Chapter 6: Blood at Dawn (Part II)
The heavy rain has stopped.
People are like dragons, horses are like tigers, and hundreds of horses roll Pinggang.
Thinking of these three hundred iron-blooded men rushing into the enemy formation, after a big battle, there was probably no one out of ten, and the blood was sprinkled all over the Forbidden City, and in an instant, Concubine Yu'er's tears burst out of her eyes.
"Knock, knock, knock—" The drums rumbled from the towers, piercing the pre-dawn darkness.
At the other end of the moat, Qi Long Xiang Meiyu sneered: "It's good, I'm afraid that you won't come out as a turtle, come with the old man!"
"Boom!" The three thousand rebel iron horsemen were already ready to go, slowly moving forward.
"Disperse!"
When he saw Ji Chengche leading three hundred tiger knights out of the Vermilion Bird Gate, Chang Yuanliang suddenly shouted.
The crowd was suddenly chaotic, and they all ran to both sides to avoid it, making way for the oncoming Tiger Knight to gallop.
"Release the arrows!" Li Chuxian gave an order, and thousands of arrows were fired in the rebel formation, and the fleeing hostages bore the brunt of the fall, falling in rows like wheat waves, and the screams were earth-shattering.
Suddenly, more than 20 eunuchs emerged from the shadows like ghosts, swords in their hands, and destroyed dozens of "Overlord Crossbows", the most powerful of the rebels, and the person at the head was Zhao An!
The overlord's crossbow was dumbfounded, and the threat of the rebels' arrows and crossbows to Jin Fengwei plummeted. Dozens of multicolored phoenixes swooped down, and the thunder and lightning exchanged between the colorful wings and the ice and fire, bombarding the rebel camp wildly.
The crossbowmen in front of the rebel formation staggered and suffered heavy casualties, and the originally dense rain of arrows immediately became thin.
"Zhao An!" Li Chuxian took out a pair of immortal guiding pens, rose from the saddle, crossed the crossbow array, and swooped in the air like a night owl.
Zhao An's figure did not retreat, but advanced, his feet rose and fell, and he jumped up and slammed into Li Chuxian.
Li Chuxian flew up and kicked the bed crossbow, and Zhao An was like a puff of smoke to bully the front, instigating a short dagger in hand-to-hand combat.
At this time, the rebels gradually came to their senses, relying on the absolute superiority in numbers to besiege and divide the desperate eunuchs who risked their lives to infiltrate.
The witch cult masters brought by Tang Yan either used witchcraft to carry out long-range bombardment, or took to the air to fight against the wind, and fought with the Jinfeng guards who rushed to support the desperate eunuchs.
The hostages took advantage of the chaos to run desperately, and the distance between them and the tiger knights led by Ji Chengche quickly narrowed.
The rebels in charge of guarding the hostages raised their swords and slashed, and the crossbow arrows fired from the tower of the Bisheng Castle beckoned to their heads as if they had eyes.
Seeing this scene, Micang Mountain immediately stepped forward and smashed the head of a woman who was fleeing with a folding fan, and shouted at Ji Chengche, who was galloping towards him: "Want to save people, I'll kill you first!"
Although it is said that the two armies lived and died before the battle, after all, the two sides had comradeship, and now they have no regrets about the death or injury of their masters, but such indiscriminate killing of innocents, especially unarmed women and children, not only the defenders are full of righteous indignation, but also the subordinates around Micang Mountain are also unbearable.
Chang Yuanliang was furious, shook off the support of his two sons, and pointed to Micang Mountain and said: "Sven scum, you are in vain!"
Micang Mountain has already killed the red eye, he attacked the Vermilion Bird Gate last night because of greed for merit and fell into the ambush of the ghost master, not only the whole army was wiped out but also Qiu Xingjian was damaged, and after fleeing back in embarrassment, he was not treated by Qi Longxiang and Tang Yan.
thought that by offering hostages to attack the city, he would be able to take the imperial city without bloodshed and win the first credit, but he never thought that Ji Chengche would lead people to save people.
When he heard Chang Yuanliang insulting him, he suddenly felt annoyed and ashamed, and he gave up his mount and rushed forward without a single point: "Old horseman, go underground and talk about your three outlines and five constants!"
