Chapter 34: All I Need Is Five Hundred Steps
Ten miles of mountain road, just a moment.
The 3,500 cavalry, except for some new soldiers, were all veterans who had galloped through the desert in the Northwest Army before, and at this moment they were galloping at full speed, like a whirlwind in the darkness.
This is the junction of Ye, Later Jin and Qi countries, because there is a natural danger of Wohu Ling, so no matter which side of the three kingdoms is, there is no heavy army here, but only a checkpoint outpost, and there are only more than 1,000 soldiers.
The more than 1,000 people in this checkpoint also sensed that something was wrong at this time.
The thunderous sound of horses' hooves in the darkness alarmed the sentinels in the outposts, many of whom climbed the watchtowers and looked west.
The post had not been visited for many years, and the longest of the sentries had not experienced war in ten years, and they had even forgotten the sound of enemy horses' hooves.
So when they heard this voice, many people were watching with a confused face, and they even forgot to light the beacon fire and ring the alarm bell.
After all, a slightly older soldier had been on the battlefield before, and when the roaring thunderous sound was getting closer and closer, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he shouted: "It's the enemy's cavalry, quickly warn, quickly warn!"
But at this time, it is too late to warn.
Chu Yujia, who took the lead, took the longbow from the war horse Desheng hook, pulled the bow and raised the arrow, and the arrow hit the throat of the old pawn.
The carved arrow pierced the old pawn's throat and drove more than two inches into the wall behind him.
Chu Yujia, who put down the longbow, lifted the spear and shouted, "Kill!"
With Chu Yujia's order, three thousand five hundred cavalry rushed up, and the war horses galloped and shouted to kill.
Pity the Qi soldiers in the checkpoint, and before they even had time to close the gate of the checkpoint, they were slashed to the ground by the Ye soldiers who rushed up immediately, and the hooves of the war horses trampled their corpses to pieces.
There were only more than a thousand soldiers in this outpost, most of them were resting, and this group of Ye soldiers seemed to have fallen from the sky, they didn't have time to prepare at all, and they were beaten and had no power to fight back.
Except for a few people who fled, all the rest of the outpost were killed, without exception.
No one went to collect the corpses of the Qi soldiers, and the corpses of the Qi soldiers could be seen everywhere.
After Chu Yujia sent a hundred-man cavalry to chase down those fish that slipped through the net, he returned to the sentry post, took off his helmet and came to the bonfire, threw two pieces of firewood into it, and said: "Lao Zhuang, you go to the sentry post to see if there is anything to eat, take everything you can take away, and burn everything that you can't take away." ”
"Yes, General. ”
After Zhuang Jiade agreed, he took a few people to the granary to inspect.
Chu Yujia took out the map from his arms and spread it on the ground.
Now that they have entered the territory of Qi State, they only need to pass through Qingxi County to reach the capital of Qi State, Ningxing City!
At this time, Xu Gaoda, who had just finished cleaning up the battlefield, also walked to Chu Yujia's side, squatted beside Chu Yujia, and threw a few potatoes into the bonfire.
Chu Yujia glanced up at Xu Gaoda and asked, "You said that the capital of Qi State, how many people are left?"
"At most, there are less than 10,000, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled. ”
Xu Gaoda said affirmatively.
"Are you sure, that's all?"
"That's what I've been talking about a lot. ”
Chu Yujia nodded, and muttered in his mouth: "You are right, the Qi State and the Later Jin Dynasty have just ceased war, and now the Qi State does not completely believe in the Jin State, so the Qi State still has a heavy army on the border of Qi and Jin, if nothing else, there are at least 200,000 people." ”
"And this time, the Qi State sent troops to the Ye State, and there were also 250,000 people......"
"It's just a general, what I don't understand is how you are going to enter the capital of Qi State, we only have 3,500 people. ”
Xu Gaoda pursed his lips and said, "These 3,500 people are all cavalry, if we can't attack the city, then everything will be in vain." ”
"So we must storm the city. ”
Chu Yujia said: "No matter what happens in other places, we don't need to care, we just need to enter the capital of Qi in one go, five hundred steps, I only need to be five hundred steps away from the palace of the king of Qi, if I can stand five hundred steps away from the palace of the king of Qi, I will have a way to take the head of the king of Qi." ”
When the words fell, Chu Yujia narrowed his eyes, his eyes showed a gleam, and he said coldly: "Since he Qi has let the people of our country experience what it means to be a soldier in the city, then it is necessary for us to let the people of Qi also know what it means to be full of wolf smoke." ”
In the early morning of the second day, Chu Yujia and his party of 3,500 cavalry set off for the next location.
Because of the supply of this outpost, they don't have to worry about rations, this is not far from the capital of Qi, Chu Yujia calculated the distance, if they calculate according to their current marching speed, they can reach the capital of Qi in less than four or five days.
After four or five days of walking through the jungle and paths, I could finally see the shadow of the glorious royal city.
The national conditions of the Qi State are much better than those of the Ye State, which can be seen from the scale of the royal city.
