Zhang Chun heard that the iron cavalry of the Han army had come to the city of Yongnu and burned the pontoon bridge of the Gushui River, and he immediately couldn't sit still.

Li Hong, Xian Yufu, and some other Youzhou generals were familiar with the terrain of Youzhou, and they boldly sent cavalry to attack their rear and occupied Lucheng by surprise, which was already dangerous. These rushing cavalry had neither backup support nor food and grass and weapons to replenish them, and it was good that they could hold Lucheng after they occupied it, but they still dared to attack Yongnu now, intending to block their two retreat paths. How many of them are there? What is the purpose of the leopard doing this? Do you want to force yourself to retreat or do you want to shake your military spirit? Does the leopard want to leave himself in Jicheng to be completely annihilated? But does he have that much strength?

The scout had already carefully investigated Liu Yu's situation. Liu Yu suffered heavy losses after attacking Zhuocheng, and the men and horses who went north to Jicheng only had 10,000 foot soldiers in addition to Gongsun Zhan's 3,000 cavalry. These more than 10,000 people will meet with the leopard tomorrow, and the comparison of strength between the two sides has not changed significantly after the rendezvous, and their 100,000 army still has a great advantage in numbers. But there is one thing that makes him very worried, after the two Han armies meet, the morale of the Han army will be even higher, while the morale of his own army will be hit, especially those subordinates who lack confidence in the decisive battle, may be more panicked and even more anxious. If they knew that there was a Han army iron cavalry in the direction of Yongnu, and the pontoon bridge on the Gushui River was also burned, it is estimated that nine times out of ten someone would slip away.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chun decided to take the initiative to attack the next day and attack before Liu Yu arrived in Jicheng to meet the leopard. Win or lose, you can hit the leopard hard and buy time to retreat.

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Just when Zhang Chun decided to take the initiative to attack, Li Hong also made the same decision, and he was deploying tomorrow's attack plan in the big tent.

At present, Liu Yu has taken Zhuocheng to the north, only fifty miles away from Jicheng, the two sides can meet tomorrow, and Zhao Yun's iron cavalry is estimated to have arrived Yongnu is attacking and killing everywhere, and now the rebels are defending the enemy on their backs, and the road to retreat is in danger, and their military morale must be chaotic.

"The day before yesterday, we advanced ten miles, and the rebels lined up to wait for a false alarm. Yesterday we advanced another ten miles, and the rebels waited for a day, physically and mentally exhausted. Today we have made several offensive postures, and the rebels are too busy parrying and are exhausted. Li Hong looked at the generals in the tent and said with a smile, "We have rested for three days, which can be regarded as waiting for work." ”

"If we wait until tomorrow to meet Lord Liu before launching an attack on the rebels, the results will be better." Song Wen said with a little regret.

"I'm worried that they will retreat to Jicheng and defend it after the chaos of the army, so we will be in trouble." Li Hong explained, "The rebels have more than twice as many troops as we do, and with our current strength, once we get caught up in a siege battle, it will definitely be protracted." Although we can defeat the rebels in the end, first, we don't have time, we have to go back to the state, secondly, the imperial court does not have enough military resources and army support, and the third thing to worry about is the Xianbei people, if they take advantage of the fact that we are entangled with the rebels and both defeated and invaded, several border counties in Youzhou will inevitably be lost, especially Liaodong and Liaoxi, which are thousands of miles away from Jicheng. At this time, we have lost it, and if we want to regain it, we don't know what year it will take. ”

"Attack tomorrow." Li Hong glanced at the generals, waved his hand and said, "No matter what the cost, you must defeat the rebels." ”

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The sky over Jicheng was blue and cloudless.

Under the command of Zhang Chun, the rebel army with 60,000 foot soldiers as the central army and 40,000 iron cavalry as the left and right flanks, the army spread out in a line of characters, and advanced along the vast plain for five miles before stopping.

Three hundred paces away, the Han army was already lined up. The 150,000 troops on both sides stood opposite each other, and the soldiers raised their weapons with solemn expressions. Countless colorful battle flags are waving in the wind. The tension before the great war hung over the five-mile plain.

