The sun shines on the earth, and the wild grass flourishes in the sunshine. Because few people walked on the official road during the war, weeds grew uncontrollably and began to encroach on the official road.
The sound of hooves rolled, the horses' hooves trampled the weeds into powder, Yong Qi marched silently, and dark clouds rolled in the hearts of everyone, breeding thunder and anger.
Shen Qingzhi's figure leaned forward slightly on the horse, and the horse's mane was blown up by the strong wind and slapped on his face, numbing and itching.
From time to time, the rows of corpses by the Nanshui River appeared in his mind, causing Shen Qingzhi to clamp the horse's belly tightly from time to time. The horse felt his urging and galloped forward.
Yong Qi followed the general closely, like a rushing torrent, like a torrent rushing on the Nanshui River, only this time he wanted to drown the Song army.
Shen Tianzi led his Qingqi to greet them. Looking at Yong Qi two hundred steps away, he was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that there were so many Yong Qi. Seeing Yong Qi's extremely fast speed, Shen Tianzi shouted sternly: "Prepare your bows and arrows."
A hundred steps away, arrows rained down on Yong Qi. Shen Qingzhi shouted in a cold voice: "Disperse."
The seven hundred Yongqi dispersed in an arc, and most of the arrows fell into the open space. Several Yongqi were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, and several horses fell to the ground neighing. What made Shen Tianzi feel palpitated was that the Yongqi still galloped in silence.
The four words "Mourning soldiers are difficult to defeat" appeared in Shen Tianzi's mind. The group of Yong cavalry in front of him came with anger and wanted to avenge the drowned Yong army. This mentality was terrifying.
Seeing that Yong Qi was only fifty steps away, and life and death were on the line, Shen Tianzi threw all unnecessary thoughts behind him, raised his sword and roared: "Kill the enemy."
A chorus of shouts came from behind. Although the number was not as large as that of Yong Qi, the Song Army's Qingqi was as powerful as a rainbow, no less powerful than the silent Yong Qi, which made Shen Tianzi feel at ease.
At thirty steps, Shen Qingzhi looked at Song Qi who was coming towards him like a sharp cone, and roared: "Throw it."
Shen Qingzhi reached out to take the iron spear from the side of the quiver, and threw it forward with all his strength. More than 700 cavalrymen and more than 700 iron spears rose into the air and charged towards Song Qiu with the scream of death.
A short iron spear, about two feet long, made of fine iron, extremely sharp, and weighs about eight kilograms. Yang Anxuan's original idea was to build a spear-throwing team to deal with Xia Guo's light cavalry. After obtaining the land of Beiqing, destroying Yao and Qin, and having a land for herding horses, Yang Anxuan changed the idea of long spears into short spears and equipped them with elite cavalry. Better than arrows.
An ordnance city was built with Xiping in Runan as the center. Nearly 100,000 people were engaged in mining, casting, assembly, transportation and other labors. In addition to ensuring the supply of ordnance, they also manufactured agricultural tools, with a limited annual output.
To ensure priority for ordnance, the annual quantity of short iron spears was set at two thousand. The governor of Qinzhou, Kuai En, wanted to take half of them, leaving less than ten thousand spears stored in the arsenal in Xiangyang. This time the reinforcements went out for the expedition, Yang Anxuan ordered Zhao Tian to take out all of them.
Shen Qingzhi led 2,000 light cavalry to fight in Nanxin City. In addition to riding good horses, wearing leather armor, wearing scimitars, and holding bows and arrows, each of these men also carried a fine iron spear. Yang Anxuan intended to let his sister-in-law borrow the weapons to fight again. He made military exploits and became his right-hand man in the future. Unexpectedly, Shen Qingzhi suffered a disastrous defeat at the Nanshui River.
The iron spear was thrown with anger. Shen Tianzi blinked to see the object thrown and was so frightened that he was scared out of his wits. If the galloping horse met the iron spear thrown, it would not be like a gourd, and it would have no life.
"Careful", Shen Tianzi only had time to roar, and Shen Tianzi urged his horse wildly, hoping to rush out of the range where the iron spear fell.
Shen Tianzi rushed to the front, leading his bodyguards around him to rush out of the range where the iron spears fell. The Song cavalry behind him were not so lucky. When they saw the flying iron spears clearly, they were already unable to dodge. Some people raised their shields to block them, while others choked them. The horse dodged, some people used their knives to fight hard, and some people ran around randomly.
