Chapter 217: Darkness and impermanence under the moon
Different from the trembling state of the war in Fuluo City, the rebel soldiers were very relaxed, a bonfire was lit in the open space, the generals and soldiers sat on the ground, drank wine and ate meat, and some of them took out the baggage they had brought with them, counting the gold and silver they had looted in the past few days. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The soldiers gathered around each other, competing to see who had grabbed the most, showing off which treasure was good, sometimes attracting applause, and sometimes attracting vicious insults.
Fan Qiuchi drank wine, looked at the moon and stars sparsely tonight, and thought that the rich Fuluo City in front of him would soon fall into his hands, and then he would have to loot this place, and then take the gold and silver, flee to Yiguo, buy 10,000 acres of fertile land, and be a rich man in the second half of his life......
He was dreaming when a sentry soldier came to report: "General, there is an unknown dark cloud in the sky!" ”
Fan Qiuchi immediately got up to watch, only to see a black cloud-like object floating quickly from the northern sky, but it was definitely not a cloud, because the speed at which it floated was too fast, and because it flew very low, it appeared very huge, covering the sky and the sun.
The rebels had never seen such a scene before, and they no longer cared about the gold and silver in their hands, and they all stood up and stared at the night sky in horror, as if some demon would pop out of this black cloud.
As the distance progressed, it became apparent that there seemed to be many small wings flapping around the edge of the black cloud. It wasn't until the black mass passed overhead that they saw that it was tens of thousands of blackbirds flying under the moon.
It's early summer, not the season for birds to migrate, and with so many blackbirds, the scene can always feel very strange and unsettling.
Fan Qiuchi saw the flock of blackbirds flying away in the sky, so he spat on the ground fiercely, and said stupidly: "It's really unlucky, I saw so many crows at night!" ”
Strange to say, as soon as his words fell, the group of blackbirds in the distance seemed to hear it, and they actually stopped in the sky and did not move, and soon the leading bird began to turn around, and the birds behind followed closely. This black bird cloud actually began to fly back again!
I wanted to order the soldiers to put out the bonfire and sleep, but Fan Qiuchi was frightened by the scene in front of him before he could speak, and he secretly said in his heart: "Could it be that these birds listened to what they just said and asked me to settle the account?" Hmph, Lao Tzu has killed countless people, are you still afraid of a few birds? Thinking of this, he took out the matching sword from his waist, held it in his hand, and stared intently at the night sky.
The flock of blackbirds returned much faster than before, and flew lower and lower, and soon came to the eyes of the rebels, and without waiting for them to react, they rushed directly into the camp.
Fan Qiuchi only saw clearly at this time that this was a crow, but a group of adult black eagles, with their wings spread out for more than half a zhang, and there was no stray hair on their bodies, only the pointed beaks were cold silver-gray.
He waved the sword in his hand to slash and kill one or two black eagles, but he didn't know that this bird was so clever that it couldn't hurt it at all. Fortunately, these birds flew through the barracks but did not hurt anyone, but only rushed the soldiers in the camp to the point that they were on their backs and scattered.
After leaving the barracks, these black eagles flew into the dense forest not far away, and the sound seemed to be perched on the branches, and soon the surroundings fell silent.
Fan Qiu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the bird fly away, put the matching sword back on his waist, and instructed the soldiers to clean up the camp that had been messed up just now. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a strange sound from the depths of the dense forest, snorting, getting closer and closer, Fan Qiuchi listened carefully, and soon realized: "It's not good, it's a war horse!" ”
"Quick, quick, pick up arms, there's an enemy sneak attack!" Fan Qiuchi shouted around, but few people responded. Because the whirring sound was so inconspicuous, everyone was busy collecting the soft and copper coins scattered on the ground, and it was not until the black-scaled horses appeared in front of them in the night at the edge of the dense forest that they realized that it was too late.
This is a group of heavily armored cavalry, and the riders are wearing black iron fine-scale chain mail, which is very tightly enveloped, and can even protect the face, neck, and hands. In their left hands, they all held an oval-shaped black iron shield without any patterns, and in their right hands, they held a wind-splashing machete that was wide in front and narrow in the back.
Stepping off the war horse is also covered with armor, the horse's head is wrapped particularly tightly, leaving only two nostrils to breathe, it can be speculated that the war horse basically can't see anything, can't hear anything, and their actions are all guided by the rider's superb riding skills.
In this way, the war horse will not retreat because of fear, nor will it be frightened by the sudden sound, it is conceivable that the training is like this, the rider and the war horse are one, the action is the same, and the realm of freedom of behavior is by no means easy.
The war horse slowly moved forward, and the rebels subconsciously took a few steps back. Strangely enough, the cavalry moved silently, and it turned out that the horse's feet were wrapped with fine cotton.
Although covered with thick armor, the war horses did not have a hard time walking, although this was related to their extraordinarily tall and tall horses, and at the same time, it could also show the superb smelting technology of the Great Qi Kingdom.
In the middle of the night, there was such a dark and silent cavalry team, and the rebels were all frightened for a while, and some of the timid ones were already wailing: "Black impermanence has come to collect people......
Of course, Fan Qiuchi knew that this was not a ghost, and he also expected that it would be difficult for him to see the sun tomorrow. He sighed in his heart, he fell to this step of the field today, all because of his own thoughts, if he did not have soldiers, the soldiers around him were still living a peaceful life in the cliff city at this time.
At this point, it's useless to talk nonsense, it's better to fight than to stand and let people cut down.
He didn't have time to put on the armor, so he could only grab it and wrap it around his waist, open his chest, draw out his sword and shout: "If you want to stay alive, rush forward, if you can't cut people, cut off the horse!" After saying that, he was the first to rush towards the cavalry with his sword raised, and the rebels who had recovered behind him raised their weapons and ran after him screaming......
Seeing this, the cavalry stepped down and clamped the horse's back, all of them were half-upright, and the machete brushed and raised half of the head, and the war horse also galloped away at this time, the armor rustled, the dust flew, and the men and horses on both sides collided together in a moment......
Early in the morning, when the sky had just brightened, the general of the defenders of Fuluo City quietly left the city with a group of soldiers.
Last night above the tower, they had been vigilantly observing the rebel camp below, and they did not find anything unusual. In the second half of the night, I first saw the black eagle group sweeping past the rebel camp, and then heard the sound of fighting.
But within an hour, everything fell silent, and all the flames in the rebel camp were extinguished. Because the distance was too far, the defenders of Fuluo City could not see the battle situation clearly, and they did not know what was happening, so they carefully went out of the city early in the morning to investigate the situation.