Chapter 230: Making Waves
It was four quarters, and there was still an hour or so before dawn.
The Yongjun camp outside the northern city wall of Yuan County, as well as the Bingzhou military camp further north, have begun to bury pots and make rice. The sound of trumpets broke the silence of the night as the lights lit up in the camp until they were as bright as the stars in the sky.
The scouts of the Yongjun and the Bingzhou army stepped out of their respective camp gates and marched towards the established location. Their mission is to advance the position of the army and drive out the opposing Scouts.
Wang Xu lowered his head and ate the dried meat in his hand, no one around him spoke, everyone was eating their own food.
From the establishment of the state army to the completion of the training, it has only been just over a year. Although he trained for many days under Wang Rong's orders, in fact, this was the first time that Wang Xu really faced the main force of the Yong army.
The sound of footsteps behind him came slowly, Wang Xu turned around, and the person who came was their captain Li Ji, only to see him say loudly: "There is still half an hour, everyone hurry up!"
After everyone finished eating silently, the war drums of the gathered troops sounded from the center of the camp.
The soldiers of the state army stood up from the ground one after another, stood in formation, and then followed their respective commanders to gather under the captain's banner.
The captain's flag slowly moved forward, and Wang Xu walked in the queue, his eyes staring at the flag on Meng Su's back in a slight daze.
The soldiers of the state army gathered more and more, the crowd was crowded, the flags of each team stood high in the formation, and the flags of the generals of the hundred generals, battalion generals, regimental generals, brigade commanders and other generals also fluttered in the wind.
Outside the big tent of the central army of the state army, Huang Fujian and other civil and military officers were arranged on both sides of the big tent door.
The three-way drum had stopped, and Wang Rong took a deep breath and walked out of the big tent slowly.
Wang Hao had been waiting outside the tent with his Chiyun for a long time, and his personal guard camp had been lined up for a long time.
Wang Rong turned over and stepped onto the red clouds, at this time the sky was slightly bright, a ray of light had just pierced the night, and the sun was rising. The camps in all directions are full of sparks, and not far from the wilderness outside the city of Yuanxian County, the scout rangers and phalanx foot soldiers of the Yongjun army are all in full view of Wang Rong.
"Out of battle!"
Wang Rong rode on top of his war horse, and suddenly waved the spear in his hand, pointing to the south.
"Whoa!"
The generals outside the tent responded loudly, and there was a burst of neighing outside the big tent of the Chinese army.
At the end of the day, the state army went out!
Under the leadership of Chu Luxu, Lang Zeqing and An Hao only left hundreds of people to guard the village, and set off from the camp with the infantry of the first and third divisions, and at the same time sent out the cavalry under their command to seize the advantageous terrain.
In the Chinese military camp, under the command of Lingqi, Yuan Tiangang took the first to walk out of the camp with a bow and crossbow in hand. Meng Song took the trapped warriors as the rear, Wang Rong led the guard battalion, marched in the center of the two elite teams, and finally as a reserve was the Bingzhou wolf cavalry led by Wuluo.
The state army went out this time, with a total of more than five people.
The Yongjun camp outside Yuanxian County was also noisy at this time, and countless Yongjun armor soldiers came out from the camp gate.
Black and red streams flowed out of the camps like red tides, and thousands of Yongjun soldiers gathered in a dense queue under the military flag.
Riding a tall horse, the general of the Yongjun army walked in the gap of the queue, loudly encouraging the morale of the sergeants, telling the past achievements, and describing the military exploits after the war to the sergeants.
"Woo————
The majestic and loud horn sounded outside the Chinese army tent of the Yongjun, and it reached the entire Yongjun camp in a short time.
Everyone turned their heads to look in the direction of the Chinese army, and saw that the dark red-edged Daxu representing Jingxing was slowly moving forward.
Jing Xing was wearing a fish-scale armor and a bright red battle robe, standing on a luxurious frame.
Surrounded by his personal guards, the armorers around the frame of Jingxing were the soldiers and generals he brought from his hometown.
The Xuanxi Red Border Daxu Banner moved forward, and Jingxing's prestige for many years in the army was like a needle in the sea, which made everyone morale
The low Yongjun regained hope.
"The Yongjun is mighty!"
The earth-shattering shouts echoed again in the wilderness outside the city of Yuan County.
In the wilderness outside the city of Yuan County, the state army and the Yong army marched in the direction of each other under the guidance of their respective Daxu.
As the vanguard, the Yongjun infantry had stabilized the line under the leadership of Huang Qing and Qi Maohan, and the Yongjun's rangers and the scouts of the Bingzhou army were divided into dozens of units and galloped and fought in the wilderness outside Yuanxian County.
The cavalry on both sides wanted to drive the other side out of the battlefield completely, and as the armies of both sides slowly pressed, the space for cavalry in the wilderness gradually became narrower, and the cavalry on both sides also returned to the battlefield, leaving only some scattered scout cavalry still facing each other in the center of the battlefield.
Jingxing divided the Yongjun army into four formations, and divided them into four arrays, including the front, middle, left and right, on the wilderness outside the city of Yuanxian County.
The front was led by the vanguard general Mengsu, who led the remnants of the Yong army of 3,000 cavalry and 7,000 foot soldiers.
The left formation was led by the Lang general Li Zhen, who led a brigade of 5,000 Yongjun soldiers.
The right formation was led by the general Susukino Huaien, who led a brigade of 5,000 Yongjun soldiers.
The Chinese army was personally led by Jing Xing, with 500 guards and soldiers, more than 4,000 family soldiers, and 5,000 soldiers from the Yongjun Army.
The Hedong Yongjun army went out this time with a total of more than 30,000 people.
Nest cars used to observe the enemy were raised from the military formations of both sides, a kind of lookout car with wheels on the bottom that could be propelled. Two long pillars were erected on the cart with solid wood, and a roller shaft was set at the top of the pillar, and a small board house was tied to the roller with ropes. The slab house is three meters high, with twelve lookout holes on all sides, and the outside is covered with raw cowhide to protect against enemy arrows. The room can accommodate two people, and it can be raised several feet through the roller to observe the situation of the enemy soldiers. The plain terrain outside the city of Yuanxian was flat, and the commanders of both armies needed to rely on this to observe the enemy's situation, command formations, and mobilize sergeants.
Next to the two armies, the auxiliaries of both sides were in full swing, and in a short time two simple but strong high platforms were built.
To the rumbling drums of war, the soldiers of both sides lined up opposite each other under the leadership of their respective generals.
Jing Xing sat upright on the high platform, scanning the Bingzhou army that was arrayed not far away.
On the mile-long front, there was a pure black crowd of people, and huge military formations were clustered around the nest carts, and the flags were flying, the dust was flying, and the foot soldiers of the state army were constantly entering the battlefield in the sharp whistle.
In front of Jingxing's eyes, it gathers into a continuous forest of spears, spears and spears are like ears of wheat, halberds are like mountains and forests, and flags cover the sky, connecting the sky and the earth.
Jing Xing looked at the direction of the black daxu with a serious expression, but his heart had already set off a thousand waves.