Chapter 7: Heavy Riding the Dead
Mu Tuo's eyes flashed with determination and enthusiasm, and Lin Ze suddenly didn't know what to say, so he just shook his head helplessly and looked in the direction of the non-existent stars in the sky. But his movements fell in Mu Tuo's eyes, but he didn't believe his guarantee anymore, and actually knelt and moved two steps forward, and his emotions seemed to fluctuate a lot.
"Brother Jiu, do you believe in Mu Tuo's ability?"
Only then did Lin Ze realize Mu Tuo's misunderstanding, and accepted the sad face just now, chuckling with a half bitterness.
"How could it be...... I just, I don't believe in myself. ”
When Mu Tuo heard this, he was not relieved, nor was he relieved, so he had to come to Lin Ze's side and pat him on the shoulder.
"Brother Jiu, a thousand light horsemen and five wooden kites can burn all the grain and grass of the Jianxi people, our country of burdens, who can still have this wisdom, just say that those Jianxi people who can only fight and kill, even if they want to break the heads of their brute beasts, they can't come up with this idea!"
Looking at Mu Tuo's pretending to be mature, Lin Ze couldn't help but kick out again:
"It's as if you don't just know how to fight and kill. ”
Mu Tuo dodged and directly dodged Lin Ze's sneak attack, but he didn't straighten up, just bent over and panned, this time Lin Ze saw it in his eyes, but he didn't know how to react.
Mu Tuo didn't care about his ninth brother's ridicule at all, and said with a hippie smile:
"That's right, I only know melee combat, so well, I'm the sword of the ninth brother, and I really can't think of those tactics or anything. ”
As he spoke, Mu Tuo also closed his neck and shook his head and muttered, as if he still had a little complaint.
Lin Ze was speechless, pretending not to talk to Mu Tuo anymore, so he turned around and fell asleep. But he knew in his heart that these warriors around him may not have the ability to be omniscient and omniscient like Z, but they will fight hard to protect the safety of the prince with their last drop of blood.
In the dream, Lin Ze seemed to be back in the giant ship prison, the whistling bullets were coming towards his front door, and a pair of gray and godless eyes stared at him, completely surrounding him. In the blink of an eye, he was in Fucheng, and the unspeakable demon beast pounced on him, and he waved his sword indiscriminately to resist until the demon beast disappeared. However, the city in front of him is already a purgatory on earth, the earth is cracking, magma bursts out, flames roar, and mourning is everywhere. He stood on top of the tower, watching all this, and when he turned around, he saw a chessboard spread out on the ground. Lin Ze approached the chessboard, but before he could see it clearly, the sky suddenly shook and he fell off the tower......
"Your Highness the Nine, Your Highness the Nine, wake up, the time has come. ”
Mu Tuo's voice woke up Lin Ze, it was just a long nightmare, looking at Mu Tuo's hand on his body, maybe it was the source of the dizziness in the dream.
Without saying any more, Lin Ze opened the water bag and quickly washed his face, then continued to squat in the bushes and stare into the distance. Although the night sky seemed to be slightly bright, the visibility was still very low, and the blind people of the night would definitely not notice them, so there was no need to worry about this cavalry team being exposed.
After about a cup of tea, the spies sent back with exciting news:
"The Jairseye Grain Army is approaching. ”
Lin Ze finally waited for this moment, and everyone immediately put on their armor and prepared to go. The soldiers were still wearing black cloaks, and they were all full of energy, and as soon as the Jairus grain team arrived, and His Royal Highness ordered the prince, they would rush forward and destroy the grain and grass and the hope of the Jairian frontline army.
The sporadic firelight slowly approached, and it was the Jianxi team escorting grain and grass. The horses beneath the warriors began to stir their hooves, as if they were in a hurry to break away the line ahead, and the warriors who were prostrate on the back of the horses comforted their mounts with their hands, and then raised their heads to stare at the figure in front of them.
Lin Ze, holding the war horse with one hand and putting the other hand on the horse's neck, he did not get on the horse at the moment, in order to observe the neat firelight more accurately, once he got on the horse, it was equivalent to making a signal to send troops.
A cup of tea...... Two tea ...... Three Tea ......
