Chapter 46: Fight to the Death

  Those two knew that they were seasoned veterans who understood that it was all right to train and scold during peacetime. But once on the battlefield, if you scolded, the soldiers would only become more flustered, so they suppressed their tempers and loudly gave orders.

  "Yang Yan, Zhou Ji! You two lead the halberd and shield troops, and line up five zhang behind the main formation on both sides. Once the enemy charges at the main formation, you two immediately circle around to the enemy's rear!"

  "Zhang Qing led a team of long knife and axe-wielding soldiers, waiting for the enemy to charge at the main formation. Once they were blocked, they would immediately kill them! Ma Tai, lead the cavalry and wait for orders! The remaining team will follow me to monitor the formation, anyone who dares to retreat even one step will be killed on the spot!" Xu Wei's voice was stern and severe, the situation was critical, and he had to use harsh measures. The soldiers heard this in their ears and trembled with fear, military law is ruthless, who would dare to take it lightly? Even without the constraints of military law, who would dare to trifle with this commander who was famous for his bravery?"

  The Jinwei camp was slightly chaotic, after all, a considerable number of soldiers were fighting for the first time, and the formation was not yet fully in place. On that hillside, behind the brothers who were desperately running back and forth, a row of cavalry suddenly appeared! Another look, it's not just one row, but rows upon rows, coming like a tide!

  Those soldiers who couldn't run fast, hearing the hoofbeats behind them, were extremely frightened! Some even panicked and ran with weak legs, tripping and falling to the ground. Before they could get up, a long spear pierced through their chest! Not far away, comrades saw this and cried out in grief! In a state of utter panic, they threw themselves to the ground, tightly clutching their heads, only to be trampled into pulp by the swarming enemy cavalry!

  Xu Wei gazed out at the carnage before him, his eyes gradually filling with bloodshot tears! In the past, he had always seen the tens of thousands of iron cavalry charging forward with a momentum that could split mountains and shatter the earth. How majestic it was! Now that he was on the battlefield himself, he realized that even these few hundred horsemen were quite intimidating! No wonder people said that cavalry was the bane of infantry - because of their strong mobility, especially when they charged in formation, carrying the power of thunder, which instilled great fear in the hearts of infantrymen! Once the infantry formation was broken, all that awaited them was merciless slaughter!

  Hundreds of cavalrymen abandoned the pursuit of fleeing soldiers and charged straight at our phalanx formation. The front row of infantry was terrified, their weapons trembling in their hands. He raised his knife and shouted loudly: "The enemy is making a surprise attack! If you escape, there's only one way to die! To survive, we must fight to the death! Xu Wei and brothers will advance and retreat together until death!"

  Hundreds of enemy cavalry suddenly raided, holding long guns, pu dao, and even hunting horns shouting to rush over! Entering a hundred paces distance, Xu Wei held up the knife in his hand and shouted in a low voice: "Steady! Those who retreat will die!"

  Fifty paces! The soldiers of the Jingwei camp felt that the ground was also trampled by the enemy's hooves, and some people even closed their eyes!

  "Get ready on both sides!" Xu Wei gritted his teeth and stared straight ahead!

  Twenty paces! The enemy's battle cry is clearly audible! Some soldiers can't hold back their fear, shouting loudly and throwing away their long spears, wanting to escape! Commander Cheng Fang rushes up quickly, grabs the soldier's head with one hand, and twists it violently! He throws away the corpse like a dead snake, picks up the long spear from the ground, fills in the gap, and roars: "The commander has an order! Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without pardon!"

  Damn it! It's a dead end on both sides! Might as well fight him to the death! That damn ball is flying towards the sky! Those timid soldiers, with a determined look in their eyes, gritted their teeth, tightly grasped their weapons, and took a deep breath!

  The two armies clashed! The enemy cavalry, with the momentum of thunder and lightning, charged fiercely into the infantry phalanx with a force of ten thousand jun! However, the row of long guns planted in the ground was like an insurmountable moat, and also like a row of sharp beast teeth! The first batch of enemy cavalry that met the array had their war horses collide with the gun tips, rearing up in pain and throwing off the riders on their backs! The comrades behind them continued to charge forward, but the massive impact force caused the Jing Yun camp infantry phalanx to immediately cave in backwards! However, at the same time, the cavalry's charging momentum was also blocked!

