After Li Xuanqing, the commander of Fengzhou City, arranged for the army to advance into Tiande City, his main cavalry hoarded outside Tiande City and carried out the military reorganization battle with great fanfare, but he led the fourth battalion and the heavy cavalry battalion to quietly detour through the edge of Wuliangsuhai on the side of Tiande City and enter the boundary of Zhongshou City.

Zhongshou Surrender City is located at the intersection of the Shengzhou Army and the northern part of the Zhenwu Army in the east, and it is also the bridgehead for Li Keyong's Shatuo forces to go west out of the Houtao area. Since Li Xuanqing entered Fengzhou, Li Keyong sent Li Cunxiao to surrender the Zhenwu Army and set up the Shengzhou Army in Shengzhou. In this way, the three places of Shengzhou, Dongshoucheng and Zhongshoucheng are arranged in an inverted triangle shape from north to south, and the three support each other, and each other is a horn, which can not only occupy the land of Shuofang in the west, but also suppress Helianduo in the east, and it is a strategic place in and out of the grassland in the north. The project began with Li Cunxiao, and after the unremitting efforts of Zhou Dewei and others, it was not basically completed until Li Cunxin was transferred to Daizhou.

Li Xuanqing looked at this Hetao pearl that still existed in later generations, and was a little emotional. At this time, the area of Wuliang Suhai is much larger than that of later generations, the smoke and waves are vast, the clear water and blue sky, since ancient times, it is the land of fish and rice on the plug, and the Han people of all dynasties have regarded this place as their homeland in the plug.

Watching the soldiers frolic in the water, picking up big fish from time to time, laughter and laughter filled this river beach. Li Xuanqing suddenly thought of the development project of Wuliang Suhai in later generations, in that era of material explosion, only this blue sky and clear water had unparalleled charm. Li Xuanqing didn't bother the soldiers with this rare pastime, it was now the end of July, and the Tiance army had been fighting almost non-stop in the first half of the year, if it weren't for the good political and ideological work, it is estimated that there would be a truce and rest now.

Li Xuanqing put down the map in his hand and walked towards the most lively place in front of him, and along the way, these soldiers saw Li Xuanqing saluting continuously. And Li Xuanqing also chatted with these soldiers from time to time.

"Lord, why are you here?" In the camp of the heavy cavalry battalion, Tie Liang was cleaning up the big fish he had just caught with a group of people, and when he saw Li Xuanqing coming, he wiped the fish scales stuck to his face with a little embarrassment, and said, "There is no war today, we are competing with the fourth battalion to make fish soup." ”

Li Xuanqing scolded with a smile: "You are competing with the fourth battalion, they are the army that has stayed in Fengzhou for the longest time, and they are better at eating fish than you, can you compare like this?" And you, Tie Liang, why haven't I heard that you know how to cook? Did you teach your daughter-in-law when you were at home? ”

Li Xuanqing's words made the people around him laugh, and he didn't pay attention to the red face of Tie Liang's old face, and continued: "Brothers, let's come to the grassland from Lingzhou, to be honest, are you tired? Do you want to take a break? ”

"Not tired." The gang spoke almost in unison. Among them, a chubby middle-aged man standing beside Li Xuanqing, with an apron on his body, who looked like the Huotou Army, smiled and said: "Lord, as soon as we heard that we came to Fengzhou to fight, the big guy had already held back a lot of strength in his heart, and he wanted to see what Fengzhou looked like, but he arrived at the seaside before he entered the city." Speaking of the lord, why is the water in the sea not salty like the old man said, why do I still have a sweet feeling when I drink it? When I am discharged from the army in the future, I will take my mother-in-law and live by the sea. ”

After he said this, the people around him laughed, but Tie Liang almost fell to the ground, what sea? Do you really think that there is a "sea" in the name of this Wuliang Suhai, which is the sea? Can you not embarrass me in front of my lord?

Li Xuanqing nodded with a smile and said, "Lao Zhang, I support you for this idea, and when the time comes, I will ask the chief of civil affairs to allocate a piece of land for you, right here by the sea, how about it?" Saying that, he looked at Tie Liang's face beside him and smiled: "Okay, it doesn't seem to be anything today, just let me be the referee for you, hurry in, don't really lose to the fourth battalion, Chen Fan will definitely be ashamed of you by then." ”

His words undoubtedly ignited the big guy's fierce desire to win, only to see Tie Liang roaring at the top of his voice to let everyone hurry up and work while saying angrily beside Lao Zhang: "How many times have I said it, this is a lake, not a sea." You are still embarrassed in front of the lord, now it's okay, the lord must have gone to the fourth camp to say, my old face has made you lose everything, and you have been thrown to Fengzhou. Today, you will be punished for cooking and not eating. No, it's just to watch us eat. ”

This joke naturally spread quickly throughout the whole army with the countless mouths of Li Xuanqing and the surrounding gigglers, and later it actually spread to Guanzhong with the southern transfer of the heavy cavalry battalion, provoking countless people in the northwest who had never seen the sea to come to Wuliang Suhai thousands of miles away just to see the sweet sea in the mouth of the soldiers.

