Chapter 437 Dragon Walk
In August, the sky is blue and the sun is scorching the earth.
Although Zhao Rong and Liu Gu killed Li Ding, chaos was still inevitable.
After all, Li Ding was the general of Zhaojun Town. Zhao Rong and Liu Gu knew that Li Ding was going to surrender, but the surrounding officials did not know. Moreover, Li Ding himself had confidants, and when these people saw that their general was killed, they immediately started making noises.
They shouted in the crowd:
"Zhao Rong and Liu Gu rebelled! Follow me to put down the rebellion!"
However, Zhao Rong and Liu Gu were also camp generals, and they also had the hearts of the soldiers, so even though the officials in their second camp were surprised and suspicious, they did not take any drastic actions.
However, even if there are only dozens of people making noises, it has already defeated the remaining spirit of Zhaojun Town.
The chaos and weakness here were naturally seen by the Han army on the opposite side.
Although they didn't know why there was chaos on the other side, they were sure to take advantage of the chaos.
Therefore, a group of soldiers, led by General Yi Zhizhen, were about to charge.
But at this time, the earth was shaking.
The sound of galloping horse hooves came from the south. The Han soldiers decisively gave up the attack and chose to retreat into the formation.
Coming from the south? Could it be enemy reinforcements?
But the Han soldiers soon saw that their own cavalry regiment was back. It seems that they just won another big victory!
But soon, some smart-minded military officials figured out that something was wrong. These Han cavalry could not show off their power after a great victory. Their frowning look looked like the courage of a defeated army.
Sure enough, after running through the Han army's position, these cavalry kept shouting:
"The enemy reinforcements are coming."
At this time, the Han army officials realized what they were doing and quickly arranged a phalanx to resist the enemy.
But these Han soldiers did not seriously think about why the Han army failed miserably when chasing the enemy with a huge advantage of cavalry.
Soon these Han soldiers had the answer.
From the horizon, first a long "light belt" jumped out. This was a cavalry completely wrapped in iron armor, moving slowly towards the Han army's position.
These knights are like sparkling water, with light waves and ripples appearing from time to time in the sun. They surged forward, prancing their horses, stopping and starting again as they marched, so that the front line could be maintained on a straight line.
Judging from the number of people, this heavy cavalry regiment only has more than 200 people, but it has a majestic momentum. Not only that, this heavy cavalry regiment is also particularly beautiful.
Yes, although it seems inappropriate to describe an army as beautiful, everyone who saw this army at this time had such an idea.
Every knight in this army is wearing fine armor, and there is a piece of apricot-yellow silk hanging on the horse's hand, with the name of each knight written on it. Each knight is equipped with full armor, including a face armor, neck armor, and greaves. Except for a pair of black eyes exposed, the whole body is covered with iron armor.
Not only that, the horses of these knights are also covered in leather armor, and the horses are decorated with various feathers, like a group of prehistoric beasts, weird and intimidating.
There has never been an army as shining as this one.
After the heavy armored cavalry of the Taishan Army, there were another group of armored soldiers holding numerous flags high. They meanderingly followed the armored cavalry and quickly occupied the entire field of vision.
In the process, the melodious horn spread throughout the Dingting battlefield. Yang Mao looked at this army that seemed to be made of iron armor and finally shed tears:
"Cai Que, you are a mediocre person, you came too late."
That's right, it was Cai Que, the Central Guard Army dispatched by Zhang Chong, who arrived.
In addition to his 4,000 armored soldiers, there were also a full 200 armored heavy cavalry. Shining with the deterrence of force, they finally arrived.
In fact, Cai Quebu almost didn't make it here.
It turned out that after Yang Mao emphasized in the military report that the number of enemies in Dingting was around 20,000, even though Zhang Chong doubted this number, he still dispatched Cai Que from the Central Guard Army to support him.
But halfway through Cai Que's journey, he accidentally bumped into a lost team of Han soldiers. After capturing these people, Cai Que obtained the accurate situation of Dingting, which was that there were at most five thousand soldiers and horses there.
So Yang Mao was deceived.
Since there are only 5,000 Han soldiers in Dingting, with Yang Mao's strong army of 12,000 soldiers, it must be no problem.
After Cai Que stayed with Zhang Chong for a long time, he also had a certain overall view.
He knew that the king's plan was to let Yang Mao occupy Dingting, then march eastward, join Zhang Dan's troops and annihilate the Hejian regiment coming from the east.
Therefore, Cai Que judged that the one most in need of reinforcements at this time was Zhang Dan's tribe to the east.
After obtaining this information, Cai Que turned around and headed east with his five thousand troops.
If things really develop like this, then the reinforcements that Yang Mao has been waiting for will not be able to come.
But after Cai Que had traveled six miles eastward, he encountered the soldiers coming from the base camp. The king sent twelve orders of soldiers in succession to search for the missing Cai Que's tribe on the straight road, and finally one of the soldiers found it.
