Chapter 059: The Marquis Tiger

A piece of news after the summer vacation in the first year of Xiangfu shook the court.

General Yang Shenxing faced less than 10,000 people of the enemy army, 40,000 Jixinan sharp pawns unexpectedly lost again and again, first lost nearly half of the cavalry, retreated to the Qing Yang basin, the back of the enemy, the cavalry completely wiped out. After this battle, the late Yang Shenxing became a street rat, Tai’an City, in addition to Lu Baijie’s Ministry of War, the rest of the five ministries and the two Taiwan officials, all of them launched a wave of impeachment of the old general, and justified, saying that he disregarded the military orders of the general Lu Shengxiang, unauthorized south, and full of exposure after the south of the man is “dying of old age! “, not only the rule of the army without, and the deployment of the army stupid, the face of the remaining Western Chu those shrimp soldiers and crab generals, down to the point of unbearable! The invincible Liyang, where is the national prestige?

Yang Shenxing could not care less about the turmoil in the temple, the old general and his more than 40,000 still intact Jinan foot soldiers, but became a turtle in a jar, even he himself feel ridiculous.

The gray-haired great general, no matter how much he covered it up, exuded an aging demeanor. First eldest son Yang Huchen survived the cavalry battle a decade ago, but lost an arm. Grandson Yang Wenqi also six days ago in the battle, body seriously injured, still all fishy smell of medicine lying on the sickbed. Yang Shenxeng has never fought such a humiliating battle, Huchen’s 3,000 light cavalry failed to win the 1,000 iron horsemen, which is nothing, victory and defeat is a common thing in the military, is his Yang Shenxeng took it lightly, committed a major taboo in the military, the old man in fact, there is not too much resentment and complaints. But after the development of the state of affairs so that the general of An Guo almost violent murder, not in the first cavalry battle with too many casualties in the three thousand rich soldiers, in the eyes of the heavy cavalry charge power, even asked to immediately detach from the army, through the Qing Yang Basin, withdrawn to the north of the Qinshui Jindu, this is also no harm, Yang Shenxeng did not refuse, just proposed to follow the army of foot soldiers with a slow retreat to prevent the other side of the number of light cavalry and not a small number of light cavalry to start the attack. attack, did not think that the batch of brats mouth promised well, a turn of the eye with the guards and retinue fled north overnight, after learning the news of Yang Shenxing had to pull out of the camp with the north, and let his grandson Yang Wenqi nearly all the cavalry troops escort, Yang Shenxing can only hope that the western chu master of the battle of the eastern front of the main generals, can not catch their side of the opportunity to separate the foot and horseback, and even go so far as to let the front army to make a pounce Polaris clamor military town of camouflage signs, but in the early hours of the next morning, covered in blood and sweat, the army of the east line, and the front army to make a pounce on the north of the north of the north. But in the early hours of the next day, the blood-soaked grandson only brought back a few hundred Jinan cavalry, the more than 3,000 culprits of the grandfather’s soldiers are unharmed, the shoulder was cut off a large piece of meat Yang Wenqi sobbed uncontrollably, said that the enemy cavalry is extremely good at night battles, and divided into several ways, not only attacked their preparation of the hastily prepared Jinan cavalry, and intentionally the 3,000 chicken ribs can not be counted as the cavalry south of the mass expulsion to disrupt the formation, Yang Wenqi Yang Wenqi’s cavalry could only use three hundred as a battalion and divide them into batches to die and break the back before they could protect the more than two thousand eight hundred people who deserved to die but could not.

