Chapter 1463 The sound of drums in the city
The battle situation in the city was fierce, and the Beishan cavalry rushed forward and rushed towards the buildings on both sides. Although they were obstructed for a while, many people finally fought inside the buildings. In the dim house, the two sides started close-range hand-to-hand combat.
The most difficult one is the cavalry at the city gate.
When their fighting spirit rushed to the city gate, they thought they had escaped from the gate of hell, and their fighting spirit quickly weakened. When they left the city, they were already shocked when they saw the infantry in Xiguan coming over step by step.
Among the Xiguan infantry ranks, one man was wearing a armored helmet, slender but extremely strong. He sat upright on the horse, with a cold expression and his eyes as sharp as an eagle.
He held a sword in his hand, and even a hint of ridicule appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The strong wind knows the strong grass. When the cold weather is seen, the weather will wither. Only by standing tall in front of the wind and being calm and composed will it be the general's style.
The city gate was already full of soldiers, completely blocking the city gate. Although cavalry rushed forward from time to time, the fate was very miserable. As the encirclement became smaller and smaller, the space for cavalry to display was completely compressed.
The warrior immediately looked cold. Seeing that the number of cavalry rushing towards him decreased, he said in a deep voice: "Squat, bow and arrow, shoot!"
With a command, the shield soldiers squatted down, while the spearmen behind them bent down. The archers behind them had already bent their bows and arrows. Hundreds of soldiers in the shape of fan pulled their bows and shot angrily. The sharp arrows in the air gathered together, like a knife stabbing at the city gate, and the sharp arrows gathered together, like a heavy hammer hitting the water waves, and the sickle crossed the wheat field.
With a sad scream, the cavalry crowded at the city gate were all dismissed.
"Brothers, fight out and fight with them!"
When the Beishan cavalry saw their companions fall off their horses, the cavalry behind them were frightened and angry. They were numerous and all cavalrymen, but they were surrounded by a group of cavalrymen and slaughtered at the city gate. In any case, they could not accept such a result.
The cavalry obviously knew that it would be impossible to fight hard at this time. With the shouts, the cavalry swung their swords and blocked the arrows, and rushed towards the fan-shaped formation in a half-moon shape.
With the clang of soldiers and armor, the sound of people and horses wailing in their ears, and light and shadows lie in the air, and murderous aura spreads.
When the general in Xiguan saw that the Beishan cavalry was about to fight back to death, he shouted fiercely, "Run!"
His order was simple and powerful. After the order was issued, the fan-shaped army quickly moved forward and soon met the cavalry rushing up. The shield soldiers in front of the infantry fought to the death to form a wall with shields, while the spearmen behind stabbed forward without mercy.
The Xiguan army outside the city was in an orderly manner. From the beginning, they used bows and arrows to delay the opponent's actions, then quickly approached, and used shields to protect the front, and attacked the enemy's people and horses with spearmen. Shield soldiers, archers and spearmen can be said to have an extremely tacit understanding of cooperation. It is precisely because of this tacit understanding that the combat power is fully utilized.
Although soldiers fell from time to time in the Xiguan Army formation under the strong counterattack of the Beishan cavalry, once a vacant appeared, the companions behind would make up for it in the shortest time and still form a stable killing formation.
Luo Dingxi didn't know what was going on outside the city. All he saw was the chaotic team on the long street and the fighting and shouts coming from the buildings on both sides.
Since the opponent had already made plans for the Beishan cavalry to attack from the east and west, and was ready, Luo Dingxi knew that today would be in danger.
At this time, he had no time to think about what kind of loopholes had appeared in his plan. For the Beishan Army, these thousands of cavalry were the trump card in his hands and the most important family background. Of course, he was unwilling to destroy his last little family background in Shuoquan.
One of Luo Dingxi's greatest advantages is to understand the current affairs.
Because of his knowledge of the current affairs, he took advantage of Chu Huan's troops to carefully plan and do the sneak attack on Shuoquan. He simply wanted to make great contributions to Zhu Lingyue and have a place under Zhu Lingyue's command in the future.
Because of his current affairs, he knew that if he continued to waste time in this city, he might really bring some losses to the Shuoquan defenders, but there were probably not many cavalrymen under his command who could leave Shuoquan alive.
Seeing the soldiers behind the team shouting to exit the city, Luo Dingxi also knew that this was the only choice at present.
The Xiguan Army knew his situation well and set up a trap, but he knew nothing about the deployment of the Xiguan Army. The other party knew himself and the enemy, but he knew nothing about the enemy. In addition, he was now in the heart of the enemy, so this battle could not be fought anyway, and it could not be fought.
He waved his sword and shouted in the crowd, and ordered the entire army to withdraw from the city. The cavalry were obedient to the general's name. In the chaos, they turned their horses' heads one after another, but the companions behind them could not move to the city gate. Countless cavalry were squeezed on the Nanhe Avenue, and many cavalry even shouted that the soldiers trapped in the city had no idea that the city gate was blocked, and a cruel battle was also taking place there.
The city gate was filled with corpses. Under close-up confrontation, hundreds of cavalry were slaughtered by the Xiguan infantry formation, and the smell of blood had already spread inside and outside the city gate.
