Chapter 9 Three Thousand Cavalrymen, Breaking Through the Formation and Marching Out
Outside Longcheng, in the Yunhui Army.
Deputy General Chang Chenghu was restless, his eyelids twitching, and he always felt that something big was going to happen.
He rode his warhorse back and forth on both sides of the suspension bridge hanging high above the moat, and from time to time he looked at Longcheng with his hands on the awning and the closed gates.
At this time, it had been almost an hour since Wu Fengxian, the vanguard commander of the Yunhui Army, led his troops into the city to receive the military tokens and the seals of the Longcheng defenders.
On the battlements of the city wall, the four-clawed yellow dragon flag symbolizing the Po Lu Army was still hanging high, and the figures of Major General Wu Fengxian and the imperial envoy Sun Heling were not seen on the tower.
The sun was setting, and it was getting dark.
After thinking it over again and again, Chang Chenghu finally decided to order a strong attack on Longcheng. Even if he was later accused of "treason" by the old man Sun Heling, he could never sit idly by and watch the Major General fall into danger.
Otherwise, if Wu Fengxian really had any mishap under Chang Chenghu's nose, the general would probably have to chop him off on the spot tomorrow.
Chang Chenghu still knew which was more important, dying immediately or possibly dying later.
"Messenger, pass on this general's order, the Yunhui Army stationed in Jubeichuan will set out immediately and must arrive in Longcheng within an hour!"
"Got it!"
"Front Army, Central Army, Left and Right Yuhou Army, listen to my order: Cavalry dismount and prepare for battle, infantry prepare siege equipment, follow me to attack Longcheng and rescue the young general!"
"I obey the order!"
Following the military orders from the deputy commander Chang Chenghu, the entire Yunhui Army vanguard immediately took action, the messenger galloped straight to the temporary camp in Jubeichuan, and the rest of the troops prepared siege equipment step by step.
Just as the soldiers of the vanguard of the Yunhui Army were nervously and orderly connecting the flying bridge across the river and preparing to force their way across the moat outside Longcheng, the two heavy wooden doors of Yongding Gate of Longcheng were slowly pushed open from inside the city.
Then, the suspension bridge hanging high above the moat began to slowly descend, and finally, with a "boom", it spanned across the two sides of the moat, reconstructing a passage connecting the inside and outside of Longcheng.
Seeing this, Chang Chenghu hurriedly ordered: "Pass the order down, all armies stop preparing for the siege and stay alert!"
As he spoke, a tall figure wearing golden armor slowly rode out of Yongding Gate. The yellow horse he rode under his crotch was also wearing golden armor, majestic and extraordinary.
Following closely behind were eighteen knights wearing silver armor, holding Mo Dao and wearing black veils. The horses under their crotch were all wearing silver armor, shining with silver light and aggressive.
Then, there was a sea of black armored cavalrymen riding out of the city in an orderly manner from Yongding Gate, carrying swords and wearing armor, coming fiercely and murderously.
Oh no, Chen Huaian is planning to rebel, the young general is in danger!
Chang Chenghu's heart skipped a beat, and he recognized at a glance that the first person to ride out of the city on a golden armored yellow horse was Chen Huaian, the former prince of Jin, who was renamed the King of Beihai by the emperor and exiled to the extremely cold and barren land in the north!
"Quick, quick, order the cavalry to put on armor and mount their horses to meet the enemy!"
In an instant, Chang Chenghu was sweating coldly and fearful.
He was at least a deputy general in the Yunhui Army, and he knew very well that once the iron cavalry of the Po Lu Army under Chen Huaian rushed up, the 10,000 troops under his command who had lost the protection of the cavalry would not be able to stop him at all, and then it would be a massacre.
He and his 10,000 Yunhui Army were responsible for the massacre, while Chen Huaian and the iron cavalry of the Po Lu Army were responsible for the massacre!
