Guiyi Fei Tang

Chapter 109: Plunder Changsong Again
"Liu Jilong, this bastard, actually ran off to Changsong and didn't dare to come and fight me!"

On the morning of the third day after Liu Jilong's eastern expedition to Liangzhou, Shang Moling in the government office of Fanhe City held the intelligence he had just obtained, his hands shaking with anger.

He led his troops to Fanhe yesterday afternoon. While leading the troops to wait and see, he also sent out light cavalry to scout in various directions.

Thousands of light cavalry scouts in Fanhe City and within a radius of more than 30 miles had not found any trace of Liu Jilong, which made Shang Moling immediately feel that something was wrong.

Unexpectedly, early this morning, Guzang sent an urgent report, which contained the news that Liu Jilian had raided Changsong and surrounded the city.

"Gather the troops outside the city and follow me back to Guzang!"

After cursing, Shang Moling immediately ordered the camp to be moved.

"Yes!" Suijun Jie'er responded, turned around and began to give orders for moving camp.

During this period, Dong Benmali of Banhe Castle watched everything calmly.

When he learned that Liu Jilian had really led his troops to raid Changsong, he instantly felt relieved.

But when he heard the news that Shang Moling was going to move camp, he couldn't help but stand up and salute:
"Qiliben, although Liu Jilong's troops are besieging Changsong, what if he takes advantage of your visit to Changsong and attacks Fanhe from the north, just like he did last time? What should we do then?"

Hearing this, Shang Moling looked at him coldly: "You have thousands of soldiers in your city, and the number of men is several times that of the soldiers. What are you afraid of?"

After the cold face, Shang Moling still eased up and continued: "Forget it, you send two thousand light cavalry to patrol the north. If there is any change, send the Tang cavalry in time, and I will naturally send reinforcements."

After saying that, he stood up and walked out, and Mo Li also seemingly saw him out of the city.

In less than half an hour, the two thousand elite cavalrymen outside the city had put on their armor and fed the generals and horses with horse feed and fresh water.

"set off!"

Shang Moling calmly put on his armor and angrily ordered a retreat.

If he hadn't been worried that Liu Jilian would make a feint to the east and attack him in the west, there wouldn't have been a need for the army to wear armor all the time.

When Shang Moling thought of Liu Jilian now besieging Changsong, he couldn't help but secretly curse Xiduoyu as a fool.

There were nearly a thousand elite cavalry, two thousand armored soldiers, and nearly thirty thousand Han and foreign civilians in Changsong City.

This idiot was actually surrounded by Liu Jilong in Changsong City, and now he needs to be rescued by himself.

Thinking of this, Shang Moling couldn't help but tighten his grip on the reins while running wildly towards the east.

It is now August 25th, the third day that Liu Jilian has appeared in Liangzhou.

Three days passed and he didn't even see Liu Jilong's flag. How humiliating!
He thought he had predicted Liu Jilian's thoughts, but he never imagined that Liu Jilian had never expected Fan He to cause trouble and was stupid enough to attack Changsong.

Since he dares to go, I will keep him in Changsong and won't let him return to Liangzhou!

Thinking of this, Shang Moling waved his whip and led the Guzang elite cavalry, who had not had a good rest for two days, to rush towards Changsong.

On the way to Changsong, Shang Moling had already figured out how to defeat Liu Jilong and how to humiliate him.

But while he was fantasizing, the people outside Changsong City were harvesting crops in the fields outside the city in the black and yellow countryside.

"Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"You bastard, you're just sitting here doing nothing, are you expecting a beating?"

"Snapped--"

It was still a little cold in Changsong in the early morning in autumn, but no one dared to stop harvesting crops.

Yesterday, tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland were burned down. Dong Ben Xiduoyu was furious and ordered them to harvest the crops overnight, worrying that Liu Jilong would come back all the time.

However, they waited until three o'clock in the morning and there was no sign of the enemy's night attack.

