Chapter 227 confrontation
As the saying goes, the horses are dead when they look at the mountain. Although the city wall of Gubei Village is in front of you, on the snow field, two cavalry teams, one in front and one behind, always ran a distance of seventy or eighty steps, and it took almost a quarter of an hour to see the outline of the city wall.
They tightly bit Gao Jin and their heavy armored cavalry about forty riders, and the distance between more than a hundred steps behind them was the large team. There was no need for Zhang Jian to remind him, and the already slow servants did not force themselves to chase after him, but followed him like this.
Gao Jin slowed down his horse speed. After running for five miles in one breath, if he did not let the horse slow down, there would be problems when he rode his horse and sprinted during the next battle. What's more, he believed that after Mulan returned to the city, he would definitely send troops to support them. He had the opportunity to deal with the subordinates behind him.
After all, it is the representative of the strongest force on the battlefield of this era. Gao Jin wants to weigh the opponent's weight no matter what!
The heavy armored cavalrymen who had been holding Gao Jin and the others couldn't help but slow down. Even if the war horses they rode were carefully selected, if they continued to speed up for so long, the horse would be useless, but no one would be willing to do this.
For a moment, both sides slowed down tacitly, and Zhang Jian, who was hanging behind, also thought with a gloomy face. He was not the servants who were full of wealth.
Looking at the ancient Beizhai City Wall in the distance, Zhang Jian knew that they could not catch up with Gao Yanluo, and the other party was riding a good horse. The distance between eighty steps and nearly two hundred steps was not something that could be caught up with just a few miles.
"Master, those master soldiers are not easy to deal with."
Although Lu Da didn't like the generals, he was still very clear about the power of the heavy cavalry masters when they rushed to the battlefield.
"Let's get under the city wall and turn back to fight. I want to see how strong they are?"
Gao Jin glanced back at the heavy armored cavalry who had gradually opened the distance behind him, and couldn't help but say to Luda. He knew very well what the official army and the battalion soldiers were. He had almost no combat power without relying on the number of people. However, these servants trained by the generals since childhood were professional warriors at the top of this era. They were undoubtedly the strongest combat power on small-scale cavalry battles. Even the Tartars' Qixue cavalry was not their opponents at the same number of people.
The only disadvantage of these servants is that they are absent from the Lord, their fighting will is not firm enough, and they also lack resilience.
But even so, Gao Jin still wanted to compete fairly with these servants to see which side is stronger!
"These masters and soldiers have always been above their utmost. They think I am the best in the world. Master might as well let me go and fight!"
Lu Da was excited. In his eyes, the companions under the master were not weak. The soldiers of the generals were not weak at all. For example, the few who had big eyes had the ability to rush into the formation. If they were really fighting one-on-one, they would be worthy of the heavy armored cavalry behind them.
While talking, flags suddenly floated on the city head far ahead, and black flags roared in the wind, as if a large army was lying on the city head.
After returning to the city, Mulan, who asked Dong Bufang to send people to the top of the city, also went up to the city wall at this time. Behind her were the young and strong men who were urging Dong Bufang to carry tiger squat cannons. The high-ranking master ordered these tiger squat cannons to be used in a concentrated manner and must not be scattered on the city wall.
"Madam!"
When he saw Mulan climbing to the top of the city, the servants who had previously climbed the city wall shouted, and their morale was also rising, "Hurry up, put all these cannons on me."
Amid Mulan's shouts, ten tiger squatting cannons were pushed up to the city wall, exposing the cannon barrel at the battlement, and the wooden cannon stand that Sun Tai, the master craftsman, was installed underneath. After arriving at Gubei Village, he led the craftsmen to attack.
The young and strong people who followed the city came in one after another, took the flag from the servants who had previously arrived in the city. Then the servants in armor stood in a conspicuous place in front of the city wall with their spears under Dong Bufang's order.
Hou San also rushed to the ground and climbed the city wall. Since he knew that Gubei Village was going to fight, the shopkeeper of the Sihai Goods Store was looking forward to when the battle would start. He really felt that if he didn't start the battle, he would finish the battle quickly. Many of the work arranged in Gubei Village would delay the construction period.
"Madam, are these those thieves?"
Standing on the city wall, watching the thief army, which simply gathered together and was about two hundred steps away, seemed to be escorting Gao Ye and the others back to the city. Mr. Hou couldn't help but ask, "Why don't I think they are here to fight?"
"They can't catch up with the master, for fear of getting caught by firearms near the city wall, but they are unwilling to give up, so they can only follow like this!"
Mulan sneered and said that she had read the military books that the master had read before, not to mention that the Gao family caravan used military laws to go out to do business in the past, and the principles of fighting were the same.
Since the thief army cannot catch up with the master and the others, they also have to come and see what is happening in their city.
Inside the city gate, Zhang Chonggu and his friends changed their horses, and they were all ready to leave the city to respond. Zhang Chonggu even said loudly, "Brothers, Grandpa, I personally cut off the rear for us just now. I, Lao Zhang, have never heard of such a general!"
"No need to say much, Brother Zhang, if you treat us like this, we will definitely repay you with all our lives!"
Although there were four deaths on Zhang Chonggu's side and two deaths of Wuyan's men, the remaining people were not afraid, but their morale became higher and higher. They had already started a family in the city, and had a wife and children. Even those who surrendered horse thieves under Wuyan also became family in this Gubei Village.
Since the high-ranking master said that those who died in battle would definitely raise their parents, wives and children, they would no longer be afraid!