After a whole day of trouble, the Xuanying Guard's secret guard, who came out the next day, came from Tiande City and brought the latest news. Hu Xiaosi was going to Xiazhou after arranging the secret guard work in the grassland and the front set area, and became an intelligence officer by the way.

"Lord, Li Cunxin has moved." Hu Xiaosi couldn't care about himself racing all the way for more than 100 miles, and after getting off the horse, he hurried to the big tent of the Chinese army and handed the information to Li Xuanqing.

"Li Cunxin led an army of 30,000 and set off from Zhongshou City last night, and his whereabouts are unknown." Li Xuanqing handed the information to Chen Fan and Tie Liang, glanced at the map and said with a smile: "It seems that our estimate of Li Cunxin is a little wrong, this guy is not a useless rice bucket." ”

"He shouldn't have the idea of sneaking up on Tiande City, right?" After reading the information, Tie Liang was a little stunned and said, "At this level, it's not a rice bucket?" It's all a rice bowl. ”

Chen Fan really couldn't help it, why didn't he find out that this guy was talking so funny before, and stabbed this guy before he laughed and scolded: "I don't think you are much better than others." Let's deploy troops and horses in Tiande City with great fanfare, and Li Cunxin still has the courage to sneak attack? He is not afraid of being killed by Wu Huan and them? You use your brain and think about it, okay? Unless he thinks of himself as Li Cunxiao. After finishing speaking, he suddenly found that Li Xuanqing was looking at him, and immediately scratched his head and said: "I think he wants to rush along the north bank of the Yellow River, sneak attack Fengzhou City, and disrupt all the plans of our army in one fell swoop." Taking advantage of the return of the garrison of Tiande City, the army of Zhongshou surrendered to the city advanced in a big way, and the inside and outside occupied the Hetao in one fell swoop. ”

Li Xuanqing nodded and smiled: "But although this person has a lot of ghost ideas, his execution ability is too poor, and he often can't do it if he wants to." There are too many tactical feints required for this kind of strategy, and he is not afraid of colliding directly with him when he is so stunned? After a pause, he continued: "Li Cunxin dares to attack, then Li Keyong must have already set off to the north, from Taiyuan Mansion to Daizhou, and it is estimated that the speed of cavalry will be today, and we should also open." ”

"Chen Fan Tieliang, order the troops to go to the east side of Wuliangsuhai, which is the fork in the road between Fengzhou and Tiande City, where we will fight a grassland encounter with Li Cunxin." Li Xuan's light voice revealed a strong fighting spirit, and for people like Li Cunxin, after hurting him and beating him, he sometimes has unexpected benefits.

The Tiance Army Brigade began to attack the Hada region in the eastern part of Wuliangsuhai, a grassland distribution center that flourished because of the passage to Fengzhou. About ten miles west of Hada, Li Xuanqing began to stop his army, set up positions, and went out to investigate Li Cunxin's advance before the sentinel began.

Li Xuanqing, who arranged the position or something, handed it all over to Chen Fan, this guy has an inexplicable talent for defense. However, for this kind of endless grassland, in fact, the so-called position did not have much effect, and Chen Fan focused more on the deployment of troops.

"Lord Qi, most of Li Cunxin's troops are already less than sixty miles away from our army, and the other party's horse is expected to reach our army's formation in half an hour." Hu Xiaosi stood beside Li Xuanqing and said with a smile: "It seems that Li Cunxin is also very careful, does the lord want the cavalry to cut off their scouts?" ”

Li Xuanqing shook his head and said with a smile: "Our killer weapon has been tightly hidden by Chen Fan, and it is impossible for them to see it from a distance." Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, this is Chen Fan's favorite thing to do, don't worry, the front line will be handed over to him, let's just watch quietly here. ”

As he spoke, Chen Fan's military formation had also been arranged, and the infantry formation was at the forefront, and the layout of the Yuli array made Li Xuanqing nod secretly, put down the battle on the front line, took Hu Xiaosi to find a dirt bag, and climbed high to watch the development of the battle situation.

