Chapter two hundred and seventeen sleepless night
Under the hazy sky, a cavalry array of more than 6,000 was densely undulating and undulating, rolling up and down, and dusty smoke was rolling up. In front were three hundred iron armored heavy cavalry, and the light cavalry followed behind and charged the Dragon and Tiger Army midfielder lined up in front.
The sound of the sea tide slapping against the reefs, shields, and human bodies were overturned in an instant. The silhouettes of soldiers behind were submerged under the tumbling iron hooves, and the sound of crackling flesh and blood bursting and bones shattering came from.
Boom boom boom boom-
The self-reliant centurion of the Dragon and Tiger Army rushed forward with his personal soldiers, and then his broken body flew backwards. The soldiers around him showed a look of horror on their faces. In their eyes, the huge array of central troops was plowed out of huge gullies by the cavalry that rushed towards them at high speed. Under the hooves of the oncoming cavalry, all of which were broken bodies and scattered weapons, laying a dark red blood carpet and sweeping towards them.
The next moment, countless Longyou cavalry who were looking through the waves and slashing in. In the distance, the soldiers of the Longhu Army nearby finally had a loose expression on their faces. Their footsteps were shaken and slowly retreated a few steps back. Then... they threw down their weapons and shields, their tense nerves broke, and they turned around and ran wildly. Their uninformed companions behind were squeezed into pieces by them, but their emotional infection also turned around and ran away in panic.
"Go back! Go back-"
Wei Zhaodu shouted on the horse's back, and even drew his sword to kill a soldier who had run past him. His elegant face was covered with ferociousness, his forehead was filled with blue veins, and he pointed his sword at the commander's team, asking them to hurry up and stop it. However, the team there looked at the recruits on the horse's back and countless defeated soldiers who were rushing towards him. In an instant, the soldiers of the team turned around and fled to the rear.
"You...you--"
The depressed anger rushed to his heart. Wei Zhaodu sat on the horse's back with his chest shaking. Du Rangneng rushed over, pulled the reins of his mount, and then took the rear.
"Let's go, withdraw from the battlefield first, gather the defeated troops, and join the other three armies. There is always a chance!"
Du Rangneng's neighing sound echoed in Wei Zhaodu's ears, but it was a buzzing noise. He almost lay on the horse's back, looking back, and there were running figures everywhere on the battlefield.
In sight, the cavalry broke through the waves and rushed into the crowd, knocked over, trampled, and drove away small circles divided into pieces.
In the field of vision, the "Tang" flag, which was erected high in the central army, was cut off by a knife by a cavalry.
In sight, the broken flag swayed, crossing the dust in the sky, falling down, covering the bodies all over the ground......
"ah--"
Wei Zhaodu burst into tears, leaned on the horse's back and screamed suddenly, his body turned unsteadily and fell off the horse. The guards next to him rushed up to catch him, and carried him on the horse's back and ran away quickly.
Boom-
The iron hooves churned, and more than a thousand light cavalry smashed through the middle formation of the Dragon and Tiger Army, chasing towards the fleeing figure.
.........
"it's over."
On the distant hills, Geng Qing was bathed in the reddish rays, got off the wooden cart, rode a horse, and let Dachun lead him slowly down the hillside.
The battlefield that we passed by, and wherever we saw, the ground was full of human corpses, those who were shot in arrows, those who lost their arms and thighs, or those who were not dead were covered in pain, murmured in pain, asking those who walked by to give him a knife.
Geng Qing pursed his lips and looked at him. He was a centurion of the Dragon and Tiger Army. His entire arm was gone and his chest was split open, so he couldn't survive.
He said "yes", nodded to Dou Wei on the side, and then walked forward, leaving Dou Wei here. Soon, there was a light sound of a knife sank into his body. The painful figure on the ground struggled for a few times and stopped moving.
There were corpses everywhere, and the wounded were screaming in pain. Geng Qing felt extremely complicated at this time. He was just covering up his discomfort.
After all, he is a modern person... This cruel scene makes him uncomfortable. No matter how many years he has been here, some things cannot be changed. He can only raise his eyes and try not to see them.
