Not to mention how these two core civil and military figures of Da Qi had their own agendas and were just pretending.
Suffice it to say that at the moment, Li Cheng was determined to give it another try, so he used his bare hands to lead the guard's long-sword cavalry forward. Immediately, thousands more Qingzhou headquarters troops who had rested well last night surged up from behind, and they were the secret troops who had been defeated before.
The state army also regrouped and moved forward under the pressure of the commander, the supervising team, and the Chinese army in the rear.
The battlefield situation suddenly changed again.
"This Li Cheng is indeed quite capable."
As Yang Yizhong said this, he instinctively glanced at the position of his Zhajia arm. There was a clear bright red blood stain on the Zhajia arm there. It was obvious that the opponent acted quickly, and the bloodstains from the previous execution of Du Yan had not yet disappeared.
And washed away by the rain. "It came so fast!"
"This knife is so fast."
Zhai Biao, who was a little out of breath next to him, couldn't help but take a few deep breaths in the rain, and then sighed.
Of course the Banzhi officers around knew what Zhai Biao meant... because right before everyone, the cavalrymen with long swords had already begun to dismount and line up in formation, preparing to rush forward on foot, and those shining long swords were really scary.
Of course it's scary!
You know, a long-handled broadsword is a very basic weapon shape, but the two-foot-long blade means that the length of the blade and the weight of the tail are equally amazing. There is no doubt that people who can use this kind of broadsword on horseback
All of them have amazing physical strength.
However, Yang Yizhong immediately shook his head: "This kind of weapon is destined not to last long. It is just the power of the three swords at the beginning. Pass on the order. If necessary, part of the camp can be abandoned. When the enemy goes deep, its momentum will slow down. Then we can proceed again."
Counterattack!"
The surrounding officers nodded, and they all took the order quite seriously.
In other words, weapons and armor are different. Armor can be repaired and cleaned. If it is well preserved, it can last for a long time. Even if it is damaged, it can be used as usual... But the weapons of the war era, to a certain extent
It's more like a consumable item.
It's such a long knife, and it can cut a person in half with one strike, but if it is tilted slightly, it may encounter a hard bone and get stuck, and if it goes down again, there may be a gap.
Therefore, it is completely conceivable that it would be difficult to use this kind of long knife, let alone a long-term use, even a protracted battle.
In fact, everyone in the imperial class knew that when they returned to Tokyo, a minister had made a report, suggesting that the government should resume specific imperial formations such as the Golden Spear Class and the Archery Class. However, the Zhao family thought it was not practical and rejected them all.
.So so far, the entire Imperial Banzhi is just organized like an ordinary cavalry, except that the armor rate and actual amount can reach 100%.
But today, the imperial squad met a guard of a local warlord of the Qi Dynasty. The ones who were wearing armor were the royal guards. They were gaudy and gaudy, and they should only be used to open doors. Instead, they were the guards of the warlord.
It’s also surprising.
Of course, when we come back to the present, whether we are surprised or sighing, the war is as unstoppable as the rain on our heads.
After a moment, following Li Cheng's formal order without hesitation, hundreds of soldiers with long swords raised their swords like a forest and walked forward slowly. But behind these soldiers, it was not the Qingzhou Central Army, but the reorganized soldiers.
The remaining soldiers of Mizhou.
Hong Ya, the Prime Minister of Great Qi, looked at this scene from a distance and sneered in his heart... After all, Li Cheng seemed heroic and was indeed ready to give it another try, but in the end he was still reluctant to press forward with all his strength and was rather opportunistic.
suspicion.
Of course, this does not mean that Li Cheng is a petty person, but that in the overall situation of the Song and Jin Dynasties, if this guy wants to move around, he really has to protect his family foundation.
It would have been the same if it had been him, Hong Ya.
But no matter what happened, just when the two sides had different thoughts, under Wushan Mountain, in the rain, and at the edge of the Song Army camp standing on the official road, the battle broke out again.
And just as the generals on both sides expected, the soldiers with long swords came forward with unstoppable sharpness. Hundreds of people moved forward like a forest, with strict formations and calm killings. However, as soon as they faced each other, they caused dozens of casualties in the Song army...
...Moreover, this kind of attrition can almost be directly equivalent to death in battle, because the wounds caused by the long sword are almost impossible to save in the current state.
Ever since, after witnessing a familiar Ban Zhi's arm being cut off alive and then being chopped off by enemy soldiers on the muddy ground, Yang Yizhong no longer hesitated and immediately issued a retreat order.
The Banzhi officers who had been prepared in advance led their troops to retreat in an orderly manner, giving up the areas on the edge of the camp that were already in a mess.
And then, the battle was just as Yang Yizhong expected, with messy fences, barracks, corpses all over the ground, and muddy ground. As the Song army retreated on its own initiative, the soldiers with long swords quickly lost touch with each other, making it difficult to maintain the formation.
, but once the formation is lost, the lethality of soldiers holding weapons such as long knives is greatly reduced, so that the Banzhi, who mainly fight hand-to-hand, can regain some of the initiative.