Time passed quietly, and just when the soldiers were about to lose their breath, the firelight finally entered the attack range of the negative light horse, Lin Ze turned over and lifted the reins, and got on the war horse directly, and Mu Tuo and Lin Yu behind him lit up, and they also turned over and got on the horse.
The warriors who were prostrate on horseback had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and when they saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stepping on their horses, they all straightened up, and their movements were surprisingly uniform, like robots. They clenched the reins with both hands, staring at the hand of the figure in front of them.
And Lin Ze didn't let them wait too long, listening to the uniform voice behind him, Lin Ze narrowed his eyes, stared at the line of fire not far away, and finally let go of his hand.
Lin Shu and Mu Tuo drove their horses to lead the charge, and a group of light horsemen rushed to the line of fire at the speed of the string like arrows released vigorously, buying more time and opportunities for their country. The shallow sound of horses' hooves sounded everywhere, but no other sound could be heard in the distance, until the ground shook clearly and the Jairsy army finally made some movement. Standing on a carriage, the commander looked up to observe the movement in front of him, snorted in his mouth, as if he didn't care at all, but he mobilized the defensive formation in his hand without any ambiguity.
It's just that in this short period of time, it is not easy for many people to defeat the speed of the horse's hooves, even if the foot speed of the Jairian warriors is faster than that of other countrymen, it is still not as fast as the horse's hooves.
The food and grass needed for the 100,000 army were fully allocated, and there were not 10,000 but 5,000 Jianwei soldiers who were responsible for taking care of the front and back. However, it was very difficult to change formations in the middle of the road, so until the negative cavalry had already broken through, the entire Jairus Grain team did not have time to change formation to defend against the impact.
Just when the guards in the front row had just set up their defensive formation, through the gap between the shields, they realized that it was the negative cavalry approaching. There was a trace of fear on the faces of all the soldiers in Jianxi, and it was only a gasp that everyone used all their strength to try to stop the pace of the cavalry. It's just that everyone knows that in front of the cavalry, any infantry is like paper paste, but because of the military order, none of them dares to retreat.
When the Jawsian shieldmen closed their eyes and prepared for the onslaught, the spearmen were rushing with their spears, but unfortunately it was too late, and under the trampling of the horse's hooves of the negative cavalry, they broke through the shield line with a single leap, and then, as if they had entered a no-man's land, they collided with the Jappiers again, and went straight to the grain and grass cart. Among them, a negative soldier dressed in black cloth and holding an immortal sword was the first to break through, this person was Mu Tuo, and he rushed straight towards the commander-like Jianwei warrior in the carriage with a slash.
Mu Tuo's order was very clear, at the first moment of the charge, Mu Tuo must rush to the commander desperately, he must be killed on the cart, so that the sheep will lose the so-called leader. Only in this way can the negative cavalry behind them be regarded as truly entering the realm of no one.
And Lin Ze was also holding a long sword, and under the escort of a second-class sergeant, he confronted a person who was also riding a horse in the distance, and the existence of this person made Lin Ze feel a little uncomfortable.
The first group of negative cavalry who broke through successfully set fire to several carts of grain and grass in Jairus, but after they succeeded, they had no intention of retreating, and charged near the grain cart with long swords, killing every Jairus warrior who tried to get close to extinguish the fire.
Several thick smoke was like a signal, and soon the grain carts not far away also rose with thick smoke.
One, two, ten, dozens......
The billowing smoke meant that the following negative cavalry had succeeded.
Lin Ze was a little unwilling to be committed to the rear all the time, and couldn't help but wave his long sword and wanted to enter the Jairian army, although he broke the armor and body, but the long sword was really a bit difficult for him. The surrounding negative warriors took Lin Ze as a dot and separated a protective circle, showing no mercy to the enemies who were rampage, and slashed the enemies who tried to get close to the prince with the long swords in their hands. Seeing the flesh and blood flying so closely, Lin Ze didn't have the fear and discomfort he had before. The vicious Jairs, each of whom had the blood of the Negative Men on their hands, wanted them to die, and it was a matter of course.
The absolute superiority of the negative cavalry did not last long, and as some of the spearmen and shield soldiers of Jairian combined into a formation, the negative cavalry began to suffer casualties. A group of cavalry once again charged to the shield array in front of the grain cart, and the spear that suddenly flashed out behind the shield instantly penetrated the body of the war horse, and the war horse howled, and even the people and horses fell directly to the ground, and then the shield array stretched out a big knife and hacked the negative cavalry who fell to death with a knife.
