Chapter 6 The Beijung Cavalry
Out of Ningwu Pass, he stepped on the boundary of Dayan, and four hundred miles to the south is Ningzhou City, where there are 100,000 troops of Dayan waiting for him, and Guo Lun has already sent someone to Ningzhou City to send a letter, so that Liu Donglou, the general of Ningzhou, the head of the Beining camp, will send another battalion of cavalry to protect His Highness. So walking on the white snow-covered field, Ji Qingchen, Ye Qingchen, and Guo Lun couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed. Only then did they realize that the fatigue of running around for days hit their hearts at this moment.
Ji Qingchen glanced at the empty field in front of him, and asked Guo Lun, who was tired beside him, where his party was.
Guo Lun began to look at the map he carried with him and carefully checked Shaoqing, and then replied respectfully that he had arrived in Ningchuan, as long as he went another three hundred miles, he would probably arrive at Ningzhou City, the seat of Ningzhou.
Ji Qingchen sighed lightly, since Ningzhou City was far away, it was equivalent to having arrived in the hinterland of Dayan, and there was no need for his group to march in a hurry! After glancing at the already tired people and the sleepy horses and feathers, he ordered Guo Lun to camp and rest on the spot, and wait until dawn before marching.
Guo Lun took the order and strode away!
At night, the cold wind is howling!
When Ji Qingchen was sleeping in a daze in his big tent, he seemed to hear the sound of hurried horses' hooves from far and near.
Suddenly, he was awakened, and was about to ask the guards outside what had happened, when he saw Guo Lun rushing into his big tent in full armor, and said in a hurried tone, "Your Highness, there is an enemy attack!" ”
Ji Qingchen was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this already in Ningzhou?" How can there still be enemies? Could it be a nearby horse bandit? ”
Guo Lun didn't answer, but the candlelight in the tent shone on his face, making his face look very hideous!
When Ji Qingchen saw Guo Lun's expression, he seemed to understand something at once, and said in a cold tone, "In the hinterland of Dayan, there are people who dare to openly attack the camp without taking Yulin Riding in their eyes, and their courage is not small!" Prepare the horses, and wait for me to see who has such courage. With that, he hurriedly put on his clothes, put on the wolf's blade, and strode out of the big tent.
Guo Lun was stunned, he didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Nine, who seemed to be weak on weekdays, would have such a tough side, he wanted to refuse, but when he saw His Royal Highness the Nine's face, his eyes were full of faint murderous intent, he hesitated for a moment, didn't say the words to his mouth, and followed Ji Qingchen out of the big tent.
As soon as he came out of the big tent, Ji Qingchen found that his uncle Ye Qingchen had also rushed to the front of the tent, and the entire camp had already lit a bonfire, and under the red firelight, a hundred forest riders were already ready to fight.
"Did you already know that someone was going to attack the camp?" Ji Qingchen suddenly turned his head and stared at Guo Lun with a cold gaze and asked.
"Your Highness, please get on the horse quickly, as long as Guo Lun and Yulin are still alive, they will definitely protect His Highness's safe breakthrough, His Highness's problem will wait for Ningzhou, if Guo Lun is still alive, explain it to His Highness!" Guo Lun saw a long fire dragon rushing towards the camp in the distance, so he didn't answer Ji Qingchen's question but said eagerly.
"The enemy situation is unknown, how do you want to break through?" Ji Qingchen said coldly, ignoring Guo Lun, who was a little pale on the side, and rode on the war horse.
He had already guessed from Guo Lun's expression just now and the conversation with Ye Qingchen in the carriage in the past few days that who was behind the attack on his cavalry must be someone in King's Landing who wanted to prevent him from returning to Yan.
So he didn't have the slightest fear!
Guo Lun was speechless for a while, swallowed what he wanted to say with a flushed face, and could only turn over and follow Ji Qingchen tightly on his horse.
Ji Qingchen rode his horse and rushed to the front of Yulin's horse, and saw that a fiery red in the distance had surged in his direction, and in an instant, a cavalry of about five hundred people rushed in front of him.
