Chapter 2 The enemy will be fierce
"Dada!"
Thousands of troops and horses trampled on the earth and shook, and countless soldiers' eardrums rumbled.
The yellow sky contrasts with the dry field, and the wind howls in the ears, scraping the face like a knife.
Xu Han felt that his blood was gradually boiling, and he was no longer the pot-bellied civil servant in his previous life who ran a few kilometers and gasped for breath.
Martial arts, full of strength, as if there is inexhaustible strength.
"Ji Fanqi, let the horse go, let me Xu Han have a good time with you for a while!"
At the end of the avenue, the black lines grew thicker and heavier, and the speed of the southward movement became faster and faster, and against the background of the faint thunder and the trembling of the earth, the image of the enemy finally broke into view.
It was not an ordinary army, but a cavalry, the most elite tiger cavalry in the Xuan Kingdom.
The corners of Xu Han's mouth raised a sneer, and what he saw now was exactly the same as he expected.
The soldiers and horses of the Xuan State feinted to attack Dongwu with the main force, but used a small number of cavalry to raid Yunlin, intending to take advantage of the speed advantage of the cavalry to catch him off guard.
On the other hand, Emperor Li was twice as large as the cavalry of Xuan State, and he had excellent armor and was not used for mobility, but he was used for siege battles like attacking Yunlin.
The ability to use soldiers makes judgments.
Xu Han's long knife was horizontal, the military flag swayed, the war drums rumbled, and the fighting spirit of the 10,000 Yi troops increased sharply, and they were engrossed in preparing to kill.
More than ten miles away.
The frantically running advance of the Xuan army weakened its momentum, and thousands of light cavalry formed a military formation, forming a confrontation with the Yi army's advance one mile apart.
Under the big banner with the word "Xiang" written on it, Xiang Khalema stood and stared at the military formation of the army in front of him, and his eyes gradually passed a little heavy.
The sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded, and a horse galloped from the rear.
The man was nine feet nine feet tall, his body was as majestic as a mountain, his face was not angry and arrogant, and that majesty made the soldiers of the Xuan army on the left and right all bow their heads and dare not look up.
"Xiang Kai, why don't you launch an assault according to His Majesty's order?"
The man went straight to the front of the battle, and his voice was like a bell, and the eardrums of the people rattled slightly.
Xiang Kaiyao pointed to the Yi army: "General Ji, you see, the enemy's formation is rigorous, the banner is clean, and it looks like it has been prepared, in my opinion, it is better to wait for His Majesty's infantry to arrive before making plans." ”
Ji Fan raised his head and squinted at the enemy formation, his tiger eyes were full of disdain, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly: "Your Majesty is like a god, Yi Jun can be prepared, I see that Yi Jun in front of me is just a bluff." ”
"Having said that, but that Xu Han is the most effective general of the enemy country's general Zhengwang, and it should not be taken lightly." Compared with Ji Fanqi, Xiang Kai is much more cautious.
"Humph!"
Ji Fan snorted coldly, his gaze crossed the wilderness, and he froze on the enemy general under the red flag.
Ji Fanqi knew that it was Xu Han, the rumored leader of Yi Guo's generals, and said in a loud voice: "I want to see what he has to stop me!" ”
Before the words fell, Ji Fan clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse under his crotch came out like lightning.
"General Ji—"
Xiang Kai was shocked, and when he wanted to be dissuaded, Ji Fanqi was already more than ten steps away.
That one person and one horse, in full view of the two armies, crossed the empty field and galloped towards Xu Han's place.
The war horse galloped like the wind, and in a blink of an eye, it was only more than three hundred steps away from the Yi army's formation.
There was soon a small commotion on the side of the Yi army's forward, and the deputy general Lin Ao pointed ahead and hurriedly said: "General Xu, look, there is a single horse in the Xuan army's formation running towards our side!" ”
There is no need for Lin Ao to remind him, Xu Han, who has always been highly vigilant, has already noticed it.
In the field of vision, the majestic nine-foot-nine body was gradually approaching, Xu Han's heart suddenly tightened, although he inherited the martial arts of the deity, but he had never fought with anyone since the crossing, and he did not know his true ability.
