Chapter 108: One hundred thousand dusts are empty
The first strong wind came from a distance. Although the voice was not loud, it made Wei Yan's two armies, who were at a critical moment, feel inexplicably nervous.
When they heard this, they looked into the distance, and saw a troop of cavalry on the west side of the earth, wearing armor and holding a banner with an indistinct name, instigating their mounts to cross the western hilly area and appear in everyone's field of vision.
The 70,000 cavalry of the Yan Army and the remnants of the 3,000 Wei Army all looked nervously at this cavalry that seemed to have fallen from the sky, watching their every move, and they all secretly speculated in their hearts, what did these cavalry come to do? What does their arrival really mean?
Under the watchful eye, the cavalry continued to gallop forward, and soon ran down the hills, until it reached less than two miles on the western periphery of the Yan army's formation. The outermost Yan cavalry finally saw clearly, this group of cavalry were all wearing black light armor, carrying horn bows, two arrows hanging on both sides of the saddle, and two scimitars, one long and one short, were matched on their waists. Their faces could see tiredness, but unlike Yan Jun, who was already exhausted, their faces were full of excitement and joy. Some experienced veterans of the Yan Army could feel the look on their faces, just like a pack of wild wolves who had finally found their prey after a long journey.
But the most memorable thing is the white feather on the helmets of these dozen cavalrymen, which is particularly dazzling in the black and solemn.
The dozen or so cavalrymen took a closer look at the Yan cavalry in front of them, which was almost impossible to see. They saw clearly the flag of the Yan army on the opposite side, and finally determined the identity of the prey. So they all ran back excitedly, and on the way they saw a cavalryman take out a bull's horn and blow it vigorously.
The voice was the same as just now, but the two armies of Yan and Wei, who had been silently watching all this, heard it, and this tune was a little different from the one just now.
The sound of the trumpet sounded leisurely to the distant horizon, and in a short time dozens of horns were heard echoing in an invisible place, like a wolf howl on a moonlit night was answered by a pack of wolves, and then a dull trembling sound came along the earth.
In the sound of the trumpet. A black ribbon appeared on the hills on the horizon. All of them watched with bated breath. The black strap slowly walked out of the sky. Turning down the hills, the sergeants of the Yan and Wei armies finally found that the belt suddenly turned into an endless black tide, surging from the west.
After about half an hour, tens of thousands of black cavalry turned the west into black, and then finally stopped surging. In the black that suddenly became silent, white ground feathers filled the ground like snowflakes. Gently swaying with the wind. Countless flags fluttered in the wind, and it seemed that the tens of thousands of cavalry under the banners were as quiet as a mountain forest.
Zeng Hua was wearing a black iron ring mountain scale armor, wearing a streamer winged helmet, and a white feather was also obliquely inserted on it, while instigating the mount Hot Wheels to walk up the hills, he said to the subordinates next to him, such as Gan, Zhang Qu, Ye Lixun, Deng Yao, Zhang, Yang Su, Li Tianzheng, Dang Tangtu, Gong Tangxiu, Zhong Cunlian, Dang Su, Feng Yangli, etc.: "Help people should also be able to help." I never do anything that is icing on the cake, and if I do it, I have to do it. ”
"As soon as Lao Ran and Murong Ke started fighting, we rushed to help, but Lao Ran would not accept our affection. Maybe they still suspect that we have ulterior motives. Zeng Hua said with a smile.
"We had ulterior motives." Gan next to him shouted.
"What are you yelling about? If you talk nonsense, I'll let you be Bi Ma Wen. Send you to the back to take care of the hundreds of thousands of horses! Zeng Hua glared at Gan, and then threatened.
Just now, he was talking excitedly without thinking anymore, and immediately closed his mouth, looking like he was killed without saying anything.
"Dadu Protector. Are we really fighting the Yan Army? Ye Lixun next to him asked.
"We will fight whoever has more people, and today there are many Yan soldiers, so naturally we will beat him!" Zeng Hua nodded and said, "However, Ye Lixun's mission is to prepare for the pursuit, and you can't join the attack." ”
"Yes, Dadugo!" Ye Lixun replied helplessly.
