Chapter 617 The sky is shattered and the earth is shattered, there is no way to look back
Salt bricks were loaded onto the cart one after another, and there were smiling soldiers everywhere.
They held whips and showed off their power so that the captured Han people did not dare to stop for a moment. If there was even the slightest hesitation, the nearest soldier would raise his hand and whip him.
There was a 'pop', followed by the clear crack of the whip tip, and Yelu Wuzhi's back tightened.
It was obvious that the person who was being beaten was a Han man who could hardly walk, but Yelu Wuzhi felt as if he had been hit on himself.
At this moment, the keen intuition from the battlefield made Yelu Wuzhi want to take people back to Youzhou immediately.
No! Youzhou is hopeless. We should return to Liaodong immediately. No! We should at least retreat to Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, or even Huanglong Mansion in Tokyo or Changchun Prefecture.
Because the Khitan army in front of us is no longer the original Khitan army.
The tragic defeat at Yanshi City not only caused the loss of all the elite Khitan palace troops, but most importantly, it greatly affected the morale of all Khitan people and made them deeply fearful of the Zhou army.
Why did it take more than ten days to travel from Youzhou to Cangzhou?
Yelu Wuzhi knew very well, because most of the Khitan generals were shouting loudly that they wanted to enter Tokyo again to avenge the emperor, but in fact they were extremely afraid of going south to fight the Zhou army, so they just took their time along the way.
I really enjoyed hitting the grass valley and didn’t want to go south at all.
According to the previous strategy, they should quickly maneuver to Beizhou and cooperate with Liu Zhiyuan to capture Beizhou first or force Fu Yanqing to surrender.
Guo Wei held back the main force of the Zhou army at the Fuyang-Zhangshui line, and finally used the strength of both armies to fight the Zhou army decisively.
But now, Liu Zhiyuan's messenger arrived a few days ago, and the Hedong army has arrived at Xiangzhou City, while they, the Khitan people, are still in Cangzhou.
I'm afraid that the Hedong Army was defeated by the Zhou Army in the end, and they probably haven't reached Xiangzhou yet.
How can we fight this battle?
Yelu Wuzhi was in agony. The thought of retreating to Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing or Huanglong Mansion in Tokyo flashed through his mind countless times, but he knew that they could no longer go back.
The soldiers below may still have a way to survive if they go back, but people like them who supported Yelu Ruan will definitely be killed by Shulu Ping and Yelu Lihu if they run back.
Without Youyun, Yelu Ruan would not be the Khitan emperor, and they would be nothing.
It was almost the end of Shen Shi, the sun had begun to tilt, and the laughter was getting louder and louder.
A large number of soldiers from the Khitan and other miscellaneous ethnic groups began to sing and dance around the campfire, and each tribe began to pull out the cattle and sheep they had captured and slaughter them for barbecue.
Some tribesmen who were too slow to grab anything could only curse and bake some unknown pancakes by the fire.
A few jesters wearing only fur coats ran past Yelu Housezhao. These fools just looked at the white and attractive appearance of the salt bricks, and each of them ate a big piece. It was so salty that they were everywhere.
Find water to drink.
The entire camp was in chaos. There was no unified logistics. Everyone made their own meals. What you could eat depended on what you grabbed. Flags, clothing, and organization were even more chaotic.
As the actual commander of the army, Yelu Wuzhi didn't even know who was passing in front of him?
The elite military force that Yelu Abaoji and Yelu Deguang himself spent most of their lives building for the Khitans, as well as their efforts to elevate the Khitans from a nomadic tribe to a semi-agrarian empire, all disappeared after the battle of Yanshi City.
Today's Khitan people are no different from ordinary grassland peoples.
However, Yelu Wuzhi immediately saw a very disciplined team.
Although they were on their way, their formation was not scattered at all.
The front is like an arrow, which can penetrate the formation at any time, and there are more than ten riders on each side as barriers, which can intercept or break up the rear.
Even when screaming men and women passed by, they did not grab it. When they saw roasted mutton on the roadside, they did not grab it like other soldiers. This is a sign of good discipline.
Moreover, these people have plump bodies, lustrous complexions, and resolute eyes. The long knives, bows, arrows, etc. on the sides of the horses are all well maintained, and the war horses are also washed very clean, as conspicuous as standing out among the chickens.
