Chapter 756: The Sound of Drums and Horns Shows Its Sharp Edge (28)

Mei Hua is a crazy guy from the bottom of his heart, which is exactly the opposite of Wu Ya, who is calm and restrained. Only when Wu Ya faces Mei Hua will he be aroused to be crazy, no matter in the countryside. It was the same even when he joined the army later. It was precisely because of this that Mei Hua won the love of Yang Dasha, because Yang Dasha was also an extremely crazy guy.

But amid the madness, there is also rational necessity. Mei Hua clearly knew that after seizing the city gate and waiting for Yang Dasha's main force to arrive, the half hour was when his opponent made a crazy counterattack. There are more than a thousand people in the city, and there is no time to build any strong fortifications. They basically have to fight hand-to-hand. Meihua not only wants to win, but also wants to win beautifully, and also wants to pay less casualties. In reality, this idea is It is extremely difficult to achieve.

So Mei Hua took the craziest move. He took more than 20 carefully selected veterans, used bed crossbows to block the cavalry, paused for a moment, and rushed into the opponent's cavalry group.

He wanted to use the bloody spirit of the Eastern Conquest Army to completely suppress the bloody spirit of the Tianhe County soldiers.

Morale and bloodiness are something that cannot be explained. You say it has it, but it cannot be seen or touched. You say it does not exist, but it can indeed determine the outcome of a war.

Where the sword rose and fell, human heads and horse heads flew together, and blood sprayed from the stumps like rain. This sword formation composed of more than 20 people was unexpectedly unstoppable.

These more than twenty soldiers were all veterans who had experienced the bloody battle of Hetao. When they parted ways with Yang Dasha during the day, this was Yang Dasha's only gift to him.

Good steel should be used on the blade, this is what Yang Dasha said to Mei Hua. Now, Mei Hua led these people to the most dangerous place.

His madness not only suppressed the steady stream of Tianhe County soldiers arriving. It also greatly boosted the morale of more than a thousand troops fighting in the East.

"Guards, advance!" The slogan echoed throughout the East City, except for the two companies guarding the city tower and the city gate. The third company and the fourth company were actually behind a shout. They crossed the fortress they had just built, brandished their weapons, and charged at the Tianhe County soldiers crazily to kill them.

When Ji Heng arrived on horseback, it was just when Mei Hua rushed into the cavalry with more than 20 swordsmen. Apart from the flying blood mist, he could not see anything clearly for a moment. The only thing he could see was What you can see clearly is a sea of ​​blood red. The cold light rose and fell suddenly, and screams came and went.

At that moment, his hands and feet were cold.

Although he is the commander-in-chief of Shahe City, Ji Heng has never actually been on the battlefield. Tianhe County is the core area of ​​the Yan Kingdom, and the governor Jicheng is also located in Tianhe County. Ji Heng can become the commander-in-chief of Shahe City not because of his extraordinary bravery. , and it’s not because he has unparalleled military skills.

But because his surname is Ji. Although he is familiar with military books and is well versed in military training, he is really facing an enemy. A decisive battle between life and death was the first time in his life.

This is not military training on a martial arts field.

Ji Heng, the Lord of Shahe, was actually frightened at this moment.

The same is true for the general, and so are the soldiers under his command. The only battle the Tianhe County soldiers have participated in in these years was when they besieged the Langya County City under the control of the Linggu family with several county troops. However, the real tough battle was fought back then. Zhang Shouyue's troops finally broke through the city. It relied on Zhang Shouyue's 500 veteran guards, the only thing the Tianhe County soldiers did back then. Even beating up the drowned dogs and looting in Langya County also made them infamous in Langya County.

The Eastern Expeditionary Army told them today. What is real war, what is sailing against the current, and what is facing difficulties.

Long Bin, the commander of the first company who controlled the city gate cave, found that he had nothing to do. Battalion commander Mei Hua led 20 swordsmen and the third and fourth companies in a collective charge, and actually killed the Tianhe County soldiers who had just come over. Backing up, I couldn't help but be eager to move.

The first company is the essence of Meihua's third battalion. Because Meihua was born in the first company of the Guards Battalion, he has a special liking for this organization. Under Yang Dasha's command, he knows that he cannot win the first place. The title of the first battalion, no matter what, he was still a newbie in front of the old men of the first company, but in his third battalion, he regarded the first company as a solid one according to the rank of the guard battalion. A continuous pattern is being practiced.

Long Bin's hands were itchy, but he also knew that guarding the city gate was the most important thing.

"Company commander, if the Tianhe County soldiers don't fight, and we don't attack, we won't be able to get the soup to drink. We are the first company, so we can't just watch." A platoon leader under his command came over and whispered: " It's enough to leave half of the men to guard the city gate. Company Commander, let me take the men up. Where's Battalion Commander Mei? It will be dangerous once the enemy calms down and comes back. We can't give them this opportunity to hunt rabbits in the grass. , kicking the nose is about to hit the face, we give them a heavy blow, they will be completely confused. "

Long Bin touched his chin and said with a smile: "Yes, you are right, you are absolutely right."

