At this time, Zuo Shiren, who was on the official road, was very angry. The chivalrous rebels in front of him were like old dogs with their tails between their tails, constantly retreating. Although they said they had killed more than a hundred people, they could not win completely.
He understood more clearly that if they gathered up and marched at this time, those damn Xiaer soldiers would rush over and hold them back. If they were afraid of death, forget it, but these people all thought that they were invulnerable.
Being dragged into such a quagmire by a group of thousands of troops, Zuo Shiren became even more angry, as if there was an unquenchable anger burning in his chest.
"Lord, what is this sound?"
Just as Zuo Shiren was thinking, suddenly, an accompanying old man spoke.
The experienced veteran general lay down on the ground and listened carefully for a while. His face instantly turned pale.
"Lord, there are cavalry ahead!"
"Where did the cavalry come from?"
Not only Dongling, but also Donglai and Kezhou are not places where horses are raised. At most, both parties will spend a lot of money to buy several thousand horses for use as sentinels and messengers.
But now, on the official road in Kezhou, a cavalry camp actually came.
"What!" Zuo Shiren raised his head and gritted his teeth. Looking forward, after passing through the entangled Xiaer army, as expected, he slowly saw waves of smoke and dust. Accompanied by it, there were also drums like war drums.
The sound of horse hooves.
"Formation -" Zuo Shiren shouted urgently, not daring to be careless. Although he had never fought any cavalry battles, he had always understood how powerful the cavalry charge was. It is more likely that the cavalry leader was
That person is Xu Buyi.
Among all the people in the world, Xu Buyi likes to use cavalry the most.
"My lord has an order, quickly form a formation!" One by one, Dongling's generals also felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. They hurriedly began to take orders and set up military formations.
But the arrangement of formations is not a matter of a moment. Moreover, there are still two thousand knights who are desperately holding them back. The cavalry on Xu Mu's side are holding back a murderous aura. They are extremely brave and need not be used.
It didn't take long for them to kill him.
"Brothers, charge at me!" Si Hu shouted, swinging his ax.
Without spears, the power of the charge was not perfect. But even so, with the Dongling Army at a loss, thousands of cavalry roared loudly with iron hooves.
"Drop Knife!"
"Owl leader!"
Although the three thousand cavalry sent by Yuan Song are not elite cavalry, they are still people who have practiced equestrian skills for a long time. Following Si Hu, they all lowered their swords and took advantage of the space where the galloping horses passed by.
At the same time, they roared and chopped down together.
"Damn it!" Zuo Shiren clenched his fists and quickly retreated into the military formation.
"Quickly, gather the archers and throw the arrows to block the horses! Don't let them go around in a roundabout way!"
Under Zuo Shiren's command, in an instant, another wave of flying arrows was thrown out from the formation, falling all over the sky.
Thump thump thump.
The twenty or so riders in the lead were hit by flying arrows, and they and their horses all rolled to the ground. For a moment, there were the sounds of people and horses neighing everywhere.
"Lao Zuo!" Si Hu rushed to the front of the formation braving arrows and shouted angrily. He slashed with his giant ax and swept away two or three Dongling soldiers holding shields.
"It's this tiger general again." Zuo Shiren narrowed his eyes without any fear. The Xishu tiger general in front of him can really kill him in the eyes of the formation, so it is unreasonable.
tread.
As the commander-in-chief, Xu Mu did not follow the charge. He stopped his horse and took a dozen mounted guards with him, looking around coldly.
The battle was not going too smoothly. The Xia'er army in front tried almost every method in order to hold Zuo Shiren back.
"Jiangshan Wulong...Shangguanshu pays homage to the chief helmsman." Shangguanshu staggered over and seemed to be struggling to speak.
Xu Mu lowered his head with a sad look in his eyes. At this time, Shangguan Shu's body was covered in wounds. The blood that oozed out from one shoulder almost dyed half of his white armor red.
"Master Shangguan Hall, thank you for your hard work." Xu Mu got off his horse and supported Shangguan Shu, "Next, you will lead these knights and troops to retreat aside."
Xu Mu estimated that it won't be long before Yuan Song, who has 20,000 troops in the rear, and nearly 10,000 Xia'er troops will arrive together.
Helping Shangguan Shu sit down, Xu Mu turned his head and looked forward.
After two or three rounds of cavalry charges, the momentum became weaker and weaker, and detours became more and more difficult. But even so, Zuo Shiren, who was in the military formation, still only dared to take a defensive position and did not let the soldiers in the formation rush out to fight.
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As if their eyes were facing each other, Zuo Shiren also raised his head and looked in the direction of Xu Mu. There was an extremely angry coldness in his eyes.
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"General Li, we are almost here." Riding on his horse, Yuan Song said in a deep voice. In his eyes, he did not look down upon the young Xishu general next to him.
After all, if Xu Buyi dares to let him lead an army alone, then he will not be an ordinary person. This is a very straightforward truth.
General Li is Li Xiaoyao.
At this time, after hearing Yuan Song's words, Li Xiaoyao's green and tender face faded, revealing a trace of calmness.
"Don't worry, Prince Yuan. Our helmsman has already taken the first step to hold back Zuo Shiren's returning army. Along the way, he must have defeated the Dongling people's secret camp sentry. We only need to speed up our march.
See you soon."
Yuan Song thought for a while, "I wonder if your helmsman...has considered that Ling Su in Chen Shuiguan is not a simple person. I think he will make a plan about Zuo Shiren's return to aid."
Bureau."
"My helmsman already has a plan." Li Xiaoyao smiled calmly.
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To the south of Chenshui Pass, an army of more than 10,000 people was rushing forward.
The leader of the army was a big man with a beard. His name was Hong Zhen, and he was a general of the Ling family. This time, he followed Ling Su's order and led his troops behind to rush to the aid of Zuo Shiren at any time.
As a veteran general, Hong Zhen has always been very careful. When he left the city, his master told him that Xu Buyi might have countermeasures, so he should be extremely careful.
"March immediately." Hong Zhen exhaled and glanced around calmly. Just now, he received intelligence that the Dongling army in front was suddenly attacked by the enemy.
"The lingering Shu people, I really don't know how they got to the south!" Hong Zhen gritted his teeth, tightened the reins, and began to ride forward.
He didn't know that he was not far ahead at this time.
A young general was hiding in the woods, waiting for an opportunity.
"Brother Longgong, are you ready?"
"Don't worry, General Xiao Han, it's okay." Gong Dog, whose hunchback had improved a lot and could slowly straighten his back, showed an encouraging smile.
Instead of shouting "dog blessing dog blessing" like Si Hu, he was called "General Xiao Han".
He not only believed in his lord, but also believed in his military advisor. Now that the military advisor's only disciple was going to lead the army in battle, he naturally had to give his full support.
He heard his lord say that in these troubled times, in this Western Shu, there should be a group of young generals, following the footsteps of the veteran generals, slowly rising up, conquering the north and south for Western Shu, and conquering the territory of thirty states.
Goofu, come on.
Gongou raised his face, with an expectant look between his brows.