"General!" The middle-aged cavalry general knelt in front of Luo Tiansheng and cried bitterly: "The last general is incompetent. When encountering the Xiliang cavalry, he only brought back 553 people, and the food and grass were also stolen by the Xiliang cavalry!"
The people in the big tent were shocked by this news. When they saw the cavalry general leaving the day before yesterday, they didn't know what happened. To stay away is to return to the rear!
Food and grass were robbed!
This news made them feel the crisis. An army of 40,000 could eat tens of thousands of kilograms of food every day, and they had to eat enough. How could they go to the battlefield if they didn't have enough to eat?
Li Anlan was very angry, but he suppressed his anger. The cavalry general in front of him had tried his best. Anger could not solve the problem. The problem that needed to be solved now was to capture the Black City.
There should be a lot of food in Black City, and there is also food in Qingye City not far away. They just need to kill it!
"Go down and heal!" Li Anlan said to the cavalry general, then looked at the remaining generals: "After you go back, tell your soldiers about the food and grass issue. Either break the black city to get food and grass, or wait.
They starved to death and were killed by Xiliang City troops. Please tell them that there is an iron cavalry on the road between Jiuyuan City and Hei. Those who think they can escape back can try to see if they can pass through Xiliang.
The pursuit of the cavalry!"
Hearing Li Anlan's words, the group of generals nodded. After a moment's thought, they understood what Li Anlan meant. Either die on the charge, or starve to death. Let the soldiers choose one, and let them choose one at the same time!
Li Anlan continued: "In the battle tomorrow, all the generals will join me on the city wall to create a space for the soldiers behind. Go back and prepare!"
"Yes!" Everyone responded and left the tent one after another, leaving only Li Anlan and Luo Tiansheng.
"Is there nothing the Xiliang cavalry can do?" Luo Tiansheng is a civil servant and doesn't know much about military matters.
Li Anlan said solemnly: "The best way to deal with cavalry is to use cavalry to fight, otherwise it will be difficult to fight, unless the opponent's general has a bad mind and leads the cavalry into a narrow lane that is unfavorable to the cavalry, or attacks a large formation that has already been formed!
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"Then if you let them spread the news about the lack of food and grass, will it affect the morale of the army?" Luo Tiansheng asked worriedly.
Li Anlan held the weapon in hand: "The only way to survive is to risk death. There are two ways to retreat and advance. If the retreat has enough food and grass for us to retreat back, the Black City will fall into the hands of Xiliang City. Xiliang City is not
Ordinary forces, after the opponent gets the Black City, they can attack from two directions, and we will lose the leadership of the war!"
"We must fight this battle, and the Black City must be taken down!"
The location of Black City is too important!
Luo Tiansheng nodded: "I will cooperate with you. The Great Wall Army has moved south and is approaching Tupocheng!"
"How many people did the Great Wall Legion bring south?" Li Anlan suddenly asked.
"Twenty thousand horses, including four thousand Great Wall cavalry!" In the letter, General Gao Yuan made it clear about the movements of the army and the strength of the troops: "General Gao Yuan said that he would act according to the strength of the troops in Tupo City. There are many defenders in Tupo City.
, he turned to attack Qingye City and held back the army that was about to come to support the Xiliang headquarters."
"There are not many soldiers defending Tupo City, so he took down Tupo City and cut off all the retreat routes of the Xiliang army!"
"Okay!" Li Anlan smiled on his stern face: "I want to see how Li Xiang, the lord of Xiliang City, responds!"
Prime Minister Li is far away on the grassland at this time, and it is difficult for the news from Heicheng to reach him. Decisions can only be made by the generals in Tupo City, Qingye City and other places.
Tupocheng
The Great Wall Legion marched south, with a clear goal of Tupo City. The infantry general Buyi, who was guarding the city by General Li Xiang, came to the city lord's palace.
"Mistress, the enemy will arrive in two days. There are only 10,000 horses in the city. Mistress, please move to Longling City, and wait until the enemy is defeated..."
Wu Yating said with a faint smile: "General Bu Yi, my lord, he once said, if I don't fight hard, why will my men fight hard? The Great Wall Legion's army went south, but before we fought, I retreated to Longling City. This is an escape from the battle!"
"I can rest assured that you are in the city!" Wu Yating said with a little sadness on her eyebrows: "I'm not worried about my own safety, I'm worried about my lord. They haven't sent any news for five days!"
"Since Mistress, you have made your decision, I won't say anything more. However, if something unexpected happens, I ask Mistress to leave immediately with the guards!" When Bu Yi heard Wu Yating's words, his words were even more respectful.
: "Mother, please rest assured that everything is fine, my lord. The fire department set out the day before yesterday and will arrive in about six days. It will be time for the army to counterattack!"
