The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 218 Sleepless Night
Under the cloudy sky, a total of more than [-] cavalry arrays advanced densely up and down, rolling up dust and smoke in the sky. Three hundred armored cavalry were running in front, and light cavalry followed behind and launched to the dragon and tiger army array in front. charged.

It sounded like the sound of the sea tide beating the rocks, the shields and human bodies were overturned in an instant, and the dense figures of soldiers in the rear were submerged under the churning iron hoofs, and there were crackling sounds of flesh and bones bursting.

boom boom-

A self-sustaining and brave centurion of the Dragon and Tiger Army rushed forward with his own soldiers, and then flew back with his broken body. The surrounding soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Army showed terrified expressions. The cavalry rushing at high speed forcibly plowed out a huge gully, and under the hoofs of the oncoming cavalry, there were all broken bodies and scattered weapons, paving a dark red blood carpet and sweeping towards them.

The next moment, the countless Longyou cavalrymen who were rushing in through the waves, and the soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Army in the distance finally had a relaxed expression on their faces, and they retreated a few steps slowly with trembling footsteps, and then dropped their weapons and shields , the tense nerves were disconnected, turned around and ran wildly, and the unknowing companions behind were staggered by them, but emotionally infected, they also turned around in panic and ran away.

"Go back! Go back—"

Wei Zhaodu yelled on horseback, and even drew his sword to kill a soldier who ran past him. His delicate and elegant face was full of ferocity, and his forehead was bulging with veins. However, the team over there looked at the envoys on horseback and the countless routs of soldiers who were rushing towards them. In an instant, the soldiers of the supervising team also turned and fled to the rear.

"You guys—"

Frustrated anger surged into his heart, Wei Zhaodu clutched his chest and swayed on the horse's back, Du Rangneng charged over on the horse, pulled the reins of his mount, and retreated to the rear.

"Let's go, withdraw from the battlefield first, gather the broken soldiers, and join the rest of the three armies, there is always a chance!"

Du Rangneng's screaming sound echoed in Wei Zhaodu's ears, but it was a buzzing noise. He was almost lying on the horse's back, and kept turning his head. There were fleeing figures everywhere on the battlefield.

In sight, the cavalry cut through the waves and rushed into the crowd, knocking over, trampling, and driving away the small circles that were divided into pieces.

In the field of vision, the Chinese army's "Tang" flag was erected high, and at a certain moment, it was chopped off by the cavalry rushing forward.

In sight, the broken flag swayed, passed through the dust in the sky, fell down, and covered the corpses all over the ground
"what--"

Wei Zhaodu burst into tears, leaned on the horse's back and yelled suddenly, his body became unsteady and he rolled over and fell off the horse. The guards beside him rushed up to catch him, carried him on the horse's back and ran away quickly.

Rumbling--

Iron hooves churned, and a group of more than a thousand Qingqi smashed through the middle formation of the Dragon and Tiger Army, chasing after the fleeing figure.

"ended."

On the hill in the distance, Geng Qing, bathed in the reddening sunlight, got off the wooden cart, rode on a rough horse, and let Dachun lead him down the hillside slowly.

Walking through the battlefield, wherever you can see, there are human corpses all over the ground. Those who were shot, lost arms and legs, or were not completely dead, clutched their wounds and moaned in pain, begging those who passed by to give him a good knife.

Geng Qing pursed his lips and looked at him. He was a centurion of the Dragon and Tiger Army. His entire arm was gone and his chest was split open. He couldn't survive.

He said 'hmm', nodded to Dou Wei beside him, and then walked forward, leaving Dou Wei here. Soon, there was a soft sound of a knife piercing into the flesh, and the painful figure on the ground struggled twice, then not moving.

There were corpses everywhere and the wounded screaming in pain, Geng Qing felt very complicated at this moment, lightly, it was just to cover up the discomfort in his heart.

After all, it is the cruel scenes of modern people that make him uncomfortable. No matter how many years he has been here, some things cannot be changed. The only thing is to raise his eyes and try not to look at them.