Upon seeing this, Xiduo Yu let the serfs and farmers go home and rest for two hours, and then continued to harvest in the early morning.

Since Liu Jilian fled north after the surprise attack yesterday and disappeared overnight, and no news had been sent from Guzang City yet, the defenders of Changsong relaxed a little.

However, it was their relaxation that caught them off guard when the incident happened...

"Beep--"

"Enemy attack!!"

"Enemy attack! Retreat to the city quickly!!"

For a moment, many exhausted farmers and serfs became weak in their hands and feet, and they began to flee in panic without even having time to pack up their farm tools.

Not to mention them, even the armored soldiers who were supervising the fields were running towards the city gate in panic.

"Dong Ben! The Tang army is attacking from the north!"

"Tomoto!"

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

The same scene as yesterday appeared again, and the hurried footsteps and knocking on the door woke up Xiduoyu who had just fallen asleep.

He opened the bedroom door and met Jie'er's eyes outside. Both of them had bloodshot eyes.

Last night they were worried that Liu Jilong would attack at night, so they did not get a good rest all night, and only went back to rest more than half an hour ago.

As a result, after less than half an hour of rest, Liu Jilong came again!

"Liu Jilong——"

A roar came out of Xiduoyu's throat, and he walked out of the yamen with red eyes and armor on.

At the same time, the elite Shandan cavalry led by Liu Jilian repeated yesterday's tactics. Relying on the fat and strong horses, they advanced 20 miles into Changsong in less than two quarters of an hour.

The foreign cavalry outside Changsong were chased and teased by them like a cat playing with a mouse. Few light cavalry could escape, and the road was littered with corpses of Changsong's light cavalry.

"set fire!"

Seeing that Changsong was within reach, Zhang Chang, Shang Duoluo and others in charge of the military command raised their hands and gave orders without hesitation.

Soon, torches were lit up in the army.

This time without the asphalt, they chose to use enough torches to start a fire.

Under his leadership, a cavalry team consisting of more than 2,000 Shandan elite cavalry and Han slaves, holding torches, shuttled through the official roads and fields.

The torches they threw gathered together and ignited the fields of grain that were about to mature.

The raging flames devoured the fields that were about to be harvested, turning the heavy ears of wheat into flying ashes.

Xiduoyu stood on the city gate tower, his face pale, his hands tightly grasping the parapet in front of the city gate tower, his knuckles turning white, and the anger in his heart was like a spreading flame, almost burning him to death.

"Liu Jilong!!"

He roared, and that roar was mixed with too much hatred towards Liu Jilong.

“Leave the city!!”

"But Dong Ben..."

"I said fucking get out of town!!"

Several guards wanted to stop him, but were angrily scolded by Xiduo Yu.

His red eyes were almost burning, and the three thousand armored soldiers in the city began to gather.

Soon, the north gate of Changsong was opened.

However, this time, Xiduoyu did not line up his troops on the other side of the moat and then lower the drawbridge before setting out as he did yesterday. Instead, he lowered the drawbridge the moment the city gate was opened, and the cavalry led by him filed out.

"kill!!"

Sitayu led the way, his beard trembling.

A thousand elite cavalrymen rushed out one after another, and the crossbows on the sheep-horn walls on both sides of the city tower began to shoot.

"Bang!!"

A crossbow arrow as thick as a wrist suddenly shot into the field, raising a large cloud of dust and wheat ears, making the surrounding Shandan elite cavalry feel numb on their scalps.

"Beep--"

"Withdraw troops!"

Seeing that their goal had been achieved, the Shandan elite cavalry began to retreat again, just like they did yesterday.

However, this time, the already furious Xiduoyu did not stop the pursuit, but chased the Shandan elite cavalry to the north.

Five miles, ten miles...

As the chase got farther and farther away, Sitayu's anger gradually subsided.