At this time, there were not many Khitan people who could maintain their horses and weapons like this during war, but there were quite a few in the past.
However, Yelu Wuzhi was still a little confused. If he said he didn't know the other soldiers, but there were only six or seven thousand of the Khitan soldiers in Yelu Ruan who had this kind of tactical ability, so it was impossible for him not to know them.
So Yelu Dachang gently clamped the horse's belly, came to the small team of about 200 people, pointed the riding whip in his hand at the leader who seemed to be the leader, and shouted in Khitan dialect.
"Where are you from? Which commander's subordinates are you from?"
Yelu Wuzhi directly took up the official position of Commander-in-Chief of the Army. In his opinion, only the elites who were born out of the original Khitan Palace Army and Shan Army could have such magnanimity.
Yelu Sizhong was slightly startled, and his palms were sweating. Although he did not recognize Yelu Wuzhi, there were several guards dressed as palace guards behind Yelu Wuzhi, as well as the signs held by the guards that symbolized the great stability and great vigilance.
He was acquainted with Dazhu, and he instantly knew who the person opposite was.
You bastard, let me ask you some news. Why did you bump into the Khitan coach?
Yelu Sizhong couldn't help but look around. The dogs were surrounded by Khitan soldiers, at least three to four thousand in number. It was not easy for them to escape!
With no other choice, Yelu Sizhong could only bite the bullet and step forward.
However, Yelu Wuzhi narrowed his eyes, and the leader across from him looked around just now, which aroused his suspicion.
Yelu Dachangwen coughed lightly, and the guards behind him quietly touched their hands to the handle of the knife.
At this critical moment, Yelu House suddenly smelled a familiar and disgusting smell of sheep.
The taste was so strong and strange that even at this tense moment, it almost made him sick and vomited.
How long has it been since you took a shower? No! Should you have taken a shower?
Not only Yelu Wuzhi, but the Khitan guards behind Yelu Wuzhi were also disgusted.
They have been in the land of Yanyun for a long time, and they are no longer used to the smell of sheep excrement, which they almost never take a bath with, plus the smell of sheep, which is then marinated with human sweat and then stifled.
Most of the vigilance in everyone's hearts disappeared in one go. Not to mention the Han people, even among the Khitan people, there were few people who could make the smell so disgusting. This definitely couldn't be a Han reconnaissance ranger from the south.
Yelu Sizhong took advantage of this opportunity and immediately came to his senses. He decisively turned over and dismounted, took two steps forward, protected his chest with his hands and bent over halfway to answer.
"Xiao Saluo from Yu'erluo has seen Dachangwen. We were recently ordered to go south and are looking for a place to camp."
Luo is actually a variant of Bo. Historically, there were two types of Yuerluo, namely Khitan Yuerluo and Mongolian Yuerluo.
Mongolia has not yet appeared, so there is only the Yuerluo of the Khitan, which is the moon bubble of Da'an City, Baicheng, Jilin Province in later generations.
"Did Chief Sage send you south?" Yelu Wuzhi lowered his eyelids and asked in a low voice.
"Go back to Daxiangwen. After Tiyin comes back, Chief Sage will not care about the tribe's affairs." Yelu Sizhong gave the correct answer without thinking.
Yelu Wuzhi also nodded with satisfaction and put his doubts away, because the tribe of Yuerluo was actually the private tribe of Yelu Yaliguo, the fourth son of Yelu Abaoji.
Yelu Abaoji had four sons in total, Yelu Bei, Yelu Deguang, and Yelu Lihu, all born to Shulu Ping. Only the fourth son, Yelu Yaliguo, was born to the Xiao family of the palace.
Therefore, Yeluyaliguo has always been unfavored and even ignored.
What's even worse is that twenty years ago in the Battle of Dingzhou between the Later Tang Dynasty and the Khitan, Yelu Abaoji was severely defeated by Li Cunxu, and Yelu Yaliguo was captured directly.
After that, Yelu Yaliguo was arranged by Li Cunxu to guard the gate of the palace in Taiyuan. After entering Luoyang, he guarded the gate in Luoyang again. He waited until Yelv Deguang entered Tokyo and then rescued his younger brother.
However, Yelu Deguang didn't like this half-brother who was smearing the Yelu family, so he was sent back to Khitan without even letting him stay in the Central Plains, and was given the title of Tiyin, not to mention a title.
