Chapter 157: Landing
Xue Lanxi led 50,000 military horses and slowly landed on Xiaocao Lake from the boat. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info He didn't need to be too impatient, on the shore in front of him, Lehi's army had already met again, 40,000 people were encamped, and the defense was very tight.
Li Hai's arrangement made Xue Lanxi a little admired. This person is worthy of being a famous general of the Chu State, and the arrangement of Xue Lanxi's landing is seamless, and the time and place are very cleverly grasped. With such a response, the time for Xue Lanxi to land was greatly shortened.
With the guidance of soldiers and horses, some docks were simply built to call at the port. The boat only needed to stop at the shore, and someone would set up a bridge, so that the army could land quickly. Lehi thought everything through. It took at least a day to land, and it was all done in less than two hours.
Xue Lanxi tidied up the armor on his body, walked towards General Li Hai solemnly, and gave a military salute.
"To the Han Border Army, the partial general Xue Lanxi, come to support!"
"Good. Li Haile nodded at Xue Lanxi, "I didn't expect that Han Hu still had a bit of strategic vision and knew how to arrange for his elite to come." It is not in vain to be the general of the Chu State. ā
Xue Lanxi's name, Li Hai had heard of it. Knowing that this is a rare brave general in the Han border army, one person with cavalry dares to cross the border of the Han State, which is admirable and praiseworthy of both courage and strategy.
Of course, he didn't know that if Xue Lanxi hadn't shown his identity as a handsome nephew, it would have been impossible for him to be sent.
"I've already said this support. You are alone, and we do not interfere with each other. General Lehi smiled, "In these three counties, there are at least more than 50,000 troops of the Xia Kingdom, and they are all elite soldiers defending the city. Three counties and one state are not as easy to attack as expected. ā
"And the army between us, there is no ability to run in and fight together, it is carried out in the form of fighting alone, you choose one county to attack, the iron cavalry to contain the other party's reinforcements, and we attack another county town, is there a problem?"
Xue Lanxi respected General Li Hai very much and regarded Li Hai as one of his idols, so he naturally did not refuse General Li Hai's arrangement. He even thought a little excitedly that fighting alone was the best condition for him to exert his skills, and he could show his skills well in front of General Lehi, so that General Lehi was impressed.
Li Hai is a little weird that Han Hu still has his own group in the army, but he is also happy in his heart, so at least he doesn't have to worry about the reinforcements on Han Hu's side dragging his own feet and causing any unpleasant problems.
With such a tacit understanding between the generals of the two armies, it will naturally be easier for the armies to display their combat effectiveness. They are all Chu State troops, but it is not uncommon for them to drag their feet back and forth because they belong to different camps. Now that the generals are in harmony with each other, this problem will be solved.
At this point, Lehi's confidence in attacking the three counties and one state on the border of Xia was greatly increased, and his heart was extremely happy.
"Speaking of which, who is the general who led the army of the Xia Kingdom this time?" Xue Lanxi asked with some curiosity, "The news that came back before is a little unknown, saying that it is a young boy, or is it the envoy of the Xia king?"
"That said, so to speak. Li Hai smiled, "The recent changes in this Xia Kingdom are so big that it can't be explained clearly in one or two sentences. To explain simply, the nobles of the Xia royal capital did not hesitate to secretly sell the country for glory in order to prevent the king of Zhennan from winning the throne of the country. In these seven counties, our army did not gnaw down in a tough battle at all, but from its internal response to the external cooperation, and it did not take much effort to take it. ā
"The king of Zhennan has experienced this catastrophe, and of course he is no longer able to compete for the position of lord of the country. Hey, now Xia Guo is a little girl, what is the princess regent. It's a joke. ā
Xue Lanxi was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Xia Guo to change so much these days, and he couldn't react. What did General Li Hai say just now? The current Xia Kingdom is ruled by a princess? Xue Lanxi almost felt that he was having auditory hallucinations.
"It's not just this one who is legendary, the egret who led the army this time is the heroic military advisor who repelled the 200,000 army of the grassland in the Xia Kingdom before, and it is rumored that the skills of this young military advisor are against the sky. With a hand, the steppe army fell apart, scattered and fled. Hey, if this one is really so powerful, this little grass lake should be turbulent when it lands. Lehi smiled a little mockingly.
He really couldn't figure it out, according to reason, Xia Guo should have made a move. Once the 100,000 troops are assembled, the advantage of the Chu State in fighting on the plains will be reflected. Even if there are a lot of cavalry in the Xia State, but the Chu State also has iron cavalry as the vanguard to contain it, and it is impossible for the other party not to understand this truth.
If the egret was really missing, it should have been arranged a long time ago, at least it would not allow the army supported by Han Hu to land safely at Xiaocao Lake. But now, let alone the other party's army, not even a scout has ever seen it. It seems that Xia Guo has no intention of fighting at all.
There was also news from the Iron Cavalry, and the cavalry had also arrived near Xiaocao Lake and was resting peacefully. Prepare for the upcoming head-on battle. Now the state of Chu can be said to have everything ready. Xia Guo may have missed the best strategic deployment period, whether it is a field battle or a defense of the city, I am afraid that the price to be paid will not be low. Generally speaking, novice generals would not make the mistake of delaying the fighter plane like this, but they don't know what the situation is with this legendary military advisor that Xia Guo boasted about.
Just when Li Hai and Xue Lanxi were secretly speculating about what the Xia State was doing, they saw the thirty-mile scout suddenly rush through the military formation to report the news.
"General, I have seen the army of the Xia Kingdom!" The scout was a little out of breath, even on horseback, and he had been running for thirty miles in a row, a little tired. It's just that he still shouted, "The Xia Kingdom has gathered 100,000 troops, and they are lined up in the hills outside Xiaocao Lake!"
Lined up outside the grass lake?
Li Hai glanced at Xue Lanxi a little inexplicably.
This Xia Kingdom is really confident, recruiting young and strong, and temporarily raising an army of 100,000. Just want to fight against the elite infantry of the Chu State in the field?When did this Xia State become so arrogant?
Could it be that the new commander-in-chief of the Egret Army Division did not understand the level of combat strength of the Chu State? Blindly thinking that as long as the military strength was sufficient, he could repel the border army of the Chu State? Isn't this funny?
"Is this Xia Kingdom's army crazy?Not to mention that the Iron Cavalry is still approaching, even if we are in a foot battle formation, we can easily break through the field elite of the Xia Kingdom, how dare they do this?" Xue Lanxi asked a little inexplicably.
"If it's not a conspiracy, it's that the Egret who leads the army is not a magical person. Li Hai thought for a while, "I really don't understand, what is Xia Guo thinking about with such an arrangement?"