Chapter 2: Tianwei (Four and Four)

Racing the river, nonsense, and a hero! It is the elite cavalry that An Lushan trained all his family. The soldiers were all wearing double armor, and they were not allowed to command the generals without relatives and nobles. At the most critical moment of the war, they would slam out. As soon as they came out, they would instantly lock in the victory.

From Yuyang to Chang'an, with the more than a thousand swaying river in his hand, Sun Xiaozhe has crushed many opponents. But today, he pinched the red flag in his hand and was reluctant to use this killer weapon.

Nowadays, it is too rare to find an opponent who dares to fight with him. When he thinks that he will soon return to his past days of winning without even beating a war drum, Sun Xiaozhe felt boring. Good things should be tasted slowly and cannot be swallowed in one bite. Otherwise, for a long time, his heart will feel empty and unbreakable.

The mount under the crotch seemed to feel the mood of the master, "光..." and shouted a few times to show urging. Sun Xiaozhe shook his head and smiled, handed the order flag to his personal soldiers for temporary storage, and continued to turn his eyes to the center of the battlefield. The situation in the center of the battlefield was still unclear, and the shadows of countless people and horses were swaying and stumbled in the dark yellow smoke and dust. Due to excessive blood stains, a light purple color had faintly revealed on the edge of the smoke and dust. Just like the autumn sunset on the grassland outside the border, with a bit of desolation in its splendor.

In the desolate smoke and dust of twilight, countless people are fighting each other. Horse hooves stomp the flesh and blood, and blades cut off muscles and bones and necks. Crossbows break through the air, weapons hit, wounded cry, and war horses whine. Various sounds are intertwined, playing the most exciting and most gorgeous music in the world. It is a melody written entirely by life. No one can understand it except the general who has fought for the rest of his life.

By the sound alone, Sun Xiaozhe could not tell which ones were his elite cavalry and which ones were the opponent's minions on the battlefield. If he stared with his eyes and observed carefully, he could find that the central part of the smoke and dust was slightly lighter than the two sides, and the density was not as thick as the two sides. That was the position where General Zhou Rui, Dingnan, led the cavalry to penetrate just now. Now there are only corpses of people and horses, and there are no living things. A further place opposite to this place should be Wang Xun's central army, who is now strangling with Zhou Rui's cavalry, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner.

Through the dark yellow smoke and dust, Sun Xiaozhe could not see the specific situation of the opponent. However, based on his past experience, he could also guess a rough idea. In terms of military strength, the number of troops in the enemy seemed to be slightly more abundant than Zhou Rui's troops, but most of them were infantry. When fighting on the plains, infantry could not gain any advantage. Even if they had a weapon like a crossbow, they also had no advantage in front of elite cavalry. As long as the cavalry was distanced from each other, the crossbow arrows could be shot without effect. Aiming and firing was a legendary skill. It is hard to imagine a archer who could quickly pull the bowstring while aiming at a high-speed moving target despite the roaring team.

"Wuwu-Wuwu-Wuwu--Wuwu---Wuwu--Wuwu--Wuwu--Wuwu-" "Wuwu---Wuwu---Wuwu--Wuwu-" Two high-pitched horns came from the other side of the smoke and dust and came into his ears. It was the sound of the Anxi Army's horn to mobilize troops. It was probably Wang Xun's kid who was going to fight desperately. Sun Xiaozhe nodded and continued to check the movements on the battlefield. His eyes passed through the thick smoke and dust, and he vaguely felt a bright lightning flash on the opposite side, followed by another bright lightning. Then, the rumbling thunder sounded, shaking the ground under his feet trembled slightly.

"Slush!" The mount under the crotch roared uneasy, raised its front hooves, and kicked around. Sun Xiaozhe suddenly felt a warning in his heart, pulled the reins of the horse hard, controlled the mount under the crotch. Then he widened his eyes and watched carefully.

His eyes were still blocked by the dark yellow smoke and dust that stretched across the center of the battlefield, and there was no change from the center to the sides. However, the low and monotonous thunder became clearer and chilling.

It is not thunder, it is the war drum of the Anxi Army. This elite army who returned from the Western Regions usually uses the horn sound as a command, and rarely uses the war drum. However, it is so thrilling when you hit it.

"Dongdong!" "Dongdong!" "Dongdongdong!" "Dongdongdong!" "Dongdongdong!" The drum sounds are very different, but each sound is very firm. It seems that as soon as you knock it, you would rather die with the enemy than look back.

"Dongdong!" "Dongdongdong!" "Dongdongdong!"

"Dongdong!" "Dongdongdong!" "Dongdongdong!"

"Dongdong!" "Dongdongdong!" "Dongdongdong!"

The drums were wave after wave, slowly moving forward from a very distant place. There was no stop or change, monotonous and low, and it was almost breathless. This drum sound made Sun Xiaozhe very uneasy, but he could not tell what was going on opposite sides. While he was confused, two scouts returned from the right side of the battlefield, bowed and reported loudly: "Report to the General, the enemy led a big camel and tried to delay General Zhou's attack!"

