Chapter 552: Fierce battle with Ren Qiu

Although Xu Shuyi had some talent in his heart, he was a civil servant after all and had no practical experience. His knowledge about military affairs came from books. For example, he had already obtained information that the Anxi Army was in front of him. At this time, he was extremely excited and afraid that morale would be exhausted and he wanted to defeat the Anxi Army in one go. He believed that he had 30,000 troops, while the other side had only 10,000. As long as he was very imposing, he could gather the Anxi Army and annihilate it.

But he didn't know that the most important thing in the war was not just morale, but also physical strength. In a long battle, physical strength was the key to the final decision of victory and defeat. He led his army from Huazhou for a long distance and did not rest for the whole day, especially in the last fifty miles. When he heard that the Anxi Army was ahead, he ordered to speed up and promised that the soldiers would defeat the Anxi Army, and everyone would be rewarded.

Although the morale was pulled up, the soldiers' physical strength was sharply overdrawn. Xu Shuyi did not realize this. At this time, his attention was staring ahead. In front of him, he also saw a black cavalry of thousands of people quietly lined up on the official road. Under the cold moonlight, it seemed as if a group of evil wolves were waiting for the arrival of their prey. The murderous aura made Xu Shuyi take a breath of air. He felt an inexplicable panic in his heart.

At this time, he couldn't help but look back at his army. His 30,000 troops were also overwhelming, and it seemed to have a kind of overwhelming force, which made Xu Shuyi feel a little relieved.

At this time, his army had slowed down, and one of his personal soldiers exclaimed: "Look, please look! The Anxi Army has launched."

Xu Shuyi hurriedly looked into the distance. Anxi indeed started, like a muffled thunder on the ground, and the ground suddenly trembled slightly. The Anxi army was like a surging flood, and like a ghost in the moonlight, coming here from five miles away.

Xu Shuyi was so scared that he was in a hurry. He shouted in a trembling voice: "Don't panic! Get ready for battle."

At this time, the soldiers under his command retreated one after another, and everyone's eyes showed a fearful look. This is the Anxi Army! When the reputation of the Anxi Army has penetrated into the hearts of everyone, the natural fear will cover everyone's heart.

"Brothers, don't panic. General Xu has an order to kill an Anxi soldier and reward fifty taels!"

This is a general in his thirties. He is burly, dark and full of beards. His name is Yu Juyuan. He was originally the commander of the 30,000 Guanzhong Army. Li Heng handed over 30,000 Guanzhong Army to Xu Shuyi. Yu Juyuan also followed him to Henan. The Guanzhong Army was renamed Bian Huajun, and he was also taken away by Xu Shuyi. If it weren't for Li Heng's accountability, Xu Shuyi would have killed him long ago. Although Yu Juyuan escaped for life, he was completely wiped out and had no soldiers and had no position and became an idle person. This time, Xu Shuyi sneaked into Chenliu, but was afraid that he would have had trouble in Huazhou, so he took him with him.

At this time, Yu Juyuan saw that the situation was critical and Xu Shuyi could not command the battle, so he stepped forward. Yu Juyuan rode his horse and ran in the army. His voice was like a bell, buzzing to every soldier's ears.

"The archer stepped forward and prepared to shoot arrows. The cavalry were behind and prepared to attack. The spearmen lined up!"

Most of these soldiers were Guanzhong Army and were under his command. After a brief panic, they began to instinctively line up according to his command. Five thousand archers stood out, took their bows and arrows, and the arrows were slightly tilted upwards, aiming at the Anxi Army that was galloping from thousands of horses.

The six thousand cavalry were ready to go, tying the reins of the war horses, and their horses kept hitting the ground. The most were 18,000 spearmen, and they were 6,000 people in a square formation, waiting for the battle.

The war is about to begin.

