Song Cheng had been waiting for him. When Song Cheng saw him coming out from behind and stabbing Song Cheng, Li Xiang was looking forward to the look on Song Cheng's face!
"Yes!" Luo Mu, the chief manager of the Extreme Demon, responded. He was very knowledgeable and did not ask what he was going to do, but he had some guesses in his mind that he must be going to the main battlefield.
The Xiliang army was still confronting the main force of the Qing army on the main battlefield. He was also looking forward to the looks on the faces of the Qing army soldiers when they saw the Xiliang cavalry appear.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is the first cavalry to appear outside the Northwest Pass. Judging from the number of cavalry, the number of these cavalry is more than two thousand. Even if such a cavalry is placed in Daqian, it is still a big one. strength.
When the moon rose, Li Xiang set out with a thousand troops united by Lou Fan and Ji Mo's disciples. The elite troops of the two factions were greatly damaged and they could only cobble together one unit. Originally, the Ji Mo Chief Commander Luo Mu led the army, but because Luo Mu fought too hard in the battlefield and was seriously injured, he could no longer go to the battlefield, so Aza led the army and went forward with the Xiliang cavalry.
The distance from this place to the main battlefield is not very far, it only takes a night, otherwise Li Xiang would not dare to go to the battlefield so quickly.
All you can see is a world of loess. If you want to avoid being discovered in such a world, it is better to move at night.
The Xiliang light cavalry ran around on the loess land, blocking the Qing Army scouts. Most of the Qing Army troops were under the Xiliang scouts' eyes.
The Xiliang light cavalry with mounts came and went like the wind. How could the Qing army scouts with only two legs fight with the Xiliang light cavalry?
With the light cavalry as escort, the Xiliang cavalry and the coalition forces don't need to worry too much.
After walking for most of the night, when they were still ten miles away from the main force of the Qing Army, the army stopped and stopped marching. Instead, they stopped to eat something. Tomorrow is likely to be when a battle breaks out.
These soldiers must have enough rest time, and two-thirds of the food they brought for five days went into the mouths of the Xiliang war horses.
There was nothing for the war horses to eat on this loess land. Most of the food brought by the Xiliang soldiers was for the war horses. The soldiers just ate the dried meat and mixed it with some water.
On the other side, Song Cheng didn't sleep all night. A letter was delivered to his hand by a carrier pigeon. He could receive the news about the attack on Yuan Mine later. This was the Qing Army's terrifying intelligence system, but these intelligence systems had no effect on Xiliang. use.
Until now, he only knew that Li Xiang had entered the Xiliang camp, but he did not know that Xiliang had gathered a small number of troops. He still had 20,000 troops in his hands. These troops were divided into left, right, center, and three armies.
On the left are the recruits he trained in the Qing Army, with 8,000 troops, and on the right are the soldiers trained by Xuanzhai, with a total of 6,000 troops.
The troops of the Chinese Army are the elite troops of the Qing Army. The Chinese Army is the troops he trained based on the previous Qing Army. They are all elite soldiers.
The Chinese army was also the mainstay of the army this time. Xiliang City sent 6,000 new soldiers, as well as about 6,000 of the main army.
Song Cheng is very interested in the soldiers of Xiliang City. These Xiliang headquarters soldiers are soldiers who were killed. I wonder who is better between the soldiers of Xiliang headquarters and his elite troops?
"General, another piece of news has arrived!" A carrier pigeon brought the pigeon to Swordsman Song Cheng. There was a small suit on the pigeon's feet.
Song Cheng took out the letter inside: "We have lost contact with the troops who went to support Yuan Kuang. The gate of Yuan Kuang Fortress is closed. Something unexpected may happen. Be careful!"
After reading it, Song Cheng put away the letter and walked to the map. The distance between the iron mine and Yuan Mine was not very far. If an army advanced at full speed, it would take about one night to feel the distance between the iron mine and Yuan Mine.
It’s almost as good as rushing here!
The previous letters from the troops in Yuan Mine and Lou Fan and the Ji Mo Alliance's troops made it very clear that the combined number of these two troops was only six or seven thousand men. There were an elite 4,000 men in Yuan Mine.
These 4,000 people defending the city are enough to block the coalition attack. Although the 3,000 reinforcements are new soldiers.
Can three thousand new recruits plus four thousand elite troops be unable to defeat the combined forces of Jimo and Loufan?
The reinforcements are missing and the Yuan mine is closed. It seems that something happened behind the army!
Song Cheng thought about placing his baton on a piece of loess not far from the iron mine. Xiliang City had previously found a way to hide the soldiers in the iron mining area and sent troops to ambush behind and kill his two thousand men. Naturally, there was a way.
Kill into the Yuan Mine behind them!
Song Cheng doesn't think in the right direction when thinking about problems. He always thinks about the worst situation, thinking about what he should do to pull the army out of the mud pond of Xiliang City if the army falls into the wind.
pull out.
The coalition forces' attack on Yuan Mine happened suddenly. They didn't know if the coalition forces had any contact with Xiliang. If they did, the attack on Yuan Mine was a plan to harass the troops sent from the city.
