Chapter 3: The Unbelievers
Heavy cavalry is not invincible, on the contrary, it is extremely vulnerable in many cases. It would be foolish to use heavy cavalry to attack the enemy's complete military formation, even if it succeeded, the losses caused would be unbearable, not to mention that the real heavy cavalry of the Chu army was only one hundred and sixty cavalry, and the rest were all semi-heavy cavalry. The biggest difference between the two is that the half-heavily ridden war horses do not dare to rush into the army array full of halberds and spears, and the horses are timid animals, and they have not yet completed their training in this area.
When the heavy cavalry lined up on the corpse platform, more than 300 Wushi archers, the best of the Chu army, were quickly firing arrows at the Qin army's military formation. This was the last batch of arrows, the arrows were like rain, and the Qin pawns who were caught off guard screamed, but unfortunately this round of shooting lasted only three minutes, and a total of less than 10,000 feather arrows were fired.
"Drive!" There were thirty horsemen on each side of the courtesy, and the corpse platform was too narrow for the cavalry, and there was only a row of knights behind him. Before the last wave of arrows fell, he urged his war horse to rush down the gentle slope of the corpse, rushing towards the Qin army array more than fifty meters away.
"Ride, drive......" The rest of the knights followed him to instigate the war horse, the spear was still erected, and when the horse rushed down the gentle slope and gradually accelerated, the nearly five-meter spear was gradually flattened.
The horses began to pull their pace, the sound of hooves was 'da-da', and as the knights gradually advanced side by side, the horses accelerated vigorously, the hoof sound gradually turned into a thunderous roar, the ground continued to tremble, and grass clippings and dirt flew up. The distance of fifty meters is not enough to accelerate, even if the heavy cavalry rushes down the gentle slope, but because of the rain of arrows just now, the Qin army formation in front of the cavalry is already full of holes, even if the Qin pawn who is lucky not to die, is also in the panic of the shield that has just been put down.
'Boom——! The twenty platoons were broken by the heavy cavalry, and after discarding the cavalry spears, the knights unanimously drew their snowy cavalry swords and reaped their lives in the crossbow formation. The crossbowmen rushed to the top, screaming and screaming, throwing crossbows and arrows everywhere, and the crossbowmen who tried to command the Qin army were first cut off by a knife, and then the big mouth that was still screaming began to spin - his head was cut off by another knight, so that his face still retained the horror of losing his arm.
"Kill !!" While the first two rows of heavy cavalry broke through the Qin army's military formation, more than a thousand half-heavy cavalry behind them were like locusts, they swept through the crossbow array full of corpses and wounded soldiers without any formation, and then followed the heavy cavalry to sweep the whole field - the ground outside the earth city was flat, and the reason why Xiong Jing ordered the soldiers to demolish those palace walls and high platforms was to allow the Chu cavalry to pass through the field smoothly.
At this moment, more than a thousand cavalrymen used their spears and swords to kill tens of thousands of crossbowmen of the Qin and Wei armies. In front of them was the Qin army's formation, and at this time the Chu army's spearmen had already rushed out of the city and rushed down the corpse platform, so that they could not return to help; Behind them was the palace wall of the royal city, which was more than nine meters high, and only four gates could escape.
"Kill all the crossbowmen!" Fu Jing waved his sword and shouted loudly, and the arrows on the city wall kept falling on him, but he didn't realize it.
"Kill all the crossbowmen!" More than a thousand knights echoed, and then began to shout. The cavalry swords in their hands dragged one enemy soldier after another, forcing them to take refuge in the Qin army that was facing the Chu army, in order to cause even greater confusion among the enemy.
"Iron Rider! Iron Rider!! Xin Sheng, who hurried to the North City Tower, shouted, he finally saw the murderer of his middle father. Anger, shock, and horror alternated on his face, and he had never seen such a cavalry, let alone a cavalry that could kill so much.
"Jing Man Iron Rider...... It's terrible. Looking at the crossbowmen running and shouting under the city, Meng Wu couldn't help but sigh. He was glad that he did not set up a tent under the city, otherwise he would have ended up with Xin Wu.
"Knights in armor have existed since ancient times." From the moment he saw the cavalry, Wei Yu's face was pale, but he tried to show his pride. "Qin Zhichou riding and Qi Zhiwen riding all originated from business, but the Zhou people did not ride heavily on heavy vehicles," Speaking ......of this, he pointed to the cavalry under the city and said: "I thought this must be a Rong person." ”
"Rong people?" Meng Wu was puzzled. "This is not a Jing person?"
"Fighting with a spear, rushing with a spear, it is impossible to be a Jing person, only the Rong people have this riding skill." What Wei Yu said makes a lot of sense.
"After this blow, our crossbowmen may not be used again." Meng Wu pressed his mind to get to the bottom of the matter, and only looked at the crossbowmen who were killed under the city.
"The last general is willing to lead his army into the city to save him." Li Xin asked. The castle was like a gladiatorial arena, and most of the crossbowmen who did not hide in the battle formation were killed. There were 70,000 foot soldiers and 20,000 crossbowmen in the city, but they were not able to withstand a blow from the Chu soldiers, even if the Chu soldiers were less than 40,000.
"The last general is also willing to lead troops into the city to save him." Wang Jian also said. He was not treated by Xinwu, and Meng Wu did not like him very much.
"That's it, General Wang, General Li will lead his troops into the city." Meng Wu ordered. After Li Xin left, he took out a copy of the Wang edict he had just sent, handed it to Wang Jian and said, "General Wang, take a look." ”
"Ahh Wang Zhao was very short, Wang Jian looked at it with surprise on his face, he didn't expect it......
"The king's order cannot be violated, General Wang should pack up." Meng Wu squeezed out a smile. "I would like to open the general's banner to victory."
