chapter 154 – jingo stabbing qin!

D junction. The two cavalry teams, which used collision to decide life and death, rolled out of their respective streets and lanes like two winds, and ruthlessly collided together in the vacant area at the northwest corner of the square in front of the palace.

In the moment before the collision, those black cavalrymen who came at high speed were covered with armor, holding the reins in one hand, but not holding a sword or a gun in the other hand, but flatly holding a crossbow, and before everyone reacted, they pulled the trigger!

The Qing cavalry is proficient in the art of mounted archery, but in a frontal charge like this, they are generally accustomed to using their swords and spears, basically no one would charge with a crossbow. Because of the weight of the crossbow itself, and in such a short sprint distance, if the movement is a little slow, I’m afraid that the two sides will already collide before the crossbow arrows are sent out.

But the black cavalry is not the same, they from the first day into the inspectorate, they have developed this habit, single-handed crossbow, still stable and incomparable, accurately speaking, nearly a thousand people inspectorate black cavalry, in fact, is a powerful collective assassination raid weapon.

Snorting and cracking sound, in such a short distance, hundreds of sharp and poisoned crossbow arrows, all shot out, did not give that branch under the gate of zhengyang burst over the cavalry any chance to resist.

After countless muffled sounds, the cavalry brigade under the gate of zhengyang burst over to the front battalion of riders, I don’t know how many were shot by crossbow arrows and fell off their horses miserably, but some of them still insisted on horseback, drew out their blades, and roared furiously as they hacked at those cavalrymen who were getting closer and closer.

The black cavalry abandoned their crossbows, drew their swords from under their saddles, and with a backhanded slash, turned into a slice of snowy light, directly chopping the cavalrymen’s heads off.

Two hundred black riders made this action at the same time, abandoning their crossbows cleanly, pulling their swords with a pneumatic mountain and river, the head chop was so thrilling. Two hundred people neatly made such a difficult attack and kill maneuver, it looked extremely aesthetically pleasing on the sand field.

On one side was the rebel cavalry brigade that had made a bitter raid under the Zhengyang Gate, and had been strangled by more than a thousand of the Supervisory Court’s subordinates and the forbidden army brigade for a long time, and had finally managed to clear the way and come to the front of the Imperial City after a long and arduous journey. On the one hand, it is the mysterious black cavalry that has been holding back for a long time and has been building up its strength, only waiting for a command from Lord Tisch to make the most powerful strike of the Supervisory Yuan.

Both sides of the momentum, spirit, physical strength because of the relationship between the situation, the original is not too big gap, suddenly was stretched to a kind of battlefield impossible to bear the distance.

The two hundred Black Riders were like a knife that had been burned hot, sharply and incomparably charging into the Qin Family’s cavalry brigade, easily and happily chopping a large opening in the cavalry brigade’s formation that had probed into the palace square. With the countless splashes of blood and the falling of corpses, the black cavalry succeeded in breaking the Qin family cavalry, separating …… Qin Heng as well as more than three hundred cavalrymen from the brigade and making them a lone army.

The black cavalry’s riding skills were superb, and they even managed to switch formations in the midst of the rapidity. The entire group suddenly spread out, and the cavalrymen who rushed at the very front pulled the reins to the right, and by virtue of their strange speed and tremendous impact, they blocked the rear cavalry brigade with a beat.

On the other hand, the remaining one hundred or so black cavalrymen stabbed to the left, like a pack of wolves, quickly picking out their targets and sticking their heads towards where Qin Heng’s forward battalion was, sticking close together, tearing and chopping with the swords in their hands.

However, in an instant, the vanguard battalion where Qin Heng was was heavily killed and wounded, while the cavalry brigade at the rear was somewhat distracted by this thunderous strike, and for a while they were simply unable to rush up to rescue them. At this time, although there are many rebels on the square, but there is a distance between them, especially at this time, the rebels are converting the formation, the situation is slightly chaotic …… Look at the black cavalry such a thunderous impact speed, who does not know when the brigade came to close the circle, the black cavalry will not be the hundreds of cavalry all rushed to kill clean!

