Text Chapter 176 The End of the Beacon Smoke The legend begins
The northern sky is vast and far-reaching, and the white clouds float by, changing in a thousand ways. Among the long undulating grass, some small beasts haunt it. If it weren't for the dry bones that are visible everywhere, this would have been a beautiful picture.
The arrow wound on the general's arm had stopped bleeding, and although it was a little painful, fortunately it didn't hurt the bones, so it shouldn't be a big deal. There are many such injuries on his body, and as a general, these are commonplace.
Li Guang has been serving Emperor Wen of Han as a guard since he was sixteen years old, and it has been more than forty years. Over the years, except for being transferred back to Chang'an due to special needs, most of the rest of the time has been transferred to the battlefield, which can be said to be experienced in a hundred battles.
The name of the world's famous generals is not obtained in a vacuum, and there are countless feats and glory here. From the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms to the pacification of the Xiliang Qiang tribe, and then to the northern Xinjiang against the Xiongnu, no matter which battlefield he was on, he gnawed hard bones and fought vicious battles.
The horse was a little bumpy, Li Guang squinted his eyes slightly, and silently calculated the distance he walked. This area, he had been to before, there were some small hills undulating, and if you wanted to get out, this was the best place to go.
He quietly moved his somewhat numb hands and feet, and looked at the situation around him out of the corner of his eye. Seven or eight horses were clustered around him, and the horsemen were all on their way, and no one noticed him. A young Hun general walked side by side, but from time to time he came over to take a look.
When his eyes turned again, he was happy, because his mount was following beside him, and after the Huns captured it, they saw that it was a horse, so he planned to dedicate it to Da Shan Yu with people and horses.
Li Guang has never been afraid of death, and he has been spinning in front of the ghost gate countless times over the years. But if there is a glimmer of life, he must also fight for it, because now the front line of Yanmen is still inseparable from him.
The Huns were still too careless, and in the joy of victory, they forgot the truth that the tiger needed to be tightened, and such omissions would eventually make them reap an empty joy!
When a gust of wind rose, the advance of the Hun cavalry had just turned a hill, and the mutation took place at this time. Ye Luhui rubbed his eyes, the wind and sand were misty, and he was somewhat uncomfortable. However, before he could put his hand down, a huge black shadow suddenly obscured his eyes between the light shifts.
The young Hun general didn't react for a while, thinking that it was a goshawk flying overhead, so his movements slowed down a little. And then he was wrong, it was not a goshawk, but a flying general!
Screams began to sound around him, and when Yeluhui's eyes widened with a feeling, there was already a person sitting on the empty horse next to him. The tiger is out of trouble, just waiting to be powerful, Qingge sword qi, blood splashed in all directions!
Almost in the blink of an eye, the five or six Hun cavalry gathered around had been swept by the edge of the sword, and they were either killed or wounded, screaming and falling off their horses.
Before half of the scimitar in Yeluhui's hand was drawn, the green mang had already swept over his neck, and the big head rose to the sky, and the dead body fled with the frightened horse.
It turned out that after Li Guang condensed the strength of his whole body and rose from the cloth pocket and landed on his mount, he pulled out the Qingge sword with his backhand, and killed a gap with lightning speed, and then he did not hesitate, with both feet, urged the mount, and rushed straight in the direction that he had already recognized.
You can run away like this?! Hearing the commotion not far from the rear army, Huyan Shaojie didn't care about the pain of the wound, and suddenly sat up to check the situation, someone had already come over and reported loudly.
"Report to the little prince, Li Guang escaped from the trap and killed five or six cavalrymen, and even the young general Yelu sent by Da Dan Yu was killed by him!"
"A bunch of rubbish! I can't stand it, so I'll chase him immediately, even if he escapes to the edge of the sky, he will chase me back! Surrounded by thousands of people, I don't believe he can still run! This time, he caught up with me and shot me to death, and became a dead tiger, I will see if he still has these majesty. ”
A few thousand commanders gave the order, turned their horses' heads, and led the cavalry brigade to chase after them at a gallop.
Huyan Shaojie's face was pale, this is a great achievement that can be crowned king in one step, how can it be so easy to give up! Although he was seriously injured, he followed behind with the support of the guards.
