From this point of view, Zhu Biao's father, Zhu Chaofeng, obviously has a very good vision and means, and knows how to take precautions.

In contrast, Hu Sanniang's father, Hu Taigong, is not so shrewd, originally this Hu Taigong was a little dissatisfied with his daughter dancing with a knife and gun like a man all day long, this time Hu Sanniang also wanted to go to the Qinglong Empire to become a general, and go to the battlefield to fight, which made Hu Taigong even more angry, and wanted to lock Hu Sanniang at home and not let him go out.

It's a pity that Hu Sanniang had already made up her mind to come to the Qinglong Empire, and when she went home, she would notify her father and eldest brother, and before her father could use any means to lock him up at home, Hu Sanniang just slipped away.

And after these four people officially joined Ye Tianlong's command, they naturally began to transfer to the martial arts taught by Li Rufeng, just like those heroes who had just joined before, which is why these four people stayed in the territory of the Blue Dragon Empire, after all, Li Rufeng was responsible for guarding the country this time.

At this time, Ye Tianlong's side had already fought all the way to the city of Suno, the kingdom of Swadia, and Ye Tianlong was ready to attack the city directly, but not long ago, he received a letter of invitation from King Haraus, wanting to invite Ye Tianlong and his army to fight a decisive battle on a plain near Suno.

King Harauth specially chose this place for the decisive battle, obviously wanting to maximize the destructive power of his heavy cavalry.

Ye Tianlong was also clear about the other party's thoughts, but he still chose to agree to the other party's request, after all, in the process of attacking those cities before, too many civilians were coerced by the army of the Swadia Kingdom to join the city defense team, and after the city was defeated, the civilians in each city also suffered heavy losses.

So this time, since King Harauth wanted to fight him in a decisive battle on this plain, he simply agreed to the other party, after all, if he fought a decisive battle in this field, the civilians in those cities would not be injured by mistake again.

And since the two sides have already set the location of the decisive battle in advance, Ye Tianlong naturally has to set up some defense lines and positions for his side in advance, otherwise when the time comes, facing a large number of heavy cavalry troops of the Swadia Kingdom, it will definitely be difficult to fight on this kind of plain terrain.

At this time, He Chengcheng was digging trenches with a group of teammates, although the shovels sent down from it were made of fine steel, but He Cheng and them were still very difficult to dig. This is because as the temperature gets cooler and the snow melts during the day, the ground is now frozen and hard, making it extremely difficult to excavate.

After only digging for more than an hour, He Cheng felt that his arms were extremely sore, but fortunately, someone came to replace them soon.

To He Cheng's surprise, there were many women in the team of soldiers who came to replace them, and even the officer who led the way was also a woman.

Maybe it was because He Cheng's gaze stayed on the tall female officer for a long time, so he was noticed by the other party, turned his head and glared at He Cheng and scolded: "Look at what!" Haven't you ever seen a woman? ”

Because the other party's military rank is captain, which is much higher than He Cheng's military rank, he was scolded by the other party, and He Cheng didn't dare to fight back.

He Cheng's company commander Dong Lian also noticed this scene, and immediately stood up and explained to his subordinates: "Sister Jiang, don't be angry, it's not that my little brother has never seen a woman, but I have never seen such a beautiful female officer as you!" ”

"Humph! Count you to talk! Hearing Dong Lian say this, the female officer couldn't help but have a smile on her face.

After that, the female officer waved her hand and said proudly: "You men! Most of them still look down on us women, and think that we women are not as good as you, right? I'm going to show you today that we female soldiers are no worse than you male soldiers! ”

While the female officer was arrogant to everyone at the scene, the company commander Dong Lian also quietly introduced the identity of the female officer to He Cheng.

Speaking of which, this woman and the brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun are distant relatives! So he was recruited by the first batch of the two brothers, and became a soldier of the Blue Dragon Empire very early.

And because Ye Tianlong, the emperor of the Qinglong Empire, often said that men and women are equal and women can hold up half the sky, this female soldier named Jiang Jundi obviously really believed these words, so she has been working hard since becoming a soldier, and her performance on the battlefield is often braver than most male soldiers.

It is precisely because of his desperate energy that he was promoted to the rank of captain so quickly.

While listening to the introduction of the female officer by his company commander, He Cheng watched the other party start with his soldiers and continue to work hard in the trench they had not yet dug up, and even kept saying that he would surpass He Cheng and his male soldiers in the progress of work.

Seeing the other party's performance, He Cheng thought to himself that this woman was too competitive! Why do you have to compare everything with male soldiers! However, if the other party is not this kind of strong and competitive character, it is estimated that it will be difficult to get out in the army.

