A knife in love

Chapter 753

Cao Bin, Yang Ye, and Yang Yanzhao are all generals in charge of the army, proficient in the art of war, and good at arranging troops.Seeing the sudden appearance of the skeleton cavalry at this time, they naturally wanted to charge with the horse army, and all three of them were terrified.Cao Bin said to Yang Ye: "During the Changping War, the main force of Zhao's cavalry did not participate in the battle. How could there be so many skeleton cavalry suddenly appearing? This is a bit strange."

Yang Yanzhao said: "It seems that there are more than 1000 horse troops on the opposite side. During the Changping War, although the main force of the Zhao Army cavalry did not go south to join the battle, there were still several thousand horse troops among the more than [-] Zhao troops. Before that, we Take a closer look, whether these Zhao army cavalry, or the Qin army cavalry that was wiped out in the town before, none of them had stirrups. It can cooperate with infantry and chariot troops. When Qin and Zhao fought in Changping, there was no large-scale cavalry confrontation between the two sides. The most important battle that cavalry participated in was the [-] Qin army's light cavalry and light chariots The soldiers detoured to the back of the Zhao army and cut off the Zhao army's food road. Presumably, this Qin army also used horsepower to attack long distances. After cutting off the food road, it became an infantry army..."

Listening to Yang Yanzhao's eloquent talk, Li Qiufeng actually talked about the situation during the Changping War in detail, and thought to himself: "This sixth general will be one of the famous generals of the Song Dynasty in the future, but his words are a bit long-winded. At such a critical juncture, he did not It’s really puzzling to talk about the past in such a leisurely manner.”

Situ Qiao didn't understand why Yang Yanzhao suddenly brought up the past events, so he asked, "General Yang, do these things you mentioned have anything to do with the current situation?"

Yang Yanzhao said: "Mr. Situ is not in the army, maybe he doesn't know one thing. If cavalrymen don't have stirrups to help them, they can only rely on their legs to clamp the horse's belly to sit firmly on the horse. Therefore, they are powerless to fight on the horse. In the Eastern Han Dynasty In the past, although cavalry was used for surprise attacks, they seldom head-to-head. At that time, the generals of various countries either used cavalry to directly capture the opponent's central army and kill the enemy's commander, or used cavalry to attack in a detour and cut off the enemy's food road. .But the Skeleton King gathered his cavalry in one place and wanted to surprise us, isn't it strange?"

Situ Qiao curled his lips and said, "What's so strange about this? Although I don't know the art of war, I also know that there are only ten of us. Naturally, the Skeleton King doesn't need to use any tactics. He only needs to gather the cavalry in one place and fight together. Charge forward, we are more than willing to deal with the onslaught of thousands of cavalry."

Yang Yanzhao shook his head, and said: "There is a saying in the art of war, ten is to encircle, five is to attack, and double is to divide. Right now, the skeleton soldiers are a thousand times larger than ours, and it stands to reason that we should have surrounded us long ago. But this The Skeleton King lined up on one side and did not separate his troops to encircle us. Isn’t it strange? When the Skeleton infantry attacked just now, they huddled together in a disorderly manner. It was definitely not the work of a famous general. At this time, they concentrated their horses The army intends to attack head-on, which is completely contrary to the strategy of the book of war. Mr. Situ, what do you think this skeleton king wants to do?"

Situ Qiao looked bewildered, shook his head, and said, "The more you talk, the more confused I become..."

Yang Yanzhao knew that he didn't understand, so he continued without waiting for Situ Qiao to finish speaking: "If my guess is correct, this Skeleton King is not an army commander at all. This person commands randomly, and we just take the opportunity to kill him. As long as we get rid of Skeleton King , the skeleton soldiers must be in chaos, and we can take the opportunity to escape."

When Yang Yanzhao finished speaking, everyone was startled.Changsun Guangming and the others turned their heads and looked across, only to see thousands of skeleton soldiers almost crowding the entire basin, with knives and guns in their hands like a forest.At this time and place, it is not easy for everyone to protect themselves, but Yang Yanzhao wants to take the Skeleton King directly in the army of thousands of horses. How is it different from an idiot's dream?

