Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The next morning, the cavalry of the defeated coalition forces arrived in Suizhou City. They were short of men and horses, and they couldn't get horses to supplement them in this kind of mountainous city, but they went out of the city at noon to face Xu Jun's cavalry... They had no choice, otherwise, if they stayed for a long time, Xu Jun's large cavalry and infantry would also arrive in Suizhou! At this time, the ministries were exhausted, and the situation of leaving Suizhou on horseback and continuing to flee was even more worrying.

Dong Zunhui was not surprised by the reaction of the enemy soldiers at all. He asked the general: "Can a man outrun a leopard?"

The generals were stunned and shook their heads one after another.

Dong Zunhui said affirmatively: "I heard that in the wilderness, if an experienced hunter can find the whereabouts of the leopard, he will definitely be able to outrun the leopard! He will not be able to catch up for a while, but if he chases the leopard for ten days with water and dry food, can the leopard still run?"

After hearing this, everyone bowed down, and someone took the opportunity to call Dong Zunhui "General Leopard".

Dong Zunjiao's cavalry had less than 10,000 troops. The coalition forces were at least twice as large as his, but Dong Zunhui decided to face it head-on after estimating the odds of winning!

The two armies met again in the northern suburbs of Suizhou. This may be the last contest of the Battle of Pingxia!

The sun is dazzling, the smoke of gunpowder has gone away, and the yellow dust kicked up by thousands of horses makes everything even more desolate. Looking from a distance, Dong Zunhui saw that the enemy's troops and horses were in disarray, and the banners were incomplete, but the formation of the troops and horses was still magnificent.

Dong Zunhui raised his knife and shouted loudly: "The son of the Han family is loyal and brave, and he is the only one! Daxu cavalry, invincible! Long live my emperor!"

"Long live! Long live..." The shout seemed to shake the old Suizhou and Wuding River trembling. A large herd of horses surged forward roaring, and the front gradually accelerated, and the undulating riverside land seemed to have a gust of wind, flying sand and rocks for a while.

Xu Jun was the first to approach at a galloping speed, and the opposite side was full of dust and fog, and a large number of cavalry also came oncoming. The knight in front couldn't see how many people there were on both sides at this moment, and there was a rumbling sound in his ears, and the strong wind brought flying sand towards him.

In the dust and fog, the cavalry galloping ahead were sparse, and the cavalry on both sides were not dense. However, the depth is very large, and the sight is not clear, and the view is not too far. People can only go forward bravely without stopping, and they dare not stop!

"Papa..." The sound of strings seemed to sound from all directions. Black lacquered arrows flew from the dust, and the cavalry behind Xu Jun also threw them randomly.

The cavalry charged with a flick of a finger and could charge more than ten steps away. In the wind and lightning, one cavalry rushed to the enemy's line first, and the enemy cavalry raised his spear. Knight Xu Jun also picked up the long cherry gun.

"Ah!" A loud cry came before him in the blink of an eye, and both sides didn't dodge. The cavalryman of Xu Army felt the weight of his breastplate, and with a spin of his right hand, the cherry gun spun with the speed of a horse sprinting, easily piercing the armor of the Khitan on the opposite side, and the screams howled in the wind. The speed was too fast and the force was great. The tip of the opponent's spear pierced the breastplate of Xu Jun's cavalry, and the sound of metal rubbing against each other was terrifying... Crack, the spear broke!

Sergeant Xu's eyes widened and he felt a sharp pain in his chest, but it seemed that the injury was not deep. He didn't care to look at the wound, the enemy cavalry came to meet him again. The speed of the charge was too fast, and the cherry gun could not be pulled out after it stabbed into the enemy soldier's body. The knight hurriedly drew the horse-chopping knife from his back, "Dang!" In the dust and mist, sparks shone.

The sound of killing on the battlefield was loud, people turned on their backs, and dust and mist billowed.

Cavalry | The movement is very fast, and the situation on the battlefield changes faster than usual. The Dangxiang cavalry on both wings of the coalition army collapsed first, and Xu Jun immediately attacked the Khitan cavalry in three directions. The coalition army was defeated very quickly, and the scene on the battlefield became more and more chaotic...

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A few days later, Guo Shao's army of chariots appeared outside Suizhou City, and the city gate was opened. The officials set up by Li Yiyin opened the city gates and completely gave up resistance.

"Kuuuuuuuuuuu..." Amidst the beating of the golden gong, the musicians on horseback played "The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Array". At the gate of the city, Xu Jun's military flag was like clouds, and armored men and horses like dragons marched into the city.

Guo Shao was in the four-horse carriage. He asked Dong Zunhui and other generals who came to greet him, but he did not find Li Yiyin and other chiefs.

Guo Shao looked out from the curtain again. The party officials and the guards who put down their weapons were kneeling beside the road, looking trembling and frightened. Guo Shao observed for a while and felt that they had indeed lost their courage. I am afraid that there are very few people in the Pingxia area who still have the confidence to resist Xu Jun.

Wudinghe's surprise victory was a happy battle, which was indeed once and for all in the entire Pingxia War. There is no need to fight the next city.

At this time, Guo Shao saw that among the crowd kneeling beside the road, there were some people whose costumes were completely different from those of the Dangxiang people, and they were not Khitans either. This reminded Guo Shao of the Tubo people and Uighurs he saw in Lingzhou during his west tour last year.

He put down the curtain, pondered for a while, and he could probably guess the mentality of the various ministries on the Hexi side. They didn't directly participate in the war this time, but they definitely leaned towards the party.

Most of the first, second and third armies of the Pingxia Army camped in Suizhou. The next day, Cao Bin's troops also came to Suizhou. In this simple and simple city, more than 70,000 troops from Xu Jun gathered together at one time.

Soon the Qianying Army Mansion posted the Anmin Announcement, Zhehei led a team of Dangxiang people and beat gongs and drums with notices, telling the Dangxiang residents in Suizhou loudly in Dangxiang language.

The imperial court claimed that the party members were heroes in the Tang Dynasty, and they were in harmony with the Central Plains as a family. However, a small number of tribal leaders were ambitious and aggressive, and colluded with the enemy country to betray the monarch. They not only threatened the court, but also brought the party and the people into war and poverty. Now the master Wang put down the rebellion, the emperor treats the people with benevolence, the generals and soldiers have committed no crimes, and the killing of women and children is forbidden...

The high-sounding words from the staff of the military government are better than singing... But this Anmin list is not useless. With the fastest speed, it shows the attitude of the imperial court to govern the Pingxia area. At least it wasn't a genocide | massacre, otherwise the words on the table would not say so.

On the contrary, the Tubo Uyghurs who came to the Pingxia area to watch, stayed in Suizhou before they had time to escape, and they will soon be unlucky. Cao Si, a Privy Council soldier accompanying the army, first found out where they lived, and soon the lodge was smashed open by soldiers. A group of soldiers could not help but arrest these people and join the Chinese army.

Before they could figure out the situation, they were locked up in a low-rise house and beat them hard. Not long after, a civil servant came and said sternly: "Someone has already confessed. You came to Dangxiang's army as an envoy to support Dangxiang's Khitan horses, ironware, food and grass for your master. Is it true?"

A group of people shouted injustice. Then they were separated and detained, and they were threatened day and night. Someone was recruited soon, they were not envoys, they just came to see the situation, but they knew that there were indeed Hexi nobles funding the party army. .