"Array!" Yuan Xingqin let out a loud shout, holding a spear, and took the lead in standing in front. Dozens of soldiers who had just gotten off the pontoon bridge hurriedly followed.

"Put!" Jiang Yingjie was not far behind, and ordered longbow soldiers to support from a distance. However, the artificial island on the pontoon bridge is not real land after all, and it is constantly swaying gently under the waves of the rushing water, and the distance is long. This round of arrow rain has a greater deterrent effect than a lethal effect. Three hundred arrows is just a dozen horses off the horse, which is obviously not in line with the power and accuracy of the longbow.

"Kill!" Zhang Gongqing didn't pay attention to the arrows, all he needed to do was to break up the spear phalanx that had not yet been formed. Let Li Cunhuan know that with him Zhang Gongqing here, the water will be his insurmountable existence.

Although the enemy was menacing, Yuan Xingqin still stood firmly at the forefront, and lined up in two columns with more than 30 loyal and filial piety soldiers.

"Rush!" Zhang Gongqing did not hesitate at all, he chose the simplest, most direct, and most intense method. The Yiwu cavalry was like an arrow off the string, and they did not slow down because of the opponent's spear battle array, and the cavalry in front of them drew their short knives in their arms and stabbed them in the buttocks of the horses. The sting made the horse run almost frantically, and he ignored the spear full of murderous intent in front of him.

"Damn!" Li Cunhuan clenched his fists angrily, and his finger joints were clenched white. Although the battle is not over, how can Li Cunhuan, who has been on the battlefield, not see that Yuan Xingqin's defeat has been decided?

Although Yuan Xingqin and the others made the best choice, the cavalry that had already sprinted up was not something they could stop. More than a dozen soldiers of the Loyal and Filial Piety Army were knocked into the air in an instant and fell into the water.

Although the opponent's Yiwu cavalry paid the price of almost equal casualties. Even in terms of price, Li Cunhuan made money, after all, the cost of one light cavalry is higher than that of two or three infantrymen. But Li Cunhuan knew that his landing plan had failed.

After the loss of more than ten rides. The Yiwu cavalry suppressed the loyal and filial piety army to the death. Although there was enough depth behind the loyal and filial army, they had no choice but to stand on the pontoon. As the name suggests, a pontoon bridge is a bridge that floats on the water, so how can you borrow power on the bridge?

As a result, the Yiwu cavalry easily broke in, and the short-handed soldiers were connected, even though the loyal and filial piety army was equipped with a special hand-to-hand combat barrier knife, but the Yiwu cavalry was condescending. You can easily slash the saber in your hand on the enemy, and suppress the loyal and filial piety army. It is also the perseverance of the loyal and filial piety army, even if it is suppressed to the death, it often loses ten soldiers by itself, which in exchange for the death of a volunteer cavalry, and there is no fear of retreating.

"Order, withdraw it!" Although Li Cunhuan was full of unwillingness, he was even more saddened by the loss of the loyal and filial piety army. He also knew that this kind of battle was more like sending meritorious service to the Yiwu Army.

The sound of gold sounded, and the soldiers of the loyal and filial army did not retreat immediately, but slowly retreated while fighting.

Zhang Gongqing couldn't help but sigh: "It is not unreasonable for Li Cunhuan to crisscross Liaodong and Hebei, there are such elite soldiers!" I'm afraid it's not easy to take advantage of Li Cunhuan! ”

Zhang Gongqing had to lead the cavalry to withdraw to his own position, and there was no way to take advantage of the situation to expand the results of the battle, but he undoubtedly achieved exciting success this time. As soon as he returned to the battle formation of the Yiwu Army, he was greeted with cheers. Zhang Gongqing only paid about 40 cavalry losses. However, the 500 loyal and filial piety troops sent by Li Cunhuan returned in vain, and more than 100 people sacrificed.

Yuan Xingqin had just returned from the pontoon bridge, and despite the obstruction of his own soldiers, he came to Li Cunhuan. Kneeling down on one knee, he said with a face full of shame: "Your Highness, the last general is incompetent, please punish Your Highness!" But in any case, please Your Highness attack next time, allow the last general to participate in the battle, and be ashamed! ”

Li Cunhuan carefully looked at Yuan Xingqin, who served as a pioneer officer because of Zhou Dewei's recommendation, and Yuan Xingqin's performance just now Li Cunhuan didn't see it clearly. However, it can be seen from the scars on his body that Yuan Xingqin has been staying on the front line and fighting side by side with the soldiers. Because Yuan Xingqin's wounds are all predecessors, there is no wound in the back at all. Apparently caused by the fight to the death.

