Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Battle of Xiangxi

"My life is at my disposal." Qin Meng said secretly in his heart.

Sure enough, when Jiao Lian saw Qin Meng, he naturally put those stragglers aside, although he didn't know who Qin Meng was. But it can also be seen that Qin Meng must be an important figure in Xia Jun.

Otherwise, he would not have been desperately snatched by his subordinates after falling off the horse.

Jiao Lian came galloping, and Qin Meng's personal guards frantically greeted him and said, "My lord, go quickly." ”

It was just a moment of contact, and Qin Meng had already lost the courage to face Jiao Lian head-on.

At this moment, he gritted his teeth to suppress the pain on his body, beat his horse and whipped, and said, "Drive." ”

For a while, Qin Meng's heart was very complicated. The soldiers who followed him could be said to have had a fateful friendship with him. Otherwise, they wouldn't have fought to protect him.

At this moment, he had a lot of emotions in his heart. I want to fight to the death, but also leave a name. However, he also knew that if he stayed hard, his life would not be saved.

He, Qin Meng, as Zhang Xuan's descendant, will inevitably be one of the founding heroes of Great Xia in the future, and he didn't expect to die here.

For today's defeat, he will certainly bear the punishment, but he will never be killed. If this life is here, there will be a chance.

For a while, I didn't know how much my mind was turning.

"Bang bang." The sound of horses' hooves intensified again, Qin Meng was stunned in his heart, and when he turned around, he saw a pair of cold eyes under the pitch-black armor of the scorched chain.

It's like death.

Qin Meng beat the horse like crazy, but the horse's speed had reached the limit. The two horses, one in front of the other and one behind, are getting closer and closer.

The scorched chain raised the knife, and the flow of sunlight traveled on the blade. It's going to be cut off.

Just when Qin Meng expected himself to die. There was a bowstring sound, and a long arrow came from afar. Jiao Lian reacted quickly, and with a backhand, he blocked the long arrow.

However, Jiao Lian did not chase after Qin Meng anymore.

Because the cavalry of the Xia army has arrived.

Hundreds of cavalry stood a hundred paces away, and at this time there was still an endless stream of cavalry.

Ma Sanbao rode on top of the war horse with helmet and armor, looking at Jiao Lian from a distance. The two were more than a hundred steps apart, but they could still feel the breath of each other's kind.

Qin Meng panted and rode over, although this time the battle did not last long. It's not even as active as Qin Meng's usual training.

But that kind of experience of passing by between life and death made Qin Meng feel that his spirit and physical strength were fully overdrawn. Qin Meng said: "General Ma, be careful, the enemy army is all cavalry, and there are quite a few of them. ”

Ma Sanbao bowed on his horse and said, "General Qin, don't worry. Leave it to me here. ”

Ma Sanbao stretched out his hand and waved it down.

Ma Sanbao took the lead and rushed down from above. Focal chain belt

The department faced the battle.

As Ma Sanbao aligned with the Jiao chain, the horses of both sides were rapidly deployed, and the Ming army had thousands of cavalry, plus the Xia army temporarily mobilized thousands of horsemen. It adds up to a melee of more than 10,000 horsemen.

This is probably the largest cavalry battle in the South.

The news of the fight between the two sides immediately reached Zhang Xuan's ears.

Zhang Xuan's heart was slightly cold when he heard this, and he said secretly: "I didn't expect that Longwu could still do this, if I wasn't prepared, this situation would be really worrying." ”

If there are as many as one or two thousand cavalry behind him, even if Zhang Xuan is on guard. This battle is also a fierce battle.

However, 10,000 taels of cavalry, this number is far beyond the strength of Nanming.

"General." Zheng Lian's face was a little unsightly, and he said: "There is news from the west of Xiangjiang, and Gao Yigong has done it." ”

Zhang Xuan listened, smiled slightly, didn't pay much attention, and said, "Got it." ”

Although the words were said easily, Zhang Xuan's hand holding the reins tightened slightly. Zhang Xuan said secretly: "What bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods have come out." ”

Although Zhang Xuan was nervous, he still trusted Cao Zongyu.

There is Cao Zongyu here. The plan of the first year of high school will not affect this big war. Even Gao Yigong is only working from now, and it is too late.

