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The smoke of gunpowder had not cleared, and the sound of killing was still blazing. Ye Lirong, who was hunting under the banner, cast a last glance in the direction of Pojunzhai, raised his arm and made a move forward: "Let's go."

The horns whine, the flags move, thousands of horses raise their hooves, and dust and smoke billow.

The exhausted 15,000 infantry troops, plus the carriages, horses and baggage, were arranged in a twisted, long snake shape that could not be seen at a glance. Regardless of whether they had participated in the war before, all the Xia soldiers had only one word to describe them—— Tired! Either physically or mentally. This battle was really frightening and frustrating.

The sun's shadow was slanting to the west, and its cold light shone on this decadent army, giving people a feeling of the end of the setting sun. Tens of thousands of Xia soldiers moved forward numbly, dragging heavy steps, and looked back frequently to see the smoke curling up on the long slopes of the mountains. , the tragic scene full of corpses is like the snow on the top of Helan Mountain, which is rubbed into the throat and chills the bones...

When all Xia Bing thought everything was over, little did they know that this was just the beginning...

First, a Xia soldier suddenly stopped marching. He ignored the smoke and dust that choked his throat. He opened his mouth and pointed in the direction of Pojunzhai, speechless. Then, more and more Xia soldiers stopped and formed a crowd. They were all looking in the same direction, with the same expression - their eyes were bulging, their mouths were wide open, and they were making sounds, as if they had swallowed a big duck egg and been choked.

The commotion in the army quickly aroused Ye Lirong's alert. When his eyes were cast in the same direction as the soldiers, the expression of the commander-in-chief was the same as that of thousands of ordinary soldiers under his command.

The ruins of the outer wall of Pojunzhai collapsed at the same moment, like an earthquake, and shattered into dust. The next moment, countless armored knights and strong horses came out of the fog, leaped over the ditch, and poured down the hillside. .

The iron flow was rolling, as fast as the wind, the ground was shaking, and the sound was terrifying.

Leading the charge. The black horse rider who charged forward was none other than Yue Yun, holding an iron cone and spear high, his eyes blazing with anger and murderous intent.

The cavalryman, who was half a horse behind Yue Yun, was wearing a black armor with mountain characters, an iron mace hanging from his waist, and holding a Daning pen gun. Under the brim of the shiny black iron helmet, his eyes were as ice-like and his evil spirit was revealed - he was the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition. Yue Fei.

Almost in no particular order, the two tiger generals, father and son, kept pace with each other. The general in red lacquer armor was none other than Xu Qing.

The three current generals, one in front and two behind, are like an extremely sharp arrow, moving forward with lightning speed. Behind this iron triangle that can penetrate gold and iron, is a huge and astonishing wedge formation of cavalry, the kind of condescending and catapulting thousands of miles. The violent momentum is enough to tear any army to pieces.

Ye Lirong finally closed his mouth, but almost bit his tongue. At this moment, the Xia army commander really wanted to cut off his tongue. There were thousands of cavalry ambushed in the small Pojun village. Where did these people come from? Did it come? Falling from the sky, or coming out of the ground - no! I'm afraid it really came out of the ground!

Ye Lirong finally woke up, but it was too late.

That's right, this cavalry army, which assembled three brigades and totaled 2,500 men and horses, emerged from the ground.

Before Cha Ge gathered his army and prepared to attack Dingzhou, Yue Fei led his army to this small village first. The whole army started working together, and in just half a day, they dug out basements of various sizes in various abandoned huts. Then, The whole army, including men and horses, were all hidden underground. The men were silent and the horses were holding their titles, quietly waiting for that earth-shattering moment.

Due to the rush of time, it was impossible to achieve perfect concealment. Not to mention other things, the excavated soil was piled in the house and there was no time to transport it out. The Xia Army's sentinels who opened the way ahead were not blind, and they would definitely enter the village for inspection. .If the whole army just stays underground like an ostrich, the result can be imagined that it will be easy to catch a turtle in an urn.

The only way is to deploy a ground force to defend the village. This ground force cannot be large in number - in fact, in this small village, even if the troops are deployed, they cannot accommodate many people.

The ground troops are for the light, and the underground troops are for the dark. The purpose of the troops on the surface is to let the commander of the Xia Army relax his alertness, so that he can be caught off guard. Imagine that an enemy army is leisurely passing by the stronghold, and suddenly A large army emerged from the mountainside. Thousands of cavalry rolled up the mountain, swords and spears reflected the cold sun. Even an army of 100,000 people had to collapse.

Yue Fei's original intention was to raid Chage's army, but Chage did not want to fight with them at all. He only used a partial division to guard the Zhaizhai. The army quickly broke away, and throughout the march, he remained vigilant against the Chinese army in the Zhaizhai. Under such circumstances If a forceful assault was carried out, the effect would be ineffective, and he might even trap his thousands of cavalry. Therefore, Yue Fei finally let Cha Ge go and set his sights on the next general who would lead the Xia Army reinforcements.

