Chapter 23
The ground is white and the wind is cold, and the snowflakes are as big as hands.
40 miles north of Shouchun City, a team of dozens of large carts and nearly 700 soldiers braved the slightly weakened wind and snow. After the heavy snow for a day and a night, the earth seemed to be covered with a thick white velvet blanket. The snow, which was more than four fingers deep, caused great difficulties for the team to move forward. People walked forward with snow, and it was still deep and shallow, which seemed quite inconvenient. The dozens of carriages loaded with dowry things were simply difficult to move forward, and they would fall into snow from time to time, and they almost even made the car overturned several times. Starting from Chenshi, it was already noon, and it took more than two hours, and the team had only walked 6 or 7 miles.
"Person Xu, I wonder if the soldiers you sent can arrive in Shouchun smoothly? In this case, we will definitely not be able to arrive in Shouchun tonight. If General Li Tong fails to send people to pick him up, we may not be able to arrive in Shouchun tomorrow!" Zhang Hong rode a war horse wrapped in a heavy fur cloak, and said to the Captain Cao Jun beside him with a trembling voice. Because the carriage was too difficult to walk, and there was even the danger of overturning. Even Zhang Hong, who was quite afraid of the cold, had to leave the carriage and rode forward.
"Mr. Zhang, don't worry. Although the soldiers I sent were not from Shouchun, they had followed General Xiahou of my family to Shouchun several times to fight. They were quite familiar with the terrain here. If there was no accident, they would arrive in Shouchun smoothly. As I expected, General Li's support staff should be on the way!"
"It's good if that's true!" Zhang Hong nodded slightly with peace of mind. Looking at the snowflakes flying all over the sky, Zhang Hong couldn't help but tighten the cloak on his body. It turns out that time is unforgivable! When he was young, he was so afraid of the wind and cold, and it was not like now... Alas! It seems... the mission of this mission can only be handed over to others in the future. In fact, before he went to Xuchang, Sun Quan had also planned to send someone else to Xuchang because he was sympathetic to Zhang Hong's weak body. However, Zhang Hong believed that it was the most appropriate for such an important matter as marriage with Cao Cao to be sent by himself, and insisted on asking Sun Quan to entrust him to go. Sun Quan was inconvenient to defeat the heart of this loyal and old minister, and with Zhang Hong's diplomatic talent, there was no one who was right in Jiangdong. In the end, Xuchang's trip was handed over to Zhang Hong.
Thinking of the young face of Lord Sun Quan who showed sincere concern for him, Zhang Hong's face showed a smile. The lord's great cause has not been achieved, and he still has to do his best to do more. He has to survive this old and sick bone for a few more years. Forget it, stay honestly in the warm and gentle Jiangdong in the future. The matters running around should be left to those juniors!
At this moment, a burst of cheers suddenly came from the front of the team.
"What's going on?" Xu asked loudly when he saw this.
"Report to the captain, General Li of Shouchun is here!" A soldier stumbled over and said excitedly.
"Have you ever seen the other party's flag clearly?" Zhang Hong asked carefully.
"I see clearly, it's indeed General Li's banner!"
"Okay! Lord Zhang wants to follow me to welcome General Li Tong?" Xu said excitedly to Zhang Hong.
"It's just my wish! Master Xu asked first!" Zhang Hong said with a smile.
Xu and Zhang Hong rode their horses in front and behind to the front of the team, and looked forward. A hundred and fifty steps away, a large-scale cavalry of "Cao Army" was slowly approaching, and they rode on the head and danced in the wind. The flag was very conspicuously written with a big "Li".
"It's General Li!" After confirming the other party's armor and flag, Xu shouted happily, and he was about to meet him as soon as he rode his horse.
"Not right! There is murderous aura!" A low but powerful shout sounded.
"What?" Xu Jiawei was stunned and looked back. The speaker was a strong man dressed in a guard dressed in a dressed in a guard next to Zhang Hong.
Zhang Hong was also puzzled when he heard what the man behind him said, but he did not scold the man. Instead, he asked in a gentle tone: "Youping, what's wrong?"
The man named "Youping" said in a deep voice: "The cavalry in front has a strong murderous aura.........It's not a big opponent..." Suddenly, the man raised his right arm and pointed straight ahead, "Ah......They are not Li Tong's men! Everyone is on guard quickly, there are enemies in front!"
Xu Jiawei and Zhang Hong looked in the direction pointed by the Han's arm and were shocked to find that the cavalry on the opposite side had begun to accelerate, and it was obvious that they were charging. In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two armies was less than 50 steps, and they could even clearly see the slender sword in the hands of the other cavalry. And the big flag with the word "Li" was thrown away.
At this time, as long as you are not blind or foolish, you can see that the other party is absolutely malicious. After Xu Xiaowei was stunned for a moment, he immediately shouted loudly.
"Enemy attack!!! Everyone fights me!"
