The cavalry of about 500 people was stationed on the edge of the barren beach of Lingzhou River, dressed in red clothes and brocade robes, which was a typical horse army of the Great Song Dynasty.

War horses drink water in groups on the river, under normal circumstances, their owners will wash the river water by the way after feeding and drinking horses, so that riding is spiritual. But now almost all the cavalry soldiers didn't even have the idea of taking care of them, but took their horses to find the shade and lay down.

The five hundred cavalry by the river had completely lost the order that an army should have. Unkempt, disheveled, and the banner is lost, and even the armor is not seen with a few people. Those with injuries were wrapped in strips of cloth, and those without injuries were no different from beggars.

Someone rests with their eyes closed; Someone groaned in the pain of the wound; Some people are in a daze, staring at them like dead fish; There are also people whose eyes are rolling around, but they don't know what to think. But each of them clung to the reins of their mounts in their hands, and even when they fell asleep, they did not let go.

He sat on a stone with his eyes half-closed. He has been able to turn a blind eye to the decadence of his soldiers and the chaos of military discipline.

A defeat was followed by several days of pursuit, and the whole army was now in a state of panic like a hen that had found a weasel in its nest at night, and was completely disorganized. The 100,000-strong army scattered the ducks under the pursuit of the western thieves. was chased and killed, not to mention face, but the foundation was lost.

Even now, when I think back to that day, I feel that the defeat was too sudden. Ten years of winning have come to naught in this battle.

I can still remember that the city was about to be destroyed that day, and the sound of war drums from the battlefield was full of pride. Who would have thought that the western thieves would be able to break the embankment and release the water, and the besieging army would almost collapse in one fell swoop.

After that, the cavalry killed in Lingzhou City, plus the ambush soldiers in the direction of Xingqing Mansion attacked at the same time, and the Jingyuan army on the periphery was divided by the water potential and could not meet, plus panic, it collapsed all of a sudden, and then the two cavalry, including Chong Xu, were defeated by the iron harrier several times their own, and then the Huanqing Army under Lingzhou City was also dispersed in a chaos.

The water reached the knees, which had a great impact on the infantry, but only a small obstacle to the cavalry, and he was not in the frontal battlefield at that time, and did not see how the main force of the Chinese army failed, but when he led his troops to withdraw in the direction of the Chinese army, he saw the whole army running all over the mountains. Judging from the time, the resistance of the Huanqing army did not even take a moment and a half.

After the remnants of the two armies met, Gao Zunyu ordered Miao to give the palace, and Miao gave this task to the unlucky seed. The worst result was that only a third of the men and horses remained—this was cavalry, and with so many infantry fleeing, there shouldn't have been such a large number of casualties.

"Imperial City." The soldiers trotted over with water bags and handed them to them respectfully. His eyes were red, and there were two obvious tear stains on his dusty face.

He stretched out his left hand to take the water bag, pulled out the plug with his teeth, and gulped down the river water that his soldiers had just called. His right arm hung straight down, not moving.

Jingyuan Road is the queen of the Huanqing Road Palace, and the cavalry of the third general is the rear of the entire Jingyuan Road Palace, all the way to the battle, while the soldiers are lost, the Chong Yu himself is also rarely spared, and only one arm can be used for the time being.

The day before yesterday, when it was the most dangerous, the soldiers around him were all killed, and he was surrounded by seven or eight iron harriers.

He has never been a general known for his martial arts, and when he was a teenager, he took his uncle Yinjun as an example, called Xiao Yinjun, and his mind was on literary affairs, and his guns and sticks and bows and crossbows were counted backwards among his brothers, and they were only slightly stronger than ordinary officers. Now that I'm older, my martial arts are also regressing.

In the melee the day before yesterday, he tried his best to stab the two strongest martial arts thieves with an iron spear, but he was hit with an iron mace on his shoulder, but fortunately he only scrapped the shoulder armor, and in hindsight, the entire iron plate was twisted. However, I managed to save the shoulder blades below, but I injured my tendons, and I had to recuperate for a while...... But when you're unlucky, you may have to deal with this injury for the rest of your life.

He doesn't care much about this, he is a person who walks towards the age of sixty, and he says that he will only be a few years or ten years old. Based on the longevity of his ancestors, he did not expect to live to be eighty years old.

The cold river water suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and he put down the water bladder that was only half left, and saw the two tear stains on the face of the soldier, and asked, "What's the matter, what are you crying for?" ”

"Imperial City." The pro-soldier lowered his head and sobbed: "Second brother, starling brother, they ......"

"Cry a fart, you have to go back to mourning! You've seen the undead in battle!? He scolded and stood up with a cold face.

