"Hey, I heard that there are more than 200,000 troops on the other side. Is this true?"
"I heard that's the case, but that's not necessarily the case. Maybe I'm just trying to scare people!"
"I think so. With more than 200,000 men and horses, how much food will they eat in that day? There are so many people, how many tents will be prepared? I estimate that at night, we can drain the water from one side of the mountain to the other side of the mountain when sleeping. !」
The words of a few soldiers instantly caused others to laugh. These soldiers, who have been guarding the capital all their lives, have never seen a real war, so their ideas are very naive!
It had just reached noon, and all the soldiers were drowsy after waiting. Everyone was still joking in the morning, but as time passed, they felt a little boring. They all looked at the warm sunshine, their eyelids began to fight, and their spirits became a little tired!
A soldier saw a small stone on the ground suddenly jumping. He felt very strange and thought, how could this small stone dance? But after a few seconds, other small stones on the ground began to jump.
At the same time, all the soldiers heard a huge shaking sound. In an instant, all the soldiers became energetic. This group of recruits didn't know what was going on!
"Here we come!" Li Hanrui said softly.
"The enemy...the enemy is coming!" a soldier shouted, and the other soldiers looked forward. It was better not to look, but when they saw it, they were so scared that they almost fainted!
I saw an army suddenly appear on the top of the mountain in the distance, with a huge momentum and a shocking scene. At this moment, all the soldiers were frightened, because the number of the opponent could no longer be described in terms of quantity!
I saw a dense crowd of people on the opposite side marching quickly from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain. They were like a flood that had just burst its embankment. After covering the entire mountain with their troops, they quickly rushed towards themselves from the top of the mountain!
And no matter how far the vanguard troops have gone, they can still see a steady stream of soldiers walking on the top of the mountain. The troops on the opposite side seem to be endless, and they are constantly attacking towards them.
Without fighting, just looking at the long team on the other side who didn't know when they would cross the top of the mountain scared the new recruits to the point of being unable to move. Everyone opened their mouths wide, thinking that the number of enemies was overwhelming, if not overwhelming. Earth!
With this force, even if they stand there and let themselves be cut down, they can't kill them. How can they fight with countless troops? At this moment, the first thought that many soldiers think of is to escape!
"Are you kidding me? Are we the only ones fighting against so many people?"
"It seems that all their troops haven't come down yet. I wonder how many more are behind them!"
"Oh my God, why did I become a soldier in the first place? How...how can we fight here?"
"Stop talking nonsense! We are the last line of defense in the capital. No matter what, we must stop the opponent's attack!"
"Block? How to block? Use a corpse?"
"Shut up!" Li Hanrui shouted loudly, "Whoever shakes the morale of the army and directly sacrifices the flag! Now we are in a last-ditch battle with no retreat. Do you still remember the way I taught you to survive? That is to kill the enemy, so that you can survive! "
"Yes...!" All the soldiers answered, but this answer was obvious and not very confident!
On the opposite hilltop, King Yong'an was riding a war horse and wearing golden armor, looking down at the woods outside the capital, with a nostalgic smile on his face, "I haven't been back for decades!"
"My adoptive father must miss the capital very much, right?" Qi Haobi said with a smile.
"More than that? I still remember which wonton restaurant in the capital specializes in it. The taste... once you take one bite, you will never forget it in your life!"
"Don't worry, foster father, let's go to the capital to eat wontons for dinner tonight!"
Zhu Tianyou looked carefully at the woods in front of him. Although the opponent was well hidden, Zhu Tianyou was experienced enough to say, "Set an ambush here? It's a good place, but it's a pity! It's too late to make amends!"
"Father, let me go to the enemy to call for you!" Qi Haobi said, swinging the reins, and immediately descended from the top of the mountain. Then he came to the front of the army, raised his hand and waved, Zhu Tianyou's The team all stopped!
