Chapter Eighty-Seven: Destroying the Blade (End)
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The so-called lance and η originally referred to elongated spears, but they were slightly different in shape. (Please search, the novel is better and faster!) In modern times, cavalry likes to use such powerful heavy weapons in battle, and its tricks include 24 methods such as stabbing, hitting, leading, smashing, and discing, which are most suitable for jumping and rushing into formation, and there are many changes in different environments immediately and step down, easy to use and difficult to refine.
But Xiahou Lie is a first-class expert who is proficient in this method. He took advantage of his agility and struck his opponent's six-foot-long horse lance downwards with a splash of wind first, then slammed into the near side and slammed the opponent's upper body with a horizontal swing. At this moment of danger, he himself didn't know where a divine power came from, only to hear the dull sound of blows, the crunch of shattering armor, and the screams of misery, knocking all four opponents to the ground in the blink of an eye.
Hundreds of horsemen did not delay, and trampled directly over the fallen opponents. The iron hooves fell one after another, and immediately trampled the enemy into a pulp, and the broken flesh and bones sank deep into the ground, mixing with the mud, and after the horse team passed by, it was impossible to find any traces of human form in the muddy ground.
This kind of white-knuckle fighting has a huge element of luck, and without heavy armor, no matter how high the skill is, it is difficult to guarantee victory. After Xiahou Lie killed four people in a row, a large piece of skin and flesh was taken away from his side by the tip of the enemy's lance, and he was only a millimeter away from the bones, and the blood flowed down, staining the saddle red, but he didn't seem to care.
He galloped on his horse, tearing off strips of cloth from his robes and wrapping the wounds tightly, and at the same time waving the iron stalks, shaking off the red blood and yellow-white wisps of unknown origin on the tips of the stalks, and shouting loudly: "Don't delay, come with me!" β
Most of the cavalry that followed Xiahou Lie were also unarmoured. During the night trek, many of them were separated from the baggage team responsible for carrying the armor and weapons, and at this time they could only pick up the weapons around them to fight; Others followed closely with the baggage action, but in a hurry they did not have time to put on their armor and waistbands, and simply rode on pack horses and galloped to fight.
At this time, everyone knows that mobile and flexible combat strategies are more important, and people and horses no longer have to wear armor. So as they ran, they threw their wrapped armor and other baggage off their horses to lighten their loads.
It was probably more than two miles back before it disengaged with the bandits' cavalry. Looking north, more and more enemy cavalry rushed into the battlefield, rushing and killing back and forth in the ranks of the Yanzhou army's infantry, and trying to expand in depth. The Yanzhou Army, known for its good fighting, fell into an extremely passive situation from the beginning because of the lack of unified orders and commands. Their hastily constructed line of defense twisted and then shattered like a dam battered by a flood of water, and soon crumbled.
A handful of particularly brave soldiers shouted and tried to rally their comrades to resist. But the enemies who galloped from all sides reminded them of their desperate situation at every moment. Most of the soldiers fled aimlessly, huddled next to each other, shoved, and shouted, turning their sight into raging waters. And those thieves are like fierce monsters in the sea that hunt and slaughter wantonly.
Xiahou Lie looked at this situation dumbfounded. Over the past few years, he had seen such routs of the thieves and bandits appear again and again, and he and his subordinate cavalry had been on a rampage in such routs again and again, and they had taken the ranks to their heart's content. The confidence in the invincibility of the Yanzhou army was also established in this process.
But right now, it's us who are defeated? How is this possible? He wondered if he was dreaming and shook his head violently, feeling like his mind was in a mess. Perhaps because the wound on his waist was still bleeding, he felt a little dizzy and weak.
"Captain! Warlord! What shall we do? Someone next to him asked. Xiahou Lie was shocked by this voice, and looked at his subordinates around him in a bit of a panic, but saw the same frightened faces. In the face of a completely unexpected enemy, in the face of such a surging army, almost everyone is afraid.
What to do? What to do? Xia Houlie felt that his heart was beating faster and faster, and the beating voice seemed to be ringing in his ears, "Knock! Boom! "The ground is getting stronger and stronger. When fear gripped the hearts of others, he felt a special power surge.
