Emperor Jialong put his hands behind his back and looked indifferent, glanced at the leader of the water saucer who was tied by the cold iron chains, waved his hand and ordered him to be sent to the heavenly prison, leaving it for the sting day, and slashing it in front of the three armies and sacrificing the flag.

Cui Hanzhang listened attentively and didn't feel the pain in his knees. As the first time Shu Lanxuan walked in a punishment kneeling posture appeared is really out of character, taking advantage of the gap he looked around, the lighting is quite bright, although the carved dragon painting is graceful and elegant, but everywhere is full of bookish air, a few pots of Tianxiang Sulan fresh and elegant, from time to time there are bursts of fragrance drifting by, smell the heart is relaxed.

The most conspicuous thing is the situation map of Beihu hanging in the center, every city, pass, tribe, and ethnic scale are clearly marked in every detail, and the Shengshang's familiarity with Beihu is no less than that of the 11th and 15th prefectures of Shenguang under his command.

Waiting for several military ministers to disperse, the saint looked at Cui Hanzhang who was kneeling playfully, "You are young, so drunk and greedy, do you want to give you some Taikang jade liquid?" ”

"Wechen drinks and makes mistakes, and he deserves death." Cui Hanzhang knelt on the ground with his head and arched his back as hard as he could, not daring to look at him.

"Well, then continue to kneel until three o'clock." Emperor Jialong strolled out of Shulanxuan, leaving Cui Hanzhang who knelt on the ground.

Cui Hanzhang didn't dare to raise his head, and the empty Shulanxuan left him alone.

I am most afraid that the air will suddenly be quiet, and at this time, my knees will be painful, like hundreds of millions of ants and insects, as if every minute and second is a painful torment. By the time he persisted to Shen, Cui Hanzhang was already sweating profusely, and his body was trembling and shaking.

The swaying body was almost overturned, when suddenly a burst of fragrance hit, and the two arms next to him supported him and leaned on it. When he turned his head, he saw that it was Princess Yunlan who secretly sent him snacks at noon.

Staying up to this is already Cui Hanzhang's limit, after all, when he first entered the officialdom, he didn't have the knee kung fu of the imperial historian who knelt down on the street like walking, if it wasn't for Yun Lan to support him, I am afraid he would have fallen to the ground just now.

"Idiot, you won't be lazy, you've been kneeling so stupidly, my father will be out of Shulanxuan for a long time." Because he knelt for too long, his legs were so stiff that he couldn't stand up on his own. Yun Lan pulled and pulled, and after a lot of effort, she finally helped him straighten his body and sat down on the ground.

"This father is in the mother's harem, so I took the time to sneak over." The body of the person who had been kneeling for a long time was quite heavy, and Yun Lan was not lightly tired, so he simply sat on the ground and said to him panting.

Cui Hanzhang looked at Princess Yunlan, who had met less than three times, but tried her best to help her, and was very grateful.

The last time she was drunk and vomited, she took care of her, and this time she was punished for kneeling and accepting her food, so she could only give her hands and clench her fists, "The princess is very gracious, and Weichen has nothing to reciprocate." The minister is drunk and misbehaves, and he should be punished. ”

"What's wrong with drinking, which of my eldest brother and four emperor brothers hasn't been drunk? I heard my mother say that when my father was young, he was even more addicted to alcohol, and he had to compose poems every time he was drunk. Yun Lan said disapprerovingly.

"Besides, didn't the Northern Tang Dynasty poet once say: 100 poems about fighting wine? , Cui Tanhua is a famous poet of our gods, and drinking some wine is nothing. ”

Cui Hanzhang couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly when he heard Princess Yunlan say this.

The people in the military department really think highly of him, and even they can't say how drunk they are this time, and they can't drink recklessly in the future, no matter what.

"Weichen is full of alcohol, I am afraid that it will stain the princess's clothes, and I ask the princess to let Weichen receive the punishment, and remember the lesson in the future." Hanzhang thought of Emperor Jialong's stern expression, and didn't dare to continue to sit, thinking that he would receive the punishment after holding on for another hour, but he couldn't give up his efforts.

But he said that at this time, the saint and the queen Xiao were strolling in the imperial garden, "why didn't I see the Yunlan girl."

