() July 7, 174 in the imperial calendar, night.

It is a small valley only thirty miles from the city of Milo, and many of the surrounding villagers often come to this valley to collect medicinal herbs. But tonight was clearly different. The birdsong in the valley at night disappeared without a trace, and it seemed that all the birds had flown away from the valley. Even the sound of insects chirping in the grass could not be heard, and the silence of the whole valley was a little creepy. If someone were to lie on the high ground around the valley and look down now, the scene in the valley would be unforgettable for the rest of your life.

Countless figures were densely packed in this small valley, and those people obviously had their own fixed arrangement. Despite the large number of people and the small size of the valley, there was no sign of chaos in the whole scene. Thousands of war horses were grazing on the hillside, and each of those war horses appeared to be well-proportioned, apparently well trained and raised.

Miro City is a medium-sized town located on the south bank of Luoshui, about twenty miles away from Luoshui. She's on the edge of another town called Cole. The two were forty miles apart, one on the left and one on the right, guarding the road from Luoshui to Kefield. Three or four months ago, the commander of the 3rd Army Corps of Fengxiang, Bramich, in order to guard against the northern "homeland". At the behest of Feng Shaojun, 7,000 ironclad infantry were deployed in Miro City and Cole Town, as well as in the area of nearly forty miles between the two towns. But just a month ago, in order to attack Fengxiang, Bramic transferred 4,000 soldiers from here to join his main army, which gave Li Yuxuan a good opportunity.

In fact, Feng Shaojun's original military deployment was problematic. The towns of Miro and Cole are too close to Luoshui, and Fengxiang's army is all infantry and does not have strong mobility. If the enemy launched a surprise attack on this flat "one" defensive position with extremely mobile cavalry, it was very likely to break through this defensive line. At that time, the weakness of the poor mobility of the Fengxiang infantry corps was undoubtedly exposed, and it was impossible to reorganize a new line of defense behind this line, and it was powerless to stop the enemy's attack. Of course, Feng Shaojun also thought of this, but at that time, considering that the "homeland" did not have the ability to cross the river on a large scale, and with only its two thousand cavalry, it was not easy to break through this defense line. However, he had always been strict with his troops, and he still placed a reserve of 3,000 men in a town about seventy miles behind this defensive line, thus widening the strategic depth of his own side and ensuring the foolproof defense line in the north.

But Bramić, as commander of the Third Army, apparently did not take this into account. Not only did he draw 4,000 soldiers from the towns of Miro and Cole, but he also transferred 3,000 reserves originally stationed in the rear to Kefield to guard his own 2,000,000 catties of rations for his legion. And in the direction of Fallen Leaf City, he didn't even have a single garrison, it was completely a posture of coming and going freely.

After "arranging" this qiē, he personally led the main force of 24,000 ironclad infantry to advance towards Fengxiang. Burning, killing and looting along the way, doing all kinds of evil, and was regarded as a "devil's army" by the people of Carol. After entering Fengxiang, he forcibly conscripted Nanding into the army to supplement his losses in the war.

In this way, there is a strange phenomenon that the number of Bramic's Third Army will be more and more fought. By July, his main army had reached 30,000 men, but only 17,000 of them belonged to the veterans of the original corps. Every time he fought the Fourth Legion, his troops were always wounded about twice as many as the opponents. The fundamental reason for this is the decline in the overall quality of the army and the weakening of the combat effectiveness of the troops. But as the commander of the first army, he didn't care about these at all, but vigorously emphasized the apparent numerical superiority of his army, and constantly forcibly recruited new soldiers. As a result, the battle situation ahead fell into a state of stalemate.

July 8, 174 in the imperial calendar, morning.

The early morning mist filled the land, and a sentry was now leaning against the camp gate and dozing off. After working overnight, this is the time when the whole person feels the most tired.

A morning breeze blew, and although it was July, the wind on the plains was still bone-chilling early in the morning. The dozing sentry shook Tang Xu and woke up. Looking at the end of the road in the distance, the fog blurred the scenery on the plain, so that the plain, which had been quite open, could now only see clearly two or three hundred paces.

"It's almost time for the shift change, why haven't you come yet, Lao Tzu's feet are standing on the swell, that kid can't have overslept!" the sentry muttered about twenty-four or five-year-old.

"Lao Cai!" A young man of twenty years old ran from afar in the barracks, greeting the sentry here as he ran.

"It's your boy's fate, it's your turn to be on the day shift!" the slightly older sentry complained.

"It's all the life of a soldier, and what kind of life is good and bad, maybe one day it will be over if you don't pay attention!" The young man obviously didn't like his military life either.

"Wait for the sun to come out! Where are you on duty, you're just basking in the sun. Where, like me, squatted here and blew the wind all night. The veteran yawned and prepared to go back to the camp for a good night's sleep.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance. From far to near, the sound was as loud as an earthquake. The two soldiers standing at the gate of the barracks were stunned, both in a daze in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves came from outside the barracks gate.