Because the rebels had an absolute advantage in numbers, Zhang Chun planned to surround the Han army's Chinese infantry with 60,000 infantry troops under the cover of the iron cavalry on both wings, and then encircle and annihilate them. In order to achieve this goal, he divided the five battalions of the infantry army into three formations: left, center, and right. Chen San's left battalion and Xian Yuping's rear battalion were in a formation, in front and back, attacking the right flank of the Han army; Zhang Yun's front battalion and Tian Qiang's right battalion were in a formation, lining up in front and back, attacking the left flank of the Han army; Liu Shi led the middle battalion in the center and attacked and advanced.

Zhang Chun glanced at the generals and said with a slight smile: "On the left side of the Chinese army, there are the iron cavalry of King Khan Lu and King Qiao, and on the right is the cavalry of King Bailang, so everyone does not need to worry about the surprise attack of the iron cavalry on both wings of the Han army, although let go of their hands and feet and attack with all their might." Then he raised his voice and said loudly, "In today's bloody battle, we should kill the leopard and defeat the Han army, so as to boost the prestige of my Great Yan country." ”

The generals shouted and rode away.

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Xian Yufu stood on a makeshift wooden platform, overlooking the rebel formation.

Li Hong was unwilling to stand in the rear of the army to command the battle, so he persuaded Xian Yufu with very good reasons, and then led the Black Panther Yicong and Liu Bao's Xiongnu iron cavalry to line up on the right flank of the army. He was going to go into battle in person and fight bloody battles with his soldiers. All the soldiers are familiar with Li Hong's style, and if he doesn't personally carry the gun into battle, everyone will be a little unaccustomed to it. Without Li Hong galloping on the battlefield, the generals always felt that something was missing in their hearts.

Xian Yufu retracted his eyes and looked up at the sky. Song Wen and Yu Peng, who were standing behind him, glanced at each other nervously, feeling a little suffocated in their hearts. The big war is about to begin.

The five battalions of infantry of the Han army were in the middle of the army, with the iron cavalry of Nie Xiao and Jiang Wu on the left flank and the iron cavalry of Li Hong and Liu Bao on the right flank. The five battalions of foot soldiers were in the front with Yan Liang's middle camp, followed by Gao Lan's front camp and Wen Chou's rear camp. On both sides are the left camp of fresh silver and the right camp of Huaxiong. The front, middle and rear battalions are arranged longitudinally and are densely arrayed.

Li Hong, Xian Yufu and the generals discussed for a long time to defeat the rebels, and finally considering the superiority of the rebels in numbers, they chose an attack plan that directly broke through the rebel army and hit it with one blow. Although it is difficult to break through the enemy's Chinese army, in the current situation of the rebels' disarray, destroying the enemy's army can have the effect of destroying the enemy with half the effort. The 10,000 men of the front, middle and rear three battalions were under the command of Yan Liang and were responsible for breaking the enemy's central army.

Xian Yufu turned to look at the war drum team behind the wooden platform. Hundreds of war drums are densely lined up, and the strong war drummers hold their hammers in their hands, waiting in anticipation.

Xian Yufu waved his hand.

Suddenly, the drums of war beat and shook the earth.

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Gao Shun and Li Yun stood side by side at the forefront of the army.

Li Yun is a young man about twenty years old, tall and broad, with a round face, thick lips, a face full of needles and whiskers, and a resolute expression. He looked back at the banner that covered the sky, and then stared at the towering Zhenbei general Daxu for a long time.

"Ziping, this battle has been won, will you go back?" Li Yun asked suddenly.

Gao Shun nodded. Li Yun glanced at him and whispered, "Ziping, I'm not going back." ”

Gao Shun turned his head to look at him, his eyes were complicated.

General Zhenbei is generous, treats his subordinates like brothers, and is of course very comfortable to be a soldier under such an adult, even if he dies in battle, he is willing. After Li Hong saw Li Yun that day, he praised him for his willingness to offend the superior officer for the sake of his soldiers, and Li Hong even said, if such a thing happens in my army, I will not only kill the officer who withheld his salary, but also reward you. Li Yun burst into tears at that time. He was not grateful to Li Hong for his promotion, but shed tears because he received Li Hong's understanding.

