The sky was hazy and dim, and Li Cunhuan beat war drums in the army, and the passionate drums soared into the sky.

Xie Yanzhang had already drunk and eaten enough, put on his armor, took his helmet, held it with both hands, and slowly put it on his head, but unfortunately he was young and still looked a little childish. But Xie Yanzhang naturally had a way to remedy it, only to see his own soldiers pull an iron mask, Xie Yanzhang put it on his face, and immediately turned into a demon with a black face, blue teeth and red spots. Fortunately, it is daytime, and if it is night, I am afraid that the baby will stop crying when he sees it.

Three thousand cavalry had already been prepared, five hundred iron cavalry, two thousand five hundred light cavalry, all of them standing straight beside their horses like a javelin. Probably the only thing that was something special was the five hundred iron horses, all dressed in cloth, holding a war horse in their hands, followed by two servants, a strong horse and mule, and the horse and mule were also carrying heavy iron armor.

"You had a good rest yesterday!" Li Cunhuan came out in a chariot and smiled at Yuan Xingqin on the side.

Yuan Xingqin also knew that he was tricked by Li Cunhuan at this time, because there was such a battle today, and there was his substitute there. However, Li Cunhuan did not please either, Li Cunhuan was originally determined to pay attention to riding a horse, but Yuan Xingqin and others vetoed it under the pretext of Li Cunhuan's body. As a result, Li Cunhuan still had to ride a chariot today, which made Li Cunhuan itch to watch others riding horses, but there was no way.

"It's okay!" Yuan Xingqin's tone was obviously a little resentful and a little jealous, he didn't expect to be robbed of the position by Xie Yanzhang. He really didn't know what His Highness liked about this little white face, and when it came to bravery, he was not as good as himself, but he had a few more scoops of bad water in his stomach than ordinary people. Speaking of being tall and mighty, he is even less than himself, such a guy should be thrown to Feng Dao's group of literati, His Royal Highness actually let him read and fight, I really can't understand.

"Let's go!" I saw Xie Yanzhang wave his arms, and the three thousand cavalry slowly moved, and the soldiers all led their horses forward. This is not a soldier idiot, who does not ride a horse if he has a horse, but needs to maintain the physical strength of a war horse before the war.

When he came to the field, Li Cunhuan stood on the chariot and looked up, only to see Wang Maozhang leading the army across the gate.

Xie Yanzhang led the cavalry to advance for about five miles and then stopped, because the weather was cold, many soldiers took out wine bags and poured two mouthfuls into their mouths to warm up. But it's just two sips, it's not that everyone is so well-behaved, but Li Cunhuan ordered to give out just two sips of wine, and if you want to drink more, you don't. I can only shake the empty wine bag and be dumbfounded.

Li Cunhuan, under the protection of the Three Hundred Iron Eagle Capital, sat on a high ground with a semi-open-air tent on top of his head. At first glance, I thought that the noble son was traveling. He was accompanied by Guo Chongtao, Yuan Xingqin, Wang Jian, Zhang Xian and others.

Wang Maozhang led the soldiers and horses to slowly set up a formation five miles away from Xie Yanzhang, and Xie Yanzhang did not charge, the two sides were about to fight, and they could not play conspiracy. Otherwise, who will obey you? And it's also a big blow to prestige.

What makes Li Cunhuan have to admire Wang Maozhang is that after a big battle yesterday, although his soldiers and horses are still inevitably tired, they are still high. I have to admire Wang Maozhang's ability to boost morale.

But immediately, Li Cunhuan's face couldn't help but become grim, and Wang Maozhang slowly arranged the army, layer upon layer, like fish scales. However, Li Cunhuan could see at a glance that it was not a fish scale formation used by infantry to attack.

The infantry is mostly used for attacking the fish scale formation of the battle formation, which belongs to the central breakthrough. Each small array is dense and sharp. Generally, it is either semi-circular, trapezoidal, or triangular, so that it is convenient to break through the enemy's defenses. At the same time, the entire battle formation is like a fish, with a sharp front.

But Wang Maozhang's cloth is different, the small array is dense and long, layer upon layer. At the same time, the large array presents a half-moon shape with a slight protrusion in the center. The cavalry was clearly protected by the infantry in the center of the battle formation, and it was a formation with static braking.

