Lin Jian led his troops out of Suining, and the outpost scouts of the red-jacketed woman Liu Miaozhen had appeared in the southwest of Suining City.

More than 400 armored light horsemen gave Zhou Pu the lead in Siyang, and only dozens of light horsemen around Lin Jian could be scouts. When the scouts of the Wandering People's Army came like a swarm of bees and occupied an absolute advantage in numbers, the scouts of the Jiangdong Left Army were suppressed and could not be scattered, at most they operated within a thousand steps of the infantry periphery.

The reconnaissance of military intelligence relies more on the nest car in the center of the array along the official road.

The nest car is a four-wheeled / large cart fixed with a vertical pole seven or eight feet high, and a suspension platform is placed on it, and the sentinel can climb to the suspension platform to climb high and look into the distance, and monitor the movement of enemy troops within a radius of several miles around.

On the top of the forest, the cavalry of the wandering army came like a tide, from the left and right wings, crossed the ravines, climbed the hills, galloped the wilderness, twisted around, spread all over the mountains, as if wading through the strong wind of the wilderness, the sound was terrifying.

If it is said that the foot soldier marches, it is said that it is less necessary to occupy a square place; When the cavalry marches quickly, the space required for maneuvering and running is several times larger. Therefore, with the same number of soldiers, the range of cavalry is several times larger than that of foot soldiers, and within the field of vision of the nest tower lookout, the cavalry of the wandering army is all over the mountains and fields, and the black pressure is all the cavalry of the wandering army, and there is no end in sight.

Ao Canghai untied his heavy armor, personally climbed up to the nest tower to observe the enemy's situation, frowned, slipped off the pole and said to Lin Tie: "The red-jacketed girl brought less than half of the cavalry this time, mainly along the left and right flanks of our army. More than half of the soldiers and horses were horseback infantrymen who were maneuvering on horseback, biting our tails. A number of men had already dismounted, armed with spears and shields, in case we suddenly returned to the horses. Liu Miaozhen's red-armored cavalry team of about 400 people, watching horses and people, are all rare elite cavalry of the Wandering Army, and follow Liu Miaozhen in the rear of the main formation...... Do we fight or go? ”

"Liu Miaozhen probably wants to entangle us in Suining and can't get out, and the key is for us to rush to Siyang as quickly as possible," Lin Jian frowned and said, "How to get there is a big problem?" ”

In the direction of Siyang, Liu Tingzhou led the remnants of the Huai Army of 5,000 or 6,000 people, and had to face the siege of nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses under Ma Lantou and Sun Zhuang alone.

From the beginning when the remnants of the Duhuai army fell into the trap of the exiled army, they did not prepare extra rations, and could only rely on picking trees and grass in the field and slaughtering military horses to wrap their stomachs. It has been three days and three nights since the Duhuai army was surrounded, and it is really not clear how long they can hold out.

For Liu Miaozhen, it is the best policy to entangle the Jiangdong Left Army in Suining, wait for Ma Lantou and Sun Zhuang to annihilate the remnants of Liu Tingzhou's Duhuai Army, and go north as a whole, and attack the Jiangdong Left Army with him in the field.

Since Lin Jian is out of Suining City, he must rush to the aid of Siyang as soon as possible and rescue the remnants of the Huai Army, and he must not easily let Liu Miaozhen be entangled in Suining.

Of course, there are different ways to walk, walk without hitting, or walk after hitting, or walk while hitting.

"Leave after the rifle fight?" Ao Canghai said.

Ning Zechen said: "I'm afraid that the girl in the red jacket deliberately showed this flaw......"

Liu Miaozhen led 6,000 soldiers and horses, although most of them rode horses, but only half of the cavalry who could really fight on horseback, all copied from the two wings, and the back of the Jiangdong Left Army was 3,000 horse infantry.

Although the horse infantry rode and maneuvered when marching, due to their usual training, armor, equipment, and horses, they still had to dismount and line up to engage in battle when encountering the enemy.

Liu Miaozhen led 3,000 horse infantry to bite the tail, and there were only more than 400 cavalry in the array, which gave the Jiangdong Left Army a chance to shoot back the horse pistol.

The two armies were only more than 1,000 paces apart, and the Jiangdong Left Army quickly counterattacked, and the 3,000 horse infantry of the Liumin Army, which was chasing behind, wanted to turn around, but it was too late to turn around, so they could only engage in a hard fight.

With the same number of elite armor soldiers, it was not much difficulty to defeat the 3,000 horse infantry of the Wandering People's Army in a short time. Whether it is Ning Zechen or Ao Canghai, they are very confident that the key is that the cavalry of the Liumin Army scattered on the left and right flanks is very likely to take the opportunity to storm the flank of the Jiangdong Left Army.

In a relatively dense range, even in a low-speed march, the Jiangdong Left Army can resist the impact of the cavalry with an infantry array, but in the open field where there is no obstruction in the four fields, the Jiangdong Left Army will fight back at the rear of the wandering army horse infantry, and the formation will inevitably be scattered.

When the two armies are fighting, the commander's mastery of the infantry array is limited, and he cannot always adjust the formation in the battle between the enemy and us. Even if you leave an array of armor guards on the flanks, it will greatly increase the chance of a large number of cavalry tearing apart due to the lack of mobility.

Speaking of which, it is also the lack of troops in Lin Bin's hands, if the cavalry is blocked on the periphery in a relatively loose formation to protect the flanks from attack, even with the elite armor plan of the Jiangdong Left Army, it will take one and a half or even two times the strength to be enough.

If Ning Zechen judged that it was true, Liu Miaozhen deliberately exposed this flaw, and she had a desperate determination.

Liu Miaozhen wants to work hard, but she can't fulfill her wish here.