Horses hooves like thunder. The horses under the black cavalry were silent and striving forward, while the horses under the Qin family cavalry were running around with sad cries, just like the state of mind of the masters on their backs at this moment. The speed of the black cavalry’s pursuit was too fast, and in a few moments, it was actually chasing the vanguard battalion where Qin Heng was diagonally deeper into the plaza for some distance, detaching itself from the brigade at the rear.

This scene was truly frightening to watch, surrounded by rebels, Elder Qin and Ye Chong had long since reacted, ordering their subordinate rebels to quickly merge towards that gap in the northwest, making sure to rush to contact Qin Heng before the Black Riders gained the upper hand.

If the over ten thousand rebel troops were allowed to successfully close in, the Black Riders, no matter how strong they were, would only be able to die. Of course, even if the Black Riders succeeded in killing Qin Heng according to Fan Xian’s order, they would still be dead in the end. However, the black cavalry led by Jing Ge seems not to consider this at all, in the limelight, surrounded by countless rebels, in the wide plaza in front of the palace, this kind of desperately, bravely and even a little arrogantly chasing the tail of Qin Heng’s vanguard battalion……

As the dust and smoke rose, more than a hundred black cavalrymen chased after hundreds of the Qin Family’s elite cavalrymen under the eyes of tens of thousands of rebels. This resolute stance, this arrogant defiance of death, this palpitating image, will surely remain in people’s memories for a long time.

A dust dragon, hundreds of cavalrymen sacrificing their lives in pursuit, from the northwest corner of the square, all the way through into the center of the square!

Qin Heng is not a weakling, otherwise it would not have been possible for him to become the second youngest Lord Commander of the Kyoto Guard Division since Ye Chong when he was in his thirties, and he would not have been able to become the Vice-Envoy of the Privy Council at such a young age. Regarding the situation on the battlefield, this second-generation leader of the Qin family undoubtedly had his own wisdom and judgment.

He was adept at leading troops and had extremely quick reactions, when the shadow of the black riders appeared on the side of his eyes, he immediately made the decision to make the first frontal charge. As long as the enemy can hold the first wave of the attack, the rear of the brigade continued to come, the other side of the district of more than two hundred riders, simply can not create any impact.

But today’s battle in Kyoto is really too different from the battlefield, and the alleyway battle under the gate of Zheng Yang is also too different from the alleyway battle depicted in the book of the art of war, Qin Heng never thought that the Supervisory Board of this kind of intelligence and assassination of the world’s departments, actually in the alleyway battle can burst out such a huge power, so that the Qin family cavalry suffered heavy losses, and at the same time, also consumed too much of the morale and mental stamina.

And most crucially, Qin Heng had never expected that the black cavalry of a mere two hundred men would actually possess such a powerful aura, rapid impact, and cold to the core killing methods.

He had never expected, no matter what, that the five hundred cavalrymen of the Vanguard Battalion would not even be able to withstand the first wave of the other party’s attack before being viciously sliced in two by the other party!

Qin Heng’s heart was cold, but his reaction was strangely fast, his fast horse sped up, and he did not even fight against the black cavalry at the same place, but instead, he directly sped up and led his cavalry towards the center of the square. Surrounded by rebels, as long as into the siege, those black cavalry can only wait for the part of death.

What he wanted to do was to be fast, as fast as possible!

It should be said that Qin Heng’s reflexes were incredibly fast, and the Qin family cavalry’s training was extremely effective, although the black cavalry were running like wolves, the cavalry vanguard battalion still managed to escape from the Ding family’s intersection to the center of the square.

It was just that the black riders were faster and more ruthless, not being pulled down at all, but instead vaguely forming an encircling situation. The leader of the black riders wearing a silver mask was even sprinting from the side, only three horse lengths away from Qin Heng!

Qin Heng’s eyes in his helmet shot out, although the bravery of the black riders was out of his expectation, the other party even dared to chase himself deep into the rebel encirclement, it seems that he is prepared to fight to the death to stab himself to death, but he knew that the black riders’ surprise attack had already failed – because he knew that his own old father, would not watch himself die, and the rebel army’s help had already arrived.

