Chapter 290: This is the First World War (Part II)
In the early morning, the birds chirp.
However, the atmosphere of Fengyundu was smashing, and there was already a thick smell of gunsmoke. It was the silence before the Great War. Because on this grassy beach less than ten miles square, Li Fang's 70,000 troops were waiting for Ji Qingchen's 30,000 elite horsemen. The main general, Li Fang, stood at the front of the army on horseback, staring into the distance, listening to the scouts report the distance between the two sides over and over again.
When the scout reported that the army of the King of Northern Liao was only two miles away from him, his hand couldn't help but rest on the hilt of the war knife at his waist. And at this moment, Li Fang found that the ground under his feet was trembling, and when he raised his eyes again, he found that a black line had appeared as far as his eyes could see.
The black line only turned into a cavalry in black armor in an instant.
This cavalry is less than 30,000 people, but there are enough 60,000 war horses, which is the regular configuration of the Northern Liao Iron Cavalry, one person and two horses, because there are two major grasslands in Northern Liao, there are two major horse farms, and the most important thing for them is the war horse.
Qingfeng rode to a halt when he was only six hundred steps away from Li Fang's army.
Li Fang could see from a distance that Ji Qingchen, the king of Northern Liao, was watching him in the middle of the army, and in addition to Li Changzheng, Zhang Rang, and Li Ke, there was also the princess Shu'er in white and Li Shishi in green.
Shu'er was born in the royal family of the country, and the country was founded by a nomadic people, and he attaches great importance to the training of the children of the royal family in the salvo of bow horses, even if it is a girl, so in addition to his daughter, he does not belong to the tiger and leopard riding in the salvo of the bow and horse, and Master Li is from a family of military merits, and he has trained the salvo of bow and horse since he was a child, and he is not afraid of battle.
That's why the two gathered around Ji Qingchen, wanting to see with their own eyes how Ji Qingchen's 30,000 Qingfeng riders crushed the 70,000 enemy soldiers in front of them.
Just when Ji Qingchen was looking at Li Fang, Li Fang rode forward, and when he walked three hundred steps away from Ji Qingchen, he restrained his war horse and said, "Li Fang, I've seen the King of Northern Liaoβ"
Li Fang believed that Ji Qingchen's identity and personality were disdainful of sneaking up on him, so he would ride forward alone.
"Li Fang, you are not the opponent of this king, hurry up and retreat!" Ji Qingchen said, "You shouldn't die here, but you should die on the battlefield of the Great Yan against the Liguo or the Lingnan Yi clan." β
"Your Highness really thinks that with less than 30,000 horses, you can break through the defense line of my 70,000-strong army?" Li Fang was unimpressed by Ji Qingchen's arrogance, but asked with interest.
"If this king's 30,000 Qingfeng cavalry wants to annihilate your 70,000 army, I'm afraid it will be difficult, but if you want to break through your defense line, it's as easy as a hand!" Ji Qingchen said confidently, "This king appreciates your talent, if you are afraid that Queen Cui Jingsheng will punish you after retiring from the army, you will follow this king!" It just so happens that this time the king is going to send troops to Xizhou, and you can go to guard Xizhou to prevent Xishu from attacking the northwestern states of Dayan. β
Through Master Li's mouth, Ji Qingchen knew a little bit about Li Fang, so he said bluntly, and did not hide from him the idea of preparing to send troops to Xizhou.
"Li Fang wants to fight with His Royal Highness-" Li Fang was very moved by Ji Qingchen's outspokenness, but he was Li Muzhi's confidant and favorite general, so he naturally wouldn't change his original intention because of Ji Qingchen's words, so he said very stubbornly.
"Hey-" Ji Qingchen saw that Li Fang had made up his mind, so he didn't want to say anything more, just sighed slightly, waved his hand to Li Fang and let him go down.
Li Fang saluted Ji Qingchen again, and then rode back to his camp.
"General, Ji Qingchen, the king of Northern Liao, is a traitor to the imperial court, why should we be polite to him-" As soon as Li Fang returned to his camp, he heard the deputy general complain to him.
Li Fang ignored the complaints of the lieutenant general and began to deploy a large army to prepare for the attack.
The deputy general is Ji Qian's confidant, and he was sent to Li Fang's side to restrain him, because Ji Qian was unwilling to hand over all the military power of the 100,000 new army to Li Muzhi, which made Li Fang very unhappy, and the deputy general's character was very poor.
Therefore, Li Fang ignored him.
Seeing that Li Fang didn't pay attention, the adjutant general just smiled, but when Li Fang turned around and gave orders to his guards, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"Prepare for battle-" Li Fang ordered, and he heard the sound of war drums from the camp beside him, and the 20,000 foot soldiers around him were divided into two infantry teams of 10,000, defending the left and right ribs of the Chinese army, 10,000 cavalry were the Chinese army, and the remaining 40,000 cavalry acted as arrows, aiming at Ji Qingchen's 30,000 Qingfeng cavalry.
"Long March, how many charges can break through their defenses?" Ji Qingchen asked.
Seeing Li Fang's open camp, he also admired Li Fang's command ability in this battle, and such a defense was leakless.
"Twice!" Li Changzheng said lightly.
The murderous aura had already wrapped around him, his fighting spirit was high, and his eyes were full of bloodthirsty light. This made Li Ke's heart on the side tremble, and he moved his eyes to the Xiao Cavalry Camp and Qingfeng Cavalry, and found that in addition to his tiger and leopard cavalry, the momentum of more than 20,000 horses was the same as Li Changzheng's, like a devil rushing out of hell.
"Li Changzheng, you lead 20,000 people to be the first echelon, Li Ke, you lead 8,000 people to be the second echelon, you use one charge, you solve them for this king, this king doesn't want to waste time here." Ji Qingchen ordered Li Changzheng and Li Ke.