In this battle, Li Hong originally planned to put Gao Shun's people at the forefront. Gao Shun and his subordinates' courage and good fighting made a deep impression on Li Hong. He told Xian Yufu that this was the most powerful attack he had ever seen. Xian Yufu said that they had already suffered losses in the last encounter, and if they were allowed to take the lead this time, would the Hanoi soldiers have any opinions? After all, they are not directly subordinate to the Zhenbei General's Mansion. Li Hong also felt that his idea was unreasonable, so he immediately dismissed this idea.

After Gao Shun and Li Yun heard about it, they immediately took the initiative to find Li Hong and asked to be a pioneer, but Li Hong did not agree, but later Gao Ran came forward to speak for them, and Li Hong reluctantly agreed. Gao Shun took the lead, followed by Yan Liang's subordinates Lei Chong, Chen Hao and Liao Lei. For the sharpness of the arrows, Li Hong adjusted all the most elite parts to the front.

Li Hong's care for the Hanoi soldiers made Gao Shun and Li Yun very grateful, and it was worth dying to fight for such people.

"Whatever you want." Gao Shun sighed and patted Li Yun's shoulder, "If you don't die, you can stay." ”

"What about you?"

"Lord Ding is as kind to me as a mountain......" Gao Shun hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice.

"Ziping, Lord Ding needs you to give him his life, so he released you, which is also a favor?" Li Yun interrupted Gao Shun's words and scolded angrily, "He connived at his subordinates to withhold military salaries, this kind of person ......"

Gao Shun raised his hand to stop Li Yun from continuing, "If I don't die in this battle, I'll go back, you stay, don't say it again." ”

At this moment, the war drums of the attack suddenly sounded, and the whole army cheered and roared like thunder.

"Brothers, kill the enemy......" Gao Shun raised his spear and raised his arms and shouted.

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On the battlefield, drums beat everywhere, the ground shook, and the battle flags fluttering in the wind moved rapidly with the rapid march of the army, which was dazzling.

The infantry armies of both sides started almost simultaneously, each holding a line and striding forward.

The two sides were one hundred and fifty paces apart, and the Han army stopped marching and stabilized the formation. The strong archers of the Han army began to shoot rapidly under the roar of their respective superiors, and the long arrows flew into the sky with a terrifying roar, and the long arrows in the sky gathered into a huge black cloud, covering the sky and the sun, and roaring down. The rebel foot soldiers lacked shields, lacked armor, and had few strong bows, and could not fight back, but they had their own way of evading, and the soldiers raised their shields with shields, and those without shields lifted a thick plank, and then they ran as fast as they could, as fast as they could. As long as they approached the Han army at eighty paces, their archers could return fire.

The Han army's arrow array was dense and violent, endless, and in just a few moments, tens of thousands of long arrows rushed into the sky, and then relentlessly nailed into the running rebel soldiers like a storm. The soldiers of the rebels faced the bloody arrow array, fearlessly screaming and roaring and running, the long arrows that roared down were like giant beasts with their bloody mouths open, devouring one fresh life after another, some people were pierced by the long arrows and flew upside down, some of the long arrows were viciously nailed to the ground, and more people were trampled into bloody meatloaf by the surging flow of people after falling to the ground.

The two sides were eighty paces apart.

......With a loud roar, the war drums thundered, and all the soldiers raised their shields almost at the same time. Tens of thousands of shields formed a black shield array on the top of the soldiers' heads that could resist the summoning of death, and it was like a giant armor composed of pieces of black fish scales, covering the bodies of the Han soldiers. At the same time, in front of the archers, a larger and higher shield was erected, and they were like a high black wall, impermeable.

The rebel archers, under the cover of their shield soldiers, began to hold their positions and launched a fierce counterattack.

The arrows on both sides exchanged arrows, and the roar of countless long arrows converged into a piercing roar in the air, which was thrilling.

Below the arrow array, the rebel infantry divided into three long gray dragons that rushed at high speed, and pounced with teeth and claws. The two gray dragons on the left and right were thin and long, they were like two roaring arrows, extremely fierce, and the gray dragon in the middle was thick and strong, like a roaring war knife sweeping across the air.

