Chapter 589: The Iron Rider (3)
As the carts walked through the crowd, the shouts and killings on the surrounding battlefield came like a tidal wave, and in all directions, there were soldiers running and shouting.
This group of soldiers and rebels who were located in the rear of the Wurui Battalion army were originally the box soldiers and rebels who came from all directions, although they also followed the actions of the Wurui Battalion and determined the Shangguan, but basically they could not do it to the point of commanding their fingers. Among them, there are those who are hot-blooded and those who are cowardly, and when the Jurchen cavalry kills from the side, they don't even need the chain of horses to exert their maximum power, and the end of the killing line quickly collapses.
At this time, the chief officer in the military formation naturally led his own descendants to save his life, and there were those who rushed forward and those who fled in different directions. There is not much high ground around, people are in it, there is huge pressure in all directions, there are occasional arrows flying across the night sky in the distance, when the Jurchen cavalry slashes all the way in, the specific number of people, distance, most of the people are actually not clear, it is likely that the heart is still worried, suddenly the torrent-like iron cavalry has been killed in front of him, raised the knife high, at this time, the surroundings are all people on their backs, flesh and blood are flying.
Amidst the countless noises, a thousand-man cavalry led by the Jurchen general Sukna entered the back of the battle formation, and after breaking a bloody path like chopping melons and vegetables, it suddenly collided with a stubborn resistance force.
As the front of this kind of Jurchen cavalry, the leader of the direction on the front line is often the most elite composition of the Jurchen cavalry. The general Sukhna was in the middle of it, but he was by no means the first to take the lead, his cronies, brothers, and the most powerful soldiers in the army guarded the surroundings and slashed all the way in the direction he commanded.
In the years since the Jurchen uprising, the entire Liao State was destroyed, and this group of people was also the main force among them. Many people can be said to be the kings of soldiers who have experienced the world's conquests, they are not only not afraid of death, but also know how to save themselves in efficient killing. The first person to be the vanguard of the cavalry was named Nadu. He was Sukna's most trusted brother, and a veteran of the Agu Rebellion, who was like an iron tower, holding a long knife more than a man high, slashing and slashing, and roaring wildly at this time. Like a demon god, he rushed forward with a queue, in front of the horse, on top of the steel knife, all the blood and flesh had been killed.
Rao is like this, the advance of the cavalry has not slowed down much, and the front is not unstoppable, but the defense has not yet taken shape, it has been slashed by the steel knives of the cavalry, and the horse team has been crushed in blood and corpses. And so on until after killing a few of the stragglers who were running. The killing intent struck suddenly.
What appeared in front of Nadu, who was like a bloodthirsty demon god, was a field of spears that stabbed out.
He slammed his knife with an "ah-" sound.
In the process of killing along the way, he did not encounter this kind of gun array waiting in front of him, but unless it was really a gun array, he smashed the spear with the back of his knife, and the body of the war horse could directly hit the past, and he slashed down with his giant blade. Few people can withstand such an attack. This time, however, it was just a loud bang. The sparks were splashed in the air, he was just numb in his hand, and he could already feel the killing intent coming, and in front of him, a bald man jumped up in the air and waved the mixed copper rod high.
Nadu's figure was almost reflexively flipped to the side with the force of the shock. Around his figure, the rest of the Jurchen soldiers also rushed with swords.
Shouting to kill the heavens, the mixed copper rod slammed on the head of the war horse, and the horse's head exploded, and countless flesh and blood splashed at the same time. The horse's body bent forward and fell to the ground with a bang. At the same time, blood bloomed all around, and several war horses fell to the ground with blood as if they had hit a hard reef, and at the same time pushed forward by inertia. They all jumped up from the ground and shouted, "Be careful! With a slash, arrows were already whizzing around, and several Jurchen warriors fell from their horses, and then they slashed with blood.
The torrent hit the reef. The hard, violent shouts of killing rang out and exploded, on one side were battle-hardened soldiers, and on the other side were martial arts people who licked blood from their knives all year round, and most of them were still masters, after training and a certain amount of instigation, with a small formation designed by Zhou Dong, they brazenly blocked the Jurchens' group of forwards. It was not only crossbows that flew in the air, but also a few fishing nets with barbs in the first place.
