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    In the vast plain to the north of the Old Woman Mountain, the horns were wailing with loud force.  ¨R

    There are 12,000 direct lineage cavalry from the Pu tribe of the Huang Song Dynasty, 14,000 Wanyan Jingcai, and 34,000 Yizi cavalry, among which there are also rare heavy cavalry with five or six hundred men and horses.  The prepared Beimang cavalry formation was dragged out five or six miles in depth, continuously.  Compared with the Beiliang Liuzhou frontier army, which only had a cavalry force of over 30,000, which appeared on the frontal battlefield, Beimang's high morale was not inferior, and its military strength was far superior.  Coach Huang Songpu did not deliberately pursue a surprise victory. Although the battlefield here is extremely vast, this meritorious general who has been the number one man in the Southern Dynasties for more than ten years did not try his best to spread the front line. He obviously did not intend to fight an unprecedented game.  In the large-scale chaotic battle, unlike the Liuzhou frontier army, which was divided into three formations of the left, middle and right armies, they instead used their direct line as the vanguard, with Wanyan Jingqi following closely behind, and the largest number of B-shaped cavalry behind them.  In this way, the formation strength of the Beiliang frontier cavalry due to their natural armor is weakened to the greatest extent. While ensuring the thickness of their own formation, they can force the Liuzhou cavalry to get stuck in the mud and reduce the number of repeated charges.  .

    On the other hand, the prairie cavalry that can be described in the Spring and Autumn History Book as "there are many brave cavalry in the western frontier and northern frontier, galloping in conflict, coming and going like the wind, gathering and dispersing uncertainly, and the central plains are unstoppable even in the high city and the pass", had to choose this stable formation.  Come to engage in cavalry combat, which in itself highlights the outstanding combat power of the Beiliang cavalry.

    Kou Jianghuai and Chen Xiliang stood on the top of Laohu Mountain with a great view. Overlooking the battlefield, they could see the cavalry from both sides of Liangmang charging at the same time, and then collided like two floods breaking through the embankments.

    Chen Xiliang has never regarded himself as a military strategist who is good at military affairs, and he has never treated the battlefield with the passion that a military commander has from his heart. It can even be said that this talented and talented second-generation Xu family counselor in Tingchao Pavilion has no attitude towards fighting on the battlefield.  There is an instinctive aversion among scholars. Confucianism advocates cultivating one's family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world. The essence or root lies in the word "zhiping." Therefore, the world is well governed and the world is at peace, which is the real place of peace for scholars.

    Chen Xiliang subconsciously turned around and saw Kou Jianghuai, who was holding a horse with one hand and holding a knife with the other, with a calm expression.  Chen Xiliang is often compared with Xu Beizhi, who is also a counselor in Qingliangshan. This is just like the Western Chu temple always likes to comment on Kou Jianghuai Xie Xijie, the two great Chu kings, based on their preferences. It is the same reason who is more superb in using troops.  In the officialdom inside Beiliang Pass and the frontier army outside the pass, Liuzhou Bijia Chen Xiliang and the higher-ranking transshipment envoy Xu Beizhi were completely opposite. The Beiliang frontier army recognized Chen Xiliang who had personally experienced the first Liangmang battle.  , believes that Chen Xiliang has truly taken over the mantle of Tingchaoge Li Yishan, and there is no chance that he will reach a level comparable to him in the future.  However, the official circles of the three states, especially Liangzhou Lingzhou where Xu Beizhi once stayed, have a higher regard for Xu Beizhi. They regard Xu Beizhi as the mainstay of Beiliang Dao who can truly rival Zhang Julu, the assistant of Liyang, and has the ability to be the prime minister of only one person in a generation.  Ge, and Chen Xiliang was probably just an economic envoy in the frontier or a scholar in the central government.