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Ten thousand Anxi cavalry were divided into three teams, like three sharp spears, piercing Xu Shuyi's Bian Shuyi's Bian Shuyi's Bian Shuyi's. The Anxi army was extremely well-equipped with bright light armor. Each cavalry was equipped with Dayuan war horses, horizontal swords, bows and arrows, and spears. Even the shields they held were made of light steel, and were wrapped in two thick layers of cowhide.

Although the number of Xu Shuyi's army was three times that of them, the Anxi army still chose to take the initiative without hesitation. The power of the cavalry lies in the impact, breaking through the enemy's defense line with an unstoppable sharpness and tearing open their line of positions.

The rain of arrows encountered during the attack will inevitably lead to sacrifice, but the battlefield of sacrifice is the destination of the soldiers. The soldiers of the Anxi Army are fearless. They rushed towards the enemy brigade with the determination to die.

Three hundred steps.

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Two hundred steps.

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One hundred and twenty steps.

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The Anxi Army had already rushed to the firing range of the Bian Hua Army. Yu Juyuan stared at the Anxi Army and bit his lip. He knew very well that the Anxi Army's armor and shields were not comparable to the Tang army in the Central Plains. They were extremely strong. Although the firing range of one hundred steps was still a little too long after all, it was difficult for the arrows to penetrate the opponent's armor. Only when they rushed into the seventy was the best range. Otherwise, with the speed of the Tang army's horse, they would not have time to mount arrows outside fifty steps. Even if they shot another round of arrows within fifty steps, it would also mean a major casualties of the archers.

Yu Juyuan restrained the urge to give orders, but Xu Shuyi shouted wildly in a hurry: "Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows!"

Yu Juyuan hurriedly turned around and shouted, "Emister, you can't shoot arrows now!"

"Bastard!" Xu Shuyi pointed at him with his sword and cursed: "When will I order you to take charge of the army? If you say more, I will kill you!"

Yu Juyuan gritted his teeth in hatred and ignored him. Xu Shuyi ordered again: "Play arrows, those who violate the order will be killed!"

The sound of arrow drums sounded, and the military orders were like mountains. The archers of the Bian Hua Army fired arrows one after another. For a moment, five thousand arrows were like dark clouds under the moonlight, covering the moonlight and covering the Anxi Army a hundred steps away.

The arrows were shot towards the left army of Anxi Army running in the front. At this time, the three thousand Anxi Army cavalry raised their round shields at the same time and bent over the neck of the war horse. Their round shields were more to protect the war horses.

I saw a sound of "click! click!", and arrows shot into the Anxi cavalry group like dense rain. Just as Yu Juyuan judged, a hundred steps away, the arrow rain almost could not penetrate the Anxi army's light steel shield, and it was also difficult to penetrate the bright light armor. However, although the Anxi army's armor was extremely thick, more than a hundred soldiers were shot, rolled off the horse, or the war horse was shot, and fell to the ground, overturned the soldiers and were trampled to death by the war horse.

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When the Bian Hua Army's archers finished shooting the first round, the Anxi Army's cavalry had rushed to sixty steps away. At this time, Xu Shuyi was still unaware that the danger had arrived. He still shouted again: "Beat the drum, shoot again!"

"Can't cum anymore!"

Yu Juyuan shouted anxiously: "Bowling soldiers quickly retreat, and the cavalry come forward to fight!"

This time, Yu Juyuan ignored Xu Shuyi's knife-like gaze. He rushed to the archer formation and shouted to the soldiers: "Brothers, retreat quickly!"

But at this time, the drums of archery sounded again, one order to retreat and the other order to shoot arrows, which made the soldiers unable to follow. The soldiers who were closer to Yu Juyuan began to retreat, but the archers far away from him could not hear them, and they still shot at the Anxi Army. Although many soldiers gave up in this round, more than 3,000 arrows were still shot. The Anxi Army had already rushed to forty steps away. The arrows were strong and shot through the armor, causing hundreds of casualties to the Anxi Army. The cavalry rushing in the front was filled with people and horses. The wail of war horses, the screams of soldiers, blood splattered everywhere, and chaos appeared in the formation.