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Xian Yufu frowned, and said to the Ling Qimen who was standing in the distance: "Tell Lord Xianyu, Lord Hua, block the attack of the rebels on the left and right, and don't retreat." ”

"Order Lord Yan to immediately launch a strong attack and destroy the middle of the rebels."

"Send a signal to Lord Zhang He and Lord Zhang Xiao of the Chariot Battalion, ordering them to prepare to attack the rebel cavalry."

Song Wen pointed to the battlefield and said worriedly: "The rebels are attacking our left and right sides with heavy troops, and Lord Xianyu and Lord Hua may not be able to stop it. As soon as the rebels broke through our left and right roads, Lord Yan's middle lane was surrounded by the enemy. Do you think you should immediately order the cavalry on both wings to attack? ”

Xian Yufu shook his head and said with a smile: "This battle has just begun, what are you anxious about?" 20,000 against 60,000, we can win the same battle. He then looked at Song Wen and Yu Peng, pointed to the battlefield and said, "Compared with last year's in Western Xinjiang, both the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and the ordnance and equipment are not the same. Now we have 5,000 men, enough to withstand the rebels of 20,000. ”

Song Wen and Yu Peng nodded sympathetically.

"In today's battle, the key is to defeat Karasuma Iron Rider. Without the strategy of the Karasuma Iron Cavalry, the rebels were not vulnerable at all, but it was a pity that ......" Xian Yufu sighed regretfully. He originally wanted to lead the Black Panther Yicong into battle in person, but his wish was ruthlessly deprived by Li Hong.

"Do you really want to fight?" Yu Peng saw Xian Yufu's thoughts and asked.

"It's been a long time since I've been in battle." Xian Yufu smiled, "Ever since I had infantry, I have always stood behind the battlefield......"

"My lord, it's begun, the rebels are coming......" Song Wen shouted.

The left and right sides of the "Boom ......" rebels rushed to the front of the Han army at the same time, and a fierce battle began.

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The Han soldiers lined up in a dense formation. In the front row are shield men, in the back row are two spearmen, the spears are raised high in shields, cold and piercing, the spearmen are flanked by two axemen, and the archers are lined up behind the spearmen, these six people form a small battle formation with both attack and defense. The Han army's blocking phalanx was composed of hundreds of these small battle formations.

Panta stood at the front of the military formation, holding his sword, looking at the rebel soldiers who were getting closer and closer, and kept shouting: "Come, come, kill......"

His left shield blocked the enemy's spear, and his right hand sword slashed through the air, slashing at the enemy's head with a single slash, and blood was pouring out.

Countless rebel soldiers pounced, countless spears pierced into the battle formation, swords and axes whistling, long arrows fluttering, roaring, screaming, and the sound of gold and iron mingling together, deafening. Panta was stuck in the crowd, rushing left and right, in the face of invincibility, he lost his direction in an instant, he couldn't hear anything clearly, except for roaring, except for dodging the enemy's assassination, the rest of the thing was to pick up the sword and keep chopping, cutting quickly, in the blink of an eye, Panta was covered in blood.

At the other end of the battle array, He Feng held a halberd in one hand and a war knife in the other, fighting hard and being unstoppable. A spear grazed his waist ribs and stabbed into the abdomen of the knife hand that followed him, and then He Feng saw a piece of bloody intestines being pulled out with the tip of the spear, He Feng's eyes were about to split, roared angrily, flew up, a halberd penetrated the throat of the enemy soldier, and then chopped off the head of the enemy soldier with a knife, and between the blood sprays, a war knife slashed fiercely on He Feng's head, and the iron helmet suddenly sparked. He Feng was struck by lightning, and he knelt down, and it was pitch black in front of him. He Feng subconsciously touched his head. The head was still there, but the blood was flowing from under the iron helmet. He barely managed to open his eyes and saw his men screaming and rushing to his side. He Feng suddenly came to his senses, "Who cut Lao Tzu?" Who is it? He turned over and stood up, his bloody eyes widened to find the enemy soldier who had slashed him, and shouted, "Lao Tzu has chopped you alive." He Feng went crazy and slashed four people in a row, rushed to the side of the enemy soldier with a knife, and slashed the opponent more than a dozen times in one breath, cutting the person into a blur of flesh and blood, and even his head was gone. The rebels were frightened by He Feng's madness, and when they saw him coming with a knife to kill, they scattered and fled.

