Time went back to a quarter of an hour ago, when Cao Jie, the general of the Jun Shui Army, led five hundred cavalrymen and rushed to the south gate.

To be fair, the battle situation around the South Gate was not very bad, because although the Jun Shui Army lost control of the South Gate due to a sneak attack by some rebel forces in the inner chamber, it did not take long before the Jun Shui Army officers and soldiers quickly

In response, they launched a counterattack against the Yangwu army who attempted to attack the palace and some rebel forces from the chamberlain who were mixed in.

It has to be said that the Junshui Army is worthy of being one of the "Six Garrison Battalions". As an army that is stationed in the suburbs of Daliang City all year round and rarely dispatched outside, the soldiers of the Junshui Army were in this premeditated sneak attack by the bandits.

There was some chaos, but it didn't take long for it to stabilize. They used Zhen Palace as a stronghold and guarded the east and west avenues, effectively curbing the influx of Yangwu troops into the depths of the palace.

"Xilulu——"

There was a sound of horses neighing, and the heroic general Cao Jie reined in his horse and stopped in front of Zhen Palace. He looked around at the soldiers of his army who were resisting Yangwu's army, and shouted loudly: "Where is Duan Yang?!"

After several shouts, a general rushed to Cao Jie's horse and saluted with clasped fists: "Marquis Duan Yang, please see General Cao."

Cao Jie waved his hand and exempted Duan Yang from the military salute, and asked in a deep voice: "What's the situation now?"

After hearing this, Duan Yang said sternly: "Those Yangwu soldiers didn't know why they went crazy and attacked our army, as well as the internal servants and supervisors. Just now they..."

"I don't want to hear this! I just want to know how the current situation is?!" Cao Jie interrupted Duan Yang and asked.

Duan Yang was shocked when he heard this, and immediately said succinctly: "The south gate has been lost, and the walls on both sides are still fighting fiercely."

Cao Jie thought for a moment and asked, "Does the Yangwu army have siege equipment?"

"There is a ladder."

"..." Cao Jie frowned when he heard this.

If the Yangwu army did not carry the ladder with the army, he would adopt an internal-first-outward strategy, that is, first focus on annihilating the Yangwu rebels along the palace walls on both sides, and then concentrate on retaking the south gate of the palace.

But since the Yangwu rebels have prepared ladders, this strategy will not work. After all, the rebels will use the ladders to continuously attack the outer wall of the palace gate.

"We must take the initiative!"

Cao Jie made up his mind and ordered in a deep voice: "Duan Yang, listen to the order. I order you to defend Zhen Palace and not allow the rebels to attack the palace."

"Follow the order!" Duan Yang said, clasping his fists and accepting the order.

Seeing this, Cao Jie clamped his legs under the horse's belly, raised the sharp sword in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Xiao Qiying, listen to the order, follow me... kill!"

After giving the order, he led five hundred dredging cavalry and headed straight towards the south gate of the palace.

Along the way, the infantrymen of the dredging army gave way in the melee, and the Yangwu rebels who tried to block Cao Jie's path were ruthlessly slaughtered by the 500 dredging cavalry led by Cao Jie, who forcibly cut a bloody road.

"bite--"

An arrow cluster hit Cao Jie's armor with strong force, but unfortunately, it could only leave a scratch on the armor.

At this scene, let alone one of the Yangwu rebel generals who was trying to snipe Cao Jie, his eyes widened in shock, and even Cao Jie was slightly absent-minded.

"Oh."

Cao Jie grinned at the rebel general with a mocking look on his face, not bothering to pay attention to him at all. He waved the seemingly indestructible sword in his hand and split a Yangwu rebel in two with his armor.

cut.

"What a sword!"

Glancing at the almost undamaged sword in his hand, Cao Jie secretly whistled: The armaments ordered by Emperor Wei to spend huge sums of money from the Metallurgical Bureau were indeed extraordinary.

"I wonder if "Yuma Rider" felt the same way when he was on the Shangdang battlefield..."

Cao Jie couldn't help but think about it.

To be honest, the cavalry armor purchased by his dredging army from the Smelting Bureau was not a heavy armor like that of the merchant army, but a kind of armor between light armor and heavy armor - let's call it a general term.

As medium armor, these medium armor cannot withstand the sniper fire of a powerful crossbow within fifty steps, but they still have considerable defensive power.

In comparison, the equipment of the Yangwu Army is not worth mentioning. It is still the same weaponry and equipment as ten years ago, almost 20 years behind the Junsui Army.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Junshui Army was able to make an effective counterattack even after being stunned at the beginning - the equipment of the two armies is really very different.

The simplest analogy is: the weapon in the hands of the Junshui soldiers may be able to pierce the Yangwu rebels and their armor with one sword, but the sword in the hands of the Yangwu rebels will take several

Only a sword can cut through the armor of the Junshui soldiers.

Under this hard gap in equipment, even if the Yangwu Army seized the opportunity, it would not be able to cause any effective casualties to the Dredging Army.

It was precisely because of this that Cao Jie, without much effort, killed the rebels along the south gate and rushed straight to the outside of the palace.

When Cao Jie led the cavalry to the outside of the palace, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he saw the densely packed Yangwu rebels outside the palace.

"Damn it, the Blue Crows are unreliable... Are these more than a thousand people?"

Cao Jie cursed inwardly with a wry smile, and secretly complained to Duan Shisan and others who had just delivered the warning to him.