It is conceivable that if this continues, these long-sword warriors will not be able to say that they will quickly fall into trouble, but they will gradually lose their previous sharpness in the complex and chaotic terrain. And if they lose their sharpness, how can they force away this extremely resilient force?
The strong Imperial Banzhi.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Li Cheng, the governor of Qi State as the lord of the three states, instead of ordering the Mizhou soldiers to press forward, he stepped forward as a commander to rein in the troops and directly pressed into the Song army's camp.
among.
Li Cheng stepped forward in person. Although he was speechless, the effect was very good. The long-sword guards who had been weakened almost instantly cheered up, and everyone worked bravely. Many of the guards who were slightly behind were desperate to get over the obstacles, and among them the officers were even more courageous.
While shouting to kill, they shouted for inquiries, gave orders, and tried to re-form their formation... For a moment, these long-sword warriors actually had a vague feeling of seizing the opportunity of the Song army's retreat and taking advantage of the situation to completely overwhelm the battle line.
Yang Yizhong was shocked and angry, but without any hesitation, he immediately shouted loudly and ordered the entire army to turn around and counterattack! From yesterday to now, the number of Yuqian Banzhi has been reduced to a dangerous level, but as the commander gave the order, these soldiers
But he still turned around and counterattacked... It wasn't just the emperor's awareness of being a pro-army, it wasn't just the fact that Zhao Guan's family was always so generous, it was also the usual mentality of the Imperial Banzhi who generally had a clean background and didn't dare to disobey orders.
have no choice.
Of course, it must be due to Yang Yizhong's usual majesty and calmness in front of his subordinates, the so-called accumulation of prestige.
Therefore, as Li Cheng silently reined in his horse and entered the camp, Yang Yizhong gave an order, and the battle immediately resumed in an extremely brutal way. Both sides were elite soldiers, one side held a long sword but was limited to the terrain of the camp, and the other side
He is familiar with the camp and is flexible in combat, but he cannot ignore the opponent's weapon length advantage.
Often, a single sword strike by a long-sword warrior can directly cause casualties, but if you want to make this winning strike, you must first be attacked flexibly by multiple short-soldier warriors, and then directly lose combat effectiveness.
Generally speaking, this is Ban Zhi's camp after all. With Yang Yizhong's order, the number of Ban Zhi who directly participated in the battle far exceeded those of the long-sword warriors, so the balance of the war was once again turning around.
But this does not mean that the danger caused by the recent advance and retreat will stop, or even quite the opposite, because Li Cheng is more than just these soldiers! As long as Li Cheng once again devotes his core combat power, the Song army will still be in trouble.
Yang Yizhong was also aware of this problem, so after hesitating for a moment, he once again grasped the sword in his waist, and then softly called the most useful tool in front of him: "Zhai Biao!"
"control!"
Zhai Biao had been waiting for orders for a long time, and he immediately responded when he heard the words.
"Do it again." Yang Yizhong took a deep breath.
Of course Zhai Biao knew what it meant to come again, but when he heard the military order, he first glanced at the very obvious figure on a horse in the distance, and then visibly hesitated... because as the rain became smaller and smaller,
, and it was getting closer and closer to noon, and the light behind the faint clouds had already become more and more abundant, and Zhai Biao's eyesight was very sharp, but he could see clearly that the enemy coach reined in the horse with both hands, and behaved casually, just like that big horse.
Standing like a golden sword behind the sparse battle group, it seemed a bit inappropriate.
But something was wrong. After a low-pitched discussion, the two decided to try again. Although they didn't know whether this person was Li Cheng, it was obvious that it was him who drove the horse into the camp and made those long-sword warriors
Everyone is excited, so no matter what, if you kill this person or drive this person away, you will be able to survive today at noon.
Only Yang Yizhong was not a pervert like Han Shizhong. He couldn't find a particularly reliable bow and arrow in the rain, so he had to concentrate on dispatching some elite soldiers to carry out a surprise attack and behead him.
Moreover, the opportunity to fight is fleeting, and once the decision is made, there is no way to delay it.
As a result, soon, an operation that was more like a violent attack than a beheading was immediately launched.
Nearly a hundred Ban Zhi who had never participated in the war, at least half of whom were wearing the most representative armor of this era, suddenly moved out from the back of the camp and almost immediately formed a relatively tight formation.
"That man is Li Cheng. Follow me and kill this beast to repay the favor of the officials!" As soon as the formation was formed, where the arrowhead was, a silver-helmeted general suddenly drew his sword and pointed at Li Cheng's location.
, then turned around and shouted loudly.
After one call, hundreds of people responded, and the shouts of death immediately covered the rest of the battlefield.
After the response was completed, the silver-helmeted general put down the silver faceplate that came with his helmet, with almost only his eyes exposed. Then he held up a simple sword and charged forward bravely.
Moreover, for the Song Army, it is not yet certain that the man is Li Cheng, but for the long-sword warriors, there is no need to have any hesitation at all. They almost put down the battle in front of them regardless of everything, and even put their backs on
After betraying the Song army behind him, they immediately swarmed back and tried to protect their own governor.
