Chapter 81: A feigned defeat, at the cost of five thousand Qinzhou soldiers!

"Counterattack?"

"What are you going to counterattack with?"

"Just with your mere one hundred cavalry?"

Mo Zhengxi was amused, raised his hand to point behind Chen Yan, and mocked.

It could not be denied that because they ran so fast, this kid surnamed Chen had suffered no losses.

But at most, it was only a hundred men. How was this any different from an egg hitting a rock?

Closing the net?

Counterattacking?

Wishful thinking!

Daydreaming!

"Do you know how many pursuers are behind us?"

"At least twenty thousand!"

Qinzhou Governor Cheng Yinan was also anxious, roaring at the kid who was spouting nonsense: "Chen Yan, have you gone mad!"

At that moment, Cheng Yinan truly felt that Yuwen Hu was blind.

Why did he send such an idiot?

Although those five thousand Qinzhou soldiers were old, weak, sick, and disabled, they were Qinzhou's last hope...

And they had all been sacrificed in one go!

And they were being chased by the rebel army in such a sorry state!

"Mad?"

"Perhaps!"

Chen Yan shrugged, a playful look curling on his lips.

He paused, turned to look at Gu Yuci, and smiled: "Old Gu, follow the plan!"

Follow the plan? What plan? Could it be that Chen Yan still had a backup plan... Hearing this, Mo Zhengxi and Cheng Yinan looked at each other, the same strange guess appearing in their hearts, and asked in unison:

"What other tricks do you want to play?"

This kid was too calm...

It didn't look like he had been defeated and fled at all!

"As you command!"

Gu Yuci responded, took out the wolf dung stick that had been prepared from the horse's back, and lit it with a fire striker.

Immediately, thick smoke drifted out.

A moment later.

Longjishan began to shake, and black tides surged from top to bottom.

"Old Cheng, did you hear any sound?"

Mo Zhengxi noticed the anomaly that had suddenly appeared in the distance and asked.

"It's the sound of cavalry hooves..."

"And it's getting closer..."

"It's charging down from the mountain!"

Cheng Yinan was, after all, from a military background and quickly reached an accurate judgment.

It wasn't an earthquake in Longjishan, but cavalry diving down.

In the blink of an eye, the two hundred cavalry who had been waiting at ease brushed past them.

The neighing of warhorses and the trampling of hooves intertwined, deafening.

A bundle of dry branches was tightly tied to the tail of each warhorse.

As they ran faster and faster, the branches constantly rubbed and collided with the dry ground.

At first, only specks of dust were raised, but gradually, there was more and more dust, intertwining and converging, making it impossible to judge the specific number of follow-up troops.

"Brothers, the opportunity to build unprecedented merit has come!"

"Kill all the rebels!"

Helian Shi, who was leading the charge, was clad in black heavy armor, the horse spear in his hand flashing with cold light, and he shouted.

The two hundred cavalry followed closely like tigers and wolves.

"Where did he conjure up so many cavalry?"

"And how could they have been hidden here in advance?"

Witnessing this scene, Cheng Yinan felt countless doubts, looked at Chen Yan in disbelief, and suddenly realized something, "Could it be..."

It was a feigned defeat!

Pretending to collapse at the first touch, throwing away armor, and fleeing in a sorry state, using the feigned defeat as bait to lure the rebel army into an encirclement...

Even at the cost of five thousand Qinzhou soldiers!

Cheng Yinan, who had realized Chen Yan's strategic intent, felt a chill.

What a terrifying and ruthless man!

He was truly unscrupulous to achieve his goal...

"My Lord, this subordinate is going too!"

Gu Yuci saw this, could no longer hold back, cupped his fists at Chen Yan, and said loudly.

He paused, turned his horse's head, raised his horse spear high, and continued: "Lads, follow this general to build merit!"

Immediately, he led the remaining one hundred cavalry and followed closely, charging downward.

Only fifteen Embroidered Attire Envoys remained here to guard and watch over the Qinzhou high-level officials led by Mo Zhengxi, who were under house arrest.

Below Longjishan.

"That Chen Yan from Chang'an is right ahead!"

Qi Zhenlin stared fixedly at the towering 'Chen' military flag on the mountainside, pointed his long spear horizontally, and said sternly: "Five thousand silver for killing him, ten thousand silver for capturing him alive, and three promotions!"

Qi Zhenlin could no longer suppress the boiling blood in his body...

Beheading the Great Zhou Poetry Immortal and trampling the Chang'an reinforcements, his fame would spread throughout the world in the coming days!

He would also rank among the famous generals of the current era!

"General Qi, look ahead!"

Deputy General Zhang Wugou keenly noticed the anomaly ahead and immediately reminded: "Dust is blocking the sun, covering the sky, flying sand and rocks, there is a large number of cavalry charging toward us!"

With such a formation, only a large number of cavalry could do it...

The opponent was also diving from a high position, with a great advantage.

And their side, after an hour of pursuit, was already exhausted...

Zhang Wugou's heart suddenly sank, and a bad premonition kept emerging.

