Chapter 167 Good people don't live long and live for a thousand years

Chen Ying reacted subconsciously, almost instinctively, and reached out to protect his head with his arms, but fortunately, Chen Ying's arms took on a huge impact, and his handsome face did not touch the ground. But unfortunately, this fall was not light, and Chen Ying did not recover for a long time.

It wasn't until Li Xiuning ignored everyone's strange gazes that he looked Chen Ying up and down, and found that he had not been hurt except for his severely swollen arms. Li Xiuning breathed a sigh of relief.

When Chen Ying came to his senses and saw that everyone was standing still, Chen Ying yelled, "What are you doing in a daze? Chase! If he doesn't chase anymore, Wang Shichong will flee back to Luoyang City! ”

Luo Shixin lowered his head and sighed, but did not speak.

Zhang Shigui stepped forward and clenched his fists, and said in anticipation: "General, chase ...... Can't chase anymore! ”

At this time, Li Shimin spoke: "General Chen, count Wang Shichong lucky, let's take revenge next time!" ”

Chen Ying looked left and right, and found that almost all the war horses were already foaming at the mouth, and many of the war horses were already crawling on the ground. War horses will stand even if they are resting, but now many war horses are lying on the ground, which already shows the seriousness of the problem. In fact, from the time Chen Ying pacified the Xingyuan battalion in Xin'an, he mobilized eighteen regiments of sickle cavalry, and rushed all the way to Luoyang, which was more than 100 miles before and after, and then rushed to Longmen from the west wall of Luoyang City, and then rushed all the way to Longmen Mountain, and then chased and killed from Longmen up and down to the present.

All the lancer regiments ran more than 200 miles in just over three hours. For the Hequ war horse equipped by Chen Yingjun, this is already the limit.

The horses were tired, and the soldiers were also tired.

Without Chen Ying's order, the officers and men of the Tang Army began to clean up the battlefield.

When Chen Ying's eyes suddenly appeared and forgot a ploughing ox that had fallen to the ground, Chen Ying suddenly appeared in his head that Qu Tutong's army was defeated by Wang Shichong's fire ox array, and the Tang army soldiers fled in embarrassment.

"It's not good, General Qu Tu......" Chen Ying's voice suddenly raised an octave, and he said to the hook and sickle lancer soldiers beside him: "The whole army is assembled!" ”

The elite is the elite in the end, although the hook and sickle lancers are exhausted, but when they receive the order to assemble, they still assemble quickly. Li Shimin looked at the gathering of hook and sickle lancers, and subconsciously compared the hook and sickle lancers with his Xuanjia iron cavalry, although the Xuanjia iron cavalry was already the most elite cavalry in this era, but compared with the hook and sickle lancers, there was still a lot of gap.

"A glimpse of the whole leopard!" Li Shimin's eyes flashed as he looked at the hooked lancers. He asked Hou Junji, "Junji, how is it?" ”

"Elite, rare elite!" Hou Junji looked at the hook and sickle lancer, like an old bachelor looking at a superb beauty, eager to pounce immediately.

"Tell the General. All the Vietnamese cavalry army has been assembled! Although Luo Shixin had a very good personal relationship with Chen Ying, at this time, Luo Shixin's expression was serious, his left fist was raised to his chest, and he stood in front of Chen Ying to salute. This iron-clad man is also very tired, and his lips are already broken, either on fire or lack of water.

Behind Luo Shixin, there were 18 regiments and 54 brigades in the whole army, and the total number of officers and men was less than 5,000. Although this battle was fought beautifully, the losses of the hook and sickle cavalry were not light, especially when they were pursuing in Longmen Mountain, they encountered the resistance of the shield array built by the champion general Chen Zhiluo, and at least more than 200 hook and sickle cavalry fell on the road of the charge. These more than 4,000 soldiers also worked hard to stand upright. All of them looked haggard and stoic, and everyone's armor was covered with dried blood scabs, and as long as they moved, the blood scabs fell down.

Chen Ying smiled lightly, his arm was swollen like a calf, and with a slight movement, it hurt into the bone marrow. He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and raised his arms to salute the soldiers.

In fact, Chen Ying was so tired that he couldn't straighten his waist, and compared with the quality of the soldiers in the whole army, his physical fitness was even worse. But he knew that after more than three days of forced marching and combat effectiveness, the will to fight of the Hook and Sickle Lancers was still high, but the physical strength was already at the end of the strong crossbow. If they are given time to rest, they will lie down completely and not recover for a day or two. Now it is necessary to work hard to complete the task of rescuing Qu Tutong before the will is weakened.

Although Chen Ying doesn't like Li Yuan's meanness and unkindness, it is undeniable that he also dislikes the internal strife and internal friction of the Tang Dynasty, but it is undeniable that he loves the Tang Dynasty very much, a dynasty that the Chinese people are proud of. Chen Ying loves the people who live on this land. Because of his appearance, history changed.

