Chapter 5 Attacking the Heart
Outside Luoyang City, there was a very strange scene, two thousand cavalry troops, actually chasing ten times their own infantry, crazy pursuit and killing, those infantry.
In the Tang Army, there is no shortage of bloody warriors, in the vast northwest land, in the long river of history, there have been countless elite soldiers who moved the world.
It's just that these people's counterattacks again and again can't stop their defeat, and they can't even stop the pursuing soldiers, and they will be annihilated under the iron hooves of countless cavalry in an instant.
Among the "killing" pursuers, the most dazzling is Lu Bu who rushed to the front, every time he rushed in, he could always take away the lives of dozens or even hundreds of Tang soldiers, life was so fragile under the cold Fang Tian painting halberd, the Tang army just knew that it was constantly running, but under the killing of the cavalry, the number was rapidly decreasing.
At the beginning, there were still many people who turned around and resisted, but the resistance of these people did not have the slightest meaning, it only added to their deaths, and later, no one would do such a thing, just keep running for their lives.
The defeat was like a mountain, and the stubborn resistance of one person was simply not enough to turn the tide of the entire battlefield, and they had no choice but to flee with the rout. Although he knew that he would inevitably be slaughtered if he fled, if he stayed where he was, he could only die faster.
They don't need to run over the four legs of the cavalry, and in the face of the fastest cavalry in the world, they can't run through, they just need to run faster than their companions, and the despicability of human nature is undoubtedly revealed at this moment, and many people, in order to delay their own death, do not hesitate to put their sinful hands towards their robes.
A knife slashed a former robe, just to be able to escape more smoothly, but before he could run a few steps, a large hand grabbed him and pushed him back, to meet the cavalry's cold steel knife.
Although many of the 30,000 troops were killed by the Blood Wolf Army, many more died in the hands of their own robes, or trampled on each other.
This pursuit lasted for two hours, until the fiery red sun gradually disappeared into the valley, scattering its last rays of light, Hangu Pass was already close in front of him, but the 30,000 troops that were originally taken by Qu Tu were now less than 3,000 people, and in the rear, the sound of the horse's hooves like a god of death was still clearly audible.
On the Hangu Pass, there were already many soldiers guarding the pass who had seen these routs, and Li Shimin brought Li Jing, Li Mi, Qin Shubao, Wei Chi Jingde and other generals to the city, and saw Lu Bu with the blood wolf riding the army they sent to chase and kill.
"What's going on?" Looking at the gate, Lu Bu's demonic figure, Li Shimin's face was gloomy and terrifying, especially looking at his own soldiers, constantly calling for help, and the terrible howl made Li Shimin and the generals behind him tremble and tremble with anger.
was too arrogant, he had already arrived in front of Hangu Pass, and Lu Bu did not give up the pursuit
"Your Highness, it's General Qu Tu's subordinates" Li Jing's face changed, and he suddenly said sharply.
"What?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then looked at those routs in disbelief, among them, a few figures could be vaguely recognized, but there were no figures of Qu Tu
"Where's Qutu?" In Li Shimin's heart, an ominous premonition arose, Qu Tu was Li Tang's general, and he was deeply valued by Li Yuan, if Qu highlighted any problems, even if he could capture Luoyang, in the future, in front of Li Yuan, it would be difficult to explain.
Everyone was silent, although no one said it, but in the bottom of everyone's hearts, they were like a mirror, there was no figure of Qu Tu, there was only one explanation, Qu Tu was afraid that something had happened, but although he understood it in his heart, no one said it, they were unwilling to accept this fact.
Qu Tu is not only a general of Li Tang, but also a famous general in the world, Yang Jian era, he has made great achievements, his prestige is better than Li Shimin and Li Mi, the failure of Chang'an is also the trend of the times, even if it was hostile at the beginning, Li Yuan respected it very much, and even Li Tang's current generals are also deeply convinced of their ability, but now, it is ...... No one was willing to accept this result, and the 30,000 army against Lu Bu's 2,000 cavalry was killed in this end.
"Lord, Hangu Pass is close at hand, Li Shimin may be reinforced, our soldiers are tired, it is better to withdraw the troops" The horse came to Lu Bu's side, and said in a deep voice, this place is less than a mile away from Hangu Pass, and the 30,000 horses brought by Qu Tu are now less than two thousand, and there is no need to chase and kill anymore.
"Withdraw troops? It's filtered, I want to see if Li Shimin has the courage to chase me, soldiers, are you afraid? A deep disdain appeared on Lu Bu's face, and he suddenly shouted.
"Not afraid" of the two thousand soldiers, who were exhausted after a big battle, just followed Lu Bu's words, but they burst out like a mountain flood and tsunami, and in an instant, the color was gone
"Kill" Lu Bu shouted, chased the wind suddenly, and went straight into the Tang army, behind him, two thousand blood wolf riders followed without hesitation, and under Li Shimin's nose, the last less than two thousand men and horses were slaughtered.
