Chapter 113: The Eighteen Riders of Tigers and Leopards (Subscription Request)
In Shangjing City, Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother were extremely anxious. Shen Qingzhou's record was too exaggerated. Logically, they shouldn't send anyone, but they had to try their best.
In fact, there are still many soldiers in Northern Qi who can fight. Even if 100,000 of them die, there are still hundreds of thousands or millions. But they can't just deal with one Marquis Shenwu.
Poisoning and assassination all failed, and no one had any other solution. This matter was already known to everyone in the upper class. The fact that Shen Qingzhou directly attacked Northern Qi sounded fake, but it was all true.
After Shen Qingzhou left the border town of Northern Qi, Shangshan Hu sent people to keep an eye on Shen Qingzhou's whereabouts and had already organized his troops to prepare for war. The morale of the troops, which had been frightened by Shen Qingzhou, had to be restored by winning battles one after another.
The day after Shen Qingzhou left, Nanqing was completely unprepared and Uesugi Tora led his troops to attack. Uesugi Tora could be said to be the one in the world of Joy of Life who had unparalleled ability to command troops, and he was too quick and ruthless in grasping the opportunity of battle.
Nan Qing never expected that Northern Qi, which had just been severely damaged, would dare to attack the city directly, and the siege was just an appearance. In fact, Uesugi Tora personally led his men to attack the military camp, and the camp was not prepared at all.
Normally, the camp should be attacked in the middle of the night, but Uesugi Tora attacked directly in broad daylight. While the Northern Qi was still collecting the corpses, our army had already launched the attack.
Moreover, all these strategies had been thought out when he was fighting Shen Qingzhou yesterday, and troops had already been dispatched secretly. This is a true general who has thought about how to restore morale.
There were constant attacks afterwards because they were afraid that Nanqing would take advantage of the low morale to attack. They were overthinking it. There was no one in the border army who could fight against Uesugi Tora.
The third day of the war.
"Look, who is that?" At the Nanqing border, there were soldiers guarding the city looking outside the city. Because of what happened in Northern Qi in the past few days, both sides were very nervous and anything could easily lead to an explosion.
At a glance, everyone saw eighteen war horses, wearing black cloaks and armor, and black masks on their faces. The same was true for the horses they were riding. Shen Qingzhou and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, who had no shortage of money, were all extremely well-equipped.
"Well, what do they want to do?" The eighteen horses did not stop and headed straight for the border town of Northern Qi.
"Here they come." Someone thought silently. Someone from the Supervisory Council sent a pigeon to pay attention to the eighteen Tiger and Leopard Cavalrymen.
The eighteen people did not stop. In fact, they had rested before and knew some information. The commander was still as powerful as ever and broke through the pass alone. They didn't know whether the record of killing 100,000 enemies was true or not, but it did not affect their knowledge and they had to follow the commander.
Whether the commander needs it is his own business, and whether he and others go or not is also his own business.
"Who is coming?"
At the border of Northern Qi, at the city gate, the two armies were facing each other. In order to prevent someone from disguising himself and causing sabotage from inside, all the city gates were closed. However, the Eighteen Riders still managed to get in by a detour.
"Tiger and Leopard Cavalry under the command of Marquis Shenwu, open the city gates." The first person said, his voice was very low because of the mask.
"Marquis Shenwu." Suddenly, a tall figure stood up. Uesugi Tora was very sensitive to this name.
Suddenly, Uesugi Tora leaned sideways and a long arrow flew through him. One of the eighteen riders below put away his longbow.
These dozen or so people have really fought their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, so they won't waste time talking to you.
"Okay." Uesugi Tora was so angry that he laughed. The subordinates of Marquis Shenwu were of the same character as him. I let him go because I didn't want to destroy their morale. Besides, I knew that there was a grandmaster in Northern Qi, so there were people to deal with him, but you were just a dozen minions.
"Open the city gate and kill the enemy." Uesugi Tora gave an order, and the city gate opened immediately, and a group of elite soldiers lined up.
Ever since Shen Qingzhou went there, there are many more soldiers in the city than before. Although Uesugi Hu doesn't think that these dozen people can support his entire army, it's still good to vent his anger.
However, he had no idea what kind of opponent he had encountered. On the grassland, this group of people might still be afraid of such a battle, but after returning to Kyoto, Shen Qingzhou had upgraded many times, and everyone had become the beneficiaries of the military's increased strength. There was no one below the eighth rank, and this was just true energy. For the eighteen strongest people among the remaining three hundred cavalrymen, they were even more killers among killers.
Faced with such a situation, the eighteen men did not shout or yell, they just charged calmly.
Even though it had happened once, they didn't expect to encounter it again. The eighteen riders rushed directly into the city.
"Stop them for me." Uesugi Hu's face darkened. In the border town of Nanqing, scouts had already gone out to find out what was going on. Now they knew that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were attacking the city, and they didn't know what it felt like.
Cold light was flying, and there was no scene like Shen Qingzhou's, where he was the center and there was a blank circle around him. He was protecting the carriage, and these eighteen people were not needed, they just had to charge.
Calm, boundless calm, these eighteen people seemed to have no emotions, they just killed people, divided into three routes, protected each other, and directly killed their way into the city gate.
This caused chaos. There were more people in the city, but they were a little caught off guard. Moreover, the qi of eighteen people were connected, forming a whole. This was the effect of the same body-building method.
The eighteen men were too powerful and were focused on breaking out. By the time people in the city reacted, they had already reached another city gate.
Uesugi Tora was going crazy. He mobilized his troops and began to gather them outside the city gate. Inside the city gate, he tried his best to defend it.
"General, the north gate has been broken." After a while, someone reported, and Uesugi Tora clenched his fists. It was the second time.
The damage this time was not much, but that was compared to the time when Shen Qingzhou did it. This time, eighteen people rushed the city, and at least, only thousands of corpses were left on their side.
These people were too familiar with charging, and since there were too few of them, they didn't dare to shoot arrows randomly. They were not like Shen Qingzhou, who had been there for a long time and could try anything.
These eighteen people are different, they are determined to defeat each other. Shangshan Hu is very puzzled. He has observed that these dozen people are all masters, but the strangest thing is that they all have deep body training techniques and are not afraid of ordinary injuries.
They rushed directly from the south gate to the north gate, and after breaking through the city gate from the inside, they looked at the army lined up outside. The real battle had come, and the attack on the city was a surprise attack.
"superior."
After the eighteen riders appeared, they continued to charge without hesitation. The eighteen riders formed a pointed head and killed people all at once.
An hour later, all eighteen cavalrymen were gone, and although they were in a mess, they managed to ride away, leaving behind a mess.
This was a tough battle and their true energy had been exhausted. But because of this, this group of people also fully realized the wonders of body-building exercises. This is how they used up their true energy on the grassland.
"Hello, those eighteen cavalrymen broke through and left." Uesugi Tora looked ahead, for the second time.
The number of people killed by these eighteen people this time was not many, definitely no more than three thousand. He was also sure that if these eighteen people encountered the same treatment as Shen Qingzhou, they would definitely not be able to escape, but these were only eighteen cavalrymen.
Nanqing, Kyoto.
"Report, the 18 Tiger and Leopard Riders under the command of Marquis Shenwu broke through the border town of Northern Qi, killed more than 3,000 enemies, and rushed into Northern Qi territory in pursuit of Marquis Shenwu's trail."
(End of this chapter)