"Imperial City, this is leaving?" The soldier hurriedly said, "Do you want to wait a little longer, Brother Eleven may be able to catch up." ”

"What are you waiting for? How to wait! The hands under the seed were clenched into fists, not that he didn't feel pain in his heart, but he didn't want to show it, "Eleven has that life, he can escape back, without that life, it's useless to wait!" ”

Just two days ago, although the cavalry under his command was defeated, at least they still had the appearance of an army. But for several days in a row, the second son of the queen who blocked the enemy, did not like to study, and only cared about practicing martial arts; The eight nephews who laughed very honestly died in battle; The three commanders, who had always had a good relationship, died in battle; Half of the soldiers who had been with him for many years were killed in battle; The elites who obeyed orders and dared to fight died one by one, and all those who survived were slippery.

After a full four-day break, the three cavalry commanded by the cultivator were left with only a group of veterans who were accustomed to looking good and had sharp feet. If you want them to kill the enemy desperately, it's purely a dream, even if the king of heaven and Lao Tzu comes, it's useless.

He looked to the north, and although all those who could escape had escaped, there were still many people who had not been confirmed dead. For example, Eleven, his fourth son; For example, several deputy commanders and commanders have just disappeared in the chaos on the battlefield, which does not mean that they will not return.

It's just that it's impossible to go back to them now, and it's impossible to stay here for a long time, and none of the soldiers below can honestly and obediently stay in the place where the thieves will catch up at any time, and they all want to rush to Weizhou as soon as possible.

It is not clear whether his immediate boss is in Weizhou, or whether he has fled further south, or even fled back to the south side of Hengshan, but he said before that he would meet in Weizhou. Besides, a place with a city wall is always better to sleep than in the wilderness, and I just hope that the western thieves will not make a detour ahead and take Weizhou first.

With one hand on the horse's back, he jumped on the horse, raised the horsewhip, and pointed ahead: "The front is Weizhou, I felt that the city was in the city earlier, and I could rest tonight." ”

When the defeated soldiers saw his movements, they all got up and mounted their horses. But the mounts of more than a dozen people, as soon as they rode up, they hissed miserably and fell to the ground with a bang.

No one cared about them, and after a few days of chase, there were many war horses that died on the way. He just tightened his grip on the weapons in his hands to prevent them from coming over and snatching his horses. But the faces of the dozen or so men were first desperate, then ferocious.

I don't bother to speak about this, and it doesn't matter if there is more or less of this treacherous person under his command. Hit the horse and move forward, not caring about what is behind you.

Half a day later, Weizhou City was in sight. Seeing that the banner of the official army in the city still existed, he finally felt relieved.

When entering the city, it took a lot of twists and turns, and the defenders in the city were like frightened birds, and they checked their identities many times before they put the people into Weizhou City.

was pointed at for a long time by hundreds of divine arm bows, and his face became more and more ugly. When he was led to see the coach, he still had the same straight face.

In the state office, Chong Yu met Gao Zunyu. Miao Zhu was not there, and it is said that he was seriously injured and lying in the sanatorium with the army.

Under the fiasco, Gao Zunyu became unresponsive and in a trance. His waist was even hunched, and he couldn't see the appearance of the Queen Mother's uncle in the past.

He knew that Gao Zunyu was stunned by failure. He had also experienced two of the three fiascos thirty years ago, and had witnessed the unscrupulous invasion and plundering of the country by the party members in the next ten years, and by the way, he moved back the imperial court's gifts without blushing. The current defeat will not make him discouraged, but Gao Zunyu does not have the tenacity that has been honed.

The coaches are like this, and the soldiers below don't need to be mentioned. No matter how many troops are left in Weizhou City, it doesn't look like it can still hold up.

"Mr. Gao." He bowed his hand and bowed.

In the past, Gao Zunyu could still remember to appease the enemy in the rear, but now he doesn't have that thought, "How far is the thief army?" He asked.

"In the past four days, the last general engaged the western thieves dozens of times, and found that it was three iron harriers who took turns to pursue. However, they didn't catch up last night, most of them were to rest their horsepower, and the time difference was half a day. ”

He knew that if it weren't for the fact that the party didn't want the war horse to be overworked in the chase and die too much, he wouldn't have been able to escape at all. The fleeing Song army could ignore the life and death of the war horse, but the party members could not ignore it.

"Half a day......" Gao Zunyu frowned.

"I wonder what to do next?" Chong Yu asked: "After the western thieves rest, they will definitely catch up, do they want to stick to Weizhou?" ”

Gao Zunyu hesitated for a while, raised his eyes and asked, "What is the meaning of the big quality [seed word]?" ”

He had no intention of carrying the black cauldron, and hugged his fists and said, "Please also ask the chief manager to show me." ”

Gao Zunyu stared at the seed for a while, and waved his hand at the end, "You go down and rest first, you've worked hard these days." ”

After saluting, he turned and walked out of the hall.

He was not optimistic about the next battle situation, and the three iron harriers chasing him did not add up to more than 15,000, which shows that its main force has more important work to complete - Wang Zhongzheng's road is dangerous. If Wang Zhongzheng loses again, this battle will not be able to be fought.

I don't know if I can see a little bit clearly in the court.

He sighed, it depends on the reaction in the capital. At the speed of military information transmission, the gold medal hurriedly spread the news of the defeat to the capital, and it was only in these two days.