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Chapter 386: I took one more look at this guy [Thank you! Thank you again! I owe you words]

"Woo~" [Recommended music: "Footsteps of War" by Mr. Zhao Jiping]

Listening to the horn sound of the White High Kingdom in the distance,
Xu Minghua's brows furrowed further.

This was the third trumpet call he heard.

Every horn sounded meant that a large army of the Baigao Kingdom was about to arrive at the battlefield.

The first horn sounded, the largest group of Baigao infantry in front,

The last two sounds came from a mixed army of infantry and cavalry coming out of the mountains.

As the defending party, the Baigao Kingdom built a camp in the mountains on the flank of the Keyi Gate. Once the gate was closed, one man could block the passage of ten thousand.

The defenders sent scouts to clear the way in advance, and after the village gate was opened, there was a mountain path that was barely suitable for marching.

at this time,

The sun has already set,

It seems that it is already the hottest time of the day (around 2pm)

The messengers kept running around Xu Minghua, conveying the situation of the entire battlefield.

Others were looking at the flags in the watchtower car and kept talking to Xu Minghua about military intelligence.

There was another sound of horse hooves.

"Sorry"

The horse neighed because of the reins.

The messenger came to Xu Minghua's side, knelt on one knee and shouted:

"Commander-in-chief! The navy boats in the river have sent a report! They are observing in the river next to the battlefield and estimate that the reinforcements coming from Baigao Kingdom will be nearly 60,000!"

"Although they were blocked by our cavalry, they were still able to outflank our army's left flank near the river!"

Another messenger reported:
"Commander-in-chief, the scouts reported that the two groups of white cavalry came out of the mountains, with a total of more than 10,000 people!"

As Xu Minghua listened to the messenger's report, his expression became increasingly grim.

These messages are similar to the information conveyed by the flag in the watchtower car.

However, the Great Zhou only had 70,000 infantry and cavalry troops.

Already in contact were 50,000 Baigao defenders who were attacking and 60,000 reinforcements who were following, totaling 110,000.

Including the 10,000 people who came out of the ravine nearby.

Now it's 70,000 to 120,000!
If we count the soldiers who died in the recent battle, the number of people on the Great Zhou side may not be enough 70,000.

Thinking of this, Xu Minghua looked towards the northwest again.

At this time,

Zhang Fangyan and Xu Zaiduan, whose armor was covered in blood, and had many arrow marks, knife marks, and hammer marks, dismounted and returned to Xu Minghua's side, panting heavily.

"Commander-in-Chief, we are back!"

"How's the battle damage?"

"Go back to the commander-in-chief. After counting, my two divisions combined have more than 12,000 cavalry."

Xu Minghua nodded and said, "Go to the right side of the formation and form a team. Be sure to guard against the Baigao country's infantry and cavalry coming out of the mountains."

"Order!"

Zhang Fangyan and Xu Zaiduan rode away again.

quickly,

The sound of rumbling horse hooves was heard from behind the infantry formation. Most of the cavalry rushed to the right side of the infantry formation. After leaving enough distance for an attack, they faced the infantry and cavalry of the Baigao Kingdom that were winding out of the ravine.

Xu Minghua, the Marquis of Yongyi, was the commander-in-chief of this army.

It is known that there are secret spies from the Imperial City Bureau lurking among important officials of the Baigao Kingdom.

The previous provocation and fake defeat in front of the fortress was intended to lure the Baigao defenders out of the city.

He even knew about Bai Gaoguo's plan to surround and kill him while the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

These days, the armaments in the Great Zhou infantry formation have been prepared for situations where they are besieged.

There are many signboards, huge shields, numerous arrows, etc.

Although the Baigao Kingdom has a large number of troops, it will take a lot of time to defeat the Great Zhou army.

However, the number of troops was less than 70,000 against the nearly 110,000 troops of the Baigao Kingdom.

The infantry and cavalry of the Baigao Kingdom have almost surrounded the Great Zhou army on this flat ground six or seven miles away from the Keyi Gate.

The Great Zhou Army,

On the watchtower car,

In the high hanging watchtower,

The personal soldiers of the Marquis of Yongyi looked around the army from a high place.
The Baigao country's cavalry in light-colored uniforms were about to close the encirclement.

but,

Because there are tens of thousands of Great Zhou cavalry on the right side of the formation,

And because the Baigao army was the farthest from the northwest corner,
Therefore,
There was a vacant space in the northwest corner of the army formation, behind the right side of Commander-in-Chief Xu Minghua.

At this time, if you run there, you should be able to survive.

Thinking about this, the personal soldier of Marquis Yongyi looked in that direction again.

Then he discovered,

The northwest corner is vacant.
But in the distance, elite scouts from the Baigao Kingdom were fighting fiercely with scouts from the Great Zhou.

