Chapter 61
Xiao Daocheng heard the sound of a war knife entering his flesh not far away, and when he looked up, he saw that Xiao Lang had just rolled off his war horse, and before he could react, he was pierced through the chest by the spear of the thief who sprung up from the dense forest, and the blood gushed out, dyed a gorgeous blood red.
Suddenly, countless rebel rebel soldiers rushed out of the trunks, in the grass, and in the ravines, in an astonishing number, and they were like ghosts, knocking down the pursuing cavalry in the forest, and then killing them.
In less than a moment, Xiao Daocheng had already seen that more than a dozen of his personal guards had already been killed, and the anti-thieves were agile and silently slaughtering the imperial cavalry.
Suddenly, the branches and leaves beside Xiao Daocheng splashed, and a rebel soldier leaped up, Xiao Daocheng was thrown to the ground, and then a sharp dagger went straight to Xiao Daocheng's throat.
Between life and death, Xiao Daocheng reacted sensitively, his explosive power was amazing, and he used his strength on his feet to kick the enemy who pounced on him and flew out, not caring whether the other party was dead or alive, Xiao Daocheng hurriedly ran towards the way he came.
Obviously, the thieves had premeditated and took advantage of the shortcomings of the narrow terrain in the forest that the cavalry could not concentrate on the charge to attack, Xiao Daocheng, as a veteran general in the army, saw that the situation was irresistible, so he thought about how to get out of the predicament, and the future was long, as long as he escaped, he would definitely have a chance to take revenge.
Suddenly, Xiao Daocheng felt a cold killing force coming from in front of him, he hurriedly put the long knife across his chest, and looked up to see that a rebel general was blocking the way with bad intentions.
Behind the anti-thief general, the bodies of the three guards lay motionless in the snow, apparently his handiwork.
Xiao Daocheng's eyes were cold, and he was thinking about how to break through the past, but he knew that the anti-thief generals were all killed from the sea of corpses and blood, and all those who could serve as generals were all fierce generals who killed people like hemp.
At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, and the rebel soldier that Xiao Daocheng had just kicked was chasing after him with a hideous face, and now he was in the dilemma of having a tiger in front and a wolf in the back.
Xiao Daocheng was bold and chose to attack directly, his body was like an arrow, and he rushed towards the anti-thief general who blocked the way.
Xiao Daocheng sneered, full of murderous energy, intending to quickly kill this anti-thief general.
But unfortunately, he met the extremely talented general Zhao Gong, and after many battles and Yang Qi's training, his martial arts have been tasted by three points.
Now Zhao Gong is not only strong in hand-to-hand combat, but also his sword skills are now improving day by day, facing the murderous Xiao Daocheng, Zhao Gong's eyes burst out with amazing fighting intent.
Rumble!
There was a loud bang, like thunder exploding, and the surrounding leaves were shattered into pieces.
The two knives burst out in a row of sparks, and Xiao Daocheng's strength when he returned from the war knife was also secretly frightened, this was when he ran into an opponent.
Soon, the two sides fought again, flashing figures quickly, swords constantly bumping together, and metal clashing sounded, dazzling people to see, and there was a sound of slaughter.
The two sides fought fiercely for dozens of rounds, and their strength gradually declined, Zhao Gong figured out his sword moves and decided to strike a thunderous blow.
At this moment, Xiao Daocheng was so anxious that he couldn't break through for a long time, and when he saw the rebel soldiers who were gradually surrounding, his heart was in a trance.
At this moment, the broken leaves slowly fell from the sky, and only a dazzling flash of light was seen across the sky, as dazzling as thunder and lightning.
He saw his headless body fall to the snow, his sword, which had slashed the heads of countless enemies, and fell to the ground.
Xiao Daocheng saw his body gradually falling, his expression was hideous, and his eyes showed resentment and unwillingness.
At this moment, the soldier who was pursuing Xiao Daocheng was on the spot, and his heart was full of horror when he saw this powerful enemy that Zhao Gong had ended with one sword.
At this moment, Zhao Gong's face showed excitement, this was the head of the enemy general, and his combat exploits were enough for him to get enough rewards.
In the face of the sudden attack, the cavalry that had been scattered in the forest was suddenly beaten by a rough hand, even if they were brave and good at fighting, but in this forest that could not be used, in the face of the rebel soldiers who had been ambushed in advance, they could only be slaughtered.
In the forest, the cavalry were pounced on by the sudden appearance of the enemy, and then killed.
Soon, the defeated imperial light cavalry had just recovered under the organization of Xiao Daocheng's personal guards, and at this moment they were divided and surrounded again, becoming the target of slaughter, and there were shouts of killing everywhere.
In the chaos, the Imperial Light Cavalry fell into despair, but in half a day, more than a thousand Imperial Light Cavalry had been wiped out.
"Report, our army has completely wiped out more than 1,000 imperial officers and soldiers, only 35 people have been captured, the death toll is more than 500, and countless are seriously wounded."
Zhou Ping looked at a wolf-drenched, gunsmoke-filled valley, with stumps and broken arms intertwined, and his eyes were fierce.
"Those who are seriously injured are given a knife, and those who are lightly injured are sent to the military doctor to have their wounds bandaged, and then they are sent to the prisoner camp for detention." In this era, as long as you are injured at all, you can die, and it is merciful for the seriously injured to make up for it.
"No"
"What about our casualties?"
"General, sixty-seven killed and one hundred and eighty-one wounded."
Zhou Ping frowned, this group of officers and soldiers is really elite, in the case of an ambush in advance. Our army suffered as many as one-tenth casualties, which seems to be underestimating the Empire.
"Order all units to clean up the battlefield, hand over all property, wait for the settlement of war merits, and reward according to merit." Zhou Ping was just about to get up, thought about it, and pointed to the guard.
"You, and you, all go down, supervise and inspect the soldiers of the rebels, dare to hide their belongings, and report to me immediately."
The five pro-soldiers walked forward, collided between their clothes and armor, made a framed sound, and shouted in unison: "No"
The battle in the valley lasted only half an hour, but in ancient times, such fierce battles were enough to make people tired. What's more, it is a difficult bone to gnaw, if it is not for the ambush in advance and the command is effective, and the other party is in chaos, it is difficult to organize effective resistance.
Divided and isolated by the rebels, they were unable to support and cooperate. The rebel army calmly mobilized superior forces to destroy them piece by piece.
Even so, the battle was fierce. Now the fighters of the rebel army are physically and mentally exhausted and exhausted, but under the command of the generals, they are purging.
An hour later.
"General, it's been counted, here's the list, please take a look."
Zhou Ping was also overjoyed when he saw the list of trophies, and obtained 537 war horses, 245 were slightly injured, and more than 300 were seriously injured and missing.
There were 726 complete armor and weapons, and there was not much money for food, but there were also 3,000 catties of grain, about 500 people, each of whom had a three-day ration, and one person had six catties of grain a day.