Chapter Eighty-Five: Charging into Battle
At dawn the next day, the clouds were heavy and the rain was cold. The wind whistled through the mountains and through the Tanglin Pass. The soldiers wore armor, and at the beginning of autumn, everyone felt a little chilly and couldn't help but want to shiver.
The north gate of Tanglin Pass was crowded with a large number of soldiers and horses. Chu Xiuyang rode on a horse and stood at the door, followed by five thousand elite cavalry, and there were only five thousand horses left in Tanglin Pass.
The rest of the soldiers had to go on foot, which was also a helpless move. After a while, the main reason for breaking through the formation is to rely on these 5,000 cavalry.
In addition to the original garrison, there are also three monks standing at the door, namely Xu Huaigu, Xia Ying and Yin Zishi, which is the strongest combat force in Tanglin Pass.
According to the plan, as soon as the city gate was opened, Xu Huaigu and the three of them would take the lead in the charge, Chu Xiuyang would follow with the cavalry, and finally the remaining 55,000 soldiers.
Except for Xu Huaigu and the three of them, the rest of the monks will be scattered among the cavalry, at least each monk can protect a group of soldiers around him, so that he can ensure that the formation is not chaotic.
Chu Xiuyang wore a sword at her waist, straddling a big jujube red horse, raindrops dripped from her helmet in a row, she held her head high, her eyebrows were heroic, and several generals reported to her one after another.
"Report to General Chu, the three battalions are ready, just wait for the general's order!"
"Report to the general, the second battalion is ready!"
"One camp too!" Chu Xiuyang saw that the army behind him was tightly organized, so he nodded with satisfaction. She looked down at Xu Huaigu and the three of them again, and said, "What about you?" Xu Huaigu and the three of them glanced at each other and said, "It's ready." ”
"Okay." Chu Xiuyang replied. She turned her head to look at the neat 60,000 soldiers behind her, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers! Please be quiet and listen to me! "The 60,000 soldiers and horses were unusually well-organized, all of them straightened their chests, their faces were solemn, and apart from the sound of horses' hooves and rain, there was not a single murmur.
Chu Xiuyang said indignantly: "The demon clan has captured our land and killed our people, and heaven will not tolerate it!" We, the people of Dayu Kingdom, rise up to resist and support the right path, and every one of us is a hero of Dayu Kingdom! I'm proud of you, and you should be proud of your bravery! You say, "Isn't it?" ”
"Yes!" Sixty thousand people answered in unison, shouting all day. Xu Huaigu saw that everyone's eyes were resolute, and the hands of many soldiers holding weapons were trembling.
Their blood burned in their chests, and turned into anger against the demon clan, revealing from the murderous aura in their bodies.
"Although the demon clan is powerful, as long as we are not afraid of them, they are just flesh and blood, and they will be injured and killed!" Chu Xiuyang continued to encourage,
"Now the six levels have been lost, but only our Tanglin Pass, the first level of the Dayu Kingdom, is still standing! Now, Tanglin Pass has also run out of oil, it's time to go, but as long as our soldiers are still there, our spirit will be immortal, Tanglin Pass will never die, and will always stand at the forefront of the fight against the demon clan! ”
"Roar!" The soldiers below couldn't help but shout, and the drummers on the city wall took advantage of the situation to beat the big drums, and the drums suppressed the sound of heavy rain and shook the sky.
The morale of the army has reached its climax, and this rain seems to have been poured into a pot of oil, not only can not extinguish the mood of the soldiers, but makes it more enthusiastic!
Seeing that the time was ripe, Chu Xiuyang resolutely drew his sword out of its sheath, pointed the tip of the sword out of the city, and said loudly: "I open the way for you, please follow me to this last battle!" ”
"Open the door! Kill! Chu Xiuyang gave an order, and the soldiers on both sides quickly opened the city gate. Xu Huaigu and the other three each used their monk body technique and rushed to the front of the team.
Five thousand horsemen followed, their hooves trampled in the mud, and even the ground trembled slightly. And then the rest of the soldiers also rushed out with swords and guns, and the momentum was amazing.
The demon clan guarding outside the city originally wanted to surround Tanglin Pass on all sides, wait until the materials in the pass are exhausted, and then easily take the pass, but they didn't expect to suddenly rush out so many soldiers.
Besides, these soldiers are completely different from the past, as if they are all dying, and looking at the murderous aura in their eyes, they are no different from wild beasts.
However, these demon clans also reacted quickly, quickly formed a formation, and formed a wall, trying to stop the charge.
A flying demon flew into the air and quickly reported to other places. Xu Huaigu rushed to the front. He knew that this was a hard battle, so he had already made up his mind to do his best to help the soldiers of Tanglin Pass, so as soon as he made a move, he did not have the slightest reservation, a natal flying sword and a heart lake flying sword were already like fish in water, and they each let go of their hands to kill.