The vicissitudes of the sea show the true character of the hero. He said to himself, "Don't panic. Then he shouted to the knights around him: "Don't panic! β
"Our army moved from south to north, and the rivers along the way were roughly from west to east. Because of the heavy rain for several days, the river was overflowing, and everyone felt very difficult. But at this time, these rivers can save our lives! Look at ......" Xiahou Lie pointed not far behind, where a meandering nameless river passed by. The banks of the river are slightly undulating, and in some places the channel is quite narrow, and the middle stream is two feet deep; In some places, the river is very wide, and people and horses can wade across it. When the army had just crossed, many of them swam directly through the shallow waters, so that the embankments in these places were trampled and collapsed: "We can stop the enemy here, here, and here by lining up on this river!" β
He pointed out the three shallow water areas to his subordinates, and shouted, "Han Ya'er! Zhou Feng! Zhao Jing'an! The three of you dismount with your men and take one place each. I will go forward and kill, and all the soldiers who come back will be reorganized by the three of you and lined up along the river! β
Han, Zhou, and Zhao are the right-hand men under him, and they are all brave men who gallop on the battlefield, even if they are placed in the entire Yanzhou army, they are also quite prestigious. After the battle, the three of them gathered their scattered soldiers, and they all had the power of about a hundred horsemen at this moment.
Seeing that Xiahou Lie's fighting spirit was high, the three of them also shook their spirits and moved forward. Zhou Feng and Zhao Jing'an responded in a deep voice, but Han Ya'er slammed the long knife and said loudly: "The military master has an order, dare not obey it." However, the athletes under my command are all heroes immediately, and they are willing to die with the army master, and they are not willing to shrink back and endure humiliation and steal their lives! β
Xia Houlie knew that Han Ya'er was a little awkward, but how could he have time to say more at this moment? He waved his short sword and slammed it on Han Ya'er's shoulder: "Who wants you to shrink back!" These three shoals are the most important thing when it comes to victory or defeat. Even if you die, you will keep this place for me. Let go of a thief and cut off his own dog's head! β
Han Ya'er was taken aback, but instead smiled. The three of them bowed down to the order together, and immediately led the troops to occupy the danger and go.
Xiahou Lie watched the three of his subordinates gallop away, reined back on their horses, and looked at the battle situation in front of them again.
At this time, it was not long before the thief army raided, but the sky was already bright and the vision was clear. From the place where Xiahou Lie immediately arrived, looking east and west, wherever the Yanzhou army soldiers rested, it had become a bloody battlefield. As the rain stopped, there was no smoke and dust on the ground, and countless warriors shouted in the mud, throwing flesh and broken bones into the bosom of the earth.
Xiahou Lie could see clearly that the cavalry of those thieves were even more wolf than the Yanzhou army soldiers who were resting, and they seemed to have been bathed in sludge all over their bodies, and almost all of them had turned into pulp yellow. Obviously, they also marched overnight. Thinking of how hard it was for their family to march last night, those thieves had to hide their eyes and ears, and they had to drive for hundreds of miles, and this fatigue was ten times more than that of the Yanzhou army. But even when they were so tired, they still killed their own family and horses!
"The court is disobedient, and it has forced all the wolves and tigers to become anti-thieves...... Xiahou Lie muttered, and raised his short bow to signal: "Everyone, if you are not afraid of death, just follow me!" β
This time, Xiahou Lie broke in from the east side of the battlefield, deliberately chose a certain place where the thieves were concentrated, and rushed over from behind. There were still more than 300 horsemen under his command, shouting in unison and rushing to kill, all fighting desperately and bloodily. The thieves couldn't resist it, so they urged their horses to dodge, and after a little detour, they turned their horses back and tried to surround and annihilate them.
Several cavalry teams surrounded Xiahou Lie's subordinates and repeatedly outflanked and sprinted, like entangled long snakes, spinning and biting each other. There were many Qiang and Zahu in the cavalry of the thieves, who were either born in nomadic tribes or herdsmen in pastures all over Hebei, and were really above the Yanzhou cavalry in terms of riding skills. Not to mention that they are skilled in archery, and often draw their bows and arrows on galloping horses, and they will definitely hit the shot.
