Chapter 144: Cavalry, Cavalry
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The county seat of Jingcheng. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Hui Hui is famous for cavalry, since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to the present, the figure of the Hui cavalry has never really disappeared in the territory of the Tang Empire, and the Anshi Rebellion is also thanks to the help of the Hui cavalry, so that the Tang Empire successfully recovered the eastern capital Luoyang, and the Tang Dynasty will always remember the merits of the Hui Dynasty.
But now, these Hui allies who had helped them have become an eternal nightmare, although they are cavalry, but the city walls of this Jingcheng county town are too dilapidated and simple, and in the face of the crazy siege of the Hui people, the county Wei Zhang Zuo felt deep frustration and powerlessness.
The weakness of the city defenses, the lack of troops, the shortage of weapons, and the low morale of the city made this small county town even worse, like a small tree crumbling in a raging storm, facing complete destruction at any time.
Although there were no siege weapons, the Uighur arrows could easily pass over the low walls and shoot into the bodies of the defending soldiers, while the prepared fire oil boulders and other objects could not do any damage to the Uighur cavalry who refused to approach.
Zhang Zuo could even clearly see the grim smile on the face of the Hui general, only a few rounds of arrow rain had passed, and more than half of the soldiers on the city wall had been killed or wounded.
Zhang Zuo looked ahead in despair, bowed in the direction of the capital, and then raised the horn bow in his hand with his own hand to pull the arrow.
Phewββ
The feathered arrow sliced through the sky, letting out a low roar.
Zhang Zuo knew that after the arrow was fired, all he could do was wait for the Hui people to climb up to the city and fight to the death.
The arrow made a graceful arc and struck the chest of one of the Uighur cavalrymen.
Zhang Zuo pulled out the horizontal knife at his waist, he was ready to die.
However, at this moment, Zhang Zuo was shocked to find that the camp of the Hui people on the opposite side was suddenly in chaos.
And just behind the Hui people, the dust and smoke suddenly rose, accompanied by the rumbling sound of horses' hooves and the deafening shouts of killing, the three teams of Tang cavalry were divided into left, center, and right directions, and they smashed into the camp of the Hui people like divine soldiers descending from the sky.
The Hui people didn't seem to expect that there would be Tang cavalry in their rear, although they had the advantage in numbers at this time, but for a while, they were also in chaos, and the three teams of cavalry were like three sharp blades straight back into the hinterland of the battle array.
"Reinforcements, reinforcements! Fast! Open the gates! Zhang Zuo's face was overjoyed, and then he shouted.
"Little man, you are determined to lose this time, when it comes to killing, I have never lost a bone Duoda!" Gu Duoda galloped wildly, the mace in his hand struck left and right, and every time he rose and fell, only a red blood mist and a terrible wail followed.
Among the three route armies, Gu Duoda's road was undoubtedly the slowest march, but it was also the road that killed the most Hui people.
Contrary to Gu Duoda's strategy, Gao Yu led a hundred elite cavalry on the left side but did not love to fight, but plunged straight back to the center of the Hui in one go, and in just a short moment, he had already split the Hui war group into two.
The right route army is also the largest number of people, the fastest marching one, led by Zheng Jin, Yan Heng and Li Zhen, although so, but this road is undoubtedly the weakest in the three route army, their purpose is only to break through the camp of the Hui people to kill the city of Jingcheng as quickly as possible.
Five Shence veterans surrounded Li Zhen in the center, resisting all the scimitars that swung at Li Zhen and Zhao Wan, and fought and advanced, and advanced and killed.
The five of them were like one in the high-speed march, each handing over his back to his comrades, if it were not for absolute trust, they would never be able to do so without distractions, as if they were living together, all they saw was in front of them, and only in front of them, all the enemies in their way could only die.
This was the first time Li Zhen had seen the battlefield with his own eyes, and the first time he had experienced war in person, his heart was beating violently, his eyes were red, and his sword was shining with cold light.
Fortunately, practicing Xiao Liang's swordsmanship all year round made Li Zhen somewhat self-preservation, although he could not kill and break through as skillfully as five veterans, but this was a beginning after all.
This is the first time Li Zhen has killed someone, the first time he has killed with his own hands, but his heart is as calm as ever, not so much that Xiao Liang taught him a style of swordsmanship, but that he has taught him to keep a calm heart anytime and anywhere, and this may be far more important than the skill of killing.
Zhao Wan closed her eyes tightly behind her and said nothing, at this moment, Li Zhen was all she had.
"Da Lang, there is the city gate in front, you rush out first, my palace is behind!" Yan Heng, who has been practicing martial arts since childhood, has changed his hippie smiling face at this time, with a horizontal knife in his hand, his eyebrows upside down, and his blood-stained robe has explained everything.
Up to now, Li Zhen no longer procrastinated, and after answering the sound, he rode his horse and galloped, and the five veterans followed closely behind, escorting Li Zhen and Zhao Wan to rush into the city gate that had already been opened.
"Wei Zhangzuo of Xiaguanjing County, greet the general!"
At this time, Zhang Zuo led the only remaining more than 200 soldiers to salute Li Zhen with their swords.
"Wan'er, dismount!" Li Zhen shouted in a deep voice.
Zhao Wan opened her eyes at this time, and Zhang Zuo helped Zhao Wan to step off the horse.
"Take care of her!" Li Zhen said to Zhang Zuo, and then turned to the nameless veteran behind him and said, "Can you fight again?" β
"Hehe, just a word from the general!" One of the dark-skinned men grinned.
"Good! Kill me back! Li Zhen laughed, and took the lead in riding his horse and raising his sword to rush out of the city gate again.
"Little ...... ......"No matter how reluctant Zhao Wan is, she will never stop Li Zhen from making any decisions, which was the case before, is the case now, and will be the same in the future."
Seeing this, Zhang Zuo's blood in his chest suddenly surged, and he roared angrily at the soldiers behind him: "If you can still hold a bow, follow me to the city wall!" β
Outside the city, the Gu Duoda in the middle looked like a demon from hell from a distance, smiling and reaping the cheap souls of the enemy in the battle array, although it was slow, but it made the surrounding Hui people tremble.
On the left, Gao Yu did not love to fight, but rushed straight towards the wolf flag flying high, and the place of the battle flag must be where the enemy generals are.
Only Zheng Zhen and Yan Heng on the right side of the two people seemed to be quite struggling, perhaps because the Hui people also noticed that the strength of this road was weaker, plus after this period of integration, the Hui people gradually stabilized their position, a large number of Hui soldiers gathered on the right side, and Zheng Zhen and others were surrounded in just a moment.
"Brother Taiwen, if you can live this time, you must accompany Lao Tzu to drink for three days and three nights!" Yan Heng couldn't stop laughing, and stabbed the horizontal knife into the lower abdomen of a Hui cavalryman, and a blood mist spurted out, and hot blood splashed on Yan Heng's body and face......