Hedong.

The sky is high and the clouds are light.

Biqiuxing commanded an army of more than 20,000 and was marching along the west bank of Fenshui towards the northwest.

Of course, it is known as 100,000 to the outside world.

In this era, many people can't even write one, two, three, four, and don't know how to distinguish the difference between 20,000 and 100,000.

A lot and really, really a lot, it's just that.

There are tens of thousands of people, and there is nothing wrong with this sentence. If you don't have much intuitive concept for tens of thousands of people, you can refer to the railway stations in big cities during the Spring Festival every year in later generations.

On the terrain at the junction of the plain and the plateau in Hedong, starting from Anyi, stretching out for three or four miles from front to back, the whole army presents an egg-shaped state, slightly larger in the north and narrower in the south.

Stretching in front is naturally the scout sentry troops, which are constantly bringing back the information that is said to be detected, and the foot soldiers of the front army are following behind these scouts, and then there is a small part of the cavalry that can act as a guerrilla force at any time, and the left flank of this part of the guerrilla force is also a foot soldier, and for the right wing, the number of people is much smaller than that of the left flank, because not far to the right of Biqiuxing is Fenshui, and Pingyang is located in the northwest direction, so it is normal to focus on the left flank.

Of course, if it is according to the normal requirements of the Han army, the left and right wings should be arranged with rangers, so that the fan of the army can be fully expanded, and there is no need to worry about the risk of being attacked by the enemy's flanks, but the problem is that even if it is made up and made up, it will barely make up a cavalry of about 1,000 people, plus it will be divided into about 200 as scouts, if it is divided into the left and right wings, it will be too thin and cannot be used at all, therefore, it can only be arranged according to the queue of complete foot soldiers, as for the 1,000 cavalry, just as a supplementary force for the front army and the middle army, just in case.

In the Han military system, there has always been a difference between regular soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, usually one to one, but Biqiu Xing can't do it, if even those private soldiers of the scholar clan are counted, at most it can only barely be counted as one to two.

This is also a kind of helplessness, after all, the soldiers in the original Sili area have been injured a lot, especially the soldiers who need to fight head-on, and the trained pawns are not replenished in a short time, plus Hedong has always been under the supervision of Fei Qian, even if it is recruited secretly, not to mention any large-scale soldier training, so it is not easy to add up the two and make up more than 5,000 pawns.

The army advanced, rising and falling, and when the army array slowly advanced, the banners stretched into patches. The banner of the Chinese army advanced over this field, and from time to time scouts came to report on the surrounding situation. Biqiu Xing was dressed in military uniform, sitting firmly on the war horse, and from time to time issued some orders, adjusting the pace of the army.

Tentative friction and skirmishes have been around since yesterday.

According to the feedback of the scouts at the front, and there is also a small part of the rangers in the northeast of the river arranged in the north of Pingyang, when Biqiu Xing led the army forward, this part of the rangers pulled out of the camp and left, if they were cruising in front, it seemed to be looking for the flaws of the Biqiu Xing army, which really made Biqiu Xing very unhappy.

However, with hundreds of rangers in Pingyang in the north, the more than 10,000 troops who are strictly forbidden to march slowly in the queue, especially the strategy that Biqiu Xing would rather be slower all the way than show flaws, only makes Biqiu Xing unhappy, and cannot cause much damage to the army.

Biqiuxing's goal is very simple, that is, relying on the current number of troops, to press to Pingyang in a dignified manner, and force the defenders of Pingyang to fight under the city, and they will definitely win or lose. Anyway, now whether it is a small number of northern cavalry cruising in front, or the guards in Pingyang City, the relative number is less than Biqiu Xing, therefore, as long as it is a battle, Biqiu Xing can greatly use the advantage of the strength of the army to directly attack, even if the other party is brave, in such a relatively broad battlefield, it is enough to besiege the other party, and the soldiers will eventually consume it on the battlefield.

In the middle of the day, the news came back from the scouts in front of the city, there were still no soldiers in the direction of Pingyang City, and the soldiers of General Zhengxi were still holding in the city, and it seemed that they were also dead set on those fields outside the city, and did not send people to guard or do some other actions.

