Chapter 27: The End of the Barbarian King
Seeing that the foot soldiers of the front army were beaten back step by step by the barbarians, the Guiyi army was delayed. Wei Kai hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the whole army presses up, follow me." ”
With a spear in hand, Wei Kai moved forward. Such a momentum obviously drove the soldiers of the rear army to suppress the formation, and they also roared and followed Wei Kai to rush forward.
The cavalry of the Royal Forest Army watched the tens of thousands of troops fighting hard, and their cavalry stayed behind because of the lack of horsepower on their horses, and the expressions on their faces became extremely complicated.
At this time, a military marquis raised his sword and shouted: "Brothers, we are the Imperial Forest Army, the royal guard, and the cavalry, and there is no reason why we will lose to the infantry brothers in front." I left some of my brothers to look after the horses, and the rest followed me. ”
The cavalry of the Imperial Forest Army received the order of the marquis, and did not hesitate at all, dismounted and rushed forward with their swords held high.
The infantry of the front army, which had fought hard, was supported by the rear army, the pressure was greatly reduced, and the front was maintained.
The general Wei Kai bravely rushed to kill with a spear in his hand, and hundreds of Royal Forest troops also rushed to the front of the army at this moment, fighting bloodily with the barbarians. When the soldiers saw the general and the Imperial Guards working so hard, their morale also rose, and the situation that was unfavorable to them gradually turned around.
The barbarian king Meng Bao woke up after a short period of fainting, and looking at the battle situation in front of him, he couldn't help frowning, pulled over a personal soldier beside him and asked, "How is the battle situation ahead?" ”
"King Qiqi, the rear army of the official army has been pressed up, and the general Wei Kai has also taken the group of brightly armored cavalry to dismount and fight, and our army is a little unable to bear it."
"Then what are you waiting for, kill!" Meng outflanked his broadsword and led a few soldiers who took care of him to the battle circle to kill.
After watching and overturn a few imperial soldiers, Meng Bao saw Wei Kai who was at the front. In the case that there are enemy troops in front and there is no way to retreat, there is only one way to survive, kill the general. As long as he kills Wei Kai, then he may still have a chance to live.
And at this moment, Wei Kai also saw Meng Bao, the same as Meng Bao, Wei Kai also thought that as long as Meng Bao was killed, then this war would soon be over.
As the saying goes, enemies are very angry when they meet, Wei Kai and Meng Bao are like this, and they also have the same idea of putting each other to death.
As soon as they fought, there was no mercy between the two sides. Swords and guns collide, life and death are at odds. Both of them are walking the way of opening and closing, and they are extremely brave, and the soldiers around them have taken the initiative to vacate the distance.
Just as the battle between the two armies was in full swing, smoke and dust billowed from the rear of the barbarian army. In the smoke and dust, a Zhao character flag fluttered in the wind. The Righteous Army is coming!
When the Guiyi army came to help, Wei Kai and Meng Bao, who were fighting, were shocked, but Wei Kai was surprised, and Meng Bao was panicked.
"Brothers, the rebels are coming, kill the thieves!" Wei Kai shouted and didn't continue to talk nonsense. The spear in his hand is more powerful than the other. Seeing that Wei Kai suddenly exerted his strength again, Meng Bao could only resist with a knife.
Hearing that the Guiyi army came to help, the morale of the soldiers under Wei Kai's command was boosted and they launched a fierce attack on the barbarians. The Guiyi army, also under the leadership of Zhao Wutang, launched an attack on the barbarian rebels.
Although they are foot soldiers, the three fierce generals of Dian Wei, Luo Shixin, and Le Jin are unstoppable, and there is no one of them among the barbarians. The three of them were like sharp arrows, leading the Guiyi army through the barbarian military formation. All of a sudden, the barbarian rear army was slaughtered and turned on their backs.
Flanked from both sides, the barbarians were suddenly crushed, the soldiers trampled on each other, and there were many dead and wounded. In the face of the barbarian army that was scurrying like headless flies, the imperial army was like chicken blood, wielding the swords and guns in their hands vigorously, and slashing the barbarians who were holding their heads and scurrying.
Kaohsiung killed several panicked barbarians, originally intended to boost morale and let the soldiers not panic. But it was useless, the army was defeated, and more and more people fled.
Seeing that the situation was irreparable, Kaohsiung took Gao Mai and a few personal soldiers to slowly approach Meng Bao's side. I want to meet with Meng Bao to see if I can open an opening so that I can break out.
Heaven did not fulfill people's wishes, Mo Feng saw the Gao brothers who were gathering towards Meng Bao, so he shouted to Dian Wei and the others: "Capture the thief and capture the king first, take down the Gao brothers, whether you live or die, don't let him join forces with Meng Bao." ”
"No!"
The army of ten thousand people took the head of the general, which is out of reach for ordinary people. But for the three of them, it was as easy as a snap. With Dian Wei as the arrow, Luo Shixin and Le Jin as the flanks, they killed the Gao brothers.
The Gao brothers were approaching Meng Bao when they suddenly heard a scream from their side, and when they looked sideways, they saw two faces that often appeared in their nightmares: Luo Shixin and Le Jin. Looking in front of them again, the burly man, holding a knife in both hands, passed like an autumn wind sweeping away leaves.
Seeing this scene, the Gao brothers panicked, and no longer wanted to go to Meng Bao to break through, now they just want to run for their lives and just want to live.