Qi Haobi looked at the woods ahead and smiled slightly, "I wonder which general is guarding the capital across the way? You can come out and say a few words!"
After Li Hanrui heard this, he was not afraid. Instead, he rushed out of the woods on his horse and came to the enemy's formation alone! This scene made everyone in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion dumbfounded. They thought that this man was dying? Are you actually grateful to be in the other person's presence?
After Li Hanrui came to Qi Haobi, he looked at Qi Haobi and frowned slightly, "Who are you?"
"I am Qi Haobi, the third son of King Yong'an!"
After hearing this, Li Hanrui shook his head, "I've never heard of it!"
Qi Haobi became angry after hearing this, and thought to herself that this guy definitely did it on purpose, "Who are you?"
"I'm Li Hanrui!"
"Oh...! I've heard about it! The second son of General Li Yukun, a young general, has great military exploits and great skills. I've heard of him for a long time!" Qi Haobi said with a smile.
"That's easy to say! Are you putting up such a big show? What do you mean?"
"Didn't you hear that the emperor passed away? My adoptive father was warm-hearted and was afraid that the emperor would suddenly pass away and the royal family in the court would be bullied by someone with intentions, so he specially brought the army here to protect all members of the royal family and prevent the royal family from being harmed. His face is disgraced!"
After Li Hanrui heard this, he almost didn't laugh. He thought to himself that you are the only ones who can talk about rebellion in such a shameless way. "Since we are here to mourn the emperor, I might as well ask all your soldiers to put down their weapons and wear Bai Ling on their arms." , to show loyalty to the emperor!"
"This is not urgent, but the emperor has passed away and my prince has not yet seen the emperor's body. It is really unreasonable, right?" Qi Haobi said with a smile.
"It's simple. Let the prince enter the capital alone. I swear on my life that the prince will definitely be able to see the emperor's remains! And no one will stop him!" Li Hanrui said with a smile.
Qi Haobi snorted coldly, "I say Li Hanrui, I'll give you face and call you general. If I don't give you face, who are you? Get out of the way immediately, I can still spare your life. If you persist in your obsession and delay the important events of King Yong'an, Then you can’t be kind!”
Li Hanrui breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't say that, isn't it boring to say it like that? In fact, we both know in our hearts that the Protector has returned to the Ming Dynasty. He is leading his troops to the capital at the moment and will arrive in the capital soon! By that time I’m afraid that even if you are a million lions, you probably won’t get any benefits, right?”
"Since you know everything, you should also know that we don't have much time now, so I advise you to be aware of current affairs!"
"Sorry, I was born with no eyesight! You see what happened!" Li Hanyan said with a smile.
Qi Haobi really didn't want to continue talking nonsense with Li Hanrui, so she could only nodded, "Then I wish General Li good luck!" After Qi Haobi finished speaking, he swung the reins and returned to his camp!
Li Hanrui sneered, turned back to the woods, and then shouted, "Pay attention to defense against arrows! The opponent is about to attack!"
"Pay attention to defense... pay attention to defense!" A group of border guards shouted loudly. Although the border guards are not as capable as the Qilin Guards in combat, they have experienced hundreds of battles and are familiar with war than anyone else!
After Qi Haobi returned to the camp, she immediately ordered, "Order the archers to shoot arrows at the woods ahead of me!"
"Yes! Archers prepare, release arrows!"
【Whoosh whoosh whoosh...! 】Thousands of arrows swept over like a flood and tsunami at once! Fly quickly into the woods!
The border guards in the woods had already been on guard. Those lying on the ground used shields to defend themselves, while those without shields hid directly behind the trees. After a round of arrows, there was basically no damage!
Qi Haobi immediately ordered "Cavalry charge!"
"Vanguard Cavalry, charge!" a commander shouted.
At one time, three thousand cavalrymen swung their reins, held their spears in their hands, and began to charge towards the woods. The sound of the horses' hooves was like a war drum beating in the hearts of the people. Seeing the opponent's cavalry getting closer and closer, all the border guards began to become confused. I got nervous, but fortunately it was only three thousand, which wasn’t too much!
