Chapter 3690: Attack on the bridge
In front of the gate of the post house, hundreds of elite "Hundred Cavalry" soldiers had their bows strung and their swords unsheathed, and they were ready with murderous intent.
Xiao Yu, who had already fallen asleep, was woken up. He put on a pair of clothes and walked out in a daze. He was startled by the formation. He woke up immediately and came to Li Junxian and asked: "General Li, what happened? ”
Li Junxian held the sword in his hand and stared at the Pujin Crossing Bridge in the night like a hawk with his eyes. He said in a deep voice: "There is a cavalry attack. I don't know what the target is yet, but I have to deal with it with caution. Please also ask Song Guogong. In the formation, let soldiers guard the left and right sides. If the situation is unfavorable, retreat all the way north, and then wait for an opportunity to cross the Yellow River and return to Guanzhong. "
Xiao Yu's heart tensed, he opened his mouth, then turned around silently, walked to the formation, took a horizontal knife from the servant's hand and carried it, then got on his horse and frowned at the dark night sky not far away.
The sound of a horse's hooves gradually became clearer, and after a few breaths, the sound rolled in like a stormy sea, filling the eardrums and shocking the soul.
The elite "Hundred Cavalry" had swords in their hands and their eyes were bright, waiting for the moment the enemy came, then they charged forward and fought bloody battles; Xiao Yu and the servants and soldiers he brought with him had earth-colored faces and fear in their hearts.
In a moment, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared from the Pujin Ferry Bridge in the night, just like the underworld's sound soldiers suddenly jumped out of the Jiuyou underworld. There were dark shadows on the bridge that could accommodate eight horses running abreast, and the steel knife in his hand reflected the faint starlight in the sky, shining coldly.
The sound of hooves is like thunder.
Seeing that the cavalry had reached the limit of speed and charged like a phoenix army, Li Junxian had no luck anymore. He drew out his horizontal sword with a "choking" sound, pointed the sword tip forward, and shouted in a deep voice: "Fire the arrow." ! ”
"Boom!"
More than a hundred powerful crossbows fired in an instant, and short crossbow arrows flew out of the bow in the night sky, forming a dense network of arrows and shooting towards the charging enemy cavalry.
"Puff puff puff"
Although the sound of arrows piercing flesh was masked by the roaring hoofbeats, the rapid charge seemed like a blow to the head. Countless soldiers screamed and fell off their horses, and countless horses neighed and fell headlong. However, the cavalrymen who followed seemed to have disappeared. They continued to urge the horses to accelerate, ignoring the iron hoofs trampling on Paoze's body, and just charged blindly.
This is a truly elite team.
Li Junxian took a breath, and before firing the second round of crossbow arrows, he turned to Xiao Yu and said: "The enemy is well prepared and has sufficient troops. This will be a bloody battle. The general will send people to escort Song Guogong to evacuate north from now on. Finally, we will annihilate this cavalry and catch up with them.”
Xiao Yu knew that the situation was critical, so he didn't say anything nonsense. He nodded and said: "General Li, please be careful. I will take the first step."
He immediately turned the horse's head, clamped its belly, and escaped northward along the official road under the escort of two hundred elite "Hundred Riders".
Li Junxian breathed a sigh of relief. Without Xiao Yu as a dragster, he could let go and fight.
At this time, the second round of crossbow arrows was fired, and countless enemy cavalry fell on the charging road. The charging momentum was slightly curbed, and the rigorous formation was somewhat dispersed.
Li Junxian jumped on his horse and raised his sword, urging the horse to charge towards the enemy, shouting: "My sons, follow me to kill the enemy!"
"Kill!"
Hundreds of "Hundred Cavalry" masters put away their crossbows, mobilized their horses, followed Li Junxian with their swords waving, and launched a countercharge towards the enemy cavalry without fear.
"Boom!"
Li Junxian rode forward and slammed into the enemy formation. The two sides charged with great force. The force of the collision was extremely amazing. At the moment of the collision, the weapons in both sides' hands were pointed at each other. Chop away.
Li Junxian leaned down gently on the horse, and the horse collided with the opponent "bang" under his crotch, making a long "Herodian" sound. He was unsteady on his four hooves and fell diagonally to one side. Li Junxian controlled the reins with one hand and steered in the direction of the horse's tilt, so that the horse could regain its balance. With the other hand, he raised the horizontal knife with his backhand and cut an enemy soldier with a deep gash from his ribs to his chest, killing him. The armor tore like torn paper, blood and organs spurted out, splashing Li Junxian's face.
After a slight delay, the soldiers behind him followed closely and violently collided with the enemy's cavalry. For a moment, the men were turned on their backs and the horses were splattered with blood.
The cavalry charging into battle are so fierce and brutal!