Ningxing City, the royal city of Qi, is more than twice as large as Yueling City, the royal city of Ye.
When they saw the shadow of Ningxing City, the Ye soldiers who had worked hard for ten days were all excited, and Chu Yujia immediately ordered the whole army to retreat to a hidden place for repair.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the sleepy and tired Ye soldiers who were running all the way turned over and dismounted, and fell asleep directly.
Chu Yujia also urged the horse to the edge of the woods, jumped onto the top of the tree, and looked at the Ningxing City.
They were at least twenty miles away from Ningxing City, and he couldn't really see it, but he felt that this city was very huge, like a behemoth lying across the plain.
When the Ye army had been repairing for nearly two or three hours, the sun had gradually set in the west, and Chu Yujia once again ordered the whole army to feast on the war meal.
This is the prelude to the coming war, whether it is a veteran of the Northwest Army or a new soldier who has just enlisted in the army.
Don't look at the veterans of the Northwest Army on weekdays, they can say anything, they look no different from veteran ruffians, but if they are allowed to go to the battlefield, there is no one who is not a thug who puts life and death out of the way.
Seeing Chu Yujia turn over and get on his horse, the Ye soldiers who had eaten the dry food and war meal also turned over on their horses one by one, holding their swords in their hands, holding their breath one by one, just waiting for Chu Yujia to give an order and rush out.
Chu Yujia slowly raised his spear and asked, "Are you afraid?"
"Needless to say, I also know that there is no one who is not afraid of war, including me, I am also afraid of war, I am also afraid of the dead, and I am afraid of my robe dying by my side. ”
"But we have no choice, and now the enemy army is on the border of our country, and our robes are dead at their hands, in the Huling Pass. ”
"This war is inevitable, our robes will fight, we will also fight, and we may die earlier than the robes, but we still have no choice, only if we win, can we stop this war, can we end this war, and can we return to our hometown. ”
"So we can't be afraid of death, even if we are destined to die, we must die well, and we must pull a few Qi people to be the back, you may not know, we are actually lucky, in the two national wars, even if we die in battle, we also die in the process of conquering other countries, not die at our own doorstep. ”
"Five hundred steps, I only need five hundred steps, as long as I get five hundred steps close to the royal city, we will win, we will win the battle, we will be able to go home. ”
"Among us, the vast majority of them are veterans of the Northwest Army, why do they always call themselves the Northwest Army instead of the Ye Army, because the Northwest Army is their glory, and the old general who was condemned as a criminal minister is the person they respect the most, and they know that they can't do without these three words in their lives from the moment they enter the Northwest Army. ”
"You may not have fought alongside the old general, but now that you do, let us die here, and let us lay the foundation for this victory with blood. ”
"Victory will eventually belong to our Ye country and our Ye people!"
"Kill!"
With the earth-shattering shouts of slaughter, three thousand five hundred horsemen rushed towards the city like a flood.
When the shouts of killing sounded, the soldiers in the city had already seen these black-armored and white-robed Ye State cavalry.
How could they have thought that when the country of Ye was besieged by their own army, there would be cavalry in their own capital.
It's just, what are they doing here?
Is it to send you to death?
Although Chu Yujia and the others expected it to be good, there were only 10,000 people stationed in the Qi country, but it was definitely not something that the other party's thousands of people could rush in, not to mention that the other party was a cavalry, so they could have a city to rely on, even if they couldn't completely kill the other party, it was impossible to let the other party ride into the city.
Including the chief general stationed at the West City Gate also thought so, he almost didn't panic, and even asked people to bring tea and coffee tables, drinking tea slowly, watching the charge of less than four thousand cavalry outside.
The Northwest Cavalry Army, even if there are only some old soldiers left, and there are no light and strong, it is also the cavalry of the Northwest Army.
How could they, the Qi people, ever experience the horror of the cavalry guarding the northwest.
They had only heard of it, and thought that the cavalry was in vain.
Including this general, too.
He immediately ordered 5,000 men, poured out of the military camp on the west side of the city, and rushed away against the cavalry.
They may have forgotten since the death of an old general, that is, this cavalry set out from Ye State and fought all the way west to the capital of Gumo Kingdom, and the iron cavalry known as the invincible country of Gumo was exchanged for one, and Gumo Country did not dare to take a step east.
What's more, there are 5,000 cavalry on their side, and there are less than 4,000 people on the opposite side.
Nearly 10,000 cavalry were three miles outside the west city of the capital of Qi State, like two torrents colliding together.
The cavalry of the Qi State roared and shook the sky, and it seemed that the momentum was very majestic, and the momentum when charging had already crushed the silent Northwest Army of the Ye State.
But when the distance between the two armies was less than 100 paces, I heard those old soldiers shout a word neatly.
"Kill!"
When he heard this neat shouting of killing, the chief general who made the city drink tea slowly threw out all the teacups.
At this time, the main general looked up, and saw a military general with a black armor and white robe hanging a dark cloak on his back jumped into the air, and smashed into his own crowd with a spear in his hand.