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Awad was watching the battle in front of him when he suddenly saw the cavalry on both flanks of the opposing side begin to move, and he was first taken aback, and then overjoyed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info He never worried about the opponent's cavalry, these cavalry were too few in number, it was impossible for him to be his opponent, the reason why he did not take the initiative to attack was because although the number of these cavalry was small, but they were shrinking behind the rejection array, if you wanted to attack them, you had to risk the crossbowmen in the rejected horse formation and the crossbows on the warships on the river on both sides, for the cavalry, it was extremely dangerous to be attacked from the side with bows and arrows.

Now that they were rushing up and sending him to his death, Awad, of course, couldn't ask for it. From another point of view, the cavalry took the risk to attack, which showed that the horse rejection array could not hold much anymore, and Sun Shao could only send cavalry to disturb him.

Yes, for Awad, it's just a nuisance.

Awad gave the order, and the two thousand-man teams rushed out, while the other two thousand-man teams were ready to give the Han cavalry a second wave of attacks. Awad ordered that the Han cavalry, which was less than 2,000 men, must be killed in front of the formation, so as to deal a heavy blow to the Han people who were still holding out in the rejection array, boost the morale of the previous side, and strive to break the formation as soon as possible. If he can defeat Sun Shao, the king of Yue, it will be a very big encouragement to the morale of Taixi Fengcheng.

The Sassanid cavalry had long been unable to hold back, they were very disgusted by dismounting and attacking the horse rejection formation, they still hoped that the horses galloped and defeated the other party with strong cavalry, this was their forte, and now they finally waited for this opportunity, they were all a little eager to try, and those soldiers who had not received the order to attack looked at their comrades galloping on horseback, and their eyes were full of envy.

Biqiu Jian took the lead, holding a halberd in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, stepped on the stirrup and stood up, twisted his body to the back, raised his knife and shouted: "Speed up-"

The Liaodong iron horse who followed him roared in response, his legs tightly clamped the saddle, and the whole person sat on the saddle, controlling the war horse with only his feet and lower abdomen, holding the iron halberd tightly in his right hand, clamping the halberd handle under his armpit, and holding the crossbow tied to the saddle with his left hand.

The hooves of the horses were dusty like two galloping dragons, and the two horsemen swept past the flanks of the horse-repellent array like a wild gallop, and swooped down on the oncoming Sassanid cavalry.

"Kill!" Biqiu Jian shouted, the shining halberd of the iron halberd in his left hand trembled, and slashed through the chest of the oncoming Sassanian, the sharp halberd easily cut through the leather armor of the Sassanian, and cut a big hole, blood splattered out from the open wound, like a flower blooming in the wind, drenching Biqiu Jian's head and face, but he didn't even look at it, and the halberd then pierced into the chest of a Sasanian behind him.

At this time, the screams of the Sassanid warriors who rushed to the front came out, he looked at the blood on his chest in horror, the strength of his body was suddenly drained, his hand was loosened, he raised his sword high and fell, he felt that his body suddenly became lighter, flew up from his horse, and watched a Han cavalry rush past him and chop off his head with a knife.

Biqiu Jian killed three people in a row in a moment, like an incomparably sharp arrow, plunged into the battle formation of the Sassanids, and the guards guarded him tightly, with crossbows from afar, and slashing with halberds and swords at near, unstoppable. Most of the Sassanids were armed with swords, some skilled in archery and some with bows and arrows, but they were not very numerous, and they were far less powerful than the dragoons who had a repeating crossbow. They often did not touch the dragoon soldiers, but they were shot by a short crossbow with a dead roar, and in a stunned effort, the opponent killed him, and the sword and halberd were all fired. Even if they escaped the crossbow, they may not be able to touch the dragoon soldiers, and the three- or four-foot-long swords in their hands will not be able to get any benefit in front of the iron halberd, often cut on the opponent's halberd, at most the halberd shakes, but it is difficult to cut, while the opponent's iron halberd is extremely sharp, whether it is stabbed by the spike in front or cut by the side blade of the expenditure, it will cause a lot of damage.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, they were separated, and the dragoon was like a double-edged giant sword, and it was extremely arrogant to push in, and the Sassanids fell off their horses one after another, like soup pouring snow, and the roar of excitement soon turned into a scream. The commander, who was rushing into the ranks, saw the warriors in front of him fall from their horses one after another, and the shouts were different from usual, and he realized that the situation was not right, and while charging forward, he ordered the trumpeters around him to blow the horn of warning, and sounded the alarm to the warriors behind and Awad at the same time.