Moreover, as the Xiguan infantry formation reached the city gate, the cavalry could not protrude. The narrow city gate was crowded at this time, and the cavalry had no room to unfold. The cavalry in front could only wave their sabers desperately to prevent the infantry from approaching.
Suddenly, all the gongs in the city disappeared in an instant. After the gongs disappeared with the sound of fighting, many soldiers were stunned. Soon, they heard the sound of drums.
The drum sound was very rhythmic. Although it was very loud, everyone could hear it. There was only one drum sound that was thinking. The dull drum sound "dong, dong, dong" spread under the night sky, and everyone's hearts seemed to be rhythmic with the drum sound.
The infantry phalanx outside the city heard the sound of drums, as if they had received some order, and stopped advancing. The infantry formation stopped, and the Beishan cavalry under the city gate no longer broke out. They soon felt that the drum sound seemed to be coming from the top of their heads.
Luo Dingxi naturally heard the sound of drums.
As the monotonous and dull single drum sounded, the killing sound on the battlefield gradually subsided, and everyone followed the sound to the place where the drum sound came out, and soon countless eyes were cast on the top of the city.
The archers on the top of the city had already collected their bows and stood horizontally on the battlements. In the light of fire, everyone saw that a big drum was standing on the top of the city. The big drum was mounted on the wooden rack, as tall as two people. A very burly man was swinging the drumsticks, beating the big drum with a rhythmic rhythm, and the drum sound spread out from the top of the city.
Luo Dingxi pulled the reins of the horse and slowly passed through the crowd toward the city. The crowded cavalry consciously did not rush Luo Dingxi to squeeze out a narrow road.
Above the city, with the sound of drums, a big flag slowly stood up, and it was difficult to see clearly at a distance, but the soldiers under the city had already seen that the big flag had a big word "Qin".
Everyone looked at each other.
In the Great Qin Empire, the "Qin" flag was once everywhere, but in the northwest, the "Qin" flag seemed to have not been seen for a while. At some point, the "Qin" flags in various cities in the northwest had quietly disappeared.
Everyone didn't know for a moment whether the flag on the top of the city was the "Qin" flag I had seen countless times, representing an empire or just a certain person's surname.
Luo Dingxi gradually approached the war horse under his crotch, a distance away. Looking at the city, the cavalry around him looked at each other, and some people even started to whisper.
Everyone stared at the top of the city, and the drums thought for a dozen more times. The sound finally stopped. The fighting inside and outside the city gate had stopped fighting. When the defenders in the city stopped fighting, the Beishan cavalry was desperate and stopped quickly. The soldiers who rushed into the house and fought hard either died in the house or came out of the house with colorful clothes, and walked onto the street with blood.
As soon as the drums stopped, the silence suddenly became quiet.
"Luo Dingxi, do you know the crime?" A voice full of energy suddenly came from the top of the city. Then, everyone saw an official wearing an official robe walking to the edge of the battlement. Under the fire, the officer's long beard was floating, and few cavalrymen in Beishan knew him.
Luo Dingxi held the reins of the horse and held the sabre. His eyes were as ice as ice, staring at the official on the city wall, and sneered: "Who are you?"
The official shouted: "Minister of Yuezhou, Gongsun Chu, I have been waiting for you here for a long time!"
"So you are Gongsun Chu." Luo Dingxi was in a difficult situation, but he was still very calm. "I have heard that a group of people from Xiguan were all taken to the execution ground to chop their heads, but in the end they saved their lives. Among them, you Gongsun Chu!"
"No," Gongsun Chu said loudly: "I almost died on the execution ground at the beginning, but since I was not dead, I should continue to serve the court!"
"It sounds nice." Luo Dingxi shouted: "Chu Huan has his own troops and his desire to rebel has long been obvious. Everyone can punish such a traitor. For example, today, Governor of Shanzhu and General Gan in the northwest sent troops. As a minister of the court, I should also contribute to the extermination of the rebels. Gongsun Chu, if you know the current affairs, you should abandon the darkness and turn to the light now!"
"Give up the dark and turn to the light?" Gongsun Chu laughed, "Luo Dingxi, you are sinister and vicious. You want to attack behind the scenes while Chu was suppressing the thieves. Such a despicable and shameless person dares to call himself a minister of the court. It is really a joke."
"The soldiers are never tired of deceitfulness, and they attacked Shuoquan in a surprise attempt to wipe out Chu Huan's party." Luo Dingxi said with a strong and righteous attitude: "Gongsun Chu, I have thousands of Beishan cavalry coming to suppress the thieves. If you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, you can report that the whole family is fine, otherwise...!"
"What else?" Gongsun Chu sneered: "Luo Dingxi, because of his own selfish interests, he deceived the soldiers of Beishan and let them shed blood for your ambitions. Do you still dare to speak out here? Do you poison your old master, hold your own troops and do shameful things, really think you will keep it hidden?"
As soon as Gongsun Chu said this, it clearly reached the ears of the cavalry in Beishan under the city. Many people were stunned, and then many people looked at Luo Dingxi.
Luo Dingxi's expression changed slightly, but he remained calm and said angrily: "Gongsun Chu, you are slandering people, talking nonsense here, thinking that just a few words can incite the morale of the Beishan army? This kind of ghost trick is almost the same to deceive a three-year-old child. It is really a delusion to want to deceive my Beishan warriors."—
Chapter completed!