Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Rumble..." Amidst the sound of huge horseshoes, shouts filled the air. There are undulating iron helmets on both sides, and the red tassels on the iron helmets flutter in pieces, like red flowers growing on the torrent of steel.

The cavalry soldiers of the Wild Ci Department in front are in such an environment, and people are no longer willing to rush into it! When I looked back, I saw that the rear of the Dangxiang formation fell apart, a large number of horses were turning around and running eastward, and the Dangxiang soldiers on the flanks were also retreating. How could Yecibu be willing to go forward to die? The soldiers reined in their horses one after another.

Not long after, the iron cavalry at the bottom of the center of the wild goose formation rushed close. The head-on banners were like clouds, there were many swords and guns, and the terrifying phalanxes rushed straight forward, showing no sign of stopping for a moment!

Ye Cishi said at first that he would break the wild goose formation from the middle of the enemy army! But the scene in front of him, no one believes that it can be broken from the front, it is a thick wall of copper and iron that moves!

"Bang bang..." The party members drew their bows and fired arrows one after another, and the arrows flew in the air. The arrows were like sparks igniting a fuel tank, and the front immediately boiled, and the phalanxes sped forward one by one.

A war horse galloping at high speed rushes into the crowd of Yeci clan with a whimper, the war horse is afraid of the howling of knives and guns, but it stops at all. "Fight!" The iron gun in Xu Jun's knight's hand smashed into the chest of a party member. While screaming, the iron gun pierced through the man's torso, and the gun head came out from the back in an instant, with bloody flesh hanging on it!

The Xu Jun knight let go, and he and his horse passed by, leaving only the party member who had not fallen down on his horse, with an iron gun stuck in his torso.

"Shua!" Knight Xu Jun immediately pulled out his saber from his back without even thinking about it. The blade was forward and sideways, and suddenly there was a terrified scream.

Then the horse sat down and neighed, and suddenly knelt down on its front hooves. The knight seemed to be pushed out of the horse, fell to the ground with a slam, rolled up on the grass, and countless horseshoes were trampling around...

Xu Jun rushed into the camp of the party members, and the two sides fought in a mess, and they were already in disarray.

But at this time, the cavalry phalanxes in the queue continued to charge up! The postures and movements of Xu Jun's cavalry are almost the same. First, they hold the slanted cherry gun with their right hand, clamp their arms to stabilize the posture, and hold the rein with their left hand to ride the horse.

They all knew what they were going to do, and what they were going to do was very simple. There was no hesitation, no choice, and it didn't matter whether they were afraid or not. A large number of galloping iron-shoeed war horses couldn't stop, and the roaring and shouting of the huge horseshoes behind them seemed to drive everyone forward.

Looking at the menacing battle in front of him, the military general of Dangxiang said loudly to the leader of Ye Ci: "Let's withdraw, this battle is not easy to fight..." The surrounding clamor was like thunder, and the man's voice was quickly drowned out, and the second half of his sentence was covered by the huge roar.

On the undulating grassland, Xu Jun's cavalry filled the air like a hurricane, and the Dangxiang army was defeated. A hasty battle, like a thunderstorm, a storm, passed quickly, blowing everything away.

...The road of chasing and killing in fear, from morning to afternoon. Li Yiyin fled to the desert in the north, and when Xu Jun didn't come after him, there were only a dozen people around him.

A group of people were dejected, and sighed from time to time.

The sun was shining brightly above the head, making people's faces hurt from the sun, and the sand below made the horses walk with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Li Yiyin reined in the horse suddenly, and got off the horse, standing with his head up in the endless desert.

"King Khan..." Someone shouted, and everyone gradually stopped moving forward. People watched him silently, speechless for a while.

Standing under the sun for a long time, Li Yiyin felt smoke coming from her throat and her head was dizzy from the sun.

Finally someone persuaded: "King Khan, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about no firewood."

Li Yiyin opened his eyes and said, "How can I escape?"

The entourage immediately looked back to the left and right, and there was sand all around, which was very desolate. A man with disheveled hair said: "The place where the battle took place in the morning was not far from the old city of Feng'an (the county seat in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, which was abandoned, roughly in the modern Zhongwei City). Later, we ran north into the desert. It is probably north of the old city of Feng'an now."

After hearing this, everyone echoed and agreed with the man's statement.

The man Dangxiang said again: "When it comes to water sources, food, and grass, the south is the best. Feng'an is rich in water and grass. It is close to the Yellow River and has several rivers and lakes. Originally, the Dangxiang tribe was there, but when Feng Jiye came, most of them avoided going west...Now it is in the hands of Xu Jun. If we rush south, we will definitely be caught."

He glanced at the direction of the sun again, "It's full of sand to the north, but as long as you can keep walking, once you cross the big hanging slope, there is a small river, and there are still some Dangxiang herdsmen over there."

Li Yiyin said weakly: "I walked that road, and continue north to Helan Mountain. To the east of Helan Mountain is the Lingzhou Grassland, which is Xu Jun's territory; you can only go from the west of Helan Mountain. This road can lead to the northern Liao Kingdom. But it is easy to get lost, and most of the places along the way are deserts, so it is very difficult to walk... After we lose Xiazhou, this is the only road that can lead to Liao Kingdom in the north. There is no choice."