Yang Shenxing after his grandson fainted, asked in detail about several defeated returning cavalry commander, the old general’s heart is getting more and more frightened, according to them, the enemy cavalry is not only good at night running, but also has excellent archery skills, and even the peripheral hunting of Northern Mang barbarians are imitated in a similar way, neither close nor far away, always keep at a distance of two arrows, one arrow charging, shooting a set of arrows after the rain that is withdrawn, and so on and so forth, which requires extremely skillful horsemanship and arrows, so it will be a good idea for the enemy to take the enemy’s cavalry back. This required extremely skillful horsemanship and archery as a base. This lack of cohesion of the wandering tactics, is not flawless, grandson Yang Wenqi if you let those three thousand riders leave, completely do not need to pay such a huge bloody price. After that, Polaris clamor side no more movement, just a small unit of cavalry in the encirclement outside the far wandering, leisurely, shooting those Jixinan army trying to pass out the military intelligence of the scouts, but as long as Yang Shenxeng show signs of army movement, the opposite side can quickly mobilize the cavalry, in the back of the Qing Yang basin set, more than a thousand iron horsemen waiting, to make a horse eat foot charge posture.

Yang Shenxeng at that moment, finally know the opposite side of the main general did not even think to compete with their Jixinan foot soldiers, but predicted his Yang Shenxeng and that special identity of the three thousand horsemen’s psychology, first lured the Yang family cavalry to attack, the first hurt morale, at the beginning of the drug, with heavy horsemen to scare through the guts of those foppish children, guessed that these brats do not care about the big picture of the death of the hard to escape, as well as they are compelled by the Jixinan cavalry to escort, and then blunt knife to cut the meat, bit by bit to eat the cavalry. It can be said that the enemy army showed the combat power, Yang Shenxeng really impressed, but the old general who has been through a hundred battles is not afraid of the bottom of his heart, but lost in his Yang Shenxeng had to take two risks in a row, one is to deliberately give away the military honor, once is to save their lives, the result of the cost is the Jixinan army of the few more than 5,000 cavalry, which can be said to be dead!

Suffered a fiasco not encountered for many years, Jinan old pawns is after all his Yang Shenxeng brought out of the Department of pawns, and did not cry, but silent in a dense river water supply in a place, methodical camp, dug out three trenches, trenches after more than two feet high berm. Between the two high wide trenches as much as possible to harvest a large number of tough tree trunks and branches, sharpened and nailed at the bottom, with the fire-smoked tips arranged upwards, layers of interspersed and articulated constantly, inside and outside of the trench near the soil are tamped. A sturdy archery tower rose up from the ground, a tent was erected, the accompanying provisions of the Jinan army were quite abundant, and did not rely heavily on that supply line behind them, and the Liyang dynasty’s cavalry army, especially at the end of the Spring and Autumn period, under the support of unimpeded postal routes, the first-class sharp soldiers, armed and armored with weights for half a day, could travel a hundred miles, and the light assault of the pure light cavalry could even reach a blistering speed of advancement, and the Lu Shengxiang of that year’s Lu Shengxiang that year’s fine horseback continuous gallop, claiming that the day line three hundred miles, even more than when Chu Lushan’s thousands of riders to open the Shu, just after all, the latter took the Shu Road, as for all the way to change the people and horses of the stagecoach ride, is not listed here.

Regardless of the years in those desperately poor civil officials screaming, Liyang within the post how to reduce the abolition, the capital of the southern border of the post is still quite accessible, which is where Yang Shenxeng’s bottom line is, waiting for reinforcements that is, before this is by no means to be besieged to death, and even do not need his Jixinan army to jump over the wall in a hurry.

But Yang Shenxeng is still exhausted, more than the sand to kill to the heart and soul haggard, in order to appease those who hide and cry for their parents of the rich children of the capital, has lost a battle ate a big loss of the old general, and even do not dare to say heavy words. Because the old man knows why the Ministry of War Minister Lu Shengxiang hands of military power is light, it is the capital of those civil masters of the wrist slippery secret obstruction, the army march, not just a general or even not a military department can handle, just a Ministry of the Household if you intend to procrastinate, can find a dozen sufficient excuses to slow down the marching schedule, but also can make who can not find a reason for rebuttal. A thousand fathers and grandfathers of the capital’s sons and daughters of the families of the capital, joined forces in the temple of Liyang to weave a piece of mud, so that Lu Shengxiang did not have the means to quickly control the whole army, but was informed of the battle of the Qing Yang Basin, learned that their own children and grandchildren are trapped, but can help the six ministries to run overnight become incredibly smooth.

