Chapter 17: The Iron-Blooded Tragedy
Qian Qinwei and two thousand iron horsemen saw four thousand men and horses waiting in the distance, and couldn't help laughing.
"It turned out that he came prepared, standing there and trying to fight with us. But soon they will know how miserable it is to see us not run away. Qian Qinwei heard to the people around him.
These iron-blooded cavalry also despised the Yanbei Righteous Army, and they all laughed out loud when they heard Qian Qinwei's words. Two thousand iron horsemen, under the leadership of Qian Qinwei, approached the military formation of the Yanbei Righteous Army.
"Ask Wei Zeng to come out to see me, the revenge of the broken arm back then, I will make a good calculation with him today!" Qian Qinwei shouted at the four thousand righteous soldiers who were waiting for the battle.
"We, General Wei, are naturally in charge of the Chinese army, and we will be enough to deal with a few of you juniors. I will get rid of you for General Wei today, and you and the general will naturally have no grudges from now on. Yu Chaogui replied loudly.
"It's not a small amount of courage, it seems that the side of the Guanluo River didn't hurt you. It's okay, I'll teach you another lesson today. As for Wei Zeng's head, I will personally take it. Qian Qinwei chuckled, and then commanded the Iron Army to attack.
The iron-blooded army was divided into two roads, all the way in the front row of a long column, the horse lance was raised high, and then it rushed directly towards the rebels, and the horse lance stabbed at the rebel army formation, which was not spectacular for a while.
The other way is to go around to the side of the rebels, bend bows and arrows to disrupt the rebels' formation, and after the front road tears apart the rebels' formation, they will wave their sabers from the flank and rush over, cutting the rebels apart.
The soldiers of the Flying Eagle Village were not afraid of danger, the front row formed a spear shield to resist the horse, and when the iron-blooded army came, they stabbed the horse's head with a spear, and the rear row of soldiers fired javelins to kill the iron-blooded knight.
The horses of the Predators were extremely long, but there were still many people who were stopped by the first row of soldiers, and the first row of soldiers were overrun by the cavalry, but the Javelins also left dozens of corpses under the javelins.
The impact of the second column of iron-blooded troops finally broke through the resistance of the soldiers in front of them and entered the rebel army formation. After these iron-blooded knights fought their way into the formation, they drew their sabers and slashed everywhere, intending to tear the rebel formation apart.
The soldiers also have a lot of combat experience, and after being broken through the defense line by the Iron Army, they form a team to attack the enemy forces who cross the defense line. and did his best to shrink the defensive line, intending to reorganize the military formation.
The crossbowmen in the rear continued to shoot arrows in front of them, attacking the Iron Bloods who had not yet rushed into the formation. However, the horses were extremely fast, and the opponents were also wearing iron armor, and the damage given by the crossbowmen was extremely limited.
The Iron Blooded Army on the flank, who had been suppressing the Rebels' crossbowmen and shooting the Rebels in the flank, also drew their sabers and attacked from the flanks after seeing the Iron Warriors in front of them break through the formation.
The bandits in the rear were armed with spears and spears, and they stabbed at the iron-blooded army that had entered the formation. A thousand wrestlers mixed in, and in groups of five they attacked the knights who rushed into formation.
A knight pierced a slasher with a lance, then threw away his lance and drew his saber and slashed at another vigilante. I saw that the soldier only took a few steps back, and then killed him again. From under the torn cloth, the knight saw the iron armor of the forest.
The knight didn't think much of it, and slashed the head of the rebel soldier with his saber. But several others attacked, and one of them struck the horse's head with a hammer, and several others also struck the knight with their weapons, and for a moment the man turned on his horse, and the knight was not alive.
This scene happened in many places, in the military formation, many ironclad cavalry who wanted to rush and tear the formation were inexplicably beaten and overturned. As soon as they fall off their horses, they will not escape the life-threatening attack of the spear and blunt weapon.
