"Good fortune comes from small things, disaster comes from suddenness; fear day and night, lest you die."
Zhang Meng took the lead and led more than 2,000 Changshui camp cavalry to spur their horses and chase the panicked rebels. The horses' hooves trampled the grass on the flat ground, raising countless loess dust particles and grass blades, and fell into the air.
The people on horseback rose and fell with the horses, as if they were jumping on top of the horses. They were inspired by the hasty retreat of the rebels, and each one of them made a sharp scream or screamed.
Pull up the bow and shoot an arrow at the enemy's back from a distance, killing a few unlucky rebels from time to time.
Since its reconstruction, Changshui Camp has restored the traditions of the past dynasties. Most of them are composed of Qiang and Hu cavalry, with a few Han cavalry mixed in. These Hu cavalry were mainly recruited by Xun You and Huangfu Li when they went to Zuo Fengyi in person before Li Jue counterattacked Chang'an.
The Qiang people Yi Cong. This time around the Hedong rebellion, the reason why Feng Yi, Qiang and Hu were not involved was largely because their tribe had received a lot of preferential treatment because of Changshuiying, so they had no reason to sacrifice their lives for others.
What's more, this is the emperor's personal expedition. When Zuo Fengyi and the Qiang and Hu who were trying to wait and see the situation saw the powerful and well-organized soldiers from the north and south, they all gave up their desire to fish in troubled waters and acted decisively without hesitation.
Participated in the imperial court's campaign to conquer Hedong.
This time Zhang Meng, the captain of the Changshui School, took the opportunity to chase the poor bandits. The more than 2,000 Changshui battalions under his command, mainly Qiang and Hu soldiers, showed off their power and high morale. The enemies they shot rolled over.
On the ground, Changshui Hu Qi didn't even look at it, but just stepped on it, leaving behind bloody corpses on the ground, dyeing the bright green grass red.
Li Damu was hit by an arrow in the leg, and was gradually left behind by the rebels. Several of the so-called Yellow Turbans around him had already fled when the disaster was approaching. Only Liu Shi was still holding his back and struggling to escape.
"Brother, listen to me..." Li Damu said weakly in Liu Shi's ear.
"Shut up, I don't have time to talk to you now!" Liu Shi gasped angrily. He was holding a knife in his hand and holding Li Damu tightly with his other hand. He didn't forget to look back at Chai while he was talking.
How far is the soldier?
At this moment, Liu Shi's feet suddenly tripped over each other, and he and Li Damu suddenly fell to the ground. Liu Shi's head happened to hit an iron bag. The bag was probably discarded by one of Cheng Yin's bosses when they fled.
Yes, Liu Shi's eyes flashed with stars, and his head couldn't help but feel dizzy.
Before he could cry out in pain, he managed to get up from the ground and tried to pull Li Damu away again.
At this time, they had been completely thrown away by their companions. Li Damu opened Liu Shi's extended hand with a palm and scolded: "Get out of here! Your own life is what matters!"
"Have you forgotten what we said when we came out of the village to follow the Great Master? To be brothers, we have to die together and live together! Now that the Great Master is gone, the Yellow Turban is gone, and our village is gone, I
Now it’s only you! Not to mention you once saved my life, do you want me to live as an unjust person in the future?" Liu Shi roared: "The debt I owe with my life must be repaid with my life.
ah!"
The dispute between the two of them didn't last long. Just when Liu Shi helped Li DaMou staggering up, a Hu riding behind him shot an arrow accurately. The arrow hit Li DaMou with great accuracy.
On the target's back, a cluster of sharp arrows instantly pierced his chest, bringing up a bloody flower.
"Big eyes!" Liu Shi's eyes were about to burst and he screamed.
Li Damu smiled miserably, then his body went limp and he fell down weakly.
When Liu Shi saw that Li Damu died on the spot, he became furious. He turned around with a knife and went crazy, shouting and running towards the chasing Changshui Hu Qi. The high-speed cavalry did not care about this insignificant person at all.
Stalled. At first, a Hu Qi was lying on his side with his saber in his hand. Before Liu Shi could kill him, Hu Qi's blade easily sliced his neck flat, and Liu Shi's head was completely cut off.
Throw it into the air with inertia.
Blood spurted out from his neck about three feet high like a fountain, making a sizzling sound. However, Liu Shi's headless body still maintained the posture of holding the knife until it was hit and trampled by the passing cavalry.
Liu Shi's head spun and flew in the air, and a wry smile appeared on his pale face.
I thought I could kill two people.
The death of the two of them was just an episode in the pursuit. Zhang Meng rode at the front. During the entire pursuit, he never bent his bow and set an arrow. He had only one target, and that was Cheng Yin.
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Since the beginning of the war, Cheng Yin's head was the military merit that Zhang Meng had reserved for himself in his heart. Only this military merit could override the jealousy of Zhang Liao, who led the army at the same time as him, and was now a Zhonglang general, walking in front of him.
Only then can the entire Northern Army know that he is more suitable to be a lieutenant with special political significance than Gao Shun, who joined the army halfway!
Zhang Meng rode forward and pursued them all the way. They followed the fleeing rebels to a small slope. At this time, Cheng Yin suddenly divided his troops and some of them ran into a nearby forest. The forest was smooth.
It continued to grow upwards along the slope, and gradually ended under the steep rock wall, while Cheng Yin, wearing a hood on his head, kept running into the valley of the deep mountain.
The rebels ran into the woods with no way out, obviously to cover Cheng Yin's escape to the mountain. The enemy's men were all infantry, and their morale was low. Even if they were to attack from a flank, they were definitely no match for the Changshui Huqi, so they just had to be careful.
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Zhang Meng thought of this, so he divided his troops into two groups. One group led people into the woods to drive away the remaining soldiers, and he led more than a thousand cavalry to pursue them into the valley.
There were originally many trees growing tangledly on the mountain road, but after these wars, many branches were cut down and thrown aside. The cavalry's horses' hooves stepped on the branches scattered on the ground, making a crunching sound.
ring.
Changshui captain Zhang Meng ran in front. He was riding a blue-black war horse today. This horse was the offspring of the sacred horse captured from the Qiang rebels by his father Zhang Huan when he suppressed the Qiang rebellion.
.The divine horse is born with spirit, and Zhang Meng's superb riding skills make the two men and horses almost become one, and they work together very well. Although the stirrups are helping at this time, Zhang Meng still subconsciously clamps the trembling horse between his legs.
With his belly straight up on the horse, he bends his bow and shoots an arrow. The whole movement is like flowing clouds and flowing water, done in one go.
He was originally aiming at Cheng Yin, but the other party was very flexible and turned left and right on horseback. As a result, the arrows Zhang Meng shot several times hit the soldiers.
Just when he was in the middle of pursuit, the young man under his crotch suddenly neighed. Zhang Meng hurriedly reined in the horse without thinking, causing the horse to slow down. At this moment, bursts of shouts that seemed to reach the sky came from both sides of the slope.
After uploading, thousands of rebels rushed down like a wave, wielding swords.
"retreat!"
Zhang Meng hurriedly ordered, but there was no need for him to issue an order. Hu Qi behind him naturally knew what the best choice was at this time.