On the outskirts of Jinzhong, near the foot of the Taihang Mountains, tens of thousands of black-armored cavalry were like shepherds, driving the Khitan army, all in gray-yellow leather armor, to a desperate situation.
Li Taibai has a poem that goes: If you want to cross the Yellow River and the Sichuan is blocked by ice, you will climb the snow-covered mountains of Taihang.
It can be seen that Taihang is dangerous. To this Khitan army, Taihang Mountain is no more than a copper wall blocking an alley.
Among the black-armored cavalry, a knight slowly drove out with a spear in hand. He was not wearing the Fengdu Ghost Rider standard helmet or the Ghost Iron Mask. His long hair was scattered, falling on the dark and cold armor, blowing in the wind. Wearing iron armor, making a small rustling sound.
He is not old, about 20 years old. Even though there is a faint stubble on his chin, which adds a bit of vicissitudes of life, it can only bring him the maturity of about three or four years old.
His appearance is handsome, his face is small, his facial features are engraved but very majestic, and his eyes are so electric that people dare not look directly at them, but you have to look carefully to find out the uniqueness of his eyes. Different, there is a faint golden light in his eyes, located between the pupils and the whites of the eyes, which is very strange.
His whole body is filled with a strong sense of confidence and power, and when he gets close, people can't help but bow to him.
This is Li Xingyun, the direct descendant of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, the son of Emperor Zhaozong Li Ye, the man destined to revive the Tang Dynasty, and the supreme leader of this Fengdu Ghost Rider.
Suddenly, a flying arrow broke the calm!
The sharp arrowhead roared towards Li Xingyun with a slight sound of breaking through the air, and hit Li Xingyun's eyes.
If Li Xingyun didn't dodge, the flying arrow would drive straight into his left eye.
And judging from the speed of these flying arrows and the intensity of the sound that broke through the air, at least the arrows shot by the five-stone bow were enough to penetrate ordinary armor.
But even if such a powerful flying arrow approached within a foot of Li Xingyun, it could no longer move forward. A burst of black and gold ripples appeared in front of Li Xingyun.
And as Li Xingyun gently raised his left hand, the gently swaying black-gold ripples turned into two black-gold dragons, circling up along the arrow.
"Bang!"
Li Xingyun's left hand clenched tightly, and the arrows turned into powder, leaving only the metal arrowhead falling powerlessly.
Putting down his arms and grabbing the loosened reins, Li Xingyun shouted coldly: "Don't struggle in vain, Yelu Yaoguang stepped forward to answer!"
After Li Xingyun finished speaking, the place where the two armies were facing each other fell silent.
Fengdu Ghost Riders are very disciplined and will not make useless noises.
But the Khitan army was so scared that they were as silent as cicadas.
To the people of the Central Plains, these Khitans were executioners, but the man standing proudly before the Fengdu Ghost Riders in front of them was also an executioner to them.
Moreover, it is even more ferocious and terrifying. If his hands are stained with their Khitan blood, he is afraid of sinking into the Yellow River, and the waves of blood will surge into the sky.
The other Fengdu ghost riders wearing fierce ghost masks were not half as fierce as they were without masks.
After a while, a horse came out of the Khitan army.
Wearing an edelweiss-shaped hat, armor with gray-yellow leather, and a scimitar at his waist, but no weapons in his hands.
Under the fat edelweiss-shaped hat, the facial features are rough and resolute, but also somewhat handsome. There are stubble on the face, which shows more vicissitudes than Li Xingyun, and there is a hint of fatigue in it.
But if you look carefully, you can see that underneath this fatigue there is a faint excitement of eagerness to try.
This man stood opposite Li Xingyun in front of the Khitan army and said loudly: "This commander is here, are you Li Xingyun?"
Yelu Yaoguang knew about Li Xingyun, and Li Xingyu also knew that Yelu Yaoguang was aware of his existence, so his words were obviously provocative.
Li Xingyun frowned slightly. He could hear the provocation in it, but he didn't understand where Yelu Yaoguang's provocation came from.
"Yelu Yaoguang, you are at the end of your rope!"
Li Xingyun's voice sounded slowly, reminding Yelu Yaoguang of his current situation.
When Yelu Yaoguang heard this, he laughed loudly: "Hahaha, we are indeed at the end of the road, you can just rush and kill!"
While Yelu Yaoguang was laughing, the Khitan army took action.
Several roads were opened in the military formation, and the Khitan soldiers put their scimitars on the necks of the common people, forcing them to walk in front of the military formation.
Among them were young and strong, as well as old, young, women and children.
Not many people were afraid. They just thought it was the same as before. They just came forward to show off, and later they could eat a hearty meal, maybe with meat.
In this chaotic situation, it is hard to keep a full stomach on weekdays, but these days they can eat some meat every now and then. These Khitan people are quite good.
It was these black-armored troops at the back who were chasing after them all the way, making them rush all the way, and they didn't look like good people.
Of course, there were also worried people, who walked forward with frowning faces and were surrounded by the crowd.
They knew that they were being used as dogs for the Khitans, and they also knew that the food and even meat that kept them fed were stolen by the Khitans from other places, from other people.
The reason why this Khitan army was able to come all the way here was all because of their talismans. If it weren't for the kindness of this black-armored army, they would have died long ago.