The enemy did not seem to have expected that the Yulin cavalry had already been in battle, and when they saw that the hundred Yulin cavalry in the camp did not appear to be confused because of the sudden attack just now, but had already prepared for battle, they were very confident that they did not charge, but restrained their horses when they were a hundred paces away from Yulin cavalry.
The two sides are two hundred steps apart! In the faint light of the fire in the pitch darkness, they could see the faces of each other's commanders!
Ji Qingchen looked far away and found that there were about 500 enemy horsemen on the opposite side, all of whom were Beirong's iron horsemen.
Ji Qingchen's face changed.
Just now he was still thinking that since some people in the court did not want to return to Yan by themselves, the road back to King's Landing this time would definitely not be smooth. But he didn't expect that as soon as he set foot on the land of Dayan, he encountered an assassination of five hundred Beirong elite cavalry.
There are Beirong cavalry in the hinterland of Dayan, is there anyone in the court who has colluded with Beirong? In order to kill themselves and then blame the king of Ning, they were so bold that they would allow the Beirong cavalry to pass through Yanmen Pass and set foot on the land of Ningzhou? Ji Qingchen's body was cold, and only then did he clearly realize how powerful the enemy he would face when he returned to King's Landing, and how difficult his situation would be.
Ji Qingchen didn't dare to think about it anymore, he immediately regained his mind and found that one of the generals in the Beirong cavalry, who was nearly thirty years old, was also quietly watching him.
Ji Qingchen, the main general of the Beirong cavalry, moved his gaze to him, and he shouted loudly, "Can it be Ji Qingchen, the ninth prince of the Great Yan Kingdom, right ahead?" ”
"You are the elite soldiers of the Beirong Eight Banners, the iron cavalry in the yellow flag?" Ji Qingchen asked without answering.
"Your Highness really has good eyesight! In these dark eyes, they can still recognize us at a glance as the cavalry of the personal guard under the tent of the king of Beijon Khan! Yes, I am the general Tuobani under the account of the King of Khan, and the deputy commander of the Yellow Banner. The commander of the Beirong cavalry replied arrogantly.
"The deputy capital of the Yellow Banner Tuobani? That's a good name. But you're not too bold! Dare to intercept and kill the prince of the Great Yan Emperor in the hinterland of Dayan, does General Tuoba think that Dayan is so easy to bully? Think that with this mere hundreds of elite riders, they dare to go wild here? Ji Qingchen saw the arrogant expression of the Beirong general, and reprimanded coldly.
"Your Highness is laughing, it's not that you haven't killed it, why should Your Highness scare Tuobani?" Tuobani laughed wildly, "Wasn't Ji Chengqian, the prince of Dayan, known as the No. 1 lance in the Central Plains? Not yet, in the battle of Yanmen, I Tuobani cut off his head with a knife. To tell the truth, I came here today to ask for your Highness, and I want to cut off the head of another prince of the Great Yan and go back to ask the Great Khan for credit. ”
"Bold!"
"Bastard—"
Guo Lun and Ji Qingchen roared together.
Guo Lun's face was already full of anger, ten years ago in the battle of Yanmen, 100,000 elite soldiers of Dayan were killed by 30,000 iron horsemen of Beirong, and Ji Chengqian, the prince of Dayan, was killed in battle, this has become a shame for Dayan, a shame for Dayan soldiers, and now that the enemy is in front of him, how can he not be angry?
Ji Qingchen was even more surprised, he was only seven years old when he fought in Yanmen, and he only remembered that his eldest brother died in Yanmen, and he didn't think that he was beheaded by the seemingly not very heroic Northern Barbarian General in front of him.
"What? Your Highness is angry? It's a pity, what's the use of just being angry, and Dayan's war knife doesn't need to be waved angrily. But Your Highness won't blame you for being angry with Tuobani, you are destined to die here tonight, so why should I bother with a dead man? Tuobani laughed loudly.
The Yulin riders were already filled with righteous indignation, and their eyes were full of violence, so they waited for Ji Qingchen to give an order, and they were about to rush forward.
Guo Lun also held the gun commander tightly, and his hand holding the gun was already rattling in anger.
