At noon, there was a battle situation in front of Yuxing City, and under the tent of the main camp, Zhu Yuanzhang and his subordinates Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and other generals discussed countermeasures to meet the enemy......

Xu Da, who was Zhu Yuanzhang's cronies, was the first to express his meaning: "Marshal, if you are not mistaken, this group of Mengyuan enemy troops should have been sent by Timur in the direction of Luoyang to support Yuxing City. It's just that maybe they didn't expect that Yuxing City was broken by our soldiers with a blitzkrieg......"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, and then asked, "How many reinforcements are there?"

Xu Da replied: "The spies from the front have come to report that there are about 2,000 people in the first batch of Mengyuan enemy troops, and most of the army is mainly cavalry......

Lu Jing listened below, frowned, and said secretly in his heart: "There are only two thousand horses, and they are still mainly cavalry...... Knowing that Yuxing City was an important pass, Zhu Yuanzhang's army was fighting with the main force, and there was no reason for Luoyang to send only 2,000 men. Moreover, the support is for the defense of the city, not for the outskirts, so why are more cavalry sent? Unless...... These two thousand men and horses are just a pretense for temptation, and there may be more Meng Yuan rescuers behind......"

"Two thousand men and horses dare to support Yuxing City, how can Timur say that he is also a famous general of Mengyuan, it is impossible to do things so hastily, not to mention that this is a marching army......" Zhu Yuanzhang was also a little suspicious, and then asked, "Since they are here to attack, they must have already known the news of the destruction of Yuxing City...... In this way, what is the current movement of the Mengyuan cavalry troops?"

Chang Yuchun took Zhu Yuanzhang's words and said: "Back to Marshal, the movement of the enemy army reported by the spies in front. Now the two thousand men are just approaching Yuxing City, and it is not clear what their intentions are......"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked back at the map topography of the pass where Yuxing City was located, and thought about it for a while. Categorically said: "Yuxing City is an important pass for our army to go north, and it must not be easily lost." Although we don't know the movements of the enemy army in Mengyuan, we should not take it lightly. If you invade the city, is there any reason not to drive it?"

was in the midst of intense discussions, at this time, the spies in front flew back to the camp tent and reported: "Marshal Qiqi, the latest situation before the battle." The Meng Yuan army stopped advancing two miles away on the outskirts of Yuxing City, I don't know what it means?"

"Stopped two miles away, is there any strategy?" Zhu Yuanzhang said to himself first. Then he asked, "What is the terrain two miles away from the outskirts of the city?"

"Back to the marshal, it's a plain, except for the two cliffs that surround it. There is no particularly complicated topography—" the spies reported.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it. He also said to himself: "The troops stopped at the plain, and the two are cliffs, it is impossible to set up an ambush, what does the Yuan army mean......"

Seeing this situation, Chang Yuchun recommended himself: "Marshal, Yuxing City is the key road of the Northern Expedition, and it must not be lost." Now everything is ready. The Northern Expedition is just around the corner, how can it be trapped by Meng Yuan's inferior horse and short army? The last general is willing to lead 5,000 cavalry troops. Charge into battle and crush the enemy!"

Seeing Chang Yuchun's confidence in recommending himself, Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a hurry, he pondered carefully for a while, and then said to Chang Yuchun: "As General Chang said, Yuxing City at the pass of the Northern Expedition is in hand, why rush for a while? Meng Yuan only sent 2,000 cavalry to deal with it, just to check the strength of our army. Since there are only 2,000 cavalry, there is no need for General Chang to go into battle in person, and it can be handed over to other soldiers under his command......"

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, Tang Zhan, who had been silent below, stood up and said: "Marshal, the last general is willing to lead his five thousand men and horses to treat him with the Tang family's 'Five Absolute Formations' to break the enemy's formation!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Tang Zhan's request for his life, and thought of what the Tang family said to break the formation of the Mengyuan cavalry, so he made up his mind and said: "Okay, since it is the first battle of the Tang family's 'Five Absolute Formations', this battle is just an opportunity to test." At this time, this commander ordered the 'vanguard general' Tang Zhan to lead his battalion of 5,000 men and horses to defeat the enemy army of Mengyuan!"

"The last general will take the order, and he will return with a great victory!" Tang Zhan took over the order to send troops, and his heart was also full of nervousness and excitement.