Although he was more than a hundred steps away, Xu Han already seemed to feel Ji Fanqi's extremely strong murderous aura.
Life and death, right now.
In this case, Xu Han snorted, he would never be stupid enough to block Ji Fanqi's knife alone, and immediately ordered, "Release the arrow, let me shoot the nine-foot-nine enemy general!" ”
Just as Xu Han was preparing to shoot Ji Fan who was rushing to death with arrows, he didn't think about it, Lin Ao hurriedly said: "General Xu, the enemy will challenge, our side should face the battle, the bow and crossbow are sneak attack and shoot, wouldn't it be inferior." ”
Xu Han drank it and was murderous, "The general's order, dare to question, Wei Ling's military law will deal with it!" ”
Lin Ao's face turned pale with fright, and he didn't dare to squeak anymore, so he hurriedly gave the order.
The order was given, and the archers hurriedly gathered in front of them.
Xu Han glanced at it and realized that he had made a mistake in arranging the troops.
This time, in the attack on Yunlin'an, Xu Han led a mixed infantry and cavalry corps of about 10,000 people, including 6,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry, excluding 1,000 infantry to drive the militia, a total of 9,000 soldiers.
There are still more than 2,000 Xuan troops stationed in Yunlin City, and in order to prevent the Xuan army in the city from taking the opportunity to attack inside and outside, it is necessary to leave enough troops to continue to surround Yunlin.
Considering that the Xuan army was very likely to use light cavalry to surprise attack, if the enemy was met with infantry alone, it would be difficult to resist the impact of the enemy's cavalry.
After weighing the two phases, Xu Han left most of the infantry to surround Yunlin, and he led 4,000 cavalry and less than 1,000 infantry troops to respond to the surprise attack of the Xuan army.
In the thousand-step army, there were only two or three hundred archers, distributed on the battlefield that stretched for miles, and in a hurry, there were only thirty or fifty people who could be used to strike at Ji Fanqi.
Mistakes, mistakes!
The arrows had to be sent on the string, and with a buzz, more than fifty arrows broke through the air, drawing an arc in the sky and attacking Ji Fan.
"Woohoo!"
The accuracy of the bow and arrow is limited, and the power on the battlefield mainly relies on large-scale dense salvos.
can shoot at Ji Fanqi, but there are only three or five.
Ji Fanqi, who was galloping, danced like a wheel with a knife in his hand, and easily bounced off the incoming arrows.
The cavalry attacked, and the archers were only three shots, and today they were facing Ji Fanqi, who had a sweaty and bloody war horse, and only one round of arrows shot at the side, and Ji Fanqi was killed like lightning by one person and one horse.
"Quick! Protect General Xu and stop this enemy general! ”
Lin Ao roared loudly, and together with more than ten cavalry troops around Xu Han, they swarmed towards Ji Fan.
Although the Yi army was outnumbered, it was a pity that they were facing Ji Fanqi, who personally cut down the brave and unparalleled Emperor of the Later Liang Dynasty.
The steel knife unfolded like an iron curtain, the fierce blade was indestructible, and in the burst of miserable howls, warm blood splashed wildly in the sky, and stumps and broken weapons flew down in all directions.
"Is this Ji Fanqi's strength? It's terrible......"
Facing his subordinates being slaughtered, how could Xu Han not be shocked in his heart.
For a moment, he even had the idea of saving his life and abandoning the army and fleeing.
But for a moment, that stupid thought was abandoned.
The two armies are fighting, the formation and morale are very important, if he is the main general, he moves, the fighting spirit of the whole army will collapse in an instant, at that time, the opposite Xuan army cavalry will definitely seize the opportunity, wave the army to cover the kill, and destroy him as the vanguard of the 10,000 Yi army.
Moreover, even if he successfully escaped back to Emperor Li's military camp, when Li Zhenwei knew that he abandoned the army and fled without a fight, he beheaded him in anger and beheaded him with military law, and General Zhengwang could not protect him.
Never back down!
Xu Han clenched the root, determined as iron, clenched the hilt of the knife in his hand, and regained his calm courage in his eyes under the sword eyebrows.