Before the words fell, I heard the thunder rolling above my head, and the murderous aura was severe, and the divine light of the Demon Emperor Emperor Seal was magnificent, and it was pressed down like a hill.
"Ji Chengche!" Micang Mountain changed color in shock, and hurriedly flew back, waving a folding fan to draw a lonely light in front of him, trying to split and dismember the Demon Emperor Seal.
"Bang Bang Bang" The dazzling light was jagged and blooming, and Micang Mountain tried his best to block the Demon Monarch Emperor Seal, but unexpectedly, Ji Chengqing was ten zhang away, and his left hand pinched the trick and released an angry sword crazy flower.
Micang Mountain was firmly suppressed by the Demon Emperor Seal and could not get out, so he could only continue to carry it hard, taking care of this and losing the other, and he was embarrassed.
"Boom, boom, boom-" Ji Chengche rode his horse and galloped, the five fingers of his left hand flickered in one go, and seven witch spells were issued in a snap of his fingers, surging towards Rice Cangshan like a storm.
Micang Mountain was tired of running high and low, and his whole body was shrouded in colorful lights, and he only had the power to parry.
"Hum-" Ji Chengche suddenly drew his knife and took off, like an eagle striking the shallow bottom of the sky and fishing, and the momentum of thousands of mountains and seas slashed towards Micang Mountain.
Micang Mountain had no way to retreat, and tried his best to urge the brilliance in the true element's body to bloom and infuse the folding fan, and the fan surface unfolded all kinds of tricks to meet the fetal Yuan Shen Knife.
"Keng!" the blade slashed down on the fan, and the figures of the two staggered in midair.
Ji Chengqing floated around and landed on the back of the galloping horse, without looking at Micang Mountain.
"Smack!" The folding fan burst into powder, and the center of Micang Mountain's eyebrows gradually turned into a bloody mark, and his body fell from the air.
The soldiers on both sides exclaimed in an uproar, and they couldn't believe that Ji Chengche's sword was so powerful.
Ji Chengche slashed Micang Mountain in front of the formation without stopping, and rode through the hostages with a sword on his horse, and went forward to meet the three thousand iron horsemen under the command of Qilong Xiang.
Qi Longxiang watched Ji Chengche kill Micang Mountain, but he couldn't save him, and the cold light in his eyes burst out like a spear.
"Click!" The two exchanged glances, and their hearts were shocking!
"Bang!" The iron horses of the two sides collided violently in one place, like two mighty torrents meeting in a narrow way, and countless blood flowers burst out in response.
"Ji Chengqing?!"
Qi Long Elephant spit out three words between his tusks, and the murderous aura swept through the sky, and the cold qi poured into the mountains and seas.
"Lord Qi?"
Ji Cheng's expression was calm and unfazed, and the fetal Yuan Divine Sword was superb, looming, and attacked three moves in a row.
"Bang Bang!" Qi Longxiang exchanged three palms for three swords, and the two mounts staggered and crashed into the enemy camp.
At the same time, Shi Yifu and Geng Tian led three hundred tiger knights to plunge into the opponent's cavalry array as sharp as a blade, killing people on their backs and turning the sky dark.
Just when everyone thought that these three hundred tiger ben would penetrate the enemy formation, Shi Yifu and Geng Tian suddenly separated left and right like a tacit understanding, and the knights behind them followed closely as if mercury, swimming east and west close to the edge of the opponent's cavalry array.
"Scatter them!" Qi Longxiang turned his horse's head, looked at the change in the formation of the tiger cavalry, and immediately responded.
The rebels' 3,000 iron cavalry were also the elite of the Praetorian Guard, and they were really trained to be brave and brave, and they quickly adjusted their formations and stood out, wanting to divide and surround the Tiger Cavalry.
The Tiger Cavalry changed its response to change, and methodically broke into pieces, interspersing and detouring in the opponent's cavalry formation, like a slippery swimming fish, which made the enemy dozens of times its own stunned and unable to start.
Their task is not to kill or injure the enemy, but to hold off the enemy as much as possible and buy time for the hostages to escape.
