Chapter 435: Houma Iron Horse
The question of how the old Jin King got the Houma Iron Horse into Jinling City was not only interested in the two people in the attic, but even An Su was curious at this time.
"Childe, this old Jin King has secretly hidden such an iron horse in Jinling City, didn't the people of Zongzheng Temple notice it in the slightest?"
"What's so strange about this, this Jinling City is so big, isn't it simple to hide the white iron horse?"
Yu Zhenlei said very puzzled.
In his opinion, the area of this Jinling City is so large, it should be a simple matter to hide a hundred or so people.
"How can it be so easy, the Dayu Dynasty is very different from the grassland tribes, in the grassland tribes, whether it is horses or weapons and armor, they are soldiers' personal belongings, but in the Dayu Dynasty, these things are officially controlled materials."
Li Yi knew that Yu Zhenlei didn't know much about the Dayu Dynasty, so he explained to Yu Zhenlei.
"Neither the horses nor the weapons and armor are your own?"
It was the first time that Yu Zhenlei knew this, so he was greatly surprised.
In his opinion, this kind of thing is as incredible as his daughter-in-law not belonging to him.
"If someone else wants to transport these horses and weapons and armor into Jinling City, it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky, but it will not be too difficult for the old Jin King, who is a lackey of the royal family, to do this."
Li Yi looked at it and was not surprised that the old Jin King had ambushed so many heavy cavalry in Jinling City.
Indeed, as he said, if it were other vassal kings, regardless of those war horses, and those weapons and armor alone, it would not have been possible to produce them without knowing it.
You must know that most of the weapons and armor that everyone knows well today are from Anzhou.
It is basically impossible to purchase so many sets of heavy armor from Anzhou through personal connections.
Because the weapons produced in Anzhou have to pass through the control of the imperial court every year.
Even if it was produced in Anzhou, it would not be easy to transport it to Jinling City without telling the imperial court.
In particular, these feudal kings were the focus of the imperial court.
And these heavy armor are forbidden by the imperial court, if a feudal king really secretly buys these heavy armor, once the news leaks, the imperial court can directly take back your feudal kingdom on the grounds of intent to rebel.
Therefore, the average vassal king is at most just some ordinary armor, and they basically don't dare to touch this kind of heavy armor.
But the old Jin King is different, because of his special status, he has a way to get these heavy armors reasonably and legally.
Even Li Yi suspected that these heavy armors were specially allocated to him by Emperor Shengheng.
"Could it be that these horses and weapons and armor were sent by the imperial court?"
Ansu then thought of a possibility.
"It shouldn't be, I don't think it's possible for Emperor Shengheng to completely tear his face with Zongzheng Temple when things don't fall to the ground."
Li Yi shook his head and said.
"Is this still called not tearing the skin? I think both Zongzheng Temple and Emperor Shengheng should know each other's goals and intentions, right? โ
Yu Zhenlei frowned and said with a look of disbelief.
"This is actually the difference between the Dayu Dynasty and the Grassland Tribe!"
Li Yi could only smile helplessly.
"Yu Zhenlei, you don't have to be surprised, sometimes these royal families of the Dayu Dynasty are so outrageous that you can't imagine it."
An Su also smiled bitterly and patted Yu Zhenlei's arm and said.
And Yu Zhenlei was confused.
"Then Gongzi, do you mean to say that these heavy cavalry were all brought into Jinling City by the old Jin King himself?"
"That's right, and I think he must have used the method of breaking it up into pieces, and brought it in little by little through the lower nine people he controlled."
Li Yi voiced his guess.
"It is also possible that, first of all, the war horses they can disguise as horses to pull goods and be driven into the city by the merchants."
An Su followed Li Yi's train of thought, and he thought of how these war horses entered Jinling City.
"That's right, and some of the armor and weapons were probably brought in by the merchants, and the other was probably brought in by the beggars."
Li Yi then added.
In his mind, ordinary people who want to enter the city are most likely to be searched.
But the beggars in the city were rarely searched when they entered the city.
After all, in the eyes of the city guard camp and the Yaowu army, most of these beggars have nothing to do, and their bodies are smelly and dirty, so knowing that there is no problem in confirming their identities, the city guard camp and the Yaowu army will let them into the city.
So if these beggars hide the parts of their armor under their dirty robes, it should be difficult to spot.
"It seems that this guy of the old Jin King is just out of mind."
