Chapter 696 Whose Divination
In the setting sun, more than a thousand riders were galloping.
"It's the flag with the character Jiang!"
This discovery brought tears to the enemy general's eyes, "General, be on guard."
According to Lin Siyuan's arrangement, the mission of this group of people was to tie up Jiang Qingzhi.
"Hold him! I will arrive with my army in just a moment."
The enemy general remembered the confidence with which Lin Siyuan said this.
At this moment, he felt that he had met God.
"The governor is a master at using troops!"
"kill!"
The two sides are approaching rapidly.
The people stood there blankly, no one dared to move.
Someone said, "Run!"
"We can't outrun the warhorse!"
"You are here to rescue our officers and soldiers, why are you running?"
"The officers and soldiers outnumber the enemy's troops."
"The officers and soldiers can't beat them."
"Stop arguing and just watch."
Everyone was arguing at the same time.
The two sides were getting closer and closer, and the enemy general shouted: "Tie them up!"
"kill!"
The two sides collided head-on.
The screams of pain from the people in the front row were endless, and people kept falling off their horses.
"Charge in." The enemy general roared.
He needed to be entangled with the enemy forces, or better yet, disrupt them.
In this way, when Lin Siyuan led his troops to launch a surprise attack, it was difficult for Jiang Qingzhi to retreat.
The two sides continued to fight, and the enemy general discovered that his opponent was... not that good.
It is rumored that the Huben Zuowei was trained by Jiang Qingzhi, and the bravery they displayed in several battles with Altan Khan's tribe was very impressive.
Those who have fought with Huben Zuowei said that Huben Zuowei was not only brave, but also had excellent fighting skills, especially the cooperation of three or two people, which made it difficult to defend against.
But although the current opponent is brave, he always gives people a feeling of lack of confidence.
And their tactics... look so damn familiar, isn't it the tactics of the Datong border troops?
It hasn't changed at all.
……
Not far away, more than a hundred riders were reining in their horses and watching the battle.
"Captain, do you want to attack?" someone asked.
Chen Ji shook his head. "Master Bo has told us to just wipe out the enemy scouts. Then we'll be on standby."
"Enemy!" someone suddenly shouted.
Chen Ji looked slowly...
The four thousand cavalrymen were like a wave, galloping towards the place where the fighting was taking place.
"It's Lin Siyuan!" Chen Ji's eyes were filled with enthusiasm, "It's indeed him!"
"Encircle!" Lin Siyuan shouted from his horse.
The four thousand cavalrymen then separated, and two thousand cavalrymen circled from both sides, forming an arc-shaped pincer.
The two thousand cavalry in the middle, led by Lin Siyuan, were rapidly approaching the battlefield.
Someone said happily: "Look! It's the flag with the word Chiang on it!"
The big flag kept moving on the battlefield, and Lin Siyuan seemed to see Jiang Qingzhi leading his troops to charge.
He didn't run away!
It was indeed Jiang Qingzhi, his aura of bravery was extraordinary!
There is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Lin Siyuan has always felt that he is invincible in the world. He has never met an opponent in these years of fighting, which can be called lonely.
Altan Khan's troops were active outside the Great Wall, making the Ming border troops terrified. In Lin Siyuan's opinion, such a motley crowd could not withstand a single blow.
Before going on the expedition, he had begged Altan to allocate him 10,000 cavalry. He planned to lead 10,000 light cavalry and march quickly to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
And Altan could lead a large army to follow closely, so the defenders of Datong would certainly not dare to attack.
The only Ming army that could fight at the moment was the border troops. After passing Datong, those defenders would definitely not dare to fight. If they dared, Lin Siyuan felt that he could sweep all the way with 10,000 cavalry.
The final opponent is Jing Wei.
Lin Siyuan analyzed at the time that after the Ming Dynasty’s Beijing Guards were rebuilt, they were heard to have good training, but in his eyes they were just a group of farmers who had never seen blood.
The only opponent was the Huben Zuowei under Jiang Qingzhi.
