After the counselors tried their best to stop him, some hard-blooded soldiers swallowed their breath and watched Qin Feng walk away surrounded by the black cavalry.
As soon as Qin Feng left, the counselor shouted: "Raise the army quickly and attack Pingnan County!"
One of the lieutenants clenched his fists and roared: "Why didn't you let us kill that birdman Qin Feng earlier!"
"Now that the general is a hostage, my entire army is being held hostage by Qin Feng?!"
The counselor waved his hand and his eyes were extremely serious: "If you kill Qin Feng, you will face the imperial army soon. Beixi County is an important town on the northern frontier. If you mobilize troops to fight with our army, the Beidi army will definitely take advantage of it. If we enter, then the entire Daliang will be in danger, and although all the forces are fighting among themselves, they don’t want to see Daliang destroyed!”
"This Qin Feng is very scheming. He has figured out the general's thoughts, so he can be confident! You have also seen Qin Feng's methods. He quickly prepared his army for war. Don't delay. Today's humiliation will be repaid in every possible way in the future. The overall situation comes first.”
Although the generals were furious, they could only do as they were told.
Qin Feng left the cavalry general's headquarters and did not go to Beixi County. Instead, he turned around and went to Pingnan County to supervise the battle.
At the same time, in Beixi County, Li Lang and other soldiers who had left the city did not return to the city, but changed their route and rushed to the northern front line.
Beixi County assembled all its troops, led by Li Lang and Wu Wei, and launched a surprise attack directly against the Beidi Sanggan Army, which had just arrived at the front line and was stationed halfway.
On top of the Beixi County city wall, Li Zhang clasped his hands behind his back, his eyes full of excitement.
Lin Quqi beside him frowned: "Your Majesty, Brother Qin's original intention was to mobilize troops to intimidate the generals of cavalry. Why did he suddenly change his route and attack Sanggan's army? That Sanggan's army is one of the main forces in Beidi. I'm afraid..."
Before Lin Quqi could finish speaking, Li Zhang waved his hand and couldn't help laughing: "Magistrate Lin, it's understandable that you are autocratic about people's livelihood and don't understand military strategy. When fighting a war, you can't just look at the surface, you should look at the overall situation. As soon as Sangqian's army arrived in the north, there was a rebellion in Pingnan County, which is definitely not a coincidence."
"The internal forces within the DPRK, Huang Cheng, the Pingnan County rebel, and Sang Qian's army have joined forces to give me a strong dose of Daliang."
"As soon as the fighting starts in Pingnan County and Sang Qian's army gets the message, they will definitely send troops to attack Beixi County."
"Brother Qin mobilizes troops to intimidate the cavalry generals. The second is to suppress the rebellion in Pingnan County. But what he really cares about is the Sangqian army on the opposite side. Taking advantage of the opponent's station halfway, launching a surprise attack will surely severely damage the enemy. Disrupt the enemy's deployment and buy time for Pingnan County to suppress the bandits."
Lin Quqi was stunned. The depth of the war between the two countries was beyond his understanding.
Fortunately, Li Zhang came to help, otherwise he would not be able to understand Qin Feng's profound meaning by himself, and the opportunity to fight would be delayed.
Almost as soon as the Beidi spies returned to camp and reported the movements in Beixi County, Li Lang and Wu Wei had already led their troops to attack.
Li Lang held a horse and led five hundred heavily armored black cavalry. He almost broke open the camp gate and charged all the way in.
The Beidi soldiers who hurriedly fought back fired arrows one after another. After just an hour, the five hundred black knights turned into five hundred hedgehogs. However, even though their bodies were covered with arrows, the black knights' combat effectiveness was not compromised at all.
Relying on the super endurance of the plateau horses, the armor of the black cavalry is more sophisticated and thicker than that of the conventional heavy cavalry, especially the vital parts, which are directly protected by iron plates.
The weight of this armor alone, placed on an ordinary soldier, would directly crush him to the point where he would be unable to get up.
Ordinary arrows hit the armor and were directly deflected.
Armor-piercing arrows are inserted into the armor. Unfortunately, their strength is limited and they cannot penetrate the thick armor. Even if some brave and powerful archers try their best to shoot through the armor, there is a layer of cotton, linen and bamboo under the armor. The arrows could not hurt the cavalry themselves at all.
Even the vital parts of the war horse were wrapped in armor.
The black knight was not very fast, so he simply gave up his advantage in maneuverability and charged head-on.
Facing the overwhelming black cavalry, the Beidi soldiers were in chaos. They had never seen such durable heavy cavalry in their lives.
Wu Wei's new army arrived later and slaughtered even more, attacking from left to right, clearing the water of light cavalry.
Although they were riding local horses produced in Daliang, thousands of light cavalry rushed into the military camp, which was a one-sided massacre.
By the time the follow-up troops of Sangqian Army arrived, Li Lang and Wu Wei had already begun to organize a retreat.
Li Lang led the black cavalry to take the lead, and the light cavalry reared up to support them, blocking the Beidi cavalry's pursuit until they retreated nearly twenty miles. The Beidi cavalry was worried about luring the enemy deeper, so they finally gave up the pursuit.
In just one afternoon of fighting, Beixi County lost two black cavalry and eighty light cavalry, but killed and wounded more than a thousand troops of Sang Qian's army.
The commander of Beidi rushed to the camp and was furious when he saw the messy scene.
"Then when did so many cavalry appear in Beixi County?"
The general who witnessed the incident stumbled over and reported: "The enemy's light cavalry are all horses originating from Liang. They are short, weak and thin. However, the incident happened suddenly and our infantry had no time to react. They were charged back and forth by the light cavalry. Our cavalry chased them out. , the Beixi cavalry abandoned their helmets and armor, leaving dozens of corpses along the way, only to flee."
Hearing this, the Beidi commander became even more angry: "Damn it! Do you think this general is blind? If he is just a cavalryman from Liang Yuan, how can he charge into the battle?"
The general's face turned pale, and he shuddered as he recalled the previous scene: "In addition to...in addition to the light cavalry, there are also...hundreds of heavy cavalry. Those cavalry...are actually more elite than my Dadi cavalry, carrying them all the way." The arrows rushed to kill, but only two corpses were left behind."
"The enemy's heavy cavalry rushed through the formation and broke through the gate, while the light cavalry came to the rear. Upon discovering that our cavalry was rushing to help, the heavy cavalry retreated first, and was covered by the light cavalry to escape."
The commander's face looked uncertain.
I thought that Beixi County would tremble in fear this time when the army invaded the border...
Who would have expected that before he could even stand firm, Beixi County would give him a slap on the wrist.
In the past, the rotten little county that could not even gather the government soldiers has now developed to this point. Heavy cavalry breaks the formation, and thousands of light cavalry press the formation...
What Chen Si said is true!
If Beixi County is allowed to continue to develop, this battle will not need to be fought in the future.
"Strengthen the army! Attack Beixi County tomorrow!"
The commander quickly ordered.
At this moment, the messenger reported again: "General, the rear was attacked, and the convoy escorting the siege equipment suffered heavy losses."
"What?!" The commander's eyes widened.
The messenger knelt on one knee and gritted his teeth and said: "The accompanying cavalry was rushing to support the camp. They fell into the trap of diverting the tiger away from the mountain. The remaining hundreds of guards in the convoy were completely wiped out! Such a surprise soldier moved extremely fast and was fierce in combat. Dozens of people, with clear goals, defeated the guards and destroyed the siege equipment. Judging from the arrows, they seem to be Tianji camp guards!"
