Outside the door, Emperor Lingyi and a group of generals had already dressed up.
"Set off!"
Long Chen and the generals mounted their horses and quietly headed west.
News came from the Xixia army that Monk Kongji had returned to Xingqing City.
Long Chen estimated that Monk Kongji had sought mediation from the Tianxia Association.
The position of Zhenguo Temple is too important. Xixia cannot give up. It will definitely ask the world to come forward and force Long Chen to give up Zhenguo Temple and return to Jade Buddha Pass.
Whether Zhenguo Temple retreats or not, Shi Le's army has been slowly approaching in the past two days, advancing dozens of miles every day, and has reached not far from Zhenguo Temple.
Obviously, Kong Ji was looking for mediation from the Tianxia Society in Xingqing City, and Shi Le wanted to make some noise on the front line so as to gain more leverage in the negotiations.
Long Chen had the same idea. If you want to get more at the negotiation table, you must achieve success on the battlefield.
Therefore, Long Chen assembled fifty thousand of the most elite cavalry tonight, Wu Jian stayed behind to guard, and all the other generals dispatched together to conduct a sneak attack.
The army slowly set off from Zhenguo Temple. It was very dark. Everyone lowered their voices and slowly moved westward.
In the past two days, Long Chen pretended to be sticking to the Zhenguo Temple. Because Shi Le's army was tired, although they sent out cavalry, the level of vigilance was not very high.
The marching speed was slow at night, and Long Chen deliberately lowered his voice, making the marching speed even slower.
It wasn't until the sky got dim that we saw Shi Le's army. To the east were fences with antlers and tents scattered here and there. Many soldiers were sleeping on the ground without even a tent.
Long Chen whispered: "Princess, go north, and I will go south."
The two sides separated, Long Chen took Zhang Qian's group and 30,000 cavalry to the south; Di Lingyi took Zhang Man and the generals of Yanmen Pass and 20,000 cavalry to the north.
Going around to the flank, the Xixia army's defense was lax, and they did not set up fences to block it like they did on the east side.
When they advanced two hundred meters, Long Chen raised his spear, his horse accelerated, and 30,000 cavalry rushed over.
The Xixia soldiers heard the ground shaking, woke up from their sleep, and saw the Xiaoqi battalion rushing towards them.
"The Eastern Zhou cavalry is coming!"
The soldiers hurriedly picked up their weapons to block them, but were knocked over by the charging cavalry. Many cavalry on the periphery had no time to react and were trampled to death by their horses.
Long Chen held the reins with one hand and held the spear tightly with the other, one shot at a time, and kept charging forward.
When the shouts of killing rang out from the south, the fighting sounds from the north also started, and the Xixia military camp was in chaos.
Shi Le slept in the Chinese army's tent. Early in the morning is when people are most sleepy, and it is also the most comfortable time to sleep.
In his sleep, Shi Le heard the cry of killing, and Long Chen came towards him on a horse and holding a spear.
Shi Le was furious and cursed: "Thief, you destroyed my palace and I want you to pay with your life!"
Shi Le picked up a spear, mounted his horse, and charged towards Long Chen to kill him.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Shi Le suddenly woke up and saw Lu Qichang shouting anxiously.
"It turned out to be a dream..."
"I was about to kill Long Chengen, but you woke me up!"
Shi Le said bitterly.
Even though it was in a dream, Shi Le still wanted to kill Long Chen to vent his anger.
Lu Qichang said in shock: "Your Majesty, Long Chengen is here to kill you."
Shi Le was stunned and asked: "What did you say? Long Chengen is here to kill?"
Lu Qichang said anxiously: "Yes, Your Majesty, please listen to the sound of fighting outside. Long Chengen launched a surprise attack, and our army was in chaos."
Shi Le was shocked and cursed: "Why didn't you tell me earlier!"
After hurriedly putting on his armor, Shi Le grabbed his sword and spear and walked out of the tent. He saw the messy camp. Some people picked up weapons to resist, while others abandoned their helmets and fled.
Shi Le was furious and shouted: "Bang the war drums to meet the enemy!"
After Kong Ji left, Shi Le became more and more angry as he thought about it. He led his troops and horses to approach Zhenguo Temple every day, intending to find a fighter opportunity.
