More than 8,000 sturdy Qiang cavalry were inserted from the border of Gusai Prefecture between the two cities of Qingcang and Linyao. As Chu Lushan expected, the fast horses and light armored Qiang cavalry were used by Liu Gui to cut off the connection between the two military towns.
The Qiang people used to be the thorn in the side of the overlords of the Central Plains. The Dafeng Dynasty was harassed by the Qiang soldiers who came and went like the wind for two hundred years. Horses shooting foxes and rabbits are almost born sharp warriors on horseback. Light cavalry from various countries in the Central Plains gradually came to the stage. It can be said that to a large extent it is not only a countermeasure forced by Qiang cavalry, Qiang cavalry is also the cavalry of the Central Plains. One of the "professors". Before and after Xu Xiao took over Beiliang, the Qiang people gradually withered, especially the Xu family’s iron cavalry often used a large number of Qiang cavalry to perform martial arts training. In the Central Plains, the leaders of various tribes and tribes of the Qiang nationality resolved their feuds one after another, made oaths, and even under the leadership of Beimang, they united with other tribes and other tribes in the northwest who were suppressed by the Xu family's frontier army. Thousands of riders and more than 20,000 war horses, under the banner of Qiang riders, launched revenge against the Xu family in Beiliang.
With the strong support of the Northern Mang and Southern Dynasties, this Qiang cavalry, which was originally impoverished on the long border, finally achieved the dream of hundreds of years. It is slightly different from the ordinary cavalry. The ring arm knife that has withdrawn from the war stage is bound together with the ring armor of the arm. Unless the entire arm is cut off, the knife will not leave the hand. In addition to the ring-arm sword, Qiangqi also has a traditional short sword called "pati" which is hung on the outside of the thigh, just like a villager harvesting rice in autumn. They use this thing to cut off the ears and heads of the enemy. Serve as a trophy.
More than 8,000 Qiang riders galloped to the south, and the leading one bent down and stroked the paw that had been passed down from generation to generation.
Back then when the Central Plains Rentu surnamed Xu broke into the northwest, all local adults who disobeyed the rules were killed on the spot, even those children who were not taller than horsebacks could not escape. Cut off the thumbs of both hands! This means that even if these children survived by chance, they would not be able to hold their weapons firmly and would not be able to swing their knives at the Beiliang frontier army. This middle-aged Mrs. Wan was surnamed Jin. When his tribe was trampled down by the Xu family's horseshoe, he was lucky. He followed the young and strong team to hunt and store food for the winter when he was young. When they returned to the tribe, apart from the dead people all over the ground, there were only children crying with blood on their hands. At the children's feet were the corpses of their parents.
He vowed to use this pat to cut off the thumbs of all people surnamed Xu in Beiliang. As long as the surname is Xu, even infants will not let go! Especially the son of Rentu, the hereditary king of Xinliang, he not only wants to cut off the young man's thumb, but also Xu Fengnian's head, limbs, and ten fingers, all of which must be cut off one by one!
This Mrs. Wan slowly straightened her back, looking at the vast land with a wide view to the south, with a grin on her face.
I heard that there is a man called Xu Longxiang in Liuzhou, who is very famous among the nobles in the Southern Dynasties. Last year, he beat up several military towns in Gusai Prefecture. He didn't expect to capture this man alone with less than 9,000 cavalry, but before cooperating with General Liu Gui to completely wipe out Liuzhou, he must drink the blood of those Beiliang people, and let the man with human slaughter flow in his body. The boy with dirty blood was in pain. The boy's Dragon Elephant Army only has 30,000 riders, so he wants to defend the entire Liuzhou? In Mr. Wan's opinion, it was just a gap between the brothers of the Central Plains veterans. It was clear that the young feudal lord was afraid of his younger brother's great power, so he deliberately let Xu Longxiang and all the youth's direct descendants wait to die.
In winter, the water is dry and the grass is yellow, and the horses are far less fat than in autumn and summer. In the eyes of the people in the Central Plains, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, it is the most unsuitable for military affairs. Damn the weather, that can kill you on any battlefield.