Seeing that Ye Lixun was not willing, Zeng Hua smiled and said: "Don't think that the pursuit is a loss to you, you must know that at least more than sixty percent of the results of each battle are obtained from the pursuit." ”
"Most of the protectors, this little one knows. But the charge is so exciting, if only you let me participate in the charge attack and pursue it. Ye Lixun bargained.
"Don't even think about it! The Yan army is also a cavalry, and now they have been exhausted from fighting hard for more than ten days, and it is not a problem to defeat them, but they are not slow to run. If you don't prepare for the pursuit, you might not be able to catch up with these fleeing rabbits! ”
The others were about to speak, when they suddenly saw Zeng Hua raise his right hand, knowing that business was coming, so they all threw away the ease and excitement just now, showed a solemn expression, and listened to Zeng Hua's order.
"Gan, Li Tianzheng, when decoction, Gong Tangxiu!" Zeng Hua began to roll call, and everyone responded one by one, "You lead 20,000 cavalry to bypass the mountain bag and attack the left flank of the Yan army." ”
"Zhang Qu, Yang Su, Zhong Cunlian, be the mustache! You lead 20,000 cavalry to attack the right flank of the Yan army! Ye Lixun, you lead 20,000 cavalry to the north, monitor the Yan army, and once they start to break and flee, you immediately start the first round of pursuit! ”
"Order!"
"Deng Yao, Zhang!" Zeng Hua called out the two 10,000-strong enemies of the Zhenbei Army.
"The subordinates are here!"
"Each of you will lead a battalion of exploratories to stand by in the middle of the road, and wait for my orders."
"Yes!"
The generals next to him understood in their hearts, this time the Yan army was going to lose a lot, and the two thousand exploration troops were the most brave and warlike elites selected from the hundreds of thousands of flying feather cavalry, plus two leading 10,000 enemies, even Mount Tai would have to dig a hole for you.
"Feng Liyang, you and I command 20,000 Chinese troops!" Zeng Hua distributed the 80,000 flying feather cavalry in this way.
"Order!"
"Let's do it!" With Zeng Hua's order, all the generals instigated their mounts one after another and rushed to their respective posts. As they landed, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the army. All the Feather Riders knew that they were about to get to work, and they couldn't help but get more and more excited and nervous. They clung to the reins and bit their lipes fiercely, waiting for orders from the officers.
Seeing that all the generals had walked to their positions, Zeng Hua pulled out his saber with a bang, and then instigated the Hot Wheels to run forward, with the huge military flag following closely behind.
Zeng Hua shouted to the surrounding Chinese troops as he ran: "Warriors! ”
20,000 Chinese cavalry replied with a bang: "Here!" ”
"Let me see your courage and determination!"
With Zeng Hua's voice, all 20,000 cavalry drew their sabers. A cold white light suddenly appeared in the entire black tide. Flashing in the hands of tens of thousands of cavalrymen.
"Today. Here we want history and the enemy to remember this moment forever! We will use our sabers and courage to achieve great victories, and we will bring death and defeat to our enemies. Let us raise our saber and declare to the world that we have come! The invincible Zhenbei Army is coming! ”
"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! Tens of thousands of soldiers roared three times at the same time, and in this roar like a stormy wave, all the soldiers of the Flying Feather Army raised their sabers with red faces, and a boundless sea of swords appeared in the vast black.
After cheering, everyone lowered their sabers. Only Zeng Hua was left holding a saber high. Zeng Hua looked at the soldiers around him and saw that they were all looking at him expectantly, so he decisively slashed the saber in his hand downward.
Suddenly, thousands of horns sounded at the same time, and the dull and shocking sound of the horn filled the heavens and the earth leisurely, the red sun and the earth were trembling in the sound, and the blood of all the soldiers of the Flying Feather Army was shaken to boil.
The left and right wings, led by Gan and Zhang Qu, cheered loudly. Wielding a sabre. Instigating the mount, it was like two huge sea tides rushing towards the Yan army along two arcs. The huge roar and the bright swords of the saber were set off by the sound of the trumpet, and the cavalry swept towards the Yan army before the rush like a typhoon.