I didn't expect to be attacked by Long Chen unexpectedly. It's really unreasonable!
Lu Qichang came out and said: "His Royal Highness has already gone to meet the enemy."
Shi Le was secretly frightened. He thought of Ma Zun and Shi Ming. Most of the people who fought against Long Chen did not end well. He was worried that Shi Haoran would be killed.
After getting on the horse, Shi Le led his personal guards to attack the Long family army.
In the rebellious army, Long Chen made a surprise attack all the way to the north, with Zhang Qian and three others following behind him. They killed everyone they saw and left after killing them.
A group of cavalry rushed towards them. Judging by their armor, they could be identified as Xixia iron kites. These men were riding horses with spears thrust out of their hands, and they were approaching menacingly.
Long Chen clamped the horse's belly between his legs, took out the crossbow with his backhand, and shot a few arrows at the people who came, and the iron kite fell down several people in response.
Long Chen rushed over and stabbed two more to death with the spear in his hand, while the other kites passed by.
Zhang Qian and three others caught up from behind, and there was another round of killing. The remaining iron kites dispersed, and Long Chen did not look back, and continued to charge forward.
Thirty thousand cavalry continued northward until they saw Emperor Lingyi's flag, and the two cavalrymen met.
"Go, go east!"
Long Chen and Di Lingyi joined forces and turned to the east to kill.
When Zhang Man saw Zhang Qian, he laughed and said, "It's so fun to kill!"
Dugu Jiali smiled and said: "It's not over yet!"
Long Chen and Di Lingyi rode eastward together and met several Xixia generals. They just met each other and stabbed the generals to death off their horses.
The mighty army continued to attack eastward.
"Long Chengen, don't leave!"
A group of elite cavalry suddenly rushed out from the north. The leader's beard covered half of his face. After putting on his hood, only his eyes could see that the person coming was none other than Shi Haoran, the crown prince of Xixia.
Long Chen ignored it at all and continued to attack eastward with Di Lingyi.
The purpose of this time was to carry out a sneak attack and kill, to show the combat effectiveness of the Long family army and to shock the morale of the Xixia army.
Therefore, Long Chen only brought 50,000 cavalry, broke into the enemy camp, killed them and then left, never willing to fight!
Seeing that Long Chen ignored him, Shi Haoran cursed: "I am Shi Haoran, the Crown Prince of Great Xia, don't leave!"
Hearing that the visitor was the Crown Prince Shi Haoran, Long Chen suddenly became interested.
"Princess, continue to lead the troops to raid east, and I will go harvest the heads."
After saying that, Long Chen turned around and attacked Shi Haoran. Emperor Lingyi did not hesitate at all and continued to raid eastward with his army.
When Shi Haoran saw Long Chen committing suicide alone, he said angrily: "You look down on me!"
Dozens of masters followed Shi Haoran around. Long Chen rushed towards Shi Haoran. The crossbow fired a few arrows. Shi Haoran dodged sideways, and the followers behind him were shot and fell off their horses.
Long Chen continued to move forward and suddenly reached a distance of ten meters. Long Chen suddenly threw the spear in his hand.
Shi Haoran didn't expect Long Chen to actually throw his spear, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly turned aside, but Long Chen's spear was not directed at him, but at Shi Haoran's horse.
The spear pierced the throat of the war horse, causing it to jump to the ground on the spot. Shi Haoran hit his head on the ground. Long Chen was overjoyed, and the war horse trampled Shi Haoran away with its iron hooves.
Shi Haoran was so dizzy from the fall that he saw iron hoofs coming. He was so frightened that he rolled continuously on the ground, but luckily escaped the iron hoofs.
When Long Chen saw that he failed to step on it, he secretly cried out that it was a pity.
The entourage had already arrived. Long Chen drew his sword and killed several people. He picked up the spear on the ground and turned around to kill Shi Haoran again.
Seeing that Shi Haoran was in danger, the entourage actually jumped off his horse and stood in front of him, but Long Chen poked a hole in him.
Shi Haoran was shocked and turned pale. He hurriedly drew his sword and shouted: "Do you dare to come down and fight!"