"No!" Li Changzheng received the order. And Li Ke on the side was stunned for a moment, and immediately received the order. He didn't expect that Ji Qingchen would let him lead a general who had left the country to lead the Great Yan Jing to fight.
And Ji Qingchen dared to be so confident because he believed in the combat effectiveness of Qingfeng Rider.
Qingfeng Cavalry has selected the elite from hundreds of thousands of Northern Liao Iron Cavalry, and it is the elite of the elite, and its combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the Northern Liao Iron Cavalry, and it is naturally a sure victory against Li Fang's army, which is weaker than the Northern Liao Iron Cavalry.
"Go ahead!" Ji Qingchen said lightly.
Now he no longer needs to personally give orders to the army, and then lead the three armies to charge. Because in his capacity there is no need to do so. Besides, this level of combat allows him to rush and kill, and there is no challenge at all. He was not a belligerent man, much less a man who liked to kill. Unless he is caught in two predicaments and needs to step forward, he will personally lead his troops to kill.
As soon as his order was reached, Li Changzheng and Li Ke went to lead the army and prepared to charge Li Fang's army. On the other side of the battlefield, Li Fang's cavalry was also ready for battle.
At this moment, he heard the sound of drawing a sword from Ji Qingchen's Qingfeng horse, and saw 28,000 soldiers pull out their swords at the same time, and split into two camps and rushed towards his cavalry.
The general who rushed to the forefront of the army was none other than Li Changzheng.
When Qingfeng rode in the charge, at the beginning of the horse knight urged the war horse, stepping on small broken steps, when the distance between the two sides was left four hundred steps, the war horse let go of the pace, and completely ran up to kill Li Fang's cavalry.
"Kill-" Li Fang didn't dare to lag behind, and when Li Changzheng led the army to rush towards him, he also issued a military order and led 40,000 elite cavalry to kill Li Changzheng.
Four hundred steps β
Three hundred steps β
Two hundred steps β
Just as the distance between the two sides was almost a hundred paces, Li Changzheng shouted, "Crossbow arrows are readyβ"
With a bang, 20,000 Qingfeng raised the crossbow arrows on his waist and aimed them at the enemy in front of him, staying within the range of the crossbow arrows. Li Changzheng gave an order, and three bursts of angry arrows were fired, and 60,000 feathered arrows pounced on Li Fang's army like locusts.
Bangββ!
Bang β Bang ββ!
Yes!
Ahhh
A series of feathered arrows pierced the armor of Li Fang's cavalry, setting them off their horses, and many soldiers who were not killed were trampled to death by their companions' horses when they fell off their horses, and let out a desolate scream.
Such a scene is unusually bloody, making people dare not look at it directly.
And just after a round of arrow rain, Qingfeng Cavalry put away his crossbow arrows, raised his sword high, and rushed into the camp of Li Fang's cavalry.
"Kill-" Li Changzheng roared, the first to rush into the camp of Li Fang's cavalry, encountered the first enemy, the copycat version of the wolf's blade slashed out like lightning, and the "poof" knife ended in the life of the cavalryman. At the same time, the war knife flew again, slashing at the three enemies who met him, and he saw that his war knife swept and cut off the three enemies at the waist, killing extremely bloody.
After killing this knife, Li Changzheng roared and rode a horse to meet Li Fang in the distance.
Even if Li Fang is a member of the Li clan, if he is still Li Changzheng's uncle according to his generation, since he has chosen to be an enemy, Li Changzheng will not show mercy to Li Fang's subordinates.
For mercy to the enemy on the battlefield is cruelty to oneself.
After experiencing the bitter battle with Beirong and the fight thousands of miles away from the country, Li Changzheng has matured and will no longer make mistakes on the battlefield like a rookie.
"Kill-" The 20,000 Qingfeng riders roared, they also cut out their swords, like a round of crescent moons, cutting off the heads of the enemies in front of them, their swords were as fast as lightning, the knife skills were accurate, and they were killed with one sword, without dragging the mud and water, completely showing their demeanor as the elite of the Northern Liao Iron Cavalry.
Call!
Li Fang was taken aback! He was truly taken aback!
Because he didn't expect Qingfeng to ride such a good horse control technique, he didn't need to grab the reins of a horse, but a single-handed knife and a single-handed crossbow, the accuracy of the crossbow arrows was still so high, just a round of arrow rain, his own side lost 6,000 fine horses, and just just a face, his side lost 3,000 horses.
This made him feel horrified.
This, could it be that the combat effectiveness of the Northern Liao Iron Cavalry has really reached this height? Just when Li Fang thought so, he felt a murderous aura hit his throat, he hurriedly blocked it with his war knife, and heard the sound of the bell, his figure shook, and when he stabilized his body and looked at the enemy, he found that the enemy who attacked him was none other than Li Changzheng.
"You want to fight me?" Li Fang asked in a cold tone.
He is different from Li Changzheng, because of his outstanding talent when he was very young, he was valued by Li Muzhi and cultivated quietly, so that he could have today's achievements. And when he went to the battlefield to kill the enemy, Li Changzheng was just a little kid, and when he commanded 10,000 cavalry alone, Li Changzheng was still a gentleman in King's Landing.
Unexpectedly, it was this nephew he looked down on in the past, and today he wanted to fight with him alone.
"Since you have chosen to be the enemy, you should not hesitate when you use the sword!" Li Changzheng said lightly, his eyes revealing a strong fighting intent.
"Ha Lu Ha-" Li Fang laughed, because what Li Changzheng said was very right, and he also agreed with Li Changzheng's point of view, "Okay! - I'll fight you! β