Chapter 1001 The Last Straw

Li Fusheng was the arrowhead, with a thousand of the assault battalion knights right behind him. Their charge was like the final straw that broke the camel's back.

The vanguard of the Qian army, a solid formation built around the Zu family army, was forcibly torn open at this moment, and the opening was still being widened.

The armor on the Qian soldiers' bodies was like paper in the face of the charging momentum of the *ma suo* (a type of long spear), and their bodies were pierced one by one.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment, but the slaughter was unfolding at an unimaginable speed.

This was almost the feeling of most of the soldiers in the Qian army formation. The soldiers in front watched their bodies being pierced, watched themselves being lifted up, watched themselves falling heavily, watched themselves being knocked away.

The Qian soldiers in the rear watched their comrades being swept away, trampled, and crushed.

This scene,

was something they had never seen in the first half of their lives.

They forgot to run, they forgot to shout, they even forgot to think, and were in a state of confusion.

Until,

an Yan general let out a long roar,

first dropping the *ma suo* with four bodies hanging on it,

then drawing his *ma dao* (saber),

and after the warhorse crashed into the shield, he leaped in.

The assault battalion cavalry in the rear quickly followed,

using their warhorses to smash, their bodies to ram, creating better charging conditions for the cavalry behind.

Shieldmen were knocked flying, knocked to the ground, knocked into vomiting blood,

Finally,

the shield line collapsed.

The cavalry's momentum was able to continue, and the archers and crossbowmen in the rear were completely unprotected.

"Ha!"

Li Fusheng's blade kept cutting down the Qian soldiers he could see around him, enjoying the sensory experience brought to him by the blood spurting from their bodies.

How wonderful it would be if this world was always red, always viscous.

When the war reached this point, when the archers and crossbowmen had to directly face the trampling of the enemy cavalry, the outcome was already doomed.

In addition, at this time, the cavalry units that had been maneuvering and exerting pressure on the periphery also began a real charge when the assault battalion penetrated the Qian army formation!

No more maneuvering, no more turning, but a solid, cavalry-style charge!

Zu Dongcheng felt his hands and feet turn cold,

Something began to shatter in his mind,

It was the heroic image of his father returning in triumph again and again since he was a child, the belief that he had gained victory after victory with his father after joining the army, and the faith that the Zu family army was the best army in the world!

Shattered,

collapsed,

fell apart.

They couldn't win, they really couldn't win!

After the collapse of faith, people often become extremely fragile due to the loss of spiritual support, and an emotion called fear began to sweep through the heart of this young general of the Zu family army.

How could they fight against such an Yan army? How could they possibly win!

They were a bunch of madmen, a bunch of madmen who didn't know pain and weren't afraid of death!

But these madmen were so terrifying, both in tactics and in their own qualities!

"Brother Dongcheng, go, hurry!"

Zhong Mao shouted frantically beside Zu Dongcheng, but in Zu Dongcheng's "world," it seemed that everything around him was sealed off by an invisible barrier, and everything seemed no longer real, and everything no longer had any meaning.

"Pa!"

Zhong Mao's long saber slapped on Zu Dongcheng's horse's rump, and the warhorse, startled, began to run, and the bumps and imbalance under him forcibly pulled Zu Dongcheng's consciousness back into his body.

"Where there's life, there's hope. Brother Dongcheng, this battle is not your fault, escape, escape!"

Zu Dongcheng's pupils began to refocus,

Right,

run,

must run,

mustn't die, must never die!

No one knew whether the young general of the Zu family army really had the idea of preserving a useful body or was simply afraid, because even he himself didn't know.

But now he was like a drowning man grabbing a pole, desperately climbing up, reluctant to let go.

When the assault battalion successfully cut the Qian army's vanguard into two halves, the entire formation system of the Qian army's vanguard had already collapsed, and the surrounding cavalry units took advantage of the situation to forcibly charge in, causing the army formation to finally collapse!

Back then, when Zheng Fan's Cuiliubao cavalry faced the wolf-earth soldiers chasing out of the city, that battle was quite enjoyable, because the wolf-earth soldiers had not experienced real cavalry warfare training.

