Chapter 53: Jincheng

On the vast land, the iron cavalry galloped, the sound of horses' hooves was deafening, like a blood-colored torrent rolling through, even in the rapid march, this cavalry team still maintained a formation, with a very high degree of discipline, under the whole world, there are only three cavalry that can do this level, Xiliang Iron Cavalry, Yanyun Cavalry, and Luoyang Elite Cavalry in the Luoyang camp, legend has it that the royal forest cavalry in the palace is the head of the cavalry in the world, but no one has seen it for a long time.

After Xiang Qing got the precarious battle report of Jincheng County, he immediately counted the cavalry of the whole army, with a total of more than 500 horsemen, all the way to the stars and nights, it can be said that he traveled thousands of miles in a day and 800 at night, all the way to Jincheng, Jincheng and Yunwu are the top priorities of Jincheng County, and there is absolutely no room for loss.

Shan Fu and others led the infantry army to follow up, all logistics affairs were handed over to Shan Fu to be responsible, and all the generals and schools were jointly responsible for the march of the team, Xiang Qing was most helpless that all the generals would be equipped with a deputy general and a partial general, but Emperor Han Ling seemed to have forgotten this stubble, except for Xiang Qing, he could no longer find a representative with the command of the battalions, so he could only be jointly responsible.

Xiang Qing was surrounded by Xiang Xu and Liu Hu, the scout who passed on the military information had a tough attitude regardless of his own injuries, and he must go back with Xiang Qing, he said that among the soldiers who were surrounded in Jincheng, there were also his own brothers.

Xiang Qing asked, "Before I have time to ask the details, how many rebels are there besieging the city?" Is there any siege equipment? ”

The scout replied: "When they came, they covered the sky and the sun, and the dust was flying, and there were about four or five thousand people, and they surrounded the golden city to the point that it was impassable, and all the scouts broke through at night, and only one of them ran out. ”

Xiang Qing nodded, and asked again: "How many Liangzhou soldiers are there who have retreated and returned?" I'm talking about the soldiers who are still able to continue fighting. ”

The scout replied: "Actually, when we first fought with the rebels, at most they were evenly divided, and the rebels fought in no order, and they were not our opponents at all, but it was very strange that the rebels could always anticipate the enemy first, and they were really unable to prevent it, so they were defeated and retreated, and there were six or seven thousand soldiers who came back, and there were two thousand people in Jincheng." ”

"Anticipate the enemy? I don't think so, I'm afraid it's a meticulous work in the army, right? And this fine official position is not small. ”

The scout shook his head, "I don't know about this. ”

Xiang Qing asked: "I heard rumors that the big officials in Liangzhou have been wiped out, whose command are you listening to now?" ”

The scout replied: "Back to the general's words, in fact, not all the adults have been assassinated, the assassin Shi Geng has escaped the assassination, and now we are following the deployment of Geng Assassin Shi and Zhonglang General Zhang Huan, Geng Assassin Shi is in Yunwu, and Zhang Huan is in Jincheng." ”

"Okay, the general general already knows, Huzi! Inform the whole army that before dark, you must rush to Jincheng! Send someone to tell Shan Fu that he should lead the infantry army, and he must arrive the day after tomorrow! Drive! ”

Five hundred Luoyang elite cavalry advanced at full speed, the sun on the horizon slowly moved down, slowly engulfed by the horizon, only half of it was exposed, the sun was setting, the afterglow of the setting sun was sprinkled on the earth, and the shadow of Jincheng gradually became clear in the eyes of the cavalry.

The broken wall is ruined, the short city wall of Jincheng is scarred by battle, the broken ladder is crooked under the city wall, the Chinese character flag on the city wall has been broken, dyed black and red by blood, but it is still standing, the city wall is full of rebel corpses, some corpses are inserted with bows and arrows, some corpses have missing arms and legs, and the battlefield is particularly tragic.

The rebels wanted to launch a final offensive before sunset, and they wore armor pulled from the Liangzhou army, pushing the ladder cart to the head of the city, and dozens of rebel soldiers, pushing heavy battering rams and shields on their heads, rushed through the dense rain of arrows and rushed to the city gate.

The moat of the golden city has been filled with sandbags, and the rebels rushed to the ladder from the sandbags, and the ants attacked the city, and the corpses were piled up to the height of the city wall, and the war made people crazy, and each of them stared at the blood-red eyes, and rushed to the city without fear of death.

The general who commanded the garrison of the city, Zhonglang General Zhang Huan personally came to the battle line and hacked to death the rebel soldiers who climbed to the top of the city, his voice was already hoarse, he raised his sword high, and commanded calmly. The defenders poured the hot oil down the ladder, and the rebel soldiers fell down the ladder with a painful wail, and the rebels who had already rushed to the head of the city fought hand-to-hand with the defenders, and were stabbed to death by the defenders with spears, and fell directly off the city wall and fell on the pile of corpses.

Behind the hill not far away, five hundred Luoyang elite horsemen were already ready to go, they had arrived a quarter of an hour ago, but Xiang Qing ordered them to stand guard in place, waiting for his next order.

Xiang Qing and Liu Hu Xiang Xu were on the hillside, Xiang Qing touched the mount under his crotch, this horse has been with him for a long time, although it is not a thousand miles of horses, but it is also a good horse with human nature, it snorted pleasantly, as if telling his master that he was ready to charge.