Not even an official position was given.
Yelu Yaliguo also knew that he was not welcome, so he ran back to Yuerluo.
There are two tribes living here, one is that according to the custom, after Yelu Yaliguo was born as a prince, the tribe that Yelu Abaoji had set up with 500 tents came under his command.
The other branch is the mother clan of Yelu Yaliguo. After Yelu Yaliguo was born, they were also allowed to live in the Yuerluo area.
You must know that although Yuerluo is considered extremely desolate in the eyes of the Han people, it is not a poor place in Khitan. On the contrary, it has rich water and grass, abundant fish, and some areas have been reclaimed as farmland. It is also the favorite fishing and hunting place of Khitan nobles.
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Yelu Wuzhi was extremely moved, because Yelu Yaliguo was disliked everywhere, but he still knew how to protect the Khitan Kingdom, and sent elite soldiers from the distant Yuerluo southward.
Sure enough, the country is in trouble and loyal ministers are missing!
He also knew the reason why these people were wary of wandering around, because the command and supply of the Khitan army were now very chaotic. Those who came from Yuerluo must not have grabbed anything because they arrived too late, and even
I couldn't even find the place where I was stationed.
The current situation is not optimistic, so keeping these people by your side may be useful at critical moments.
Hmm! A very reasonable idea.
It's just that Yelu Wuzhi forgot one thing. When Yelu Ablisi went to Liangzhou, Yelu Yaliguo sent his second son Yeluhe, who had a Han girl in the Han area, to escort him. Yelu Sizhong was Yelu Sizhong.
Harmonious and accommodating.
After Yelu Yaliguo returned to Khitan, he was criticized everywhere and felt that he would be better off as a palace guard in the Central Plains. Feeling dissatisfied, he sent someone to contact Zhang Gao again.
That's why Yelu Sizhong knew clearly about Yu'erluo's situation.
Hearing what Yelu Wuzhi said, Zhang Xibao, Yelu Sizhong, and Aluoji were overjoyed. This was great luck!
Even if we can't catch Yelu Ruan, it's still pretty good to kill the Khitan's Da Xiangwen and Da Tiyin!
So they quickly dismounted and thanked them loudly in Khitan language. Yelu Housezhi was also very satisfied with their performance and felt that they had accepted two hundred warriors, so he narrowed his eyes proudly.
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Helizhi are Nüzhi people, belonging to the Huiba tribe of Nvzhi in Shangjing Dao. The Huiba tribe lived in the nomadic land between Shenyang and Changchun in later generations, and mainly lived near the Huifa River.
This time, Yelu Ruan recruited the Khitan troops on the Shangjing Road to go south. He still controlled Shuluping and Yelu Lihu, mother and son, on the Shangjing Road, so they randomly gathered some female straight men and gave the Bohai Sea to Yelu Ruan, without sending a single Khitan.
Yelu Ruan didn't think much of these straight women who were still wearing animal skins and had just entered the slave society, so the hard work of scouting horses outside the camp was taught to the straight women.
The Helizhi were sent out to guard, but they were not the invincible Jurchens hundreds of years later.
There is no heroic leader, no one is in an atmosphere of excitement, and of course there is no Bu Renjia sponsored by the Song Dynasty.
Today's straight women can only be called brave, but they can never be called brave, or even invincible.
Moreover, these straight women are about to make the Khitans miserable.
Of course, they didn't do it on purpose, but they didn't expect that this would deceive the Khitan people.
As for what exactly happened? The reason is that Yelu Ruan should not have sent them out as vigilant detectives.
Because there are still very few straight women in the tribe today. The Huiba tribe occupies a vast land, but their total number is only four to five thousand, and the number of adult males is less than two thousand.
With so few people still existing in the vast woods, even if there was a fight, it would be at the level of a village battle.
How far should one be alert in a village war involving hundreds of people?
Helizhi thought for a while and realized that it would be enough to walk ten hundred steps. At this distance, as long as he said hello, the tribesmen behind him would soon be warned and then pick up their weapons.
Uh...! You ask Helizhi, does it take time to put on armor? Does it take time to form an array? Does it take time to put the flag and drum command system in place?
Then the Heli branch will look at you in confusion. In a fight, isn't it just to shoot with a bow and arrow first, then rush up with a howl and beat the person into a pulp?