I didn't expect that when I first entered the camp, I would lead the troops to fight first, and I also used the "Five Absolute Formations" to restrain the Mengyuan cavalry developed by the Tang family, Lu Jing watched Tang Zhan take over Zhu Yuanzhang's order to send troops, and her heart was also extremely nervous......

"Bang-bang-bang-" The war drums in the battalion of the Tang War army beat and signaled the march into battle. After receiving the order of Marshal Zhu Yuanzhang to send troops, all the soldiers in the Tang War Camp raised their spirits. Especially Zhao Zichuan, Nangong Jun and Murong Fei, who were the generals of the army, thought that they were about to go out to test the effect of the "Five Absolute Formations", and they were all eager to try. For Zhao Zichuan, it was the first time he led troops to fight, and as the leader of the entire army, Zhao Zichuan also felt the great pressure on himself......

With the majestic and vast sound of iron hooves and the rolling yellow sand sweeping away the dust after the snow, Tang Zhan, Zhao Zichuan and others have never experienced such a huge scene, let alone a battlefield that is about to enter life and death......

With a nervous heart, he walked through the yellow sand array outside Yuxing City, and looked in front of him, but saw the enemy cavalry as large as the mountains and seas. Although there are only 2,000 people, for Zhao Zichuan and Tang Zhan and others who came to the battlefield for the first time, these are already "after reading thousands of people and horses, and watching countless iron armor".

This time, the army under Tang Zhan, in the face of the enemy's battle in the suburbs, naturally used the Tang family's "Five Unique Formations", which had only been trained for a short time, to wait for Meng Yuanqiancai.

The leader of the charge is naturally the "flying cavalry general" Zhao Zichuan, and behind him echoes the charge, as well as the deputy generals Li Xian and Li Gong. Attached to him were 500 cavalrymen, who served as the front row of troops charging into battle.

On the left and right flanks, there were two generals, Nangong Jun and Murong Fei, each in charge, accompanied by 800 horsemen, one to observe the enemy situation on both flanks, kill the enemy and charge with the formation, and the other to cover the change of formation and march to adjust the action of the military formation.

After the "Five Absolute Formations", there are also Li Yuru and Murong Ying who connect the rear army to move, and are always vigilant against the encirclement and flanking attack of the enemy cavalry. However, seeing that there are only 2,000 men and horses in the Mengyuan army today, the situation in the rear of the formation should not be too stressful.

The most central part of the formation is the most important part of the formation, with the interval long shield, sword and gun infantry as the odd soldiers to restrain the enemy's cavalry, Lu Jing ordered to change the formation at any time, and Tang Zhan rode alone. to take down the enemy's leader......

The Meng Yuan army was still stagnant in the plain two miles away from the outskirts of the city, and Lu Jing deliberately slowed down the pace of the march in order to be cautious. to see the momentum. In the vast plains and suburbs, the enemy and us can see each other's military formations face to face, and Zhao Zichuan, who is at the forefront, can already see the face of the enemy's leader. The distance between the two armies gradually narrowed, and Zhao Zichuan could even feel the breath of the enemy's war horse.

Although Tang Zhan had 5,000 soldiers under his command, there were only more than 2,000 cavalry, which completely became a barrier for Zhao Zichuan, Nangong Jun and Murong Fei outside the battle. And the enemy's generals saw that most of the Tang troops were infantry. Thinking that the cavalry in the suburbs would be superior and victorious, this battle was good for Meng Yuan, so he took it lightly. Unexpectedly, if you take the initiative to charge, you will fall into the trap of the "Five Absolute Formations" of this Tang Sect family......

"Phew—Phew—" As the neighing of the horses of the Mengyuan enemy formation in front of them pierced the sky, followed by the sound of iron hooves that lifted the yellow sand, and the shouts of killing that shook the rivers and mountains suddenly occurred on the opposite side - the Mengyuan Thousand Army struck first and rushed to kill with a charge against the infantry.

"The enemy is coming in a charging formation—" Zhao Zichuan saw the scene filled with yellow sand in front of him. Shouted loudly.

Lu Jing in the back got the news. The formation was then ordered to unfold. I saw that the flag army in the formation gave orders with flags, and the cavalry on the left and right flanks were the first to move.

Seeing that Nangong Jun and Murong Fei on the left and right flanks took the lead in ordering the front of their cavalry to move closer to the front of the front army Zhao Zichuan's front formation, as a cover for the enemy's charging formation. And Zhao Zichuan himself is looking at the formation, the horse neighs and cries, and the "Qiankun Two Swords" take advantage of the trend, the people and horses leap together, gallop through the sky, and fly out in the front.

