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228 Chapter 11: The Way of the Armor ([-])

The evening sun is obviously yellowish and reddish, together with the dust stirred up by the activities of people and horses, the wheat seedlings and millet seedlings struggling to stand half up after being trampled down, the dry and dilapidated water diversion ditches, and the black smoke above the small villages in the distance, constitute this scene. A battlefield that caught everyone off guard.

In all fairness, whether it was before or at this time, the commander of the army, Zhonglang General Ma Hu, was only calm and calm on the surface, and his thoughts were playful.

He absolutely did not have the subjective will and mental preparation to fight against Zhu Longjun or Zhang Xing.

The same is true for Zhang Xing, from the moment he saw the collapse of the Meng Clan's Rebel Army to the present, he has turned too many thoughts, made too many guesses and decisions.

But at this moment, these things are meaningless, whether it is heroic blood, selfish calculations, helplessness or stupidity, the battlefield has reached the point where the picture is useless—when those clothes have already been stained with blood and dust The moment when the white-clothed knights who could not be called white clothes appeared at the same time as the reinforcements from the north followed him to the Mahu army flag, everything could be left to violence and instinct to speak.

This is the ultimate representative meaning of war, to use violence to resolve everything and decide everything.

Ma Hu also didn't hesitate at all, his experience and instinct on the battlefield forced him to make a decision.

"Go up!" The Zhonglang will call for the leader of the Guards Armored Cavalry. His rough appearance and tone of speech are the same as before, and he seems very calm. "They are limited in strength, and at least half of them are strong men who don't have enough cultivation to make up for it. That Zhang Laosan obviously has no alchemy. You are also knowledgeable. You should know that the formation of armored cavalry is no worse than the true energy formation of this three-legged monkey. ...run into it and scare them away!"

The leader of the armored cavalry probably understood that there was nothing wrong with what the other party said, but he was still a little apprehensive. He only looked at the corpses on the ground that he had just executed, and he didn't say much. He just nodded reluctantly and went to dispatch force.

That's the benefit of the military.

All kinds of rewards and punishments on weekdays are to ensure that everything is not worth a military order when they are about to go into battle.

However, even though the Guards Armored Cavalry did not delay or fear anything, it still seemed a little unable to keep up with the development of the situation... The main reason was that the opponent was too fast. The so-called white knights, to put it bluntly, were light cavalry, faster Light Qingqi.

The armored cavalry had just been dragged out, and the so-called Zhang Laosan, who had just been dragged out and had not yet lined up, was already whistling like the wind, and personally rushed to the front. The hemp character banner continued to rush over here.

The so-called armor cavalry can only be said to have rubbed against the side, and it did not play the role of a head-on impact at all.Not only that, but their dispatch made the surroundings of their own general under the army look a lot empty, so they could only rush back again, trying to block and fight with hand-to-hand combat without any speed bonus.

However, in stark contrast, when those white knights rushed forward in formation, whether it was Ma Hu under the banner of the army, the surrounding infantry soldiers, or the dozens of armored cavalry that had just been dragged out, it was obvious that I felt that a majestic and chilling zhenqi gushed out from the opponent's formation, rolled up a wave of air, wrapped dozens of horses, and rushed towards me.

Facts have proved that what Ma Hu said was right, the true energy of the three-legged monkey was indeed comparable to the charge of the heavy cavalry... Rao Ma Hu has hundreds of cavalry soldiers around him, which can be called thick, At this time, there was a feeling of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking, and then he was wedged into the formation by the opponent.

This seems to be the basis for the ancestors of this world to resist and eliminate all other alien threats with a seemingly insignificant weakness.

True energy needs to be formed, steel needs to be forged, war horses need to be domesticated, and everything needs to be organized for maximum play, and everything is for survival and confrontation.

Among them, Zhang Xing, who was soaked in the gray-white qi, relied on the horsepower of the yellow puma to take a step faster in the charge, and came first, and was the first to smash into the opponent's formation, and then hurriedly raised his gun at the one in front of him. And the armored cavalry fighting with all their strength cut down with a single sword.

Being hit face-to-face, the armored cavalry was not so much like being slashed by a sword, it was more like being hit by a heavy hammer face-to-face, spitting blood directly from the mouth, and fell on his back under the horse.