Biqiu Xing exhaled slowly, looking much more relaxed.

This made Biqiu Xing can't help but have some contempt for the defenders of Pingyang, since the troops are scarce, they need at least a strong wall to clear the wilderness in order to have a glimmer of life, even if it is necessary to damage the cultivated fields outside the city, Zhuang He should not hesitate, otherwise even if Zhuang He is preserved, what is the use of not being able to keep the city?

What's more, if the attack is delayed for a long time, wouldn't these Zhuang He who stayed outside the city become the food for Biqiuxing's soldiers?

It's just that the injured scouts who retreated from time to time in front of them became the only very unpleasant place for Biqiuxing. The cavalry of the expedition to the west is indeed too strong, these scouts under their own command are not opponents at all, and they are defeated again and again in small-scale conflicts from time to time, although the damage is not very large, but the casualties of the three on the left and the two on the right are also quite annoying.

Biqiu Xing looked at the sky, although it was still early, he still ordered to set up camp. It is about forty or fifty miles away from Pingyang, which is exactly a day's or so distance, and it is no problem to walk more, but for the sake of safety, it is also in line with the art of war to facilitate this village......

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A shrill whistle sounded outside the sparse woodland.

"Found it! Over here! A group of cavalry scouts shouted excitedly as they pointed to the grove ahead.

In the past few days, the cavalry scouts in the north have really made Biqiuxing's cavalry suffer a lot of losses, resulting in the back, Biqiuxing's scout team is getting bigger and bigger, from the original team of five people and ten people, to thirty or forty people, and finally automatically and spontaneously became about 100 people gathered in one place, trying to take advantage of the large number of people to capture those who made them eat before the northern scouts.

This group of 100 cavalry ran into the northern cavalry in front of a small forest.

Biqiuxing's cavalry team waved their war knives excitedly, kicking the horses in the abdomen to speed up, and shouting: "Up! Above! There are so many of us! Kill them! ”

"This is the one who has been following us all the time, isn't it?"

"Damn, I can finally vent my anger!"

Seeing that their side was superior in numbers, more Biqiuxing's cavalry finally felt that they could raise their eyebrows, so they all drew their swords, and some of them also felt that their archery skills were good, so they opened their bows and arrows, ready to teach these northern cavalry a good lesson......

More than ten cavalry and the northern cavalry were obviously defeated, so they rushed out of the sparse grove and galloped wildly.

The horses' hooves were flying, and the two sides fled and chased, and the speed was about the same.

The cavalry of Biqiuxing shouted excitedly, fully venting their grievances in the past two days.

Normally, the main task of the scout is not to kill the enemy, but to spy on the news and cover the infiltration of the other party's scouts.

But on the one hand, the quality of these cavalry who acted as scouts was a little uneven, and on the other hand, they were also suppressed by the northern scouts in the past two days, so after finally gaining the upper hand, they were a little forgetful, plus both sides were in a hurry to urge the horses, and the speed was not slow, so they chased the cavalry in the north for seven or eight miles without paying attention.

"Woo......"

The sudden sound of the horn obviously startled the cavalry of Biqiuxing, and when they looked at the sound, they found that they did not know when a cavalry queue appeared from the flank, and they were rushing straight over in formation, and a tricolor flag fluttered in the sky above this group of cavalry!

"Damn! It's the cavalry of the expedition to the west! ”

"What should I do......"

"Run!"

"U-turn and attack!"

Different voices rang out chaotically, so that the cavalry of Biqiuxing was at a loss, and after galloping forward for a distance according to inertia in a daze, they were bumped in by the flank and the northern cavalry!

Zhang Lie shouted loudly, with a queue, listed a sharp arrow formation, didn't care about those sporadic arrows, at the moment of contact, "ha", he raised his sword and slashed down!

Waves of blood suddenly burst out on the front line!

