【Chapter 763】 Sword of the Son of Heaven
In front of the torrent of iron horses rushing like a tide, the five thousand giant shield pikemen were like a wave in the stormy waves, and after a flash of shock, they quickly disappeared under the huge waves.
However, despite the extremely high cost, these giant shieldmen still did an excellent job of defending themselves.
It was precisely because of their desperate resistance that the more than 20,000 cavalry led by Li Li failed to quietly go straight behind Zhang He's army, so that Zhang He, who was besieging and killing the Black Mountain Army, discovered the Xiliang Iron Cavalry behind him for the first time, and then quickly turned around to set up defenses to meet the cavalry of the Xiliang Army.
After breaking through the defenses of the giant shield pikemen in one go, Li Li led the battle cavalry to rush towards the Zhang He army array, which was urgently deployed.
"———Boom, boom, boom!"
In the loud sound of horse pedaling, Li Li took the lead, driving the Golden Lion Beast mount to ride more than 100 steps away. At this moment, he suddenly saw a Jizhou general wearing a general's battle armor in front of the Yuan army array, shouting loudly and directing the army behind him to arrange the troops, with the giant shield soldiers at the front, followed by archers, then thousands of halberd soldiers, and finally tens of thousands of infantry army formations. In the blink of an eye, more than 20,000 Yuan troops quickly formed the rudiments of a defensive formation, and there was quite a rule between the marches; If you give them another cup of tea, the defensive array can be completed, and the attack power is not weak, and it is not easy to attack.
Seeing this, Li Lijian's eyebrows were raised, and his murderous aura lingered, and he galloped and ran wildly while visually measuring the distance between himself and the enemy general.
One hundred and fifty steps, one hundred and thirty steps, one hundred steps?????? Seventy steps.
When the distance was narrowed to within seventy steps, he saw Li Li suddenly pull out the sword at his waist. Throwing his arm like lightning, the target of his kill was the black-armored general in front of Yuan's army.
At the same time, he raised his voice and shouted: "Jin Yiwei listens to the order." Tricycle shooting, arrows———! ”
The tone of this "release arrow" was so long that when the words fell, more than 3,000 Golden Lion Guard cavalrymen a hundred paces away behind him had already wound their bows and released the first round of arrows.
This is why the soldiers of the Jin Yiwei Battalion have such a rapid reaction speed and skill, they are extremely sensitive to Li Li's voice, and it is often Li Li's order. They reacted immediately. And this is exactly what the pro-guard army should have, if it is changed to the soldiers of other war camps. There is no such tacit reaction speed.
In addition, Li Li was quite particular when he gave the order, only specifying that the Jinyi guards were to shoot on horse, but he did not order the Montenegrin cavalry to shoot arrows. It's not that he despises the Montenegrin cavalry. Rather, these cavalrymen simply did not have the ability to shoot with bows and arrows in the midst of galloping; Because most of the cavalry under the accounts of the princes of the towns in the Central Plains did not have the ability to gallop and shoot. Only skilled generals and a handful of cavalrymen possessed this skill. However, among the Xiliang cavalry, most of the cavalry can shoot on horseback, but the hit rate is uneven, and many cavalry can only shoot on horseback, but they can't shoot accurately.
"Woohoo!"
In the whistling sound of arrows, Zhang He looked up at the rain of arrows in the roaring night sky in amazement, and his face instantly became extremely solemn. At this moment, his heart was inexplicably tight. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a cold light flying towards him. At this moment, he didn't have time to avoid it. I instinctively raised my right arm and swung my gun to resist.
With a bang, Zhang He's hastily brandished iron spear hit Han Mang. However, the cold light that suddenly flew did not land, but the cold light flashed, and the sharp blade instantly cut through his right arm holding the gun, leaving a bloody wound on his right arm that was more than an inch long and visible to the bone.
With the crisp sound of "jingle bell" landing, a sharp pain like scraping bones surged into his heart, causing Zhang He to almost cry out in pain, and the spear in his right hand came out of his hand in an instant, but fortunately, the tip of the spear landed first, inserted upside down on the ground, and could reach it with his hand. It was only at this time that he could see clearly what the cold light that had stabbed him was, and this glance also made him frightened and afraid.
But when he saw the cold mangs after landing, it was a five-foot long sword, the sword body was simple and atmospheric, dark cyan, the blade was bright and dazzling, and it was easy to blow hair and break hair. If such a sharp sword alone was far from enough to make Zhang He change color in an uproar, what really frightened him was the golden hilt at the end of the long sword, and the two eye-catching gold-inlaid characters on the hilt: "Son of Heaven".
That's right, this long sword is the "Sword of the Son of Heaven" that few people in the world have seen with their own eyes but has been famous for a long time, and everyone knows it.
It is true that this long sword is not a divine weapon, nor is it a peerless sword handed down from ancient times, but in essence it is just a high-quality sword with gorgeous decoration. But this long sword represents the supreme position of power, and there is only one person in the world who can wear this sword, and that is Liu Xie, the son of today.
However, since May of last year, this sword of the Son of Heaven has changed hands and has become the exclusive saber of the hussar general Li Li. So far, this is the only person in the world who holds the sword of the Son of Heaven, and apart from him, even Liu Xie, the son of heaven, is not qualified to wear this long sword again. Unless??? One day, Li Li returned the sword to Liu Xie on a whim, otherwise the sword of the Son of Heaven would have to change the surname of "Liu" to "Li".