Ansu also had to admire the patience of the old Jin King.
"Now it seems that the old Jin King's intention to abolish it is worth it!"
Just as Li Yi and An Suyu Zhenlei were talking, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves in the distance was getting louder and louder.
At this time, Li Yi stood on tiptoe and could already see a group of cavalry suddenly appearing in the distance.
Although there were not many of these cavalrymen, the galloping horses and the black armor on the cavalry made Li Yi feel a sense of oppression.
"Is this the so-called pre-human momentum has been overpowered?"
Li Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
At the same time, an idea also emerged in his heart: if these heavy cavalry were his subordinates, they would not have been chased by the other party on the grassland battlefield and fled.
"We have to find a way to get our hands on the weapons and armor of these heavy cavalrymen."
Suddenly, Li Yi had such a thought in his mind.
And as soon as this thought appeared, it quickly entrenched in his mind, although he knew that this thought was very unreliable.
But he couldn't get it out of his brain anyway.
"I'm afraid that the old Jin King sent such a team of heavy cavalry not only to deal with the other vassal kings' personal guards, right?"
An Su said with a worried face when he saw those menacing heavy armored cavalry.
"That's right, I'm afraid that the old Jin King is preparing to kill the vassal king's guards and more than a thousand people in Sizhou County this time!"
Li Yi's eyes were already full of anger and murderous intent at this time.
"So what do we do now? Is it to inform them that they are ready to escape? โ
Although those heavily armored cavalry had not yet begun to move, from the momentum alone, An Su already knew that the thousand people in Sizhou County were definitely not their opponents.
Even if the vassal king's guards and the people of Sizhou County could block the impact of these heavy cavalry, the result would inevitably be heavy casualties.
And they can't guarantee that the old Jin King has any other followers.
Once they are really desperate to fight to the death with these heavy cavalry, the old Jin King will send some personal guards again, then it will be really unpredictable how many of the more than 1,000 people in Sizhou County will remain.
And this kind of risk is unacceptable for those of themselves.
"It's no longer realistic to inform them to run away, no matter how much you run, you can't outrun the speed of a war horse!"
Li Yi shook his head and said.
He knew very well that if the more than 1,000 people in Sizhou County broke through at all, they would inevitably be attacked by these heavy cavalry immediately.
In that case, the people of Sizhou County will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
"Then are we going to inform them to join the other vassal kings' guards against these heavy cavalry?"
An Su then asked.
In his mind, if the people of Sizhou County did not come out to help these feudal princes' guards at this time, then once these heavy armored cavalry killed the feudal prince's personal guards, then they would also become fish and meat on the chopping block of these heavy armored cavalry.
"No, it doesn't work! These heavy cavalry were just preparing to charge at this time, their horsepower and strength were at their best, and if they fought against them at this time, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses. โ
Li Yi still shook his head and said.
"But if we don't participate in the resistance, those vassal princes' guards are likely to retreat on their own initiative after knowing that they can't resist, and then only those of us will be left."
Ansu continued.
"Don't panic! If things really go as you expected, that's a good thing. โ
Li Yi raised his hand and patted An Su's shoulder, signaling him not to be too excited.
"A good thing?"
An Su looked at Li Yi incredulously.
"Think about it, what is the main purpose of the old Jin King to bring these heavy armored cavalry over this time?"
Li Yi asked unhurriedly.
"Of course, it is to prevent the vassal kings of Zongzheng Temple from taking away more than a thousand people from Sizhou County!"
An Su replied without thinking about it.
"Really?"
Li Yi's face showed a playful smile at this time.
"Isn't it?"
An Su also became uncertain after seeing the smile on Li Yi's face.
"I feel that this time the old Jin King you are talking about is going to use the people of Sizhou County as fish to catch the guards of those vassal kings."
Yu Zhenlei, who was standing on the side, opened his mouth to say his thoughts.
"That's right, although the old Jin King does have the intention of exterminating the people in Sizhou County along with those vassal kings' guards, but in fact, his main purpose is to eliminate those vassal kings' guards."
Li Yi then explained to An Su.
"Their real target is those vassal princes' guards, after all, their combat effectiveness and threat are much greater than the more than a thousand people in Sizhou County."
"So once those vassal king's guards escape, these heavy armored cavalry will definitely chase those vassal king's guards first?"
Immediately, Ansu also reacted.
"That's right, their priority targets must be those vassal guards."
