Chapter 11: Seizing the Flag in Front of the Battlefield, Killing People and Destroying Their Hearts
The setting sun is like blood.
Thousands of rays of light penetrated the majestic city wall buildings and sprinkled on the vast battlefield outside Dragon City.
Three thousand Longcheng cavalry and four thousand Yunhui Army cavalry were arrayed more than a thousand steps apart, all in a wedge formation commonly used when the cavalry of the two armies fought.
Chen Huaian, the commander of the Longcheng cavalry holding Fangtian's painted halberd, and Chang Chenghu, the cavalry commander of the Yunhui Army holding a horse spear, respectively leaped forward on their horses and stood proudly at the head of the wedge formation, becoming the single arrows of the cavalry charge.
The battle was imminent, and many war horses seemed to smell the smell of death in the air and kept raising their front hooves and roaring in grief.
The cavalry soldiers of the two armies on horseback were obviously used to such war scenes. They were not cowardly and would not flinch. They just stared at the opposite side with cold eyes and silently clenched the swords and guns in their hands.
The distance of more than a thousand steps deliberately left by both sides was enough for the horses under their hips to speed up and sprint.
Just waiting for the command from the master, you can ride your horse, whip and spear like a dragon on horseback to achieve immortal feats.
On the tower, a thick and powerful drum beat sounded again.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Accompanied by the trumpet of the expedition, the two heavy gates of Longcheng Yongding Gate slowly closed again, and the suspension bridge spanning both sides of the moat was once again winched to hang high above the moat.
At the same time, Chen Huaian raised his Fangtian painted halberd with one arm and pointed it directly at the enemy army, shouting angrily: "The generals of the rogue army must obey the order. If we don't defeat the rogue army, we will never return it!"
"I swear I won't return it until I break the bandit army!"
"I swear I won't return it until I break the bandit army!"
"I swear I won't return it until I break the bandit army!"
Three thousand dragon city cavalry roared in unison, swallowing mountains and rivers with anger.
Chang Chenghu, the leader of the Yunhui Army, was not to be outdone. He pointed his finger and shouted: "The generals of the Yunhui Army will obey the order and follow my general to kill the enemy chiefs and put down the rebellion!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
The four thousand cavalrymen of the Yunhui Army who had made a long-distance attack were in low morale and slightly lacking in momentum.
The next moment, the generals of the two armies galloped their horses and whips at the same time, pointing their swords directly at the opposite side.
Kick, kick, kick!
Kick, kick, kick!
Kick, kick, kick!
In an instant, the sound of iron hoofs shook the sky.
The cavalry of the two armies were like two moving torrents of steel, sweeping in with the force of thunder and wind.
The battle flags rustled in the wind, the cold light of lacquer guns and long knives flashed alternately in the setting sun, and the neighing of war horses and the roars of soldiers intertwined into a magnificent and fierce war symphony.
In the blink of an eye, two violent moving torrents collided together as expected, and the hoarse shouts of death and the fierce collision of swords, guns, swords and halberds made the sound of metal collision.
As the main generals of the two armies, Chen Huaian and Chang Chenghu also met without any suspense in front of the formation with a single arrow guiding the cavalry charge.
Chen Huaian held Fang Tian's painted halberd and galloped over on a yellow gelding in golden armor. A cold light suddenly appeared, and then the spear came out like a dragon sweeping away fallen leaves in the autumn wind and slashed Chang Chenghu.
Faced with a thunderous strike from Chen Huaian, the good-for-nothing prince in the eyes of the world, Chang Chenghu on horseback was shocked, but he had no choice but to raise his horse and draw his gun to resist.
Clang!
There was a crisp sound that was shocking.
It was the metallic collision sound caused by the violent collision between the Fangtian painted halberd in Chen Huaian's hand and the horse spear in Chang Chenghu's hand.
At this moment, Chang Chenghu felt as if a thousand kilograms of force fell from the sky, causing his mouth to split open. The pain gnawed at his heart, and his hands could no longer hold the slender pole.
This pole followed him in more than ten years of battle, and the horse that picked off no less than a hundred enemy generals on horseback also flew down and disappeared.
Before Chang Chenghu could sigh and take a breath, Chen Huaian, who transformed into the god of war, once again waved the Fang Tian painted halberd in his hand and stabbed Chang Chenghu straight.
This halberd seemed to gather all the power in the world.
Seeing this, Chang Chenghu's heart skipped a beat, but he had no time to draw out his sword to resist. He had no choice but to secretly say that he might fall into Chen Huaian's hands today, and then he closed his eyes as if resigned to his fate.
The last image reflected in his eyes was the sharp halberd blade stabbing him like autumn frost.
However, the cold and stinging feeling that Chang Chenghu imagined as the halberd blade pierced the armor and penetrated his body did not appear.
On the contrary, his whole body seemed to have been hit hard by something, and it flew straight away.
boom!