The cavalry had just charged, but Qi Haobi continued to order, "Send ten thousand
Infantry fighting together! "
"Yes! Axeman charges!"
"Kill...!" Ten thousand swordsmen and axemen roared loudly, and followed the cavalry and began to charge into the woods!
When Li Hanrui saw the opponent's formation, he clenched the spear in his hand and looked at the soldiers on the side, "Use the flag language to tell the Qilin Guards to ignore the cavalry in front and shoot all the infantry behind without leaving any behind!"
"Yes!" The flag bearer immediately began to pass the order to the Qilin Guards on the peaks on both sides. Let go of the cavalry in front and concentrate on fighting the infantry behind!
The Qilin Guards who were ambushing on the mountain also saw the flag message. They already understood what Li Hanrui meant and immediately changed their direction to standardize the infantry square behind them!
"The enemy is attacking, be careful to avoid it!" A border guard just finished shouting, and saw the enemy's cavalry rushing into the woods. At the same time, the border guard hiding in the woods stopped hiding and pulled the vines hard. , the tree vines instantly turned into taut rubber bands, and immediately turned into tripping ropes!
【Pa bang bang...! 】More than a dozen war horses fell down instantly, and the enemy soldiers above fell off their horses. When the border guards saw it, they swarmed up and immediately drew out their steel swords, killing this group of cavalry!
Then a steady stream of enemy cavalry rushed into the woods, but this group of border guards were not afraid at all. Some rushed out from the ground and cut off the horses' legs directly. Some jumped down from the trees and rode directly on the opponent's horses, slashing them with a knife. Stab into the enemy's body!
In an instant, the woods became very lively. This group of border guards greeted the enemies who had just entered in the most enthusiastic way. Traps, sneak attacks, and cutting off horse legs were all tricks that every village had, and they killed this group of enemies in no time. At a loss, not knowing where the enemy would jump out from, the three thousand cavalry entered the woods, as if they had entered a man-eating hell!
"Fire arrows!" At the command, four thousand Qilin guards from the two mountains on the left and right released arrows together! Four thousand arrows blocked the entire sky in an instant. The sky that was originally uncoupled from you now became pitch black!
The arrows that covered the sky fell rapidly, instantly killing more than 2,000 enemies in front of the enemy's infantry phalanx. In an instant, all the enemy's vanguard troops of the Axeman camp were killed!
It's a pity that Zhao Xuanyi took all the weapons with him when he left. If there were raining rain or thunder arrows at this moment, at least half of the axe-wielding camp could be wiped out!
Zhu Tianyou could see clearly in the distance that these four thousand arrows were flying from the mountains on the left and right. Seeing that the distance was at least two hundred steps away from his own swordsman, how could the arrows actually land on the battlefield?
"Qilin Guards? There are still Qilin Guards guarding the capital?" Zhu Tianyou asked in surprise.
"According to our own investigation, there are at least 10,000 Qilin Guards in the capital, but only 10,000!" Qi Haobi said.
Seeing the changes on the battlefield, Zhu Tianyou felt very regretful, "How great would it be if these people were my army?"
At this moment, when the enemy's axemen camp saw the enemy's arrows, they were not panicked. After all, they had been trained for a long time! Get together now!
"Shieldbearers in formation!"
"Yes!" All the shield bearers rushed to the front of the team, raised their shields above their heads, and formed a defensive formation! It looks like there are about five thousand people!
"Advance slowly!" the commander shouted.
"Forward, forward! Forward, forward!" These swordsmen shouted slogans while advancing slowly!
The Qilin Guard on the mountain looked at it, gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, and the opponent spread out a shield formation. The Qilin Guard's arrows had no effect. If there were thunder arrows, the formation would be broken instantly, but now there are no weapons at all!