    Chen Xiliang didn't pay much attention to these undercurrents of criticism among the high-level officials in Beiliang. This was due to his temperament. Although he was born in a humble family in Jiangnan Province and was not even qualified to sit at the same table as a celebrity talk, compared with Li Li  Many officials in Yangchaotang who passed the imperial examination seemed to suddenly become famous overnight. Chen Xiliang was more open-minded. People often half-jokingly said to him that Xu Beizhi had a dispute between superiors and inferiors. Even the governor Yang Guangdou also bluntly said that a gentleman competes with others.  Don't fight, it depends on the opportunity. He warned Chen Xiliang that he must not take it seriously and just give in.  Chen Xiliang thought that he had a slightly better impression of the two heroes of Chu and Chu who were now leading the army in Liuzhou.  Compared with Kou Jianghuai, a descendant of the Guangling Dao family who has an arrogant temperament, he is more in line with the scholar's impression of a gentleman, and interacting with him is like a spring breeze. Kou Jianghuai is always like the scorching sun in the sky at noon in summer, dazzling and dazzling.

    But even so, as the relationship with him deepened, Chen Xiliang gradually began to sincerely admire Kou Jianghuai. He remembers reading history when he was young, and read "Don't be overjoyed in victory, don't be discouraged in defeat, have thunder in your chest and face as flat as a lake, you can worship him."  General", quite fascinated.  At this moment in Laomu Mountain, Chen Xiliang looked at Kou Jianghuai's resolute profile and sighed in his heart, "This is how a master of the art of war should be."

    Kou Jianghuai did not turn around and suddenly said: "If I win this battle, but Xie Xiqiao dies in the battle, then to me, Beiliang wins and I lose."

    Chen Xiliang, who has been involved in official circles for many years, naturally knew the mystery and asked doubtfully: "In this case, why did Kou Jiangjun agree to General Xie's generosity to go to the north?"

    Kou Jianghuai smiled, with an expression of justice on his face, and said slowly, "During the Battle of the Western Barrier in the Spring and Autumn Period of Dingding, do you know how many cavalrymen from both sides actually entered the battlefield? In fact, the total number of cavalrymen in 66 consecutive chapters was less than 140,000.  It is far inferior to the fact that in the middle and late stages of the battlefield, both sides still frequently reinforced 40,000 to 50,000 infantry troops at one time. This was because both countries had exhausted their troops before the final battle, and the cavalry suffered a large number of casualties early on.??, also because the territory of Guangling Road is not suitable for large-scale cavalry gatherings for combat.  So not to mention me and Xie Xiqiao, even Cao Changqing, or all the soldiers in the Central Plains, will have one knot in their minds, and that is to have a dignified cavalry battle with the prairie cavalry that is said to be invincible after Dafeng.  There is no dangerous pass to rely on, no strong defense of the city, just on the flat battlefield, war horses against war horses, war swords against war swords"

    Having said this, Kou Jianghuai paused briefly, released the horse's rein and the handle of the knife with both hands, and suddenly made fists and smashed them together, "Head-on, let's have a dignified collision!"

    Kou Jianghuai's eyes were hot, "And! Our Central Plains Cavalry has won a great victory!"

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Out of a literati like Chen Xiliang, who rejects casualties on the battlefield, hearing this remark, it is inevitable that a surge of strong emotions will surge up.

    Kou Jianghuai stretched out an arm and pointed to the battlefield at the foot of the mountain where the two armies were about to collide. "It just so happened that a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was right in front of Xie Xijie and I. I wanted to win, and he also wanted to win, so no matter why,  No one can lose! It¡¯s just that Xie Xiqiao is more ruthless. He is willing to pay the price of his life for this war. I am not as good as him. I am only willing to bear the price of a bleak career in Beiliang in the future. Success or failure is the most important thing for a hero, and a hero does not hesitate.  Die. Maybe in the future, Xie Xiqiao will be praised more than me in the history of history."

    Chen Xiliang was speechless.

    On the battlefield on the right side of Old Woman Mountain, the battle between the two sides with a strength of 100,000 cavalry was spectacular and tragic.

    In order to increase the intensity of the formation, the young and strong refugee cavalry in the middle of the three cavalry armies in Liuzhou took the lead in charging with a 6,000-strong direct collision battalion and jumped out of the original front line.

    In the first wave of charges, Huang Songpu did not use the real armored heavy cavalry, but hid it outside the battlefield. It was still the old commander himself who led the elite cavalry of his direct line, and it was still the man who once served as an official in the South Academy.  The king's veteran leader took the lead.

