frightfiction Chapter 288 Reinforcements have arrived
Chapter 288 Reinforcements have arrived
This battle, Zhang Yan was destined to fail.
Casualties are inevitable.
During the melee, Zhang Yan fought against Xiao Jingtian. As soon as they started fighting, he found out how strong his opponent was.
His moves were already quite strong, so it was really difficult for him to fight back.
Of course, the biggest reason is the opponent's horsemanship.
Land combat is not Beiyan’s strong point.
The best thing that the Northern Yan king was good at was training his sons.
Except for the third prince who was eager to show himself and met with an accident, all his sons were extremely brave.
...Xia Yuanchen's side,
According to the sentinel's report, they secretly hid in the place where the Prince of Beiyan must pass and blocked him.
When Xiao Jingyi was riding his horse at full speed, the sound of rapid horse hooves suddenly rang out from all directions.
Xia Yuanchen personally led 40,000 soldiers and marched quickly.
The soldiers of both sides barely got a glimpse of the other side's commander's appearance before they started fighting.
What Xia Yuanchen didn't expect was that
The Prince of Northern Yan brought with him an army of 40,000 soldiers.
Wasn’t it said that the two princes of Northern Yan only brought 60,000 soldiers with them in total?
Originally, he thought that his number far exceeded that of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Northern Yan.
It's not that the Eastern Lin Kingdom is weak and has a sparse population. In fact, this time, Bei Yan also borrowed a lot of foreign aid from the surrounding nomadic barbarians and promised to give them a share of the pie after victory.
After all, the impression that Northern Yan gave to the surrounding countries was that it was strong.
After all, Beiyan gives people the impression that it is far stronger than Donglin.
Xiao Jingyi was on guard all the time, in order to avoid the eyes of the Donglin sentinels and meet the princess he had been thinking about earlier.
Unexpectedly, he was intercepted here by the other party.
He found Xia Yuanchen in the crowd, with a sarcastic smile still on his lips.
"Isn't this Xia Qi's son?" He always treated Donglin's soldiers with contempt.
In this melee, both sides are evenly matched...
Xiao Jingyi was concerned about the reinforcements from Xining and only wanted to win the battle quickly.
However, the war could not be ended just because he wanted to. At this moment, he only wanted to capture the leader first.
"A mere kid, actually killed my Northern Yan generals one after another. Watch out!" Xiao Jingyi was fighting in the sea. When he got close to Xia Yuanchen, he rushed forward with his sword, chopping Xia Yuanchen's crown, wanting to kill him with one move.
Xia Yuanchen responded to the attack, quickly dodged and moved sideways, while sweeping the sharp blade across Xiao Jingyi's horse's leg, trying to cut it off.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince of Beiyan is no better than him. He is far inferior to your short-lived brother!"
Xiao Jingyi was insulted and his chest was filled with anger. He tightened the reins and forced the horse's hooves to rise.
Then he continued to slash at Xia Yuanchen with his sword.
Xia Yuanchen attacked, and his long sword responded instantly.
There were two clangs, and the weapons collided, emitting bright sparks.
Xia Yuanchen was slightly inferior. Compared to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Beiyan, he was not as strong and not as good physically.
The other person was more than ten years older than him. In his eyes, he was just a young boy who had not yet grown up.
Suddenly, I felt a chill on my back.
I only heard Sun Shao say behind me,
"Major General, be careful!"
Xia Yuanchen was really no match for Xiao Jingyi. While trying his best to take the attack,
With a sound of "Puff", he was stabbed in the back.
The corners of his lips were bleeding, and he coughed violently, spitting out a mouthful of turbid blood. His throat was sore.
Seeing Xiao Jingyi raising his sword and slashing at his forehead again,
Xia Yuanchen dodged repeatedly and rode away on horseback.
If you can't beat them, you have to avoid them.
Unexpectedly, when he retreated, Sun Shao stepped forward.
The sword flashed, and he fought fiercely with Xiao Jingyi.