But Ji Qingchen didn't speak, but quietly stared at the enemy cavalry in front of him, he knew very well how strong the combat effectiveness of the Beirong Eight Banners was, in the first battle of Yanmen back then, 100,000 Dayan elites did their best to do 30,000 Beirong Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, which was enough to show the strength of this barbarian cavalry.
Beirong Eight Banners has always had a saying that the Eight Banners are less than 10,000 and 10,000 are invincible.
Now, he only has one hundred feather forest riders, and the other party has five hundred elite riders. I felt a terrifying killing aura emanating from these five hundred elite riders, which was not inferior to the tiger and leopard riders who had left the country.
Ji Qingchen knew that Lu Dao only relied on the hundred feather forest riders around him, and in a battle tonight, there was really no chance of survival if he wanted to survive!
No wonder Tuobani dared to speak such wild words! He does have the ability!
"General Guo, how long has it been since our scouts were dispatched?" Ji Qingchen asked in a low voice.
"Your Highness, I'm afraid I can't wait for reinforcements!" Guo Lun said with a sigh.
Ji Qingchen was slightly stunned, and suddenly understood the meaning of Guo Lun's words.
In vain, a sad aura hit his heart.
I have been away from the country for ten years, practicing lance skills, knife skills, horsemanship, archery, learning the art of war, calligraphy, painting, calligraphy and painting, isn't it just for this day? can return to Yan again, compete for the position of prince, make yourself bigger and stronger, and no longer send people under the fence.
Today, I finally returned to my hometown after a long absence. Is he going to die before he can get out of school?
Unwilling! Unwilling! Ji Qingchen sighed, and his pale face showed a look of pain.
At this moment, I saw that the Beirong cavalry on the opposite side was ready to charge! Tuobani was giving orders to five hundred cavalry with yellow flags.
Seeing that the tiger wolf was about to rush towards his Beirong cavalry.
Ji Qingchen's body was shocked, and a sentence that the teacher Li Qingyi had said to himself back then suddenly came to his mind: The duel between the cavalry, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road! On the battlefield, even if you face an enemy several times your size, as a commander, you must have the courage to draw your sword and fight.
Twilight! Ji Qingchen felt that his whole body was full of strength, and a monstrous battle intent surged in his heart!
Suddenly, he pulled out his war knife and shouted loudly, "The soldiers of Dayan, ten years ago, in the battle of Yanmen, 100,000 elite soldiers were killed by Beirong, and the prince of Dayan was killed again, this is the shame of our Yan country's man's sword, and the shame of our Yan country's soldiers, now our enemy is in front of you, are you afraid?" Do you dare to fight? ”
"Don't be afraid—fight! War! War! A hundred feathers of the forest rode out of the sheath, his eyes were full of raging war, and he roared loudly.
"The majestic swallow will never fall! The blood is inexhaustible, and the fight to the death is endless! Guo Lun shouted Dayan's battle song.
"The blood is inexhaustible, and the fight to the death is endless!" Ji Qingchen yelled.
"The blood is inexhaustible, and the fight to the death is endless!" A hundred feathered forest riders roared loudly.
At this time, the Beirong cavalry had already launched a charge.
"Kill!" Ji Qingchen raised the wolf blade sword, and then pointed sharply forward.
The terrifying weapon whistled in the night wind. A roar rose into the sky. Behind him, Guo Lun and the Yulin cavalry raised their swords and followed him to kill the Beirong cavalry on the opposite side.
Two hundred steps...
One hundred steps...
Fifty steps...
As the Beirong cavalry approached, the wind blew in the face, like a knife blade cutting on the face.
The cavalrymen in yellow iron armor were worthy of the most feared male soldiers in Beirong, and no one made a sound when they charged, and the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground was all over their ears.
Suddenly, there was a "bang-" and the cavalry on both sides slammed into each other.
Facing the wolf-like Beirong cavalry, Ji Qingchen led his horse to meet a Beirong cavalryman, and the long knife slashed at his face, and the scarlet blood gushed out as the knife was pulled out, splashing him all over.
This hearty knife made him roar wildly, and with his sword covered in blood, he continued to kill the next enemy.
Guo Lun and the 100 Yulin cavalry followed closely behind him and killed the Beirong cavalry.