The scouts of the Baigao Kingdom wanted to go to the northwest to investigate the military situation, but were desperately stopped by the scouts of the Great Zhou not far from the formation.

suddenly,

The guards glared!
In the distance he saw two knights on four horses rushing out of the ravine and galloping towards the army.

Seeing the two knights riding two horses, the Baigao Kingdom's cavalry actually split up to intercept them.

Two knights were coming from a distance, dodging the arrows by twisting and turning on their horses, and sometimes they could turn around and shoot an arrow back.

The personal soldiers of Marquis Yongyi hurriedly waved the flags in their hands.

immediately,

The military order was issued by Xu Minghua, the command center of the army, and soon the cavalry of the Great Zhou rushed out to provide support.

The two knights who entered the army were not allowed to go near Marquis Yongyi, but were told to do so by a messenger.

"Commander-in-chief! I wish to command the scout sergeant Xu Zaijing in the camp to send someone back with the news: more than 10,000 enemy troops were found marching in the ravine four miles behind our army!"

"He will lead his subordinates to block the enemy's advance! Please ask the commander-in-chief to request reinforcements as soon as possible!"

Heard this news,

Xu Minghua didn't speak for a moment. As the commander of a large army, he understood that the strategic goal this time was to lure the Baigao army out of the city!
Can.
He bit his back teeth hard to prevent himself from appearing to lose composure.

The younger son said, "Please block it."
He is so young and there are only seven or eight people around. What can he use to stop them?

Doesn’t Jing’er know that he is going to let the Baigao army surround him?
If he really wanted to stop them, as the commander, he would have sent troops to guard there long ago!
Marquis Yongyi frowned and closed his eyes. For the sake of the overall situation, he subconsciously wanted to give up Xu Zaijing.

In the darkness before my eyes,

In a daze,

Xu Minghua thought of the winter fifteen or sixteen years ago.

At that time, I was about to serve under General Cao, the father-in-law of the emperor.
My youngest son was born not long ago.

The little soft one was held in his arms.
As the younger son grew up, he became more obedient and sensible.

"Father~"

It seemed that the voice of Xu Zaijing, who was covered in blood, was calling him.

Thinking of this, Xu Minghua was about to give an order, asking a battalion of cavalry in the formation to go to the mountains on the left rear to search for and support his youngest son.

But he did not give the order. At this time when the Baigao army was coming out in full force and the Great Zhou army was about to be surrounded, if he sent people to the left rear, it would be very easy for the soldiers who saw it to think that someone was escaping.

Will it cause some people to flee and shake the entire formation?

Xu Minghua opened his eyes, let out a long sigh, and thought about the current comparison of the two armies' strength!

If the Baigao Kingdom really sent reinforcements from the side, it would not only be a psychological blow to the soldiers of the Great Zhou, but the soldiers would also not know the specific strength comparison at the moment, and would only feel that there were ambushes everywhere.

This reinforcement may also hinder the support troops coming from the Great Zhou to encircle it.

We should send people to the mountain where Xu Zaijing is to support and block the enemy!
The thoughts just now were expelled from his heart.

The cavalry is fast.

"Send an order to Zhang Fangyan's troops to send a battalion of soldiers to the mountains behind the flank to stop the enemy!"

"Yes!"

The messenger behind Xu Minghua rode his horse towards the cavalry where Zhang Fangyan was.

"Also, inform the entire army that our Great Zhou reinforcements are right behind us!"

"Yes! Commander-in-Chief!"

Xu Minghua looked at the messenger in front of him who was about the same age as Xu Zaijing.

This messenger was the third grandson of Xu Zaijing's uncle, one year older than Xu Zaijing.

In private, I should call him my uncle-in-law, and call my youngest son Xu Zaijing my cousin.

Xu Minghua took a deep breath and said, "Pass the order, this marquis's banner (pronounced 'dao')"

Upon hearing the order, the young messenger's eyes lit up.

"Go, pass on the news that reinforcements are coming!"

"Yes!"

After saying that, Xu Minghua looked at the ravine behind him that the scout had mentioned, and then looked at the smoke and dust in the northwest direction.

On this day of the battle,

Time goes forward,

On the wall of Keyi Gate,

The autumn wind blew the graying beard of General Ren Duosiyi of Baigao State.
He looked expressionlessly at the Great Zhou cavalrymen in the distance who were speaking provocative and sarcastic words in the Baigao dialect.

After looking up at the sky, Ren Duosiyi turned his head to look at the Keyi Gate guard [Meile Achao] standing beside him.