The Qian army in front of them actually knew the horror of cavalry, and they made extremely correct judgments and choices.

But there was no way. First of all, the number of people on both sides was not far apart. Thirty thousand infantry against twenty thousand cavalry was already a disadvantage for the infantry.

At the same time, what they were facing was the most powerful iron cavalry in the world!

Zheng Fan couldn't help but feel a little emotional, because he found that although Li Fusheng was a bit mentally ill, his vision for fighting was extremely vicious.

He didn't choose to attack the Qian army's eastern flank, but chose to gnaw on the hardest bone right away.

This was not to fight for the pride of a martial artist, or simply to pursue a challenge.

Because the facts had proved that

when the Qian army's vanguard collapsed, the eastern flank, which had been in a state of shaking but still able to maintain its position, exploded directly.

Immediately afterwards, the western flank, which had been very stable and had not been under too much pressure, also collapsed.

People have a herd mentality, and on the battlefield, when a person's emotions are in an extremely excited and tense state, it is difficult for him to continue to maintain clear thinking ability, and then only a kind of instinct remains - herd mentality.

Others are running? What should I do? I'll run too!

The chain reaction had already formed. Those who didn't want to run were swept away by those who were fleeing, and could only run. The Qian army collapsed completely!

In fact, from the beginning of the war to now, the Qian army's casualties were only a few thousand people.

But this had already led to the total collapse of an army of 30,000.

When the infantry collapsed and lost their organization, they were actually equivalent to a large group of lambs to be slaughtered.

Liang Cheng once said that in war, the casualties on the front battlefield often account for only a very small proportion. The real damage is caused when one side collapses and is covered by the other side.

Next, it was time for the Zhenbei Army to hunt.

This was really a hunt, first driving the prey, then teasing the prey, then exhausting it, and finally crushing the prey's courage in one fell swoop.

This was the Zhenbei Army's tactics, and also the art of war.

People and animals, if you say there is a difference, then the difference is naturally very big, but sometimes, it is really not much different.

Zheng Fan's central army also began to move. Previously, Zheng Shubei had ignored the *qinbing's* (personal guard) *ma suo*, but at this moment, he was too embarrassed to continue to stay in place and watch the show, it was too conspicuous.

Most importantly,

it was time for Zheng Shubei's favorite part of snatching heads!

The central army cavalry did not continue to follow the comrades in front to charge, but chose to overtake from the flanks. The Qian people had already collapsed and began to flee south on a large scale.

At this time, Zheng Fan's central army directly launched a charge against the middle of the Qian people's fleeing troops, directly cutting in diagonally!

For a time, the Qian soldiers were killed and knocked over.

This move, like hitting a snake at its seven inches (a vital point), completely shattered the possibility of the Qian army wanting to regroup and completely disrupted their organization.

"I fuck!"

Although Zheng Shubei had gone to college, at this moment, he could only use these two words to express his mood.

This was not fighting a war, it was like elegantly cutting a steak at a Western meal.

Precise, exquisite,

once these two things reach the extreme,

it is a kind of beauty,

a kind of beauty that belongs to war.

However, beauty is beauty, shock is shock. When the Zhenbei Army knights around him began to kill red-eyed and desperately hacked at any fleeing Qian soldiers they could find in their sight.

Zheng Fan took the initiative to break away from this state of excitement,

As a senior professional head-hunter,

Zheng Shubei knew that the heads of ordinary Qian soldiers were not very valuable. It was not that Zheng Shubei was now a big shot and looked down on mosquito legs (small profits), but this time the Cuiliubao cavalry was not brought out. Relying on himself and Liang Cheng to chop, how many heads could you chop down?

If you want to chop, chop big fish!

The same head, the head of Prince Fu could be worth two thousand wolf-earth soldiers!

Blindman once chatted with other demon kings in private, saying that his lord was the kind of person who could become more stable when things happened.

Look,

to be able to break away from the frenzied battlefield state and turn to start the merit-snatching radar, you really can't do it without a big heart.

First of all, you have to find someone on horseback!

In fact, it is really easy to chop down fleeing infantry. You ride your horse and chase after him, give him a knife in the back, and the person will be finished, or roll on the ground if he doesn't die.