Li Cunhuan sighed, turned over and dismounted, and personally helped Yuan Xingqin up. Reassured: "No! Xingqin, you've done enough! I'm sure no one has done it better than you. Take care of your injuries! ”

Yuan Xingqin's face was full of excitement, he gritted his teeth, and said: "Your Highness Xie forgives, but the last general can only wash away the shame on his body with the blood of the enemy, I hope His Highness can let the last general participate in the second attack!" ”

"Don't worry! There will be a chance! Li Cunhuan responded ambiguously, and immediately ordered the soldiers of Tieyingdu to take Yuan Xingqin down to treat his injuries, Yuan Xingqin opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't know if he was afraid of angering Li Cunhuan, or if he had any concerns, anyway, in the end, his mouth didn't spit out a word, and naturally he didn't ask for war again.

"Spread Jiang Yingjie to see me!" Li Cunhuan's heart was full of anger.

"The last general has seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin!" Jiang Yingjie, who hurried over, hurriedly saluted Li Cunhuan.

"You pick the daredevil! Be sure to withstand the charge of the Righteous Cavalry! Li Cunhuan said loudly.

Jiang Yingjie's face was grim, and he also responded loudly: "The last general will be ordered!" ”

After half an hour of selection and rectification, Jiang Yingjie personally led 300 soldiers to attack, but the Yiwu cavalry still fearlessly charged. Although they still paid more casualties, a full sixty horsemen, to repel the attack of the Lu Long army. But Li Cunhuan knew that this was just because he selected elite soldiers and horses. One might think that it was possible to crush Yoshitake with numerical superiority. But that's just theoretical! In the war, we pay attention to one blow, then decline, and three exhaustion. Morale is gone, and even if there are more soldiers and horses, it is useless.

Li Cunhuan gritted his teeth and said: "The soldiers of the Iron Eagle are ready, and they will personally crush the enemy with this king in a while!! ”

"Yes!" Park Lejiao and a group of Iron Eagle soldiers replied loudly.

Park Jinghui, who was in the army in the record, was shocked when he heard this, he already understood what Li Cunhuan meant, and couldn't help but grab Li Cunhuan's arm and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, the commander of the army should not be put in danger!" This is the equivalent of putting the host in danger! Please ask His Royal Highness the King of Qin to let his ministers fight instead of His Royal Highness the King of Qin! ”

"Mo Duoyan, get ready to fight!" Li Cunhuan reprimanded angrily, in fact, although Li Cunhuan is angry now, he has not lost his mind. But he was quite helpless to make this choice.

The Yiwu cavalry was located a hundred feet away from the longbowmen, which was just outside the range of the longbowmen. The distance between the Yiwu cavalry and the riverside was only seventy zhang, which was less than half a minute for the cavalry who were charging with all their might. Longbowmen are only able to fire a single volley. In addition, the slight undulations brought by a wave on the pontoon bridge can make the error of the arrows shot by an unknown number of meters, which is also the main reason why the power of the longbowmen cannot be exerted.

The other is the attack launched by the loyal and filial army, if the loyal and filial army does its best to charge, it can kill the enemy in front of them and set foot on the opposite bank with more than a hundred people, but what is the use of this? Dealing with cavalry is a tight battle formation, and if the formation is arranged, it is a waste of time, and it is often only possible to lay two columns in depth on the opposite bank, and behind them are spearmen stepping on pontoon bridges.

On the unstable pontoon bridge, if you stab hard, you will deviate from the goal because of the ups and downs of the pontoon, and it will also make you fall easily, which is why in the Battle of Chibi, Cao Ying's dominant forces were dragged by Sun Liu for several years. The navy and the army are two different worlds, and they can't adapt to the ups and downs of the water at all.

Therefore, Li Cunhuan decided to fight cavalry, although because the cavalry was larger than the infantry, the number of pontoon bridges was obviously not as large as the infantry, and the numerical disadvantage was even more obvious. But Li Cunhuan believed that with him personally initiating the charge, he would definitely be able to defeat Zhang Gongqing's cavalry. Once Zhang Gongqing's cavalry was defeated, it would not be a problem to cross the water.

"Your Highness, Jiang Yingjie's soldiers have all returned." Park Le shot to the side and calmly reported.

"Good!" Li Cunhuan cherished the words like gold, turned around, and looked at the faces of the soldiers of the Iron Eagle Capital, who were either young or full of vicissitudes, but none of them were familiar to him.

