"This time, we've met an expert!"
Wang Chong had been squatting on the ground, but when he heard the news, he slowly stood up, a sharp glint flashing across his eyes. He had already received news of this enemy force.
A scout's range of detection was very wide.
A qualified scout's range of activity was usually a hundred li away from the center of the army, and the further, the better.
They were the eyes and ears of the army, the mouthpiece.
Wang Chong was sure that this Ouzan army had been at least a few hundred li away at the start, but in a short time, they were able to advance to less than fifty li in just two hours.
This kind of decisiveness was not something an ordinary person could make.
Without question, the Ouzan they had encountered this time was an aggressive and aggressive army!
Cavalry charges had always been about mobility and surprise.
Anyone who could make use of this characteristic of cavalry was no ordinary commander.
"Let's go take a look!"
Wang Chong mounted his horse, stirring up a cloud of dust as he galloped in the direction the Ouzan army had come from.
At the top of the nearest mountain, Wang Chong, The Eagle, Li Siye and the rest gazed into the distance. Fifty li away, they could see the black mass of the Ouzan army, unmoving.
This Ouzan army was like a black jade belt, stretching endlessly across the distance, motionless. The thousand-strong army did not make a single sound.
This scene made The Eagle, Li Siye and the rest's eyelids twitch.
"This army definitely has more than a thousand men!"
"More than three thousand! Didn't the scout say there were only a thousand? "
…
Li Siye and The Eagle did not look too good. Iron soldiers were much more powerful than infantry. Three thousand Ouzan cavalry was more than enough to deal with three or four times their number.
In other words, the enemy's force was enough to deal with ten thousand men. And their side probably did not even have that many.
More importantly, the more people Ouzan had, the more powerful it would be.
A thousand Ouzan Cavalrymen could already form the Intermediate Halo of Fortress, which greatly increased their defensive capabilities.
As for the three thousand Ouzan men …
This level of "Halo of Fortress" was definitely enough to put a lot of pressure on the Tang dynasty's army. If they didn't have any effective means, this army could definitely cause heavy damage to them.
"Young master?"
Even the Eagle and Li Siye turned to look at Wang Chong. Although they accompanied Wang Chong all the way, the entire operation was completely led by Wang Chong.
"Don't worry, it's not that simple!"
Wang Chong said calmly.
"Can't you see that he's just standing there and not coming over?"
The two of them were startled and realized that it was indeed the case.
"A distance of sixty li is enough for them to charge from a distance and unleash their maximum speed. The effect was no worse than when they had rushed down from the Ouzan Highlands using the terrain. If this was a plain, they would have already charged over. "
Wang Chong said calmly.
At his level, there were very few things that could move him.
"What do you mean?"
Li Siye scratched his head in confusion. He wasn't afraid of charging and breaking through enemy lines no matter how many enemies there were, but he really wasn't good at scheming and scheming.
"Look ahead, isn't that a forest?"
Wang Chong's words jolted them out of their reverie.
Li Siye and the Eagle immediately understood. Although the southwest of the empire was low and mostly hilly, it wasn't that high.
More importantly, between their training ground and the Ouzan men's camp was a lush, primitive forest.
These trees were very dense, and it was obvious that the cavalry's charge would be greatly restricted in such a place. It was very likely that the early charge would be reduced to nothing in front of the lush forest.
This was the real reason why the Ouzan suddenly stopped and didn't attack.
"It's all thanks to Li Zhengyi!"
Wang Chong looked at the forest in front of him and couldn't help but sigh. The southwest of the empire's terrain was complex. Although there were many residents here, there were also some primitive areas.
Compared to the interior of the empire, this place wasn't as rich.
When Li Zhengyi's army had marched, he had deliberately avoided cities and villages. Although they had used official roads, they had stayed far away from the city walls.
On one hand, this was to avoid disturbing the people, but on the other hand, it had unknowingly led the Ouzan army away from the places where the commoners were rich, minimizing the collateral damage to the commoners.
Under normal circumstances, the Ouzan army definitely wouldn't let go of this opportunity to kill. However, the spies that Gelofeng had sent to Mengshe Zhao had made this possible.
And the establishment of Lion City had also allowed the 80,000 strong army to survive.
Huoshu Huizang was eager to kill the enemy. After defeating Li Zhengyi, he had led the majority of the army back to Erhai, which was why the losses in this battle were so small.
But Wang Chong also knew that this was only temporary. Once Lion City fell and Huoshu Huicang exterminated the remnants of the Annan Protectorate army, he would have nothing to worry about, and the southwest would truly be reduced to ashes.
Temporary comfort didn't mean eternal safety.
Huoshu Huizang and the Ouzan army had only temporarily retracted their fangs. The Sword of Damocles hovering in the southwest sky still hadn't been withdrawn.
"Summon the army and prepare to move out!"
Wang Chong's eyes flashed. He waved his arm and suddenly gave the order while Li Siye and the Eagle were completely unprepared.
"Milord!"
"Young Master!"
The two were shocked. Now that the enemy was right in front of them, the forest was the best barrier. No one had expected that Wang Chong would give up this geographical advantage and take the initiative to attack.
"Milord, in this sort of situation, we definitely can't attack. The Ouzan army is made up of regular soldiers and is very powerful, while our side is made up of reservists. We're definitely not a match for them in a direct confrontation. Not to mention that most of them are infantry. "
Li Siye used an honorific.
He had led troops in Beiting and was well aware of the power of cavalry. Although Wang Chong had hired thousands of experts and were riding warhorses, these people couldn't be considered cavalry at all. At most, they could only be considered infantry.
Warhorses were just their means of transportation.
This sort of hastily assembled army might be able to fight on foot, but against the Ouzan cavalry, which specialized in charging, it was completely inadequate.
In this battle, the only ones who could truly influence the outcome of the battle were the one thousand experts from the great clans that Wang Chong had recruited!
"Li Siye, do you still not understand? It's not that I have to fight them head-on, but that we have no other choice. Have you forgotten about the Annam Protectorate in the southwest? If we can't even defeat these three thousand Ouzan soldiers, then how are we going to deal with the hundreds of thousands of Ouzan and Mengshe Zhao soldiers behind us? "
Wang Chong said in a voice that seemed to see through everything, as if he could see through everything.
The Eagle and Li Siye shuddered. Looking ahead, they could no longer speak. Wang Chong's army was not here to save Li Zhengyi's sixty thousand reinforcements, but the tens of thousands of Annam Protectorate troops in Lion City in the southwest.
And they were facing the hundreds of thousands of Mengshe Zhao and Ouzan soldiers.
In front of this army, they were just ants with a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood.
Wang Chong had never mentioned this in front of others, but Wang Chong had never hidden it from the people around him!
"I understand."
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