Biqiu Jian rushed to the ground surrounded by the guards, and at a glance he saw the commander with a different armor, and he shouted excitedly: "Kill that Hu Dog!" The knife was put into the sheath, and the halberd shook with both hands, and the halberd with the rich surname shook and struck the shoulder blade of an oncoming Sassanid knight, and the sharp halberd cut off half of his arm at once, and the Sassanid knight let out a miserable scream, turned over and fell off his horse. But Biqiu Jian kicked the horse's belly, whipped his horse, and rushed towards the commander.

The guards also saw the commander, one by one let out a roar that was not like a human voice, held the iron halberd tighter, and successively assassinated several Sassanid cavalry who wanted to protect the commander in front of the commander, and rushed to the commander.

The Sassanids saw the danger, and they rushed towards Biqiu Jian and the others, waving their swords and slashing indiscriminately, and the commander also waved his war knife, holding the reins tightly in one hand, and raising his war knife high in the other, staring at Biqiu Jian and running straight away.

More than ten steps arrived in a blink of an eye, and the commander roared angrily, and the war knife roared down.

Biqiu Jian sneered, his arms were forced, the iron halberd seemed to have eyes, flicked away the war knife, and accurately hung the commander's neck, with the power of the war horse's hedge, the halberd Hu easily cut off the head of the commander, and the gushing blood rushed the head of the commander in midair.

A dragoon warrior swept by, caught the commander's head in the air, and placed it in his rucksack in the saddle.

Biqiu Jian fought a battle, and his morale was greatly boosted, and the dragoons made persistent efforts, like tigers into wolves, slashing and killing.

The Sassanids fell one after another.

Awad was surprised when he heard the warning, and when he looked around, he saw that the two sides were fighting together, the horses galloping, and the people shouting and neighing, and he couldn't tell the difference between you and me. However, after all, he has been in battle for a long time, and soon found that the place where the two sides were in contact and quickly approached the opposite side, which showed that the opponent's forward had already killed half of the formation, and this speed was obviously a little unexpected to him.

Awad subconsciously issued an order for the second wave of knights to attack immediately, and at the same time ordered the third wave of knights to prepare.

The two thousand-man teams began to accelerate one after another, charging towards the dragoons who had just broken through the first heavy formation.

Undeterred, he cried out for a fierce battle and fought with the Sassanids again.

Awad looked at the battlefield of the cavalry, shocked, after the first thousand troops and the Han cavalry staggered, he should have circled back not far away, ready to attack again, but all he saw was a sparse crowd left, many of the horses were no longer warriors, and the casualties were obviously much larger than he estimated.

Are the Han Chinese cavalry so strong? Awad was a little confused for a moment. Since the founding of the Sassanid state, the cavalry has always been dominant, and it can be said that the Sassanids have never suffered in cavalry attacks, and the Sassanids have always been able to achieve victory when the number of people is not large, but this situation has never appeared today.

Awad shuddered, did not dare to slack off, gave the order again, and sent two thousand troops in succession to prepare for battle.

The dragoons broke through the resistance of two thousand men in succession, and then met three more thousand people, but they were not afraid, and continued to charge with their horses, and once again fought with the Sassanids.

Two thousand dragoons forced Awad to dispatch 10,000 to stabilize the situation, relying on the advantage of the large number of people, they finally regained the upper hand and sandwiched the dragoons in the middle. Although the dragoons were fierce, after all, there was too much difference in numbers, and under the attack of the opponent's superior forces, the casualties increased rapidly. Biqiu Jian and Zhao Feng did not dare to slack off, they blew the horn for help on the one hand, and tried their best to maintain the speed of the war horse, hoping to break through the other party's interception as soon as possible and avoid falling into the other party's encirclement.

Awad threw 10,000 elite soldiers into the cavalry battlefield, and the pressure on the horse rejection array in the middle was greatly reduced, and Sun Shao immediately ordered the infantry of the Destruction Battalion in the horse rejection formation to launch a counter-charge. With an order, Tu Hu took the lead, Dunwu, Ao Lei and others fought together, and the Sassanids in the horse rejection formation retreated step by step. Awad was forced to have no choice but to put all the remaining 5,000 reserves around him into battle and have a final showdown with Sun Shao.

Sun Shao stood on the command platform, taking in the battle situation below, and when he saw that there were no more people left around Awad, he sneered, waved his hand and said softly: "Inform General Cao to attack." ”

"Whoa." Sima Shi turned to the drummer and gave the order. The drummer waved his arms and beat the big drum, and the rapid war drums rose into the sky, adding another excitement to the already blood-boiling battlefield.

