Xi Zhicai successfully avoided a war and a killing of tens of thousands of people with his persistence. This benevolent heart deeply touched Luan Yi.

Subsequently, the Aegis Xizuo who was lurking in the Qiang Road sent a secret report, burning the Dangqiang King to assemble Sister Le, Dangfang, Dang Khotan, Sister Gang, Beipu, Wuwu, Zhong Cun, Gong Tang, and Fu Nan, plus more than 10,000 Han troops brought into the Qiang land by Han Sui, a total of more than 300,000 people were waiting in Jiuquan, ready to fight Luan Yi to the death at any time.

At the same time, Xian Lingqiang also led the four departments of Qianren, Beipu, Sister Le, and Dangfang, as well as the three departments of Quanwu, Shen Di, and Sister Prison who were lobbied by Xi Zhicai, and summoned a total of 80,000 Qiang cavalry to throw themselves under Luan Yi's tent, plus the church brought 200,000 troops this time, a total of 280,000 troops drove straight in, through the territory of the Shen Di Qiang people, crossed the territory of the Qiang people, crossed the grassland where the Xian Lingqiang people lived for generations, and passed through the Longxi Passage of the Qiang people to the Jiuquan border unharmed.

The strong smell of war began to intensify in Jiuquan.

In terms of strategy and tactics, Luan Yi's final choice was unexpectedly consistent with that of King Dangqiang - the first battle was won or lost, that is, without any small-scale battle, you were 330,000 on both sides, and I was 280,000, and the array was completely decided by virtue of a big battle.

Thus, on the third day after the two armies arrived at their designated strategic locations, the 330,000-strong Qiang army lined up on the vast Hexi Plain to the accompaniment of melodious horns.

At three o'clock in the morning, the rumbling drums sounded, and the guards shouting the military trumpets put on their helmets and armor, held their spears, and marched in sonorous and powerful steps in front of the camp to line up the geese in a large array according to the order.

It is worth mentioning that the location of the formation of the church army in this battle was carefully selected by Xu Shu based on the topographic map of Jiuquan provided by Aegis. Behind the church army, that is, to the east, is a hill that is not high, and because of the presence of the hill, the terrain here is high in the east and low in the west - that is, the terrain is slightly higher on the side of the church army, and the terrain is lower in the direction of the Qiang army.

In this way, the terrain can be used to limit the impact of the Qiang cavalry. On the other hand, the Church Army can take advantage of the altitude to increase the range of long-range weapons such as bows and thunderbolts.

Beigong Boyu, the king of Burning Dangqiang, obviously also saw that such a battlefield was a little unfavorable to his side. But after many years of fighting against the Han army without tasting defeat, he always had a contemptuous attitude towards the Han army, "What can you do if you Han people have the advantage of terrain, and my Qiang people's iron cavalry will still crush you!" ”

Han Sui couldn't help but shudder when he saw that King Qiang's Beigong Boyu showed an obvious look of contempt for the enemy. King Qiang still doesn't know the power of gunpowder, but he knows it! If the Qiang King was so stupid and let the Qiang soldiers take the initiative to charge into battle, they would have to be blown to pieces by gunpowder.

"I said Brother Beigong Boyu......"

"Who's your brother!" Beigong Boyu rolled his eyes at Han Sui, "Lao Tzu is the King of Qiang." Call me Your Majesty. ”

Han Sui was bored, "Your Majesty! At present, this Han army is different from the previous one, and the commander of them is the famous god general of the Han Dynasty, the current King of Qi. In the past time, they have won all battles and have not tasted defeat, and they are not easy to match. Your Majesty must not underestimate the enemy. If there is a war in the future, Your Majesty must not strike first, just stand by and hold the military formation. ”

I have to say that Han Sui's idea is very correct. In order for gunpowder to exert its power, it must rely on thunderbolts to fire, which makes it less mobile, and it is not good at defending and attacking. If Beigong Boyu sticks to his position and takes advantage of the numerical advantage to take a defensive position, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble to Luan Yi.

However, will Beigong Boyu listen to Han Sui? Of course not, first of all, Han Sui is a Han man, and Beigong Boyu, as the king of Qiang, will naturally not listen to him. Secondly, Beigong Boyu didn't know that the Han army had a sharp weapon in his hands that could bring him ruin - gunpowder. Again, Beigong Boyu was arrogant, in his opinion, the reason why the dignified Qiang army had always held its tail and shrunk to defend against the Han people. Seeing that the Han people only needed one round to kill the crying father who killed Zhun Bao and killed them.

Therefore, after listening to Han Sui's suggestion, instead of adopting it, Beigong Boyu glared at Han Sui angrily and shouted: "Lao Tzu still uses you to teach the soldiers?" He immediately ordered the army to march five miles east to meet the Han dog.

330,000 Qiang people, against 280,000 Han and Qiang coalition troops, a total of 610,000 people.

What is the concept of 610,000 people, in the 21st century, Beijing's Tiananmen Square can stand at most 300,000 people, and 300,000 people will be full when they stand in it, people next to people, feet to feet, there are no floor tiles, and there is not even a place for birds to land.

300,000 people can fill Tiananmen Square, but the current battle is 610,000 people, and the ground area is larger than two Tiananmen Squares. And that's just the theory.

After all, in a battlefield battle, soldiers cannot be piled together, and a relatively loose military formation is required, and there are corresponding facilities such as cavalry, catapults, drum platforms, and baggage in the military formation, plus the ground required to fill these elements, the total area exceeds three Tiananmen Squares.

