Chapter 91: The Khitans Are Coming
A bunch of beating bonfires brought precious warmth, Ye Hua gathered around the bonfire, carefully drying the sweat-soaked leather boots, if they were wet all the time, it was very likely that they would get frostbite, or even freeze off their toes, but it was not a joke.
After baking the boots, Ye Hua began to be in a daze, he missed Kaifeng very much, missed the palatial Ye Mansion, missed the home-cooked food made by his big mother, missed the six boys, and even missed Brother Guo Xing, and he didn't know if the little guy would leave...... The golden nest and silver nest are not as good as their own kennels, not to mention that it is a golden nest next to the palace!
The more he thought about it, the more he was worried, Ye Hua had to shake his head vigorously and refocus his attention on the battlefield in front of him.
Liu Chengjun's men and horses are less than 10,000, although there are a lot, but it is not desperate, and Ye Hua doesn't want to eat the opponent, he just needs to drag the Northern Han army and let more people cross the river calmly.
At most, three days, when the people of the brigade marched south, he would return to Linzhou, still the same sentence, if he can fight, he will fight, and if he can't, he will run!
Hurry up and run home for the New Year, maybe you can get a big red envelope!
Ye Hua was bored for a while, then stood up suddenly, ran to the side of the ballista, and checked the condition of the weapon, Ye Hua knew very well that this was his biggest hole card, a talisman to return home safely.
After some inspection, Ye Hua breathed a sigh of relief, his modification was still very effective, the current bed crossbow, pulled by 5 horses, was evenly divided into the weight of each horse, but it was lighter than the cavalry, running and galloping in the field, not much slower than the cavalry.
This ensures that it will not be easily overtaken, and of course, moving at high speed is a great test for the structure of the vehicle.
Fortunately, Ye Hua had a group of outstanding craftsmen, as early as the pre-Qin period, he was able to build carriages for conquest, and in the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing was good at using Wugang chariots to restrain the Xiongnu, so it was not difficult for craftsmen to manufacture reliable chariots.
What's more, the ballista does not need to transport personnel and food, the structure is simpler, and the difficulty is lower, the only problem is that the time is in a hurry, and the quality of each ballista cannot be guaranteed.
In just one day, five ballistas were scattered.
In this era of low human life, good weapons are much more valuable than people, and it is better to sacrifice some soldiers than to let the treasure be damaged.
Ye Hua saw it very openly, no matter how valuable things were, they couldn't compare to human life, especially the veterans of a hundred battles who had gone through hardships, which were more expensive than anything else.
"Don't care about weapons, repair what can be repaired, and burn down immediately if you can't repair it, as long as it doesn't fall into the hands of the Northern Han!"
After Ye Hua explained, he let everyone rest, he only slept for less than 2 hours, and a scout came to report urgently, saying that he had found a Northern Han cavalry and was rushing to this side.
"What a guts!"
Ye Hua jumped up from the tent all of a sudden, and the prey was sent to the door, how could it be reasonable not to accept it!
He told the soldier to prepare immediately, then grabbed a handful of snow and wiped it on his face to sober himself up. This wiped the snow down, and Ye Hua was indeed sober.
Grandma's, the Northern Han Army should know that it can't catch up with Lao Tzu, but it's still a moth to the fire and rushes up, there won't be a fraud, right?
Ye Hua's eyes rolled, and he immediately said, "Don't move the camp, the bonfire continues to burn, and we will go around to the hill in the east." ”
The soldier was ordered to act immediately.
Just as Ye Hua passed, a group of cavalry appeared from the horizon, they were fully armored, holding all kinds of weapons in their hands, panting, like a fierce beast that had caught up with its prey, excited and excited.
Last time, a gang of guys with crossbow arrows defeated them, and this time I'm going to settle the score with you!
"Rush!"
Thousands of war horses charged together, the mountain torrent broke the embankment, and the river poured down, unstoppable.
This is not the most terrifying, on the other side of the camp, the same cavalry also appeared, they touched Ye Hua's back, and also launched a charge.
The two groups entered the camp almost at the same time, they crossed the antlers, overturned the tents, and finally took revenge, but where was the enemy?
When the Northern Han army hesitated, it ...... The characteristic sound of the bed crossbow breaking through the air was heard, and the crescent-shaped arrows slashed through the crowd, and suddenly burst out a puddle of blood.