Ye Lirong came, and as Yue Fei expected, he launched one round after another crazy attack on Pojunzhai. When the war was at its worst, even Xu Qing, a tough man, couldn't stand it anymore, and he cried and begged to withdraw as soon as possible. Ground troops: "Fifth brother! You are just luring the enemy. Just pretend to be defeated and retreat. Why should the soldiers fight so risklessly and shed blood in vain?"

Yue Fei was expressionless and unmoved. He only asked Xu Qing coldly: "For a veteran like Ye Lirong, will he not be able to tell whether you are really defeated or feigned defeat?"

Xu Qing gritted his teeth, silently clenched his fist, and punched the mud wall hard to create a crater.

"Either you are undefeated, or you must be defeated!" Yue Fei's knuckles holding the iron gun gradually turned white, and his words were as cold as ice, "The blood of the soldiers of my twelfth division will never be shed in vain!"

The painful suffering, the long wait, and finally the moment of breaking out of the cocoon and wielding the sword.

A hundred steps ahead, there are tens of thousands of Xia troops who are terrified and in chaos; three hundred steps away, under the banner of the Chinese army, is Ye Lirong, whose face is ashen.

Yue Fei raised one hand high and pierced the sky with his Daning pen gun: "The blood of the soldiers of my twelfth division will never be shed in vain!"

"The blood of the soldiers of our 12th Division will never be shed in vain!" Two thousand five hundred cavalrymen charged at the bullfight, their voices filling the air. More than two thousand cavalrymen raised their spears in unison, like a steel jungle.

"Behead Ye Lirong first, and then capture Brother Cha!" Yue Fei raised his iron spear horizontally, holding it flat with the handle under his ribs, and knocked the horse's belly with both feet, speeding up the sprint.

"First kill Ye Lirong, then capture Brother Cha!" Thousands of voices sounded like one. Thousands of cavalry raised dust, thousands of spears stabbed, sweeping thousands of armies.

The setting sun is like blood, the red clouds are in the sky, and the mountains, rivers and earth seem to be covered with a layer of blood. The revenge army pouring down from the high slope is like a giant bloody blade, ruthlessly cutting into the Xia army's chaotic formation, which is already in a state of collapse. among.

It was like chopping waves. It was like cutting through silk with sharp tools. There was no formation, and the frightened Xia army collapsed at the first touch. The slow-moving soldiers were still human beings one moment, and turned into mud the next moment. No soldier with a right mind dared to stop this force. The torrent of iron cavalry. Without a solid formation and a tough nerve, any army is nothing but scum under the torrent of iron hoofs.

This is the result of using mental calculations but not preparedness, using elite troops to cripple the division, using anger to destroy the enemy's courage, and using a cluster of spears to break the enemy's front.

Yue Fei's goal is very clear - Ye Lirong!

Killing or capturing Ye Lirong alive will be the key to a quick victory in this battle.

Wherever the wedge-shaped cavalry formation passed, there was almost no need to use spears. The earth-shattering aura alone made countless Xia soldiers run away with their heads in their hands. Some Xia army cavalry tried to intercept them, but no matter how they urged their horses, they could not get close.

He was shaken and staggered. He couldn't hold the weapon in his hand and it fell all over the floor.

The sharpest iron triangle in the cavalry formation, Yue Fei, Yue Yun, and Xu Qing, charged all the way, almost without losing a single blow, and entered the enemy's formation two hundred steps deep without encountering any decent obstruction. It was not until they were fifty steps away from the Xia army's banner that they

More than a hundred guards rushed to fight.

These more than a hundred guards are all elite iron kites of the Xia army, but they cannot be called iron kites at this moment. The reason is very simple. Their people are not heavily armored, and their horses are not equipped with equipment. Without heavy armor, cavalry can still be called them.

For the iron kite?

The iron kite's heavy armor weighs more than fifty kilograms. It is impossible to carry heavy armor all day long without marching in wartime. It is usually left to the care of specially configured supporting soldiers to prepare for the horse transport.

In case of sudden attack, it is impossible to

There is no time to go into battle, let alone to form a battle formation. This is the reason why people are most afraid of ambushes in ancient wars - the opponent is wearing armor and fighting, and he is fighting almost naked (only wearing inner armor, it is no different from being shirtless on the battlefield).

If you don't fight, you'll lose half the battle.

The racing horse was wrapped in a whirlwind and crashed into the cavalry formation of the Xia Army. An iron-cone spear with a length of two feet, stretched and retracted, strung together three bloody men, threw it in the air, and sprayed blood rain all over the sky -

—Qianqi is in the front, the triangle is the sharpest, Yue Yun!

The Xia army guards tried their best to intercept, but Yue Yun's charge was too fierce and too fast. When many Xia soldiers had just raised their weapons, Yue Yun was still in front of them. By the time they slashed down, Yue Yun's riding shadow had already rushed ten steps away.

outside.

There are still thirty steps away from the Chinese army's banner.

Yue Yun's iron cone spear shook, and three long spears flew away. The barrel of the spear swept across and knocked away two Xia soldiers. There was another cavalryman, who seemed to be a general. The moment the gun was shot down, he quickly drew his sword and struck at the man who was charging in front of him.

He passed Yue Yun's back. At this time, Yue Yun was dealing with a new batch of opponents in front and had no time to take care of his side and rear.

