All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 302: Defeat the Huihe and shock Youzhou Town

"interesting."

Chen Ran, who had rich experience in battle, quickly saw through the plans of Li Maoxun and his son.

"You can't handle the spear formation, and you're afraid of the armored cavalry, so you just come to me?"

Looking at the endless group of Huihe cavalry, Chen Ran did not let the central army infantry and the cavalry on both wings return to support, but told the reserve troops to "prepare for battle."

The Modao warriors sitting on the ground behind him stood up and put on their armor after receiving the order, and grasped the extremely well-made Modao with both hands!

Wang Yanzhang took a deep breath and asked the auxiliary soldiers to help him put on the heavy outer armor.

He held tightly in both hands the ten-foot-long, half-foot-long bladed Mo Dao, and shouted, "Form a battle array!"

More than a thousand of the best Modao soldiers were selected from the best and formed an array close to each other.

The Mo Dao is heavy and requires tremendous strength to wield, so those who want to become Mo Dao soldiers, in addition to having the courage to face death, also have very strict physical requirements.

During the early and middle Tang Dynasty, the living standards were very good. Ordinary people could even eat meat pies, and there were many tall, strong and brave warriors.

But now the world is in chaos and it is difficult to fill your stomach, let alone eat meat.

Chen Ran recruited the best of the best soldiers, and the Modao soldiers were the elite selected from the combat soldiers and auxiliary soldiers.

Each of them is tall and strong, a brave and unparalleled warrior.

Under such conditions, only a thousand or so people were selected.

Li Keju was the son and successor of Li Maoxun.

There was no family planning in ancient times, and usually the great chiefs had many sons.

Those who can be brought out, or even lead troops, are basically the default heirs.

Otherwise, he would not be allowed to have access to military power.

He led nearly 4,000 of his most elite Uighur cavalry and made a detour all the way to head straight for Chen Ran's flag.

On the way, they were intercepted by a cavalry group from Zhuangshandu, and the number of casualties was over a thousand.

Fortunately, they finally arrived at a place only two or three miles away from Chen Ran’s flag.

Li Keju breathed a sigh of relief and asked his cavalrymen to slowly replenish salt and water for the horses. He even had the mood to laugh at Chen Ran, "The enemy army is the enemy army. They don't know how to protect their commander in battle. As long as we take out the enemy's old, old, old, old, God~~~?!~"

Two miles away, rows of Modao soldiers poured out from both sides of the banner like a tide, and formed three rows in front of the banner.

The Uighurs knew the Tang Dynasty very well. Too many neighboring tribes on the grassland had been destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, and they had also married many Tang princesses.

Of course they could recognize that those two miles away, like a steel Great Wall, were the famous Modao soldiers!
"How is it possible?!" Li Keju was dumbfounded. "How could the bandits have strange swords?!"

As the secret weapon of the Tang Dynasty, the Mo Dao was not even allowed to be buried with the deceased and was strictly controlled.

The enemies on the opposite side are just bandits, how come they have so many Mo Dao?
"Prince~" one of the subordinates asked fearfully, "What should we do?"

Li Keju looked around and saw that his father had already engaged in battle with the main force of the enemy army. The shouting and killing was deafening.

In the distance, the enemy cavalry were lining up and slowly heading towards their retreat.

He turned around and looked at Chen Ran's banner. He gritted his teeth and his eyes turned red. "Go ahead! The one in front must be a show-off!"

He had no choice.

He couldn't run away. If he ran away, he would sell out his father and the tribe. The tribesmen around him would not let him go.

Since we can't run, we can only fight to the death.

Li Keju led the team personally, constantly spurring his horse to speed up, and charged towards the Modao formation head-on.

The Modao team's line seemed weak, with only three layers.

But when they really rushed up, they showed no fear at all. They raised their Mo Dao high and chopped down hard at the Uighur cavalry that was rushing towards them!

The Mo Daos were flying, and both the men and horses were killed!
The Uighur cavalry was like waves hitting the rocks, breaking into pieces.

The weapons in the hands of the Uighurs were of no use against the Modao soldiers who were like a steel fortress. The only source of casualties came mainly from the huge impact force brought by the rapid charge of the blindfolded war horses.

No matter what kind of armor the person hit is wearing, his bones will be broken.

"Ok?"

Chen Ran, who was not far away, saw that a part of the Uighurs had forced their way out of a path by charging their horses. About a hundred riders broke through the Modao soldiers' front line and headed straight for him.

"Interesting." He reached out and took down the big gun on the victory hook, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly and rode forward. "Do you think I'm a weak chicken?"

In Li Keju's view, as long as he could break through the front line of the Modao soldiers, he could rush to the enemy general, chop off his head, and then cut off the big banner, thus winning the battle.

But after sacrificing hundreds of lives and finally breaking open a path, when he personally led his men to break out, he looked up to see the general from the opposite side riding towards him in person.

Li Keju's heart sank suddenly.

He did not run away, nor did he call for reinforcements. Instead, he took the initiative to come forward to fight.

Either he has a problem with his brain, or he has strong confidence in his martial arts.

Chen Ran ordered all his personal guards not to move, and he charged alone towards the hundred-man Uighur cavalry.

The steel spear in his hand was like a flying dragon, stabbing, sweeping, picking and smashing, and no one could stand up to him. The Huihe people had an absolute advantage in numbers, but it felt like they were being suppressed by Chen Ran alone!
Chen Ran attacked extremely quickly, and the speed of the warhorse under him was also fast, so the Uighurs could not surround him.