The Northern Han army, who witnessed the terrifying scene, was in a hurry, and they were divided into two ways, but as a result, the prey was not caught, but they became prey instead.
Where did the bolts come from? Could it be that they were ambushed?
In a panic, the Northern Han army fled in all directions, wanting to leave the land of right and wrong as soon as possible.
But because they were two people, some went east and some went west, they messed up first.
"Grandma's, if you don't do this, I'm sorry God!"
Ye Hua gritted his teeth, pulled out his saber suddenly, and swung it forward hard, "Rush!" ”
In an instant, the men and horses came out together, including the crossbowmen, and they did not look in vain, they pulled the team very scattered, the war horses galloped, splashed snowflakes, and made a white expanse, and I don't know how many people there were.
The Northern Han army was even more frightened, this was an ambush!
Someone took the lead in escaping, and Ye Hua, surrounded by the guards, even rushed into the Northern Han army.
You must know that Ye Hua has been able to fight a lot around him in the past few times, but he has never rushed to kill, and there are Northern Han troops in front of him, all of them are much stronger than him, isn't this fatal!
Ye Hua didn't care about complaining, he held the sword tightly, there was a Northern Han cavalry in front of him, he fled in a hurry, and his back was empty.
Ye Hua urged the war horse violently, with the help of the strength of the war horse, clenched the sword, and pushed it gently, it seemed that it didn't use much strength, a stream of blood splashed, and the neck of the Northern Han army was cut in half, and he fell off the war horse in pain, and the blood dried up, and he died!
First Kill!
Ye Hua suddenly discovered that it seemed that killing people was really not that difficult.
The personal guards around him were given by Guo Wei, the elite of the forbidden army, they were guarding left and right, and they would help cover any open guns and arrows, and there were even archers, who would launch a surprise attack at any time.
Ye Hua is not fighting alone, but a team, and what he needs to do is to deliver the most lethal blow to the enemy. It doesn't matter if you can't kill or not, there are other people who make up for the knife, of course, the credit will be credited to Ye Hua's head.
In a certain battle, Ye Zhijun exerted great power and killed several enemy soldiers...... Ye Hua suddenly thought of one thing, there are often some fierce generals in the history books who kill hundreds of enemies in a battle, do you also count the achievements of the tribe's own soldiers? Otherwise, a person's physical strength is limited, and he may not be able to cut dozens of people if he doesn't move and cut off his head!
Ye Hua shook his head, no longer thinking nonsense, he cut his arm numb, and he didn't know how many people he killed, he finally broke through the Northern Han Army, turned around, and killed him without hesitation. The other soldiers worked harder, killing like crazy, destroying all the enemies in front of them.
Ye Hua felt that he was simply possessed by Zhao Zilong, brave and invincible, rushing back and forth, invincible...... The Northern Han army was defeated, and they left thousands of corpses behind and fled in embarrassment.
Liu Chengjun felt wronged, how could he fight in a confused battle, was he really so weak? This guy is starting to doubt his ability to fight.
What made Liu Chengjun even more crazy was that in the few days that he was dragged by Ye Hua, one village, one village escaped, and nearly 20,000 people crossed the Yellow River and came to Linzhou.
Counting the previous losses of the army and civilians, just a small Linzhou destroyed 100,000 living forces in the Northern Han Dynasty!
Lanzhou, Xianzhou, almost empty!
Without the people, what emperor are you going to be!
Damn, don't fall into my hands, or you'll be worse off than dead! Just when Liu Chengjun had nothing to do, suddenly his subordinates came to deliver the letter, after he heard it, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help laughing wildly, "God help me, quickly, the whole army!" I'm going to crush Linzhou! Hahaha! ”
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"Envoy, this is the latest Tang newspaper." Zhao Pu gave an official document to Ye Hua.
Ye Hua complained: "The latest news here is also 20 days ago, and it has long been outdated." After a listless glance, suddenly a message attracted Ye Hua, and the privy envoy Wang Jun relieved the siege of Jinzhou, killed the Northern Han people, mobilized the people, and built the old city of Pingyang.
Seeing this, Ye Hua suddenly became angry and slammed the table, "Old horseman, you should be damned!" ”
At this time, Chen Shi was covered in blood and rushed in, he shouted loudly, "The Khitans are coming, the Khitans are coming!" Get ready to defend the city! ”