Chapter 83: The entire army is destroyed

Nearly three thousand barbarians swept through the ice layer of Panlong River like a tide. The leopard released Wanxian's right finger without hesitation. A rocket suddenly roared across the void with a roar and landed on the river surface. Amid the trembling buzzing sound of the bow string, the three hundred archers behind the leopard released their bows and arrows one after another. More than three hundred rockets fell scattered on the river surface, igniting the artemisia scattered on the ice.

The artemisia soon began to burn, and the solid and thick ice layer was melting little by little.

At this moment, more than 20,000 bright moonlight cavalry came to the Panlong River under the surging fire.

The river that suddenly appeared in front and the wormwood burning on the ice layer on the river surface made Yao Mingyuan eat it. He instinctively realized that something was wrong, but it was too late to order to stop moving forward at this time, let alone he could not order to stop moving forward, because the burning fire was chasing the butt of the Mingyue Cavalry, and when they stopped, everyone would be buried in the fire!

The horses were crowded with iron hooves.

The surging Mingyue Light Cavalry rushed to the ice layer. Yao Mingyuan took the lead. When he was about to rush across the Panlong River and stepped onto the other side of the river, the thing he was most worried about was inevitable. He heard a command from Kala, and the mount under his crotch suddenly sank down, and the man and the rider fell into the cold river.

The ice layer on Panlong River was not very thick. After nearly three thousand barbarians rampaged, they had cracked a lot of cracks. In addition, the wormwood scattered on the ice burned and melted many potholes and holes. The entire ice structure became even more fragile and its support had been greatly reduced. Now it was suddenly pressed by thousands of bright moon light cavalry and immediately collapsed.

The horses were neighing on the Panlong River, hundreds of steps wide, and the more than 3,000 cavalry that had rushed up the river were all gone. They all fell into the cold river. What's worse, the Mingyue Light Cavalry behind them didn't know what was going on before. The raging fire behind them chased them tightly, and they rushed forward desperately, but as if they were dumplings, they all fell into the cold river.

Poor, these Mingyue Light Cavalry all came from Dingzhou in the north of the Mingyue Empire. Almost few of them could water. After falling into the river, most of them drowned immediately, and the remaining half could not struggle for a long time.

At some point, a team of indifferent-looking barbarian archers had appeared on the south bank of the river, one by one, and one by one, the cold arrow clusters had already aimed at the Mingyue Empire soldiers struggling in the river. With the huge fire burning closer and closer on the north bank of the river, the Mingyue Empire soldiers could clearly see the cold murderous intent on the barbarians' faces.

More than a hundred Mingyue Light Cavalrymen with slightly better water were the first to float up from the cold river water, and used the broken ice floating on the river to reach the south bank of the river. While trying to climb up the river, hundreds of barbarian archers guarding the shore loosened their strings. At the sound of the bowstrings, the Mingyue Light Cavalrymen who had finally climbed up the river bank screamed and fell into a pool of blood. More than half of the Mingyue Light Cavalrymen did not even scream, but held their hands in their throats with feather arrows and fell to the ground.

The remaining Mingyue Light Cavalry hesitated and dared not climb to the south bank easily. At this time, the fire on the north bank was approaching. More than a thousand cavalrymen, who had luckily failed to fall into the Panlong River, could no longer stand under the scorching fire, and were trying hard to crowd the riverside. Dozens of cavalry were already squeezed into the river.

The raging fire took more than ten minutes or even longer to extinguish, but the Mingyue Light Cavalry soaked in the river could not last for so long. The originally shattered river surface even began to freeze again. In less than a moment, the Mingyue Light Cavalry who were immersed in the water found that the river water around them had turned into thin broken ice. After a moment, when the broken ice condensed into pieces, it would be their doomsday.

The process of waiting for death is quite painful. Many people would rather be cut off by the enemy's head on the battlefield than float in the water and wait quietly for the arrival of the god of death. In despair, a bright moon light cavalry reached out and pulled his companion's wet battle robe and put it on his body, and staggered to the north bank of Panlong River.

Escape to the south bank is definitely a dead end. Not to mention the hundreds of barbarian archers guarding the shore, even the three thousand barbarian cavalry who had just been chased by the Mingyue Light Cavalry have turned back, guarding the other side like wolves waiting for prey to be sent to their mouths. Where can I live?

Although the fire on the north bank has not yet been extinguished, it is no longer as fierce as before. He is wearing a battle robe soaked in water, and may have a chance to escape. Someone took the lead and the Mingyue Light Cavalry, who had been soaked on the north bank, climbed up the shore one by one. Then, before they could climb up the river bank, a series of cold arrows shot from the south bank, nailing the Mingyue Light Cavalry one by one to the river beach.

