Chapter 21: The Massacre Begins
Hearing that the other party reported to the door, Xu Han nodded slightly, sure enough, it was Jiang Zheng, and there was a little appreciation in his eyes, but the general didn't bother himself.
However, if it comes to martial arts, it is only a second-rate level, and if Xu Han really wants his life, it will naturally be no problem.
With the knife just now, Xu Han just used forty percent of his strength, just to test Jiang Zheng's martial arts, and Jiang Zheng's martial arts seemed to be a little higher than he imagined.
As for Jiang Zheng, after learning that the enemy general in front of him was really Xu Han, the shock in his heart was even stronger, he was loyal to King Han for half his life, and he almost never left the land of Luoyang City, let alone fought with the masters of the world.
The original Jiang Zheng thought that his martial arts were outstanding, enough to match the heroes of the world, and when he fought with Xu Han today, he realized that he was a frog at the bottom of the well, too arrogant.
Looking at Jiang Zheng who was shocked, Xu Han said lightly: "Jiang Zheng, the victory or defeat has been decided, why bother to fight again, get off the horse and surrender." ”
Jiang Zheng, who was shocked, was enraged in an instant.
"Arrogant man, don't think that I have no one in Luoyang, Jiang will fight you to the death!" With a loud shout, Jiang Zheng slapped his horse and danced the knife and killed him.
Bloody man, I like it.
Xu Han laughed loudly, stretched out his arm, and the steel knife turned into an iron curtain and swept out, and fought again, Jiang Zheng's knife with all his strength was easily blocked by Xu Han.
Xu Han's tower-like body stood still, but Jiang Zheng trembled, almost unable to sit still on the horse, and barely stabilized his body with his legs clamping the horse's belly.
Xu Han didn't have time to delay any longer, and with a low whistle, the blade swayed out like a storm.
Of course, he admires Jiang Zheng and wants to subdue this person, it is precisely because of this that he must let him know how powerful he is, in this era of worshipping the strong, only by destroying the opponent's self-esteem can he be in awe.
Once Xu Han became serious, Jiang Zheng suddenly couldn't parry, and his sword skills were messy and full of flaws.
"This Xu Han, not only is his strength amazing, but his sword skills are also so good, I really underestimate the heroes of the world......"
Jiang Zheng was both frightened and frightened in his heart, and the pressure he was under was getting bigger and bigger, and he had no anger at all, only hard support remained.
As soon as the twenty moves passed, Xu Han suddenly shook and shouted, and the long knife swept out with his backhand.
"Boom!"
There was a loud bang, Jiang Zheng couldn't resist it, and even the knife was slapped out of the horse and fell heavily to the ground.
Jiang Zheng, who was spurting blood from his mouth, struggled to get up from the ground, Xu Han had already driven his horse forward, and the blade was on his neck. Looking at the proud and cold Xu Han, Jiang Zheng was discouraged, and could only admit that his skills were not as good as others, so he no longer struggled, only closed his eyes and waited for that one.
A smile flashed across the corners of Xu Han's mouth, but he swept the long knife and shouted: "Come on, tie up this defeated general for me first!" ”
Cheng Ping, who was sweeping the formation, hurriedly led the crowd forward and tied Jiang Zheng strongly.
At this time, seeing that the winner was about to be captured, the Luoyang City Army, which was already in turmoil, had no will to resist, and more than 4,000 men and horses were killed in pieces, most of the dead and wounded, and there were more than 2,000 men and horses, all of whom fell to the ground and asked to surrender.
Cheng Ping has escorted Jiang Zheng over.
"General Jiang, Xu also had to do it as a last resort, and I hope to forgive you for the grievances." Xu Han smiled slightly.
Jiang Zheng said angrily: "You invaded our state city under the banner of unity, killed my soldiers, and said that you had to do it as a last resort!" If you want to kill, you will kill, how can I, Jiang Zheng, be afraid of you! ”
Jiang Zheng's fierceness made Xu Han appreciate it more and more, and he secretly sighed in his heart that such a loyal and brave general, King Han didn't know how to use it, and he really had no eyes.
Xu Han laughed and said disdainfully: "The world is in chaos, the strong are respected, and the foundation of King Han is nothing more than stealing the territory of the former Tang Dynasty and snatching it from others, you are losing your knowledge when you say this." ”
"You ......" Jiang Zhengwei was not as good as him, and he was speechless for a while.
Xu Han didn't have the heart to talk to him more, finding a way to subdue him was still a matter of the future, and he had more important things to do now.
Rui An and the more than 6,000 Luoyang City troops were still waiting for him to clean up.
At that moment, Xu Han divided half of his troops, ordered Cheng Ping to lead five hundred light horsemen, changed the clothes and armor of the soldiers, and took Jiang Zhengxi to deceive Qianyang City.
Xu Han himself led 500 light horsemen to drive the more than 2,000 troops from Luoyang City, all the way east, looking at the camp of the Luoyang City army.
Near noon, Xu Han finally saw the enemy camp.
……
At this time, Rui'an, who was in the big tent, was still planning a countermeasure.
In his opinion, as long as Jiang Zheng returned in time, he would definitely be able to thwart Xu Han's plan to sneak attack Qianyang.
Despite this, Xu Han's trick made him quite embarrassed, and the annoyed Rui'an planned to go to the king of Han to make a statement, and send tens of thousands of troops to the north to completely expel Xu Han from Luoyang City.