On the contrary, Jin Cheng, the chief of Qiang Qi Wan, likes fighting in the deep winter the most. The scene of driving a spear into the enemy's chest and dragging a scarlet blood path on the snow is really more enjoyable than drinking fine wine.
Qiang cavalry has always been famous for its lightning-fast attack, and at the same time of praise, it also reveals the weakness of Qiang cavalry, that is, it can only do "one-hammer business" on the battlefield. Before the advantage starts to chase after the tail, it is difficult to expand the results in the balance of power. There is neither an infantry phalanx, nor a heavy cavalry pressing the formation. This time, the envoys from Beimang were extremely disrespectful to their Qiang cavalry. Even if they wanted something from others, they always had their eyes above the top. Before negotiating the price, they even said to their faces that they were just icing on the cake. If you ask for a price, be careful not to protect your head. He also threatened that if he did not follow the military order of the general Liu Gui, he would not have to return to the territory at all, and the Northern Mang army would directly regard them as the enemy army.
Jin Cheng gritted his teeth hard. If I didn't want to take revenge on the Xu family, who the hell would like to deal with you bunch of pig-headed and fat-hearted civil servants!
Jin Cheng raised his eyes and looked into the distance, suddenly feeling inexplicably uneasy.
More than 8,000 Qiang cavalry headed south quickly, cut off the two cities of Qingcang and Linyao, and left Qingcang City, the state city of Liuzhou, alone and helpless. In his opinion, it was indeed a good strategy to surprise the Qiang cavalry, and the Qiang cavalry did not have to take any risks, but On the way to the south, he still let more than 20 ranger scouts in front of him to scout the road. Every rider had to run ten miles away from the Qiang cavalry army. Positions and rides are repeated in this way, forming a meticulous cycle. It stands to reason that there should be a ranger returning to the front of the army at this time, not to mention that this time when the troops were dispatched to Liuzhou, Beimang specially gave him a scout, an old guy with a dangerous atmosphere, with a sword on his waist, The breath is long and long, where is the military horse fence? He uses his butt to think that he is a hidden master of the rivers and lakes. It can be seen that this time Beimang attacked Beiliang, and he really spent his blood. He even domesticated the rivers and lakes for twenty years He didn't hesitate to tell the whole story.
Jin Cheng is not the kind of lunatic who is obsessed with ghosts for revenge. He knows the seriousness, otherwise he would not be able to be the commander of the ten thousand. He came here to assist Liu Gui's army to take advantage of the fire. The main forces collided, but the envoy from Beimang, who was dressed in the same way as the family members of the Central Plains, gave a guarantee that the 30,000 Dragon Elephant Army, except for a small number of people and horses, might swim along this route, and most of them would be restrained in Qinghai. Cangcheng and the area to the east of Qingcang, otherwise Beiliang would simply treat Liuzhou as an abandoned child, burying the Dragon Elephant Army, an elite cavalry army that has experienced many battles, in vain.
But Jin Cheng, who is not a lunatic, began to worry that he would meet a lunatic king of Beiliang who would do anything to secure his throne, and a frenzied commander of the Dragon Elephant Army who became an abandoned son.
After waiting for a while, the ranger scout was still not available.
Frowning, Jin Cheng raised his arm and swung it back and forth slightly, signaling the cavalry behind him to slow down.
After about half a stick of incense, a scout finally appeared in the field of vision of the Qiang cavalry army, and the horse galloped towards him. Jin Cheng and several commanders who patted their horses and sped forward were horrified to find that there were several crossbow arrows stuck behind the scout!
Before dying, the seriously injured scout tried his best to tell the precious military information that he found out with the lives of more than 20 Qiang rangers.
Eight miles ahead, there are 3,000 enemy dragon and elephant cavalry.