"General, if you still need to arrange military affairs, please retire first!"
Wu Yating nodded and sent Bu Yi away. Soon there were a thousand more capable soldiers in the small palace of the City Lord's Mansion, and two thousand people were stationed in the City Lord's Mansion. The City Lord's Mansion entered the strictest period!
The four gates of Tupocheng are closed tightly, and no one is allowed to go out or come in.
Fighting against the ferocious beasts in the north. The Xiliang troops wanted to go south, but a large number of ferocious beasts came to kill them. They could only continue to resist the ferocious beasts and could not go south!
Outside the pass, Li Huo led his army to enter the pass first. There were only some small forces hiding in the dark outside the pass, and there was no need for the army to continue to suppress them!
As the gateway from the wilderness into Jiuyuan County, Qingye City is naturally a very important stronghold. There are 1,500 Xiliang Headquarters and 2,500 Cheng Zheng men guarding Qingye City.
Wu Jianbo, the father-in-law of Li Xiang, had just entered Qingye City with his army. News came from the north that the Great Wall Legion's army was moving south. It is not clear exactly how many people came, but from the description in the scout's letter, the number was probably two or three times their number.
This is an army that is more numerous than them!
The most important thing is that there should be more than 5,000 soldiers from the Great Wall headquarters in the Great Wall Legion. These soldiers are not soldiers recruited in Jiuyuan County, but troops trained by the Great Wall Legion itself!
The Great Wall Legion still has a lot of heavy weapons. It seems that the opponent is planning to attack the city. The closest thing to them is Tupo City, and my daughter is still in Tupo City!
Wu Jianbo didn't know for a moment whether he should move forward or stay in Qingye City. He was attacked in Tupo City of Qingye City. He could bring his army to support him. If he went to support Black City, the opponent might turn around and attack Qingye City!
If Qingye City is captured, all troops from Xiliang entering Jiuyuan County will be surrounded!
However, if he doesn't go, the Black City army may not be able to hold on for long!
Wu Jianbo was very torn, and finally decided to divide his troops. He divided 3,000 troops and the 4,000 troops originally stationed in Qingye City to form a 7,000-strong army, and headed for Heicheng with food and grass.
He led the remaining 7,000 troops to continue to garrison Aoba Castle!
This side has fallen into a strange calm, while the war on the other side has begun!
"Follow me!" Cheng Jushu and his younger brother Cheng Jurong rode their horses to the front. The rich men in their hands split the horses and various roadblocks along the way. The horses under them were at the level of monster beasts. Those who fell into the horse pit first would be able to trap them.
to them?
Wearing thick armor, the two rushed to the wall covered with sharp bamboos. Cheng Jushu ignored the clanking bows and arrows that hit him. It was still too early for these arrows to hurt him!
He mobilized the zhenqi in his body, raised the ax with both hands and struck forward with all his strength. The thick, sharp axeqi split open a two-meter-wide crack. The bamboo in front disappeared, and a large hole appeared in the wall.
The two brothers, one on the left and one on the right, rushed forward, using two axes to cut down the bamboo on both sides. The soldiers from the Wulong Camp behind them rushed into the huge military camp.
Before Wenjie's troops arrived, Zuo Nongzhuang had already formed a huge military camp. Only a military camp could accommodate such a large number of troops.
In the sky, long arrows from the long-range troops on both sides crossed each other and landed on the troops on both sides.
The military camp was surrounded by Xiliang troops. Under the cover of Xiliang archers, they broke through the city wall and rushed to the camp. The troops from both sides slaughtered wildly, and bright red blood spilled on the grass.
Wenjie in the acropolis did not expect that Xiliang would be so decisive and directly send an army to attack Zuo Farm Village.
From the news sent by the frontline scouts, he knew that Xiliang had only mobilized one unit, and there was a seemingly larger unit left that had not been dispatched.
Wenjie soon realized that the remaining troops of the opponent should be waiting for other troops to go to support.
After a while in his mind, he made a decisive decision. The three armies attacked together and the left farm was besieged. He did not go to support and waited for more than 10,000 people in the left farm to be killed. Then Xiliang came to besiege the right farm again. Should he save it?
The other party made it clear that they wanted to fight him decisively!
Wenjie's order came out at once, and the three armies rushed to the battlefield!
As the city closest to Jiuyuan City in Jiuyuan County, Acropolis has always been popular with caravans. Many merchants in Acropolis saw the Acropolis army dispatched, and they knew the forces Acropolis was going to deal with.
More than half of their caravans have been outside the customs, and they are also very aware of the forces outside the customs. The rise of Xiliang City in the past few years has affected many forces and caravans, causing dissatisfaction among many people and forces. They are waiting to see
The city of Xiliang was destroyed.
