Chapter 85 Astronomical Numbers

Awad was watching the battle in the front of him. Suddenly, he saw that the cavalry on both wings of the other side began to move. At first, he was shocked, and then he was overjoyed. He has never worried about the opponent's cavalry. The number of these cavalry is so small that it can't be his opponent at all. The reason why he did not take the initiative to attack is that although the number of these cavalry is small, they huddle behind the anti-horse array. If you want to attack them, you have to risk the crossbowmen in the rejected horse array and the river on both sides. The attack of the crossbow on the warship is extremely dangerous for the cavalry to be attacked with bows and arrows from the side.

Now they rush up to kill them, of course Awad can't ask for it. From another perspective, the cavalry's adventure attack shows that the horse array can't hold up much, and Sun Shao can only send cavalry to disturb him.

Yes, for Awad, this is just a disturbance.

Under the order of Awad, two thousand-person teams rushed out, while the other two thousand-person teams were ready to give the second wave of attack to the Han cavalry. Awad ordered that the Han cavalry of less than 2,000 people must be killed in front of the battle, give a heavy blow to the Han people who are still holding in the anti-horse array, so as to boost the morale of the side and strive to break the battle as soon as possible. If you can defeat Sun Shao, the king of Yue, it will be a great encouragement to the morale of Taixi Fengcheng.

The Sassanian cavalry has long been unable to hold back. They are very disgusted with dismounting and attacking the horse array. They still hope to run and defeat each other with powerful cavalry. This is their specialty. Now they finally wait for this opportunity. They are a little eager to try. Those soldiers who did not get the order to attack look at them. Ma Feichi's companion's eyes were full of envy.

Yi Qiu Jian took the lead, holding a halberd in his left hand and a knife in his right hand. He stood up on the stade, twisted his back, raised his knife and shouted: "Accelerate--"

The Liaodong iron horse behind him roared loudly, with his legs tightly clamping the saddle. He sat on the saddle, controlling the war horse only with his feet and lower abdomen. He clenched the iron halberd in his right hand, clamped the handle under his armpit, and picked up the crossbow tied to the saddle in his left hand.

The chaotic horses' hoofs stepped on the dust, like two galloping dragons. The two cavalry rolled over from both sides of the horse-rejection array and rushed straight to the oncoming Sasanian cavalry.

"Kill!" Yuqiu Jian shouted loudly, and the shiny head of the iron halberd in his left hand trembled. He crossed the oncoming Sassanian chest. The sharp halberd easily cut the Sassanian leather armor and opened a big opening. Blood splashed out of the open wound, like a flower blooming in the wind, dripping Qiu Jian's face, but he even Without looking at it, the halberd then pierced the chest of a Sassanian behind him.

At this time, the scream of the Sassanid warrior rushing to the front came out. He looked at the blood on his chest in horror, and his strength was suddenly drained out. His hands were loosened and he raised his sword high to fall. He felt that his body suddenly became lighter. He flew up from the horse and watched a man riding from him. He rushed over and cut off his head with a knife.

Yuqiu Jian killed three people in a row in a moment, like a sharp arrow, and plunged into the battle of the Sassanids. The guards closely protected him, with crossbows in the distance, and slashed them with halberds and swords nearby, which was unstoppable. Most of the Sassans hold swords, some are good at archery and some fight with bows and arrows, but the number is not large, far less than the dragon rider's hand. Before they met the soldiers of the dragon horse, they were often shot by a short crossbow with a deadly roar. In a stunned kung fu, the other party was killed in front of them and put down the halberd. Even if they escape the crossbow, they may not be able to meet the soldiers of the dragon horse. The three or four-foot-long sword in their hands can't get any benefit in front of the five-foot iron halberd. They often cut on the other party's halberd, which can shake at most, but it is difficult to cut off, while the other party's halberd is extremely sharp, whether it is pointed in front of them. The stabbing or being cut by the side blade of the expenditure will cause a lot of damage.

As soon as the two sides touched each other, they separated. The dragon horse was like a double-edged sword and pushed it in rudely. The Sassanid fell off the horse one after another, like soup splashing snow, and the excited roar soon turned into a scream. The commander who rushed to the team saw that the soldiers in front of him fell one after another, and the shouting was different from usual. He had realized that the situation was not right. As he charged forward, he ordered the horn soldiers around him to blow the horn of warning and sound the alarm to the soldiers behind him and Awad at the same time.

