Horse on the World

Chapter 685 The Offensive and Defensive Battle of Xiaoai River (Continued)
As a commanding general, the most shameful thing is that one's every move is regarded as deadly by the opponent, and one has fallen into a trap and still thinks he has a trick and is complacent about it.Relying on Yao Chang's desperate efforts to stop the enemy and escape from Xiaoaihe in panic, Zhou Zuxun is now full of shame in his heart.When the fourth watch left the city, the opponent attacked the city just at this time, a straight fist punched extremely fiercely on his own weakness. At this time, the situation of both sides was like hitting halfway through, and there was no turning back, only a strong man cut off his wrist , In exchange for the sacrifice of one soldier, more people escaped.

The wounded soldiers were all left behind to assist in the defense of the city. Their fate can be imagined. The only thing that comforted Zhou Zuxun was that the nearly [-] soldiers who followed him were all intact and would not hinder the itinerary of the entire army.But he didn't dare to slack off at all. If he came out of the city, the opponent's field combat ability would be brought into full play, and his own cavalry had been completely lost, but the opponent's cavalry battalion had almost no loss. Pick some country lanes, remote mountain roads, and hurry to avoid the opponent's powerful cavalry attack.

Yao Chang's desperate blocking only earned him less than an hour. Riding on a horse, standing on a high place and looking back, he could even see a fire dragon winding for miles, coming towards this side with majestic momentum .

"I really want to kill them all!" Zhou Zuxun gritted his teeth and said, "When we get to Yaque Ridge, we will fight to the death with you!"

Li Feng rushed to destroy the cavalry under his command, with four hooves blowing the wind, and chased all the way, but he didn't see the other party's shadow until the sky was bright. When the scouts in front told Li Feng that Zhou Zuxun had entered the mountain trail, they sent Li Feng He was so angry that he almost gritted his teeth. The mountains are steep, the roads are rough, and the forests are tall and grassy. This kind of terrain is not conducive to cavalry combat. If you really enter this kind of terrain, the invincible cavalry on the plain will become The opponent's target.

"Let's take the main road and go ahead to intercept them!" Li Feng raised his whip.

"But General Li, if we take the main road, we have to take a long detour. Although the other party is taking a steep mountain road, it is a short cut. Counting the time, we are still at a disadvantage!" said the scout.

"Fuck you!" Li Feng yelled, "I still don't believe it, they can outrun me with two legs, let's go!"

Li Feng's four legs did not run past Zhou Zuxun's two legs. Knowing that there will be pursuers, once they are caught up, it will be a tragedy, so the performance of Qinzhou soldiers is beyond imagination. When they were on the avenue, the distance between Li Feng and them was farther than before.

But from now on, their speed will be far behind each other. From here to Yaqueling, there is no shortcut, only the road.Therefore, although the Qinzhou soldiers who came down from the mountain already had a lead of more than two hours, this leading time will be slowly worn away on the subsequent road.

The sun had already set in the west, and after a day of marching across the mountains, the troops were already exhausted. When many soldiers with weak physique came down the mountain road, they were already crumbling, leaning on their knives and guns, and seemed to be unable to even stand firmly.

Zhou Zuxun looked at the condition of his subordinates and knew that if he marched forcefully, the troops would be exhausted and had to rest.

"The whole army rested on the spot for half an hour, and half an hour later, the whole army set off as a whole, aiming at Yaqueling!" As soon as Zhou Zuxun said, the soldiers standing weakly on the road let out their breath immediately, their legs went limp, They all sat on the ground.Some even lay sprawled on the ground.

"In half an hour, you have to eat, drink, and sleep. Everything must be completed within half an hour!" The messenger rode a horse and galloped on the avenue.

Many soldiers randomly took out dry food, stuffed a few mouthfuls into their mouths, and then lay down on the ground with their clothes on, taking the time to rest. Some even ate half of the dry food, and fell asleep like this with the unfinished dry food in their mouths. Come on, a race between a man and a horse is really not a job for a man!
Zhou Zuxun also got off his horse and sat on the side of the road, while the soldiers offered dry food and water. Zhou Zuxun barely ate a few mouthfuls, but couldn't eat any more. Xiaoaihe was lost like this, and the entire Qinling defense line was torn out After making a big opening, General Zhou's dream of defending the front line of Qinling Mountains was shattered. It is very likely that the entire defense line will be forced to retreat. No one would have thought that the Dingzhou Army would launch an offensive without warning. The defensive line will have plenty of time to operate.