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A thousand steps, that is, a little more than three miles, this distance, the cavalry can arrive in a single charge. Zhang Yan would not have thought that the Khitan cavalry's cordon would be so short, nor would Bai Congxin, Li Cunhui, etc., let alone Feng Jiye.
This made him anxious! The sweat on his face rolled down, and he kept muttering, "It shouldn't be!" Zhang Xibao said that they were in Lutai! They were almost there, why haven't they found the Khitan's scouting horse yet? ?Did they run away?
Even Zhang Hao couldn't bear it anymore. He rode his beloved mount Zidian to the front line in person. If the Khitans ran away, the battle would have to be planned again.
Feng Jiye became even more nervous when he saw the emperor coming. He was thinking about how to explain to the emperor when he suddenly stepped on something soft.
Overjoyed, Feng Jiye quickly reached out and inserted his hand into the stuff. Well, it was still warm. Then he grabbed a small piece and put it into his mouth without even frowning.
"It smells of black beans and alfalfa. It comes from War Horse. Look for it quickly. He's nearby!"
Feng Jiye spit out the horse shit in his mouth and immediately ordered the soldiers around him.
The reason why he was so sure was because in the Zhou army, the horse dung of Tanma Youyi had to be collected and packed, and then buried or thrown into the stream.
The purpose is to prevent the enemy from finding clues in the horse dung, so the horse dung here belongs to the Khitan people.
The sound of soft footsteps aroused Helizhi's alertness. He shrunk his body even smaller. His not-so-skinny body actually slowly shrank into a rock crevice wrapped in weeds.
Feng Jiye was groping at the front in person. He didn't see Helizhi, but a breeze happened to blow, and he smelled a strong smell of sheep. Fortunately, he didn't stay with Zhang Xibao for too long, and he wasn't used to it yet.
A taste.
He looked around vigilantly, and there was only a little country bumpkin in front of him on the left. Feng Jiye gestured to the two soldiers behind him, and the three of them searched for him in a Zigzag pattern.
As soon as Feng Jiye took out his crossbow, he saw a disturbance in the bushes surrounded by earth. A gray-green figure suddenly rushed out, like a frightened rabbit, and disappeared in the bushes in a few breaths.
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Nature did not give Helizhi discipline and formation, but gave him beast-like alertness and speed.
Feng Jiye was shocked. He suddenly jumped onto the earthbag, threw away his hand crossbow and took out a hard bow. He fired three arrows in a row. The arrows were in advance. Helizhi dodged the first two, but he couldn't dodge the last one.
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Holding back the severe pain, Helizhi was about to blow the conch horn in his mouth. Two knights from the right feather forest guards had already pounced on him, pinning the strong straight woman to the ground like a wild beast.
Zhang Hao also didn't expect that it would be like this, that someone would scatter the Tanma over a distance of more than three miles.
After Feng Jiye finished interrogating He Lizhi, there was no need to investigate anymore. Feng Jiye took the risk and took a few steps forward, and directly saw the bustling Lutai.
It will be getting dark at this time, but the main force of the army is still seven or eight miles away. If we go back to mobilize the army now, it will be night as soon as we go back.
Since more than 10,000 people would certainly not be able to keep it secret, Zhang Gao made an extremely bold decision to use the 3,000 people who were following him to penetrate the Khitan camp and defeat them.
Li Cunhui opened his mouth to dissuade him, but Zhang Gao immediately waved his hand.
"Don't say any more. I don't want to rush with you. I have decided to divide the three thousand people into three groups and select 1,500 people to attack the prince and attack him to the death.
After a thousand men were recruited to defeat the Khitans and prevent them from organizing their formation, I personally led five hundred Gui Yilang to capture and kill Yelu Ruan."
After saying that, Zhang Gao did not wait for more people to object, and directly began to make arrangements, "Li Cunhui will lead his headquarters with 700 cavalry, Wang Shenqi, Wang Quanbin, Feng Jiye, and Zhao Kuangyin will each lead 200 cavalry as the master, and listen to Li Cunhui's command.
Murong Yanzhao, Zhao Yanjin, Huangfuchong and Chen Huiyao each took charge of their headquarters as successors.
Zhang Zhaojie, Wang Tongtong, Zhang Cheng, and Yang Jiye protected me, and we rushed towards the tightest part of the Khitan formation.
