Chapter 335: Crossing the Prairie

Arrows rained down, and hundreds of Zhan Shi arrived in the first round of attacks, and the guards beside Cheng Ba Yan Shi Province used the arm shield of their left hand to bounce a stray arrow away, and their brows furrowed tightly. Since he became the lieutenant envoy of Zhennan in his forties, he has only had five opportunities to face arrows in the position of command, and the resistance of the Northern Han people has surprised him.

Within visual range, a large number of Northern Han rangers began to pour in. They are different from the cavalry units in Great Xia that wear leather armor and are armed with spears and short swords, but semi-** cavalry based on bows and arrows, they are used to taking off their clothes when fighting, revealing scars and wounds all over their bodies, in order to show the glory of manhood, and welcome more glory by the way.

To tell the truth, unless there is a superior number and geographical advantage, the tribal cavalry with backward equipment is not the opponent of the Great Xia cavalry at all, not to mention that Cheng Wenzheng brought the elite division of the southwest.

In addition to the left and right flanks and four forwards, Cheng Wenzheng still had more than 10,000 reserves behind him, and the total number was even higher than the Northern Han cavalry on the opposite side, and after a little hesitation, he did not give the order to outflank the attack, but turned to the adjutant and said: "You go and invite a few star warlocks to fight." ”

The adjutant did not hesitate to turn his horse back.

The people who went into battle with Cheng Wenzheng were all first-class star warlocks hired with contribution points, typical masters who only pinch soft persimmons and don't fight tough battles. If they meet an Astral Warlock of the same level, they may leave directly, but when facing ordinary soldiers, they can still play a great role.

Especially the array of dense sprints.

After a while, the sound of "boom boom" began to sound in all corners of the battlefield, and the astral warlocks who came to the battlefield were all able to fly, either using violent means to attack directly, or by affecting the surrounding environment and attacking the soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Flames, floods, subsidence and vacuums frequently appeared in the camp of the Northern Han cavalry, causing exclamations and curses.

At this moment, the Northern Han army, which was less than 10,000 people, simply gave up the hope of escaping and desperately rushed towards the array of Great Xia.

Cheng Wenzheng smiled with satisfaction, and waved his big hand: "The whole army is attacking." ”

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the reserve behind them announced their arrival with the neighing of the animals.

The Rangers of the Great Han looked desperate, their bows vulnerable to the Star Warlocks, their scimitars vulnerable to the spears, many jumped off their horses and tried to surrender, and many more chose the final charge.

The battle lasted for days, a stalemate of two hours of fighting. In just ten minutes, it was a decisive end, the Northern Han soldiers suffered all casualties, and less than 12 out of 10 were captured. The military judge of the Xia army led his men to plow the battlefield again, and then came back to report to Cheng Wenzheng: "My lord. All were soldiers of the Nara tribe. ”

"Where's the chief?"

"Dead in battle." As he spoke, the military judge led the horse behind him, and on it lay the corpse of a middle-aged man, two crimson feathers and head glued together with blood.

"It's all down again." Cheng Wenzheng sighed and said, "It seems that the court of the Northern Han Dynasty is extremely unstable. ”

"Why don't you take a break?" Lin Yijian, the barnyard general on the side, said.

Cheng Wenzheng held the hilt of the sword in his hand, his fingers clenched white, and denied: "The grassland is dangerous, you must leave quickly." ”

"Ten thousand of us, if we kill Hanjing like this, the last general will be afraid," the barnyard general said and did not dare to speak. Cheng Wenzheng was strict in governing the army and never stingy with military law. His troops also employ the most military judges.

"Set up camp for now." Cheng Wenzheng also knew that the situation was not good. Since crossing the border, they have never fought against the regular army of the Northern Han, and now they have fought more than a dozen battles, large and small, and although they have won each time with absolute superiority, the uneasiness in their hearts has become stronger and stronger.

As far as he knew, the tens of thousands of cavalry in Luoshan Pass, and the old 10,000 soldiers, were intact and damaged. Moreover, the star warlock of the Northern Han Dynasty never appeared, and once the two sides met, he didn't want to put his hope on the hired star warlock.

If there is a team of about 1,000 star warriors, I will dare to go to Hanjing, Cheng Wenzheng comforted himself.

