Chapter 823 822 [The Disappeared Cavalry] (Part 1)

Inside Yangchun Gate.

More than half of the more than 300 Southern Zhou imperial guards were killed or injured, but they still did not completely lose their fighting spirit.

They had already made up their minds to die, and originally thought they could hold on for a while until their own troops arrived. As long as they could hold Yangchun Gate, then the destruction of the city would be a matter of course.

In the past ten years, the Zhou army attacked Jiangling City several times, but because it could not cut off the support of the Liang army on the north bank of the river, the city defense was strong, and the defenders were elite among the Liang army, so they returned without success every time.

If not, Emperor Qingyuan, Xu Huiyan and Fang Xiexiao would not have created such a situation, and would even use Princess Qinghe and Xu Churong to dispel Pei Yue's doubts.

However, Pei Yue was not fooled.

The guards of the Southern Zhou Dynasty did not expect that they would face elite cavalry who used the wide main streets in the city to increase their speed to the extreme. The opponents not only rode tall horses, but were also very powerful individually. Obviously, they were not capable of this with their flesh and blood.

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Each of them is very good at fighting with weapons, but who would have thought that there is a cavalry hidden in Jiangling City, which has only had infantry for more than ten years?

Being able to survive less than half of the people actually proves the strength of these guards.

But what they will face next is a more brutal strangulation.

After the cavalry rushed out of the city, the young general standing between Feng Yi and Gai Ju raised his hand to issue an order, and then hundreds of sharp soldiers strode to the city gate, each holding a card in their hands.

A flailing crossbow filled with the aura of death.

The guards were all frightened when they saw this scene. Although they wore soft armor under their clothes, this kind of crossbow chain mail could easily be shot through!

If there is no way to retreat, then we can only bite the bullet and rush forward.

At this moment, the young general shouted sternly: "Fire the arrow!"

Countless rays of cold light penetrated the air near the city gate, and the Southern Zhou imperial guards who rushed over fell to the ground one after another. No matter how good they were in martial arts, they were definitely no match for crossbows at such a short distance, unless they could reach Ye Qi or Gu Fan.

realm.

They thought that this would be a brutal hand-to-hand battle that would end with their own victory. However, Liang Jun did not want to fight hand-to-hand with them at all. He first charged into the formation with unexpected elite cavalry, then fired a volley of hundreds of crossbows, and finally

Let Pei Yue's personal soldiers step forward to finish it off.

In less than a moment, the defenders took back control of the Yangchun Gate. As the gate was firmly closed, Feng Yi couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. He strode up to the young general and said with cupped hands: "Your Majesty, what's inside the city?"

The enemy has been eliminated!"

This military general was Gu Liang's confidant general Li Jin, who had a life-long friendship with Pei Yue. He stepped forward and gave Feng Yi a blow on the shoulder. He smiled and said: "If you don't mind, just call me brother. How can I do that?"

These tacky titles."

Of course, Feng Yi did not dare to be on the same level as Pei Yue, and said a little cautiously: "Thank you, General, for your appreciation. I don't dare to be rude."

Li Jin did not forcibly change his title, and it was not the time to reminisce about the past. He said gently: "You can take Brother Yue's soldiers there. There are two noble women over there who need to be taken care of.

Remember not to let anyone rush into them."

"Yes, General."

Feng Yi respectfully agreed, and Li Jin turned around and walked towards the steps of the city wall.

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While the guards of the Southern Zhou Dynasty were being shot in the city, a stunning scene appeared on the flat land outside the city.

Facing the frontal attack of Beiwei Camp, the well-groomed Jinwu Guards Cavalry were like a piece of fresh tofu or a thin piece of paper, which was instantly pierced through. This scene was like two elite duels.

A master has no unnecessary nonsense or fancy moves, only the decisiveness of sealing the throat with one sword, and the fierceness of killing with ten steps.

The silhouettes of people are looking forward to it, the horses are neighing, and the soldiers of the Wei camp are covering each other, they are old-fashioned and fierce.

In comparison, although the Jinwu Guard's cavalry did not look bad, most of them were a little nervous and could not display their full strength in such a close encounter with no room for retreat.

The two sides passed each other, and the winner was decided in an instant.

I wonder what Emperor Qingyuan and Fang Xiexiao thought when they saw this scene. Let's say that after Xia Fei resisted Pei Yue's sword and almost lost his grip on the spear, he turned around and looked at the messy formation and couldn't help but feel full of fear and panic.

The Jinwu Guards of the Southern Zhou Dynasty were equivalent to the Forbidden Army of Daliang. They were the core elite guarding the imperial city. Most of the infantry had the experience of rotating in the border army, and their strength should not be underestimated. As for these thousand cavalry, they were ordered by Emperor Qingyuan of Xia Dynasty.

Because the cavalry in the Southern Zhou Dynasty was always scarce, they naturally had high hopes for the brave men trained by Fei. The task assigned this time was to hold back Pei Yue's Beiwei camp.

Xia Fei was full of confidence, but he ignored one key point. For a cavalry, it is crucial to have experienced a real battlefield charge.

After all, what he had to face was not ordinary cavalry, but the most powerful Beiwei camp under Pei Yue.

Although the opponent only has a thousand men, they are veterans carefully selected by Pei Yue from the Tibetan Front Guards. The Tibetan Front Guards can even defeat the Western Wu cavalry.

This lightning-fast confrontation resulted in nearly a hundred casualties among the Jinwu Guards cavalry, while only a few in the Beiwei camp were killed and more than a dozen were slightly injured.

On top of Jiangling City, the general couldn't help but admired: "The cavalry under the command of Marquis Zhongshan is so powerful."

Cai Qian, Bo of Baoding, said calmly: "He can be granted the title of first-class marquis even at a young age. How can he be a person with a false reputation?"

He turned to look at the overall situation outside the city, and turned to the other two cavalrymen of Southern Zhou Dynasty.

The commander of Langtu Camp and Dingshan Camp, the former is Fang Xiexiao’s confidant, and the latter is his second son. They can be said to be the only family members of the Southern Army cavalry. Judging from the trajectory of these two cavalry, they have

There was no intention to support the Jinwu Guards from the beginning, but they rushed straight towards Yangchun Gate.

The general said with emotion: "The Southern Zhou Dynasty has put a lot of effort into this. If the Marquis of Zhongshan hadn't discovered the flaw in advance, they might have really taken advantage of it."

After he finished speaking these words, passionate and high-pitched drums sounded from the horizon.

Outside Jiangling City, there is a large flat open land to the east, west and south, about twelve or three miles long from east to west, and more than twenty miles to the south. Looking in the direction of the sound of drums in the south, I saw only the figures of large groups of soldiers.

Already appeared.

That was obviously the main force of the Southern Zhou army.

Cai Qian said in a deep voice: "Send the order to meet the enemy."

The general took the order and left. In fact, this was not complicated for the defenders of Jiangling City, because what they had to do every day for more than ten years was to practice defending the city, and they were very proficient in everything. As long as the city gate below could

By closing it in time, they would have the confidence to repel the Zhou army's attack.

Cai Qian looked at the two groups of Southern Zhou cavalry approaching quickly from the city and mentally estimated their arrival time.

At this moment, a change occurred below and his expression suddenly changed.
Chapter completed!