Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 97
On the long street, the fire soared into the sky, blocking the way forward.

Han Sui yelled sharply, "Kill, go and kill!"

The soldiers didn't dare to kill their lives, and their legs clamped the horse's belly, but the horse under the crotch kept neighing, and could not retreat.

On the other side, hundreds of soldiers were still throwing dry grass, rotten wood and other flammable objects into the fire. Scratch the ground with hooves.

Han Sui's face was livid with anger, and his eyes were almost devouring.

"Damn, how could this be!"

Han Sui couldn't figure it out. He had laid an ambush inside the city and opened the city gate in a sneak attack. How could he be blocked here just after entering the city? This battle was really a mess.

Eight thousand cavalry were blocked by hundreds of infantry. Could there be anything more embarrassing than this?

Looking at the high walls on both sides of the street, I couldn't help gnashing my teeth.

If it were not limited by the terrain, how could the [-] cavalry be stopped by a mere few hundred infantry.

"Break the wall, kill from both sides!"

Han Sui's thoughts turned sharply. Seeing that the war horse was afraid of the fire, he made another plan and roared quickly.

The cavalry crowded in the alley immediately shouted and rolled off their horses. Hundreds of people rushed up, or hacked with knives, or hundreds of people stood against the earth walls on both sides, shouted, and at the same time tried their best to push down the earth walls. .

"Fire arrows!"

Gao Shun saw it clearly, and immediately waved his hand and shouted loudly.

Immediately across the fire, the two hundred longbowmen shot two hundred powerful arrows in one order.

The cavalry rushing in huddled together in the alleyway, even if a blind man threw a brick, he could hit one casually, but he really became a living target for the archers.

What's more terrible is that the war horse injured by the bow and arrow was frightened, causing huge chaos.

Dozens of frightened war horses did not dare to rush towards the fire, but ran back with jumping and kicking hooves. Some unlucky soldiers were thrown off their horses and quickly trampled out of shape, causing even greater chaos.

What the cavalrymen were most afraid of was bombing the camp due to the loss of control of the horses. Once this happened, the consequences would be disastrous.

So very few cavalry were crowded together. However, due to the terrain constraints of the city, [-] cavalry could not rush in at once. Gao Shun took advantage of the favorable terrain and finally huddled into a group, which finally led to bad results.

Eight thousand cavalry rushed into the city, but only a few hundred cavalry, and more cavalry were still outside the city. They didn't know the situation in the city, and they kept rushing in. The final result was that the hundreds of cavalry in front were crowded tighter and tighter. , The war horse could hardly turn around.

Under such circumstances, once the war horse is frightened and out of control, the consequences will be disastrous.

Han Sui's eyes were about to burst, and he shouted sharply: "Let the arrows go, let the arrows go!"

The huddled cavalry quickly shot hundreds of arrows sparsely, but were blocked by the heavy armored infantry behind the fire with scull shields, and could not cause substantial damage to the longbowmen hiding behind the heavy armored infantry who fired arrows.

It was another round of salvo, and the cavalry who huddled together in the front immediately fell down again.

Han Sui's face was ferocious, and he waved his saber to block the powerful arrow. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his right arm, and was pierced by a cold arrow.

Hastily poked the horse's head, retreated to the back, and roared hoarsely.

At this moment, at the fork of the road ahead, groups of pawns drove over quickly.

Wu Xi galloped up, glanced at the situation quickly, and then heaved a long sigh of relief, "It's okay, it's okay, this guy Gao Shun finally didn't disappoint someone, he actually blocked the sneak attacking bandit soldiers, otherwise disaster will happen !"

"Kill, drive these damn bandits out."

Wu Xi calmed down, quickly drew his sword in his hand, and gave a loud shout, majestic.

kill kill kill...

More than [-] elite northern troops responded with three calls, rolling forward.

The raging fire blocked the street, and the soldiers could not get through, so they climbed up to the roofs on both sides, and poured a rain of arrows as dense as migratory locusts on the heads of the cavalry who rushed into the city, and immediately turned the people shot by Han Suijun on their backs.

On the long street ahead, elite infantry arrived one after another and began to deploy defenses along the street.

Hundreds of cavalry were crowded in the narrow alleyway. At this time, let alone killing the enemy, even if they wanted to avoid the ubiquitous rain of arrows, they had no place to stay. From time to time, war horses were shot and frightened, and they kicked wildly, causing even bigger earthquakes. confusion.

"Withdraw, withdraw quickly, withdraw from the city."

Seeing that the situation was not good, Han Sui hurriedly yelled, the corners of his eyes almost weeping blood.

"The lord has an order, withdraw from the city!"

Hundreds of cavalry roared in unison, but they couldn't get out.

The cavalry behind had all pressed up, and they couldn't disperse after being crowded at the gate of the city for a while.

A small school rushed up to Gao Shun and said loudly: "General, the bandits are ordered to retreat, and the morale of the army is already in disarray. If our army takes advantage of the situation to cover up and kill them, we will surely win the battle and defeat the sneak attacking bandits in one fell swoop. "

Gao Shun glanced at the fire blocking the street, and said in a deep voice: "There is no way ahead, how to pursue."

The little school sighed, his face full of unwillingness.

The bandit soldiers ordered to withdraw from the city, and the morale of the army was already in disarray. It was really the best time to take advantage of the victory and pursue them.

