Chapter 292: Crisis
"Come down! Hold the horse by the neck and come down! "The five hundred Tatar rangers over there have not yet figured out a way to rescue Ashedna, and Ashdena has already given a loud order.
It seems that they don't have to think about how to save Asdena from the shore, I'm afraid this guy still wants everyone to go into the water together. The more than three hundred Tatar rangers couldn't help but hesitate. But there is no way to protect the pro-army, Asdena is their food and clothing, their heaven, and their earth. Even if they were afraid of the water, they had no choice but to ride their horses into the water, but they didn't dare to jump into the deep water like Ashde, but they dared to ride their horses into the water slowly.
The remaining more than 300 Tatar rangers were helpless, and looked at each other, what should they do? But what else can be done, someone has taken the lead, so naturally I can't continue to hesitate. Besides, Ashde, who is the boss, has taken the lead in the water, what can you little soldiers do? Only with a frightened face slowly rode the horse into the water.
"Marshal! Where are we going? One of the guards asked in horror, and said to himself: This madman should not run to the middle of the river, the horse can swim, this is a good thing. But to ask them to cross the river is another matter. It's like not all horses can be used in battle.
Asdena pulled out the hand holding the long knife from the horse's neck, and with a powerful wave, he said imposingly: "Let's wade around and kill the Southern Barbarians!" It will definitely catch them off guard! β
When those Tatar rangers heard this, everyone couldn't help but turn pale, even a god! Wading from here to the back of the Southern Barbarians, the straight-line distance is also fifty zhang away, and if you have to go around without people knowing, you have to take a long detour, I'm afraid it will not be less than seventy or eighty zhang away. If you're riding a horse, it's just a few breaths, and you can't even warm up, but the problem is that it's in the water, not on land! Moreover, the current of the Sangan River is quite rapid, and they have to swim against the current. The most important thing is that none of the five hundred of them can be regarded as really able to swim, and even if they are pickpocketing water, there are only three or four kittens who can fall into the water, and they will go to see their shaman god later than the others.
But at this moment, Asdna seemed to have fallen into a kind of crazy fantasy, he held a long knife, wielded it vigorously, and let out a roar from his mouth, as if he was slashing the enemy. But in reality, it didn't do much except make him staggering in the water and look more dangerous.
However, I have to say that Asde's does have a unique charm at this moment. Five hundred Tatar rangers, seeing Ashdena dangling in the water like this, did not fall into the water, their hearts couldn't help but settle a little.
But good luck doesn't come to everyone, and soon a Tatar ranger suddenly felt the war horse under his crotch pause, and was strange, suddenly felt himself floating out, and couldn't help but scream in fright. A Tatar Ranger hurriedly stretched out his hand to catch the other party, but instead of saving the other party, he floated towards the center of the river with his crotch war horse, and no one dared to save anyone. In a moment, the two screaming Tatar rangers slowly sank, but in a moment they sank into the undulating water, leaving no trace except a few blisters on the surface of the river, and it was estimated that there were no dead bodies, which was like this.
The rest of the Tatar Rangers turned pale, and humans were always deeply afraid of this force of nature. Not to mention that they couldn't resist, and they couldn't leave a corpse after they died, and everyone couldn't help but regret listening to Ashdena's fool and coming to this dangerous Sanggan River. But Asid was very calm at the moment! He still walked firmly ahead of everyone, and let out a determined low roar: "Delechin is with me!" β
"Delechin bless!" The restless Tatar Rangers also involuntarily leaned on their horses and whispered in pray. Although this prayer seems to be useless, it has to be admitted that the power of religion is indeed extraordinary, and it is more than half over. Presumably, because no Tatar rangers were swept away by the river, the mood of the Tatars had stabilized, and even showed signs of heightening.
It's a pity that the river god didn't cooperate with Ashdena, and it didn't take long for another unlucky fellow to be swept away by the river, and no one would dare to reach out and pull him. All they could do was lie on their horses, whispering and praying for the rest of the souls of the deceased, and of course, most of all, that they would not be the next unlucky ones to be looked down upon by the river gods.
β¦β¦β¦β¦ At this time, Li Cunhuan no longer had the intention to watch the battle in a safe and steady manner, and changed a set of half-body plate armor on his body, because the whole body plate armor was too heavy, even if he sat there, it was a lot of burden.