Yang Yanzhao saw the strange expressions on everyone's faces, and made it clear that he took his words as crazy.He was about to say more, but he heard the sound of drums on the opposite side, shaking the whole field.Everyone's heart trembled, and they all looked out of the courtyard.I saw the Skeleton King holding the sword high in his hand, and charged forward on his horse.The thousands of horsemen behind him followed up, trampling the ground with iron hooves, smoke and dust rose all around, and the momentum was extremely alarming.

Everyone saw the skeleton cavalry rushing over, but they didn't have time to argue, they all hid behind the stone wall, and only waited for the cavalry to rush forward, they would fight with all their strength.Hearing the sound of horseshoes getting closer, Monk Xuanji suddenly stood up, raised a stone with his right hand, and threw it straight at the Skeleton King just like smashing the skeleton infantry before.

Unexpectedly, he just stood up, but he saw that the skeleton cavalry was more than twenty feet away.The skeleton soldiers on the horse had already bent their bows and set their arrows. When Monk Xuanji appeared, he heard a loud "swish" sound, and hundreds of feathered arrows shot straight at Monk Xuanji.

Monk Xuanji did not expect this to happen, although his martial arts are high, but he was shocked when faced with hundreds of feathered arrows.In the midst of his busy schedule, he made a move of "Iron Banqiao", and suddenly fell backwards.It's just that although he fell extremely fast, he felt severe pain in his shoulders. At the same time, countless gusts of cold wind passed very close to his face, and the sound of "Puff" continued, shooting all of them onto the ground in the courtyard.

Hearing a "plop", Monk Xuanji fell to the ground on his back.A feathered arrow hit each of the left and right shoulders, and the arrows penetrated several inches.Even Monk Xuanji was a top-notch expert, but at this moment he also yelled out in pain.

Yang Yanzhao saw that Monk Xuanji fell to the ground suddenly, his shoulders were injured, and he was unable to struggle to stand up.And the feathered arrows kept shooting from outside the stone wall, and several feathered arrows almost hit Monk Xuanji's body, but it was only a hair's breadth away.While dialing Yujian with the simple knife in his hand, Yang Yanzhao grabbed Monk Xuanji and dragged him behind the stone wall.The two leaned against the stone wall, Yang Yanzhao said: "Master hold back the pain, I will pull out the arrow!"

Monk Xuanji was already sweating profusely from the pain, so he reluctantly nodded.Yang Yanzhao tore off Monk Xuanji's shoulder shirt, held a feathered arrow in each hand, and lifted it upwards vigorously.Only monk Xuanji yelled, and Yang Yanzhao pulled out the feather arrow.It's just that after the arrow was pulled out, blood spattered from the wound.Yang Yanzhao had been prepared for a long time, and reached out his hand to take out the golden medicine from his bosom, and quickly sprinkled it on the wounds on Monk Xuanji's shoulders.

Yang Yanzhao accompanied Yang Ye to guard the northern border of the Han Kingdom, and had many confrontations with Khitan, so Jinchuang medicine was always carried with him.This gold-chuang medicine is a secret recipe of the Yang family, and it is extremely effective.Therefore, when it was sprinkled on Monk Xuanji's wound, there was a burst of burning pain at first, but in an instant, the wound was cooled down for a while.Monk Xuanji knew that the golden medicine was very effective, so he let go of his heart.

From Monk Xuanji being injured by an arrow to Yang Yanzhao applying the golden medicine for him, it was only a blink of an eye.At this time, the Skeleton King had rushed beyond the stone wall.The skeleton horse under his crotch was more than twice the size of an ordinary horse. Although it was not as big as the tiger Ah Er in Shajiabao, the difference was not very far.As soon as this person rode outside the stone wall, the people hiding behind the stone wall felt that the surroundings suddenly became dark, but it was because the Skeleton King and his mount were so tall that they even blocked the sky above their heads.