And the reason why this Heavenly Son Sword just now stabbed him after he swung his spear was because he hit the hilt, not the blade. As a result, the hilt suddenly changed direction under the force, and the blade stabbed horizontally, cutting through the armor on his right arm, leaving a deep wound that could be seen to the bone.
"Hussar General Li Li?"
The moment he saw this long sword, Li Li's name suddenly appeared in Zhang He's mind. Because this name is so loud today, people in the world can not know Liu Xie, the son of heaven, but everyone knows the general Li Li.
As soon as he thought of this, Zhang He raised his head and looked straight ahead, only to see that under the twilight of the firelight in the dim night sky, a golden shadow was galloping at a speed that was difficult to find with the naked eye, and at this moment it was only fifty paces away from him.
At this moment, Zhang He didn't see Li Li's appearance clearly, but he was very sure that this golden shadow was Li Li and his divine beast mount, the Golden Lion Beast King. To this day, the allied princes and generals are probably all familiar with this golden shadow, because this figure is too eye-catching and conspicuous, it can be said to be the only existence in the world, but anyone who has seen it once will never forget it in their lifetime. Although there was still one person in the Xiliang army whose mount was also a Golden Lion Beast, Huan Fei's size was too tall and strong, and he was far less fast than Li Li and the Golden Lion Beast King in his gallop.
"Hurry, hurry, line up to meet the enemy!"
Suddenly, Zhang He shouted urgently, ordering the army behind him to prepare to meet the enemy. Now that Li Li has appeared in front of him, the rumbling sound of the horse must be where Xiliang Iron Rider is.
At the same time, he endured the sharp pain in his right arm, clenched his spear, lifted the reins of his horse, and waited with a solemn expression.
To tell the truth, Zhang He was very nervous at the moment, the palm of his right hand holding the gun was covered with cold sweat, and dense beads of sweat the size of red beans overflowed on his forehead, and his whole body was like a tense bowstring, preoccupied, and he didn't dare to be careless.
After all, the shadow of the tree of human name. Li Liwei's fame is resounding all over the world, and he has not tasted defeat in the past few years. What's more, in the next battle of Suihangu Pass, Li Li beheaded Han De and Han Meng's uncle and nephew under the horse with a knife in his hand, and the power of a knife made the army of hundreds of thousands of princes silent, and they no longer dared to act rashly. That scene still lingers in the hearts of the Allied generals, and they have never forgotten it for a moment.
Unexpectedly, after a few months, Zhang He would have to face Li Li alone. At this moment, if he is not nervous and fearless, it is absolutely duplicitous self-deception. However, after all, he is one of the four court pillars in Jizhou, and his martial arts have long been among the top generals, although he is slightly inferior to Zhi Wenchou and Yan Liang, but it is not far behind, if he fights to the death, he may not lose to any of these two.
"Archer ready, five rounds of scattering, put ??? Arrow! ”
Seeing that Li Li was about to gallop away, Zhang Heqiang was distracted and brazenly ordered the arrow to be released. At this moment, he didn't talk about the slightest martial virtue, and he didn't think about competing with Li Li head-on, he was completely unscrupulous, trying to put Li Li to death, wanting to get rid of him as soon as possible. And this just shows that he is worthy of being one of the four court pillars in Jizhou, and he knows very well that his lord Yuan Shao wants to get rid of Li Li, and what he is doing now is what Yuan Shao has always wanted to do but has no chance to do——— shoot Li Li.
Suddenly, thousands of sharp arrows flew out in response, without any arc, all of them shot straight at the bow, densely straight and galloping, and pounced head-on to Li Li and his crotch mount, the Golden Lion Beast King.
"Dingding———!dingding"
In the midst of the lightning and flint, in the face of the rain of stray arrows and arrows, Li Li, who was wearing a golden battle armor, was not afraid, and while swinging his knife to fly and shoot down the sharp arrows, he drove the Golden Lion Beast King to gallop and gallop. In the blink of an eye, dozens of arrows pierced through the sword light and stabbed into Li Li and the Golden Lion Beastmaster, but most of the sharp arrows were blocked by the battle armor and fell to the ground. However, there were still fish that slipped through the net and penetrated the battle armor and embedded it in the golden battle armor, but they fell to the ground scattered and fell to the ground with Li Li's body in the midst of running, as if they did not pose a threat to him.
This scene fell into Zhang He's eyes, but it made his expression change suddenly, and he was shocked, and subconsciously thought that Li Li was invulnerable and invulnerable to arrows, and he was possessed by the gods and blessed by heaven.
"Roar——— thief will die!"
Accompanied by the roar and roar of the Golden Lion Beast King, Li Li shouted violently in the gallop, holding the knife in both hands and slashing at the uncertain Zhang He in the air. The war knife wrapped in a strong air current, let out a sharp whistling sound as it slashed through the night sky, and slashed straight at Zhang He's head with ferocity.
Suddenly, Zhang He, who was in a state of mind, completely subconsciously waved his gun with one arm to meet the attack, and his left hand relied on instinct to pull the reins and turn around, trying to escape from the front of the formation and retreat into the battle formation.
"Bell!" The sound of slamming bumps stirred the night sky, and Zhang He, who was in a hurry to meet the attack, pulled the reins upside down under this blow, and even the men and horses retreated more than ten steps. Fortunately, the giant shield soldiers behind him saw that the opportunity was not good and removed the shield in time, otherwise Zhang He would have stumbled and fallen off his horse.
———————————— (To be continued......)