Empress Xiao smiled slightly, and glanced her eyes in the direction of Shulanxuan, "When I got up in the morning, I ran to the Shengshang study several times. ”

"Silly girl, I'm not here with the queen, why does she keep running to Shulanxuan?" Emperor Jialong has always favored Princess Yunlan, and the other princes and ministers of Shulanxuan need to be summoned before they can enter, but Yunlan has always been free to enter and exit.

Empress Xiao saw that the saint didn't seem to understand the meaning of her words, so she said with a smile: "Isn't there still a talented man in Shulanxuan who is punishing him for kneeling, Yun'er admires the poetry of this great talent." ”

"Oh? And things like that. Let's see. When Emperor Jialong heard Empress Xiao say this, he suddenly understood in his heart that his daughter had grown up.

"The children's affairs, we follow what we are mixing blindly, and the saint is not afraid to scare your precious daughter." Empress Xiao hurriedly stopped Emperor Jialong with a smile.

"That's right, Cui Hanzhang's kid is a bit interesting, but he still needs to be sharpened, and the jade can't be sharpened." Emperor Jialong was in a good mood, but he didn't bother them.

Empress Xiao looked at the saint with a smile on her eyebrows, and was in a good mood, so she took the opportunity to say:

"Yesterday, the concubine went to accompany the queen mother to dinner, and it happened that the old lady of Jiangfu was also there, and the old man of his age was still running back and forth for his grandson's affairs."

The queen glanced at Emperor Jialong's face and continued: "The queen mother, her old man, is kind in her heart, and she can't see anyone suffering. said that there are only two seedlings left in the Jiang family, so we have to help a little, and ask the saint for a favor with the concubine. The Jiang family was willing to supply 1 million stone grain and grass and 500,000 taels of military salaries to support the Northern Expedition of the Holy Lord. ”

After finishing speaking, Empress Xiao looked at the vibrant camellia in the imperial garden, which had survived the long winter, and the camellia at this time seemed to be burning in the green leaves. There are a few more days of stunning, "cold stinging, warm spring equinox", when the magnolia, begonias these squeamish, will also bloom, March is a good season.

Emperor Jialong pondered for a moment and said to Empress Xiao: "Since the Queen Mother has interceded, I will give Jiang Yunlang a chance to come to Shulanxuan tomorrow." ”

After the saint said this, he walked towards Cining Palace, and Empress Xiao followed.

During Cui Hanzhang's punishment and kneeling, many new science and technology scholars packed their bags and rushed to the local government to take office.

Xishui closed the farewell banquet, and all the friends of the same year said goodbye to each other, but the lack of Xinke Tanhualang said that he was kneeling in the palace at the moment, and it was also a little regret at the farewell banquet, and everyone could only laugh at it.

Dong Baozhen didn't wait for Cui Hanzhang to come back after all, and said goodbye to everyone, "I'm going to Hejian Mansion, I don't know what year I'll see you, take care of yourself."

Time flows, like a white horse passing through a gap. Three days later, the night was full of spring thunder and drizzle.

In the study where Cui Hanzhang was sitting, a letter to Dong Baozhen was brewing, and it was a big regret in his life that he was drunk and misbehaved this time and failed to see him off with the same department. The 100 new science and technology scholars named on the gold list have a deep fate, and they have been entangled with each other in the next 50 years, with life and death, as well as prosperity and joy.

Hearing the thunder outside, strolling to the eaves, watching the spring rain in the courtyard beating on the bluestone slabs, thinking of this season, the neighbors of Xikou Qianyanzhou should have begun to be busy planting seeds in the field.

The days of coming to Taikang are not short, and at this moment, I miss Xikou, the terraced rice fields, the curling smoke, and the shepherd boy lying on the back of the buffalo, everything is beautiful and simple..........

Floating clouds gathered, and light thunder faintly stung.

After the rain, the air is filled with the freshness of the grass, the grass grows and the warbler flies, the peanut trees are mixed, and the gulls are soaring, which is suitable for the wind and the sun.

Thousands of people crowded outside the gate of Shence, for the king to see off, when Emperor Jialong said the four words of the imperial driver, the crowd boiled, the blood was surging, and the cheers like the mountains and tsunamis resounded in the sky.

"Bring the Beihu Water Saucer Assassin and kill the sacrificial flag." I saw the armored Lingwu Marquis shouting loudly, and the army men brought the water saucer assassin with five flowers and big ties to the front of the three armies.

I saw that the executioner of the big man with a knife in his hand fell, blood splattered three feet high, and a head rolled to the ground.......