Xun Yun jumped up, listened attentively, and shouted loudly: "General, King Yue has let us attack." ”

Cao Zhang listened attentively, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally waited for our chance to fight, I thought that King Yue had killed all the Sassanids." He shouted, "Beat the drums, kill all those dogs!" ”

The soldiers promised loudly: "Kill all the dogs!" Even those Wuhuan people, Huns and Xianbei people shouted loudly: "Kill all those Hu dogs!" ”

The 15,000 Wei iron horsemen began to start, and began to speed up along the riverbank, and the sound of horses' hooves became more and more rapid and heavier, and gradually turned into a rapid muffled thunder, which overwhelmed the earth-shattering war drums, and rolled forward along the earth. When they swept past the horse rejection array, Cao Zhang raised the halberd in his hand, shook the dantian qi, and roared wildly: "The great man is mighty-"

Hao Zhao and his guards used enough strength and shouted wildly: "The great Han is mighty-"

Fifteen thousand cavalry followed and roared: "The great Han is mighty-"

The roar was earth-shattering, making the blood of the soldiers of the Destruction Battalion who were fighting fiercely in the rejection array, they were full of strength, their morale was even higher, and they roared in unison, rushing towards the Sassanids, killing the Sassanids one after another.

Awad's face was colorless, the cold sweat of the bean slipped down his forehead, he knew that he had failed again, he had invested almost all his troops, in the face of this cavalry rushing out of the darkness, he had no way to deal with it at all, even if he wanted to escape, he couldn't withdraw the soldiers who had been mixed with the Han people for a while, and the only thing waiting for him was destruction.

Awad desperately glanced at the city of Tessie in the distance at night, pulled out his sword, put it across his neck, and shouted: "The king, the minister is incompetent, and he is ashamed of the king's entrustment, and the minister will go first!" With that, he pulled the knife hard.

When he pulled out his sword, his guard felt that something was wrong, and when he saw that he was about to commit suicide, he didn't care to say more, so he quickly grabbed his arm and took the sword, and the other guard also reacted, stepped forward and hugged Awad's waist and pulled him off his horse. Awad burst into tears and struggled: "You let me die!" ”

The guards ignored him at all, and ordered the two guards to hold Awad, turn around and leave, it had nothing to do with him if he lost the battle, but if Awad died, all the guards would have to be buried together, seeing that the battle was irreversible, all he could do now was to rescue Awad.

"Let's go, let's go!" The guards will greet each other and take the lead in beating the horses away.

The guards understood and held Awad hostage, like a lost dog, and scattered in a hurry.

Unfortunately, they left too late. Cao Zhang, with 10,000 wolf-like iron horsemen, did not directly kill the Sassanid iron horses, but ran wildly along the river, went straight to the back of the Sassanids, and then went around half a circle, killing horizontally, just blocking Awad's personal guard camp. Xun Yun took the lead, first discovered Awad and the others, picked up the crossbow on the saddle and shot, and shot the twenty iron arrows in the box in one go.

The iron arrows roared, and several of the Sassanids, who were busy fleeing for their lives, were caught off guard, and three or four were killed, and the guards were shot in the face of the door, and an upside-down onion was planted from the horse, and then was trampled by the horse's hooves, and died with a whimper.

The Sassanids were in a mess, and the soldiers of the Hu cavalry battalion had already been killed, and Adi swung his sword and cut off Awad's head with one sword.

After learning of Awad's death, the Sassanids who were flanked by Cao Zhang and Sun Shao no longer had the fighting spirit, more than 10,000 soldiers laid down their arms and surrendered, and only a few rushed into the big river next to them and jumped into the water to escape.

Sun Shao won a big victory.

"How? I said I must cut off the head of this dog. Cao Zhang was in high spirits, threw Awad's head in front of Sun Shao, sat down in front of Sun Shao with a big grin, picked up the teapot on the case and poured a big mouthful of tea into his mouth, swallowed it with a clatter, and laughed with a yellow beard: "Happy!" Joyfully! ”

Sun Shao smiled: "General Cao is really heroic, as soon as the tiger and leopard ride out, the Sassanids are terrified." It's a pity, you were born at the wrong time, after returning to the Han Dynasty, there will be no battle to fight, you can only snort with empty swords, and the hero is old in bed. ”

"No, didn't I win your hundreds of acres of pasture, I'm going to go there and herd the horses." Cao Zhang squeezed his eyes and laughed proudly.