"This king is with you!" Li Cunhuan's deep voice sounded, and the young voice was full of heroism.

"We will be honored to die for Your Highness!" The soldiers of Tieying Capital, whether they were young or old, were full of passion in their voices, and every time they looked at Li Cunhuan, their eyes were full of fanaticism.

"Charge!" Li Cunhuan gave an order, and he personally led the Iron Eagle to charge. With a fiery red robe and a fiery furious lion under his crotch, Li Cunhuan's whole person looked like an invincible god of war.

The flag officer of the Iron Eagle Capital held high the banner symbolizing Li Cunhuan, with a black tiger as the background, and the banner of "Qin Wang Li" written in vermilion characters fluttered high.

At this moment, all the Lu Longjun were boiling, they looked at this banner excitedly, they roared excitedly, they couldn't help but knock on everything that could be knocked.

"Li Cunhuan!" Zhang Gongqing's eyes narrowed involuntarily, and a cold and sharp gaze appeared from the slit in his eyes.

"General, yes...... It's Li Cunhuan! Do you want the whole army to press up? The voice of the lieutenant general, who was full of disdain for Li Cunhuan before, trembled involuntarily, full of fear.

"Rush!" Zhang Gongqing didn't pay attention to the lieutenant general who was in front of him, but just pointed at the horse lance in his hand and roared in a low voice.

"The Righteous Army !! Victory" The Yiwu Army, which has already won two victories, although it is inevitably lacking in confidence in the face of Li Cunhuan, is still aroused by Zhang Gongqing's simple words. All because Zhang Gongqing has led them to two victories. They are eager for Zhang Gongqing to lead them to greater victories, such as defeating the only person in Hebei who dares to fight with Li Ke - Li Cunhuan, the envoy of Lu Longjiedu!

Slowly, the two armies began to come into contact, as if two sharp arrows collided with each other like the tips of the arrows, splashing fierce and brilliant sparks.

"Kill!" Li Cunhuan roared domineeringly, sideways to dodge the thrust of a riding spear, and the sharp Tang knife in his hand did not hesitate to follow the timing of the two horses, swept under the opponent's ribs, and almost cut the nominal martial cavalry in half, but even so, the nominal martial cavalry was not long in life.

"Whoever kills Li Cunhuan will seal the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!" Zhang Gongqing's voice sounded, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the Yiwu cavalry, who were originally outlawed, were even more desperate, they no longer cared about stabbing their weapons, but they just called their weapons to the enemy desperately, and dragged the attack of the Iron Eagle City cavalry.

At the same time, the Yiwu cavalry on both flanks also relied on the advantage of local forces to slowly cut the iron cavalry in half. Most of the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Capital were intercepted on the pontoon bridge, and Li Cunhuan only had more than a dozen horsemen around him, but he was surrounded by more than 400 volunteer cavalry, and their weapons desperately beckoned to Li Cunhuan. For a while, all the cheers came to an abrupt end, and Li Cunhuan was also covered with cold sweat on his forehead.

"Kill Li Cunhuan! Seal ten thousand households, reward one hundred taels of gold! Zhang Gongqing's reward was increased again, as if he didn't know that Li Cunhuan was already surrounded by his group and would be killed at any time. I didn't know what miserliness was, but I was just trying to kill Li Cunhuan quickly. Li Cunhuan listened, and although he was surrounded by him, he couldn't help but secretly admire the enemy Zhang Gongqing.

Zhang Gongqing was decisive enough, and by constantly motivating the Yiwu army, he wanted to kill himself as soon as possible. After all, the battlefield is full of countless unknowns, and in the past, Cao Ying was trapped by Ma Chao by the river, and it was not that Xu Zhu desperately saved Cao Ying back. Who knows if there will be another Xu Zhu by Li Cunhuan's side?

"Oops, Your Highness is surrounded by the Righteous Army!" The anxious voice of a soldier shocked Yuan Xingqin, who was recuperating from his wounds in the big tent, and he couldn't imagine how the battle situation could turn out like this.

Yuan Xingqin didn't care about the injuries on his body, and snatched the half-body plate armor hanging on the hanger with one hand, "Someone!" Armor for me! ”

Several pro-soldiers walked in and couldn't help but be shocked when they saw Yuan Xingqin's behavior. "General, what are you doing here, your injuries are not healed yet!"

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin is besieged by the enemy, but I am here to recuperate, where is this behavior of being a courtier and cannibalism!" Yuan Xingqin said ironly.

