Invincible son

Chapter 274 273 [Hunting]

The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and it rarely develops completely according to the general's expectations, just like the battle between Pei Zhen and the Western Wu army. Although he deserved the credit for this battle, it was because of an unexpected change that he was able to capture Hucheng.

Outside Linqing County today, seeing that Pei Yue never fought head-on with his side, Li Zijun knew that the original plan had failed.

After all, he was born as a martial arts general. Even though Li Bingzhong, Marquis of Fengcheng, had no experience of leading troops in battle, he had read a lot of military books since he was a child, and he had been trained several times in Qingyu Mountain.In the current situation of being at a loss, Li Zijun seems to be in a frenzy, but he has been waiting for an opportunity.

When he saw the imperial guards ambushing behind the mountain rushing out, he immediately realized that this was the opportunity he had been waiting for.

So he made the most correct decision in his life for more than 20 years.

Ignoring Pei Yue in front of him, with the assistance of more than 20 Western Wu swordsmen, he immediately changed the charge direction of the entire horse bandit formation from south to east, which was almost just right to stop Shang Yu's third team !
Above the city tower, Wei Rui looked at the cavalry who were chasing after Shang Yu, and immediately said to the soldiers around him: "Give me an order to never open the east gate!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers clasped their fists to accept orders, and left in a hurry.

Now the other three city gates of Linqing County have been blocked with stones from the inside, leaving only one closed east gate.Wei Rui issued this order at this time, which meant that he would keep Pei Yue and his four hundred comrades out.

Yan Linchuan turned his head in disbelief, looking at Wei Rui with deep fear in his eyes, his voice was a little trembling: "Officer Wei, why don't you open the city gate quickly and welcome Pei Qin into the city?"

Wei Rui stood by the city wall, carefully observing the cavalry team following Shang Yu's buttocks.

The number of people is not very large, about seven or eight hundred, and the mounts under their crotch are the same as those of the horse bandits, and they are all horses raised by Dongqing Mansion.This kind of horse has a big head, short neck, strong physique, wide chest and long mane, thick skin and thick hair, and excellent endurance, so it is most popular with girder cavalry.It can be seen from this that the horse bandits in Qingyu Mountain are definitely not ordinary grass bandits, but the court did not get any report, and Pei Yue did not hear a single word from Xue Tao after he came to Lingzhou.

Everyone thought that the civil unrest in Dongqing was just a small group of grassroots bandits.

Wei Rui stretched out his hand to press the city wall, feeling extremely angry.

Of course he knew that the safest way for Pei Yue at the moment was to enter the city immediately. With the tall city walls of Linqing County, the two or three thousand cavalry outside could only stare blankly.Even though the cavalry and horse bandits behind Shang Yu were obviously different, whether it was the formation maintenance during the charge or the weird swords in their hands, they looked extremely ferocious, but it is foolish to think of attacking the city based on these.

But Wei Rui could only shake his head and said in a deep voice: "Master Yan, if the city gate is opened now and the other party chases after them, who can guarantee that they can be stopped outside the city? Once these people enter the city, the city will be full of unarmed people , what should we do then?"

Although Yan Linchuan is not good at military affairs, he also understands this simple truth. He said hesitantly: "Pei Yue is an imperial envoy. What if something good or bad happens?"

Wei Rui said calmly and indifferently: "My lord ordered me to defend the city, so I won't think about other issues."

A wealthy local businessman next to him persuaded: "Don't worry, my lord. The imperial envoy has never been entangled by the horse bandits. You can leave in time at this moment. This is the inland of Lingzhou. Do the horse bandits dare to pursue it further?"

Yan Linchuan looked towards the battlefield outside the city, and said with a sad face: "I also understand, but in that case, wouldn't the group of soldiers surrounded by horse bandits have no way out?"

There was silence on the top of the city.

Wei Rui didn't say much.

Judging from the existing information, Shang Yu's third team must have met the other side's reinforcements behind that mountain. Since he chose to flee immediately, apart from the huge disparity in the number of each other, it can also be seen that there are seven to eight hundred people. It is by no means comparable to ordinary horse bandits.Just because these people can maintain a stable formation when charging at high speed, you can roughly guess how powerful they are.

Wei Rui looked into the distance, the third team had been blocked by a large force of horse bandits, and the elite cavalry from behind immediately surrounded them.

All this happened in a very short period of time, and he couldn't help clenching his fists tightly, trying his best to suppress the raging killing intent in his chest.

If Pei Yue chooses to leave at this time, he should be out of danger, but that also means that Shang Yu's third team will be given up.

As a military commander, Wei Rui certainly knew that choosing to leave was the right choice, and he also hoped that Pei Yue would do the same. Rescuing Shang Yu at the moment seems like a stupid choice, and it is not appropriate to force him back to the city, after all, the opponent is also a cavalry , there is no risk only if you leave temporarily.

Wei Rui asked himself, if he was in Pei Yue's position, he would choose to leave.

But deep down in his heart, there was no hope.

The local gentry of Linqing on the top of the city surrounded Yan Linchuan. They had mixed feelings about this well-known young imperial envoy, and they were very curious about what choice he would make.

But these people's thinking was too complicated. In fact, when Li Zijun led most of the horse bandits to stop Shang Yu's troops, Pei Yue had already made up his mind.

"All soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"

Without flamboyant words or pretentious gestures, Pei Yue had a firm face, raised the long knife in his right hand, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and rushed out without hesitation.

"kill!"

Chen Xianda, Meng Longfu and Fu Hongzhi followed closely behind, and the three hundred riders drew their bows and swords with one voice.

For Pei Yue, although the appearance of this group of cavalry was sudden, it was not unexpected. He had experienced too many conspiracies in his two lifetimes, so he kept a hand when the large army of horse bandits appeared.In any case, it is definitely not his style to fight and run, even if he has a premonition that the next battle will be a fierce battle.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield was very chaotic.

Shang Yu's third team was surrounded by two horse bandits, and Pei Yue led three hundred horsemen directly into the rear of most of the horse bandits.

This move seemed exciting, and everyone upstairs in Linqing City cheered, but if Pei Yue hesitated for a moment, he might never see Shang Yu again.

"boom!"

There was a muffled sound as the weapons staggered. Shang Yu raised his saber to block a horse bandit who was rushing diagonally, and the opponent's saber slammed down violently, almost making him let go of the long saber!Feeling the sharp pain coming from the tiger's mouth, Shang Yu immediately slapped his horse and walked away, but the next moment, another person stopped in front of him. The movement of the person in front was exactly the same. When the two approached, the big knife in the opponent's hand slashed Down.

"boom!"

Shang Yu couldn't bear it anymore, and the long knife flew out of his hand.

The man grinned cruelly, full of murderous intent.

(End of this chapter)