Chapter Forty-Six: The Great Battle of the Imperial Court

On that day, Liu Chengzhi summoned Yang Yecheng and said, "General Yang, Ling Lang's whereabouts have been confirmed!"

Yang Yecheng was overjoyed and said, "Childe, thank you for informing, I don't know where the dog is now." ”

Liu Chengzhi said: "After Linglang Yang Hongyi said goodbye to your southern Xinjiang ten years ago, he traveled several times, and finally came to Nanban, because of his outstanding martial arts, and the Nanban people are the most heroes, and he was valued by the patriarch of the Zhuque clan and became his son-in-law. This time the Nanban attacked us, but he is also one of the pioneers!"

Yang Yecheng pondered for a moment and said, "I didn't expect that our father and son would meet each other this time!"

Liu Chengzhi said: "There is a reluctant request below, I don't know if the general is willing to agree?"

After Yang Yecheng joined the Cheng Zhijun, he became more and more familiar with the young man in front of him, but the more he admired it in his heart.

Liu Chengzhi was born in a family, but he had no swarf; he had poetry and books in his belly, but he was not arrogant; he was respectful and courteous, but he had his own majesty; he led his troops in a good way, and he was strictly disciplined, but he never oppressed people with his power, and he was very friendly, and the generals and soldiers felt that they had met the master.

So Liu Chengzhi made a request, and Yang Yecheng agreed: "Son, just say it!"

Liu Chengzhi said: "I think the general can be a lobbyist for me and persuade your son to help me win this battle!"

Yang Yecheng said: "The last general is already old and decrepit, and he is worried that he will not be able to contribute to his son; if he can convince my son, my father and son will not have to fight each other; besides, my son Yang Hongyi is a person of the Great Jin, I believe that he is not willing to serve the tiger for a long time." Although I am clumsy in words, I am willing to help Childe fulfill his wish!"

Liu Chengzhi was overjoyed and said: "It's so difficult to be an old general!"

And so it went on for another month.

On that day, two miles away from the station, the cavalry of the Chengzhi Army was training, and this training was far away from the defense facilities. About half an hour later, but I heard the sound of whistling all over the mountains, and it turned out that the Nanban troops had come to harass again.

Cheng Zhijun hurriedly retreated, but behind him was a large team of cattle and horses grazing. When those Southern Barbarian soldiers saw it, they were overjoyed, since the Yunli Army came, it had been a long time since the Yunli Army had come over.

Those southern barbarian cavalry drove cattle and horses one after another, and they were very busy. Some soldiers even fought with each other in order to grab cattle and sheep.

At this time, the Nanban troops did not find it, and there were infantry and cavalry on the left and right flanks slowly approaching, and the cavalry in front of the distant began to turn back and kill.

After a while, the Nanban army had already discovered the Chengzhi army, but because of the fierce style of the Nanban people, coupled with the obscurity of Taoguang in the past few months, these Nanban people did not care about the Yunli army at all.

And the soldiers of the Chengzhi Army had a fire in their hearts, and at this time they vented it and quickly attacked the Southern Barbarian Army.

As soon as the two armies fought, they found that the difference in combat strength came from the fact that the Southern Barbarian Army had strong individual combat effectiveness, but the Chengzhili Army had strict formations and fought in accordance with rules and methods. One-on-one Cheng Zhijun may not be an opponent, but ten against ten is definitely the advantage of Cheng Zhijun.

After a while, these Southern Barbarian troops also found that the Chengzhi Army was different from the previous troops, but it was too late, and the whole army was already surrounded.

After about two hours of fighting, the Chengzhi army captured 100,000 Nanban troops and killed more than 300,000 Nanban troops. The Yunli army suffered only 20,000 casualties.

It turned out that in the past month, Liu Chengzhi and Yang Yecheng father and son have been in touch.

He already knew that the royal court of the Manxi tribe was fifty miles southwest of this place, and this attack was carefully planned, and it was the closest ambush site to the royal court, and the 40,000 southern barbarian troops destroyed were the elite of the Manxi tribe.