"General Xie!" Wang Jian gave him a deep look, and then hurried down the city tower, never to return.
"General Wang is going here...... "Wang Jian is the left general of the Qin army, he left the army at the behest of the king, there must be a big event, so Wei Yi asked.
"Save Yan." Meng Wu spat out two words.
"But with the army?" Wei Yi was not surprised, this was something that had been expected for a long time, he was worried about the strength of the Qin army. Although soldiers were constantly drawn from Xiangcheng before, the Qin army was still less than 200,000, and only 140,000 or 50,000 were left after the capture of Wangcheng. If Wang Jian transferred some more, the Qin army might only have less than 100,000 people left.
"Wang Zhao ordered him to lead an army of 50,000 to save Yan." Meng Wu nodded, the main force of the Qin army was all in the Chu realm, and if he wanted to save Yan, he naturally had to draw troops.
"Fifty thousand?!" Wei Yi was shocked, and he said: "So our army is less than 100,000 people. ”
"However, the Wei army still has 140,000 people." Meng Wu brought up the Wei army. Although the Wei army began to slacken the battle, they were not many in number.
"Xiang Yan's 150,000 army is in Xiangcheng dozens of miles away!" Wei Yi smiled bitterly. "The Wei people can't hold it, how can they divide their troops at this time."
"The king's order is like this, what can I do?" Meng Wu didn't want to divide his troops, but that's what the king ordered. "And the Jing people have already been tricked, Xiang Yan did not arrive in Chencheng and stayed in Xiangcheng, waiting for our army to withdraw. Didn't the withdrawal of these 50,000 people happen to confuse the Jing people? ”
"Jing people are indeed tricked, but they are not confused for a while." Wei Yi almost wanted to beat his chest. "There are unbelievers among the people of Shangruojing......"
There are always people in the world who do not believe in evil, especially the county officials who are not completely controlled by the Great Sima Mansion. As Wei Yi spoke, a group of more than 5,000 county guards was driving through Xiangcheng, wanting to come to Chen Ying.
"Ruo Ao has seen the general alone." Xiangcheng Shogunate, a lone traveler who had just landed was meeting Xiang Yan. If the word Ao makes Xiang Yan raise his eyebrows, these two words are too harsh.
"I heard that the general only has more than 5,000 soldiers, but he wants to go to King Chen Yingqin?" Xiang Yan looked at the lone traveler, he didn't know that the lone traveler had been a senior under him before, thinking that he was the person who fought the pheasant in Tang County.
"Yes, yes." Solo traveler. "The last general thinks that the king is not dead."
"Unsheathed?" Xiang Que interjected: "The royal city is full of enemy soldiers' flags, and the royal city is broken, how can the king be spared?" And Yingdu has already set up a new king, if the king has not fallen, why will the ministers ......"
"The new king needs to tell the temple in the first month of the following year that he is the king, and he is just a fake king at this time." The lone traveler smiled, he was well aware of the position of the county governors, they had a lot of opposition to the new policy, and they did not agree with the pro-Qi diplomacy. Qi is now weak, and it is necessary to resist Qin, and to resist Qin will be to fight, and none of them want to fight. "Chen Yingzhong has enough grain and straw, and the palace can be guarded again if the royal city is lost, the king is by no means a compromising and weak person, if the general hesitates here, the disaster of the country will also be!"
"Yingdu has ordered me to temporarily stay in Xiangcheng, and the Qin army is not allowed to go to Chen Ying until the army retreats." Xiang Yan looked at the lone traveler.
"Dare to ask the general, but Yang Wenjun ordered it?" The lone traveler asked. He saw Xiang Yan nodding slightly, and then said, "Yang Wenjun has always been connected with the Qin people. This order even said that Chen Ying's war was unresolved, and Yang Wenjun ordered the general to be temporarily stationed here, which was to help the Qin army to murder the king. ”
"Ridiculous!" When the lone traveler spoke, someone whispered in the ear of the general of the Yingshi, Guan You, and said angrily: "How can you make such a big statement with a little pawn? The general sent people to Chen Ying several times to investigate, but they all said that Chen Ying had no war. ”
"Huh." The lone traveler laughed. "A little pawn is better than a man who commands a man to smear honey on the gate and make a great auspicious door."
"You!" Guan is really angry, the ant book on the city gate the year before last, everyone said that it was inseparable from him.
"Those who believe that the king has died, if they are not deaf and blind, they are the ones who wanted to support the prince in the first place." The lone traveler ignored him and only watched Xiang Yan speak. "The king values brotherhood and has never harmed his brothers and sisters, but there are people who want to make the general see death and not save him for their own selfishness, and plot to kill the king, hoping that the general will see it."
"I'll make it look again." Xiang Yan's face was cold, and Yu Guang couldn't help but glance at Xiang Que.
"Why should the general check again, the leader of the troops will know the truth in a battle." The lone traveler smiled again, looking at Xiang Yan with a different color.
"How can you disobey the king's command?" Xiang Yan said helplessly.
"No, no, no." The lone traveler shouted. "From this to heaven he will be the general; From now on, those who go down to the abyss will be ruled by generals. This is the king's order, what does it have to do with the new king? ”
In the military curtain, there are not only Xiang Yan, Xiang Que, Guan You and other people, but also other lieutenant generals and commanders. After the lone traveler finished speaking, Xiang Yan was speechless, and the rest of the people were also silent, and the shogunate was all terribly silent.
"The gentlemen eat meat, travel with cars, and have thousands of stones, and they are just the gangsters of the wine shop, but the one who saves the king today is only the gangster of the wine shop." Yingdu liquor shop is a place where the officialdom is fully displayed, and the lone guest immediately understands the meaning of the generals, he laughs out of the shogunate, and laughs on the big wing, and goes north by boat.