As soon as I asked why the kite hadn't arrived yet, the waiter reported that the kite was chasing me.
Leng Yu asked: "How many are there?"
Hou Qi replied: "Three thousand, they are all elites!"
Long Chen smiled and said: "What are you talking about? Is there any suitable terrain for an ambush around?"
Leng Yu shook his head and said: "I am not familiar with this place, I don't know if I am."
This is the first time for everyone to go to the hinterland of Xixia and they are not familiar with the terrain here.
"Let's go, look for it as we go."
Long Chen led Xiaoqiying to the north.
Five miles behind him, three thousand elite cavalry were intensifying their pursuit.
The horses below are all pure blood. The cavalry wears leather armor, with scimitars at their waists, bows and arrows hanging on their horses, and spears in their hands.
The leader is a red-faced man, this man is Xixia Cavalry Major General Wei Chimeng.
"General, the Eastern Zhou cavalry is in front."
When Hou Qi came back to report, Yuchi Meng asked: "How far is it?"
Hou Qi replied: "Wuli, they are speeding up to flee north."
Yuchimeng sneered: "After chasing for so long, I finally almost caught up."
"Brothers, chase after me, don't let them escape!"
Yuchi Meng picked up the whip and whipped it hard, and the horse burst out with another burst of horsepower, accelerating and galloping forward.
After chasing for more than ten miles, I saw dust flying in the distance and horse hoofprints on the ground were messy.
"General, they are not cheating, are they?"
The deputy general behind him reminded.
Yuchi Meng sneered and said: "Is there a trick? They have been attacking westward for the past two days, and today they suddenly fled north. I think they are afraid and want to enter the grassland from the north."
The Eastern Zhou Dynasty had a very good relationship with the barbarians. If they entered the grassland, it would be meaningless to pursue them.
"I heard that the Eastern Zhou army is very good at ambushes. There is a valley in front of us. If there is an ambush, we will be in trouble."
The deputy general was more cautious, but Yuchi Meng said: "Even if there is an ambush, we have more people and we are not afraid!"
In the past few days, Yuchimeng kept chasing and Long Chen kept running. Yuchimeng thought that Long Chen was afraid and did not dare to fight Xixia Tieyao.
Yuchimeng had never fought against the Eastern Zhou army, so he didn't know how powerful it was.
Seeing that his attempts to dissuade him were useless, the lieutenant had no choice but to continue the pursuit.
Yuchi Meng led the Iron Kites into the valley. The dust was still flying in front, and he could see the Eastern Zhou cavalry not far away.
"Did you see them running away quickly?"
Yuchi was overjoyed and whipped the horse hard with the whip, but the horse was already weak. No matter how hard he whipped it, the speed still slowed down.
"Good-for-nothing beast!"
Yuchi Meng scolded the horses for their lack of endurance. The lieutenant general sighed in his heart: After two consecutive days of pursuit, the horses had reached their limit.
In fact, these cavalry are also very tired.
Boo hoo hoo...
A burst of arrows suddenly flew out from both sides. Yuchimeng knew that he was being ambushed, but he did not panic and shouted: "Line up and kill!"
Yuchimeng knew that he was being ambushed, but he did not panic at all. He felt that he had more people, and even if the Eastern Zhou army ambushed, it would only bloom in the middle.
Yuchimeng stopped and was the first to ride his horse to the side, but his horse was no longer strong enough and its speed was very slow.
"Long Chengen is here!"
Long Chen shouted loudly, galvanized his horse and charged down from a high position, aiming directly at Yuchi Meng with his spear.
Yuchimeng was startled when he heard Long Chen's name. Deshan told him that this cavalry of 500 people was led by an ordinary general. He didn't expect Long Chen to be here.
However, Yuchi Meng reacted quickly and shouted angrily: "How dare you deceive me!"
He had never met Long Chen and thought that the future general was a fake.
Long Chen was made to laugh by Yuchi Meng: "I still have some lies?"
The war horse dived at an extremely fast speed. Long Chen was in front of him in an instant, stabbing with the spear in his hand. Yuchi Meng raised his sword to fight.
boom!
