Major Jin Cheng was both happy and worried. He was happy that the other side only had three thousand cavalry and wasn't the main force of the Dragon-Elephant Army. He was worried that his army was here to fish in troubled waters and not to fight to the death with the Dragon-Elephant Army that was said to be invincible at the border. There were two paths in front of the Qiang cavalry. They could continue south and use their advantage in numbers to take down the three thousand cavalry. They could grit their teeth and complete their mission of cutting off Liu Province. However, the Qiang cavalry would suffer heavy casualties, and they would not be able to bargain with the Beimang after they had secured victory in Liu Province. The second path was to avoid the brunt of the attack and not fight to the death with the three thousand dragon-elephant light cavalry. However, they would also not retreat and instead advance in a roundabout manner. In the end, there would be unavoidable battles. At most, they would just fight for a while. With the Qiang cavalry's speed, which had been the fastest in the world for hundreds of years, they could fight or retreat.
Jin Cheng thought for a bit, and then decisively chose the latter. Their Qiang Cavalry wasn't Northern Mang's million strong army that could contend against the entire Liyang Dynasty. Compared to that pitiful Northern Liang that his uncle didn't dote on, the Qiang Clan was struggling at death's door. After Jin Cheng made his choice, two of the chiliarchs revealed expressions of relief. One of the chiliarchs, surnamed Ke, was extremely angry at Jin Cheng's cowardly behavior. He loudly reprimanded him from his horse and declared that he would lead his sixteen hundred Qiang cavalry to fight to the death. Jin Cheng's face was gloomy. He patiently told this rash youth that although the dragon-elephant light cavalry was inferior to the heavy cavalry, they were not an enemy that could be easily dealt with. If other than the three thousand cavalry, there was also the Long Xiang Army, then their eight thousand men would not be able to leave Liu Province alive.
However, the young chiliarch who had seen all the male elders in his family being beheaded by the Xu family when he was young did not listen at all. He insisted on fighting the enemy to the end and did not forget to mock and ridicule Jin Cheng, saying that he, as a chiliarch, had embarrassed the men of the Qiang Tribe.
Jin Cheng laughed coldly in his heart. He gently turned his horse and made way. "Ke E, if you want to die, I will not stop you."
The chiliarchs raised his arm and the thousand Qiang cavalry behind him roared in unison, waving their arm-binding blades.
When the youngster named Ke Jiao's mount passed by the Jincheng warhorse, his expression became a bit calmer, saying with a sneer, "I am willing to use my clan's one thousand six hundred cavalry as the vanguard. If major general still wishes to obtain the first batch of military contributions in Liang Mang's great battle, I believe with major general great's astuteness, you should already understand what to do."
Jin Cheng narrowed his eyes. He did not care about the sarcasm in this idiot's words and began to weigh the pros and cons.
If Ke E and his men were to use their lives to weaken the Dragon-Elephant Light Cavalry, then if they won this battle, other than Ke E, the losses of the Qiang cavalry would not be too great.
This deal could be done!
The expressionless Jin Cheng watched as the sixteen hundred cavalry broke away from the main army and charged out.
Seeing the cavalry whose faces were still full of childishness move further and further away, Jin Cheng suddenly had an untimely feeling. Had he gotten used to a peaceful life of wine and beautiful women? Was the hatred in his heart not as deep as he had imagined?
Jin Cheng shook his head, trying to shake off these unnecessary thoughts. His gaze gradually turned cold and resolute. He turned to the eager chiliarchs beside him and said, "We will follow Ke E, but we must keep a distance of one li."
The five or six chiliarchs all nodded excitedly, their eyes burning.
Jin Cheng suddenly laughed. "Brothers, don't forget those chingqian on the grasslands. They are willing to pay a few hundred taels of silver for a cold blade. Ha, what a coincidence! There are more than three thousand waiting for us to take. As for who can take more, it will depend on who can kill more Beiliang cavalry! I, Jin Cheng, will not break this rule just because I am a Generals. Brothers, you can go kill without worry! "
Six li away from the 1,600 Qiang cavalry under Ke Qian.
The three thousand cavalry, all dressed in black armor and black horses, silently advanced forward at a uniform and powerful pace.
