Chapter II. 329.The Final Battle (5)
Seeing Hong Nian coming out of the horse, he slashed the two of them in an instant, and even if those Flying Tiger Army and Tai Baiwei didn't know where this old man came from, they knew that he was definitely not 'their own person'. So the exhausted soldiers took up their arms again, ready to use their last force to surround and kill the old man on the spot......
Before they could surround General Hong on all sides, from the direction of the east exit of Da Nanmen Street, there was a 'booming' sound of war horses galloping.
Hong Nian threw away the head in his hand at will, wiped the blood beads that slipped from the blade with his sleeve, opened his throat and shouted:
"Your Majesty led the army back to the capital, and everyone knelt down to welcome the holy car! If anyone dares to continue to hold the sword in his hand and refuses to kneel down to greet the holy car, he will be regarded as a rebel army, and will be punished with the same crime as the usurper and conspiracy! ”
After finishing speaking, he turned the big knife in his hand again, and the tip of the knife pointed obliquely at the Flying Tiger Army who were obviously surprised, and shouted in a faint voice:
"Are you standing with your sword in your hand, are you going to be the rebel army?"
The remaining 'headless flies' of the Flying Tiger Army have already been killed by Shen Gui; At this time, when I saw so many cavalry coming out of nowhere, they rushed into Fengjing City in a hurry, and they were all a little dazed! None of them knew exactly where these cavalrymen came from, nor how many of them were left, or even how they 'passed' the gates, and not even the 'Emperor Majesty' as they spoke, no one knew who they were talking about......
But there is also an advantage to not having someone in charge; That is, all the next actions of the Flying Tiger Army are all decided by the 'leader of the group'. The leader can be a veteran with a high prestige or a newcomer who has just enlisted in the army; Even a random passer-by is qualified to become their 'opinion leader'!
"Bang Dang"
I don't know if it's because I'm exhausted, or if I'm really scared by the murderous aura of Hong Nian's body, and I don't know which one of the Flying Tiger Army took the lead in throwing the steel knife in his hand, making a muffled metal sound; Due to the wanton flow of dirty blood and stumps on the ground, this sound was actually not crisp, but it seemed to be some kind of infectious disease, infected those dizzy and swollen Flying Tiger sergeants, they also threw out the steel knives in their hands in a similar way, and fell to their knees again......
To be fair, the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army, in terms of individual combat ability, are actually not under the Flying Bear Army and Taibaiwei, which are the ace armies of Youbei; But perhaps it is because there are many 'mixed seniority' royal sons and daughters in the army, which leads to a clear faction in the army; This has led to a serious lack of cohesion and willpower in the Flying Tigers.
When they faced Guo Xing of the Pingbei Army before, they did not flee for a while; And today is facing the surrender of 'their own people', what psychological pressure can this have on them? No matter what kind of immortal the old general said about 'Your Majesty', saving his life first is the first thing......
It can be seen from this that if these Flying Tiger sergeants lose their 'group courage', they are far inferior to even those powerless Sanbei students.
Hong Nian, who deliberately wanted to kill Liwei, was already fully prepared for battle, but now when he saw that they were frightened by a few big words of his own, a sense of pride immediately surged in his chest: I didn't expect the old man to fight on Zhongshan Road, and the people on Guanbei Road have also heard of it!!
And the more than 20 Taibai guards glanced at each other, and then looked back at Yan Fujiu, who had drawn his sword under the south gate of the palace, and immediately ran towards the palace without looking back; And Hong Nian was just riding on a horse and looking up to the sky and howling, without looking at the nameless people who were holding their heads and running around.
'Click...... Click'
At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground came from the silent South Gate Street, and Yan Qinghong, the second prince wearing golden armor, drove the war horse under his crotch unhurriedly, ignoring the bloody scene of purgatory on earth in front of him, and rode his horse in the direction of Hong Nian unhurriedly. His extraordinary bearing of calmness alone also made Hong Nian, who had just dismounted from the horse, feel admiration.
In his opinion, today's 'Shura Battlefield', although the 'number of participants' is not large, but the death is enough to be called extremely tragic; but this second prince, who has never been on the battlefield, not only has no emotion on his face, but he is still as indifferent as an outing to enjoy the flowers; seeing that he is now driving the war horse under his crotch unhurriedly, he does not even show the meaning of being in a hurry.
"General Hong's ......"
"The end will be."
When Hong Nian heard Yan Qinghong's words, he immediately knelt on the ground covered with blood and broken meat. And Yan Qinghong held the long sword in his hand and pointed to Shen Guiyi, who was lying on the ground in the distance, covered in blood:
"Quickly ordered people to clean up the battlefield, sent Shen Gui to the Prime Minister's Mansion to recuperate from his injuries, and summoned Sun Yuan of Tai Hospital to personally go for diagnosis and treatment; And those gentlemen and students of the Three North Academy, who still have a breath of air, will immediately send them back to the academy, waiting for the shamans and wizards to enter the city to heal their wounds..."
