Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 94: Twenty thousand cavalrymen in a desperate situation

Every time Huyan Lieri swung the wolf-tooth hammer down, he was about to hit Jin Xingzi, but he was always dodged cleverly. As a result, he became more and more anxious and angry. His physical strength was obviously declining. He was sweating profusely, gasping for breath, and he didn't know when to stop cursing. He just glared at Jin Xingzi and hit him with the hammer one after another without any rules.

While dodging the whistling wolf-tooth hammer, Jin Xingzi used words to anger Huyan Lieri. The thin man was riding on the Roaring Sky Tiger, and was tossed around and unable to sit steadily. He was thrown out several times by the sharp rotation of the Roaring Sky Tiger, but he always managed to grab the tiger's mane at the critical moment and fall back to his original place with a grin. There were constant accidents and ugly appearances, which made the cavalry laugh and cry.

Qiu Linshan could see clearly from the side that the green-faced Taoist seemed afraid to take Huyan Lieri's wolf-tooth hammer head-on, but in fact he was playing with Huyan Lieri and did not take him seriously at all. Although he could not be sure that this person would be able to defeat Huyan Lieri, his purpose was very clear. He was deliberately delaying time and waiting for an opportunity. If so, what opportunity would they wait for? Looking around, apart from a few low hills, there was only desolate grassland. He really couldn't imagine what kind of opportunity they were waiting for. He looked at Wuzhe who was indifferent beside Meng Yi again, and thought to himself, "I don't know what means this person used to wipe out 30,000 Tiger Divisions. Now he is facing a Wolf Division that is twice as many as his, but he is fearless. Is he going to use the means he used against the Tiger Division to deal with the Wolf Division?" Thinking of this, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart. He felt something was wrong. He wanted to remind Huyan Lieri, but he felt that he was arrogant and tyrannical. He might be laughed at by him again. He could only hold back and wait and see.

As time went by, Huyan Lieri gradually became exhausted. He had always been arrogant and would not give up unless he could smash Jin Xingzi to death when facing his wolf master. He thought, "This 'jumping clown' is only agile but has no real skills. If he continues like this, his physical strength will be exhausted. It will be difficult to kill Meng Yi again. I must get rid of him as soon as possible." Thinking of this, he saw that Jin Xingzi was thrown out by Xiao Tianhu again. He saw the opportunity and smashed Xiao Tianhu's head with a hammer, thinking, "I'll kill your mount first!"

When Jin Xingzi saw Huyan Lieri swinging the wolf-tooth hammer, he changed its direction and smashed it towards Xiao Tianhu, and cursed: "You beast has brains, dares to smash my mount." Even in the air, he did not slack off, and swung the goose-wing long knife, drawing a black light, towards the wolf-tooth hammer, with a "clang", sparks flew, and it was deafening.

This was the first competition between the two. Huyan Lieri was shocked, his arm went numb, and his wolf-tooth hammer almost slipped out of his hand. He never expected that Jin Xingzi could shake off his hammer. His heart was suddenly startled. Seeing that Jin Xingzi almost fell off the tiger's back, he said contemptuously: "I didn't expect that a clown like you still has some ability. Take another hammer from me!" He swung the other wolf-tooth hammer at Jin Xingzi.

Jin Xingzi blocked Huyan Lieri's hammer, and his arms seemed to be removed. Although he knew that he was strong, he never thought it was so amazing. Seeing another hammer coming, he did not dare to take it lightly. He quickly turned his evil spirit and injected it into his arms, shouting: "If I don't show you some color, do you think I'm afraid of you!" He swung his long sword to meet the attack. With a sharp "clang", the mounts of the two men immediately fell to the ground, kicking up dust, and slid back several feet before stopping.

Jin Xingzi felt pain in his arms, threw away his sword, covered his shoulders with his hands, and screamed in pain.