The timing just so happened that just after Cai Que set off, Zhang Chong's base camp welcomed a group of guests.
They were the Zhen family from nearby Wuji. Their main purpose in coming to see Zhang Chong was to send the three daughters of the Zhen family to Zhang Chong's camp.
In fact, after Mrs. Zhen decided to join the Taishan Army, she thought about giving her daughter away.
Zhen's generation has three sons and five daughters. Originally, the fifth girl was the most suitable one to give as a gift, because this girl was once rated as "indescribably precious" by Liu Liang, a well-known fortune teller in the North.
The Zhen family all believed it seriously and cultivated it carefully.
But the problem is that the fifth daughter is too young. If she were to send them directly, it would look too much like the Zhen family to flatter the rich. Therefore, in order to save face, Zhen, after discussion, sent the three girls who were still waiting as maids to Zhang Chong's camp, and asked the five girls to be taken with them as clan relatives.
Zhang Chong was shocked when he saw two women, one young and one young, in the carriage.
But what shocked Zhang Chong even more was that a boy named Zhen Yao brought him news. He said that his eldest brother Zhen Yu had just returned from attending a meeting in Lu Nu, and that Zhenbei General Lu Zhi had gone south with his main force to support Dingting.
Compared with this important information, Zhen's children seem dispensable.
Zhang Chong hurriedly sent this information to Cai Que, who had already set off, but his troops searched for it for a long time but could not find it. Finally, after sending twelve messages in a row, this message was finally sent.
Cai Que, who knew the latest intelligence, realized at this time that he had almost delayed the military plane.
So he didn't dare to delay any longer, and led the armored soldiers to change lanes to support Dingting, and finally arrived at noon the next day.
……
At this moment, when Cai Que arrived with the Central Guard Army, he directly ordered the heavy cavalry to attack.
Without any hesitation, Cai Que used his trump card.
The horn of the Chinese army had already sounded, and the dazzling armored cavalry began to speed up. First a slow walk, then a long stride, and finally a quick walk.
Cavalry A's horse has been leveled vertically, its edge shining with dazzling light, and its shadow covering the land in front of it. The horse's hooves turned over the soil and sounded like thunder.
The first cavalryman shouted:
"Raise swords and soldiers, exchange for peace, and restore the Qingming Dynasty to the world."
……
The unique war song of the Taishan Army was muffled under the hood of the mask, giving the song a sense of depression and solemnity.
This scene fell in the eyes of the Han army on the opposite side, as if they were trembling and frightened.
The military officials laughed loudly:
"These Taishan thieves are just fake. They look like that, and they are still trembling when they charge."
But those officials near him who had survived the Battle of Xingyang no longer had the confidence of this military official. They once again recalled what a tragedy they had experienced that afternoon in this familiar war song.
The person walking alongside the military officer was such an old soldier. After listening to the military officer's arrogant words, he coldly replied:
"I'm afraid you have never gone south. You don't know that all Taishan thieves are ready to fight to the death after singing such a military song." The military officer knew that he had made a mistake, but in order to save his face, he still slapped the old man. Jun paused and cursed:
"Lao Ge, are you here to disturb the morale of our army? I will put your head on my neck first, and then I will chop you after the war."
After the old man was whipped, his brow bone was torn open, but he just glanced at the unlearned and unskilled son of a family and kept silent.
The armored cavalry of the Taishan Army are getting faster and faster, especially the leading cavalry general who has rushed forward, looking like a tiger descending from the mountain with the devouring power.
This kind of power naturally attracted the attention of Lu Zhi from behind.
At this time, on a mountain in the north, Lu Zhi looked at the dust rising in the south, his face changed slightly, and then he said calmly:
"This little Taishan thief wants to imitate me, but he still wants to learn how to ride in armor!"
Lu Zhi had previously used fifty armored cavalry to defeat the Qingzhou Army in the Battle of Jize. Although these armored cavalry were all killed, the armored cavalry of the opposite Taishan Army were also very different from the Han army in their tactics.
But Lu Zhi still stubbornly believed that the Taishan thief was badly imitating him.
Just when Lu Zhi finished saying this, the Taishan Army's armored cavalry crashed into the Han Army's phalanx.
Because they did not resist the horses, the Han army only used spears and spears as a defense, but the usual means of effectively hindering the cavalry had no effect at this moment.
The arrows hit the armor and were deflected, and the spears were knocked over directly by the collision of the armored cavalry.
Taishan's armored cavalry were like rakes plowing out strips of flesh and blood in the Han army's square formation.
At this time, Lu Zhi's face was already very ugly, but he could still sit still. After all, the Zhenbei Army was not a miscellaneous soldier.
Sure enough, after the Han army was a little confused at first, some wise generals quickly reacted and began to deploy a thicker military formation.
The original military formation was too thin, so it shattered as soon as it was charged.
The flags were passed, and the battalions began to move to form a thicker military formation. These officials are elites, and they are not lacking in courage, courage, and honor.
