Chapter 296: The Battle of Qingyan City (2)
PS: Second update
Zheng Xiu was wearing a golden tiger-striped battle armor, riding a crimson war horse under him, and slowly walked by the side of the troops with his head held high. He looked at his group of tiger and wolf divisions, and the expression on his face was triumphant. "Hmph! With such an elite cavalry, wouldn't it be a piece of cake to set foot in Tongming City?"
At this time, an adjutant came to him and said, "Your Excellency, the troops have been assembled, please give orders!"
Zheng Xiu glanced at the adjutant and nodded slightly. "Pass my order, the whole army will attack!" After speaking, Zheng Xiu flicked the reins on his hand vigorously, and the red war horse under him immediately neighed, turned into a red lightning, and rushed towards the front of the team, four powerful hooves stepped on the hard stone pavement, making a rapid and rhythmic "da-da" sound.
"The general has an order, and the whole army will attack...... The whole army attacked ......"
Zheng Xiu's orders were passed through one commander after another, and soon spread throughout the entire army, and after a dull "rumbling" sound, the gates of Qingyan City slowly opened. Zheng Xiu ran at the front of the entire army and rushed out of Qingyan City in one step, and then, the 30,000 cavalry troops behind him immediately rushed out of the gate with their general.
Ninety thousand war horses galloped together, what a magnificent scene, the "rumbling" sound of the horses' hooves stepping on the ground was as loud as thunder in a rainy night, and even Xia Yu and Lu Yue, who were far away on the cliff, could hear it clearly. The dust kicked up was like smoke, enveloping the small half of Qingyan City. The sound of horses' hooves roared for nearly half a stick of incense, and the tail of the 30,000 iron horsemen finally rushed out of Qingyan City.
After this cavalry unit left the city. Looking down from the sky, it looks like a black dragon crawling on the earth, rushing towards the east. The Hulu Pass, the pass to enter Beishan, is just east of Qingyan City, and the cavalry can't climb through the dense jungle like a three-dimensional mobile force, and Zheng Xiu wants to attack Tongming City, and there is only this way to go.
Soon, Zheng Xiu's cavalry torrent gradually disappeared on the eastern horizon, but the deafening sound of horses' hooves still echoed in Xia Yu's heart, Xia Yu's expression was a little excited, and there was a surge of blood in his chest, and he couldn't calm down for a long time. He looked in the direction in which the cavalry was leaving. Said solemnly: "Someday." I'm going to form such a cavalry regiment too. ”
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Just when Zheng Xiu led 30,000 cavalry to quickly approach the Hulu Pass, Bai Pengfei was also leading his army to quickly approach the Hulu Pass. Bai Pengfei had already marched as fast as he could, but his troops were mainly infantry, with only a thousand cavalry. And among these infantrymen. There was also the 2nd Infantry Regiment, which was temporarily reorganized.
In fact. The reorganization of the Second Infantry Regiment was very incomplete, and in order to complete the integration as much as possible, so as to seize the opportunity to send troops to Qingyan City. Xia Xue had to form a formation to incorporate the soldiers and horses of the Second Infantry Regiment. Therefore, the soldiers were not completely dispersed, the generals were not completely separated, and some officers of the former Second Infantry Regiment still commanded their original troops. In the case that Xia Yu killed their old commander, it was already quite difficult for the officers and men of these Second Infantry Regiment to mutiny. This is all thanks to Xia Xue's "carrot stick" strategy, on the one hand, promising to give them more officials and knights, and on the other hand, to make them understand that resistance will not end well. But despite this, some of the old men of the 2nd Infantry Regiment still had a slight "whisper" about Xia Yu's rule.
Because of this, the 2nd Infantry Regiment's desire to fight was very low, and the speed of the march was naturally as slow as it could. However, fortunately, Xia Yu had already expected this situation, and before Bai Peng flew away, Xia Yu had told him that if he encountered such a situation, he would line up the Second Infantry Regiment at the front of the marching team, and let the troops behind run with them, so that they had to run. After Bai Pengfei did as Xia Yu instructed, the speed of the march really increased.
Bai Pengfei rode his horse and watched the soldiers run quickly in front of him, and couldn't help but show a satisfied smile on his face: "Hey, hey, Brother Yu is really like a god, this trick really works." Men of the Second Infantry Regiment, I must be tired of you!" Then, Bai Pengfei looked up at the sun overhead. "At this rate, it doesn't take noon for us to reach the gourd pass. At this time, Bai Pengfei was already very close to the gourd pass.
And just when Bai Pengfei was happy, a scout suddenly rushed over from the front, stopped in front of Bai Pengfei, and said: "General, we were ordered by you to investigate the enemy in front, but after we rushed out of the gourd pass, we didn't run far in the direction of Qingyan City, and we ran into the cavalry of the wolf's head army. ”
"Cavalry!" Bai Pengfei's expression remained unchanged. "How many riders does the other side have?"