Standing in the center of the battle array, Xian Yu Yin's hand stationed the battle knife, looked around coldly, and his handsome face was full of murder.

The first row of soldiers was exhausted, and on the second row, there were only fallen soldiers, and there were no returning soldiers.

The battle was fierce and brutal.

The soldiers who followed him were shocked by the courage of Shangguan, and they shouted forward, and even rushed out more than thirty steps in a row, until the enemy's main general Chen San and a group of wolf-like guards arrived, and only then did they suppress the momentum of their attack. Chen Haozi no longer knew the southeast and northwest at this time, he led his subordinates on a rampage, killing heartily, and there was no idea of retreating in his mind at all. Chen San commanded his guards to surround Chen Haozi while slaughtering the Han soldiers who followed him. Seeing his own guards fall in a pool of blood one by one, Chen San finally couldn't help but shoot and kill. When Chen Haozi met his opponent, he became even more excited, and the more he fought, the more courageous he became, and even his screams became sour.

Chang Gong in the battle array heard Chen Haozi's strange scream, and only then did he realize that he was dozens of steps away from the battle array, and he was surrounded by the rebels. Chang Gong was taken aback, grabbed a quiver, and rushed forward with a few of his own soldiers.

"Mazi, turn back, turn back......" Chang Gong screamed wildly, while the arrows were like beads, several people quickly formed an indestructible assault battle array, bravely moving forward, the rebels around them were beaten bitterly by them, and they were shot by the ubiquitous long arrows of Chang Gong to the sky.

Chen Haozi was blocked by Chen San's fierce attack, and he lost the protection of the soldiers behind his back, and he was suddenly in danger, he was stabbed one after another, and his body was overflowing with blood. The sharp pain finally brought him to his senses, and he heard Chang Gong's shout, and immediately fought and retreated, ready to join Chang Gong. Chen San and the rebels swarmed up, vowing to cut him down. Chang Gong and long arrows flew like a long arrow, and shot four enemy soldiers who were blocking Chen Haozi's back in a row.

Chen San saw that Chen Haozi was about to be rescued by the Han soldiers, he became more and more angry, he roared, grabbed a few steps, and crashed headlong into Chen Haozi's spear, shaking the gun and stabbing it, he fought for one life for another. He was even more ruthless, and now he had a long arrow with a bow behind him as a cover, and he was even more powerful. Chen Haozi suddenly shook off the spear in his hand, grabbed Chen San's spear head, and with both hands, he broke the spear head with a "click", and before Chen San could react, Chen Haozi had already jumped up, and the head of the spear was inserted into Chen San's eye socket. Suddenly, a terrible howl sounded on the battlefield, and Chen San died.

The rebel was stunned and furious, "Kill...... Revenge for the adults...... Kill ......"

Chang Gong protected Chen Haozi, and several people ran back into the battle formation in embarrassment, and the rebel soldiers who followed behind launched an even more ferocious attack with unprecedented anger.

Hua Xiong stood quietly at the back of the phalanx, looking at the tragic battle ahead, smelling the thick blood in the air, and a sneer appeared on his face. It's still early, and we're just getting started.

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Gao Shun retreated breathlessly with two pro-soldiers. This was the first time he had retreated to breathe, he couldn't remember it clearly, he only knew that he had rushed up with five soldiers in a battle formation every time, but every time he retreated, only one or two soldiers were still following him closely, and the rest had already died. In order to maintain their physical strength, he and Li Yun took turns to take twenty battle formations to rush forward and move forward bravely.

