Volume 1 Chapter 70
The land was green, and the brown-gray villages had not a single wisp of smoke. Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the village on his horse, and only a circle came to mind, which was the mark he had drawn on the map.
He has been stationed in Gu'an for more than half a month, and he knows everything around him.
Thousands of iron horsemen surged on the road neither fast nor slowly, the flags were of different sizes, each side was different, and the difference between the flags of the general flag team and the small flag team was clear at a glance.
In the wind, the sound of the horse's hooves "rum......bling" into pieces echoed with the sound of the clanging of the armor, and a few horses neighed from time to time. Farther away, the roar of the cannon seemed to be getting closer.
Zhu Gaoxu glanced back, and many living faces flashed from his eyes behind him. In different emotions, there is a faint hint of nervousness...... Even if you are a veteran of the battlefield, you still don't feel easy on the battlefield.
The artillery guns were also ringing all the time. A large group of people and horses walked for a while, and at this time Zhu Gaoxu could already hear the noise of people and horses in the distance. As far as he could see, the horizon was filled with smoke and gunsmoke, and people and horses were faintly surging.
At this time, I was just getting closer, and I couldn't see what was going on on the battlefield at all.
Zhu Gaoxu looked around, then pointed to a small piece of pine and cypress in the distance, and shouted: "Order all departments, go to the forest, and hide to the east side first." ”
"Order! Gotta ......" a few responses came from the herd.
The troops left the road one after another, and marched towards Songbai. Zhu Gaoxu also kicked his horse and ran that way, he didn't go to the east side, only took a few horses, bypassed the woods from a small road, and came to the outside of the forest to look at the direction of the Baigou River.
After waiting for a stick of incense, I saw four horsemen galloping from a distance. At the moment, a cavalryman with an arrow on his back shouted: "I am a subordinate of General Fang Kuan, who commanded the capital, and when I saw the scout of King Gaoyang coming to ask, I had to give the order to the peak and report the military situation......
The man spoke very urgently, rushed to Zhu Gaoxu, turned over and dismounted, handed over the letter, and said with a glare: "General Fang is on the right flank of the front army, he is seriously wounded, and he has retreated to the north!" The riverside is full of officers and soldiers, more and more! ”
"Don't worry." Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly said, "Which direction is the river?" ”
The man turned around and stroked his hand behind him, "It's all over there...... King Gaoyang, please look at the white smoke, from there to the south are all official troops, the official army camp stretches for dozens of miles, and the infantry cavalry rushes from the south to kill, and the more they fight, the more they fight. Our troops fought and retreated......"
In a short time, several more horses came running. These people are all Zhu Gaoxu's personal soldiers, although they forgot their names, Zhu Gaoxu looked familiar.
Yi rode on his horse and waved his hand and shouted, "Lord Wang, Queen Yan's camp has been defeated!" ”
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes were already round.
The knight pointed into the distance again, "The little one is back from the back camp, northwest!" The elite cavalry of the officers and soldiers broke through the rear camp, which was unstoppable, and the men and horses were raging, and the small ones did not dare to approach any longer. ”
Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the direction of the white smoke in front of him, looked at the northwest again, and said, "You follow me and lead the way." He raised his hand, turned back and shouted, "Tell the whole army, go!" ”
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On the bank of the Baigou River, the tents of the Yan army were lit, and the firelight reflected the red surface of the river, and thick smoke billowed everywhere. A large group of officers and cavalry wearing wide-brimmed hats rushed under the arrow tower, and the smoke was still heavy in the fence, and the largest tent was the Yan army's Chinese army tent, which was already spreading fire at this time.
In front of the official army, a big man in heavy armor, holding an iron shield in his left hand and an iron axe in his right hand, his arm was thicker than his thigh, and he wielded a heavy axe as dexterously as holding a dagger.
"King Yan is in front, kill!" The big man roared angrily.
"Kill!" The armies shouted in unison, and the heavens and the earth shook.