Most of the star warriors cultivated according to the Templar's idea have a lethal zero-level star array, and a few even have a first-level star array. Such soldiers are relatively easy to cultivate, and when a certain number of them are gathered, they can even pose a threat to high-level astral warlocks. Generally speaking, a few Star Warlocks would not dare to attack a team of Star Warriors hundreds of times their size.

It's a pity that in Great Xia, the focus of the imperial court's strategy is always Daliang. The most resources and the best soldiers will always be the first to be sent to the northern battlefield, if it weren't for Cheng Wenzheng's hard work, he wouldn't be able to keep 10,000 cavalry in his hands.

At noon, the usual showers poured down. Wash the blood-stained grasslands back into green.

The sun is still dangling in the sky, not caring at all about the interference of **. Cheng Wenzheng sat in his tent, listening to the crackling sound of raindrops, his eyes wandering off the map.

It was his long-cherished wish for many years to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty, and when he first became a border officer, he began to send people to the Northern Han Dynasty, depicting various topographical maps, and investigating local power relations. After becoming an envoy of the Overseer, he studied and devised strategies against the Northern Han Dynasty more than once.

Today, some of these preparations have been played, while others have changed in response to the drastic changes in the evidence of the Northern Han Dynasty.

He even began to wonder if it was right to attack the Northern Han now, and according to the reports of the sleepers, the white-hot struggle for power in the Han Jing had cooled significantly with the invasion of Great Xia. Discussions and dialogue between the forces have resumed.

In the face of external pressure, the reunification of the Northern Han Dynasty also seemed possible.

"Is this going to be the end of it?" Cheng Wenzheng muttered to himself, extremely unwilling in his heart. It is necessary to wait until the troops sent by the imperial court, let alone Xiaoyue. And re-through the sweetwater grassland, pregnant at the same time

But if he can gain a foothold here, it will only take a month at most for the imperial army to cross the grassland again. Casualties will also be greatly reduced.

Come to think of it. Cheng Wenzheng smiled bitterly.

Not to mention the cavalry of 30,000 people, it is an army of 10,000 people, and it is not easy for Zudang to gain a firm foothold in the land of the Northern Han Dynasty. Referring to the war against Daliang a few years ago, it is known as a million. In fact, the army of Wan, who is about to do, is still being led by the nose because of logistical problems.

"Chen Wu." Cheng Wenzheng shouted.

His adjutant immediately opened the curtain and ran in.

"Go tell the bill. In the evening, we will move northward, and no fire shall be raised, and when the horses have been fed, we shall burn the steppe. Cheng Wenzheng pursued the burn-out policy that had been continued before. The Sweet Water Grassland is the foundation of the Northern Han Dynasty, and they burn all the way, and it will take more trouble for the tribes that fall behind to catch up.

There was another neighing of horses outside, and the remaining more than 20,000 cavalry, each with more than two horses, was precisely through the equipment of the soldiers of the Northern Han tribe that the battle losses of Great Xia were reduced.

In terms of the combat effectiveness of the army in the era of cold weapons, if the battle is damaged, the army fed will easily collapse. It is an elite division, and the battle loss rate that can be endured will not exceed Wei. In other words. If the cavalry unit led by Cheng Wenzheng loses too many people, the soldiers' war-weariness and war-phobia will completely end the command system.

In fact, if that time really comes, it is unknown whether the command system at the bottom will exist.

Three hundred-man teams marched north, west, and east, carrying with them large quantities of fire oil. They were given the order to continue to set fire to the map until the mountain was set to the ground.

However, unlike setting fire to the border dagger, after going deep into the sweetwater grassland, there is no accurate calculation, and it is difficult to set the grassland on fire. They often set fire to thousands of acres and thousands of acres, and when you think about the length and vastness of the grassland, you can see what a difficult task this is.

Of course, occasionally, when you are lucky, a breeze in the right direction will keep the flames going on for the rest of the night, for the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom. It's like killing a chicken in the village and finally killing a big rooster.

Shower was like a child who had been slapped in the face, and after a few minutes or so of catharsis, he naturally stopped crying, and when the mist on the blades of grass dissipated, the three hundred-man teams also arrived at their respective positions.

Then, thick black smoke and flames between light and darkness.

In the evening, the soldiers, who had slept all day, began to get up, and after spending more than ten minutes sorting out their personal belongings, they lined up to assemble.