The reason why Yang Shenxeng brought that cavalry army with him at the beginning was because the old general knew better than anyone else that the temple of Liyang was a needle in a hermit’s eye. Only Yang Shenxing did not expect the enemy general to be so insidious and ruthless.

Yang Shen Xing expected, Tai’an city court, although countless people are denouncing his Yang Shen Xing’s actual crime, but this period of time to say anything does not matter what use of the Ministry of War Lu Baijie, suddenly like a word of nine tripods, those who previously felt that the Yang Shen Xing 40,000 Yan Zhenchun 30,000 cumulative seventy thousand men and women, it has been extremely fussed about, quite a kill chicken and cattle knife of the officials, overnight changed a face, the same mouth! Complaints about the treachery of the remnants of Western Chu, is ready to die in the north of Polaris clamor in a line with the imperial army, the need to send another meritorious veteran rushed to the battlefield, Lu Shengxiang? As the commander-in-chief of the deployment of troops, but let Yang Shenxing a part of the siege to the people, would have been extremely negligent, not to be punished, that is only because of the battlefield to change the commander-in-chief is not appropriate!

Lu Baijie’s proposal was drowned in the raging discussion, Lu Shengxiang need to make a merit, in addition to the name of a commander-in-chief, in fact, but not many troops can go to make a merit, the real leader of the army is still a military stability of the Spring and Autumn veteran Wu Jun, this time out of the capital of the E army of the thirty-thousand elite pawns.

And under a secret order from the Ministry of War, Yan Zhenchun drove straight down from the East Yu Plain, eventually stopping at the area of Scattered Cang, and then turning to the east, to make the situation of a large army on the high ground, so as to cope with Wu Jun’s 30,000 troops, when Yan Zhenchun’s cavalry is attacking or defending, it is still up to the Ministry of War’s military orders!

Outside of Youlu Pass, Lu Shengxiang to the south of Guangling Road’s troop movements are still open-eyed blind, but the north of the capital’s non-sense, constantly into the tent, there is a kind of wind and rain shaking the bleak weather. You Lu Guan that a few originally every day to offer attentiveness is very diligent lieutenant captain, these days are no shadow.

Lu Shengxiang sitting on the grass outside the camp, beside is that recently still feeding the horse Guo Dongfeng, the latter indignation: “This Tongxi Jianxian is not eat shit, have become a hall of military minister, but also this kind of talk than farting are not as good as?!”

Lu Shengxiang calmly said, “Lu Baijie is considered conscientious, he still knows to help me say a few words of justice, proposing that I lead the troops south.”

Guo Dongfeng snorted, “Conscientious? Then how come he didn’t mention that old fool Yang Shenxing to say a few good words? More than ten years of hard work to accumulate out of the six thousand horsemen, because of that bunch of foppish kids, less than ten days to give a white burial, in the end can not fall half a good word.”

Lu Shengxiang bashfully laughed: “Lu Baijie and not stupid, the Temple Hall cursed the same guy is not really stupid, a lot of words, their stomach know is one thing, said the export is another thing. Lu Baijie as long as you still want to stabilize the position, you have to work hard, tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall. If Gu Jiantang is in the Ministry of War, it will not be so. Of course, if Great General Gu was within Tai’an City at this moment, there would be no more days for me, Lu Shengxiang, to make a name for myself.”

Guo Dongfeng snorted coldly, “West Chu’s main general is also out of his mind, treating the front line of Polaris clamor military town as a battlefield to compete in terms of military power and national strength, do you really think that eating Yang Shenxing’s 40,000 Jixinan foot soldiers will make everything alright?”

Lu Shengxiang glanced at Guo Dongfeng, “The civil officials in the imperial court are stupid, you follow suit?”

