Although Cai Tianhe had learned to ride a horse, he was fierce in battle, and Wu Yingying was not worried that he would ride alone, so he deliberately chose a good horse and let Chase take him, but fortunately, the young man had not yet grown up, and Chase was not a burly man, so the burden of the war horse was not very heavy. Although Cai Tianhe grew up in the deep palace since he was a child, the two inner strands have been ground to the flesh, but under the great changes in his body, his temperament has become extremely stoic, and he bites his lip tightly without pain.

More than 1,000 horsemen galloped out of Jinling East about six miles, Qingxi meandered in front, Qingxi is the largest river in the east of Jinling City at this time, originates in the southwest foot of Zhongshan Mountain, converges with Shannan Stream to form Qianhu, flows into Qinhuai River to the south. Because the Qingxi is shallow and clear, there are lush forests and bamboo on both banks, and the beauty of the shallow grass and flowers, since the beginning of the Soochow era, the nobles and scholars in the south of the Yangtze River have built countless garden villas on both sides of the Qingxi. The river here is meandering, called Jiuqu Qingxi, and the elegant buildings of each beautiful and beautiful place are scattered between the river states, just like the sky.

Although the location of Qingxi is located in the east of Jinling City, it is not the main battlefield of the Song people besieging Jinling, but "Jiuqu Qingxi" is rich and rich, since the Song army besieged Jinling, since the Song army besieged Jinling, since Yihai, the Song people's military needs are tight, and the detachment of the grass valley has to cross the periphery of Jinling almost every few days to plunder here, and the residents here have not fled to avoid the military disaster. Therefore, it is separated from the Jinling city defense by the Song army's Jilong Mountain camp, and the Song army does not dare to garrison here, in order to prevent the Tang army from resisting with the Qingxi water system, the Song people simply burned down the houses in the Qingxi area. It is the scene of Qingxi that is reflected in the eyes of fugitives such as Yu Yan and Wu Yingying at this moment, and it is a scene of ruins and broken walls.

Just when everyone was urging their horses and preparing to wade across Qingxi, a large group of Song cavalry chased after them in the northwest of Jinling City, and Lu Yan immediately ordered a team of black cloud cavalry with 100 people to stay on the spot and delay the pursuit of the Song army. The captain of the Black Cloud Commander who led the team didn't want to think about it, so he turned his horse's head in a loud voice, and all the knights turned over and dismounted, leading the horses to find a favorable position for attack, and seized the time to rest and recuperate.

The cavalry commander of the Song army who pursued was Dong Zunzhi, the commander of the Xiaowu Army, this time Cao Bin said that he was ill, but he left the 6,000 cavalry in the camp under the pretext of defending the camp, and as soon as he heard that the Southern Tang cavalry broke through the siege, he ordered Dong Zunzhi to immediately lead the three battalions of the cloud cavalry to chase and kill. These Yunqi disciples were full of resentment because they couldn't enter the city to plunder, and they were all overjoyed when they heard that they had the opportunity to leave the camp, and they all had the idea of solving the Southern Tang people as soon as possible and then getting some oil and water on the spot. Dong Zunzhi was old in the army, and when he saw that the army's heart was available, he led the thousand cloud horsemen to set off and hurriedly chased to the east.

After discovering the traces of the Southern Tang cavalry that broke through, Dong Zunzhi couldn't help but see the joy of hunting, and urged the war horse under his crotch to catch up, and the 1,500 cloud cavalry followed closely behind.

When approaching Qingxi, the black cloud cavalry who left the broken black cloud capital cavalry put down the iron mask, to ten times their own, the cloud cavalry launched a charge, the black cloud cavalry heavy iron armor, holding iron lances, in order to prevent the impact of the two armies when they meet to knock people off the horse, the cavalry with insufficient waist and leg strength will tie their feet tightly to the horse with leather belts, even if they are killed in battle, the body is still standing on the horse. The cavalry of the Song army wore more leather armor and used thick back long sabers, and the cavalry of the children of the Liang family in the border county were better at riding and shooting, and the impact of close combat was not as good as that of Heiyundu.

The frontal charge of the Black Cloud Cavalry is amazing, the charge line covers the most gentle and easy to wade in the clear stream, the Song army can not bypass, and the frontal attack will have to pay a great price, so they have to separate more than 1,000 horses to both sides, avoiding the front of the Black Cloud Cavalry, more than 500 horsemen take advantage of the more horsepower, light armor, do not collide with the Black Cloud Cavalry, but maintain a certain distance in front, the Song cavalry walking on both sides and the rear of the Black Cloud Cavalry first shoot down the Black Cloud Cavalry mount with a bow and crossbow, and after the Black Cloud Cavalry lands, four or five horsemen swarmed up and slashed with a horse。 In less than half an hour, more than 100 Black Cloud Cavalry were all killed, while the Song Renyun Cavalry only lost about 20 cavalry that could not dodge.

Another group of more than 800 cloud cavalry troops were far behind the black cloud cavalry of the brigade without hurrying, and this lightly armed cloud cavalry defeated the black cloud capital that had been fighting for half a day, so no matter how Yu Yan and Wu Yingying whipped the horses, they could not shake them off, but a few bold border county cloud cavalry rushed forward to release cold arrows, and killed the backward black cloud cavalry from time to time.

