After Zhongliang rode away, Huang Songpu, a veteran of many battles, was not discouraged at all. He didn't feel bad about the survival of a supply camp that had nothing to do with the overall trend. The strong foundation of the Southern Dynasty could still withstand this kind of loss. , as long as the Chinese army and the Zuoying cavalry successfully intercept a dragon elephant army and eat it, even if it is less than half, or even only needs five or six thousand cavalry, this battle will be a small victory for one's own side, a small victory in the true sense , instead of the so-called Taiping order that a small loss is a small victory!
In order to keep up with the Dragon Elephant Army that was slaughtering in the heavy camp at the fastest speed, Huang Songpu and the second-class elite cavalry army of the Southern Dynasty Longguan respectively went around the camp to the north. It is impossible for the Dragon Elephant Army to flee all the way north. , must return to Qingcang in the south, if the Dragon Elephant Army with everyone on horseback dared to return from the Central Plains of the barracks with a lot of tents in order to avoid being chased and killed, then it would be a dead end, and it could only be defeated by the troops who still had an absolute advantage. The frontier army of the Southern Dynasties came to catch a turtle in a urn. Once Wanyan Yinjiang's first-class frontier army fine cavalry defeated the Kou Jianghuai army's reinforcements, they would be sure to win. This camp will be the graveyard of more than 20,000 dragon elephant troops!
Huang Songpu believed that Li Mofan, the deputy general of the Dragon Elephant Army, would not be so stupid.
In fact, the movement of the Dragon Elephant Army that broke into the enemy camp was within Huang Songpu's expectations.
The dragon-elephant light cavalry that converged from the three cavalry armies, facing the Beimang heavy camp, naturally chopped melons and vegetables without any suspense. They killed people and horses when they saw them, burned the food and grass when they saw them, and then left the camp from the north, and then did not divide the troops into two groups. Instead, keep the formation and go straight south along the left periphery of the Beimang camp.
Just happened to meet the 38,000-odd Longguan Yi cavalry army with a large number of troops.
And the main Jingqi of Huang Songpu's lineage, which still has 16,000 people, also began to gallop from behind after a short detour.
Further south, the infantry of the Beimang West Front Army also began to form camps and began to move to the right, intercepting the Beiliang cavalry army that could go south even if it could be successfully formed.
To the south, more than 20,000 elite cavalry of the first-class giants faced the 10,000 northern Liangmo cavalry of the Koujiang and Huai tribes.
According to this situation, if the main force of the Dragon Elephant Army wants to cross the three lines of defense and at the same time avoid the pursuit of Huang Songpu's elite cavalry, it will definitely pay a heavy price!
When Wanyan Yinjiang rode his horse forward, he was really full of ambition. He was already imagining that soon he would hold the head of Beiliang Xu Longxiang in one hand and Kou Jianghuai in the other, striding into Xijing where His Majesty the Emperor sat on the dragon chair Temple, became the first frontier general of the dynasty to be crowned king and marquis by virtue of his military exploits!
This man of the southern dynasty who was in his prime couldn't help laughing, and said loudly: "Beiliang Huang Maner, Kou Jianghuai! Where are the heads of the two of you?!"
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Liuzhou Linyao and Fengxiang towns were surnamed Beiliang Xu or Beimang Murong, and they almost changed the city head flag.
Ma Liuke, who was originally a lieutenant general in Liuzhou and in charge of the military power of Fengxiang Town, was born as a local snake in Fengxiang. He was forced to attach himself to Qingliang Mountain due to the situation. After that, he became capricious and had many connections with spider webs. He was finally killed by Wang Lingbao, the deputy general of the Dragon Elephant Army last year. Leading the army to encircle and suppress, Ma Liuke's cavalry army was almost completely lost, but Ma Liuke himself was missing, and no corpse was found. Cai Anshan, who served as the city shepherd in Linyao Army Town, had to keep his own law and order. In addition, cavalry troops from Cao Wei's troop passed by Linyao Army Town twice, and Xie Xijun replaced Ma Liuke in command of the two towns' military affairs, so Cai Anshan was completely closed. Thank you at the door and quit the officialdom.