Shenguang boy is heavy on blood, and when he saw Beihu Saucer being beheaded, the blood was rolling, staining the green grass red, and they all let out a heaven-shattering cry, "Victory, victory."

Seeing blood splashed three feet in his eyes, he heard the earth-shattering shouts in his ears, waving the flag, and the morale of the three armies was in the sky, and they all wanted to fight immediately, everyone present was shocked by the blood of the Shenguang man, Cui Hanzhang was also in it and his blood was surging, dispelling the worries in his heart.

Boom! Boom! Boom!......

The salute rang out twelve, and then the army marched out.

The army of 80,000 people on the right road, commanded by Liu Zhilun, the secretary of the military department, and Wang Youyin of Zekang, the right attendant Jiang Yunlang joined the army and the military selection of the Qing Officials Division accompanied the army, the first to start from the eastern suburbs outside Taikang City, diagonally through Hejian Mansion, and went straight to Kuiyin Mountain.

The army of 100,000 people on the left road, commanded by Lingwu Hou Bai Juque and Pingkang Wang Youqi, Qin Siyang, Sima Li and other soldiers and the generals of Lingwu Hou Mansion accompanied the army, along Qigou and Tunzhou in the western suburbs of Taikang.

In the middle road barracks, Emperor Jialong said earnestly to the four ministers in front of him:

"I am bound to defeat the main force of Beihu in one fell swoop and completely solve the great trouble of my divine light for a hundred years, but the stability of the rear is the key to the development of the war.

The four secretaries have been waiting hard. ”

At this time, I saw Qin Zheng, the king of Luyang, kneeling on the ground, Cui Jing, the head of the household, Song Yushan, the prince of Dingguo, and Ru Yukou, the secretary of the ministry and the scholar of Guanghuadian University, said: "The divine light will win, and the ministers are in Taikang to watch the triumph of the king." ”

"When the four Aiqing are in charge of the country, they must uphold justice, not condone the reckless behavior of the children of the royal family, and do a good job in logistics. My country is entrusted to the four. At this time, Emperor Jialong lifted up the four ministers one by one, and personally awarded the jade seal of the prison state.

The four ministers of the prison state were old and burden-bearing, tears wet their clothes, and insisted on sending the king to the king on foot for more than ten miles, outside the long pavilion, on the side of the ancient road, and the green grass was connected with the sky.

After returning to the city, the first edict was to order the Yulin Army to send elites to form patrol battalions, and patrol the streets and alleys of Taikang City three times in the morning, noon and evening, to deter the small gangsters.

The army on the right was the first to open, and the two commanders strictly restrained the soldiers along the way, and did not disturb the people during the spring sowing.

After less than two days' march, and less than eighty miles from Pilun, the spies in front reported that there was an enemy force in the valley, with less than 6,000 cavalry and about 4,000 light infantry.

"Scatter all the ranger spies, and probe again." Liu Zhilun sat in the camp and gave orders.

"Pass the order, the whole army is stationed on the spot, put away the military flag, silence, and hide." After sending out the spies, Liu Zhilun gave an order to the pioneer officer Ben Bao.

"Lun Shuai, this enemy army appears here, a little strange?" Zekang Wang Youyin frowned and looked at Liu Zhilun.

"The population here is not dense, and the defenders in the city plus the military households are less than 20,000 people, and Hejian Mansion is just in the east and west directions of Kuiyin Mountain, and its strategic significance is far inferior to that of Hejian Mansion. Moreover, according to the Niu Ma Lan spy report, there are only two tribal nomadic groups with a scale of 1,000 people north of Kuiyin Mountain, and it should not be possible to gather more than 10,000 combat troops. Jiang Yunlang was familiar with the situation of the Beihu tribe, and simply analyzed the surrounding military situation for everyone.

"What do you think of the generals?" Liu Zhilun swept his gaze to everyone in the tent,

"At this time, there are still two hours before dark, presumably this enemy army is also waiting, should we send a team to hurry into the city to inform the guards?" One general cautiously suggested.