The subordinate asked: "King Khan plans to go north to Liao Kingdom?"

Li Yiyin was noncommittal, and only said: "We are running out of water, we should first find the water source and then worry about it."

...

In the meadow on the north bank of the Yellow River, the setting sun is hanging over the faint mountain shadow in the distance, and its brilliance is gradually dimming. Li Chuyun came galloping with a group of people, gradually slowing down the horses, he was looking at the scene in front of him. Corpses were everywhere on the grassland, and some unmanned war horses were still running around in the wilderness. General Xu Jun led the horses and wandered around, picking up things on the ground.

Deputy Privy Councilor Wei Renpu turned his head and said: "Send someone to find Shi Yanchao and ask him to report back. Order to send messengers to see Feng Jiye and tell the Duke Founder and the main force of the Hexi Army to come and meet him."

"Decree!"

Li Chuyun had already learned that Xu Jun's cavalry had won a complete victory, but there was no sense of surprise, as he had expected. With these improvised Dangxiang tribal troops in the west, if they can defeat the imperial army led by Shi Yanchao? That is the most elite team of Daxu. If this kind of battle cannot be fought, the Daxu Dynasty does not need to expand its territory. It has no such strength at all!

"Wow! Huh..." Li Chuyun gently pulled the reins to stop the horse, pointed to the east and said, "Going along the Yellow River, should it be the old land of Feng'an?"

Wei Renpu said: "Exactly, the old man advises that tomorrow the army can go to Feng'an to camp, it is a good place."

Wei Renpu was very excited when he talked about this place, as if he had been there himself, and talked eloquently: "The rivers and lakes here are rich in water sources, the weather is cool, and the vegetation is luxuriant. The land between Lingzhou Plain and Hexi is unmatched in beauty. Not only can livestock be raised, but even crops can be grown, but occasionally hail damages crops... But such a good place does not need to be farmed, and has a greater use: raising war horses!

If Huaxia wants to return to the north, cavalry is essential. If you want to raise horses, in the Central Plains and Jianghuai, it is far worse than in the northern borders. "

Li Chuyun listened patiently, and said: "Wei Gong and the hero of the old man have the same views, so we use this plan."

Wei Renpu seemed to be talking about excitement, and said with a little sigh: "It was our territory in the Qin and Han Dynasties, but unfortunately it has been completely abandoned in recent decades. It is really not easy for us to keep a Lingzhou in the northwest."

Li Chuyun said in a deep voice: "Duke Wei, the east of Hexi is the land of Daxu!"

At this moment, a group of cavalry soldiers came running from a distance, their plate armor shining brightly in the setting sun. When the knights approached, Shi Yanchao, who was currently burly and huge, clasped his fists on horseback and made a careless military salute, and dealt with the matter... Coach Li Chuyun and Wei Renpu were unwilling to care about it.

Shi Yanchao said loudly: "Dangxiang barbarians are vulnerable. Damn, people run everywhere, and it's hard to chase them!"

But Li Chuyun said kindly: "Shi Qianfeng has made new achievements again, it's gratifying to congratulate."

Shi Yanchao snorted and looked bored, as if he felt that today's battle was boring.

Li Chuyun then said again: "This battle will definitely scare and frighten the party departments in the west. They will no longer dare to gather troops to fight against Xu's army for a long time. Our department can calmly clear up a large area of ​​land along the Yellow River. General Shi has made a lot of contributions."

Shi Yanchao still had a stern face, but he seemed to be enjoying what he heard, but he said: "The captured prisoner said that Li Yiyin was in the Dangxiang army, but unfortunately he was not caught."

Li Chuyun said: "Don't pay attention to him, and don't chase the rout again. Gather the troops and rest for a night, and go east to Feng'an Old City tomorrow."

That night, Li Chuyun discussed the strategy with the senior members of the Chinese army, and decided to stay in Feng'an first and build a Liuhua Fort...not for the purpose of garrisoning the army. If you want to garrison a fort with tens of thousands of horses, it will take too much time to build it. Li Chuyun decided to build a fort here mainly to store food. In recent years, Lingzhou has transshipped and hoarded a large amount of military rations, which can be transported southward along the Yellow River to Feng'anbao for the needs of the imperial army.

Several senior officials secretly discussed and encouraged Feng Jiye to continue to harass Dangxiang ranch, forcing them to move away from the banks of the Yellow River, so as to prevent Dangxiang people from harassing the grain road of the army.

Li Chuyun's goal is not to settle accounts with the Dangxiang tribe... If the court spends nothing and mobilizes tens of thousands of elite conquests, just to punish the party members for their crime of robbing war|horses, that would be an extremely stupid act. Li Chuyun knew the emperor's plan very well, what Guo Shao wanted was the whole of Hexi!

Guo Shao gambled the lives of thousands of soldiers and brought back money from Japan all the way; the money was invested in the Western Expedition Army, and it was by no means wasted. He had to give the emperor enough in return!

However, Li Chuyun was very calm, and thought: the large fertile fields with abundant water and grass on the cool plateau should be worth the money.