The fire on the north bank surged into the sky, illuminating the north and south banks as bright as day. These poor light cavalrymen were soaked all over the water and were soaked for a while, their hands and feet were completely numb, and their movements were as clumsy as bears. They all became living targets for barbarian archers, and none of them were spared!

Outside Xiling City, the bright moon camp.

Situ Rui did not sleep all night, and Yan Changkong, Qin Qi and other generals of Mingyue also did not sleep all night.

Seeing that the east sky was slightly white, the long dark night was about to pass, Yao Mingyuan, who led the army to chase and kill the remaining soldiers of the barbarian cavalry, had no news yet. Situ Rui's mood gradually became solemn, and the expression on his face became gloomy. Did something unexpected happen?

But soon, Situ Rui denied this idea.

Meng Hu's barbarian cavalry suffered heavy losses after being ambushed. Even if they did not lose their fighting spirit, they were seriously injured. According to the reward, the barbarian cavalry who broke through by luck was only three or four thousand, and most of them were injured and could not bear to fight again. However, Yao Mingyuan's light cavalry had a division of nearly twenty-five thousand cavalry.

How could an accident occur if the strength of the two armies is so different? Situ Rui admitted that Meng Hu was a rare general, and also admitted that he was a difficult opponent, but he never thought that Meng Hu could pose any threat to Yao Mingyuan's more than 20,000 light cavalry with three or four thousand exhausted remnants.

Yan Changkong also thought that Yao Mingyuan would not have any accidents and stepped forward to persuade: "Governor General, you see that it's almost dawn. Do you go and take a nap first? If General Mingyuan has any news, the humble rank will definitely wake up the lord as soon as possible."

"No."

Situ Rui waved his hand and sighed, "I am waiting here. I don't see the exact news coming back, I am unable to sleep."

Qin Qi couldn't help but complain to Yao Mingyuan: "What did Yao Mingyuan do? Although Meng Hu's three or four thousand barbarian cavalry broke through by luck, they had already fought bloody battles before breaking through, and they were already exhausted. However, his light cavalry was lightly equipped, so why did he chase after him for the middle of the night and still didn't catch up? I think he, the division commander, was very incompetent."

Qin Qi is qualified to say this. After all, he is a direct descendant of the Qin family, far from comparable to foreign generals like Yao Mingyuan.

Situ Rui looked up and glanced at Qin Qi coldly. Qin Qi curled his lips and said nothing. He was not going to be able to help the war this time. He was defeated by the war of intercepting military rations last time. Moreover, his Second Division was also an elite leader in the Dingzhou Legion. He was still defeated by Meng Hu's less than 10,000 barbarian cavalry? If Yan Changkong had not arrived in time, the entire army would have been destroyed.

The tent became silent again.

It was not until noon that news about Yao Mingyuan was still missing. Situ Rui finally realized that something was wrong and urgently sent a large number of rangers to investigate. In the middle of the afternoon, two rangers sent finally returned and brought back a Mingyue Light Cavalry who was about to die of cold.

After filling several bowls of chili water, the Mingyue Light Cavalry finally woke up from his coma.

Seeing Situ Rui and Qin Qi, the light cavalry struggled to turn over and kneel down on the ground, and started crying before he finished speaking.

Situ Rui's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of Jiuyou Valley, but his face still maintained a calmness without changing its color on his face, and said calmly: "Don't be anxious, say slowly, what's wrong?"

The light cavalry stopped his sad voice and said tragically: "Governor General, the entire First Division has been destroyed!"

"What!?" As calm as Situ Rui, he couldn't help but breathe in a breath of air when he heard this, and said in a lost voice, "What did you say!?"

The senior generals in the tent looked at each other with fear on their faces!

This is simply something unimaginable. Three or four thousand exhausted defeated soldiers actually destroyed the entire division's light cavalry? Even if the cavalry division of Yao Mingyuan was not the elite of the Dingzhou Legion, it was 25,000 cavalry after all, not 25,000 pigs!

Even if it is 25,000 pigs, Meng Hu's three or four thousand defeated generals cannot capture them all in such a short time, right?

"asshole!"

Qin Qi was even more furious, stepped forward and kicked the light cavalry to the ground, roaring fiercely, "Do you dare to lie about military affairs and disrupt the morale of the army? I will kill you!"

"General!" The light cavalry struggled to get up, then knelt down on the ground, and said tragically, "The villain did not lie about military information. The first division was indeed destroyed. More than 25,000 cavalrymen were all destroyed. They all fell into the river. They either burned, drowned, frozen to death, or were shot to death by the barbarian archers. The villain hid in the pile of dead people and escaped by luck."

Situ Rui suddenly felt his eyes turn black, and his already thin body suddenly shook twice. Yan Changkong next to him quickly came forward and supported Situ Rui, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you, Governor?"

Situ Rui broke free from Yan Changkong's support, waved his hand, and said calmly: "It's nothing, I may be a little tired."
Chapter completed!