In addition, he himself also pulled out the outer sword Phoenix Feather Sword and rushed into the demon clan array. Most of these demon clans are little demons, so although Xu Huaigu is surrounded by demon clans as dense as the tide, but one after another sword lights turn over, it is like drawing a knife to cut off the water, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of demon clans died under the sword, and blood was all over the ground.
Soon, a big demon mixed in noticed Xu Huaigu, and several big demons of the Seven Realms joined forces to attack him, and Xu Huaigu fell into a struggle.
The situation on Yin Zishi and Xia Ying's side was similar to that of Xu Huaigu, and after killing dozens of demon clans, they were also targeted by the big demons, and they fell into a bitter battle.
The three of them shot together, only tore off a small piece of the demon clan's encirclement, and they couldn't do anything. This is not to blame them, after all, it is a war, no matter how strong the individual is, there will be an equally strong demon in the demon clan to hold it back, and it is difficult to distinguish between the top and bottom for a while.
To really win the war, we have to look at the contest between the armies of the two sides. Chu Xiuyang led the charge, and the cavalry behind him was also indomitable, and under the rush of the horses, the demon clan that was in the front was the first to suffer.
I don't know how many demon clans didn't have time to react, and they were trampled down by random hooves. And once it falls, there is no chance to get up, and it can only be reduced to a ghost under the horse's hooves.
Even if the surrounding demon clan wanted to come up and bite, they were also shot down by the crossbow arrows carried by the soldiers, and then killed with a sword.
There were also fish that slipped through the net, and there were also recent monks who killed them, so the cavalry formation was still solid.
For a while, the five thousand cavalry were invincible like the god of war, rushing forward for nearly a mile, and forcibly tore a hole in the impermeable encirclement of the demon clan.
Although the cavalry charged fiercely, the soldiers on foot behind were not so lucky. With neither horses nor monks to protect them, they were soon targeted by the demons.
When the demon clan saw that the nails had been touched on the side of the cavalry, they turned their spearheads at these people and turned their heads to pounce on them.
Although the soldiers killed the enemy bravely, the pace of the breakthrough was slowed down, and soon they were stuck in the mire, unable to move.
The cavalry almost rushed out of the encirclement, and Chu Xiuyang turned his head to see that the remaining 55,000 soldiers had been surrounded by the demon clan, and the encirclement was getting thicker and denser.
Chu Xiuyang was anxious in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Listen to my orders!" The cavalry continued to rush forward, and when they got out, they set up camp in a pre-planned camp! Dismount, monk, come back with me to help!" So saying, she grabbed the horse's belly, pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and rushed back again.
The cavalry obeyed the order and continued to speed outward; As for the monks, some really got off their horses and followed Chu Xiuyang back to save people regardless of it, while others looked at the dense demon clan that couldn't be seen, and their hearts were stunned, so they quietly lowered their heads, blended into the ranks of the cavalry, and rushed out together.
Chu Xiuyang turned around to save people, and was soon targeted by a leopard demon from the Three Realms. The leopard demon hid among the little demons, and when Chu Xiuyang swung his sword to kill the demon, he swooped down from one side and threw her horse to the ground.
Chu Xiuyang was unexpected, and fell off the horse suddenly, rolling on the ground several times. Before she could get up, the leopard demon had already pounced on her, and the claws pressed on her chest, opening her bloody mouth and leaning towards her neck, and suddenly the claws of the leopard demon were incomparably sharp, and the soft armor couldn't stop him in the slightest, and suddenly Chu Xiuyang felt a pain in his heart.
The soft armor was torn, and there was no need to think about it, but I was afraid that my chest was already dripping with blood. Regardless of the pain, she immediately pulled out the dagger pressed on her waist with her right hand and stabbed the leopard demon in the neck with all her might.
I don't know that the leopard demon has rough skin and thick flesh, and has cultivation, and its vitality is extremely strong. Chu Xiuyang stabbed down a few times, although it was also bloody, but the strength that pressed on her chest did not decrease in the slightest, she felt that the sharp claw tips were getting deeper and deeper, her chest hurt so much that she almost lost consciousness, and she couldn't help but feel despair in her heart.
He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, he is proficient in this way, and he is familiar with military books, escaped from the palace and went south, and was appreciated by Lu Zijin, and finally sat in this position.
However, after losing his identity as a general, he really fought on the battlefield, and he couldn't even defeat a demon clan of the Three Realms.
It's a pity that I grew up in the royal family since I was a child, otherwise I would have broken my courage and become a martial artist, what is there to be afraid of a mere Three Realms Demon Clan?
Unwillingly, I still have so many things I want to do that I haven't done, how can I die so easily? I really don't want to ...... Chu Xiuyang thought that she was going to die, closed her eyes, and was thinking wildly, she suddenly felt that the strength in her chest that was holding down her weakened, and then the body of the leopard demon collapsed on herself, soft and heavy, as if she had lost her vitality.
"General, are you alright?" Someone whispered in his ear. Chu Xiuyang struggled to open his eyes and glanced at the person who came, it was Fan Xuan.
