Xie An's eyebrows furrowed tightly. In his opinion, allowing the well-informed Mo Fei to say the word "overwhelming sky" undoubtedly meant that the cavalry unit that was rapidly approaching here was outnumbered. At least more than 30,000, or even 50,000 or 100,000.
Among the imperial forces north of Jijing, it is impossible to have such a large number of friendly troops, let alone cavalry. Could they be the people of King Yan Li Mao?
But according to rumors, Yan King Li Mao only has nearly 200,000 troops under his command. Excluding the necessary troops left to guard the northern border, there are only 130,000 to 40,000 troops who can lead the expedition this time. Among the 1,340,000 Northern Xinjiang troops, nearly 80,000 Shangtun were stationed in the Boling area, firmly trapping the most powerful and threatening force of the Zhou Dynasty against Northern Xinjiang, which was the eldest wife of Xie An's house. , General of the Eastern Army, Marquis of Dongzhen, Yanhu Ji Liangqiu Wu.
Calculating this, the troops brought by Yan King Li Mao to Hebei this time only have 30,000 to 40,000 infantry and 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry left, which is consistent with the current situation.
But if this is true, what about the overwhelming cavalry troops that Mo Fei said were heading towards the outskirts of Jijing?
"The overwhelming cavalry troops?" When he mentioned this matter to the Eight Wise King Li Xian, Li Xian suddenly showed a solemn look, with a glint in his eyes, a vague look of strangeness, and sometimes suspicion. , sometimes surprised.
Seeing the strange expression on Li Xian's face, Xie An frowned and said in surprise and dismay, "Li Xian, you have been sending spies to northern Xinjiang a lot in the past few years. Don't tell me that Li Mao is here." There is also an elite cavalry hiding under your nose"
"No," Li Xian smiled reluctantly, shook his head and said firmly, "Yuyang is the most important city in the land of Youyan, but supporting a hundred thousand Yuyang cavalry is already the limit to be precise. , among the 100,000 Yuyang cavalry, at least half are usually stationed in other cities, such as Beiping, Jixian and other places. Therefore, it is impossible for Yuyang to hide any elite cavalry!"
"What about the overwhelming cavalry that Mo Fei mentioned? You don't want to say it's our reinforcements, do you?" Xie An teased with a bit of annoyance.
"It's a pity that Li Xian didn't seem to notice the teasing in Xie An's eyes at all. He only looked at the mane of the war horse under his crotch, his eyes wandering and his expression uncertain. Obviously thinking about something.
"Could it be that one" Li Xian murmured to himself.
"What?" Xie An couldn't hear clearly for a while and couldn't help but ask. It's a pity that Li Xian was all thinking at the moment and didn't pay attention to Xie An's confusion.
And just when Xie An was about to ask again, the battle circle composed of four people in the distance suddenly erupted into a loud roar.
Xie An turned his head subconsciously. Immediately he gasped in surprise.
What did he see? He saw that Fei Guo, Liao Li, and Dibu were forced to retreat by Yan King Li Mao alone!
With three enemies against one, they were forced to retreat by just one person? !
It would be fine if they were just ordinary soldiers, but those three are clearly the most powerful generals in our own side!
[This is Li Mao]
While Xie An was dumbfounded, Fei Guo, Liao Li, and Dibu also felt anxious.
Although apart from Dibu¡¯s chest being injured due to his carelessness, Fei Guo and Liao Li were not injured from the beginning to the end, but having said that. The King of Yan, Li Mao, on the opposite side was also completely unharmed.
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How did they know that King Yan Li Mao was also secretly surprised at this time.
As the saying goes, in a duel between fierce generals, you will know the strength of the opponent once you fight. The arrogant and arrogant King Li Mao of Yan once thought that he was the strongest warrior in the world, even if he would one day surpass his mentor Liang Qiu Gong. It was not something he had never thought about.
Of course, senior sister Liang Qiuwu must be excluded. After all, she is a woman, not to mention the woman Li Mao has admired since childhood.
But this time, Li Mao met three heroes in succession who were qualified to fight him.
Hu and Fei Guo from Liang State, Niu and Liao Li from Nanyang, plus Dibu, the head of Dajiu Temple. Li Mao, who could be said to be invincible in all of Northern Xinjiang, unexpectedly encountered three fierce generals who were chasing after him.
"The Jizhou Army is really full of talents"
Leaving aside the relationship between ourselves and the enemy, King Yan Li Mao could not help but praise in his heart.
From the fight just now, Li Mao noticed that these three fierce generals of the Jizhou Army were in front of him. It is undeniable that he is stronger than the five tigers of Northern Xinjiang under his command. Except for Yu Dou who can still cope with it, the other four tiger generals are probably?Most likely they are not the opponents of the other party.
