Chapter 838 Storm and Thunderstorm

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Rumble... Amid the huge horse's hooves, the shouts buzzed.The sides were full of undulating iron helmets, and the red tassels on the iron helmets were floating in pieces, like red flowers growing on the torrent of steel.

The horse soldiers in the Yeshi tribe ahead are in such an environment, and people are no longer willing to rush in!

When I looked back, I saw that the Dangxiang formation was falling apart, a large number of horses were turning around and running eastward, and the Dangxiang soldiers on the flank were also retreating.

How could Ye Ci's army be willing to go forward and die?

The soldiers strangled the war horses one after another.

Soon, the iron cavalry at the bottom of the center of the goose-shaped formation had approached.As we faced with flags like clouds, swords and guns, terrifying square formations were coming straight, without a moment of pause!

Ye Ci first agreed to defeat the goose-shaped formation from the middle of the enemy!But no one believes that the scene in front of him can be broken from the front, it is a thick iron wall like a moving one!

Bang bang... Dangxiang people pulled their bows and shot arrows, and arrows flew in the air.The arrows seemed to ignite Mars in the oil barrel, and the front immediately boiled, and the square arrays accelerated and ran.

A war horse running at high speed rushed into the Ye Ci crowd. The war horse was afraid of the slogging of swords and guns, but stopped at all.

flutter!The iron spear in the hand of the Knight Xu Jun hit a Dangxiang man's chest. In a scream, the iron spear penetrated the torso. In an instant, the spear head was transmitted from the back, and there was bloody flesh hanging on it!

The Knight Xu Jun let go, and his men and horses flew past the side, leaving only the Dangxiang people who had not yet fallen down, with an iron spear inserted in their torso.

Swish!The Knight Xu Jun pulled out the saber from his back without thinking. The blade was forward and horizontally on the side. Suddenly, a scream of fear came from the knight before he could see clearly what was going on. He screamed from his hands as if he didn't grab it hard and it was numb. He felt a hot blood splattering on the back of his hands.

Then he sat down and neighed, and suddenly knelt on the ground.The knight seemed to push it out of the horse's back, slammed on the ground, rolling on the grass, and countless horse's hooves were trampling around...

Xu Jun rushed into the Dangxiang camp, and the two sides fought in a mess, and they were already in chaos.

But at this time, the cavalry formations formed in a queue behind continued to rush forward!

Xu Jun's cavalry had almost the same posture. First, he grabbed the cherry rifle with his right hand, clamped his arms to stabilize his posture, and grabbed the reins with his left hand and ran on the horse. When he accelerated the charge, everyone lifted the cherry rifle with both hands and rushed forward with all his head!

They all knew what they were going to do, and what they wanted to do was very simple. Without hesitation or choice, it was no longer important whether they were afraid. A large number of galloping iron-hoofed war horses could not stop, and the huge horse hooves behind seemed to drive everyone forward and charge.

General Xiang of the Dang looked at the fierce battles ahead and shouted to the leader of Ye Ci: Let's retreat, this battle is not very easy to fight... The noise around him was like thunder, and the man's voice was quickly drowned, and the second half of the sentence was covered in a huge roar.

On the undulating grassland, the cavalry of Xu's army was swept by like a hurricane, and the Dangxiang army was defeated.A hasty battle, like a thunderstorm, passed quickly and blew away everything.

...The terrified pursuit from morning to afternoon.Li Yiyin fled to the desert to the north. When Xu Jun was not chasing him, there were only a dozen people left.

The group was dejected and sighed from time to time.

The sun on the head was dazzling, making people's face hurt, and the sand below made the horse walk deep and shallow.

Li Yiyin suddenly strangled the horse, climbed down from the horse, and stood in the endless desert with his head raised.

King Khan... Someone shouted, and everyone gradually stopped moving forward.People looked at him silently, and for a moment there was nothing to say.

Li Yiyin stood in the sun for a long time, feeling smoke in his throat and his head dizzy from the sun.

Finally someone advised: King Khan, you will have no worries about burning firewood if you keep the green mountains.

Li Yiyin opened his eyes and said: How can he escape?

The followers immediately looked back and forth, and there was sand everywhere, which was very desolate.

A man with disheveled hair said: The place where the battle in the morning was not far from Feng'an Old City (a county town in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was abandoned, roughly in the modern Zhongwei City). Later, we ran north into the desert.Now it is probably north of Feng'an Old City.

After hearing this, everyone agreed and agreed to the man’s statement.

The man Dangxiang said again: If you want to talk about water, food and grass, it is best to go south.Feng'an is a place with abundant water and grass. It is close to the Yellow River. There are several rivers and lakes. The Dangxiang tribe was originally there, but when Feng Jiye came, most of them avoided the west... Now in Xu Jun's hands, we will definitely be caught if we are in a hurry to go south.

He looked at the direction of the sun again, and there was sand to the north, but as long as he could keep walking, there was a small river after passing the large slope, and there were still some herders in the Dangxiang area.