The Beijung Iron Riders were no match for their elite horsemen, they did not need to rely on torches to kill, and they quickly dodged their horses in the dark, striking the helmet of the Yulin Rider with the hilt of their swords with agility and force, or striking the legs of their horses with the back of their swords.
In just a matter of moments, the powerful Yulin Cavalry had already collapsed.
Because it was late at night, the two sides had already fallen into a scuffle, and all that could be seen was the sound of slashing and slashing, the neighing of war horses, and the screams of knights.
Guo Lun and the Beirong cavalry behind Ji Qingchen were also scattered, leaving him alone in the bitter battle of the Beirong cavalry.
Ji Qingchen knew very well that in the battle tonight, he and a hundred Yulin cavalry faced five hundred elite cavalry in Beirong, and it was almost impossible to win, and the only way was to kill the opponent's main general in one fell swoop.
He urged his horse to continue to slash and kill the Beirong cavalry around him, and his eyes began to search for Tuobani's figure on the battlefield.
This look made him break out in a cold sweat.
Because he found that in just an instant, the Yulin cavalry had fallen into the encirclement of the Beirong cavalry, and the Yulin cavalry was constantly beheaded off the horse by the Beirong cavalry.
He was a little anxious, if he continued like this, he would die!
Suddenly, at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves approached behind him, and his instinctive sword turned into a backhand, turning back and stabbing diagonally. I felt a sudden vibration in my hand, and one of my own knives was actually blocked. The sound of metal scraping is piercing, indicating that the opponent's knife is still cutting against his own blade.
Ji Qingchen was shocked, his teacher is Li Qingyi's sword skills were accumulated on the battlefield by Li Yaoshi, the god of war who left the country, with a lifetime of conquest, and the knife skills were weird.
And Ji Qingchen has achieved the true inheritance of Li Qingyi in knife skills, and he has never missed a knife on the battlefield.
But at this moment, he was completely framed?
Ji Qingchen was a little incredulous, he screamed, and the long knife violently unloaded the opponent's knife strength.
However, at this moment, he didn't have time to turn around on the war horse, so he could only twist his waist and flip it on the horse's back, and the long knife slashed out with a rotating waist, which was the most powerful of the ten styles of breaking blood "headwind knife", when the person with the knife wrapped his neck and rotated to send out this knife, he could make the force on the knife strong and terrifying without the help of the momentum of the war horse.
The long knife swung flat with a terrible whistling sound, such an angle and speed completely exceeded the opponent's expectations.
The two knives met again, and there was no loud sound of ordinary gold and iron strikes, only a low "click", and the opponent's saber was divided into two sections.
The sneak attacker exclaimed, and Ji Qingchen saw clearly that the other party was Tuobani, the main general of the Beirong Iron Cavalry.
Ji Qingchen was looking for Tuobani, but he didn't expect Tuobani to send them himself, he was shocked, and the war knife was raised again, and he slashed it with strength.
The two armies looked at each other before, and when Tuobani saw Ji Qingchen, who was a little weak, on horseback, he thought that the Nine Emperors of the Great Yan Kingdom was a second-rate military general who was vulnerable. was a little contemptuous, and didn't take Ji Qingchen to heart. Fighting on the battlefield just now, he saw that Ji Qingchen was very brave, only to suddenly realize that he had underestimated the strength of the other party, so he restrained his previous contempt, and then saw Ji Qingchen kill several Beirong cavalry in a row, he gave up the idea of head-to-head confrontation and wanted to use the method of sneak attack from behind.
I never thought that Ji Qingchen's knife technique would be so powerful, not only dodged his sneak attack, but also took the opportunity to give himself a fatal blow, forcing himself into a corner, and he could only defend with all his strength in a hurry.
But I didn't expect that the opponent's war knife was also a sharp weapon, and he cut off his scimitar all at once!
For a moment, Tuobani was stunned!
At this time, Ji Qingchen's wolf blade had already been chopped, and suddenly Tuobani felt a bloodthirsty breath attacking him, and as soon as he came back to his senses, he saw a knife light slashing at his throat, and before he could think about it, he instinctively stretched out his left arm. Seeing Ji Qingchen's sword light fall, Tuobani's arm flew out horizontally, drawing an amazing arc in the air with blood flowers, and fell on the chaotic horse formation and was trampled.
