Chapter Fifty-Six: The Middle
In this way, in the middle of the day, the vanguard cavalry finally killed twenty miles away from the Black Wind Village, but there was a valley ahead, and after this valley and then a canyon, you could see the mountain where the Black Wind Village was located.
Seeing this, the little prince couldn't help but lift his spirits, turned around and encouraged his morale and said: "Soldiers, the Black Wind Village is close at hand, and the big guy will rush over with me!"
A general Zuo slapped the good horse under him, came to the little prince's side, and admonished: "Little prince, you must be very careful when you fight against this black wind bandit in this battle, I heard that their newly recruited bandits are extremely brave, cunning and cruel, we still wait for General Qiu and the troops under Commander He to come up, what do you think?"
"Huh?" Zhu Zhi was very dissatisfied with the questioning of his order, but when he thought of the scene of the Black Wind Village Lord's brave champion three armies and the scene of the horse killing through the encirclement, he immediately nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, you send people to urge General Qiu and Commander He to speed up the march, and the others are on standby!"
Seeing that Zhu Zhi listened to the persuasion, the general Zuo secretly pinched his sweat, turned his head and ordered to rest at the moment, and then sent a few more horsemen to quickly give the order to the back.
Zhu Zhi set off at the fifth watch, but it was only morning at this time, and a few teams of cavalry were sent to guard from afar, and then the rest of the cavalry rested in place without undressing and unsaddling. Zhu Zhi himself, accompanied by the general officer, found a shady place to rest.
After waiting for about an hour, when Zhu Zhi was extremely impatient, Qiu Yue finally led the Chinese army to come. At that moment, Qiu Yue beat the horse to see Zhu Zhi, rolled the saddle and dismounted, saluted and said: "Humble Qiu Yue, come to report!"
"Hmm!" Zhu Zhi squinted his eyes slightly and said, "General Qiu, are all your men and horses keeping up?"
"Back to the little prince, it should be nine thousand one hundred and twelve, but it is actually nine thousand one hundred and twelve, please show the little prince!" Qiu Yue replied respectfully.
"What about the men and horses under the command of He?" Zhu Zhi was satisfied when he heard this, and secretly said that he had not mistaken Qiu Yue, and he really made himself worry about doing things.
"Commander He has to escort the grain and grass, and it is estimated that it will take half an hour to arrive!" Qiu Yue thought for a moment, and then replied.
"What?" Zhu Zhi's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened, and he said coldly, "This He Jin is not reliable, this soldier is like fighting a fire, waiting for him for half an hour, but he has to delay the fighter, last time we used 10,000 people to break the Black Wind Village, this time you and I are together, it is also 10,000 people, I decided to attack now!"
"Huh?" Qiu Yue's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and admonished, "The resurgence of Black Wind Village this time is very strange! And the style is very different from before, I suggest, or we wait for Commander He, the royal palace guards under him are all strong martial arts, with them, we can also have a better chance of winning!"
"No!" Zhu Zhi's eyes widened angrily, and he said, "Half an hour, it's enough for these bandits to find a place to sneak, we can't let the bandits escape, pass my general's order, the generals will prepare, after a stick of incense, follow me to attack the Black Wind Village!" The second half of the sentence was directly to the herald beside him.
The herald received the order, and immediately sent the order of the little prince to the hands of generals and officers at all levels, and 10,000 officers and soldiers immediately geared up, reorganized their armaments, prepared for a bloody battle, and won glory again.
When Qiu Yue saw it, he had to smile bitterly and said: "Little prince, the canyon and valley in front of you are the most dangerous, and it is easy to ambush, why don't I lead the cavalry to attack, and the prince will take most of the foot soldiers to press the formation?"
"General Qiu, I know that you are for my good!" Zhu Zhi is not a person who does not know good or bad, but this time he also went out in a negative mood, set up a military order, and said at the moment, "But where there is me, the officers and men of our army can use their lives! So the position of the forward is still up to me! The general is good at the art of war, and then he can also ensure the rear of our army!"
Qiu Yue thought about it but also felt that Zhu Zhi's words were reasonable, so he could only nod helplessly, Zhu Zhi saw it, smiled slightly, took his white horse, jumped up, and said: "General Qiu, we will work together to break through the Black Wind Village and capture the enemy chieftain alive!" After speaking, he took the spear handed by his own soldiers and rode over.
When the 1,000 cavalry saw that the little prince personally broke the formation with the army, their morale was greatly increased, and they shouted "the little prince is mighty", Zhu Zhi was slightly drunk, pointed at the silver spear obliquely, and shouted: "The generals will follow me to break the enemy!" After speaking, he opened his horse and rushed towards the canyon.