The clever war horse immediately turned its head, preparing to escape the most powerful threat, but because of the entanglement of the stirrups, it dragged its master's body, and then caught a white knight who was following Zhang Xing by surprise, as if he had hit a tripping rope. He lost his balance and fell off the horse.

And this process caused the two horses to be injured and frightened at the same time, and they ran out of control on the spot. It also attracted Wang Xiongdan who brandished a spear and hurriedly prancing along with him, which in turn caused even greater commotion.

Zhang Xing didn't see this scene, because after he got the sword, he continued to rush forward and continue to swing the sword. Wang Xiongdan and Ma Ping'er followed closely behind, followed by more white-clothed knights.

The clashing sound of iron guns and steel knives, together with the hysterical shouts of killing, expressed a more direct way of killing and reducing personnel.

There are no fancy tactics, speed, quality, cultivation base, martial arts, and even more illusory courage, which seem to be a bit out of touch with these two words, have become things to measure everything.

When the two sides met each other, it directly reduced to the most straightforward hand-to-hand combat, a chaotic confrontation of steel, flesh and true energy.

"Surround me up."

Ma Hu's eyelids twitched obviously, and then gave more orders, but asked the rest of the armored infantry around to follow suit, and together with those self-defeating armored cavalry, made this white knight into a sandwich pie.

This is a tactic he had imagined before, but out of a certain mentality, he never did it.

Compared with the armored cavalry, the number of infantry officers was significantly longer, and their thoughts were more mixed. Some of them even glanced at the line of rebels in the smoke and dust to the north, and then carefully followed the order, but they acted inexplicably. Slowed down a bit, as if hesitating and fearful.

Ma Hu also couldn't help but glance at the north side.

Up to now, the logic of the battlefield seems to have been very smooth. The Dragon Army Brigade will arrive in a quarter of an hour, and the own soldiers and horses don't know when they will come.Therefore, no matter from which point of view, I should end the killing in front of me before this, at least stop this team of white knights from such a violent targeted killing, otherwise I will fall into an unknown but definitely not good result In great trouble.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Ma Hu, who was facing the smoke and dust in the north, and couldn't help staring at the young man who was actually only seventy or eighty steps away from him. And the brocade clothes that were already filthy, but it was clear and unmistakable.Up to now, or even before, Ma Hu has realized that this Zhang Sanlang has not yet condensed the pill, at least he will not fly, otherwise this person's reckless killing attitude would have leapt up to attack himself .

This once gave him a little confidence.

But at this time, this fact made him a little flustered—to put it bluntly, what are you trying to do without Condensing Pill?

Throwing away the prefect in his hand to rebel, and then holding a broken sword and slashing at the heavy armored soldiers like this, what is the plan?

What do you say when you are really angry?What if the sword is broken?So what if the horse stumbles?

All kinds of accidents happen on the battlefield. If you don’t reach the condensed core, you won’t have the protection of your true qi, and you won’t be able to run away. What if you die here?
Why in the end?

"Which one is Ma Hu?!"

Zhang Xing, who didn't know that the other party was thinking wildly, saw the infantry and soldiers were about to surround him, but he slashed and killed a pike soldier who was stabbing over with his sword, and then shouted at the flag with big hemp characters.

Ma Hu was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that his distance was a bit close. The opponent was riding lightly in white, and the distance of a mere one hundred and eighty steps was not enough to guarantee his own safety.

But his movement attracted the attention of others.

"Is the general not going to fight?"

At this moment, a soldier who had just received the military order and was about to step forward to stop him couldn't help shouting out from a distance of dozens of steps... This must be a recruit from the Fifth Army in the Eastern Capital. The thorns in the army are all recruits from the upper five armies. "Before he rebelled, he was a big shot in the Eastern Capital. With the qualifications of the county sheriff, you are a general, and your life is supposed to be lower than him. Why do you still hide from him even though he is desperate?"

This is very rude.

Ma Hu turned his head and looked at that man, not knowing how to deal with it.