"Ah-" Tubani let out a desolate cry, and immediately his horse began to gallop.
Ji Qingchen urged the horse to catch up, but was stopped by several Beirong cavalry who rushed to hear the news. By the time Ji Qingchen had dealt with these Beirong cavalrymen, Tuobani had already been guarded by his subordinates in the middle, staring at him coldly.
Guo Lun, who was in the distance, also heard Tuobani's screams, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Ji Qingchen, and he urged his horse to rush towards Ji Qingchen.
At this time, Tuobani's left arm had been cut off, and blood was gushing outward, and he knew that if he didn't diagnose and treat it in time, he would kill Ji Qingchen, and his life would be lost here.
He was very unwilling to take a look at the Yulin Cavalry, who was about to be slaughtered, and Ji Qingchen and Guo Lun, who were becoming more and more brave in the war, sighed slightly, and gave the order to retreat!
Seeing that the main general had given the order to retreat, the Beirong cavalry stopped fighting with the Yulin cavalry and withdrew from the battlefield one after another.
"Ji Qingchen, today's hatred of the broken arm, Tuobani will never forget! He will be taken back in battle one day. When all the Beirong cavalry retreated behind Tuobani, Tuobani endured the pain and said coldly to Ji Qingchen.
"Remember, that's the price you pay for stepping into Dayan. On the battlefield of other days, Ji Qingchen will definitely take your head to avenge the eldest brother! Ji Qingchen responded coldly.
"Humph! Walk! Tuobani let out a cold roar and hurriedly led the Beirong cavalry to retreat like a tide.
Ji Qingchen saw the Beirong cavalry in the distance, and his pale face showed a relieved expression.
It wasn't until the sound of the horse's hooves faded away and the night fell silent again that he asked Guo Lun beside him, "How many casualties?" How many of us are left? ”
"Back to His Highness, one hundred Yulin cavalry killed eighty people, thirteen wounded, and only seven still have the strength to fight." Guo Lun lowered his head and said, not daring to look at the young Nine Emperor Princes. After answering the question, he suddenly turned over and dismounted, kneeling in front of Ji Qingchen, "If it weren't for His Royal Highness's superb swordsmanship just now, he cut off one of the arms of the Beirong chief general with just one knife, I'm afraid that in tonight's battle, the Yulin Cavalry would have been wiped out!" Guo Lun did not protect His Highness well, please punish His Highness! ”
"Plop-" The rest of the Yulin riders also collectively turned over and got off their horses, kneeling in front of Ji Qingchen, "The Yulin riders are not careful to protect His Highness, please punish His Highness!" ”
"Your Royal Highness, there has been a Beirong Iron Cavalry in the hinterland of Ningzhou, Weichen thinks that there must be something strange about this matter, you can't blame Captain Guo and Yulin Cavalry, the top priority is to rush back to Ningzhou City overnight, and please ask Your Highness to focus on the overall situation!" I don't know when, Ye Qingchen appeared in front of everyone with a disgraced face.
He was a civil official, and when the Yulin cavalry fought with the Beirong cavalry just now, he was so frightened that he kept hiding under the carriage.
Ji Qingchen also knew that Guo Lun and Yulin Cavalry couldn't be blamed for tonight's incident, Guo Lun and Yulin Cavalry thought that there would be an enemy attack, but who would have thought that the enemy who attacked was the Beirong cavalry?
"Those who can't ride horses will stay here, wait for us in Ningzhou, and then let the defenders come to deal with the bodies of the wounded and fallen soldiers, and those who can ride horses will immediately bandage their wounds, and we will go back to Ningzhou City now." I would like to ask Liu Donglou, as General Ningzhou, what kind of explanation he wants to give me tonight, and what kind of explanation he wants to give to the dead soldiers! Ji Qingchen thought about it and immediately gave an order.
"No!" Guo Lun was stunned for a moment and immediately received his order.
Suddenly, more than ten Yulin riders galloped towards Ningzhou City overnight!