The iron-blooded cavalry at the innermost part of the battle formation were all killed by the wrestlers, and under the cover of the bandit spears, the wrestlers killed the outskirts of the military array.
The iron-blooded cavalry on the periphery was not scattered, as few as four or five people, and at most a dozen or so people gathered together to fight against the rebels. The Yishan soldiers struggled with these cavalry, and although the military formation was torn apart, the soldiers were not alarmed by this, and still formed a team to maintain the formation.
After killing the inner knights, the Bandits and Wrestlers came to the outer flanks for reinforcements. The Predator Knight on the outside can dodge the assassination of the guns, and he can't dodge the combined attacks of the wrestlers.
Yu Chaogui had been directing the assault of the warriors, specifically pointing at the scattered iron-blooded cavalry of the squad, and he himself was also the first to take the lead in killing the enemy with a steel rod on his horse. Huang Yufei also commanded the attached bandits, cooperated with the village soldiers, and gave the enemy the greatest damage.
Qian Qinwei also saw that something was wrong, the knights who rushed into the battle formation were all killed, and the already broken battle formation slowly regained stability. Under the spear assassination, the casualties on his side increased, and some people were killed inexplicably.
"The general is not right, you see that man is wearing iron armor." An officer pointed to a rebel soldier whose clothes had been cut to tatters but who were still attacking.
"The enemy is really insidious, and even ambushed the heavy infantry, and it is strange that our army has not yet defeated them after killing them for so long. Quickly order the man to retreat. Qian Qinwei immediately ordered.
After receiving the order, the cavalry of the Iron Blood Army quickly withdrew from the rebel battle formation, and the rebel crossbowmen took the opportunity to shoot, and the soldiers in front also shot the remaining javelins to harvest the last few lives. Some wrestlers threw away their ragged clothes and chased them with weapons.
Qian Qinwei saw that the morale of the righteous army was high, and his cavalry had no desire to fight again, so he restrained the army and retreated.
"Poor Kou Mo chase, clean up the battlefield for a while, and go back to General Wei to report his life." Yu Chaogui ordered.
The rebels defeated the Iron Blooded Army, and their morale was extremely high. A wrestler ran up to Yu Chaogui and said loudly: "We won, but I didn't expect us to defeat the Iron Army." The Iron Blood Army is nothing, what An Yun Iron Horse is alone in the world, I think it's a ghost. ”
"Well said, I see that you have killed a lot of ironclad cavalry, and you are also the pride of our army." Yu Chaogui patted Luxe on the shoulder and said.
At this moment, Lux changed his face, spat out a mouthful of blood, and then fell to the ground and died.
For a while, the surrounding soldiers were silent and looked at Yu Chaogui in surprise. Yu Chaogui was also speechless in shock.
Seeing this, Huang Yufei hurriedly stepped forward to check.
"General Yu slapped people to death." One soldier said sneeringly.
"What nonsense! You see, this person has more than a dozen wounds, although they are not fatal, but the internal organs must have suffered extremely serious internal injuries, and he died only after the onset of internal injuries just now. Huang Yufei reprimanded.
"He was a true warrior, he had just enjoyed the joy of victory, and he walked away. Inquire about his family, and never let his family suffer a little. Yu Chaogui looked at the person who was still alive just now, and died like this, and ordered with some sadness.
The joy of the crowd was diluted by sadness, and they quietly cleared the battlefield, and then went back to return to Wei Zeng.
"Brother Yu, we killed more than 700 enemy soldiers this time, more than 1,300 were killed, and more than 300 were injured and could not fight. It's basically two people for one person. Huang Yufei told Yu Chaogui about the battle situation.
"The Predators are the elite of the dynasty after all, and our victory over them is already a great victory. The previous defeat of the ancient commanders made many people retreat. This is also why General Wei handed over all the elites to us, just to win a battle, and now we are victorious. Yanbei's morale has also stabilized, which is important. Those warriors who sacrificed, General Wei will take good care of them. Yu Chaogui persuaded.