Because Zhang Xuan sees clearly, although the battlefield still maintains a fragile balance. But he knew that this balance would not last long.

The longest is an hour, and the shortest is right now.

Even if the high school function breaks Cao Zongyu west of the Xiangjiang River, it will be too late to cross the Xiangjiang River.

Gao Yigong also understands this.

Gao Yigong and Cao Zongyu confronted each other not far north of Yuelu Mountain. There are also several hills, which are not very high, but just hills. And Cao Zongyu set up on the mountain and blocked the direction of attacking the Xia army's camp from the northwest.

If Cao Zongyu's camp is not uprooted, Gao Yigong will not be able to touch the Xia army camp at all.

Cao Zongyu is cautious by nature, and he may be a little uneasy about doing other things, but let him guard the place and set off Cao Zongyu is dead, otherwise there will be no other problems.

Although in addition to Cao Zongyu's main department, the other two are just new pawns, so Cao Zongyu didn't use any tricks and honestly waited for the wall.

But the fortified walls listed by Cao Zongyu, plus some artillery pieces from the battalion and the sailors. It's not going to take a day or two.

Gao Yigong was reluctant to attack the city. But he can't withstand Wen Anzhi's three-inch incorruptible tongue.

Wen Anzhi persuaded Gao Yigong to leave some leeway, once Zhang Xuan attacked Changsha and retreated, he still had to be in the Southern Ming court, some things should not be done too much, plus since you have decided not to defect to Xia Jun for the time being, you must let Xia Jun see your value.

And the value of this thing varies from person to person and from time to time.

It can be said that the more you fight now, the more Xia Jun values you, and the more chips you give.

On the other hand, use logistics materials to generate supervision.

The materials of Gao Yigong's department are all provided from Changde's first pair, and they are all in the hands of Wen Anzhi and Du Yinxi at the moment, and the supplies in Gao Yigong's army are not very sufficient.

Under this kind of combination of soft and hard, Gao Yigong can only put on the offensive.

However, Wen Anzhi also knows that enough is enough. There is no force to let Gao Yigong take down.

Thus, this battle began.

Cao Zongyu stood on the watchtower. He looked at the high school and came all over the mountains. It looked menacing, but Cao Zongyu quickly saw that something was wrong. sneered and said: "Gao Yigong, under the great name, it is actually difficult to deputy." ”

Cao Wu said: "My lord, why do you say this? ”

Cao Zongyu pointed and said: "Look at these soldiers, they look like they are violent, but they are slow to move, and they are more than 100 steps away, they don't leave, they wave their flags and shout, they just don't move." This is clearly a group of veteran oilers, who don't want to attack the village at all. ”

Cao Wu said: "What do you mean that Gao Yigong can't control the people below?" ”

Cao Zongyu thought for a while and said, "Not really, but you can think of working hard in this direction." But how to work hard, I didn't elaborate.

Cao Wu said: "Will Gao Yigong still attack?" ”

"Yes." Cao Zongyu said: "And it will attack fiercely." Because this is not only related to today's war, but also related to the prestige of Gao Yigong. ”

The most important military law in the army, requiring orders to prohibit it. And now Gao Yigong's order can't be executed. Gao Yigong is just to maintain his own authority, and he must not give in easily.

Cao Wu said: "So, can we strike first? Beat him up? ”

Cao Zongyu smiled lightly and said: "Things matter, and now the general is fighting under Changsha City, where is the main battlefield, we are just a supporting role here." You don't need to do more, just do your part, and you need to know that doing more is not necessarily right. ”

Cao Zongyu and Zhang Xuan have a deep relationship, like one, and he will naturally think about Zhang Xuan in everything. For the war on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, no fault is meritorious.

He won't go out lightly for the sake of illusory merit, who knows if this is a trick under the high one?

Many people think they are smart, but they don't know that many times, they are wise and foolish.

Cao Zongyu sent an order, and all departments guarded the camp, even if they won a big victory, they were not allowed to go out of the camp to pursue, and those who dared to pursue were killed. In addition, people were also dispatched to immediately cross the river to report the situation here to Zhang Xuan. And let Zhang Xuan rest assured.

As Cao Zongyu expected, the loyal battalion had a weak attack, and it couldn't even do it, it was just a show, at most it could be called a snakehead and a snake's tail.

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