Huyan Lieri's face turned ashen, his eyes were filled with surprise, his teeth were clenched, and his right arm was hanging down. Although he did not throw away the wolf-tooth hammer, his right arm had lost consciousness and it would be impossible for him to lift it up again in a short time. He thought to himself, "This man is so thin, yet he could take two of my hammers in a row. I really underestimated him!" Seeing Jin Xingzi throwing down his long sword, it seemed that his arms were broken and he could no longer fight. If he didn't kill him now, when would he? He raised the Red Flame Wolf and rushed towards Jin Xingzi.

Jin Xingzi was riding on Xiao Tianhu, who was lying on the ground. Seeing Huyan Lieri rushing towards him again, he cursed at Xiao Tianhu, "Why are you being lazy at this time, you beast? Get up now!" But Xiao Tianhu just wouldn't get up. In desperation, he jumped high and turned around to run towards the slope. When Xiao Tianhu saw Jin Xingzi running away, he also jumped high and ran faster than Jin Xingzi. Seeing that it was about to overtake him, Jin Xingzi tiptoed and jumped onto Xiao Tianhu's back again, causing the Hun cavalry behind him to laugh at him.

Seeing that Jin Xingzi had been scared away, Huyan Lieri did not chase him too far. He stopped the Red Flame Wolf and shouted, "Coward! I'll let you stay for a moment!" and led the wolf back to the front of the formation.

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Meng Yi saw Jin Xingzi running back, knowing that he had done his best. He gazed into the distance and said to Wuzhan with a sigh, "Brother, you were right. He really didn't come. I misjudged him. Now the only hope is to fight to the death with the Xiongnu cavalry. Brother, take this opportunity and leave!"

Wuzhan looked at the Xiongnu cavalry and said calmly: "Since I have followed my second brother here, how can I leave alone? Second brother, you should concentrate on commanding and don't be distracted by me."

Meng Yi said generously: "With a good brother like you, I will die without regrets. Well, let's kill to our heart's content today!"

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Qiu Linshan saw Huyan Lieri return to the front, so he rode his horse to his side and said, "General Wolf, you are so brave and heroic. You beat that Taoist so hard that he was pissing and shitting. I admire you!"

Huyan Lieri heard Qiu Linshan praising him and smiled proudly: "If I hadn't wanted to save my strength to kill Meng Yi, I would have smashed him to death with a hammer long ago. How could I let him escape!"

Qiu Linshan smiled and said, "That's inevitable. I'm waiting for General Wolf to avenge me now!" He was thinking, "If I don't attack quickly, who knows what strange formation the other side will come up with, or they may send out a team to catch you off guard."

Huyan Lieri laughed out loud and said, "I will vent General Qiulin's anger now. Just wait and see!" Then he shouted to the whole army, "Beat the drums, prepare to shoot!"

The rumbling sound of drums suddenly rang out, shaking the earth. The Xiongnu cavalry drew their bows and drew arrows, and the full bows made a squeaking sound, ready to fire. The Xiongnu were good at riding and shooting, especially the four elite divisions of the Xiongnu, who could shoot arrows farther and more accurately than a powerful crossbow.

Meng Yi saw the Xiongnu cavalry preparing to shoot arrows and ordered, "Prepare for defense!" This cavalry unit was the garrison in Xianyang. All the soldiers were equipped with shields. After hearing the order, they immediately formed a dense small square formation, using shields to protect the front and top of the formation. From a distance, it looked like a huge turtle shell. The drums suddenly stopped, and there was a buzzing sound. Tens of thousands of arrows, densely packed, rose up like black dragons, flew high into the sky, suddenly turned, and poured down like a waterfall, rushing towards the Qin soldiers on the hillside.

'Bang bang...' The shields were hit by arrows, shaking and roaring continuously, and were instantly turned into hedgehogs. Some arrows also passed through the gaps between the shields, and someone screamed immediately. Fortunately, Meng Yi occupied the hillside in advance and absorbed a lot of the arrows' force. Otherwise, some shields would have been shot through.

As soon as the rain of arrows stopped, the drums sounded again. Before the Qin soldiers could catch their breath, thousands of arrows began to rain down like a rainstorm. In this way, the Huns shot for ten consecutive times before the drums stopped. Thousands of Qin soldiers were shot and screamed in pain. Their formation was somewhat messy.