Sometimes, they also thought about running away to seek shelter from the black-armored army behind them, but those who were full did not want them to offend the Khitans who gave them meat.
Moreover, when they thought about the Jin army that broke into the military camp before, whether it was the Central Plains people or the Khitan people, the Jin army who killed everyone on sight was far more terrifying than the Khitan people, and they were also a little scared.
These are two types of people, and sandwiched between them are many people with different thoughts, and some even don't think about things at all.
However, whether voluntarily or forced, they finally stood in front of the Khitan army.
"Are you threatening me?"
There was a chill in Li Xingyun's voice.
He fought dozens of small battles with the Khitan army belonging to Yelu Yaoguang. Except for the 7,000 people who fled with some of the Longquan treasures, the 20,000 elite soldiers who followed Yelu Yaoguang south to seize Longquan were chased, intercepted and killed by him. Three thousand people, this accumulation of Xuansha Qi is extremely impressive.
Between his words and his actions, the evil spirit loomed, which was particularly terrifying.
When he heard it and looked at it, an inexplicable chill came from the bottom of his heart.
"certainly!"
Yelu Yaoguang raised his head and smiled softly, his rough face full of confidence.
"These people are considered rebellious in terms of their behavior. Why do you think they can threaten me?"
Li Xingyun's voice was a little colder, and he looked at Yelu Yaoguang from a distance, with golden light shining in his eyes.
It is undeniable that Yelu Yaoguang's eyes are very vicious, and he caught his weakness as soon as he came up.
That time in King Yu's city, he was indeed defeated.
After all, he is different from those greedy princes. He has the most basic kindness and compassion that a person should have.
He can slaughter everyone on the battlefield, but he is unwilling to wield a butcher knife like the unarmed people of the Tang Dynasty in the past.
However, you cannot always cling to this point and use these ignorant people to threaten you again and again.
You must know that people are bored, not to mention that he is not a saint. He has the overall situation in mind and his own choices.
In order to train troops, I was not in a hurry to kill Yelu Yaoguang, so I didn't make a choice now.
But now?
He has already made up his mind and will not show mercy.
However, Yelu Yaoguang should not be so naive and ignorant. What is he relying on?
Counting on the seven thousand horses of Yelu Lulie and Yao Chaan Nur?
But what can those seven thousand riders do to him?
Counting Yelu Yaoguang's three thousand cavalry here, they only number ten thousand.
At the time of the Liang Dynasty, ten thousand Khitan cavalry were indeed enough to pose a fatal threat to his thirty thousand Fengdu ghost cavalry.
But now, his 30,000 Fengdu ghost cavalry have been trained on the battlefield. Their opponents are Khitan cavalry. How can they be afraid of the mere 10,000 Khitan cavalry?
"Okay! It's not accurate to say it's a threat. You can think that this commander is provoking!"
As he spoke, Yelu Yaoguang raised his right arm high, and then suddenly waved it down.
Li Xingyun raised his eyebrows, suddenly having a bad feeling in his heart.
The next moment, the Khitan soldiers were seen waving their butcher knives at the common people.
Li Xingyun could see clearly that the scimitar was stabbing, chopping or chopping, and each knife came out with blood. The fall of each knife meant the loss of a fresh life.
The bodies of the Khitan soldiers were stained red with blood, and the hot blood sprinkled on their faces, reflecting the excited and ferocious faces.
Those common people were unarmed and there were many old, young, women and children. Even if they were prepared against these Khitan elites, it would basically not make any difference.
After all, when chickens and ducks are slaughtered, which chicken or duck is defenseless?
What's more, these people basically have no defense. Just like the story of the boy who cried wolf, they don't think these Khitan people will kill them, they just treat it as the same as before.
Some people may even be thinking about how much meat will be in the porridge this time. After all, it was just a matter of more or less meat every time before.
However, this time they did not wait for minced meat, but for the butcher's knife that had been hanging over their heads from the beginning.
Screams, wails, begging for mercy, calls for help, and curses intertwined together, creating an elegy for the slaughterhouse in front of the Khitan army's formation.
From the Khitan army, there were cheers, applause, and cheers like howls of ghosts and wolves, which was in sharp contrast to the massacre that happened right in front of them.
There was still no sound among the Fengdu Ghost Riders. They all knew the character of the people who were massacred by the Khitans.
They ate the food of the Khitans, helped the Khitans transport the Longquan treasure, and protected the Khitans behind them when Fengdu ghost cavalry rushed to kill them.
Don't say they were coerced by the Khitans. They were smiling at that time. Could it be that the knife could force them to laugh from the bottom of their hearts?
It's not like Fengdu Ghost Riders have not broken up the Khitan army's formation. These people could have taken the opportunity to escape, but only a very small number of them escaped.
The vast majority of people chose to stay and help the Khitan people.
These stupid and ignorant people have caused a lot of trouble for the Fengdu Ghost Cavalry. If it weren't for these people, this Khitan army would not have gotten here.
Therefore, none of the Fengdu Ghost Riders felt any sympathy for this, and it was fine if they did not clap their hands and cheer like the Khitan Army.
However, in Li Xingyun's heart, there is an inexplicable emotion brewing...
pS: National Day 30,000 words update, 3,000 words today, still left
