Chapter 18: The Iron Rider of Whiskers

"General, you go first, I'll cut it off!" He and Li Guang led a team of pro-soldiers after the Han army cavalry was broken and shouted at Li Guang.

"Don't talk nonsense, I, Li Guang, have been dozens of zhang in my life, which one is not the first? Now, how can there be any reason to abandon his subordinates and flee by himself? Li Guang shouted loudly while fighting.

"General, you are the commander in chief of the army, once you lose, what will you do if you let thousands of soldiers? You better lead everyone to withdraw first! The last general will not let these Huns move forward! "The pro-soldier team is in a hurry.

"Yes, father, you better withdraw first, I and Team Zhang are breaking off!" Li Dang also rarely showed an awe-inspiring atmosphere at this time.

"Shut up Lao Tzu! Dare to speak again, military law - on crime! Li Guangda shouted, paused, and said, "Where is the captain?" ”

"The captain doesn't know where he is now, what's the matter with the general?" Beside Li Guang, the white-faced little guy with the sword said loudly.

"You quickly go to find the cavalry captain, this will order him to lead people to hold the mountain pass when he comes, and never let the mountain pass fall into the hands of the Huns until the retreating army passes!" Li Guang deployed.

"No!" The white-faced little guy answered and walked away.

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Today, Qincheng has been successfully upgraded from infantry to cavalry, and the war horse that he took from the Huns under his control gallops across the battlefield. He held the military flag in one hand and the reins in the other, but did not retreat with the army, but led the military flag to Li Guang's side under the escort of Dong Chu, Wu Daliang and others.

Li Guang, as the commander of the three armies, is not difficult to find.

"General, the flag is here!" Qin Cheng rode to Li Guang's side, stabbed a Hun cavalry in front of him with a military flag, and shouted at Li Guang.

Qin Cheng led the military flag to Li Guang's side not to invite merit and receive rewards, but the commander's military flag as a symbol, it was necessary for Qin Cheng to let the cavalry who stayed behind know that Li Guang did not abandon them and flee for their lives! This is very necessary to encourage the broken cavalry, because the battle of these cavalry is directly related to whether the army can retreat safely.

"Good!" When Li Guang saw the military flag, he yelled excitedly, "The general will now appoint you as the new military marquis and take charge of the commander's banner!" ”

"No!" Qin Cheng agreed loudly, and he didn't have time to get excited about being able to fight side by side with Li Guang, so he threw himself into a new battle.

At this time, a cavalryman shouted loudly: "General, there are too many Hun cavalry in the rear, I'm afraid the soldiers can't resist it!" ”

Li Guang galloped on his horse and slashed several Hun cavalrymen one after another, before he said: "Go and give the order quickly, the cavalry soldiers will not retreat to the death, even if they fight to the last soldier, they must protect our army to evacuate safely!" ”

"No!"

"The general's order, the cavalry will not retreat to the death, and fight to the last soldier!"

"The general's order, the cavalry will not retreat to the death, and fight to the last soldier!"

"The general's order, the cavalry will not retreat to the death, and fight to the last soldier!"

“……”

As the heralds galloped on the battlefield, Li Guang's general orders were also issued to every Han cavalry soldier. The cavalry of the Han army who heard this general order not only did not feel desperate, but instead gave birth to a strong anger from the bottom of their hearts, and the movements in their hands were a little braver!

For these Han cavalry soldiers, their hatred of the Huns has gone deep into the bone marrow, and sixty years of humiliation and endurance, after finding a breakthrough gap, once it breaks out, will be more violent than a flood, and they are not afraid of death!

Fighting to the death, there is only one thought left in the heart of every Han cavalryman. They don't want to die, but they don't fear it!

The wounded and fighting scene on the battlefield has entered the second **.

The chariots, which had not yet been scrapped, rushed back and forth in the Hun army formation, cooperating with the cavalry's resistance. The cavalry on the two lines dragged the Hun cavalry who tried to break through the defense line and encircled in a roundabout way, here, the shouts of killing and screams filled the air, and the blood stained the sky red, and the Hun cavalry had to pay a heavy price for every step!

When the light infantry was the first to retreat to the mountain pass, a fierce battle was taking place between the Han cavalry and the cavalry led by the Xiongnu Zuo Guduhou.

"Archer, prepare!"

The light infantry captain gave the order, and the remaining hundreds of archers lined up in formation!

"Draw the bow and arrow!"

"Put!"

Hundreds of iron arrows suddenly penetrated into the Hun cavalry formation densely blocked in the mountain pass, causing huge casualties!

"Draw the bow and arrow!"

"Put!"

After a few rounds of volleys, the Han cavalry who were attacking the Hun cavalry defense line suddenly felt the pressure greatly reduced, and the cavalry team of less than 300 people finally tore a hole in the mountain pass!