Although he got the news from the spy gate, the royal court of the Manxi tribe still had 100,000 elite cavalry and 500,000 infantry, but Liu Yunli could only take risks.

He made up his mind that as long as he made a move, he couldn't give the other party a chance to breathe, and he could only subdue the Southern Barbarians in one fell swoop!

At this time, Liu Chengzhi did not hesitate, leaving 20,000 infantry to clean up the mess, and led more than 300,000 cavalry to quickly kill to the southwest.

After about half an hour, Liu Chengzhi signaled his troops to slow down. He left 50,000 horses in the nearby Changshan Yin, led by Xiang Wuji, as a surprise soldier, he led the remaining more than 200,000 cavalry, and quietly approached the Manxi royal court.

Feng Yu, the native king of the Manxi tribe, was seven years old and had not yet been in power, and the real power was in the hands of Su Heng, the king of Zuoxian.

Su Heng is a great person, quite rigid and self-serving, and his biggest dream is to enter the Great Jin Dynasty, become a hero of the Southern Barbarian Clan's expansion of territory, and achieve a lifetime of fame.

Early that morning, when he heard that the Chengzhi army was training again, he sent 400,000 cavalry to attack, hoping to gradually deplete the Yunli army and break the morale of the Yunli army.

At this time, he was drinking and having fun with Feng Yu, the king of the earth, in the king's account, but he didn't know that danger had come.

Liu Chengzhi was close to the second mile of the Manxi royal court, and ordered the cavalry to advance rapidly and attack quickly. After a while, the Chengzhi army had already arrived at the royal court, and the poor brave Nanban soldiers didn't even have time to take their weapons, so they were slashed and killed on the spot by the Yunli army.

After killing for about half an hour, the Nanban troops had the advantage in numbers after all. After Su Heng reacted, he rectified the remnants of the army and began to counterattack, at this time there were still about 100,000 people in the Southern Barbarian Army, and Liu Chengzhi had already led troops to surround them.

Just when the Chengzhi army thought that this battle would be won, they heard a whistling sound in the rear, and it turned out that the cavalry sent by the Mansi royal court in the other direction had returned.

Previously, Su Heng ordered 400,000 cavalry to attack the Yunli Army, which had been broken by the Chengzhi Army. However, he also had a deep understanding of military law, and ordered 80,000 cavalry as a reserve force to patrol in the other direction in case there was a change. After this unit found out about the problem, they hurried to the royal court to support.

At this time, the morale of the Nanban troops gradually rose, and they regained their spirits, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, and there seemed to be a tendency to counter-encircle the Chengzhi army.

After all, the Chengzhi army is only more than 200,000 people, and the number is not superior, while the Nanban army is strong in combat on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is facing a desperate situation of life and death, and its potential is greatly stimulated, and it is fiercely attacked by the Chengzhi army.

When the three groups of men and horses fought fiercely together, and the Chengzhi army gradually had a tendency to be surrounded, Xiang Wuji led 50,000 cavalry to start another counter-encirclement from the rear.

The cavalry led by Liu Chengzhi was divided into two routes, one with 50,000 people resisted more than 100,000 infantry from the direction of Wang Ting, and the other with more than 100,000 people, led by Liu Yunli himself, surrounded by Xiang Wuji, and directly attacked the 80,000 elite Southern Barbarian cavalry from the rear.

Although the 80,000 Nanban cavalry had very strong combat effectiveness, on the one hand, they were tired from afar, and on the other hand, they were unprepared that there were still enemy troops in the rear, and they fell into a bitter battle at once, and after a while, they were killed and captured, and completely lost their combat effectiveness.

At this time, the 50,000 Chengzhi troops who were resisting the direction of Wang Ting in front suffered heavy losses, and only 20,000 remained, but Liu Yunli and Xiang Wuji joined forces and surrounded them again.

Originally, those southern barbarian soldiers were already struggling to support, but at this time, when they encountered heavy pressure, they completely collapsed.

In the battle, the Yunli army completely annihilated the defenders of the Mansi royal court at the cost of 50,000 casualties and achieved a brilliant victory.

And the significance of this battle is probably much more than the elimination of a few enemy armies.