Suddenly, a general in front of him rushed towards him with a gun, and the iron cavalry behind him was surging for the lead. The general shouted: "Shouzhou Chen Heng is here!" Peace child, come and die! ”
The dust on the ground splashed, and the two heavy horses rushed together with a shout, Chen Heng stabbed with a spear, and with a "clank", the iron gun hit the shield, and sparks flew instantly. The two horses were staggered, between the electric light and flint, Ping An swung the iron axe and swept over, Chen Heng's body tilted to the side, and he was almost hit, and the person also fell off the horse with a "ding-ding-clang".
Safely reined in the horse, the iron horse crossed a distance forward, the iron axe waved, and several people were killed immediately.
The surrounding sounds of killing shook the sky, screams abounded, and flesh and blood flew in the savage impact of metal. Ping'an only stared at the general of the Yan army, and finally reined in the war horse, turned around, and rushed over again.
Chen Heng struggled up from the ground, and the surrounding soldiers hurriedly reined in their horses to protect him. However, Ping'an was like an axe, and weapons and armor could not block it, so he cut off several horses and rushed to Chen Heng in an instant.
"Die!" Ping An shouted violently, leaned over and slashed down with an axe.
"Bell!" Chen Heng raised the Yanling knife to block horizontally, and then used the iron wristguard of his left arm to block the force of the blade. But the Yanling knife was immediately violently bent. Chen Heng let out an "ahh
Ping An rushed over and turned the horse's head again. Chen Heng had climbed onto a war horse with the help of his own soldiers, patted the horse and left.
"Whoosh!" An arrow feather flew straight past from the centaurs, hitting Chen Heng's left back. Chen Heng ran away with arrows, and the military flags around him also fell into the dirt.
The officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation to cover the killing to the west and chased to the Baigou River, where they saw a Yan army wandering by the river and was blocked by the river. A splendid banner of "Fengtian Jingjing" is particularly conspicuous in the wind.
"King Yan is by the river, don't kill him!" Ping An yelled.
The sound of "rumbling ......" horses' hooves suddenly became louder, and a group of Yan army iron horsemen returned from the south. The bearded general of the current squad glared and shouted, "The escapee will not be forgiven!" ”
Arrows from the air flew sideways, dust and mist flew up, and large iron horsemen rushed bravely.
At this moment, the flags in the rear of the official army fluttered, and countless iron horsemen rushed out from under a simple wooden archway. The flag floated by, and a flag with the word "Qu" was particularly eye-catching.
Governor Qu Neng's men and horses rushed over one after another, and Qu Neng immediately shouted: "Brother Ping'an, block Zhang Yu's side attack!" I'm going to attack the Yan King! ”
"Good!" A voice of peace shouted.
Qu Neng and his son carried cherry guns, took the lead, and rushed towards the Baigou River. The men and horses with the square banner quickly divided into two groups, one headed straight for Qu Neng, and the other walked north by the thin mud by the river.
The two armies engaged, swords and guns were brandished, and screams erupted, and the nearby shouts of killing had long since overpowered the distant bombardment and artillery sound.
Qu Neng rushed through the enemy horses, and many of the war horses around him became empty horses, and only horses were left running. But Qu Neng didn't stop, he took another cherry spear from the cavalry next to him, turned his bloodstained face, and shouted: "Brothers, kill King Yan and save millions of people in the world!" ”
Qu Liangcai also shouted: "Kill King Yan and make a great contribution!" ”
"Kill! Kill ......," the army shouted. Qu Neng led the men and horses in front of him to rush straight to the direction of the Baigou River, and the fighting behind was still resounding.
In the muddy water by the river, there were corpses everywhere, blood and mud mixed together, faintly glowing red. The arrows stuck in the ground looked like patches of reeds, panicked empty horses ran around by the river, smoke wafted and filled the air, and the heavens and the earth were in chaos.