However, his voice was soon covered by another violent roar.
"Kill!" The opponent's cavalry had already rushed to less than 20 steps away. The speed of the galloping war horses had increased to the fastest. The flying horse's hooves swept the snow on the ground, and the remaining snow flew up and fell one after another. The cavalry on the horse were all murderous intent, their eyes were filled with blood, and the bright sword in their hands had been raised to chop.
10 steps!
5 steps!
"Kill!" The opponent's cavalry roared again. With the roar, the sharp sword slashed in the air, bringing a splash of blood. A red mark was added to the white snow.
"Ah...ah...!" Before the dozens of Cao's soldiers could come to their senses, they had already been taken away by the sharp blade in their screams. The galloping cavalry rushed over like surging waves, submerging the panicked Cao's army.
Captain Xu looked at his soldiers who were falling down, and his expression was very complicated, with anger, doubt, fear, and deep despair. With his years of experience in the army, he clearly knew that the situation in front of him was irreversible.
How could this happen? Why are there enemies near Shouchun? Why are the enemy actually under the banner of General Li Tong? Why... Xu Jiawei had countless doubts in his heart? But no one would tell him the answer, and he himself had no time to think about the reason. Because the enemy had already reached the fore.
"公!" "公!" "公!" Xu Xiaowei quickly waved the spear in his hand and set up three sabers that were slashing at him. But he had no chance to fight back, because the cavalry behind rushed over again, and slashed at him one by one. "公!" After blocking the eighth sabers, Xu Xiaowei suddenly turned the war horse and rushed towards the convoy behind. While riding the horse, he shouted like crazy, "Fight, fight... Everyone should not be stunned, fight to the death. The convoy in the rear immediately turned and retreated north!"
However, when Cao's soldiers woke up like a dream, they raised their swords and guns and started to resist, at least 200 soldiers had fallen into a pool of blood. What's more, even if they resisted, what can they do? The soldiers who had been in the snow for more than two hours were already exhausted, and were in a mess after being attacked by the enemy. They were facing a cavalry that looked like wolves and tigers. The so-called "resistance" was just a delay in the time of death.
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"Mr. Zigang!!!" A roar full of grief and anger sounded in the battlefield.
When Zhang Hong noticed that the enemy cavalry began to charge, he fled with the escort of the strong Han next to him. However, Zhang Hong was only a first-hand master of cavalry, how could he compare with the enemy cavalry? In a short while, several cavalry followed.
In extreme panic, the war horse under Zhang Hong actually stepped on the air with one hoof and fell to the right immediately. Zhang Hong, who was unable to defend, was thrown to the ground, and then the huge horse body pressed on Zhang Hong's thin body again.
Seeing this, the man dressed in a guard looked so angry that he roared and flew off the horse. He came to Zhang Hong, threw down the sword in his hand, stretched out his hands, grabbed the war horse that was still pressing against Zhang Hong's body and struggling to stand up. With a fierce force, he actually lifted the tall war horse weighing more than 400 pounds above his head, and then threw it out with force.
"Bang!" The huge horse flew more than 10 steps before it landed on the thick snow on the ground.
The big man hurriedly helped Zhang Hong up and looked closely. He saw that Zhang Hong's eyes were closed, his face was pale, blood was constantly overflowing, and a part of his chest was sinking deeply. Obviously, the injury was extremely heavy!
At this moment, several cavalry followed were already roaring and rushing over. The cavalry was less than 10 steps away from the man, and the saber in his hand was already raised to chop. The man stood up, held Zhang Hong with his left hand, and pulled out the sword inserted beside him with his right hand. The cavalry in front of him quickly slashed in the air.
A shocking scene happened! The cavalryman, who was at least 4 or 5 steps away from the blade of the sword, was split into two halves from the middle as the sword fell. Due to the huge impact, the body of the man and the horse was split into half of the left and right 5 or 6 steps away, and finally stopped on the left and right sides of the man. The man standing in the middle was covered with human body, and the large amount of blood splashed out from the horse body was stained red. Coupled with his face twisted due to anger and the murderous sword in his hand, it looked like a ferocious demon.
The companion in front was killed by the big man in the air, which did not make the cavalry immediately following him feel fearful, but instead aroused their blood. Although they knew that they were not the big man's opponent, they still rushed over with a roar.
"Hmph!" The big man snorted coldly, and his burly body exuded a murderous aura.
"You mixed fish! Look at me, the big sword in the river!" The big man waved the long sword in his hand from right to left, and a high-spirited and wild sword light swept towards the enemy cavalry. After a moment, it exploded like a shattered star. Three of the four cavalrymen were immediately tangled into countless pieces of meat by people and horses. The last cavalry could not dodge at all. At the critical moment of life and death, a spear with a dark and shiny head curled into a snake-shaped spear arrived in time, blocking the nearly killing knife for him!
The snake spear!
Chapter completed!