Late Yuan Dynasty: I am the true emperor

Chapter 192: Master of the Fang Tian Hua Ji
Lu Jin first sent the second and third rows to attack in turns, not only destroying half of the enemy's troops, but also completing a counter-encirclement of Lu Chonglu. After the third row went out, he took the remaining fourth row to the south side of the wooden bridge, completely blocking the enemy's way to escape to the south.

If it weren't for the strategy of not making things too difficult for the Yuan army's vanguard, Lu Jin would have been completely confident that he could have wiped out the entire vanguard of the hundred cavalry.

Seeing the Yuan army general on the opposite side holding his spear high and rushing towards him with a scream, Lu Jin was not in a hurry. The fish scale armor on his body was a custom-made one and was very fine. There was also a throat guard attached to the helmet, covering his neck, leaving only a tiny triangle area of ​​his eyes and nose exposed on his face. Unless he was extremely unlucky, he would not necessarily be shot. As long as he didn't hit the horse in other parts of his body, he had nothing to fear!

Lu Jin, who was confident of his excellent armor, rode on his horse without dodging or evading. The mount under his crotch also kept running steadily and intelligently. Lu Jin didn't need to control the horse deliberately at all. This gave him the opportunity to shoot arrows steadily.

Lu Jin seized the opportunity, pulled the hundred-pound bow he had seized from Zuo Junbi's house and used for practice, and fired three arrows in rapid succession, instantly knocking the three men on the opposite sides off their horses. After that, he had no time to draw arrows again. He inserted the bow into the bow pouch with his left hand, and with a shake of his right arm, the Fang Tian Ji slipped from his shoulder into his right hand.

The four rows of cavalrymen who were blocking the encirclement head-on met Lu Chonglu's breakout cavalry head-on. Lu Jin was the first to take the lead, stabbing straight with the Fang Tian Ji in his hand, and instantly knocked a Yuan army cavalryman who was wielding a sword off his horse.

There was another lancer behind the man, who raised his spear and wanted to stab Lu Jin, but Lu Jin just slightly rotated the oval halberd in his hand, found the direction of the blade, and used the small branch on the side of the Fang Tian Ji to catch the opponent's spear, and then pulled it back with force, causing the opponent's spear to fly out of his hand.

Lu Jin followed up with another combo, swinging the halberd and slashing fiercely, using the moves of the crescent-shaped blade on the side of the Fang Tian Ji in his hand to slash at the man's neck, and immediately a head flew up into the sky!

Before he could think about it, Lu Jin, who had just shot and killed three people and injured two others, met the enemy general he had just seen, and stabbed out again with the Fang Tian Ji in his hand.

Lu Chonglu saw Lu Jin leading fifty cavalrymen to block the front. He didn't know Lu Jin's identity, but from the armor that was different from others and the personalized Fang Tian Ji, even a dumb person could tell that Lu Jin was a general of a high position.

He also saw with his own eyes that Lu Jin shot and killed three people, hacked to death two people, and showed that he was quite skilled in martial arts. He didn't want to fight Lu Jin head-on, but at this time there were enemies all around him. He could only fight his way out to a bloody battle. He had no choice but to use all his life's skills and stab Lu Jin with his spear.

"careful!"

Ye Sheng, who had been following Lu Chonglu, saw the enemy general thrusting his spear towards Lu Jin and shouted, but was too late to do anything. The soldiers beside him reacted in time and two of them drew their bows and shot arrows at Lu Chonglu's back. However, the horse bows were weak and Lu Chonglu had front and back breastplates, so the two arrows failed to break his armor.

When Ye Sheng and others looked again, Lu Jin had already started fighting with the enemy general.

There was a clanging sound of metal colliding, and sparks instantly flew between the iron spear and the Fang Tian Ji.

