Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 336 Tianyuan Lone Star
Huan Tianyuan,
Huan Tianyuan,
Wake up,
Huan Tianyuan,
Wake up soon.

Huan Tianyuan opened his eyes.

He looked around with a confused look on his face and found himself lying in a military tent, surrounded by barefoot men. The strong and unrestrained smell of male hormones rushed into his nostrils and was extremely intoxicating.

Who am I... Where am I... Where am I going...

The first thing he asked was the final three questions, and Huan Tianyuan completely confused himself.

"dong dong dong"

"Drum roll, drum roll!"

"The troops are dispatched!"

Before he could think about it, the drums outside the tent started beating loudly, and the soldiers jumped up from their bunks one by one, hurriedly putting on their armor. Huan Tianyuan was also inexplicably swept up in the crowd, put on his armor, picked up the broken lance that he was holding by his pillow, put on his crossbow, and followed the crowd out of the tent to form a battle array.

Looking up, I saw city walls that were hundreds of feet high all around, and the iron gates in front and back were tightly shut. It was clearly a city wall with no way to escape.

The fish-scale armor of the Zhenzhou guards clanged against each other, and the silver scales rolled around, reflecting the sunlight like rippling water.

"Array! Array!"

"Team up! Team up!"

"Send out the troops! Send out the troops!"

"Whoa Whoah"

Like waves beating on the sand reefs, hundreds of thousands of iron-scale elite soldiers lined up in battle array, like a silver river opening the floodgates to release floodwaters, gathering and rushing from the north city to the battlefield.

"call--!"

As the heavy North Gate Pass was opened, a cold wind as sharp as a knife whistled in, and in an instant a layer of frost condensed on the fish-scale iron helmet.

Although the military tent was smelly, dozens of hot men huddled together to at least keep warm. At this time, the north wind blew in their faces, and Huan Tianyuan was brought back to his senses by the bone-chilling cold current. He shivered involuntarily, but he had no way to retreat and was forced to go into battle with the army.

"Why is it so cold? Is it winter already?"

"Yes, yes, this winter is particularly cold."

"Is Yingzhou really that cold?"

"Yes, yes, it's very cold."

The captains and military officers riding on tall horses chatted about the weather, put their hands in their cotton-padded coats, huddled at the end of the queue, and looked out at the Zhenzhou soldiers, who were lined up in rows of four, forming a marching formation like a long snake, heading north along the Chidao Road, preparing to cross the hills, line up on the river beach, and intercept the rebels crossing the river.

Looking at the gradually receding city walls and the slowly unfolding plains, Huan Tianyuan suddenly had a strong sense of déjà vu, and then followed by a bone-chilling chill and uneasiness.

wrong
wrong
Something is wrong!

Why are we still using marching columns!

How could four people stop the Tuqi?

"Military commander! It's time to form the battle line! Form the battle line! Form the battle line! Form the battle line!"

Regardless of the threat of military law, a greater sense of crisis surged in his heart, forcing Huan Tianyuan to roar out loud.

He had a loud voice and was full of energy. This roar was so earth-shaking that it spread across the plain, so much so that the soldiers around him who were frozen like chickens by the cold air could not help but come to their senses. Some of them looked back in confusion, while others subconsciously formed a battle line.

"You, what are you yelling about? Stop making loud noises!"

The military officer was unable to come to his senses for a moment, and his first reaction was the instinct of a superior. When he saw these lowly military slaves dared to yell at him, making him lose face in front of the captain, he naturally rushed over on his horse and whipped them to beat them, regardless of right or wrong.

The soldiers around saw the horse charging at them, fearing they would be knocked away or trampled, and hurriedly fled. Only Huan Tianyuan stood still like a mountain, like an iron tower, with his eyes as sharp as lightning, staring at the horse and making it lean sideways. He grabbed the iron whip with one hand, and almost pulled the general off his horse.

Huan Tianyuan didn't even look at him, he just stared at the captain and said,
"This is a plain! There is no place to hide! Please form a barricade! Beware of a surprise attack from the northern barbarians!"

However, the captain neither agreed nor rebuked, but just opened his mouth and looked into the distance.

Huan Tianyuan suddenly turned his head and saw a knight appearing on the hill in the distance.

The horses are tall and strong, and the men and horses are equipped with rows and stacks of leaf armor, like overlapping iron mountains. Under the armor is thick felt, the white wool has been soaked into a reddish brown. A pair of wing-like scimitars are placed side by side on the saddle, and in their hands are long spears with thick wooden poles.