Chang Chenghu never dreamed that Chen Huaian, with only 8,000 soldiers, would dare to lead his troops out of the city to attack, disrupting all his deployments.
In the imagination of Chang Chenghu, Wu Qingyun, the general of the Northwest, and his advisers, they did not fail to consider that Chen Huaian would disobey the order, or even go desperate to fight against the court.
For this reason, Wu Qingyun, the general of the Northwest, mobilized 100,000 troops from the three towns of the Northwest under the instruction of the current emperor Zhao Gan and approached Longcheng in three routes to cut off all the escape routes of Chen Huaian and the 8,000 Po Lu troops.
They simulated on the sand table that Chen Huaian led his troops to abandon the city overnight and flee to the Western Regions to make a living;
They also simulated that Chen Huaian defended the city to the death, fought like a trapped beast, and finally the city was destroyed and people died after a bloody battle;
They also simulated that Chen Huaian endured humiliation and suffered the hardships of King Goujian of Yue, went to Beihai to be enfeoffed and then slowly planned;
They even simulated the possible way out that Xu Ruoyun, the eldest daughter of the Duke of the previous dynasty and the Princess of Jin, might seek for Chen Huaian;
But they never thought that in the Great Xin Dynasty where "martial arts are respected", Chen Huaian, a waste who has not made any achievements on horseback for so many years, actually had the courage and courage to take the initiative to go out of the city and attack the Yunhui Army with only 8,000 remnants of the Po Lu Army.
They didn't believe that the 8,000 Po Lu Army soldiers would be united, and dared to follow Chen Huaian to rebel and fight against the court at the risk of killing all their clans when they knew that they were alone and without help.
However, the facts were in front of him, and Chang Chenghu couldn't help but believe it.
It just so happens that the weak and useless prince Chen Huaian, who is regarded as a father of a tiger and a son of a dog in the eyes of the world, has led the remnants of the Po Lu Army to take the initiative to line up outside the city to fight against the vanguard of the Yunhui Army, which was ordered to take over the Longcheng military token and city defense.
Chang Chenghu initially estimated that there were more than 3,000 Po Lu cavalrymen who followed Chen Huaian out of the city to line up, which should be the last cavalry unit in the Po Lu Army.
Chen Huaian has sent out all his elite troops this time, and it seems that he is going to fight to the death!
Three thousand cavalrymen against ten thousand infantry and cavalry, logically speaking, the advantage lies with the Yunhui Army led by Chang Chenghu.
But at this moment, Chang Chenghu was very alert and did not dare to relax at all.
First, the death of Major General Wu Feng was uncertain, and the Yunhui Army was afraid to act rashly;
Secondly, Chang Chenghu must also understand the principle of "the soldiers who mourn will win";
Furthermore, he had just ordered the cavalry to dismount and prepare to attack the city, although as soon as he realized that something was wrong, he immediately ordered the cavalry to put on armor and mount their horses to meet the enemy.
But it takes time to move up and down the formation, and Chen Huaian and the Polu Army on the opposite side will not give him this time.
Sure enough, the Polu Army cavalry across from them started to move as they spoke!
Seeing this, Chang Chenghu was horrified.
But at this moment, the battle between the two armies was imminent. In order to stabilize the morale of the troops, Chang Chenghu, as the commander of the army, could only forcefully give up the idea of galloping and running away.
Instead, he raised his voice and shouted to Chen Huaian and the Polu army on the other side of the moat in order to distract the other party's attention and buy time for his own cavalry to mount their horses and prepare for war.
"Chen Huaian, where did you take our Major General?"
Chang Chenghu roared, but found that no one on the other side paid any attention to him. There were only the sounds of the horses' iron hooves hitting the ground and the snorts from time to time.
He continued to shout: "Chen Huaian, do you know what this means?"
Still no answer.
Chang Chenghu said again: "Chen Huaian, you disobey the decree and openly raise troops to fight against the imperial court. You are guilty of conspiracy, which is a serious crime against the nine tribes!"