Lu Chonglu was secretly frightened, thinking that this thief had great strength, but he had practiced martial arts for many years after all, and he quickly used his moves. The spear in his hand somehow managed to bypass the lock of Lu Jin's Fang Tian Ji like a snake spitting out its tongue, and the spear tip stabbed straight towards Lu Jin along the halberd shaft.

Lu Jin's eyes flashed, and in a flash, he didn't even have time to react out of fear. He turned the halberd in his hand slightly, found the flat surface of the Fang Tian Ji, and changed from stabbing to slapping, like an oversized steel fly swatter, and slapped it hard at Lu Chonglu's face.

This guy had never fought with a general who used the Fang Tian Ji before. He didn't expect Lu Jin to use such a move. He was instantly at a loss and reacted a beat slowly.

In addition, Lu Jin was tall and had long arms, and the Fang Tian Ji in his hand was three meters and eighty centimeters long, while Lu Chonglu's iron spear was only three meters and sixty centimeters long. As the saying goes, an inch longer is an inch stronger, and the advantage brought by the length of the weapon was fully demonstrated at this time.

Although Lu Chonglu did not know the exact length of the two men's weapons, he felt alarmed in his heart, as if if he did not give up this attack, Lu Jin's Fang Tian Ji would definitely attack him before him, forcing him to give up this attack.

In an instant, Lu Chonglu made a decision. He suddenly raised the iron spear that was originally stabbing at Lu Jin, preparing to deflect Lu Jin's attack. Unexpectedly, Lu Jin's attack was so powerful that it actually pressed down his iron spear.

At the critical moment, Lu Chonglu could only close his eyes and turn his head back to avoid it. The next moment, with a bang, the flat surface of the Fang Tian Ji in Lu Jin's hand hit the helmet of this guy, which immediately made him see stars. Fortunately, the blocking took a lot of force off the Fang Tian Ji, otherwise, even if this hit didn't kill him, it would have taken half his life.

The two men passed each other on the wrong horses. Lu Chonglu was still dizzy, but he still reacted like a military general. Before he turned his face, the gun in his hand had already turned behind him ahead of his body. He actually launched a surprise attack at the moment when the two men crossed each other!

This scene instantly made Ye Sheng's eyes widen. However, Lu Chonglu relied on his body's reaction and battlefield awareness to subconsciously launch a counterattack. After waiting for a few milliseconds, he did not feel the iron spear hitting the target. He turned his head in confusion.

It would have been fine if he hadn't turned his head, but the moment he turned his head, the scene in front of him made him burst into tears!
I saw that Lu Jin changed his stabbing into a slapping, and after hitting the opponent's helmet, he did not retract the Fang Tian Ji at all, and the huge halberd head was still in his arms.
There are so many moves that can be used with a weapon like the Fang Tian Hua Ji. Compared with a spear or a lance, the most powerful move is the stabbing move. Every time a spear is stabbed out, it is also the most dangerous moment for the gunman because he must first retract the gun before launching the next attack.

But the Fang Tian Ji is different. The small branches on the side of this thing can also play the role of a hook-sickle spear. It is not only lethal to stabbing. When it is retracted, it can also peck and hook the enemy.

So after Lu Jin stretched out the halberd head to strike, he didn't retract it at all. He was still planning to take the opportunity to launch a combo. He didn't know how to do a surprise attack, but he was good at hooking the opponent's halberd and he practiced this move a lot.

Just as Lu Chonglu's spear came back at him, Lu Jin dodged it by turning his head. The halberd in his hand shook slightly, and he first struck outward, knocking the iron spear out of Lu Chonglu's hand. Then he pecked at Lu Chonglu's waist with the halberd. Lu Chonglu felt as uncomfortable as if he was hit by an iron rod on his waist.

Just when he relaxed his vigilance and thought it was just a matter of time, the halberd in Lu Jin's hand turned slightly again, and the originally upright halberd head suddenly turned sideways and became horizontal, with the crescent-shaped branch on the side just blocking Lu Chonglu's waist.

