At two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the north wind blew the banner of the Han army's red blue dragon on the red background, and following this wind, he crossed over from a hill in the north and looked condescendingly at this snow-covered battlefield.

The Muping River has a large amount of water in summer and autumn, and the river beach left by the dry water in winter is very wide, and the river water at this turn is slow and shallow, so that the entire river surface is frozen, and the left and right river beaches and the ice surface add up to three miles, and there are fourteen or fifteen miles between the bend of the river under the hills and one of its bends, which can accommodate 100,000 troops to fight, Lu Xun believes that this can make the heavy weapons of the main force of the Han army exert their power...... But for the 10,000 forward army that he has just reached, this is a void, and it is easy for the enemy to give full play to the superiority of forces, and it still takes some thought to hold and reduce losses.

The weather is sunny, the visibility of this river is very high, the surrounding is dense forest, the environment is complicated, before Cai Chaojun arrived, Lu Xun sent hundreds of real people out to investigate, he went around the preset battlefield, and according to the information from the feedback, he drew a sketch in his hand.

Unlike other Han generals, he always pays attention to camouflage his military strength, so he needs to change from time to time, so he is not very accustomed to the temporary rush system of precision sand tables......

It would be good if there was a ready-made system, but after the reconnaissance just now, in fact, the entire terrain within a radius of thirty miles had been built in his mind, which was finer than any sand table, and sketching was just an inspiring habit.

The Han army strode in formation on the river beach and ice at the foot of the mountain, and carried some carts to block the three miles between the dense forests, but if you look closely, there is still a passage between the military formations, allowing for rapid transfer of troops or a slight change of formation, and the deployment of bows and crossbows and arrows - 5,000 of the 10,000 Han troops are crossbowmen, and the carts are loaded with arrows for them, and the Han army traditionally attaches importance to the concentration of firepower.

In front of the battle, it was a rejection of the cavalry, because the civil war was not good to use fire and thunder, so after the battle, an arrow platform was built on the hillside, and thunder ballistas were placed as heavy weapons......

The thunderbolts containing fire and thunder were replaced with black iron spears, and according to the master of Shaofu, the ultimate range was reduced from ten li to seven li...... Well, covering half of this battlefield, it's actually enough.

Rumble!

The first cavalry was noisy, Cai Jun entered the battlefield, and the flag shook and judged the lower shape shì, and Lu Xun judged their military strength, this batch seemed to be just a striker, 10,000 people.

Under the banner of Cai Jun was a middle-aged general, scanning the entire open battlefield, he should have understood the advantage of this to himself, and seemed to be aware of the long-range threat of the thunder ballista array, so he rushed over with a puff of anger.

From a distance, the dense spells flickered with blessings, the cavalry slowly accelerated, and the infantry followed, maintaining a certain density in formation—neither too much impact nor too much increase in the proportion of wounded.

Lu Xun felt that the general opposite still had some war minds, but he ...... He gathered his thoughts and waved his hand on the hillside: "Ballista ready!"

"Rush over—" shouted on the other side.

Armored cavalry charged.

"Shoot!"

The large iron spears penetrated down, and the cavalry at the front of the charge almost instantly pierced into flesh and blood gourds, and the ice surface of the bomb poked into a forest of guns, and people turned over on their backs, but after all, they were not thunder crossbow arrows that could explode, and the deterrent effect was much worse, and many foot soldiers and crossbowmen crossed the pit, and even stepped directly on the corpses of people and horses, because the distance was less than five miles, the evacuation formation of the anti-arrow formation shrank slightly.

Lu Xun waved his hand again at this time: "Archery!"

This time it is a salvo of 10,000 arrows, the fire tail arrow spews out flames in the middle of the shot, it has a boost design, not a heavy fire explosion design, the ultra-long range makes this arrow rain shoot ten rounds, and it will make the enemy's midstream part of the gap at once, and I heard someone shouting on the opposite side: "Real people!"

"Real people!" Lu Xun also shouted.

At this time, Cai Jun's disjointed forward and the Han army's front infantry collided together, resisting and being blocked for a moment to produce a contraction dense formation, which was the best effect of large-scale group spells, and the real people on both sides all threw thunder spells, or raised barriers, and the offensive and defensive offset also made the formation entangled and complicated.

Under the banner of the forward army of the Cai army, General Li glanced at the enemy's main flag on the opposite hillside, and the arrows rained down, and then retracted his gaze: "Let the archers hurry up!"

This side urged the archers to form a formation, and the range was not as condescending as the fire-tailed arrows of the Han army, but it was better than the large number of people, and they soon approached the distance to shoot at each other, and the casualties became larger...... The shouts of killing, the light of blood, the rain of arrows, the blades, the forest of guns, the neighing of war horses, a chaotic reversal, converged into a grinding disc of flesh and blood.

"How can such casualties occur when destroying a foreign city-state......?

Lu Xun squinted his eyes, his heart was dripping blood, and he resisted the urge to ask about the location of the reinforcements, he believed that His Majesty would be able to arrive at the battlefield in time.

On the other hand, General Li also frowned, he had already seen that the strength of this Han army could not be eaten by himself, and he couldn't help but look back: "How long will it take for the main force of the prince to arrive?"

Woo -

The sound of the horn sounded behind him, the royal flag appeared on the battlefield, the commander joined to make the three armies cheer up, the wings on both sides went around the forest, and Lu Xun's weak forces tried to outflank the two wings and the back road, between the two sides of the road to unification in the Eastern Wilderness, this final war had just begun.