The screams rose from the pass, Li Shimin grabbed the battlements of the city wall with one hand, looked at the defeated troops under the city with tears in his eyes, and listened to the endless screams in his ears, his teeth were dead on his lips, and a trace of blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth, but he didn't realize it, his red eyes stared at Lu Bu's figure, eager to eat it alive, if his eyes could kill, Lu Bu had died more than ten times at this time
"Your Highness, let's go to war" Qin Qiong, Wei Chi Jingde, and Li Jing were filled with righteous indignation one by one, and they all asked for battle, everyone's eyes were already red as blood, and the surrounding Tang troops were also angry and angry, focusing their eyes on Li Shimin's body, these eyes had formed a terrifying pressure, making Li Shimin feel a little uncomfortable breathing.
"Whew"
Exhaling a deep breath of turbidity, Li Shimin stood up, withdrew the sword at his waist with one hand, looked at the surrounding generals with red eyes, swept his gaze over every soldier, and a somewhat hoarse voice sounded: "Below, it is a figure that is the most powerful in the world, the Heavenly Sword Song Que, and the generation of Grandmaster Ning Daoqi are helpless, soldiers, are you afraid?" ”
"Don't be afraid" The surrounding Li Tang soldiers roared sadly, watching the soldiers under the city being brutally killed by Lu Bu, they had already ignited the anger in their chests, and at this time they could hear Li Shimin's words, and at the same time raised their weapons, and the surging roar resounded throughout Hangu Pass.
Under Hangu Pass, Xuxingzhi's complexion couldn't help but change greatly, and he hurriedly persuaded: "If the prince doesn't leave, it's too late."
"They can't get out" Lu Bu sneered, the god and ghost Fang Tianhald cut off the head of the last Li Tang soldier, casually took off the head of Qu Tu hanging on the horse's neck, looked up at Hangu Guan, and said loudly: "Li Shimin, look at whose head this person is"
The voice was like thunder, and it actually suppressed the roars of countless soldiers in the entire Hangu Pass, and the faces of Li Mi, Qin Qiong and others couldn't help but change, and the power of one person actually suppressed the roars of more than 100,000 people
Everyone involuntarily looked in the direction of Lu Bu, but saw Lu Bu, who was holding a human head, Li Shimin, Li Jing, Qin Shubao and others' faces couldn't help but change, that human head, they naturally recognized it, it was Qu Tu's human head, but they didn't say it, or rather, they didn't dare to say it.
Qu Tu went with 30,000 horses, but Lu Bu only had 2,000 people, and 2,000 people killed 30,000 people, and slaughtered them cleanly, which is a bit unbelievable, but once the sergeant of the army knows, the impact on morale is too great, not to mention, Qu Tu is a veteran general of Li Tang, such a person, leading an army of 30,000, but was broken by the enemy's 2,000 iron cavalry, when the news spreads, it will also be a great blow to Li Tang's prestige.
"Don't you dare to say it?" Lu Bu sneered, but the void beside him smiled bitterly, he was worried in vain, Lu Bu is here, I'm afraid that this is the idea, and he wasted so much of his heart in vain.
Li Shimin's resentful gaze fell on Lu Bu, but there was a sense of decadence in his heart, he knew that the matter might be irreparable.
"I'll tell you" Lu Buxu was flamboyant, and the setting sun gilded his body with a layer of golden light, just like a god of war, majestic and admirable.
"This is the head of your Li Tang general Qu Tu, Li Shimin, you killed him, knowing that I have 30,000 horses here, but you still let Qu Tu come to die, do you think that these 30,000 horses can compare to my blood wolf army? Li Shimin, you can be punished" Lu Bu laughed loudly.
"You are talking nonsense" Li Shimin's face changed greatly, Lu Bu took two thousand iron cavalry to go deep alone, the middle and high-level of the army knew it, but ordinary soldiers didn't know it, Qu Tu had a very high reputation in the army, if ordinary soldiers thought so, then ......
It's just that Li Shimin has already felt that the eyes of the soldiers around him are faintly different, even though Li Shimin's reputation in the army is not low, but the matter of killing Qu Tu, once he sits down, he is jealous of this hat, but Li Shimin can't avoid it, and this hat is something that Li Shimin is unwilling to accept and dare not accept anyway.
Xuxing looked at Lu Bu in surprise...... The lord is actually lying? The hypocrisy is a little unbelievable, and the timing of this lie is just right, and it is definitely a disaster for Li Shimin
"Is your heart empty? Give it back to you" Lu Bu sneered, and with a wave of one hand, Qu Tu's head had already flown up the city, and Lu Bu used just the right amount of strength, and the head landed steadily on the battlements of the city wall.
"It's General Qu" The soldiers around him, many people know Qu Tu, and when they see Qu Tu's head, many people exclaim.
"Lu Bu" Li Shimin looked at Lu Bu in a sad voice, his eyes were full of red bloodshots.
"Let's go" Lu Bu sneered, didn't answer, directly beat the horse and whipped, rode with two thousand blood wolves, and returned with such a swagger.