Yes, expulsion, not siege.
They can't afford to mess with them for the time being.
The curtain was lifted, and the deputy general entered in panic, "Don't drive, General Jiang was intercepted and killed by Xu Han halfway, our army was defeated, and now Xu Han's soldiers and horses are killing from the west to the camp." ”
Ruian was shocked, shocked for a moment, as if he had heard the most incredible thing in the world.
"How is this possible, could it be said that Xu Han's sneak attack on Qianyang is fake, and ambushing reinforcements is the real purpose?" Rui An muttered to himself, cold sweat flowed from his forehead, he had never encountered such a unprepared moment since he was loyal to King Han.
After Rui'an was shocked for a moment, his agitated mood quickly calmed down, he frowned and groaned for a moment, and made a decisive deployment.
The 6,000 soldiers and horses in his hands were divided into 2,000 to the east of the battalion to prevent the enemy's main battalion on the opposite side from taking the opportunity to attack.
Rui An himself personally led 4,000 soldiers and horses and quickly deployed to the west of the camp to deal with the surprise attack of Xu Han's army.
"I didn't expect this Xu Han to be so scheming, hmph, so what, I expect you to be just a few hundred cavalry, just ambush Jiang Zheng, if you want to rush my camp, how can it be so easy."
Standing on the side of the camp, Rui'an, who was quietly and far-sighted, looked indifferent and confident.
The dust rose in the distance, and the soldiers and horses approached.
"Crossbowmen ready!"
Rui An drank slightly, and more than a thousand crossbowmen bent their bows and fired, and Sensen's arrows aimed at the enemy who was gradually becoming clear on the opposite side.
A slight sneer rose at the corner of Rui'an's mouth, he believed that as long as Xu Han dared to charge the camp, these well-trained crossbowmen of his would be enough to shoot Xu Han and his cavalry into hedgehogs.
The closer the dust and fog got, when the enemy in the fog struck out like a ghost, Rui'an's originally confident expression suddenly became extremely terrifying.
In the wilderness outside the camp, countless soldiers were running wildly.
Those figures were not the Yiguo cavalry that Rui'an imagined, but his own soldiers of Luoyang City.
More than 2,000 soldiers from the city of Luoyang, like frightened sheep, were driven away by the 500 cavalry of the Yi Kingdom that followed closely behind.
Xu Han galloped on his horse, looking at the pawn in front of him, and the corners of his mouth secretly raised a sneer.
Although Rui'an is not a good general, he also has some strategies in the end, and he still has 6,000 foot cavalry in Luoyang City, and his 500 cavalry, if it is a field battle, it may still be a chance to win, but if it is a strong attack on the enemy camp, there is not much chance of victory.
So Xu Han had an idea and drove two thousand captives in front of him as his human shield.
The chaotic flock soon entered the range of the bow and crossbow, but the arrows were never released from the military camp of Luoyang City.
Xu Han knew that his plan had worked.
Rui'an, who was in the camp, had inexplicable surprise on his face, gritted his teeth and said: "What a Xu Han, he actually used such a vicious strategy, isn't this guy a general, how can he have such a plan?" Could it be that it is not Xu Han who is coming, is it someone else? ”
"Don't drive, they're coming, what are we going to do?" The adjutant shouted in alarm.
Rui'an came to his senses from the shock, and when he looked up again, the enemy was already approaching the trench outside the camp, no more than a hundred paces away.
Rui An didn't have time to think about it, and shouted: "Shoot the arrows, release the arrows immediately, and never let the enemy come close!" ”
When the order was handed down, both the generals and the crossbowmen were suspicious of Rui'an's order, and the ones who were rushing towards them were all their own soldiers, did they want to let their own people release their arrows?
Most of the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses are from Huaishang, many of them are from the same village, and even many of them are brothers. Among the comrades who fled on the other side, there may be their own countrymen, and even their own brothers, how can they be hard-hearted.
Rui'an's face turned pale, what he feared had indeed happened, and the soldiers could not attack their companions, which was also the enemy's ploy.
"Are you all deaf! I command you to release your arrows, and those who violate the order will be punished immediately! ”
Rui'an, who was furious, didn't care about the demeanor of a celebrity, and ran back and forth on the front line of the camp, waving the sword in his hand and scolding his subordinates.
Under his coercion, the soldiers did not dare to disobey, so they had to pick up their bows and crossbows, grit their teeth and fire arrows at their companions.
Only, it's too late.
The more than 2,000 soldiers had rushed to the camp in an instant, and Rui'an had no time to stop them, and these panicked soldiers crossed the trench and rushed into the camp.
The soldiers in the camp did not stop them, and if they did not stop them, they collided with their comrades who had fled back, crowded each other, and soon became a mess.
Xu Han, who followed closely, saw this kind of formation, the battle was prosperous, and shouted loudly: "The athletes of the Xu family's army, let the people of Luoyang City know that we are powerful, kill!" ”
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Five hundred tigers and wolves, who were still unsatisfied, killed like a tide, followed their generals, rushed up, and crashed into the chaotic enemy camp.
The slaughter begins!
Five hundred iron horsemen, really like a tiger out of the cage, although there are more than 6,000 people in the army of Luoyang City, but the chaotic situation has turned them all into panicked lambs.
Xu Han led his group of iron horsemen, like a chainsaw, sawing from east to west, from front to back, and crushed the six thousand Yang City army saws to the point of a ghost crying wolf.