At this time, it is impossible to kill the opponent in the past to correct the military law, but it seems very bad to ignore it and run away, because the opponent is too desperate, and one side is too tired, everyone feels guilty from the beginning, let alone At this time, I received a military order to go... Could it be that the stick is not moving here?
But there is no need for Ma Hu to get entangled.

When the soldier was taunting, Zhang Xing also obviously noticed this, and then locked his target, but without hesitation, he jumped forward with the yellow puma under his crotch, and then in the army formation, he held a sword in his hand. pointing, and then turned around and shouted:
"That man is Ma Hu! Kill this man! Everyone in the world will know, I wait for a hundred horsemen in white clothes, and I will defeat five thousand enemies!"

Behind them, the knights who were temporarily discouraged because of the heavy armor and armor were immediately refreshed, or at least a small number of them were refreshed, not only that, but there were also some who, although previously Shocked and frightened by the extremely costly and extremely rapid reduction of personnel, but looking back at this time and seeing the smoke and dust getting closer to the north, they seemed to be fighting it out.

All of a sudden, all the knights in white cheered up and moved forward.

But after Zhang Xing said this, he did not hesitate to take the initiative to take the opponent with his sword. At this time, the gray-white true energy overflowed along the eight meridians again, which had already made the surrounding air cold, and it would be difficult to produce that kind of energy. The white qi in a small area showed the thickness of his true qi even more.

The movement and stillness of the two main generals formed a stark contrast. In addition, the loyal armored cavalry was accidentally pulled to the periphery, which made the surrounding officers and soldiers feel as if they had been enchanted by this scene, and they did not run away. , did not fight bravely, but the speed slowed down significantly, and some people simply stood there, just turning their heads to look at their own generals, or to look at the direct superior.

Ma Hu murmured inwardly that it was not good, he had seen too many similar scenes in the army when he was young, this is the so-called courage taken away by others.And at this time, if the chief general or some warriors in the army can't muster up the courage to block the opponent, it is very likely that the troops will disperse and flee in a hurry.Conversely, as long as you grit your teeth and block three or five moves, the courage of the soldiers will come back, and they will survive.

It can even turn around and surround the hot-blooded opponent.

At this thought, Ma Hu gritted his teeth, pumped up his true energy, raised his long knife with both hands, and hit his horse to meet him.

Under the eyes of everyone, the two fought horses on the field ridge under the setting sun. Ma Hu almost died as soon as they fought, because he slashed hard with the long knife that inspired the longevity, but the opponent used the long sword The posture of opening and closing was blocked by the whole block, and then his arms were numb, and then his hand slipped, and he almost threw the long knife upwards out of his hand, but he barely held it with one hand.

Obviously, if we talk about the level of the army formation, these white-clothed knights together can compete with a heavy armored cavalry of the same size, then when it comes to Zhang Xing and Ma Hu, there are differences in the use of true energy and strength of both sides. stepwise difference.

This made Zhang Xing, who had barely maintained the true energy formation before and was gradually getting a little tired, was taken aback for a moment.

However, the opportunity never came again, and Wang Xiongdan, who followed closely behind, saw the advantages early, and immediately stepped forward, and another spear stabbed him without talking about martial arts. Ma Hu had no time to stop his strength, so he just leaned back and dodged After firing this shot, he turned into holding the handle of the long knife that bounced back with one hand, but swung the long knife to one side again.

But on the other side, Ma Ping'er also rushed over. Because there were no soldiers and the horses were crowded, he couldn't reach him for a while. Seeing this scene, he simply relied on his body flexibility to get off the horse and hold his horse under the horse. Hold the handle of the long knife and fight with the opponent.

Ma Hu was already flustered by Zhang Xingyi's sword, but when he saw these two men and women risking their lives to make money for him, he became even more timid, but without hesitation, he immediately leaned back and put the entire long knife into each other's arms After taking advantage of the trend, he gritted his teeth and sat up, trying to turn the horse's head around, and fled backwards.

Wang Xiongdan was worried about Ma Ping'er, so he didn't make any more moves. Ma Ping'er got off his horse and grabbed the long knife, so he couldn't chase him for a while.

Zhang Xing, on the other hand, was taken aback when he saw Ma Hu's juggling movements before, and missed the opportunity to make up the sword. At this moment, he reacted, became even more furious, and continued to chase after him with the Dragon-Starling Sword.