But the Qian generals should be on horseback!

Therefore, Zheng Shubei's sight had been wandering around the Qian soldiers on horseback.

However, after sweeping around, there didn't seem to be any armor with the flashy color of Deng Ziliang among those on horseback.

Damn, are these Qian army generals cowards? They don't even dare to wear a set of conspicuous and stylish armor!

But Zheng Shubei had other ways, which was to look at the horses.

Thanks to the fact that the awakening point of this world was in Beifeng County, and he had been in contact with cavalry from the beginning, Zheng Shubei had a good judgment on the quality of warhorses after soaking in it for so long.

Find good horses, find good steeds!

Suddenly, Zheng Fan saw a chestnut-red warhorse whizzing past in his sight.

That was a big fish!

Zheng Shubei immediately spurred his horse and rushed over, ignoring the Qian army infantry fleeing beside him.

However, after getting closer, Zheng Shubei suddenly hesitated, because the Qian soldier who was riding away was a bit too big, especially those arms, which felt like long-armed apes.

In front, a Zhenbei Army knight had just chopped down an infantryman and was wielding his saber to meet that "big fish".

Who would have thought that the big fish would actually block the Zhenbei Army knight's *ma dao* with a single blow, and then kick the other party's horse in the abdomen.

"Bang!"

The warhorse and the knight were kicked off the ground and flew sideways.

"Gudu."

Zheng Fan swallowed subconsciously and immediately reined in his horse.

This big fish was not easy to mess with.

Han Laowu seemed to sense something, turned his head and glanced at Zheng Shubei, seemingly planning to wait for Zheng Shubei to rush up, then pick him off his horse before fleeing.

How could someone who could be accepted by the Jiedushi as a son-in-law be simple?

Among the many *yane* (sons of high-ranking officials), in terms of battle array fighting skills, only that guy named Le Huan who was good at using long spears might be qualified to compete with him for dozens of rounds, the rest were not good enough.

However,

to Han Laowu's surprise,

the Yan knight who had been chasing closely behind him also stopped after he stopped, twenty meters apart from each other.

Then, the Yan knight didn't even look at him, but began to ride around in circles in place…

Han Laowu was puzzled for a moment, but knew that he couldn't delay at this time and continued to ride away.

After running for a while, Han Laowu turned his head and glanced back, and found that the Yan knight was still standing there. When he saw himself looking at him, the other party seemed to wave his hand a little impatiently, as if urging himself to get lost like swatting a fly.

This guy was too arrogant!

For a moment, Han Laowu felt a sense of anger at being despised. Did the other party think he was not qualified and unworthy of being killed?

Just a little bit, really just a little bit, Han Laowu was about to turn his horse around and take out the Yan dog who looked down on him.

But seeing the large group of Yan cavalry began to spread out and chase after the fleeing soldiers, Han Laowu gritted his teeth and continued to ride away.

And Zheng Fan over there didn't know that he had just walked in front of the gates of hell. After confirming that he could easily be countered if he fought that big fish alone, Zheng Shubei began to look for new targets.

Zheng Shubei didn't think he was cowardly, but the victory was already set. If you take a risk at this time and hang up, wouldn't you really lose out big time?

Just as Zheng Fan began to search his surroundings again, an arrow that came from nowhere, not knowing whether it was fired by a Qian soldier or a stray arrow shot by a Zhenbei Army knight who didn't have eyes, hit the rump of Zheng Fan's warhorse.

The warhorse under him immediately went crazy, first turning sideways, and then rushing diagonally forward.

Before he could rush far, Zheng Fan saw a white horse coming over, and the two horses collided with each other.

"Bang!"

Out of the corner of his eye, Zheng Fan saw the jade pendant hanging from the Qian cavalryman's waist, with long tassels under the jade pendant.

Fuck,

a big fish,

another big fish!

And this person's expression was very flustered, this was a startled big fish!

Without hesitation, Zheng Fan released a black light from his body, holding his saber and chopping down at him. At this time, the two people's horses were body to body, and their bodies were almost touching, you had no other choice but to chop him.