"That's what I said, let's go back and report to General Wei."
At the same time, the Jingshi was conquered by the Jiliushan Rebels, the royal family was all killed, and the magnates of the Jingshi were also wiped out. Now that there is no dynasty, the world is completely chaotic.
Di Xianlan led 30,000 iron horsemen to the south, but when he arrived in Beijing, he saw a ruined wall, the palace was burned down by the Jiliushan rebels, and the rich family was also looted. Although the Iron Blood Army has recovered the Beijing Division, the Beijing Division is already in tatters.
"Xianshuai, Di Xianlan is late." Di Xianlan said to the commander of the Iron Army.
"Don't blame General Di, as the commander of the Iron Army, it's my sin that I can't defend the imperial court. Now that the royal family is gone, and the imperial court is gone, where do we go now? Xian Jinfei sighed.
"Xianshuai, if the court is gone, we will avenge the court, and we will definitely kill all the rebels in Jiliu Mountain. Now that An Yun's father is still there, we have to protect An Yun's father. Wu Deli, who rushed back from Jiangnan, persuaded.
"Naturally, the rebels in Jiliu Mountain can't surround them, and we must also protect An Yun's father. But I want to ask you why the 30,000 people on the side of the Guanluo River have not returned, and that there is the closest to Jingshi. Xian Jinfei said angrily.
"It seems that they haven't received an order, and they are still driving to Yanbei." Bai Zheng, who also came back from Jiangnan, said.
"You've received orders from so far away, how can they not receive orders? Send someone to me to investigate, there must be something wrong with that army. Xian Jinfei commanded.
"We'll look into it." The generals should admit it.
"General Di, you lead 30,000 iron cavalry to block the retreat of the rebels in Jiliushan, General Wu and General Bai, you outflank them from the flank, and the others follow me to pursue the rebels in Jiliushan. We will show no mercy to the rebels in Jiliushan. Xian Jinfei commanded.
"Obey the orders of the marshal." The generals took orders and left.
After receiving the order, Wu Deli came to Bai Zheng's side and whispered: "General Bai, now that the dynasty is gone, the clan is dead. Now that the constitutional marshal is in power, can we support the constitutional marshal and become the emperor? ”
"General Wu is not to be talked about nonsense. Now that the dynasty has just fallen, and all the places are still loyal to the dynasty, if we support the constitutional, we will immediately become the target of public criticism. There are still 200,000 mountain soldiers in Guanxi, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers in Jiangnan, and the power of Yaodong in Guanbei is not small. If Xian Shuai becomes emperor, I bet they will definitely join forces to divide An Yun. Bai Zheng immediately refused.
"Then we can only occupy An Yun, isn't it a pity to have such a strong iron-blooded army?" Udeli sighed.
"Naturally, it's not like that. There are Wei Zeng's rebels in Yanbei, there are rebels of the Death Sect in Guanxi, and Lu Boding, a water thief in the south of the Yangtze River, is he also attacking the city and plundering the village. As long as our strength becomes stronger, as long as the people of the world forget the dynasty in a few years, the time when the Xianshuai ascends the throne will naturally be justified. Bai Zheng replied in a low voice.
"I see, it seems that I am in a hurry. But what are we going to do with the one in the north? Wu Deli glanced at Di Xianlan and said.
"The military marshal in the north who is now deeply trusted, and the 30,000 iron horsemen in his hand are not vegetarians. In my opinion, we will first surpass him in merit, and then find a way to weaken his military power, and then he will have no name and no soldiers, how can the military marshal still trust him. "Kashiwa said.
"That's right. Now all over the world, when it comes to the Iron Army, you know a Di Xianlan. We have taken so much credit for pacifying Jiangnan, and we have been overlooked. He can't take all the good things alone. Udeli said angrily.
Bai Zheng smiled and said nothing.