Li Cunhuan stood on the high slope, although his face was unusually calm, but those who were familiar with Li Cunhuan would find that Li Cunhuan couldn't help but pace from time to time. Although in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Li Cunhuan often stopped without taking a few steps and pretended to be calm, but the anxiety in Li Cunhuan's heart has been seen by many discerning people.
"Your Highness, it's better to let Fu Jiedu shrink the soldiers and horses and let those Tatars out!" As one of the bright-eyed people, Zhu Jilong couldn't help but open his mouth to make suggestions.
"No!" Without waiting for Li Cunhuan to answer, Zhou Yanzhong, the military advisor on the side, had already vetoed Zhu Jilong's plan. "Now the Long March and the Tatars are like two bulls fighting each other, and if one side retreats in any way, it will cause the other side to collapse! At this moment, I can only hold on, until His Highness clears those troublesome Tatars! β
When Li Cunhuan heard those troublesome Tatars, his face couldn't help but change slightly, and a trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes. Stand on the hillside and look down at the situation below. The Tatar rangers, who originally had 5,000 MΓΆngke tribes, were now less than 4,000 left. However, it is still using the horses as a wall, forming an irregular oval battle formation. The cavalry fought back with bows and arrows, and although the Lu Long army was advancing, it was very difficult. This is because the infantry needs a sufficient formation to advance, and once the formation is out of order, it is easy to cause the infantry to break up, and horses have become the main obstacle.
For this reason, Li Cunhuan even gritted his teeth and ordered that the war horses that were in the way of progress should not be captured without sending people to be captured, and they would be killed directly. The following are all war horses! There were 5,000 horses, to say the least. The annual output of war horses in Lulong Horse Ranch is only 4,000, and these war horses have become a resource for all armies, but now at least 3,000 war horses are killed, not to mention Li Cunhuan, the generals at all levels below are all in pain! However, in order to speed up the speed, Li Cunhuan also had to do so.
Li Cunhuan gave this order, and the speed of advancement suddenly increased a lot. But in Li Cunhuan's view, it is still very slow. He even wished that he would lead a large army to Fu Cunxian's side right now and finish off that group of Tatars.
"Oops!" Suddenly, Zhu Jilong let out an exclamation.
"What's wrong!" Li Cunhuan turned around suddenly, looking at Zhu Jilong, who showed a little panic on his face, Li Cunhuan's voice couldn't help but have a hint of panic.
"Your Highness, look! Where, Tatars! The Tatars actually waded into the water to attack! Zhu Jilong pointed to a certain place and said.
Li Cunhuan looked in the direction that Zhu Jilong was pointing, but unfortunately his eyesight was not as powerful as Zhu Jilong, a magic archer, and he looked over, but he didn't see anything clearly. Feng Baodu on the side walked up and handed over a monocular clairvoyant. Li Cunhuan immediately took it over, put his eyes on the clairvoyant, and immediately a group of cavalry appeared in his field of vision, and he didn't know how many people there were. Li Cunhuan roughly counted, this group of cavalry, the number is definitely not less than 400 people! Less than six hundred.
Suddenly, Li Cunhuan's pupils contracted, and he saw a person, although he had only met the other party once, but Li Cunhuan had an unusually deep impression of this person. He is Ashedna!
"It's him! I can't imagine that there is such a figure among the Tatar barbarians! Dare to be the first, fight boldly! Li Cunhuan couldn't help muttering with an ugly face, and at the same time, Fu Cunxian, who was sitting on the front line of the Long March Army, also discovered the arrival of Ashedna, and at this time Fu Cunxuan couldn't sit still. In the clairvoyance, Li Cunhuan saw Fu Cunzhen pick up his Xuanhua axe, which was no less than twenty catties, and led his only thirty or so personal soldiers who could be used as a mobile force to kill. By this time, Ashdena had reached the river, and jumped off his horse, and the water was no more than waist-deep. More than thirty versus five hundred, the situation is already clear at a glance.
"It's over!" Li Cunhuan clenched his hands, the monocular clairvoyant made a squeak, and suddenly made a bang, and the expensive monocular clairvoyance had been crushed by Li Cunhuan, and the fragments were scattered on the ground.