As he saw himself getting farther and farther away from Changsong City, he gradually began to feel uneasy.

At the same time, the Shandan elite cavalry right in front of him suddenly split into two and moved to the left and right.

When the retreating Shandan elite cavalry made a detour to the left and right, a small group of elite cavalry appeared less than 200 steps in front of the Changsong elite cavalry.

Although there were only three to five hundred of them, they faced Changsong's elite cavalry head-on and made an offensive gesture.

The leader was a general who was slightly taller than the others.

What was even more terrifying was that the Shandan elite cavalry, who were staggered to the left and right, were now preparing to turn their horses around and try to counterattack.

"Retreat!!" Xiduoyu found out that he had been tricked. He tried to order a retreat, but it was too late!

"kill!!"

"Kill the thief!!"

Under the "Liu" banner, three to five hundred elite Shandan cavalrymen on the front launched a charge, while thousands of elite cavalrymen on both sides were turning their horses around, trying to outflank Xiduo Yu's troops from the left and right.

"Bastard!!" On horseback, Xiduoyu couldn't help but curse as he watched the changing offensive and defensive situations on the battlefield.

The distance between the two sides was too short, and Xiduo Yu had no time to lead his troops to retreat. At the very least they had to deal with the three to five hundred elite cavalrymen who were charging towards them and were less than a hundred steps away.

"Kill!" Xiduoyu raised his gun and roared, and Changsong's elite cavalry beside him opened his eyes wide and roared.

The hooves thundered and the dust flew...

The iron hooves of the elite cavalry kicked up a cloud of dust, and their armor flashed a cold light in the sun, like a dazzling blade, cutting through the courage of the opponent.

The charge of both sides was like a raging wave, unstoppable. The horses' hooves crushed not only the land, but also the last resistance of the other side.

Although the Shandan elite cavalry that charged head-on were outnumbered by the Changsong elite cavalry, they were all brave and good at fighting. All they could see was the tall figure and the "Liu" flag behind him.

The five hundred brave warriors were like mountains, following Liu Jilong in the final charge. They were as steady as a rock and did not flinch even in the face of death.

"kill!"

"Bam—"

"hiss!!"

When the two torrents of cavalry collided, the dust on the battlefield instantly obscured the vision of both sides, and the sound of armor colliding rang in the ears of both sides.

The more numerous Changsong elite cavalry brought a powerful and fierce impact, but they were facing none other than the Shandan elite cavalry led by Liu Jilian.

"kill!"

In the battle, Liu Jilong's spear knocked a foreign cavalryman away in the blink of an eye.

Without waiting for his left and right hands to react, Liu Jilong loosened his right hand that was holding the reins, pulled out a long-handled hammer and smashed it down.

During the encounter, a military horse was knocked over, and the Changsong foreign rider on the horse fell off the horse and was trampled to death.

The cold gaze collided with the gaze of Xiduoyu who was trying to charge at him the moment he raised his head. At this moment, Xiduoyu felt a chill rushing straight to his brain.

"withdraw!!"

Seeing Liu Jilian killing a horse with one hand, Xiduoyu abandoned Changsong's elite cavalry who were still fighting for him, gathered the generals around him and began to turn his horses around and retreat.

At this moment, the Shandan elite cavalry on the left and right wings have not yet completed the encirclement, and they still have a chance to break through!

"kill!"

Liu Jilong swung his spear and knocked a foreign soldier off his horse, then rode his horse to chase Xiduo Yu.

Smoke and dust obscured the view, and the surroundings were filled with the wailing of war horses and the wailing of those who died in the battle.

Seeing that Liu Jilong was unwilling to let him go, Xiduo Yu could only turn his horse around again and said, "Kill that Han general and I will reward you with a hundred acres of land!"

Upon hearing this, the foreign soldiers who were originally protecting him now followed him closely and rushed towards Liu Jilong.

"Zhechong!"