The first to break out of the fog was a black horse on which sat a black-armored samurai with a long-handled broadsword. They were followed by hundreds of cavalrymen, all of whom rushed towards the barracks with fierce looks. From the thick murderous aura on their faces, it could be seen that they were not an ordinary cavalry.

"There's an enemy attack!"

The veteran was still more quick to react, and quickly turned around and ran towards the camp, shouting as he ran, "There is an enemy attack, it's cavalry!"

On the other hand, the young man had not yet recovered from the shock, and was still at the camp gate.

The distance of more than two hundred paces was only a blink of an eye for the cavalry, and before the young man could reflect, the general led by the cavalry had already galloped in front of him, and the sword was waving above his head. It was only at this moment that he realized that his life was under threat, but it was already too late. Before he could scream in terror, his head was rolling on the ground.

This young man was the first soldier to die in the "July Raid", and it was none other than "Bloody Knife Langzhong" who had his head cut off.

Lang Zhong raised the blood-covered broadsword in his hand and pointed forward, and hundreds of soldiers rode over the guardrail on the periphery of the barracks and slaughtered into the camp. Only a moment later, the entire military camp was filled with Fengxiang soldiers fleeing for their lives, and the terrible screams continued to sound, and many Fengxiang soldiers were beheaded under their horses before they could pick up their weapons.

To these ordinary soldiers of Feng Xiang, this group of cavalry was like a devil from hell. Even in the face of the unarmed Sergeant Feng Xiang, he will never show mercy. They are like tigers rushing into a flock, ruthlessly and ferociously biting their prey. Feng Xiang's army saw the amazing attack power of the "Black Dragon Knights" for the first time. If you just compare each person's combat effectiveness, the "Black Dragon Knights" will definitely not be weaker than the Celestial Dragon Cavalry in the East, and even surpass it.

In fact, the reason why these cavalry can go forward bravely and kill the enemy without risk is very simple. The first is the high prestige and victorious image of Li Yuxuan as a commander in the army. Another important point is the system of rewards and punishments that do not discriminate in the "homeland". It doesn't matter if you're a nobleman or a commoner, even if you're a slave. As long as you fight bravely in battle and prove your strength, you will get a chance to be promoted. In Li Yuxuan's army, talents will never be buried, and it is impossible for mediocre talents to steal important positions. Therefore, many young people who joined Li Yuxuan's army saw the war as an opportunity to get ahead, and there was no possibility that there would be people who flinched on the battlefield.

The battlefield at this moment can no longer be said to be a battlefield, but can only be said to be a slaughterhouse, and the battle itself has become a slaughter.

In just over half an hour, more than 1,000 Fengxiang soldiers were slaughtered by the 900 "Black Dragon Knights", and the "Blood Knife Langzhong" once again proved his fierceness to his enemies.

The same battles also took place in the towns of Miro and Cole, which were captured by the cavalry led by Li Yuyang and Tang Xu, respectively.

This battle can be regarded as the first regular battle since the establishment of the "homeland", and the final outcome has fully proved the strength of the "homeland". It was after this battle that many people who originally despised Li Yuxuan began to notice him, and the ragtag army that was patched together in the eyes of everyone also became a military force with extremely strong combat effectiveness in the eyes of everyone.

This is a classic example of cavalry warfare, which gives full play to the characteristics of cavalry with superior mobility and strong attack power, and at the same time, it also reflects the suddenness and concealment of surprise warfare. Moreover, this battle was a simultaneous cavalry raid in three directions, which undoubtedly required good coordination between the three cavalry. At the same time, it was also a severe test of the organizational skills of the planners of the campaign.

The first battle was won, and the "homeland" won a heavy victory, and just when Tang Xu and the other three were eager to try and prepare to lead the army to attack Kefield, Li Yuxuan, as the commander of the first army, gave an order that no one could understand.

All the soldiers rested in place for three days, and then marched on to Kefield after three days.

Although Tang Xu and the others couldn't understand Li Yuxuan's order, Li Yuxuan was the supreme commander of the army, even if there were a thousand dissatisfaction and ten thousand reluctance in their hearts, they would never dare to disobey the military order of the family master. The first of the "Ten Orders of Beheading" is "Those who do not obey the orders shall be beheaded", and they do not want to defy the law.

So, a total of about 3,000 cavalrymen rested for three days on the line between the city of Miro and the town of Cole. It wasn't until July 11 that Li Yuxuan gave the order to Kefield. Tang Xu, Langzhong, and Li Yuyang, who had been holding back their strength in the past three days of rest, thought that they could go straight to Kefield and recover the capital that originally belonged to Carol in one fell swoop, but Li Yuxuan's strange order extinguished the fire in their hearts like a basin of cold water.

Li Yuxuan demanded that the cavalry that could travel 150 miles a day should not travel more than 50 miles a day. In this way, the original one-day journey was divided into three days, which made Tang Xu and the others very angry. Finally, the three of them mustered up the courage to go to Li Yuxuan to put forward their ideas, but the solemn face of the family master sent them away with only one sentence.

