The sun is rising and the rays are shining brightly.
At the main camp of Li Thief's army, Li Huaian and others were waiting in full formation. Beside him, a young man holding a huge double hammer looked very excited.
Because his eldest brother told him that on that mountain, there was a person with the same natural power, who was as powerful as the female general.
The young man had a fight with the female general, but he was not entirely happy.
Because he didn't want to hurt the female general.
In the female general, he saw the shadow of his sister.
He respects and likes his sister very much, and he doesn't want to hurt his sister who is just like her.
So in the end it was just a tie.
And now, with someone like him, it's time to have a good fight.
But now, Li Huaian's left wing vanguard was trapped in quagmires, ravines and other traps, and was surrounded by small groups of enemy troops who attacked at the right time, making it impossible to continue the attack for a while.
When the generals of the Longwu Army saw this scene, they naturally became excited.
"Your Highness!"
The more they watched, the more jealous they became, and some people finally couldn't help but surrender and ask for a fight.
"Let the last general lead his troops and horses to help Governor Zhang. If we can kill these thousands of thieves, we will be sure to win this battle!"
Xiao Yi stood on his horse, looked at the battlefield below, and shook his head.
Xu Yuanshu, who was beside him, also quickly explained: "It doesn't have to be like this. The war is about to start. It's great to have an advantage on just the flanks, but it's not worth investing more troops. Your Highness has already decided where the victory will be decided in a battle. The general might as well Wait a moment for great use.”
The generals had no choice but to sigh slightly and continue to wait.
to be honest.
They themselves are not strong, have no awareness of the overall situation, and do not understand the art of war and strategy. When they go to the battlefield, they fight entirely based on their own imagination.
The idea is prickly, so withdraw if you can.
If you can't retreat, then you have to fight and retreat at the same time.
When the situation is critical, they will definitely abandon their armor and run away.
And if the situation is good, like it is now, I can't help but want to grab the credit. Sometimes I want to go to the left, and sometimes I want to go to the right.
I was afraid that the enemy would surrender before I even joined the battle, and the soldiers who participated in the battle in front received military honors.
They could only watch.
Xiao Yi naturally has his own considerations. He is not really proficient in the art of war and strategy, but has been edified by five thousand years of culture. In addition, when he has nothing to do, he does not spend all his time in the back garden, nor does he watch many things. There are few military books in this world.
This time, as long as the flanks are not completely defeated, the real winner can only be the place where the army gathers on the mountain root in front.
If you win there, then this battle can be called a victory!
Just when Xiao Yi was deep in thought, Xu Yuanshu, who was also riding next to him, looking at the battlefield in front of him from a condescending posture, gently pulled Xiao Yi's cloak.
Xiao Yi came back to his senses, glanced at him, and then looked at the battlefield ahead.
Soon I realized what had happened. It turned out that not far from the trap, there were no less than two hundred crossbowmen riding war horses coming from the south to help.
When they came to the mud, they dismounted one after another, looked for seats to load their crossbows, and joined the ranks of annihilating the enemy!
So, how to put it.
At this time, the soldiers of the Longwu Army who were forcibly pulled out actually knew that this was an opportunity for them. If they didn't do something, if they didn't fight hard, they might really die here.
The Prince's Central Army was naturally very happy when they saw the scene on the left wing, and Li Thief seemed to be nothing more than that.
But before the generals could get excited, they suddenly heard a thunder-like noise right in front of them and hurried to look.
Everyone could see clearly that they saw a roll of smoke and dust billowing from the south, like a yellow dragon with its teeth and claws, flying in from the gentle slope on the flank, but it was close to the front line of the two armies, and it penetrated the left wing!
It was obviously Li Huaian who sent reinforcements from the rear.
For a moment, although the specific battle situation on the left wing was not clear due to the flying loess, the sound of the yellow dragon's horse hooves combined with the sudden killing cry of the Li bandit army in front of them was really shocking.
The officers and soldiers of the Longwu Army, who had just spontaneously headed to the left wing and were busy grabbing the credit for killing the bandits who had fallen into the trap, hurriedly mounted their horses to meet the enemy.
It's a pity that their response ability, their reaction speed on the battlefield, their tacit understanding of cooperation among their colleagues, and...the general's on-the-spot command were all too poor.
Needless to say, Li Huaian's cavalry raided and inserted accurately. The prince's own army was accidentally defeated by the enemy, and the victory on the left wing was lost.
However, in the eyes of Xiao Yi and Xu Yuanshu, two people who knew some military affairs, such a wonderful interlude of Li Thief's cavalry was not as simple as regaining the victory.
On the one hand, this shows the strength of the large-scale cavalry tactical capabilities of Li Thief's army.
The two also showed the uncompromising strength of their commander Li Huaian's character. The combination of the two made the Longwu Army, Wuwei Army, and Jinwu Guards around Xiao Yi shocked for a moment.
Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, His Highness the Crown Prince did not agree to their request for a battle. If they had rushed down and encountered Li Thief's cavalry, they would probably have narrowly escaped death.
"Don't you need support?"
Some of the lieutenants were finally timid, and some were afraid that the rebel army would rush forward with all their strength and they would be defeated.
Unable to bear it, he still spoke softly, and asked Xiao Yi with a little tangle of fists in his hands.
Xiao Yi said in a deep voice: "No need, the war has just begun. Before the opponent Yu Chigong goes to battle, the left and right wings cannot be moved lightly."
The lieutenants hesitated to speak, but finally fell silent.
