Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 902

In the second year of the Great Qin Kaiyuan, the second day of September.

early morning.

The Xia army lined up on the south bank of the Hutuo River, backed by Lucheng in Xindu County, and north by the Dahe River.

The army formation was twenty miles wide, and a total of 20 Xia troops came in full force.

The flags are flying, and the drums are thousands of faces.

The Great Qin Emperor led an army of [-] and waited in formation on the north bank of the Hutuo River. He climbed a high hill and looked at the opponent's formation.

After watching Xia's army formation, Luo Cheng smiled and said to the generals, "Since Douzigang raised his army, Dou Jiande has never fought a serious battle, nor has he encountered any real elite enemies. Look at their army, To overcome the clamor of dangerous men, the order is not to be suppressed. To force the city to fight, there is a heart that despises me."

Although there are many troops, they all rely on a burst of vigor. Once this vigor is vented, Xia Jun will be useless.What's more, Luo Cheng has already learned from the spies that Dou Jiande, the emperor of Xia, is actually kidnapped by Cao Bao and other generals. Therefore, under the banner of the emperor, the Xia army said that it was a personal conquest by the emperor. It is also full of contradictions.

They came to fight with all their country, but Luo Cheng fought against Xia from five groups. In addition to the emperor's 5 troops here, there are also four groups of troops from Zhao Gui, Feng Xiaoci, Luo Cunxiao, and Luo Shixin. As long as Luo Cheng can stand undefeated, Then Xia's army will be attacked by the enemy.

Facing the Xia army, Luo Cheng did not retreat to Shenze City or Wuji City in Boling County behind him, nor did he retreat to Zhending City, an important town in Hengshan County.

He led his troops to line up on the banks of the Hutuo River, but they couldn't cross the river.

"Wait!"

This is the only order issued by the emperor, just guard the big river.

Although it is autumn now, the water of the Hutuo River is not as deep as in spring and summer, but it is also a big river that crosses the east and the north. It is not so easy for Xia Jun to cross the river easily.

noon.

Xia Jun finally dispatched a team of 200 dead soldiers. They rowed across the river, boldly landed on the shore, and showed off their might to the Qin army on the north bank.

"Is Xia Jun trying to test our army?" Li Xuanba asked.

"Whether it's provocation or temptation." The emperor didn't care.

"Your Majesty, I request that you lead your subordinates to play with them." Li Xuanba stepped forward to ask for orders.

Luo Cheng stood under the imperial flag and said with a smile, "Alright, I'll give you 200 people to play with them."

"You don't need two hundred, I just need a team." Xuanba said proudly.

50 people.

Li Xuanba directly ordered his own soldiers, "Take my drum, urn, and golden hammer, and fight against them. If I use a horse to say that I am bullying them."

Fifty fine riders, all of them wrapped in iron and black lances, all of them are wearing bright armor, and they are all jet-black horses.

Xuan Ba ​​jumped on his horse, holding double hammers, and led fifty riders under his command to march out.

North shore.

The two teams approached.

On one side are two hundred dead soldiers holding the Xia flag, and on the other side are fifty cavalry of the Qin army.

"I am Li Xuanba, Duke of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuanba, the former Zhonglang general of the Great Qin Emperor. Who are you waiting for? Report your name, and I will not kill the unknown!"

Xuanba immediately shouted loudly.

As soon as Li Xuanba's name was called out, there was some commotion on the other side.

Then, behind the shield formation of 200 people, a rider rushed out.

"Li Xuanba, I am Yu Wencheng, the vanguard general of Great Xia, do you still recognize me?"

Xuan Ba ​​was a little surprised. After a closer look, isn't it the Yuwen Chengdu of Yuwen's family?

"The illegitimate son of the kingslayer, Yuwen Chengdu, are you still alive?"

Yuwen Chengdu glared at Li Xuanba. During the chaos in Jiangdu, Yuwen Chengdu's father, Yu Wenhuaji, proclaimed himself emperor. Unfortunately, Li Yuan led Chen Leng and others to attack Jiangdu, and Yu Wenhuaji was also killed. In the chaos, Yuwen Chengdu Fleeing from Jiangdu, he fled all the way to Hebei, and finally joined Dou Jiande. Originally, Dou Jiande was going to kill the son of the kingslayer, but Cao Bao saved his life. He was adopted by Cao Bao as his adopted son, so now Cao Bao After the mutiny seized power, Yuwen Chengdu became the vanguard officer of the Xia Army.

"Sick son in front of mother-in-law, you can actually go into battle? The double hammers in your hands are probably made of paper, and the armor on your body is made of silk, right? Don't think that your sister is Luo Cheng's concubine, so you can also be a general." !” Yuwen Chengdu sneered.

"The illegitimate son of the king slayer, dare to challenge me one-on-one?"

"Why don't you dare, come on! The sick son in front of my mother-in-law!"

The two generals rode forward on their horses.

"Li Xuanba, I won't bully you either, go back and get Ma Qiang instead!"

Yu Wencheng laughed.

Li Xuanba touched a pair of golden hammers in his hand, and there was a clang, "For you, you don't need a long spear, a pair of golden hammers is enough!"

"Since you are looking for death purely, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Yuwen Chengdu urged the horse to go forward, and the golden boring in Wu's hand smashed towards him. This golden boring was comparable to Yang Xuangan's Overlord Halberd. The 20-jin heavy golden boring smashed down, piercing the wind and roaring.

The pair of golden hammers in Xuan Ba's hands are not too big, although they are hollow hammers, but after all, they are melee weapons and cannot be as heavy as long weapons, let alone a pair of hammers, one in each hand.

