Chapter 151: The Empty Valley Scheme
The Beirong cavalry marched towards the small valley in three ways, which was the cautious side of Modhan's march, after all, he was not familiar with the terrain of Yunzhou, so he did not dare to advance too rashly.
In addition, he lost 30,000 elite horsemen in the first battle last night, which gave him a new understanding of Ji Qingchen.
He was afraid that Ji Qingchen would set up an ambush halfway or at the mouth of the valley, so he would let Zhenghongqi and 40,000 new pawns attack in two ways and make a temptation.
If there was really an ambush as he thought, he let Zhenghongqi and the 40,000 new army make a test, and then he would meet Ji Qingchen's ambush, this was his strategy.
But apparently Modahan was too cautious.
Because when Zhi Sili and Sirpa led 40,000 new troops to the exit of the mountain behind the valley, they were not ambushed, and when Yan Haxiong, the commander of the Zhenghong Banner, led 30,000 elite cavalry to the mouth of the valley, they were also not ambushed.
This made Mo Dahan, who was marching halfway, a lot more relieved when he got the news, and stepped up the speed of the march.
And in the valley of the small stream, when they learned that the Beirong cavalry had reached the mouth of the valley, Li Changzheng, Huang Taiji and Xu Dachun, who were still left in the valley, showed a solemn look on their faces, and they all moved their eyes to Ji Qingchen, wanting to see his decision. Because just before the Beirong army arrived at the valley, Ji Qingchen guessed that the Beirong scouts would find their hiding place, and let the Ruishi Battalion, the Dragon Horse and the Black Eagle Cavalry withdraw from the valley one step earlier, but the Beirong cavalry came earlier than he imagined, so that he and the Devil Cavalry, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the White Cavalry Battalion were blocked in the valley by the Beirong cavalry before they could leave.
"Your Highness, what should we do? Otherwise, let the Long March lead the cavalry battalion to kill out of the city, and make a bloody way for His Highness. Li Changzheng asked Zhandao, for him, what kind of feats he had, what he killed, none of this mattered, the important thing was that Ji Qingchen could be safe and sound.
"Huang Taiji is willing to be a pioneer, and personally lead the four hundred white cavalry battalions to open the way for His Highness in front." Huang Taiji said.
Since this Beirong warrior has been obedient to Ji Qingchen, he has now begun to work hard for Ji Qingchen, because he saw Ji Qingchen's talent in the first battle of Caozhou, saw Ji Qingchen's command ability in cavalry battles, and more importantly, he smelled Ji Qingchen's potential, and he felt that as long as he followed Ji Qingchen, his future would be more brilliant than in Beirong.
Only Xu Dachun didn't speak, because he was frowning and pondering, not knowing what Lu Dao was thinking. And Ji Qingchen was also silent, he didn't say anything, just sat quietly in the big tent. This made Li Changzheng and Huang Taiji, who were invited to fight, a little anxious, if the Beirong cavalry attacked the small valley now, there were only 21,200 people on their side, and 20,000 people were still heavy cavalry, this is the rhythm of the annihilation of the whole army!
"Li Changzheng, you and Huang Taiji first led the men and horses of the headquarters to block the mouth of the news valley, and did not let the Beirong cavalry enter the valley, as for how to retreat from the enemy, this king will think of a way!" Ji Qingchen pondered for a moment and said. At this time, his expression was serious, and he was obviously aware of the approaching crisis.
"No!" Li Changzheng and Huang Taiji took the order and strode away from the big tent.
After the two of them left the big tent, Xu Dachun asked, "I don't know how the Grand Governor of the Dao Dao wants to deal with the crisis in front of him?" ”
"What do you say?" Ji Qingchen asked Xu Dachun.
"The last general means that he will immediately send a message to Bai Xiangcheng and Cheng Qianfan, and let them come to the rescue in the valley, but before that, we must hold the mouth of the valley and prevent the Beirong cavalry from knowing that we only have more than 20,000 troops left in the valley." Xu Dachun said.
"How can you defend Taniguchi?" Ji Qingchen asked again.
