Chapter 210: One of the ferocious iron beasts

An Shouzhi led the generals of the three prefectures to the Handala Valley. He marched quickly and asked the soldiers to wake up their spirits in the middle of the journey. The soldiers were divided into three parts and took turns as a vanguard. The vanguard was five miles apart from the other two parts and advanced as quickly as possible. The other two parts followed behind. The vanguard had both the task of attacking and the task of exploration. This was also An Shouzhi bought an insurance - if the vanguard was in a mistake, the vanguard still had room for maneuver.

Although marching like this is slower than marching at full speed, it is faster than marching with caution, but it is very mentally consumed.

But along the way, An Shouzhi did not encounter any obstacles. He was quite surprised, wondering if he had made a mistake in his judgment on the Khitan's accompaniment and aid?

But he was not allowed to make plans again at this time. At dusk, An Shouzhi finally arrived outside the valley. He ordered the issuance of fireworks as a signal. The Tang army's fireworks could explode into various shapes, colors, different shapes and colors. Interpreting these meanings requires a specific password. Only the leader of the army can understand this password. This invention that hidden secrets in the fireworks connection is Zhang Mai's masterpiece.

The four governments in the valley were just settled down when they saw the fireworks outside the valley. All the commanders were overjoyed and said, "The reinforcements are coming! Let's rush out!"

Chai Rong said, "Let's go! Our manpower has not yet recovered, and..." He interpreted the content of the fireworks and said, "No! Why did the reinforcements from the three palaces come? And it seems that Governor Shi has not arrived either. What's going on?"

The other commanders said: "Maybe Governor Shi has other plans. Let's rush out and meet."

Chai Rong said: "Don't be careless, use fireworks to contact each other first."

An Shouzhi outside the valley saw the four fireworks in the valley taking off, and said happily: "The four palaces are all." Then he saw a circular fireworks taking off, An Shouzhi said: "But he was besieged. Fortunately, this decision was correct, we are right."

He ordered the fireworks to be issued, and ordered the people in the valley to join forces and rush out.

An Shouzhi's first firework just now was a message notification, but this second firework was an order.

When the generals in the valley saw it, they were about to order the horses. Chai Rong said, "Our horsepower has not yet recovered. Now leaving the valley is probably not a good opportunity."

The commander asked: "What should I do?"

Chai Rong was speechless for a moment. After all, he was young and had insufficient decision in the face of such major events. He thought: "At this time, it would be great if he could discuss it with Sima, the Guwai An." But using fireworks communication can only convey some key, simple, preset messages, such as expressing the status of the leader, what is the number, how many soldiers are left, whether they are besieged or in danger, whether they are sent to the attack or the signal of retreat, etc. After all, fireworks cannot analyze the situation on the ground in a long way like speaking. At this time, if Chai Rong wants to stop the soldiers in the valley from acting, he can only send a "reject order" signal on the fireworks signal.

But the signal of rejecting the boss's order is to risk the crime of disobeying the military order and not be issued easily.

Chai Rong reluctantly expressed his doubts, but the commanders all said, "Sima An has issued an order, how can he violate the order? Governor Chai, don't forget to go to Taiwan's military training: obeying orders is the duty of our soldiers!"

Chai Rong knew that if he refused to respond to internal and external cooperation, the foreign aids in the valley would probably fall into the dilemma of fighting alone, which was not the best choice. Although he had doubts, he had no choice but to obey the decisions of other commanders. After a firework that "received the order" took off, An Shou Zhixi said: "Prepare for attack! Receive them out of the valley."

He set off his formation and advanced towards the entrance of the valley to the west of the Handala River Valley. He looked at the entrance of the valley several miles away. A cavalry was arranged in front of him, with about two or three thousand people. He was the general, wearing a fur hat and riding a Dayuan military horse under his crotch. Although he could only see him from afar, he knew that the other party was a noble Khitan! It was Yelu Ruan who personally led the troops!

Among these more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, one thousand of them were Khitan Pishi Army, and the rest were Khitan troops. This structure was quite powerful. And they were waiting here leisurely, like a tiger waiting for prey that fell into the trap!