Before he could react, at the moment when the two men passed each other on horseback, Lu Jin actually used the halberd blade that he had not retracted to perform a sword-dragging trick. The crescent-shaped branch of the Fang Tian Ji was like a hook-sickle spear, brushing past Lu Chonglu's waist and abdomen.

The halberd blade rubbed against the armor on Lu Chonglu's waist, creating sparks. Before the sparks could emit light, the side branches of the Fang Tian Ji hooked into the flesh on his waist along the seams of the armor, and the gushing blood instantly extinguished the sparks.

The two sides met each other. Lu Jin was intact, but Lu Chonglu was cut open by Lu Jin's Fang Tian Ji. His waist and abdomen were directly cut open, and a half-foot long gash was cut on his side. The position was exactly the same as the incision for cutting a kidney. The internal organs in the abdominal cavity almost leaked out of the gash. Only some scattered scales that were hooked were left hanging outside the wound.

As we all know, the kidneys are the vital organs of the human body. If someone slaps you hard on the lower back, the heavy blow to the kidneys will cause severe pain, making it impossible to scream and you will faint directly.

Lu Zhonglu was directly slashed in the chest by Lu Jin's knife-dragging trick. He was not feeling well at this time. The iron spear in his hand had been knocked away by Lu Jin. The severe pain in his waist made him unconscious. He just instinctively stretched out his left hand to cover the right side of his waist to prevent his internal organs from leaking out of the hole. Then he fainted and fell on the horse's back.
After Lu Jin passed him, he looked up again and found that he had already killed his way through the enemy formation. It was Ye Sheng who was coming towards him. He looked back and found that only six or seven enemy soldiers had broken through the encirclement and were running towards the wooden bridge without stopping. Lu Jin immediately raised his hand and said, "Don't chase them. Let them go. Clean up the battlefield and check for casualties."

"Marshal, are you okay?" Ye Sheng also came over and looked Lu Jin up and down nervously.

Lu Jin grinned, "What can I do? He used a surprise attack, and I used the dragging sword tactic. That guy must have never fought against Fang Tianji before, so he is not familiar with my moves. I cut open his waist and abdomen, and I'm afraid he won't survive."

As Lu Jin spoke, he lowered his head to look for something, and found that the iron spear that he had just knocked away had fallen to the ground. "Hey, that's his weapon."

Ye Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, when he was practicing with Lu Jin before, he had taught Lu Jin some moves and had specifically studied the moves to break the carbine attack. He didn't expect that Lu Jin would really use it today.

However, it would be fine if the enemy didn't know about this technique at the beginning. Once the enemy became familiar with it, they would probably be able to come up with a countermeasure quickly. Fortunately, Lu Jin will not have many opportunities to go to the battlefield in person in the future.

Seeing that Lu Jin was fine, Ye Sheng frowned and asked, "General, we had agreed to show weakness and block the enemy. Now that this vanguard has been almost completely wiped out by me, will this affect the plan?"

Lu Jin thought for a moment before saying, "It shouldn't be. We only showed up with 200 cavalry just now. The enemy would think we sent out an elite cavalry squad to stop them from going to Tongcheng for support. They wouldn't expect that we still have a large number of infantry hidden. With only 200 cavalry, the enemy would not give up crossing the river."

"That's good, what should we do later?"

"It depends on the situation. The few scum we let go should go back and tell us about the situation here. If they know there are 200 cavalrymen here and they still want to cross the river, they will let the infantry form a formation to cross the river. Then we can shoot a few arrows from a distance and then gradually retreat. If the enemy sends people to pursue us, we will fight them back and make them line up by the river."

"Yes."

At this time, Ye Sheng's personal soldiers also came to report the battle losses, "Reporting to the commander, Marshal, in this battle, our company lost two people and injured seven people. We annihilated 7 enemy troops, including 93 killed in battle, captured 62 wounded soldiers, and seized 31 war horses."

"Well done. Carry the dead soldiers to the village first and bring them back for burial after the battle. Send the wounded and prisoners back to the village for treatment. Move the horses to the woods first. The others should get ready. There will be more battles later."