The cavalry encounter, especially this kind of skirmish, was extremely fast-paced, and even Zhang Lie only remembered that he had probably only slashed less than ten knives in total, and he had already penetrated Biqiuxing's cavalry ranks, dividing them into two halves.

Zhang Lie, who rushed through the Biqiu Xing array, subconsciously glanced at the blade in his hand while shaking off the blood on the sword, and saw a small gap on the knife edge, and couldn't help frowning, this seems to have been left on the head of an unlucky guy?

Or is it the damage of slashing with someone else?

This short engagement, the loss of the Northern cavalry, was as insignificant as the wear and tear of the war knife in Zhang Lie's hand, and what was left behind was a wreckage covered in blood and corpses......

"Quick, sharpen your hands and feet! Clean up the battlefield! Zhang Lie put the sword back into the sheath and commanded, "Let's go and lay some bait to see if we can catch another big fish!" ”

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The scout queue in front of him was suddenly damaged on a large scale, and Biqiu Xing did not get the news until the sun was in the west and the camp was erected. This sudden accident forced him to send the only cavalry series in his hand to the place where the incident occurred.

Such a sudden attack surprised Biqiuxing. He had also imagined and estimated the combat strength of the cavalry of the expedition, but he definitely did not expect that his cavalry was so fragile, and the gap between the two sides was so obvious.

The scouts sent to the front, although there were not many of them, but there were also three or four hundred horsemen, and now there were more than a hundred left, and the rest were all broken in this afternoon, like a huge blister exposed to the sun, although for a time it looked gorgeous and colorful on the surface, but after a long time, it was "popped" and shattered......

There are still cavalry in Pingyang City?

And how many cavalry?

Will it pose a threat to his own pawns?

Although the information that Biqiu Xing got from Hedong showed that there were indeed not many troops in Pingyang, and it was okay to defend the city in the city, and it was absolutely impossible to divide the troops to meet it, but the situation that appeared at the moment was like a loud slap in the face of Biqiu Xing, which made him feel a little hot pain.

What if the only remaining cavalry queue of more than 1,000 people on hand cannot be confronted, or even contained?

Biqiu Xing didn't expect such a situation, just as he didn't expect the attack of the Zhengxi cavalry to be so swift and ferocious, and before he could make a deployment and reaction, the dust had already settled. Seeing those embarrassed and frightened cavalry who fled back, Bi Qiuxing could only endure and endure, just grabbed a few cavalry leaders, whipped twenty each, and declared that he had recorded the death penalty, and waited for him to atone for his crimes.

Later, I had to send some good medicine behind my back to comfort me, so as not to resentful these people......

Alas.

I'm tired.

According to military law, such an unwarranted loss of a soldier is to be investigated for responsibility, and it is normal to be beheaded, but the problem is that if even this cavalry officer is killed, won't there be even a commander?

Until now, it is the first time that Biqiu Xing has fought with the soldiers of Zhengxi, and he has also seen the powerful attack power of the Zhengxi cavalry for the first time, so he can somewhat understand why Wang Yi obviously assembled a queue, but he never dared to go north.

This is a formidable opponent.

Also an insidious opponent.

The small friction between the scouts before was actually a foreshadowing, just for this afternoon's game, like a killer hidden in the night, taking advantage of Biqiu's unpreparedness, he came up and stabbed him.

Although it was not immediately fatal, it blinded Biqiuxing's eyes.

"Someone! Herald! Strengthen the camp patrol! Double the sentry! Biqiu Xing frowned and ordered, "In addition, please come to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss ......."

Biqiu Xing was still a little puzzled, saying that this Zheng Tai was so incompetent, with three or four times the strength of the Ming Ming to attack Shaanxi, but was killed to the point that he was a rat, and now he understands a little, with such a fierce soldier as Zhengxi, as long as the fighter is properly chosen, it is indeed possible to do it.

Zheng Tai's defeat was not entirely due to Zheng Tai's incompetence.

Now, Biqiu Xing must always be vigilant, and he must not step into Zheng Tai's old road, and call Zheng Tai over, also to inquire and understand what happened in more detail, and he should prepare in advance and make corresponding precautions.

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