Under such circumstances, Xie Xizhen, the new lieutenant general of Liuzhou who was supposed to lead 20,000 monk soldiers from Mount Landa to Qingcang City, suddenly divided his troops halfway through Fengxiang and approached Linyao, and personally led half of the monk soldiers back to Fengxiang Army Town. The remaining 10,000 monks and soldiers were handed over to the Six-Jeweled Bodhisattva and stationed in Yaojun Town. The female Bodhisattva of Mount Landa did not have no objections to this. After all, it was a decision made by both Qingliang Mountain and the Duhu Mansion to reinforce Qingcang with 20,000 monks and soldiers. Without the personal military order of the young vassal or Chu Lushan, the established route cannot be changed! Now both the Landa Mountain and herself have been tied to the Xu family by the same rope. How dare she add superfluous things like this? In case of delaying the battle, Xie Xizhen, a newcomer from Beiliang, would at best apologise, but she would Thousands of believers in the Western Regions fell into a miserable situation beyond redemption. For this reason, she had a tit-for-tat dispute with the young lieutenant. She had no idea that 20,000 monks were wasted in two towns far away from the Qingcang Lord's battlefield. What's the point? ! Could it be that watching the fire from the other side is not uncommon in the Spring and Autumn Unjust War? But you, Xie Xizhen, really think that the 20,000 monks and soldiers are your direct soldiers? Want to support your own self-respect and wait for the price
At that time, Xie Xizhen just told her calmly that the changes in the battlefield were changing rapidly, and the two towns of Linyao and Fengxiang connecting the Western Regions and Beiliang seemed to be icing on the cake, which was dispensable, but under some special circumstances, it was very likely to become the northern The breakthrough of Mang Qibing can not only be used as a "dangerous pass" to cut off the retreat route of Yu Luan's Daobu Youqi and Caowei's cavalry, but also allow the Southern Frontier Army, whose strength has never been a problem, to comfortably rely on two military towns. Qingcang City, which hangs alone outside the Great Wall, spread out a sufficiently wide offensive line. Originally, the two towns were not enough to become a turning point in the war in Liuzhou, but the current favorable situation in Liuzhou has instead highlighted the potential strategic significance of the two towns, and really brought into play the old strategy of Beiliang strategist Li Yishan.
The female bodhisattva is profound in Buddhism, but she knows she is not good at military affairs, especially Xie Xizhen, who is still a young military master who shined brilliantly on the Guangling Dao battlefield. She thinks she can't convince him, but she never dares to put the safety of the entire Buddhist sect in the Western Regions on the line. As for that young man, facing Xie Xizhen who insisted on her own opinion, she could only propose a compromise solution, that is, they rushed to Linyao Army Town with 20,000 monk soldiers, and at the same time let one of the monk soldiers hide his identity A middle-aged eminent monk with Buddhist King Kong supernatural powers rushed to the Liuzhou governor's mansion in Qingcang City as a scout to report the matter. What she meant was that even if Qingliang Mountain and the Duhu mansion did not have time to reply to the matter, as long as the governor's mansion agreed to nod, she would He agreed to Xie Xizhen's division of troops into the town.
But Xie Xizhen told her bluntly that neither the governor Yang Guangdou nor even Chen Xiliang dared to advocate for this kind of matter in Liuzhou Qingcang City, and it might not be too late.
So the two were at an impasse.
In the end, it was the handsome Hai Dongqing who pierced through the clouds and landed on Xie Xizhen's arm!
The battle in Liuzhou has started, and the war in Liangzhou is about to kick off. However, under such circumstances, Hai Dongqing, who was bred by Chu Lushan himself and has been following the young vassal king all these years, turned out to be so young and Xie Xizhen, who was far away from the two battlefields, was the only contact person!
At that moment, she was in a complicated mood and was speechless.
Xie Xizhen told her in a deep voice, "I alone will be responsible for this matter!"
The young man added, "The King of Beiliang also firmly believes that Xie Xizhen, the lieutenant general of Liuzhou, can be the leader alone!"
Only then did she acquiesce in his dispatch of soldiers and horses. Twenty thousand monks and soldiers from Mount Landuo, who are strong and fearless, were divided into two towns in Fengxiang and Linyao.
At this moment, the Bodhisattva, a woman wearing a white cassock but full of black hair, stood at the head of Linyao Army Town, looking at the tens of thousands of elite infantry from Beimang who came to attack the city under the escort of thousands of cavalry outside the city, She was relieved.
Bet right.
Bei Mang really intends to sneak attack the two towns!