"Commanders of the Polu Army, are you determined to follow Chen Huaian in conspiring against the imperial court?
This move by Chen Huaian will lead you to death. Think of your wives, children, and children!
It's still too late to rein in the situation now, otherwise when the Yunhui army arrives tomorrow, you will be left with the only dead end of all nine tribes killing you! "
"Now, I, Chang Chenghu, as the deputy general of the Yunhui Army, promise you that as long as you put down your weapons and surrender to the Yunhui Army on the spot, I promise to leave the past to all the Polu Army brothers.
If you are willing to join Yunhui's army, everyone will be promoted to three levels in a row! "
"If anyone can capture the traitor Chen Huaian alive, he will be rewarded with ten thousand gold and be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"
“Even if you are alive, even those who are dead will count!”
Chang Chenghu's voice was hoarse from shouting, and there was still no response from the Polu army on the opposite side. Three thousand cavalry had already assembled into a wild goose formation.
I saw Chen Huaian, who was wearing a golden battle armor and holding a Fangtian Painted Halberd, leading the way. With one arm raised flat, the Fangtian Painted Halberd, which was about one foot and two feet long and weighed about a hundred kilograms, was pointed directly at the vanguard of the Yunhui Army who hadtily formed to fight outside the city. , standing proudly at the head of the wild goose formation.
At the same time, a deep and powerful drumbeat suddenly sounded from the gate tower of Dragon City.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The person beating the drum was surprisingly the former Jin Dynasty Princess Xu Ruoyun, who usually kept her fingers clean.
Her two arms, as slender as white jade, flew up and down, and the drumsticks repeatedly hit the cowhide drum surface, silently telling the mother's passionate mood when sending her son off to war.
Immediately afterwards, there were more sounds of musical instruments beating on the tower.
There are drum bowls (instruments similar to copper bowls) that are clear and loud to accompany the performance of the big drums, war drums that have a rich and powerful tone to enhance the rhythm, bamboo flutes that play clear and moving melodies, and gongs that create an atmosphere and musical effect for the entire performance. .
In addition, there were dozens of royal ladies dressed as men, playing flutes, shengs, wind instruments and other instruments, and some played guzhengs and pipas to accompany the performance.
The large drum played by Xu Ruoyun, the former princess of the Jin Dynasty, was taken as the leading role, and was supplemented by drum bowls, war drums, bamboo flutes, guzheng, pipa, Xiao, sheng, pipes, gongs and other musical instruments in the hands of the royal family members.
On top of the Dragon City Tower, an impassioned and majestic song "The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Formation" was played for Jin King Chen Huaian and the soldiers of the Polu Army who were about to conquer the south.
Accompanying the music of "The King of Qin's Breaking the Formation" was played, there were also thousands of soldiers of the Polu army standing at the crenellations of the city wall chanting "Fengtian Jingdi Dibu Niwen" in unison:
"I, Chen Huaian, the eldest son of King Chen Polu of Jin, and the Crown Prince of Jin who was personally conferred by Emperor Gaozu. Since I was granted the title, I have abided by the law, been loyal to the emperor, and patriotic;"
"The new emperor succeeded to the throne and favored traitors. He allowed Wu Qingyun, Chang Chenghu and other traitors to confuse the government and the public, and acted in the opposite direction. If the traitors are not eliminated, the country will not be protected;"
"Now, in accordance with the late emperor's edict, I hold the golden whip given to me to beat the king to provide peace to heaven. I raise my troops to fight against the rebels, eliminate the traitors, clear the emperor's side, stabilize the country, consolidate the foundation of the country, and restore the bright future of our Daxin Dynasty!"
At the same time, Chen Huaian shouted: "Polu army officers and soldiers listen to the order——"
"The general is here!"
More than three thousand Dragon City cavalry responded in unison.
Chen Huaian: "Follow me out of the city to meet the enemy, conquer the south to conquer the rebels, and kill the traitor Chang Chenghu!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"