Chapter 166: Killing the Tiger's Mouth

Qin Lie shouted loudly, stabbed out the silver spear in his hand, stabbed the heavy infantry in front of him, and then carried the bodies of the heavy infantry into the air, and then fell to the ground with a loud bang. When Qin Lie looked up again, he saw that there were only a few rows of heavy infantry left, and he was about to break through the enemy formation soon!

"The warriors of the Dingzhou Legion..." Qin Lie suddenly looked up and said to the sky, "If you work harder, you will break through the enemy formation soon, kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Hearing Qin Lie's loud howl, the soldiers of the Dingzhou Army immediately became excited as if they were injected with chicken blood and suddenly stepped up the offensive. Although the heavy infantry of the Third Division was wearing heavy armor and holding spears, and suppressed by the archers behind them, they were still attacked by the Dingzhou Army and retreated repeatedly, and they were completely at a disadvantage!

Especially the middle of the phalanx of the Third Division, under the impact of the Dingzhou military front and arrow, it could be penetrated at any time.

Once the middle of the phalanx is chiseled through, the entire infantry phalanx of the Third Division will be cut into two pieces by the Dingzhou Army in half, and it will be in a situation where the head and tail are difficult to deal with. At that time, the Dingzhou Army can calmly divide and surround them and defeat them one by one.

"ha!"

Qin Lie tried his best to pick up the last heavy infantryman standing in front of him, and then roared to the sky, "The enemy formation has been broken, the enemy formation has been broken..."

"You're so happy too early!"

A loud and suffocating sound suddenly sounded, and instantly suppressed Qin Lie's roar.

When Qin Lie turned his head to look, he saw a horse flying like a flying horse, coming from the slanting thorn like lightning. Amid the harsh sound of breaking through the air, a faint black shadow was sweeping towards him with a violent aura. Qin Lie's pupils suddenly contracted, and he rushed across the silver spear in his hand and placed it on his chest. The next moment, the faint black shadow had already hit the silver spear heavily.

"Bang!"

A violent sound of gold and iron clashing sounded, and Qin Lie suddenly felt like a huge hammer hitting his chest. His body, which was originally standing on the ground, slid back dozens of steps, and instantly knocked the Dingzhou army behind him to the east and west. The originally sharp triangular attack formation suddenly lost its original arrow.

"Governor!"

"Governor, are you okay?"

"Protect the Governor!"

The guards behind Qin Lie all rushed up and protected Qin Lie in the center.

Qin Lie waved his hand, forcibly suppressed the salty fish in his throat, and then shouted sternly: "What are you doing around me? Go back and form a formation immediately to continue attacking!"

The guards standing in front of Qin Lie dispersed again and formed a severe attack formation behind Qin Lie again.

Qin Lie took a deep breath and was about to order to continue the attack. The enemy general who had just shot Qin Lie back into the formation made a comeback. The enemy general slowly raised the black black iron spear in his hand, pointed the tip of the spear from Qin Lie's throat, and shouted coldly: "I still want to continue the attack? Look behind you, you are all dead!"

"Kill kill..."

As the enemy general finished speaking, the sound of killing sounds like a tide sounded from behind the Dingzhou army.

When Qin Lie and the Dingzhou army behind him looked back quickly, in the bright daylight, countless glorious imperial troops swarmed from all directions with spears in their hands, and a group of archers carrying bows and arrows followed him, constantly pouring dense arrows on the heads of the Dingzhou army. Amid the endless wailings, the Dingzhou army, which lacked armor and shields, fell into a pool of blood.

Qin Lie felt miserable, thinking that Meng Hu's use of troops was really worthy of his reputation. He quickly found the life gate of the triangular attack formation and made corresponding arrangements. No wonder that Situ Rui suffered a loss at his hands. But even so, the Dingzhou Army would never accept his fate easily. Even if the entire army was destroyed, he would definitely kill a river of blood!

After gritting his teeth, Qin Lie whistled to the sky: "Retreat or escape can only be a dead end. Only by attacking forward can one seek death. The men of the Dingzhou Army follow our governor... kill!"

"Kill kill..."

The Dingzhou army behind Qin Lie howled one after another, and then rushed forward like a tide.

Meng Hu smiled and led the black iron spear forward in his hand. Zhang Xingba, holding two iron halberds, had already led 5,000 guards to sweep forward, and then collided fiercely with the Dingzhou army that was hiding over. The violent impact sounds, the sound of sharp blades cutting through the bones and the tragic wails of the soldiers of the two armies suddenly echoed in the sky...

In the dark night, the remaining cavalry of the Dingzhou army were fleeing in panic. Ma Sifeng's cavalry division did not continue to chase after chasing for twenty miles.

“Well…”

Seeing that the enemy cavalry did not continue to chase, Qin Feng gently snatched the reins and snatched the mount under his crotch. Qin Yun and the remaining 8,000 cavalry also drank the war horses.

Qin Yun rode his horse to Qin Feng and said sadly: "Brother."