"Projectile stray fire projectile!"
Lin Ze saw that nearly 100 war horses and soldiers had fallen, and he couldn't help but loudly order to change tactics. The negative cavalry, which had still intended to charge, stopped and took out the projectiles from the pockets wrapped around their waists.
The Jairus shieldmen poked their heads out from behind their shields, trying to see what the hell these negative cavalry were up to, what the stray fire projectiles were, they had never heard of.
Until one by one the projectiles crossed the shield array they thought were indestructible, and landed accurately on the grain cart behind them, with a muffled sound, the grain cart was torn apart by the flames in an instant, and the grain was destroyed in an instant. After a moment of surprise, the soldiers reacted: those stone-looking balls would explode and burn on their own as soon as they landed on something!
The shield array was in chaos, and just as the Jairian warriors were scrambling to avoid the flames behind them, they saw a spear or sword piercing out of their chests, and on it was red blood, exactly the same as the blood that flowed out when they fell, and they didn't even have time to lift their heads, and they fell near the grain cart. Eventually, they will become a handful of fertilizer for the land, and over the years, the land will grow fresh plants.
Small-scale battles unfolded near the grain and grass carts, and the horse-bearing cavalry on horseback clearly had a speed advantage, and even if they couldn't get close, a few stray fire projectiles could solve part of the problem. The night, which had been lit by the light of the fire, was blackened by the billowing smoke, as if the whole world would lose its light again, and only the thick blood stimulated the sense of smell of the nearby beasts.
Lin Ze's tactical focus has never been to kill people, but to feed and grass, so the negative cavalry only joined the fight after successfully igniting the grain cart, but this also gave other Jianwei soldiers a gap to transfer into formation. The cavalry had the advantage of speed, and the Jairian people had already sensed the pattern of the negative cavalry, and they no longer formed a shield formation, but instead used the grain cart itself as bait to lure the negative cavalry closer, and then poured in from all directions to strangle them.
Gradually, the advantage of the negative cavalry began to dissipate, and the number of deaths of the cavalry horses gradually increased, and after the cavalry killed nearly half of the people, Lin Ze finally felt that something was wrong.
At this time, Mu Tuo finally got the opportunity to make a break with the commander of this group of Jianhua soldiers, he first threw a stray fire projectile to force the commander to get off the chariot, and then raised his sword to meet the face and stabbed him directly, but was blocked by the commander's big ring knife. Unexpectedly, although the Jairian people are burly, their speed is not inferior to others. Mu Tuo won with dexterity, but he couldn't stretch out his horse, so he jumped off his horse one by one, and the war horse galloped towards the commander, as if he was going to trample the recalcitrant fellow to death with four hooves. Unexpectedly, the commander didn't pay attention to it at all, bent over sideways, and cut off the front hooves of the war horse with a single sword.
Mu Tuo stabbed the sword again, and the two fought fiercely for several rounds, but this time Mu Tuo no longer used the sword in front of the commander, but made a move to attack the opponent's next plate, even if he was burly in the next handicap, he would always lose his balance when he suffered a combo attack in the next game. But seeing that the commander was busy dodging, he was finally caught by Mu Tuo with one foot in the air, Mu Tuo flew and jumped, and the breath of the sword blade was whistling past the commander's neck, and a blood donation gushed out, and the commander instantly fell to the ground like a paper man who had been splashed with water, staring at his eyes like copper bells.
The commander was dead, and Mu Tuo picked his head with his sword and shuttled back from the battle, as if to make it clear to all the Jairian soldiers who were still resisting. Mu Tuo returned to Lin Ze's side, signaled that the task was completed, and brought back the record of killing dozens of people. For the battlefield in front of him, Mu Tuo's feat is obviously a winning blow, and for the larger battlefield behind him, it may also be of some benefit.
The Jairwood soldiers lost their commander's command and began to fall into disorderly chaos, with groups of three or five fighting separately, while the negative cavalry regained their strength and clearly regained some advantages.