Hu Siguang was behind Liu Jilong to protect him from the cold soldiers coming from the rear, but when he looked up, he saw dozens of foreign cavalry rushing towards Liu Jilong.

Liu Jilong was not afraid and rushed towards Xiduoyu and others on his horse.

At the moment when the two sides were about to collide, Liu Jilong threw the iron spear in his hand and hit one of the foreign cavalrymen, while at the same time freed his hand to pull out another long-handled hammer.

The two four-foot-long long-handled hammers plus his arm span were in no way inferior to the long weapons in the hands of the foreign soldiers.

Facing the stabbing spear, Liu Jilong dodged skillfully on horseback, and at the same time swung his hammers with both arms to hit two of Changsong's elite cavalry.

The helmets were either deformed or flew off, but the only thing that remained the same was the bloody faces of the two men.

Wherever he rode his horse, it was as if he was entering an empty space, and he could kill dozens of people without being injured.

Xiduo Yu was horrified. Seeing Liu Jilong continuing to kill him, he quickly ordered three soldiers to stop Liu Jilong.

Three men came riding forward, coordinated with several elite cavalrymen from all around, and thrust their spears forward.

As the horse's tails touched, Liu Jilong quickly turned the horse's head, raised the hammer to block the spear from bottom to top, and swung the hammer with his right arm again to smash all the spears.

Seeing this, Hu Si Guang rode his horse forward to rescue him, stabbed a man to death with his spear, then drew the sword from his waist and slashed at a foreign cavalryman.

The cavalryman was unable to dodge and his head was chopped off in half by Hu Si Guang. He fell off his horse and died.

Liu Jilian attacked from both sides, killing several foreign cavalrymen with his two long hammers. The rest of the foreign cavalrymen were terrified and retreated.

After escaping from the predicament, Liu Jilong rode his horse in the direction of Xiduoyu, while Huke Siguang led the elite cavalry that followed to cover his retreat.

The situation on the battlefield was not static. When the elite Shandan cavalry on the left and right wings were about to successfully encircle the enemy, the elite armored troops in the direction of Changsong were only a few miles away.

When they saw that their elite cavalry was surrounded, the general commanding the troops immediately ordered the army to form a battle line.

While they were trying to break the siege by moving northwards, they were also preparing to defend against cavalry attacks and harassment on both wings of the army.

Seeing the arrival of his strong soldiers, Xiduo Yudu, who had broken through, suddenly felt a surge of strength.

They broke out to the south, while the elite Shandan cavalry on both wings also rushed to encircle them.

Both sides were competing to see who was faster, but it turned out that Liu Jilong was faster.

Xiduoyu was on his way to break out when he heard screams behind him.

When he looked back, he saw that Liu Jilong's armor was stained with blood, but he could not tell whether it was his blood or the blood of his soldiers.

"Shandan Liu Jilong is here!"

He rode his horse into the enemy's formation and while they were fighting, Liu Jilong swung his hammer at Xiduoyu. Xiduoyu's scalp felt numb and he raised his spear to try to block the hammer, but the spear shaft was broken by the hammer. He was also hit on the shoulder and his eyes rolled back.

He almost lost consciousness, but thinking that a breakthrough was just around the corner, he suddenly gathered up a burst of strength, gritted his teeth, and stabbed at the horse under Liu Jilong with the broken gun in his hand.

Liu Jilong squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and the horse leaped up, barely avoiding the attack.

At this time, the two men had already rushed out of the encirclement. Some of Changsong's elite cavalry who had successfully broken through were scattered all over the grassland, but they all fled south like headless flies, and no one protected Xiduo Yu.

What was even more deadly was that Liu Jilian pursued Xiduoyu relentlessly and almost captured him alive several times.

"Zheda Sibie! Save me!!"

In just a dozen breaths, Xiduoyu galloped on his horse, asking for help towards the infantry formation less than 200 steps away.