Far from far and near, the ragged armor and the flag flames were still burning, wisps of black smoke rose, and floated past the gun sticks inserted obliquely on the ground,
The unowned war horse licked the face of the dead owner, looked at the figures coming and going between the corpses around him, and neighed in a wandering voice. There were occasionally a few shrill fighting in the distance, but then it disappeared.
"Sir, we won-"
When a soldier who knew Geng Qing saw the figure entering this Shura field, there was an undepressing emotion on his face. They were border troops and defeated the Shen Ce Army, which was well-equipped. It was an army that once had countless glory.
Many people gathered around and told him about the previous battle with a smile. Geng Qing nodded while listening. After listening for a while, he asked them: "Where are you still General Zhao, who is there? Are you injured?"
"When I go back to Shaoyin, the men of the Beizheng family are not very clear... It's too chaotic, everyone is going crazy, they should be in front of them after staying."
Did Li Jiji himself break into it?
It's just nonsense!
Geng Qing frowned and raised his foot to cross a corpse in front of him. The bloody nose made him feel a little uncomfortable. He insisted on walking forward to take a look. Perhaps someone found Li Jiji in advance. The latter rode over from among the resting soldiers there, his face was covered with blood, and he smiled and came down from the horse's back.
"Sir, I won!"
Li Jiji took off his iron helmet, clenched his fists and raised it in the air. It can be seen that he fought to Chang'an as a border army and defeated the Shen Ce Army. This is a record worth showing off as a commander general.
"Don't be happy first. There are at least 40,000 Shen Ce troops in Chang'an. Those who have fled back, the three armies of Tianxing, Shenwu and Yulin, who have not yet been defeated, may still be as many as 60,000 to 70,000."
"Sir, I don't understand this. Their morale has been broken. No matter how many people are, what's wrong? As long as you arrive on the battlefield, you can still take up weapons and fight with us. It is already a rare elite."
Geng Qing did not interrupt him when he heard about the command of the army. This moment was indeed worthy of happiness, not to mention that Li Jiji was nominally his boss, so he had to give him enough face.
After hearing this for a while, after crossing most of the battlefield, Zhao Zhouyi also came from the front. He was covered in blood, his armor was damaged in many places, and half of his arms were chopped off in the chaos. A wound was also exposed on his arm. After only a simple bandage, he came over to talk to Geng Qing and Li Jiji about the situation there.
"Du Rangneng, Wei Zhaodu ran away early, leaving us two thousand prisoners."
It was obvious in his words that he was asking what to do. In fact, not only the middle formation of the Dragon and Tiger Army, but also many surrendered Dragon and Tiger Army soldiers were tied and detained on the edge of the battlefield. They were waiting to fall.
"If you attack Chang'an, there is no need to count these prisoners, just..." Li Jiji looked at the thousands of figures strung together by ropes, and was staggered by the cavalry on his spear. When he said this, Geng Qing suddenly spoke on the side.
"Let's stay here. Everyone is Han. After the war, there is no need to kill them all. Do your work and teach them later. I can't say that I can still use it."
After experiencing a battle, even if it is not an elite, it is still a veteran. Besides, so many young and strong people are precious resources for the ancient environment. Geng Qing really couldn't make up his mind and killed these people who put down their weapons and surrendered.
Of course, it would be another matter if it threatens his life.
"Sir, let's stay." Li Jiji still has many places that rely on Geng Qing's advice. He did not object at the moment. He nodded and ordered his head to ride over and asked the soldiers to take the prisoners away. He took off his armor and took them into custody together. "Oh, it's a pity that Du Rangneng and Wei Zhaodu were not captured. These two are important officials in the court. If they were captured, the Chang'an side would be shocked."
Thinking of defeating Shence Army and the imperial gangs of civil and military officials in Chang'an City, Li Jiji couldn't help but clench his fists and smiled excitedly.
"It's true." Zhao Zhouyi looked at him, glanced at Geng Qing again, and nodded in agreement.
At this time, a cavalry rushed back from the east, waved their arms and shouted: "Catched! Catched!"
The three people standing on the battlefield turned around, and the cavalry was led over, dismounted and clasped their fists at Li Jiji, Geng Qing clasped his fists, and then pointed excitedly at the back: "Catched, Du Rangneng, Wei Zhaodu was caught by Fu Du Tong, and was escorted over."