Liu Hu said anxiously: "General! We're rested, when will we go to the battlefield? ”

Xiang Qing's eyes stared intently at the attacking rebels, and suddenly shifted his gaze to the rear of the rebels, his eyesight was excellent, he clearly saw that on the hillside behind the rebels stood a big flag, on which was written a striking king character, under the big flag, there was a general, and there was a cavalry officer standing next to him, giving orders in the flag language, and there was a big drum behind him, with the drummer constantly beating, and the battlefield was gradually high-pitched in the sound of drumming. Hundreds of elite rebel soldiers protected that one of the generals in the center, and their attention was focused on the siege, not paying attention to Xiang Qing's direction at all.

With Xiang Qing pulling out the humming reputation of the Thundering Sword, the cavalry behind him had already picked up their weapons and put on an offensive posture, and the war horses under their crotches were already digging the ground, ready to sprint. "Blade Array!" Xiang Qing shouted. The speed of the soldiers was extremely fast, and the entire team quickly formed a triangle, and the three Xiang Qing in front of them were like the sharpest arrows, pointing straight ahead.

Pointing at the rebel flag, Xiang Qing shouted: "Charge!" ”

The rebel general didn't expect such an elite cavalry to appear on the battlefield at all, he looked at the direction of the cavalry rushing over, hundreds of personal soldiers under his command had formed a formation, they were fully armed, the armor on their bodies was shining in the setting sun, and the weapons in their hands were also extremely sharp, they were not afraid in the face of the cavalry charge.

This distance is for an excellent war horse, it is a blink of an eye, Xiang Qing is less than ten steps away from the enemy formation, both sides burst out with angry roars, the two armies are fighting, the first thing is to compete with the momentum of both sides.

The three people in the front, the sword halberd swept, and the rebels' weapons were broken in response, this wooden spear shaft, in front of the sword of the level of the Thundering Sword and the Chilling Sword, was as brittle as a piece of paper.

The three horses jumped high at the same time, the sword shadows flew, with the martial arts of Xiang Qing and Xiang Xu, there was no enemy under them at all, such as entering a no-man's land, Liu Hu was also like a tiger entering the flock, the double halberd was powerful, even a heavy shield could be divided into two, and the three of them were in front, and they had rushed into the depths of the enemy formation in the blink of an eye.

The blade array is like a nail, instantly chiseling through the rebels' formation, not that they are not elite enough, but the cavalry itself is the natural enemy of the light infantry, among the infantry, only the heavy infantry can fight with it, not to mention the Luoyang elite cavalry, everyone is a first-class war horse under the crotch, everyone wears the most sophisticated armor, such an impact, they naturally can't resist.

The rebel general has already turned over his horse, ready to abandon his own army and flee for his life alone, the rebel camp is not far away, and there are five hundred Xiliang iron horsemen in the barracks, he is not afraid of these three hundred Luoyang elite horsemen.

But Xiang Qing will not give him this opportunity, at this time he is in the lead, but his horse is still not as fast as the enemy general's, and he can't catch up with the enemy general at all, but since Xiang Qing dares to chase, of course he has his own reliance.

"Xiao Xu! Get him back! ”

In terms of speed, Xiang Xu's speed in a short period of time even exceeds the maximum speed of the war horse, you can't imagine how fast this non-human can be.

Hearing Xiang Qing's words, Xiang Xu flew up and jumped a few feet, the rebel generals were triumphantly thinking that Xiang Qing couldn't catch up with him, but when he turned around, he saw Xiang Xu spreading his wings like an eagle, and his left hand was like an eagle's claw, and he had already grabbed the back of his fate. The green tendons on his arms burst out, Xiang Xu shouted, the rebel general had fallen off the horse, and then there was a spear around his neck, and the rope hanging on the horse's neck trapped the rebel general into a twist.

Xiang Qing saw that the general situation had been decided, led the iron cavalry to charge again, and cut off all the remaining personal soldiers, and the rebels who were originally besieging the city saw that the Wang Zi General Banner in the rear had fallen to the ground, the sound of war drums stopped abruptly, and the offensive was also sluggish.

At the head of the city, the garrisons who felt the weakening of the rebel offensive raised their heads curiously, and happened to see the scene of the five hundred Luoyang iron cavalry charging, and cheered loudly, and the morale that was originally slightly sluggish instantly rebounded.

Zhang Huan had a general beside him, his beard was like a steel needle, his black face was full of blood, his body was wide and fat, he was wearing a vest and leather armor, the muscles on his arms were comparable to that of a strong ox, and he was holding a mace, which was full of minced meat of the rebels, and the rebels who attacked the city were smashed into pulp by him.

Zhang Huan held the hilt of the sword in his left hand, pointed in the direction of Xiang Qing with his right, and shouted, "Zhong Ying, look! Reinforcements! It's reinforcements coming! ”

This general, a native of Lintao, Longxi, has the surname Dong and the table word Zhongying! This is the young emperor who will be abolished in the future and run rampant in the government and the opposition!

Dong Zhuo was not so excited, and said in a muffled voice: "General Zhonglang, the rebels have not retreated yet, so they can't be taken lightly." ”

Zhang Huan shook his head: "No, no, no, this is the best time to counterattack, the fighter is fleeting, and it must not be missed." He raised his sword and shouted, "Soldiers, reinforcements have arrived!" The time has finally come for us to fight back! Open the gates and we'll join the reinforcements! Kill the rebels! ”

The rebels under the city snorted and slammed the city gate with a battering ram, but the city gate suddenly opened, and the defenders who were holding their breath rushed out like a tide. "Rush! Kill the rebels! ”