After leaving the Shanhai Pass, Qi Jie directly rushed to Jian'an City with the iron cavalry of the 300,000-strong army of the Northern Hebei Army.

Two days later, at night, outside the city of Jian'an.

Li Gaozhao was looking at the moon outside, he felt the ground shaking, and then he heard the sound of horses' hooves, he suddenly realized that it was not good, and immediately picked up the horn and blew it.

The Goguryeo people are particularly sensitive to horses, although they are not in the steppe, but they have long dealt with the nomadic Donghu and Bohai Seas, and they attach importance to cavalry, so they are particularly sensitive to horses.

When the sound of military horns was heard, the Goguryeo soldiers immediately came out of their tents, and Li Gaozhao shouted: "Get on your horse and meet the enemy, there is an enemy attack!" ”

When the soldiers heard Li Gaozhao's words, they were stunned, and no one thought that there would be an enemy attack at this time.

After all, during the day, the sentry did not tell them that there were enemy soldiers around, Li Gao looked at the soldiers, still in a state of confusion, he shouted in a hurry: "Don't be stupid, hurry up and get on the horse, ready to fight!"

The main army led by Li Gaozhao totaled 300,000, including 200,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry.

In fact, among the three northern kingdoms of the empire, only Goguryeo had infantry, mainly because they were not nomads, and they also farmed or something.

However, they have been mixed with nomads for a long time, and their cavalry is not weaker than that of nomads.

These 300,000 people are the strongest elite of Goguryeo, and each of them is a warrior of Goguryeo.

Qi Jie pulled out his knife at this time: "Kill!" ”

I only heard the sound of the soldiers of the Qi State also shouting to kill, and when Qi Jie arrived, the cavalry of Goguryeo had also mounted their horses, of course, there were some who were not on the horses, but those who were on the horses had already rushed up to meet the enemy.

"General, the other party is the Qi soldiers of the Empire!" A Goguryeo soldier in armor ran up to Li Gaozhao and reported.

"Qi soldiers? Will they take advantage of the difficulties in our Goguryeo rear to invade us? Li Gaozhao said with a frown.

He didn't expect that the soldiers of the empire would actually leave the Shanhai Pass and enter the hinterland of Goguryeo.

Since the founding of the empire, they have never entered the northern hinterland, so why did they enter the northern hinterland this time?

"It seems that the Imperials are not ready to defend all the time, but take the initiative to attack and eliminate the threat!" Li Gaozhao's adjutant said.

"Looks like so!" Li Gaozhao frowned and looked ahead, Qi Jie had already faced off against Goguryeo's cavalry.

Although Goguryeo faced the battle suddenly and did not set up a formation or anything, they had been dealing with the nomads for a long time, and their reaction ability was very fast, and they could start the war immediately after getting on the horse.

Li Gao looked at the battlefield: "Prepare a horse for me, I will personally face the battle!" ”

The adjutant general nodded, and after a while, a white majestic horse was led in front of Li Gaozhao, Li Gaozhao got on the horse, ran out and shouted: "Warriors, the other party is the imperial army we have been suppressing, don't be afraid!" ”

After listening to Li Gaozhao's words, many soldiers realized what their soldiers were fighting, and they all showed excited expressions, in their eyes, the imperial soldiers were a group of turtles with shrunken heads.

This is mainly related to the previous strategy of the empire, in the past, the soldiers guarded the Shanhaiguan and never took the initiative to attack, relying on the powerful city walls and fortifications to fight against the three northern kingdoms.

Because they have been hiding behind the city walls, the Three Kingdoms, which advocate fighting, all despise the empire very much.

Li Gaozhao rushed to the front: "The imperial soldiers are just a group of rats, the warriors kill, and those who kill many enemies will be rewarded!" ”

Li Gaozhao personally went to the battlefield, and his morale was greatly boosted, and the soldiers of Goguryeo also roared, and the effect of Qi Jie's attempt to attack his unpreparedness did not play the way he wanted it to be.

"Mounted archery troops!" Li Gaozhao shouted.

I saw a group of cavalrymen holding bows and arrows, running out, they were on horses, holding arrows, after seeing this, Qi Jie hurriedly shouted: "Be careful! ”

When Qi Jie finished speaking, the opponent's cavalry and archery troops had already drawn their bows and released arrows, and many soldiers directly broke their armor and fell to the ground.

Because Qi Jiu's heavy cavalry, and the other party is light cavalry, the other party's cavalry is very light, so people shoot arrows while running, but Qi Jiu is helpless.

At this time, a small general looked at Qi Jie: "General, if we continue to fight, it will be very unfavorable to us!" ”

Qi Jiu also saw this situation, but he couldn't think of a good way, if he retreated at this time, it would be more difficult to fight when the other party was completely organized.

"General, the last general has an idea, I will lead a group of troops and rush into the opponent's flank cavalry, so as to block these guerrilla troops, and then our main force will rush into the belly of the local army and have a thorough battle with the other party!" The little general said to Qi Jiao.

"What's your name?" Qi Jie looked at the little general and asked.

"Major General, Liu Yan!" The little general said to Qi Jiao.

"Liu Yan? If you can succeed, I will make you a lieutenant general! Qi Jie said to Liu Yan.

Although Liu Yan's method is not a very good way, it is the only good way, at least it can solve the opponent's guerrilla troops.

After solving the guerrilla troops, the two armies fought, that is, the brave won when they met on a narrow road.

Liu Yan was entrusted by Qi Jiu, who gave him a batch of cavalry, about 3,000 people, and asked him to go to the flank of the Goguryeo army, where to open an opening, so that the Goguryeo army could not cover the guerrilla cavalry.

And now the time is pressing, once the opponent's guerrilla troops have been consumed by Qi Jiu, if the fight continues, the Goguryeo army in the rear will be deployed, and at that time they will rush up, and Qi Jiu's victory is slim.

Liu Yan held the spear and drove the white horse and shouted: "Rush! ”

Liu Yan is not very old, he joined the Northern Hebei Army at the age of fifteen, and became a major general at the age of eighteen, which has a lot to do with his bravery.

And Qi Jie took over the Northern Hebei Army and did not adjust the personnel of the Northern Hebei Army, this Liu Yan is still a major general.

When Liu Yan said that he was a major general, Qi Jie was still shocked, he didn't expect to become a major general at such a young age.

Generally, when you are a general, you are generally in your thirties, or you have a family relationship.

But even if there is a relationship, it can be said that Liu Yan is the first person to become a general before the age of twenty.

It can be seen how brave this Liu Yan is, Neng Leyi promoted Liu Yan to a major general when he was eighteen years old.

Liu Yan can be so brave, which has a lot to do with his Hu bloodline, Liu Yan is a combination of alien and imperial people.

He inherited the good fighting and bravery of the alien race, and also inherited the command and flexibility of the imperial people.

Liu Yan jumped onto his horse, spear in hand, and the cavalry behind him followed, the moonlight shining on Liu Yan's white armor.