No matter how the gods in the heavens fought, the mortals on the earth never stopped their steps.

In April of the third year of Jianwen, after three months, the blue jade army finally got rid of the quagmire of Huzhou, passed through Shuzhou, and returned to Hanzhong.

Since Xiao Yu personally led the army to attack Huzhou, the elite of the Northwest Army as Xiao Yu's army went to the south of the Yangtze River, so that the interior air defense in the northwest was empty, which also gave the herdsmen an opportunity.

Now, this elite lineage is finally back.

At this point, all the palm seal officers of the three major battalions under Xiao Yu gathered in Hanzhong, and among them, they were faintly respected by Lan Yu, who had the most powerful troops.

At this time, the strength of the Northwest Army assembled in Shaanxi also reached a terrifying 140,000 people.

And the number of troops defending Shaanxi was only 30,000.

As early as when Lin Han led the Sword Pavilion camp to Hanzhong, the reckless Northeast Army was already unable to fight head-on, and could only defend the city. And after Lan Yu successfully returned to the division, the difference in strength between the two sides was nearly five times, and it had reached an irreparable level.

In the past, the 80,000 troops of Min Xing and Lin Han did not dare to advance easily, because in the face of the Northeast Army, they were not sure of victory. But now it is different, the Northwest Army is the most elite, and it does not dare to say that it will win, but it will never be defeated.

After Lan Yu stepped down from the post of left minister of the Wangxiang Mansion, the current official is called the Governor of Huzhou Military and Political Affairs, the official of the seal of the Jiangling Xingying, and the title of Governor of Zuodu. According to the tradition of Dazheng officialdom, Lan Yu is in charge of military affairs as a civil minister, and if he leads an army alone, he must be called handsome, and Lan Yu is called Rui Shuai. It's just that this southern expedition was actually Xiao Yu's personal expedition, so he can't be called a commander, and can only be called a supervisor.

Although Huzhou has now given up, Lan Yu, the governor of Huzhou, has also become nominal and insubstantial, but there is one that will not change in the northwest, among colleagues at the same level, the military power in his hand determines the size of the voice, Lan Yu has no Huzhou, but there are still 60,000 elites in the Jiangling camp, far better than already Minxing and Lin Han, and Xu Lin, the nominal first person in the military, was reinstated by Lin Yinping, but with Xiao Yu's awakening, once again the power fell aside. It can be said that at this time, Lan Yu has completed the transformation from the first person in the Northwest to the first person in the Northwest Wenwu.

After the Lan Yu army arrived in Hanzhong, it only rested for five days, and at the same time, Lan Yu also began to integrate the three major camps into one place.

Five days later, Lan Yu integrated the 140,000 army, with the old foundation of the three major camps as the backbone of the soldiers divided into three routes, the middle road was mainly based on the Jiangling camp, supplemented by 30,000 foot soldiers of the other two camps, Lan Yu personally sat in the town, attacking Shaanzhong where Zha Mang was located, and the other two roads were 40,000 cavalry troops made up of the three major camps, each led by Lin Han and Min Xing 20,000, bypassing Shaanxi, and directly into the hinterland of Xiheyuan, where the herdsman's army was located.

This time, the cavalry is not a ragtag cavalry temporarily put together by Wei Ban, but a real elite in the northwest, second only to Xiao Yu's pro-army in the Tiger Battalion.

Da Zheng's First Cavalry.

The cold of spring has not yet receded, and the ground of Xiheyuan is still cold and hard, like iron, even if a hoe goes down, it will only leave a shallow trace.

This is the land of the northwest, which is completely different from the bitter cold northwest of the warm and warm south of the Yangtze River.

There is no chilling willow wind here, only a knife-like west wind.

There is no soft and fertile soil and flowing water here, only the cold and hard sand and dust of the Gobi.

There is no graceful and noble river here, only a green river that has experienced vicissitudes like a veteran of a hundred battles.

There is no Jiangdu, the former capital of the Six Dynasties, only the Zhongdu, which has been fighting all year round.

Only in such a land will the horse's hooves trample like thunder.

The 60,000 cavalry returned to the northwest land, and the 240,000 horses' hooves trampled on the earth, just as 240,000 thunders rang out at the same time, and then these 124,000 thunders converged into one and shook the heavens and the earth.

Of course, not everyone was shocked and frightened by this thunder, and some people wanted to try how sharp the Northwest Iron Cavalry was, and whether it was a paper tiger with a false appearance.