It must have been caused by the hijacking of Shang Haibo in Dingzhou, which has been making a lot of noise since this period of time. Zhou Zuxun gritted his teeth, his veins were exposed. Shang Haibo is an important figure in Dingzhou, even if he has been deprived of his rights. , Xiaye is at home, how can he move easily? This time, Shang Haibo is gone, and Dingzhou's revenge will come immediately. The most hateful thing is that the official secretary did not inform General Zhou before he acted. Otherwise, General Zhou will definitely ask the front line to take precautions and prepare for war.

"If you are a dog, you will make trouble!" Zhou Zuxun cursed bitterly.I really don't know why the staff rushed to Dingzhou to kidnap Shang Haibo?Could it be that one Shang Haibo could be worth thousands of soldiers? If the defense line of Qinling Mountains was completely completed, Xiaoaihe would not be the current tofu city defense. The Dingzhou army wanted to break through the city defense.

"General Zhou, it's half an hour!" Seeing Zhou Zuxun sitting on the ground gnashing his teeth, a general came over to remind him.

Looking up at the subordinates who were lying all over the road, Zhou Zuxun ordered: "Let the brothers sleep for another quarter of an hour!"

"But General Zhou, the opponent is chasing cavalry!" Pian Jiang reminded.

Zhou Zuxun glared and said: "I don't know that the other party is a cavalry? What about cavalry? Can they ride on horseback all day without sleep? Can people bear it, and horses can bear it? They are not riding horses. Rest, or the horse will be exhausted!"

"Yes, General Zhou!" Seeing Zhou Zuxun's hair standing on end, the general retreated quickly.

Zhou Zuxun looked in the direction of Yaqueling. It was less than half a day away from the Yaqueling military stronghold. He should be able to get there before the other party caught up with him. Unfortunately, if God helps, the next heavy rain will Well, the heavy rain will slow down one's speed, but the opponent's cavalry will be more affected, and in calculation, one will take advantage of it.But looking at the stars in the night sky above his head, Zhou Zuxun couldn't help but smiled wryly and shook his head.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhou Zuxun stood up and stepped on his horse. The officers shouted loudly at the soldiers to get up and go on their way. When they encountered those who couldn't wake up, they kicked them with big feet.

The assembled Qinzhou Army took advantage of the darkness and rushed all the way in the direction of Yaqueling.Just as Zhou Zuxun expected, Li Feng's troops circled around for a long time. The horses who had been running for a day also needed to rest, and the cavalrymen on the horses were also tired, so they had to rest for a longer time to allow the horses to recover.

When the two sides started again, the distance between the two sides was still maintained for more than two hours, but as time passed, the distance between the two sides was rapidly approaching.

At midnight, the weather changed suddenly, and dark clouds moved quickly from the sky, covering the stars, followed by a strong wind, flying sand and rocks, and the dust blown up made people unable to open their eyes. It was extremely difficult to walk against the wind. There will be heavy rain.

Zhou Zuxun was overjoyed, looked up to the sky and laughed and said: "God help me, God, thank you, when I arrive at Yaque Ridge, I will definitely worship you with three animals. Pass the order, don't stay, keep going! Hahaha, Cavalry, let me see how you catch up with me!"

Contrary to Zhou Zuxun's ecstatic thanks to God, now Li Feng is cursing the sky and the earth, the sudden strong wind makes his cavalry brigade crawl like turtles on the road, and the wind and sand blowing in front of him makes the horses barely startled. Do not open your eyes.

"General Li, stop for now, and chase after the strong wind!" A school lieutenant suggested: "Such a strong wind and sand is really not suitable for marching!"

Li Feng said angrily: "Will the enemy stop? If you guarantee that the enemy can stop, we will stop. Tell me, can you guarantee it?"

The lieutenant lowered his head silently.

"If the other party can go, so can we. Order all the soldiers to dismount from my horse, blindfold the horse, and lead the horse away. Such a strong wind will not blow for long!" After finishing the order, he jumped off the horse first Come on, take out the blindfold from the horse tartar, blindfold the horse, and hold the rein by yourself, and move forward step by step with difficulty.

Seeing Li Feng taking the lead, all the generals of the Yizhou Battalion he worked for jumped off their horses silently, imitating Li Feng, blindfolded their horses, put on the reins, and marched forward with difficulty in the wind.

