Turbulent Times Chapter 282: The anger of Niu Jinda

At present, Zhangye County has the most troops in Zhangye City and Shabang Pass, but the strategic position of Shabang Pass is too important. If there is a loss, the connection between Zhangye City and the Sui mainland will be cut off, and they dare not act rashly. Li Congrui and two generals guarded at Shabeng Pass.

Therefore, while Wang Junlin sent a fast horse to send a signal for help to the governor Wang Tong who returned to Jincheng, Yujuluo from Xiping County, and Kyoto to report that the Turkic people had come south to commit crimes, Wang Junlin immediately led Zhangye City. Three thousand cavalry set off first and galloped towards Xifeng County where Shifeng Village is located.

Although the difference between 3,000 cavalry and 50,000 Turkic cavalry was huge, and even including the defenders of Shifengzhai and Xifeng County, it was only worth 10,000, Wang Junlin still set off without hesitation. If it weren't for Wang Junlin's previous record of winning more with less, Jiang Yishan would not have agreed to Wang Junlin's behavior of sending him to death.

Xifeng County is only about 400 miles away from Zhangye City, which can be reached in two days, but Shifeng Village is located more than 300 miles north of Xifeng County.

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Beagle smoke is everywhere, mourning is everywhere, people in Xifeng County and Shifengzhai are shrouded in anger, and where the Turkic people pass outside the city, thick smoke billows, and the villages and towns that have just been built are melted in a flash of sparks For nothing, what made the defenders of Shifengzhai very angry was that this time the Turkic people had a different purpose from robbing things and plundering people in the past. After robbing things, they killed all the Sui people they met, so the Turkic horseshoes Wherever you go, there are no more people.

Yuan Qingshan, the magistrate of Xifeng County, chose to close the gate of the city and defend it, but Niu Jinda of Shifengzhai was already fidgeting. Brought, layers of stones were thrown outside the Fengzhai city, the soldiers on the city were red-eyed, but the one who reacted most violently was the former green forest hero Niu Jinda.

"Master Duwei, if you can't bear it, you will make a big mess." Hu Dafei, the leader of the regiment, said: "The reason why the Turkic thieves did this is to provoke the general to go out of the city. If the general goes out of the city to fight, he will hit the opponent's arms. Few, especially too few cavalry!"

Niu Jinda responded, "I am not a person with benevolence and righteousness, let alone a man of morality. I am just a warrior, but Lord Hou thinks highly of me and made me the captain. I will protect the people's safety." I've decided, I'm going out of town."

Tian Ming, Hu Dafei, and Ren Junshuo, the three regiment leaders were shocked, and they all knelt on one knee in front of Niu Jinda, dissuading him: "Please think twice, Captain Captain!"

Niu Jinda shook his head and said: "I see that Xue Yantuo only left more than a thousand people under the city, and the other two groups of people divided up to plunder. It is obviously expected that we will not dare to leave the city. Hmph, I just can't do what he wants, I Take two thousand troops out of the city, leaving more than a thousand elite soldiers, plus the young and strong inside the city, and the three of you will preside over the defense of the city, and the enemy will have no chance to take advantage of it. Will be defeated by the opponent, at least it can make the thief so presumptuous."

"General?" Tian Ming wanted to dissuade him. But Niu Jinda resolutely stopped him, "Okay, I know what you said is reasonable, but Lord Hou let me be the captain, so I can't turn a blind eye to the suffering of the people. Even if the horse leather shrouds the body, I will go out of the city to fight Otherwise, if this drags on, our Shifengzhai will be finished, and our morale will no longer exist."

After finishing speaking, he walked out without looking back. The three regiment leaders looked at each other and sighed. Knowing that it was difficult to dissuade him, Hu Dafei said: "Master Captain, it is better to go out of the city with the adults from humble positions. There are a thousand infantrymen in the city. It is enough for Ren Tuanzhu and Tian Tuanzhu to lead the defense of the city."

"Alright." Niu Jinda thought to himself that this was the first time he led troops to fight independently, thought for a while, and nodded in agreement.

The first contact battle between the two sides ended with Niu Jinda's complete victory. It was short but intense. Dozens of Xue Yantuo cavalry had just come out of a village. After encountering two thousand Sui troops suddenly, they had no time to retreat. After rushing to kill, the rest of the cavalry fled away on horseback, trying to report to the nearby friendly troops. Although Niu Jinda led the only 500 cavalry under his command, although they were also elite, they were not as good as the Xue Yantuo who grew up on horseback in terms of riding skills. Some of the gaps made it impossible to catch up, so they had to turn around and surround the remaining dozens of Xue Yantuo cavalry.

In this battle, fifty-one Turkic cavalrymen were beheaded and more than forty horses were captured. This made Niu Jinda slightly angry, but at the same time raised his vigilance. The five thousand silver wolf king cavalry who was known as the most elite Turkic before was easily burned to death by Lord Hou's design, which made him subconsciously look down on the Turkic people, but after the short battle just now, he found out how difficult these Turkic thieves from Xue Yantuo's tribe are. Far beyond what he had imagined.

Just take the example just now, once the other party found that they could not escape, they decisively abandoned the looted property, covered their companions to escape and reported the news, and rushed towards them without hesitation knowing that they would die, just wanting to win some for their companions For a while, this will to fight made Niu Jinda feel awe-inspiring.

Furthermore, he killed more than 50 opponents with 2,000 people, and even lost a dozen people on his own side.

Squinting his eyes and looking into the distance, bursts of smoke and dust are rolling in, and Turkic reinforcements are coming. Niu Jinda shrank his pupils, knowing that he still had 1,500 infantry, and he couldn't run away. There was only one battle, and he hoped that the number of reinforcements on the other side would not be too large.

"On both sides of the cavalry, the infantry lined up in the middle, ready to meet the enemy!" Niu Jinda ordered brazenly.

The 2,000 Sui troops moved quickly, as expected of veterans who had been through battles for a long time. Under Hu Dafei's specific dispatch, after a collision of weapons, the 1,500 infantry quickly formed into five groups of 300. In the phalanx, there is only a distance of more than a foot between each soldier, so that he can stab the spear in his hand with his arm, and the spears of the soldiers in the back row stick out from the gaps between the soldiers in the front row, and five gun forests are formed in an instant. The remaining 500 cavalry are located on both sides of the infantry phalanx, ready to charge at any time.

The Turkic soldiers and horses in the distance were extremely fast, and within less than a stick of incense, Niu Jinda had already appeared in the field of vision. With the sound of a horn, the rushing torrent stopped, and dozens of cavalry surrounded a Turkic general in iron armor and jumped Come out to observe the battle formation on Niu Jinda's side.

This armored general looked familiar, Niu Jinda only glanced at him, and recognized that this man was the Turkic man who planted the flag under the army camp. He decides again.

But in the end, he gritted his teeth and gave up this idea. He is now a general in charge of the army, no longer a commoner, and the opponent is obviously not a reckless man, so he didn't charge directly, which made him extremely vigilant. Fortunately, the opponent There are only 1,000 cavalry, and the army has the upper hand, but the opponent is all cavalry.