Chapter 19: Falling short

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

For not being able to go to the front line to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, Wang Pei and the other officers and soldiers of Chen Xu who stayed in the rear to protect the prince were inevitably a little annoyed. Although the sense of honor of guarding the crown prince has faded by half, he still carries out his task meticulously.

The evening wind was cold, Wu Chongyin had already come down from the tower, and ordered someone to help him sit on the horse and go forward, a general on a horse, no matter what on the battlefield, must sit on the horse, even if he has just been severely punished. Dou Yi followed closely behind Wu Chongyin, and in this way, standing on the watchtower were a few other young people who joined the army.

As the sky grew darker and the battlefield ahead was no longer visible, one of the soldiers turned his head to the side in some boredom from the tower. The attention of young people is easily attracted by exciting things, and when they can't see the battlefield, they will naturally look at the surrounding situation, which is not trivial, and the young man who joined the army immediately lifted his spirits and shouted:

"The iron cavalry of General Wang and General Song is here!"

There's obvious pleasure in the cry, isn't it? As soon as the cavalry arrived, victory was near. The fierce battle lasted for a day, the officers and the Huaixi army were very tired, the officers and soldiers could still rotate, eat dry food and drink hot water, and the Huaixi army was pulled out from the outside to the inside, at this time, tens of thousands of elite cavalry as long as they rushed lightly, that feeling, is not an ordinary cool, fast knife cutting butter is like this, right?

Therefore, the shout of the young man joining the army made everyone's spirits uplifted, and no one noticed that the number of cavalry approaching quickly was small, but it must be the officers and soldiers coming from the direction of the big camp, and the thunder just now did not indicate the success of the officers and troops. Chen Xujun's soldiers quickly stomped their feet that were about to freeze numb, to welcome the good news, all the people, including the outpost who couldn't see clearly the soldiers on the opposite side, relaxed their spirits, until the opposite side of the people not only did not bypass, but went straight, not to slow down but to accelerate, no one reacted, just someone asked loudly:

"Who's coming?"

Before he could finish asking, a rain of arrows flew over, and of course there were soldiers who immediately shouted "enemy attack", but the word "enemy" was shot down as soon as it was exited. At the moment, there was an uproar in the rear army of the official army, and the strong military demeanor that Chen Xujun had just played during the day was exposed under the surprise attack, and the soldiers who originally thought that it was a friendly army were panicked and didn't know what to do. And the Huaixi Army, which has been lost for a long time, is in great spirits, so at a glance, the Huaixi Army is still the Huaixi Army, and the official army is still the official army!

Wounded in the left arm, Dong Chongzhen, who was commanding the troops to rush forward, quickly discovered that there was a big tent under the tower in the rear army formation, Dong Chongzhen immediately judged that there must be a big man in the tent, so he ordered General Sun to lead the team to drive straight to the battlefield, and he took his own soldiers to the tent to see who lived in the tent.

Sure enough, although the officers and troops elsewhere were vulnerable in panic, the officers and troops outside the tent were tenacious and tenacious, using infantry against cavalry, and refusing to back down a bit, which made Dong Chongzhi believe that there were big fish in the tent, and he shouted loudly, urging the soldiers to step forward, and he also held the knife in his right hand, urging the horse to step forward.

If the speed advantage of the cavalry cannot be brought into play, the cavalry caught in the infantry will only have one mission left: the target. When the first few cavalrymen who rushed through the human wall were quickly killed by the two young generals in light armor who rushed out of the tent, Huaixi's mule cavalry had to pay the price of more than a dozen people for every step forward, which made Dong Chongzhi feel distressed. But after all, the Huaixi Army had a local superiority in strength, and the tents were getting closer and closer.

However, Dong Chongzhen had to choose to give up, Wang Pei's prestige made him quickly regain control of the troops, Chen Xujun's army to protect the prince was only 1,500 people, but they were all elites who had just gone through the battle of life and death, and they had been repaired for a long time, so it was enough to exert enough resistance on the other side. Wang Pei ignored the others, and ordered the 1,500 elite soldiers to try their best to kill and injure the Huaixi mule cavalry from the side, press around the prince's tent, take the lead by himself, and lead the cavalry to rush up.

At this moment, Dong Chongzhen had already killed Gao Yu, while Li Deyu was holding a Yongzhen knife and a Huaixi deputy general to slash at him. The two of them were originally serving by Li Chun's side, and they went out to battle in a hurry, and they didn't even have time to ride their horses. In the end, Gao Yu was killed by Dong Chongzhi everywhere, and when he was in a critical situation, a sudden shout sounded in the ears of the two:

"Dong is a high-quality horseman, and eat me a shot!"

Wang Pei, who arrived at the horse, shot at Dong Chongzhi's knife, and then the gun was horizontal, sweeping back towards Dong Chongzhen, Dong Chongzhi was tired for a day, and he had just been injured, his body leaned back, but he was half a beat slower, and his helmet was swept off by Wang Pei's big gun, and his scalp suddenly became numb, and he was only a fraction of a minute in the head, which frightened Dong Chongzhi into a cold sweat.

Although Wang Pei led the army to come, Dong Chongzhi was unwilling, but the rumbling sound of horses' hooves had been heard not far away, obviously the officers and soldiers of the battalion had packed up the 4,000 foot horses they had left as abandoned sons, and were chasing after them, Dong Chongzhen had to hold back his unwillingness and shouted "Go!" He led his troops to chase to the battlefield, and when he passed by the tower, the angry Dong Chongzhi let his own soldiers slash the tower a few times.

Seeing Dong Chongzhi fleeing, Wang Pei immediately ordered his subordinates to re-arm, and went to see the prince in the tent with a pale face, and entered the account after the ceremony, seeing that the prince was doing according to the case, holding a sword in his hand, not only the prince, but also Cui Qun, Wang Ya and Tutu's father-in-law all held weapons and stood on both sides of the prince.

Li Chun saw Wang Pei come in and said with a smile:

"The widow was about to kill himself, and General Wang just arrived."

Wang Pei, whose heart was still beating wildly, fell to his knees with a thud, and did not see Li Chun quietly wipe his hand on the hem of the cotton robe, but through the ground he heard the sound of thousands of horses galloping closer and closer, and then stopped abruptly.

The sudden attack of the Huaixi Mule Cavalry Army was not afraid of death, so that the besieging officers and troops were in chaos, Dong Chongzhi followed the road opened by the forward, easily went up the dirt slope, and saw Wu Yuanqing who was like ashes in front of him. Wu Yuanqing choked his throat and took Dong Chongzhen's hand and said:

"General Dong, you're here!"

It's a pity that Dong Chongzhen came with Wang Dahai and the Song Dynasty, and the two originally planned to meet the crown prince, but were ordered by Li Chun:

"The widow stood on the side and watched the two generals pass, and then met the two generals alone when the Huaixi thieves were broken."

The prince really got out of the tent, ordered people to light lanterns, and watched Wang Dahai and the Song Dynasty go up with cavalry. The 10,000 cavalry are all in high spirits, and for these soldiers, most of whom are from low backgrounds, the emperor and the crown prince themselves are almost gods, not to mention the indoctrination of the army. As soon as Dong Chongzhi had a few words with Wu Yuanqing, the cavalry of 10,000 people pressed up.

So Dong Chongzhen simply summarized the following words:

"Take advantage of the night and break through to Xiaoluhe Fort!"

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