Behind them, most of the hostages stumbled and helped the old and the young to flee outside the Suzaku Gate, and Fan Jian personally arranged for the defenders to open the palace gate to respond.
Chang Yuanliang saw Fan Jian's tears and suddenly said: "Lord Fan, I don't want to be old and still alive to see you!"
Fan Jian stepped forward to hold Chang Yuanliang's hand, and said with emotion: "Master Chang has suffered!"
As the two were talking, dozens of figures suddenly jumped out of the crowd and killed the sergeants defending the city!
Chang Yuanliang's eyes were about to split, and he scolded: "Good thief!"
Fan Jian was like a vegetarian, and Zhizhu was holding it: "A group of rats with their heads and tails hidden." ”
"Snort-" The crossbowmen who were ambushed behind the Suzaku Gate rained down arrows, and the poor Meizu hermits hidden among the hostages were killed by arrows before they had time to kill.
Chang Yuanliang's heart was happy, and he stroked his palms and said: "It's good to die, it's good to kill!"
At that moment, he was a little dressed and escorted by Captain Huben to the city tower to meet Concubine Yu and the ghost master.
After the catastrophe, everyone met with mixed joys and sorrows, but the war outside the city was in full swing, and no one had the heart to greet them.
I saw that after a round of charge, the three hundred tiger knights had lost more than forty horses, and the space for interspersing under the pressure of the opponent's superior forces was getting smaller and smaller, and they gradually lost their mobility.
This was the deadliest threat to the cavalry, and the cavalry that could not run was like a stake, not only difficult to injure the enemy, but also very vulnerable to siege.
Geng Tian and Shi Yifu are both famous generals of Dachu who have been in charge of the army for many years, so they naturally understand this truth. But they were facing the Martial King Qi Longxiang, and under his command, the three thousand iron horsemen rotated layer by layer like a windmill like a wind wheel, constantly penetrating and cutting the formation of the Tiger Knight.
Looking down from the castle tower of the Suzaku Gate, the cavalry on both sides seemed to be grinding discs crushing and colliding with each other, and then intertwined and strangled each other, and every moment someone fell, and every moment there was a life lost.
Chang Yuanliang said anxiously: "Empress, quickly let the cavalry withdraw!"
Concubine Yu didn't answer, biting her bleeding lips tightly.
The ghost master said in a deep voice: "I can't come back." ”
Chang Yuanliang was taken aback and said, "What?!"
The ghost master replied, "When they left the city, they had no intention of coming back alive. The cavalry of both sides has bitten in one place, and once the Tiger Ben army retreats, the rebel iron cavalry is bound to take advantage of the weakness to attack the imperial city. Therefore, even Shi Yifu and Geng Tian did not dare to guarantee that they would survive. ”
Chang Yuanliang was stunned, and rushed out of his throat with a mouthful of blood!
Although he didn't know the soldiers, he also knew that if the three hundred knights could not survive, Geng Tian and Shi Yifu, who were the generals of the army, would not survive alone no matter what.
It can be said that these more than 1,000 hostages, including their own lives, were exchanged for their lives by the 300 tiger elites outside the city who sacrificed their lives and regarded death as their home.
As soon as he thought of this, Chang Yuanliang looked up to the sky with tears and sighed: "Heaven and earth are not benevolent to all things as dogs, and the old man can't wait to die in front of the Suzaku Gate!"
Concubine Yu was okay, Xiang Yu had already cried silently, and he didn't dare to imagine the fate of these three hundred tiger warriors.
Chang Huan saw that his father was so enthusiastic, and asked for his life: "Queen, please let the last general lead a hundred dead soldiers out of the city to respond!"
Concubine Yu shook her head and choked up: "It's useless, Qi Longxiang and Tang Yanzheng want us to keep sending people out of the city to fight......"
The ghost master's expression was still as plain as water, and he couldn't see any joy or sorrow, he only looked at the battle situation outside the city, and said slowly: "Wait and see." ”
Chang Yuanliang was puzzled: "What are you waiting for?"
The ghost master did not answer, looking at the dark and dreary sky, he could vaguely see a wisp of fish belly white.
(End of chapter)