In Geng Qing's eyes, the cavalry roared. In the future, the leader was carrying eight short spears. Among the few cavalrymen lined up behind him, two were placed horizontally on the horse's back and struggled continuously.
"Haha, after staying, Fu Daozhao fulfilled his mission, and he was arrested-"
Fu Daozhao took the lead in dismounting, respectfully clasped his fists, and then raised his hand to let his subordinates bring the prisoners over. Both of them were important officials in the court, and their eyes were naturally higher. When they came over, they turned their faces away and were hit by the soldiers with a spear and knelt down in pain.
"Pull them down and kill them and send them to the emperor." Li Jiji didn't like this attitude, especially after winning the battle, he didn't want to be looked down upon. When he waved his hand and said this, Geng Qing came from behind: "Don't be busy for now."
He smiled and whispered something in Li Jiji's ear. The latter nodded and then lowered his hand, "Then it's handed over to the sir." Then he took the soldiers to other parts of the battlefield to deal with the post-war affairs.
"You two, Geng Qing, when you were in Chang'an, you must have heard my name."
Geng Qing stepped on the blood on the ground, smiled and stepped forward and bowed, "This battle is very difficult. I have seen the abilities of both of you. Instead of acting as chess pieces for the emperor, how about we follow us to clear the king's side?"
Squatting down in front of the two, Geng Qing waved his hand and asked someone to untie the ropes tied to Du Rangneng and Wei Zhaodu, and said some strange words from Guli.
The battle at this time has come to an end. The Tianxing Army, Shenwu Army and Yulin Army, which are several miles away from here, have not yet been defeated. However, after receiving the news of the failure of the main battlefield, they have to retreat to Chang'an. Once they are besieged, they will follow in the footsteps of the Dragon and Tiger Army.
Two more small-scale battles broke out, with more than a hundred casualties. It was not until the night fell that the three soldiers safely retreated from the front line and there were no more pursuers.
In the night, the moon was hanging on the top of the mountain, and the morale of the Longxiang army was devastated. They sat on the horse's back with a silence. On the way to Chang'an, Li Shunjie had a simple bandage on his face and two bands wrapped in his head.
The blood was stained with redness and the bandage was still seeping out. His face turned cold, he tightened his halberd, unable to figure out why such a failure was caused.
Along the way, he gathered the dispersed Longxiang Army again, with more than 10,000 cavalry left, with only 5,000 cavalry, of which only more than 400 heavy cavalry were lost, and most of them were lost. Such a defeat was a bit shameless to return to Chang'an to see the emperor.
"But after a while, the victory or defeat is still undecided. Everyone, we will go to Chang'an and fight them again!"
In the night wind, Li Shunjie looked at the commander beside him. The latter nodded, but felt a little regretful about the battle. Soon after, he returned to Chang'an in the darkness of the night, and also sent a messenger to take the news to the city overnight.
.........
Before the news came, at this moment, the emperor Li Ye looked at a note with no joy or anger on his face. Then he held the note in his palm and took it behind him.
"Hmph... Wang Chongrong came here at this time. Isn't this asking me for credit? I'll pass on my will to him. Since I have brought the troops, I'll come to Chang'an to stay for a long time, accompany me to chat about family matters in the palace, and wait for the news of the victory of the Shen Ce Army."
Looking at the night outside, Li Ye clenched his fists with confidence.
But soon after, the messenger entered the city and came to the palace. Looking at the blood-stained Longxiang Army's cavalry, Li Ye opened his eyes wide and was stunned for a long time without making a sound. He lowered his eyes slightly and waved his hand, allowing the soldier to go down and rest for a while. The guards around him came over, and he stood there and ignored him.
In the light shadow, the emperor was holding his hands, the dragon robe was trembling slightly, his closed lips squeezed out of his throat with a slight "click" sound, and his eyes turned red.
Bang!
Li Ye punched the dragon pillar in the hall, the guards and eunuchs lowered their heads and dared not speak.
After a long time, the emperor's voice rang.
"Didn't Wang Chongrong come to serve the king and save the emperor? I'll draw an order and let him fight!"
Chapter completed!