"Yes."

Lu Jin made quick arrangements and adjustments, while the few Yuan soldiers who broke through, dragged the unconscious Lu Chonglu and ran towards the Yuan army group without looking back.

Half an hour later, the two sides met. The Yuan army's main force was only five miles away from the wooden bridge. Several defeated soldiers came to Molunchi shouting all the way. Looking at Lu Chonglu who had fainted on the horse, Molunchi and Yesen Timur's faces looked very ugly.

"General, it's bad. The bandits have elite cavalry guarding the north bank of the wooden bridge. Captain Lu originally wanted to lead us to disperse the bandits and clear a path for the army, but we didn't expect to fall into the bandits' trap. There were 100 of us in the vanguard cavalry, but only a few of us broke through and escaped. The rest of the brothers were killed there!"

Molunchi frowned and asked, "How many cavalrymen are there in the enemy army? How did you lose?"

The soldier hurriedly repeated that there were only fifty cavalrymen who appeared on the other side at the beginning. After Lu Chonglu made a strategy of encircling the two wings, another fifty cavalrymen suddenly appeared and surrounded the right wing in an instant. After the right wing was eaten up, the entire army turned around and retreated, but then another fifty cavalrymen appeared. Three groups of cavalrymen encircled them from the rear, and another fifty cavalrymen blocked them from the front. They fought desperately, but were outnumbered, and finally only a few cavalrymen broke through.

The soldier continued, "The enemy has a cavalry commander who uses a halberd. He is skilled in archery and horsemanship, and is also a first-rate spearman. He was the last one to appear at the bridgehead to block our way. He should have been in charge of the three waves of troops before him. When Captain Lu led us to break through, we fought against that man, and we were severely injured before we could even move a few moves. We should get medical treatment quickly, otherwise we might not survive."

Molunchi frowned and waved his hand, and someone immediately carried Lu Chonglu down for treatment. He didn't have to lose morale for a centurion, and he would not just watch him die. He was just a little annoyed by the bandit cavalry that suddenly appeared on the north bank.

Looking at the troops still marching, they had walked a few hundred meters further, and were only less than five miles away from the wooden bridge. Molunchi quickly looked at Yesen Timur beside him and asked, "What do you think?"

Yesen Timur said immediately.

"General, we have calculated the enemy's strength before. The maximum number of cavalry they can deploy to the southern front is only about 2,000. However, 2,000 is still more than our cavalry. Our entire army has less than 400 cavalry. We will definitely not be able to win in a head-on fight.

"Now that the enemy cavalry has appeared at the bridgehead, it is clear that they are here to block our advance northward. I guess they haven't taken Tongcheng yet, and they are worried that we will send reinforcements, so they sent cavalry that are not needed for siege to block us at the bridgehead.

"In my opinion, the most urgent thing is to send out all the remaining 300 scouts. The enemy has a lot of cavalry, and only 200 showed up just now. There may be more hiding. We can't repeat the same mistake again. This time we just need to save the wooden bridge from being destroyed by the enemy. If the wooden bridge is destroyed by them, I'm afraid we will have to waste a few days trying to find a way to cross the river, which will just do what the enemy wants."

Molunchi nodded in appreciation. "You make sense. We need to cross the river quickly. We can't let the bandits stop us here. Otherwise, Tongcheng won't be able to hold out for long. Once the city is breached and the bandits are approaching, it will be hard for us with 15,000 soldiers to stop them."

"That's exactly what happens." Yesen Timur nodded quickly.

Mo Lunchi said no more and immediately waved his hand, "Pass on my military order. Centurions Lu Xianzong, Wu Yuyun, and Guan Bao, each lead a battalion of cavalry to go out and seize the wooden bridge to open up a passage for the army to cross the river."

"Yes." Immediately a messenger ran out and delivered the message to the three people.

(End of this chapter)