Liu Chenglin was right.

There is really no need for him to fight for any great merits, his identity is already destined for his future, and he will definitely be a noble and extremely powerful minister, but in the same way, it is unlikely that he can still occupy a position with substantial power. A noble position of public or even the position of the prince is already his fate.

The future queen herself has extraordinary influence in the army, if there is a brother-in-law who really has strong military power, such a situation, even if Li Ze doesn't care, the other courtiers will not agree.

After Gongzi really dominates the world, Liu Chenglin can only disarm and return to the field.

Powerful relatives will not be allowed to exist.

Over the years, Li Rui, who has been reading history books intensively, understands this.

"Then we have to be prepared for losses." Li Rui said softly.

"As long as it is a war, there will be damage, the difference is only in the size, the important thing is that these losses are not worth it, if the final result has a positive impact on the overall war situation, then, no matter how big the loss is, it can be bearable." Liu Chenglin said lightly.

"I understand." Li Rui suddenly laughed: "It's just that Mrs. Xia may have a headache." He needs to prepare a large pension. ”

"It's her business!" Liu Chenglin didn't think there was anything ridiculous. He thinks only about what he should think about. "Li Rui, this battle is a duel of cavalry. And considering the importance of this battle, I will personally go into battle, and the same is true for Chen Changping, then, the rest will be left to you. ”

"Don't worry, General." Li Rui stood up solemnly and bowed.

Since its establishment, Right Xiaowei has spent more time fighting and confronting Zhang Zhongwu. Therefore, in this army, cavalry accounts for the vast majority. The right guard of 30,000 people, the cavalry occupied a full 15,000 people, which was unique among the other twelve guards.

And the Liang army, which was well aware of the characteristics of Liu Chenglin's right guard, gathered the main cavalry to come to Henan this time. You don't need cavalry to defend the city. wants to regain the disadvantage under the current unfavorable situation, Liang Jun has no reservations. This brought their cavalry assembled in Changyuan to a terrifying 30,000.

Such a number of cavalry duels would have been difficult to imagine in the south. It is only in the Northland, where cavalry is extremely important and there are conditions to raise war horses on a large scale, that there will be a battle of this scale.

The Tang army was never afraid of field battles, which stemmed from their absolute confidence in the quality of their soldiers, on the contrary, they had a headache to attack the fortified cities. Destroying the enemy in field battles has always been the favorite thing of the Tang army.

When the two armies are determined to have a head-on collision and decide the outcome of the war in a confrontational way, all intrigues and tricks lose their due role.

At this time, the only thing that determines the outcome is the hard fight on the battlefield.

The combined armies of the two armies exceeded 100,000, and the cavalry alone exceeded 40,000. Under such a scene, the main generals of both sides tacitly agreed that they did not even send out scouts.

Because there's no need anymore.

What the other party wants to do, the experienced masters of both sides can guess a general karma at a glance.

The tip of the needle is against Maimang, and there is no way back.

Liu Chenglin was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and carefully brushed the hair of his big green horse in the corridor, and the big green horse affectionately licked Liu Chenglin's face with his long tongue from time to time.

Chen Changping leaned against the pillar of the horse corridor, hugging his arms, while Liu Changfeng was cutting the grass with a guillotine on the other side, carefully chopping the grass to pieces, and then mixing beans into it.

"The general's horse is really hard to find!" Chen Changping looked at this big green horse with some envy, which was not outstanding at all.

Liu Chenglin laughed, and his pride was beyond words. patting the huge horse's head and motioning for the horse to go eat forage by himself, he rubbed his hands and turned to Chen Changping, and said with a smile: "Your flame is not bad." ”

"It's a lot worse than Qingcong!" Chen Changping shook his head and said. "Especially on the endurance, it's a notch off."

"A horse like Qingcong is hard to find!" Liu Chenglin said with a smile.

Liu Chenglin's war horse doesn't look majestic at all, and it's easy to be ignored on the battlefield, but this horse, at the beginning, really didn't see anything unusual, but the longer the run, the longer the battle, its peculiarity will be revealed little by little. Generally speaking, a good war horse needs to rest if it can run dozens of miles quickly, but Qingcheng runs dozens of miles, but it seems that it is just to warm up. The rest of the war horses, running hundreds of miles in one go, were basically weak, but Qingcong just reached the top. Such a war horse, as Liu Chenglin said, is difficult to find such a horse among thousands of horses.

The war horses used by the cavalry of the right Xiaowei have the same characteristics, that is, they have long endurance, and their war horses are much smaller than the kind of war horses that many cavalry like at first glance.