In the fight of various weapons, the war horses collided, fell to the ground with thick blood plasma, and the horses' hooves kicked around. In the center of the front line, the giant man danced his steel knife wildly and killed several people backwards, and the bald man holding a copper rod fought with him a few times, but he was inferior to the other party in bravery and life, and was smashed back a few steps. Less than a zhang away, Sukhna rushed forward among the horses, he already knew that he had met the elite of the Han Chinese, but he did not flinch at all, but his eyes looked fanatical, a little to the side, a young man named Yuwen Feidu jumped out of the front, was pushed by one of his masters, and with a sharp force, flew into the air, holding the knife in both hands, and pounced on the Jurchen who looked like a general.
"Wow-"
A crossbow bolt slammed into Sukna's shoulder, and he only felt a slight pain, but his eyes were still staring at the Han boy leaping through the air. Yuwen Feidu held the wolf's tooth broadsword in both hands, and it was already raised behind his back, and slashed towards the top of Sukna's head.
"Bang!" With a thud, Sukna swung his sword upward, and the war horse under his feet neighed and ran to the side. Yuwen Feidu rebounded to the side, crashing into a Jurchen knight's war horse, in a blink of an eye, the two were almost entangled together, the war horse "Ang" disorderly, Yuwen Feidu blocked the Jurchen knight's steel knife, and then hit the other party's head hammer, he buckled the other party's throat with eagle claws, the Jurchen people violently opened, the steel knife reversed and pulled, Yuwen Feidu grabbed the knife with his backhand, and the two were entangled several times on the horse, only to be pulled out of the knife by Yuwen Feidu, cutting each other's throats. The Jurchen knight who came running next to him swung his knife and slashed, and he blocked it with a knife, he pulled up the reins of the war horse and was about to run, but the war horse recognized the master, and was still stumbling and struggling, and there was another knife next to him, and the young man leaned over to dodge, and inserted the knife into the neck of the war horse with his backhand, and pulled a knife.
Thick blood spurted out, the war horse fell to the side with a bang, the young man wanted to get up, only to find that one leg had been pressed by the horse's body, in front, the iron hooves of the Jurchen cavalry ran straight over, and at the same time, the nearby gun array also fought over.
In the blink of an eye, there were countless loess flying, blood gushing, when Yuwen Feidu struggled to be dragged out of the horse and dragged to the rear, he found that he was not only crushed in the thigh, but also stabbed in the ribs at some point. He was bleeding, and the blood from the horses, the blood from both sides in the fight to save him, had soaked half of his body red.
There was carnage all around, and the battle lines were already spread out on both sides.
If the two or three hundred people of Zhuji were the most elite force that Ning Yi could take, they certainly blocked the Jurchens' charge at the first time, but such a charge was ahead. It is nothing more than the momentum of a few people, a dozen people, and dozens of people, and the speed has been weakened by the friendly forces in front of them, so that they can effectively block their advance in the early stage.
But even so, the rush of war horses—even those that were killed in front of them—was still like a moving giant wall to ordinary people, enough to inflict huge damage and deterrence on this side. And the front was blocked, and the Jurchen cavalry coming from the rear continued to push forward to the two wings, in the blink of an eye. The rushing torrent is about to turn into a roaring tidal wave.
Yuwen Feidu saw Zhu Biao and Qi Xinyong stabbing the Jurchen man with a giant blade to death under the gun.
Yuwen Feidu saw that one of his masters had fallen to the ground covered in blood.
He saw Yue Peng rushing over with a gun array.
He saw that Ning Yi, the owner who had killed two people, had already turned around and walked to the rear.
He saw blood on almost everyone's body.
I saw that the Jurchen cavalry was still coming.
At the back of the procession, the convoy was already in disarray, and the horses seemed to be startled with two wagons in tow, one rushing towards the flank of the Jurchen cavalry, the other rushing towards the middle, and a horse rider dragging the reins tried to stop them, but could only be pulled in this way. The Jurchen generals shouted a few words, and the battle on the front line became more and more intense. The original formation began to be disorganized.