Zhou Yanzhong, Feng Baodu, Zhu Jilong and others couldn't help but look at Li Cunhuan with shocked faces. Especially Feng Baodu, they have followed Li Cunhuan for so long, and it is the first time they have seen Li Cunhuan so out of control. Even if Li Cunhuan was trapped on the mountain by Wang Shi's range at the beginning, with only one hundred and fifty horsemen around him, his life was hanging by a thread, and he had never been so out of control.
Zhu Jilong still saw the situation, he suddenly took a step back, his eyes were round, and his teeth trembled a little: "Fu Jie Du Envoy!" The Runic Degree Envoy was killed...... Drop %Β₯! I don't know if I'm too nervous or I'm not sure, so I'm a little vague.
When Li Cunhuan heard this, his body couldn't help but shock slightly, and he came to Zhu Jilong with an arrow step, grabbed Zhu Jilong's shoulders with both hands, and asked sharply: "Dexiang, how is he?" β
Zhu Jilong shook his head and said, "I don't know, the last general just saw the Fu Jiedu envoy being knocked to the ground in the melee, so he didn't see the Fu Jiedu envoy standing up again!" I don't know if I fell overboard, or what. But the last general thinks that I'm afraid ......" Speaking of this, Zhu Jilong saw Li Cunhuan's unusually ugly face, and couldn't help but close his mouth in amusement, so as not to irritate Li Cunhuan again.
However, the meaning in Zhu Jilong's words is already obvious, I'm afraid of what, Li Cunhuan can't guess the difficulty? Li Cunhuan couldn't help but fall into deep self-blame, if he had left the Tatars behind and approached Taiyuan Mansion according to what Zhou Dewei and Fu Cunzhen said, I am afraid that he would have surrounded Taiyuan Mansion by now. It is impossible to say that because Li Keyong abandoned the city and fled, he easily entered the land of Longxing in the Tang Dynasty, the strongest city in the north, Taiyuan. All this is because I am too anxious, hoping to pacify Hedong in one fell swoop, but I don't want to commit a taboo.
"Your Highness! Now is not the time to blame yourself, now is the time to figure out how to rescue the more than 10,000 trapped Long March soldiers! Although Zhou Yanpet was shocked, he still maintained his sanity. Know what to do at the moment.
When Li Cunhuan heard this, he also suddenly came to his senses, and what he should do now is not to blame himself, but to find ways to rescue the more than 14,000 Long March troops who are surrounded by the enemy. Otherwise, it will be an unprecedented defeat. Defeat, Lu Long's army was not unexperienced, but there was never a major battle with more than 6,000 soldiers and horses. Even in the battle where Zhou Dewei lost to Zhu Wen outside Hejian City, the loss of soldiers and horses was only more than 5,000 people.
But if Li Cunhuan's battle ended like this, then needless to say, the 16,000 Long March troops who were the front army, plus the casualties of other troops. I'm afraid that Lu Long will suffer an unprecedented fiasco, losing 20,000 soldiers and horses! What's more, it was not only the soldiers and horses that were lost, but also the high and proud morale of the Lu Long Army because of the previous victories!
However, how to support the Long March Army, Li Cunhuan himself has no choice. The Long March Army was separated from Li Cunhuan's main force by a Tatar Ranger of more than 4,000 who fought on their backs. Although the number of people is not large, it is not an ordinary trouble to clean up.
Suddenly, Zhou Yanpet gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness! It's better for a strong man to break his wrist! β
When Li Cunhuan heard this, a complicated expression appeared on his face, Li Cunhuan, a strong man who broke his wrist, did not think about it, but he was vetoed by Li Cunhuan in an instant.
Li Cunhuan could not accept such a heavy casualty, and his pride could not tolerate such a heavy humiliation. 20,000 people, Li Cunhuan is not unable to afford to lose. At present, there are more than 260,000 regular troops in Lu Long's organization, and more than 500,000 regimental training troops exist as reserve and auxiliary units. Once Lu Long runs desperately and at full strength, he will be able to mobilize seventy or eighty thousand foreign mercenaries from outside the Guan. Coupled with the civilian population, it is not impossible to gather an army of one million.
So as far as 20,000 horses are concerned, this will not break Lu Long's muscles and bones, and lead to the overthrow of Li Cunhuan's regime. But Li Cunhuan couldn't accept that he had caused such a failure. More importantly, it was not only 20,000 horses and the upcoming Hedong Domain that was lost. There are also the land, population, soldiers and horses of the three states of Ulzhou, Daizhou, and Xinzhou that have been eaten in their mouths. The high and proud morale of the Lu Long Army!