Even a military layman like her knows that the weak troops caused by the continuous transfer of the two towns before are not enough to hold the two towns. The Daxue Dragon Cavalry Army and White Horse Crossbowmen outside the state pass, the Yan Wenluan infantry in Youzhou, and the Dragon Elephant Army in Liuzhou. The infantry under Dong Zhuo of the Northern Mang and Southern Dynasties is said to be able to wrestle with the Youzhou infantry, as well as the crow fence of Dong Fatty, or the Qiang cavalry that has been destroyed in Liuzhou, the Rouran cavalry that has been dismantled, etc. , she has heard.
In addition, there are also some soldiers and horses that she is not unfamiliar with. Among them are the "outstanding" infantrymen in the frontier army of the Northern Mang and Southern Dynasties. I have never heard of the grasslands having soldiers and horses who are good at attacking cities. They have always either bypassed those dangerous passes and high cities and towns, or the grassland cavalry has always actively sought out the main field force of the Central Plains frontier army and wiped them out in one fell swoop, making Those border cities have lost their original strategic significance. But today's Beimang is not the same. Apart from Dong Zhuo's private army, most of them are infantry, the Southern Frontier Army has a special kind of soldiers and horses stationed in several military towns, that is, infantry. They are absolutely different from ordinary infantry. , whose treatment is not inferior to the heavy armored infantry in the history of the Central Plains, he is a real man of gold in the eyes of the Northern Mang empress. Li Yishan once described this soldier in this way, "Northern Mang Southern Dynasties infantry , is the heart of Huang Songpu, the great king of the Southern Academy. Up and down hills, and in and out of streams, he can surpass heights and distances, and walk lightly. In the deep and dangerous valleys, use more footwork, and the power to attack the city is not inferior to the top sharp fighters in the Central Plains .”
She exhaled lightly, her eyes turned cold for a moment, and she casually threw a corpse in armor high out of the city.
It was Cai Anshan, the city shepherd of Linyao who was trying to wait for the opportunity!
Bei Mang obviously came prepared, and had already persuaded Cai Anshan to secretly surrender to the Southern Dynasty. How could the Linyao Army Town survive
Before entering the city, Xie Xizhen told her to keep an eye on Cai Anshan, as long as there is the slightest sign of trouble, it is better to kill by mistake than not to kill!
She didn't even look at the body that had fallen heavily to the ground, and murmured: "I used to think that the so-called 'use of soldiers like a god' in military books was just boasting by historians who were scholars. Now it seems that I am a frog at the bottom of the well."
The young man not only foresaw the result of Beimang's intention to get involved in the two towns, but also ordered Cao Wei's cavalry army through the sea dongqing not to support the Youzhou cavalry army of Yu Luan's sword in the hinterland of the Southern Dynasty, but to return quickly by the same route. Eat all the Beimang frontier troops who have infiltrated the Liuzhou border!
This courage and courage really made her feel terrified even in the same camp.
Just in case, when things come to an end, one is one.
But the lieutenant general of Liuzhou was able to return this to Bei Mang in the event that it came true.
She didn't think it was a blind cat meeting a dead mouse.
People who practice martial arts have amazing and brilliant geniuses.
The same is true for those who use soldiers, becoming the kind of heroes who are not born in the world.
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On the head of Fengxiang Army Town, the most remote of the three towns in the Western Regions, Xie Xizhen was wearing armor, holding a cold knife in his hand, with an indifferent expression.
Even with this kind of attire, this elegant-looking young man still gives people the feeling of a scholar.
He whispered in a voice that only he could hear: "Kou Jianghuai, you said in the early years that one day, in a cavalry battle, you will fight like you are bullying the infantry with cavalry!"
According to the evaluation of the later generations of the Liyang Dynasty, since the Dafeng Dynasty, they can be called Confucian generals.
After Chen Zhibao, Xie Xizhen is number one Confucian general!
The three of them have their own style, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior.
It may be because Xie Xizhen was the only one alive at that time and held a high position in the temple, this final conclusion may not be completely convincing to the public.
But even so, Xie Xizhen's outstanding status in the minds of military strategists of later generations is already enough.
In this regard, Xie Xizhen, who was in his twilight years, just laughed privately to his close friends, "I am far inferior to Kou Jianghuai in the use of soldiers."
Xie Xizhen, Kou Jianghuai.
Great Chu Shuangbi!
Now it is Beiliang Shuangbi.