"There's an ambush!"

"We've been ambushed!"

"The Imperial Army deliberately lured us here!"

Someone shouted at the top of their lungs.

A commotion broke out in the rebel army behind, and the morale of the army began to waver.

"Don't panic!"

"Don't be chaotic!"

"What is there to fear from a mere ambush!"

"Watch this general break it with one blow!"

Qi Zhenlin shouted, trying to stabilize the wavering army, and at the same time took the lead, leading a team of personal guards to charge forward, vowing to curb the momentum of the Imperial cavalry.

"Hey!"

"Thief general, die!"

Helian Shi, who was diving at high speed with downward acceleration, noticed Qi Zhenlin from afar, brandished his horse spear, and headed straight for him.

"How arrogant..."

"Just in time!"

Qi Zhenlin met him, just as he was about to thrust his long spear, he saw a cold light flash, and the horse spear cut through his throat, "Ah!"

The head with an expression of disbelief detached from the body and leaped high.

"General!"

"General!"

The caught-off-guard personal guards saw this, all shouted in loss of voice, losing their composure.

"Hahahaha!"

"The first merit is mine!"

Helian Shi, who had succeeded in one blow, laughed, but did not stop at all, leading his own cavalry, and continued to gallop forward.

Harvesting Qi Zhenlin's personal guards and cutting off the rebel army's flag with one horse spear.

First to climb, trap the formation, behead the general, seize the flag.

Helian Shi had collected three of the four great military merits in one go!

The two hundred cavalry, like a torrent of steel, broke through the center and stabbed straight in.

The one hundred cavalry led by Gu Yuci provided support on both wings.

Unobstructed, they divided the already fragile formation of the twenty thousand rebel troops.

Because the commander was beheaded and the command brain was lost, it was easily pierced and torn apart, divided into two.

Just then.

"Brothers of Qinzhou, the time has come for us to wash away our shame!"

"Follow me to charge!"

"Wash away all previous humiliations!"

"Kill!"

Yan Maoxing, who had already led his troops to ambush on the left and right sides, saw that the time had come, suddenly shed his disguise, and launched an offensive.

The two thousand Qinzhou soldiers who had been selected and were waiting at ease surged out like a tide, charging at the rebel army like crazy.

For a moment, it was difficult to tell who was the side with the numerical advantage...

"The Imperial Court still has ambush troops?!"

The faces of the rebel soldiers were filled with disbelief.

These successive ambushes had already exceeded their expectations.

The formation that already had signs of collapse became completely chaotic under panic.

"The one who beheaded the thief leader is Squad Leader Helian Shi!"

"The thief leader is dead, why don't you surrender quickly!"

Gu Yuci captured the changes in the rebel army, and while brandishing his horse spear to kill, he shouted continuously.

The other cavalry who were still charging heard this and also shouted repeatedly.

This was the psychological offensive that Chen Yan had explained in advance.

Not only to break through physically, but also to disintegrate psychologically...

"The general was killed!"

"General Qi Zhenlin was beheaded!"

"The Imperial Court still has ambush troops!"

"They have already set up a net!"

"What should we do?"

"What should we do now?"

"Run!"

"Run quickly!"

Under the double offensive, the rebel army, having lost its command system, began to collapse, completely gave up resistance, and scrambled to flee backward.

So much so that there was trampling and crowding, and the casualties were far greater than those killed by the Great Zhou...

"It's been a long time since I've killed so heartily!"

"Refreshing!"

Helian Shi, who had killed a penetration, held the blood-stained horse spear, feeling hearty, and couldn't help but laugh.

Immediately, he turned his horse's head to intercept the fleeing rebel army.

"Fighting against the crowd with a minority, and still being able to present a one-sided situation..."

Standing on the mountainside, watching the battle, Yuwen Ze was amazed and muttered: "Brother is truly a god at using troops!"

As a brother, Yuwen Ze knew Chen Yan's overall deployment.

He just didn't expect it to be so fierce...

First feign defeat to lure the enemy, then consume the enemy with a rout, then bluff to create the illusion of a large number of cavalry, and finally ambush and harvest.

After a set of combo punches, the rebel army was truly beaten back step by step and collapsed.

"The rebel army was defeated?"

"Chen Yan actually won?"

Mo Zhengxi and Cheng Yinan looked at each other, unable to believe everything that happened under the mountain.

Was this still the rebel army that had beaten them black and blue and defeated them time and again?

"The overall situation is settled!"

Chen Yan let go of the sword he was holding on the ground, let out a long sigh of relief, and put down his hanging heart.

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

Below Longjishan, the cavalry led by Gu Yuci and the Qinzhou soldiers led by Yan Maoxing held their weapons and began to force surrender with an unstoppable momentum.

"I surrender!"

"Don't kill me!"

"Surrender, I surrender!"

Two hours ago, the rebel army, which was still arrogant, collapsed in an instant, all threw down their weapons, held their heads on the ground, and waited for disposal.

A few who were still resisting were directly hacked to death. ===== CHAPTER 82 =====