"No, let's not talk about the strategic deployment of the Beihu cavalry based on what kind of combat purpose, but the current situation is that more than 10,000 cavalry are hiding in the valley of thirty miles outside the city of Pilun, if you want to take advantage of the sudden attack after dark, with the speed of cavalry, a charge in thirty places is coming, the defenders of Pilun must be caught off guard, at this time, if our army enters the city to notify the defenders of Pilun, the city defense will inevitably make a manpower dispatch, forming a defensive situation. Then it is easy to be discovered by enemy spies in the city, and then startle the snake. King Zekang looked at the general and said that he was blocked, and turned his head to see Liu Zhilun:

"Lun Shuai, although this 10,000-strong horse appears strangely, there is no reason not to eat it when you encounter it, and you have to eat it cleanly."

Liu Zhilun is a cautious person, otherwise the saint would not dare to entrust the lives of the 80,000 army to him. I think he is the most humble in the previous military department, and his resume is not the most brilliant, but he is better than a stable word. The proposal of the deputy marshal King Zekang was not untempting, but it was not enough to impress him, and he was waiting for the spies to be spilled out.

Everyone listened to the proposal of the deputy marshal, and they couldn't help but fall into deep thought, what made Liu Zhilun scruple was the identity of the fourth prince of King Zekang, although the left and right armies had the Marquis of Lingwu and the Shangshu of the Military Department as the commanders, and the King of Pingkang and King Zekang were both assisted by the deputy marshal. But anyone with a discerning eye can understand at a glance that the saint is letting the two old ministers take the helm for his son, and it is really hard to say who assists whom.

Before leaving, the saint explained clearly that the reason why the army on the right side went to Pinglun and crossed the Yituo River was because they did not want to be discovered before bypassing Kuiyin Mountain and play a surprise role. Now these 10,000 people should be unable to attack Jiatong Pass for a long time, divide their troops to attack Yulun, go down to Hejian Mansion, and then attack Jiatong Pass to open the way for the main force.

King Zekang is right about one thing, both sides are indeed encounters, and now these 10,000 people only have Pi Lun in their eyes, just waiting for the night to fall asleep and launch an attack.

"Generals, do you have a good plan?" Liu Zhilun's heart gradually sorted out and looked up at everyone.

"Boss, my subordinates think that the deputy marshal's analysis is quite reasonable, since it is an encounter, we are in the dark, they are in the light, why not come to a praying mantis to catch cicadas and yellow finches behind." After Jiang Yunlang thought about it carefully, he also supported King Zekang's strategy.

After half an hour's effort, the spies reported that this force of more than 10,000 Beihu soldiers and horses, there were no reinforcements within fifty miles of the rear, and they ventured to find that the enemy army seemed to have run out of food and grass.

Liu Zhilun grabbed the key information and hurriedly asked: "Can you confirm that these more than 10,000 soldiers and horses have no food and grass?" ”

The spy replied truthfully, "I didn't dare to get too close, only two brothers hung on the back of the cliff and saw that the enemy had fed all the grain and grass to the horses. ”

"Boss, there is no food and grass, which means that this enemy army is rushing to fight, and it is bound to sneak attack and plunder Pilun." Jiang Yunlang once again sorted out the clues and boldly predicted the situation.

Seeing that everyone had no other opinions, Liu Zhilun nodded and said, "In this battle, we will surround and annihilate it with eight times the number of troops, and we must not let go of a single soldier, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law." Liu Zhilun was born in a poor family, studied hard and finally waited for the opportunity to give it a go, and now he is using the Pilun encounter to show the world the "upright" encirclement and annihilation tactics.

"Our army is eighty miles southwest of Pilun at this time, Jiang Yunlang and Ben Bao listened to the order, and ordered the two of you to lead a thousand archers, 2,000 cavalry, 10,000 infantry, and 200 crossbow machines, and set off immediately, detour around the rear of the Fufeng Valley and run and march on the path, and before the second watch at night, you must rush to the east of Pilun ten miles to ambush, remember to put away the banner, and march covertly. After the enemy army enters the city, it suddenly launches an outflanking attack from the right side, and if a horse is released on the right side, it will be dealt with by military law. I saw Liu Zhilun deliver the token.

"The last will be ordered." The two got up and left the camp, straightened out the people, and set off immediately.

"Dong Baqian, Cao Ren listens to the order, you two lead a thousand archers, 2,000 cavalry, 7,000 infantry, and 200 crossbow machines, and then set off, order the soldiers to dress up, hide their weapons, march quietly, and rush to the west of Chenglun ten miles before the ambush. Due to the proximity of the place, all the horses were wrapped in thick cloth with their hooves and covered with their mouths. After the enemy army enters the city, it suddenly launches an outflanking attack from the left side, and the left side is also not allowed to let go of a single soldier, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law. ”

The last general was ordered, and the two got up to take the token. After leaving the camp, he straightened out the men and horses, ordered the soldiers to dress up in disguise, and set off later.