The strong wind hung for an hour or two, and finally stopped. Such a strong wind did not blow away the dark clouds in the sky, and faintly heard rumbling thunder coming from above the clouds, and the thunder became louder and louder. Finally, A bolt of lightning tore through the thick clouds, illuminating the ground in an instant.There was a thunderbolt, and the big raindrops fell down with a sound.

"My god, my god!" Li Feng scolded, hoping for several hours for the wind to stop, but the wind did stop, but the rain came.

It rains heavily. The roads here are not like those in Dingzhou. They are all paved with solid concrete mixed with gravel. No matter how heavy the rain is, it will not affect walking. Here, it only rained for a little while. Yes, the ground is muddy and hard to walk. The front team is better, but the rear team is simply trudging through the mud.

The sky is getting brighter and the rain has lightened. From the previous heavy rain to the current patter, all of the more than two thousand Qinzhou soldiers have become drowned. The rain slid down their helmets onto their faces, and then dripped After falling down, they had to work hard all night in the wind and rain, but their faces were full of excitement, because the cavalry behind them should have been thrown farther by them, and the danger had gradually faded away, because they didn't need much Time will arrive at the Yaqueling Army Stronghold, where they still have more than [-] troops who evacuated earlier. After the two sides converge, if the opponent persists in chasing after him, they will even have a chance to fight back and let the opponent eat Bit of a pain.

A big stone in Zhou Zuxun's heart finally fell down, and he felt relieved, but he felt sore all over.

Suddenly there was a burst of commotion ahead, Zhou Zuxun was startled, and saw a large number of figures appearing in the front of the team, in a disordered formation, and running figures, and judging by their attire, they were the Qinzhou Army.

"What happened?" Zhou Zuxun asked loudly.

The Qinzhou soldiers on the avenue quickly separated, and then a general in disheveled armor rushed over on horseback. When he was still a dozen steps away from Zhou Zuxun, he got off his saddle and scrambled all the way over, "General , General Zhou, it’s bad, it’s bad!”

When Zhou Zuxun looked intently, it turned out to be Zhou Bin who led the team to evacuate earlier. At this time, Zhou Bin had thrown away his helmet and armor, his hair was disheveled, and his body was covered in mud. If he hadn't opened his mouth, he would not have recognized him.

A heart sank slowly, and Zhou Zuxun asked word by word: "You, why are you here? Where is your army?"

Zhou Bin raised his head, his face was obviously stabbed, the blood on the wound had already stopped, but when he was drenched in water, the white flesh and blood rolled out from the wound, which was indescribably terrifying.Zhou Bin cried loudly: "General Zhou, when I arrived at the Yaqueling Fortress, it was already occupied by the Dingzhou Army. By surprise, I was finally ambushed by the enemy. Most of the 5000 men and horses were injured. They escaped with me. There was a strong wind and heavy rain again, and they got lost, and found that there are only a thousand or so people who are still with the last general!"

With a puffing sound, Zhou Zuxun opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. He was on the verge of falling, and Zhou Bin, who was sprayed with blood on his face, was horrified. He took a step forward and supported Zhou Zuxun, "General Zhou, General Zhou!"

"There are still soldiers from the Dingzhou Army to occupy the Yaqueling Army Stronghold, where are their soldiers?" Zhou Zuxun hissed.

"It's Li Guo, Li Guo from Aconitum." Zhou Bin cried bitterly, "General Zhou, we have been cheated. They built the dam not to flood the city, but to trick us out of the city."

Opening his mouth, another mouthful of blood spewed out. At this moment, Zhou Zuxun finally figured out Guan Xinglong's entire battle plan in his mind like lightning, and fainted immediately in a hurry.There was a moment of chaos in the arena.

When Zhou Zuxun woke up slowly, he saw anxious faces. The surviving officers all looked at him eagerly. At this moment, there was no way out and no pursuers. Road, nowhere to go.

"Zhou Bin, how many people are there? How far is it from us?" Zhou Zuxun asked in a low voice.

"General, they have more than [-] people. After fighting us, the loss will not be too great. They are less than an hour away from us." Zhou Bin replied.

"Help me up!" With the support of the generals, Zhou Zuxun stood up slowly, looking at the desperate faces on the road, Zhou Zuxun couldn't help feeling sad, he was at the end of the road, it turned out to be like this.

An hour later, Li Guo's infantry battalion arrived first, and more than [-] Qinzhou troops lined up along the hillside, row by row, with a length of more than [-] meters.