Yuqiu Jian ran wildly surrounded by his own guards. At a glance, he saw the unique thousand-husband of armor. He shouted excitedly, "Kill that Hugou!" He also put the knife into the sheath and clenched the halberd with both hands. The bullet-like halberd shook and hit the shoulder of a Sassan knight who rushed on him. The sharp halberd suddenly cut off half of his arm. The Sassanian knight let out a scream and turned over and fell off the horse. Qiu Jian kicked the horse in the abdomen, quickly whipped the horse, and rushed to the commander.

The guards also saw the commander, roaring unhumanly one by one, clenching the iron halberd tighter, assassinating several Sasian cavalrymen who wanted to protect the commander in front of the commander one after another, and rushed to the commander.

The Sassanians saw the danger. They rushed to Yuqiu Jian and others one after another and waved their knives. The commander also waved the sword, clenched the reins in one hand, and raised the sword high in the other. They stared at Qiu Jian and ran straight.

More than ten steps arrived in a blink of an eye, the commander roared, and the sword roared down.

Yuqiu Jian sneered, his arms hard, and the iron halberd seemed to have eyes. He bounced off the sword and accurately hung the Qianfu's neck. With the power of war horse hedging, the halberd easily cut off the head of the thousand-man, and the blood of the spring rushed the Qianfu's head in mid-air.

A dragon cavalry warrior passed by, caught the head of the commander in the air, and put it in the backpack on the saddle.

Yuqiu Jian beheaded the generals in the first battle, and his morale was greatly boosted. The dragon riding soldiers continue to work hard, like a tiger entering the wolf pack and killing them wantonly.

The Sassanids fell one after another.

Awad heard the warning and was surprised. Looking around, he only saw that the two sides were fighting together. The horses were galloping, and people were shouting, and they couldn't tell the difference between you and me. However, after all, after a long battle, he soon found that the place of contact between the two sides was quickly approaching the other side, which showed that the other side's striker had killed half of the position, and this speed was obviously a little unexpected.

Awad subconsciously issued an order for the second wave of knights to attack immediately, and at the same time ordered the third wave of knights to prepare.

Two thousand-person teams began to accelerate one after another and rushed to the dragon horse that had just broken through the first formation.

Yuqiu Jian was not afraid, shouted for a battle, and killed with the Sassanians again.

Awad stared at the battlefield of the cavalry and was shocked. After the first thousand-person team staggered with the Han cavalry, he should have circled back not far away and was ready to launch another attack, but all he saw was the sparse crowd. There were no soldiers in many battles, and the number of casualties was obviously much larger than he expected. .

Are the Han cavalry so strong? Awad was a little confused about the situation at the moment. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Sassanid has always been a hero with cavalry. It can be said that they have never suffered in the cavalry attack. When the number of people is not much different, the Sassanids can always win, but today's situation has never happened.

Awad shivered and did not dare to neglect. He gave the order again, sending two thousand-person teams to prepare for the battle.

The dragon cavalry broke through the resistance of two thousand-person teams one after another, and then met three thousand-person teams, but they were fearless and continued to charge with the Sassanians again.

Two thousand dragon riders forced Awad to send 10,000 people to stabilize the situation. Relying on the advantage of a large number of people, they finally gained the upper hand and sandwiched the dragon riders in the middle. Although the dragon cavalry is fierce, after all, the number of people varies too much. Under the attack of the opponent's superior forces, the casualties increased rapidly. Yuqiu Jian and Zhao Feng did not dare to neglect. While blowing the horn of asking for help, they tried their best to maintain the speed of the horse, hoping to break through the other party's interception as soon as possible and avoid falling into the other party's encirclement.

Awad threw 10,000 elite soldiers into the cavalry battlefield, and the pressure of the anti-horse array in the middle was greatly reduced. Sun Shao immediately ordered the vanguards in the anti-horse array to launch a counterattack. With an order, with Tu Hu, Dunwu, Ao Lei and others came out together, so that the Sassans in the horse's array retreated step by step. Awad was forced to fight with all the remaining 5,000 reserve teams around him in the battle and make a final duel with Sun Shao.

Sun Shao stood on the command platform and saw the battle below. When he saw that there were all the people left around Awad, he sneered and waved his hand and said softly, "Notify General Cao to attack."

"Oh." Sima Shi turned around and gave orders to the drummer. The drummer waved his arms, hit the big drum, and the rapid battle drum rose to the sky, adding another excitement to the already hot battlefield.

