The sun was setting in the west, and the power of the autumn sun was not diminished at this time, making the battlefield steamy. The small space filled with tens of thousands of people seemed suffocating and hot. Both people and war horses felt the tense atmosphere before the war. The war horses plowed
They were lying on the ground, snoring and restless. The soldiers on both sides rolled their Adam's apples and waited. They could hear their own breathing and thumping heartbeats.
The war was about to break out, and all the officers and soldiers were waiting for Lin Jue's order. But Lin Jue frowned and looked at the sky, and asked in a deep voice: "What time is it?"
"Master Lin, the time has come." someone replied.
A smile appeared on Lin Jue's lips, and he galloped forward dozens of steps, frightening Wei Dakui and others to follow, but Lin Jue stretched out his hand to stop them.
Hai Dongqing thought that the opponent was starting to attack, and he was busy shouting for the Skitarii to get ready, but he heard Lin Jue's voice coming clearly: "Hai Dongqing, there is something you haven't done yet."
Hai Dongqing said in astonishment: "What do you mean?"
Lin Jue smiled and said: "It's time to pray, you haven't prayed yet. After a while, your people suddenly knelt down and prayed with their buttocks raised. Should we kill them or not? So, I will give you time to let you
Those who want to drink water and defecate in the latrine should hold on tight, and they will fight for a while, but they will not stop."
Hai Dongqing frowned and shouted: "That's my business, why should you worry about it?"
Lin Jue laughed and said: "You don't need me to worry about it, I'm just doing it for the sake of fairness. Lest you say it later and say we took advantage of you. Don't the people under you regard prayer as more important than eating and sleeping? I
If your wish doesn't come true, I'm afraid you won't be convinced. That's why I gave you this suggestion. I have good intentions. If you don't think it's necessary, just pretend I didn't say it and we'll start a war immediately."
Hai Dongqing frowned and pondered, and a guardian beside him whispered: "Holy Duke, don't listen to his nonsense, be careful of fraud."
Another defender said: "What is there to be deceitful? If the man named Lin is really deceitful, why would he have to fight us head-on? He just traps us. Prayer can help brothers to rise up and cheer up. This battle
It is related to the life and death of our religion, but any blessings that can be given must be used. Look at the brothers, they are all shaking nervously."
Hai Dongqing glanced at the religious bandits and could indeed feel that many of their hands were trembling and their bodies were shaking slightly. This was a manifestation of fear and nervousness. Being trapped in a desperate situation, their morale was already on the verge of collapse. He could only rely on mental strength to survive.
Maintain. Praying at this moment is absolutely useful to our side. Whether it is to comfort the spiritual emotions of the believers or to brainwash them before the war and encourage them to work hard without caring about their own lives, it has a great effect.
Hai Dongqing also felt that Lin Jue might not be deceiving. As the guardian said, Lin Jue had no need to do this. He just thought that he would win, so he showed off his high profile and magnanimity. In other words, that was just
A kind of condescending ridicule and ridicule.
"Lin Jue, don't even think about playing any conspiracy in front of me, I can see through it all." Hai Dongqing shouted loudly.
Lin Jue laughed and said: "I'm mainly afraid that you won't be convinced by the defeat. If you are so suspicious, you can just pretend that I didn't say anything and we will start a war immediately."
Hai Dongqing frowned and shouted: "Do you really think so?"
Lin Jue smiled and didn't answer, wrapping the horse whip around his finger and playing with it. Hai Dongqing finally nodded and said: "Okay, I believe you are a man. Let's fight fair and kill happily. Even if I lose.
, I am also convinced. We, the members of the Qing Sect, really need to pray and ask for God’s blessing. Please wait for a moment.”
Lin Jue spread his hands and said nonchalantly: "Please."
Hai Dongqing turned around and ordered in a deep voice: "Order the Saints to sing the "Dedication Song" and start praying."
The dedication song is the prayer song sung by the Saints when the Saints committed suicide. Its intention is self-evident. This battle is related to life and death. This prayer is to let all believers understand that they must fight with their lives and have the heart to die.
.To make everyone ignore life and death and have the courage to die, this will greatly promote the war. Hai Dongqing will use this perhaps the last opportunity to pray to make all the believers become bloodthirsty and insane.
, regardless of life or death.
The music of silk and bamboo sounded, and the trembling singing voices of the saints also sounded. The believers knelt on the ground, kowtowed and prayed, and murmured in their mouths.
"The Holy Duke is the greatest, blessing heaven and earth. I teach sisters to share the salvation. The broken body is dedicated to the Holy Duke, and the soul of the broken body is revered in the sky. Enjoy eternal life, eternal bliss, and the suffering of this world will never come again.
Yes, the pain in this world will never exist. The name of dedication will be praised from top to bottom, and will be remembered by descendants forever. Ahu, that Akri, Baba, Akh, Baba, Yier."
The saints were singing melodiously and all the believers were immersed in piety. Suddenly, the ground shook and the sound of rolling horse hooves was heard. When the believers who were still burying their heads and pouting their buttocks raised their heads in horror,
They saw a forest of long swords reflecting the dazzling golden light in the sun. The opponent's cavalry had already rushed thirty steps away during the melodious hymn.
"Lin Jue, you fucking liar, you shameless bitch, you bastard." Hai Dongqing roared and cursed loudly.
Amidst the rumbling of horseshoes, Lin Jue's laughter came: "Hai Dongqing, calling you an idiot is an insult. On the battlefield, how can you listen to the advice given to you by the other party? Do you think this is a child?
Do you want to play house? You are not afraid of deceit, but you are stupid, who is to blame?"
Hai Dongqing cursed angrily, but had no time to defend himself. He shouted loudly: "Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow!"