Moreover, both the men and the horses were armored and they did not care about archery at all. They circled around and shot down the Uighurs one by one.

Li Keju's eyes turned red, he roared, raised the mace with both hands, and rushed straight towards Chen Ran.

The mace whizzed down, but Chen Ran picked up the gun with one hand and directly knocked the mace away.

Li Keju's knuckles were torn apart by the huge force. He was horrified and said, "What kind of force is this?!"

Before he could figure out why a human body could possess such terrifying power, Chen Ran had already rushed past him on his horse and punched him on the temple.

Li Keju only felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and then he lost all feeling.

According to the original history, he was able to succeed his father as the Jiedushi of Youzhou Lulong Town, and was even conferred the title of Prince and given a name by the emperor.

But now, it's just a corpse lying on the battlefield.

Seeing the prince die in battle, except for a few loyal confidants who shouted and rushed towards Chen Ran, everyone else fled in all directions, leading the Uighur cavalry who were still entangled with the Modao soldiers to collapse and flee together.

The Zhuangshandu, who had adjusted his position not far away, sent out cavalry to chase after them. This cavalry chase was estimated to take a long time.

Wang Yanzhang, covered in blood, quickly came to Chen Ran and saluted, shouting in a hoarse voice, "General, you are mighty~~~"

The Modao soldiers and the personal guards who came over shouted in unison, "The general is mighty~ The general is mighty~~~"

The sound shook the entire area, not only shaking the morale of the troops on the main battlefield, but also greatly shocked the soldiers of Youzhou Town who were watching the battle from afar.

They had never imagined that this so-called bandit army was so powerful!
The main force of the Uighurs consisted of these several thousand cavalrymen.

The rest were the tribesmen and thugs recruited from the grassland tribes.

Once the main force was destroyed and defeated, the remaining people would no longer have any will to fight, and collapse was inevitable.

Li Maoxun died in battle, and it was said that he was killed by Ge Congzhou's troops.

The scattered Uighur tribes suffered a brutal hunt and after-war statistics showed that the number of heads beheaded was over 10,000.

Along with this great victory, the news also spread about the astonishing and powerful martial arts of General Chen Ran, who acted as the guardian of heaven.

This was witnessed by tens of thousands of soldiers in Youzhou Town. Bullshit. Most of them didn't see it. Only the Youzhou soldiers on the top of Longhuo City a few hundred steps away saw it with their own eyes. Everyone else had only heard rumors.

But this is enough. The reputation of each general's bravery has a strong attraction and deterrent effect on the warriors.

In history, Li Keyong, relying on the strength of the Hedong town, was able to resist Zhu Wen for so long. One of the important reasons was that his reputation for bravery was too loud.

Chen Ran was able to fight against a hundred cavalrymen alone. His reputation was much greater than that of Li Keyong, who was still rebelling in Yunzhong.

For example, the Youzhou guards in Longhuo City immediately opened the city walls and lined up after the battle to express their loyalty to Chen Ran.

"Your Majesty."

After the battle, Pang Shigu came up to report, "The various units have captured more than 23,700 prisoners. What should we do with them?"

"All those above the rank of ten will be beheaded, those who have looted Han territory will be beheaded, and the rest will be flogged and killed, and the rest will be sent to the mines to work until they die."

The generals did not think there was anything wrong with Chen Ran's arrangement. Some even thought it was too preferential. Under normal circumstances, it was common sense to let everyone go.

"Mr. Zhang."

Outside the gate of Youzhou City, Chen Ran smiled and clasped his fists towards Zhang Gongsu, "I will send you here, sir. As long as you are in the city for one day, I will never enter the city. Take care, sir."

Zhang Gongsu looked a little ugly.

It’s not that he was unhappy about returning to Youzhou City and regaining the lost position of Jiedushi, but the price he paid was too high and his future was worrying.

Apart from anything else, just looking at the Youzhou garrison soldiers around and even on the city walls who were watching him coldly, he knew that the days ahead would be difficult.

The soldiers of Youzhou Town treated Zhang Gongsu coldly, partly because Zhang Gongsu had been defeated and fled before.

In the minds of warriors, running away after a defeat is extremely shameful, especially as it shows incompetence.

No warrior is willing to work under an incompetent leader.

On the other hand, this bastard Zhang Gongsu actually ceded most of the territory of Youzhou Town to Chen Ran!
If Chen Ran had not had such a brilliant battle with the Uighurs before, in which he had demonstrated strong fighting ability, the guards of Youzhou Town would have immediately started a war with him.

It is not a good idea to fight with Chen Ran, who is in such high spirits now, but it is okay to vent your anger on Zhang Gongsu.

".Thank you very much."

Zhang Gongsu had a lot to say, but in the end he couldn't say it.

Turning around, he looked at the dark city gate filled with armored soldiers and for a moment he didn't even dare to take a step forward.

He knew very well that once he entered Youzhou City this time, he would probably be just a corpse when he came out.

But now I have no choice. If I don’t enter Youzhou City, I will probably become a corpse.

With a sigh, Zhang Gongsu walked towards the city gate, muttering, "I should have gone to Chang'an earlier."

After watching Zhang Gongsu enter the city, Chen Ran turned his horse around and called out to his generals, "Let's go! Follow me to collect the spoils!"

The morale of the generals was high and they responded in unison!
(End of this chapter)