Chapter 62: The Hunting Wind Blows
The sun was obscured by clouds.
In the warm courtyard, Xiao Wu was accompanied by her eldest daughter-in-law into the small courtyard of the south chamber where her son often lived, where there were fewer servants and maids, and everyone went out to fight, it seemed deserted here, only the ancestral hall over there and the sound of chanting sounded.
This is the most disobedient youngest son, for which the old couple argued for a while, and the husband was a little unpleasant.
Xiao Yu This is the first time to enter this ancestral hall, looking at the tablet carved from rough wood inside, she let go of Su Huan, in the sight of the Taoist leader, folded her hands, and slowly bowed three times in front of the offering table.
"My son welcomes you and sincerely supports your ancestors. Please bless him and all the soldiers! โ
The chief stopped his voice and got up and bowed to the old woman.
"Lord Xiao Fu don't worry, the general has already experienced the war and knows the trade-offs." The Taoist priest invited the old woman to go out, and he said: "The ancestral hall here needs to be quiet, except for the general, no one else can visit at will." โ
Although the Taoist priest is an outsider, he can be in Hongchen, and he must also follow the rules of some powerful people, Su Chen is a powerful person who controls the life and death of the people in several cities, so he naturally wants to avoid some trouble.
"No one else can visit the shrine?" Yin Suhuan was a little puzzled and surprised, but she didn't expect that this small ancestral hall hidden in the south chamber still had such rules. Xiao Wu was older, and she could also see it, and smiled at the Taoist priest: "What the Taoist chief reminds is that since Chen'er has established this rule, then follow it well." โ
The three of them left the ancestral hall and left. In front of the fragrant offering table, a venerable spiritual seat gradually had a voice.
"General? It's still conservative. Zhao Kuangyin opened his mouth first, and his tone was a little regretful.
โโฆโฆ Hit the north side? This is familiar, so I should be allowed to come out to fight, and my generals are very familiar with this. โ
"The son of the Zhu family, your old Zhu family has a bunch of, and you are not afraid of making people laugh when you come out?" Tang Taizong's spiritual position turned around and mocked.
Ming Taizu's spiritual position also faced him, not to be outdone.
"Isn't there a lot of bad things in your Li family, the relationship is really messy enough, I remember that there is also a female emperor. It's a one-of-a-kind way! โ
"Zhu Laoba!!"
"Li Er!!"
Emperor Han Xian's spiritual seat floated out of all the green smoke, turned into a smoky human figure, and waved his hand at the emperor's spiritual seat that was about to start a quarrel again, leading the conversation away.
"Your Majesty, don't make any noise, why don't you talk about how this battle will be fought?"
Cao Cao walked straight out of the spiritual position, pressed the Yitian Sword, and his eyes were cold: "Children must learn to walk by themselves after all, how can anyone who has been supporting, this battle cannot be won, that is Adou who can't be supported!" โ
Liu Bei: "......"
After a moment, Liu Bei flicked his cuffs and walked outside the ancestral hall, his hands clenched in his sleeves, "Northern Expedition!" The second brother, the third brother, Zilong, the grand wish of the military advisor...... It is also a great wish to see you again, and I am indescribably happy in my heart. โ
The sky was getting thicker and thicker, as if another spring rain was coming.
There are still more than fifty miles in the northeast of Ding'an City, a total of 5,000 cavalry is running densely, countless churning horse hooves raise dust and rise to the sky, and the light armor on the body is rattling in the tremor, and soon, they began to divert here, turning into five horse teams of 1,000 people around the direction of Ding'an.
The iron hooves flew and shook the earth like thunder.
Yanshan Iron Ride!
The foundation of the Great Yan Taizu country, leaning into the middle of the light and heavy cavalry, people and horses have iron armor, the armor leaves are woven in sections, thinner, with a certain defensive and buffer effect, but also lose rapid mobility.