This is the attire of the Yanyun Iron Cavalry.

But there are no more Yanyun Cavalry.

It's still too late.

The second rider, the third rider, in just the blink of an eye, hundreds of cavalrymen crossed the hills, silently looking at the infantry stretching out on the plains, like an eagle in the sky, looking at a fish with its belly turned up.

“Formation——!!!”

Huan Tianyuan roared angrily.

"bang bang bang"

At Huan Tianyuan's shout, the fish scales rolled up, reflecting the sunlight, and the soldiers ran numbly.

"Form a formation! Form a formation!!"

The generals of the Qu army woke up as if from a dream, galloped on their horses, shouted loudly in panic, and drove the infantry to form the columns into thin lines.

However, before half of the people had finished forming their teams, an eagle's cry was heard from the sky, followed by a series of whistle arrows.

Then the earth shook and the mountains began to tremble, and the reddish-brown iron waves on the hills poured down like a surging mountain torrent.

First, a hundred riders trotted, then a thousand galloped, and finally they charged forward on horseback.

In just three breaths, the gun line had advanced over a hundred steps.

Then a rain of arrows came, and the few soldiers who were shouting in the front row were immediately turned into hedgehogs.

A long arrow even pierced through the captain's helmet. Fortunately, this guy had a bunch of magic weapons to die with, so he was able to save his life.

So the captain let his hair down, turned his horse around, and galloped for his life.

Since this was the case, the military commanders also abandoned their troops one after another.

The soldiers also fled, throwing away their armor and weapons, like a dike being dug and a mountain collapsing.

Before they even came into contact with the enemy, the front line collapsed on its own, like a fishing net with leaks everywhere.

In a flash, with the sound of steel and iron, the whirring wind and the sharp edges of the blades, the cavalry broke through the thin line of the Zhen army, piercing human bodies with the tips of their lances, cutting off heads with their scimitars, and trampling flesh and blood under their iron hooves.

Huan Tianyuan stood up.

Although he was pierced through the throat by an arrow at the first moment, and was shot into a hedgehog by the arrows, with blood all over his body, he still stood up.

Like a stubborn rock in a torrent, or a reef going against the waves.

He roared angrily, leaped forward and struck like a tiger, piercing through the layers of armor of a cavalryman with one blow, knocking the man off his horse and pinning him to death under the broken spear.

The second rider suddenly came galloping and swung his sword at his head.

Huan Tianyuan reached out to take it, but found that the broken arm was hanging on his shoulder like a broken branch, and had long been severed by the lance.

So his head was chopped off with a knife.

fool.

Huan Tianyuan opened his eyes.

An oval-faced old eunuch stood in front of him, glaring at him.

Huan Tianyuan stared blankly at the old eunuch in front of him, then lowered his head and looked at the Dragon-Slaying Spear held in his hands.

Who am I... Where am I... Where am I going...

"Idiot! Who do you think you are? You think you are great just because you killed a wild dragon!"

The old eunuch roared at him, spitting wildly.
"The princess has a special liking for you! She gave you a chance to turn things around, but you don't know how to cherish it!

If you want to die so much, then die in Ye City!"

Princess...Yedu...

Wait, is that the time...

"Brother Huan, what are you hesitating about?"

Huan Tianyuan came to his senses and found that the old eunuch had disappeared. Only a middle-aged scholar in military uniform was left, standing at the city gate looking at him.

"Captain Ju...did I make the wrong choice?"

Captain Ju shook his head.

“I don’t know either, but it is human nature to avoid disaster and seek survival. Now that the bandits are causing chaos and the court is relocating, what about the common people?

If you want to go to Sanyuan, go by yourself. There is no need to fight here for the false reputation of slaying a dragon and waste your skills in vain."

Huan Tianyuan looked at him. "Why don't you leave, Captain?"

Captain Ju smiled.
"My clan has lived in Hebei for generations. My uncle, mother, brothers, and youngest son are still alive. Generation after generation, they have worked hard to build this foundation. How can we just abandon it and leave?

Moreover, those who save the rebellion and punish the tyrants are called righteous soldiers, while those who rely on their numbers and strength are called arrogant soldiers. The righteous soldiers are invincible, and the arrogant ones will be destroyed first. Although Genzhou is remote, it still has a million soldiers, and although Yedu is trapped, it still has grain to support it for ten years.