Especially Fei Guo, Li Mao had always wondered why Liangqiu Dance acquiesced to Fei Guo's title of Tiger of Liang. You must know that in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the tiger represents the Liangqiu family. It is said that this was the first emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Jinkou. It is no wonder that the heroes of the Liangqiu family in the past dynasties have been named among the famous names throughout the world. With tigers, for example, Liang Qiu Gong¡¯s Tiger of Hanoi, Liang Qiu Gong¡¯s Tiger of Northern Xinjiang, Liang Qiu Wu¡¯s Yan Hu Ji, etc.
" Guan Gong is playing with a sword in front of his gate. Although there is no such revelation in the Zhou Dynasty, the meaning of claiming to be a tiger in front of the Liangqiu Gate, which has produced tiger generals for generations, is probably the same.
But now Fei Guo is actually called the Tiger of Liang Guo, and Liang Qiuwu has not expressed any response to this, which makes Li Mao faintly surprised.
Could it be that this person also joined the Liangqiu family to practice martial arts and was Xie An's confidant, so he could be considered half a member of the Liangqiu family. Therefore, Xiao Wu just turned a blind eye. Already?
Li Xian thought secretly.
It wasn¡¯t until he fought against Fei Guo that he realized that this person might not be as simple as he thought.
"Qiang Qiang Qiang¡ª¡ª"
Fei Guo and Li Mao fought three times in a row, and it looked like they were evenly matched.
[This guy has such a strong arm]
During the hard fight, Li Mao glanced at Fei Guo's thick and strong arms in surprise, and secretly wondered. Because in his opinion, such a strong general with superior arm strength should naturally choose weapons such as spears and broadswords. Why choose spears?
While Li Mao was distracted and thinking, Liao Li and Di Bu also attacked together, greeting Li Mao with their hands repeatedly.
"It's a pity, what kind of person is Li Mao? He is the proud disciple of Liang Qiu Gong. Their spear skills are unparalleled in the world, so how could Liao Li and Di Bu succeed so easily? With one move, Li Mao blocked the two weapons.
¡°Bang bang¡ª¡ª!¡±
Even though Li Mao was gifted with supernatural powers, he couldn't help but feel sore and numb in his hands after being hit.
[It¡¯s strange, this Liao Li and this Dibu, both of them have strong arm strength, but why do they both choose spears? ]
Sold a flaw. While Liao Li and Di Bu were attacking, Li Mao clenched his heavy halberd with both hands and slashed horizontally, forcing the two of them back.
¡°What¡¯s going on with this guy?¡±
Setting aside the honest and stubborn Dibu, Fei Guo and Liao Li had vaguely noticed something, so they stopped their offensive for the time being and looked at each other.
It¡¯s a bit ridiculous to say it. For some reason, the two of them had a vague feeling that Li Mao was not fully committed to the battle. Although he could not be said to be absent-minded, they always felt that he was confused by some doubts, so that there were several times when he was able to counterattack and forced the three of them to panic. , but he did not pursue it.
Just when Fei Guo and Liao Li were secretly puzzled, they suddenly heard King Yan Li Mao from the opposite side speaking seriously. "After several fights, I have also noticed that the three of you are really talented. However, it seems that you have never learned marksmanshipat least not deeply involved in this aspect!" As he said this, Li Mao shook his head and took it as a matter of course. He said in a tone of voice, "You can't defeat me with brute strength alone!"
These words made Fei Guo and Liao Li blush. They thought that since they effortlessly defeated the Taiping Army in Guangling, they were somewhat arrogant in their hearts. The strength of the great hero is also quite close, but who would have expected that Fei Guo, Liao Li, and Di Bu, the strongest warriors under Xie An's command, would not be able to hurt Yan King Li Mao at all.
have to say. Despite his great reputation, Li Mao, King of Yan, is indeed the overlord of Northern Xinjiang.
"Come to this king!"
In the astonished gazes of Fei Guo and Liao Li, King Yan Li Mao held the Dragon-Tiger Halberd upside down in his left hand and spread his right hand towards them. He said in a rather seductive tone, "Liangqiu Gong is already old. Xiao Wu abandoned his spear and used a knife. When it comes to marksmanship, I am the most accomplished in the world today! If the three of you are willing to surrender, I will definitely use it." I will teach you how to use a gun and use all three of you as generals, so I will conquer the Qiang people in the west and conquer the grasslands in the north, making great achievements that will last forever!"
"" Fei Guo and Liao Li looked at each other in astonishment. They never expected that Li Mao would even want to recruit them at this time.