The iron spear landed on the shield, easily broke through the shield, and continued to nail down the person holding the shield. The iron spears flying all over the sky brought down a rain of blood, the horses neighed and fell to the ground, and the corpses of soldiers were scattered all over the field. With one throw, at least a hundred knights fell under the iron spear.
When Shen Tianzi heard the screams behind him, he didn't dare to look back and rushed forward with his sword raised. Most of the soldiers and horses he leads are infantry. If they are overtaken by light cavalry, it is difficult to fight back. They can only hold off for a period of time and let the infantry occupy high and favorable terrain, so that they can rely on the situation and wait for reinforcements.
Shen Qingzhi had his eyes fixed on Shen Tianzi, and his son-in-law died in the hands of this man. Shen Tianzi was captured in the Zhangshan battle, but unfortunately the lord released him in exchange for the captured soldiers. Now it seems that he is returning. Shan was injured by him. Today, I cannot let him go no matter what.
The spears collided and trilled, and the horses passed by. The steel knife shone brightly in the sun, and was soon stained by scarlet blood.
The spear in Shen Qingzhi's hand was like a thundering rainbow. He passed by Shen Tianzi and then knocked down two Song cavalrymen one after another. A scimitar came diagonally from the left. Shen Qingzhi twisted on his horse, and there was a wound on his left shoulder. It breaks apart, tearing into the heart.
Hanging the knife away with force, Shen Qingzhi took a deep breath, leaned over and picked up an iron spear from the ground, and threw it towards Song Qi who was galloping in front of him. The iron spear penetrated the galloping horse's neck, and the horse suddenly fell to the ground. Shen Qing raised the reins, and the war horse raised its hooves and stepped heavily on the Song soldiers who rolled to the ground.
After a dozen breaths, the two armies passed each other. Shen Tianzi circled his horse and saw that one-third of the 500 light cavalry he led had been lost. In comparison, Yongqi is faster and more powerful, and its cavalry and shooting skills are higher than those of its own army.
Seeing Yong Qi start to bend down to pick up the iron spear stuck on the ground, Shen Tianzi's scalp went numb. If Yong's army were to attack again, his subordinates would lose all their courage.
"Let's go", Shen Tianzi led his army north without hesitation. He wanted to lure Yong Qi away to prevent Shen Qing from chasing down the infantry.
Shen Qingzhi sneered, seeing through Shen Tianzi's intentions. Although he hated Shen Tianzi so much, Shen Qingzhi still gave a loud order and continued to chase east with his Qingqi.
Seeing that Shen Qingzi was not fooled, Shen Tianzi hurriedly led the Qingqi and chased after him, keeping a close eye on him sixty or seventy steps away and attacking with arrows.
Shen Qingzhi thought for a moment and divided the Qingqi under his command into two. Wang Quanyi, the general of the Ministry of Life, led 400 cavalry to chase the infantry. He led 300 cavalry in a circle and headed towards Song Qi.
When Shen Tianzi saw the Yong cavalry dividing their troops, he roared: "The Yong army dares to look down on us and destroy them."
The Qingqi beside him was aroused by him, and howled "hoho" in his mouth, and faced Yongqi without fear.
The spear screamed sharply in the air. Shen Qing's spear penetrated the chest of the Song soldier in front of him. The spear continued to stab the next Song soldier with the corpse of the Song soldier hanging on it.
The spear in Shen Tianzi's hand also screamed, and penetrated a Yong's horse. The Yong soldier on the horse fell forward and was shot to death by the bodyguard beside him.
The light cavalry from both sides roared and fought hard amidst the thunderous sound of hooves. After the holes were pierced, more than a hundred people fell into a pool of blood. The corpse soaked in blood could not be distinguished from the Yong Dynasty or the Song Dynasty.
There was a burning pain in his left shoulder, and blood seeped from the leather armor, dripping down the arm from the elbow, and fell on the horse's mane, dyeing the horse's back with spots of red.
The guard beside him exclaimed: "General Shen, your wound is bursting and it is not suitable to fight anymore."
Shen Qingzhi opened his palm, which was full of blood, and slowly wiped it on the horse's mane. Shen Qingzhi looked at Shen Tianzi a hundred steps away and said coldly: "Today, only General Shen died in battle and did not abandon the enemy." Let Shen Qingzhi leave. Brothers, kill the enemy."
After that, he once again rode his horse and pointed his gun towards Song Qi to kill him. When Yong Qi saw that his general was half-stained with blood, his bravery remained undiminished. They fought bravely one by one and continued to charge towards Song Qi with the sound of hoofbeats.