Xiliang was indeed destroyed, but they destroyed all the major forces outside the pass. Now the most powerful outside the pass is Xiliang City, and now Xiliang is directly attacking inside the pass.
They discovered that Jiuyuan County seemed to be unable to defeat Xiliang City at the moment!
Some people sent the best players in the caravan to the battlefield. They wanted to get first-hand information.
Now the Central Plains is in turmoil. No matter how much trouble Xiliang City makes outside the customs, no one will come to calm it down in a short time. Xiliang City is temporarily safe.
They came to the northwest just to make money. If Xiliang City became the ruler of the northwest and outside the pass, they would not be allowed to deal with Xiliang City?
They don't really care who wins or loses, they just want to know who can bring them greater benefits!
The left farmhouse was filled with blood. Only two thousand soldiers from the Wulong Battalion in Black Dragon's hands were left untouched, and the two thousand most elite soldiers in Cheng Zheng's hands were also untouched!
In the camp is Cheng Jushu, and Cheng Jurong is fighting with eight thousand men and horses!
There are 10,000 people in the Xiliang headquarters, and 2,000 people follow Cheng Jushu and the two of them to the camp. There are 2,000 archers, and 6,000 close combat troops are left.
"Report!" A scout rode his horse and ran to the black dragon: "General, the Acropolis side has sent three armies, a huge number!"
"Three-pronged army!" Black Dragon's eyes widened, and Cheng Zheng couldn't believe it: "How could it be three-pronged!"
Zhuo Bufan said calmly: "The other party may have originally had troops from four towns, but he hid them all the way. Now we force them to fight, and they come out on their own!"
Black Dragon also calmed down: "General Cheng, you and I will block one road, and the remaining two roads will be handed over to our headquarters. Generals Qiangjiu and Jianba will block them. General Gong Yiba also asks more generals Qiangjiu and Jianba to suppress the enemy!
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The Black Dragon knew that their troops could not cooperate well with the Xiliang army. After all, they had just joined Xiliang City not long ago, and there was no way they could compare with the other battalions of the Seventh Army currently fighting in the Black City!
Cooperation is very important in a battle. The Wulong Battalion and the soldiers under Cheng Zheng have cooperated before. It is not a problem if both sides cooperate!
"Ok, Ok!"
Kenpachi and Gunjiu responded.
"Okay, after this victory, we go straight to Jiuyuan City!" Black Dragon shouted loudly!
The army quickly separated, and the Xiliang troops were divided into two parts. Long sword and spear soldiers were mixed one by one.
The two commanders had already figured out how to fight and defend and counterattack from the beginning!
By looking at the farm that was still involved in a bloody battle, they knew that most of the enemy's soldiers were new recruits, and only a few were veterans.
First withstand the opponent's initial fierce attack, and after the opponent's anger subsides, it's time for them to fight back!
The grassland is huge, and three red teams are fighting towards the Xiliang army under the bright sun.
The battlefield begins around the farm. The enemy's route has been detected by scouts. Heilong and Cheng Zheng are in the middle of the army. They will face nearly twice as many enemies with 4,000 men!
The Xiliang troops on both sides are smaller in number, but there are archers behind them to help!
The sound of fighting in the farm has not stopped since the beginning. The two Cheng family brothers are about to start a battle outside. They want to seize the time to resolve the battle so that they can go outside to help the outside troops.
Zhuo Bufan and Heilong and his party dealt with the troops coming from the Acropolis. Three thousand of the most elite people from the Acropolis escorted Wenjie behind the army.
When you are on the battlefield, you will see people everywhere. Xiliang is black and the people on the other side are red. The best way to know people on the battlefield is to look at the colors of military uniforms.
Whoosh whoosh!
As soon as the enemy appeared, the long arrows of the Xiliang archers began to fly out. The farm camp no longer needed the support of the archers. What needed support now was the battlefield outside!
"Prepare for battle!" Qiang Jiu shouted. The long swordsman took the big shield behind him into his hands and set up a shield wall in front of him. The spearman pointed his spear forward and stood there.
After the archers behind fired a round of arrows, 500 people stationed themselves in the military formation, and the remaining 1,000 people ran behind the Black Dragon side. The Xiliang soldiers were confident that they could block the enemy, and the Black Dragon and others were the ones who needed support the most!
Braving the rain of arrows, the defenders of the city charged all the way to the front of the Xiliang army. Facing the shield formation lined with spears, the people in front wanted to stop, but the people behind pushed the people in front forward.
The pikemen unceremoniously raised and retracted their guns, and bright red blood scattered everywhere. Along with the severe pain, these soldiers who were on the battlefield for the first time gave their lives!