General Li of the Cai army is still a soldier, even if this hilly river is objectively still in the Cai Dynasty colonial area, and the terrain is familiar, but in addition to the fierce battle on the first line, the flanks are scattered with real people and magician scouts, trying their best to clear the fog of the battlefield, and they are not obscured by Lu Xun's entanglement.

In fact, beyond this hill is a hundred miles of plains, and the movement of Xiatan City can be seen directly, or this is also the reason why the Han army is sniping here, which makes General Li a little worried, and soon ...... This fear was fulfilled.

As soon as Ye Qing's main force approached thirty miles, King Qingjun immediately knew about it, and was shocked: "What...... 50,000? Are you sure it's the main force of the Han army?"

"Yes! Thirty miles east of the north, the minister saw the dragon flag of the Duke of Han, and if he wanted to use a spell to snoop, he was attacked by the dragon qi, and there were real people from the Han Kingdom who came to intercept him, and he almost couldn't come back...... "This real person is still dripping with cold sweat when he speaks, and more than ten real people chase him one, if he doesn't react in time and desperately escape, he can't run out at all......

The youngest general, General Wu, asked around, and when he learned this direction, the other scouts did not move, and his face suddenly became solemn: "The timing is too accurate...... The Han army may have high-ranking spies in our army, and when they found out the exact time of our northern expedition, they did not go to the eastern frontier but set a trap on the spot. ”

A high-level spy?

King Qingjun's eyes were slightly cold, and the beautiful shadow of Princess Ning Juan flashed again, could it be her, should it not, her interests are tied up with herself, the dragon girl and her have always had a grudge, the last insult incident is still vivid, and it will not be easy to reconcile...... He glanced around, but he still couldn't find Ning Juan's figure, and at this time, the superior forces of the Han army had come along the Muping River.

"My lord, now is not the time to hold accountable. Jiayang Zhenren whispered.

King Qingjun knew this, and glanced at the generals around him, these guys swore that Ye Qing's troops were empty, and now they were silent, he secretly scolded that all of them were rice buckets, and he had to ask in a deep voice without pursuing it for the time being: "How to deal with it now?"

The confidant generals looked at each other, and General Wu, who had not been trusted, sincerely admonished: "Turn the attack into defense on the spot, slowly retreat back to the city, although the enemy is numerous, it is not easy to defeat us at once, you can retreat to Xinfeng City and fight a decisive battle!"

King Qingjun felt that this was a shame, and all his subordinates thought that he couldn't beat Ye Qing in the field.

But he didn't know the bottom in his heart, but he instinctively felt that if he went back, it would be all over.

In Ye Qing's record, only Yu Fan had repeatedly retreated safely in the past, and the king of Qingjun thought that he did not have the talent of Yu Run, and the four counties in central Hunan were withdrawn again and again and lost to Ye Qing, and he remembered it very clearly.

"My lord, please make a quick decision!"

"Let me think again......"

King Qingjun is very calm now, and asked the real person is indeed a foot march on the other side, there is no fleet and no immortals, and then look at the two sides of the battle in the hills and hills in front of him have not used Ye Huolei, and the most famous long-range firepower of the Han army has been cut off most of it, and his heart is suddenly certain.

The terrain around the battlefield is also familiar, and I have inspected it once at the beginning of spring, and it is clear that there is no place to ambush, and the enemy must defeat him head-on even if he has superior forces.

These flowed through his heart, so he looked back at the generals: "This is still in my Dacai, only twenty miles away from the nearest Shouyang City, and the alien land in southern Xinjiang is vast and sparsely populated, and the distance between the primitive city-states is very far, and the nearest Xiatan City is nearly a hundred miles here......"

"The Han army has been fighting for a long time, and it has come from afar, and the trek here is much longer than ours, and the north is all hilly areas, and those who seek the benefits of a hundred miles will step on the general......"

"And my Da Cai army is waiting for work in his own territory, and he will recuperate for a year to attack the enemy's long-term tired army, and the victory or defeat is unknown!"

Field battle with Ye Qing?

General Wu's face changed slightly, except for General Li, who was still entangled with Lu Xun at the front line, the two generals Ning and Xue, who had been silent just now, didn't care about angering the prince, and hurriedly dissuaded: "The prince...... This is the trap, and the hoarding in Shouyang City is not enough to compare with Xinfeng City......"

"It's useless to talk too much!"

King Qingjun interrupted with a wave of his hand, his eyes calm: "According to the meaning of several generals, if we retreat when we encounter the main force of the Han army, not to mention the demoralization, all the cities along the river in the territory have to give up to each other." ”

"If the Han army calmly occupies the cities and hoards and gains a firm foothold in the territory, then we are trapped in Xinfeng City, and it is not a sure defeat?"

"Everyone, I have made up my mind, seize the opportunity to compete with Ye Qing today!"

The youngest General Wu still had to be persuaded again, and Ning Xue and the two secretly grabbed his sleeves.

King Qingjun glanced at the silent three generals, and his heart was very clear...... These peripheral generals did not dare to take risks, because they were not deeply involved, and in the end, they could surrender to Ye Qing, just like the undisciplined civil officials in Xiangzhou, half of them changed their faces to become ministers of the Han State, but he was a dignified prince, how could he surrender as a human master?

Only by putting oneself to death and then reliving can there be a chance to turn over.