At this time, the rebel army’s change of camp was in the middle of the battle, they found that Qin Heng was in danger of being trapped in a bitter battle, naturally, they sent out two brigades to come to the rescue, and at the same time, they intended to kill this black cavalry which was like a sudden descent from the sky, but at this time, these two brigades still had a long way to go from that dusty dragon, and most of them were infantrymen, so how could they keep up with the black cavalry’s surprise attack and the speed of Qin Heng’s fleeing for his life.

However, right at this moment, a mighty call rang out from the rebel army’s center camp, “Release!”

There was a divine lord sign on the imperial city, the rain of arrows did not land in all its glory, and the thrilling scene in the square was nothing that could stop Master Qin’s determination from existing. With this order, countless arrow blades, shot towards where that dust dragon was!

Throbbing air-breaking sounds rang out densely, connecting into a single piece, enveloping all of those cavalrymen who were fighting for their lives in a life and death situation, and actually didn’t care that the Black Riders were chasing after their own cavalrymen!

Qin Heng had long guessed that his father never hesitated on the battlefield, and knew that this shower of arrows would come. His face was iron blue, the high speed Mercedes caused his lips to turn white, while before the rain of arrows came, he was already on a roll, shooting to the side and rear of his mount.

In an instant, the cavalrymen from both sides, who were pursuing at high speeds, were simultaneously hit by the rain of arrows, and they all fell off their horses, falling and splitting their bones and flesh with muffled sounds.

At such a moment, whether it was the Qin Family’s cavalry or the black cavalry of the Supervisory Court, they all suffered the same fate, a miserable fate.

Although the black cavalry’s armor was specially made by the inner treasury C workshop, and was lighter and more refined than the materials used by the Qing army’s elites, they still suffered heavy losses under this round of arrows, and those of the Qin family’s own cavalry were even more decimated!

The Crown Prince turned his head horribly, looking at Master Qin with disbelief, as if he had not thought why he would issue such a horrible order, was he not worried about Qin Heng’s life and death? Moreover, it was impossible for these two hundred black cavalry to cause any kind of great destruction, so to slaughter them like this with a rain of arrows without distinguishing between enemy and friend, wasn’t he worried about causing instability in the heart of the army?

Elder Qin narrowed his eyes, a cold light coming through those two small slits. Of all the people in the arena, he was the only one who knew exactly what the purpose of this Black Riders was, and he was also the only one who knew that if these two hundred Black Riders were allowed to pursue the vanguard battalion led by Qin Heng, they would not be able to get out of there before the rebel rescue arrived.

He knew the power of the black cavalry, and thought that Fan Xian’s arrangement under the Zhengyang Gate, and the ambush of the black cavalry here, were all for the sake of the words that had angered him to the extreme from the city’s top earlier.

“I want your old Qin family to be cut off from their children and grandchildren!”

Qin old man is ruthless, Fan Xian since he wants to let his own son cut off his grandchildren, he would rather be his own hands, not willing to humbly look at the people Fan Xian arranged to kill his own son, not to mention …… his own old Qin family’s son which is so easy to die.

Qin Heng did not die, his mount was full of feathers and arrows, and after two sad cries, he fell heavily toward the ground. And because he was prepared, although he was hit hard with the ground by the forward rolling momentum of the horse after it fell to the ground, the armor on his body even rubbed out countless faint flames due to the friction with the ground, yet he had already unloaded most of the force, and was not hit by arrows by virtue of his mount’s cover.

The rain of arrows was just a wave and stopped immediately afterward. Most of the cavalrymen you chased after had already fallen in a pool of blood, and although the black riders survived a bit more, they had also lost their mounts and suffered heavy or light injuries. Instead of being terrified, they continued to raise their swords and killed those Qin Clan cavalrymen around them who had fallen to the ground.

And at this moment, Qin Heng had already stood up. The rebel support around them also approached in a hurry.