Due to the barrier of several hills, it was slightly inconvenient for the group to turn around and march, which created a period of escape time for Li Guang, who was riding alone. Under the gallop of the horses, when the Hun cavalry stepped on the flat ground and struggled to catch up, the two sides had already opened a long distance. That's where the veterans come in.
Turning out of the hilly area, and further on, it was a flat field until Yanmen, and during the gallop, the strong wind blew the sideburns and hurt, and the battle robe was blown by the wind like a small tent. Li Guang didn't care about it at this time, his ears sounded like thunder, and when he looked back in his busy schedule, a large cloud of smoke and dust obscured the day, and thousands of Hun iron horsemen chased after him!
Most of the Huns lived on horseback all their lives and were known as a people on horseback. Every cavalryman who can go into battle is proficient in the art of riding and archery, which is an instinct that has been cultivated since childhood.
During the horse chase, the Hun cavalry began to shoot arrows, but after all, they were too far away to shoot the figure in front of them. Li Guang glanced at the arrows falling like black rain behind him, and couldn't help but smile coldly. When it comes to horses and bows, are you afraid of you rabbits?
The ten-stone big yellow bow is hung on the side of the saddle, the flying general stretches out the ape arm, picks it in his hand, stretches out his hand is three carved arrows, the string is recognized, the bow is like a full moon, goes like a meteor, and the one who falls in response to the sound has no arrow!
The crotch dismounted did not slow down, and rushed straight forward. Arrows in your hands, arrows kill you, intimidating! After more than a dozen people dismounted in a row, the forward troops of the Hun cavalry were finally a little afraid. The opponent's arrows are too powerful, so many people can't shoot him, but the opponent's bow is strong, even if he shoots it with his eyes closed, in the dense team, he can always shoot a few dead.
was about to slow down the speed of the pursuit, but he heard Huyan Shaojie's general order coming from behind: "Li Guang must be won today, I must see people in life, and I must see corpses in death!"
The commander who led the team did not dare to disobey the order, and strictly ordered to speed up the pursuit! No matter how powerful Li Guang's magic shot is, how many arrows can he carry, when he runs out of arrows, see what he still has the ability to do.
The Huns guessed correctly at all, there were not many arrows in Li Guang's quiver. After a series of kills, there are fewer than a few left. Moreover, the continuous firing of such a strong bow consumes the most arm strength, even if he is talented, but at this time, his chest is already a little dull, his arms tremble, the blood from the wound is soaked through the battle robe, and his strength is about to be exhausted.
Li Guang sighed secretly, after all, there was a time when manpower was exhausted, although he wanted to kill two more enemies, he couldn't do anything. The rest can only run with horsepower, and as for the lives of those who can't escape, they can only look at creation.
Riding in the lead, running thunder behind, the distance of the chase is gradually shortening, and the edge of danger can be gradually reached. Maybe in a few moments, the Huns' arrow rain will catch up, and there is at least half an hour's horse journey from the warning range of Yanmen Pass, it seems that ...... Today may be a catastrophe!
Just as the veteran raised his head sadly and wanted to take another look in the direction of Yanmen Pass, almost without warning, the shadow of a knight suddenly appeared in his vision, then the second, and then the third...... Until it was like a whirlwind, sweeping the entire front!
The eyesight of the good shooter is wonderful, and when he saw those black robes clearly, a familiar and unfamiliar feeling came to his heart, and the corners of Li Guang's eyes were a little blurry, he didn't know what kind of emotion it was. Grateful? Heroic? Or do you want ......?
It's a real black whirlwind! Coming very quickly, the selection of good horses, the new equipment, the good discipline cultivated under strict training, the excitement and pride of appearing in the real killing field for the first time, this elite cavalry from the moment it appeared, with a natural sharp spirit.
After discovering the target, the black column in the gallop began to deform under the command of the gesture of the leader. The wings gradually line up, and in the middle is a row in the shape of an arrow protruding, just like an eagle with wings ready to fly!
Don't...... This 1,500-strong Han army of knights, they actually want to attack nearly 5,000 Hun cavalry?!
Li Guang restrained his horse and watched the cavalry team in the same costume gallop past in front of his eyes. From the young faces under the helmet, he saw a very special momentum. It's a mixture of arrogance and pride, a kind of fearlessness, and a vigorous and upward force! This feeling made him trance, and some shadows of that Yuan boy passed in front of him.