Gao Shun gulped in the unpleasant bloody air and looked around. To his left is the thunderous part. This unremarkable military Sima was extremely brave, and he and his subordinates had been guarding his left flank, and he followed suit, without falling behind. On the right is Chen Hao's trilogy, this scholar with a big axe in his hand made a very deep impression on him, it was the first time he had seen such a fierce prince, his thunderous axe cut down, I am afraid it would be difficult for him to parry. Followed by Lei Zhong is Xu Huang in Hedong, Xu Huang is also a big axe, but compared to Chen Haolai, his big axe is a little more elegant and calm, and a little less violent and crazy. Immediately behind Chen Hao is Yanmen Zhang Zhen, who is also a fierce general, and his calmness and calmness in killing people make Gao Shun very admired. In the rear of the army was Lord Duwei Wenchou, who took Yan Zhao and Wu Xiong to suppress the position, maintaining the sharp assault formation of the army in the middle.

He had long heard of the prestige of the captain Yan Liang, it was said that he was the first fierce general under the tent of the general of Zhenbei, and now he was carrying a big sword, and the commander Gao Lan and a group of personal soldiers were leisurely walking in the middle of the military formation, and the two of them chatted as if they were not here to fight, but to hunt. In such a bloody and tragic battlefield, the two adults can still walk in such a calm and unhurried manner, Gao Shun is not only admired, but worshipped. If you are not a battle-hardened general, how can you have this bearing? Although they were not much different from his grade, when it came to the big war he had experienced, he couldn't reach it, and it was the first time he had participated in a war of more than 100,000 people like today.

He looked up at the clear blue sky, and suddenly his pride was surging and he was full of fighting spirit.

"Brothers, line up again, let's go to ......"

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On the battlefield, the drums shook the sky, the flags fluttered, and the fierce fighting soared into the sky.

On the battlefield within a radius of about one mile, more than 80,000 soldiers and soldiers on both sides were entangled in a fierce battle. On the left side of the battlefield is the 5,000 men of the Han army Xian Yuyin against the 24,000 men of the rebels Zhang Yun and Tian Qiang, and on the right side is the right battalion of the Han army Huaxiong against the rebels Chen San and Xian Yuping's army. In the middle of the battlefield, 10,000 people from the front, middle and rear three battalions of the Han army were attacking and killing the rebel Liu Shi's army. At this time, Liu Shi's army could no longer support it and was gradually retreating.

On the Han army position in the south of the battlefield, the iron cavalry on the left and right flanks were ready to attack, while on the two flanks of the rebel position in the north, 40,000 Karasuma cavalry were ready to attack.

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Zhang Chun looked at the gradually retreating army in the middle lane, his face was ugly. The strength of the Han army is too strong, not only the ordnance and equipment are very sophisticated, but the combat effectiveness of the Han soldiers and soldiers occupies an absolute advantage. Liu Shi's 12,000 men were passively beaten the rest of the time, except for a slight advantage when they had just attacked, and if they continued, Liu Shi's 12,000 men would be defeated by the Han army in less than an hour.

The attacks on the left and right are completely blocked. The Han army used a battalion of 5,000 men and horses on the left and right sides of the battlefield to block their own army of more than 40,000 people, and it was especially unbelievable that not long after the battle, his subordinate general Chen San was killed by the Han army.

Zhang Chun was very helpless and frustrated. After all, his army is still a rabble, although it lacks armament, but what it lacks is combat effectiveness, and it is not the opponent of the imperial army at all. Think about the time when the great sages and good teachers rose up, there were once millions of troops, but these scattered armies were successively defeated by Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun and others with tens of thousands of troops. Now it seems that the vastly different combat effectiveness is still the main reason for the defeat. The great sage and good teacher are not dead, but they will still be defeated.

Zhang Chun sighed silently and looked back at the Karasuma Iron Riders on the two wings of the formation. Whether this battle can be drawn today depends on them.

He no longer expects a miracle to defeat the leopard, and besides, he does not have the confidence to defeat the leopard. The 120,000 iron horsemen of the Xianbei people were defeated in his hands, don't talk about yourself. Thinking of Xianbei's defeat and Helian's death, Zhang Chun suddenly lost confidence in Karasuma Iron Cavalry. Did the leopards already have a way to deal with these Karasuma people?

Zhang Chun waved his hand.

In an instant, the flag waved, the war drums sounded, and the iron cavalry started.

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