The next moment, Chang Chenghu fell off his horse and fell to the ground.
The violent vibrations in his chest and the pain of his ribs being broken clearly told him that he had been hit hard by something just now.
Chang Chenghu endured the severe pain and opened his eyes to see Chen Huaian riding on the back of a yellow gelding, holding Fang Tian's painted halberd with one arm and smiling meaningfully at him.
Then, the tip of the halberd pointed domineeringly: "Take the bandit army's banner!"
"I obey the king's orders!"
The Eighteen Horsemen of Longcheng, who were wearing silver armor and holding Mo Dao to personally protect Chen Huaian, immediately took the order, rode their horses and wielded their swords towards the banner symbolizing the location of General Yunhui's army.
At this time, there were still more than 200 Yunhui Army cavalry guarding Dahu in the melee.
But these soldiers had just witnessed with their own eyes that the general Chang Chenghu was easily defeated by Chen Huaian.
If the latter hadn't deliberately shown mercy, their leader Chang Chenghu would have already become a dead soul under the halberd blade at this moment.
The generals were all kicked off their horses, so how could the soldiers still have morale?
Faced with the flag-capturing behavior of the Eighteen Riders of the Silver Armored Dragon City, the demoralized Yunhui Army Cavalry had long since lost the courage to resist, and could only flee in embarrassment and blindly carrying the big banner.
Upon seeing this, the Eighteen Cavalrymen of Dragon City immediately changed into an inverted triangle offensive formation.
He stretched the Mo Dao in his hand backwards, with the blade facing outward and the spine facing inward, biting the enemy troops guarding the Yunhui Army's banner and fleeing in a panic like a wolf entering a flock of sheep.
He caught up with a group, the blade swept past, and the horses and men were shattered, and he continued to ride forward.
He caught up with another group, and the blade swept past again, and another group of horses and men were shattered.
Chang Chenghu, the commander of the Yunhui Army's vanguard troops, fell off his horse and was heartbroken. He watched helplessly as the 18 riders of Longcheng unilaterally harvested his own flag-guarding soldiers.
Until the last soldier carrying the banner was chopped in half by a silver-armored warrior.
Another silver-armored warrior who came later cut off the banner symbolizing the commander of the Yunhui Army with a knife, and Chang Chenghu, who was lying on the ground, could no longer hold back and spit out a mouthful of blood.
The main general fell off his horse and the flag was seized, which caused the Yunhui Army, which had been attacking from afar, to scatter like birds and beasts in an instant.
On the huge battlefield, only the ownerless war horses and seriously injured soldiers were left wailing alone and crying to the sky.
Chen Huaian rode the yellow horse to the dying Chang Chenghu, raised the tip of the Fang Tian Huaji and lifted the chin of the defeated general Chang Chenghu, looking down at him.
"Chen Huaian, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. I, Chang Chenghu, admit defeat today that I have fallen into your hands. You can kill me or chop me up as you please!"
Chang Chenghu was also tough. He forced himself to get up and stand in front of Chen Huaian. He looked up at this waste in the eyes of the world and said word by word:
"But I don't accept it. If it weren't for my carelessness and underestimation of the enemy, and the Yunhui Army under my command had attacked from afar, it would be uncertain who would win!"
Haha!
Chen Huaian laughed loudly and sneered: "Chang Chenghu, Chang Chenghu, I find that you Yunhui Army are indeed birds of a feather. From top to bottom, you are just stubborn. Wu Fengxian is like this, and so are you!"
"You can't even last a round in my hands, and you still dare to speak nonsense here?"
After a pause, Chen Huaian continued with domineering: "Well, I will spare your life today, go back and tell your master Wu Qingyun a message-"
"Tell him that twenty years ago, my father beat him with a hundred military sticks in front of the three armies and he couldn't get out of bed for a month.
Twenty years later, it was as easy as taking something out of a bag for me to seize his general flag in front of the three armies. His 100,000 Yunhui Army is just a group of chickens and dogs in my eyes!"
As he said, Chen Huaian waved his hand and ordered: "Come on, bring Wu Fengxian's dog head to General Chang!"
Boom!
The next moment, a cavalryman of the Po Lu Army threw a head wrapped in white cloth in front of Chang Chenghu.
Chen Huaian smiled and said, "Chang Chenghu, didn't you just ask me where I took Wu Fengxian? Now I will give you your Major General back!"
After saying that, Chen Huaian rode away without looking back, but he did not return to the city, but led the Longcheng Iron Cavalry to the north of the city.
Chang Chenghu looked at the Po Lu Army cavalryman who disappeared on the battlefield in dismay, and then frantically picked up the head wrapped in bloody white cloth from the ground and carefully pulled the cloth away.
"Ah——"
"Major General!"
Chang Chenghu screamed, and after pulling away the white cloth, what was revealed was the head of Wu Fengxian, the Major General of the Yunhui Army, who died with his eyes open.