Xu Huan, who was originally under the command of Zha Mang, was transferred to the area of Qixingzhai, which happened to be on the advance route of Lin Han's army. In the last battle of Hanzhong, Xu Ji almost lost his life at the hands of Lin Han's subordinate Du Tong Shile.

Xu Ji is regarded as the general of the Shaozhuang faction of the Northeast Army, who is decisive and good at fighting with soldiers, and is deeply appreciated by the No. 2 person in the Northeast. Qixingzhai has no danger to defend, and Xu Ji is unwilling to retreat without a fight, not to mention that Shi Le, the enemy of the enemy, is in the Northwest Army that is coming, so Xu Ji made a bold decision to lead the army and the Northwest Army to a frontal cavalry battle.

Different from the internal factions in the northwest, the governors are everywhere, and there are as many as dogs, the governors of the Northeast Army are still very expensive, not the governors, only the left and right governors, the right governor is a veteran who accompanied the shepherds from birth to death, and now he is just hanging the name of the right governor, and basically no longer directors, and the former left governor Zha Mang was successfully promoted to the governor of the capital not long ago, and the position of the left governor is now vacant. Under the governor is the major real power capitals, each leading thousands to 20,000 troops, and at this time Xu Ji has a full 15,000 cavalry army, not to mention that there are two other commanders are moving closer to Qixingzhai, if there is no accident, Qixingzhai can gather more than 30,000 troops.

With roughly equal troops, Xu Ji didn't think he would lose.

Hou Jian did not defeat the Northeast Army, and the Northwest Army could not defeat the Northeast Army.

Lin Han is very similar to Xiao Yu because he has been following Xiao Yu for a long time, but there is one thing that is not like it, that is, he never takes risks, it can be said that he regards the son of his daughter as the first priority, so this time the army went out, in fact, Shi Le led an army of 10,000 first, and Lin Han led an army of 20,000 to follow behind.

Xu Ji believed that the Northeast Army would not be defeated, and Shi Le did not think that the Northwest Army would lose.

The two almost unanimously made the same decision.

Fight head-to-head!

However, unlike Xu Ji's expectation of tens of thousands of people, Shi Le wanted to defeat Xu Hu and capture Qixingzhai before Lin Han's army arrived.

In the case that the other two commanders of the Northeast Army had not yet arrived at Qixingzhai, Xu Ji had to start a real battle with Shi Le with the Eastern and Western Cavalry Army.

The West River Plain of the Flat River was extremely conducive to the cavalry charge of the brigade.

Nearly 30,000 cavalry troops faced each other, and as far as the eye could see, the soldiers and iron horses were endless.

Shi Le, who was dressed in pitch-black armor, immediately stepped in front of the formation, squinting at the Xuzi banner on the opposite side that was hunting in the wind, clenched his fists and raised his arm.

The whole army was solemn.

These elite veterans in the Northwest who have been in the army for many years subconsciously clamped the horse's belly.

On the opposite side, Xu Ji, who was dressed in bright light armor, was carrying an iron spear, which was originally pointed at the ground, but suddenly raised it and pointed forward.

Almost at the same time, Shile waved his hand forward.

The two black-pressed cavalry arrays began to rush forward like two first-line tides.

Both the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army were silent chargers, and it was not until they were about to make contact that a sudden burst of whistling sound made ordinary people's hearts tremble.

Countless whistling sounds finally converged into a single word.

"Kill!"

When literati read history, they always felt that the sound of killing and the sound of hooves like thunder in history books were exaggerated. But only when you are really there will you understand how pale and powerless these eight words are.

Such a spectacular scene constructed by manpower is even no less than the power of heaven and earth to a certain extent.

In such a cavalry battle, no matter who wins or loses, it will hurt the enemy by 1,000 and lose 800.

The battle of Qixingzhai can be called tragic.

The thunder of horses' hooves on the West River Plains rose and fell, and fell and rose.

From the confrontation between the two armies in the early morning, to the contact between the two armies at about the hour, and then the battle continued until the afternoon.

When the sound of the fighting gradually weakened, only the corpses were left everywhere, and the blood flowed like a river.

Shi Le's troops succeeded in capturing Qixingzhai at the cost of losing one-third of their troops, and Xu Ji led the remnants to flee to Qingshui Village in panic.

The next day, Lin Han arrived at Qixingzhai and ordered all the soldiers to be killed.

At the same time, a Beijing view was built outside the Seven Star Village.

From the beginning of the war, the counteroffensive of the Northwest Army officially began.