Shen Tianzi's face darkened. There were less than 300 Qingqi left around him. Judging from the fact that there were only more than 200 Yongqi, the charging momentum seemed like a thousand troops. Looking at the timid faces of the soldiers around him, Shen Tianzi sighed inwardly, his anger was exhausted and he was about to lose this battle.
Making a decisive decision, Shen Tianzi said: "Brothers, General Wang has sent reinforcements. Let's go and join the reinforcements."
With the sound of horse hooves, Song Qi retreated towards the east, with Shen Qingzhi hot on his heels.
At this time, Wang Quanyi led his light cavalry to catch up with the Song army's infantry. Before the Song army formed a defensive formation, the light cavalry passed through the Song army's ranks, taking away more than a hundred lives.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the generals of the Song Army ordered their men to disperse and flee, looking for woods and hills to take shelter. Wang Quanyi rushed back and forth to kill, and when he saw the Song army fleeing in all directions, he screamed in excitement.
After harvesting more than 300 lives, the Song army either fled into the mountains or formed a defensive formation on the hills. Wang Quanyi led his army to charge twice, but failed to reach the top of the mountain.
Shen Tianzi originally wanted to join up with the infantry, but relied on his numerical advantage to refuse to defend. When he encountered a broken army on the way, he learned that the infantry had been dispersed by Yong Qi.
This place is only more than ten miles away from Qiaoshan. Shen Tianzi decided to rush to join the reinforcements first, and then lead the reinforcements to pick up the infantry and return. If the reinforcements had enough light cavalry, they would have a chance to turn defeat into victory and kill Shen Qingzhi here.
Zhu Feng rushed to the front. He was captured by the Song army in the Zhangshan battle. Later, the lord exchanged Shen Tianzi and other Song army prisoners for their return. Instead of blaming him, he was promoted to a military prince. Zhu Feng burst into tears with gratitude and wanted to repay his lord for his kindness. kindness.
On the banks of the Nianshui River, his brothers suffered heavy casualties. Zhu Feng was heartbroken. Shen Qingzhi led his army to take revenge. Zhu Feng was the first to respond. Even if he risked his life, he would kill several more Song soldiers.
The war horse made a heavy breathing sound, and Shen Tianzi knew that the war horse was very tired. The battle has been going on for almost half an hour now. The horses have galloped for at least fifty miles and have reached their limit. If they continue to gallop, they may fall to the ground and die.
Hearing the rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, Shen Tianzi secretly wondered why Yong's army's horses could still gallop so fast. It was said that Yong Qi's horses had traveled at least ten more miles to catch up with him.
Shen Tianzi didn't know that these war horses of the Yong Army were captured from the Xia people. The Xia people dug out the cartilage from the middle of the nostrils of these war horses to make the horses breathe more smoothly and enhance the speed and endurance of the war horses.
Only about twenty steps away from Song Qi, Shen Qingzhi raised his hand and shouted: "Throw the spear."
Just now, the soldiers raised hundreds of spears and threw them forward following Shen Qingzhi's order. The iron spears roared in the air, and the Song cavalry rode their horses to avoid them. Even so, more than twenty knights still had their spears hit the ground.
Shen Tianzi saw that the soldiers were scattered by the iron spears, and there were only a dozen cavalry guards left around him. Yong Qi obviously recognized him, and a large group of Qingqi pursued him closely.
Beside him, a war horse was foaming at the mouth, its hooves were weak and it collapsed to the ground. Shen Tianzi glanced at the mountains in the distance. There was Qiao Mountain, but unfortunately he was afraid that he would never reach it again.
The horse's legs weakened and it knelt on the ground. Shen Tianzi was thrown forward by the inertia. Fortunately, he was well prepared and rolled on the ground and stood up again.
Qingqi was already more than ten paces away and could no longer run. The guards rotated their horses and prepared to give way to the war horses. Zhu Feng and his army had already arrived, slashing with steel swords. More than a dozen guards quickly fell into a pool of blood.
A spear stabbed fiercely at Shen Tianzi. Shen Tianzi dodged and grabbed the barrel of the gun, looking at Shen Qingzhi on the horse: "Hongxian, you are brothers of the same race, why bother fighting each other."
Shen Qingzhi said coldly: "If Yu Ruo spares you, will the souls of the more than six hundred brothers in the Nanshui River spare Yu?"
Withdrawing the spear and thrusting it out again, Shen Tianzi let out a long sigh and stopped dodging. The spear penetrated into the chest and Shen Tianzi died.