Seeing that the two armies had been dispatched, Wang Youyin of Zekang was somewhat anxious, so he took the initiative to ask for his life.

"The subordinates are willing to lead 20,000 troops to intercept the enemy's retreat."

"King Zekang doesn't want to laugh, the son of a daughter, he can't do it." Liu Zhilun never thought of letting Zekang Wang Youyin go into battle.

"Lord Liu, you and I are both commanders, if you don't take the lead, how dare the soldiers use their lives?" Youyin tried his best to facilitate this encounter, naturally unwilling to go behind the scenes. It was his great cause of the Northern Expedition to go into battle to kill the enemy, and he immediately got up and fought with Liu Zhilun again.

Liu Zhilun shouldered the heavy responsibility of the saint on his shoulders, and the lives of 80,000 soldiers were at stake, so he was naturally cautious, frowned slightly, and did not answer......

Seeing that the coach was in deep thought, Youyin inherited the poetry and book heritage of Yunlin Jiang after all, and knew how to advance and retreat, so he no longer rushed to fight for the leader.

Liu Zhilun waved his hand to let everyone disperse, and then the big tent fell into a deathly silence, only listening to the whirring night wind, which made the tent rattle.

"The book says, 'The heart is not naïve, and the old way is not the city' is really a golden and jade good saying, Youyin has a deep understanding, and asks Liu Shangshu to fulfill it." After King Zekang sorted out his mood, he spoke again, but there was less hurried anger between his words,

"The Northern Expedition got off to a good start, although there was no need to be in the Right Army, but the victory in the first battle was very important in the psychology of the father."

Liu Zhilun stared intently at King Zekang's eyes, as if he wanted to see through his internal organs, Youyin saw the manager's terrifying eyes for the first time since he was promoted.

"Please also ask King Zekang not to mislead the soldiers of my three armies, give you 30,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, crossbow battalion all brought, plus 2,000 archers, if one person slips through the net, it will definitely leak the information of my army on the right, and you and I may die without a place to bury at that time." Liu Zhilun grabbed Youyin's arm violently and explained unusually calmly.

"You need to open a distance of thirty miles, go around the valley in front of you in a big circle, surround the fan-shaped range of the entire one hundred miles away from Pinglun, and wait for the fish to slip through the net on the left and right, and set off immediately, and if you can't catch up with the designated position before the second watch, then you and I will go north to rest."

"The subordinates received the order and swore to complete the network collection strategy." King Zekang's eyes revealed an unusually firmness, and he was very aware that Liu Zhilun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, had already bet on him for more than ten years in the future, and if he didn't succeed, he would become a benevolent.

"Lu Xiangsheng, I ordered you to lead 5,000 foot soldiers and 1,000 cavalry, and then you can return to the Smoke Wind Valley to guard the south gate of Pilun, but if you see anyone who goes out of the city, you will be killed." Liu Zhilun called General Lu Xiangsheng into the account.

After the arrangements were made, Liu Zhilun ordered the guards to raise lamps to illuminate and repeatedly study the topographic map of Pilun. Calling in the two vanguard officers again,

"Liu Fang, Jingda, you two will charge with your commander to intercept the Hu soldiers in the city, but you don't need to enter the city, look at my gestures at that time, and each lead a thousand archers to occupy all the commanding heights within ten miles outside the city, and shoot the Northern Hu cavalry who rushed out of the city at any time."

After the battle was completed, the commander personally asked the saint for all the credit.

After the two vanguard officers received the order, the two sides glanced at each other, and they both knew in their hearts that this battle, as the first battle of Shenguang to Beihu, would definitely be a profound capital for their future military careers.

The night moon is dark and the wind is high, blowing the unique white-haired wind of the grassland, flickering sporadically, setting off the night sky of the grassland is particularly lonely.

In the dark night, tens of thousands of pairs of eyes stared at the city, watching the lights in the city, little by little, and finally fell into the whole night, pitch black, deathly quiet.

The Beihu cavalry really had superb riding skills, almost one man and horse, and rushed to the city with lightning speed in the valley. After a while, by the time the infantry followed, some of the cavalry had already climbed the wall, and in a flash of cold light, the necks of the defending soldiers were slit, and hot blood immediately spurted out, and they lost their lives in their sleep.

