"Lord, at present, there is less than 150 miles between the Qiang vanguard force and our army!"
On a relatively high ground somewhere on the grassland, Li Xiang and the Xiliang cavalry were resting here.
This time he came out with only about 40,000 troops, and the remaining 10,000 troops stayed at the Baron Lake side. Many enemies were captured. Similarly, a large number of herdsmen are fleeing every day.
Even if he activates the continuous sitting method, if a family of herdsmen escapes and the surrounding herdsmen fail to warn them in time, they will be regarded as accomplices and all will be killed.
But this was so cruel that even the sitting method could not prevent the grassland herdsmen from escaping. Those Qiang people who took refuge with him also acted in a counter-intuitive manner. They were respectful on the surface, but secretly kept letting them go.
Li Xiang didn't say much, as long as he didn't catch him, he would kill everyone he caught.
However, he took more than half of the cattle and sheep in the hands of the herdsmen to the other side, and the 10,000 cavalry he left behind drove them to other places in the night.
The food stored by the major tribes had been turned to ashes in the fire, and the civilians of those tribes could only kill them and keep the cattle and sheep as seeds.
Otherwise, the whole family will starve to death!
This is Prime Minister Li's conspiracy. This year, these grassland people did not go out to graze, and they all gathered on this grassland. This grassland is only so big, and the number of cattle and sheep that can maintain the current pasture is barely enough.
In other words, the Qiang people on the grasslands had no extra food except the cattle and sheep in their hands, and Li Xiang took away more than half of the food in their hands.
Even if the Northern Expedition to Xiliang fails, the Qiang people will slowly disappear in this cold winter, and there will be a large population loss.
On the grassland, especially in winter, food is very important. Without food, they can only starve to death in the cold ice and snow.
Winter was not like now. In winter, when they went out, there was heavy snow. Except for the food stored in the tribe and the tribes near the river where they could get some fish, there was no other place to get food.
Also in the cold winter months, some ferocious beasts on the grasslands would launch sneak attacks on these tribes. They were very afraid of humans, but if there was a shortage of food, they would be on the verge of death.
Nothing can stop them from finding food. Anything that can be hunted is food for these beasts.
So even if Xiliang fails, no, judging from the current situation, Xiliang has succeeded.
Li Xiang successfully attacked Balong Lake, and the Qiang people's stored materials on Balong Lake were burned to the ground by Li Xiang!
More than half of their cattle and sheep were driven deep into the grassland by Xiliang. The 10,000 Xiliang cavalry who stayed on the edge of Baron Lake were, to put it mildly, to supervise the Qiang tribe around Baron Lake. In fact, they were controlling those Qiang tribesmen.
The cattle and sheep were driven towards the south.
In order to prevent the grassland tribes from discovering that they had made a large circle, the Qiang cavalry did not dare to approach some places where the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was.
Coupled with the dense Xiliang scouts surrounding them, once these Qiang cavalry appear, they will be attacked by the Xiliang cavalry. On the grassland, whoever's horse runs faster will have the initiative.
Therefore, when these Qiang cavalry see the Xiliang banner and the distance between the two sides is less than 200 meters, they will immediately run away.
If they don't run, death will be waiting for them. The distance of two hundred meters is already very dangerous, and the Xiliang cavalry may rush up at any time.
For safety reasons, the Qiang cavalry will immediately run away when they see the Xiliang cavalry two hundred meters away, and then find a higher place to continue observing.
At the same time, keep yourself hidden so as not to be discovered by the Xiliang cavalry. Once discovered by the opponent, a long pursuit will be waiting for them. If you are unlucky, you will be caught up and killed by the Xiliang cavalry.
In terms of individual combat effectiveness, the Xiliang cavalry crushed them.
"150 miles!" Li Xiang stood up and said to the guards beside him: "Give me the order, everyone pack their things and set off in half an hour!"
When he rushed back after receiving the troops besieging Hailar, Li Xian already had a complete plan, so he took more than 40,000 cavalry under his command and came to the Hailar Qiang troops halfway back.
Without the help of other road troops, the Qiang army, no matter how bold Li Xiang was, he would not dare to lead the tens of thousands of people behind him to go over and fight in. He could indeed kill seven in and seven out.