The two teams of cavalry galloped more than ten miles one after the other, and came to the foot of Zhongshan Mountain, which was called Jiang Mountain at this time, seeing that the sky was getting late, there was a saying that "every forest does not enter" in ancient times, and the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty thought that as long as they entered the reckless and vast mountainous area, it was difficult for the Song people to track down at night, and they were temporarily out of danger. Looking at the foothills of Jiang Mountain, Wu Yingying's face showed a hint of relaxation, and he reached out and patted Huang Wen who was nestled in his arms, asking her to look at the verdant mountain scenery in front of her, and at the same time pay attention to grasping the saddle firmly and not being bumped down. Heiyundu, the commander of the envoy, Yu Yan, secretly felt sorry in his heart for the comrades who were obligated to delay the Song people's pursuit without hesitation.

Who knew that just when everyone was relaxing, the Song army of the brigade suddenly emerged from under the shade of the trees at the foot of the mountain, formed a wide formation to block the way, and the flag flew in front of the formation.

There was cavalry chasing after him, and the Song army in front of him had 10,000 infantry troops, and the minds of all the people in the Southern Tang Dynasty were shrouded in haze. The remaining 800 or so horsemen were close to each other, as if this was the way to expel each other's despair.

Yu Yan looked at the wide and thick formation of the Song army in front of him, sighed, turned his head to Wu Yingying, and said, "General Wu, my Heiyun used to have a place where I couldn't stand you, but you saved me regardless of your previous suspicions." He is a rude person, and even if he escapes with his life, it will not help. This time I fought for my life, so I can protect you and others from escaping, and the black clouds will live up to the grace of the country. "He is the commander of the army of the Son of Heaven, and he is familiar with the secrets of the palace, and when he spoke, he glanced at Cai Tianhe, who was protected by Chase in front of the horse, and guessed Cai Yutuo's meaning. This time, he was willing to sacrifice his life to help Wu Yingying get out of danger, and he also wanted to leave a line of blood of the Cai family in Jiangnan.

Wu Yingying looked at the thick Song army formation in front of him, nodded helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Why should General Yu be like this, thank you first, but the Song army is strong, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to escape alone." ”

Yu Yan said proudly: "Since the Black Cloud Capital became an army, there has been no broken formation, although there are only 800 strong men left today, but I also asked General Wu to see, the Black Cloud Long Sword is not in vain." After speaking, his eyes were a little gloomy, thinking that he recalled the scenery of the black cloud long sword crisscrossing the Jianghuai back then, and said: "Please General Wu is here for me to monitor the Song cavalry that is following our army, I will lead the strong men under my command to attack the Song formation three times, and it will definitely be broken, and when General Wu can lead the Divine Guard Army to follow me in the third impact, the black cloud long sword will turn back to block the enemy, you take the opportunity to enter the mountain, and the Song people will not be able to catch up." ”

Seeing him say this, Wu Yingying had to nod.

Lu Yan saw that Wu Yingying's mount was covered in sweat, his mouth and nose were spraying white gas, he shook his head with some pity, and looked at the woman in Wu Yingying's arms, he didn't recognize Huang Wen, and actually said: "The big husband should make a trade-off, one horse to bear two people, it will inevitably be weak, why not pity a woman and bad things." ”

His words were very abrupt, Huang Wen's face suddenly turned pale, and her face was pale, but Wu Yingying said angrily: "The eldest husband can't even save a woman, what face does he have standing in heaven and earth." "If it weren't for the fact that Yu Yan wanted to lead Heiyun to sacrifice himself to open the way, he would have turned his face with him on the spot.

Yu Yan shook his head a little incredulously, regardless of Wu Yingying's attitude, he turned his horse and said loudly to the Black Cloud Cavalry who followed him: "The Song people broke my Jiangnan with tricks, resulting in today's defeat. My black cloud long sword shook the world, and three thousand comrades were slaughtered by the Song people. Gentlemen, you are willing to follow me to break through the enemy's formation, die as you deserve, and vigorously, so as not to fall into the prestige of the Black Cloud Long Sword. Dare to fight!"

The rest of the people in the Black Cloud Capital are all fierce soldiers with excellent riding skills and spear skills, seeing that they were attacked by the enemy before and after, and knowing that the Song army slaughtered and surrendered the soldiers, they had already germinated the will to fight to the end, and immediately shouted in unison: "Dare to fight, dare to fight!"

Yu Yan nodded with satisfaction: "I have made an agreement with the monarchs that three charges will break through the Song army's infantry formation, in order to prove my name as the Black Cloud Long Sword!" After speaking, he put down the iron mask on his helmet and rode his horse to the front of the army, and the eight hundred cavalry of the Black Cloud Capital were sparsely arranged in eight columns behind him.

Wu Yingying and the remaining seventy or so guards turned over and dismounted, pulled out the crossbow arrows, and while resting their horsepower, they guarded the Song army that was far behind.

As the sparse cavalry formation slowly approached, the Song army's infantry formation began to fire crossbow arrows into the sky, and the black clouds were heavily armoured, and the actual loss caused by the rain of arrows thrown in such a distance was not large, and the heavy cavalry who had been on the battlefield for a long time maintained the speed of the horse's trot, and when they were about to meet the enemy, they suddenly approached, closely following behind the horses that took the lead in the first horse, and at the same time constantly observed the weak point of the Song people's infantry formation.