Obviously, Li Shimin's battle in Luoyang was only a small setback, but now it has actually evolved into a rout, not only the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry was wiped out, but the hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated in a battle. However, it caused a huge chain reaction, once Wang Shichong won this victory, it can be imagined that Zhang Zhenzhou, Yang Qing, Tian Zan and others who surrendered to Li Tang before are likely to repeat. Wang Shichong can also take advantage of this great victory to re-establish his authority in the Central Plains, and then in the future, it is likely to evolve into a situation in the north where Zheng, Xia, and Tang are in full force.

Li Tang is the strongest among the Three Kingdoms, but it is not strong enough to resist one against two, once it stands like the Three Kingdoms, it will be an immeasurable suffering for the Central Plains and millions of people in the north.

is the so-called cannon of his own covenant, and he will finish it with tears. In the same way, this is the evil result created by Chen Ying, even if he crushes his teeth, he must correct history to the original track and let Li Tang unify the north.

"I know you're tired, and I'm so tired, so tired that I can't straighten my waist, so tired that I can't breathe!" A habitual mocking look appeared on Chen Ying's face.

"But ......" Chen Ying's voice suddenly raised an octave: "Our robe is still being chased and killed by Wang Shichong's army, and we are still trembling under Wang Shichong's butcher's knife, can we stand idly by?" ”

"Can't...... Can't ......"

The soldiers roared.

Chen Ying nodded.

An elite iron army must not only be able to fight, but also be able to fight hard battles, difficult battles, an elite iron army cannot be dragged down, cannot be defeated, and no difficulty can defeat them. After this tempering, perhaps an iron army will be born in Chen Ying's hands. The current Hook and Sickle Cavalry Regiment is elite, but it is not yet an iron army, unless they can go through this tempering and complete the transformation.

Chen Yinglang said: "Now listen to my orders and remove your armor!" ”

The soldiers did not hesitate, they untied the leather cords on their armor one after another, and removed their armor one after another.

Li Xiuning looked at this scene and said in disbelief: "What are they doing?" Crazy? ”

Armor is the second life of a soldier, and without armor, archers will quickly lose their vitality and combat effectiveness. For example, Zhao Zilong entered and exited seven times in Changbanpo, although it was a romance story and made it up, but in the ancient era of cold weapon warfare, the preservation rate of generals was far higher than that of small soldiers, because generals were protected by armor, but small soldiers did not. Usually we have seen some information or historical materials, such and such a general, as many as one bucket of arrows.

In fact, if it is heavy armor, let alone one bucket, even two buckets will be difficult to cause fatal damage to the general.

However, now Chen Ying is actually unloading his armor.

Li Shimin's eyes became solemn, in fact, Li Shimin knew Chen Ying's intentions, and Li Xiuning also knew. Cavalry soldiers wear armor made of steel, which increases the burden on their horses. If the burden on the war horse is reduced, the war horse can run another distance.

Chen Ying had already completed the removal of the armor with the help of Zhou Qing. And with the help of Zhou Qing, he stepped on a vacant war horse. Chen Ying rode on a horse and yelled at the soldiers of the whole army: "Soldiers, don't feel sorry for the horses, we have a lot of war horses, today we have a lot of horses, today I will scrap one horse, tomorrow I will ask His Royal Highness the King of Qin to add two to you." ”

Chen Ying turned his head and said to Li Shimin: "His Royal Highness King Qin, did you say it?" ”

Li Shimin didn't know what Chen Ying meant, now he had already learned from Li Xiuning that Qu Tutong was defeated by Wang Shiyun's torch and ox formation, and now he doesn't know how many men and horses are left. If it is the second shallow water plateau-style rout, the impact on Li Shimin will also be huge. If it is possible to save the lives of the officers and men of the Tang Army, it is naturally excellent.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "General Chen is right, this king hereby swears that no matter what the result of this battle is, the soldiers of the whole army will be rewarded with three military merits, and an additional hundred acres of fertile land will be rewarded!" ”

When the Hook and Sickle Lancers heard this, they immediately cheered. Many of the war horses of the soldiers of the Vietnamese cavalry are their personal property, and once they run away, they will definitely die of distress. But one for two, what a good business, and there is an extra hundred acres of fertile land.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin is mighty!"

"His Royal Highness King Qin is domineering!"

Chen Ying originally wanted to lead Li Shimin into the army, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to turn passive into active in an instant, and won the favor of the hook and sickle soldiers in one fell swoop. Chen Yinglang said: "Throw away everything that can be thrown away, and the war horses that can run can run and rush with General Ben!" ”

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On the banks of the Luoshui River, floating corpses are everywhere.

Looking down from the sky, Luoshui, which has entered the dry period, the river near the east bank has been dyed blood red, and there are countless corpses of Tang army generals floating on the water.