The platoon leader was immediately overjoyed and said, "Company commander, I will take the people on board."

Long Bin's face was stern, "Who asked you to bring people up? I think you are right. Let's leave half of the people to guard this city gate. You will take the lead, and I will take the people up to assist Commander Mei."

The platoon leader was immediately stunned, "I was the one who came up with the idea."

"I am the company commander!" Long Bin said righteously: "You have to listen to me, otherwise you will be dealt with according to the military law."

Looking at the platoon leader's face that suddenly turned black, Long Bin laughed, "Row 1, row 2, row 3, row 4, follow me." He grabbed the spear stuck in the ground, shouted, and rushed over. The platoon leader who had just come up with an idea was left cold in the city gate.

Long Bin's attack was just right and timely. After a short period of dizziness and panic, Ji Heng finally woke up. If he couldn't seize the city gate, once the enemy's main force arrived, Shahe City would be finished. He drew his sword and chopped off several panicked cavalrymen around him, shouting, "Forward, forward, those who retreat, behead."

The commander's madness finally made the panicked cavalry regain some consciousness. Just as they were reorganizing their formation, some people surrounded and killed Mei Hua who rushed into the depths of the cavalry, and some began to charge towards the city gate, Long Bin arrived.

The Eastern Expedition Army did not bring crossbows because they wanted to disguise themselves as the fleeing soldiers of Tianhe, but they all hid crossbows under their clothes. Although Long Bin only led 50 or 60 people to launch the charge, the crossbows shot out from the front shot one of the Tianhe cavalrymen who had just reorganized the formation and knocked him off his horse. Long Bin screamed and rushed in.

The charge of dozens of people finally completely destroyed the courage and bloodiness of the opponent's cavalry. Seeing the Eastern Expedition Army covered in blood and with red or white flesh hanging on their armor, baring their teeth and roaring like wild beasts, some cavalrymen actually vomited on their horses and turned their horses around and fled back without caring.

The street was completely in chaos. The cavalrymen at the back wanted to rush forward, and the cavalrymen in front wanted to flee back. In the middle, there was a group of people like Mei Hua who were crazy.

Ji Heng lost control of his troops. The cavalrymen followed him and retreated to the rear. No matter how he shouted and cursed, or swung his sword at the deserters around him, it was useless. A group of guys who were scared by the killing would rather face Ji Heng's sword than face the crazy enemy again.

Finally, a fleeing cavalryman passed by Ji Heng. When he swung his sword at the man, the man, in panic, actually raised his sword to attack him. Both swords hit the opponent at the same time. Ji Heng fell off his horse with an incredible look, and together with the fleeing soldier who was slashing him. In an instant, the two were completely submerged under the horses' hooves.

"General Ji is dead!" One of Ji Heng's personal soldiers screamed.

This shout finally caused an avalanche-like chain reaction at the East Gate. The Tianhe County soldiers actually began to retreat across the board. Even the Tianhe County soldiers who were attacking the East City Wall from the north and south directions under the control of the Second Company of the East Expedition Army turned around and began to run away.

"Ji Heng is dead!" The Eastern Expedition Army shouted in unison.

Mei Hua stood in a daze, leaning on his broadsword amidst the pool of blood and corpses, watching in disbelief as the Tianhe County soldiers, who had an absolute advantage in military strength, fled backwards like a rolling bead curtain, while the soldiers of the third and fourth companies chased and hacked them happily from behind.

"This, this is too mysterious, isn't it?" Except for the battle of conquering Yiyang a few days ago, none of the battles that Mei Hua had fought had been so easy. In the wars with the Donghu people in Hetao, almost every battle was a tough one, so he always thought of war as extremely dangerous.

But today's battle was indeed somewhat beyond his expectations. Looking around, there were less than ten of the twenty broadsword soldiers left, and they were all surrounding him, breathing heavily while leaning on their swords.

Long Bin rushed past him with dozens of people, and it seemed to be the first time for Mei Hua to see infantry chasing and hacking at cavalry.

"Just heard that Ji Heng died?" Mei Hua looked at the few surviving swordmen around him, and they were also a little confused. They were trapped in the middle of the enemy before, and they were busy slashing wildly. How could they care about other sounds in their ears? At that time, the world was quiet in their ears.

"If you still have energy, turn it over and look for our brothers to see if there are any breathing, and take a look at that Ji Heng."

"Captain, we don't know this Ji Heng!" A soldier shouted.

"Turning it over, anyway, the one wearing the best armor is probably him." Mei Hua said.

This battle at the East Gate lasted only a short incense stick and ended with an unexpected ending. Not only did the Tianhe County soldiers not expect it, but even Mei Hua himself was a little confused at this time. This battle was actually won like this?

Half an hour later, when Yang Dasha led the main force to arrive, he really became a fool when he saw this scene. His mouth opened into an O shape and could not close for a long time. (To be continued)