Li Yuan didn't say anything and smiled coldly. He bent his bow and shot two arrows in succession. Song Mojie easily deflected them with his spear and approached with a wild laugh. Unexpectedly, Li Yuan suddenly showed panic, dropped his bow and arrow, turned his horse's head and ran back. The surrounding Forbidden Army cavalry also turned their horse's head and ran back.
Song Mojie laughed loudly and shouted: "Boy, you were so scared that you peed your pants! No matter you are Li Yuan or Li Hongji, it seems that you are all trash created by strong foreigners! I will catch you first today, and I will kill you two tomorrow." One hundred thousand troops!”
The Forbidden Army seemed to have lost all fighting spirit. They turned their horses and ran away in unison. The Zhennan Army cavalry gained momentum and pursued them under the personal leadership of their coach Song Mojie. Song Mojie's eyes were always fixed on the Forbidden Army soldiers in front. The figure of the young man in golden armor riding a big black horse, his legs spurred the horse to pursue. After chasing and escaping, after a while, he was out of the protection range of his own archers and headed straight in the direction where Li Yuan was running.
Tian Wenfeng, the counselor who was originally following Song Mojie on horseback, rushed up after seeing this, and shouted loudly after chasing Song Mojie: "Young Marshal, don't chase the enemy! The road ahead is narrow and the forest is deep, be careful of the imperial army setting up an ambush!"
Song Mojie seemed to have red eyes, spat and shouted: "What do you know? As long as we take this person, we can survive from the desperate situation! It is precisely because the valley road ahead is narrow and the forest is deep, he has 200,000 It is impossible for the imperial army to camp in it, and I have thousands of cavalry at my side, so I can kill him with ease!"
Tian Wenfeng was stunned, and just about to open his mouth to continue persuading, he saw Song Mojie clamping his horse's belly firmly between his legs and galloping away, cursing in his mouth: "What nonsense, don't be nagging! Brothers! Hurry up, hurry up!"
The cavalry of the Zhennan Army galloped to catch up. Their horses had been intensively trained in the camp for many days. At this time, they naturally had better endurance and explosive power than the horses of the Forbidden Army. The distance between the two sides continued to shrink. The Forbidden Army soldiers who fell behind were constantly being overtaken and died under the sharp blades of the Zhennan Army soldiers and horses. During the pursuit, dozens of Forbidden Army soldiers died under the rolling iron hoofs.
The canyon ahead turned east, and the mountain road suddenly narrowed. A dozen Forbidden Army horses made a sharp turn and stumbled, almost colliding with their comrades. However, because they were running for their lives, they did not slow down, so they and the horses slid smoothly along the road. , and finally hit the mountain wall on the left. A large group of Zhennan Army cavalry passed by like a whirlwind, trampling them into pieces, including men and horses.
"It turns out that the Forbidden Army is so powerful. Every one of our Zhennan Army is better than their riding skills. If we chase for a mile or two, they will all fall to death without using a sword or a gun." Song Mojie sneered. road.
"Young Marshal, Young Marshal! Something seems wrong up front." Tian Wenfeng agreed with a smile, and suddenly raised his hand to point forward.
Song Mojie squinted forward in the flying yellow dust. In the blur of dust, he seemed to see an unexpected huge barrier in front of him, and a strong wind howled from the valley. Passing by, the dust in front of them was quickly blown away, and then all the Zhennan Army cavalry saw the barrier in front of them.
It was a fortification roadblock composed of an unknown number of huge trees and stones, and it was covered with pine branches and leaves. As the escaping imperial army approached the fortification, a piece of living stone in the middle was slowly pushed away from the inside, revealing a width of about 10 feet. Xu's passage.
Song Mojie watched helplessly as the young man in golden armor rushed into the passage first, followed by hundreds of Forbidden Army soldiers who also rushed into the passage. Before the horses of the fifty or so Zhennan Army cavalrymen who were chasing the fastest stepped into the passage, no less than a hundred heads appeared from the fortifications. They bent their bows and set arrows and fired a hail of arrows. In response, the fifty or so cavalrymen fell to the ground. , the men and horses rolled forward, plowing out traces of blood lakes, and slammed into the cold stone wall that lay in front of them.
"Fire arrows!" A loud shout suddenly came from within the fortification.
Immediately afterwards, countless feather arrows were shot from the fortifications. The soldiers and horses of the Zhennan Army running in front seemed to have a basin of cold water poured on their pockets. Arrows were everywhere on the bodies of more than a hundred cavalry, and the smoke and dust were scattered on the sand and rubble. Medium roll.
