Yongzhou, west of Tianshui, Zhenxi Mansion Daying.

Zhenxi Mansion, which has been defeated and retreated, now has a total strength of less than 30,000 troops, not to mention low morale, and even the fighting spirit has almost disappeared.

From the beginning of sending troops to attack the Turks who occupied Bingzhou at that time, in a short period of time, there were too many dead and wounded, and almost every household in Yongzhou was white. If it weren't for the fact that people had reached the boundary of Yongzhou at this moment, and their families had to resist in order to protect their homeland, I am afraid that many people would choose to be deserters.

"Haven't the princess and the reinforcements from the state arrived yet?"

"According to the news, it will be there in a few days."

"How many days, how many days, how many days exactly? If this place is lost again, those jumping insects in the Western Regions will hit Tianshui City! ”

"It should not be, the terrain here is dangerous, and there is a ...... that can be defended."

"Do you call the broken wall that has been abandoned for hundreds of years a pass?"

"This ...... Who would have thought that the Western Regions, which had been suppressed for hundreds of years, could also fight here. But what if you don't keep it? Offensive? Look at the state of the soldiers outside, what is the difference between not defending and sending them to death? Not to mention, we only have 10,000 people here, and the rest are guarding Tianshui! ”

"Hey...... I'm afraid that the head of the family also thinks that this place can't be defended, otherwise, as long as it is guarded here, why worry about the Tianshui behind it. ”

This is a dialogue between two children of the Jiang family in Zhenxi Prefecture, so it is not difficult to see that the form is not optimistic.

Compared with combat power, in fact, the combat power of the armies of the Western Regions countries is not strong, not to mention the alliance army, which is also very troublesome to command. But no matter how troublesome it is, it can't stand it, and everyone is also all cavalry. In Zhenxi Mansion, the cavalry army had already died in the confrontation with the Turks, and even the ironclad army did not have one or two hundred left in the end.

Ordinary foot soldiers face the cavalry, the number is still small, how to fight? Can't fight!

With a charge, the Zhenxi Mansion army, which had been cast in the shadow of the Turks, was directly defeated and fled.

After breaking through the border pass, the Western Regions Coalition Army increased its strength again, with a total number of 100,000 troops, divided into three routes, starting from different routes, and then abandoning the pass west of Tianshui where even the name had been forgotten for a long time.

Of course, this is the plan, and the reason why the Zhenxi Mansion army guarding here is okay at the moment is because they haven't met yet. It was only 10,000 vanguard troops who arrived.

As for the reinforcements from Zhenxi Prefecture, there is a reason why they are slow to come.

After learning the news of the invasion of Yongzhou by the Western Regions, Xiao Jiwen, who had already regarded Yongzhou as her territory, was of course anxious, but on the contrary, Huofeng would not let go of this opportunity, and immediately gathered a large army to press tightly, with a posture that if you dare to divide your troops and go out, I will dare to attack Chang'an.

For this reason, Xiao Sister-in-law had to wait for the arrival of a new batch of new troops before daring to send a part of her troops to Yongzhou to support.

In this way, the reinforcements rushing to Yongzhou will naturally be slow.

And the army on Li Xiuning's side was not fast. Although I have already set off, I can't stand the delay.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the westward march of the army, the counties and villages along the way were alienated to see if there were still property and population, although the south had long been on the right track, everything was smooth and quite rich, but the distance between them was too far, and it was difficult to take care of the state.

It is very important to search for this, how to say that there were so many Turkic people eating and drinking here at that time, and the remaining food will definitely not be too small, in addition, the population is also a very important existence, those who are willing to enlist in the army will follow Li Xiuning directly, and those who are unwilling will be escorted to Taiyuan first.

Of course, you don't have to leave your homeland if you don't want to, but you won't send someone to manage it for the time being, and your safety will definitely not be guaranteed.

Nowadays, there is such a small population left in the state, and it is best to concentrate it first, because it is not conducive to management and development if it is dispersed. For the time being, only Taiyuan and Jincheng will be developed, and as for others, they can't be taken care of for the time being.

In this way, Li Xiuning's march speed was naturally not fast, but he stopped and stopped all the way, and 10,000 troops went out, but when they arrived at the boundary of Yongzhou, it became 15,000.

Training? Practice while walking, travel long distances, as long as you train your physical strength and obey the rules, you won't expect to rush directly to the front line as soon as you come up.

In terms of armaments, this is really thanks to Zhenxi Mansion, in view of the fact that the army of Zhenxi Mansion suffered too many casualties in Bingzhou, the armaments left behind were first captured by the Turks and shared with the spoils, and now, most of them have fallen into the hands of Zhou Shaoyu's side.

Thinking that I had to go to Huofeng to buy weapons at the beginning, it was really a world of difference.

