Chapter 143: Another Bad General
Wave after wave of arrows rained down. Gao Yuanheng and the cavalry who still trusted him once again rushed towards the dragon defense line in the south. But the effect is worse than the first time. This time, only the cavalry of the first platoon rushed forward, but most of them were killed or wounded by the thieves' feathered arrows in the course of the charge.
The second row drew an arc in front of the thieves' sword and shield soldiers, and used the speed of their horses to rush towards the thieves on the left and right.
Gao Yuanheng is in the third row. He was furious when he saw that the cavalry in front of him had either died or fled. Over the years, he has fought dozens of battles, big and small, and has never been defeated, and he has never been abandoned by his own men.
With blood-red eyes, he continued to charge straight towards the thief. His own soldiers shouted in panic: "General! Checkmate! Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood! Stop! ”
But Gao Yuanheng had already pushed the horse to the maximum, and rushed forward into the thieves' spears with no relentless progress. There was a gap across from him that had been knocked open, and the thieves' pikemen had not yet filled it. His horse leaped up, past the sword and shield soldiers in front of him, and over the corpse of the fallen horse. Fell in front of the crossbowmen.
The thieves' crossbowmen screamed in panic, having long forgotten to continue shooting. But at such a close distance, it was too late for them to shoot arrows.
Gao Yuan Heng rode on his horse, slashed left and right twice with the long knife in his left hand, and then rushed out of the archer's array and rushed towards a dragon riding on a horse watching the battle. He wants to cut down the enemy general, and this is the only way to solve this crisis.
He rode forward, and although he had a long knife in his left hand, he was still unbeatable. He cut down two nearby thieves who stood in his way, and continued to charge towards a dragon. But more thieves came rushing in, and they attacked him with spears, with maces, with waist knives, with axes, with all sorts of weapons in their hands, against his horses.
"Stop him! Stop him! A dragon shouted in terror on the horse. His horse was also controlled by him and fell backwards, but he still had a little courage and did not turn around and run. For he saw that only a few cavalry rushed over, and they were all surrounded by his own soldiers, and there was no way to converge at all. As long as they could block these officers and soldiers, they would win, so they still suppressed the idea of escaping.
A spear pierced the neck of Gao Yuanheng's war horse, and the war horse screamed, and the man stood up and threw Gao Yuanheng off the horse. Gao Yuanheng propped it up with his right hand when he landed, and the wound on his right rib burst open, making him feel a piercing pain.
Holding back the pain, he continued to use his long knife to kill a dragon in the direction of the dragon. Gao Yuanheng's martial arts are strong, and the long sword makes it open and close, and almost no one can block his attack. He struggled to unleash a knife that had stabbed him and kicked the attacker on his right with a single kick, but he couldn't do anything about a spear stabbed from behind.
Although he wears piercing armor on the outside and chain mail on the inside, he can basically defend against slashes and bows and arrows. But in the face of such a powerful stab as a spear, there is something powerless. The head of the spear pierced the iron plate of the armor, broke the iron ring of the chain mail, and pierced his back. Although the piercing is not deep, the damage is not small.
He threw his left hand back hard, and the long knife in his hand slashed right at the attacker's neck, but it was a little far away, and the tip of the knife only cut half of the attacker's neck. Blood gushed out at once, staining his whole body red.
At this time, a mace hit Gao Yuanheng's chest, and with a "bang" sound, Gao Yuanheng was smashed backwards by this heavy blow. A gun shaft stretched out from the crowd and tripped Gao Yuanheng, who was stumbling backwards.
A group of thieves' elite soldiers surrounded Gao Yuanheng and beckoned to Gao Yuanheng who fell to the ground with the weapons in their hands. The sound of "bang", "bang" smashing armor continued to sound, and it was not until a dragon saw that he had been beating for a long time and ordered his men to stop, and the thieves stopped attacking.
Everyone dispersed, and at this time, the former famous general Gao Yuanheng had been beaten into a human form. His chest collapsed, his head was smashed, and his whole body was red with blood, both his own and his enemies.
At this time, Gao Yuanheng's personal soldiers had also been wiped out, and the other cavalry, some of them broke out of the encirclement and fled into the woods, and some fell on the way to break through.
A dragon said happily: "Leave some people to chase in the forest!" Everyone else followed Lao Tzu to support Yuan Da's master! ”
At this time, Gao Yuanheng's infantry finally followed, but they didn't dare to attack rashly when they got close, but just lined up in formation, waiting to meet the few cavalry inside to escape from the enemy's encirclement.
In the same way, they did not dare to retreat. For the infantry, there is nothing more terrible than a retreat. If they are not careful, they will be scattered by the enemy, and then the fate of slaughter awaits them.
"Shi Qian" ran over covered in blood and said to a dragon: "Big leader, bringing Gao Yuanheng's head will deter those officials and soldiers." In fact, the blood on his body was the blood left after the war horses of the official army rushed in and were stabbed by spears.
A dragon said approvingly: "Not bad! When the fight is over, I'll reward you well! After that, he ordered: "Bring Gao Yuanheng's corpse, he is also a good man, let's leave him a whole corpse." ”
"Yes!" The soldiers of the dragon agreed loudly with full of anger.
After a while, they carried Gao Yuanheng's body tied to the shelf, and leaned towards Yuan Laoshan's team with gongs and drums. Every time the gongs and drums stopped, they shouted loudly: "Gao Yuanheng is dead!" The corpse is here! ”
The loud shouts spread throughout the battlefield, making the officers and infantry in formation suspicious.
Yuan Laoshan sent someone to greet a dragon, and then carried Gao Yuanheng's body to the front of the battle, so that the officers and soldiers on the opposite side could see it clearly.
After the two thousand commanders of the infantry confirmed that the person tied to the shelf was Gao Yuanheng, they panicked. Their commander is their soul, and the victories they have achieved before have all been achieved under the leadership of Gao Yuan Heng. Now that their souls are dead, they instantly lose the courage to fight.
After discussing it, the two decided to retreat. At the beginning, you can still maintain some formation and retreat slowly. But it didn't take long for the rogue cavalry to slowly press over, and some soldiers began to flee at an accelerated pace, and a rout inevitably began.
"Brethren!" Yuan Laoshan encouraged loudly: "Catch up!" Kill them all, and the entire Guide Mansion will be robbed by us! Kill! ”
"Kill!"
"Whoa~, kill all the officers and soldiers!"
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The morale-boosting thieves shouted one after another, and the cavalry and infantry began to pursue. The cavalry slowly chased after and slashed, while the infantry pursued and killed the officers and soldiers who were missed by the cavalry.
The officers and soldiers ran with all their might, ran, and fled towards Guide City.