As long as the nobles of our clan work together with one heart and one mind to support the country, the arrogant soldiers of the Stone Dragon bandits can do nothing to us. We just need to weaken the enemy's spirit and trap them under the city. When the heavenly troops arrive, they will be defeated by the combination of internal and external forces."

Huan Tianyuan looked at him sadly, looking at the blood flowing out of his mouth and nose.

"But all the officials in the court are petty and cowardly people. They don't want to listen to your advice, and they are unwilling to use your strategies. They only want to surrender to the enemy and protect their own property. What should I do?"

Captain Ju sighed, then smiled and said,

"Then we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate. There is no life but death, so we must be loyal to the cause."

"Boom boom boom!"

Ju Duwei patted Huan Tianyuan on the shoulder.

"The drum has been beaten, let's go to battle."

"Boom boom boom!"

Then Huan Tianyuan opened his eyes, stood up holding his spear, and followed hundreds of elite iron-scale soldiers into battle.

We had just exited the north gate of the city wall and had not walked a few miles when the group of captains and Marquis Qu came strolling past us, chatting and swaying.

Huan Tianyuan immediately stepped out and said loudly,
"Genzhou Huan Tianyuan pays homage to the captain!"

He had a loud voice, was tall and strong, and had a dignified appearance, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The captain also seemed bored. When he heard Huan Tianyuan introduce himself, his eyes immediately lit up and he became slightly interested. He waved his hand to stop the officer who was about to whip him.

"So you are Huan Tianyuan, the dragon slayer from Genzhou? I have heard of your name before. Are you also in our army?"

Huan Tianyuan said in a clear voice,

"Captain, I have fought against the Northern Tartars many times and I know how powerful these criminals are!

The enemy army suddenly rushed to the battle line, and they were in front of us with only three arrows fired, leaving us no time to deploy our battle lines!

Please form a square formation to resist them, hide the crossbowmen inside the formation, and protect all the generals in the formation!

"Slowly approach, attack at the same time, and the enemy will be defeated!"

Huan Tianyuan actually just has a loud voice, and he didn't say anything particularly unorthodox.

These soldiers from Zhenzhou were fully armored, and last time they even charged forward a hundred steps before following Shangguan in retreat. In fact, they were also elite soldiers, and naturally they had been trained in phalanx formations. And those Qu Junhou all had a look on their faces, saying, "I want to know what you want to say, I can do it too," and they were disdainful.

It’s just that some people really don’t know that the military can be used in this way.

But the captain had been ordered by the general to fight after all, and although he was unwilling, he could not just turn around and run away. When he heard that he could ask everyone to surround him and protect him, he immediately started to think about it.

"Okay, okay, I'll do as he says right away!"

Since the captain had spoken, the general immediately carried out the order, arranging the thousands of men into square formations of a hundred men each, with shield and halberd soldiers protecting the four sides and crossbowmen in the middle, forming a neat, uniform, and impenetrable mountain formation like a row of iron blocks.

So when the battle formation was ready, the cavalry went over the hills and appeared on the horizon.

come on.

Huan Tianyuan raised his big shield, clenched the broken spear in his hand, and stared at the knight on the hill.

Come on, fight.

Then the knight raised his bow and shot an arrow into the sky.

"唳-唳——!"

Amid the continuous eagle cries, arrows were fired continuously, and then the earth began to shake, and billowing smoke and dust like a sandstorm roared up from behind the hills.

Something is wrong. What happened? Why did they start charging ahead of time?

So when the first group of cavalry rushed over the hill, Huan Tianyuan's boiling blood instantly cooled.

It's a cavalry.

The captains and marquises turned pale. They wanted to escape, but found that they were surrounded by the crowd and could not get out...

"Hold on! Push forward thirty steps before firing! Push forward thirty steps before firing!"

Huan Tianyuan turned around and roared.

However, amidst this earth-shaking roar, the only ones who could hear his roar in the long line of soldiers were those around him.

Then the cavalry came galloping at full speed. The sound of horse hooves was as regular as drumbeats, and the blowing sand and dust made it impossible to open one's eyes.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the strong arrows came flying, and the captain of the hundred cavalrymen of the cavalry had already started shooting with longbows, sniping and killing the squad leaders and sergeants in the mountain formation one after another.