After Hong Nian listened, he looked at the towering palace wall in front of him, and then looked at the rising moat suspension bridge, and Yan Fujiu, who was like a great enemy on the city wall, and replied with concern:
"Back to Your Majesty, the war situation is urgent now......"
Yan Qinghong immediately turned his head when he heard this, staring at Hong Nian who was kneeling on one knee with an expressionless face. That gaze didn't bring out the slightest emotion, but it made Hong Nian retract the second half of the sentences that he didn't have time to say......
"The Last General Commands ......"
After finishing speaking, Hong Nian beckoned to the cavalry behind, put away the big knife again, and hurriedly ran to Shen Gui's side and began to investigate his injuries; And Yan Qinghong also turned over and dismounted at this time, and walked towards the Flying Tiger Army who were kneeling on the ground. Moreover, he didn't seem to care about the rebels who had just 'surrendered', he stretched out his hand to push aside the two guards who were closely following him, pointed to Hong Nian in the distance, signaled that he didn't need protection, and asked the two to join the ranks of rescuing the wounded as soon as possible.
"Ladies and gentlemen, who can tell me what the hell is going on?"
Yan Qinghong looked at these Flying Tiger Soldiers with a smile, and also asked them a little stunned: What's the matter? We also want to know what's going on!
Yan Qinghong waited for a long time, and when he saw that no one answered, he had no choice but to ask again:
"Looking at the style of armor and blades, you are all soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army, right? What about your commander Zhang Huangling? ”
A veteran, who looked a little older, craned his neck to look left and right, then frowned, and lowered his head again to reply:
"Back to ...... Back to Your Majesty, Commander Zhang Da and Deputy Commander Huang have all died in battle. It's just that there are too many dead bodies on the ground...... The villain couldn't tell for a while, which 'two corpses' were the handsome of our family...... is Zhang Huangling's ......"
After listening to this, Yan Qinghong nodded, and continued to ask the veteran in an extremely gentle voice:
"You answered very well. Then I will ask you again, who was that young knight with high martial arts who was injured to such an extent? Did the people of the Imperial Horse Warden make a move? ”
This veteran of the Flying Tiger Army seemed to be encouraged, and even the voice of the reply at this time was much more submissive:
"Your Majesty, that young man's skills are really clever, and he actually used his own strength to resist the siege of our entire Flying Tiger Army, and he also fought for more than half an hour! It's such a gap, and people are not only ...... Not only did he suffer some minor injuries, but he also beheaded two 'rebel generals' in a row, if it weren't for the fact that he was attacked in the back by the three dogs with a knife, how could he have been caught by Tai Baiwei with a fishing net! ”
"Three dogs......?"
"Yes, yes, yes! He seems to be from the sixth battalion of our Flying Tiger Army, a recruit! That kid isn't a thing anymore, and he's always ......."
"Where are the others now?"
After he succeeded in the sneak attack, his head was cut off by the young man's backhand sword...... Your Majesty, look, the head in front of you is the ...... of the three dogs."
Yan Qinghong looked along his arm and found a head not far away. He patted the veteran on the shoulder, stood up, walked over to the head himself, reached out and carried his hair in his hand, and examined it carefully:
"Hong Nian!"
Hong Nian, who was directing the cleanup of the battlefield, immediately ran over.
"Your Majesty!"
"I'll give you one thing, and you'll have to keep it in your heart. When all is said and done, you go and find out all the details of this person for me. ”
Hong Nian took the young man's head and looked at it carefully, but he didn't find anything unusual. So, he also lowered his voice and secretly asked:
"Your Majesty, this is just a baby soldier...... And the people are already dead, what are you investigating him for? ”
Yan Qinghong squinted his eyes and looked at the human head in his hand, and said in a flat tone:
"This person has done me a 'great favor', of course I want to 'reward' his whole family! So, you must keep this thing in mind and do it clearly and beautifully! ”
Hong Nian did not doubt him when he heard this, and after receiving the order, he continued to be busy directing and cleaning up the battlefield......
The reason why the 5,000 cavalry led by Yan Qinghong and Hong Nian were able to enter this northern capital without a single soldier was because the Flying Tiger Army, which was originally responsible for guarding the east city gate, was destroyed by whom. In this way, the problem of 'cavalry siege', which had been a headache for Yan Qinghong for a while, was solved!
Until now, he regarded this as the result of Shen Gui and Li Deng's arrangement in advance.
At this time, Fengjing City, with the complete 'fall' of Nanmen Street, fell into a deadlock between the two armies! The crown prince Yan Day, the Taibai Guard under his command, and the unknown Imperial Horse Supervisor, with the help of the towering and solid palace walls, and the moat that was ordered by Yan Fujiu to put away the suspension bridge, were completely isolated from the 'outside world'.
In this way, although he was able to defend himself against the enemy army and storm the imperial city, Yan Tian also pushed himself into a 'dead end'.