  It's now! Yang Yan led the charge, brandishing his curved saber and shouting loudly: "Brothers! Kill the enemy and get rewarded!" His subordinates saw their commander take the lead, and their courage surged, rushing forward like a tidal wave!

  The enemy cavalry was clustered together, and Yang Yan rode around to the back. Without saying a word, he thrust his spear into the ribs of one of the enemy cavalrymen! The corpse was knocked off the horse! Zhou Ji saw that Yang Yan had made a move and forgot to give the order to attack. He charged forward with his wooden sword! One of the enemy cavalrymen saw him and stabbed at him with his spear! Zhou Ji lowered his head, crouched down on the ground, and swept his sword across! The warhorse was cut off at one hoof and fell sideways, and the rider was thrown in front of Zhou Ji! Just as he was about to behead the man and put the three strings of cash into his pocket, a subordinate suddenly appeared beside him, quick with his hands and feet. He cut off the man's head and tied it around his waist, then rushed forward again.

  The enemy's charge was blocked, and behind them, Yang Yan Zhou Ji Bao was ambushed, trapped in a group, the cavalry's impact force, mobility suddenly lost! At this time, dozens of soldiers from the Jingwei camp, holding long knives and giant axes, attacked from the side, instantly causing chaos!

  At this moment, Xu Wei suddenly saw that the mountain slope was densely packed with people coming from all directions! It seems that the enemy had made preparations earlier, using cavalry to launch a surprise attack, attempting to disperse our troops, and infantry followed closely behind, waiting for the cavalry to create chaos before encircling and annihilating us.

  Xu Wei couldn't give him this opportunity, looking at Ma Tai's team, he raised his left hand high and swung it forward with all his might! Just as his hand fell, Ma Tai simultaneously urged on his war horse, holding the giant axe in his hand, taking the lead! The war horse's four hooves flew, carrying Ma Tai, like a small mountain, pressing forward! Behind him, more than 50 cavalrymen competed to be the first, these people were all carefully selected by Xu Wei, not only strong and robust, but also with extraordinary arm strength, all holding heavy weapons, following behind the leader, charging forward with all their might!

  Those bandits all over the mountain, didn't see anyone commanding, seeing the central stickiness, rushed to that side. Suddenly saw cavalry rushing over, the bandit running in the front row stumbled, and after a moment of hesitation, turned his head and fled! But saw a bare-chested, leopard-headed, ring-eyed, short-bearded man kick one down with one foot, chop off his head with a thick-backed knife!

  "Give me a charge! Wipe out this band of rebel troops!"

  As soon as the words fell, he suddenly felt something was wrong! He leaped to the side and only felt a strong gust of wind sweeping over. Turning his head, he saw a general holding a large axe, extremely fat, rushing forward recklessly, as if entering an uninhabited territory. The ruffians dodged in all directions, those who couldn't avoid were either trampled by horses or chopped into two pieces by the giant axe. At the moment of urgent anger, dozens of riders rushed over and charged, causing the bandits to scatter and flee.

  Xu Wei didn't wear a helmet, so his soldiers could see him at all times. Behind him stood more than 90 young men from Xujiacun, this was the foundation of his rise to power, this was his personal army!

  "Brothers, what is that!" Xu Wei pointed back at the mountain slope and shouted loudly.

  "Bandits!" A group of newborn calves responded in unison.

  "No! What I see is a shimmering white silver ingot! With silver, you can drink and eat meat! With silver, you can marry and have children! With silver, you can have whatever you want! Dare to follow me to get it?"

  "Come on! Come on! Come on!" Facing twenty times their own bandits, these less than a hundred young men showed no fear, waving their weapons and shouting loudly. Inspired by Xu Wei's words, it seemed that what they saw in front of them was not the bandits, but gold and silver!