Li Fang, go back and notify Bai Congxin, and the whole army will rush in at full speed."
Li Fang looked at Zhang Yan with a hot look, "Sage, I want to fight the enemy with the saint."
Zhang Zhang didn't even turn around, "This is a military order, execute it immediately!"
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As a famous salt brick factory, Lutai actually has a small earth city.
However, the scale of Tucheng is very small, which is the size of a landlord's compound, so it can only accommodate Yelu Ruan and a small number of guards.
In Yelu Ruan's courtyard, there was no trace of the robbed civilian girls. He was a cultural person or an emperor of the Liao Dynasty, so his basic tastes still had to be discussed, so he was only accompanied by Queen Zhen.
Zhen was originally a palace maid of the Later Tang Dynasty. After Shi Jingtang took over, she became a palace maid of the Later Jin Dynasty. She was bright and dignified.
After Yelu Deguang entered Tokyo, Yelu Ruan, who was accompanying him, fell in love with this woman who was twelve years older than him at first sight.
However, Mrs. Zhen was not in a good mood at this time, because the miserable cries of the women who had been robbed outside were heard in this courtyard.
"Your Majesty has sworn to be the emperor of both the Khitans and the Han people, but now that the soldiers are so unscrupulous, I fear that he will lose the support of the people of the world!"
Yelu Ruan smiled bitterly and shook his head, and drank another large gulp of wine. It wasn't that he didn't want to take care of it, but that he couldn't.
Because everyone is raping and plundering, if he controls the Yale Hando and does not allow them to participate, the newly built palace army will probably not listen to him.
However, Yelu Ruan always dotes on Mrs. Zhen, and after thinking about it, he decided to ask the guards to go out and notify Yelu's house, and at least keep the cries far away so that Mrs. Zhen wouldn't hear them.
In the dim sunlight, Yelu Ruan's guards opened the courtyard door, and then collapsed on the ground in horror.
This courtyard was built for the purpose of managing the salt brick factory, so it was built at the highest point, overlooking the entire Lutai.
The guard looked into the distance and saw in the direction of sunset, red and white cavalry reflecting golden light, crashing towards Lutai like waves.
The guard wanted to shout "enemy attack", but in the end he only let out a sharp scream in fear.
Li Cunhui rushed to the front personally. He knew what his responsibility was, which was to crush the Khitan people's resistance with a single blow from the universe.
If he doesn't do it well, when Zhang Yan enters the battlefield, the emperor will be put in the most dangerous situation. This is something he cannot bear and accept at all.
So Li Cunhui directly asked these 1,500 cavalry to form an overwhelming formation, as if thousands of troops and horses suddenly descended from the sky.
The entire Lutai is a small town surrounded by countless salt fields and salt ponds. It is not suitable for galloping war horses, but Li Cunhui can't afford to take care of so many.
The iron cavalry of Lin Wei from the right wing swept past like a whirlwind. The Khitan people did not expect that the Zhou army's iron cavalry would appear in Lutai so quickly.
They never expected that those fools and straight people would completely ignore the military order and only let the sentry three miles away.
For a cavalryman with many good horses, the distance of three miles can be reached almost instantly.
As for the Khitans, who were completely unarmored, let alone arrayed, but gathered together in twos and threes to sing and eat meat, no one thought of resisting, and they were unable to resist.
What's more, from their perspective, what was coming from the opposite side was not the fifteen hundred horsemen, but the overwhelming elites of the Zhou Kingdom.
At this moment, the horrific scene of the emperor's death in battle once again echoed in the minds of all Khitan people.
They shrank into their tents in fear, not considering that these leather tents could not protect them at all.
Zhao Kuangyin felt like he was a soldier from heaven now, because there was no enemy in front of him who dared to resist.
All the enemy troops either ran around like frightened rabbits, or burrowed into the tent like mice.
Zhao Da picked up the hard bow in his hand, and it felt like shooting rabbits when he was a child. As he opened and closed, Khitan people wearing leather robes and crying were constantly being shot to the ground.
With the blessing of adrenaline, his archery skills improved to an unprecedented height. Without any arrows missing, the enemy soldiers were shot to pieces in a short while.
A Khitan warrior wearing leather armor howled and challenged Zhao Kuangyin. He wanted to resist, but apart from the leather armor, he only had a short sword.
Zhao Kuangyin smiled contemptuously, pinched the horse's belly, accelerated, and stabbed him to the core.