"Turtle son, finally stop running!" Li Guo cursed. Although he tried his best in the battle of Yaqueling, Zhou Bin still led more than a thousand people to break through, which made him quite unhappy. Finally a place to vent.

"Array, prepare to fight!" Li Guo roared loudly.The Dingzhou army that was coming after them quickly formed an attack formation, and dozens of triangular cone attack formations were quickly lined up, and each cone head was standing with Dingzhou military officers.

The sound of horseshoes sounded, and Li Guo looked back, but it was Li Feng's cavalry who finally arrived at the last moment. The cavalry was well equipped, and Li Feng's Yizhou Battalion cavalry was wearing a raincoat, riding on the horse, trotting all the way Hurrying over, Li Feng, who was in the lead, hurriedly drove the horses, while shouting loudly: "Li Guo, Li Guo, wait for me, I'm coming!"

Li Guo grinned. Although he is as senior as Li Feng in the Dingzhou Army, Li Feng's status is not comparable to him, and it is conceivable that Li Feng's future is far greater than his, so although he has prepared They attacked, but they could only stop and wait for Li Feng.

"Li Guo, you came so fast!" Li Feng got off his horse, walked up to Li Guo, and patted his chest, "Damn it, last night a strong wind and heavy rain stopped me, otherwise , but you have nothing to do, son of a bitch, they are lucky!"

Li Guo smiled and said: "Their luck is good, but the good luck has come to an end. These thousands of defeated soldiers will not be able to stop our attack once, and they will collapse."

"Li Guo, do you have your ballista? Let's blast him for a while!" Looking up at the hillside, Li Feng frowned. This angle is not conducive to cavalry attacks.

"They slipped away as fast as rabbits. Where I had time to bring these things, they were still following, but there is no need to deal with them now!" Li Guo said.

"Brother, move the formation and give me a space!" Li Feng begged.

Li Guo said in surprise: "The slope is steeper, it's not easy for your cavalry to attack! Let me go first."

Li Feng smiled and said: "It is difficult for infantry to change into cavalry. There is no horse, but it is not difficult to change from cavalry to infantry. Everyone, get off your horses and line up!" Li Feng turned his head and shouted.The cavalry of the Yizhou battalion got off their horses one after another. After a while, they formed an attacking infantry formation.

Zhou Zuxun sat on a big rock in the middle of the mountain, looking down at the foot of the mountain. Nearly ten thousand Dingzhou troops had gathered there, with dense banners, forests of swords and guns, and arrows were set up one by one. With the order, his subordinates will usher in a rain of arrows.

"General, let's go, go into the mountains, there is still a glimmer of life." Zhou Bin said.

Zhou Zuxun sat there silently, shaking his head, "I have abandoned Yao Chang once, and I will never abandon you again."

"General, staying here can only lead to a dead end. We are exhausted and our soldiers are weak. This battle is no longer possible. We are just doing our best. General, you should go. If you stay in the green hills, you will not be afraid of death." Firewood!" Zhou Bin said anxiously.

Zhou Zuxun smiled wryly, "But the green hill is gone! Zhou Bin, you send someone down the mountain and tell General Dingzhou, who is commanding the army, that I, Zhou Zuxun, surrender!"

"Ah!" Zhou Bin was stunned, thinking he had heard it wrong, "What did you say, General?"

"I have decided to surrender!" Zhou Zuxun stood up: "We have tried our best, and the soldiers have also tried their best, but we have no power to fight anymore, there is no need to let the brothers die needlessly, surrender , at least the brothers can still see their relatives and set foot on their homeland."

"General?" Zhou Bin wanted to say something.

Zhou Zuxun shook his head: "Zhou Bin, you don't need to persuade me. Are you trying to say that if I surrender, I will be ruined? It doesn't matter. I will be ruined by myself. It is worth saving the lives of so many brothers."

Zhou Bin lowered his head.

At the foot of the mountain, Li Feng drew out his steel saber, and when he was about to order an attack, the saber was held in the air, but it could not fall anymore, because on the mountain, among the soldiers of Qinzhou, a tall white flag was suddenly picked out, waving in the wind, and the soldiers of Qinzhou The formation was also separated from it. Behind the white flag, a tall general held his helmet in his arms and was walking down the mountain step by step.

The opponent actually chose to surrender at this time.

Choosing a chapter name is really a painful thing, which makes people cry!The titles of these chapters are indeed quite dubious, but the gunman guarantees that the title of the next chapter will never be Xiao Aihe's offense and defense.

Cover your face and go.Wooden face has met!

(End of this chapter)