    Abandoning the cavalry battle of luring the enemy and dragging tactics, the cavalry collides with each other to exchange lives.

    As the tip of the cone array, the six thousand direct attack battalion gradually reduced the width of the front line and collided with the orderly formation of Huang Song Pu's twelve thousand direct cavalry.

    Liuzhou's iron hoofs cut the formation, like a big cone opening a mountain.

    Including the direct collision camp, a total of 10,000 Liuzhou riders charged desperately.

    By digging deeper into the formation, they could allow the two dragon-elephant armies on both sides of the cone formation to more easily tear through the thickness of the Beimang Cavalry.

    The three-army formation at the front, middle and rear deployed by Huang Songpu produced an astonishing effect in this collision formation without any fancy.

    The 12,000 cavalry led by the old commander are the first-class border elites who have experienced battles for a long time. They are better than the Liuzhou border cavalry built by the young and strong refugees.

    The two sides entered each other's formation and advanced 500 steps forward. Liuzhou cavalrymen were constantly knocked off their horses and hit the first two thousand cavalrymen at the cone head of the camp. Fifty-six out of ten were killed on the spot. Those who fell from their horses were vulnerable to the thickness of this cavalry formation.  Under the continuous collision, it was often impossible to even stun the enemy cavalry in Beimang. The Beimang cavalry did not even have to deliberately cut off their heads, the horses just hit them straight and passed by.

    The 14,000 Wanyan Jingqi did not follow the cavalry directly from the Huang Song Pu tribe, but deliberately and gradually opened up a clear gap of six to seven hundred steps between the two armies. In this way, Wanyan Yinjiang's men and horses were physically weak.  A good family private army can launch a second charge.

    When the remaining 7,000 or so Liuzhou cavalry formed the Huang Song Pu cavalry formation, they were directly faced with Wanyan Jingqi, who had just been upgraded to the extreme.

    The speed and momentum of one side are declining, and the momentum of one side is at its peak. The result of the collision is obvious.

    Fourteen thousand Wanyanjing riders galloped wildly with spears and spears, relying on the impact brought by the charge of the horses, which was extremely powerful.

    Five hundred riders on the Liuzhou side were killed on horseback after just one encounter.

    So that the Wanyan cavalry in the rear even had the leisure to seize the opportunity to bend down slightly and stab those Liuzhou cavalry who unfortunately landed on the ground with one shot.

    When the Liuzhou Cavalry, which had broken out twice, finally encountered the largest number of the B-shaped cavalry, it had already suffered heavy losses.

    Fortunately, their sacrifices reduced a lot of pressure on the Dragon and Elephant Army on the left and right wings.

    No matter whether the wild geese fly north or cross south, it is always the head goose that has the most difficulty.

    The formation on the battlefield is like wild geese flying, even more so.

    Although the cavalry formed by the Yi-zi Gaomen of the Southern Dynasties had the thickest formation and the longest depth, they did not pose much of a threat to the Liuzhou cavalry. Faced with the charge of the Longxiang Army, which had suffered little battle damage, they obviously suffered a big loss.

    It¡¯s just an exchange of battlefield positions.

    On both sides of Liangmang, corpses littered the fields, including both men and horses.

    But the cavalry formations of both sides still maintain relatively stable formations, which means that in the next charge, more people will die and it will be easier.

    Chen Xiliang stood on the top of the mountain and saw with his own eyesAfter witnessing this tragic collision, everyone was silent.

    ???????????? If we only judge based on the battlefield of Laonu Mountain, if this situation continues, the winner will be Beimang in the end.

    Kou Jianghuai looked indifferent from beginning to end.

    There are not enough dead people here, and Beimang doesn't feel that the military exploits are easy to obtain, or if Huang Songpu notices that the situation is wrong, then the final encirclement of Laowen Mountain will not be able to block Beimang's main force. After all, this is not Hulukou, Youzhou, which has a unique geographical situation.  There are no terrifying troops like the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry and the two Northern Liang Heavy Cavalry to block the retreat.

    Kou Jianghuai turned his head and looked to the southeast.  8
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