At this time, it happened that there were soldiers in Fengqi who got up at night to pee, their eyes were hazy, and they vaguely saw the figure on the city wall in the distance, and shouted, "What person?" Before he could get closer, he was shot with an arrow.

Fortunately, his shouting woke up some of the soldiers who rushed out of the beacon to check the situation, witnessed the scene of him being shot, dodged back to the beacon to beat the drum and transmit the message, and for a time the entire soldiers in the city woke up, and then the two sides met in the city gate tower, hand-to-hand combat.

In the middle of the night, the soldiers and civilians in the city of Chenglun, who were killed by the elite cavalry of Beihu, were caught off guard, and they attacked the city in a moment, opened the city gate, and let the army outside the gate enter the city.

The Beihu army was like a tiger entering the flock, chasing and killing all the way, and Liu Zhilun could see clearly outside the city that half of the streets in the city had been depicted with fire. Ruthlessly, wait until the last group of infantry entered the city, then give the order to attack, only to hear the beating of the herald drums, the rapid drum sound is particularly loud in the night sky outside the city, the two warring sides in the city are shocked, is it not that the other party still has reinforcements?

Liu Zhilun took the lead, led the soldiers to rush to the direction of the city gate, ambushed in the east and west of the city of two and then rushed out, quickly closed the encirclement, only to see the sky full of crossbow arrows and feathers into the city, at this time the Beihu army and the defenders of the city were fighting in the streets, suddenly attacked by a large-scale cover of arrow rain, all stunned for a while, where did the rockets come out? Unable to allow everyone to think, the rain of arrows fell, and under the unbiased attack, countless casualties were killed and injured in an instant.

Liu Zhilun's strategy of encircling and annihilating him with eight times the force this time is mainly to seek stability, and it is also based on the premise of sacrificing the lives of the soldiers and civilians defending the city in the city. However, in the comments of the soldiers of the past dynasties, no one questioned the magic of Liu Zhilun's "upright" tactics.

After the Beihu cavalry found out about the plan, they immediately changed the rear army to open the way and charged frantically towards the city gate, but unfortunately what was waiting for him at this time was the army led by Liu Zhilun, and the two sides fell into a strangulation at the city gate. Liu Zhilun later recounted, after the rocket shooting of the left and right ambush soldiers, the Beihu army was less than 7,000 people at that time, but the tactics were skillful, the cavalry and the infantry cooperated tacitly, especially the cavalry horse kung fu was very good, under the head-to-head confrontation, the Beihu war horse impact was fierce, rampage, the Shenguang infantry in front of it would be directly hit to the sternum shattered, and the strength did not decrease after flying out, and the more than 10,000 soldiers he led suffered heavy casualties, and could not stop this group of beast-like Beihu cavalry.

Fortunately, the ambush soldiers on the left and right had already occupied the commanding heights of the city wall, and they condescendingly shot again and sniped the charging cavalry. Looking down, flesh and blood flew everywhere at the city gates, and there were severed arms and stumps everywhere. After a fight, there were still 4,000 Beihu soldiers and horses rushing out of the city, and quickly divided their troops into two ways and fled, especially the speed of the cavalry, which was staggering. Without the crossbow firing, there is no way to slow down the obstacle. I saw that one cavalry opened the way and led the remnants of the army to rush to the valley on the left, intending to return and flee from the attack road, and the other road quickly rushed to the hillside on the right outside the city.

At this time, Liu Zhilun's 2,000 archers who were ambushed at the commanding heights outside the city once again played a big role. Liu Fang, Jingda ordered people to shoot the cavalry with all their might, shooting people first shooting horses, in the dark night, suddenly arrows rained down, and once again hit a surprise, and shot the cavalry that rushed to the front.

Liu Zhilun ordered 3,000 soldiers to enter the city to search for fish that had slipped through the net and rescue the wounded and disabled.

After entering the city, the Shenguang soldiers found corpses everywhere, and most of the military households did not survive, and the scene was so tragic that all the soldiers could not bear to recall.

The dirt mixed with black blood was stepped on, and blood gushed out.

The dead corpse still maintained the posture of holding the weapon in his hand, and his eyes revealed the fierceness of the battle, and the war horse fell to the ground stiffly, and he did not know the sound.....