Mei Le Achao understood and ordered the soldiers of the Baigao Kingdom on the city wall to wave the flags vigorously.

immediately,

The gate of the military camp that formed a horn with the fortress wall was wide open, and the Baigao cavalry rushed towards the Great Zhou cavalry. Ren Duosiyi turned around and walked towards the side closer to the city.
From the high city wall, I watched the Baigao army ready to go in the city.

Listening to the sound of the city gate opening beneath my feet,

The trumpets sounded on the walls,
Tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry troops passed through three gates not far from each other on the city wall and left the fortress like a stream of water.

Ren Duosiyi was standing on the city wall, looking further south, where reinforcements from Xingqing Prefecture were entering the city.
After descending the city wall,
Riding on horseback, Ren Duosiyi also left the city.

Outside the city, looking at the mountains in the distance on the left, a bright light flashed in Ren Duosiyi's eyes.

He turned around and glanced at Meile Acuo who was following him. Ren Duosiyi said in Baigao language: "Wait for my horn, then you can send reinforcements to surround us!"

"Yes, General."

Ren Duosiyi nodded and followed the army towards the Great Zhou’s formation.

Ren Duosiyi found a high place where he could see the battlefield, and stayed there to observe the fighting in the distance.

Watching the Great Zhou cavalry holding the big banner with the word "Zhang" breaking through part of the Baigao army formation like a dragon,

There was no fluctuation on Ren Duosiyi's face.

Seeing that the armies of the two countries were already fighting each other, Ren Duosiyi signaled the messenger beside him to blow the horn.

Seeing thousands of cavalrymen holding the big banner with the word "Xu" coming to stop them, Ren Duosiyi's face remained expressionless.

However, when he looked at the Baigao infantry in the large formation ahead of the Great Zhou infantry and saw them being slaughtered by the Great Zhou infantry like boiling soup pouring on snow, he didn't know what painful memory came to his mind, and Ren Duosiyi's eyes twitched several times.

After watching the battle for a long time,
One after another, the cavalry of Baigao Kingdom came to Ren Duosiyi to report the news.
The horn sounded twice near Renduosiyi: the first and second ambush troops had walked out of the ravine.

in the afternoon,
When they saw the various units of the Great Zhou army mobilizing, with tens of thousands of cavalrymen split up to face the ambush troops coming out of the ravine.

Ren Duosi, who was standing high up, looked at the distance behind the Great Zhou army formation, and turned his head slightly to say to the deputy general beside him: "Our scouts are still unable to pass the northwest of the Great Zhou army formation?"

The deputy general bowed and touched his chest with his right hand, saying with great shame: "Yes, General. The children said that the rangers and scouts of the Great Zhou are like mother wolves protecting their cubs. They would not let them get close even if they would perish together."

Ren Duosiyi nodded, pointed at the Great Zhou army formation in the distance and said: "We will surround them and cut off the passage of the Great Zhou scouts and the army formation. We must investigate the situation at all costs, even if they all die!"

"Yes, General."

Listening to the voice of the deputy general giving military orders not far behind him, Ren Duosiyi looked at the ravine behind the side of the Great Zhou army with a slightly expectant look in his eyes.

Suddenly, Ren Duosiyi's eyes widened.
In his field of vision he saw a group of Great Zhou cavalrymen who seemed to be rushing towards the ravine.

"Stop those Great Zhou cavalry!"

Ren Duosiyi said with a slightly emotional tone.

The voice just fell,

The order was passed down by flags and messengers.

It was at this time,
"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

There were drum sounds coming from the Great Zhou army!

I saw a large flag with the word "Xu" written on it, leading the central army in the military formation and slowly approaching the front army.

Di Jing and others who were fighting in the front army formation naturally had no time to look back.

But they heard the shouts of their comrades in the army:

"The general's flag is coming!"

"The commander is behind us!"

"Lord Xu will live and die with us!"

"Great Zhou Wansheng!"

There was a roar like this in my ears,
Di Jing and the others only felt their hearts tremble. Someone behind the mask said in a deep and powerful voice: "Great Zhou, long victory!"

not far away,
Deng Yuanjue held the long-handled golden hammer in his hand and smashed it hard at the elite Baigao soldiers on the opposite side who were fully armored and had fear and retreat in their eyes!

The Baigao infantry and cavalry were lining up at the exit of the ravine.
The leading general Bai Gao looked at the battlefield where the disparity in troop strength was huge, and raised his chin with relief in his heart.

At this time, the personal soldier beside him who was always paying attention to the flag signal in the direction of Ren Duosiyi said urgently:
"General, the general has given the order: our troops, north, stop the enemy!"

"North, blocking the enemy?"

The general looked at the Great Zhou army formation with a little doubt and asked,
He immediately saw that under the big banner with the character "Zhang" on it, several hundred cavalrymen of the Great Zhou cavalry were galloping westwards!