Xun Yu jumped up, listened carefully, and shouted, "General, the king of Yue let us attack."

Cao Zhang listened carefully, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, we had the opportunity to go to war. I thought King Yue had killed all the Sassanians." He shouted, "Kill the drums and kill those bitches!"

The soldiers agreed loudly: "Kill all the dogs!" Even the Wuhuans, Xiongnu and Xianbei people shouted loudly, "Kill all those Hu dogs!"

The railway riders of the State of Wei began to start and began to accelerate along the river bank. The sound of horses' hoofs became more and more urgent and heavier, and gradually turned into a rapid sound of muffled thunder, over the sound of war drums, and rolled forward along the earth. When they skimmed the horse array, Cao Zhang raised the halberd in his hand, shook the spirit of Dantian, and roared: "The big man is powerful--"

Hao Zhao's guards used all their strength and shouted: "The Great Han Dynasty is powerful--"

15,000 cavalry roared: "The big man is powerful--"

The roar was earth-shaking, which made the soldiers of the destruction camp who were fighting fiercely in the horse array full of blood. They were full of strength and morale were even higher. They roared in unison and rushed to the Sassanids and defeated the Sasans.

Awad's face was pale, and Douda's cold sweat slipped down one by one. He knew that he had failed again. He had invested almost all his troops. In the face of this cavalry rushing out of the darkness, he had no way to deal with it at all. Even if he wanted to escape, he could not withdraw from the Han people for a moment. The soldiers who are mixed together, the only thing waiting for him is destruction.

Awad looked at Taixi Fengcheng in the distance in the distance, pulled out his sword, crossed his neck, and shouted, "Your Majesty, I am incompetent. I am ashamed of the king's instructions. I'll go first!" After saying that, he pulled the sword hard.

When he pulled out the sword, his personal guard felt wrong. At this time, when he saw that he was going to commit suicide, he couldn't say more. He quickly grabbed his arm and grabbed the sword. Another personal guard also reacted, hugged Awad's waist and pulled him off the horse. Awad burst into tears and struggled: "You let me die!"

The personal guard general ignored him at all. He ordered the two personal guards to hold Awad and turn around and leave. Losing the battle has nothing to do with him, but if Awad dies, all the personal guards will have to be buried with him. Seeing that the war situation is irreparable, what he can do now is to save Awad.

"Go, go!" The guards greeted him repeatedly and took the lead in leaving.

The guards understood and held Awad hostage, like a homeless dog, and dispersed.

Unfortunately, they left too late. Cao Zhang, with ten thousand iron riders like wolves and tigers, did not directly kill the iron riders of the Sassanians, but ran along the river and went straight to the back of the Sassanians. Then he circled half a circle and killed them, just blocked Awad's guard camp. Xun Yu took the lead and first found Awad and others. He picked up the crossbow on the saddle and shot, emptying 20 iron arrows in the box in one breath.

The iron arrow roared, and several Sassanids who were busy running for their lives were caught off guard and killed three or four times. The guards were shot with arrows in the door, and an inverted green onion fell from the horse. Then they were trampled by the horses's hoofs and died.

In the chaos of the Sassanians, the soldiers of the Huqi camp had been killed. Adi waved his sword and cut off Awad's head with a knife.

The Sassanid people' anger plummeted, and the situation instantly reversed. After learning the news of Awad's death, the Sassanids who were attacked by Cao Zhang and Sun Shao no longer had the fighting spirit. More than 10,000 soldiers put down their weapons and surrendered, and only a few people rushed into the river next to them and dived to escape.

Sun Shaoda won a complete victory.

"How's it going? I said I must cut off the dog's head. Cao Zhang was so angry that he threw Awad's head in front of Sun Shao, sat in front of Sun Shao caresly, picked up the teapot on the case and poured a big mouthful of tea into his mouth, swallowed it, and laughed with a yellow beard and said, "A good luck! Let's have a good time!"

Sun Shao smiled and said, "General Cao is really a hero. As soon as the tiger and leopard rode out, the Sassanid were scared when they heard the wind. It's a pity that you are not born at the right time. After returning to the Han Dynasty, there is no war to fight. You can only sing with a sword, and the hero is old.

"No, didn't I win hundreds of acres of your ranch? I'm going there to let the horse go." Cao Zhang squeezed his eyes and laughed proudly.