Ran Min watched the dramatic scene from the top of the hill in amazement. But he didn't feel nervous at all, because now he was in a desperate situation, no matter how many cavalry there were, as long as they were on the side of the Yan army, the effect would be the same. But soon Ran Min found that there were nearly 100,000 cavalry preparing to attack, and he suddenly understood that he could still see the sun tomorrow. In the overwhelming cheers of the Flying Feather Army, in the sound of the horn that shook the whole world, and in the rumbling hooves of horses, Ran Min burst into tears, and at this moment, he finally realized that there was hope in this world in addition to despair.
Unlike Ran Min, Murong Ke's face turned pale in the cheers and the sound of horses' hooves, and his weak body shook his horse a few times, almost falling off the horse. Murong Chui and Murong Jun next to him hurriedly supported him.
At this moment, Murong Ke knew that the praying mantis was catching the cicada and the yellow finch, and he had fought with the Wei army for more than ten days, and he was already exhausted from the fight, and finally surrounded Ran Min on this hill, only the last blow was missing, but at this critical moment, the damn Beifu cavalry appeared.
"General, let's fight with them!" Murong Jun said angrily.
"How to spell? Our soldiers have been fighting hard for more than ten days, and now many of them can't even hold their swords steadily, if it weren't for the support of the belief that they are about to win a complete victory, how would they have persevered until now. Murong was speechless, and it was Murong Chui next to him who opened his mouth to answer.
"Why don't we leave!" Murong Ping said in a snort.
"Withdraw? Where to retreat? Didn't you see that our horses were so tired that their legs trembled? Do you think you can outrun the pursuit of these cavalry? Murong Trai replied unceremoniously.
"It's not fighting, it's not evacuating, so are we going to sit here and wait for death?" Murong Ping finally broke out, he knew that Murong Trai had a lot of opinions about him, and he didn't care about him in the past, but now at this desperate moment, Murong Trai still ridiculed himself as always, how could this make Murong Ping not angry?
Seeing it in his eyes, Murong Ke couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, the Zhenbei cavalry in front of him was already in full swing, but his side was still arguing. Murong Ke felt a tightness in his chest, and he tried his best to raise his hand, ready to stop the quarrel between Murong Chui and Murong Ping, but at this time, a sweetness poured out of his chest, and Murong Ke couldn't hold back any longer, and a mouthful of blood spurted out with a "poof", and then his eyes turned black, and his whole body fell backwards.
"Fourth brother! Checkmate! Murong Chui and the others exclaimed loudly and hurriedly surrounded them. Everyone's faces were panicked and uneasy, even Murong Ping, who had always been very uneasy about Murong Ke. Because he knew what it meant for Murong Ke to fall as the coach and backbone in such a critical situation.
Murong Chui's face was blue, he gritted his teeth and was thinking, he knew that the fourth brother had been thinking hard and painstakingly in the past ten days, and it was easy to surround a generation of fierce generals Ran Min on the lonely mountain. Seeing that he was about to succeed, who knew that a Zhenbei army would be killed on the way. Not only Ran Min was able to escape. These 70,000 Yan troops may also have to get in. Why didn't you make Murong angry and anxious, under such a blow, Murong Ke's already very weak body finally couldn't withstand it.
"Uncle, you take three thousand cavalry to escort the fourth brother and quietly go first. We continue the decisive battle with the Zhenbei Army! Murong said decisively.
"This?" Murong Ping didn't expect that Murong Chui, who didn't deal with him, would actually let himself live, which suddenly made Murong Ping's heart full of mixed feelings.
"Don't hesitate, let's go." Murong shouted with red eyes, "Uncle." I only ask you to escort the fourth brother back to Youzhou safely. ”
Murong Ping's eyes were also red, he nodded gloomily, asked someone to support Murong Ke, and then quietly left the Chinese army.