Guo Dongfeng froze for a moment and said with a horrified expression, “Western Chu is really planning to eat Yan Zhenchun’s 30,000 cavalry from the very beginning? Can they be eaten? Yan Zhenchun is not that Yang Shenxing, isn’t he afraid of choking to death? Could it be that Cao Changqing is going to make a personal appearance?”

Lu Shengxiang looked into the distance and said with a cold smile: “You kid give me a wide-eyed look, I have a feeling that this battle, Western Chu will emerge as the first few young people who will become your mortal enemies.”

Guo Dongfeng hemmed and hawed and laughed, “That’s a good feeling.”

Thirty miles north of Scattered Cang, the more south the more intentionally slow Yan Zhenchun 30,000 cavalry, scouts reported military intelligence, five miles away from the enemy army, clear color light cavalry, no less than 20,000 riders!

Vast plains, wide battlefield.

Autumn winds whistling, flags hunting.

Old General Yan, who had always been unsmiling, looked up at the bright red Yan character on the flag, and then looked back at those Yan family sons and daughters who did not shy away from battle.

The old man said in a deep voice, “Pull out the flag!”

Old General Yan Zhenchun, who was originally supposed to sit at the rear, was this to lead the way? Immediately there are a few beloved generals step forward to stop, Yan Zhenchun hold up that accompanied their own battle for many years of long spear “reed leaf”, shaking his head and said: “Winning, most likely has been the last battle of his life, can’t stand here and watch, losing, is the last battle, how can I die on the way to escape. ”

Yan Zhenchun’s words, those generals were speechless.

The army pressed forward, the banner forward.

The enemy’s 20,000 light cavalry did the same.

Yan Zhenchun led 30,000 troops, against the wind, and the Western Chu cavalry 20,000, downwind.

There was no advantageous slope under the hooves of either side, nor were there any foot soldiers in square formation.

This is a vast area where a wide enough front line can be deployed, and the cavalry can also be put into batches, so it can be said that the cavalry generals of the two opposing sides can get a perfect display of their commanding talents, and the cavalry’s combat power can be more likely to be perfectly reflected.

This is an excellent battlefield where whoever is weak loses and whoever retreats dies.

There was no half a chance.

Almost at the same time, two horns suddenly whimpered as if echoing each other, majestic and sad.

Just like the same, after the first horizontal row of cavalry on both sides started charging, after charging out half of the distance between the horses, the second row then launched a ferocious charge.

Each row of horses and horse spacing is almost the same, which can not affect the speed of the charge of each rear row of cavalry.

Both sides’ horizontal lines were of equal length, but Yan Zhenchun’s cavalry had a greater depth because of their relative superiority in numbers.

Several riders suddenly appeared in the distant flanks of the two armies’ charge, a few riders, unrelated to the big picture, without armor, among them was the young man, Xie Xijian, who followed Pei Sui, a son of Pei Valve, to climb up the beacon at the top of Luohuqiu Mountain.

It is also this unknown western chu humble son, have the guts in front of Cao Changqing Sun Xiji these big shots, pointing out the mountains, was Cao Changqing laughingly called “Xie half sentence”, this young man will be the whole western chu restoration of the strategic plan, briefly summarized as “beaten” and “beaten”. This young man summarized the whole strategic plan for the restoration of Western Chu into two things: “getting beaten up” and “beating people up” in a concise manner.

As a matter of fact, the entire northern front is decided by Xie Xijian.

From the last minute seizure of Polaris, to the subsequent luring of the enemy and night raids, to the siege but not attack, so as to attract the Liyang court to take the initiative to bring Yan Zhenchun’s cavalry to Scattered Barns, until this moment to stand by and watch from afar.

All from this person’s strategy.

A middle-aged strong man sitting on the back of a horse who was a head taller than Xie Xijian asked in a deep voice: ”General Xie, is it really not necessary to immediately utilize the 3,000 heavy cavalry troops that are hidden in the back? Is it really not necessary to send down orders for them to put on their armor and mount their horses? Yan Zhenchun’s 30,000 cavalrymen are no soft targets!”

Xie Xijian’s lips pursed up as he shook his head, “There’s no point in utilizing the heavy cavalry too quickly or too slowly.”