He had ten thousand cavalry.
The Huben Zuowei had only 3,000 men... The news of the Huben Zuowei's expansion was not discovered by Altan's troops.
Ten thousand versus three thousand...Lin Siyuan swore that if he couldn't win, he would be a slave!
This oath moved Altan greatly at the time, and he responded kindly, but in the end he only gave him 5,000 cavalry.
Altan said there was no need to be radical, just to proceed steadily.
What a coward!
Lin Siyuan still feels indignant when he thinks about it.
He felt that this was Altan Khan suppressing him, just like he suppressed Jineng.
Jineng's father has been dead for many years, but this man is still wary of him.
This is not the heroic lord, but... Lin Siyuan shook his head and collected his thoughts.
We are about to meet the enemy.
Jiang Qingzhi refused to retreat!
Lin Siyuan's first reaction was that Jiang Qingzhi was overconfident.
He brought 4,000 cavalry with him, plus the troops he had escorted before, so he now had more than 4,000 cavalry, while Jiang Qingzhi had only more than 1,000 cavalry.
No matter how good the Huben Zuowei was at fighting, with a troop strength ratio of almost three to one, where did Jiang Qingzhi get his confidence from?
Moreover, the terrain here is flat and there is no place to take advantage of.
Even if Jiang Qingzhi was the reincarnation of the God of War, he could only sigh helplessly.
Who gave him the courage?
Lin Siyuan suddenly wanted to laugh.
"Captain!"
The enemy was approaching, but the enemy general who was escorting the people turned around and shouted, "Commander-in-chief, this is not right! This is not right!"
Lin Siyuan was in the middle and didn't hear clearly what he was shouting.
But the people in front heard it.
"This is not the Tiger Guard! This is not Jiang Qingzhi!"
The enemy troops in front were stunned, and then someone turned around and shouted: "Commander-in-chief, there is a trick!"
Lin Siyuan was stunned.
At this moment, someone in the Ming army shouted, "Brothers, the time to establish a great cause is now. Follow me and charge forward to entangle them!"
"kill!"
More than a thousand Ming troops did not retreat but advanced, and launched a crazy counterattack under the leadership of the generals under the banner. Their eyes were red, and they used more tactics that would hurt both sides, and for a time they actually suppressed their opponents.
Under the big flag, Chen Bao wiped the blood off his face and grinned, "Master Bo is really a master of calculation, hahahaha! Put away the big flag and follow me... kill!"
"kill!"
Before setting off, Jiang Qingzhi personally encouraged the Ming troops and said that this was the first battle.
——Achieve merit in the first battle and receive a generous reward!
Even if you die in battle, the pension will be much higher.
Why do you join the army? Besides protecting your homeland, you also want to make contributions and earn money for your wife and children.
If I could get a promotion... that would be a pleasant surprise.
The enemy troops really came out in full force as Chang Wei Bo had said, which greatly boosted the confidence of the Ming army officers and soldiers.
"The chance to make a contribution has come, kill!" Chen Bao rushed forward with a knife.
He is Chief Wilbur's favorite general. He is not afraid of death, so why should we be afraid of death?
However, these people did not know that Jiang Qingzhi had instructed Chen Bao to lead the way.
Otherwise, he was worried that the border troops would not be resilient enough and would be defeated early.
Chen Bao's leading by example really inspired the soldiers' bloodiness.
The Ming army went crazy.
They continued to charge deeper into the enemy territory and were tightly entangled with the enemy.
"That's not Jiang Qingzhi!"
Amid the shouting, Lin Siyuan wanted to rein in his horse, but at the moment his horses were all galloping at high speed around him. If he reined in the horse, the only result would be being knocked away or trampled to death.
He was involuntarily carried forward.
If it’s not Jiang Qingzhi, then who is it?
Where is Jiang Qingzhi?
"Enemy attack!"
Among the enemy troops that were outflanked on both wings, the left wing suddenly sounded the alarm.
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
Lin Siyuan looked over suddenly.