Youyin, who was guarding a hundred miles away, was reported by the spies and already knew the battle situation of the ambush circle in Pilun City.

The Montenegrin soldiers were angry, and the blood flowed in the dark of the men and horses on both sides, and the white-haired wind had blown the smell of blood here.......

King Zekang couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart, and his hands holding the reins sweated slightly, tonight was the first battle in his life, and it was also the first time he faced life and death.

The five thousand war horses behind him were already a little restless, their hooves stomping on the ground, their snorts and snorting, as if they also smelled the thick smell of blood in the air.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of hurried and chaotic horses' hooves in the distance, and then I saw thousands of cavalry coming out, followed by thousands of infantry not far behind, with torn armor and bleeding, and the horses were seriously damaged.

Although after a tragic encounter, but the Beihu soldiers of nearly 3,000 people seemed defeated but not chaotic, after seeing that there was a large army in front of them, the cavalry slowed down slightly, and so the infantry quickly stepped forward to get closer, and then changed the formation, the most well-equipped five hundred cavalry formed a sharp knife impact formation to open the way, and in an instant the five hundred cavalry seemed to be one, and the horse speed and frequency were all neatly one, and in the process of the charge, they kept changing the formation to avoid the crossbow feather arrows, and then in the rear, it was ten infantry about ten infantry to protect a cavalry, following the charge.

This formation is quite strange, after all, King Zekang is inexperienced, and he has not yet seen the breakthrough tactics that the Beihu soldiers choose to open the way with their lives. But he knew in his heart that even if only one Beihu soldier broke through in the end, it would be a major threat that the army on the right could not bear.

King Zekang kept in mind the commander's instructions, and did not choose to charge and crush, but first ordered the crossbow battalion to shoot from a long distance, only to see the people on their backs and turn over their horses, and the crossbows shot through the horses, and the strength was not reduced, and the cavalry on the horse was directly pierced, and they were raised high, but the fierce cavalry still tried their best to throw out the scimitar in front of the enemy when they were dying.

Within a hundred paces, two thousand archers were used, and within fifty paces, spears were used to resist the horses, and three heavily armored foot soldiers were used to resist the shields.

At this moment, Zekang Wang Youyin finally understood why there were still so many Northern Hu soldiers rushing out under the siege of a heavy army. The medium- and long-range strong bow could not cause damage to the Beihu light cavalry, and even if there were sporadic shots, they were all avoided from the vital parts. And what can really delay the buffer front is the crossbow machine continuous shooting, it should be the suffering of the crossbow machine, the Beihu infantry chose to use flesh and blood to resist the crossbow arrows to protect the cavalry, after the arrow intestines and spleen flowed to the ground, before dying still thinking about pulling people back, this battlefield is like Shura hell, the sky is full of shouts and killing, drowning everything.

King Zekang looked at this meat grinder-like battle scene, and deeply felt the insignificance of his personal strength, and he was crushed out of a large-scale battle at any time in a single battle. He was really shocked by the combat power of the Beihu Iron Cavalry, and deeply felt that even if both sides were light cavalry, the explosive power of the Beihu Iron Cavalry and the soldier's ability to run with weight were far beyond the Shenguang Cavalry.

The 30,000-strong army, with the assistance of crossbow machines and strong archers, was finally able to suppress the charge of the Beihu cavalry and surround it.

Although they were heavily surrounded, the Beihu cavalry remained in formation. I saw that the cavalry leading the charge rushed directly, the tip of the spear was slightly tilted downward, and it was aimed at the neck of a divine light soldier, and the huge penetrating force directly hit the soldier who was holding the knife high and his feet off the ground. And this cavalryman in the moment before the spear is about to nail into the enemy's neck, both hands imperceptibly let go of the spear, the next moment, the next moment, once again quickly hold the spear, the position of the grip is only less than an inch, but it is the short inch distance created by the release of the spear, but it can allow the cavalry to unload the spear to rush to kill the resistance of fifty or sixty percent.

After taking out one of the foot soldiers, he gently pulled his spear backwards, pulled the head of the spear from the corpse's neck, and continued to charge forward. Such a skillful and gorgeous charging technique, to the Shangshenguang infantry is like a death scythe, easily harvesting the lives of many soldiers, if it weren't for the need for him to guard against the strong archers in the distance, and the scimitar in his hand was pinned down by the air defense, I am afraid that a charge back and forth, he would have killed more than a dozen foot soldiers. It was because of the harassment and attack of the archers that finally caused him to lose his spear and fall into a heavy siege.