Chu Xiuyang had an impression of her, she was a monk of the Zixia Sect. Chu Xiuyang breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as she was conscious, her chest hurt desperately, and she couldn't help it
"Hiss" gasped, Fan Xuan hurriedly frowned, and hurriedly looked for medicine from his body.
"Thank you." Chu Xiuyang thanked softly. In fact, she didn't have the strength to speak louder. Her heart was already covered with blood, her flesh was torn apart, and the wounds were shocking.
Fan Xuan couldn't bear to look at it directly, so she hurriedly took out a pill, put it into Chu Xiuyang's mouth, and took out a packet of medicinal powder and sprinkled it on her wound.
This is all immortal medicine, which can protect Chu Xiuyang's life without worry.
"I'll take you away." Fan Xuan helped Chu Xiuyang up, and was about to leave, when immediately several demon clans from the third and fourth realms surrounded him, eyeing each other.
Fan Xuan took out a few talismans from his cuffs, held Chu Xiuyang with one hand, and cast spells against them with the other. However, the demon clan also seemed to know that Chu Xiuyang was an important person, and there were more and more demon clans surrounding the two, and Fan Xuan was gradually unable to do it.
Chu Xiuyang was no longer able to lift his sword, and several demon clans from the five or six realms came over, Fan Xuan was difficult to defeat alone, and the situation of the two became more and more critical.
Chu Xiuyang muttered, "Xu Huaigu...... Let me see Xu Huaigu. Fan Xuan heard Chu Xiuyang's muttering, and she was a little anxious for a while, and she couldn't take care of anything, so she also shouted loudly: "Xu Huaigu!" Xu Huaigu was entangled by several Seven Realms demon clans in the distance, and when he heard someone shouting at him, he quickly put away two flying swords, forced back the demons with one sword, and stepped on another sword and flew into the air, looking towards the place where the sound came from.
I saw that in the vast demon tide, there were two people surrounded by a large group of demon clans, one was Fan Xuan, and the other was Chu Xiuyang, Chu Xiuyang seemed to be injured.
As soon as he saw that Chu Xiuyang was injured, a nameless fire burned from his heart. Xu Huaigu lowered his face coldly, and slashed off a few flying demons who were approaching with two swords in his hand.
Before the person moved, the Heart Lake Flying Sword had already gone with his heart, landing beside Chu Xiuyang and Fan Xuan, and with a flat sword, he killed a large piece of flat land in the demon tide, and then Xu Huaigu also fell on the side of the two of them.
He glanced at Chu Xiuyang's injury, and immediately frowned, and then looked at Fan Xuan. When Fan Xuan saw Xu Huaigu, she was still a little cowering, and she didn't dare to speak, Xu Huaigu said coldly: "Follow me!" With that, he sacrificed the flying sword to take her away, Chu Xiuyang hurriedly grabbed his hand and said eagerly: "Wait! Xu Huaigu turned his head to look at her.
"Please do me a favor." Chu Xiuyang barely squeezed out a smile,
"Help me save the soldiers in the back, try to save as many as possible, thank you." Xu Huaigu looked at her worriedly, sighed and said, "Okay." He looked at the flying sword, then looked at Fan Xuan with a complicated expression, and said to her, "Chu Xiuyang, please give it to you." Fan Xuan nodded hurriedly, and Xu Huaigu motioned for her to step on the flying sword.
Fan Xuan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took Chu Xiuyang up, and the flying sword immediately rose into the air, carrying the two away from the battlefield.
There were several flying demons in the air who were not self-sufficient and wanted to stop the two, but they were all knocked down one by one by Fan Xuan's spell. Xu Huaigu watched the flying sword stay away from the battlefield, and then he was relieved.
Instead, he turned his mind to the battlefield. Seeing that he had just sent Chu Xiuyang away, he was already surrounded by demon clans, but they also knew that Xu Huaigu was not easy to mess with, so they only dared to stare fiercely at him a few feet away, but none of the demons dared to approach him.
Xu Huaigu looked in the direction of the follow-up army, which had already been surrounded by the demon clan. The trapped army is like an island in the sea, swallowed up by the tide little by little.
He was about to rush to help, but he saw that the previous Seven Realms Great Demons chased after him again, and he didn't know where else he found a Eight Realms Great Demon and attacked him together.
Xu Huaigu couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the general trend was gone, but he had promised Chu Xiuyang just now that he couldn't let go of it at this time.
He withdrew the remaining flying sword, the silver-white flying sword surrounded him, and several big demons also stopped not far from him, staring at him fiercely.
Seeing this situation, the surrounding demons fled from this place one after another, leaving an open space for the two sides of the tension, so as not to suffer from unwarranted disasters.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier. Xu Huaigu looked at it coldly, and the series of raindrops in the air seemed to have a trajectory, and every trace of rain could not escape his eyes.
The dragon is easy to cut, and the rain line is difficult to draw. This is the essence of the fast sword. A drop of rain fell from Xu Huaigu's hair and smashed on the ground with a clatter, splashing a small splash.
In this noisy battlefield, he could see one of the thousands of rains clearly. A sword light flipped over, the rain fell, and the sword came out.