It's ridiculous that Ma Hu, although he regained his life for a while, how could he escape the white-clothed light cavalry among the chaotic army with heavy armor and galloping horses?Especially when he made a fool of himself, and saw everyone on the other side fighting hard, he instantly lost his fighting spirit, and when he turned his horse's head, he also lost his military spirit.

As soon as he moved, the rest of the troops followed suit, and immediately made a mess, which in turn blocked his line of action, but was forced to flee along a field ridge in the flanking open space.

And Zhang Xing speeded up the pursuit, within a hundred steps, he caught up again, and then he slashed with his sword, coming from the back.

Ma Hu doesn't need to "smell the wind in the back of his head", because the fluctuation of true energy really brings about fluctuations in the physical sense, producing real wind, even cold wind.As if he felt something heavy coming from his back, the general Zhonglang immediately gritted his teeth and lay down on the ground with all his strength, just hugging the horse's neck in order to avoid this move.

However, he never expected that Zhang Xing's sword had learned a lesson long ago, it was not a horizontal swing at all, but a vertical chop, which was meant to be slashed.

This sword went down, although the blade did not touch the opponent's body because it was too short, but the true energy surged along the startling dragon sword, but the fighting situation was the same as the previous charge, as if it had become some kind of heavy weapon, directly smashing the opponent Lying on the horse, the war horse wailed out of thin air in shock, and Ma Hu leaned over the horse, but there was no movement.

Zhang Xing naturally knew that the opponent was not dead, so he tried his best to catch up, and cut down with another sword across the air.

When this sword came down, it smashed the horse's front hooves abruptly, threw the person on its back into the air, and then fell on the horse's back. Then, with a groan, it fell down on the field ridge.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xing chased after him, but became ruthless instead.

When the fourth sword was used, he didn't use the blade at all, just condescending on the horse, and then slapped the heavy armor on the back of the opponent with the sword wrapped in true energy, just like a kitchen knife slapping garlic through the skin of garlic, abruptly The man raised his head and yelled loudly, blood spurted out of his mouth like an arrow and landed on the horse's head.

I knew it, I knew it was a successful chase on the battlefield, but I didn't know it, I thought it was killing fish with garlic.

Then, the fifth sword and the sixth sword were just on the side of the area where the officers and soldiers were fighting with the white knights. At a distance of only a hundred or ten steps, the leader of the Dragon Sect unexpectedly killed the opponent's general and his mount. It was smashed into mud and beached on the ridge of the field.

Those officers and soldiers really wanted to rescue them at first, but after witnessing the execution-like behavior of this world-famous traitor, they stopped and even kept silent.

In fact, not only the officers and soldiers, but even the white-clothed knights who were still trapped in the battle to fight for Zhang Xing's time were stunned. Bigger's marching movement is in stark contrast.

Zhang Xing naturally knew that this person was dead, so he only slapped seven or eight swords to vent his anger, then immediately stopped, but passed the startling dragon sword over, and coldly ordered Ma Ping'er who was chasing him from the ground: " Didn’t it mean that he slaughtered many villages and hung the petitioner on the flagpole? He also took his head off and hung it on the flag!”

Ma Ping'er took a deep breath, walked over like that, chopped off the man's head with the startling dragon sword, then walked back, and came to the rider holding the big banner with the word "Depose", and really killed the man's head. The stage is suspended.

From the beginning to the end, no one dared to step forward to stop it.

In fact, at the moment Ma Ping'er stepped forward, the armored cavalry of the officers and soldiers on the periphery were the first to react, galloped directly to the detour, and then fled south.

And when the head was hoisted to the top of the flag, the soldiers recruited from the surrounding east also chose to flee south under the pressure of the dethroning dragon army brigade in the north and the head.

It's like those Meng's rebels in the daytime.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the first thousand-man team arrived, and the officer leading the team was Xu Shiying's confidant Guo Jingke.

At this time, Zhang Xing had already dismounted, just sitting on the horse carcass on the ridge of the field, watching the white knights trying to drive and obstruct the escape of the officers and soldiers.