"Sun Shao, retreat!" Xia Yuanchen naturally knew that Sun Shao was no match for Xiao Jingyi.
However, when Sun Shao saw the Northern Yan royal family, he thought of General Xia.
At that time, the reason why General Xia died was that in addition to the already deceased Beiyan general, Fan Yong and Beiyan's fourth prince Xiao Jingtian jointly tortured him.
Then there is Xiao Jingyi's killing and encirclement.
At the beginning, it was he who led thousands of troops to block Sun Shao's reinforcements, forcing General Xia to die outside the mountain.
When they fought again, he was overwhelmed with hatred, and the hatred in his heart made him unable to care about many things.
Xia Yuanchen, who was originally preparing to evacuate, joined the melee again.
He knew that this battle was dangerous, but he couldn't bear to watch his men go to their deaths.
Xiao Jingyi looked at Xia Yuanchen rushing towards him again, with a sneer on his face.
"Boy, you really don't know how to live or die." He swung the sword in his hand more quickly.
While Xia Yuanchen was fending off Xiao Jingyi's attack, he said to Sun Shao urgently:
"You can't fight hard, stay away from him!"
Sun Shao also realized that the other party was very powerful.
Two against one, the two are still no match.
This made Xia Yuanchen realize once again his own shortcomings. He grew up against every odds in every war.
Both sides used all their strength, and when the swords came to the fore,
They haven't left yet.
Sun Shao was not careful.
The neck was torn and cut, blood gushed out, splashed onto the ground and sprayed all over Xia Yuanchen's face.
Xia Yuanchen was used to seeing blood splattered on the battlefield.
But seeing the only remaining subordinates left by his father die in front of him, the hatred in his eyes could not be wiped away.
He hated it, no matter how much he hated it, he was no match for it at this moment.
This was not the first time he had encountered the cruel reality of war.
Only by preserving one's life can one be perfect.
He turned his horse around, whipped it and fled.
Xiao Jingyi naturally didn't give him this opportunity, and said coldly,
"Donglin rat!"
He rode his horse and chased after him, blocking Xia Yuanchen in the center of the army.
"Boy, did you manage to escape?"
He held the sword horizontally and wanted to cut Xia Yuanchen's neck as he did before.
Still thinking about dealing with Xia Yuanchen, he hurried to pick up Princess Xining.
Although Xia Yuanchen was defeated, he had to fight hard.
The two of them went back and forth.
Xia Yuanchen's life was temporarily saved, but his body was covered with scars, while the other party only suffered minor injuries.
At this moment, I only want to kill him step by step...
Suddenly, there was the sound of horse hooves.
Then I saw a group of soldiers riding their horses and galloping towards me, raising dust.
The two generals suddenly felt nervous.
At this moment, a melodious horn sounded suddenly from a distance.
Xiao Jingyi's face changed and his attack slowed down a little.
Hundreds of strong soldiers rushed in like a tide and rushed straight to the scene of the fighting.
Xia Yuanchen's moves were no match for his opponent, but he did not dare to slack off for a moment and only focused on fighting back.
If he is not careful, he will die on the spot.
But at this moment, my heart has already fallen to the bottom and is icy cold.
That feeling of being summoned by the god of death came again...
But he was a veteran after all, and he quickly calmed down.
He only heard a piercing laugh.
"Reinforcements from Xining have arrived! Reinforcements have arrived!"
The Crown Prince of Beiyan looked carefully again and saw a carriage parked behind the reinforcements.
According to his guess, it belonged to Princess Xining.
His future Crown Princess had already prepared such a great gift for him before she even married him.
After marrying her back to the palace, how can he not cherish her well?
Xiao Jingyi speeded up his moves while laughing wildly. In his eyes, Xia Yuanchen was already a dead man.
Xia Yuanchen took a breath and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He stumbled from the beating, but still tried his best to control his entire body and not fall down.
He could not bring shame to the Donglin soldiers, nor could he bring shame to his father.
As the Xining soldiers approached,
The one at the front of the warhorse was none other than their Princess.