Another majestic Khitan man was holding a big gun, leaning against the corner and trying to resist. He roared loudly, hoping that his comrades who were passing by with howling ghosts and wolves would stay and fight the enemy with him.
But no one paid attention to him, and from beginning to end, he was the only one alone.
Brothers Zhao Kuangyin and Wang Shenqi saw this little general who should be in charge of at least 500 people. They laughed and ran over. Then they struck the left and the right with their horseshoes, killing the Khitan warrior like a monkey.
The moment he fell heavily, the Khitan warrior's eyes still stared at the backs of his comrades who were still running away.
I don’t understand why they don’t stay and resist together even though the enemy soldiers are few.
Forty thousand people! This is forty thousand people! The camps stretched for several miles along Lutai Town, but no one came out to resist, and the outer camps were directly breached.
The raging fire burned, and the Zhou army soldiers did not even bother to kill people, but just burned them with fire.
A small jar of kerosene was thrown over, and then the pear blossom gun was fired. The Khitan people in the tent rushed out howling like rats whose nest was burned, and then just killed them one by one easily.
This is not fighting at all, but hunting.
The outside was in chaos, with fire and smoke flying everywhere. There was real war experience inside, and those who had slipped through the net during the last Yanshi battle were immediately alarmed.
Xiao Han roared and told all the guards to quickly put on their armor and mount their horses. This experienced warrior knew that it didn't matter even if there were no more people outside, because they were just here to make up the numbers.
Moreover, there must not have been many enemy troops coming, otherwise they would have rushed to his camp long ago. Whether he insisted or escaped, he would have to hold on for a while before leaving under the cover of night.
Sure enough, when Xiao Han gathered more than a thousand people from the Iron Harrier Army, he found that although the momentum outside was huge, the number of enemy troops was not large. Even in the place where the fire was the brightest, he only saw a few dozen Zhou Army cavalry.
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These Zhou army cavalry also saw them, and quickly formed a pig attack formation in the light of the fire.
Xiao Han's triangular eyes glared viciously, and dozens of cavalrymen wanted to charge at his more than a thousand cavalrymen. They were too arrogant. "Boys of the Iron Harrier Army, charge forward and kill these southern barbarians."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of vibrating bow strings came randomly from the opposite side, and it was not a horse bow with a crisp sound, but a crossbow arrow with this mechanical sound. A large number of the cavalry in front of Xiao Han were immediately shot down.
Xiao Han's eyes were red. He waved his hand and rushed out first. There were at least two to three hundred riders rushing out with him.
On the opposite side, Zhao Kuangyin and Wang Shenqi also began to charge.
They have no fear, because behind them is the emperor, who gives them treatment that is enough to make them die ten times without regrets, and the honor of becoming a founding hero like Qin Shubao and Cheng Zhijie.
First, the dazzling pear flower gun sprayed out flames that disrupted the enemy's vision, and then the gun fired a fierce thrust like a dragon.
Xiao Han felt as if his eyes were blurred, and the cavalry around him disappeared like chopped down weeds.
It was not that they were killed, but these cavalrymen were too frightened to dare to collide head-on. However, the Zhou cavalry on the opposite side thrust like a sharp knife into their tofu block.
As soon as Xiao Han raised his spear, he was hit by a crossbow arrow in the chest. This was a crossbow arrow fired from the short crossbow in Wang Shenqi's hand. It didn't penetrate deep into the flesh, but it was extremely painful. Xiao Han couldn't bear the pain and lowered his spear a little.
And just a few points cost him his life.
Zhao Kuangyin took advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and suddenly sent the pear blossom gun in his hand to Xiao Han's chest.
The moment Zhao Kuangyin let go of the gun, Xiao Han's vision went dark. The huge impact almost stopped his breathing, and his huge body fell directly from the horse.
A cavalryman who was following Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed. He picked up his pecking hammer and bent sideways. When Xiao Han had just landed on the ground and was about to raise his head, he hit him on the head with the hammer.
This evil-doing Khitan general and Zhang Yan's time and space love rival died in the rebellion with his brain split.
The more than a thousand cavalry he organized immediately fell apart, and were scattered by dozens of people from Zhao Kuangyin and Wang Shenqi.
The Khitan people simply did not have the courage to continue fighting against the Zhou army.