Chapter 115 Collapse at the first touch

Li Yan probably guessed that Niu Jinxing harmed him, but he didn't say anything.

With the red lady's temperament, if she knew the secret, she would probably explode. Maybe turn around and go back to find trouble for Niu Jinxing. However, it didn't help, and instead caused trouble.

In fact, Li Yan's guess was not wrong.

That night, Niu Jinxing received the news from Li Yan. After knowing that Xiangcheng had been occupied by the enemy, Niu Jinxing's heart did thump, but then he felt relieved when he thought of Li Yan's upcoming end.

Niu Jinxing hates Li Yan, not only because Li Yan once accused him of not assisting King Chuang properly. Ox Venus is good at calculations and has a lot of tricks in mind. However, his vision is insufficient and limited to internal struggles for power. Li Yan's talent is higher than that of Niu Jinxing, so he is jealous and afraid that Li Yan will replace him in Li Chuang's mind. This is the root cause.

"Although the man in the south is powerful, Li Guo and others all died in his hands. But if you look closely, they were all surprise attacks, relying not on the front of a large army, but on the strength of one person. It is trivial to think about it. King Chuang had dozens of troops. Wan, millions of followers, with the overwhelming power of Mount Tai, why should I be afraid of him? That person may be a stranger, but there are three others under King Chuang, haha... Why not borrow a knife to kill first, and then Li Yan will be dealt with, and the thorn in my flesh will be removed. , please ask King Chuang to send troops, turn around and crush them."

At that moment, he had a plan in mind, pressed down the news here, and said to the left and right: "It is a critical moment for King Chuang to attack Kaifeng, so we can't disturb it. I have my own place for the news here."

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The moon sets and the sun rises, and there is no talking all night.

Li Yan had no peace that night. He was afraid of enemy attacks at night, so he had to patrol every half an hour without rest at all. After spending a tense night, seeing the sun rising, I breathed a sigh of relief.

That is to say, the soldiers were ordered to bury pots and make rice.

When the sun rose above the willow trees, soldiers came to report: "There are thousands of enemy troops coming with troops."

Li Yan perked up: "Can we find out the details of the enemy's army? Who is leading the army?"

"I only saw a big flag with the word 'win' written on it, embroidered with a demon with three heads and six arms, and a ferocious face. There were about seven or eight thousand infantry and cavalry, and the army was neat and tidy. I think they were elite."

Li Yan couldn't help but be startled after hearing this: "Ying?"

He asked the people around him: "Does Ding Qirui have any general named Ying under his command?"

Everyone shook their heads and said they didn't even know.

Li Yan's heart sank slightly. He didn't know that Ding Qirui had a general named Ying under his command. But they knew that the big flag embroidered with the three-headed and six-armed demon was the Chiyou flag.

The red lady was smart and said when she saw this, "Seven or eight thousand people on foot and on horseback are not a small number. They must be soldiers and horses of the imperial court."

Li Yan nodded, without comment, and said, "Let's explore again."

After waving off the scouting report, Li Yan said to the red lady: "Yesterday, the scouting scouts were secretive about the reporting, but today they raised the troops with great fanfare. It seems that they have determined my mind. Send an order to me and tell the soldiers to show off." Open up the battle formation, set up the guns and cannons, and I will rely on this hill to fight him."

The red lady looked worried: "We are all old, weak, sick and disabled, I'm afraid..."

I'm afraid that if they can't stop a charge, they will be defeated.

How come Li Yan doesn’t know? Said: "The matter has come to this, do you want me to retreat? If I can retreat, I did so yesterday. If I die on the battlefield, my reputation, Li Yan, will be ruined. If I retreat, I will be beheaded by Niu Jinxing. It’s really shameless to see anyone.”

The red lady looked sad and was speechless for a moment. Liangjiu said: "It would be great if you and I didn't come to join King Chuang and just find a mountain to be our own mountain king."