Far and near, tattered armor and flag flames were still burning, wisps of black smoke rose, drifting past the gun shafts slanted on the ground,

The ownerless war horse licked the face of its dead owner, and neighed hesitantly as it looked at the figures walking around among the corpses.There were occasional screams of fighting in the distance, but then they subsided.

"Sir, we won—"

Soldiers who knew Geng Qing saw the figure stepping into this Shura field, and their faces burst out with uncontrollable emotions. They were frontier soldiers, and they defeated the well-equipped Shence Army with long installations. Army.

Many people gathered around and talked to him about the previous battle with a smile. Geng Qing nodded and walked forward while listening. After listening for a while, he asked them: "After staying, there is General Zhao, where is it? Injuried?"

"Back to Shaoyin, the lowly officials don't know too well. It's too chaotic, everyone is crazy, and they should still be ahead after staying."

Li Jiji killed himself too?
Simply bullshit!
Geng Qing frowned, and raised his foot over a corpse in front of him. The smell of blood made his stomach feel a little uncomfortable, so he insisted on walking ahead to see, maybe someone found Li Jiji in advance, and the latter was resting from the other side Among the soldiers, a horse came over with blood on his face, and he got off the horse with a smile.

"Sir, I won!"

Li Jiji took off his iron helmet, clenched his fist and raised it in the air. It can be seen that as a frontier soldier, he went to Chang'an and defeated the Shence Army.

"Don't be too happy, there are at least [-] Shence troops in Chang'an. Those who fled back, including the three armies of Tianxing, Shenwu, and Yubayashi that have not yet been defeated, are probably as many as [-] to [-]."

"Sir, I don't understand this. Their morale has been broken. It doesn't matter how many they have. As long as they are on the battlefield, they can pick up weapons and fight us. They are already rare elites."

Geng Qing listened to him talking about commanding the army, but did not interrupt him. At this juncture, he was really happy, not to mention that Li Jiji was still his boss in name, so he had to give him some face.

After listening for a while, after crossing half of the battlefield, Zhao Zhouyi also came from the front. He was covered in blood, his armor was damaged in many places, half of his cloak was chopped off in the chaos, and a wound was exposed on his arm. Then he came over and told Geng Qing and Li Jiji about the situation there.

"Du Rangneng and Wei Zhaodu ran early, leaving two thousand prisoners for us."

It was obvious in his words that he was asking how to deal with it. In fact, not only the Dragon and Tiger Army soldiers were in the middle, but there were also many Dragon and Tiger Army soldiers who surrendered everywhere on the battlefield.

"Attack Chang'an, these captives don't need to be counted, just all of them." Li Jiji glanced at the thousands of figures who were strung together by ropes, and were staggered by the cavalry against the spears. Geng Qing spoke suddenly.

"Let's all stay here. We're all Han Chinese. When the war is over, there's no need to kill them all. We'll do some work and teach them. Maybe we can still use them."

Having experienced a fight, even if they are not elites, they are still veterans. What's more, there are so many young and strong, which are precious resources for the ancient environment.

Of course, if it threatened his life, it was another matter.

"Sir, if you say so, then stay." Li Jiji still had many places where he relied on Geng Qing for advice, and he didn't object at the moment either. Yijia collectively took custody, "Oh, it's a pity that Du Rangneng and Wei Zhaodu were not caught. These two are important officials in the court. If they were captured, Chang'an would be shaken."

Thinking of the expressions of the civil, military, and emperors in Chang'an City after defeating the Shence Army, Li Jiji couldn't help but clenched his fists excitedly and laughed.

"Indeed." Zhao Zhouyi looked at him, then glanced at Geng Qing, and nodded in agreement.

At this time, some cavalry came back from the east, waving their arms and shouting: "I got it! I got it!"

The three people standing on the battlefield turned their heads, and the cavalryman was led over. He got off his horse and clasped his fists at Li Jiji and Geng Qing, then pointed to the back excitedly: "Caught, Du Rangneng and Wei Zhaodu were caught by Fu Dutong. It's coming."

