Carrying the Sword into the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 89 - Iron Cavalry Elegy
"kill."
The more than a thousand cavalry behind Chunyu Meng galloped from Changzhou to other Jin soldiers retreating. From the beginning to the end, they did not say a word until Chun Yumeng said that they were going to meet Qi Lin, the great prince of Qi Yun. This group of black armor covered their faces.
, the Jin cavalry, which shocked the world, uttered the deafening word "kill" in unison.
Chunyu Meng looked back at the Jin soldiers who had begun to retreat towards Changzhou, and reluctantly forgot to take a look at Changzhou City. Chunyu Meng turned his head, clamped the horse's belly, sat down, and the horse walked forward slowly, and then the war horse
The horse's hooves slowly quickened and turned into a running posture. Chun Yu fiercely held the horse's shaft tightly and rode ahead.
More than a thousand cavalry followed closely behind Chunyu Meng. Thousands of people and thousands of cavalry marched forward. The sound of majestic hoofbeats played a frantic drumbeat in the land of Jin. The war horses neighed, sad and energetic. The cavalry of Jin was famous all over the world.
One thousand cavalry charged towards the 30,000 Qi Yun army without hesitation.
The Jin soldiers who retreated towards Changzhou City stopped and looked back to see their commander leading thousands of cavalry to cut off the rear and charge towards the roaring Qi Yun army.
All the soldiers stared blankly at the backs of the more than a thousand cavalry, and spontaneously knelt down. The generals also had tears in their eyes. At this moment, they also wanted to follow the commander and charge away, but the soldiers were tired, and the commander's words before leaving were especially loud in their ears.
side.
"Keep the troops ready to fight and assist my lord to set foot on the Central Plains again."
All the generals wiped away tears from the corners of their eyes and shouted to the kneeling soldiers: "Quickly retreat into Changzhou City."
The general gave the order, but saw that none of the soldiers moved, they were just kneeling, looking at Chunyu Meng's retreating figure.
"You know, General Chunyu is willing to give up his life for you. I only hope that you can assist our king and set foot in the Central Plains again in the future. Will you let General Chunyu down?" A young general rode out on horseback.
He yelled at the soldiers.
The kneeling soldiers seemed to have been awakened by the young man's scolding. First, one of them got up from the ground, turned around decisively, and headed towards Changzhou City. Then ten, a hundred, and even a thousand or ten thousand soldiers of the Jin Kingdom turned around and quickly
Retreat to Changzhou City.
Qi Lin rode in the lead, with Qi Yun's seventh son Zhang Hude and Wu Fen closely guarding him. Qi Yun's army was waiting for work, and its momentum was strong. In an instant, it was approaching the Jin army.
"Your Majesty, look, why did the Jin army retreat?" Zhang Hude was riding his mount and was following Qi Lin with all his strength, but he saw that the Jin army actually retreated.
"Your Majesty, look, the one wearing the golden helmet is Chunyu Meng?" Wu Fen on the right, holding a long spear in his hand, pointed far away. It was Chun Yumeng who came to stop the attack with thousands of cavalry.
Seeing that the Jin army began to retreat towards Changzhou City, Qi Lin already understood Chunyu Meng's thoughts. He turned to Zhang and Wu and said: "Chun Yumeng is indeed a famous general. Although he was deceived by my tricks, he has woken up now.
Just because of his determination to survive without breaking his arms, he is worthy of the name of a famous general."
Even Qi Lin couldn't help but be frightened when he saw the momentum of the cavalry. Looking from a distance, he saw that there were only about a thousand cavalry, but they were charging toward their side with a surging momentum.
Seeing the opponent's thousands of cavalry attacking, Qi Lin was also aroused by the opponent and shouted: "Zhang Hude, Wu Fen."
"Here." Second General Hu Fen responded.
"Chun Yumeng wanted to use the lives of these more than a thousand cavalry to stop our army from charging. He wanted to keep his main force until they had finished resting. By then our army would be in a hard fight and we could not let them retreat into Changzhou City. You
The two led the light cavalry to continue forward, and I will stop them and prevent them from retreating into Changzhou. I will deal with this group of cavalry on my own."
"Got the order." The two generals listened to the order and immediately dispersed on their horses, leading Qi Yun's elite cavalry to accelerate and charge.
After finishing speaking, Qi Lin slowed down his horse, turned his head and shouted: "Wan Jun."
"The final general is here." Wan Jun's horse was not as fast as Qi Lin's curly green-maned horse, but he followed the charge with all his strength. When he heard the eldest prince's call, Wan Jun responded and rode his horse to catch up.
"Take the troops and horses of Liangzhou headquarters and come with me to meet the enemy." Qi Lin looked at the powerful black-armored cavalry from the corner of his eye and did not dare to neglect. The plan was completed and the arrow was on the string, so he had to fire.