"Leader..." Guo Jingke was inexplicably flustered. "Does the leader have military orders?"

"Continue to advance, killing and killing, but don't leave the main road. As the first team, you must advance to Yucheng and rest today!" Zhang Xing ordered, and then sat there without moving.

Guo Jingke didn't dare to say much, he got on his horse almost as if fleeing, and then urged his troops to go south to pursue.

After more than half an hour, the troops kept coming one after another. Sure enough, Xu Shiying was a talent, and he sent out all the troops before dark.At the same time, news of the battle ahead began to come back one after another, all about where they encountered the army brigade and how they fought.

At the beginning, everyone was still very nervous, but with the performance of all the officers and soldiers at the end of their strength, the so-called persistence for a while, often the second round of dethroning dragon troops just appeared in sight, and after they fled in embarrassment, no one cared gradually These are reported.

As for the white knights, they were still chasing and intercepting at the beginning, but after realizing that the infantry in the formation formation had performed no less effectively in the effective pursuit, they all felt a little tired and scared, and began to turn back, and then instinctively gathered Arrived at the big banner with the word Chuzi hanging on the head.

So, before the last ray of sunset, Xu Shiying, Wei Xuanding and others, as well as the exhausted knights in white, gathered around the horse corpse where Zhang Xing was sitting.

Everyone wants to say something, but they don't know what to say.

It seems to be able to flatter.

But to be honest, Mr. Zhang’s face is not very good-looking. It may be that the loss is indeed a bit big. Almost three of the white knights were killed or injured. At worst, these people are also the backbone of Zhang Xingzhang’s personal guards... and this is the match. Hu, who is considered a rude military leader with no heroism in himself, could easily be photographed as garlic by Mr. Zhang, and it would be more dangerous to replace it with someone with cultivation, ability, virtue and prestige.

As for Xu Shiying and Wei Xuanding, including Yan Qing and others, they obviously had more ideas, but they were also more difficult to speak.

After a while, under the twilight, under the afterglow, Zhang Xing sighed by himself, then stepped on the horse corpse, stood up and smiled: "I have often wondered since the rebellion, can this heavy sword without a sharp edge win decisively against Taoism?" ? In the worst case, it is necessary to strategize, and the decisive victory is in logistics and strategy. Unexpectedly, in the end, he became a so-called brave man."

Xu Shiying and Wei Xuanding sighed together in their hearts, that's what they meant.

Zhang Longtou hit a fatal blow, and the white clothes retreated thousands of troops. Naturally, it is very good and exciting. Haven't you seen those lower-level leaders are more in awe?Among the white knights, those more troublesome recruits from the dragon gang also became awe-inspiring.However, the majestic leader of the army, the highest commander of the Dragon Clan on the western front, actually wanted to fight in person. It seemed that the Dragon Clan's response was too poor.

In fact, from the time the enemy army appeared on the border, the entire western line of the Dragon Clan, who stayed in the two counties, seemed a little at a loss. From the strategy to the army, they all felt a little like rushing ducks to the shelves. If it weren't for the persistence of the leader He decided to overturn the car several times already.

Even today, thanks to Zhang Xing's personal fight ahead, a possible inexplicable defeat was avoided.

However, just as Xu Shiying was gathering words and was about to open his mouth to make some self-criticism, Wei Xuanding twitched his beard and prepared how to divert the topic.

Unexpectedly, on the other side, Zhang Dalong's head became solemn again, and he continued to speak slowly on the horse corpse, but looked around with the unsheathed startling dragon sword, and announced loudly: "But think about it carefully. In this world, there are more people who are always thinking about strategizing, and there are fewer brave men. If all of us in the gang have courageous ambitions, why not worry about big things? So the most precious people in this world are us. What a brave husband! You should restrain yourself and have a proper burial."

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the "white-clothed" knights around who were a little stunned applauded loudly and clamored.

Even Xu, Wei, Yan and the others faced each other awe-inspiringly.

In the middle of the night, Guo Jingke's troops arrived in Yucheng. Early the next morning, they found the head of Monsanto hanging on the city gate.

PS: It’s impossible to be bad, or it’s just a kind of struggle... er... hoping to be a new man.

(End of this chapter)