If they waited outside the city, how could the two retreating infantry catch up with the cavalry.What's more, once in the wild, the cavalry can take advantage of their mobility and suppress the infantry strategically. It's hard to say who will destroy who.

However, even though they couldn't rush through, the archers wouldn't stand still.

As long as they were able to draw the bow, they desperately poured out the remaining arrows.

You don't need to measure the position accurately, you just need to look at the approximate position and shoot the arrow, and it's [-]% that it won't miss.

There was no way, the cavalry who rushed in were too crowded, and they all became living targets.

Half an hour later, Han Sui rushed out of the north gate of Lingju covered in blood under the guard of more than a dozen personal soldiers.

Although he was extremely embarrassed and was wearing several arrows, he finally came out.

Gao Shun took hundreds of archers to the top of the tower, still pouring arrow rain down.

The screams were still ringing out one after another, and cavalrymen kept falling off their horses and fell to the ground howling miserably.

"go!"

Han Sui suppressed the anger in his heart, and with a wave of his hand, more than [-] cavalry quickly fled into the dark night.

"General, do you want to pursue the victory?"

A small school hurried up to Wu Xi and asked loudly.

"Chasing a fart!"

Wu Xi scolded angrily: "The rebel soldiers are all cavalry, and our army is all infantry. How can we chase after this black light?"

"Uh!"

Xiaoxiao choked for a while, not daring to talk nonsense, and quickly withdrew.

After counting the losses the next day, it was discovered that more than [-] soldiers had been lost last night, and [-]% of them died in the battle. None of them were slightly injured, and the rest were all seriously injured.

If it weren't for the fact that the Northern Army was the most elite division of the Han Dynasty, if it wasn't for Gao Shun's timely decision, correctly judging the enemy's situation, and not being hit by the bandits' sound and attacking from east to west, Ju Duan would have no place to defend.

After thinking about it, Wu Xi felt afraid for a while.

Lingju is the administrative office of the Huqiang School and the lieutenant's department, and it is also the foundation of Luo Zheng.

In the city are not only the family members of Luo Zheng, Xun Yu and others, but also the rations of nearly 2 people.

If he lost Lingju this time, with Luo Zhengdi's character, how could he spare himself.

The more I thought about it, the more I was afraid. I secretly rejoiced that Gao Shun was sent to patrol the city last night. Otherwise, if it were someone else, there would be little chance of stopping the sneak attacking bandits and buying enough time for the army to gather and rush to the north gate.

Although this guy Gao Shun is not popular, but as a commanding general, his abilities are undisputed.

As for Han Sui, after escaping from Lingju, he counted the battle damage and almost vomited blood angrily.

After a fierce battle, the casualties exceeded a thousand.

Most of them were crowded in the lanes near the gate of the city, unable to move and folded under the archers of Luo Zhengjun.Although not many died on the spot, since they did not escape and fell into the hands of the defenders in the city, it was no different from death.

"I am too angry!"

Han Sui roared angrily, wishing he could split this damn thief open with a single knife.

The sneak attack that was originally foolproof not only failed, but also lost soldiers and generals, so how can we not be angry.

Cheng Ying has been hiding behind the ground, and at this time when he asked Ming about the attack on the city, he could only let out a long sigh, "I have heard that the Northern Army is a truly elite army of hundreds of battles, and it really deserves its reputation. Now that the sneak attack has failed, we can only Return to Yunwu and make another plan."

Han Sui gritted his teeth and said, "I intend to summon an army to defeat Lingju, and to hate with blood!"

"My lord can't do it!"

Cheng Ying was shocked and said: "At the moment, the defenders are already on guard. If they want to break it by force, they may consume power and energy. Besides, Luo Zheng went to the White Grass Beach to meet the alliance and may return at any time. What's more worrying is , Ma Teng has been eyeing the lord covetously, if the lord summons an army to besiege Lingju, and Ma Teng takes the opportunity to lead the army to invade, the situation will be in danger!"

Han Sui vomited blood and said: "Our army has an insider who opened the city gate, but failed to break through the Lingju. It's a shame! If you don't break the Lingju, you will be ashamed with blood, and Luo Zheng's foundation will be completely wiped out. What do you want me to do?" Can rest assured!"

The rest of the generals also clamored to break the order, to be ashamed with blood.

There is no way, this battle is too aggrieved.

Even after fighting with Ma Teng for several years, he has never been so aggrieved.

Under the circumstances of the troops occupying and disturbing, another internal response opened the city gate to welcome him, but he was actually driven out by the Lingju defenders.

No one can bear such aggrieved things.

Cheng Ying said anxiously: "This is absolutely impossible, my lord, think twice!"

Han Sui's face was cloudy and uncertain, and his chest started to rage for a while, then he shook his arm resentfully, and said unwillingly: "What Gongying said is true, Ma Teng is the general's confidant, and it is really inappropriate to act rashly now. But , Our army took advantage of Luo Zheng'er's visit to the White Grass Beach to meet the alliance and sent troops to attack Lingju. It has completely torn his face. Although this general is not afraid of Luo Zheng'er, if he and Ma Teng join forces to attack, I am afraid that it will be a lot of trouble. Does Gongying have a good strategy to deal with it?"

Cheng Ying was eager to find any good strategy, so he could only say: "My lord, why don't you return to Yunwu first and then make a decision!"

Han Sui sighed, and sighed, "That's the only way!"

Looking back at Lingju City where the torches were brightly lit, his eyes were full of unwillingness.

(End of this chapter)