Troubled Times Chapter 18 A Pyrrhic Victory
At this moment, the black-armored tiger and leopard cavalry instantly became the focus of the entire battlefield, and they were like a sharp blade, fiercely plunging into the large army of the Qin army. Constantly going deeper, everywhere he passed, his hands were up and down, and almost no one survived.
Only a moment later, the 100,000 or so Qin army had already torn a huge hole in this crimson giant tiger. Compared with the Qinglin Army that Li Qiutong and his party once faced, the tiger and leopard cavalry was more oppressive, more swift, and more aggressive. Moreover, Huo Qing is an extremely powerful leader. If Bai Qi was the most feared general of the Qin State, then Huo Qing was the most prestigious general of the Han State.
When the rest of the Han State was still separating the regime and fighting their own battles, Huo Qing directly refused to join their internal fighting, he gave up the recruitment from the three parties, and resolutely brought his army to the border pass, and has been guarding the border of the Han State ever since.
Since Huo Qing came to Yueming Pass, he has defeated nearly a hundred large and small invasions of the Qin State, and none of them have been defeated. In the eyes of the people of the Han Kingdom, he is not only a general, but also a patron saint of the Han Kingdom and a hero of the Han Kingdom. In the eyes of the people of the Qin State, Huo Qing is an insurmountable wall, and countless attacks have been in vain, and this undefeated god of war is a shadow that is difficult to dissipate in the hearts of countless Qin generals.
And at this time, the shadow in the heart of this Qin army is like the god of death ruthlessly harvesting the life of the Qin army, and the sharp fangs of the red tiger once again left a painful memory for the Qin army. After all, although they had barely overcome the fear of death with their will, the giant tiger roaring in the air once again aroused the innate fear of the strong in the hearts of this group of people.
The Qin army, which was still neat and fearless just now, centered on the route of the tiger and leopard cavalry attack, all scattered and fled, but there were also some real dead soldiers who rushed forward head-on, and the result was undoubtedly that the mantis arm was used as a car, and finally became the ghost of the tiger and leopard riding knife.
"The tiger and leopard ride are not afraid of everything, kill!"
When the tiger and leopard rode happily, no one noticed that some of the soldiers who fled did not flee to the rear, but fled in the direction of Yueming Pass.
At this time, on the high mountain in the distance, Bai Qi looked at the battlefield below expressionlessly, and the cold wind on the high mountain at night made the guards behind tremble, and this fierce wind only blew the hair on Bai Qi's shoulders, and he himself stood there quietly like a sculpture as if he didn't feel the cold, unmoved.
"General, the tiger and leopard cavalry is almost to the Chinese army. The general who couldn't stand it on the side reminded.
Bai Qi was still silent, just looking at Huo Qing, who was desperately killing the enemy in the formation.
Seeing that Bai Qi didn't reply, the general didn't dare to say anything anymore, so he could only continue to stand aside, resisting the invasion of the cold wind.
At this time, Huo Qing, who had just beheaded a martial arts master, also realized that he had already penetrated too deep into the enemy army at this time, and it was not appropriate to go any deeper. He raised the long knife in his hand and shouted to the tiger and leopard rider behind him: "Retreat." ”
As soon as the order was issued, the thousand-strong troops, without the slightest pause or doubt, quickly changed direction and went back along the same route. The corpses of the Qin army were spread all over the surrounding land, and even the tiger and leopard rider, who was the initiator, trembled a little when he saw this scene, after all, the visual impact of this slaughter like harvesting wheat was too great. Such a death toll may not be large in the history of Tobu Continental Wars, but such a merciless killing has not occurred in nearly a hundred years.
Does this also mean that a new round of chaos is coming?
When Huo Qing's group had just rushed out of the Qin army, they thought that they could spread the news of the great victory to the people in the city, but suddenly found that a hundred meters in front of them was an army of thousands of people dressed in black and gold armor, holding a pitch-black halberd, and the shining golden light was extremely dazzling in the dark night. And the golden dragon flag fluttering in the wind in the army told the identity of the tiger and leopard riding their iron cavalry of the Qin State.
"How is it possible, how can the Qin State Iron Cavalry suddenly appear on the road back to the Moon Ming Pass?"
At this moment, Huo Qing really felt a chill in his heart, originally with the speed of the tiger and leopard cavalry, even if he encountered the Qin State Iron Cavalry, he could still escape if he couldn't beat it, the Qin State Iron Cavalry was a fully armed cavalry, and it was impossible to catch up with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry as a light cavalry. But now, the armored cavalry is in the way of the tiger and leopard riding back to the city, and the rear is the 100,000-strong army that has regrouped.
Huo Qing rode a tiger and was in a dilemma. I could only sigh in my heart that Bai Qi's move was really ruthless, let the five thousand Qin State Iron Cavalry mix in the ordinary vanguard troops, and then use a large number of ordinary soldiers to send them to death under the sword of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, so as to gain time, so that the fleeing Qin State Iron Cavalry had time to gather on their way back to the city.
However, now Huo Qing has no choice but to kill the past and use a thousand tigers and leopards to ride head-on against the five thousand Qin State iron horses.
