Chapter 53
The soldiers of Otsuki, who had already suffered half of the casualties, insisted on forming a tight phalanx under the organization of the officers, and the casualties were too heavy, and the cavalry of Yanqi did not dare to charge anymore, so they could only shoot with bows and arrows from a distance.
Yanqi's infantry also suffered heavy losses, but at this time they were eager for revenge, their eyes were red, and they desperately squeezed towards the Dayue infantry, strangling them endlessly for a while, both sides exchanged their lives for their lives, and their flesh and blood were painted red like a torrential rain.
"Kill!" "Blocking the ...... One, two, three, stab! ”
"Ouch, my feet! …… Kill! Kill! ”
"Die! Die! I don't care about you! Die! Die! ”
Hoarse shouts of killing and despair filled Sima Dan's ears, and at this time, he could no longer care about anyone's dissuasion, and jumped to the front of the phalanx with a long lance in his hand.
Woo...... Woo...... A trumpet sounded in the distance.
Liu Kang frowned, and said to the deputy general beside him: "Why are you blowing the siren, is there an ambush?" Wasn't it searched? ”
"Back to the king, it may be that the other party's reinforcements have arrived!"
"Humph! Reinforcements? Fast! We concentrated our forces and captured the ...... of the Jin prince, not ...... Life or death! Hurry up the front army to step up the attack! ”
The Yanqi cavalry received the order and resolutely launched the final blow.
The successive charges finally scattered the two sides of the Great Moon Formation, and the cavalry drove straight in, trying to cut the encirclement.
Sima Dan was in front of the formation, and the long lance flew like a long snake, but the forward was already crushed, and in a blink of an eye, the two armies mixed together and turned into a melee.
I don't know how many weapons are attacking from all directions, Sima Dan Changshu finally turned the enemies around him into bloody people who fell to the ground, but found that there was no comrade in sight beside him.
He was in a hurry, hurriedly turned around and fought back, and after picking away a few enemies, he finally saw the Otsuki soldiers, although they were broken into the phalanx, but in the melee, they all gathered around the centurion or centurion around him, and he rushed too forward, and everyone couldn't find it for a while.
At that moment, a soldier saw him hurriedly approaching, he shook his spirit, his lance flew up and down, several enemies' necks were forcibly cut, and blood flew to the sky.
The Otsuki soldiers quickly formed a small formation, desperately holding on in the melee, and at the same time leaning towards the hill.
But in this frenzied killing, either you die or I die, everyone is attacked from all sides, killing and killing, and falling one after another.
Even the cavalry could not use it, and the legs of the horses were cut off and the horses fell from the horses, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of the people on the entire battlefield were wounded or killed.
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Xiao Min's horse speed has been put to the fastest, and the cavalry team gallops like the wind, rolling up sand and gravel like a sandstorm, the sound of hooves is like thunder, and the sword light is like snow, rushing straight to the battlefield.
Zuo Yong struggled to follow, "Military advisor...... They haven't reached the hill yet! Why hurry? Is it finally heartbroken for the prince? ”
"Now it's in a strangulation melee! The Yanqi people can't withdraw from the battlefield! ”
When Liu Kang discovered that the Great Moon cavalry on the east and west sides were outflanking back and forth, it was already too late.
At least six thousand of the Great Moon cavalry, divided into two wings.
The army has been dragged by the Otsuki infantry, and it is impossible to retreat immediately.
When he saw the gates wide open, he knew he had been decided.
He hurriedly took his relatives with him, and wanted to rush back to the city, but these foot riders had to abandon here.
Liu Kang's heart was like a knife, but he had to go.
However, the Dayue soldiers who only had about 200 people left somehow separated a cavalry led by Sima Dan with only a dozen horsemen, and desperately pounced on Liu Kang's hundred or so horsemen.
In this way, the two wings of the cavalry of the Great Moon came so quickly, rushing towards the city gate from both sides.
The king of Yanqi City was outside, and no one dared to close the city gates.
Sima Dan knew whether today's sacrifice was worth it, and at this moment, between his fights, he only felt that all the voices around him had receded, and he only heard his own heartbeat.
Everyone's movements seemed to slow down, and the men and horses on both sides who rushed to the city gate were desperate to drive the horses, but in his opinion, every qiē was so slow.
Otsuki's cavalry will always be a step slower due to the distance.
The city gate was half-opened and half-closed, just waiting for Liu Kang to ride.
Liu Kang's relatives had already entangled Sima Dan and them desperately, and they were surrounded instead.
Sima Dan looked at Liu Kang and was about to flash into the city gate.
The death of all will be worthless.
He looked back at the corpses of all his comrades, a mountain of undried blood.
Sima Dan threw the spear, pulled out the longbow, and flew an arrow into the sky, shooting straight into Liu Kang's shoulder.
A qiē sound suddenly came back, and several sabers were slashing at him, but fortunately, his own soldiers desperately blocked it.
Liu Kang turned over and dismounted, and the horse neighed sadly.
The rumbling sound resounded all around, and the Great Moon Cavalry had already arrived with a bang.
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"Why don't you come and take charge of the city?" Xiao Min found Sima Dan in the hill outside the city.
"Those things will be fine with you."