After a while, a little cavalry appeared in front, and after seeing the neat phalanx of the Tiance army, he immediately turned his horse's head and galloped backwards. Hu Xiaosi said with a smile: "The lord should have reminded Chen Fan before, the military formation is too good and it is easy to scare Li Cunxin, in case he scares him away, it will not be easy to catch them again." ”

Li Xuanqing shook his head and said, "You don't understand people like Li Cunxin, if you deliberately loosen the general's formation, you will scare him away." Sometimes I'm not afraid of what I don't understand, but I'm afraid of what I don't understand. ”

While the two were talking and laughing, there was a sound of horses' hooves in front of them, and countless cavalry began to appear in the field of vision of the two, and the sound of horses' hooves urged the pace of war.

"The lord really expected things like a god, this guy saw that we were all infantry, and really began to charge with confidence." Hu Xiaosi said with a smile.

The encounter was fought quickly, so almost at the moment when the Shatuo cavalry appeared, the war drums of the Chinese army where Chen Fan was located also began to sound, and various flags and drums began to convey the latest orders. In front of the infantry formation, countless stakes were erected in place, and a rope with barbs was pulled up, and three groups of archers quickly stepped forward, bent their bows and arrows, and began to do the final work. The ballista that followed the army began to fire at this time, and the sound of the machine spring clasping was endless, and the thick crossbow arrows crossed the front military formation, galloping towards the Shatuo cavalry, and the cavalry who rushed the most fiercely in the front of the whistling sound suddenly slammed and was put to the ground fiercely.

However, none of this could stop the charge of the cavalry group of 30,000 men, and in an instant, the cavalry quickly crossed the middle line of the two armies, and at this moment, the long arrows of the infantry archers shot out quickly, taking advantage of the moment when the opposing cavalry was disrupted by the ballistas, covering the crowd of people charging in front.

But at this moment, the charge of the cavalry corps was emptied in an instant, and countless horses and soldiers were knocked to the ground by the arrows of black pressure, and the sound of howling filled the battlefield.

But Chen Fan, who was in front of the command, had a calm face like water, his upright figure did not move at all, and the foot archers also took advantage of the opponent's rare lack of counterattack to shoot desperately, and the arrows flew towards the other party without money, delaying the pace of the opponent's charge, and the bow and arrow coverage also quickly killed and injured the opponent at the same time, and also made Shatuo's front-line commander react quickly, almost in an instant, the horn horn sounded quickly, and those somewhat helpless cavalry began to bend their bows and arrows while running, and launched a confrontation with the Tiance army.

"Change formation." Chen Fan's order was quickly unfolded under the transmission of the war drums, the archers retreated, the tower shield was erected on one side, and the pikemen followed the tower shield hand closely, and at this moment, the ballista began to adjust its shooting, no longer competing with the infantry archers for the position of the opponent's forward, the range was adjusted, and a dense rain of arrows was shot towards the opponent's rear.

And at this moment, the Shatuo cavalry rushed into the large array of wooden stakes arranged by Chen Fan, and those inconspicuous-looking ropes tripped the rows of cavalry to the ground, and the rows of cavalry were tripped and the pace of the rear army began to slow down. Taking advantage of this rare gap, the retreating archers followed again, and the arrows whistled through the air, adding to the chaos on the front line.

Hu Xiaosi nodded, pointed to the team of Shatuo people and said with a smile: "Did the lord see it, the one wearing gold armor in the middle is Li Cunxin, not to mention that he really looks like a person with five people and six people." ”

Li Xuanqing looked at the sky and said with a smile: "It seems that we are really going to arrange a night battle tonight, go and order the logistics department to accompany the army brigade, prepare torches and other materials, and prepare for the night battle." ”

"Lord, is Chen Fan too conservative? What is the use of the tower shield at this time? They should be let in. Hu Xiaosi typically looked anxious, muttering in his mouth.

Li Xuanqing scolded with a smile: "I think you are a typical can't sit still, the heavy cavalry battalion also needs distance and time to charge, the role of the tower shield is not to block the enemy for how long, but to give the heavy cavalry battalion time and space to prepare, you know?" ”

Sure enough, just as Li Xuanqing spoke, the large array in front began to change, the guard infantry began to retreat on both sides, the tower shield men in front also began to retreat after fixing the tower shield, and the archers began to shoot to shield and cover the infantry to quickly withdraw from the battlefield.

"Look, my lord, the heavy cavalry battalion is moving." With Hu Xiaosi's voice, there was a sound of clicking and clicking from the front line, and Li Xuanqing muttered to himself in this unique sound of horses' hooves: "The heavy cavalry battalion has finally stepped onto the stage." The scourge of the steppe cavalry begins today. ”

The strong wind blew the banner of the Tiance Army and flew it, Li Xuanqing looked at the battlefield in front of him, and his mind was unprecedentedly quiet for a moment.