The long sword was still one foot away from the back, and a Daning pen gun came like lightning, piercing the heart with one shot, freezing the sword of that general Xia forever.

In the iron triangle and wedge-shaped formation, each cavalry only needs to focus on dealing with the enemies in front of them. The enemies on the left and right will be dealt with by their comrades on both sides. Thousands of lances are fired, and the Xia army's cavalry are like fallen leaves in the wind.

Flying, falling layer by layer in the bloody mist.

Twenty steps... Yue Yun breathed out, his face was covered with blood, and the Dangqing armor given by the emperor was already covered with marks from swords, spears and axes. The war horse sprinted here, and with layers of resistance, its momentum was exhausted.

, and at this moment, the Xia army's army began to move.

Ye Lirong is about to run away.

Yue Yun's eyes widened in anger, he hung the iron awl on the victory hook, pulled a long, spindle-shaped leather bag from behind the saddle with his backhand, and shook it open violently, revealing a bag full of heavy javelins.

Yue Yun thrust the fusiform leather bag in front of the saddle, quickly drew his spear with both hands, and threw it in turn. The javelin was as fast as lightning, and the spears and spears were connected in an endless stream. The Xia army cavalry blocking the front fell on their backs, like dominoes.

Down, until Ye Lirong's figure was exposed. At this time, Yue Yun's javelin happened to be exhausted...

Ye Lirong was about to beat his horse and was about to leave, when he suddenly heard a roar of thunder, and looked back in shock - an iron cone gun stained red with blood, flashing a coquettish red light under the setting sun, with the faint sound of wind and thunder,

With the power to penetrate all obstacles, break through the air and arrive.

Ye Lirong's personal bodyguard, the Xia Army soldier holding a large banner in his hand, was also extraordinary. At the last moment, he galloped on horseback and blocked the general in front of him with a flagpole as thick as a bowl.

Poof! Sawdust flew into the air, and the sharp tip of the iron cone gun, as wide as a palm, embedded itself in the flagpole, which was about to break. Ye Lirong escaped unhurt.

Ye Lirong had just calmed down from the shock, and before he could take a breath, his vision suddenly dimmed, and disaster fell from the sky - the broken flagpole fell straight down, knocking Ye Lirong to the ground along with his horse and man.

After Ye Lirong fell, he could not get up again. Countless horse hooves trampled over him in the chaos...

On May 18th, at the end of the Shen Dynasty, the Xia army's reinforcements were all killed in Ye Lirong's army. The fifteen thousand Xia army collapsed.

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At the end of the Youshi hour, the sky was dark, and under Dingzhou City, the sound of killing gradually subsided.

The Xia army fought for a whole day. They attacked the city several times and were repulsed by the defenders several times. Above and below the city, corpses were lying on pillows, including Chinese soldiers. There were even more Xia soldiers, piled up five feet high.

As a veteran general, Brother Cha has a fairly clear understanding of the situation between the enemy and ourselves, and he does not expect to defeat Dingzhou in a single battle. There is still more than half a month left. Take your time.

Just as Brother Cha ordered the troops to retreat and return to the camp to rest, he suddenly heard a commotion in the rear camp, and then even the rear army was in commotion. Brother Cha was furious, and just as he was about to order the guards to go and see what was going on, he saw a commander who was staying at the camp.

The envoy, with a gray face, rolled and crawled over and fell in front of the horse.

"Marshal Du! Something bad has happened... The troops led by General Ye Li were ambushed and defeated by the Chinese army. Now... they are..."

Brother Cha was shocked and angry, and whipped his head: "What are you talking about? Say it quickly!"

The commander let the blood trickle down his face and said sadly: "Our army's nearly 10,000 remnant soldiers are being driven by the Chinese army into the stronghold..."

Cha Ge's strong body swayed and he almost fell off his horse. He looked up to the sky and lamented: "Heaven will destroy the Great Xia!"

At the same time, in Dingzhou City, Wang Gui, who was half-skinned, opened his mouth full of red teeth, pointed his halberd at the chaotic enemy camp, and laughed loudly: "God bless the great China!"

The starry sky in Helan Mountain is deep and high. Although there is no bright moon, there are many stars like chess pieces, and the visibility is still clear.

Under the Helan Mountain, there are dots of fire, as dense as stars. In the sky and on the ground, the fire and stars complement each other, illuminating... blood and death.

An army that had been fighting for a whole day, exhausted and limp as mud, just waiting to return to camp to rest, was attacked from the side by an army driven by swords and guns and running desperately. The consequences can be imagined.

The two armies collided heavily, each fighting for survival. They couldn't help but kill each other. They fought until the end, and they couldn't stop even if they wanted to. In the darkness, all the people shaking around were "enemies". They were fighting for their lives.

, only by striking first, the fewer people around you, the safer you will be, until you are killed by enemies or colleagues who have the same idea...

The Dingzhou defenders opened the door to counterattack from north to south; more than 2,000 cavalry of the Twelfth Division spread out in a net from south to north, cutting off the entire battlefield's southward retreat. The Xia army was defeated and had only three options: stay where it was.
To be continued...