"Are you afraid, brethren?"
There was only one sentence in response to Huo Qing. "The tiger and leopard ride without fear of anything. ”
Zhu Long in front stared at the tiger and leopard rider who rushed over, as the commander, he didn't even know Bai Qi's arrangement, until his own soldiers rushed over from the fleeing soldiers one by one, he realized that Bai Qi had played a ruthless move, but he didn't have much time to ponder Bai Qi's thoughts, and the tiger and leopard rider had rushed in front of him.
The golden dragon soared into the air, similar in appearance to Zhu Long's martial yuan condensation, but the size and authenticity far exceeded the previous golden dragon, each dragon scale was clearly visible, and the dragon whiskers were dancing with the wind, full of mighty breath.
The two armies officially fought, the five-clawed golden dragon and the red-blooded giant tiger were also entangled, and Huo Qing's broadsword also collided with Zhu Long's halberd again, but this time Zhu Long was not alone, he had a military array of five thousand behind him.
"How about it, General Huo, aren't you happy to destroy one of my troops just now. ”
Huo Qing was not to be outdone, and sneered: "Your subordinates are defeated, I should have killed you with one sword just now." ”
"You try. As soon as Zhu Long exerted his strength, the golden Wu Yuan instantly overpowered the red Wu Yuan, and Huo Qing was also shocked back dozens of steps with his men and horses, and the weaker cavalry had even been shocked to the ground. The giant tiger was also entangled by the golden dragon, and it was difficult to get out.
"Listen to my orders, switch the cone formation, and pierce them. With an order, a thousand cavalry turned into a conical team with Huo Qing as the head, and charged forward again.
This is the best way Huo Qing can think of at the moment, and the worst consequence is that at least half of the people can't leave here. Now the tiger and leopard cavalry were trying to break through the wall of steel in front of them, and no one was afraid or flinching, and they slaughtered into the heavily armored cavalry.
The light armor couldn't withstand the blow of the Qin army at all, and countless tiger and leopard riders were directly split by the heavy halberd, and died tragically on this battlefield, just like the Qin army that died under their swords before.
The red giant tiger kept struggling, but the more he struggled, the more blurred his figure became.
For every meter forward, a man will die under siege. Huo Qing's heart was full of guilt, he didn't even have time to look back to see who died, he could only listen to the screams of the once familiar voice, and then continued to rush forward with tears and pain. Faced with five times the number of their own troops, the tiger and leopard riders finally paid a heavy price and finally broke out of the opponent's army.
The giant tiger that escaped was already incomplete, and only 500 tigers and leopards were left to flee to Mingyue Pass.
And Zhu Long looked at the fleeing tiger and leopard horseman, and did not order a pursuit, and whether he could catch up or not, coupled with the interception of a large number of bows and arrows on the city wall, the pursuit must not have much result.
Scattering Wu Yuan on his body, Zhu Long turned his head to look at the corpse of the tiger and leopard rider beside him, and sighed helplessly: "They are indeed a powerful army, whether it is strength or faith, unfortunately, this is war." After saying that, he glanced up at Bai Qi, who was calm and composed on the mountain edge in the distance, with a sense of regret on his face, and then left here with his army.
mountaintop
"General, are we going to collect the army. ”
"Take it, the goal has been achieved, that Zhu Long is not bad, give him a first-class credit. After saying this expressionlessly, Bai Qi turned around and walked down the mountain.
At this time, Huo Qing, who had returned to Yueming Pass, stood on the city wall, silently staring at the burial place of countless soldiers, and felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.
The night of fierce fighting has come to an end, and the Qin army on the opposite side has retreated, leaving behind corpses all over the battlefield and endless blood that has gathered into small rivers.
The morning light of the sunrise sprinkled on the entire battlefield, illuminating this battlefield that seemed like hell last night, and the sunlight also pierced Huo Qing's tired face, and there was still undried blood slowly flowing.
"General, the situation on our side has been counted. The adjutant general on the side said cautiously.
"Newspaper. ”
"More than 500 tigers and leopards were killed in the battle, more than 100 soldiers defending the city were killed, and countless people were wounded. ”
After Huo Qing heard this, he closed his eyes helplessly and was silent.
After a while, Huo Qing said heavily and tiredly: "I can find all the corpses and bury them, and take out the money I have saved over the years to give pensions to the families of the soldiers who died in the war, all of the highest standard." ”
"Yes, General. ”
Wiping the blood on his face with his hand sleeve, Huo Qing turned around and left the city wall.
And in the barracks of the Qin army, the adjutant general was also reporting the situation to Bai Qi.
"Report to the general, in the battle last night, our army lost about 10,000 ordinary soldiers, and there was no casualty in the Qin State Iron Cavalry. This huge casualty figure shocked even the adjutant, the 100,000 army that was still imposing yesterday was now a tenth gone, and he really understood that the person in front of him was really a killing god, whether it was against himself or the enemy.
"Got it, let's report the battle report back to the capital in its entirety. Bai Qi's heart did not fluctuate at all, as if the more than 10,000 people who died had nothing to do with him.