We always want to be enlightened by others, but we can't be aware and understand on our own.

- Krishnamurti (the greatest spiritual teacher of the twentieth century)

The 945 cavalrymen who surrendered with the Red Banner were organized by Bai Feng into the Tianlong version of the Red Banner directly belonging to him, and the Murchazo Commander, who surrendered first, followed by the Kochirizo Commander and the Karda Suzo Commander, each of whom was assigned a Niulu 300 cavalry.

In order to ensure that these people would not betray him, Bai Feng's first test was to slaughter the heavily wounded and undead Red Banner cavalry on the battlefield.

Nine hundred and forty-five ordinary cavalrymen, three assistant commanders, and one chief officer, each of them had the blood of their compatriots on their hands, and whether they surrendered or betrayed, they would lose their way back;

After dealing with the matter of the surrender of the army with the red flag, Bai Feng withdrew the garrisons on the left and right sides of the canyon, and the four standing corps, the 74th, 77th, 82nd, and 84th, were all transferred by Bai Feng to the command of Rodriguez to strengthen the strength of the canyon garrison.

Rodriguez, who had lost the two armies of the Lance Legion and the Death Battalion, was reinforced by four standing legions, and whether the combat effectiveness of the 80,000 Imperial recruits could be compared to the Lancer Regiments and the Death Battalion depended on how Rodriguez himself commanded it.

Compared with the intense preparations on Bai Feng's side, the army with red flags that retreated in a panic retreated back for a full fifty miles in one breath like a frightened bird; after a short rest, Urgudai took his red flag and continued to retreat back in the night.

When the 19,000 cavalry with the red banner swayed at the time of the battle, and only 8,000 tired cavalry were left to answer the county town of Langxiang, Shulhaqi and Murhaqi were shocked, and hurriedly invited the dusty Urgudai to the military camp with the yellow flag and asked him how the battle was going.

"Brother Urgudai, why did you lose so much of your red flag?" Shuerhaqi, who was secretly frightened by the tragic situation of the red flag, asked him worriedly when he saw Urgudai: "Could it be that the number of the Heavenly Dragon Army is far more than 300,000?"

"Three hundred thousand?" Urgudai, who smiled bitterly, said in a gloomy tone: "The army of the Celestial Dragons occupied the D'Orville Gorge before we set the red flag, and there is only a vanguard army of less than 100,000; if nothing else, their main force should still be in the rear. ”

"With the terrain of the D'Orville Gorge, how can an army of less than 100,000 Tianlong Vanguard kill and injure tens of thousands of red cavalry?"

"The combat effectiveness of our cavalry with red flags is too poor?!" Urgudai, who originally just wanted to speak calmly, smiled angrily: "If you don't believe it, you can take your red flag to the D'Orville Gorge to try it out, and see if our red flag combat strength is too poor!"

"Third brother!" Shuerhaqi, who didn't expect his third brother to be able to say such brainless words, scolded him sternly: "Brother Urgudai's inlaid red flag is the elite flag of our eight banners, how can you question their combat effectiveness?!"

"I ......" Murhaqi, who knew that he was wrong, faced his second brother's stern eyes, and had to bow his head and apologize to the angry Urgudai: "Urgude Beyler, I lost my words just now, a little unbearable, I hope you don't take it to heart." ”

"Hmph!" Urgudai, who was still angry, snorted coldly before explaining to Shulhaqi: "Among the 100,000 vanguard army of the Celestial Dragons, there are 50,000 soldiers of their empire's most elite Fire Legion, as well as tens of thousands of dead soldiers who are not afraid of casualties when they start a battle. ”

"On top of that, they also have a special unit that I have never seen before, this special unit, all armed with spears two or three meters long, is arranged in a very neat phalanx, and can even resist our cavalry charge in a head-on battle without falling behind!"

"How is this possible?!" Shuerhaqi, who could no longer maintain his calmness, exclaimed: "Our cavalry of the Eight Banners is the best among the cavalry of the steppe, how can the infantry of their Tianlong people resist our cavalry charge head-on?"

"I wouldn't have believed that they would have infantry that would be able to resist our cavalry charge head-on until I attacked them. Urgudai, who was not surprised by Shulhaqi's reaction, smiled bitterly: "This is a lesson that our warriors with red flags have exchanged for blood. ”

The existence of the Spear Legion made Shulhaqi realize that the Celestial Dragon Army at this time was no longer the Celestial Dragon Army of the past, and he frowned and asked, "Is the scale of their special force large? After fighting with you, how many are there now?"

"When I launched the attack, there were about 8,000 of our special forces, and the total strength of the auxiliary units was about 20,000; ”

"Of the 20,000 special troops that met us with all our full charge, only four or five thousand of them withdrew from the battle and were almost completely incapacitated, but I don't know how many of them still have them, after all, they still have 200,000 troops. ”

"The crowd of 20,000 is not tacit enough. Shulhaqi, who was deep in thought, said to himself after a long time: "In this way, the Celestial Dragons should have developed a special way to deal with our cavalry, but they are not mature enough in terms of application. ”

"No! we must not give the Celestial Dragons time to spread this method on a large scale!" Shulhaqi, who suddenly stood up from his seat, said with an unprecedentedly serious expression: "We must hurry up and completely annihilate the invading Celestial Dragon Army!"

Regarding Shulhaqi's solemn matter, Urgudai had the heart to respond but was unable to make a move, only Murhaqi objected: "Second brother, with the power of the red flag and one flag, we can't defeat the enemy's army of 100,000, we only have two banner troops, can we defeat the army of 300,000 Tianlong?"

"Who said that we only have two banners of troops?" Shulhaqi, who had made up his mind, said confidently: "Third brother, you immediately send someone to Dolgon, and tell him what Brother Urgudai has discovered, and then we will wait for them for five days, and I believe that Dolgon will come." ”

"This ...... All right. Murhazy, who was reluctant to ask Dolgon for help, decided to obey his second brother's arrangement.

Five days passed in a flash, and Dolgon, who had been informed by Murházy's personal guards, as Shulhaqi said, personally came to the county town of Langxiang with 100,000 cavalry with the yellow banner and the two blue banners, followed by 15,000 infantry of the Eight Banners.

After the six banners gathered in the county town of Langxiang, the red flag that had just suffered heavy losses was left in the county town of Langxiang to protect the rear base of its own army, and the two yellow flags, two white flags, and the positive red flag, plus 30,000 infantry of the eight banners, attacked the whole army.

After discussing the arrangements for the expedition and the troops to be left behind, Shulhazy and Dolgon spent another two days preparing for the southward march of the army, and thirteen days after the First Battle of the D'Orville Gorge, the army of the Eight Banners, which had gathered all the forces of the Five Banners, began to move south again!