Jing Ge, the black cavalry vice commander wearing a silver mask, had become the sharp point of the black cavalry from the beginning of the contact battle, and with the most determined stance and the fastest speed, he stared at Qin Heng dead on, not letting him out of his sight. As the rain of arrows came, Jing Ge’s one man and one horse also suffered a tragic blow, a feathered arrow passed through the armor piece on his body extremely coincidentally, obliquely shot into his left shoulder, a trace of blood swiftly seeped out, and the mount under him also softened its front legs, soundlessly falling to the ground.

His foot heavily pointed at the saddle, and just in the moment when the rain of arrows stopped, holding the black lance, he pounced out like a wolf king, with a touch of blood-craving hunger that had been hidden for many years, unstoppable in its momentum.

Three feet distance, fleeting, Qin Heng at this time just from the horse under the thigh, very difficult to stand up, looks like the spirit of physical strength has been exhausted to the extreme, in the black lance pointed out the killing intent, seems to be only hands waiting to die!

But who did not expect, Qin Heng originally looks exhausted body, actually in this moment to have vigor, only to hear him fierce drink, did not turn around has drawn the sword out of the sheath, the whole person’s body quickly rotated up, like a shadow, extremely strange and that the powerful black gun shadow and friction and pass!

Jing Ge a gun full force stabbed out, simply could not expect the other side actually have such a skillful pair of gun body method, the whole spirit of the spirit all condensed in this gun, the tip of the gun at this time fell short, ruthlessly stabbed in the plaza beside Qin Heng stone floor, burst of sound will be that piece of stone into countless fragments!

In that muffled sound, Qin Heng’s body rotated without stopping, in a few moments close to Jing Ge’s body, with a cold snort, his left elbow protruded, and the blade of the sword in his hand cut down to Jing Ge’s neck!

A flash, a spin and a slash, such a clean and sharp triple strike, still in such a complicated sand field situation, Qin Heng was indeed extremely tough, no wonder Master Qin had so much confidence in him, letting him face the silver-faced Jing Ge’s sudden stab alone!

In such a close distance, such a vicious cut, only Fan Xian would be hard to resist, Jing Ge would only be dead.

On the way to this thrilling chase, the rebels’ attack on the Imperial City never stopped. Those used to ram the palace door of the heavy car, still tireless, not afraid of falling stones and fire, in turn to the three palace door to launch the charge, the huge muffled sound, from time to time in the imperial city up and down the echo, sounds like shocking people’s heart drums.

And just as the bizarre pursuit in the square was carried out to the last moment, with Qin Heng’s sword only three inches away from Jing Ge’s neck, the offense and defense at the palace gates, also saw a shocking change!

With a loud boom, the thick palace door right in the center was actually rushed open!

In this instant, all of the rebels could not believe their eyes, followed by ecstatic exuberance that took over.

At this moment, the Black Riders had been defeated, Jing Ge was going to die, and the palace gate had been opened, the balance of victory had undoubtedly thrown away all the weights, and began to timidly snuggle behind the rebel side.

Watching this scene, the Crown Prince’s spirit lifted, glancing at Elder Qin and Ye Chong beside him, he took a deep breath and said, “Attack with all your might!”

Fan Xian stood on top of the black coffin, gently tapping his toes in a rhythm that no one could understand, watching these fatal changes on the Imperial City in the midst of the lightning, yet he still hadn’t made the decision to stomp open the coffin and take out the heavy sniper that was in the coffin.

Because he stood taller than everyone, just like what Chen Pingping had once taught, he looked farther than everyone and could see details that had not been noticed.

He saw still staying in the western rebel camp, the Dingzhou Army generals were discussing something with the Second Prince, but gradually leaned over, isolating those close friends of the Second Prince in the periphery quite naturally.

He saw that in the middle camp of the rebel army, beside that Crown Prince who was showing his joyful look for the first time, Ye Chong’s face was as smooth as usual, while Gong Dian was dragging back a body position. In the process of the rebels changing camps, in the chaos brought about by the rescue of Qin Heng, the Dingzhou army’s troops gradually switched formations, and although subtle, in the eyes of Fan Xian, who was standing high above them, it was extraordinarily blinding.