At this time, the heavy infantry and the chariot infantry also arrived, and these Han cavalry, after tearing the hole, with the cooperation of the archers, began to block the Hun cavalry that came to reinforce the arrows.

Under the orders of their respective captains, the heavy infantry and the vehicle infantry took the lead in running into the mountain post road!

"General, the mountain pass has been controlled by our army, let's retreat quickly!"

The pro-soldier team was shouting at Li Guang.

"Let the infantry go first. Pass my command, the archers will set up an ambush at the mouth of the eagle! ”

"No!"

……

"General, the infantry has almost evacuated, let's go!"

"You retreat first, I'll cut it off!"

"General!"

"Obey the command! The flag is with me! ”

"No!"

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After the heavy infantry and the chariot infantry retreated into the mountain forest post road, the chariot then retreated under Li Guang's order, then the light infantry, and finally the cavalry, and Qin Cheng and the others followed Li Guang and then the cavalry last!

All the retreating personnel hurried to the eagle's mouth five miles away!

The eagle's mouth is a particularly narrow place in the mountain forest post road, the terrain of the whole eagle's mouth is narrow, the eagle's mouth is about ten zhang long, the width is not too much, and the chariots must collect the halberd when they pass, which is also the reason why Li Guang chose it as the ambush location for the archers.

When the midday sun was about to turn into sunset, the last cavalry rushed into the mountain forest post road. And among the last dozen cavalry cavalry, Qin Cheng and Li Guang, who were carrying military flags, were impressively listed!

In order to cover the retreat of the infantry, the original nearly 2,000 cavalry is now less than 200 cavalry, and all of them are wounded, even Li Guang, his body is covered with knife wounds and arrow wounds, and the blood has already stained the battle robe red!

These dozens of horsemen, while galloping, kept firing arrows to the rear. In a short distance of five miles, the more than 50 horsemen who followed Li Guang finally withdrew in had only ten horsemen left before they reached the eagle's mouth.

"The general is here! The general is coming! Archers, prepare! ”

When the light infantry captain saw Li Guang and the others coming on horseback, his anxious face showed a hint of ecstasy, and he immediately ordered the archers to prepare to respond.

Qin Cheng followed behind Li Guang, and there was an iron arrow stuck in his back, but fortunately, it was protected by iron armor, and this one did not cause him a lot of damage. But the archer was so powerful that he shot the iron arrow through his iron armor.

It seems that the name of that person is "Left Big Bone Marquis".

Qin Cheng saw that the eagle's mouth was already close in front of him, and he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

Damn, Lao Tzu almost died on the battlefield in the first battle, it's so dangerous! Qin Cheng thought so.

"Ahh When Qin Cheng ran to about twenty zhang in front of the eagle's mouth, there was a scream from behind, Qin Cheng was shocked in his heart, he didn't look back, now it's the last step, he doesn't dare to be careless, many times people fail in the last step before success, Qin Cheng doesn't want to make this mistake. Besides, Qin Cheng didn't have to look back to know that this must be a cavalry that was shot off the horse by the Hun cavalry who was closely chasing from behind. That's how he's been all this way.

"Put!"

With the order of the captain of the light infantry, hundreds of archers who were ambushed on the rocks on both sides of the eagle's mouth released arrows at the same time, and the rain of arrows suddenly enveloped the pursuing Hun cavalry, and the Hun cavalry who rushed to the front turned on their backs!

"Chariots are clogged up!"

After Li Guang rushed into the eagle's mouth, he didn't care about getting off his horse, and ordered directly.

"No!"

The few remaining chariots were placed in a narrow passage more than ten feet long from the eagle's mouth.

"General!" As soon as the soldiers of the Han army who retreated here saw Li Guang coming back safely, they all stood up, and every face covered with blood was mixed with some tears at this moment.

Li Guang dismounted and slowly looked around at these soldiers, and when he set out on the expedition, the team of 5,000 people was already less than 1,500 at this moment. The cavalry, in particular, was almost completely annihilated.

These surviving soldiers had no excitement or luck on their faces, and behind the bloody and tearful faces of each chapter, there was an unwilling heart burning.

Looking at these blood-stained, disheveled, and scarred soldiers, Li Guang's heart, as the chief general of the three armies, was congested, and his throat was as hard as a rock in an instant, and he couldn't help but shed old tears.

When they set out on the expedition, all of them were good men, majestic and heroic, eager to show their skills on the battlefield and avenge the country's shame and family revenge. And after a hard battle, at this moment, it was such an embarrassing look. There are so many soldiers who are in the wilderness and have fallen victim to a losing battle. As a general, I can't lead my subordinates to be a victorious division, I'm afraid it's the biggest regret and failure, right?

"What? Da Liang didn't follow up?! Just when Li Guangqing was depressed, a loud shout suddenly broke out behind him!