Afterwards, the Baigao infantry and cavalry sounded their flags and drums, and began to rush towards the Great Zhou army formation. A part of the Baigao cavalry even rushed towards the separated Great Zhou cavalry at full speed.

The banner of the Marquis of Yongyi moved forward,
Baigao's reinforcements attacked.
The entire battlefield became even more boiling.

No,

Nineteen,
Bai Gaoguo is the commander of the scout team of Chaoshun Army.

His elder brother, Mo Le Achao, was the commander-in-chief of an army of more than 2,000 people in the Chaoshun Army two years ago.

However, the violent turmoil in Baigao Kingdom in the past two years was like a landslide, which made his brother, who was originally a general of Liang Yi's family, be promoted quickly as if he was sitting on a catapult.

This allowed him, who already had outstanding archery skills, to become the team leader just two months after joining the Baigao Kingdom's scout team.

After 10:00 a.m.
In the mountains in the morning,
The mountain breeze is still a little cool, but it becomes warmer after the sun comes out.

Under the trees high up on the mountain road,

A few yellow leaves fell to the ground with the mountain breeze.

A few horses were tied under the fallen tree.

Several of Meile Amai's subordinates who had just carried out an ambush in the morning were lying aside, looking somewhat exhausted.

"The team is not straight!"

The comrade on sentry duty on the tree shouted.

Hearing this, several subordinates hurriedly sat up looking at the people walking not far away.

Mei Le Amai waved his hand to signal them to continue lying down.

Walk closer.

"Captain, you are well-informed. Look at the horses of these scouts of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They are Hehuang horses raised by slave barbarians in the south, right?"

Bai Gao's voice came from a low voice with a hint of joy.

Mei Le A Mai looked at the horses and nodded, "Yes! I've seen people from the Southern Military Department ride horses like this before! We can sell them for a lot of money if we take them back!"

The scouts looked at each other and smiled.

"Rest a little longer. The hilltop where you ambushed this morning is the farthest point explored by the Great Zhou scouts."

"There will be another tough battle at noon! If we defeat that damned Yongyi Marquis from the Great Zhou, we will get more spoils!"

After a few people responded, they lay down again.

finished,

Meile Amai looked towards the mountain road below.

From here you can see the entire mountain road below: this mountain road is a dividing section, and after crossing this section the horses will be able to run.

Scouts are the tentacles of the army.

From the perspective of the Great Zhou, the actions of the Baigao scouts this morning should be just the ambush attack that the scouts of the two countries were accustomed to.

Moreover, Bai Gaoguo cannot take too big a move to eliminate the scouts sent by Da Zhou again.

Because after clearing it out again, the Great Zhou will definitely send more scouts over.

Just a glance at the terrain here and the commander of the Great Zhou might be able to detect Bai Gaoguo's plan.

Let the prey realize that something is wrong, so that it will not fall into the hunter's trap.

As the sun gradually rises higher, the army of the Baigao Kingdom on the other side of the mountain will come nearby along the mountain road.

When the defenders and the Great Zhou army were engaged in a melee, the army that arrived here would appear on the side of the Great Zhou army in less than half a quarter of an hour.

These were told to him by Meile Amai's brother.

While thinking about these things, a leaf fell in front of Meile Amai's eyes.

"The team is right!"

"There is Da Zhou Chi. Ahem."

“Crash, snap!”

I heard a cough from behind.

The people under the tree reacted quickly and stood up.

They had heard this coughing sound several times before. It was the sound of the enemy feeling uncomfortable when they shot him in the throat.

Looking at his comrade falling from the tree with a feather arrow stuck in his throat.

"Is there an enemy approaching?"

Someone under the tree asked in Baigao dialect.

Someone else observed Yujian and said:
"Why does this arrow look familiar?"

Meile Amai, who heard this, also looked at the feather arrow.

At the foot of the mountain,

roadside.

He Guan's eyes were filled with disbelief.

I glanced at Xu Zaijing,

He glanced again at the place not far away where someone fell.

"No, Goro! How did you see the person in the tree?"

Xu Zaijing said uncertainly: "Maybe he glanced at me?"

He Guan:.
As he spoke, Xu Zaijing turned sideways.

"Do"

An arrow with a sharp tip.

The tip of the arrow pierced lightly into the shield that Qingyun raised reflexively behind Xu Zaijing.

Qingyun looked at He Guan, who seemed a little confused, and breathed a sigh of relief with some pride in his eyes. He almost didn't react and said.

Because it was nailed to the shield behind Xu Zaijing, Xu Zaijing could see the Baekgo Kingdom characters engraved on the arrow shaft by turning his head.

After pulling out the feather arrow, Xu Zaijing shot it back.

Hearing the painful neighing of the horse on high ground, Xu Zaijing raised his chin and said, "Let's go and get revenge!"

(End of this chapter)