Chief Wan Jin Cheng was both happy and worried. He was happy that the opponent was only three thousand cavalry and not the main force of the Dragon Elephant Army. What he was worried about was that his own army came to fish in troubled waters, not that he was going to fight the so-called invincible at the border just after entering the battle. The Dragon Elephant Army smashed to death. Now there are two ways for Qiang cavalry to go, continue to go south, eat the three thousand cavalry with the advantage of troops, and continue to grit their teeth to complete the duty of cutting down the entire Liuzhou, but Qiang cavalry will suffer heavy casualties, and the victory of Liuzhou will be established in the future Afterwards, the confidence to bargain with Beimang will be weak. The second way is to avoid their sharp edge, not to fight with the three thousand dragon elephant Qingqi, but not to retreat, but to move forward in a roundabout way, and then there will be inevitable contact battles, at most, a few symbolic fights, with Qiang cavalry counting The fastest transfer speed in the world for a century, it can be fought or retreated.
Jincheng thought for a while, and decided to choose the latter. They Qiang cavalry were not a million-strong army of Beimang with national strength enough to wrestle with the entire Liyang Dynasty. Even more lingering in the cracks. When Jin Cheng made his decision, two of the chief commanders who were from other races obviously showed expressions of relief. A young Qiang commander surnamed Ke was extremely indignant at the cowardly fighting behavior of the chief general Jin Cheng. He reprimanded him loudly on horseback and threatened to lead his more than 1,600 Qiang cavalry to fight to the death. With a gloomy face, Jin Cheng patiently told this stunned young man that although the Dragon Elephant Light Cavalry was inferior in combat power to the heavy cavalry, it was definitely not an enemy that could be easily dealt with. There is also the Dragon Elephant Army far away to meet them, so more than 8,000 of them will not be able to leave Liuzhou alive.
But the young commander who saw the heads of all the male elders of the family being chopped off by the Xu family knife when he was young, couldn't listen to it at all, and insisted on fighting the enemy to the end. The husband lost all the face of the Qiang man.
Jin Cheng sneered in his heart, turned the horse's head lightly, and let out of the way, "Ke Jian, you are going to die, I will not stop you."
The young commander raised his arms and shouted, and more than a thousand Qiang cavalry roared in unison behind him, brandishing the arm-bound saber vigorously.
When the young man named Ke Jian passed the golden steed, his face calmed down a bit, and he sneered, "I would like to use 1,600 of my clan's cavalry as vanguard soldiers. If Mrs. Wan still wants to get Mrs. Wan's shrewdness must have already figured out how to do the first military exploit in the Reckless War."
Jin Cheng narrowed his eyes, not caring about the thorny words of this idiot, but began to weigh the pros and cons.
If there was Ke Jian who used his life to weaken the sharpness of the three thousand dragon-elephant Qingqi, then if they won this tough battle, the loss of everyone in the Qiang cavalry army except Ke Jian would not be too great.
This deal can be done!
The expressionless Jin Cheng watched the 1,600 riders take the lead in breaking away from the army and rushed out.
Seeing the many cavalrymen whose childishness had not faded from their faces go further and further away, Jin Cheng suddenly felt a little out of place, had he been used to the comfortable life of wine and beauties all these years, and the hatred in his heart was not what he had imagined? So deep
Jin Cheng shook his head, trying to shake off this damned superfluous thoughts, his eyes gradually became tough and cold, and he turned to several commanders around him who were eager to try: "We keep up with Ke Jian, but we have to pull one mile away. distance."
Five or six commanders all nodded happily, their eyes burning.
Jincheng suddenly laughed and said: "Brothers, don't forget those Xitiao on the prairie who are willing to pay a few hundred taels of silver for a cold knife. Hey, what a coincidence! There are more than 3,000 of them waiting for us to get them. , As for who can get more, it depends on who can kill more Beiliang cavalry! I, Jin Cheng, will not break this rule just because I am the Commander Wan, so brothers can kill people with confidence!"
It is six miles away from Qiangqi and Kejian, which is 1,600 cavalry.