At the same time, Li Cunhuan carefully noticed that Wang Maozhang's choice of terrain was somewhat special, the terrain was relatively high, oblique, and it was obvious that it could not be seen if he did not look carefully. In the surrounding open space, this land was clearly the most suitable terrain for the cavalry in the vicinity. I didn't want Wang Maozhang to be so keen, and I found it all at once, Li Cunhuan was not as good as Wang Maozhang in this matter.

Xie Yanzhang's two eyes, which were only exposed in the air, couldn't help but flash a flash of surprise, and then became solemn, and he also saw that the terrain chosen by Wang Maozhang was somewhat restrained by the cavalry. Don't look at him as only a teenager, but Ge Congzhou didn't come to cultivate him as a successor since he was a child, he took him to the battlefield at a young age, and saw the bloody scenes of Jin Ge's iron horse, and saw the terrifying scenes of blood flowing thousands of miles and people eating people. So don't think that Xie Yanzhang has no talent, or just talks on paper.

"Equipped with iron cavalry on standby, the capture will test the attack! The cavalry of the 3rd battalion of A, B and C are ready to attack! Xie Yanzhang's slightly immature voice sounded, and the herald immediately passed the order down.

Soon more than 100 cavalry galloped out, not wearing the iron cavalry and light cavalry standard equipment Mingguang armor, but wearing a more expensive set of chain mail, and a set of cotton armor inside. Needless to say, chain mail, high-priced goods. However, the characteristics are also obvious, the defense against arrows is not below the full-body plate armor, and the weight is less than one-third of the full-body plate armor.

And the cotton armor is the favorite of the Lulong soldiers recently, especially the soldiers stationed on the north side of the Great Wall. The biggest feature of cotton armor is that it is warm, and it can be nailed with iron sheets, and the defense is not inferior to the general iron-inlaid armor.

However, because it had just appeared, these preparations were only on the basic equipment of the survivors and the soldiers north of the Great Wall. And there is no way to replace the damage, and there will be a new cotton armor when the cotton is harvested next year.

"Tell me to go down and watch out for the enemy's cavalry!" Wang Maozhang commanded in a low voice, and when he looked at those special cavalry, he knew that these soldiers and horses were probably the generals under Li Cunhuan's command. These soldiers and horses are different from the White Army in the Central Plains. Although the surnames of the two are the same, Wang Yanzhang knows that these captivators will often be active on the grassland, more tolerant of loneliness than the White Army in the Central Plains, and their skills are also a little better, and most importantly, they are both good at riding and shooting. This can be seen from the chain mail prepared by the captor.

Their usual enemies must be good at shooting, otherwise Li Cunhuan would not be so willing to spend a lot of money to equip them with chain mail. Otherwise, it would be cheaper to equip Mingguang armor!

The captor will slowly raise the speed of the war horse, and they are in groups of three or five, and the speed is very fast, like a wolf wandering outside the flock. It's oppressive.

"Whoosh!" I don't know who released the first arrow, but anyway, it seemed to be a million arrows in the Huainan army.

The momentum of the arrow rain is terrifying enough, but the technique of catching the survivor is even more powerful. I saw that the speed of the war horse under the crotch of a group of survivors suddenly increased by three or four points, and many arrows missed, even if they were shot, protected by chain mail, often as long as they were not shot at the critical position, there would be no big problem. As a result, except for one unlucky captor who was shot in the abdomen with a few arrows and temporarily withdrew from the battlefield. The Huainan Army's vigorous shooting this time did not cause much damage to the capture generals.

"Shoot closer!" Wang Maozhang's heart tightened, and he ordered in a deep voice.

As the captor approached, the captor began to move quickly around the periphery of the battle array, and arrows continued to be shot. It is different from the Huainan Army crossbowmen who shoot shots that are often futile. The arrows shot by the Catcher are very tricky. It is often shot through the gap in the opponent's armor. In just a moment, it caused nearly 100 casualties of the Huainan army, and it only lost three horses.

This kind of grievance, which was almost beaten, dealt a great blow to the morale of the Huainan army, and there were already small-scale stirring in the front army.

Li Qianyu, the commander of the vanguard, couldn't help but say to Wang Maozhang: "The general can't just be beaten like this!" Let the last general lead the cavalry to charge him for a while! ”

Wang Maozhang shook his head and said, "The other party is not comfortable!" Don't look at their loss of only three horses, but the loss of the physical strength of the war horse, don't you find that the enemy's horses are becoming more and more powerless! ”

Sure enough, it didn't take long for two horses to be shot over in a row, and the one who lost his war horse would quickly be pierced through the heart by ten thousand arrows and die.