Since the Tiance Tang army's climate was established, regular troops have never won more with fewer troops and almost never lost with equal military strength. An Shouzhi was not very worried when he saw that the opponent's troops were less than him, but he was shocked when he saw the opponent's formation: "As a matter of fact, they did not give up on the surround and attack the aid. Although they did not ambush, they used the strategy of waiting for work with leisure!"

An Shouzhi ran for a long distance, his horse was weak and his energy was exhausted. An Shouzhizhi knew that such a situation was not good for him, but he thought that the opponent's troops were less than his own strategy, and there were four generals working together inside and outside the valley. Even if he could not win this battle, he would be fine as long as he could take over the four palaces in the valley.

He immediately formed a formation and ordered the soldiers of the three prefectures to prepare for the battle and approached Yelu Ruan step by step.

When Yelu Ruan Wang saw this formation, she laughed at the general and said, "The one sent by Zhang Mai to Mobei is indeed not an amazing person. The brave one wins when they meet on a narrow road! The one who comes opposite is not a brave one!"

He pulled out his sword, pointed at the sunset that only had only one corner, and shouted: "The two countries are not fighting each other with the colorful intestines like the Tang people, but courage, courage! The men in the skin room, today they will ask the Tang people to know: what is a real cavalry!"

Huhu--

The terrifying sound of horse hooves shook the earth, and the Khitan cavalry gathered into the shape of an iron cone and inserted it towards An Shouzhi!

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When An Shouzhi began to act, the sixth mansions in the valley also used the sixth mansion with the least losses as the vanguard, and the third mansion with the largest number of troops as the palace army, and advanced to the valley entrance at the same time.

The dizzy sunlight only has the last afterglow. After a day of fighting, the cavalry of the four palaces were very tired. When they rushed to the entrance of the valley, they saw countless figures appearing on the black hill in front. They bowed and arrows were striking at the orphans who were about to rush out of the valley. The open space at the entrance of the valley was filled with horses, and elder nails were inserted - these nails were cut out of wood, and the upper half was cut into sharp heads, and they were inserted into the ground, forming a forest of needles.

After the horse-rejected and bone nails, there were many barrels and the like, and I don’t know what was inside.

Similar kung fu were originally common tricks used by the Han infantry against Hu cavalry. Since the rise of the Tiance Tang cavalry, the Khitans actually learned many tricks from the Central Plains in order to limit the Tang Ma.

When the Orphan Army saw this formation, they felt a little nervous. After hearing this, Chai Rong said intimately: "No! Although the Khitan cannot seal every valley entrance, this valley entrance is obviously the other party's key defense zone. If we rush hard, we may suffer heavy losses!"

But the commander of the Sixth Mansion had already issued an order and shouted: "Loyalty to serve the country, today! Can a few little people resist horses, stop us?"

The soldiers of the Sixth Mansion shouted in unison: "I can't stop it!"

The commander of the Sixth Mansion shouted: "Brothers, rush for me!"

When the Tang cavalry entered the range of shooting, arrows on the mountain were like rain, and cavalry kept rolling off the horse's back. However, the impact force raised by the orphan army still broke through the blockade of the arrow rain. The Sixth Mansion Commander was caught in three arrows, but he still shouted and moved forward. The spear was thrust, and a thousand cavalry swept over and knocked the horse crooked. However, the bone needle array after the horse greatly restricted the speed of the cavalry and rolled over with countless round barrels. The Sixth Mansion Commander Liu hit the corner of a cylinder that rolled to his side. He used the elastic force of the gun bar to skew the barrel, but a stinking smell came out of the barrel.

"What?"

Then someone reacted: "Black fire water, black fire water!"

"Fire ointment oil, fire ointment oil!"

Whether it is black fire water or fire ointment oil, they all talk about something - that is, oil products! Zhang Mai's enemies are never fools. On that day, the Tang army of Ce developed a new tactic and invented a new weapon, they would quickly keep up, learn, and even come up with ways to crack it! Because of Zhang Mai's arrival, the Tang army of Tiance made great progress, but it was not only the Tang people who were making progress, but their enemies were also making progress.

In the past few years, although the founder of the Tiance Tangqi, his enemies soon began to imitate and learn after suffering losses! Not to mention using oil directly, even refining bombs, the Khitan had already imitated it, but the scale and lethality were not as good as Tice.

Even so, the smell emitted by the barrel is still shocking at this moment. Countless highlights suddenly flew from the mountains on both sides - Rockets!