Three thousand horses, all in black armor and black horses, moved forward slowly in silence, at a uniform speed and strength.
A huge black tiger ran wantonly on the outer edge of the cavalry formation.
The leader of the army, Yiqi, was a black-clothed boy who had never put on armor, and a cold knife was resting on his chest and on the horse's back, not yet drawn out of its sheath.
The riding general behind the half-horseback is a man with a scarred face, holding an iron spear slanted upwards, with a fresh head hanging from the spear head, it is the ranger scout mixed in the Qiang cavalry army, with a sword, I don't know how good the swordsmanship is, but the speed of abandoning the horse and running away after seeing the situation is not good, unfortunately, no matter how fast it is, it can't be faster than the iron spear thrown by the boy in black, Scarface brushed past the corpse, Feeling that there was nothing to do when he was idle anyway, he pulled out the iron spear stuck on the corpse, cut off the head with a light stroke, and stuck it on the spear point.
Scarface is none other than Wang Lingbao, a mighty general of the Dragon Elephant Army with outstanding military exploits.
He shouldn't have appeared here, but stayed honestly near Qingcang City with Li Mofan, who is also the lieutenant general. The reckless waste came to show off his might.
However, the coach learned from some ignorant guy that an 8,000-strong Qiang cavalry team broke through the border line first, and they were rushed to death.
Wang Lingbao really wanted to kill this gang of crooked Qiang cavalry, but an emergency military letter from the Duhu Mansion had already been sent to Liuzhou Governor's Mansion, ordering them to stand still. Governor Yang Guangdou even took the initiative to go out of the city to explore the camp, smiling and whispering some kind reminders in his and Li Mofan's ears.
Naturally, Wang Lingbao didn't dare to disobey the military order, not to mention that it was the order of the King of Xinliang, even if it was just the order of Chu Lushan and Chu Duhu.
But since his own coach is going to kill someone, and the coach will carry him when the sky falls, how can he, Wang Lingbao, miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? !
In order to intercept and kill the concealed Qiang cavalry heading southward in a wide area, the more than 10,000 dragon-elephant Qing cavalry that had quietly set out had to be divided into three groups, looking for enemies between Qingcangzhou City and Linyao Junzhen.
When the 10,000-strong army marched out, Yang Guangdou and the young scholar named Chen Xiliang hurriedly blocked the way, as if they wanted to dissuade them. Anyway, Wang Lingbao hid behind the army and picked out his ears, pretending that he didn't hear or see anything.
As for the 10,000 Dragon Elephant Army's three-way division that violated the taboo of military law, Wang Lingbao really didn't take it seriously. The Qianqiang riders were at a disadvantage, and Wang Lingbao was the first to cut off his own head and use it as a urinal.
At that time, Wang Lingbao saw that the governor was very angry. If he couldn't beat our coach, he would definitely beat him. The scholar who seemed to be highly regarded by the prince didn't show any obvious expression.
In fact, Wang Lingbao knew very well that after returning to Qingcang City, the news that the Dragon Elephant Army had violated the military orders would definitely spread to Huaiyangguan Dufu Mansion as soon as possible. I can't eat and walk around, but what is this
After more than ten years, the real war of recklessness finally came. A mother with a big belly is only ten months pregnant. He and Li Mofan and other rough men have waited for more than ten years. !
In this first battle, if he, Wang Lingbao, didn't take the lead, he would be the first to feel sorry for himself!
As for why the young coach in front of him insisted on fighting this Qiang cavalry, Wang Lingbao didn't bother to care.
Wang Lingbao let out a long breath, shook his wrist, and shook off the head that was in the way. Looking into the distance, the distance between the two sides was less than two miles, and the enemy cavalry could already be seen accelerating.
Wang Lingbao murmured softly: "Beiliang is guarded by us, General, don't worry and go."
Xu Longxiang slowly drew out the Beiliang knife.
Under the sunlight, there was a flash of snow.
At the same time, the three thousand dragon elephant cavalry began to raise their spears!