Horse on the World

Chapter 360
Xiao Tianci, who was stationed in Linxi Town, had only more than 3000 Imperial Forest Army in his hands, and less than a thousand and only two hundred cavalry were deployed on the periphery. Zhang Wei divided his army into several waves, with 2000 people in each wave. After several rounds of attacks, the outer line of defense was finally breached, and the remaining hundreds of imperial forest troops returned to the town in embarrassment, while the Southern Army, who was biting their tails tightly, caught up and the two armies began to fight in the streets.

The Imperial Forest Army was elite, with excellent armor and sharp weapons, but the Southern Army was superior in that it had a large number of people. Although it suffered a large loss, it still forced the Imperial Forest Army to retreat step by step.In the town, from time to time, small groups of imperial forest troops emerged from some small alleys to join the battle group, so that the number of people standing in front of the southern army remained at around several hundred, and they fought and retreated.

Hearing the forward's return, Zhang Wei smiled, and looked around, "This General Xiao Tianci was born with a great reputation, but he turned out to be a silver-like wax gun head, which is not useful if he is determined to sacrifice his surroundings. The defenders, let the water down, it can eat my former army, but now the two armies are stuck in one place, and they have crowded into the town. I want to see if he will release the water to drown himself. Now he What's the use of using such a stupid refueling tactic other than adding some credit to my military exploits?"

An officer who waited on the left and right laughed and said: "That's natural. I heard that Xiao Tianci was defeated by one of Li Qing's bodyguards when he was in the capital, and his company was broken. It's Deputy Chief Zhang's opponent, Deputy Chief Zhang, what should we do now? Should the whole army rush to support the brothers in front? Take Linxi Town in one fell swoop?"

Zhang Wei laughed, "Wait a minute, and then send 3000 people up to try again." Be careful, there is no big mistake, Zhang Wei has experienced the previous big defeat, and now he is much calmer.

The number of southern troops in the middle of the town is increasing, and from time to time a large group of southern troops will emerge from some small alleys, cutting the Yulin army into several pieces, causing more and more casualties.

"General Xiao, the vanguard can't stand it anymore." A Yulin officer shouted, standing at their position, they could just see the fierce battle ahead.

"While fighting and retreating, Zhang Wei hasn't come yet." Xiao Tianci gritted his teeth.

"General, if you don't withdraw the striker, the fight will be over!" The officer's words were accompanied by a crying sound, watching the brothers who had been with him day and night fall one after another, and his heart ached.

Glancing at his subordinates, Xiao Tianci suddenly pulled out the steel knife in his waist, and said, "I'll block it for a while, and you stay here to respond."

The officer was shocked, "General, you are the leader of an army, how can you leave at will, the last general will go."

Xiao Tianci shook his head, "You are not as skilled as me, and you may not be able to come back after you go. I will go, remember, when we retreat to a stone's throw away from here, you immediately send a signal to the upstream and release the water."

"Yes!" the officer nodded.

"Kill!" Xiao Tianci raised his steel saber and rushed down with a few personal guards assigned to him by the Xiao family.These people's martial arts are all top choices. As soon as they joined the battle group, they immediately beheaded and stabbed dozens of southern soldiers who were rushing to the front. A wave of the imperial forest army was surrounded.Seeing that the general came to the rescue in person, the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army cheered up. Amidst the shouts, they seemed to have inexhaustible strength.

"Deputy Manager Zhang, the enemy general Xiao Tianci personally charged and repelled our army, and now the other party is organizing a counterattack." Zhang Wei listened to the report and sneered: "The donkey is poor, so send an order that the whole army press me up and rush into the town." Now, since Xiao Tianci wants to show his courage, then I will give it to them."

Zhang Wei's whole army pressed up, Xiao Tianci couldn't resist immediately, he and several guards personally cut off the rear, fought and retreated, and retreated step by step towards Zhenxi, and behind them was the black army that could not see the end. It wasn't that the alleys in the town were narrow, they were about to be surrounded by heavy siege right now.

Xiao Tianci's clothes were wet with sweat, and his hands were a little weak from chopping, but he was secretly happy. There was only one main street in Linxi Town, and the rest were all extremely narrow alleys. It was impossible to deploy troops, but this unique street was An extremely gentle uphill, walking on the street, you can't feel it if you don't pay attention, and after walking a few miles long street, the difference between the up and down is as much as tens of meters. Before the water is stored, Xiao Tianci has carefully calculated, As long as his side retreats to the vicinity of the Zhenxi Mountain Temple, the water will rush down and he will not be submerged. Zhang Wei thought that he would not release the water if he was stuck with him, but he was wrong.

After Xiao Tianci and the others were cut off, the southern army was unable to open up the situation for a long time. Zhang Wei in the army couldn't help but feel angry. Seeing that Xiao Tianci and the others were like no one in the land, he beheaded his former army one by one in front of the formation. Furious, he yelled, "Go away, let me deal with them."