At this time, the Zhenbei army on both flanks had approached the Yan army. The chanting Zhenbei army rode up to meet the swallows
In the past, arrows rained down in the air, constantly miserably but soon overshadowed by the horses' hooves and roars.
Seeing that he was about to engage the Yan army. The cavalry army that rushed to the front of the town suddenly shook its hand. Straight spears were thrown one after another, flying straight towards the oncoming Yan army. At short distances, the throwing spears trembled and flew in the air. Then it effortlessly penetrated the body of the Yan Army sergeant.
Immediately afterwards, the Zhenbei army waved its sabers and rushed into the Yan cavalry with a roar. "Kill!" They either raised their sabers high and stabbed at the Yan army that came over them; Or put the horizontal saber straight, use the right and wrong momentum of the two armies to make the sharp saber mighty, cut the body of the Yan army one after another, and carry one life after another.
Unlike the two wings that charged rapidly, the middle route army led by Zeng Hua personally walked forward slowly, aiming directly at the Yan army and the middle army surrounding Murong Ke's large building.
Zeng Hua was paying close attention to the entire battlefield, and he found that under the charge of the Zhenbei cavalry with high morale and unstoppable momentum, although the Yan army on both wings was still resisting stubbornly, the morale was suddenly hit and depressed, and the tired body of the hard fight for more than ten days made them unable to stop the tide of the Zhenbei cavalry round after round of impact. You must know that the well-trained and strict military law of the Zhenbei cavalry army is the impact of wave after wave even the usual Yan army is difficult to resist, not to mention that it is already in the middle of today.
The Yan troops on both flanks couldn't help but retreat and tried to stabilize their positions. But they don't know the details of the new opponent on the other side. Whether the Flying Feather Cavalry is in good times or against the odds, as long as they grab the front hand, no matter how many enemies there are in front of them, they will fight more and more fiercely.
The Flying Feather Cavalry took the team as a unit, brandishing their sabers and rushing forward in the Yan army's formation, neither the blood of the enemy nor their comrades could stop their progress. They only have the enemy on the opposite side in their eyes, and sometimes they are killed and scattered and only one or two lone Flying Feather Cavalry are left, they will also roar, and rush into the Yan army without hesitation, waving their sabers to slash left and right, as if there are countless comrades behind him following him.
The Flying Feather cavalry often rushed through the Yan army formation from the flank, and then immediately turned the horse's head, brandished the blood-dripping saber, and turned around and rushed into the Yan army formation, eager to kill all the Yan troops who dared to resist.
The Yan army was very depressed, the Wei army that had fought fiercely for more than ten days made them very uncomfortable, but at best, they only had a few crazy people such as Ran Min, but the Zhenbei cavalry army they met today were all crazy. Life and death have no meaning for them, and they only see victory and defeat in their eyes.
Seeing the Yan army on both wings retreating more and more, Zeng Hua knew that it was time. He turned to the herald beside him and said, "Attack the probing army!" ”
With a sudden sound of horns, the cavalry troops in the north of the town of the Chinese army moved to both sides, revealing a strange cavalry.
This cavalry of only 2,000 men is very strange indeed. The first was the horse-mounted cavalry, wearing helmets like iron barrels and revealing only a pair of black eyes. A black iron ring armor, with a layer of soft armor inside, and the joints are connected with cowhide. The iron armor covered the legs and almost protected the whole body of the cavalry.
And the mounts on which the cavalry sits, the horses are tall and majestic, and they are also covered with armor. The curtain and the neck armor on the horse's neck were made of soft cowhide, and were decorated with small pieces of iron armor; The front breastplate, the largest horse body armor, and the rear armor on the horse's hip are also made of cowhide. Iron armor is worn on it, but the armor of the cuirass and the rear armor are thin and dense, while the armor of the horse body armor is dense, but it is larger.
All the armor pieces of men and horses are black, but the bottom of the armor and the edging are red, especially the parasitic flags attached to the back armor behind the saddle, which are two red feather flags. It's like two fiery wings.
And each cavalryman held a spear one and a half feet long in his hand. Heavy knives, hammers and other heavy weapons are hung on the saddle. This is the heavily armored cavalry-exploration army in the Zhenbei Army, which is known as the head of the general in the million-dollar army.