"General, there are generals outside, why do you want to go!" The soldiers were all close to Yuan Xingqin, so they naturally didn't want Yuan Xingqin to take risks, so they ignored Yuan Xingqin's words and continued to persuade him.

"Armor!" Yuan Xingqin's voice was full of indomitable determination. The soldiers were helpless, so they put on their armor for Yuan Xingqin, Yuan Xingqin picked up the spear, strode out of the tent, and turned over on his horse. Galloping towards the pontoon.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Although Yuan Xingqin shouted, the end of the pontoon bridge was full of Iron Eagle soldiers, densely packed, and there was way there. In fact, if there is a chance to give way, the soldiers of Tieying Capital will not let it, because now they are like ants on a hot pot, Li Cunhuan is trapped on the opposite side, which makes them extremely anxious, and they kill them desperately, hoping to bring Li Cunhuan back. Who else would pay attention to the orders of a small vanguard officer of Yuan Xingqin?

Yuan Xingqin was in a hurry, looked at the water, gritted his teeth, cut the strap on the plate armor of the half of his body, and the plate armor of the half of his body quickly fell off. Yuan Xingqin turned over and dismounted, and before the person could stand firm on the pontoon, he jumped directly into the water, plopped, carried a spear, and swam towards the opposite shore with his life.

When Yuan Xingqin stepped on the opposite bank, he was already covered in blood, and the blood flowing from the cracked wounds mixed with the river water stained his clothes into pale red bloody clothes.

Yuan Xing Qin's eagle-like sharp eyes quickly swept towards the battlefield, and although he didn't find Li Cunhuan, he saw where Li Cunhuan's banner was. Yuan Xingqin let out a low roar, picked up his spear and launched a charge towards a volunteer cavalry on the periphery.

The nominal cavalry also discovered Yuan Xingqin, glanced at Yuan Xingqin, who didn't even have armor, with contempt, raised his horse and spear, and rode his horse to charge towards Yuan Xingqin.

"Kill!" The outlaw gene in Yuan Xingqin's blood was vividly stimulated, and Yuan Xingqin ignored the other party's stabbing spear. Grazing the barrel of the opponent's cavalry with his shoulder, he plunged the spear in his hand into the chest of the righteous cavalryman full of disbelief. The spear pierced the Yiwu cavalry and fell to the ground with it.

Yuan Xingqin let out a low roar and grabbed the tail of the war horse that crossed his Yiwu cavalry's crotch, and the war horse was involuntarily stopped, Yuan Xingqin quickly came to the Yiwu cavalry who was killed by himself, and pulled out the saber on his waist from his body. Rushing towards the war horse, a neat turnover on the horse. Yuan Xingqin charged directly towards the Yiwu cavalry.

Yuan Xingqin's charge soon attracted the attention of the Yiwu cavalry, and the five nominal cavalry rode up to meet Yuan Xingqin. But Yuan Xingqin did not have a trace of fear. Yuan Xingqin's saber knocked on the two oncoming riding spears, dodging the slashing of the two sabers, the last riding spear really couldn't dodge, Yuan Xingqin's left arm clamped the riding spear, and the riding spear rubbed a bloody mark under Yuan Xingqin's ribs. But Yuan Xingqin didn't seem to feel any pain, roared angrily, picked up the cavalry spear in one arm, and picked up the nominal martial cavalry away, and the cavalry couldn't bear the weight of the nominal martial cavalry, accompanied by the screams of the righteous cavalry who were picked up, and broke off in response.

Yuan Xingqin's bravery suppressed the remaining four nominal cavalrymen, who had really seen the brave, but had never seen such a brave one. Especially when they think that they are ready to kill Li Cunhuan. Everyone knows that even if he didn't kill Li Cunhuan personally, he could get a considerable reward for participating in the war. The Yiwu cavalry began to cherish their lives.

But the Yiwu cavalry was not without a way, a Yiwu cavalry who was good at riding and archery saw that Yuan Xingqin was unstoppable, secretly picked up the riding bow from the saddle, and greeted Yuan Xingqin. Yuan Xingqin was caught off guard, he was hit by an arrow in his left shoulder, and his left shoulder, which was not protected by any armor, suddenly slammed it, Yuan Xingqin glanced down, and it was already visible from the bare arrow shaft that this arrow had penetrated his shoulder.

But Yuan Xingqin was not afraid, the sting pain caused by the arrow only made him more angry, and he roared in the sky, and the startled Quartet war horses neighed. I don't know if Yuan Xingqin was unlucky, or if Yuan Xingqin was lucky, his roar attracted Zhang Gongqing, the general of Yiwu.

(To be continued)