The leader of the general waved the sword in his hand at him, which was regarded as a greeting. Then the eagle rushed straight towards the wolves from the grassland on the opposite side with a roaring sky!
The Huns on the opposite side had already seen the arrival of reinforcements from the Han Dynasty, and the forward was a little hesitant, and they couldn't help but feel a little surprised when they saw the other party's posture from afar, and they were actually coming to charge the battle. This has never happened since the battle against the Han army.
The commander of the Huns can be regarded as a decisive person, he didn't have time to think about it, shouted orders not to stop, continued to rush the horse, and released arrows! Annihilate this Han army on the opposite side! Just kidding, your own strength is several times that of the other party, and the Han army is not looking for a way to die!
However, he was wrong, and he was very wrong. On such a battlefield, the only thing that is wrong is death.
Thousands of Hun cavalry continued to shoot arrows, the rain of arrows continued to miss, the opponent had not yet entered the firing range, and could not hurt a single person. Then, there was a sound of breaking the sky, and the opponent also began to shoot arrows.
The Huns didn't care, their strong bows couldn't shoot them, and the Han people's bows and arrows couldn't hurt themselves. Not everyone has the ability of Li Guang.
However, what the Huns absolutely did not expect was that the 1,500 cavalry of this Han army, although their names were not named Li Guang, everyone could use Li Guang's ability! Because each of them has a weapon in their hands to defeat the enemy~ nine-armed chain crossbow!
This was the first time that the Huns had seen the power of the nine-armed chain crossbow on the battlefield of the two armies, and it was also the first time they had tasted its bitterness. For a long time afterward, this weapon became a nightmare for cavalry.
The powerful crossbow arrows shot into the leather armor worn by the Huns, and with no effort, it was simply like a defeat, and some even shot deep into the body. With the continuous firing of the two winged Black Eagle Army, the crossbow arrows rained down, and its scale was almost like ten thousand arrows in unison, and the flower of death began to bloom.
This...... This is a team of more than a thousand people?! The Hun generals on the opposite side could hardly believe their eyes. With such a dense long-range strike capability, in front of them, the Huns' bows and arrows simply have no power to fight back!
People who have lived on the grasslands for a long time have an innate sensitivity to danger. As the forward cavalry fell from their horses like a wind and leaves, the Chinese army was already preparing to retreat to protect the wounded general.
However, the other party came too fast, and after the two wings of the Black Eagle Army shot the position of the Hun cavalry, like an eagle retracting its wings, with the main force in the middle putting away the crossbow arrows, pulling out the war knife, and began to fly into battle!
The enemy cavalry was already close at hand, Wei Qing put down his armor, and his whole body was covered with armor. All Black Hawk Riders are of the same configuration. This is a protective mask specially designed for them in Yuan Zhao's workshop on the Changle Plateau, which only shows the eyes, in order to minimize the parts of the body that are injured when charging into battle.
Today I finally want to drink the blood of the enemy! The man's ambition is criss-crossed, and the dream he has been dreaming of for a long time is finally in front of him. How can it not be exciting!
Wei Qing brandished the "Washing Ink" sword in his hand and cut off the head of the first Hun cavalryman, followed by Gongsun Rongnu, Zhou Ba, Han Yue, Zhang Cigong, Li Wang and others, each wielding a knife to kill. The whole team, like the black sword in his hand, plunged into the battle formation of the Hun cavalry.
Blood began to splatter, death began to spread, and the Huns had already lost their hearts under the previous crossbow arrows, and in the face of this fierce black ghost, their momentum was a little weaker at first. When the scimitar and the Han knife began to fight, they suddenly found that the previous advantage in weapons no longer existed.
The war knife in the hands of the knights of the Black Eagle Army, called the "Han Knife" by Yuan Zhao, is based on the style of the horizontal knife of later generations to improve the common ring head knife in the army, the blade is wide and thick, the blade is thick, the handle is slightly longer, can be cut and stabbed, and it is used for both foot and horse, especially on the horse, which adds more power.
These swords are made using the latest forging technology, and the materials used are iron tires made by modern smelting methods with various minerals added. The finished product has been polished by the experienced craftsmen of the Zhuo family, and each one is a high-quality product.
At that time, after being made with a sword in the army, after the collision, all of them were immediately decided, and the Han knife did not hurt at all, and every knight of the Black Eagle Army who got this knife was treated as a treasure, and it was not good to cherish it.