Zeng Hua nodded at Deng Yao and Zhang at the front of the line. Then he raised his saber and shouted, "Detective Army!" Probe Army! Behind him, more than 20,000 mid-road flying feather troops also raised their sabers one after another, and shouted excitedly: "Explore the army!" "Salute to your own heroes.
The probes, who are the protagonists, are silent, driving their mounts silently, and the heavy sound of horses' hooves beats everyone's hearts like hammers. However, the more the cavalry in Zhenbei listened, the more excited they became, and they followed closely behind the probe army, cheering and rushing forward. Yan Jun, on the other hand, felt a tightness in his chest, and watched the heavy cavalry like two thousand steel monsters rushing closer and closer. The panic in my heart is also growing.
The probing cavalry rushed faster and faster, almost reaching extreme speed, and the galloping tall horses spewed their hooves and fluttered their horses' hooves, gently shaking the armor on their bodies, and the cavalry sitting on them put their spears flat in their hands, and the tips of the cold white spears pointed directly at the Yan army. Beneath the steel armor, the murderous aura on their bodies still leaked out. Like the gaze that came out of the two black holes in front of the helmet.
The Yan army in the middle of the road helplessly slapped his horse and greeted him. Try to fight these steel monsters. But the sharp spears soon made their efforts completely unsuccessful. The sharp tip of the spear easily pierced the body of the Yan cavalry, and then the spear that continued to rush forward continued with the body that had lost its life, and then quickly pierced through the corpse of another Yan army.
I felt that the spear had become extremely heavy. The cavalry of the Exploration Army, which had stabbed their targets in front, discarded their spears, drew their heavy swords, or removed their hammers. They didn't have to worry about whether they would be hit or injured, the Yan army's arrows and knives were protected by a double layer of hard and firm iron ring armor and soft and tough chain armor, and there was no way to hurt the exploration army. And because of the armor on the galloping mount, they were not afraid of the Yan army's damage at all.
The exploration army wielded a heavy iron sword and hammer, facing the Yan cavalry, and then continued to move forward regardless of life or death. No
The Yan sergeant who shot down the horse, the horse that advanced in the heavy and turbulent exploration army had no chance of survival.
The middle army of the Yan army was soon ruthlessly torn open a huge gap, and the exploration army rushed straight towards the Yan army commander's building. And the 20,000 flying feather cavalry behind followed the surging influx, making the gap bigger and bigger.
"Five generals! Use the chain horses to deal with the heavy cavalry of Beifu! Seeing that the Yan army in front of him had no power to parry in front of the probing army, Gao Kai couldn't help but say anxiously.
"It's useless, look over there, the chain of horses has been used as a target by the Zhenbei cavalry." Murong said gloomily.
In pursuit of Ran Min, the slow-moving chain of horses fell behind, so they were placed on the periphery of the encirclement, and the Zhenbei cavalry attacked, just on the tip of the knife on their right flank.
The chain horse has very good defense, but its biggest weakness is its slow movement and inflexible steering. You think, with several horses connected together, there's no way to run or turn at full speed. Because the speed of the horses in this row is different, who can guarantee that they can run the same fast, and once one horse falls in the high speed, it is very likely to pull the whole team to the ground, so it is better to run slowly. Not to mention steering, it still takes a bit of skill and time to steer several horses at the same time.
The right flank of the Flying Feather Cavalry rushed straight at the front of the chain horse, and immediately split into two sides in front of the chain horse, and rushed through the two wings of the chain horse, and the very cunning Flying Feather army was a shot of arrows and spears against the horse chain horse, as long as one of them was overturned, then the whole team of chain horses would be in chaos. After a few rounds, the chain horse that had previously been in front of the Wei army could not please the Feiyu cavalry at all, but became a target because it was not flexible enough and the target was big.
Besides, the chain horses were transferred from so far away, and the Yan army's own formation had already been dispersed before the battle began. Gao Kai was dizzy, and as soon as Murong Chui said it, he figured it out.