But if the people behind them can't do it, these elite cavalry who have been trained for many years will probably be killed by the enemy.
These are all old brothers who have followed him in the north and south for many years, especially the 3,000 Flying Bear Army. Several of their commanders are those who survived the first year.
Instead of fighting the opponent's main army, Li Xiang just harassed the opponent on the flanks. It was impossible for nearly a million troops to move at the same time, which gave him a good opportunity.
Eat the opponent's troops outside the main force or vanguard. As long as the opponent dares to divide his troops, he will dare to eat them.
This time, the enemy's vanguard troops numbered between 20,000 and 50,000, which was very suitable for total annihilation!
As long as the opponent's army does not exceed 100,000, Prime Minister Li will have the courage to eat the opponent!
Rumble....
The sound of galloping war horses was everywhere on the grassland. As the vanguard of the army, 30,000 Qiang cavalry rushed at the forefront. They were eager to return home.
Ever since they learned that the Baron Lake side was attacked by Xiliang cavalry, they wanted to go home as soon as possible, return to their relatives and tribes as soon as possible!
So they marched as fast as they could!
"stop!"
The people rushing at the front suddenly realized that something was wrong in front of them. In front, a black cavalry slowly appeared in their eyes, with a bloody wolf head showing its full appearance!
Yu~
The Qiang soldiers pulled the reins and looked at the bloody flag. They all knew what that flag represented!
The Xiliang Army, and also the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, are most likely the army led by Xiliang King Li Xiang!
Li Xiang was at the front of the army. Compared with the black armor of the Xiliang cavalry, he looked extremely bright. Coupled with the bright red robes, the Qiang cavalry at the front focused on him at first sight!
The more colorful you wear, the more conspicuous you are on the battlefield, you are either a fool or a strong man, because the more conspicuous you wear, the easier it is to get beaten, and everyone will look at you.
Li Xiang stretched out his hand and Fang Tian's painted halberd fell into his hand.
"drive!"
Xing Liao began to accelerate, and the Xiliang cavalry following Li Xiang also began to accelerate!
Boom!
The Qiang cavalry looked at each other. Now they had only two choices, fight or run.
"kill!"
A Qiang leader shouted, they returned to Balong Lake this time just to fight against the Xiliang cavalry!
Now that they meet the Xiliang cavalry here, this may be God's will. Let them experience the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang cavalry led by Xiliang King Li Xiang!
On the Hailar side, it's not like they haven't fought against Xiliang troops before. As the saying goes, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road.
The two cavalrymen began to accelerate. From a high altitude, it was seen that the Xiliang cavalry was much faster than the Qiang cavalry. Li Xiang had even surpassed the Xiliang cavalry by half a distance.
boom!
Li Xiangyi waved the Fang Tian Painted Halberd, and the Qiang soldiers at the front were turned into flesh and blood, and blood spread all over the sky.
Wherever Fang Tian's halberd passed, all that was left was blood. The powerful force directly smashed the Qiang soldiers into mincemeat, and was directly inserted into the Qiang cavalry, still accelerating forward.
The Qiang soldiers who passed by were already dead before they could react, creating a death area of about 6 meters. Any Qiang soldiers who were 6 meters away from him would be scratched by Fang Tian's painted halberd and turned into a pool of water.
Scattered flesh and blood.
This was despite the fact that he had not used any real energy and had only relied on the power of his physical body to create such horrific killings.
The Xiliang cavalry used Li Xiang as an arrow to form an arrow array. With the help of the six-meter hole created by Li Xiang, two powerful commanders on both sides tore the hole wide open!
The Flying Bear Army soon came into full contact with the Qiang soldiers. They all held long weapons and used long weapons on horses. It was easy to suffer losses if they used short weapons.
Most of these Qiang soldiers wore leather armor, and some even wore sheepskins. The entire body of the Flying Bear Army was made of armor made from iron mines in the Dark World.
When the scimitar passed through these armors, it left a trail of fire and traces, which was unable to harm the Flying Bear Army soldiers inside.
The soldiers of the Flying Bear Army simply waved their weapons and knocked down each of the Qiang warriors from their horses. The Qiang warriors behind them would naturally step over them without any need for finishing blows.
Xiliang cavalry will also step over this person. Falling off the horse on such a battlefield is equivalent to death, unless you are a second-rate master.