The scout's face immediately became very ugly: "It's so great that you can't see your head at a glance, I'm afraid...... I'm afraid there are tens of thousands!"
"So much?!" At this moment, Bai Pengfei's expression finally changed, and his face immediately became gloomy. However, although Bai Pengfei is not as wise as Xia Yu, he doesn't understand anything. After thinking about it for a while, he guessed that this cavalry must be Zheng Xiu's main force, otherwise it would be impossible for such a large force to suddenly appear.
"In which direction are they going?" asked Bai Pengfei with a nervous expression.
The scout immediately replied, "Just like us, Gourd Pass." ”
"Gourd Pass! Gourd Pass?" Bai Pengfei underestimated twice, and immediately realized. "Zheng Xiu wants to attack Tongming City. No, we must rush ahead of Zheng Xiu to occupy the gourd pass, otherwise this battle will fail!"
Realizing the severity of the situation, Bai Pengfei thought left and right for a moment, and then asked, "How fast is their march?"
Scout: "Soon, it is estimated that we will be able to reach the Hulu Pass in two hours!"
Bai Pengfei nodded, and then shouted, "Someone!"
An adjutant immediately ran over: "General!"
At this moment, Bai Pengfei's expression was extremely strict, he stared at the two tiger eyes, and ordered loudly: "Pass my order, give up a piece of heavy grain and grass, except for the armor and weapons on the body, throw all the things that can be thrown to me, and the whole army will enter the rapid march, even if the two legs are gone, it will be within an hour, and it will be rushed to the gourd pass!"
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Lu is the second-in-command of Black Moon, although Lu Yue is the real leader of Black Moon, but without Lu Zheng's assistance, Lu Yue may not be able to hold on to now. In Black Moon, Lu Zheng's reputation is not lower than Lu Yue's, he is the kind of typical tough guy character, tall and big, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a pair of slender eyes always shoot a dagger-like light, which makes Black Moon's disciples afraid and respectful.
But now, this feared and respectful strong man is in the refugee camp in Qingyan City, holding a huge iron hammer in both hands, and is vigorously hammering a wooden wedge into the ground one by one. Around him, there were countless Qingyan City refugees, just like him, who were nervously busy with Zheng Guo's invaders.
After the wolf-headed army entered the city, they killed nearly a quarter of the population of Qingyan City, most of whom were old people, women, and children. According to Zheng Xiu's password, Zheng Guo has never kept wine bags and rice bags, and if you want to live, you have to prove your own worth. As a result, tens of thousands of young adults were driven together, refugee camps were formed, and they were forced to prepare for Zheng Guo's invasion.
Every day, they had to work from dawn until dark, without any rest and without much food. I was tired and half dead a day, but I could only get a bowl of porridge to satisfy my stomach. Under such high-intensity work, many people are either tired or sick to death, even if the corpses are piled up in the refugee camp, the wolf-headed army does not care, they want all these people to die.
The angry people of Qingyan City were unwilling to endure such a humiliation, and at this time, Lu Zheng secretly infiltrated Qingyan City.
Raising the hammer, falling, lifting the hammer, falling, it seems, Lu Zheng seems to only care about repeating such mechanical movements, but in fact, his eyes never leave the guards around him. Zheng Xiu's 30,000 elites had all left the city, leaving behind only a group of miscellaneous soldiers, some of whom were even the defenders of the original Qingyan City, who surrendered to the wolf-headed army.
The camp is home to almost 20,000 refugees, but fewer than 2,000 soldiers are guarding. Zheng Xiu looked down on the people of Weiguo, believing that they were all born slaves, and did not dare to resist under Zheng Guo's butcher's knife, and the rapid rout of Qingyan City once again verified his conjecture. In Zheng Xiu's eyes, the 20,000 refugees in the camp were just a group of weak lambs, and they couldn't make much of a splash at all. Even if they had the heart to resist, their 30,000 iron horsemen would be enough for them to defeat again. But he didn't know that if a lion was to be the leader of a flock of lambs, the lambs would also become a flock of lions.
Lu Zheng was still swinging the hammer, but a young man suddenly walked over. The young man was tall and thin, with a murderous aura between his eyebrows. He was originally the defender of Qingyan City, but after the defeat, he was captured by the Wolf-headed Army and thrown into a refugee camp. He came to Lu Zheng's side and whispered, "Zheng Xiu's people have all left the city." ”
Lu Zheng stopped the hammer in his hand and nodded without moving: "Okay, tell the brothers and prepare to act." ”
"I see, I have already told my brothers. The young man glanced at the guards around him, because of the lack of manpower, there were very few guards around them, only a dozen people scattered around them.
Lu Zheng raised his head and looked around, and saw that the other refugees had also slowed down their work and looked at him as if they were nothing. Lu Zheng knew that this was a signal that the brothers were waiting for him.
He reached out and touched the sweat on his face, glanced at the young man, and his expression was a little indifferent: "I'm sorry, brother." ”
After speaking, Lu Zheng picked up his fist and slammed it into the young man's face. (To be continued......)