The conditions for becoming an iron cavalry in Yanshan are harsh, and the ancestor was a member of this cavalry, and he himself must reach a certain threshold of horsemanship. As one of the two commanders of this cavalry, Ling Xiao was angry in his heart, the thousand Yanshan Iron Cavalry that had been destroyed before was from his command, and he took the initiative to ask for help this time, just because he was ashamed of it.
It's just a pity that in the order, his task is to attack and disturb Ding'an and interrupt their logistics and food team, and this kind of operation is not a difficult thing for Yanshan Tieqi and him.
Boom Boom โ
After the horse's hooves in different directions shook away, Ling Xiao led a thousand Yanshan iron horsemen to travel for another two miles, and the scouts who were running back and forth and constantly passing on information began to suffer casualties, indicating that there was a Ding'an City soldier and horse here.
A large number of scouts were sent to search again, and finally found this army of soldiers and horses, which were also cavalry, led by a general with a long beard, black scale armor, and a half-sleeved robe, and the other party also noticed him, and led a thousand cavalry to directly threaten him.
The two sides took a look at each other on the field, and then rubbed each other, pulled their bows and arrows, and launched a cavalry shot at each other, the arrows staggered in mid-air, both sides were killed and wounded by each other, entangled for a few rounds, and at the moment of the fifth staggered mutual shooting, Zhang Liao suddenly pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, and the yellow horse completed a flick of the tail halfway, dragging the blade on the ground, and rushed up towards the back of the Yanshan iron horse.
The blade of the knife was waved in the light of the sky, and the moment a Yanshan iron cavalry was slashed, the staggered cavalry turned around one after another, using Zhang Liao as the arrow, and went straight behind the Yanshan iron cavalry of a thousand people.
The situation suddenly became one running wildly in front and one tail chasing behind.
This commander Ling Xiao was originally a cavalry under the emperor's account, and his martial arts were quite good, and the Yanshan Iron Cavalry under his command was even more elite, and he had a very high status among the many armies in Gyeonggi.
Suddenly becoming chased behind, he breathed even more in his heart, and then raised his hand and made a gesture to change formation.
The running formation changed abruptly, and the rear team dragged the front row of the Ding'an City cavalry At the same time, Ling Xiao took the front cavalry into a long snake, crossed a long arc in the run, and fought back and bit the Ding'an cavalry behind.
"Accompanied!"
Zhang Liao had already noticed the change in the opponent's horse team, and when the opponent led the front team of Yanshan Iron Cavalry to pounce, he also led the Ding'an cavalry to meet it head-on.
While galloping, Zhang Liao grinned as he watched the other general, dragged the hook and sickle on the ground off the ground, and slashed forward.
On the field, the iron hooves of the dense cavalry on both sides were churning, surging like a tide, and they collided with each other under the gloomy sky.
Zhang Liao's voice resounded in the boiling hoof: "Hold the weapon tightly, clamp the horse's bellyโ"
Thundered!
Iron Hoof Cracks!
Ling Xiao felt the real feeling of such a cavalry before the collision with the iron spear in his hand, his clenched teeth loosened, and he opened his mouth wide and shouted hysterically: "Kill!" โ
Then, an impact is formed.
Boom โ
The cavalry on both sides of the high-speed charge collided with each other, the war horse and the war horse collided with each other, the skin, flesh, bones, and armor made a tooth-sore muffled sound, and the war horse continued to scream and fall down, and the figure on the back was pierced into the body by the spear from which they were stabbed and pushed out, screaming and rushing into the sky and then falling.
For a time, the cavalry groups that collided together were mixed and entangled, and the cavalry who fell off their horses turned into minced meat under the horse's hooves, and their stumps were wrapped between the galloping horses' hooves.
The hook and sickle danced, cutting through the spear that stabbed, and the blade pressed on the shoulder of a Yanshan iron horseman.
Around...... The clash of gold and iron rang out, and some of the hedged cavalrymen wore corpses and galloped wildly on horseback before falling. At the moment of collision, both sides staggered each other's weapons, threw people down from their horses, hugged them between the hooves of the frantically strided, and fought and gnawed. Or shoot an arrow on horseback.