Even in the case of absolute superiority, the 30,000 army led by King Zekang took an hour to wipe out the 3,000 soldiers damaged by Beihu. It is necessary to know that the cavalry that has lost its speed, once it is deep in the dense infantry military formation, it is the mud bodhisattva crossing the river.

Choosing to break through with the tactics of sacrificing the 500 light cavalry in front of you is like a hammer deal, either you die or I die. Not long after, Jiang Yunlang, Ben Bao, Dong Baqian, Cao Ren and other generals led their troops to kill with scattered small groups of cavalry, and joined the ranks of strangulation.

I saw that everyone was cleaning the battlefield and mending the corpses of the Beihu soldiers, when a spy came to report that a small group of cavalry was fleeing in the dense forest twenty miles away on the right. Youyin and Jiang Yunlang shouted that it was not good. Immediately each led a thousand cavalry to chase after him, at this time the strength of the horses and feet was crucial, and the two of them led the cavalry reserves that had not participated in the battle, and chased away.

Hundreds of miles away, they finally caught up with the fish that slipped through the net, the two rushed to the front, fought bloodily, fought fiercely, and finally killed them all, King Zekang and Jiang Yunlang were both injured, and the hot blood stained half of the armor red, Youyin didn't realize it, the excitement of killing was still paralyzing his nerves, and the right hand holding the knife was shaking non-stop, but the knuckles were stiff and abnormal, and he couldn't let go.

The battle lasted until three o'clock in the second half of the night, when King Zekang gathered ambushes on the left and right, reorganized the army, expanded the radius of a hundred miles as much as possible, attacked the formation in an arc, and slowly swept and advanced to the city of Pilun.

Lu Xiangsheng, who was ambushed at the south gate of Pilun and in the Valley of the Smoked Wind, also completed the task of intercepting the fish that slipped through the net, sniping and killing as many as 200 people out of the city, and it was difficult to distinguish friend from foe, but none of them survived.

Liu Zhilun was as careful as a hair, and once again sent spy rangers to explore within 200 miles, and sent a team of 1,000 people to carefully check the number of corpses and horses of Beihu soldiers on the battlefield.

Liu Meng, the general of the garrison, was verified to have died under the city tower, and his body was separated.

All the generals gathered at the General's Mansion to report on the battle situation one by one.

Although the great victory in the Battle of Pilun was not enough to show that Liu Zhilun's use of troops was magical, nor was it enough to decide the outcome of the entire battle between Shenguang and Beihu, at least he slaughtered Xiaolong at the beginning, so that Emperor Jialong seized the opportunity.

The victory of the Battle of Pilun made the Shenguang Right Route Army not only not have to worry about the safety of Hejian Mansion, but in the subsequent stalemate stage of the battle, Liu Zhilun was surprisingly upright, and his tactics were erratic, and the Beihu royal court gritted his teeth up and down. Liu Zhilun showed his sharp fangs at the first try, and in the subsequent stalemate stage, he showed unparalleled command art and won the reputation of a genius.

Liu Zhilun, who came from a poor family, can be said to be the most dazzling general on the entire right battlefield, and the world can't help but laugh with emotion, after all, it is Zekang Wang Youyin who is better killed.

Liu Zhilun's dazzling achievements provoked Bingzu Gu to send three general-level generals to lead the army to chase and intercept on the eastern front of Beihu, it is true that the last one who was chased and killed was embarrassed and lost the generals, and the right army did not survive one out of ten, but later generations of military books evaluated the Shenguang right route army in the entire battle situation The contribution is extremely high. If it weren't for the fact that at the last moment of crisis, the Right Route Army involved the Ghost Cowardly Army, one of the three main forces of Beihu, I am afraid that whether the Middle Route Army commanded by Emperor Jialong could safely withdraw to Jiatong Pass is still unknown.

The first large-scale frontal battle between the Shenguang Dynasty and the Beihu Empire in a hundred years ended in an unbelievable battle between the two sides without the expectation of both sides.

In the end, the right army under the cooperation of the archers of the crossbow battalion, the 80,000 army commanded by Liu Zhilun surrounded and annihilated 10,000 soldiers and horses of Beihu, but the battle loss rate was more than 20%, which was extremely tragic, which made the evaluation of the combat power of the Beihu cavalry in later generations rise again.....