Seeing the aura of the Skeleton King, everyone was terrified.I saw the Skeleton King waving a huge bronze sword in his right hand and slashing straight at the top of everyone's heads.

The sword was powerful and heavy, and no one dared to block it with their weapons, they all hid to the left and right.At this moment, the Skeleton King's mount's front hooves raised, only to hear a "bang", the stone wall and broken stones flew randomly, and was kicked by the skeleton war horse's front hooves to make a wide gap.

Seeing the Skeleton King rushing into the courtyard one by one, everyone felt a chill in their hearts when they knew that they could no longer rely on the stone wall to resist the attack of the Skeleton Cavalry.

Only the sound of iron hoofs was heard, and in a blink of an eye, more than ten skeleton cavalry rushed over.It's just that the mounts of these skeleton soldiers are far less tall than the horses under the skeleton king's crotch, and they cannot jump over stone walls.Two skeleton horses tripped over the stone wall and fell to the ground. The horse's head and body fell to pieces immediately, struggling on the ground.The skulls of the two cavalry immediately fell into several pieces, and were then trampled into pieces by other skeleton horses.

In a short while, more than [-] skeleton cavalry rushed in from the yard.Li Qiufeng and others were separated by the skeleton cavalry and had to fight on their own.Fortunately, after the skeleton cavalry rushed into the yard, they put away their bows and arrows, and just hacked at everyone with the short sword in their hands.What everyone was most worried about was that the skeleton soldiers fired random arrows. At this time, they found that the skeleton soldiers were only hacking with short swords, and their hearts were relieved a lot.

Although Monk Xuanji applied the Yang family's golden medicine on the wound, but the injury was serious and he was unable to lift his arms.After the Skeleton King rushed into the courtyard, Yang Yanzhao protected Monk Xuanji and retreated to the firewood pile on the left side of the courtyard.The Skeleton King sat upright on the horse, with the huge bronze sword in his hand across the saddle, like a statue of a god, looking majestic.It's just that he didn't fight with the crowd, but just watched the skeleton cavalry pouring into the courtyard chasing and killing Li Qiufeng and others.

Yang Yanzhao brandished the simple knife and knocked down the skeleton cavalry who were besieged by the three cavalry one after another.He protected Monk Xuanji behind him, and while fighting the skeleton cavalry, he watched Yang Ye's situation carefully.But seeing Yang Ye standing in front of Cao Bin, the two had already retreated to the door of the thatched cottage.The Pu Dao in Yang Ye's hand was elusive, and every time he swung the sword, he would cut off the leg of a skeleton cavalry's mount, causing the cavalry on the horse to fall to the ground.Yang Ye conveniently added a knife, and chopped off the skull cavalryman's head.In a blink of an eye, five skeleton cavalrymen and their skeleton horses fell in front of the thatched house, and were trampled to the ground by other skeleton horses.

Seeing his father fighting desperately, Yang Yanzhao protected Cao Bin behind him even though he was struggling.Thinking of my father's teachings to me since I was a child, and later leading myself and my brothers to fight on the battlefield, every battle must be the first, and the retreat must be the last. This life can be said to have gone through hardships.Trapped in this place where there is neither yin nor yang, even if I risked my life, I wanted to blaze a trail for my father.Thinking of this, Yang Yanzhao fought towards the door of the cottage while protecting Monk Xuanji.

Li Qiufeng, Situ Qiao, Changsun Guangming, and Su Yan were surrounded by more than a dozen skeleton cavalry on the right side of the yard.The four of them stood back to back, each brandishing their weapons, fighting with the skeleton cavalry.During the fierce battle, Li Qiufeng was startled when he heard a cry of pain. He turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from, but saw that Han Li's forehead was struck by a short sword in the hand of a skeleton cavalry. He drew a sword from his side to block the dagger, which made Han Li escape with his life.Even so, the sword was as deep as an inch, causing Han Li to be seriously injured.I saw him wielding his sword to fight vigorously, but his face was covered with blood, and his appearance was extremely terrifying.

(End of this chapter)