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"Mother, you (special number), is this Nanzhen considered a noble widow and a famous general? The hundreds of miles are still plain terrain, but you actually walked for a full twenty days, and even if you put a piece of meat in front of a dog, you can run away Four or five went back and forth!”
In the fourth year of Xuanwu, February 23rd, on this day, the Han army, which was idle outside Liuli City, finally waited for the hard-to-defend "1.5 million army".
After Tian Yan heard the news, he scolded his mother directly. He never expected that the march of the widow's army would be so slow!
Bai Qi didn't care at all about this. Although the main force of Nanzhen arrived much later than expected, it was precisely because of this that the Han army's cavalry had already looted all the villages around Liulic City.
In other words, it was absolutely impossible for Nanzhen to obtain supplies outside Liuli City. The only thing he could do was to start a decisive battle with the Han army in an upright manner.
Geng Gong said: "Commander Bai, the scouts have come to report that this time it is difficult to defeat the army with no less than 600,000 horses, including 100,000 cavalry and 500,000 infantry.
There are also more than 50,000 miscellaneous slaves, who are now thirty miles outside Liuli City, and are expected to arrive by tomorrow evening at the latest. "
After listening to Geng Gong's words, everyone in the tent fell silent.
Indeed, this noble widow's army is huge, and it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to remain calm after learning this information.
But in the minds of Bai Qi and the generals at all levels present here, they were calculating how much food and grass these hundreds of thousands of horses consumed in a day.
"Ha~"
After a long time, Bai Qi smiled.
"The food and grass consumed by these more than 600,000 horses in a day, based on the number of people alone, a soldier needs at least two kilograms a day, that is eight thousand shi.
The consumption of a war horse in one day is calculated according to our Han Army's "Horse Policy". It requires at least fifteen kilograms of hay and five kilograms of fine materials, which is twenty kilograms. The consumption of a marching war horse is even greater. A hundred thousand war horses consume at least one kilogram. Twelve thousand stones of grain and grass,
The total of the two is 20,000 dan required per day. Does your widow have the national power to support such a large army and continue to spend it?
In this battle, our army has already won half the battle. The next thing we should do is to dampen their energy and force them to squeeze into Liuli City. "
As soon as Bai Qi said this, generals at all levels were gearing up. Lu Yu even said directly: "Please let me attack Commander Bai. I will definitely destroy his arrogance in one battle."
Xia Yu was not to be outdone: "Commander Bai, I will request you to intercept the widow's army halfway!"
Tian Yan: "The last general is also willing to go..."
Bai Qi smiled and then said: "The three generals have already achieved a lot of military merits. The next military merits should also be given to the generals who have not yet done so."
As he spoke, he glanced at his deputy general Wang He.
Wang He immediately stood up and handed over his hands: "Shuai Bai, the last general is requesting to fight!"
Bai Qi said: "Can the eight thousand newly assigned soldiers under your command be able to go to the battlefield?"
Wang He loudly replied: "Eight thousand soldiers are training day and night. They have long been eager to make achievements. I hope Bai Shuai can do it!"
"good!"
Bai Qi slapped his thigh.
"Wang He obeys the order!"
"The general is here!"
"Order your own soldiers to attack the enemy. I will have the artillery battalion on one side to assist. We must fight in the first battle to strengthen the power of our Han army!"
"Here!"
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In the early morning of February 24th, Nanzhuan's army finally arrived at the outskirts of Liulicheng.
The journey from Turbine City to Liuli City was only over four hundred miles, but the difficult army took twenty-one days to arrive.
The reason is that it is difficult to achieve great success. Every time he passes through a place, the surrounding nobles come to visit and greet him, which is enough to satisfy the addiction of commanding the three armies.
As for what actions the Han army made while they were dawdling, Nan Zhen thought there was no need to care at all.
After all, with more than 600,000 troops, he could crush the Han army to death.
"We finally arrived at Liulicheng. Ku Jin is pretty good, and he didn't let the Han army take over the city."
Looking at the walls of Liulic City in the distance, Nan Zhen breathed a sigh of relief again.
"When we enter Liuli City, we must ravage the female slaves of the clan for a few months, so as to relieve my general from the fatigue of traveling all the way."
Just when he was thinking about what kind of posture he would use to enjoy Yueshi beauty, a passionate horn sound sounded on the mountain road on the left.
"Um?"
Seeing a uniform black armor army slowly approaching in the distance, shouting the majestic "Mighty Han Army", Nan Zhen couldn't help but shrink his pupils.
"These despicable Han people think that shouting slogans like this will make me retreat in the face of difficulties? They are wrong!"
Nan Zhen waved his riding crop and showed a cruel smile.
"All infantry?"
After seeing clearly that all the Han troops were infantry, Nan Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then laughed wildly.
"Hahaha, infantry? I thought Bai Qi had any abilities, but I didn't expect him to be such an ignorant person. Thousands of infantrymen came to provoke me? Are you bullying my noble widow or being arrogant?"
Nan Zhen licked his dry lips and said to the deputy general beside him: "Lead five thousand cavalry and defeat this army in one fell swoop!"
"yes!"
"return!"
"Catch the infantry commander. I want to ask him where he got the courage to go against my noble widow!"
"yes!"
Soon, five thousand noble cavalrymen were ready to go and stood quietly in the front line.
"My great noble warriors? The opportunity to make great achievements has finally arrived. Those shameless invaders came openly to provoke us. Let us use the sabers in our hands to teach these Han people that our noble empire is the real master of the Western Regions!"
"Ouch~~"
The five thousand knights made a deafening howl, and everyone's face was full of madness and heat.
The cavalry is the king in this world.
Five thousand cavalry can easily tear apart the formation of tens of thousands of infantry, and then start a wanton massacre.
However……
"Brave and fearless warriors! Follow me and teach these arrogant Han troops a bloody lesson! Kill them!"
"kill!"
"Kill~"
"Kill~~"
The five thousand cavalry roared like wolves again, and then brandished their curved swords and iron spears, and launched an overwhelming charge towards the Han infantry phalanx.
"The whole army obeys the order! Arrange in formation!"
"Drink~~"
Facing the tide of noble cavalry coming from five hundred steps away, the commander-in-chief Wang He gave the order indifferently.
With an order, the three battle formations erected two shields on all sides. The spearmen in the third and fourth rows pressed the five-meter-high spears in their hands together and poked them out from the gaps in the shields, forming a A desperate "hedgehog and turtle formation".
"Longbowmen prepare!"
"Creak~~"
The longbowmen in the formation all stretched the bowstrings in their hands to a full circle, adjusted the angle and aimed at the blue sky.
The daily training of these eight thousand warriors is extremely rigorous. They have to wear fifty kilograms of heavy armor every day, hold a five-meter spear in their hand, and march twenty miles on foot with a three-stone-strength bow, and then they can directly start a battle.
Whether it is the coordination of the battle formation or the use of spears, bows and crossbows, they are far superior to other branches of the Han army.
Moreover, every soldier is composed of veterans of the old army who have fought hundreds of battles, and their perseverance and organization are first-rate.
Liu Ce personally inspected this army and gave them a resounding name——
Wei Wuzu!
"Han Army~~"
"Mighty~~"
After a roar that shook the sky, the world seemed to fall into silence. Apart from the heavy sound of horse hooves, only the sound of heavy breathing echoed in front of the two armies.