"You all keep it for me first, and when you really can't stand it, I will definitely let you vent!"

Is this what is going on? The three of them withdrew from Li Yuxuan's tent in despair.

As a result, the 3,000 cavalry marched slowly in the direction of Kefield at a speed of fifty miles a day, so that neither the enemy nor the enemy could figure out what kind of medicine was being sold in Li Yuxuan's gourd.

On July 14, 174 years of the imperial calendar, Bramitch, who was on the front line, received the news that the "homeland" was going south, and he immediately panicked. The commander of Fengxiang's Fourth Army, who also got the news, seized the opportunity and launched a sneak attack on Bramic's camp that night, and Bramich's Third Army suffered heavy losses.

On July 17, 174 A.D., the Fourth Legion of Sun Jingyu fought a decisive battle with Bramic's Third Legion. As a result, Bramage's army was defeated, and even he himself was beheaded by his original subordinates and sacrificed to Sun Jingyu.

After defeating Bramic's Third Legion, Sun Jingyu's Fourth Legion did not stay where it was. In stark contrast to the slow marching speed of Li Yuxuan's cavalry, Sun Jingyu ordered the main force of his Fourth Army Corps, 20,000 ironclad infantry, to advance north by starry night, and his purpose was self-evident, obviously wanting to seize Kefield one step ahead of his "homeland".

After learning the news of the destruction of Bramich's Third Army, Li Yuxuan immediately summoned Tang Xu and the other three generals and ordered them to lead the cavalry to attack Kefield as fast as possible.

"Head of the house, I disagree with your orders. I think this is a false command. Tang Xu finally couldn't help but raise his objections.

"Didn't you keep asking to speed up the march of the cavalry? Now that I have ordered you to attack Kefield, why don't you agree again?" Li Yuxuan held back the smile in his heart and asked Tang Xu with a stern expression on his face.

Lang Zhong, Li Yuyang saw Li Yuxuan's face darken, and the whole person shrank back, obviously afraid of his momentum. And Tang Xu felt that Li Yuxuan's momentum was stronger than the other two at this moment, but he did not flinch, clasped his hands, looked directly at Li Yuxuan and said: "Previously, our army was hidden in the shadows, so we could give full play to the advantage of cavalry raids and take Kefield in one fell swoop." Moreover, at that time, Feng Xiang's Third Army and Fourth Army were still in a confrontation. But now the situation has changed. Our purpose has been revealed, and the Fourth Legion is rushing to Kefield at the moment. Although we can still rely on the superiority of cavalry in mobility to reach Kefield ahead of Sun Jingyu, we have lost the suddenness of the past. As soon as we are unable to take Kefield quickly, the Fourth Army will be in a dangerous position as soon as the Fourth Army arrives. Even if we capture Kefield, with our current strength, it is impossible to hold Kefield. ”

Tang Xu finished his opinion in one breath, and looked at Li Yuxuan with both eyes, obviously feeling that his opinion was correct.

Li Yuxuan didn't get angry after listening to Tang Xu's opinion silently, but laughed out loud, making Tang Xu and the three of them confused.

"Tang Xu, that's a good point, your analysis is completely correct!" Li Yuxuan said with a smile on his face, "But there are some situations that I can't tell you yet." But rest assured, I will never fight a senseless war. ”

"Oh?!!"

"Tang Xu's performance this time is quite good! Yu Yang, and Lang Zhong, if you encounter such a problem in the future, you must raise it. Otherwise, if you know that the command is wrong but dare not speak out because you are afraid of the majesty of your boss, you are not a qualified general. ”

Li Yuyang and Lang Zhong nodded secretly at first glance.

"Alright, you all get ready, go now, and I'll be here later!"

On July 21, 174 in the imperial calendar, Tang Xu and the three of them led the cavalry to Kefield, the capital of the original Carol era.

In front of him was the tall city wall that he was familiar with, and when he thought of the three thousand Feng Xiang soldiers on the city wall, Tang Xu and the three of them were a little nervous.

As long as anyone who is familiar with the art of war knows that there is no force several times the enemy's strength, and talking about attacking a city is no different from sending him to death. The current situation is that the Fengxiang soldiers defending the city and the "homeland" cavalry besieging the city are almost equal in strength, and the difficulty of attacking the city can be imagined.

"Tang Xu, do you want to fight or not?" Li Yuyang couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, Commander Tang, is it to fight or not to fight?" Lang Zhong on the side couldn't help urging.

We divided our troops into three parts and attacked from three directions. It is impossible to garrison such a large city with only 3,000 defenders, and the distribution of their forces must be focused. As long as one of the three of us finds a hole in its defense, we might have a chance to win the battle. Tang Xu saw that things had come to this point, and only the dead horse was regarded as a live horse doctor, and he resigned himself to fate.

"Okay, let's do it, everyone can move quickly, otherwise I won't collect the corpse for you!" Although Lang Zhong said easily, it could be seen from the stiff expression on his face that he was also nervous at the moment.

The three of them took one last look at each other, and led their respective cavalry to the agreed place.