"How?" Li Mao asked with a smile, and the next breath, the smile on his face froze, because the people who answered him were actually the spears of different weights in the hands of Fei Guo, Liao Li, and Dibu. They took action at the same time, attacking his face, chest, waist and abdomen respectively.
[I don¡¯t know how to praise! ]
Seeing that the three people from Fei Guo were so rude, even thoughNo matter how much Yan King Li Mao cherished warriors, he showed no mercy this time. The dragon-tiger heavy halberd in his hand first knocked away Fei Guo's spear, and then used his strength to fight, easily twisting the spears of Liao Li and Dibu together. .
"Eliminate!" With a loud shout, Li Xian used all his strength, and with one person's strength, he bounced away the spears that Fei Guo, Liao Li, and Dibu had jointly suppressed, causing the three of them to retreat in shock.
And this scene happened to be seen by Xie An who turned his head, and he was stunned and dumbfounded.
You must know that Fei Guo and Liao Li are already the strongest generals under his command, let alone Dibu, who is as strong as Fei Guo. How can they not defeat Yan King Li Mao?
[How could this Li Mao be so powerful? ]
Xie Anxin was secretly shocked.
Because in his memory, when he and Li Xian cleverly planned to extract Wu Heng, the Taiping Army spy, from among the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang, Li Mao punched Wu Heng with anger, but in the end, Wu Heng was killed. Heng was pushed against the wall with four or two moves and his face was greatly damaged. This made Xie An subconsciously underestimate Li Mao's strength. But now seeing Li Mao fighting three against one and beating Fei Guo, Liao Li, Di Bu and others to the ground, unable to fight back, how could Xie An not be surprised?
I have to say that Xie An really underestimated Li Mao. The reason why King Yan Li Mao suffered a huge loss of face at the hands of Wu Heng was simply that Li Mao underestimated his enemy. Although he punched with anger, Li Mao still had some strength left. After all, he just wanted to teach Wu Heng a lesson. The bastard didn't mean to kill him, because he wanted to interrogate Wu Heng for information about the Taiping Army.
But who is Wu Heng? One of the illustrious Six Divine Generals, his martial arts is comparable to that of Yang Yu, the second-generation commander-in-chief of the Tianfu Army. How can he be compared to his peers?
Therefore, Li Mao is not actually to blame for this embarrassing incident. After all, who would have thought that Wu Heng, who was among the Tigers of Northern Xinjiang, would be the second-in-command of the Taiping Army? Xie An didn't expect it, Li Xian didn't expect it, and Changsun Xiangyu didn't expect it either.
"Some people may say that even if Li Mao asked Wu Heng to escape because of his carelessness, what happened if he was seriously injured at the hands of Liang Qiuwu?
it's actually really easy. Liang Qiu Wu was already stronger than Li Mao, and Li Mao couldn't bear to kill her because of his admiration for this senior sister. This made Li Mao, the overlord of Northern Xinjiang, follow Li Mao in front of Liang Qiu Wu. Like a sandbag.
And more importantly, Li Maonai is a cavalry general. The martial arts he learned from Liang Qiu Gong were all used for fighting on horseback. Otherwise, why would Li Mao have to build a two-foot-long heavy halberd with dragon and tiger patterns? On flat ground, such long weapons seemed to be far less threatening than swords.
"Isn't it? The current King of Yan Li Mao is simply an undefeated God of War on the battlefield. Going deep into the enemy's hinterland and suppressing Fei Guo, Liao Li, and Dibu with one against three, this ability alone is enough to be included in the ranks of a one-man army.
"Are we really going to ask Xiao Wu to deal with this Li Mao?" Xie An calmed down and stared at the fight in the distance, muttering to himself.
To be fair, Xie An didn't think about the two wise and almost demonic counselors behind him in the commander's chariot, Changsun Xiangyu and Liu Qing. It turns out. As long as the strategy is used properly, even the world's great heroes such as Liang Qiuhao and Zhenlei Na can make their generals fall. However, there are many risks involved.
The first thing to do is to be wary of the opponent leading a surprise force into our own formation, just like what Liang Qiuhao did in the Battle of Chang'an. If Li Mao, King of Yan, were to copy it, not to mention the outcome of the fight, at least he, Xie An, would most likely die from Li Mao's heavy halberd, as long as Li Mao focused on catching him and killing him.
And he Xie An died. Even if the Jizhou Army is an elite division, its morale will inevitably be turbulent. Once its morale is shaken, it can be said that most of the battle is lost.
This is why Xie An obviously wanted to ask his army to surround and kill King Li Mao of Yan, but he did not dare to actually carry it out. After all, the Northern Xinjiang army was hundreds of feet away from the opposite side. Once there was a mistake in the formation change of the Jizhou Army, Northern Xinjiang would be destroyed. The military will never sit back and watch the fighter plane disappear.
