Chapter 968 Only die for the country on the battlefield
Facing the heavy cavalry that came like thunder, even the momentum of the Longwu Army, which was carrying a great victory, was robbed by it.
The general's attitude determines the spirit of an army!
The courage of the general.
Although the various sounds on the battlefield prevented Chen Qu's war cry from reaching every soldier of the Longwu Army, the Longwu Jingqi behind him guessed what Chen Qu meant from his movements!
Charge into battle! Charge into battle!
The three thousand Longwu Army cavalry, who were originally worried because of the sudden appearance of heavy cavalry, were infected by Chen Qu's desire to fight to the death. Each of them looked determined. The remaining three thousand cavalrymen of the Longwu Army suddenly and silently sped up!
My invincible energy seems to have returned in an instant!
The general will have the heart to die, and the scholar will not be greedy for life.
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A series of loud noises, accompanied by the screams of war horses, came from the center of the battlefield!
The two thousand heavy armored cavalry of King Zhao's army and the more than three thousand dragon warrior cavalry led by Chen Qu finally met and collided!
Like huge waves hitting the rocks!
The Longwu Army cavalry at the front all fell to the ground! Then rewind!
This time, the two thousand heavily armored cavalry did not choose the columnar charge formation most commonly used by cavalry. Instead, they chose to line up in a head-to-head formation, forming a crushing force.
The purpose of the general of King Zhao's army is very simple, that is to use the powerful impact, defense and lethality of the heavy armored cavalry to eliminate the cavalry of the Longwu Army in one fell swoop.
The soldiers of the Longwu Army were all equipped with crossbows, and they had already fired several waves of arrows before they collided with the heavy armored cavalry! However, these arrow rains did not have a very good effect against the heavy armored cavalry whose entire body, including the horses under their crotches, was covered in heavy armor.
The penetrating power of these crossbows is not as good as the Shenji Cavalry Crossbow. Even if it can break through the armor, its strength has been consumed by 90%, and it has only caused skin trauma to some heavy armored cavalry.
Only a few lucky arrows hit the weak connections of the heavy armored cavalry's scales to cause serious damage. More than thirty riders fell off their horses after being hit by arrows, and were trampled into mud by the heavy riders behind them.
After three waves of more than 10,000 feathered arrows, Long Wujun gave up attacking the heavy armored cavalry with crossbows, and instead tightened his grip on the war spear in his hand.
The weapons of the cavalry in the Central Plains were basically divided into the former Tang Dynasty. Before the former Tang Dynasty, most of them were riding swords and fighting knives.
After the Tang Dynasty, war horses with armor-breaking capabilities and maces and warhammers that relied on power to hit began to appear on the historical stage of cavalry.
This is mainly because of the armor. After the Tang Dynasty, the foreign races improved their iron smelting technology and began to equip themselves with armor.
If swords were used against the heavy armored cavalry of King Zhao's army, they might only be able to leave traces of swords on their armors.
The sharp war spear combined with the impact speed of the cavalry has the ability to break armor.
Facing the heavily armored cavalry, the Longwu Army's cavalry were not afraid to thrust their spears.
It still caused considerable damage to the cavalry of King Zhao's army.
But looking down from the place where the two armies meet, you will find that the heavy armored cavalry of King Zhao's army are urging their horses forward step by step, waving the mace in their hands, and waving it again!
The mace hit the Longwu Army cavalry, and even armor could not block the huge force.
Courage cannot change the balance of strength. If Chen Qu now has the courage of a champion, he may be able to defeat this two thousand heavy cavalry with these three thousand dragon warrior cavalry.
But the fact is that in the face of the overwhelming offensive of two thousand heavily armored soldiers, the Longwu Army's cavalry retreated, and then retreated again!
In just a short moment, almost one-third of the three thousand dragon warriors under Chen Qu's command were gone!
The commander of the heavy armored cavalry of King Zhao's army was a tall and sturdy man, and the war horse under his crotch was much taller than ordinary war horses.
Facing the momentum of the Dragon Warrior Army, this rare general did not hesitate, his huge body covered in heavy armor crashed straight into the two Dragon Cavalry Army!
There were two crisp sounds of "bang bang", and the heads of the two war horses were hit by the huge war hammer in the man's hand. They exploded like watermelons, and the horses' blood flew out and their brains splattered. The Longwu Army cavalry on the two horses were suddenly thrown away, and the two dead horses were pushed down by this man!
He then continued deep into the Longwu Army's battle formation and was constantly charging towards the rear, with all kinds of human organs hanging all over his body covered in blood, and holding a giant wolf tooth war hammer in his hand. Humans are blood people, and horses are blood horses.
Chen Qu looked at the falling cavalry around him and knew that he was defeated. He had no way to break through the formation of the heavy armored cavalry and could only continue to be slaughtered!
"Disperse!"