"Flying cavalry Zhao Zichuan killed-" Zhao Zichuan shouted at the enemy general. Then bear the brunt of the attack and go first.

When the two armies clashed, the leading generals responded first. The head of the Mengyuan enemy army is armed with a large axe. Facing Zhao Zichuan, who was running on a long horse, a "horizontal thunder slash" slashed through, wanting to split Zhao Zichuan who was riding on a horse sideways.

However, Zhao Zichuan did stretch out his hand quickly, fixed his eyes and saw that the giant axe had arrived in front of him, and immediately jumped forward, and used light skills to avoid the lead of the row.

But this Meng Fuhrer General seems to have quite a wealth of experience, although he does not have Zhao Zichuan's agile martial arts, and he does have a sense of smell that can grasp the position better than Zhao Zichuan. I saw that the head of Meng cut the axe into the air, and before Zhao Zichuan fell in the air, it was a "heavenly spirit split", and he wanted to pick off Zhao Zichuan who jumped in the air.

However, Zhao Zichuan did not panic, and started with the double sword "Thirty-six consecutive slashes", and the yellow-green sword light accompanied by the yellow sand splashed by the horse's hooves came out of the sky. This pair of "Qiankun Two Swords", which frightened Meng Yuanyi Di a hundred years ago, finally showed their might again in the field today. I saw thirty-six sword lights with a flying sound in an instant, and countless sparks sparked on the giant axe of the head of Meng.

With the strong and continuous force, the head of Meng could not hold it at all, and after the two hands shook, the giant axe in his hand had already landed. Seeing this, the head of the Mongolian state was a little panicked, dropped his weapon, and prepared to retreat.

Zhao Zichuan had not yet fallen in the air, and he lightly touched the giant axe dropped by the head of the head of the Meng, and then the two swords slashed horizontally towards the head of the head of the Meng, as if they wanted to take the enemy's head directly. But fortunately, the enemy's leader retreated quickly, and Zhao Zichuan went down with these two swords, only cutting off the helmet on the head of the leader.

After the head of the Mongolian army withdrew from the front formation, he turned to the commander of the formation, still wanting to take advantage of the time of the charging formation against the infantry, wanting to break through the enemy formation in one fell swoop.

The charging formation is in the shape of a sword, with its sharp momentum, attacking the front position of the enemy's formation, mainly cavalry, and is mostly used to quickly break through the enemy's infantry formation or break through. However, Lu Jing had already seen Meng Yuan's charging formation in the formation, and then quickly changed the formation on the basis of the "Five Absolute Formations". Due to the fact that the head of the charging array was in the shape of a sword blade and the attack point was single, which was intended to be the point of the front row of the ground formation, Lu Jing then ordered Nangong Jun and Murong Fei on the left and right wings to lead the front row of the two wings to support the front row of the formation.

Since then, the enemy's charging formation has not been able to attack for a long time, and it has failed to achieve the goal of a quick victory. In addition, Zhao Zichuan had already won the battle of the first general, and the enemy's front army was shaken, and the offensive was naturally weakened.

After the head of the Meng army fled back to the middle of the formation from the front of the formation, he saw that the charging formation could not be attacked for a long time, so he immediately changed the formation, abandoned the formation, and the troops gathered in the front row gradually divided into two wings. At the same time, the cavalry on both wings of the original charging formation increased their speed, seemingly to outflank the two wings of the Tang war troops, flank them at the speed of the cavalry, and break through the outside to rush the central infantry formation.

Zhao Zichuan failed to take the head of the enemy's leader, and looked around at the enemy's front formation to disperse to the two wings, knowing that Mengyuan's charging array failed, so he wanted to take advantage of the enemy's change of formation, his own side changed to a charging formation, and rushed straight into the enemy's belly.

Randomly, Zhao Zichuan ordered Li Xian and Li Gong behind him to lead the front row of 500 cavalry troops to charge towards the center of the enemy formation.

However, Lu Jing saw in his own formation that the Mengyuan troops were gathering more forces on the two wings and speeding up the two wings, and he also knew that the Mengyuan army was outflanking his own wings. But seeing Zhao Zichuan alone in the front row, leading the cavalry with Li Xian and Li Gong, and breaking through the enemy formation with a charging formation, Lu Jing mentioned it in her heart.