In the army formation, a burly general saw that Xiduoyu was almost captured alive, so he rode out of the army formation regardless of the army.

Holding a long spear in his hand, he rode his horse and rushed towards Liu Jilong, while Xiduoyu was trying to break out.

On the grassland, the two horses met, and Zheduosibie, confident of his bravery, thrust out with a long spear.

Although Liu Jilong did not have a long weapon, the long hammer in his hand was not just for decoration. He dodged the long spear by turning sideways and smashed the spear with the hammer, causing Zhe Duoxibie's palm to go numb.

After just one fight, Zheduosibie knew he was no match for his opponent and turned his horse around in a hurry.

Liu Jilong was also very surprised that he could not break the long spear with one hammer, and turned his horse around.

For a moment, their chests were touching.

Zhe Duoxibie was about to stab again with his spear, but saw Liu Jilian threw away the hammer in his hand and freed his hand to grab the spear.

During the fight between horses, Zhe Duosibie retracted his strength to avoid the hammer thrown by Liu Jilong, and Liu Jilong took advantage of the situation to grab the spear.

The two men were fighting for the lance on horseback. Zhe Duoshibie felt that he was almost thrown off the saddle by Liu Jilong. He was so frightened that he quickly let go, turned his horse around and retreated.

After Liu Jilong snatched the lance, he rode his horse to chase after Xiduo Yu. Zheduo Xibie tried to stop him, but Liu Jilong threw the lance.

Under the gaze of Zheduo Xibie, the long spear crossed a distance of dozens of steps and pierced through the horse under Xiduoyu's crotch.

"hiss--"

The army horses neighed and fell down, and Xiduoyu fell so hard that his eyes turned white.

Although reinforcements were right in front of him, he had no chance to rush into the formation to seek shelter.

Liu Jilong charged on his horse, and as he passed by Xiduoyu, he leaned down, grabbed his collar with one hand, lifted him up, and turned his horse around to retreat.

“Father!!”

Seeing Liu Jilong kidnapping his father-in-law in front of him, Zhe Duoxibie was furious.

He wanted to chase after him, but then he thought of how he almost died at the hands of Liu Jilong, and hesitated for a moment.

While he was hesitating, Liu Jilian led Xiduo Yu back to the formation, and at this time the elite Shandan cavalry on both wings had completed the encirclement.

After he broke out of the encirclement of the Shandan elite cavalry, he reined in his horse and threw Xiduoyu to the ground, saying in a cold voice: "Tie him up."

"Zhechong, who is this?"

Shang Duoluo, Zhang Chang and others who were responsible for luring Changsong's elite cavalry and surrounding them rode over on horseback.

Liu Jilong looked at the fainted Xiduo Yu and sneered: "There is probably only one person in Changsong City who can let a few gangs come to surround and kill me!"

"This..." Zhang Chang and Shang Duoluo were stunned. After they realized what was happening, they cried out, "Is this guy Xi Duoyu?!"

"Zhe Chong! You caught a big fish!" Zhang Chang was so excited that he lost his voice. He dismounted from his horse and tied Xiduo Yu tightly with a rope.

Because his wound was affected when he was tied up, Xiduoyu's forehead instantly broke out in cold sweat. After blinking several times, he realized his situation.

"I……"

Feeling the pain in his shoulders and the feeling of being restrained, Xiduoyu looked at Liu Jilong with a dull look.

"Are you Liu Jilong?"

"Humph! Apart from my Zhechou, who else can capture you alive in the chaos of the army?"

Zhang Chang tightened his grip on Xi Duoyu, but the pain made Xi Duoyu cry out, "Don't do it, my shoulder bone is broken!"

He didn't want to cry, but facing the pain in his shoulder, even though he was a veteran, he couldn't help but cry physiologically.

Liu Jilong ignored him and looked at the hundreds of Changsong elite cavalry who were surrounded.

"Tell them to surrender, and kill those who don't!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)