The collision gradually stopped, and the generals and generals collided in the entangled melee.
Phew-
The iron spear stabbed out from the horse's back, and then, blocked by the hook and sickle, Ling Xiao exerted his force violently, pressed the iron spear down, and he roared: "Anti-thief!" โ
"There is no way for the imperial court, and the army will be attacked!"
Zhang Liao's face was expressionless, and as soon as he raised the hook and sickle, he pushed the other party and the war horse backwards, Ling Xiao's arms suddenly felt a little numb, he was shocked in his heart, and suddenly remembered the words of the general, and turned the horse's head and ran towards the battle group, and the guards around him suddenly sounded the horn.
Woo!
The Yanshan Iron Cavalry, who was running and fighting in the field, directly abandoned their respective opponents, gathered towards their own generals in an orderly manner, and quickly retreated from this side.
"Count the casualties and treat my comrades."
Zhang Liao raised his hand to ask the Ding'an cavalry to stop the pursuit, he knew that there was still some gap between the cavalry of the two sides.
When the surrounding cavalry heard this, some people were on guard, some people dismounted, searched for their comrades who were still alive, mended the enemy who was not yet dead, and scavenged money and armor by the way.
After leaving a little people to take care of the wounded, Zhang Liao took more than 800 horsemen and galloped to the main formation.
In the direction of the extension, scout battles became more and more frequent, one-to-one, one-to-many, from time to time in the mountains, forests, and fields, which were too intense, attracting small groups of troops on both sides to fight.
The news of the fight kept passing between the two fronts, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the anti-thieves in Ding'an City were going to fight hard.
It is very different from the previous discussion between He Jinchen and the generals.
More than 40,000 people against an army of 100,000 is simply a provocation, and no one can tolerate it.
โโฆโฆ The army is less than 50,000 people, but it is menacing, be careful and deceitful, and use the method of war, if you want to win more with less, you can only turn the tide of the war! โ
The army marched forward mightily, and the general of the Shibuya army, Li Dar, said his speculation.
The general He Jinchen narrowed his eyes and pointed his fingers on the hilt of the sword.
"If you dare to fight against the 100,000 elites of the imperial court if you have less than 50,000, then I will rest assured!"
In the direction of Ding'an City, a black line on the horizon spreads from the end of heaven and earth, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are encamped, making final preparations.
Su Chen was wearing armor and riding a war horse, and Guo Jia looked to the north with the sacrificial wine, Dian Wei stood on one side with a double halberd in his hand, and after saying the next arrangement, he turned his head to look at the soldiers who were busy going down the village in the rear.
Dong Zhuo took Zhang You, Xu Qinghu and other generals to talk about tomorrow's battlefield.
Lejin patrols the camp and inspects the armor and weapons of the soldiers.
"It's been an uphill battle, and there's no way back." Su Chen exhaled and raised his hand,
"Either he dies or I die."
"Jia has already died once." Guo Jia smiled.
Dian Wei grinned: "Who is talking about has never died." โ
Su Chen glanced at the two of them speechlessly, and the tense atmosphere suddenly eased a lot.
But in his heart, he thought about another team that had gone around the distance, and he didn't know where it had gone, but he quickly pulled his thoughts back and touched a few tokens in his sleeve.
This is the real battlefield.
Before dawn the next day, the field outside Changchuan County was the first to sound one war drum after another.
To the south, the troops who had rested all night slowly came out of formation to the beat of the drums. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses formed a phalanx, stretching out across the vast land.
Su Chen rode out on a war horse, came to the banner of the Chinese army, and with a "bang", he pulled out his saber and raised it.
He looked across the horizon at the end of the sky and the earth, and the black lines like the tide were sweeping in.
"It's time to fight!" Su Chen urged the horse to run through the phalanx, and in countless sights, his voice roared: "Prepare to meet the enemy-"
Banner hunting, murderous wilderness.