Chapter 870 Conspiracy
Zhou Yu held the Han flag and still led the way.
Behind him, hundreds of Lujiang soldiers rushed up first. They were all members of the Zhou family. Zhou Yu was the only one who followed the lead, so he was also the first batch of troops to rush through the Pi Canal.
Among them, the leading general was named Zhou Ben. He held a card in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. He ran quickly, shouting to Zhou Yu as he ran:
"Mr. Lang, slow down quickly. Brothers are catching up. We have to form an array, form an array!"
But Zhou Yu's speed was too fast, the wind was howling loudly, and there was chaos behind him, so he didn't hear this sentence.
Zhou Ben, who was lagging behind, had no choice but to let the Zhou family headquarters in the front be divided into pure teams first, that is, one wave of crossbowmen and one wave of spearmen, while he followed Zhou Yu with the card carriers.
Among the three thousand Lujiang soldiers, there are only a few dozen with war horses, and they are all concentrated on the powerful sons, fighting generals, and sentinel riders.
When Zhou Yu was sprinting, about fifteen or six riders rushed over first, and there were also a few wealthy family members who rushed in front of Zhou Yu because they didn't want to let Zhou Yu focus on his beauty.
Zhou Yu rode across the canal alone, not to show off his power, but to inspire the whole army to dare to fight.
Now seeing everyone rushing to be the first to be brave, there is no reason for Zhou Yu to be unhappy.
So Zhou Yu gradually slowed down his horse speed, and soon met Zhou Ben and others behind him.
When Zhou Ben caught up with him out of breath, he pulled Zhou Yu's stirrups and urged him:
"Mr. Lang, we can't advance so rashly. The enemy's main force is ahead. Our army is already weak. If we continue to fight like this, we will suffer big losses."
Zhou Yu is not a stubborn person, and the motivational effect has been achieved at this time, so he stopped immediately and started to let the teams concentrate.
And just as Zhou Yu was organizing the team to form an array, he suddenly heard exclamations coming from the front.
Zhou Yu turned around and saw that there were more than 20 cavalry on the opposite side. They were like dragons and were faster than those Lujiang cavalry.
As soon as Zhou Yu saw this scene, he knew it was bad.
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Shi Lu was not known for his bravery in the military, but after many years of experience in the military and his own talents, he still had good combat prowess.
At this moment, he came straight over with more than 20 cavalry. From a distance, he saw the enemy troops crossing the canal advancing suddenly, holding swords, flags, and shouting slogans as they rushed over.
At that time, Shi Lu burst into laughter.
Isn't this just a mob?
Thinking of this, Shi Lu clamped his horse on his hip and rushed faster.
The first ones to greet them were the powerful young men of Lujiang who rushed to the front.
It is said that people from the north are good at riding and people from the south are good at boats, but for these powerful sons of Lujiang, their riding skills are not bad even when they hunt horses in the fields.
Because Zhou Yu had aroused their desire to win before, these people became more courageous when they saw the twenty-odd enemy cavalry charging towards them.
One of the riders probably hunted a lot on weekdays, so he showed off his skills.
I saw him stepping on the stirrups, drawing out his bow, setting up an arrow, his body rising and falling with the movement of the horse's back, and then the arrow shot out in a flash of lightning.
But these disciples who usually go around fighting horses and dogs obviously don't know what kind of people the Tarzan riders in front of them are.
The Flying Tiger Army has been the Twelve Cavalry Regiment of the Taishan Army since its founding, and it is also one of the top three armies.
Although it later expanded into an army and added a lot of vehicles and infantry, the Flying Tiger Army was still good at cavalry.
Even though there were only twenty cavalrymen on Shilu's side at this time, all of them were veterans who had been in the army for more than three years, and one-third of them were Pingzhou soldiers from the frontier fortress.
The knight on the opposite side was really accurate in shooting arrows, and his timing was also very good.
When the arrow came, a Sushen knight from the Pingzhou area was unable to dodge, so he had no choice but to catch the arrow with his iron arms.
But just as he grabbed the arrow and felt the force of the arrow, the solemn knight grinned:
"It turns out to be a female."
After saying that, all the Taishan riders also laughed.
It turned out that the Lujiang knights used soft bows. Although they could shoot accurately, they had no power. Unlike the hard bows used in the army, one arrow could break gold and stone.
After saying this, the solemn knight directly took the arrow in his hand, bent down to take the bow, and shot back at the enemy.
And this arrow has no tricks at all, it's just fast.