The two armies fought for a while, and although Xiahou fought bravely and killed the enemy, the whole team was still gradually at a disadvantage. One by one, the knights who fell behind were knocked off their horses, and the "snapping" sound of the spear breaking after piercing into the human body sounded repeatedly.
Fortunately, Xiahou Lie didn't expect to defeat the enemy with his own strength. As he roamed and fought, he made the soldiers shout in unison, "Stand back!" Back off! Retreat across the river and defend the whole team! "Many soldiers heard their cries. After all, the Yanzhou army is a strong soldier in the Central Plains, and although it is in a panic for a while, it is easy to regain its composure. The officers and men of the Yanzhou Army, who had fled in all directions and had no direction, gradually found their way, so they ran south regardless of the situation.
Due to the successive victories after going north, the Yanzhou army did not pay attention to the thieves at all, and they swaggered northward, and the entire front stretched for dozens of miles when marching, even when they were camping and resting, they were scattered for nearly ten miles. Although the soldiers scattered in this vast area cannot concentrate their forces to fight the enemy, it is difficult to stop them if they want to escape. They 66 continued to reach the riverbank, waded across the shallows, and then reorganized under the command of Han Ya'er, Zhou Feng, and Zhao Jing'an. Officers find their own soldiers, and soldiers find their officers, those who are unarmed are lined up in the rear, and those who have weapons are lined up and sent to the front.
The first three people to carry out the rectification task were Han, Zhou, and Zhao, and when a higher-ranking officer arrived, they naturally took over the command. One after another military flags were re-erected on the south bank of the river, representing the recapture of the combat effectiveness of one army after another. After about half an hour, they even gathered 500 cavalry again, led by Han Ya'er to return to the north shore to support!
The number of Yanzhou soldiers gathered on the south bank of the river was probably more than 4,000, and although the overall situation was still unfavorable, with this foundation, no one believed that the thieves would always have the upper hand.
The thieves had already noticed the Yanzhou Army's moves. They mobilized a considerable number of troops, either from the middle of the chaotic frontal battlefield or from the flanks, and finally ran along the riverbank, trying to rush through the three shoals pointed out by Xiahoulie at the beginning. But the whole Yanzhou army has already understood, either the thieves will retreat and maintain this last line of defense, or they will be swept across the river by the thieves, and the whole army will be defeated and killed, and there is no third way to go. In order to defend these three shoals, the Yanzhou soldiers burst out with unimaginable fighting spirit. Although they paid huge casualties, and even Zhou Feng, the team leader who Xiahou Lie originally appointed to guard this place, was killed in battle, they held the blood-red river and did not retreat a single step!
The thieves who attacked the river beach retreated. The officers and soldiers of the Yanzhou army in the battle in front of them gradually thinned out, so more and more enemy cavalry freed up their hands and gathered into a black and oppressive brigade of thousands of people, eyeing this unrelenting Jin army.
Taking advantage of the rare moment of stagnation on the battlefield, Xiahou Lie hurriedly led the team to retreat.
His cavalry had been reduced to less than a hundred, and he himself had been wounded in many places, and he could not hold on any longer. The huge bloody wounds that had not had time to be bandaged across the torso were enough to show what a thrilling battle this brave military master had endured.
They waded through the deep waters of the Qima belly and headed for the south bank. When he went ashore, Xiahou Lie's war horse tried several times, but was unable to jump onto the earthen embankment, so five or six soldiers jumped into the river, pushed forward and pulled the horse ashore, and hugged the exhausted Xiahou Lie down.
"Thank you, Lord Xiahou!"
"Brother Zigang, the grace of saving your life will be rewarded!"
"Xiahou Military Master, what should I do next? Can you still fight? β
"The Xiahou Army Master is really brave, and he deserves to be the center of our Yanzhou Army!"
Xiahou Lie is brave and good at fighting, known as the blade of the Yanzhou army, and is very popular with the grassroots soldiers, which makes the captains and military masters of his colleagues a little jealous. But at this time, as Xiahou Lie's footsteps stepped on the south bank, both officers and non-commissioned officers, the soldiers who retreated here under his cover swarmed up and thanked him one after another. For a while, the scene turned out to be a little lively.