Li Yan laughed, touched the red lady's weathered face with his rough hands, and said: "I'm sorry for you. The Mountain King is just joking, the general trend of the world will eventually be determined. If the new dynasty is established, where will the Mountain King be? Xiaoyao’s sake? If you and I die here together today, this life will not be in vain."

The red lady showed a hint of shyness.

Not long after, the detective reported: "The enemy has arrived ten miles away."

Not long after, the detective report came again: "We are five miles away."

Li Yan stood on the hill and waved his hand: "I have seen it."

I saw a black line surging under the sun, which gradually became clearer. A large flag faced the wind fiercely. The enemy had arrived.

The eight thousand old and weak people under Li Yan's command were in a commotion and buzzing. These old, weak, sick and disabled people can be used to build up momentum, but if they are on the battlefield, where is the fighting spirit?

Li Yan could see clearly, he just sighed and made no move.

These old and weak thieves have no room for command. If we are fighting against the wind, there is some use in swarming them forward. If we fight a tough battle, it will be completely useless.

He called the red lady over and said, "Hurry and select some who are relatively strong. We will fight later. Follow my instructions. Only by killing the enemy general can we turn the tide."

The red lady understood, and immediately went to select soldiers.

At this time, Ying Yi's troops had reached two miles. Li Guo hurriedly asked people to give up the artillery formation. There were ten cannons, including French cannons and squatting tiger cannons.

"Listen to my order. Give the order and all the cannons will fire."

But before he finished speaking, someone started firing.

There was a roar, and then intermittently, all ten cannons began to fire.

Li Yan's face turned red for a moment.

Ying Yi's army formed a camp step by step, with spearmen holding guns like a forest, protecting the artillery array, and cavalry on the left and right flanks. The army advanced like a wall, which put huge pressure on the rebels. The rebel soldiers couldn't bear it, and before Ying Yi's army reached the corresponding distance, they couldn't help but fire.

Not only were the cannons fired, but the gunmen also started firing guns randomly.

Ying Yi sat upright on horseback, pointed at the bandit soldiers and said with a smile: "Thieves like these will be defeated at the first charge."

Zhu Bingkun and Zheng Wu both laughed.

Ying Yi said: "Ask the cavalry to tease the thieves."

At this moment, the cavalry on both wings galloped out, and their formation was scattered. But the training is not enough, but when facing the artillery array, the more scattered the better. Seeing Ying Yi coming out of the cavalry, the bandit soldiers immediately became confused. The artillery array in front of the formation was commotion. Several cannons turned to the left and several to the right. There was almost no control over them.

Ying Yi laughed and said, "The army will speed up and advance. When we reach one mile, we will first use artillery to destroy the rebel artillery array."

With a signal, the army surged. Taking advantage of the commotion of the enemy's artillery formation, he was attracted by the cavalry and quickly arrived a mile away. The gunmen moved aside on both sides, and the Chinese army rolled out the artillery cart, quickly set it up, loaded the cannons and gunpowder, and started to bombard the rebels.

Li Guo looked anxiously on the hill and hurriedly called his cavalry to fight. Looking forward to repelling the Yingyi cavalry. However, Li Yan's army of thieves and cavalry hesitated and did not dare to engage in battle. They only used artillery bombardment for several rounds, but they didn't kill many people in Ying Yi's cavalry.

Seeing Ying Yi's army approaching and setting up artillery carriages, Li Yan sighed and closed his eyes.

The rumble of cannons was heard in the ears, and the bandits' front line at the foot of the hill was beaten into a mess. After only three rounds of shelling, all the rebel artillerymen were killed by the scattered shells of Ying Yihu's squatting cannon, and the artillery array suddenly became silent.

Ying Yi pressed the army to a mile, just to shoot loose bullets. Although solid bullets can hit far, their lethality is lackluster. Seeing that the enemy's artillery array was knocked out, Ying Yi waved his hand: "The spearmen are in front, the archers are behind, press on me."