"This, the last general hasn't thought of a way yet." Xu Dachun said embarrassedly.
"There are 40,000 Beirong cavalry at the exit of the back mountain of the valley, and there are 30,000 red flag cavalry at the valley mouth. Ji Qingchen asked.
"They're waiting for Modahan's army." Xu Dachun asked.
"What else?" Ji Qingchen continued to ask.
"This last general doesn't know what to do." Xu Dachun replied honestly.
"Another point is that Mo Dahan ordered them not to attack him rashly, he was afraid that the king would have an ambush in the valley, and wanted to lead them into the valley and annihilate them in one fell swoop." Ji Qingchen analyzed, "He seems to have lingering fears about the fact that we annihilated 30,000 Blue Flag Elite Horsemen in a battle last night!" ”
"So, Your Highness has thought of a countermeasure to deal with the enemy?" Xu Dachun asked excitedly.
"It's not a good strategy, it's just a delaying tactic." Ji Qingchen said lightly. Xu Dachun didn't speak, but quietly waited for Ji Qingchen's next words.
"It's already time to be a child, as long as you hold on for another three hours, and in the early morning, Bai Xiangcheng and Cheng Qianfan find that this king has not reached the predetermined place, and they will definitely guess that this king has encountered an accident, and they will come to the valley to rescue us." Ji Qingchen said, "But there are 70,000 Beirong troops outside the valley, and there will be 100,000 horses from Mo Dahan in the future. ”
"Empty valley plan?" Xu Dachun asked puzzled.
"Otherwise, how can you retreat from the enemy?" Ji Qingchen said with a smile.
"Your Highness, I'm afraid this is a bit risky, isn't it?" Xu Dachun wondered, after all, Beirong Mo Dahan, who commanded an army of 170,000, would he really be frightened by an unwarranted ambush and 20,000 cavalry for three or four hours and not dare to attack the small valley?
"It's an adventure, but this king thinks that Mo Dahan will definitely fall for the trick, because last night's blue flag was annihilated and left a shadow in his heart, a smart person like him naturally knows what it means to eat a trench and grow wise, and will be bitten by a snake for ten years and be afraid of the well rope, such a resourceful and suspicious person is the most suitable to set up an empty valley plan for him."
"I don't know what His Highness Lu Dao is going to do, but the last general is willing to be a pioneer." Xu Dachun asked.
"You don't need to do anything, just play a song out of the valley." Ji Qingchen said it lightly, but his words shocked Xu Dachun, he didn't dare to let Ji Qingchen venture out of the valley, because as long as Ji Qingchen didn't go out of the valley, the Beirong cavalry couldn't see him, so they didn't dare to attack the valley, if they came out of the valley, everyone saw Ji Qingchen, maybe they would kill into the valley because of their desire to invite merit, this would be troublesome, and Ji Qingchen didn't show up, that is, the Beirong cavalry attacked the valley, Xu Dachun also had the ability to let Ji Qingchen dress up in disguise, and then protect him to escape from the valley, but if Ji Qingchen came out of the valley, Let the Beirong cavalry see his true face, and then it will be difficult to escape from the small valley while the chaos is in chaos.
"Do you think that if Mo Dahan discovers that we only have more than 20,000 cavalry in the valley, and with his 170,000 troops, enough to seal the valley mouth, will we still have a chance to escape?" Ji Qingchen knew what Xu Dachun was thinking in his heart and said, "The only thing that can stop him from attacking Xiaoxi Valley is that this king appears in front of them, so that he can still confuse him, if there are only Li Changzheng and Huang Taiji and more than 1,200 cavalry in Gukou, when Huang Taiji's army arrives at Gukou, if it takes a long time, he will definitely see the clues in the valley." ”
Xu Dachun stopped talking!
"Go get the king's scorched tail!" Ji Qingchen smiled, "Let's go out of the valley together." ”
"No!" Xu Dachun received the order.
Outside the valley, 30,000 Beirong cavalry were confronting the 800 Xiao cavalry battalion and the 400 white cavalry battalion.