Today, they finally come in handy. The scimitars made by the Huns from the fine steel of the Western Regions can no longer rely on their sharpness to show off their power as before. Han Dao has become their nemesis!
Moreover, in addition to the nine-armed chain crossbow that was fired in the battle array, everyone in the Black Eagle Army actually carried a small crossbow arrow between the ribs, commonly known as the arm crossbow.
This is a sharp weapon for close combat, and when encountering more powerful Hun cavalry, a few knives can't solve it, and the Black Eagle Army will not make much effort. Between the raised arms, the crossbow arrows sealed the throat, and the solution was clean and neat.
Surrounded by the guards of the Chinese army, Huyan Shaojie, who was riding on a horse and looking back, felt a ridiculous feeling in his heart. When was it the turn of the Han army to be so powerful? Five thousand Hun iron horsemen, in the blink of an eye, nearly two thousand people in the vanguard have fallen under the hooves of the horses on both sides, what is the concept of such a balance of power!
"Little prince! Let's go, or it'll be too late! ”
The loyal guards could not allow Yan Shaojie to hesitate any longer, and hurriedly withdrew back with his white horse in his arms. The master of his own family is seriously wounded, and he can no longer fight in person. The black-robed Han army is too powerful, looking at the situation ahead, their defeat has been decided, and the most important thing is to protect the safety of the little prince first.
Although Huyan Shaojie was unwilling, he was helpless. While secretly holding a grudge, he fled north. The commander of the rear army gritted his teeth and led more than 1,000 horsemen to continue to go up, so as to buy Huyan Shaojie a little time to escape.
From the discovery of the other party's traces, to the two sides began to fight in close combat, to the present, it is only a cup of tea, and more than half of the Hun cavalry has been killed and wounded. The Black Hawk Army became more and more courageous, and under the leadership of their respective leading captains, they were divided into more than a dozen squads, divided, interspersed, and surrounded...... Agile and mobile, the Hun cavalry was wiped out among the long grass by crossbow arrows and Han knives.
Their style of play is too flexible, obviously after a long period of training, and they work very well with each other. The scattered Hun cavalry had no power to fight back at all, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, struggling in vain, and then went to the ...... death.
Li Guang rode and stood on a slightly higher terrain, looking at the bloody scene in front of him, his heart was so agitated that he couldn't help but want to pull his bow and ride his horse over to kill the enemy side by side with this group of black eagle athletes, but he held back stiffly.
This is their first battle of glory, and this battlefield is their home field, so it would be better to be a witness by yourself. Here he can see clearly, the black torrent, everywhere it goes, no one can stop it, and the fate of all the enemies in front of him can only be crushed and destroyed.
"Great! I'm a big man and an iron horseman, this is the real iron rider! If there are such 10,000 horses in the northern Xinjiang, how can the mortal enemy who is eyeing the enemy of life and death outside Yanmen Pass be afraid! Li Guang was greatly relieved.
In the human world, some people seem to be born to do certain things. Wei Qing is a natural war commander. Although this is his battlefield debut, his vision of the big picture has been vividly displayed.
While taking the lead in commanding the enemy, he kept an eye on the enemy's every move and the balance of forces between the two sides. The Hun front had been wiped out, the Chinese army began to retreat, and the rear army poured in. He immediately ordered the deployment to be adjusted, and the captains of each branch led their subordinates to assemble in the center and work together to eliminate this Xiongnu rear army.
"Gongsun Rongnu obeys the order! Immediately lead the headquarters of 500 horsemen, to pursue the north fleeing Hun army, if possible, kill the army, only today, return victorious, for you to remember! ”
Seeing that more than 1,000 horsemen of the Xiongnu rear army had been attacked by the Black Eagle Army from all sides, Wei Qing issued a military order to the top general of his subordinates.
Gongsun Rongnu's spirit was shocked, he clenched the extended version of the Han knife in his hand, answered the order loudly, urged the war horse, and led the army to chase the fleeing grassland tiger not far away!
This is exactly what it is:
The beacon smoke is more magnificent, the blood-stained place, the river and the forest are transparent. Don't be burdened with blood to get rid of thieves, swords and swords, and kill enemy chiefs on horseback.
The flag covers the sun and covers the day, and the clothes are not dissolved, and the wind and clouds are rising today, and the legend is just waiting for the triumph!