When a thousand cavalry saw it, they all rushed to follow, and soon surrounded the little prince in the heart and slowly walked towards the canyon.
Qiu Yue saw that the little prince had already led the army to set off, and with a "poof", he pulled out the sword at his waist and ordered: "This battle will break the thief, beat the drum in me, and cheer for the little prince!
"Defeat the thieves!" the 9,000 infantry army all shouted loudly, and they also lined up in formation, and this one followed. The crossbowmen were in the heart, the sword and shield hands were in front of the sides, and the spearmen and halberders were behind, and the three armies rushed out.
Qiu Yue looked at the emerald green canyon in front of him, and felt a burst of irritability for no reason, but at this time, the army had already started, and the little prince was also handsome with the cavalry in front, and he couldn't turn back.
Zhu insisted on leading a thousand cavalry troops to roar past, but after a while, he approached the canyon, and saw that the canyon was about twenty zhang high, and the vegetation was abundant.
He only opened his bow but did not turn back, so he could only bite the bullet and slowly walk through the canyon under the support of the layers of cavalry. After this canyon is a flat valley, and the distance of this canyon is only less than a hundred feet, and the front cavalry can get out of the canyon, and the rear cavalry can enter the canyon.
Zhu Zhi was in the middle of the canyon at this time, and suddenly there was a commotion in front of him, and he was in a hurry at the moment, and asked, "What's the noise ahead?"
The soldiers around him immediately went to the sentry to investigate, and when Zhu Zhi was about to leave the canyon, the soldiers finally came to report, and saw a group of bandit cavalry in the valley ahead, and Zhu General had already brought a hundred brothers to meet him, and he was fighting!"
"Oh?" Zhu Zhi smiled disdainfully when he heard this, and said, "This bandit is also stupid, this canyon is so dangerous, he does not set up an ambush, and runs to the open valley in front to fight with us, it's really funny!"
The pro-soldier also smiled panderingly, and said: "The thieves are stupid, where can they be as heroic as the little prince!"
Zhu Zhi heard the praise of his own soldiers, and was about to be modest, not wanting a shocking thunder, when suddenly countless rolling stones fell from the canyon, and arrows were like locusts.
The cavalry only brought a small riding shield, which was good to protect their faces, but they were dizzy and confused by this surprise attack.
When a group of pro-soldiers saw that they were suddenly attacked, they all raised a big oar and surrounded the little prince.
Zhu Zhi directly slapped away the oar shield and shouted loudly: "The generals don't need to panic, it's just a trick of the bandits to disturb the enemy, everyone raise the oar shield and hurry through the canyon, the valley in front is open, this gutless bandit will not dare to show up!"
These hundreds of cavalry were originally disturbed by this raid, seeing that the little prince did not avoid danger and stood up to maintain order, they were all determined, under the command of their respective generals, they put the riding shields together, which was able to withstand the loss, but the wooden rolling stones could not resist, so they could only speed up and rush out of the canyon.
At that moment, the cavalry accelerated through the canyon, and the infantry of the rear team saw it, and they were also ready to speed up their pace and keep up with the cavalry, not wanting to make another loud noise, and the huge boulder suddenly fell into the sky, and on the cliff wall of the canyon, rolled down, and sealed the entrance to the canyon.
When Qiu Yue saw it behind, he was shocked, and immediately shouted: "The little prince is fighting bloodily in front, the armies can't lag behind, quickly clear the stone and keep up with the little prince!"
Although the infantry army was also overwhelmed by the stone that fell from the sky, Qiu Yue gave an order, and knew that there was the only son of King An in front of him, so they all threw their weapons one by one, ran to the vicinity of the big stone, and resisted with their shoulders, wanting to clear the boulder.
It's just that this boulder is also huge, no less than a thousand catties, how can these soldiers move it with manpower.
But said that Zhu Zhi, who was out of the canyon, heard the report from the rear team, and the canyon behind him had been blocked by boulders, and he was shocked at the moment, but at this time he could only move forward, not backward, and shouted loudly at the moment: "The bandits have used the boulder to cut off the back road of our army, and this battle has reached the most dangerous and critical time, there are bandits in front of them, and the armies will work together with me to break the enemy, open the mountain road for the rear army, and buy time!"
Originally, when the cavalry heard that the back road was cut off, they were all panicked, and when they heard Zhu Zhi's words, they were all slightly settled, and with the heart of fighting to the death, they followed Zhu Zhi out of the canyon.
But I saw that in the valley in front of the canyon, dozens of cavalry were fighting with several times the number of bandits and cavalry, covered in blood, and it was very tragic.