The Lujiang knight didn't even react. An arrow was stuck in his throat, and then he fell off his horse and fell to the ground.
This man should be relatively famous among several powerful men. When this man dies, these knights will be filled with righteous indignation and will rush to take revenge.
But the Tarzan Army knights really have no intention of playing with these dolls.
These people held horse cups in their hands, and with the blessing of the horse's speed, they poured the horse cups on these Lujiang riders, and then let go of their hands smoothly, leaving all the damage on the chests of the enemy riders.
Most of these Lujiang knights are equipped with armor, but with such huge power and sharp spears, those armors are like paper, with a big hole formed when poked.
It was just one round, and almost all of the twenty Taishan Cavalrymen failed. Each one of them hit the target, and the Lujiang Cavalry was knocked off the horse.
All this happened in a very short period of time. In the most brutal cavalry confrontation, Shi Lu led the cavalry to achieve zero casualties and annihilated the same number of Lujiang cavalry.
The gap between cavalry between the north and the south is evident.
But this is not the most despairing thing. What makes the morale of the Lujiang disciples rushing from behind even more depressing is this scene:
After Ma Shan suddenly killed those Lujiang riders, Shi Lu and the others continued to move faster, and even faster.
Then, they rushed into a group of Lujiang soldiers.
There was no need for horses to collide. These Taishan riders just pressed their bodies completely on the horse's back, then raised the Huanshou sword in their hands, slashed left and right, and chopped these Lujiang soldiers like straw handles.
The top-down gravity combined with the habitual charge of the war horse will cut the person into half with this sword strike.
But these Tarzan riders can still control the angle and chop at the enemy's most vulnerable and silky neck.
Heads were rolling and blood was flowing.
Those Lujiang soldiers who failed to form a hard formation were no different from those straw soldiers when chopped down by these twenty cavalry.
In this way, Shi Lu and the others became more and more excited as they charged forward, and the more they killed, the higher they got, and they couldn't help but shout out.
It was also at this time that they began to rush towards the Lujiang soldiers where Zhou Yu was located. This was also the first enemy formation they encountered until now.
Originally, according to the Taishan Army's drill code, Shi Lu should have let this formation go and charged towards the Lujiang soldiers who were still scattered behind.
But for some reason, when Shi Lu saw Zhou Yu standing on a horse in the enemy camp, his intuition told him that this was the core figure of this army.
Therefore, Shi Lu decided to go against the rules and use the high speed of his horse to continue to launch fierce attacks on the enemy formation. Shi Lu is a smart man, and smart people understand that Cao Dian only deals with regular situations, and cannot rely on Cao Dian when encountering special situations.
At this moment, even though the enemy army has no formation and is a rabble, it is large in number and has high morale. If the thief cannot be invited to kill them first, then when the other side reacts, their twenty cavalry will have no choice but to retreat, no matter how powerful they are.
Therefore, Shi Lu shouted and shouted:
"Continue to charge and capture and kill the one standing under the banner of the Jiangse Army."
These twenty riders were all Shi Lu's guards, and Shi Lu had unlimited power over them. Even if a few of them felt that this move was not appropriate, no one spoke out against it. On the contrary, they all crouched on their horses and rushed towards Shi Lu. In front of the road, clear the way for him.
This is the authority of the chief military officer of the Taishan Army. When the war power is concentrated in one body, and when there are no long history and Xuan comfort envoys, military orders are like Mount Tai.
Following Shi Lu's shout, the knights began to sprint hard.
Even at this time, these Tarzan riders still tried to keep their distance from each other to avoid the arrows fired by the opponent.
Some who were well-armed took out their small shields and held them diagonally over their heads, leaving half of their field of vision.
Based on their usual experience, this kind of formation must have archers, so they made corresponding tactical actions according to their training.
But the strange thing is that although the enemy's formation is still strict, not a single arrow is fired.
Although the riders were surprised, they were all secretly happy, and their previously nervous hearts relaxed a lot.
At this moment, the leading cavalryman finally collided with the spear formation on the opposite side.
The only thing this Taishan Army knight could do was to miss the spear in front of him with the ring-shaped sword in his hand at the moment of impact, and then jump off the horse.
Then, the war horses ran wildly in the formation, causing chaos in the formation.
This Taishan Army knight was very lucky. When he jumped down, he bumped into an enemy spearman. He had a flesh pad as a buffer and he was not hurt at all.