The city gate slowly opened, Zhang Chonggu put on his helmet, and led his troops out of the city with Wu Yan, and rushed straight to the team that was within a few miles of sight.
Looking at Zhang Chonggu and the others who left the city, Mulan only regretted that she was not a man, otherwise she would have to go out of the city to accompany the master and meet the chasing generals and servants.
"Where is the golden drum?"
Mulan suddenly looked back at Hou San, who was responsible for the logistics and supplies in the city. Hou San was stunned and finally said to the heroic mistress, "Report to the eldest lady, there are no golden drums in the city, and there are no armor and weapons sent in it. There are only old drums on the city."
"Come on."
Mulan said straight without thinking that since she could not go out of the city to accompany the master to kill the enemy, she would definitely beat the drums herself to cheer for the master.
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Seeing the city gate opening in front, Zhang Chonggu came with a flag in his hand, Gao Jin also led the team to stop slowly. After the two sides met, they were a distance from the city wall, and turned around and stopped.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Jian also led his troops to stop. Although the generals and servants beside him were greedy, they were not stupid. There were many enemy flags on the top of the city opposite, and the soldiers were tightly armored, and cannons were exposed at the battlements. They rushed over and were only sent to death.
The two sides looked at each other at a distance of more than two hundred steps. Luda rode his horse out and ran straight towards the family horse team in front, not fast.
Zhang Jian stared at the city guards who were neatly handsome on the city wall, and frowned. The number of soldiers on the city wall was far beyond his imagination. The fuck was a soldier that a hundred households could have. He even doubted whether the eldest son had mobilized his troops privately to come to Gubei Village.
Looking at the enemy cavalry approaching ahead, the heavily armored cavalry beside Zhang Jian were a little agitated. The bald man riding a horse shouted at them arrogantly, "Listen to the opposite side, my master said, if you have eggs, you will fight with us first, then the formation, and everyone will fight for a battle openly!"
"If you don't have this courage, hurry up and go back to have a breastfeed. Don't stand here and get annoyed!"
Luda's words were not bad enough to hear, but his expression and tone were really disgusting.
"Zhang Baihu, do you think we will fight?"
Several servants didn't care about the other party's provocation, but just cursed at Zhang Jian, but the servants under their command all started to curse.
Zhang Jian has never cared about being face-saving. As long as he can win a battle, he will not care even if he is scolded as a turtle.
For a moment, there were constant filthy words in front of the scene. Those servants spoke vulgar and did not accept their children's background at night, and Lu Da said three words without leaving shit, pee, fart and the lower body... Moreover, Lu Da's face is comparable to a city wall, and he is not disturbed by the other party's curse. The kind of disdain you can scold you, and I greet your mother's son's disdain that makes the other party furious.
"Zhang Baihu, hurry up and make an idea. I don't know where the bald thief came from, so he is so poisonous."
Sha Dediao, who was silent, looked at Zhang Jian who was silent and didn't know what he was thinking, and couldn't help but speak.
"What do you think Gao Yanluo wants to do?"
"How do I know what Gao Yanluo is going to do? Zhang Baihu, if you don't give orders, here..."
"Promise him, let's fight with this Gao Yanluo first, and then fight the formation!"
Zhang Jian raised his head suddenly. He didn't know whether Gao Yanluo was bluffing, or he really didn't take them seriously, or wanted to inspire morale in the battle, but no matter what, he wanted to take this opportunity to see the reality of the city, such as whether the ten cannons on the city wall were real or just used to bluff people.
He remembered that Gao Yanluo only took away five tiger squat cannons from Camel City, and the other five came from unknown where they came from.
"Person Sha, please bring people there and urge the bandits to come."
Zhang Jian stared at the severely formed city wall in the distance and couldn't help but say, "In addition, send a sentry to see what the other three city walls are like. I'll drag Gao Yan Luo here."
From a distance, Gao Jin and the others could hear Lu Da's full of shouting and scolding. One of them provoked the thieves and was quite verbally fighting against the heroes, but those words were a bit dirty.
"Lao Luguo is a real hero! She is brave enough!"
Zhang Chonggu, who was holding the flag, couldn't help but say that Lao Lu, who was born in the night, was both poisonous and cheap. Not only did the mother who had sleep with the thief general, she would not even let his grandmother go. If he was the thief general, she would have been unable to stop sending people to kill Lao Lu.
Gao Jin didn't care. He had heard from Ada before that when he was fighting Japanese pirates in Goryeo in his early years, those Japanese pirates did not come out to defend the city, so a special person in the army went to insult and provoke. What are these dirty words? Some heroes even took off their clothes and sunbathed birds, which made the Japanese pirate generals so angry that they sent their warriors out of the city to send their heads to the city, which made Ada make a lot of credit.
"Well, the bald thief, our general has responded. The battle formation will be with your family's hundred households in the countryside. But the first time this battle general needs you, the bald thief!" In front of Luda, a cavalryman wearing armor came out and rode his horse and shouted loudly, "In addition, this rule must be explained clearly!"
Zhang Jian had to delay time, find an opportunity to attack the city, and test the reality, so he would not raise troops because of anger, but just sent his accompanying trusted servants to come forward and shout.
"Old Zhang, go to the two armies to plant the flags and tell the opponent that the three generals will win if they live and lose if they lose. After the generals, the battle formation will be the battle formation. We will each have fifty cavalry and win the flag!"
Chapter completed!