"That'll do fine." Sun Shao couldn't help laughing, took a sip of tea, thought about it and said, "The war here is over, do you want to continue to play chess with me here, or go back to the city to participate in the war?" I'll have Awad's head sent back at once, and tomorrow Feng'er will attack the city, and this time, presumably, Ardashir will not be spared again. ”

"There is time to play chess, so I'd better go back to fight first." Cao Zhang stood up, a little unsatisfied: "Awad is not a general, his command is chaotic, and there is no challenge at all, so I'd better go back and compete with Ardashir." ”

"It's fine." Sun Shao nodded, and did not force: "You better go back quickly, I received news that Zijian was injured during the siege of the city in the afternoon, although it is not fatal, but he will lie down for a while." ”

Cao Zhang was taken aback, and he was no longer in the mood to talk to Sun Shao, so he turned around and left with someone. He asked Xun Yun to go back with the army, and he and Hao Zhao took the guards to ride first. Five miles away, just a few miles away. Cao Zhang rushed into the camp and went straight to Cao Zhi's big tent. Cao Zhi was leaning on the quilt in the tent, reading by the lamplight, as soon as he heard the heavy footsteps, he knew that Cao Zhang was back, he raised his head and glanced at Cao Zhang, and said with a smile: "Won the war?" ”

"How's your injury?" As soon as Cao Zhang smelled the strong smell of alcohol in the big tent, he knew that Cao Zhi's injury was not light, he didn't care to answer Cao Zhi's words, bent down and carefully looked at Cao Zhi's injury, and when he saw the criss-crossed gauze, he said angrily: "You are the general of Wei, not a centurion, how can you personally go into battle to fight?" ”

Cao Zhi was a little embarrassed, he waved his hand, signaled Hao Zhao and the others to go out, and was just about to speak, when there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, the tent door was lifted, and Yang Xiu walked in with two Aryan nurses wearing boat-shaped hats, and when he saw Cao Zhang, he also smiled: "Looking at the general like this, I know that Awad must have given the head." ”

Cao Chang was embarrassed to be angry with Yang Xiu, and then saw that Cao Zhi's complexion was good, so he was relieved and briefly said the battle just now. When Yang Xiu and Cao Zhi heard this, they were overjoyed: "In this way, Ardashir has become a lone army, and he is a little more sure of breaking the city." ”

"Brother killed Awad, and made another contribution." Cao Zhi said happily to Cao Zhang.

"What is this?" Cao Zhang disagreed: "That's the credit of Xun Changqian and Adi Kui, and it has little to do with me." However, I didn't work in vain, and won his 700 acres of good pasture. Cao Chang couldn't stop thinking about it as soon as he mentioned it, and Cao Zhi and Yang Xiu also smiled when they saw his playful appearance.

"Tell me, how did you win?" Cao Zhi put down the book, while the two Aryan nurses changed his dressing, and ordered people to serve tea, Yang Xiu brought a lot of snacks from the baggage camp, and just drank tea and chatted at the same time.

Cao Zhang's eyebrows danced, told him about the chess game, and finally patted his thigh, and said with great interest: "When this battle is over, I will find an opportunity to play two more games with him, and strive to win all the pastures on the east coast of the Caspian Sea, and I don't have to go back in the future, it's not bad to let the horses go here." ”

Cao Zhi drank the tea and groaned for a while, feeling that something was wrong, but he hadn't figured out why, but Yang Xiu laughed: "It's true, it's better for you not to go back, otherwise, I'm afraid that your father's hard work for decades will not be enough to compensate." ”

"What are you talking about?" Cao Chang said dissatisfiedly: "Although my Wei country is not as rich as Yue Guo, I can still get these tens of thousands of stone grain." ”

"Tens of thousands of stones?" Yang Xiu sneered: "I think you can't finish it for tens of thousands of years." ”

"Huh?" Cao Zhang was taken aback, only then did he realize that something was wrong with the situation, he looked at Yang Xiu with wide eyes, and said in disbelief: "Dezu, this is ...... As for it? ”

"Although I don't know exactly how much stone grain this is for the time being, I can guess that this number is definitely not a small amount, and it may be a joke to ask you to pay back tens of thousands of years, but I dare to guarantee that even if the grain produced by the entire Wei State is used to pay off the debt, I am afraid that it will not be able to pay off in your lifetime." Yang Xiu pursed his lips and gently put down the teacup, with some contempt in his tone: "I don't know if you have ever heard of a word, called astronomical?" ”

Cao Zhang shook his head blankly, but Cao Zhi's face changed suddenly: he often read the journals published by Funan College and knew what astronomical numbers meant.

(To be continued)