However, since the Song army decided to carry out this powerful attack, how could they let it go so easily?
Not to mention the efforts of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty who were originally fighting, most of the soldiers who were attacking the front arrow formation in the camp were originally intended to block these soldiers and horses... One side rushed straight to the north and attacked Li.
Successfully, one side turned around to attack from both sides, and the two sides almost desperately collided with each other.
In the short battle, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and wailings suddenly sounded, but they could not cover up the killing cries from both sides.
Only the Song army had a great momentum, and this hundred-man army was the elite among the elite. Not to mention that the silver-helmeted general at the head and the surrounding warriors were exceptionally brave, killing and slashing continuously. Therefore, although those long-sword warriors tried their best, they still saw nothing.
As this wave of attacks gradually approached the headquarters of the Grand Governor.
However, Li Cheng, the governor of Qi who was the focus of the battlefield, looked at this scene with a blank expression and no movement... I don't know if he was extremely calm or was stunned for a moment.
Unknowingly, the Silver Helmet General and Li Cheng were only twenty steps apart, with only three or five people in between.
It was too late, but it was too soon. In the end, the Song army, which was still in formation, plucked up the courage and rushed forward. The silver-helmeted general at the head and a guard beside him each struck a sword, and they simply killed a long man who was blocking the way.
The sword warriors and the remaining people also entangled the nearby Qi army.
At this moment, the silver-helmeted general stepped forward, but suddenly stopped and threw the sword in his hand directly towards the man on horseback.
But Li Cheng simply turned his body and easily dodged the sudden blow, even holding the horse's reins with both hands.
The silver-helmeted and silver-faced general did not panic, but took advantage of the situation and snatched a single sword from the hand of Zhajia Banzhi beside him, and then bravely moved forward... Obviously, that throw was just to attract Li Cheng's attention.
Just strength.
But unexpectedly, Li Cheng's reaction was still astonishing. He saw the silver-helmeted general taking advantage of the gap between throwing the sword to jump forward a few steps away, but suddenly let go of the horse's reins, then crossed his hands left and right, and stood on his back.
Each of the left and right drew a single sword.
Two single swords are naturally double swords! But they are exactly the two swords that Li Cheng relied on to dominate the world during the Jingkang Rebellion in the past!
The two swords were drawn out, but they were as fast as lightning. When the man drew the sword with his right hand, he used the force to swing it, and he faced the silver-helmeted general who rushed forward in front of him with a sword!
With just one blow of the sword, Li Cheng's expression remained unchanged, but the horse under his crotch began to neigh, and the silver-helmeted general suddenly stopped in front of the horse, and then lost control of his body.
Li Cheng's expression remained unchanged, but under the sunlight that came out at an unknown time, he calmly slashed out with a knife to the left. The knife's power was still like lightning, but it hit the shoulder of the out-of-control silver-helmeted general!
The armored shoulder pads were excellent, and with one strike, sparks flew everywhere. Although one of the silver-helmeted General Song's arms was not cut off on the spot, his arm was clearly out of control... Judging from his appearance, he was either dislocated or losing strength.
Therefore, there is no doubt that when the two sides fought hard together, the gap was obvious and the outcome was clear - Li Cheng was the better one.
In fact, Li Chengcheng was wary because of Du Yan's death, but he was unwilling to invest a large number of troops to fight to the death, so he wanted to lure the enemy.
After all, after the war, he traveled north and south for several years. Except for the time when he and Yue Fei were at a slight disadvantage in Dingtao City that day, there is no doubt about his overwhelming force.
This was the basis for his ambition in troubled times!
With the victory or defeat decided, Li Cheng finally smiled ferociously, but he wielded the sword with his right hand and struck hard at the out-of-control Song army in front of him, as if he was preparing to retaliate in his own way and end the battle.
But at this moment, under the bright sunshine after the rain, a ray of white light suddenly struck directly from the vital part of his abdomen. Li Cheng was so caught off guard that he abandoned his swords on the spot and hurriedly rolled off the other side and dismounted. When he raised his head again
, but saw that the ears of the war horse under his crotch had been cut off by Ping Ping, and then fled away with a neigh. And the white light swung past Ping Ping quickly from the horse, but then held it back steadily, but it was exactly the kind of long weapon held by his personal guard.
A broad-handled knife.
Such a stunning sword that could be moved and retracted freely was naturally an extraordinary martial arts skill. Li Cheng realized almost instantly that the owner of this sword was superior to the silver-helmeted general, to the point where it was difficult to tell the winner between him and him when he entered the palace.
But when Li Chenghuai looked again in astonishment, he found that it was the 'Ordinary Zhajia Banzhi' who had been following the Silver Helmet General and had his weapon taken away!
This is Yang Yizhong! This man is a dignified and direct ruler, but he actually resorts to deception?!
Governor Li screamed in his heart, but without hesitation, he immediately turned around and fled to the north of the camp... He had lost his two swords and was forced to stay here. He was afraid that his life would be in danger, but he, Li Cheng, wanted to do something in troubled times.