"Your Highness, if you continue to fight, the morale-frustrated soldiers of the three armies will not be able to resist the attack of the Tatars at all, and in the end it will only cause more heavy losses." Zhou Yanpet said with a heavy face, saying this, he himself was very uncomfortable.
Suddenly, the panicked look on Li Cunhuan's face disappeared at once, and with it was unprecedented perseverance.
"Helmet!" Li Cunhuan was not loud, but his voice was so serious that people couldn't help but be solemn.
"Yes!" Feng Baodu hurriedly ran to the hanger on the side and picked up Li Cunhuan's helmet hanging above. This is an unusually dazzling helmet, the upper half of the helmet is a gold-studded dragon head, and the top of the majestic anomaly is matched with a fiery red tassel.
This was a gift given by Fu Cunhuan at the time of Li Cunhuan's wedding, Feng Bao remembered that Li Cunhuan still smiled and joked to Fu Cunxian: "Does Dexiang want this king to be an arrow target on the battlefield?" "But I don't want to, time has not passed for long, it is already a thing or a person.
When Li Cunhuan reached out and touched the helmet, his fingers couldn't help but pause, and a touch of sadness appeared in his eyes. Obviously, Li Cunhuan also thought of Fu Cunxian. However, Li Cunhuan is not a sentimental person in the end, and quickly controlled his emotions, held the helmet with both hands, and slowly put it on his head. Feng Baodu handed over a mask, which Li Cunhuan himself thought was not powerful enough, so he specially asked people to create it. After putting on the mask, Li Cunhuan looked particularly powerful, and at first glance, he didn't know that he thought it was a legendary dragon king.
Li Cunhuan: "Malay! β
A soldier dragged the angry lion, who had been hung in the saddle stirrup, in front of Li Cunhuan, and the angry lion hissed with joy when he saw Li Cunhuan.
"Old buddy! It's up to you in a moment! Li Cunhuan gently stroked the fiery red mane on the back of the angry lion with his palm, and said softly. As soon as he finished speaking, the man jumped on the horse.
"Here come the guns!" Li Cunhuan, who was sitting firmly on horseback, had a cold voice coming out through the mask, and I don't know if it was through the addition of the cold iron mask, and the voice was extremely cold.
The Iron Eagle Soldier, who was already waiting on the side, handed over a gentian gun.
Li Cunhuan took over the gentian spear, and with the abnormal angry lion of the divine horse, Li Cunhuan's whole person looked extremely powerful, as if he was a heavenly soldier from the heavenly realm.
Zhou Yanpet suddenly walked to Li Cunhuan's side at this time, grabbed the reins of the horse with one hand, and said with a little horror in his voice: "Your Highness, what are you going to do?" β
Li Cunhuan's two eyes, which were only exposed outside the air at the moment, flashed with firmness, and said: "Since you guessed it, why bother asking knowingly!" β
"Your Highness, do you know what you're doing?" Zhou Yanpet's black and yellow face showed a perverted red, and he looked extremely excited. "The son of a daughter, you can't sit down! The son of a hundred gold does not ride a balance (riding a balance means doing dangerous things). Your Highness is the body of all vehicles, how can you do such an impulsive thing! Besides, in the affairs of the soldiers, where is there such a thing as being invincible! In the past, it was said that Han Gaozu was defeated by the Western Chu overlord, but it was the Western Chu overlord who was more than Han Gaozu Yu Wujiang who killed himself! Your Highness is now just a defeat! You're going to risk a lot of danger! β
Li Cunhuan shook his head firmly and said, "What you said is right!" But Asedna, who wasn't even a landlubber, dared to venture into the water. Isn't I, Li Cunhuan, even as good as a barbarian like Ashide? β
"Your Highness, this is a battle of temperament. If Han Gaozu had been like His Royal Highness, he would have already killed himself. That's the 400th anniversary of the Han Dynasty! Please think twice, Your Highness! Zhou Yanpet just grabbed the reins of the horse and persuaded hard.
Feng Baodu also hesitated, and through Zhou Yanzhong's vague words, he also seemed to understand what Li Cunhuan wanted to do. couldn't help but take a step forward, knelt down on one knee and said, "Please think twice, Your Highness!" β
(To be continued)