The southern army squeezed together as much as possible, leaving a passage for Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei, who was riding on the horse, brandished the cooked copper mace in his hand, and rushed over with a roar. Fighting in footsteps, swinging the steel knife in your hand, touching and dragging, wanting to make a decisive move to release the opponent's strength, but don't want to fight fiercely for a long time, your strength is not as good as before, under this touch, your wrist There was a huge shock, and the steel knife flew away without a trace with a whoosh, but Zhang Wei's cooked copper mace swept over again, and was about to knock Xiao Tianci down. Wei, but the other person was dancing with an iron rod, and swept off Zhang Wei's horse's hoof. As long as the sweep was true, Zhang Wei would fall off the horse. Two people jumped out from behind, one grabbed his arm and dragged him into the imperial army, seeing Xiao Tianci escaped from his hands, Zhang Wei couldn't help but smacked his mouth regretfully.

Xiao Tianci, who was sweating profusely on his head, looked back at Zhang Wei who was riding on the horse and was staring at him, with a ferocious smile on his lips, it was time, and sure enough, behind the Yulin Army, there was a Ming Dy with a sharp whistling sound Straight into the sky, flying far into the sky.

Hearing the sound of the blare, which was obviously a signal, Zhang Wei couldn't help being startled, what tricks the other party was playing, could it be that there was something wrong with the army, he couldn't help but look back, it didn't matter, but Zhang Wei was frightened out of his wits, and kept trying his best The supervisor moved forward, but never thought that when he turned around at this moment, he could see the other side of the town very clearly. What does this mean? It means that the current position is much higher than the other side of the town. Behind him like ants, Zhang Wei shouted in shock, "Retreat, retreat."

A group of soldiers looked at the general inexplicably. Why did they retreat when they were gaining the upper hand and were about to win a big victory?Zhang Wei wanted to leave, but the narrow streets were full of his own soldiers, and he was able to run there despite the serious gambling. Hearing the rumbling sound, Zhang Wei's face was ashen.

The flood that had been accumulating for many days poured out like a pour, rushing and sweeping away everything in front of it. The entire Linxi Town was completely wiped out by the flood except for a small area of ​​the temple on the west head of the town. The thin walls could not stop the violent The current of water was blown away like paper paste. Of the tens of thousands of southern troops crowded in the town, except for a very small part of the front army who fled to the high ground, and a very small part of the rear army rushed out of the town and escaped to the sky, the rest Many people were buried in the belly of the fish, and many people were hit by stones and wood in the river, and the blood stained the water.

The flood didn't last long, but it was enough to wipe out Zhang Wei's southern army. After the river flooded, the whole town was completely changed. The former stone street was covered with mud more than one foot thick, and some destroyed At the corner of the wall, dead bodies were piled up in layers, including those of the Southern Army and local residents.

Zhang Wei's face was pale, and he looked back at Linxi Town, which had become a hell on earth in an instant. His tens of thousands of troops disappeared like this, but what was even more frightening was that behind them, the Royal Forest Army was neatly arranged in a horizontal line , all bows and crossbows were aimed steadily at them.At this time, there were only less than a hundred soldiers around him, and they were also looking at him with pale faces and despair.

Xiao Tianci was very proud. Although he took a big risk, he did not hesitate to use his body as a bait, and almost killed Zhang Wei, but compared with the results in front of him, it was quite worthwhile. Looking at the desperate opponent, Xiao Tianci laughed loudly, " Zhang Wei, do you still want to stick around and resist stubbornly? Give up your weapons and surrender, and I will let you live."

Zhang Wei tightly held the cooked copper mace in his hand, his face was extremely ugly, from a big victory to a big defeat, almost in an instant, at this moment, he regretted it very much, if he had known this, he would have let that Hu Zehui come Seeing the other party's densely packed bows and arrows shining with cold light, the last will to resist in Zhang Wei's heart disappeared. Damn it, anyway, I became this official because of a rebellion. What's the difference between being a pawn to the court? The key is to save your life now.Thinking of this, he took a few steps, threw away the wrought copper mace in his hand, and knelt down, "Zhang Wei is willing to surrender, General Xiao, please spare me!"

With Zhang Wei as the leader, more than 100 southern soldiers immediately threw away their weapons, knelt on the ground behind Zhang Wei, and shouted in a chaotic manner: "We are willing to surrender, General Xiao, spare your life!"

Looking at Zhang Wei who was kneeling in front of him, Xiao Tianci showed a sneer, and shouted, "Fire the arrow!"

Hearing Xiao Tianci's order, the crossbowmen almost subconsciously let go of the bowstrings in their hands, and when Zhang Wei raised his head in astonishment, there was already a rain of arrows in front of him, amidst the screams, Zhang Wei, who was kneeling at the front, Wei was almost shot into a hedgehog.

"Shoot the arrows and kill all these rebels!" Xiao Tianci said coldly.

The bows and crossbows were fired continuously, and more than 100 surrendered troops who put down their weapons became dead souls in an instant.

(End of this chapter)