Xiahou Lie barely heard these words of thanks, and he felt that his energy and body had reached the limit. In any case, this Yanzhou army was defeated and defeated. With his ability, he could only save these thousands of people, and many more were left across the river bank and mercilessly slaughtered by the thieves. Xiahou Lie thought in frustration, there was no way.
For now, let's stabilize our position and hold this river. Fortunately, the opponents of the thieves are not only the Yanzhou army, but also the Jizhou army and the Youzhou iron cavalry that may go south at any time behind them, as long as they resist the attack of the thieves here, there will inevitably be a turnaround. Perhaps, it can still be ...... Xiahou Lie tried his best to analyze the situation in front of him, and slowly organized his words, intending to explain it to his companions.
But a furious roar suddenly interrupted his train of thought: "Bastard! You bastards! Rubbish! Kill a thousand knife mongrels! I'm not in the Chinese army, and you're fighting like this! β
With thunderous shouts and curses, a big man in luxurious armor strode over. Wherever they passed, the soldiers were like waves splitting and bowing down one after another. The big man was about forty years old, with broad shoulders and a thick back, and a thick beard with a thick jaw that hung down his neck, and his appearance was extremely majestic, but his eyes were slightly narrow, revealing a hint of a vulture. Of course, at this moment, in the narrow eye sockets, only mania and thunder are left.
Xiahou Lie sighed in his heart. This time, the leading general of Jizhou, General Gou Chungou Daozhen, is here.
Since last night, this general, who is self-reliant and rash, has run away with his own horsemen and has run away, probably chasing and killing thieves everywhere, and killing them very well. As a result, when the general left the army without authorization, the Hebei thieves, who thought they had no power to fight back, dealt a heavy blow to the Yanzhou army.
Now that he's rushed back, what's the use? What he was expecting to occupy Jizhou County has become a joke completely, and Xiahou Lie can imagine what Cheng DΓΉ Gou Chun will be angry about.
"Grandma's, what's going on? Who is in command now? Get out of here! Gou Chun continued to yell, and every word he spat out was filled with viciousness. With his roar, almost dozens of people cast their eyes on Xia Houlie at the same time.
These unconscionable goods...... Xiahou Lie secretly complained to himself. He pushed away the soldiers who were supporting him, and stood solemnly: "General, I am in command." β
He has been in the Yanzhou army for several years, and he has been fighting with Gou Chun for more than a year or two, so he seems to be able to feel that Gou Chun's feelings at the moment are extremely unstable and will explode at any time. Therefore, he consciously lowered his head to his feet, avoiding eye contact with Gou Chun, so as not to anger the top boss additionally.
Gou Chun's heavy footsteps circled around Xiahou Lie. Leather boots stomp on the ground, and every step makes a deep footprint.
"You commanded it? The 22,000 troops given to me by the general are invincible all the way to the north! You've commanded a battle, and now that's all that's left of the defeated army...... You say, you commanded it? Gou Chun's heavy breathing almost brought the wind, and there was a bit of a fishy smell, like a beast staring at him, opening his bloody mouth.
Xia Houlie felt dizzy, and the weakness caused by the massive blood loss made him almost unable to think normally. But how could this battle be a wolf bèi so far, he had thought about it countless times before, so he said in a low voice: "General, you underestimate the Hebei thief." We were doomed to lose this battle three days ago, and we didn't have the slightest chance! The previous victories were obviously a ploy by thieves to lure the enemy. We marched overnight, divided our troops for dozens of miles, and gave the thieves a chance to win. It is not easy to keep thousands of soldiers and horses here, we have to do our best to contact the Ding Thorn History in Jizhou, and we must not let the thieves take advantage of the chaos......"
At this point, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest like a tear.
He opened his mouth and wanted to say something more, but he didn't have any strength under his feet, and he fell to the ground on his back.
The originally drooping perspective was raised, and Xiahou Lie saw Gou Chun angrily brandishing a blood-stained long knife, causing the surrounding soldiers to hide far away in fear. I could faintly hear him scolding uncontrollably: "Fart! Fart! Fart! Fart! You're talking about farts! β
That knife was pulled out of my chest? Gou Chun, why is this happening? I'm right......
Xiahou Lie muttered to himself a few times, and immediately lost consciousness. The blood in his chest had poured into the alveoli and gushed out of his throat.
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