Therefore, although he was shocked by the power of the thieves' armored cavalry, he still calmed down and listened to the military officials' instructions to prepare the new formation.
Even the wise general who took over the command on the battlefield had the idea to directly arrange the more resilient old soldiers in the middle to face the charge of the armored cavalry, and then arrange the sharp soldiers on both sides in a wider front.
This tactic is a typical one of stretching the depth. After the enemy breaks into the formation, the two wings will be launched to directly outflank the two wings of the enemy's armored cavalry.
This tactic is very easy to use, but the only requirement is that the old pawn blocking the armored cavalry must be tough enough and able to resist. Otherwise, it will be penetrated by the enemy and the formation will collapse.
Lu Zhi, who was on the northern slope, quickly discovered the actions of his frontline subordinates. He couldn't help but admire his son Lu Yu and said:
"Look, this is your senior brother's promise. In terms of reading the collection, he may not be the strongest under my sect. But he must be the best when it comes to knowing an opportunity."
With that said, Lu Zhi introduced the secrets of tactics to his son Lu Yu on the spot.
Lu Zhi took his son south this time to focus on cultivating his talents in military formations. The battlefield that will break out this time involving hundreds of thousands of people is a rare war in recent years.
Only through experience in such a large-scale joint battle can one gain the understanding of large-scale corps operations.
After all, only those who have actually participated in a battle involving 100,000 people can know what this kind of large-scale battle is like. Otherwise, no matter how much you say, it will be useless.
Therefore, every large-scale battle is a battlefield school to train a new generation of generals.
Here, Mr. Lu was so proud that he became a teacher in front of the younger generation, and he had already foreseen the fall of Mount Tai's armored cavalry.
But after all, he still couldn't keep up with the times. Even though he was the first to use armor and cavalry together, he was still a general of the previous era.
Therefore, Lu Zhi simply couldn't understand what it meant for two hundred armored cavalry to charge.
Especially these two hundred armored cavalry are talented people specially selected by Zhang Chong.
As the Han army changed its formation, the Taishan armored cavalryman who was at the forefront of the charge felt the crisis keenly.
He shouted directly:
"Trapped"
Then a team of fifty armored cavalry rushed up and charged alongside him.
This general is still in the center, using an iron pole wrapped with wires and an angry horse to charge across the Han army's formation, and he is invincible.
With the bravery of ten thousand men, these fifty armored cavalry were like a chisel digging deeply into the Han army's formation, like digging into the heart.
The crossbowmen on both sides of the Han army also began to fire back with arrows like locusts.
Apparently they had previously discovered that the flat shot of bows and arrows posed a threat to armored cavalry, so they replaced them with more powerful hand crossbows.
At this time, the Taishan Army's armored cavalry began to suffer casualties. From time to time, we saw some unlucky ones who were either shot in the eyes by crossbow arrows, or arrows penetrated into the body of the warhorse through the slits in the armor.
But more armored cavalry were unscathed in the rain of arrows and continued to charge desperately with the cavalry at the front.
At this time, the cavalry general at the front was already covered in blood, but he became more and more courageous as he fought. The courageous heart of the armored cavalry infected the armored cavalry, and they shouted with joy.
The blood here infected Yang Mao on the wall of Dingting Pavilion.
Although he didn't know who the brave cavalry commander was, it still didn't stop him from cheering for him.
He grabbed the drumstick and shouted:
"Drink for me, General Taishan!"
After saying that, he beat the drum himself.
The drummers also imitated Yang Mao and started beating the drums.
This battlefield is where such a cavalry commander worships his general. Witnessed by countless people from both our and the enemy, he will ascend to the position of the most supreme warrior in the world.
His reputation will also be remembered in history along with this battle.
"Who is he?"
At this time, Lu Zhi on the northern slope finally stood up. This was the first thing he said, but no one could give him the answer.
But at this time, there was a sudden roar of mountains and tsunami on the battlefield ahead, and then Lu Zhi looked with a pale face as the flag with the word "Xu" slowly fell down.
The great banner was cut off, which meant that his beloved disciple Xu Zhi died in battle.
According to Xu, this scholar-bureaucrat who was supposed to be a general in Cao Wei died in Dingting.
At this time, Lu Zhi no longer had the grace of a famous commander, and he shouted angrily again:
"Who is this person attacking me?"
This time, someone gave him the answer.
As the killing of the generals and the capture of the flag ended, countless noises on the battlefield gradually converged into this thunderous sentence:
"Changshan Zhao Zilong"
"Changshan Zhao Zilong"
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What kind of person, what kind of power, what kind of courage.
At this moment, all the light focused on the cavalry general named Changshan Zhao Zilong.
This moment, this scene will surely go down in history and become a dream in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people for thousands of years.
Because his name is Zhao Zilong.
I can’t give you the famous scene of Changshan Zhao Zilong entering and exiting seven times, but at least there is an epic scene of two hundred armored cavalry charging fifty thousand.
(End of chapter)