[What I hate the most is this 50-50 game]
After thinking about it for a while, Xie An sighed secretly. Once upon a time, both he and Changsun Xiangyu had used a move against Liu Qing, which made him feel a little headache when this happened to him.
It¡¯s a dilemma
How to kill the King of Yan Li Mao without using as much troops as possible
Faced with the bait thrown by Yan King Li Mao, Xie An wanted to swallow it in one bite, but he was also afraid that he would not be able to swallow the opponent in one bite, but would be bitten by the opponent instead.
"My lord, that cavalry with an unknown flag is only ten miles away from here"
I don¡¯t know when I appeared in Xie An¡¯s body.Mo Fei said in a very solemn tone again.
[bother! How annoying! ]
Xie An couldn't help but feel a little impatient. He still didn't know how to deal with Yan King Li Mao, and another cavalry with an unknown banner came out to cause chaos.
Thinking of this, Xie An called Tang Hao over, told Tang Hao about the approaching cavalry team who did not know the details, and then said in a deep voice, "Contact the Jijing court, open the city gate, and our army will enter the city temporarily!"
To be cautious, Xie An finally chose to retreat to Jijing City temporarily.
Tang Hao nodded immediately upon hearing this, and then asked hesitantly, "Sir, it would be good to retreat to Jijing City for the time being so that the soldiers under your command can have some time to rest. However, Li Mao's side"
"Ask Fei Guo, Liao Li, and Di Bu to drag him! We don't want to kill Li Mao, we just want to delay it!"
"yes!"
"In addition, the three partial divisions have left behind. The crossbowmen of our main division will retreat to the city first to assist the city defense of Jijing. If the Northern Xinjiang Army dares to take the opportunity to attack, the crossbowmen will greet you!"
¡°It¡¯s an order!¡±
Tang Hao clasped his fists and accepted the order. Within a moment, the Jizhou Army successfully made contact with the head of Jizhou City.
"What? The Jizhou Army is going to enter the city?"
Hearing the news, everyone on the city tower looked at each other.
Especially Liang Qiu Gong and Lu Gong looked at each other and felt confused about this.
You must know that Jijing is now an isolated city. The Jizhou army does not set up camp outside and is at odds with Jijing. What should they do if they are stationed in the city?
??This is because when reinforcements from the northern Xinjiang army arrived and were surrounded on all sides, wouldn't they be beaten in vain, with no hope of escaping?
"Reinforcement army?" As if he suddenly thought of something, Mr. Lu's expression changed slightly and he murmured, "Could it be that Mr. Xie learned that reinforcements from the Northern Xinjiang Army might be coming?"
Liang Qiu Gong's expression changed slightly when he heard this. He stroked his beard and murmured, "Well, if this is really the case, then Xiao An's only way out is to retreat into the city. Otherwise, the Jizhou army that has not set up a camp will inevitably Will be eaten up by Bei Xinjiang That¡¯s strange, does Bei Xinjiang still have any troops?¡±
Not to mention that Liang Qiu Gong, Lu Gong, Wen Qin and others were thinking hard about this matter. Here, Li Shou, the emperor of Zhou Dynasty, learned that Xie An wanted to lead his army into the city. Without saying a word, he opened Fucheng on the west side. Door.
"Boom¡ª¡ª"
The city gate, which weighed a thousand kilograms, slowly opened, and even though Yan King Li Maozheng was fighting with Fei Guo, Liao Li, and Dibu, he could see clearly.
[Is the gate of Jizhou City open? what happened? Are the defenders in the city trying to cooperate with the Jizhou Army in attacking our army, or are the Jizhou Army preparing to retreat into the city? The former doesn't matter, but if it's the latter]
Yan King Li Mao, who looked calm from beginning to end, had a strange color flashing in his eyes, but this strange color was captured by Liao Li, who had a strong intuition.
"Sure enough, there is a ghost!" Xu Huang took the opportunity to take a few steps back. Liao Li turned his head and glanced in the direction of Fuchengmen where there was a loud rumbling sound. When he looked at Yan Wang Li Mao again, an inexplicable smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. meaning.
"I seeit turns out that His Highness, King Yan, still has an elite force hidden in his possession!"
"What?" King Yan Li Mao said calmly, but he was extremely shocked in his heart, shocked by Liao Li's incredible intuition and agility.
At the same time, the Eight Wise King Li Xian, who was silent and thoughtful beside Xie An, suddenly raised his head, with a hint of horror in his eyes.
"If Xiao Wang's prediction is correct, Li Mao also has a cavalry!"