The sunset is slanting in the west, and the power of the autumn sun is undiminished at this time, illuminating the steaming battlefield and filling the narrow space of tens of thousands of people. Both men and war horses felt the tension before the war, and the war horses were digging the ground, snorting and restless. The soldiers on both sides rolled their Adam's apples and waited, and they could hear their own whirring breathing and thumping heartbeats.

The big war is about to break out, and all the officers and soldiers are waiting for Lin Jue's order. Lin Jue frowned and looked at the sky, and asked in a deep voice, "What time is it?" ”

"Lord Yulin, Shen Shi is right." Someone replied.

A smile appeared on the corner of Lin Jue's mouth, and he rode his horse forward for dozens of steps, frightening Wei Dakui and the others to follow, but Lin Jue stretched out his hand to stop them.

Hai Dongqing thought that the other party was starting to attack, and was busy shouting to get the cathar army ready, but he heard Lin Jue's voice come clearly: "Hai Dongqing, there is something you haven't done yet." ”

Hai Dongqing was stunned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Shen Shi is right, you haven't prayed yet." After a while, your people suddenly knelt on the ground and pouted their butts and prayed, do we kill them or not? So, I'll give you time to let your people pray so that they won't get into trouble. Whoever wants to drink water and on the thatched house should also hurry up, and the fight will start for a while, but it will not die. ”

Hai Dongqing frowned and shouted: "That's my business, what do you want to worry about?" ”

Lin Jue laughed and said, "I don't have to worry about it, I'm just doing it for the sake of fairness." lest thou speak afterwards and say that we are taking advantage of thee. Don't these people under you value prayer more than eating and sleeping? If I don't fulfill your wish, I'm afraid you won't be convinced. That's why I'm giving you this advice, and I'm kind. If you don't think you need it, then I didn't say it, and we went to war right away. ”

Hai Dongqing frowned and groaned, and an apologetic beside him said in a low voice: "Holy Father, don't listen to his nonsense, be careful of deception." ”

Another apologetic said, "What is there to deceive? If the man surnamed Lin is really deceitful, why should he fight us head-on, just trap us. Prayer can lift the spirits of brothers. This battle is a matter of survival for the religion, but any power that can be blessed must be used. Look at the brothers, they are all trembling with nervousness. ”

Hai Dongqing glanced at the bandits, and indeed felt that many people's hands were trembling, and their bodies were trembling slightly, which was a manifestation of fear and nervousness. Trapped in a desperate situation, morale is on the verge of collapse, and it can only be sustained by mental strength. Prayer at this time is absolutely useful for oneself, both in terms of comforting the spiritual mood of the congregation and in the pre-war brainwashing, encouraging them to work hard without two hearts.

Hai Dongqing also felt that Lin Jue might not be cheating, as the apologetic said, Lin Jue didn't need to do this at all. He just thought he was going to win, so he showed his high profile and generosity. Or rather, it's just a kind of high-minded ridicule and ridicule.

"Lin Jue, don't want to play any conspiracy in front of me, the deity can see through it." Hai Dongqing shouted loudly.

Lin Jue laughed and said: "I'm mainly afraid that you won't be convinced, you are so suspicious, I didn't say it, let's start a war immediately." ”

Hai Dongqing frowned and shouted, "Do you really think so?" ”

Lin Jue smiled and didn't answer, and wrapped the horsewhip around his fingers and played around. Hai Dongqing finally nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you are a man, let's fight fairly and kill happily." Even if I lose, I'm convinced. I really need to pray for God's blessing. Wait a moment. ”

Lin Jue spread his hands and said indifferently: "Please." ”

Hai Dongqing turned around and ordered in a deep voice: "Order the Holy Maidens to sing the "Dedication Song" and start praying. ”

The dedication song is the prayer song sung by the Holy Maidens when the Holy Elders committed suicide before, and its intention is self-evident. This battle is a matter of life and death, and this prayer is to make all the congregants understand the truth that they must fight for their lives and have the heart of death. It is necessary to make everyone ignore life and death and have the courage to die, which will greatly promote the war. Hai Dongqing wants to take advantage of this may be the last opportunity to pray for all the members of the sect to become bloodthirsty and demented, regardless of life and death.

The music of silk and bamboo sounded, and the trembling songs of the saints also sounded. The congregational knelt on the ground and bowed their heads in prayer, muttering in their mouths.

"The Holy Father is great, and Ze is heaven and earth. I teach sisters, share in salvation. The body of the crippled body, the dedication of the Holy Father, the soul of the crippled body, the clouds are honored. Enjoy eternal life, eternal bliss, the suffering of the world will never be again, and the pain of the world will never be gone. The name of dedication, praised up and down, Ze is remembered by future generations. Ahu, that Acri, Baba Ah, Ake Ababay yelled. ”

When the saints sang and all the congregation were immersed in their devotions, suddenly the ground shook and the hooves of the horses sounded. When the congregants who were still pouting their buttocks raised their heads in horror, they saw the brilliance of long knives that reflected dazzling golden light in the sunlight. The opposing cavalry had already rushed thirty paces away in the moment of the chant.

"Lin Jue, you fucking cheat, you shameless dog, you bastard." Hai Dongqing roared angrily and scolded.