It's just that weapons and armor are also consumables, and no matter how many they are, there will be moments when they are all damaged, in terms of long-term development, it is still Xiao Jiao's wife after the Zhenxi Mansion, don't look at the strength of Zhenxi Mansion There is nothing left, but the background in all aspects is extraordinary, the blacksmith alone is enough to make Zhou Shaoyu all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred.

And Huofeng is not bad, don't look at this who started by uprising, but he collected a lot of former blacksmiths in Zhenbei Mansion early, that is, Zhou Shaoyu is the most pitiful, and the people who are collected are ordinary blacksmiths among the people, and the number is still small.

To get back to the point, although Li Xiuning arrived late, Xiao Xiuning's reinforcements were not the same, and when she passed through Tianshui City, Li Xiuning didn't enter the gate, so she naturally asked for a batch of supplies, and rushed straight to the abandoned pass ahead.

For this positive attitude, Zhenxi Mansion also did not expect it, after all, Yongzhou has nothing to do with Zhou Shaoyu's side.

Does it really matter? At first glance, this is true, but it depends on the situation.

Because of the geographical location, Yongzhou doesn't know much about the outside world, at least the name of Shanhuai Pavilion is not of much use here, and Zhou Shaoyu's reputation is higher, but most of the time he only knows that this guy killed Ashina Falcon.

Then the development of popularity in Yongzhou, or should be said to be benevolent, is quite important.

Do you really think that it is so slow just to grind in the territory of Bingzhou, but in fact, it is still slow in the territory of Yongzhou.

In order to avoid the scourge of war, the people had to abandon their homeland and migrate eastward. However, in such a world now, in a place like Yongzhou, where the emperor is far away, which government will take care of it, it is almost too busy to take care of itself.

It is to collect the displaced people, in Yongzhou can also be carried out, every place passes, there will be grain and porridge, willing to go to the state is the best nature, unwilling to go is not reluctant, do not forget who gave you the rations to live is, it is really unbearable, you can still go to the state, absolutely regardless of the situation.

In order to facilitate publicity, he even made up several catchy and easy-to-understand ballads, which generally mean that no matter how hard and difficult it is, don't despair, go to Bingzhou, and find Zhou Shaoyu, who is unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness......

Well, it feels like it's a shame.

But the effect is really good, in the case of not seeing the future day and night, many people regard this as a back road, no matter how bad it is, as long as they go to the state, there is a way to live.

For this reason, Xu Miaojin and others also specially sent people to set up a relief office at the junction of the two states, and then set up another one every day for a distance of dozens of miles until Taiyuan.

And the people sent are those scholars who are full of dreams and benevolence, which can not only let them play a role, but also will not stay in Taiyuan to get in the way.

And Li Xiuning took the initiative to attack, on the one hand, he was confident, and on the other hand, he also showed his attitude to the people, and the propagandists had already been placed among the people, and when the time came, they would naturally publicize Li Xiuning's army.

"Report ...... Five miles ahead is where the pass of Zhenxi Mansion is located, and General Jiang said that he has made a fire and cooked food for our army, welcome to come...... "Zhou Zaixing returned with a horse and began to report the situation.

Li Xiuning raised his hand to interrupt and said, "Do you think that pass has defensive value?" ”

"This ...... In the end, the general thinks that there is not much defensive value. Zhou Zaixing said speechlessly, I thought that even if it was abandoned, there would be a shelf there, but it turned out to be good, it was just a pile of stones barely piled up into a barrier, can this be kept?

After understanding the situation, Li Xiuning was also quite speechless, shook his head, and continued to ask: "How is the situation of the Western Regions Army?" ”

"At present, there are only 10,000 vanguard troops, and according to the scout's report, it will take at least five hours for the Western Regions army to arrive at the nearest group to meet, but this is the premise of rushing overnight."

"That is, at least tomorrow?" Li Xiuning's eyes flickered, and then the corners of his uncontrollable mouth raised slightly!

Qin Liangyu thought for a moment and interjected: "Sister Xiuning, could it be that you want to ......"

"Why not?" Li Xiuning's tone is simply not too taken for granted.

"However, our army is only 15,000 people, of which 5,000 are still new troops, and the Western Regions Coalition Army is all cavalry, and there is a flat area beyond the pass, how can we win?" Qin Liangyu questioned, if he hadn't seen Li Xiuning's use of troops with his own eyes, he would have directly opposed it.

In addition, Qin Liangyu knew that his soldiers had no experience in leading soldiers, but Li Xiuning was experienced in a hundred battles, since Li Xiuning decided so, he should be sure.

Li Xiuning also has the heart to cultivate Qin Liangyu, although the era she is in is a thousand years later, as long as she has read the history books and said that she can fight, Qin Liangyu is definitely a first-class existence, and with a little cultivation, she will definitely shine.