Qin Feng reached out from the horse's back and gently stroked Qin Yun's shoulder and comforted: "Don't be sad, my father's greatest wish is to die in his old age in his old age and return it in a corpse. Now that he has finally realized his long-cherished wish, we should be happy for him."

"Yes." Qin Yun said with a heavy emphasis, "Being able to wrap a horse in his later years is the highest honor for military generals."

Qin Feng said: "Although my father is gone, as long as our four brothers are still there, the Qin family in Dingzhou will never collapse, and the Dingzhou Legion will never collapse!"

By the river of poisonous water.

"Swish swish swish swish..."

Amid the harsh sound of breaking through the air, another wave of arrows fell from the sky, and a large area of ​​Dingzhou Army, who had nowhere to hide, fell down.

Qin Lie's face was flushed, and his pillars stood in the Dingzhou formation. There were clearly two heavy arrows inserted on his shoulders. There were less than two thousand people left by Qin Lie. These two thousand remaining soldiers protected Qin Lie in the center with a circular formation. The Dingzhou army was surrounded by densely packed imperial troops, like an endless sea of ​​sea...

Although the Dingzhou Army severely damaged the Guanghui Empire Army, it was still unable to break through!

Although the veterans of the Dingzhou Army were powerful, the flesh and blood of the light infantry could not resist the attack of the heavy armored spear. What's more, the other side had a commander like Meng Hu. Although he was defeated, Qin Lie did not feel much regret. The clay pot was broken by the well, and the general was inevitably killed in the formation, and there was no better ending than this!

Suddenly, a calm smile appeared on the corner of Qin Lie's mouth, and he shouted: "General Meng Hu, I have something to say!"

Meng Hu slowly raised the black iron spear in his hand, and the archers who were holding the bow and archers put down the long bow in their hand one after another. The heavy infantry blocked the front also made their way to both sides like waves split. Meng Hu rode his horse and slowly walked to the front of the round formation of the Dingzhou Army, and said coldly: "Does Governor Qin have any last words to explain?"

Qin Lie walked out of the Dingzhou army with a gun in one hand, walked to the front ten steps of Meng Hu horse before stopping, and said, "General Meng Hu, today's victory and loss have been decided. You have won, I lost! I am willing to present my head with my own hands, just to ask the general to let these more than 2,000 soldiers go a long way..."

"Haha." Meng Hu sneered, "Governor Qin is really good at joking."

Qin Lie frowned and said, "Is General Meng Hu really going to kill him?"

Meng Hu said coldly: "Governor Qin, if you get along with each other, will you be proud of yourself?"

Qin Lie said decisively: "No!"

"That's it." Meng Hu said with a grim voice, "Governor Qin, you really shouldn't have provoked our Tiger Legion!"

Qin Lie slowly raised the silver spear in his hand and shouted in a stern manner: "Meng Hu, then let's make the final conclusion!"

Meng Hu turned over and dismounted, dragged the black iron spear in his right hand, and said in a deep voice: "Qin Lie, you are a respectable opponent. I promise you that you will never desecrate your body after you die!"

"Thank you." Qin Lie drew his silver spear and ran quickly on Meng Hu, shouting in a fierce voice, "Please take the call!"

The distance of ten steps was approaching in an instant. With the cold sound of breaking through the air, Qin Lie's silver spear had stabbed Meng Hu's throat fiercely like a poisonous snake coming out of a hole. Meng Hu's body remained motionless. Just as Qin Lie's silver spear was about to stab the throat, his strong body suddenly flashed strangely to the side, and Qin Lie's prick of lightning had fallen.

The gun failed, and Qin Lie knew something was wrong, so he rushed back and retreated too late.

A dark light suddenly shot out from Meng Hu's left armpit and pierced through Qin Lie's chest in a flash. Qin Lie's strong body trembled violently, and the red blood suddenly gushed out from the corner of his mouth like a spring water. He lowered his head with some difficulty. He saw a black black iron spear pierced his chest and his heart...

Qin Lie struggled to raise his hands and straighten the governor's helmet on his head. At this moment, there was no pain on his face. There was only satisfaction, relief and a faint smile. Before he died, he said to Meng Hu in a firm tone: "Meng Hu, I have a son named Qin Yong. You will meet him on the battlefield in the future..."

Meng Hu cruelly pulled back the black iron spear and replied coldly: "I am waiting for him to take revenge!"

Qin Lie finally glanced at the night sky around him, his strong body shook twice, and then fell to the ground straight.

"Governor!"

"Avenge your revenge!"

"Brothers, fight with them!"

Qin Lie was about to die, and the remaining two thousand Dingzhou troops suddenly came to Meng Hu like crazy. A trace of ferocious murderous intent suddenly appeared on the corner of Meng Hu's mouth, and the black iron spear in his hand was raised and then fell heavily. In an instant, heavy arrows, densely filled with rain, had already fallen from the heads of Dingzhou troops in the encirclement in all directions.

The endless wailing sound suddenly echoed through the sky.