"I have the order." Wan Jun followed Qi Lin and turned around, shouting at the Liangzhou man behind him.
"My sons, follow His Royal Highness to meet the enemy."
"kill."
More than ten thousand Liangzhou cavalry turned their horses, and Qiyun's cavalry split into two groups in an instant, galloping towards the retreating Jin soldiers, and met Chunyu Meng's cavalry head-on.
When Chun Yu suddenly saw Qi Lin commanding the enemy on the battlefield and divided his troops, he immediately became worried. Since he chose to block the attack, he must not let Qi Yun's cavalry rush over.
Chunyu fiercely pointed at his horse and roared: "Crane Wings!"
I saw more than a thousand cavalry scattered horizontally, like white cranes spreading their wings, blocking the front of two groups of Qiyun cavalry. Chun Yumeng originally planned to attack with a long snake formation, but relying on the thick armor of Jin's cavalry and the speed of their horses, he would rush into the formation and reduce the number of troops.
Go to the lowest level, rush out of the formation, and then harass again.
Unexpectedly, the opponent did not take notice of his more than a thousand cavalry, and only divided his troops to attack the main force behind him. Only then did he make up his mind to open the Crane Wing Formation to block the enemy's path.
Seeing that Chunyu Meng was outnumbered, he opened the crane wing formation. In an instant, he was only a hundred steps away, and Qi Lin shouted: "Put away your guns and crossbows!"
Liangzhou Qingqiu listened to the order, stuck their long spears into their saddles, took out their crossbows from behind, clamped their stirrups, and fired a volley of arrows.
He saw the rain of arrows intertwining and making curves, like a rain net all over the sky, roaring towards the Jin cavalry with a sound of breaking through the air. Chunyu Meng, who was covered in black armor, showed a sneer. He saw more than a thousand Jin cavalry, but they did not give way.
Nor did he raise his shield to defend himself against the crossbow arrows.
Just clamp the horse's belly and hold the horse's shaft tightly. After the sound of gold and iron clashing, I saw that the Jin's iron cavalry was under the rain of arrows, and only ten of them were damaged. It turned out that the cavalry and the war horse were both wearing heavy armor.
In order to pursue the pursuit, they broke into the Jin Kingdom without armor-piercing arrows. Ordinary crossbow arrows could not penetrate the heavy armor of the Jin Kingdom's cavalry, and the more than ten cavalrymen who were damaged were only because the arrow rain happened to hit the gap in the heavy armor.
This is the death.
Only a hundred steps away, the distance was already very short. In addition, Jin's horses were so fast that this round of volleys had no effect. The cavalry from both sides were about to collide.
Qi Lin shouted: "Put away the crossbow and hold the gun!"
The soldiers who followed immediately put away their crossbows, straightened their spears, clamped their stirrups, and prepared to attack.
The cavalry of both sides intertwined only for a split second, with spears and horses intertwining, horses passing each other, the sound of swords interlacing, and the screams and roars resounding.
Although Chun Yumeng and the Jin cavalry were determined to charge with the Crane Wing Formation, they were in a difficult situation, but they faced Qi Yun Jingqi and Liangzhou cavalry that were dozens of times larger than their own.
The cavalry from both sides staggered past each other, and in one round of charge, more than half of the Jin's thousand-strong cavalry were lost. However, the Crane Wing Formation also completely blocked Qi Yun's army.
Under the black armor, Chun Yu Meng looked at the fallen Chunyu family cavalry in the distance, feeling unbearable sadness in his heart. These men should have been galloping south. It would have been a happy thing for a man to die on the battlefield, but because he underestimated the enemy, these men died too badly.
Unjustly accused.
Looking at Changzhou in the distance, Chun Yumeng felt relieved that Jin soldiers had already begun to enter the city. Even if Qi Lin's fine horses were fast, they would not be able to catch up.
Qi Lin also discovered that Jin soldiers had entered Changzhou, and knew that his strategy of swallowing up Jin's capable soldiers could no longer be realized. Looking at the man in gold helmet and black armor, Qi Lin said with respect:
"I have always heard of General Chunyu's name. Now Qi is trying to get away with it. It is really a helpless move. If the general is willing to return to Zhao Jun's command, Qi Lin is willing to guarantee the general's life with his head."
A sneer came from under the black armor. Chunyu Meng straightened the horse in his hand again and shouted to the Jin cavalry behind him.
"Long snake, charge into the formation!"
The more than 500 cavalrymen, who were also covered in black armor, still didn't say a word. They just silently wiped the blood from the handles of their horses with their clothes under their armor to prevent them from slipping when charging into the formation. Then they straightened up their horses and headed toward the Qi soldiers.