"The morale of the Zhenxi Mansion army is low, and the number of people is also only 10,000, for the 10,000 Western Regions vanguard army, they will definitely think that they are absolutely safe, because it is impossible for the Zhenxi Mansion army to come out to attack, yes, the Western Regions vanguard army must be defenseless!"

"But according to the map, there is a large area of flat terrain outside the pass, if there is any abnormal movement, it must be noticed, in other words, a surprise attack is no longer advisable, if the enemy reacts, how is it good?"

"Don't forget that it's getting dark right now, didn't that General Jiang say that he had already made a fire to cook to welcome me? It's the time of the meal, and you are extremely relaxed, and they are all cavalry, if you are the main general, and see 10,000 foot soldiers actually take the initiative to attack their camp, generally speaking, what will you think? ”

"This ......"

Qin Liangyu understood a little and despised it! The 10,000 cavalry must be contemptuous in the face of the rushing infantry, especially in this kind of place where the terrain is flat and the view is open, so even if the main general orders the assembly, the speed of the men and horses under his command will definitely not be fast, but in any case, they will gather and charge before they rush over.

"Who said that I was going to rush over directly, besides, the supplies from Tianshui are not for nothing." Li Xiuning said that he would not explain too much, everything should be watched from the actual combat.

"Zhou Zaixing listens to orders."

"The last general!"

"You hurry to the pass and inform General Jiang that the matter of eating will be talked about later, and let him quickly clear a road for our army to pass, and it will not be too late to eat when our army returns loudly. Then lead 5,000 new troops to press, with your ability, I believe you can choose the right time to rush out. ”

"The last general commands."

"Where is Qiu Mingyuan?"

"The last general!"

"All the spear and shield bearers are handed over to you, what you are going to see is a line of defense that will not retreat, is it possible?"

"The last general is willing to make a military order! Swear not to give up! ”

……

One by one, military orders were issued, and the whole army continued to march, and under the strange gaze of the Zhenxi Mansion army, they went directly out of the pass, and after a short while, 10,000 troops began to trot, and when the Western Regions camp was visible, they began to charge at full speed.

Such an obvious movement, of course, the vanguard army of the Western Regions will notice it, but as Li Xiuning guessed, the attitude of the Western Regions army is very contemptuous, and in the face of the order of the main general's assembly, they are not in a hurry, and even have the leisure to point to the foot soldiers who charge over in the distance and laugh.

Five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps......

Until this distance, the assembly of the vanguard army of the Western Regions had just been completed, but what was waiting for them was a rain of arrows!

"All stopped! Archers step forward and shoot! At the position of two hundred steps, Li Xiuning immediately ordered.

However, in the end, there are quite few authentic archers in the army, and at a distance of 200 paces, some people can't shoot them, and Li Xiuning doesn't force them, so they should be trained soldiers.

Of course, some soldiers of the Western Regions Vanguard Army were shot to death, but more of them didn't shoot at such a close distance, which made the Western Regions Vanguard Army even more relaxed, and said in his heart that he didn't know where this army got the courage, at this level, he actually dared to take the initiative to rush over? Isn't this a military merit sent to the door?

"The whole army has it, charge!" The commander of the coalition army laughed and gave an order, the horn sounded, the flag fluttered, and for a while, the iron cavalry shook the ground and rushed to kill.

Looking at Li Xiuning's army again, the drums sounded, and the two command flags swayed.

The archers who were originally in the front row quickly retreated, and at the same time, Qiu Mingyuan shouted and led all the spear and shield men forward. At such a short distance, the cavalry charge would arrive immediately, but there was no time to delay.

"Stand on the shield!"

With Qiu Mingyuan's shouting, the first row of shield bearers immediately squatted, stood the shield in their hands on the ground, and then hid all their bodies behind the shield, and leaned sideways against the inside of the shield in a reasonable posture, so as not to be directly knocked away by the charge of the war horse. At the same time, the spears in his hands were all mounted on shields.

"Quick, stand shield!"

The second row of shieldmen immediately followed, resting their shields on top of the first row of shields, and the spears were also outward, and in order to prevent the huge impact, no one actually carried a thick long wooden stick on their backs! Take off the diagonal bracing shield directly, good guy, how can this make people rush?

The sharp spears were outside, just waiting for the cavalry of the Western Regions to charge, and the entire formation totaled 6,000 people, fanning the remaining 4,000 people behind. And a thousand of the latter, too, were armed with shields, ready to be blocked by a breach of the breach.

The total distance was only two hundred paces, and when the formation had just been set up, the Western Regions cavalry also charged, and a fierce collision was about to occur.

(End of chapter)