By Lu Jing's side, Lao Jiu, a staff officer who was also an assistant, saw Zhao Zichuan's charge, and he was a little worried about how to use troops: "Oh no, the enemy is now gathering troops to outflank our two flanks." However, General Zhao Zichuan accelerated the speed of the front march and took the initiative to break the enemy's formation. Although taking advantage of the enemy's change of formation, he can take advantage of it in a short time, but the enemy is mainly cavalry, and the change of formation is flexible and free, even if General Zhao is so eager to rush into formation, I am afraid it will not have much effect. On the contrary, the two generals Nangong Jun and Murong Fei, who had just come forward from the two wings, if they didn't return to their positions on the two wings immediately, I am afraid that the two wings would encounter danger——"

Lu Jing began to worry about the same problem as Lao Jiu. But seeing the effect of Zhao Zichuan's charge, he seemed to have thought of something, and then smiled: "Don't worry, just transfer back to the two generals Nangong Jun and Murong Fei, General Zhao changed the formation and rushed forward, it seems to be risky, but it is actually the right choice......"

"Oh?" Lao Jiu also said a little skeptically, "How is this correct?"

Lu Jing continued to laugh and said: "If it is placed against tens of thousands of people from the two armies, this is certainly risky. But today, it is not the case, the Mengyuan enemy army is only more than 2,000 people, if you rashly divide the two wings to attack, naturally the left and right sides are weak. Taking advantage of this occasion, General Zhao led more than 100 cavalry to break through the center of the enemy army, intending to cut off the enemy's left and right forces. The two generals, Nangong Jun and Murong Fei, have rich combat experience, and in the face of more than 1,000 Mongolian cavalry on the left and right, there will basically be no mistakes. When the enemy generals see that the left and right are divided and the formation is scattered, they will inevitably change their fish scale formation to penetrate into our formation, and force the battle with the superiority of cavalry over infantry. However, when that time comes, it will be the strategy of the 'Five Absolute Formations'......"

Lao Jiu listened to Lu Jing's reasoning, and unconsciously admired, but he didn't expect that Zhao Zichuan's seemingly rash charge was the key to strangling the enemy's lifeline.

Randomly, Lu Jing ordered again, and ordered Nangong Jun and Murong Fei, who were supporting in the front row, to return to the wings immediately. The flag order was ordered again, and Nangong Jun and Murong Fei led the cavalry in front of them to quickly return to the two flanks to outflank the enemy.

Sure enough, the Meng Yuan cavalry had already attacked the two wings, and when the generals of the two wings ordered a surprise attack on the two wings of the Tang Zhan army, Nangong Jun and Murong Fei also happened to return to their positions.

When the cavalry of the two sides meet, they must kill the red eyes. Although the Mengyuan army was good at the battle of the plain cavalry, at this time, it was probably too much to face the cavalry on the flank of the Tang army and the infantry supporting behind it. In addition, the two generals Nangong Jun and Murong Fei are both brave and good generals, and the possibility of Meng Yuan's troops wanting to break through with one blow is very rare.

"Nangong Jun is here-" Nangong Jun shouted, holding the eight-zhang snake spear in his hand, and rushed straight towards the enemy generals on the flank.

The enemy generals were not ready, and Nangong Jun still arrived on a flying horse. I saw Nangong Jun's snake spear a little forward, and when he entered the sword of potential, it suddenly rose up. Only a scream was heard, and before the enemy general could pull out the Miao knife, he was pierced through the heart by Nangong Jun's snake spear, and the blood splashed was quickly drowned by the yellow sand splashed by the horse's hooves. Not only that, Nangong Jun's shot went down, and General Meng Yuan's whole person was directly stabbed off his war horse, and the whole person stood directly in the air.

Nangong Jun's eyes were certain, and he pulled out the snake spear with force. Blood splattered again, and the corpse of General Meng Yuan turned over in the air, and the last thing fell to the ground.

When the other Mengyuan cavalry saw that their generals were shot dead by Nangong Jun, they immediately panicked and did not dare to attack. On the contrary, the morale of the troops on Nangong Jun's side was indeed greatly boosted, so it seemed that the defense of the two flanks was basically no problem......

And Zhao Zichuan's side, he also led the troops with Li Xian and Li Gong to rush into battle, and everywhere they went, they were all swept away, and the cavalry jumped and was invincible.

At the same time, the Mengyuan army, which was outflanked by the two wings, did not realize that Zhao Zichuan's central charge gradually completely separated the left and right parts of the Mengyuan army...... (To be continued......)