Xie Xijian exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and slowly said, “Moreover, dying two light cavalrymen is still an earning compared to dying one heavy cavalryman. It can even be said that three thousand heavy cavalry will win unless they are one out, and if they know that they can’t change the decline even if they commit heavy cavalry, then those twenty thousand light cavalry can be spelled out and used as a way to break up the essence of Yan Zhenchun’s cavalry army, and this battle will be considered to have come to an end. Otherwise, I’d rather not have a single light cavalry left, but I’ll also bring the heavy cavalry back to deal with the next cavalry battle!”

The burly man glanced at this young commander of his side who was certainly not well known in the Liyang dynasty and smiled.

This person was born in the place where the founding emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty’s Dragon Rising, which once had the reputation of “ten miles and four vassals”, after the Great Chu Emperor claimed the title of Emperor, more than one hundred and sixty generals and marquises were appointed, and in that place, there were as many as forty-six of them!

There is the custom of sewing cloth for the newborn “Marquis Tiger”, which is a good expectation of the old saying “Although the tiger cub has not yet become a pattern, it has the spirit of eating cattle”.

But this young man named Xie Xijian is not the descendant of those outstanding generals and marquis.

However, it did not matter because he was Cao Changqing’s only disciple.

Xie Xijian had been coldly watching the battle situation, and after half an hour, an hour, the strong man and several men around him were all covered in sweat.

Xie Xijian lifted his buttocks and stretched his neck for a few moments, his lips moved slightly and muttered.

Still waiting.

Several of the men who had all participated in the Spring and Autumn War were beginning to fill with anxiety.

On top of the battlefield, his side had fallen five thousand riders, and Yan Zhenchun had died more than six thousand.

This is on the battlefield where no one withdrew from the battlefield much less one side lost, compared to the total number, such a huge number of deaths, and still fighting to the death, is simply appalling. Because there are cavalry involved in the confrontation of the battle, the real casualties, often in the side of the defeat when the withdrawal, that time mass casualties will be really sudden dramatic increase.

The sweaty, burly man tugged at his collar, then heaved his fist on the horse’s back.

Xie Xie Yuan remained expressionless.

The burly man glanced at the sky and said softly, “General Xie, we’ll lose if we trade our lives like this!”

Xie Xijian softly hmmmed, still indifferent.

Another man angrily said, “I’m going to go mobilize the heavy cavalry to rush to the front, I’m not as hard-hearted as you Xie Xijian!”

Xie Xijian gave an oh-so-calm voice and said, “Wei Hong, if you dare to go, I will dare to kill you.”

The man gritted his teeth and said, “With your three-legged kung fu?!”

Not far away, a clean-cut young man with four long swords on his back hesitated and said with a cold face, “I, Lu Si Chu, can kill you.”

The man roared, “Lu Si Chu, don’t think that if your grandfather is Lv Dantian, I’m afraid of you!”

Xie Xijian said blandly, “I said long ago, either Yan Zhenchun is killed in battle, or the Yan Clan’s cavalry’s spirit has been beaten out of most of them, and only then is it time for us to go into battle. You may not care that Lu Dantian is some kind of Great Chu’s number one swordsman, but since you are a general in our army, military orders must be obeyed. If you want to die, I won’t stop you, but please, Wei Hong, die on the battlefield later, under the hooves of the Liyang cavalry.”

That hideous man rubbed his face fiercely, tilted his head and spat out a mouthful of saliva, “If I lose this battle, I will personally whip you to death even if I disobey orders!”

After half an hour that made people feel incomparably long, Xie Xijian said in a deep voice, “Liu Cong, Wei Hong, listen to the order!”

Wei Hong cursed his mother and turned his horse around like a madman, “Listen to your mother’s orders! I’m going to kill the enemy, and if I win, you can whip me to death!”

The burly man called Liu Cong clasped his fists and left.

Xie Xijian spoke out one word at a time, “Remember, don’t leave a single prisoner behind!”