A simple rocket is still a pain that the orphan army can bear, but when the rocket encounters refined oil, the entrance of the Handala Valley becomes a sea of ​​fire!

Wow—

The valley ignited, and in the firelight, Liu Duwei saw clearly the bone needle array and was filled with various wood chips, branches, dead leaves, and hay!

As soon as the tongue of fire stretched out, a wall of fire ignited in front of you!

"This is a trap!" Liu Duwei reacted and immediately thought: "What should I do? Rush over or retreat?"

At this moment, a cylinder on the left was ignited by a rocket and exploded with a bang. The impact of the explosion was not strong, but the explosive refining splashed everywhere, turning into a rain of fire!

Wei Du of Liu only felt that there was a golden look in front of him. When he quickly turned his head, he was already poured into a rain of fire!

The soldiers around all exclaimed and shouted: "Prince, Prince!"

The flames swallowed half of Liu Duwei's face, and he screamed and fell off the horse. His deputy commander saw the opportunity very quickly. He didn't know where to get sand and buried it, but half of his face was already burnt. The Sixth Mansion became chaotic because the commander was caught. The two ambushed cavalrymen of Mobei took the opportunity to hide from him. The deputy commander shouted: "Not good!"

Commander Liu suddenly jumped onto the war horse again and shouted: "Retreat!"

The soldiers of the Sixth Mansion shouted: "Prince! You are injured, you go first!"

Liu Duwei only felt that half of his face was so spicy, as if half of his face was stabbed by needles. The burning pain was almost beyond words, but he waved his spear and shouted: "In the Tang army, only generals were leading the way, and no generals were leading the way! I, Liu Qi, cut off the rear! You retreat!"

Liu Qi was so sad that he ignored Chai Rong's dissuasion that he led the soldiers into the enemy's trap, which caused many brothers to be destroyed. He also thought that he was burned by the fire just now and was so injured that he didn't know if he was still alive. At this time, he thought: "If I die, let's die here, but I want to save my brothers from going back!" Therefore, he was determined to die!

In such a terrible burning pain, although the terrible burning pain irritated him, the severe pain also stimulated his strength. More than 20 Khitan cavalry took the opportunity to approach, and Liu Qi roared angrily: "Thief, dare to bully me!"

With the mentality of dying together, he thrust out the spear into a burning broken tree. The cut-off tree was at least dozens of kilograms. Liu Qi stabbed the spear three or four feet, and then brought it back, turning it into a huge fire hammer! At this moment, he burst out with a force that even he could not imagine. The fire hammer swung and knocked down the four Khitan cavalry that were approaching first.

Liu Qi roared and screamed, waving the fire hammer everywhere. Anyone who was knocked down would either break his muscles or get angry! Nearly a hundred kilograms of things were not difficult to lift, but it would be a thousand kilograms of force to wield it like this! The soldiers who were retreating in the Sixth Mansion were stunned. Although they admired Liu Qi on weekdays, they never knew that their commander had such divine power! It was thanks to Liu Qi's spear that was made of three selected and three forged Good Wood, otherwise they would not be able to withstand such strength!

On the battlefield at the entrance of the valley, it seemed like a huge ball of flames was spinning around a cavalry soldier. Such a strange scene made both the enemy and us frightened. The two Khitan cavalry rushed towards him but were forced to retreat. The clan leader ordered the arrows to be fired, but among the gorgeous fireworks, the feather arrows either fell into the air or were blocked by fire hammers. The remaining few shot Liu Qi but failed to hit the vital point! Several more shot Liu Qi's armor and could not penetrate it.

Liu Qi had seven or eight arrows inserted into his body, some were inserted into his armor, some were inserted into his flesh. He thought that he would be burned first and then hit the arrow. At this time, not only was he not afraid, but he put life and death aside! He laughed and shouted: "Come on, come on!"

Slowed down the wielding of the fire hammer, and dozens of cavalry thought he was doing his best, so they rushed forward to grab the first prize. The fire hammer suddenly swung it again, shocking the Hu horses approaching. Several horses accidentally stepped on the bone needle, and several fell softly because they were forced to step on the fire by the fire hammer. From a distance, the Khitans saw that the fire hammers were sweeping down everywhere, and they were all frightened.