And at the same time that Ye Tianlong's side seized the last time to build the defense line, King Haraus's side, the troops in his hands were almost assembled.

In the process of conquering the city before, Ye Tianlong had wiped out a total of about 100,000 troops of the Swadia Kingdom, so now King Haraus still has more than 500,000 troops left.

In terms of troops, it is still more than Ye Tianlong's side, after all, in order to defend the cities just laid, Ye Tianlong has been constantly sending troops to garrison along the way, and so far there are only about 100,000 troops left in his hands, only one-fifth of King Harlaus's troops.

However, even with an absolute advantage in troops, Haraus did not have much confidence in the victory of this battle, and even in order to maximize the combat power of the tens of thousands of heavy cavalry in his hands, he also specially made an appointment with Ye Tianlong on the plain not far from Sunuo City. And most of the elite troops in various places have also been transferred by him, and it can be said that he really went all out.

Early the next morning, King Haraus looked at the troops that had been assembled and decided to officially start the war, at this time he had gathered fifty-three major armies, of which there were more than 40,000 heavy cavalry troops and about 20,000 light cavalry. Most of these light cavalry were mercenaries, after all, the kingdom of Svadia itself mainly cultivated heavy cavalry, and there were very few light cavalry.

In addition to the large number of cavalry troops, this large army also included more than 1,000 musketeers armed with arquebuses and an artillery unit of more than 300 men equipped with ten bronze guns.

From this point of view, the Kingdom of Swadia has actually entered the age of firearms, but unfortunately its opponents are stronger, and its equipment level is almost at the level of the real world World War.

Fortunately, the strength of the Blue Dragon Empire's side was only about 100,000, far less than that of the Swadia Kingdom's side, and King Haraus felt that he had a chance of winning and was ready to fight with all his might.

The army of more than 500,000 people needs to consume food and grass every day is extremely amazing, even a big city like Suno can't support it for too long, so after the troops were assembled, King Haraus didn't delay any longer, and directly pulled the army to the agreed battlefield.

At this time, Ye Tianlong's side was naturally ready for war, not only the trenches were dug, but at the front of the position, several barbed wire fences were laid to delay the advance speed of the enemy cavalry, which could give his soldiers more opportunities to fire.

He Cheng's company was the first to fight, and there were about 40,000 people who fought with them, and the other 40,000 people were arranged to fight in the first round, and the last 10,000 people were the reserves in Ye Tianlong's hands.

"Whew! What the hell is the weather! It's cold! These enemies on the other side are really good at picking the day, they don't move early, they don't move late, but they want to go out today! He Cheng whispered to himself while trying to move his body.

It's no wonder He Cheng complained so much, it was really because it was snowing heavily today, and the temperature dropped to about minus ten degrees all of a sudden, which can really be said to be dripping into ice.

Even not long after breakfast, He Cheng now felt that the calories in his body were rapidly depleting, and his stomach was a little hungry, and in addition, the bodies of these soldiers were covered with snowflakes after a while, and they turned into snowmen one by one.

In order to be able to maintain his body temperature, He Cheng took advantage of the gap before the war to take out a perverted and spicy beef jerky from his arms, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it slowly.

And as some beef jerky was eaten, He Cheng not only felt that the chill on his body had been dispelled a lot, but even his brain, which had become a little stiff because the temperature was too low, was suddenly spicy and activated.

At this moment, He Cheng also faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and he poked his head out of the trench to check, only to find that he was in front of him, and he couldn't see the enemy's situation clearly.

On the other side, King Harlaus looked at the heavier and heavier snow, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that God helped me, after all, such a heavy snow would definitely greatly affect the enemy's vision, so that the enemy's firearms advantage could not be fully exerted.

In addition, with such a big wind and snow, the opponent's combat airships should not dare to go to the sky, which made the opponent's air power lose at least thirty percent.

Excited, King Haraus first sent the light cavalry, mostly composed of mercenaries, to test the enemy's firepower, and also cleared the barbed wire along the way so that his heavy cavalry could charge.

And those light cavalry who were sent out, naturally knew that they had become cannon fodder, but they did not dare to refuse King Harlaus's order, after all, the other party's hundreds of thousands of troops were eyeing them there! If they dare to say a word, the other party will definitely lead a large army to destroy them first.

Speaking of which, these mercenaries were all hired by King Haraus from places far away from the Blue Dragon Empire at a high price.

Because those places are still far away from the Blue Dragon Empire, and the speed of news transmission in this era is very slow, few people have heard of the power of the Blue Dragon Empire, so after King Haraus threw a lot of money, it was easy to fool a bunch of cannon fodder.