Xu Shuyi looked up to the sky and laughed proudly. At this moment, the sound of a low trumpet suddenly came from afar, echoing in the moonlight. This was the commander of Anxi Army, Li Sheng, who personally blew the trumpet of attack. The left army, who had just appeared in chaos, immediately stabilized its position, like a tornado sweeping across the continent, swept towards the Bian Shugong soldiers with great force.

Thirty steps away may be a while for other cavalrymen, but in the blink of an eye, the Anxi Army, which has the best war horses in the world, the bowmen realized that the Anxi Army was extremely fast, and many people shouted in horror. Xu Shuyi was so scared that his face was pale. Only then did he realize that he had made an extremely stupid mistake and it was too late to retreat at the lunge.

More than 2,500 cavalry on the left wing rushed into the archers formation in an instant, slashed with swords, heads flew out, spears pierced through the heart, and corpses were everywhere, blood flowing into a river. The cruel killing of the Anxi Army frightened the archers and fled in all directions. At this time, the right wing of the Anxi Army also arrived, and they and the left wing army were like two sharp knives, one on the left and one on the right, strangling the archers into a river.

Xu Shuyi was stunned and forgot to order the cavalry to attack. At this moment, some of the cavalry teams of the Bian Hua Army took the initiative and did not receive the military order. Yu Juyuan took the lead and led two thousand cavalry to fight against the left wing of Anxi. Yu Juyuan was anxious about anyone else. The failure of the archers would definitely have a serious impact on the entire battle, especially the night battle. He could see that the Anxi cavalry was very adaptable to night battles. They must have been tempered in the night battles. Although their army was large, they basically had no experience in night battles. A strong combat power and extremely rich night battle capabilities were enough to offset their military advantages.

If the Anxi Army was not suppressed, they would definitely be defeated in this battle. Although Yu Juyuan knew that Xu Shuyi would not let him go in the future, in order to save the lives of his brothers, he had to sacrifice his life.

Yu Juyuan danced his spear and shouted, leading two thousand cavalry to the left-wing cavalry of the Anxi Army. At this time, the generals of other cavalry teams woke up as if they were dreaming, and no longer waited for the drum orders, and ordered their respective troops to rush up to the Anxi Army cavalry.

Six thousand cavalry against six thousand cavalry, the dust rolled and the night was bleak. Only the figures were shaking, the war horses were turning like lanterns, and the shouts of killing were shaking the sky.

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Xu Shuyi stared at Yu Juyuan coldly. He pinched the hilt of the sword tightly, his eyes full of murderous intent.

Hundreds of steps away, Li Sheng held a horizontal knife in his hand and watched the fierce battle ahead. The cold moonlight shone on his face, causing a faint light to cover his marble-like hard cheeks. This light light further showed the coldness and ruthlessness in his eyes.

Behind him, four thousand cavalry formed a square formation, and the team was uniform. Li Sheng had rich combat experience. During the attack, he discovered the enemy's formation, archers, cavalry and spearmen arranged in sequence. He changed his combat strategy on the spot and stopped the impact of the four thousand cavalrymen. He wanted to use these four thousand cavalry to deal with the enemy's nearly 20,000 spearmen.

At this time, Li Sheng's sharp eyes had already seen the enemy's weakness, that is, his poor command and the enemy's archers were in chaos, because there was a problem with their dispatch, and their cavalry attacked without military orders. What does this mean? It means that there are two commands on the other side.

Li Sheng's eyes narrowed into a slit. He wanted to know who was against Xu Shuyi, but the dust was flying on the battlefield, and he could only see a black shadow fighting fiercely. He couldn't tell the truth. At this time, his eyes turned, he thought about it, and quietly ordered a general. The general took advantage of the night to cover it and quietly led a thousand people away.