Two carriages entered the formation of the Jurchen cavalry, not far behind. Someone suddenly tightened a rope that connected to the back of the carriage.
Sukhna saw a knife wound on the horse's hip. Then, light and flame filled the eyes.
There was a loud bang, and the flames rose up on the battlefield. The explosion caused several casualties, and the horse team of the nearby Jurchens was also startled and ran in all directions, and Sukhna had already fallen from his horse. His ears were buzzing, his eyes were already gone, and when he rolled a few times and got up, and the picture of the shaking in front of him gradually became clear, a Han man rushed to kill. Slashed at his neck with a knife —
At this moment, whether it is a stubborn battle or a killing caused by cowardice, it is constantly appearing on this huge and chaotic battlefield. The combat power of hundreds of people on Zhuji's side can be called tenacious, but it is by no means the only one. However, the sudden flames and explosions rising in the night sky caught the attention of the Jurchens, and another cavalry team then came towards them. The convoy fought and shifted, and then one carriage after another had to be detonated on the battlefield, and the fire burned all the way, accompanied by the casualties and blood of the Zhuji members who had been targeted by the Jurchen cavalry......
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The capital, for many people, is a sleepless night.
Alum Tower.
Shi Shi knelt in the room, burned incense and prayed silently, and through some channels, she already vaguely knew that the imperial court would launch an attack on the Jurchens today, and she looked forward to waiting until dawn to bring good news to the city.
But many bigwigs have been alarmed by the news, and despite the curfew, some officials have been running back and forth all night to confirm the information they dare not believe. However, soon after, another news came, and although many people thought it was ridiculous, it was indeed true.
At some point in the middle of the night, the palace opened, and the first to come out was the queen's motorcade.
When Li Gang ran out of the living room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he fell in a hurry, he was already old, this time the fall was not light, the skin on his forehead was broken, and it was full of blood soon after, but fortunately, his health was good, after this time, he just wrapped it in a white cloth casually, and he was still able to run. Qin Siyuan also came out of here, and after getting into his carriage, he went in another direction.
Tang Ke sat in the study in the middle of the house and read a book, there are great achievers, and he has calm every time there is a big event, not to mention that he can't worry about the current situation, he can only read books, but at this moment, he really can't see anything.
When the subordinates reported that Qin Siyuan was visiting, he was startled, but then asked people to invite him in.
Qin Siyuan almost ran in.
Tang Ke and Qin Siyuan have been friends for a long time, although they often debate and quarrel due to the concept of the main battle and the main peace, they can still be called friends. Seeing that Qin Siyuan had also become like this, although he was puzzled in his heart, he couldn't help but feel uneasy, but he put on a cold look on his face, arched his hand, and said straight to the point: "I know that the Western Army has been defeated, and the rest of the army may be more auspicious, but even so, you still have something to do, come to Tang to do something!" ”
Qin Siyuan was also unpolite, and said a little hurriedly: "This is not for the war......
He told the matter, Tang Ke was stunned for a moment, his eyes glared at him, and then his eyes were full of blood, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, he held on to the desk, his body shook for a while, and after a while, he said, "How, how can there be...... This reason? ”
Soon after the queen's chariot and horse left the palace, Emperor Zhou Zhe's chariot and horse chased out, and the two teams fled towards the south of the city. Because the emperor's escape lagged slightly, some time was given to the officials in the city to react, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Li Gang and others had already chased after them, but Li Gang's chase was only one person's car, and Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others brought their family property, and many people began to get dressed when they arrived in the carriage, and they chased after them mightily...... (To be continued......)
PS: I've always wanted to say something after the chapter, like a re-update or something, but I can't say anything. The entire outline of the seventh episode has already been thought out, but there have been some details that have not been thought through, racking my brains, it is like a layer of window paper, which is extremely painful for me and extremely difficult to explain...... Well, that's it, there will be tomorrow, there should be more, that's it......