But if there is no contact between the two, and the Xiliang army rushes over after receiving the news, then there is only one possibility, and that is that there are cavalry on the other side of Xiliang City.
Xiliang Qingqi has already made their Qing Army scouts miserable. Others say that the enemy has no cavalry outside the northwest pass. Song Cheng doesn't think so.
There are so many light cavalry in Xiliang, which means that Xiliang City is not short of war horses. Otherwise, those light cavalry can be used to form a heavy cavalry. It goes without saying that the power of heavy cavalry on the battlefield is well known.
The war horses in Xiliang City are all top-grade war horses. These war horses can be used as heavy cavalry, weapons, and armor. With the financial and material resources of Xiliang City, it is not difficult to organize them, and there is also a Great Wall behind Xiliang City.
Legion, Xiliang City has no money, why can’t the Great Wall Legion provide some funding?
The more Song Cheng thought about it, the more he felt the crisis. They knew too little about Xiliang City!
"Come here!" Song Cheng picked up a pen and wrote down his conjecture. He called out to the enemy and a bodyguard ran in: "General!"
"Immediately ask someone to ship this letter back to the Lord. It must be fast, and there must be a large number of carrier pigeons to ensure that the letter must be delivered to the Lord!"
"Yes!" The guard knew the urgency of the matter and ran out in large strides. Song Cheng was the only one left in the tent.
"Li Xiang, I, Song Cheng, will have a good fight with you!" Song Cheng now felt the blood flowing rapidly throughout his body. He was a little excited and looked forward to fighting with Li Xiang.
At dawn, the troops in the Xiliang camp opened the gate of the camp. Two recruit troops were seen on both sides, and in the middle were soldiers from the Xiliang headquarters!
"Sir, when the Xiliang army is dispatched, will our army also go out?" asked the deputy general next to Song Cheng.
Song Cheng shook his head: "Don't worry, just wait!"
A personal guard ran to Song Cheng and said: "General, yesterday the scouts behind the army were chased by Xiliang scouts. The battle between the two sides was fierce. In order to avoid more casualties, our scout troops did not continue to fight head-on with their counterparts.
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The lieutenant general was a little confused: "Sir, does this have anything to do with the battle at hand?"
When Song Cheng heard the news, he sneered and said: "It is very likely that there is a troop behind our camp waiting for an opportunity. When we have a head-on battle with the Xiliang army, when they come out, just stay there and don't go out.
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Song Cheng was determined not to go out. He wanted to wait for Xiliang Cheng's troops at the back to come out: "Order the scouts to search the rear with all your strength!"
The lieutenant general felt that Song Cheng was a little too cautious, but considering Song Cheng's family background, a son of a general would not be wrong!
The guy over at Xiliang City is also a disciple of a general!
When two people with ancestral war skills fight against each other, he, a bandit, should just stand aside and watch the show!
The Xiliang army did not come out when they saw Song Cheng's army, and they were not interested in facing the camp of Song Cheng's army. After basking in the sun for half an hour, the Xiliang army returned to the camp.
Li Xiang, who was behind Song Cheng's army, heard that Song Cheng's army had not left the camp and there were many green army scouts in front. Li Xiang knew that Song Cheng should have a hunch that there was someone behind him!
Something should have been exposed at Yuankuang. The Qing Army knew very well the strength of the coalition forces, and there would always be traces of cavalry passing by in large numbers. It was impossible for the Qing Army's scouts not to notice these.
But, you know, so what? I just won’t come out!
Li Xiang thought about it, and under the cover of the light cavalry scouts, the cavalry ran towards another place, and Aza rushed towards the Xiliang camp under the escort of the light cavalry.
Just after Li Xiang and his party left, the Qing Army scouts came to the place where the Xiliang cavalry had stayed. They saw a lot of horse dung. It didn't take much to know that a large number of cavalry had appeared in this place!
After Song Cheng received the news, he began to arrange defensive equipment around the camp. The Xiliang cavalry were like a sword hanging above their heads. Anyone who was careless might be hacked to death by this sword.
Li Xiang was thinking about a problem while hiding. Both sides had a big problem, that is, the problem of food and grass.
The number of troops on both sides is almost 20,000. Xiliang also has war horses, which consume a lot of money. When in Xiliang, you can also chop cold rice stalks and add some rice for the war horses to eat.
But now the horse food they brought has been eaten up. The soldiers gave their own food to the horses. Aza and his party left the food with them when they left, otherwise Li Xiang would have to go back with the army.
There is also the problem of water. There is no water source where the Xiliang army camp is located. The army still brings water from Beixuan City. The enemy is better, there is a well water next to the iron ore area.
But if it takes a little longer, both parties will face these problems!
Another day passed and there was still no movement from the Qing Army. Li Xiang led the cavalry in a large circle back to the camp.
Beixuan City sent supplies and recruited 5,000 civilians in the city, plus 1,000 Xiliang soldiers, and 500 newly recruited soldiers. They led these people forward. There was also a strange cart in the army that three people could push.
A big car.
A long queue stretched out on the yellow ground...
