The army was marching eastward, and the horses and horsemen on horseback were breathing hot air, and the hooves of the horses were smacking in the snow.

Because there were children, Mulan stayed in Linzi City and watched the outcome of the war before making plans.

A horse galloping from the front, panting in front of Zhao Junsheng, grabbed the reins and reported: "King, more than 70,000 people of Liu Song's army are coming in the direction of our army, twenty miles away from here!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Junsheng was actually very surprised that Tan Daoji dared to fight him in such weather, he thought for a while and asked: "Dongfang, Cui Gong, why do you say Tan Daoji wants to take the initiative to meet our army?" Did he think that he could defeat our army with twice the strength of our army? ”

Cui Hao thought for a while and said: "The king, the minister thinks that Tan Daoji is only afraid that he has to fight, and the court of the Southern Dynasty will not allow him to retreat all the time!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said: "Cui Gong's guess is reasonable, according to the news from Jiankang from our detailed work, many ministers of the Southern Dynasty court think that Tan Daoji is suspected of supporting soldiers and raising thieves for self-respect, and the imperial case of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty has been full of impeachment of Tan Daoji, Tan Daoji is afraid that he will not be able to withstand the pressure!" ”

Dongfang Chen asked, "How is the king going to fight?" ”

Zhao Junsheng turned his head and looked at everyone and said: "Since ancient times, when the two armies fought against each other in the field, they must first choose favorable terrain, and let's also choose a higher place first!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Junsheng pointed to a hill in front of him on the left and said, "Look there, let's set up camp under that hill!" The soldiers and horses on both sides add up to more than 100,000, and it is not possible to set up a decisive battle in a moment, let's go to camp first, and then send a cavalry over to explore the details of Liu Song's army! ”

The army accelerated its speed, and it didn't take long to reach the foot of the hill, Zhao Junsheng personally commanded the camp, sent people to climb the mountain to set up a guard post, a lookout post, once the enemy approached, the lookout post on the mountain could be found, only need to pass the flag to convey the message, no need to run down the mountain.

"Chang Kun, you take three thousand light horsemen to explore the details of Liu Songjun, you must pay attention to safety, many potholes are covered with snow, you can't see it, once you step on it, you will sink in, so be careful!" Zhao Junsheng commanded.

"Yes, my lord, I will be careful!"

After Chang Kun took 3,000 light horsemen away, Zhao Junsheng commanded the soldiers to cut down trees and set up camp with their backs to the hill as fast as possible, arranged patrols and light and dark sentinels inside and outside the camp, and ordered the men to make a fire to boil water, let the soldiers eat dry food and drink boiled water, and feed the war horses with bean feed to replenish their physical strength for themselves and the war horses.

Liu Songjun's outpost also quickly reported to Tan Daoji that the cadres had arrived 20 miles away, and Tan Daoji was worried that the cavalry of the Qianjun army was coming, so he immediately ordered the army to deploy a military formation against a large forest to prepare to meet the enemy, and on the other hand, he ordered some soldiers to cut down trees and set up camps.

The army of 70,000 or 80,000 people marched in a line that stretched out for more than ten miles, and it was not easy to form an army formation at once. Tan Daoji could only let the 3,000 cavalry line up in front first, and then deploy the remaining 2,000 cavalry on the two flanks, and the infantry coming later gradually lined up in front of the camp according to his arrangement, in case the cadres suddenly came over.

Tan Daoji's hunch was right, the cavalry sent by the cadres was really sent, and Chang Kun galloped with 3,000 light horsemen and horses.

"Great marshal, General Gao Jinzhi reported to his subordinates to the marshal, the forward of the cadre army has been killed by three thousand light cavalry, less than six miles away from here, General Gao decided to lead the army to attack!" The messenger galloped and reported to Tan Daoji.

What else can you do if you don't attack at this time? Stand still and wait to be scattered by the cavalry? Only by taking the initiative can we take the initiative!

Tan Daoji said to the messenger: "Tell Gao Jinzhi that the cavalry of the cadre army is strong and invincible, and the commander will let the sword and shield soldiers, pikemen and crossbow men be deployed in a wild goose formation, and it would be best if he could attract the cavalry of the cadre army!" ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

Gao Jinzhi listened to the messenger's relay of Tan Daoji's words, at this time, the cavalry of the Qianjun army was only three miles away from him, and it would be too late to attack, so he immediately ordered to take three thousand cavalry to meet and fight.

The snow has some impact on the running of the war horse, if there is no pit on the ground, it is nothing for the cavalry of the Qianjun who are skilled in riding, but it is not good for the cavalry of the Liu Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty who is not very skilled in riding, the war horse is galloping in the snow, and the horse's hooves often slip, and many of the cavalry of the Liu Song army can not control their bodies, and they are thrown off the horse when they gallop at high speed.

"When the brave meet on a narrow road, brothers, follow me up, let the cavalry of the Southern Dynasty Liu and Song Dynasty see the power of cavalry and archery!" Chang Kun shouted as he brandished his weapon.

Gao Jinzhi saw Chang Kun's banner, this is the enemy, last time Chang Kun arrived in Licheng with 5,000 vanguard cavalry, Gao Jinzhi with 3,000 cavalry was ordered to break, Chang Kun killed less than 300 people left, this hatred he didn't forget!

"North Dog, come to your life!" After Gao Jin saw Chang Kun, it was the enemy who saw each other, and his eyes were red, so he grabbed the spear and beat the horse and galloped towards Chang Kun.

Chang Kun heard this voice and saw that it was Gao Jinzhi, with a cruel smile on his face, he took out his bow and arrows and shot three arrows at Gao Jinzhi in a row.