Meng Hu did not look back and took a long look. He walked away with a stroll. Behind Meng Hu, the Dingzhou army who were trying to avenge Qin Lie fell to the ground like weeds that had been cut...

In the middle of the night.

Jia Wudao walked into Meng Hu's tent with a serious expression. Qi Diaozi, who was discussing with Meng Hu, immediately stood up and asked anxiously: "Brother Jia, how are the casualties of the Third Division?"

Jia Wudao sighed and said sadly: "Qin Lie's Dingzhou Army is indeed well-known. Even if he lost his war horse, he still caused great damage to the Third Division in the front. Among them, the two heavy infantry corps directly facing the Dingzhou Army's triangular vanguard were almost completely injured. The two corpses on both wings were also quite casualties, and only the archers corps that were under the formation did not suffer any casualties."

Meng Hu frowned and said, "How many people were killed in the battle in total?"

Jia Wudao licked his lips and replied a little hard: "Not counting the casualties of the Ma Sifeng Cavalry Division, the Western Legion killed more than 16,000 people in battle, and more than 3,000 people were seriously injured. These soldiers may not survive tomorrow! Alas, now our Western Legion has only two entire divisions."

Qi Diaozi couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning when he heard this.

Meng Hu was also cold in his heart. After two consecutive fierce battles between Heifengkou and Dushuihe, nearly 50,000 people had been killed in the Western Legion! In terms of casualties alone, if there were two more fierce battles like Heifengkou and Dushuihe, Meng Hu's Western Legion seemed to be destroyed?

But Meng Hu would not think so.

In Meng Hu's view, these two fierce battles were two cruel knockout matches. The weak people who were not strong enough or could not adapt to the cruel battlefield have been ruthlessly eliminated, and those who survived were winners who were strong enough and able to adapt to the cruel environment quickly. They have grown from recruits to real veterans!

If we start over, Meng Hu would still choose these two fierce battles without hesitation!

Although the Western Legion lost half of its army, its combat effectiveness has definitely improved. The current 50,000 army is only stronger than the original 100,000 army, and it is definitely not a little bit stronger!

This is war, a cruel and bloody war, where casualties and elite soldiers are always inseparable. Without casualties, elite soldiers cannot be produced. If you want to train an elite soldier, you must pay enough casualties. It is absolutely impossible to train elite soldiers but not willing to pay casualties!

Qi Diaozi took a breath and said, "General, is it time to withdraw his troops now?"

Meng Hu nodded and said in a deep voice: "Mengyan's central army has been deeply trapped, and the Western Legion has fought two tough battles in a row. The purpose of training has been achieved. Now it is time to withdraw troops and return to Xiling."

Qi Diaozi spread the map on the sandy field on the shore, and then pointed to the map and said, "Our army has been delaying a lot of time between Lieliu City and Heifengkou. The army mobilized by Qiu Yutang is likely to be in place. Although there is no reward for the barbarian cavalry yet, if nothing unexpected happens, the enemy should be guarded by Lieliu City in the southeast and the tiger-killing mouth in the northeast!"

"Kill the tiger's mouth!?"

Meng Hu couldn't help frowning when he heard this. Although he never believed in the tricks of gods and ghosts, this foreign name sounded too dangerous. Meng Hu instinctively felt a little scared. Damn it, what name is not good, and he insisted on killing the tiger's mouth? Killing a tiger, and killing him this fierce tiger?

Qi Diaozi thought Meng Hu was asking about the location of the tiger's mouth, so he found the location of the tiger's mouth on the map, and then said: "General, please see, the tiger's mouth is at this location. If you want to withdraw from Tianlang Pass, there are only two roads to go, or the Liucheng below the south bypass Dahu Mountain and turn north. This road is a smooth road, and the enemy has no danger to defend, but it will take at least a thousand miles!"

"If you go directly to the northeast through the Killing Hukou and then go from Killing Hukou to Tianlang Pass, the distance is much closer, and it is enough to walk 500 miles. But this is a dangerous road, because the geographical location of Killing Hukou is very dangerous. Once Killing Hukou is heavily guarded by the enemy and Qiu Yutang's pursuers follow us, then our situation will be quite dangerous!"

Jia Wudao said without hesitation: "General, the meaning of humiliating is to walk into Liucheng. Although the road to Killing Hukou is close, Lao Qi said just now that one of the armies mobilized by Qiu Yutang is likely to be Killing Hukou. If you really can't take Killing Hukou at that time, and Qiu Yutang's army follows him, it would be miserable."

Qi Diaozi shook his head and retorted: "But Lao Jia, have you ever thought about it? You have to walk at least a thousand miles away from Lieliu City. Before we arrive at Tianlang Pass, Qiu Yutang can completely transfer the troops stationed at the tiger's mouth to the east to block the Tianlang Mountain Road. The Tianlang Mountain Road is narrow. The Mingyue Empire Army only needs to build a simple camp to block us for a while. At that time, Qiu Yutang's army will follow again, and the situation will be even more dangerous."
To be continued...