In Geng Qing's gaze, the cavalry roared. The leading general carried eight short spears on his back. Among the several cavalry behind him, two of them were placed horizontally on their horses and struggled non-stop.

"Haha, after staying here, Fu Daozhao fulfilled his mission, and someone caught him—"

Fu Daozhao dismounted first, cupped his fists respectfully, and then raised his hand to let his subordinates bring the captive over. Both of them were important ministers in the court, and their eyesight was naturally superior. When they came, they turned their faces away and were caught. The soldier hit the hollow of his knee with a spear, and knelt down in pain.

"Pull them down and kill them, and send them to the emperor." Li Jiji didn't like this attitude, especially after he won the battle, he didn't want to be underestimated. When he waved his hand and said this sentence, Geng Qing came from behind: "Let's not be busy."

He smiled and whispered something in Li Jiji's ear, the latter nodded, and then lowered his hands, "Then leave it to the sir." Then he took the soldiers and went to other places on the battlefield to deal with the post-war affairs.

"Both of you, Geng Qing, you must have heard my name when you were in Chang'an."

Stepping on the bloody water on the ground, Geng Qing smiled and stepped forward and cupped his hands, "This battle is not easy. I have seen the abilities of the two of you. Instead of being the emperor's chess pieces, how about following our Qing emperor's side together?"

Squatting down in front of the two of them, Geng Qing waved his hands, and ordered Du Rangneng and Wei Zhaodu to be untied from the ropes that bound them, and said some weird words.

The battle at this time has come to an end. The Tianxing Army, the Shenwu Army, and the Habayashi Army have not yet been defeated on the battlefield several miles away from the north and south. If you are besieged, you will follow in the footsteps of the Dragon and Tiger Army.

Two more small-scale battles broke out, and after more than a hundred casualties, it was not until night fell that the three soldiers and horses safely withdrew from the front line, and there were no more pursuers.

In the night, with the moon hanging on the top of the mountain, the morale of the Longxiang army was demoralized, and they sat on horseback with their flags and flags down. On the way to retreat to Chang'an, Li Shunjie's face had been simply bandaged, and his head was wrapped with two bandages.

The blood was stained red and the bandage was still oozing out. His face was cold and he squeezed the halberd tightly, unable to figure out why there was such a defeat.

Along the way, he regrouped the disintegrated Longxiang army, out of ten thousand riders, only five thousand remained, of which there were only more than 400 heavy riders, and most of the heavy equipment was lost. With such a defeat, he felt ashamed to return to Chang'an to see the emperor.

"However, it will be a while, the victory or defeat has not yet been decided, everyone, let's go to Chang'an, and fight them again!"

In the night wind, Li Shunjie looked at the commanders around him. The latter nodded, but felt a little sorry for the battle. Soon after, they returned to Chang'an under the darkness of night, and at the same time sent messengers to bring the news to the city overnight.

Before the news came, in the imperial palace at this moment, Emperor Li Ye looked at a piece of paper with no emotion on his face, then held the piece of paper in his palm and carried it behind his back.

"Humph, Wang Chongrong came here at this time. Isn't this asking for credit? Tell him my will. Now that you have brought the troops, come to Chang'an to have a good life and stay with me in the palace to chat about family affairs. Wait for the news of the victory of the Shence Army." Can."

Looking at the night outside, Li Ye clenched his fist smugly.

But not long after, the messenger entered the city and came to the palace. Seeing the blood-stained and pale-faced commander of the Longxiang Army, Li Ye opened his eyes wide and was stunned for a long time without making a sound. Going down to take a rest, the guards around him came over, but he stood there ignoring him.

In the shadow of the lamp, the emperor held his hands behind his back, and his dragon robe was trembling slightly. With his tightly closed lips, a slight "click" sound was squeezed out from his throat, and his eyes were red.

Bang!
Li Ye punched the dragon pillar in the palace, the guards and eunuchs hung their heads, not daring to speak.

After a long time, the emperor's voice sounded.

"Didn't Wang Chongrong come to Qin Wang's rescue? Draw up an order and let him fight!"

(End of this chapter)