On the flat ground on the east bank, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, weapons and armours abandoned by the Tang army and vehicle baggage were everywhere, the corpses of people and horses were piled up into mountains, and the blood that flowed down drowned the new shoots on the ground, and the bloody gas permeated the battlefield. Not far away, countless wild dogs were roaring and foraging in the Shura field, and the beast's eyes were glowing with blood-red light. More than a dozen vultures hovered high in the sky, ready to swoop down to join the feast.

In the distance, a broken battle flag fluttered, and the flagpole was planted on top of an overturned cart, and the grain bag on the cart had broken a gap, and the millet was overturned in a pool of blood under the car.

In front of the banner, the corpses of about 100 Tang soldiers fell to the ground in different shapes, and in the center, a general knelt on the ground with a spear in his hand, with more than a dozen feather arrows inserted in his body, and a wolf's tooth arrow shot through his iron helmet from the front door and pierced out of the back of his head. The general's face and beard were covered with blood, and his eyes were wide open.

This person is none other than Huang Junhan, one of the eight commanders under Li Shimin's command, the head of the Huaizhou Soldiers and Horses Marching Army.

A large group of Zheng soldiers were excitedly cleaning their horses, peeling off the armor from the corpses of the Tang soldiers, picking up the blades on the ground, and loading the armor stripped from the Tang soldiers on the carts, and soon the carts became hills.

The closer he got to the Luoyang War Horse, the cooler Chen Ying's heart became, because the battlefield was already in sight, but he couldn't hear the shouts of tearing and killing. Could it be that Qu Tutong has been wiped out?

Li Shimin's face also became difficult to look at.

There was a slight tremor on the ground.

The eyes of everyone in the front hook and sickle showed a look of alarm.

Zhou Qing said in a low voice: "It's Wang Shichong's probe who is in the way!" ”

A group of Zheng Guo cavalry galloped from far and near.

A long horn sound came from afar.

However, when these Zheng cavalry saw Chen Ying's Da Yan hunting in the air, their faces changed in fright, and they hurriedly turned their horses' heads, and shouted in fear as they ran: "Chen Ying is here...... Run! ”

"Chase!"

Dozens of horsepower horses chased after him. There is no way, most of the hook and sickle cavalry can only run, but the horsepower is definitely not able to catch up with the scout cavalry under Wang Shichong.

Looking at the three Zheng cavalry galloping away from afar, Chen Ying was silent.

It's a pity that it's still too late.

However, it is good not to have to fight, at least the Hook Sickle Lancers do not have to charge against the enemy's arrow rain, and if that is the case, the Hook Sickle Lancers will also suffer heavy losses.

When Chen Ying led the hook and sickle lancers to the battlefield on the east bank of Luoshui, he saw the corpse of the general who was standing at first sight, Chen Ying's only two eyes were bright and bright, looking at the corpse of the general who was standing and muttering: "Who is that?" ”

"General Zhongwu, Huang Junhan, the governor of Huaizhou!" Li Shimin looked tangled, covered his chest and said, "It's really painful for me!" ”

Chen Ying's eyes narrowed, and he sighed: "Huang Junhan died unjustly!" ”

With the arrival of the hook and sickle lancers, the Zheng army dispersed in a hurry.

Li Shimin was furious and said: "Kill them all!" ”

Chen Yingdao: "Save your energy!" ”

Li Shimin was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

"The living are more important than the dead!" Chen Yingdao: "The soldiers are already at the end of their crossbows, try to search and rescue the living, the battlefield is already being cleaned here, and there are no living people." ”

Li Shimin thought about it carefully, calmed down and nodded.

Li Shimin looked at Huang Junhan's corpse.

Chen Ying sighed and said, "Go to a few people and snatch General Huang's corpse back!" ”

At this moment, a fat head came out of the water.

When a hooked scythe saw this, he raised his hook and scythe and rushed towards the head.

"Don't kill me, I surrender!"

Suddenly, the fat head saw the person clearly.

"Wow......" suddenly cried out in a voice: "His Royal Highness King Qin, help!" ”

Chen Ying found out that this fat man was actually his acquaintance, the elder brother of Empress Changsun, Changsun Wuji. Chen Ying couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a good person who doesn't live long, and the scourge lives for a thousand years!" ”

"Stop!"

Li Shimin heard the voice of the eldest grandson Wuji, and stopped the hooked sickle cavalry in time.

At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji crawled out of Luoshui and crawled towards Li Shimin.

At this time, the appearance of the eldest grandson Wuji was very miserable, his boots were long gone, and he didn't know how long he had been soaking in Luoshui, at this time his skin had been wrinkled, obviously soaked for a long time. The key is that on the big fat face of the eldest grandson Wuji, there is actually a wound that has long been soaked white by the river. Read the latest chapters, stay tuned