Gao Jinzhi waved his spear and knocked two arrows away in succession, the third arrow was not aimed at him, but at his mount, the left front leg of the war horse was shot, and one horse stumbled, and Gao Jinzhi fell to the ground with the horse.

Fortunately, the ground was full of snow, and it didn't hurt to fall, so he rolled a few times and got up, at this time the cavalry of the Qianjun army had already fired several rounds of arrows at the cavalry of the southern dynasty and Liu Song, and the cavalry of Liu and Song kept being shot off their horses one after another.

There happened to be a war horse that had lost its owner running by, Gao Jinzhi immediately reached out to the saddle, and the whole person flew on the horse's back, stretched out his hand, and pulled out the war knife on his waist with a sigh and rushed over from Chang Kun.

"Good time!" Chang Kun let out a loud shout, and the three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand slashed towards Gao Jinzhi.

"Dangdangdang" exchanged weapons several times in a row, and the two staggered, continuing to slash and kill each other's generals.

Chang Kun led his cavalry to kill through the scattered formation of the Liu Song cavalry in one go, under his leadership, the cadres and light cavalry turned around a bend and rushed towards the Liu Song cavalry again, they put away their long and short weapons, and once again took out the cavalry bow and crossbow to fire arrows at the Liu Song cavalry.

After a few rounds of arrows were fired, the Liu Song cavalry lost a large number of men and horses again, and when they rushed closer, Chang Kun and the cavalry under his command put away their bows and crossbows, took out long and short weapons, and rushed to kill the Liu Song cavalry in close quarters.

This time, the Liu Song cavalry finally couldn't hold it anymore, and were completely dispersed by the cavalry of the cadre army, and the people who were killed died on the ground, and those who did not die rushed to the main formation.

Chang Kun led the cavalry to quickly turn around and chase wildly, firing arrows while pursuing, and kept shooting the Liu Song cavalry who were fleeing in front, and when the Liu Song cavalry fled back to their own formation, there were less than 700 people left.

In front of him, he was about to rush into the range of the crossbowmen of the Liu Song army, Chang Kun suddenly pulled the reins, and the war horse galloped to the left, and the cavalry of the cadre army behind him followed him and turned in turn, while galloping on his horse, he shot the front row of the infantry of the Liu Song army with bows and arrows.

The infantry in the front row of Liu Song's army was unable to react for a while, and a large number of people and horses were hit by arrows, causing screams and wails on the side.

"Shoot the arrows—" A loud roar came from the infantry formation of Liu Song's army.

"Whoosh ······" The rain of arrows in the sky came from the formation, but all of them fell on the side of the cavalry, there were more than a dozen cavalry of the cavalry of the cavalry of the dry army, as many as six people fell from their horses, the others were wounded, most of the arrows and the cavalry of the cavalry of the army still have some distance, but if they were more than ten steps forward, the cavalry of the cavalry of the cadre army would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

When Chang Kun saw it, he immediately turned his horse and turned back the way he came, and the more than 2,000 cavalry behind him also turned one after another, and soon disappeared from the sight of the cavalry of Liu Song's army.

Gao Jinzhi was covered in blood and panting and ran back with the rest of the men and horses, and turned his head to see that there were three thousand people, and now there were less than seven hundred people left.

Tan Daoji walked over, and Gao Jin immediately stepped forward to bow down: "Great commander, the last general is incompetent, although he blocked the cavalry of the cadre army, he also suffered heavy losses······ Please punish the sinner! ”

Tan Daoji watched the battle scene just now from beginning to end, and he had to admit in his heart that the cavalry of Liu Songjun was still too far behind the cavalry of the cadre army, and the most important thing was the gap in horsemanship, horsemanship is the basis of all cavalry combat skills and tactics, and without good horsemanship, cavalry combat skills and cavalry tactics could not be practiced at a high level.

He sighed: "This cavalry of the cadre army is really powerful, not to mention the riding skills, only to say that the riding skills and tactics are much stronger than other Wei cavalry, we are afraid that this battle will be very difficult, and it is very likely to be defeated here if we are not careful!" Perhaps the superiority in strength is not only not an advantage, but a weakness! But don't worry, it's always good to have an advantage in forces! ”

Speaking of this, Tan Daoji said: "Zhao Junsheng only sent 3,000 cavalry to probe our bottom, his brigade must be camped in the rear, this battle is not a day or two to be finished, he is not in a hurry, and Ben Shuai is not in a hurry!" Xue Tong, you take some people to the woods behind you to set up more traps, and arrange some soldiers to guard them, so as to prevent the cadres from coming out of the woods and sneaking up on our backs! ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

"Someone, send spies over to investigate the movements of the main force of the cadre army, and report it as soon as there is news!"

Tan Daoji was camping in an orderly manner, and Chang Kun returned to the camp at the foot of the hill with his men and horses to return to Zhao Junsheng.

"The king, the last general took 3,000 people over, and happened to meet Liu Songjun who was setting up camp with his back against a large woods, at that time Tan Daoji was sending troops to set up a formation, he obviously knew that it was not far from the main force of our army, and sent 3,000 cavalry to meet the last general, the two sides fought a battle, Liu Song's cavalry casualties exceeded seventy percent and then fled into the military formation, the last general took the soldiers to walk around in front of them and came back, our army suffered more than 300 casualties!"

"It's all good!" Zhao Junsheng praised, "It seems that we have no chance to take advantage today, send an order to the scout camp, shoot more scouts to keep an eye on Liu Songjun's every move, and report the slightest change immediately!" ”

"Yes, my lord!"