They felt that at this time, His Highness the Crown Prince should order the entire army to attack. With His Highness the Crown Prince's bravery and invincibility, he could completely rush into the middle of the enemy's army directly in the midst of thousands of troops, just like the last Nanya Imperial Army. In this land, come and capture the thief and capture the king first.
As long as Li Huaian and Li Yuan are killed, the Jinyang bandits will be leaderless, and they will naturally be able to defeat the people.
The hero is gone.
They will definitely fight among themselves and surrender.
However, His Royal Highness has been sitting here steadily, looking down at the battlefield, and seems to have no intention of taking the initiative to attack.
It was hard for them to say anything else.
Li Huaian sent out two thousand cavalry, and the effect was almost qualitative. The left wing, which had been in a dead end, finally breathed a sigh of relief and survived.
They quickly bypassed the left wing and continued to charge towards Phoenix Ridge.
To be fair, this is almost the first time for the Prince's personal army and Li Huaian's troops to fight on such a scale.
The soldiers of the Prince's personal army are composed of soldiers from the Longwu Army, Wuwei Army, and Jinwu Guards. The combat effectiveness, morale on the battlefield, and force value of these soldiers are all obvious, and they are far inferior to those trained by Li Huaian. warrior.
Therefore, since the defeat of the left wing was alleviated by the reinforcements of Li Thief, the various units of the prince's personal army have retreated one after another, and it is almost difficult to gain a foothold.
In sharp contrast, some of Li's cavalry were still able to fight due to the terrain and the loss of bows and arrows. They did not retreat and reorganize at all. Instead, they basically formed formations according to the situation, in small groups, and dared to hold on for a long time. Attack with spears, engage in battle with the prince's personal army, and provide cover for the heavy arrows of the cavalry behind them.
On this side, the prince's general on the left was frightened and angry, but when he turned around and saw the flag on the hillside behind him, he could only clench his fists on his horse, and then shouted the order: "Let Liu Jun and Wang He's troops come closer to me, and fight with me The flags are parallel, and then ask Zhang Bo to retreat to the slope for support, and tell him to let him be the supervisor of the battle team, including me, no matter who it is today, the one who retreats will die! Then pass this order to the previous departments!"
Many personal guards around him dispersed upon hearing the news, but he simply held the flag himself, and then slowly urged the military formation to move forward.
This can be regarded as a desperate determination to fight to the death.
This man's name was Xin Qiji. He was a man who joined the army by taking the military examination last year. He couldn't stand Li Linfu's control of the court, and he wrote several poems to ridicule him.
However, they were all suppressed by Li Linfu's people.
Originally, he wanted to kill this troublesome person, but because Xin Qiji's own martial arts was relatively high, and his literary talent was good, he could be regarded as a man capable of literature and martial arts, so he was saved by Li Linfu in the end.
Many disciples from the Yueshan sect have also entered the ranks, and some have even become outstanding.
Li Linfu wanted to reach out to the army and gain military power, so he naturally needed generals like Xin Qiji.
He thought that he could make Xin Qiji surrender by promising high-ranking officials and generous salaries.
Who knew that Xin Qiji would not fall for this trick.
When Shi Siming saw Xin Qiji, he also developed a love for talents and expressed his willingness to take him with him to teach him and slowly subdue this naughty tiger.
Li Linfu also gave up.
However, Xin Qiji was only willing to be an ordinary soldier in the Longwu Army, and was not willing to be Shi Siming's deputy general, and even worshiped him as his adoptive father.
But Shi Siming planned to take his time. As long as people are in his camp, they can eventually develop feelings.
pity.
Before this feeling was fully developed, Li Linfu couldn't wait any longer and dragged Shi Siming along with him to rebel.
By this time, it had been more than a year.
No matter how hard-hearted and loyal Xin Qiji was, he was still moved by Shi Siming's deliberate and careful teaching.
To be honest, Xin Qiji originally wanted to persuade Shi Siming to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side. The only way out would be to follow His Highness the Crown Prince.
But there was no time.
Before Shi Siming followed Li Linfu to rebel, he did not take Xin Qiji with him or tell him. He just asked him to guard the military camp and entrusted his son to Xin Qiji.
It was precisely because of this that Xin Qiji did not participate in the rebellion that day, but stayed in the Longwu Army's camp and waited all night.
The next day, I learned that Shi Siming and Li Linfu were arrested for treason, and then the vegetable market was charged and executed.
That day, he went to see it.
In the end, he did nothing. He ignored Shi Siming's family being confiscated and exiled.
But later, there was a young son in his family.
And later, he was ready to leave the military camp and become a farmer.
Until that day.
Xiao Yi appeared in the Longwu Army and talked about the subjugation of the country and the subjugation of the world. He also shouted the slogan that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world.
Xin Qiji gave up the idea of going home and becoming a farmer.
After all, he is only twenty-two years old this year!
Going back to the current battlefield, the name Xin Qiji appeared on the list of Longwu Army captains. He was appointed by Xiao Yi as the commander of the left wing. He set up many traps on the left wing, which had good results. Now he personally led hundreds of cavalry to rush forward. And after firing several rounds, he took the initiative to put on the lance.
Using their length advantage to assassinate and confront the light cavalry trained by Li Huaian.
With such a sudden attack, the effect was like scraping fish scales, easily scraping off a layer of bloody flesh from the side of the cavalry.
The sun was rising, because Li Huaian never sent troops, and Xiao Yi firmly held back the follow-up troops. But thanks to Xin Qiji's courage to fight, the battle line was finally stabilized under the mountain.