As a result, the soldiers of the Zhen army were provoked and could no longer control themselves. They fired their spears and crossbows at full force, shooting arrows indiscriminately from a distance of hundreds of steps, and it was unknown how much damage they could cause.

After tricking out a wave of arrows, the cavalry rushed forward, and did not start firing until they were thirty steps away. Rows of heavy arrows were thrown like javelins, and they could nail people to death in rows and strings. If the enemy did not retreat, they would charge again and again like wheels.

There is no need to explain the tactics of the Qiqi. They are specially used to hunt the thick-skinned beasts north of the Yinshan Mountains and the heavily armored vassal soldiers south of the Yanshan Mountains.

To put it bluntly, only the elite soldiers of the Gen State guarding the nine borders could barely withstand the repeated attacks of several or even dozens of waves of the Beiqi. The Zhen Army did not have such elite troops. Most of them could not even withstand the killing of the first rain of arrows. They were immediately defeated after being damaged in battle, and were trampled into bloody mud.

Only Huan Tianyuan resisted for a while, because his voice was loud enough, and the three or four surrounding square formations also pressed the crossbow triggers, and it was not until 30 steps that all the crossbows were fired, which really killed and injured a lot of people, and temporarily blocked the charge of the first formation of the cavalry. But that was all.

Each charge of the cavalry was to break through three formations in a row, and then two waves of arrows rained down on him, directly piercing two holes in Huan Tianyuan's armor and body, causing blood to spurt out of his mouth.

The collapse of the surrounding phalanxes also led to the collapse of the entire line. The cavalry circled around and shot arrows like a wheel, shooting bows left and right. A continuous rain of arrows shot in all directions, quickly overwhelming the holding phalanx.

So soon, when the second wave of attacks came, the only one left standing in the sea of ​​corpses and blood was Huan Tianyuan, who was strung like a hedgehog.

The flag officer on horseback came galloping over, stabbed him with his spear, and picked him up like a candied haws.

Huan Tianyuan also used up his last breath, turned around and struck, stabbing the broken spear in his hand into the face of the enemy chief.

蠢材
Huan Tianyuan opened his eyes.

All I saw was a 12-foot-tall auspicious beast with a goat's head, wolf's hooves, a round dome, and a colorful body, looking down at the people below.
"Fool! This is the princess's order, specifically asking me to pick you up! There won't be a third chance like this!"

Huan Tianyuan looked at it, then at the wound on his body, and said silently,

"Go on, tell her I have things to do.

Some things have to be done by someone.”

"Hmph, you don't know how to appreciate my kindness! Who do you think you are? Then die here!"

The auspicious beast raised its head and flew into the sky on the auspicious clouds.

"I thought Genlin was here to help us and save the people. It turns out that it only came to save you."

Huan Tianyuan looked at the ugly middle-aged scholar in front of him and felt ashamed.

"Pingyuan Shou, I..."

Pingyuan Shou shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Huan Jiazi, please go."

"Pingyuan Guard..."

Pingyuan Shou shook his head.

"Brother Huan, listen to me.

The northern troops are fierce, and even the royal army was defeated. The rebel army I hastily assembled here is no match for them at all. We can only hold them back for a while with our passion, but no more.

But I think you are favored by heaven and have great fortune. You may have a chance to break out of the siege. You still have great things to accomplish in the future, so you shouldn't die here in vain.

I also ask you to cross the river immediately and deliver my letter and these military maps to the General of the Northern Army, asking him to seize the opportunity, cross the river immediately and attack Ye City.

Don't be greedy for soldiers and warlike. As long as you recapture Ye City before the rebels return, you can cut off their food and supplies and change the overall situation.

In this way, the rebels will be cornered, with no way to advance or retreat, and their supplies cut off. They will be surrounded by armies on all sides and will be in chaos without a fight. At that time, a mere county magistrate and a sharp sword will be enough to eliminate the Stone Dragon.

Opportunities are rare and will never come back. If you miss this opportunity, you may never have another chance to turn the tide again."

Huan Tianyuan gritted his teeth.
"Okay, Pingyuan Shou, don't worry, I will definitely deliver the letter. I will never let the heroes sacrifice in vain!"

Pingyuan Shou nodded and smiled, listening to the drumbeats coming from outside the tent, and patted his shoulder.

"Let's go out."

So Huan Tianyuan nodded and opened his eyes.

(End of this chapter)