Li Yiyin said weakly: I walked that road and continued northward to Helan Mountain.To the east of Helan Mountain is the Lingzhou grassland, which is the territory of Xu Jun; you can only walk from the west of Helan Mountain, and this road can connect to the Great Liao Kingdom in the north.However, it is easy to get lost. Most of the places along the way are deserts and it is very difficult to walk... After we lost Xiazhou, only this road can connect to Liao Kingdom in the north, and there is no choice.

His subordinates asked: Are the Khan planning to go north to Liao Kingdom?

Li Yiyin did not comment and said: We don’t have much water anymore, so look for the water source first and then make a decision.

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In the grassland on the north bank of the Yellow River, the sunset is hanging above the faint shadow of the mountain in the distance, and the light gradually fades away.

Li Chuyun and a group of people came running, gradually slowing down the horses, and he was looking at the scene in front of him.

The grassland was full of corpses, and some unmanned war horses were still running in the wilderness. The soldiers of Xu Jun were wandering around with their horses, picking up things on the ground.

Wei Renpu, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, turned around and said: Send someone to find Shi Yanchao and let him report back and forth.The order sent a messenger to meet Feng Jiye, informing the founding Duke and the main force of the Hexi Army that he had arrived, and asked him to come and meet.

Get order!

Li Chuyun had learned that Xu's cavalry had won a great victory, but there was no surprise, as he had expected.

Just because of these temporarily pieced together Dangxiang tribes in the west, if they could defeat the elite cavalry of the imperial guards led by Shi Yanchao?

That is the most elite man in Daxu. If you can't even defeat such a battle, the Daxu dynasty will not have to expand its territory, and it has no strength at all!

Wait!Soo... Li Chuyun gently pulled the reins and asked the horse to stop. He pointed to the east and said: Going along the Yellow River, it should be the old place in Feng'an?

Wei Renpu said: Yes, I advise you that the army can go to Feng'an to camp tomorrow, which is a good place.

Wei Renpu was very interested when he said this, as if he had been there in person, and talked freely: The rivers and lakes here are rich in water, the weather is cool, and the grass and trees are lush.The land between Lingzhou Plain and Hexi is rich and beautiful.Not only can it be used for animal husbandry, but it can even grow crops, but hail occasionally destroys crops... But such a good place does not require farming, it has greater use: raise war horses!

Cavalry is essential for China to return to the north.Since you want to raise horses, it is far worse than being in the northern borders in the Central Plains and the Jianghuai River.

After listening patiently, Li Chuyun said: Mr. Wei and I have similar views, so he used this plan.

Wei Renpu seemed to be in a state of excitement and said with some sigh: The Qin and Han dynasties were our territory, but unfortunately it has been completely abandoned in recent decades. It is not easy for us to preserve a Lingzhou in the northwest.

Li Chuyun said in a deep voice: Duke Wei, Hexi is extremely east, and it is full of great land!

At this moment, a group of horse soldiers ran over from a distance, and the plate armor shone brightly in the setting sun.

When the knights approached, Shi Yanchao, who was currently burly and huge, clasped his fists on the horse's back and made a shabby military salute to deal with the matter... The coach Li Chuyun and Wei Renpu were unwilling to care about it. Shi Yanchao was already very proud of his ability to hold a tribute to them.

Shi Yanchao said loudly: Dangxiang’s barbarians are vulnerable.Damn it, people run everywhere, it’s hard to catch up!

Li Chuyun said kindly: Shi Qianfeng has made new contributions, which is gratifying.

Shi Yanchao snorted, looking bored, as if he felt that today's battle was not inspiration.

Li Chuyun said again: This battle will shock the Xiang tribes in the west. They will never dare to gather troops to become enemies with the Xu army for a long time. Our troops can calmly clean up a large area of ​​land along the Yellow River. General Shi made great contributions.

Shi Yanchao still had a stern face, but seemed to be very helpful to him, 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 you don’t have to chase the defeated soldiers anymore.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 Central Army and decided to stay in Feng'an first and build a Liuhua Fort... It was not for garrisoning the army. If a fortress with tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry would have to be built very much and it would take too long; Li Chuyun decided to build a fort here mainly to garrison grain.

In recent years, Lingzhou has hoarded a large amount of military rations, which can be transported south along the Yellow River to Feng'an Fort for the needs of the imperial army.

Several officials secretly discussed, encouraging Feng Jiye to continue to harass the Dangxiang Ranch and forced them to migrate away from the Yellow River to prevent the Dangxiang people from harassing the military's rations.

Li Chuyun's goal was not to settle the score with the Dangxiang tribe... If the court spent countless money to mobilize tens of thousands of elite troops to conquer and punish the Dangxiang people for plundering war horses, it would be an extremely stupid thing.

Li Chuyun knew the emperor's plan very well, and what Guo Shao wanted was the entire Hexi!

Guo Shao bet on the lives of thousands of soldiers and got money back from Japan. He invested the money in a large amount of money in the Western Expedition Army, and it was definitely not a waste of money. He had to give the emperor enough rewards!

However, Li Chuyun was very calm and thought to himself: The large fertile fields with plump water plants on the cool plateau should be worthy of copper and silver.