"You've blamed me for the deaths of 800 soldiers, haven't you?" Seeing Sima Dan like this, Xiao Min's tone also became cold.
"I didn't ...... No. ”
"Liar! I tell you, whether you like it or not, this is the tactic with the least sacrifice, do you want to fill the moat of the elderly with human lives? ”
Sima Dan snorted: "Why are you always right? ”
"Because I'm deliberate, and you, although extremely smart, are always too anxious, do you know?"
"Long Er said that I was also very thoughtful when you were away......"
"Hah! Hum! Is it? ”
"He also said it's just a matter of the way we do things."
"That's why you agreed to Carodo's request......
"Xiaomin, do it again now, I will do the same!"
"Alas! All right! Let's go back to the city...... Your arrow went down from your shoulder to Liu Kang's heart, so he's dead! Now the orphans and widows are waiting for the prince's mercy to come back with me! ”
"You...... What are you going to do? Sima Dan was helpless, stepped on the horse, and Xiaohong neighed, as if laughing at Sima Dan.
"You can do whatever you want, but you have to go back."
Sima Dan saw the blood stains left on the battlefield lying there like ugly black stones, his heart was sad, he sighed, drove his horse to follow Xiao Min, and went back to the city.
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Yanqi City gave up resistance after the Great Moon cavalry entered.
The soldiers who watched the battle from the city were shocked by the fact that the elite of their side had been wiped out in the field, and the nobles in the city also fell into collapse when they heard the news of the king's death.
When Liu Kang's head was paraded through the city with a spear in mid-air, the overall situation was irretrievable.
Liu Kang's queen and prince surrendered in plain clothes.
Xiao Min soon ordered the three armies not to disturb the people, and imitated the three chapters of the law between Han Gaozu and the inhabitants of the city.
However, Sima Dan deliberately did not enter the city until the end, Xiao Min did not wait for him, and dealt with an urgent matter in a hurry.
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The queen and the prince still knelt at the gate of the palace, waiting for Sima Dan's arrival.
Sima Dan only arrived here when he saw the two mothers and sons, and when he saw the two mothers and sons, he couldn't help frowning: "Why didn't Xiao Min place them?" ”
The lonely figures of the two looked particularly cold in the moonlight.
There was no one else around, and everyone seemed to be avoiding them on purpose.
Sima Dan didn't have an entourage, just let the horse go and slowly walked to the palace.
Queen Li Qian hurriedly woke up her ten-year-old son Liu Wei, who had fallen asleep.
Liu Wei, who had forgotten about himself in a dream, was now at a loss, but Li Qian hurriedly straightened his clothes, knelt on the ground, and waited for Sima Dan and the horses to approach.
Sima Dan dismounted, came to them, stretched out his hand to help the mother and son: "Since you have surrendered, you have become commoners, we will not investigate, if you know the whereabouts of those bald Huns, tell us, go back......"
Li Qian was at a loss: "Go back?" Your Royal Highness the Prince, where are we going back? Those bald Huns are... It was invited by Liu Kang, and I heard that they had broken through when the army was encircled, and I only knew that their leader was called Duoyan. ”
"Humph! If these people find this place vulnerable, they will attract more people to loot, and you will hire them! Now that Liu Kang is dead, you should first go to the palace to find a place to live, and pass on my words, daily needs, and arrange them as before! ”
Li Qian couldn't imagine that Sima Dan was so magnanimous, and the queen in her thirties was speechless for a while.
Sima Dan was tired and wanted to lead the horse away.
Li Qian pulled him: "Tai...... Prince! Thank you for your great kindness...... It's just that...... It's just that today your advisor said...... Say...... The crown prince will definitely ...... because of the many soldiers killed and wounded Sacrifice to them, prince...... The child is still young, and I am willing to bear it as a sacrifice. She mustered up the courage to say this, and then her breath was short, her face was flushed, and tears flowed down her face.
Sima Dan sighed, seeing Liu Wei's frightened pale face, he couldn't help but think that he had no parents since he was a child, and he was as lonely as Liu Wei now, and he really couldn't bear to make him even more desolate.
"It turns out that the military advisor asked you to wait for me here because of this, I did want to kill you to take revenge, but the casualties during the battle were on the battlefield, and the crime was not as good as the family, you go back!"
"Yes...... But the prince ......"
"Go back!" Sima Dan got on horseback and walked towards the palace, he couldn't help but didn't look back at the thin figures of the two mothers and sons.
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A caravan walked in an empty valley, the scorching sun was in the sky, and the mountains were all on both sides.
This is definitely not an ordinary caravan, the goods it carries stretch for miles, the trailers are all hard-working Mongolian horses, the size of the carriage is uniform, and the weight of the goods in the car is similar from the traces of the vehicle pressed on the ground.
There are armed cavalry guards in the front and rear of the convoy, all of them are Dawan good horses, there are as many as five or six hundred horses, the armor on their bodies is shining in the sun, it looks murderous, although there are many horse thieves in this area of the Western Regions, but there are no people who dare to fight their ideas.
Not only that, but in the cavalry, one out of every ten wagons was filled with infantry guards. They are also in bright armor, and they are by no means comparable to ordinary private homes.