In terms of weapons alone, Xuanba has already suffered a disadvantage.

But Xuan Ba ​​still held the hammer and went up to meet him. Facing a boring blow that smashed Huashan, he smashed the golden hammer with his left hand sideways, swinging away the golden boring. Yuwen Chengdu.

However, Yuwen Chengdu was once a leader of the younger generation among the nobles in the capital, so he avoided it easily, and the two were evenly matched in the first round.

The people behind the two of them also clapped their shields and shouted to cheer for them.

far away.

A herald reports to the emperor the situation at the front of the battle.

"Yuwen Chengdu? I didn't expect this kid to appear here."

"Duke Tang Guo didn't bring any soldiers, so he's more vocal. Should he be called back?" Jia Runpu asked.

"It doesn't matter, although Yuwen Chengdu became famous early, Xuanba is not the sick kid in the past. He was in poor health, but after years of recuperation and hard training, he is no longer the kid in the past. He is sick in the army now. In the name of the tiger, especially the pair of golden hammers are extremely powerful, Yu Wencheng may not be his opponent."

Under normal circumstances, is there such a thing as fighting generals before the battle?

But not without.

For example, when the Turks invaded at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the Sui army fought against the Turkic army. The Sui general sent Shi Wansui, the Dunhuang garrison soldier, to kill the Turkic general in a few strokes, and the Turkic people retreated in panic.

Just like now, Xia Jun sent 200 people over to provoke and test, and Luo Cheng only sent 50 people there, and they didn't intend to fight directly.

Two people fight, both sides are happy, the winning side will inevitably increase their morale, and the losing side will also be greatly demoralized.

Under normal circumstances, when cavalry generals fight on horseback, of course they are mainly long soldiers such as horses and spears, supplemented by bows, arrows, whips and maces, but this is only a general situation.

Li Xuanba is not an ordinary person. Many people think that Luo Cheng reuses Xuanba because he is his brother-in-law, but in fact, this kid is a good fighter. Although he is young, he is as brave as Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan and others.

While chatting here, before the battle there, Li Xuanba and Yu Wencheng have already been fighting for dozens of rounds, and they are still inseparable.

The soldiers on both sides originally cheered for their own independence, but in the end they insulted each other and then met each other.

Fifty iron cavalry and two hundred light cavalry also started a scuffle.

For a time, soldiers fought against soldiers, generals against generals, and these two hundred people fought in front of the 20 troops of the two armies.

The large formations on both sides stood still and let them fight.

The Qin army only had fifty cavalry, while the Xia army had two hundred Qing cavalry. However, the generals on both sides of the formation were surprised to find that the Qin army did not fall many, but the Xia army has become less and less.

Qin Jun is okay, very calm.

But Xia Jun's side was not calm anymore. These two hundred dead riders were all carefully selected. They thought they could disarm the Qin Jun and dampen their morale.

Unexpectedly, the most elite knights of the Xia army could not beat the opponent with more than one.

Half an hour later, the two hundred Xia army dead soldiers had all fallen down.

There are still a dozen of Qin's fifty cavalry left.

More than a dozen riders gradually surrounded Li Xuanba and Yu Wencheng, who were exhausted from fighting, and the surrounding area became smaller and smaller. The space is larger than that of Xuanba who uses melee double hammers, which makes him more and more disadvantaged.

In the end, Yuwen Chengdu's horse couldn't run anymore, Xuanba hit the horse's head with a golden hammer, and Yuwen Chengdu's war horse died immediately.

Without the war horse and surrounded by more than a dozen Qin cavalry, Yu Wencheng held the gold boring in his hand, after all, he still had no use for it.

"This is not fair!"

Yu Wencheng was out of breath.

Xuan Ba ​​held a pair of hammers in his hands, but he still had the power to fight while riding a horse.

"On the battlefield, since my subordinates did not shoot an arrow at you, nor raised a spear to stab you, then there is no such thing as unfairness. Yuwen Chengdu, don't surrender yet!"

"I haven't lost yet!"

Yu Wencheng said unconvinced.

"Then come again and fight until you are convinced."

Thirteen Qin cavalry spread out to encircle, Xuanba spurred his horses on and galloped again.He used the speed of the galloping horse to rush left and right, and a pair of golden hammers kept falling down like a storm. Yu Wencheng lost sight of the other, how could a two-legged horse run faster than a four-legged horse.

What's more, the gold boring is too long and too heavy, it's not easy to step down, the longer you fight, the more tired you become.

"clang!"

The golden hammer fell again, and Yu Wencheng raised his head to resist. His mouth was bleeding from the shock, his arms were numb, and even his heart felt very uncomfortable.

But Xuanba immediately dropped the hammer again.

Block again.

Then another blow.

He hammered more than a dozen times in a row, one hammer was harder than the other.

The trembling Yuwen Chengdu kept retreating, his tiger's mouth cracked open.

At this moment, Xuanba's horseman stood up, raised his hooves and rushed down, Yuwen Chengdu was thrown to the ground, Xuanba bowed his head, grabbed Chengdu, and pushed him onto the saddle.

A golden hammer rests on the head.

"Are you satisfied?"

Yu Wencheng spat out a mouthful of blood, and closed his eyes unwillingly.

He always believed that he was not defeated by Xuanba, but that his soldiers who had never fought against Xuanba, and those dozen or so cavalry were the hindrances, which led to his defeat.

Yu Wencheng closed his eyes and did not resist.

(End of this chapter)