An enormous black tiger was running around the periphery of the cavalry formation.
The leader of the cavalry was a black-clothed youth who did not wear any armor. A cold blade rested on the horse's back in front of his chest, unsheathed.
The general behind this half-horse was Scarface's man. He raised a metal spear at an angle, with a fresh head hanging from the spearhead. It was the wandering scout who had been mixed in with the Qiang cavalry. He had a sword, and his swordsmanship was unknown. In any case, he had abandoned his horse and fled quite quickly. Unfortunately, no matter how fast he was, he could not outrun the spear that the black-clothed youth threw out. Before Scarface brushed past the corpse, he felt that he had nothing to do. After pulling out the spear from the corpse, he lightly cut off the head and stabbed it into the spear tip.
Scarface was the Long Xiang Army's valiant general Wang Lingbao.
Originally, he shouldn't have appeared here. Instead, he should have obediently stayed near Azure City with Li Mofan, who was also a deputy general. They could only suppress their impatient tempers and slowly wait for that rotten old man surnamed Liu to bring a bunch of Northern Mang trash with him to show off his strength.
However, the commander had somehow heard from some scoundrel that a group of eight thousand Qiang cavalry had broken through the border and was rushing to their deaths.
Wang Lingbao wanted to kill these Qiang cavalry who were tired of living, but the Governor-General had sent an urgent military order to the Liuzhou Provincial Governor's mansion, telling the Long Xiang Army not to move. Provincial Governor Yang Guangdou had even gone out of the city to scout the camp, smiling as he whispered some kind reminders into Li Mofan and Li Mofan's ears.
Wang Lingbao naturally did not dare to disobey a military order. Let alone the new Prince Liang's order, even if it was just Chu Lushan's order, Wang Lingbao would not dare to move the troops on his own.
However, since his commander wanted to kill people, even if the sky fell down, the commander would be there to support it. How could Wang Lingbao miss out on this rare opportunity?
In order to intercept and kill this group of Qiang cavalry heading south, the ten thousand dragon-elephant light cavalry had no choice but to split into three groups, each of them searching for the enemy between Qingcang City and Linyao Military Town.
As the ten thousand troops set out, Yang Guangdou and the young scholar called Chen Xiliang quickly blocked their path, seemingly wanting to dissuade them. In any case, Wang Lingbao hid behind the army and picked his ears, pretending not to hear or see anything.
As for the fact that the Long Xiang Army had broken a taboo in the art of war, Wang Lingbao really did not think much of it. It was true that the Long Xiang Army did not care about the situation in Liuzhou, but if one were to say that the three thousand Long Xiang Army would be at a disadvantage in front of eight thousand Qiang cavalry, Wang Lingbao would be the first to cut off his own head and use it as a urinal.
When Wang Lingbao saw the Provincial Governor, he was quite angry. If not for the fact that he could not defeat the commander, he would have definitely hit him. However, the scholar who seemed to be highly regarded by the prince did not have any obvious expression.
Wang Lingbao actually knew that after returning to Qingcang City, the news of the Long Xiang Army violating military orders would definitely reach the Huaiyang Pass Protectorate Manor. At that time, even if the commander of the Long Xiang Army took the blame, as a deputy general, Wang Lingbao would not be able to bear the consequences. However, so what?
More than ten years later, the true Liangmang Great War had finally arrived. Motherf * cker, even a pregnant woman would only need ten months to give birth. He and Li Mofan, these rough men, had waited bitterly for more than ten years!
In this first battle, if he, Wang Lingbao, did not take the lead, he would be the first to let himself down!
As for why the young commander in front of him was so determined to fight the Qiang cavalry, Wang Lingbao could not be bothered to care.
Wang Lingbao let out a long breath. With a flick of his wrist, he shook off the head that was in the way. Looking into the distance, the distance between the two sides was less than two li. He could already see that the enemy cavalry had begun to speed up.
Wang Lingbao softly muttered, "Beiliang is guarded by us. Great General, rest assured."
Xu Longxiang slowly pulled out his Beiliang saber.
Under the illumination of the sun, it flashed with a snow-white light.
At the same time, the three thousand Dragon-Elephant Cavalry began to raise their spears!
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