Even if Liu Miaozhen's troops can be annihilated, if the Jiangdong Left Army suffers more than one-third of the casualties, most of the plans to go south to aid Siyang will be in vain. In fact, there were not enough cavalry, and in the unobstructed wilderness, it was difficult for foot soldiers to fight a war of annihilation against the wandering army, which was half cavalry and half horse infantry.

At this time, it is not clear whether the main force of the exile army besieging Xuzhou has sent other reinforcements to defeat the horse infantry led by Liu Miaozhen and pursuing behind, which is of little practical significance.

Lin Jian frowned and said: "It depends on whether Liu Miaozhen deliberately shows flaws, and it's simple," spread out the map and pointed to the southwest corner of Suining, "There is a cliff mountain here, the mountain is not high, but we leave the official road and move here, which is enough to cover the right flank of our army, and see how Liu Miaozhen responds......"

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Nearly 7,000 soldiers and horses of the Jiangdong Left Army, armored cavalry and horse shield auxiliaries, the main general and the main general's escorts, and a small amount of necessary baggage were placed in the center of the formation, and the 10 battalions of armor were scattered into 30 small formations and marched in a range of four or five miles in depth.

Liu Miaozhen rode on a blue-black horse galloping on a gentle slope, with a horse chopping knife in front of her knees, dressed in red clothes and red armor, and her dark face looked from afar, as if it was carved, dull and without expression, but her eyes were brilliant and smart. It's a pity: how can a woman with such beautiful eyes match such an ugly face?

Liu Miaozhen stared at the marching array of the Jiangdong Left Army, she raised her hand and pressed the metal scarf that was painted crimson, if anyone was careful, they would see that the skin color of her hand was completely different from her face, much more delicate and fair.

"Han Caizhi, come here!" Liu Miaozhen turned her head and shouted, her voice hoarse and low, but it matched her dark and expressionless face.

A young general in armor rode his horse from the foot of the northern slope.

"How do you think you're going to attack its flank?" Liu Miaozhen asked.

"It's not that I don't want to fight a tough battle with Lin Tie, Lin Tie bypassed me in Jiangning and died, Qu Shuai, you also have a life-saving grace for Caizhi. It is said that I should stay in Xuzhou to help An Shuai fight Yue Lengqiu, but it is difficult for both sides, but the lives of hundreds of thousands of brothers are pressed in this battle, so I can't shrink my head and hide behind, but I really can't fight hard now. The young general said.

"I asked you how to attack, what are you doing with such nonsense? If you are suspicious, I will not take you to battle," Liu Miaozhen's eyes widened, but her brows were dull and did not move, "Chen Kuili does not have the ...... of a mother-in-law like you"

The young general is not a bystander, it is Han Caizhi, a young general from Shanglinli Township who led troops to mutiny in Jiangning and then drove away from Lin Tie.

Han Caizhi and others left Jiangning, and there was no way to return to Shanglin, so they took their families to Shouzhou, Huaixi to join relatives and friends, and have lived in Shouzhou since then.

More than a year ago, the officers and soldiers who had fled from Haozhou ransacked the village where Han Caizhi lived, and Han Caizhi was forced to pull out a group of men and horses with Chen Kuili and others to resist and besiege the officers and soldiers. Liu Miaozhen, who led the troops to Shouzhou first, saved them, and they have been in the gang since then.

Although Han Caizhi and Chen Kuili are not descendants, their military literacy is better than that of ordinary generals of the Wandering Army.

Han Caizhi never thought that he would have the opportunity to fight against Lin Tie and his colleagues in the countryside who had been in the forest before. In the current troubled times, the two armies are facing each other, and the personal grievances are very small and not worth mentioning at all.

Han Caizhi was trained, but he didn't feel sad, and said: "Lin Lian's army is unparalleled in the world, it's true, they are marching like this, and there is really no flaw." ”

Liu Miaozhen didn't pay any attention to Han Caizhi anymore, and looked at the Jiangdong Left Army again.

After many months of fighting, the generals of the Liumin Army are now also familiar with the establishment of the Jiangdong Left Army, and in front of him, Lin Lian personally led the main force of the Jiangdong Left Army, forming a formation with two hundred sentry units, four or five miles deep, with a total of 30 small formations.

When the Jiangdong Left Army was marching, about two-thirds of the armor soldiers were stationed on the periphery for defense, and one-third of the armor soldiers quickly gathered and passed through the inner line surrounded by the armor guards, and the two formations on the rear flank retreated. The pawn moved from the inside line to the front wing, and then quickly launched the garrison, and the rear wing of the armor retracted and entered the inside line to pass through.

The Jiangdong Left Army's cross-march was much slower than the speed at which they had traveled two hundred miles in one day and two nights a few days ago, and they could walk five or six miles in an hour to reach the sky, but the defense was much tighter, and the cavalry did not have the opportunity to attack from the flanks at all.

At this time, a spy Chi Chi replied: "Sixteen or seventeen miles away in the southwest, there is a cliff and mountain, although it is not high, but it will form a block, the left wing of the Marquis Yu asked for instructions to continue to outflank the left wing of the Jiangdong Left Army?" ”

Liu Miaozhen's eyes narrowed, and she said expressionlessly: "What a fox in the East China Sea, I want to use the blocking terrain to try my own formation." No matter if it's hard or not, Han Caizhi, you bite it for me and hit its tail! and thou shalt divide your cavalry into two columns, cross and snake across, and drain their bows and crossbows into the air......"

Han Caizhi received the order, galloped back to the right flank, divided the three hundred cavalry of the department into two teams, crossed the snake lead, and drilled in through the gap to hit the two foot soldiers on the rear flank of the Jiangdong Left Army.