Seeing that the time had come, Huyan Lieri raised his mace and shouted, "Beat the drums, charge, and trample these 20,000 Qin soldiers to pieces!"

As soon as the order was given, rapid thunderous drum sounds suddenly rang out, and tens of thousands of cavalrymen urged their horses and whipped their horses, rushing towards the hillside like a tsunami. Dust rolled up, the scorching sun was dimmed, and the sounds of rumbling, shouting, galloping, and horses neighing were intertwined, shaking the earth and the sky.

Meng Yi looked at the mighty Xiongnu cavalry rushing towards him and shouted, "Shoot!"

Tens of thousands of arrows were shot down the slope. In an instant, a large number of people were knocked down, and people fell off their horses, and were submerged in the rolling waves.

The Xiongnu cavalry drew their bows and, taking advantage of the momentum of their run, shot up the slope, killing many Qin soldiers.

As the Hun cavalry was almost halfway up the mountain, the cavalry in the front suddenly lost their footing and fell to the ground with their horses as if a river was blocked. It turned out that the sand on the mountainside was covered with caltrops, and if the horses' hooves stepped on them, they would be pierced into the hooves and could not stand.

Seeing this, the Hun cavalry behind hurriedly moved around and split to both sides. Some of them were unable to dodge and were tripped by the fallen horses, falling off their horses. In an instant, the Hun cavalry lost nearly a thousand people.

After all, the number of caltrops was limited, and most of the cavalry still rushed forward. When they were about to meet the Qin soldiers, Meng Yi gave the order: "Raise the barricades!" Then thousands of war horses simultaneously struggled to pull out the sharply sharpened logs buried in the sand. Each log was more than ten feet long and tied together like a fence, and lined up for more than a hundred feet, with the tips of the logs facing the charging Hun cavalry.

The Hun cavalry who rushed in front of them saw the sharp wood suddenly appearing and wanted to dodge, but it was too late. "Puff, puff..." the sharp wood pierced into the horse's body, blood splattered, the warhorse neighed, and the Hun cavalry who fell down was stabbed to death by the Qin soldiers while still in the air.

Huyan Lieri was in the galloping team. He saw that nearly a thousand people had fallen in the front line. This was the heaviest loss for his Wolf Division. He was heartbroken and furious. He shouted, "Get out of my way! I want to smash them!" He raised the Red Flame Wolf, ran up, and rushed out like lightning. When he was almost in front of the chevaux de frise, the Red Flame Wolf leaped high, flew over the chevaux de frise, and fell into the Qin soldiers, instantly crushing several people to death. The Red Flame Wolf rushed forward and roared wildly, opening its bloody mouth and biting anyone it saw. Huyan Lieri swung his wolf-tooth hammer, and blew up every head he saw. Like a ferocious evil god, he rampaged among the Qin army. The Qin soldiers were frightened and retreated one after another.

At this time, the Xiongnu cavalry had bypassed the chevaux de frise and rushed up, engaging in a melee with the Qin cavalry. The shouts of killing were deafening, blood and flesh were flying everywhere, and the scene was bloody and tragic.

Although several thousand Hun cavalry were killed during the charge, there was no chance for less than 20,000 cavalry to fight against more than 40,000 Hun tiger and wolf cavalry. Meng Yi watched his cavalry falling one by one, and said sadly in his heart: "When has the Meng family ever let down the Wang family? You don't value the Qin Dynasty and you don't help them. Do you really want to see the Meng family defeated from now on?" His former lofty ambitions have now turned into indifference.

Wuzhan looked at Meng Yi's sad eyes, understood his feelings at the moment, and advised: "Second brother, things have come to this point, quickly order the withdrawal of the troops!"

Meng Yi said: "Where to retreat? The way back has been blocked. None of us can escape today. It's me who has harmed you and them!"

Wuzhan said: "Don't be discouraged, brother. As long as you are alive, there will be a chance. Since the way back is blocked, let's retreat to the north."

"North? ...Further north is Deshui, and that's really a dead end!"

(End of this chapter)