Following Chen Qu's helpless order, the remaining Longwu Army cavalry dispersed in all directions.
This order also meant that they were defeated!
Once their vigor was lost and their victory was no longer possible, they could only be surrounded by the regrouped King Zhao's army.
The distance from the time the heavy cavalry is put on, charging into battle to the end is probably less than six miles.
Although it is already a carefully selected and optimal war horse, its physical strength can only go so far.
Although the heavy cavalry's attack stopped, they had completed their mission.
When Chen Qu gathered the cavalry again, he only had more than a thousand cavalry beside him, and two thousand cavalry died in the bloody battle with the heavy armored cavalry.
The heavy armored cavalry of King Zhao's army only lost more than 300 people, and 41 of them were killed by Chen Qu's snake spear.
Just as the Longwu Army cavalry and the heavy armored cavalry were attacking, Qiu Fu in the rear had also prepared his troops and horses. Now Chen Qu was in a dilemma of being attacked from both front and rear.
The left and right wings were also the soldiers and horses that Li Yuan had just dispersed, and there was no room left.
Li Yuan immediately stepped forward and said, "I don't know what to call the general?!"
Chen Qu pulled the reins of his horse and said proudly, "General of the Longwu Army, Chen Qu!"
"General Chen is brave and good at fighting. Li Yuan admires him. But today's defeat is not because the general is not brave, but because the general situation cannot be done! General, why don't you surrender to my lord? My lord, King Zhao, is the son of Taizu Emperor Gao and the younger brother of Emperor Taizong Wen. Isn’t he a wise and powerful man with great military exploits better than the little emperor Linde from the capital of the gods?!
Moreover, Emperor Linde was not in the right position. He was neither his direct descendant nor his eldest son. He only relied on the military force of the national thief Yang Qingyuan to get to the position of Ninety-five. His name was not right and his words were not smooth. The general has the qualifications to be a famous general, why would he sacrifice his life for such a false emperor? ! "
Li Yuan saw Chen Qu's bravery and already had a love for talents in his heart. There were many outstanding cavalry generals in King Zhao's army, but Chen Qu's performance just now was better than most of them. There is a strength gap between Prince Zhao's Mansion and the imperial court, but the imperial court's power is scattered and cannot be gathered together immediately.
If Prince Zhao's Mansion wants to confront the imperial court head-on, it must continuously increase its strength and absorb talents.
Facing Li Yuan's surrender, Chen Qu dismissed it.
"The emperor today is the son of Emperor Taizong Wen, and he has the right to inherit the throne, and Marquis Yang is the pillar of the country. Emperor Xizong Li is cruel and cruel, rebellious, good at killing meritorious officials, unpopular with the people, and disobeying God's will. Marquis Yang carries the will of heaven and the people to punish the tyrant, Lord Fusheng is a good minister in this world, how can he allow you to rebel and slander?!" Chen Qu was indifferent to persuading surrender and was unwilling to listen to him, but he couldn't agree with Li Yuan's words and must refute them.
"Loyal ministers have nothing to do with the two masters. Our Longwu Army only has generals who died in battle and no cowards who surrendered. No need to persuade me any more!"
These words echoed in the wilderness, and they were loud and clear.
These are not just Li Yuan, even Qiu Fu admires this young player.
People in the military admire such strong-willed men the most, and Chen Qugang was extremely brave when he led his troops in the battle. If he hadn't brought along these two thousand heavy armored cavalry, tonight might really be his battle to become famous. .
Who doesn’t like such a capable and courageous person? !
After Li Yuan thought about the situation for a moment, he continued, "It is certainly a good story that a general died for his country, but have you ever thought about your brothers?! There are only a thousand of your five thousand cavalry left, and four thousand died in the battle. Warrior, does General Chen want the remaining one thousand brothers to follow you to death?!"
"..." Li Yuan's words silenced Chen Qu, who had been so proud just now.
Naturally, he could die and regain his reputation, but this cavalry brother should not die with him.
When a young guard next to him saw the general's silence, he knew that he was hesitating. He immediately said in victory, "General, although I am a small soldier, I also know the word 'loyalty'. Those who are committed by King Zhao and below are the traitors of the country. General Don't surrender the country's traitors because of us." As he said this, the soldier took out the sword from his waist and was about to kill himself with the sword.
But Chen Qu's snake spear was faster, like a spiritual snake coming out of its hole, hitting the spine of the sword in his hand, and sending it flying.
"General!" The guard wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Chen Qu.
"I know you are brave and brave, but not like this!" Chen Qu looked at his own soldiers, "You are the only son in the family, and you have two sisters left. If you died here today, wouldn't your Li family be ruined? Bloodline?!"
Chen Qu didn't give the soldiers a chance to refute or explain, and looked at another middle-aged captain, "Old Liu, his daughter was just born, only six months old."
"Zhang Bing, he is the only son in his family, and he still has two parents to serve."
