A pitch-black night.
Thus began the second half of the Battle of Muqiaokou.
Cai Qiong's troops were much closer to Muqiao Pass and arrived before Yuan Zhang. They took advantage of the chaos caused by the fire at Muqiao Pass to break in.
Huang Shi's five thousand cavalry charged wildly, like wooden stakes breaking through city gates. In the first wave of their charge, they tore apart several layers of shield soldiers of the Southern Zhou army.
The Northern Guards split into left and right wings, wielding their scimitars on horseback and swiftly reaping the lives of the Southern Zhou army.
"Hold on! Hold on!! The rear is safe, hold off their cavalry!!"
He Biao shouted at the top of his lungs, quickly organizing the defense and adjusting the formation.
Although the 20,000-strong army had several layers of shield soldiers broken up, as long as the morale of the army remained high, it was just a minor setback.
"Cavalry, follow me and kill!!!"
He Biao charged out of formation with his mountain-splitting axe and immediately saw Huang Shi wielding two hammers.
"Damn it, I thought it was someone else, but it's you, you bald guy!"
"With all this commotion, I thought it was Yang Zhanbei coming. Turns out it's you, you stupid bear. What a disappointment!"
The two started bickering as soon as they met, and then they began fighting without any hesitation. qqxδnew
He Biao was as big as a bear and had superhuman strength. Huang Shi was also a powerful warrior. Although he was not as strong as He Biao, he wielded his two large hammers with great force and did not lose to He Biao.
"Men, keep charging! Northern Guards, kill them all!" Huang Shi shouted as he fought, his fighting spirit ignited.
At this moment, Li Yunqing also stepped forward, gripping his spear tightly, wanting to help He Biao. But just then, another shout of battle came from the flank.
From the direction of the woods.
"People are coming from the woods! You Left Army, follow me and charge!"
Li Yunqing turned his horse around and led his men to intercept Yuan Zhang's troops who were attacking from the woods.
As the two groups drew closer, Li Yunqing gradually saw, by the moonlight, that the one leading the charge was a young man in a white shirt who wasn't even wearing armor.
The boy held a long spear in his hand.
Li Yunqing's pupils contracted, and he shouted, "Stop them! Stop them!!"
After saying this, he turned his horse around again and rode towards the central army.
Zhao Yan was stunned by Li Yunqing's actions and muttered to himself, "Has this guy been traumatized by me?"
Tuo Tiewuhua had caught up by now, shouting, "Brothers, our men are just ahead! Break through their formation and join forces with the central army camp!!"
Yuan Zhang followed, glanced at Wei Lake, and said, "The Southern Zhou garrison at Muqiaokou is coming. Slow down and hold off the garrison for Cai Qiong, otherwise it will disrupt his rhythm!"
"yes!!"
Zhao Yan and Tuo Tiewuhua immediately led their men to meet the garrison and began a fierce battle.
Tuo Tiewuhua was a one-hit kill, while Zhao Yan wielded a spear like a dragon, sweeping across the enemy ranks with a single thrust. It was then that Zhao Yan realized Zhao Cheng was right; placing him on the battlefield was far more useful than sabotaging Muqiao.
Zhao Yan was incredibly excited. He had originally thought that his first time on the battlefield would be with his father, or at the very least with his uncles like Bi Fansheng, Pu Jian, and Song Cheng. But he never imagined that his first real battle would be with Yuan Zhang.
Yuan Zhang and his father were sworn enemies...
Despite his many misfortunes, Zhao Yan didn't dwell on the other things; he only wanted to kill to his heart's content!
Zhao Cheng and Yu Jin followed beside Yuan Zhang. Yuan Zhang said, "If your younger brother can survive a few wars, he will surely become a general in the future."
Zhao Cheng nodded and said, "Of all my brothers, he is the one who most resembles our father."
“No.” Yuan Zhang chuckled and said, “You are too. Zhao Yan inherited your father’s bravery, and you inherited your father’s… composure.”
Zhao Cheng felt uneasy, as if the "restraint" Yuan Zhang had mentioned was not actually restraint, but rather cunning.
Yuan Zhang raised his spear, spurred his horse, and said, "You wait here, I'll go help them."
Zhao Cheng said, "I'll go with you."
Yuan Zhang warned, "You don't know martial arts; close combat is very dangerous."
“I have Yu Jin protecting me.” Zhao Cheng looked around and said, “Besides, I feel it would be more dangerous for just Yu Jin and me to stay here.”
"As you wish. Drive!" Yuan Zhang rushed towards the Chaomu Bridge.
Zhao Cheng drew the sword he had asked Yuan Zhang for and said, "Yu Jin, let's follow!"
Yu Jin hesitated for a moment, then said, "Young Prime Minister, you're holding the knife upside down."
"Oh..." Zhao Cheng quickly switched the hilt of the knife to the other side.
On the Huangshi side, although the cavalry failed to completely break through the Southern Zhou's defensive formation, the Northern Three Guards gained a significant advantage on the flank.
Seeing that this was not working, Li Yunqing changed his strategy, ordered the shield soldiers to split up and lured in the Northern Guards, and then led his cavalry to fight against them.
After the shield bearers separated, Yuan Qi did not wait any longer and ordered 10,000 infantrymen to advance directly towards Muqiao.
At this moment, the warriors of both sides were completely intertwined, and the most brutal battle of the cold weapon era unfolded on the shores of Wei Lake.
The night grew darker, but the moonlight grew brighter.
Under the moonlight, corpses lay strewn across the field, their blood dripping everywhere.
Aside from having thicker eyebrows like his father, Yuan Qi was actually quite handsome. He was different from his brother, who resembled their father more in many ways, except for his fiery temper. But on the battlefield, his brother was their father's fierce general!
But he followed the path of a scholar-general.
It's a pity that of the father's two sons, one a fierce general and the other a scholarly general, only the scholarly general remains.
My elder brother, sister-in-law, and youngest nephew all died at the hands of pirates.
Thinking of this, Yuan Qi transferred his hatred to the Southern Zhou army in front of him.
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