"Withdraw!" Xie Yanzhang's voice was a little annoyed, he couldn't imagine that the other party was so tenacious. The commander of the other side has an extraordinary heart of stone, and his plan to lure the other horsemen out and inflict heavy damage has no chance to be carried out.

Hearing the horn of retreat, the general did not hesitate, and suddenly changed from the original stormy offensive posture to a swift retreat like a gust of wind.

"Elite soldiers! At least 3 years of battlefield experience! Wang Maozhang's voice was full of envy, don't underestimate the experience of the battlefield in the past three years. This does not mean that you have been a soldier for three years, but that you have been in a combat unit for three years, especially as a cavalryman. Life and death are often decided at the moment of the charge, not to mention the most dangerous scout troops in the cavalry.

I can't help but be envious of Wang Maozhang, I'm afraid that the entire Huainan can't concentrate such a white army with more than 100 people in number and an elite level comparable to it.

As the commander of the vanguard capital, his soldiers and horses naturally have the largest number of cavalry troops in all parts of the army, and most of the white army is in his hands. Speaking of which, he hopes to have these survivors more than Wang Maozhang.

............ "All the hussars are on!" Xie Yanzhang slowly pulled out the Tang knife at his waist, and there was an irrepressible anger in his voice. Losing in front of His Royal Highness undoubtedly made Xie Yanzhang, who wanted to perform well, extremely angry.

Although he didn't really want to take refuge in Li Cunhuan at the beginning, after this time, he has already returned to his heart. Naturally, I want to behave well, not to mention anything else, at least let my stepfather Ge Congzhou avoid a little suffering in prison.

The two thousand five hundred horsemen immediately turned on their horses and quickly dispersed, like eagles spreading their wings, and suddenly became extremely huge. And marched violently towards the Huainan Army.

"Order! Don't let the arrows go without my orders! Otherwise, generals at all levels are allowed to behead those who violate military orders without asking their own generals! Wang Maozhang's face was unprecedentedly solemn, even when facing the attack of Wang Jian's nearly 40,000 troops, he was not so dignified, and everyone seemed to feel a feeling that a storm was coming.

"No!" The herald responded loudly, and quickly conveyed Wang Maozhang's order, and the solemn aura in the battle array couldn't help but be suppressed. It was as if waiting, and at some point, all the accumulated anger and murderous aura would burst out.

............ "Give Xie Yanzhang an order that Wang Maozhang must be captured alive and his surname must not be harmed!" Li Cunhuan said suddenly.

"No!" One of his Iron Eagle soldiers immediately responded, and quickly rode out on his horse to deliver orders to the army.

"If Your Highness does this, I'm afraid it will affect the battle situation!" Guo Chongtao frowned and said with a little dissatisfaction.

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he laughed and said, "Do you think Xie Yanzhang is a rigid person?" If the battle is defeated because of the fear of Wang Maozhang's surname, Xie Yanzhang will definitely order that there is no need to care about Wang Maozhang's surname. ”

When Guo Chongtao heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then reprimanded in a low voice: "Then he is too presumptuous!" ”

"Nope! I like his surname, I love talent, but I don't want to affect a win or defeat because of this! Li Cunhuan said with a smile, leaning slowly on the back of the chair.

When Guo Chongtao heard this, he still looked a little indignant, but surprisingly he didn't say anything.

………… Sure enough, as Li Cunhuan said, Li Cunhuan's order reached Xie Yanzhang's mouth, and it had become: "Your Highness has an order, try to capture Wang Maozhang alive as much as possible." ”

Although it is only two words, the meaning of this command has changed dramatically by certain and as far as possible. The former is enough for Wang Maozhang to have a talisman, if he turns the tide at a critical moment. A group of soldiers will inevitably be tied, and it is easy for Wang Maozhang to find an opportunity to turn over, but the latter will not let this happen.

Two thousand five hundred cavalry galloped from the snowfield, and the rumble made the infantry twitch uneasily. Listening to the sound of horses' hooves like thunder, Huainan Jun couldn't help but feel that the spear in his hand and the comrades around him seemed to have become less reliable.

But they don't know whether to be thankful or sad that the hussars did not charge, but looked like hungry wolves aiming at a herd of buffaloes. Attacking in an orderly cross, arrows were constantly being hurled out from their horses, and the soldiers silently endured the firing of arrows. The light cavalry shot arrows wantonly, and the only thing the Huainan army could do was to stand dead in the battle formation, enduring the screams of their comrades. There are even times when I wish I had been shot with a deadly arrow to end this almost maddening ordeal.