"Xu Jie, he just got married two months ago."
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Chen Qu looked at the brothers following him, his eyes wet.
If the enemy were Bei Qian Yuan Meng or Hou Jin Jurchen, Chen Qu would not have the thought of surrender even if he led his brothers to fight to the last man.
But now the opponent is King Zhao. Although he is a rebel, he is also from Zhou. He didn't want these brothers to follow him and die meaninglessly here.
"Bang!" Chen Qu's right hand loosened his grip on the war spear, and the eight-foot-long snake spear fell to the ground.
"All troops, put down your weapons and stop fighting!"
The more than a thousand cavalrymen behind Chen Qu looked at each other, and as the first war spear was thrown down, the sound of the war spear falling to the ground could be heard.
Many Longwu Army soldiers even had tears flashing in their eyes, and they were unwilling to surrender.
Seeing Chen Qu put down his weapon, Li Yuan and Qiu Fu smiled almost at the same time.
"Haha, General Chen is indeed a wise man who knows the current affairs." The two of them rode horses from one behind the other to the Longwu Army formation.
At this moment, the soldiers of the Longwu Army have dismounted, and only Chen Qu is sitting on the war horse.
"General Chen, I am really impressed by your bravery today. I will report it to the prince truthfully, and the prince will definitely put you to good use."
Qiu Fu came to Chen Qu on horseback and patted Chen Qu on the shoulder pretending to be affectionate. Chen Qu, who had just been sitting upright on the horse, fell off the horse and fell heavily to the ground.
"General!"
"General!"
"General Chen!"
The officers and soldiers of the Longwu Army who had just put down their weapons gathered around him.
Qiu Fu and Li Yuan immediately dismounted and checked Chen Qu's condition.
"There is no breath at all, and the heart pulse is broken!" Li Yuan said helplessly after checking.
The surrounding Longwu soldiers had become agitated.
Li Yuan did not want to kill them, so he took the first step and explained, "General Chen Qu has died of his own heart."
"General!"
"Send it to the general!"
"Send it to the general!"
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These soldiers may not have read much, but they knew that Chen Qu ordered to lay down his weapons and surrender for their sake.
Li Yuan and Qiu Fu also had respect in their eyes. Chen Qu was indeed a strong-willed man.
"It was you who forced General Chen to death!" A guard was about to step forward to fight Qiu Fu and Li Yuan, but was stopped by other guards on the side.
"The general is doing this for us. Don't let the general's hard work go to waste."
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Qiu Fu and Li Yuan ordered to collect Chen Qu's body, confiscated the weapons, horses, and armor of the remaining more than a thousand cavalrymen, and left a thousand cavalrymen to guard them. Then they gathered their troops and horses and went around to Longwu Army according to the original plan. behind the right battalion, cut off Zhao Tianlin's retreat, and launch an attack from the rear.
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In the right camp of the Longwu Army, the battle continued.
The veteran general Zhao Tianlin has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is very capable of commanding. He combines the camp with the military formation, and is very good at mobilizing and commanding troops and horses.
It seems that King Zhao's army is arrogantly attacking the right camp of Longwu Army, but until now, they have not even broken through the gate of Longwu Army's right camp.
Wang Cong, who was responsible for commanding the army, also felt the pressure from this veteran. He was worthy of being a veteran of four dynasties. This level of battle experience was not something he could compare to.
He had superior strength, but was blocked by Zhao Tianlin's camp and battle formations. It was difficult for him to take full advantage of his strength. He could not attack for a long time, suffered heavy casualties, and the morale of his soldiers began to slowly decline.
On the other side, Zhao Tianlin was sitting firmly on the general platform, beside him was his 108-pound Qinglong Yanyue Sword.
Zhao Tianlin kept his eyes steady and twirled his beard from time to time. At this time, the situation on the battlefield was under his control.
He deliberately opened the gate of the village and kept the two armies in contention, just to create a focus for this offensive and defensive battle.
This move has a very good effect. Compared with other uncertain attacks, breaking through the village gate is obviously the best way for King Zhao's army.
Wang Cong, the temporary commander of Zhao Wangjun, also thought so. He had realized that Zhao Tianlin had deliberately abandoned the gate. After the Longwu Army repelled his attacks several times, he never reinforced the gate, obviously just to keep it open for them to attack. of.
However, even if Wang Cong saw it, he had no intention of changing the focus of his attack. His attack still centered around the village gate.
He is cautious in using his troops and does not like to take risks. Now that he has superior troops, he will not panic at all even if he has a tug-of-war with Zhao Tianlin.
Moreover, he is not just attacking alone. The 40,000 troops led by General Qiu Fu and Deputy General Li Yuan should have set off at this moment.
Fighting a protracted war and a tug-of-war? !
I'm waiting for reinforcements, what are you waiting for? !
(End of chapter)