The torch is not allowed to be lit, the sun that is about to set is waving the residual heat, like the laziness of the retiring officials, with the last ray of light, the cavalry carried the tents and bedding into the carriage into the formation of the cavalry unit does not come and go as much as imagined, without logistics and supplies of the horse combination is called horse thief, in the frontal battlefield without any combat effectiveness.

"Take a look at the Astral Warlocks' tent and make sure they don't use anything that has a bright light.

Cheng Wenzheng rode on his horse and ordered his adjutant.

As he was talking, he saw a few blue halos light up five or six hundred meters ahead.

"These guys." Cheng Wenzheng has reason to be dissatisfied. He had been fighting for many years, and he was really not very optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the first-level star warlocks, and most of them used the stars they could bear on the flying star array. Attacks can only be counted as by-products.

It's a pity that the second-level star warlock who can fight is almost impossible to see in the southwest. Even if they need to make money, they will go to the front line of Daliang. Cheng Wenzheng had a little money in his hand, and he could only invite a first-class star warlock to accompany him.

Chen Wu immediately got on the horse. I want to ask a few star warlocks to destroy the star array, so that people don't show up a few miles away.

Unexpectedly, a few star warlocks ran over instead.

Cheng Wenzheng suddenly reacted and hurriedly asked, "Is there news?" ”

The light of the blue communication star array, he was familiar with it.

The star warlock in front nodded excitedly and said, "It's Cheng Jinzhou Star Warlock, he and Lu Xuxing Warlock, Sister Kong Star Warlock and Huimin Renxing Warlock have already crossed the border. ”

"How long will it take for them to arrive?"

"One day at most."

"Okay." Cheng Wenzheng slapped his thigh hard, and he was also sighing in his heart. Although he led the cavalry, he ran and circled, but after all, it took two people at the same time to cross the grassland, and the astral warlocks could reach it in just one day, which is really a fast injustice.

Chen Wu grabbed Cheng Wenzheng's horse and said in a low voice: "My lord, does the army still have to move?" ”

"Of course you have to move." Cheng Wenzheng said and arched his hand to the star warlock: "Mr. Zhu, please keep in touch with Jinzhou." Chen Wu, you go find a piece of opaque cloth and help Mr. Zhu wrap the position of the star array so that the enemy won't see it. ”

His last words were for Chen Wu and for the Star Warlocks.

The Star Warlock was not an unreasonable master, and obediently asked Chen Wu to cut off his cloak and wrap it around his arm. Several other astral warlocks are also dealt with in one piece.

"Kong Yan and Hui Minren, how strong are they?" After the whole army began to move, Cheng Wenzheng began to ask the Star Warlocks for specific details.

The only star warlock present who belonged to the Star Warlock Association, Xia Yuanji smiled. Dao: "Every fourth-level star warlock is different, and the star warlock of Xingzhou should always be stronger than two third-level star warlocks."

This is the most standard answer, and it is also not what Cheng Wenzheng wants, he rubbed the knot on the sword with his hand, and said in a voice that only a few people nearby could hear: "We don't have many people, and we must have the advantage of the star warlock to have the possibility of winning." ”

Even if there is no Cheng Jinzhou's cunzài, Great Xia is still stronger than the Northern Han Dynasty in terms of star warlocks, and all the wars; Great Xia, which fought on two fronts. In terms of the combat power of the Ten Astral Warriors, Shi Gongzha is the main general of the southwest frontier, and Cheng Wenzheng has long been accustomed to the wars in which the Astral Warlocks participate, just like the army commander who is used to air supremacy.

"The combination of Cheng Jinzhou Star Warlock and Lu Xuxing Warlock also has the combat power of a third-level Star Warlock." Xia Yuanji laughed as he spoke, and said, "Lord Cheng, let's pay attention, the two fourth-level star warlocks of the Northern Han Dynasty are both substandard, and they are both Templar star warlocks, so it is not certain whether they will participate in the war." ”

There are no original fourth-level star warlocks in the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Zhuo Fantasy Sacrifice and Mokan Sacrifice stationed here are like mercenary star warlocks, and they will occasionally bully a weak person at the request of the imperial court but rarely participate in the battle of star warlocks of the same level, and both of them are star warlocks who are biased towards research, and their combat ability is worrying.

Cheng Wenzheng's decision will affect the life and death of the entire army of 30,000 people, so he naturally has to be cautious, and the gloom on his face will not be weakened much because of Xia Yuanjixing's words.

