had no choice but to let the rebel army continue to search. He took his personal soldiers and returned on horseback and reported the news to Wang Bian. Cao Hua was here, so the one in front of him must be Hu Jie Army and King Kang who was in charge of Jiangnan, who was the younger brother of the Emperor of Song Dynasty.
Unfortunately, Li Tianrun had just returned from his horse and had not yet run far away when he heard the sound of horse hooves galloping.
Chapter completed!