This is the experience summed up by the cavalry of the Right Guards with their lives in the long-term battle with Zhang Zhongwu. Fighting on such a vast land with no eye as far as the eye can see, a war horse with long endurance is much stronger than those war horses that are mighty and powerful when they sprint, but they cannot last.

Many times, they complete their battles in the process of chasing or being chased, and at this time, a war horse with good endurance is far superior to the sharp knives and guns in their hands.

"The war horse of the Liang army is tall and has strong sprinting power." Liu Chenglin said: "This is in line with the characteristics of their previous battles, in the past, their enemies were not strong in battle, and they were easily defeated by their sprint, which made them repeatedly benefit from the battlefield, which led to their cavalry combat style." ”

Chen Changping smiled: "It's just a three-plate axe." ”

"Don't underestimate their three-plate axe, if you can't withstand the three-plate axe he started with, it will be terrible." Liu Chenglin is authentic. "Their horses are generally much taller than ours, which gives them a condescending advantage in cavalry warfare, and it is also destined that in the early stage of the war, our losses will be relatively large."

"It only takes more than a quarter of an hour for their advantage to wear off. Then it's time for our strengths to shine. Chen Changping said: "The general should not have doubts about the ability of our army to withstand attrition. ”

"It's nature!" Liu Chenglin said with a smile: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have made up my mind to have this battle." But Changping, I'm afraid your pressure is even greater. ”

"My task is only to stabilize the left wing. However, since Cao Xuan has such a decisive intention of winning a battle, he will definitely keep an eye on you. I guess that it will be the forbidden cavalry brought by Xu Chong to deal with you at that time. Chen Changping said. Xu Fu is a battlefield general, and his son, who is far-sighted or far inferior to him, is far less far-sighted than him, but he is afraid that he will be stronger. ”

"It's a pity that we don't have the opportunity to fight alone on such a battlefield." Liu Chenglin laughed and said: "If there is still someone in this world who makes me jealous of personal force, Shi Zhuang may be the only one." At the beginning in Daqing Mountain, if it weren't for a few of your helpers, I would have had the opportunity to fight Shi Zhuang on a fair occasion for life and death. ”

Chen Changping couldn't help it.

In Daqing Mountain, Liu Chenglin and Shi Zhuang had a brief fight, but in the presence of Tu Lichun and himself, Liu Chenglin had no choice but to disarm. Chen Changping admires Liu Chenglin's personal strength very much, a hundred steps away, he has an advantage, but once he is bullied by Liu Chenglin, he can only give his head. And at a distance of 100 steps, with Liu Chenglin's horse speed and equestrianism, he only has the opportunity to release three arrows. Chen Changping didn't think he could put down Liu Chenglin with three arrows.

"This decisive battle, Li Rui is also extremely critical!" Chen Changping said: "Judging from the current confrontation, I will face the Xuanwu cavalry, you will definitely face Xu Chong's Praetorian Cavalry, and Li Rui will face Cao Xuan's main force of more than 30,000 infantry and cavalry." If Li Rui can't hold the camp and is broken by Cao Xuan, then next, Cao Xuan will inevitably draw troops to attack me, and after taking me, he will finally surround and kill you. ”

"It's one thing to plot, it's another thing to win it." Liu Chenglin said: "I still trust Li Rui's ability, Cao Xuan has this wishful thinking, I'm afraid I can only knock it myself." ”

Chen Changping nodded: "All along, it has been us who charged, and Li Rui guarded the rear, and his command of the foot soldiers and his experience in defense were indeed stronger than us." This time, though, the pressure on him may be a little greater. Whether it is the Xuanwu Army or the Liang Army, they are all elite divisions, and this battle has a desperate heart, and a vicious battle is inevitable. General, I'm leaving tonight, what else do you have to command? ”

"No more. They are all old people who know what to do! Liu Chenglin said: "Anyway, the current situation, whether it is for us or for Cao Xuan, is a wrong move, that is, the whole game is lost, one wing collapses, and the whole situation collapses." Chen Changping, so, don't care about losses, this is the inevitable price to pay for victory. ”

"Got it!" Chen Changping turned around and walked out, took a few steps, but turned back again: "When will Li De arrive?" ”

Liu Chenglin laughed: "You guessed it? ”

"Ranger Rangers, Rangers, Swim and Strike. Such a big scene, I think Li De will not miss it. I just can't guess when they'll be there? ”

"To be honest, I don't know, everything depends on Li De's own judgment on the battlefield." Liu Chenglin spread his hands and said.