"Camel?" Sun Xiaozhe was stunned, with an incredible face. Although the camel is not common in Yuyang, it is not a rare thing. In terms of sensitivity and sprinting speed, it is far inferior to that of Liaodong horses. The only benefit is that they are obedient and easy to control. Therefore, when the caravan encounters horse thieves, they often use camels to form a meat wall to block the horse thieves' attack. Then they find ways to light up the wolf smoke and ask the nearby garrison for help, or give some of their property and ask the horse thieves to give high prices.

Wang Xun, who returned from the Western Regions, used the camel formation to deal with cavalry attacks when his troops were insufficient. At least, the speed advantage of Zhou Rui and his cavalry would be offset in front of the flesh-and-blooded wall formed by camels. But that would not change the situation on the entire battlefield. After all, Zhou Rui and his cavalry were all experienced in many battles.

Before he could figure out the problem, more than a dozen scouts responsible for guarding the battlefield rushed over. The leader was a small school, who leaned down from afar and reported panting: "Report, report to General Zhou, General Zhou Rui, General Zhou Rui was not fighting!"

"What?!" Sun Xiaozhe could hardly believe his ears. "You say it again, what's wrong with General Zhou Rui?!"

"General Zhou Rui was killed by the enemy general!" The scout's junior school clamped his horse and repeated loudly.

"Damn our morale, it's damn!" Sun Xiaozhe raised his hand and stabbed the scout under the horse. "I am the commander, you are waiting to monitor the movements of the outside world. I have ordered you to observe the movements on the battlefield. How could General Zhou Rui die in battle? You must have read it wrong and come back to report it randomly!"

The remaining scouts immediately pushed the horse away to avoid being killed. Their mission today was indeed to monitor the movements and situations of the battlefield, in case Wang Xun had any reinforcements coming quietly. But no one expected that everyone did not see the enemy's reinforcements, but saw a scene that would never be forgotten in this life.

After General Zhou Rui of Dingnan drilled through the enemy and us who were fighting in the middle of the battlefield, he rushed straight to the Anxi Army's flag. The young commander of the Anxi Army not only did not send people to intercept him, but instead sent most of the cavalry in his hand and rushed to the left wing of General Sun. At that time, only hundreds of guards and more than 2,000 infantrymen were left beside him, and it was impossible to block General Zhou Rui's thrust of General Zhou Rui. Just as everyone thought that he was sure to win, hundreds of camels were driven out after the Anxi Army's central army, and they wailed and knelt in front of the military formation.

Camel Wall! The caravan’s tricks against horse thieves are basically a formation that only gets beaten but doesn’t fight back! In Yuyang, in order to raise military funds for An Jiedu, the scouts would occasionally disguise themselves as horse thieves, and were not unfamiliar with the advantages and weaknesses of Camel Wall. So they only sent two people back to report the message, hoping to make their coach smile.

Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed! General Zhou Rui, who was blocked by the camel formation, had to change his original intention, lower the speed of the war horse, and concentrate his strength to find a breakthrough. The cunning Anxi Army first attacked General Zhou's troops with feather arrows through the camel wall, and then threw out a large number of spears, causing Zhou Rui's troops to suffer a heavy blow. General Zhou Rui was forced to lead his subordinates to slowly retreat in order to adjust their strategies and find a new breakthrough point. However, Anxi Army suddenly pushed the camel away and took big steps to kill him.

Four hundred infantrymen, each carrying a Mo Dao about a meter long in his hand. He stepped on the low drum beats and approached the people of General Dingnan Zhou Rui step by step. As soon as the two sides contacted each other, the outcome was immediately clear. General Zhou Rui and his guards and their men and horses were cut into pieces, and their flesh and blood flew up and spread throughout the sky.

"Dongdong!" "Dongdongdong!" "Dongdongdong!"

"Dongdong!" "Dongdongdong!" "Dongdongdong!"

The drums were like thunder, wave after wave. The sword light was like snow, wave after wave. The cavalry of Zhou Rui, who had lost his speed advantage and led the commander, was completely stunned and had little idea of ​​how to resist. The local battlefield, which was originally evenly matched, immediately turned into a one-sided slaughterhouse. The formerly invincible Yuyang cavalry became lambs to be slaughtered, and the butchers of the Anxi Army, led by their commander Wang Xun, raised their butcher knives high and had no mercy.

"Dongdong!" "Dongdongdong!" "Dongdongdong!",

"Dongdong!" "Dongdongdong!" "Dongdongdong!"

The monotonous and low sound of war drums passed through the heavy smoke and dust and entered Sun Xiaozhe's ears, getting closer and closer, becoming clearer and clearer. He knew that the school could not deliberately deceive him, but at this moment, he had to deceive everyone around him. "Come on, take these cowards to me!"

"No!" Immediately, dozens of confidants rushed over, dragging the scouts who were shouting for justice off the horse and tied them up. Sun Xiaozhe ignored the shouts of several victims, grabbed the red flag from his personal soldiers, and raised it high: "Tray the river, follow me and attack!"

"Roll!" The yellohe, who had already been waiting for itchy bones, cheered loudly, and raised the iron mace, hammer and mace, "Ahhh----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter completed!