"Fire the arrow!"
"Fire the arrow!"
The Forbidden Army generals inside the fortifications were giving orders mercilessly, and the rain of arrows was like poisonous snakes biting the oncoming Zhennan Army soldiers and horses. Each round of arrow rain took away dozens of lives. At this time, these Zhennan Army soldiers seemed to be lining up to die.
"Young Marshal, there is indeed an ambush, let's retreat quickly! Escape quickly!" Tian Wenfeng shouted loudly, subconsciously pulling out his sword to protect himself, and trying his best to dodge the incoming arrows.
Song Mojie suddenly felt extremely depressed and was so angry that he cursed and roared: "Damn it! You can't retreat. Charge over! Send me the commander's military order to charge immediately and destroy the opponent's fortifications! Tian Wenfeng, you charge too!"
Tian Wenfeng almost couldn't believe his ears. He was a counselor. When would he need to lead a charge? Suddenly, he cursed his mother fiercely. He didn't know whether it was a curse on Song Mojie or a verbal remark. Then he gritted his teeth and raised his sword and shouted: "Brothers, the valley is narrow and they don't have many soldiers. Follow me and rush over. Kill!"
I saw Tian Wenfeng, who had rarely been on the battlefield in the past, desperately urging the horses to circle around. He crouched down and followed Song Mojie and the Zhennan Army cavalry to charge forward. In fact, they could not turn back because there was a steady stream of cavalry behind them. The ground rushed forward. It is impossible to turn around and evacuate at this time. Just like a train rushing forward, the sudden braking of the front of the car will not work at all, and the rear of the car will fly off the head of the car, causing serious consequences.
"Kill!" With no way to retreat, the Zhennan Army cavalry burst out with great ferocity. Song Mojie took the lead, followed by more than a hundred cavalry behind him quickly. After the road became clear, more Zhennan Army cavalry The military cavalry joined the charge.
The arrows of the Forbidden Army were fired mercilessly round after round, and the Zhennan Army cavalry kept rolling off their horses, and then was trampled into a pulp by the cavalry behind them. On this narrow mountain road, the charge of the cavalry, who is not afraid of death, is really terrifying. Once they decide to charge, nothing can stop them, because they can't stop at all, and they can't even turn, even if there are people in front of them. The arrows like a rainstorm came without mercy.
Li Yuan stood in the fortifications and watched the Zhennan Army rushing over without fear of life or death. There were countless casualties within a few dozen steps, but they never flinched, and he was in awe. There is no doubt that the fortification cannot be saved according to this charging method. Although the other party may pay the price of two to three hundred lives, once they get close, the consequences will be disastrous. After all, there are only a few hundred people in the fortification now.
"Use rockets for the last round and immediately withdraw into the second line of fortifications." Li Yuan ordered in a deep voice.
Fu Hong, who was standing at the front of the fortifications, repeated Li Yuan's order loudly: "Last round, fire rockets! Evacuate immediately!"
"Fire!" Li Yuan quietly ordered. A dozen soldiers held burning torches and ignited the piles of dead pine needles piled on the fortifications. The oil-rich pine needles burned fiercely, followed by hundreds of Forbidden Soldiers. The archers fired a final round of intensive rockets, taking away the lives of more than a hundred Zhennan Army cavalry. At the same time, they got up and ran towards the rear passage.
Almost in a few breaths, the entire fortification formed a huge wall of fire.
At the same time, Li Yuan led his men and horses to retreat quickly. When they withdrew into the second line of fortifications thirty steps away, dozens of Zhennan Army cavalry could not hold their feet and broke through the first line with their bodies covered in flames. Road fortifications. They fell off their horses, screaming and rolling on the ground with fire and howling.
"Fire!" Li Yuan ordered again.
The pine needles and firewood piled up on the second barrier were also ignited, and the second wall of fire also rose. The first wall of fire that was rushed away was still burning fiercely. Dozens of riders who were not afraid of death rushed in through the fire wall. , but in front of the second wall of fire, the war horses that had lost the momentum of impact no longer had the courage to break through the sea of fire. After screaming loudly and braking suddenly, the cavalry on the horse were suddenly lifted up and slammed to the ground without knowing whether they were alive or dead.
The arrow shot out again from behind the second wall of fire, like a locust crossing the sea of fire, with the flame on the arrow shaft nailed to the body of the Zhennan Army cavalry. When the hot arrow encountered the burst of blood, a stream of fire suddenly appeared. A puff of black smoke made a "zizz" sound. This terrifying sound was accompanied by the screams of the fallen cavalry, which seemed extremely strange.