Long Chen changed from stabbing to sweeping, knocking away the big knife in Yuchimeng's hand, and at the same time, the sword hit Yuchimeng's chest, causing Yuchimeng to fall off his horse on the spot.
Bai Tingting, who caught up behind her, slit Yuchimeng's neck with her sword, and Yuchimeng was killed on the spot.
The general was killed, and the deputy general was shocked.
When he saw the ambush, the lieutenant actually didn't care much, because there were so many of them, and the ambush was nothing.
Unexpectedly, Yuchi Meng was killed upon meeting him. The general said that he was Long Chen, and the deputy general finally panicked.
"withdraw!"
The lieutenant general turned around and rushed towards the valley entrance. The three thousand Iron Kites team was in chaos. Long Chen rushed into the crowd, stabbing out the spear frequently, and his wails shook the valley.
Colonel Leng Yu fought back from the front and blocked the escape route to the north, forcing Tie Yaozi to flee.
Soon, three thousand iron kites were wiped out, and only a few dozen horses broke out of the siege and fled south.
"Sir, do you want to pursue me?"
Bai Tingting ran away a little, fearing that they would leak the news that Long Chen was here.
"No, let them bring the news back."
Long Chen shook off the blood stains on the red tassel.
"But, if they know that you are here, Xixia will definitely use all their strength to besiege you."
Longchen was the great pillar state of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Once Kongji was known, he would definitely report to Shi Le and mobilize all the troops of Xixia to besiege it.
"Don't be afraid, I know it well."
When Long Chen said this, Bai Tingting said nothing. She knew that Long Chen had many tricks.
Long Chen ordered everyone to pick a good war horse and take it away, and at the same time, he took off the iron kite's armor and belt it.
Captain Leng Yu asked: "Sir, do you want to change into the iron kite's armor and fish-eyed pearls?"
"Why not?"
Long Chen collected Yuchi Meng's armor and token, took a short rest, and immediately ran to the north.
The killed Tie Yaozi ran all the way to the nearest county seat and immediately sent a message to the palace.
Xingqingcheng Palace.
Shi Lezheng was discussing with Lu Qichang, the head of the Privy Council, about sending troops.
The military agency in Xixia was called the Privy Council, and the person in charge was called the Privy Envoy, which was equivalent to the Minister of War in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Lu Qichang was the queen's brother, so Shi Le put him in charge of the Privy Council.
"I asked the prince to recruit 100,000 troops. If we can collect 300,000 troops, we will then march to Jade Buddha Pass."
Shi Le pointed at the map and said.
Privy Councilor Lu Qichang said: "We agree that with a superior force of 500,000, plus the bed crossbows and divine arm bows from the Ordnance Department, it will not be a problem to break through the Jade Buddha Pass."
Jingtian Lie suffered a big loss from the Fangzi Crossbow and the Divine Arm Bow at Yufo Pass. After arriving in Xixia, he tried his best to persuade Xixia to build it.
Shi Le then established an ordnance department, specializing in the construction of bed crossbows and divine arm bows.
"Yes, I think so too."
Shi Le felt that he could win this battle.
Just as he was talking, Ma Fang rushed into the room and reported: "Your Majesty, an important secret message has been sent from Jin County!"
Shi Le found it strange that Jin County, a county in the central part of Xixia, could have any important secrets.
After opening the secret memorial, Shi Le's face showed a look of shock, and then he said ecstatically: "God help me, this guy is looking for death!"
Lu Qichang asked: "What's wrong?"
Shi Le laughed and said: "Tie Yaozi wrote a letter saying that Long Chengen was near Jin County. Last time, the national division reported that the Eastern Zhou cavalry was harassing the rear. He said it was just ordinary cavalry. He didn't expect it to be Long Chengen. That's great!"
"This guy only has 500 cavalry, and he dares to go deep into the heart of our country. He is so arrogant, so arrogant!"
Shi Le laughed excitedly.
"Pass the decree, order the crown prince to stop conscription, and immediately send out 200,000 troops to round up Long Chengen!"
Shi Le felt like pie in the sky was falling.
Privy Councilor Lu Qichang said: "With 200,000 troops to round up 500 cavalry, is the king going too far?"