But soon, an infantry general ran from the diagonal stabbing side, holding a sword that was more than ten feet long, and slashed at the Taishan Army knight.
In a hurry, the Taishan Army could only raise the Huanshou Sword to block, but with just one blow, the entire blade shattered.
The speed of the sword did not slow down at all, and it struck the Taishan Army knight on the shoulder.
You must know that this Taishan Army knight was wearing armor, but he was also cut in half by the saber.
The Taishan Army knight wailed in pain, and then the general came up, kicked him with one foot, and pulled out the saber with one hand.
Finally, with a casual wave, the head of the Taishan Army knight was chopped off.
After killing the people, he would not stop at all and slashed at the Tarzan Cavalry who had already galloped into the battle. This time, he slashed at the front hooves of the war horse.
With a painful cry, the war horse almost rolled and fell out, and the knight on its back was also thrown away, and was caught by several Lujiang spearmen on the side.
So those spearmen held up the knight, and the others used their spears to pierce with all their strength. In a short time, the knight was stabbed into a bloody gourd.
This horse-killing general in the Lujiang Army was so brave that he immediately attracted the attention of several Taishan Army knights.
One of them had already galloped over and bent down to chop at him.
But the horse-killing general actually rushed over sideways, bumped into the war horse, and then directly knocked the war horse over.
The war horse pressed down on the knight's thigh. In the end, the man could only watch helplessly as the horse-killing general stabbed him to death with the short blade at his waist.
Including this person, this horse-killing general has killed three Taishan Army knights in a row.
You must know that these twenty riders have charged for two rounds just now. They encountered no less than a hundred enemies, and none of them were injured. But here, without five breaths, three died.
Such bravery made Shi Lu, who was charging towards Zhou Yu, look sideways and couldn't help shouting:
"Who are you?"
The horse-killing general stood up covered in blood and shouted back to Shi Lu:
"It's Gong Lujiang Zhou Ben who wants your dog's life!"
With that said, he rushed towards Shi Lu alone again.
Shi Lu snorted coldly. In fact, when he shouted, he had already pulled out a hard bow in his hand, and when he signed up on the opposite side, he had already shot the arrow in his hand.
This week was originally a general of the Zhou family, with a strong military force in the county, but he had never been on the battlefield and did not know the dangers of the battlefield.
As soon as he finished speaking, a cold arrow was fired from the other side.
Without any precautions, Zhou Ben screamed and covered his face, falling to the ground.
Shi Luzheng motioned to the horsemen next to him to cut off Zhou Ben's head, but he didn't want to hear the sound of breaking through the air in his ears. His hairs stood up, and he subconsciously raised his iron hand to cover his face.
Perhaps the previous actions of his subordinates made Shi Lu think that the opponent was also shot with a soft bow, but Shi Lu only thought that he was blocked.
But he didn't want to feel the heartbreaking pain in his hand. Looking again, an armor-piercing arrow had penetrated his palm, making Shi Lu wail in pain.
Seeing this scene, a few horsemen on the side gave up their plan to go deeper into the enemy's formation. When they saw clearly that the arrow was coming from the enemy general under the Crimson Red Army, they took a hard look.
Then these people grabbed the reins of Shi Lu's horse, turned the horse's head, and retreated to the rear.
At this time, Shi Lu had lost his combat effectiveness and knew that continuing to charge would be of no use, so he could only call on his subordinates to retreat together.
But in the end, three guardsmen came to the rear to buy time for the robes to retreat.
But it was the same person in the same direction. He used three armor-piercing arrows to kill the three Taishan Army knights in the rear.
Finally, Shi Lu's interception ended with him losing his combat effectiveness and killing six soldiers.
Looking at the knights of the Taishan Army retreating, there was no joy on Zhou Yu's face, because in just this brief confrontation, he understood how big the gap in combat power between the two sides was.
But even so, Zhou Yu ordered people to look after Zhou Ben, then gathered the Lujiang soldiers from all over, and still headed towards Shouchun City in the northeast.
At this time, Zhou Yu actually wanted to rely on the troops at hand to liberate Shouchun.
How "stupid" this is.
Soon, they met the infantry of the Taishan Army, and the two sides met not far from Shouchun City.
This force is the main force under Shi Lu's command, with two troops in number. It was previously ordered by Shi Lu as the second batch of interception troops, and now it just blocks Zhou Yu's northward passage.
At this time, Zhou Yu was so close to Shouchun that he could see the figures on the city wall, but there were thousands of enemy troops blocking him. What should he do?
Just fight!