"Blow the trumpet!" After a while, Wang Maozhang said suddenly.

The trumpeter's eyes lit up, and he immediately blew a loud horn sound.

"Put!" A roar suddenly sounded in the Huainan army, like a wave, and the power spread to all sides.

Countless ready crossbowmen suddenly pulled the trigger, and this sudden counterattack caused the light cavalry, who had been shooting the enemy wantonly, to suffer the greatest casualties since the beginning of the war, and more than 200 cavalrymen were killed and shot over on the snowfield.

"Damn it!" Xie Yanzhang's fist slammed his thigh, but the severe pain could not alleviate the frustration in Xie Yanzhang's heart even a point.

"Wang Maozhang, it's really extraordinary!" Li Cunhuan showed a smile of surprise and praised softly.

"It's a pity, Your Highness, your praise is based on the death of your own soldiers!" Guo Chongtao retorted indignantly.

"Then let the death of the soldiers of the Huainan Army come to an end with this praise!" Li Cunhuan replied with a smile, and said to Yuan Xingqin on the side: "Don't you want to lead the troops to fight?" ”

"What? His Royal Highness wants the last general to replace Xie Yanzhang down! Yuan Xingqin said excitedly, but his excited expression shrank immediately. Your Highness, you don't know that changing generals before the battle is a taboo for soldiers, although Xie Yanzhang's kid has suffered two losses in a row under Wang Maozhang, but the last general himself will not be better than Xie Yanzhang's kid! Your Highness, you are a deceitful general! ”

"Hah! Yuan Xingqin, I like your straightforwardness, if you like it, you will hang it on your lips, and if you like it, you will hang it on your face. Li Cunhuan praised with a smile and said to Yuan Xingqin: "Now you lead the armored iron cavalry to charge!" Let Wang Maozhang know that there are still his desperate soldiers and horses in this world! ”

"Huh!" Yuan Xingqin couldn't help but show a surprised expression on his face, "Your Royal Highness? Why did you use the equipment to install the iron rider so quickly? ”

Li Cunhuan moved his body to make himself more comfortable in the chair. On the other hand, he seemed to be casually saying: "It's time, people are most likely to be sad after great joy, and great loss can make an army collapse quickly!" ”

Guo Chongtao was slightly stunned, and then sighed: "It turns out that everything is under your control, Your Highness!" ”

"It's not!" Li Cunhuan shook his head and said with a smile: "If that's the case, wouldn't I become Sun Wubaiqi?" It's just that he oppresses people with strong soldiers, but it is Wang Maozhang, whose soldiers are in a different place and are not familiar with life. Now the terrain on the battlefield is also a plain area suitable for cavalry, which is a loss of geographical advantage! Besides, the soldiers under him had a big battle yesterday, not to mention their physical strength, and even their spirits did not recover much. On the other hand, our army had a good rest for more than a month. This is man! And if our whole cavalry can't win against the opponent's infantry like this, I'm afraid I, Li Cunhuan, will have to take a sword out and wipe my neck! ”

"Your Highness is really funny!" When Guo Chongtao and the others heard this, they laughed.

Besides, Yuan Xingqin came down, took the talisman given by Li Cunhuan, and ordered the iron cavalry to prepare to charge. Xie Yanzhang was very embarrassed, he thought that Li Cunhuan was dissatisfied with his command, so he sent Yuan Xingqin to intervene directly.

Fortunately, Li Cunhuan had already expected that Yuan Xingqin was not a sinister villain, so he persuaded Xie Yanzhang when he was wearing armor on the side of the iron horseman: "Your Highness said that you have been very good in this battle, but this Wang Maozhang is very powerful, it is not your fault." It's just that His Royal Highness praised Wang Maozhang just now, and Guo Chongtao Sima was not angry, saying that His Royal Highness was joking about the soldier's surname. Naturally, Your Highness can't say nothing, so I hope you understand. ”

Although Xie Yanzhang was still a little angry in his heart, His Royal Highness the dignified King Qin explained it to himself, Xie Yanzhang was naturally embarrassed to say anything, could it be that he ran up to scold Li Cunhuan?

If this is the case, then Xie Yanzhang will inevitably seem too ignorant.

(To be continued)