If it weren't for the fact that the main generals of both sides suppressed the desire to fight the cavalry under their command, it is estimated that the two sides would have been fighting together by now. Because even though they were six hundred paces apart, the two sides were already tense and ready to charge at the first order.
In particular, Li Changzheng's 800 Xiao cavalry battalion and Huang Taiji's 400 white cavalry battalion did not have any fear in the face of the 30,000 Zhenghongqi elite cavalry, but had a high fighting spirit, and they were still murderous, completely suppressing the suffocating aura exuded by the 30,000 Zhenghongqi elite cavalry.
This is not something that ordinary soldiers can do big. If it were placed in peacetime, the average cavalry of more than 1,000 people against the 30,000 elite of the Red Banner would have surrendered without a fight.
The main generals of both sides are even more angry, especially Huang Taiji and Yan Haxiong, one of the two is a rebel general of Beirong, and the other is the chief general of Zhenghongqi.
And Li Changzheng is even more monstrous!
Following Ji Qingchen's side, his ability to command the army has improved a lot, not to mention, and because he often learns martial arts with Ji Qingchen and sparring with Ji Qingchen, his martial arts skills have also improved greatly, even if he can fight against Bai Xiangcheng for a hundred moves, he will be defeated.
This is enough to make him proud of the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion!
Today's encounter with the Beirong cavalry is an endless situation, how can he not know the importance of this battle, so when facing Yan Haxiong and his 30,000 Zheng Red Banner, he did not retain his strength at this moment.
The high fighting intent exuded by Li Changzheng's body and the suffocating murderous aura made Yan Haxiong have to be careful against him, because this bloodthirsty aura he had only felt in Ao Bai and Meng Buge, and he knew what terrifying strength was hidden in this bloodthirsty aura.
And just when Yan Haxiong and Huang Taiji were glaring angrily, he suddenly saw two horses appear at the mouth of the small valley.
Among the two people, the one who walked in front was wearing a black python robe, with an arrogant demeanor, the air of a king, and the domineering spirit between Gu Pan, and the momentum of looking down on the world.
Seeing these two people, Yan Haxiong guessed that the person walking in front of him must be Ji Qingchen, the king of Northern Liao, who is the governor of Daliao who has 300,000 governors in four states.
However, when Ji Qingchen rode to the front of the formation, he was in a trance again. Because he couldn't believe that the thin and thin-faced young man in front of him would be the king of Northern Liao, and he would be able to see the devil who annihilated 30,000 blue flag elite riders in one night last night. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that the young man in front of him didn't have the demeanor that a famous general should have, except for the grace and bearing on his body. No armor, a python robe, long hair shawl, freehand posture, more like a gentleman!
But Ji Qingchen's python robe is not fake, this is not something that anyone dares to wear.
Therefore, Yan Haxiong did not suspect that the king of Northern Liao in front of him was a copycat impersonated by someone else. Because he also saw Ji Qingchen's war knife and wolf blade, as well as the Qinglong horse lance he had seen in the battle of Yanmen Pass ten years ago.
"Six hundred steps back!" Yan Haxiong suddenly gave an unbelievable order.
Because what he saw Ji Qingchen was different from what he imagined, which made him a little unable to see this person clearly, and then thinking of the tragedy of Zhenglanqi last night, he was afraid that he would fall for Ji Qingchen's plan, so he would give such a steady order, after all, the order Mo Dahan gave him was only to go to the valley to standby, not to capture and kill Ji Qingchen alive.
And Ji Qingchen, who came to the front of the battle, ignored a little person like Yan Haxiong, he was waiting for Mo Dahan, the Great Khan King of Beirong, who sat down in front of Xu Dachun's case and lowered his head and began to stroke the qin.
His war horse Xiying stood quietly beside him very spiritually, and on the saddle hung this green dragon horse lance that had been soaked in the blood of Beirong Erlang, and the wolf blade was inserted in front of him, like a sharp arrow, staring at Yan Haxiong and the 30,000 Zheng Red Flag.
Zheng!
As Ji Qingchen's fingertips touched the strings and made a crisp sound, the pleasant sound floated at the mouth of the valley. It fills the originally sparse valley with a peaceful atmosphere.