Of course, he was not doubting the Qingya people. After all, they were fooling around and there was no telling how many Yangwu rebels participated in the attack on the palace.

But having said that, Cao Jie did not feel panic at this moment. Instead, he felt excited in his heart - after receiving the new equipment built by the Smelting Bureau, his dredging army was worried that there were no suitable test subjects!

"kill!"

Following Cao Jie's slightly excited order, the five hundred cavalrymen of the Dredging Navy became a lingering nightmare for the Yangwu rebels. These cavalrymen, who seemed to be invulnerable, spread their horses' hooves and let the horses under their crotches run wildly.

He ran, and every time he swung the sword in his hand, a Yangwu rebel fell in a pool of blood, howling miserably.

You must know that the batch of war knives built by the Metallurgical Bureau for the Junshui Army are different from those in the past. They are the prototype of another weapon improved by the Metallurgical Bureau on the basis of the Zhanma Dao. When this kind of knife is upgraded to use

To the extent that His Highness Prince Su is satisfied, it will have another name, Mo Dao, ordered by His Highness Prince Su himself.

Compared with the old Zhanma Dao, this Mo Dao, although still in its prototype, is lighter in weight, has a narrower blade, and the front end of the blade is slightly heavier than the handle, so the Junshui Army cavalry often wave it casually when wielding it.

, can cause a very powerful slash, and the curvature of the blade is also very suitable for cavalry on war horses to slash, so that the dredging cavalry feel an inexplicable pleasure when slashing.

dripping.

Especially when you see the Mo Dao being swung to cut the target into two pieces along with the armor, the feeling of pleasure is almost like addiction.

It is said that this batch of horse war swords was originally intended to be equipped with the Youma Army. Unfortunately, the improvement of this weapon by the Smelting Bureau failed to catch up with the "Wei-Han Northern Frontier Campaign". Therefore, the Junshui Army was very honored to become

The first user of this weapon.

Even Cao Jie had to admit that this horse fighting sword, even though it was still just a test product of the Smelting Bureau, was far more powerful than any weapon he was familiar with before. It is no exaggeration to say that,

With this kind of weapons, things like carbines can only be used as throwing spears.

I don't know how long they have been fighting, but the excitement in Cao Jie's heart has not diminished at all. On the contrary, the war horse under his crotch is a little overwhelmed, and it is snorting heavily from its nose. It's no wonder, after all, although the middle class is not as good as Yuma

The army's heavy armor is heavy, but after all, it is armor made of alloy iron and cowhide, so the weight is naturally not that light.

However, when he took another look at the Yangwu rebels on the battlefield outside the palace, Cao Jie frowned.

According to his estimate, there are more than a thousand Yangwu troops participating in the rebellion. There are estimated to be two to three thousand at the south gate alone. How many of such a huge number are the real remnants of the Xiao family?

?

As far as he knew, the Yangwu Army, which took care of the Zhongyang Palace and Zhongyang Hunting Ground, once had a maximum strength of 30,000 people. Even now, more than thirty years later, it still has a strength of 8,000 people. Could it be that

Are these eight thousand people all remnants of the Xiao family?

This is impossible.

Therefore, in Cao Jie's view, the real remnants of the Xiao family may be just a small group of people, a small group of generals who control the military power of Yangwu Army, and the vast majority of Yangwu soldiers may be just innocent people who were kept in the dark.

who.

Just like the Yangwu Army rebel he killed, when Cao Jie asked him why he wanted to attack Zhongyang Palace, the other party actually said that his Junshui Army was rebelling.

Are you kidding?!

His dredging army is the defense force stationed in the capital of Daliang!

But through these words, Cao Jie also realized that most of the Yangwu army was deceived by the remnants of the Xiao family who were among them.

"Damn it, don't these country soldiers know that we are a dredging army?"

Cao Jie glanced around sadly.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a loud rumbling noise not far away. Looking under the dim moonlight, Cao Jie was surprised to find that it seemed to be Wei Mu's Nanyan Army.

The leading cavalry group seemed to be spearheaded by Wei Mu's deputy general Ai He.

"Great, reinforcements are coming!"

Cao Jie was overjoyed and stood still waiting for the arrival of the Nan Yan army.

From a distance, the Nanyan cavalry charged towards the Yangwu army outside the palace.

Twenty feet...

Ten feet...

Suddenly, Cao Jie, who was about to greet Ai He, suddenly felt that something was wrong. As a military general, his intuition made him subconsciously raise the sword in his hand and block it in front of his chest.

There was a loud sound, and the spear in Ai He's hand was bounced away by Cao Jie's sword.

"Vice General Ai? Vice General Ai, what are you doing?!" Cao Jie exclaimed.

However, Ai He turned a blind eye to his greeting and attacked Cao Jie repeatedly.

Seeing this, Cao Jie was confused for a while, then suddenly his heart was shocked and he realized one thing: Ai He is a remnant of the Xiao family!

"not good!"

Cao Jie, who was shocked, quickly turned around and looked around, and sure enough he saw that the 500 dredging cavalry under his command were unprepared and killed by the Nanyan cavalry.

"The Junshui Army rebelled and caused chaos. Please follow me, King Qin!" Ai He shouted loudly.

After hearing this, the Nanyan cavalry and the Nanyan army infantry who arrived later launched a ferocious attack on the Junshui army. This confusing rhetoric made Cao Jie almost spit out blood.
To be continued...