It shows the grandeur of the battlefield situation in this battle.

On the west side of the battlefield, the sound of the hooves of the Qiang cavalry came from far and near. Since it was not yet the last moment of charge, the sound of hooves in the ears was not intense, but the "da-......" seemed like the water droplets on the eaves falling to the ground.

In the military array, as the proprietor, the cavalry of Dangqiang should be in the middle army, and the five divisions of Sister Le, Dangfang, Khotan, Sister Tong, and Beipu were placed in the front army and placed in the position of exclusive cannon fodder. Wuwu, Zhong Cun, and Gong Tang were on the left, and Frozen and Fu Nan were on the right, becoming the second cannon fodder echelon in the army.

Unlike the burners, who see their subordinate tribes as cannon fodder. In this battle, Luan Yi did not arrange any starting tasks for the Qiang tribes of Qianren, Beipu, Sister Le, Dangfang, Quanwu, Shen Di, and Sister Prison, but only arranged them on the right flank, telling them that they don't need to take care of anything for the time being, and that after the war, they only need to cover the horse's eyes with strips of cloth and block the horse's ears. When they need to fight, there will be flags to give them orders.

For Luan Yi's choice, Wu Wu and Shen Yiqiang were very surprised. In the past, in their eyes, the Han people had a virtue with Burning Dangqiang, and they had always been allowed to rush to the front as a vanguard in war, and there had never been a situation where they were asked to watch the battle and wait for the opportunity to launch a general attack.

The vanguard and the general attack seem to be almost the same as a charge, but in fact the treatment is very different. You must know that the first to charge and launch a strong battle, the enemy army you have to face is not only well-organized, but also has a high morale. Not only did such an attack cause huge casualties, but it also killed a small number of people. The only thing that can be done is to break up the enemy's position and open a breakthrough for the follow-up general attack.

However, no matter how much damage you do to the enemy's array, it cannot be measured by military merit, and the head obtained by killing people is closely related to military merit and salary. In this regard, it is clear that latecomers can achieve more heads than vanguards. The more the head takes, the more abundant the silver.

At present, the Qiang people have changed their identity as vanguard cannon fodder in the past, and have become a member of the general attack army waiting to kill the head and get money, which makes them very uncomfortable, and they don't even know how to fight the battle for a while.

Fortunately, Luan Yi had instructed them before and asked them to "wait quietly and cover the horse's eyes and ears." So that they would not be at a loss, they stupidly covered the horse's eyes with cloth, raised their hands to block the horse's ears, and happily waited for the decisive moment to come.

Among all the Qiang people, there are also some who don't like to crouch and watch the battle. That's the first Qiang people.

The Qiang people have an old saying: "Burn when the Xiong army dominates Longxi, and the first zero wolf slaughter warriors gather...... There is no despondency as a slave, and a prison sister has food and grass. That is to say, Xian Lingqiang is a group of warriors and warriors, and among the Qiang, they are the most capable of conquest and war.

It is for this reason that Xian Lingqiang is qualified to become the supreme ruler of the Twenty-Four Qiang in the past. It's a pity that the first zero Qiang people are good at fighting but not good at strategizing, and thirty years ago they were calculated by the cunning Burning Qiang people, so that the Burning Qiang people united with the twelve Qiang tribes to knock them down, and they have been in a slump since then.

Therefore, the hatred between Xian Lingqiang and Burning Qiang is the deepest. Coupled with their brave and aggressive habits, when they heard that Luan Yi did not let them act as pioneers, they immediately raised objections, and took the initiative to ask Luan Yi for help, asking to charge ahead and give Boyu of the North Palace of the Qiang King of Burning Dangdang a look.

Regarding Xian Lingqiang's request, Luan Yi politely refused. And told the head of Xian Lingqiang that although they would not be allowed to start this battle, they would definitely be arranged to launch a general attack later, and it would not be too late to go to Beigong Boyu for revenge at that time.

As soon as these words came out, he never thought that the first Zero Qiang leader was like a dynamite bag, but he became angry. "King Qi, did you look down on us and put us behind?"

The war was imminent, where did Luan Yi have the time to explain these problems to him, and then responded mercilessly: "That's right, I just look down on you!" Your method of fighting and killing is outdated. Today, let the warriors of the Holy Han Empire show you what is the new type of war in the Shengyuan era. Someone, please go down the first zero. ”

Say it's please, but it's actually pressure! Dian Wei and Hercules dragged the leader of the first Lingqiang to the rear. On the way to leave, Xian Lingqiang's head struggled while chanting a word, "Sacred Han Empire? When did Hanting change its title? ”

But he didn't know that the Holy Han Empire was just a statement made by Luan Yi in order to shake himself up, which was a slip of the tongue and did not represent the official will. It's just a slip of the tongue, but it also inadvertently conveys some of Luan Yi's potential thoughts, such as the word holy in the Holy Han Empire, which obviously represents the Holy Mother of Mary, and the Holy Light of Our Lady Church is above the national name, which means that the status of the Holy Mother Church will be higher than that of the imperial court in the future.

Let's talk about the word "empire" after the Han Dynasty. Those familiar with history know that countries that dare to call themselves empires often have to be backed by strong armies. Unlike kingdoms and dynasties, they prefer to be in a corner of peace and pay attention to benevolent rule, but they are more wild and aggressive.

For example, we are familiar with the Roman Empire, the Great Qin Empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Mongol Empire, the Third Reich, ...... But I have never heard of a weak country that dares to claim to be an empire.