It was so simple, Dian Wei saw that his prey was turning around and running away, and roared: "Where to escape? Then, with both hands accumulating, the two knives came out of their hands.
With two sounds of "boom" and "boom", two knives penetrated the chests of Kaohsiung and Gao Mai.
"Big brother......" Gao Mai looked at the tip of the knife on his chest in disbelief, he couldn't imagine that he would die like this.
With a "bang", Kaohsiung and Gao Mai fell, dying.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, Meng Bao was anxious, did he have to explain here like this, no, he must not die like this.
"Kaohsiung, Gaomai! We break through! Meng Bao shouted. But there was no voice to answer him.
glanced at it with his spare eyes, only to find that the Gao brothers had been killed.
"Go!" Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wei Kai swept the big knife in Meng Bao's hand at once, and kicked Meng Bao to the ground.
"Die!" The silver head of the spear pierced Meng Bao's throat. Drawing back the spear, Wei Kai cut off Meng Bao's head with his sword.
"Meng Bao is dead, I order you to lay down your weapons quickly, and those who descend will not die!"
"Whoever descends will not die...... Those who descend will not die...... Those who descend will not die......"
With the death of Meng Bao, the imperial soldiers also began to follow Wei Kai's persuasion to surrender, and the rest of the barbarian army saw that Meng Bao and the Gao brothers were dead, and they all obediently put down their weapons and surrendered to the army of the Celestial Star Empire.
Seeing the surrender of the barbarian army, the imperial army also put down the swords and guns in their hands and began to accept the surrender of the barbarian army and clean up the battlefield. Although the abolition of the military dukes greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the imperial army, it also made it impossible for them to act like a killing machine against defenseless prisoners.
"Congratulations to the general on slashing Meng Bao, congratulations!" Zhao Wutang greeted him.
"Where, where is this, there must be more Brother Zhao to come to help in time, otherwise I wouldn't have taken him down so easily."
"Alright, don't talk about it here, let's go back to the camp first. When we get back, we'll get together again and tell me how you've been doing this journey. Personally beheaded Meng Bao, Wei Kai was in a good mood.
"General, don't be in a hurry, wait for me to introduce you to someone, this time thanks to him." Zhao Wutang beckoned behind him, "Captain Zhang, I've come to see the general!" ”
Hearing Zhao Wutang's call, Zhang Jian trotted forward, clasped his fists and saluted: "Zhang Jian, the governor of Zhuti County, has seen the general!" ”
"Oh, it turned out to be Zhang Duwei, the general Wei Kai, polite!" Wei Kai also returned a salute like Zhang Jian.
Zhang Jian didn't expect that the dignified general of the Heavenly Star Empire would return the salute to him. In his imagination, the general is a person who is above 10,000 people under one person, how can he be as heroic and approachable as Wei Kai!
"Thanks to Captain Zhang and leading more than 1,000 county soldiers to support us, otherwise I would not have taken Yizhou County so easily if I returned to the righteous army."
"So, there is Captain Lao Zhangdu! I will take note of the merits in detail, and when the time comes, I will show your majesty! ”
"Thank you, General, then the general will go to clean up the battlefield first!"
"Hmmm! Go ahead! Wei Kai nodded and waved his hand to signal that he could go.
"Then we can go back to the camp now, I still have important matters to discuss with you, and the matter here can be settled by the generals under my command. I still have a lot to ask you! ”
"General, please!" Wei Kai was so enthusiastic that Zhao Wutang couldn't shirk it, so he returned to the camp with Wei Kai.
After not seeing each other for a long time, the two exchanged pleasantries in the tent, talking about everything from the situation of the march along the way to the specific situation of the war.
However, this made Zhao Wutang very puzzled, why was Wei Kai in such a hurry today! As a general, he didn't even care about the aftermath of the battlefield, and only dragged himself to his account to talk about these things. It's okay to talk about these things later, so why do we have to talk about them now!
While he was thinking, he saw Wei Kai suddenly clench his fists and kneel down on one knee: "Brother Zhao, brother, I'm sorry for you!" ”
Zhao Wutang helped Wei Kai up: "Why does the general need to be like this, what happened?" ”
"Alas, here's the thing......" Wei Kai told Zhao Wutang about the matter of Wu Cheng of the prison army.
"It's all my fault, I listened to the words of this villain, so that Brother Zhao, your Guiyi Army lost more than half of its soldiers! If you want to blame, blame me! ”
Wei Kai's words were like heart-wrenching words, which stabbed Zhao Wutang's heart fiercely. He returned to the righteous army to fight in the north and south for the Celestial Star Empire, but in the end he became a victim of the merit of those who had a heart.
Above the court, there are so many people like Wu Cheng. These people, at this time, are still deceitful and intriguing, doubting this and that all day long. What a sorrow for the Empire!
"General, you don't need to be like this, it's not your fault, you are just being deceived by the villain Wu Cheng. If you want to say wrong, it is completely the fault of Wu Cheng, the prison guard. Other than this, Zhao Wutang didn't know what to say.
Seeing Zhao Wutang say this, Wei Kai also smiled helplessly, he knew that this mustard was not so easy to eliminate.
"Brother Zhao, please relax, I will definitely explain this matter to Your Majesty. Your Majesty hates this kind of person who does such shameless things in his name."
Zhao Wutang nodded: "If it's nothing, I'll go out first!" The Brethren are still cleaning up the battlefield. ”
Looking at Zhao Wutang's lonely back, Wei Kai didn't know what to say or what to comfort.