In the midst of the rumbling of horses' hooves, Lin Jue's laughter came: "Hai Dongqing, to say that you are a fool is to insult the word idiot." On the battlefield, how can you listen to the advice given to you by the other party? Do you think this is a child's house? Soldiers don't get tired of cheating, you yourself are stupid, who is to blame? ”

Hai Dongqing scolded angrily, but he didn't have time to argue, and shouted: "Release the arrow, release the arrow!" ”

The distance between the two sides was not far away, and the cavalry charge distance was only a short one hundred and eighty paces, which was beyond the range of the crossbow. When the Qingjiao sect members knelt on the ground and pouted their butts in prayer, Lin Jue raised his hand and waved forward silently, and the cavalry that had already been prepared launched a fierce charge. Only halfway through the dedication song of the Qingjiao, the cavalry had reached their highest speed, and by the time the rumble of the horses' hooves broke the piety of the other party, the cavalrymen had already broken through the most dangerous distance of being sniped by bows and arrows, and broke through to within thirty paces. This distance, even the fastest archers can't support them to get up from the ground and shoot arrows with their bows and arrows.

Of course, the archers under Hai Dongqing were not the best and most well-trained archers, and they were indeed ready to meet the charge of the opposing cavalry, but it was a pity that praying to the Holy Father needed to throw themselves to the ground, burying their heads and pouting, the bows and arrows in their hands had to be put down, and the quiver on their backs had to be temporarily removed. In the face of the other party's charge, they had just gotten up to catch the arrows, when the hooves of the Praetorian cavalry had already kicked the chests of the members of the front team of the cathars.

Lin Jue's intention was exactly this, he knew that Hai Dongqing still had many archers in his hands, and what the cavalry was most afraid of was sniping with bows and arrows. Especially in this small space, the formation of the cavalry is bound to be dense, and the casualties are bound to be heavy. Of course, Lin Jue refused to let his side suffer more casualties, so he thought of taking advantage of the weakness of the Qingjiao's pre-war prayer to raid. It's just that he didn't expect that Hai Dongqing would be fooled, which is really unexpected. Originally, he had already ordered Wei Dakui and the others to charge with a shield, but now the shield didn't need to be topped at all. When the other party pouts his ass and is an ostrich, it is the best time to attack. As long as they delay like this, they can suffer at least two rounds of arrow rain, and even if the opponent shoots arrows, it will be a hasty round, and it will not be useful for curbing the cavalry charge.

As Lin Jue expected, the arrows of the sparse Lala did shoot out, but the vanguard led by Wei Dakui had already rushed into the bandit formation. Long knives flashed, horses neighed, blood splattered in the setting sun, and flesh erupted in the air. Screams, shouts, cries, groans, curses, clashing of blades, horses' hooves crushing bones, knives into flesh. Dozens of voices intertwined, making this small battlefield within the walls of the four sides the bloodiest and noisiest place in the world.

Cavalry charges are a nightmare for infantry, and unless they are stopped by pikemen archers or effective fortifications, they are invincible. What's more, the two sides in front of him were the well-armed and well-trained forbidden army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the other side was just a temporary patchwork of sect members who had not experienced much battle.

More than 1,000 cavalrymen were like a long sword, cutting into the dense formation of the bandits. Everywhere he went, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and countless deaths and injuries were innumerable. Wei Dakui learned the trick of Lin Jue's cavalry charge, the front and the periphery on both sides were slashed with long knives, and the middle one was shot with a crossbow, and more than a thousand cavalry crashed into the opponent's formation hundreds of steps in a very short time, knocking the apologists' formation to pieces.

Immediately afterward, thousands of forbidden infantry in the rear had already been killed, and the formation of the front army of the Apologetic Army, which had been washed away, suddenly collapsed completely. Under the ferocious rush of the forbidden army, the cathars who survived under the horse's hooves experienced another baptism of flesh and blood, and were washed away by the forbidden army like cutting melons and vegetables, and kept retreating.

The two sides engaged in the enemy only a few hundred paces wide, but they gathered so many soldiers and horses. The dense formation made the fight even bloodier. There is no possibility of one-on-one fighting on the battlefield. You and your companions may work together to defeat your opponent, but the next moment you will be pierced by a sharp blade, because you are mixed with friend and foe, and when you kill others, others will also call you out. And the partner you are working with to kill the enemy may also go with someone else to kill someone else. The whole battlefield is one word: chaos!

Hai Dongqing roared loudly, riding on the horse and rushing left and right. He was holding a Daguan knife, the blade of which was surprisingly large, shining with cold light, and very dazzling. His original blade was just a long knife, but after becoming a holy prince, he specially created this Daguan knife in order to show his prestige. On weekdays, there is a knife by his side, carrying a knife for him. When he sat on the throne of the Holy Father, the shiny Daguan knife behind him was erected beside him, giving people the feeling that Guan Gong was alive. Although this is inconsistent with the teachings of the Holy Father and the Qingjiao, Hai Dongqing doesn't care about this, as long as he can make everyone worship and revere things, he will use them to fool people.

But at this moment, this Daguan knife is too heavy, and it is unforgiving, and it is really exhausting to 'bless' the saints in the sect every night for more than a year, and Hai Dongqing really can't wield it. After slashing the two forbidden soldiers in the air, Hai Dongqing gave up the Daguan knife and grabbed a scimitar in his hand, and suddenly felt much more relaxed.

"Holy Father, quickly retreat, the other party is rushing towards this side. Come, protect the Holy Father, and meet the enemy for me. An apolologist beside him shouted hurriedly.

Hai Dongqing looked up and saw dozens of cavalry rushing straight in the direction where he was, and it was Lin Jue who was in the lead. That Lin Jue held a long knife and slashed and killed under the cover of the cavalry next to him, looking extremely brave. But Hai Dongqing could see that Lin Jue's martial arts skills were ordinary, and he relied on the people around him to resist the attack for him, he was just waiting for an opportunity to make up for the knife.