"In this way, it would be a good thing if these feudal princes' guards really escaped!"
An Su's face immediately showed an excited look.
But then he looked around at the guards of the vassal princes who had not yet recovered from the panic, and his calm heart fell to the bottom again.
And to his despair, he found that the surrounding buildings surrounded their location.
And the only alleys that could be passed through were also guarded by the other Jin king's guards.
"It turns out that the old Jin King, they have already calculated it!"
After seeing the surrounding terrain, An Su said solemnly.
"Humph! The first time I saw the terrain, I realized that this place was a great place to ambush! โ
Li Yi had already carefully observed the terrain here.
This is also the reason why he was able to find and break the attack of the Eight Bull Crossbow in the first place.
"Now the terrain this time is like a pocket, we are just surrounded in the middle, those vassal princes' guards are probably powerless even if they want to escape!"
An Su said unwillingly.
"You're right! But we can make a hole in the edge of this pocket! โ
Li Yi pointed not far away at this time and said.
"Crack a hole?"
An Su looked in the direction he was pointing, but found that the direction Li Yi was pointing in happened to be a wall more than two people high.
"Childe, don't laugh now!"
An Su looked at the wall and then at Li Yi, who couldn't help but laugh and said.
"I'm not kidding! Ansu, you go and tell those vassal princes and guards to run in that direction now! โ
Li Yi looked at the heavily armored cavalry in the distance, and then roughly estimated the time.
"Childe, there's a wall over there! Even if some of the vassal king's guards were able to escape over the wall, it would be useless! The heavy cavalry was already on the verge of slaughter. โ
"Don't talk nonsense and follow my orders, I'll open a way for you now!"
Li Yi didn't care about An Su's reminder, he turned around and ran away after he finished speaking.
And Yu Zhenlei also quickly followed Li Yi.
An Su saw that Li Yi was confident, although he didn't know what Li Yi was going to do, he still chose to believe in Li Yi unconditionally.
So as soon as he gritted his teeth, he immediately ran towards the guards of the feudal prince who were still stunned.
"King Jin's heavy armored cavalry has been killed, what are you still doing in a daze? Is it because you are prepared to die? Stand up and run for me! โ
Ansu roared loudly as he ran.
And those vassal princes' guards immediately shuddered when they heard this, and then he immediately recovered from his stunned state.
Immediately, they also saw in the distance the heavily armored cavalry moving rapidly in the direction they had arrived.
"Houma Iron Rider! If it's really Houma's iron ride, what should it be? โ
Someone in the crowd recognized the identity of the heavily armored cavalry at a glance, and he immediately shouted.
"Houma Iron Rider? Is it the Houma Iron Rider who is the mighty Houma? โ
The other asked incredulously.
"That's right, it's the Houma Iron Rider of the Jin Kingdom!"
"What should I do? Are we going to die here today? โ
"I don't want to die yet!"
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In just a moment, these vassal princes' guards were in a mess.
"Shut the fuck up! Listen to Lao Tzu's order to run in that direction! โ
Seeing that the emotions of these vassal princes and guards were about to collapse, Ansu immediately shouted and suppressed all the other voices around him.
"But there's no road over there!"
At this time, these vassal princes and guards did not realize that Ansu was not their people.
"Don't talk nonsense! There will be a way out over there soon! โ
Ansu shouted again, and then he took the lead in running in that direction.
Seeing this, the vassal prince's guards only thought for a moment, and then followed Ansu in that direction.
At this time, they had already figured it out, and it was better to believe Ansu's words than to stay where they were and wait for death now.
And just as Ansu and most of the vassal prince's guards were retreating quickly in the direction that Li Yi had just pointed out, Li Yi had already returned to the attic where they had fired the Eight Bull Crossbow just now with Yu Zhenlei.
As soon as he arrived in the attic, Li Yi immediately instructed Yu Zhenlei to load the crossbow arrows, and he himself began to quickly tighten the winch.
Soon he was ready, and then he adjusted the direction of the eight-bull crossbow and smashed down the machine expander.
With a loud "whoosh", the crossbow arrow, as thick as a child's arm, flew out.
And the direction in which the crossbow arrow flew was the wall that Li Yi pointed at just now.
"There are crossbow arrows! Get down! โ
As the bolts flew over the heads of the vassal kings' guards, the vassal kings' guards immediately shouted loudly like frightened birds.
But as soon as the man's words fell, the huge bolt slammed straight into the wall in front of them.