But what disturbed Lin Ze the most was the figure of the war horse in the distance, looking at the entire battlefield, none of the Jairian soldiers walked under their crotch, only some horses used to pull grain carts. Then this person's position is probably no less than that of the commander who is already dead.
Looking at the growing fires in the neighborhood and feeling the increasingly hot and dry temperature in the air, the time was almost up.
"Seal the road!"
Lin Ze gave an order, but the people around him were completely unresponsive, when he looked at Mu Tuo, he found that this young man who had never been afraid of heaven and earth was tense in his nerves, and the immortal sword in his hand was raised straight up, facing one direction, his eyes widened.
Lin Ze followed Mu Tuo's eyes, and it was at this moment that he saw a spectacle that was difficult to forget and indigest in this life.
Jairus's lone horseman was approaching the center of the battlefield, and the faint water-like air around him suddenly dispersed for a moment, and the horseman roared into the sky, the sound of which slammed into Lin Ze's eardrums like a boulder rolling down a mountain. Immediately afterwards, the soil next to the horseman moved like a plant breaking through the ground and sprouting, but what grew out of the ground was not a plant, but a war horse with its head raised and whistling, and on the back of those war horses sat a warrior with a vague face but full of hideousness!
Looking at the heavy armor covered with dirt and plant roots, it seems that the heavy cavalry should be more suitable for this title!
But there are obviously no cavalry in Jairus! Even if the news is wrong, how can they come out of the land that has just been leveled?
The negative crowd was stunned for an instant, and in their stunned efforts, the water patterns gathered around the horsemen again, and the speed of the ripples became faster and faster, and more and more heavy cavalry appeared immediately.
One hundred, two hundred, five hundred......
Lin Ze looked at the Jianwei cavalry who turned out of the dirt, one by one wearing Xuanzhong armor, as steady as a modern tank, and what was even more terrifying was that these Jianwei heavy cavalry did not look like well-trained human soldiers, that kind of cold and solemn feeling, there is only one word to describe: Yin soldiers borrow the way!
Light riders have no advantage over heavy riders. The situation took a turn for the worse, and Lin Ze couldn't care less about studying how these heavy riders appeared in front of him.
"Gather!"
Lin Ze instinctively gave the order.
The light cavalry, who was still fighting, was very puzzled by this order, why did he suddenly withdraw his troops when it was obviously a good situation. Wouldn't it be worth sacrificing more people if they could pull so much grain and grass? But when they saw those heavy riders who exuded the smell of rotten earth, their mood was really more solemn than Lin Ze's.
Taking advantage of the fact that the other party did not move for the time being, the negative army quickly retracted. Lin Ze still wanted to complete the final road closure strategy, trying to blow down the boulders on the mountains on both sides of the road, blocking this Jianwei grain and grass team behind the stone wall, and buying precious time for the frontal battlefield. But when he locked on to the location of the bombing point, he found that before he knew it, they had lost their positional advantage. The chariots carrying grain and grass actually changed their formation in the melee, and the light horsemen unknowingly broke into the center of the battlefield in order to burn grain and grass.
In front of him was a half-human, half-corpse Jianwei heavy cavalry, and behind him were Jianxi infantry who had formed a defensive line.
Only then did Lin Ze realize that the commander who Mu Tuo had killed just now was not that important at all, and the real commander was the horse rider.
"Seal the road!
Lin Ze gritted his teeth and gave an order, even if he first sealed half of the other party's grain and grass, those Jairus troops who were killed and injured after the surprise attack would have to spend more than ten days to break through the trap again.
As the order was given, a part of the cavalry quickly lined up in front of the line, facing the rotting heavy horsemen, each of them had a ball larger and darker than the stray fire projectile, and they lit the fire twist with a brush, and then threw it at the mountains on both sides of the heavy horseman's head.
However, just as these upgraded projectiles were about to touch the mountain, several arrows "swished", and all the projectiles fell straight to the ground like heavy iron balls.
The entire negative army was shocked by this scene, and before Lin Ze could react to what was happening in front of him, dozens of arrows had already pierced through the air and slammed into the chests of the negative cavalry in the front row. The warriors fell to the ground, and the whole team of bearers could not help but take a step back, while the Jairus Heavy Cavalry pushed forward as a matter of course, and the bows and arrows in their hands were fully drawn and ready to fire.
"Withdraw!"