Kill the enemy and get a wife? I'll single-handedly slaughter my way through the Northern Barba

The fighting in Jiming City had not yet ceased, but the battle at Niujiao Plain had already reached a fever pitch.

Two hours had passed since the two armies began their battle, and the soldiers' physical strength was rapidly being depleted.

In melee combat, heavy armor and wielding weapons are already incredibly strenuous.

Even the most elite troops, after two hours of fierce fighting, were visibly exhausted.

However, the exhaustion of physical strength never diminished the intensity of the war.

On the interlocking battlefield, the soldiers of both armies had long since degenerated from a contest of combat strength to a deadly strain on their will.

They would not yield an inch of their position, and anything that could kill the enemy was considered a weapon.

It all comes down to who collapses first and who gives up first.

In the rear of the Daqian army, Prince Qin, Li Yan, slowly opened his tightly closed eyes and shouted in a deep voice, "Fang Hui!"

A call startled Fang Hui, who had been waiting behind him, and he quickly bowed: "Your Highness?"

Li Yan slowly raised his arm, pointing to the front lines where the fighting had begun.

"Order the Liaodong cavalry to launch a surprise attack from the left flank, making sure to penetrate the enemy's left flank and disrupt their formation!"

Fang Hui secretly breathed a sigh of relief; His Highness the Prince of Qin had finally given the order.

Within two hours, battle reports came in one after another from all three fronts, with shocking casualty figures.

The Liaodong army suffered nearly 5,000 casualties, with the combined casualties on both flanks exceeding 3,000.

If this stalemate continues, the death toll will soon exceed ten thousand.

"His Highness has ordered the Liaodong cavalry to attack!"

As Fang Hui gave the order, two sky lanterns suddenly rose in the army formation.

The blood-red lamplight was particularly glaring against the approaching twilight sky.

Before the lantern flames could settle, thunderous hoofbeats echoed from the west side of Niujiao Plain.

"Boom—boom—boom—"

Three thousand Liaodong cavalrymen charged out and rushed straight towards the left flank of the Northern Barbarian army.

At this time, the five thousand soldiers on the left wing of the Northern Barbarians were fighting a desperate battle with the Zhenyuan Army and were already gradually losing ground.

Suddenly, a cavalry force appeared and charged towards them, throwing the army into chaos.

"It's cavalry!"

"The Liaodong Iron Cavalry is here!"

"What's the panic! Hold your ground and form ranks to meet the enemy!"

Amidst the chaotic shouts, the Northern Barbarians' western garrison was caught in a pincer attack.

While engaging the Zhenyuan Army, they hastily redeployed troops to block the Liaodong cavalry.

Before the two armies even clashed, the Northern Barbarians' formation was already in disarray.

On the left wing of the Daqian Army, Lü Zheng and Bian Xi both showed joy upon seeing this scene.

"They've finally made their move!"

Lü Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Bian Xi, saying, "General Bian, let's take advantage of the situation and launch a surprise attack, crushing the Northern Barbarians!"

"good!"

Suddenly filled with heroic spirit, Bian Xi drew his sword and declared, "Young General, let's have a contest today to see who can slay more Tartars!"

But just as the two led their troops in the charge, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed!

Suddenly, a cavalry force of three thousand men appeared from the rear of the Northern Barbarian army; they were the elite cavalry of the Northern Barbarians.

The Liaodong cavalry and the Northern Barbarian cavalry were both top-tier forces in the world.

The moment their eyes met, a deadly battle began.

The Liaodong cavalry had no choice but to change course temporarily, facing the Northern Barbarian cavalry and adopting a diffuse firing tactic.

As they passed each other, they exchanged arrows, each trying to kill the other.

The Liaodong army's archery skills were unparalleled, while the Northern Barbarian cavalry excelled in close combat.

Six thousand iron cavalrymen clashed and fought fiercely, with ten thousand horses galloping and dust obscuring the sun, their momentum shaking Niujiaoyuan.

Li Yan's first surprise attack was ultimately blocked by the Northern Barbarians and failed to achieve its intended effect.

Behind the Northern Barbarian army, Bato burst into wild laughter upon seeing this: "Hahaha! Li Yan, that brat, was indeed hiding a scheme! General, you are truly a master strategist!"

Sa Li's lips curled into a cold smile: "When the Liaodong army rushed to Zhenyuan City to reinforce it, they brought three thousand cavalry. Li Yan will definitely use this force for a surprise attack. General, you have already anticipated his tricks, but..."

He paused, then changed the subject: "To win this battle, we'll have to see if Li Yan falls into the trap."

Bayan Mengke's gaze was deep, and his tone was resolute: "Prince Qin, Li Yan, is eager for merit. If he can personally defeat me, he will surely steal the limelight in front of the Emperor of Daqian."

"I was certain he would take the bait!"

Bayan Mengke's judgment was absolutely correct.

Seeing that the Liaodong cavalry was blocked, Li Yan's face showed no panic, but rather a calm "as expected" expression.