In the night, Cheng Jinzhou was also flying.

The Mahron Star Warlock, on his right chest, has re-revised the recording array, making it much easier to use, at least without having to read the sound, with the vibration of his lips, he is able to record characters, mainly thanks to the increase in the sensitivity of the array.

It is necessary to play with the burden, and the second-level record star array with the remaining star power cannot increase his personal ability much, and Jiang Huang Star Warlock and the others feel that it is a waste. On the contrary, it was Isu and the Buddha, who were a little uneasy.

In order to improve the degree of flight and reduce the influence of air currents, Sister Kong and Hui Minren chose to fly above the clouds.

Although the degree of flight is fast, the change in distance from the planet is very small, but for the most degree-seeking fourth-level star warlocks, even such a small change must be corrected.

In order to keep up with the degree of two people, Cheng Jinzhou was really tired. He had never tried oral arithmetic and mental arithmetic in continuous mental arithmetic, and the intensity was so high that the elementary mental arithmetic tutorial could not make it easy for him for a moment.

He was dizzy, but he didn't know how surprised the two fourth-level star warlocks were.

In fact, Kong Wei and Hui Minren also mentioned the highest degree. They originally wanted to test the ability of Cheng Lu's combination, but they didn't expect the latter to follow them all the way without hesitation.

After flying for three or four hours, Kong Wei wanted to lower the degree, but he was worried that he would be flattened by Cheng Jinzhou, so he had to work hard to persevere. For him, it is constantly calculating the positions of the planets, as well as judging the interference of the wind and its own degree. Stress is also not

When she was about to arrive, Sister Kong was already a wooden mind, and her whole person was out of energy, and Hui Minren was a little better, and she was about to lose her sense of direction.

Cheng Jinzhou once studied the elementary mental arithmetic course, although tired, but still persevered, he pinched the time and the time was almost up, and couldn't help asking: "Shouldn't we confirm their location, they are about to leave the grassland." ”

Hui Min reacted violently, and was quite embarrassed to light up the star array, and at the same time said, "Let's go down." ”

Kong Yan didn't say a word, and directly dived down, and the frightened Lu Xu raised his degree again.

The one that Hui Minren looked at. Shaking his head vigorously, he told him for a long time that it was very nerve-wracking to fly, if it weren't for his self-esteem, they would definitely not accompany Cheng Jinzhou to go crazy.

After a whole night of flying through the sweetwater grassland, it was seven or eight o'clock in the morning, and the dew on the blades of grass could still be seen in the cloudy and bright sunshine. Sister Kong took a deep breath, rubbed her head, and stopped her fatal calculations.

The astrosorcers of this era still used the triangulation method the most. To substitute the astronomical distance of the planet into it, and then estimate it, ordinary computers will calculate the self-exposed memory.

"That's them." Lu Xu didn't have to waste too much energy, it was like the feeling of taking a sleeper on an airplane, and at this time, he pointed to the cavalry team a few kilometers away.

The morning is a good time to observe, Cheng Jinzhou put his hand on the pergola, watching while flying.

This cavalry was supposed to be the vanguard, about three or four thousand in number, dressed in earth-gray clothes, and like a lump of animal excrement on the turquoise grass. From the air, their slow movement looked like they were forced to move.

The four of them didn't pay attention to what the clothes of the Great Xia soldiers should be, and looked at each other, Kong Wei said dryly: "It's okay to ask them in the past." ”

If it was in the past, he would definitely pay attention, but after flying all day, Kong Wei wanted to have a comfortable carriage to ride, even if it was a comfort that he usually didn't look at.

Cheng Jinzhou and Hui Minren were no better, and flew down without resistance.

Yi Su grabbed Cheng Jinzhou's left shoulder with four "strong" legs that had been exercised, and said in a low voice: "Use the communication star array to communicate." ”

Xiao Cheng reacted at this time, and hurriedly shouted forward: "Huimin Renxing Warlock, use the communication star array to contact." ”

He himself has not yet carved the communication array.

However, Sister Kong didn't hear what Cheng Jinzhou said, and rushed down by herself, he was a fourth-level star warlock, and he didn't care if the cavalry below was friend or foe.

Hui Minren lagged behind and lit up the communication array.

At that moment, several rays of light suddenly shot out from the cavalry team below.

The color of crimson, without the slightest kindness.

Kong Wei only had time to make a defensive move, and he was covered in the light.

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