At the moment of falling off the horse, you can use your zhenqi to knock away the people around you, and then snatch the other person's horse. This way you might still be able to survive.
But the question is, are there any second-rate masters among the Qiang people?
The battle between the two sides was simply one-sided. The Xiliang cavalry pushed them all the way, and the Flying Bear Army soldiers at the front basically gave no way for the Qiang soldiers to survive.
Only a few Qiang soldiers who were lucky enough to fight their way out of the flying army encountered the Xiliang cavalry who were encircling them behind, and were easily killed by the Xiliang cavalry.
Seeing that there was not much meat to eat on the front battlefield, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, under the command of the commander, accelerated from both sides. The Qiang army was fighting with the Flying Bear Army.
So at this time, the opponent was running in their direction. Wherever the Flying Bear Army was located, the opponent would definitely run away when they saw that they could not break through, so they accelerated from both sides.
Soon they overtook the Flying Bear Army, which was fighting the Qiang army on the front, and set out from both sides to surround the opponent's rear!
"Chief, we can't break through at all!" He looked at his men, rushing towards the Flying Bear Army like moths to a flame, but didn't see any movement. The commander at the front line ran back to this army.
The leader said next to them: "They are like an iron wall. When our people rush over, it is as if they have fallen into a fire. They can't even see a shadow!"
"I can see it clearly!" the leader of the Qiang vanguard force said with a solemn expression: "No wonder the Xiliang cavalry are said to be comparable to the Forbidden Army of the Daqian Dynasty, with their thick armor and the horses underneath them With such speed, they can still dominate even on the grassland. To deal with them, the only way to deal with them is to summon an army of 1 million to surround them and kill them."
Being able to be sent out as a vanguard by the Great Chanyu of the Qiang people, the leader of the vanguard force was not a reckless man. He had also studied under the Daqian Dynasty. Seeing the terrifying combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the only way he could think of was to use The army strangled.
He could no longer imagine how a single army could resist this group of Xiliang cavalry.
"Blow the horn, let's retreat." The vanguard leader said to the ordering soldiers on the side without thinking that if he continued, these 30,000 people would be handed over here.
Woohoo~
Not long after the two sides fought, a desolate horn sounded. The Qiang cavalry who were charging forward took the reins, ran to both sides, and began to turn around and retreat.
It was difficult for them to stop while running at high speed. The only way to return was to turn around to both sides.
How could Li Xiang not know the other party's plan? When he heard the desolate horn sound, he knew that the other party wanted to escape.
But can they run away?
The Xiliang cavalry on both sides have already outflanked them. If you want to take down this vanguard force, you must first separate the opponent and then defeat them one by one.
drive!
Li Xiang waved Fang Tian's painted halberd faster and faster. At this time, Xing Liao's body burst into red flames, attached to Li Xiang's body, leaving a high-temperature flame and a burning smell wherever it passed.
The soldiers of the Flying Bear Army behind were hurrying and moving slowly. Facing enemies whose equipment and power were not at the same level, their biggest concern was not to fall off their horses. As long as they did not fall off their horses, these enemies would not be able to cause fatal damage to them.
The Qiang cavalry who were running to both sides soon discovered a big problem. Why were there so many cavalry on both sides?
Not long after they ran, they found a large number of cavalry on both sides. They seemed to be surrounded!
A tug-of-war ensued, with the Qiang cavalry running back continuously. Only when the Xiliang cavalry did not close the encirclement did they have a chance to survive.
Once they fall into the opponent's circle, they will have no way to escape and nowhere to run!
kill!
The setting sun was like blood, and the two sides stretched the battlefield for more than fifty miles. Along the way were the corpses of Qiang soldiers and horses that had lost their owners. The green grass was stained with bright red blood, and the afterglow of the sun illuminated the Xiliang cavalry in black armor.
The bloody wolf-headed banner once again won victory. Except for a few of the Qiang people who ran away, most of them fell to the ground!
Collecting the corpses of the soldiers who unfortunately died in battle, Li Lian didn't even clean up the battlefield, so he took the Xiliang cavalry and left at night!
Not long after they left, Qiang scouts rushed to the battlefield, along with wild beasts attracted by the smell of blood.
From time to time there are sounds of fighting over food...