The rear of the Daqian army was blocked by three thousand cavalry, but Li Yan did not lose his composure.

He had anticipated that the Northern Barbarian army contained cavalry.

"Fang Hui!"

He issued another order: "Relay my command: Leave two thousand local troops in the rear guard, the rest will follow me into battle!"

"Order the Bifang troops to launch a full-scale attack and disrupt the enemy's flank!"

Everyone knows that Li Yan's real trump card is the 10,000 elite troops from the capital and the 10,000 local troops from the capital region surrounding him.

Fang Hui bowed to accept the order and quickly relayed it.

Messengers rushed back and forth, and two sky lanterns, one red and one blue, rose again in the sky.

The shouts of the officers rose and fell, and the long-silent rear guard finally moved!

Li Yan personally led 20,000 troops, bypassing the right flank of the Daqian army and striking directly at the flank of the Northern Barbarian army.

At this time, the five thousand troops defending the eastern side of the Northern Barbarians had already been thrown into disarray by the fierce attack of the Bi Fang tribe.

Li Yan's army arrived and broke through the flank defenses with almost no effort.

"kill!"

The 20,000 fresh troops who rushed into the battlefield were all elites who had never experienced a protracted battle, and their fighting power was formidable.

The general in charge of the eastern defense line of the Northern Barbarians hurriedly sent out orders for reinforcements.

The Northern Barbarian general Buhe hastily reorganized his army in an attempt to counterattack.

But the surging Daqian army was unstoppable; how could he possibly hold them off in a short time?

Upon receiving news of Li Yan's army's attack from the rear of the Northern Barbarian forces, Bayan Mengke finally broke into a smile on his tense face.

"Barto!" he commanded slowly, "It's your turn!"

Barto, unable to contain himself any longer, responded and rushed to the rear of the formation, shouting loudly.

"Brothers of the Death Squad! The gold has been delivered to your homes, and your families have all been settled in Shenwu City. Your eldest sons can even join my Northern Barbarian Imperial Guard, where they will live a life of comfort and security!"

"Today is the day you serve your country!"

Two thousand soldiers stood in formation before Battul.

Eight hundred of them were dressed in identical blood-red armor and wielded blood-red longbows; they were the elite of the Blood Vanguard Camp.

The remaining 1,200 men appeared to be ordinary soldiers, but each of them had a red cloth tied around their forehead and held a blood-red pill in their hand.

"To be loyal to the country!!!"

Amidst deafening shouts, 1,200 assassins swallowed all the blood-red pills.

A moment later, veins bulged on their foreheads, and red lines of varying depths appeared under their skin.

He was clearly in excruciating pain.

Fresh blood slowly flowed down from the seven orifices, a truly horrifying sight!

"Hehe...hehe..."

The assassins made strange, guttural noises, their faces contorted like demons.

This torment lasted for about fifteen minutes before gradually subsiding.

When the pain subsided, the twelve hundred assassins no longer had any human emotion in their eyes, only a deathly silence remained.

Beneath the deathly silence lurks a bloodthirsty ferocity!

At this moment, Li Yan's fresh troops had broken through the flank and reached the heart of the Northern Barbarian rear army.

The vanguard of elite Beijing troops led the way, followed closely by local troops from the surrounding area.

The vast army, like a black dragon swinging its tail, rushed straight towards the vital core of the Northern Barbarian army.

Just then, a cavalry unit suddenly charged out from the eastern rear of the Northern Barbarian army.

The force of about two thousand men was like a sharp dagger, piercing straight into the heart of the fresh army's central territory.

"Traitor! Your Grandpa Baoyin is here!"

The barbarian general Bao Yin, wielding a broadsword with fangs, cleaved a Daqian soldier in two with a single stroke.

His killing style was fierce; after charging into the formation, he charged left and right, and in a short time, he had beheaded more than a dozen people.

The two thousand cavalry behind him were not to be outdone, and they specifically targeted and slaughtered the local troops in the capital region.

In the blink of an eye, the connection between the local army in the capital region and the vanguard of the capital army was severed!

"His Royal Highness King Qin!"

Covered in blood, the guard rushed to Li Yan and reported: "The enemy has cavalry lying in ambush, the local army has been intercepted, and their retreat has been cut off!"

Li Yan was already covered in blood. He looked back and saw smoke and dust billowing in the sky behind him.

After a moment's hesitation, he said in a deep voice, "Never mind what's behind us! Order the capital troops to launch a full-scale attack on the enemy commander's camp!"

At this moment, Li Yan was already like an arrow released from a bow.

No matter if the local army was intercepted, he had only 10,000 men left, or there were obstacles in the way, he could only charge forward.

Only by disrupting the central command of the Northern Barbarian army and defeating Bayan Mengke can we achieve our goal.

Only then is there a chance to turn the tide in this battle!

The contest between the two commanders-in-chief finally came to an end.

When two armies meet on a narrow path, only the brave will prevail!