However,

Zu Dongcheng was, after all, a young general who had followed his father on expeditions since he was a child and grew up in battlefields. Even if he was indeed a little absent-minded at this time, even if he was indeed fleeing in a panic, his instinct that had been cultivated since he was a child was not for show.

When Zheng Fan released the black light from his body, Zu Dongcheng also released the white light from his body.

Judging from the blood qi fluctuations, Zheng Fan knew that the other party's strength was about the same as his own, probably at the eighth rank or barely at the seventh rank.

However, although Zheng Fan had often had Liang Cheng and Xue San help him practice his moves in the past six months, his experience of truly experiencing life-and-death battles was still too little compared to this young general in front of him.

Therefore, when Zheng Fan's saber chopped down, the other party didn't swing his saber at all, but leaned his body back. Zheng Fan's *ma dao* chopped on the other party's armor, and it was probably on the position of the *huxinjing* (heart-guarding mirror) on his chest.

The blade cut a groove on the other party's armor, which was already close to breaking the armor, but failed to continue to penetrate deeper to give the other party a more substantial kill. Instead, the other party's hand took the opportunity to grab Zheng Fan's arm.

"Buzz!"

Zheng Fan only felt himself being lifted up and then falling to the ground. When he landed, Zheng Fan supported himself on the ground with his left hand, and a stinging pain immediately came from his palm, obviously it was badly worn. At the same time, his wrist was twisted because it was too strained.

And over there, Zu Dongcheng didn't take the opportunity to take Zheng Fan's life. At this moment, he was just a fleeing general, and he couldn't waste time.

Therefore, after throwing Zheng Fan off his horse, Zu Dongcheng stepped on the stirrups and regained his balance, then continued to ride forward.

Two big fish in a row were going to slip away in front of his eyes?

Moreover, the jade pendant on this young man's waist fully illustrated the simplicity of the other party's status.

Zheng Fan reached into his chest, took out the stone where the magic pill was, and threw it directly at Zu Dongcheng, who had just remounted his horse and hadn't had time to pull away,

and shouted:

"Son!"

"Whoosh!"

In the eyes of outsiders, Zheng Fan just picked up a stone and threw it at the enemy.

However, the speed of this stone was really too fast, saying it was like an arrow from a bow was a bit too conservative.

Zu Dongcheng only felt a sound breaking through the air behind him, and a warning sign rose in his heart, but before he could react, the stone where the magic pill was located directly hit the armor on his back.

"Bang!"

It was as if someone had swung a giant hammer and slammed it hard on your body. Zu Dongcheng was knocked out and fell heavily to the ground.

Zheng Shubei immediately got up, ignoring the stinging pain in his palm and ran over quickly.

Zu Dongcheng struggled to get up, but the hammer just now had broken countless bones in his body. The most deadly thing was that the blood qi around him was scattered, and he couldn't mobilize it for a while.

He turned his head unwillingly to look to the other side,

He saw the Yan man who had been knocked off his horse by him running towards him quickly,

Closer,

closer and closer,

"I am……"

Zheng Shubei kicked him in the head.

"Bang!"

Zu Dongcheng only felt a heavy blow to his head, and immediately fainted, unconscious.

Zheng Fan looked at his hand that had been scratched bloody when he fell to the ground earlier, and at the same time, his wrist was faintly aching, possibly with a slight fracture,

He spat a mouthful of bloody saliva on the ground,

and cursed:

"Damn it!"

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Seeing a lot of readers in the *danmu* (scrolling comments) of the previous two chapters reflecting that the writing is too cumbersome and there are too many supporting characters introduced. This is a necessary foreshadowing. Some characters will be used in the future, and some still use the shadows of historical celebrities.

Without introducing, explaining, and bringing it out, the subsequent stories will be difficult to write, and it will become a passerby enemy general appearing in a battle, and a passerby popping out when attacking a city, and it will directly become a *ge cao wushuang* (Dynasty Warriors-style hack-and-slash game).

But Long (referring to the author) will pay attention to this issue, and try to make this type of foreshadowing more interesting and better-looking in the future. This is where Long needs to improve.

Finally, I'll ask for a wave of monthly tickets again.