"That's okay." Sun Shao couldn't help laughing. He took a sip of tea. After thinking about it, he said, "The war is over here. Are you going to continue to play chess with me here, or go back to the city to participate in the war? I will immediately ask someone to send Awad's head back, and Feng'er will attack the city tomorrow. This time, probably Aldahir will not be spared again.

"I have a lot of time to play chess. I'd better go back to fight first." Cao Zhang stood up and said, "Awad is not a general. The command is messy, and there is no challenge at all. I'd better go back and compete with Aldahir."

"It's also good." Sun Shao nodded and did not force: "You'd better go back quickly. I received the news that Zijian was injured during the siege in the afternoon. Although it was not fatal, he had to lie down for a while."

Cao Zhang was shocked and was no longer in the mood to chat with Sun Shao. He turned around and left with someone. He asked Xun Yun to go back with the army, and he and Hao Zhao took the guard to take the lead. Five miles away, in a blink of an eye. Cao Zhang rushed into the camp and went straight to Cao Zhi's tent. Cao Zhi was leaning against the quilt in the tent and reading with the lights. As soon as he heard the heavy footsteps, he knew that Cao Zhang was back. He looked up at Cao Zhang and smiled, "Did you win?"

"How's your injury?" As soon as Cao Zhang heard the strong smell of alcohol in the tent, he knew that Cao Zhi's injury was not serious. He didn't care to answer Cao Zhi's words. He bent down and looked at Cao Zhi's injury carefully. When he saw the crisscrossed gauze, he said angrily, "You are the general of the State of Wei, not a centurion. How can you fight in person?"

Cao Zhi was a little embarrassed. He waved his hand and motioned Hao Zhao and others to go out. Just as he was about to speak, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. As soon as the curtain door was lifted, Yang Xiu came in with two Aryan nurses wearing boat-shaped hats. As soon as he saw Cao Zhang, he also smiled: "Look at the general like this, you know that Awad must be headed."

Cao Zhang was embarrassed to be angry with Yang Xiu. Seeing that Cao Zhi looked good, he was also relieved and briefly talked about the war just now. Hearing this, Yang Xiu and Cao Zhi were overjoyed: "In this way, Ardahir has become a lonely army, and he is more sure of breaking the city."

"Brother killed Awad and made another contribution." Cao Zhi said to Cao Zhang happily.

"What is this?" Cao Zhang didn't think so: "That's the credit of Xun Changqian and Adi's abduction, and it has little to do with me. However, I didn't do it for nothing. I won his 700 mu of good pasture. Cao Zhang couldn't stop laughing as soon as he mentioned this. Cao Zhi and Yang Xiu also laughed when they saw him showing off.

"Tay it, how did you win?" Cao Zhi put down the book, and two Aryan nurses changed the medicine for him while ordering people to be tea. Yang Xiu brought a lot of snacks from the camp, just drinking tea and chatting.

Cao Zhang's eyebrows danced and told the story of playing chess. Finally, he patted his thighs and said with great interest, "When this battle is over, I will find an opportunity to play two more games with him and try to win all the pastures on the east coast of the Caspian Sea. I don't have to go back in the future. It's not bad to put the horse here."

Cao Zhi drank tea and meditated for a moment. He felt that it was a little inappropriate, but he didn't come up with the reason. Yang Xiu smiled and said, "It's true. It's better not to go back. Otherwise, I'm afraid that your father's foundation that has been working hard for decades is not enough."

"What are you talking about?" Cao Zhang said dissatisfiedly, "Although my country of Wei is not richer than the country, I can still get these tens of thousands of stones of grain."

"How many thousands of stones?" Yang Xiu retorted: "I don't think you've finished it for tens of thousands of years."

"Ah?" Cao Zhang was shocked, and then realized that something was wrong. He stared at Yang Xiu with wide eyes and said in disbelief, "Dezu, is this... as for it?"

"Although I don't know exactly how much grain this is for the time being, I can guess that this number is definitely not a small number. It may be a joke to ask you for tens of thousands of years, but I can guarantee that even if the whole grain produced in the State of Wei is used to pay off the debt, I'm afraid you will never pay it all your life." Yang Xiu curled his lips and gently put down the teacup, with some contempt in his tone: "I don't know if you have ever heard a word called astronomical numbers?"

Cao Zhang shook his head blankly, but Cao Zhi's face suddenly changed: he often read the Journal published by Funan College and knew what astronomical figures mean.

(to be continued)