If a complex situation was made up of countless images, then these images were changing in Fan Xian’s eyes in ways that no one could understand why, but he knew that his gamble was determined by the changes in these images that would determine the final success or failure.

He strapped the Great Wei Heavenly Son Sword tightly to his back, pulled his palms on the three hooks and cables that he had prepared for himself two years ago, glanced in the direction of the guarding crossbow, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, “Prepare.”

Then he nudged the coffin with his toes one last time, thinking to himself that he still wouldn’t be using you today.

The change in the scene then happened abruptly in the next moment. It was a change that would determine the years to come in the Kingdom of Qing, and was destined to be the stuff of fascination for conscientious young historians of future generations.

The first image change was that Jing Ge, who was wearing a silver mask and was about to face death, lowered his head the very moment Qin Heng’s sword blade struck his neck.

Jing Ge lowered his head! In a flash of lightning, this bowing of the head seemed simple, but in fact, it was extremely difficult, but he did it so naturally, so quickly, as if five hundred years ago, Jing Ge knew where Qin Heng’s sword would come from and where it would go, and had already simulated it countless times, and had long since been ready to meet this sword blade.

It was precisely the tenderness of that bowed head that allowed Qin Heng’s murderous sword to cut horizontally across Jing Ge’s silver mask, slashing out a silver fire, but not cutting his neck!

And what is even more unanticipated is that Jing Ge’s shot that seems to be infused with his whole body’s qi, a shot that pierced the air, piercing through the floor’s lapis lazuli boards, even as if it had a life in general, quickly rebounded back, along with the tiger’s mouth that he held in his empty hand, swiftly bouncing back with a bang!

Jing Ge’s hand tightly gripped the blade of the gun under three inches of ground, violently stabbed upward!

This all happened too fast, the silver mask on Jing Ge’s face was still glowing with sparks, while the tip of the gun in his hand had already viciously stabbed upwards through Qin Heng’s jaw!

With a muffled sound, the sharp tip of the gun stabbed Qin Heng’s jaw straight into his brain, blood was flowing, Qin Heng’s body stiffened and then softened, he was killed.

Jing Ge tightly gripped the barrel of the gun, the tip of the gun picking at Qin Heng’s corpse.

With a crunch, Jing Ge’s silver mask broke in half and slid to the ground, revealing his true face, the face Fan Xian had always wanted to see, the face that had been hidden under the silver mask ever since he had been fished out of the Black Prison by Chen Pingping and became a member of the Black Riders.

This face was born with a very clean brow, but …… from the left ear to under the right ear, it was actually cut viciously from the center by some kind of sharp weapon! Very old injury, but still looks so horrible, can imagine what kind of damage was suffered back then.

The wound was huge, revealing the flesh and bones and white teeth inside, it looked exceptionally horrible, especially because although Qin Heng’s sword was covered by his silver mask, the sword intent still hit his face, shocking his old wound open, and the blood flowed gradually, making it even more hideous!

The entire square was silent, shocked at this scene, watching that hideous black cavalry commander, picking at Master Qin’s only son with the tip of the spear in his hand, and couldn’t help but think of Fan Xian’s curse that he was going to cut off the Qin family’s children and grandchildren.

Blood dripped from Qin Heng’s throat and slid down the long sword to Jing Ge’s hand, wet and slippery. Jing Ge was silent, but in his heart he was thinking, back then, your brother was using this trick, destroyed his own face, all these years his own hatred for the Qin family let himself wear a silver mask, always pondering the Qin family’s means of killing the field, but today you still use this trick, die in your own hands, then don’t cry out for injustice!

Jing Ge picked Qin Heng’s corpse with his gun, looked at where Master Qin was in the middle camp of the rebels, and shouted sternly, “I am Jing Ge!”

“Qin Ye! You killed my entire family, I will kill your entire family as well!”