The cloud cavalry began to charge into the formation.
Looking at the general with golden helmet and black armor, Qi Lin was full of respect, and the determination in his starry eyes became stronger. He raised the crescent moon halberd and shouted loudly: "Square formation, disperse."
In the surprised eyes of Wan Jun and other Liangzhou cavalry, Qi Yun's fine cavalry quickly dispersed, avoiding the sharp charge of Jin's cavalry.
Just when Chun Yumeng was wondering why Qi Yun's army was able to get out of the way so easily, he saw that the scattered Qi Yun's army had formed a siege and swallowed up the Jin cavalry.
He only had more than 500 cavalry, while Qi Yun's cavalry had more than 20,000, with three layers inside and three layers outside, surrounding the 500 Jin cavalry. The inside was square and the outside was round, corresponding to the way of round sky and earth. When Chunyu Meng looked back,
, they could no longer find the entrance where they had just charged into the formation, and could only see Qi Yun cavalry in all directions.
"Wanjun."
Qi Lin saw that Chun Yu fiercely led his army into the square formation, and the encirclement had already formed, and he could no longer escape. With the idea that he could not let the tiger go back to the mountain, Qi Lin issued a military order to Wan Jun.
"You lead the army and horses of Liangzhou headquarters to the city of Changzhou. You can only make a feint attack. You must pin the Jin army that retreated into Changzhou city to death in Changzhou. Don't let them send troops to rescue Chunyu Meng."
"The last general takes orders."
Following Qi Lin in the battle, no matter whether he was marching in formation, making preparations before the battle, or scheming, Wan Jun unknowingly fell at the feet of this proud man of heaven. He had already forgotten the secret letter in his heart, and when he heard
The eldest prince called and hurriedly accepted the military order. Without hesitation, he led the Liangzhou headquarters troops and horses towards Changzhou City.
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There have been countless wars in ancient and modern times, but with the determination to die, only a few can attack a large number with a small number. Chun Yumeng and his more than a thousand Jin cavalry are one of them.
Falling into Qi Lin's square formation, he rushed left and right, and the number of cavalry beside him became smaller and smaller. However, as the number of his own cavalry decreased, the square formation became smaller and smaller, with the inner square and the outer circle shrinking, while the original three-layer surround
As the formation became smaller and smaller, the number of layers surrounding them became more and more numerous, gradually becoming a strangled force.
Another Jin cavalryman was surrounded by Qiyun cavalry and had his body penetrated by several spears. Finally, he could not hold on and fell off his horse. Chunyu Meng looked around blankly. After charging all the way, there were only a dozen cavalrymen left around him.
The black armor on the bodies of the more than ten riders and the war horses under their crotches were already stained red with blood. They still said nothing, but the slightly trembling hands holding the horses and the rapidly rising and falling chests all showed that they were close to exhaustion.
The golden helmet, covering the face, and the black armor were glistening and mixed with blood, dripping, I don't know whether it was sweat or tears. The world-famous General Chunyu also felt desperate now.
"You guys, surrender." Chun Yumeng's voice came from under the golden helmet and black armor.
The dozen or so cavalrymen all tilted their heads at the same time, as if the expressions under their black armor were a little surprised. This famous general of Jin who was not afraid of life and death and used his life to cut off the rear of the army actually asked them to surrender.
"Cavalry, charge into the formation!" The remaining ten or so Jin cavalrymen spoke for the second time, having been outnumbered and outnumbered since today's attack.
They understood that General Chunyu did not want to see their lives in vain, so they said the words of surrender just now, but who are they? The Jin cavalry, a world-famous cavalry, has always made the enemy tremble in fear and has never been timid to retreat.
They puffed up their chests, exerted their last strength, and tightened their grip on their horses. More than a dozen cavalry lined up horizontally. There was no formation this time. They just wanted General Chunyu to see their figures that never flinched.
Looking at the last dozen cavalry figures being swallowed up by Qi Yun's cavalry, Chun Yumeng was really the only one left in the square formation.
Looking at the square formation that continued to shrink, he suddenly felt that the golden helmet and black armor were a little suffocating. Chun Yumeng pushed the horse in his hand upside down and inserted it into the ground. He stretched out his hand to take off the golden helmet that symbolized the highest glory of the Jin generals, and threw it aside, revealing
face.
With a tired face, his eyes showed fierce killing intent. With this killing intent alone, the square formation stopped instantly. Qi Yun Jingqi was not stopped by the general, but the killing in his eyes.
The intention is to make the war horse feel fearful.
No matter how Qi Yun's cavalry drove them, the horses seemed to have roots under their hooves and could not move. Thousands of horses neighed like a sad song. This chapter has been completed!