The moment of charging into the formation is a reflection of the strength of both sides. This kind of duel between strength and strength is absolutely impossible to play with fancy skills. The competition of complete soldier quality depends on the usual training, the soldier's physical fitness, and the will to fight. .
In all aspects, "Hundred Cavalry" has an absolute advantage.
With just one charge, the "Hundred Cavalry" was able to overwhelm the ferocious enemy cavalry. Countless soldiers fought bravely to gain the initiative in the battle. Then, under the leadership of Li Junxian, they dug straight into the enemy formation and broke through. A bloody road with broken limbs and broken arms can be seen everywhere.
Li Junxian roared and knocked over an enemy soldier with one strike. He spurred his horse forward and crushed the head of a soldier who fell from his horse and rolled to the ground. Then, with a backhand strike, he cut off an enemy soldier who was fighting with his soldiers in half. Broken, the enemy soldier's upper body rolled off the horse's back, and his lower body sat on the horse's back, blood gushing like a fountain...
Li Junxian was full of murderous intent and in excellent condition. He controlled the reins with one hand and wielded the sword with the other, charging forward like a god of war. Suddenly, he was loose in front of him, and the sound of fighting seemed far away. When he looked closely, he found that he had already penetrated the enemy's formation.
With great pride in his heart, he turned his horse's head and led his soldiers to kill him again.
The noble officials throughout Chang'an were afraid of the pervasiveness of the "Baiqisi", thinking that it was just a hawk dog used by the emperor to control the officials, but they ignored that the "Baiqisi" were all selected from the left and right guards. Outstanding, every soldier is an outstanding warrior.
Do you really think that "Hundred Qisi" is just a group of secret spies who pick at the cracks of doors, listen to window sills, and break doors and locks without seeing the light?
The horizontal sword in my hand has been thirsty for too long!
Li Junxian was full of energy, and the horizontal sword in his hand was flying up and down, as if he was in a deserted place, and he was brave and unparalleled. He is a military commander himself, and he doesn't like the "Hundred Cavalry" who walks in the dark and monitors hundreds of officials. His biggest wish is to one day be able to gallop on the battlefield and kill the enemy bravely.
It's just that His Majesty Li Er trusted him very much and tried his best to suppress the flying dreams in his heart, so that he had to succumb to the "Hundred Cavalry Division" and willingly be the eagle dog of the King of Earth.
The current battle was exactly what he had been looking forward to for a long time. He led his soldiers to cut through the enemy formation and killed them all over. Seeing the blood flowing from the corpses everywhere, he felt refreshed and relieved. He watched a few enemy cavalry flee in panic. , stopped the soldiers from chasing and killed, and said loudly: "Don't chase the poor bandits! Follow me north to protect the Duke of Song!"
"Here!"
The morale of the soldiers under his command soared, and they responded with a bang.
In the night, the "Hundred Cavalry" soldiers galloped northward along the official road, leaving the Pujin Ferry bridge end strewn with corpses and a mess.
After a long time, a group of cavalry came galloping from the west bank of Pujin Ferry. They were shocked to see the extremely miserable scene at the beginning of the bridge.
The first captain said in a trembling voice: "Didn't you say there were only a few hundred 'Hundred Cavalry' eagle dogs? We dispatched two thousand cavalry, but they were slaughtered... How is this possible?"
Another man dismounted and ordered the accompanying soldiers to search the battlefield. He said disapprovingly: "Obviously, the 'Hundred Cavalry' must have a large number of reinforcements hiding their whereabouts. They only rushed out suddenly during our surprise attack, which led to our defeat and heavy losses."
The captain's face was full of shock: "But we have found out clearly, where are the reinforcements?"
At this time, the soldiers briefly searched the battlefield and came back to report that the number of enemies was only in the hundreds and would never exceed a thousand.
Another man nodded and said: "Sure enough, four to five thousand elite "Hundred Cavalry Division" escorted Xiao Yu. More than half of the soldiers were hidden in advance and caught us by surprise. Although this battle was a disastrous defeat, it was not due to our incompetence. , but the intelligence source is wrong, report it to Zhao Guogong immediately, ask him to carefully identify the source of the information, and impose severe punishment!”
The captain opened his mouth and finally silently acquiesced, his eyes dark.
The failure of the mission is doomed, and what he is about to face must be severe punishment from Duke Zhao. However, although mistakes were made, the failure caused by underestimating the enemy was completely different from the failure caused by incorrect information. The former was because they misestimated the combat power of the "Hundred Qisi", which was a subjective error, while the latter was an accident and an objective error. mistake.
As long as he thought about the violent character of Duke Zhao today, he would keep his mouth shut.
Seeing that he no longer persisted, the other man also breathed a sigh of relief, got on his horse, and said: "Immediately follow the enemy's traces, guard them tightly, and send people back to mobilize troops and horses again. I don't believe that I can't take down a mere Xiao Yu!" (this chapter) End)