"How can this be?" Zhu Zhi was shocked when he saw it, and immediately his heart froze, and he shouted, "The brothers of our army are fighting fiercely in front, and all the armies are together with me, come forward to help in the battle!"
After speaking, he directly took his own soldiers and rushed out. The cavalry who came out later saw that the little prince had already rushed up, and at that moment, they also ignored the array and directly rode their horses to attack.
The bandit cavalry on the opposite side was only less than three hundred, and at this time, seeing the official cavalry rushing forward, he suddenly exerted his strength, knocking down dozens of official cavalry who were fighting one by one, and then quickly formed a formation under the guidance of a bandit with a white scarf on his head and a bearded face, silently waiting for the best opportunity for the impact.
"Funeral Knife?" Zhu Zhi saw from afar that the white turban bandit was the bandit leader of Heifeng Village, "Funeral Knife" Wu Sanxing, at this time, he saw that he was calmly leading the bandit cavalry of less than 300 steps, and within a distance of less than 100 steps, he did not launch a counter-attack, if he waited for the official army to rush into 100 steps, he was afraid that those bandit cavalry could only be tied to death.
Looking at this abnormal scene, Zhu Zhi felt palpitations for no reason.
It's just that at this time, the official cavalry has been crushed like a rolling torrent.
Zhu Zhi wanted to stop the impact at this time, and it was also difficult. I can only pray silently in my heart, the thief army does not understand the way of cavalry, and I can rush through and defeat the thief army!
I don't know if Zhu Zhi's prayer played a role or what, the cavalry army in front of Zhu Zhi, no less than 100 horsemen, had already safely rushed within 100 steps, and at this time they were speeding up their horses, less than 50 steps away from the thief army.
And the personal guard cavalry led by Zhu Zhi had also crossed the hundred-step line and followed closely, and the cavalry behind them slowly followed.
At this time, Zhu Zhi was determined, and he only felt that the army had been decided, as long as he scattered the cavalry of the thief army, and then waited for the arrival of the rear brigade of cavalry in this valley, the overall situation would be settled at that time.
What's more, this time the "funeral knife" is like death, at the forefront, I can't say that this time I can capture him alive, and then the bandit will end perfectly.
Thinking of the smugness, Zhu Zhi couldn't help but feel happy, and the silver spear in his hand had already been raised, ready to be used for impact.
At this time, suddenly the cavalry of the rear team were all separated from the legs of the horses, and then the cavalry on the horses rolled off their horses and fell seriously injured.
The cavalry in the rear team did not form a formation, but they all followed the impact of the little prince, and they thought that there could be no ambush at a distance of 100 paces, so they all raised the speed of their horses to keep up.
At present, the eight hundred cavalry of the rear team were trapped by the tripping horses, and for a while, they could not rush up.
Zhu Zhi's eyes were about to split when he looked back, but at this time, he was less than fifty steps away from the bandit cavalry, and the cavalry spear in the hand of the cavalry in front of him was about to stab in front of Wu Sanxing's eyes.
Zhu Zhi had no choice but to continue to attack, in a vain attempt to disperse the bandit cavalry, and then turn back to clean up the rear cavalry.
Wu Sanxing saw the cold and shining spear head that was less than five feet away from him, the corners of his mouth were lightly raised, and a sword-like light flashed in the curtain, and the cavalry that pierced Wu Sanxing was actually split in half by the people and horses.
Wu Sanxing, who was splashed with a lot of blood, was all over his face, Wu Sanxing actually stuck out his tongue, and the morale of the officers and cavalry in front of him plummeted, and he hurriedly whipped the horses, preparing to bypass Wu Sanxing.
"Kill!" Wu Sanxing saw that the officers and soldiers were so bad, he smiled cruelly at the moment, waved his big knife, and rushed up directly on his horse.
Seeing that the bandit cavalry behind was full of morale, they screamed strangely, and rushed forward with their own village owners.
The so-called soldier is the soul of the general, and the courage of the soldier. Wu Sanxing's fierce performance made the bandits behind him scream and scream, and one by one they rushed towards the officers and soldiers with scarlet eyes.
Although they did not have the advantage of horse speed that the officers and soldiers had lifted over long distances, they were all indomitable and put life and death out of bounds.
At that moment, the 100 cavalry officers and 300 bandits collided head-on, and between the staggered horses, countless officers and cavalry were killed on the ground, which was Wu Sanxing.
The other bandit cavalry, several people worked together, and also killed a lot of officers and cavalry, after this impact, more than 100 cavalry were left less than 30, and the bandits fell less than 30.