Since the chain horse couldn't help, the Yan army had no choice but to carry it.
But in front of Deng Yao's heavy sword and Zhang's big sword, all the efforts of the Yan army sergeant were in vain, and the two Zhenbei army 10,000 enemies would always have only one move, and then left the flesh and blood of the Yan army's corpse to continue to advance, and rushed straight towards the Yan army commander's building.
Deng Yao faced Murong Chui, the two fierce generals fought silently in the piercing sound of bells and splashing sparks, the two of them swords and knives were very slow, and they could see every move very clearly, but it was very dangerous.
Zhang rushed to the other side, and the first thing he faced was a Yan general armed with a spear. Zhang flashed slightly, let go of the spear that stabbed over, held the front of the spear with his left hand, and then flipped his right hand, and split the Yan army general who was gritting his teeth and wanted to withdraw his spear into two.
Zhang continued to rush to Gao Kai and Murong Jun, handed over his left hand, and the spear he had just captured stabbed Gao Kai's throat like a poisonous snake, and with a wave of his right hand, the big knife slashed several times, making Murong Jun almost vomit blood. With a slash of Zhang's left hand, the spear swept past Gao Kai's chest that he had just dodged, and then Zhang's left hand stretched out, his arm seemed to suddenly grow two feet, and the tip of the spear stabbed forward incredibly, and immediately stabbed into Gao Kai's chest.
Gao Kai screamed loudly, his body soared, and he was actually picked up by the spear in Zhang's left hand. Seeing Murong Jun in his eyes, he was angry and anxious, but the right hand he faced didn't give him a chance at all, under the last heavy force, the huge impact was pressed down like Mount Tai pressing, Murong Jun's hands were soft, and the long knife in his hand was actually beaten back, and the blade hit his head hard, and immediately knocked Murong Jun unconscious under the horse.
Zhang raised the high open with a spear that slowly and silently, and then cut down Murong Ke's big building with his hand, and then raised the big knife and shouted: "The Zhenbei Army is victorious!" ”
The voice quickly spread throughout the battlefield, and the Zhenbei Army saw one of its generals picking up a Yan Army general, holding a big sword, showing off his might in the Yan Army, and suddenly their morale was high, and they all shouted: "The Zhenbei Army is victorious!" "The loud sound and the more cheerful waving of the saber boiled the whole battlefield.
When the Yan army saw that the Zhenbei army had rushed into its own army, and the large building of the commander of the army had been cut down, they couldn't help but panic, and when hundreds of Kumoxi cavalry began to turn their horses and flee, the Yan army began to flee from the battlefield one after another, and Murong Chui's capture caused a collapse.
Murong Chui saw that Murong Jun fell off his horse, Gao Kai died tragically, and a large building was cut down, he couldn't help but become more and more angry, plus the fierce battle for more than ten days, his strength was a little weak. So when he was impetuous, the knife in his hand became more and more chaotic. Deng Yao, who had been fighting steadily, quickly found an opportunity and slashed Murong Chui's knife with a single sword. However, Deng Yao pitied him for being a hero, and in the end, he just slapped the sword body and slapped Murong Chui off the horse, so that the flying feather cavalry who followed him swarmed around him and immediately tied him up.
The defeated Yan army fled northward, but they soon discovered that the escape was only a continuation of the suffering, not the end. Ye Lixun, who had been waiting for a long time, followed closely with 20,000 flying feather cavalry, hanging behind like a pack of wolves, and tearing and biting the Yan army piece by piece in a hurry. When the 30,000 Feiyu cavalry rested a little, changed into reserve horses, and joined the pursuing team, the Yan army began to flee in full force.
The pursuit lasted five days, and the Feiyu army pursued it all the way to Tang County, Zhongshan (northwest of present-day Wan County, Hebei), near Youzhou, where they killed or captured the last Yan army before returning to Weichang.
In the battle, more than 30,000 of the 70,000 Yan troops were killed and wounded, 40,000 were captured, and the 20,000 wounded soldiers left behind in the previous bloody battle with the Wei army all fell into the hands of the Zhenbei army.