The distance between the two sides was not far, and the cavalry's charging distance was only a short distance of 180 steps, which was just outside the range of the crossbow. When the Qingjiao followers knelt on the ground and raised their buttocks in prayer, Lin Jue raised his hands and silently prayed.
With a powerful wave forward, the already prepared cavalry launched a fierce charge. When the Qingjiao's devotional song was only half-sung, the cavalry had reached their highest speed, and when the rumble of the horses' hooves broke the opponent's piety,
, the cavalry have broken through the most dangerous distance for being sniped by bows and arrows, and have broken through to within thirty steps. At this distance, even the fastest archers cannot support them to get up from the ground, bend their bows, and shoot arrows.
Arrow goes.
Hai Dongqing's archers are certainly not the best trained archers. They are indeed prepared to meet the opponent's cavalry charge. Unfortunately, praying to the Holy Gong requires throwing one's body to the ground, burying one's head and pouting, and the bows and arrows in hand cannot be used.
If they don't put it down, they have to temporarily remove the quiver on their backs. Facing the opponent's charge, when they just got up and put on the arrows, the horseshoes of the Imperial Guard cavalry had already kicked into the chests of the members of the front line of the Skitarii.
Lin Jue's intention was exactly this. He knew that Hai Dongqing still had many archers in his hands. The most feared thing about a cavalry charge was sniping with bows and arrows. Especially in this small space, the cavalry formation would be dense, and casualties would be inevitable.
Of course, Lin Jue was unwilling to let his side suffer more casualties, so he thought of taking advantage of the weakness of the Qingjiao's pre-war prayers to launch a surprise attack. But he himself did not expect that Haidong Qing would actually be fooled. This was really an unexpected surprise. Originally
He had already ordered Wei Dakui and others to charge with shields, but now there was no need to hold shields at all. When the opponent raised their butt and acted like an ostrich, it was the best time to attack. As long as they delayed like this, they could at least
If you miss two rounds of arrows, even if the opponent shoots an arrow, it will be a hasty round and will not be able to control the cavalry charge.
Just as Lin Jue expected, sparse arrows were indeed shot out, but the leading hundreds of cavalry led by Wei Dakui had already charged into the bandit formation. The swords flashed, the horses neighed, blood splashed in the sunset, and flesh and blood exploded in the air.
.Screams, shouts, cries, groans, curses, the sound of weapons clashing, the sound of horses' hooves crushing bones, and the sound of long knives piercing flesh. Dozens of sounds intertwined together, making the four directions...
The small battlefield within the city wall became the most bloody and noisy place in the world.
A cavalry charge is a nightmare for infantry. Unless there are spear archers or effective fortifications to block it, the cavalry formation will be invincible. What's more, one of the two sides in front of them is a well-equipped and well-trained imperial army of the Zhou Dynasty, and the other is
One side is just a makeshift church that has not experienced many battles. When the two sides fight head-on, their superiority is immediately obvious.
More than a thousand cavalry were like long sharp swords, cutting into the dense formation of the bandits. Wherever they passed, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and there were countless casualties. Wei Dakui learned the tricks used by Lin Jue to lead the cavalry to charge.
, those in front and on both sides slashed with long knives, and those in the middle fired with repeating crossbows. In a very short time, more than a thousand cavalry crashed into the opponent's formation hundreds of steps away, knocking the Skitarii formation into disarray.
A mess.
Immediately afterwards, thousands of Imperial Guard infantry arrived from the rear, and the already battered front formation of the Skitarii suddenly collapsed completely. Under the ferocious charge of the Imperial Guard, the Skitarii followers who were surviving under the hooves of the horses experienced another bloody and bloody attack.
The baptism of the Forbidden Army destroyed the front line like cutting melons and vegetables, and kept retreating.
The frontier between the two sides was only a few hundred steps wide, but they gathered so many soldiers and horses. The dense formation made the fight more bloody. There is no possibility of one-on-one fighting on the battlefield. You may join forces with your companions.
You knock down your opponent, but the next moment your body will be penetrated by a sharp blade, because your body is mixed with the enemy and yourself. While you are killing others, others will also attack you. And those who cooperate with you to kill the enemy
Partners may also go to kill others with other people. The entire battlefield is in one word: chaos!
Hai Dongqing roared loudly and rushed left and right on his horse. He was holding a Daguan Dao. The blade was surprisingly large and shone with cold light, which was very eye-catching. His original weapon was just a long knife, but when
After becoming the Holy Duke, in order to show his majesty, he specially built this Daguan sword. There was a swordsman beside him on weekdays to carry the sword and hold the sword for him. When he was sitting on the throne of the Holy Duke, his back was shining.
The Daguan Dao is erected next to him, giving people the feeling that Guan Gong is alive. Although this is inconsistent with the teachings of Shenggong and Qingjiao, Haidongqing doesn't care about this. As long as it can make everyone worship and revere something, he
They are all used to deceive people.
But at this moment, this Daguan sword is too heavy, and age is not forgiving. For more than a year, he has been 'blessing' the saints in the church every night. It is really a waste of energy, and Hai Dongqing really can't swing it.
. After cutting down two forbidden soldiers in the air, Hai Dongqing gave up the Daguan Dao and grabbed a scimitar in his hand. He immediately felt much more relaxed.
"Holy Duke, retreat quickly, the enemy is charging this way. Come on, protect the Holy Duke and help me meet the enemy." A guardian beside him shouted hurriedly.
Hai Dongqing looked up and saw dozens of cavalrymen rushing towards his direction. The leader was Lin Jue. Lin Jue was holding a long sword and was slashing here and there under the cover of the cavalry nearby, looking brave.
Incomparable. But Hai Dongqing could see that Lin Jue's martial arts skills were ordinary and he relied entirely on the people around him to resist attacks for him. He was just waiting for an opportunity to hit the target.