Li Sheng suddenly ordered: "Tell me my order, and the left and right cavalry will retreat!"

‘Woo---Woo!’

The sound of the withdrawal horn sounded, and the left and right cavalry immediately turned into retreating battles, fighting and retreating, like the waves receding. In an instant, they retreated cleanly. Xu Shuyi was overjoyed when he saw this, and he immediately ordered: "The whole army pursues and completely defeats the Anxi Army!"

Yu Juyuan yelled in a hurry, "No pursuit! No pursuit!"

He saw clearly that the Anxi army was not defeated at all. They clearly had the upper hand, but suddenly retreated. There must be a problem here. Moreover, the other party had a 4,000 cavalry that had not been invested. How could it be a retreat? Although Yu Juyuan did not understand why the other party retreated, at least one thing was certain that they would lose if they chased. If they chased, their cavalry and infantry would be separated and would be divided and annihilated by the other party.

Yu Juyuan led the cavalry to fight with the Anxi Army and had already established prestige in the army. On the contrary, Xu Shuyi ordered the archers not to retreat, causing heavy losses to the archers and almost wiped out the entire army. The cavalry generals all knew in their hearts that the Anxi Army had the upper hand before retreating. In this way, how could they catch up?

The drums of the march were ringing over and over again, but the cavalry team did not move, and all followed Yu Juyuan's command.

At this time, Yu Juyuan suddenly discovered that another cavalry team came three miles west of the retreating Anxi Army, with flags waving, as if there were thousands of people.

He was shocked and immediately realized that the reinforcements of the Anxi Army had arrived, and the Wan'anxi Army had already lost them. Now that the reinforcements came again, they would definitely be defeated.

Yu Juyuan was anxious. He turned his horse's head and ran to Xu Shuyi, bowed and said anxiously: "Empress, the enemy reinforcements have arrived. If we do not withdraw our troops, we will definitely be defeated!"

Xu Shuyi hated him to the core at this time, and he wanted to swallow him in one bite. Now he heard him ask him to withdraw his troops, which finally made Xu Shuyi find an opportunity. He winked at the personal soldiers on both sides, and dozens of personal soldiers rushed forward, pulling Yu Juyuan down from his horse and pressing him to the ground.

Xu Shuyi pointed at him and cursed: "The evil thief dared to shake our morale. The person came and killed me!"

"Empress, you can't kill me!"

Yu Juyuan struggled desperately, but he could not have more than dozens of hands. Dozens of people held him down. The two grabbed his hair and pulled it forward, revealing their necks. He did not have any personal soldiers to help him. He heard a scream and Yu Juyuan's head was chopped off with a knife.

The Bianhua Army was quiet, and thousands of people watched Yu Juyuan being killed, and many people couldn't bear to see it and turned their heads over.

Xu Shuyi's anger was still hard to calm down. He ordered with hatred: "Use other people's heads to make drumsticks and beat me with a blow!"

"Dong!Dong!Dong!" The heart-wrenching drum sounded again. This time, without Yu Juyuan's block, the military order began to become heavier than the mountain. The cavalry were extremely helpless and had to shout, urge the horses to chase the Anxi Army. The spearmen behind also followed, but they were infantry and their speed was far from as fast as the cavalry. After a while, the two armies were pulled away five or six miles away.

At this time, the Anxi Army stopped withdrawing. Li Sheng took the lead and stared at the chasing cavalry with a sneer. He knew that the man who could fight was killed.

"The whole army is ready! Shock again."

He pulled out his battle knife, raised it high, and shouted loudly: "Let's taste the cavalry of the Anxi Army! Kill!"

"kill!"

The Anxi cavalry launched again. This time, they no longer had any hesitation. The murderous aura soared into the sky. Ten thousand cavalry were like a scattered force, killing fiercely towards the shocked five thousand enemy cavalry.

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Chapter completed!