Smoke and dust were billowing on the left, and the Ming cavalry were approaching rapidly.
"It's a trap!" someone shouted.
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
Lin Siyuan set a trap and dug a big pit, preparing to bury Jiang Qingzhi in one fell swoop.
The trap was so exquisite that his subordinates were impressed and felt that Jiang Qingzhi would definitely die.
but!
The person in the encirclement was not Jiang Qingzhi.
The cry of enemy attack made them stunned.
Where did these Ming troops come from?
Is it a coincidence?
Maybe it's a coincidence!
No matter who you are, even a wise and brave hero, when you encounter a major blow or setback, deep down in your heart you will make excuses for yourself.
Lin Siyuan is no exception.
"This must be a coincidence." Lin Siyuan's eyes were sharp, "How many Ming troops are there..."
"More than a thousand...two thousand!"
"If Jiang Qingzhi set a trap, it must be more than 5,000 cavalry, otherwise what can he use to detain us?"
The addition of two thousand cavalry will not affect the outcome of this battle, and may even bring more gains to Lin Siyuan.
But one question lingered in everyone's mind.
"Where's Jiang Qingzhi?"
The enemy army raised the flag with the word "Chiang" on it, but what about Jiang Qingzhi?
Everyone was waiting for Lin Siyuan's decision, but Chen Bao and the Ming army were constantly charging towards Lin Siyuan.
withdraw!
Or continue to strangle.
Even though Jiang Qingzhi was not there, he still deserves the credit for annihilating more than a thousand Ming troops.
But why did Jiang Qingzhi ask people to raise his own flag?
This is what confuses everyone.
"withdraw!"
Lin Siyuan issued the order to evacuate without much thought.
"Captain!"
"The enemy's troops total only 3,000, this is a great achievement!"
"Kill those who disobey orders!" Lin Siyuan shouted. He looked around. The sun was setting in the west and it was dark in the distance, making it difficult to see clearly.
The flag with the word "Chiang" on it made Lin Siyuan feel a little uneasy.
"Quick, evacuate immediately!"
Lin Siyuan is trying hard to turn his horse around.
The Ming army on the left is approaching rapidly...
"kill!"
They encountered the enemy on the left.
Every member of the Ming army fought bravely, as if they had taken a tonic pill and no longer had the cowardice of the past.
"To the right!" Lin Siyuan shouted.
He needed to go to the right and join the thousand cavalrymen, and then help his own men to evacuate.
First withdraw, then gather your strength, and finally charge forward for a final strike.
But Chen Bao and the Ming army fought desperately to harass them.
"This is a trap!" Lin Siyuan became more and more uneasy when he saw the Ming army fighting so desperately, but he was confident that unless Jiang Qingzhi's army surrounded him, they would not be able to trap him.
Lin Siyuan led his men to charge and fight continuously. When he retreated to the periphery, there were still more than 700 cavalrymen being tightly entangled by the Ming army.
The thousand cavalrymen on the left wing were retreating towards this side, but the Ming army was chasing them closely.
"go!"
Lin Siyuan led his men to retreat to the right without hesitation.
The thousand riders on the right looked around vigilantly.
"Let's go now." Lin Siyuan rode his horse forward.
As for the seven hundred riders... Lin Siyuan didn't even look at them.
A so-called famous general must have a heart of stone and turn a blind eye to casualties.
"Enemy attack!"
Lin Siyuan, who was about to evacuate, was suddenly startled. He looked up and saw smoke and dust billowing on the right.
"Commander-in-chief! The enemy has at least three thousand troops!"
A general's face turned pale, "This is a trap set by Jiang Qingzhi."
"I'm afraid all of Datong's cavalry are here."
Lin Siyuan's eyelids twitched.
Ahead was the city of Datong, and the Ming army on the left was chasing him, wishing he would move to the left.
The 3,000 Ming cavalry on the right are fresh forces. Lin Siyuan is confident that he can defeat them, but this will take time.
But what about Jiang Qingzhi?
Where is Jiang Qingzhi?
(End of this chapter)