On the hillside, Yelu Antuan, who was in charge of this interception, couldn't help but exclaim: "There are such warriors among the Tang people! No wonder Zhang Mai has risen so quickly in recent years!"

At this time, there was a bang, and it turned out that the flames on the fire hammer spread to the gun rod, and finally burned the gun rod to break. Just then, Liu Qi swung it hard, and the gun rod broke. The burning piece of wood flew out and happened to hit Yelu Antuan on the hillside!

The soldiers around him shouted anxiously: "Protect the general!"

But with a loud bang, the giant tree fell seven or eight feet away next to Yelu Antuan and broke a dead tree. Yelu Antuan was a little stunned, then calmed down and said, "What's the matter? It's okay!" He ordered again: "I'll intercept that powerful general, and you can't let him go back no matter what!"

In this chaos, more than 300 cavalry of the Tang army quickly approached the chaos, but Chai Rong came.

He led his troops across the two palaces and calmly commanded the sixth palace, which was already in chaos, retreated first. Following Ming Gengxin, Shi Octopus, and Chen Fengxiao each led a hundred cavalry to rush forward. Chai Rong shouted to Liu Qi later: "Liu Duwei, I'm here, let's retreat!" He quickly retreated before the other round of killing formation arranged by Yelu Antuan, leaving only a decayed valley entrance.

The soldiers and generals of the four palaces retreated back to the valley again. Although the troops were also excited by Liu Qi's last terrifying combat power, they were still more confused. Liu Qi supported him until this time, and he was injured and fainted.

I failed to break through this battle and went out to pick up reinforcements. What should I do next?

The third commander met and discussed. The commander Lu suggested rushing out. Chen suggested resting first. The commander Lu said angrily: "Restoring, is this river valley a place for resting? You must rush out quickly. I don't believe that the Khitan has so many troops, and can seal all the valley entrances like the valley entrance in the west."

Chai Rong said: "The opinions of both are reasonable. The Handala Valley is not a place to stay for a long time. But now we are defeated continuously and we are tired and we are exhausted. I think we should take a rest for one night according to the previous decision, so we should take a break for a night and cultivate our spirits. We will choose a valley to break through early tomorrow morning!"

Lu Duwei said: "But An Sima's order..."

At this moment, fireworks outside the valley soared into the sky! At this time, the day had already set, and the fireworks became more obvious in the dark night light!

Chen Duwei said in surprise: "Sima An is also in danger! They are asking for help!"

Commander Lu was shocked and said, "Then let's go and rescue it!"

Chai Rong shouted: "Calm down, calm down!"

Wei Shi Chen calmed down first, and Wei Shi Shi Shi Shi was also suppressed by Chai Rong. Chai Rong said: "We were disrupted by the firework orders of An Sima before. Do you have to make another mistake? The Khitans must have ambushed the troops outside the valley and waited for An Sima. We couldn't rush over before. If An Sima defeated the Khitan, we would have a chance to rush over again. Now, rushing out not only can't save An Sima, but also can only die!"

Captain Lu said, "What should I do?"

Chai Rong no longer hesitated and decisively cut off the railway: "Save two battalions of troops to watch at night, everyone else is on the Godadan, and rest in the remaining camp of the Khitan!"

Commander Lu said: "Then let's ignore the brothers outside the valley?"

Chai Rong said: "First ask for self-protection, then you have the chance to save people!"

Chen Duwei also agreed. Lu Duwei thought about it and finally agreed. At this time, Gengxin brought the deputy commander of the Sixth Mansion to report that the doctors in the army had already given medicine to Liu Qi, but Liu Duwei was still unconscious. Chai Rong said: "According to our military system, if there is something wrong on the battlefield, the sixth Mansion should be led by the deputy commander. It turned out that the lieutenant of the First Battalion of the Sixth Mansion also served as the deputy commander."

Chen and Lu Du said: "It should be like this."

The deputy commander of the Sixth Mansion said: "I am willing to receive the order."

Chai Rong said: "Everyone will go and rest. I will watch this night."

The status of the commander of the government office was not at all, but after this day and night, the commander of Lu was rescued by Chai Rong. Chen Duwei was cautious and admired Chai Rong's clear decision during this period. Therefore, the people and horses in the valley were vaguely followed Chai Rong's horse.

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To be continued...