Beiliang's army had always been fair in its rewards and punishments. For example, corruption might have long been a common occurrence within the borders of Liyang. Beiliang did not dare to say that corruption was completely forbidden. Far from the borders, the families of generals and soldiers would not be lenient when it came to taking money. However, in the border army, once it was verified, even if one had embezzled a few taels of compensation, the Military Law Bureau would go forward and behead the officials in public! The superiors of the embezzling officials would be demoted three ranks and demoted. Beiliang's Daoist Strategist, Li Gongde, had privately said something profound. If the descendants of generals and soldiers in Lingzhou viewed wealth as their lives, they would have gone mad from poverty. However, Beiliang had never been stingy in its rewards for military service. After beheading a few people, they would be promoted on the spot. When they returned to receive their rewards, they would open chests filled with shining silver in the barracks and take it on the spot. The border army had a large group of courier riders in charge of transporting the silver away from the border.
When Xu Xiao conquered the Imperial Palace of Northern Han, the first thing he did was to open the national treasury and distribute the silver! At that time, a certain Diao Si, who was in charge of supervising the army in Liyang Dynasty, kindly reminded him to be careful of impeachment in court. At that time, Xu Xiao only said one thing: If you eat it, you can only poop it out. Whoever wants it, I'll take my soldiers and squat in front of their door.
Of course, the six thousand Youzhou cavalry would not swarm forward as soon as they heard that there was prey forty li away. Yu Luandao's order was for 'half of the army' to attack. When the six thousand cavalry advanced thirty li under the lead of the vanguard, who was in charge of choosing the route, the six thousand cavalry began to change horses at the same time. Dismounting and changing horses was almost completely silent. Three thousand cavalry began to advance 'slowly' with a single horse. The remaining three thousand cavalry were not in a hurry to attack, but they were divided into a thousand cavalry in the middle and a thousand cavalry on the left and right flanks. Nearly ten thousand idle horses were temporarily restrained by these three thousand cavalry who were biding their time.
The sky was just beginning to brighten.
At this moment, the 3,000 cavalrymen were less than five li away from Beimang.
Northern Mang wasn't completely blind either. The several groups of horses they sent to the east had pretty much all died. Even though the few cavalry that made it back couldn't even figure out how many soldiers the enemy had, Northern Mang Army had specialized 'Truth Listener Soldiers' under their command. Even though the answers they obtained weren't too accurate, they wouldn't go so far as to say that several thousand cavalry was only several hundred. As soon as they heard that at least two thousand enemy cavalry had appeared, the two chiliarchs were shocked. They quickly set up a cavalry line across the north and south. The auxiliary troops, as the second wave, hurriedly mounted their horses, ready to enter the battlefield at any time.
The Battle of the Western Wall in Liyang and Da Chu had been at odds with each other for several years. From the initial seventy to eighty thousand against a hundred thousand, in the end, both sides had exhausted almost all of their national strength to hundreds of thousands against hundreds of thousands. There were constant casualties and casualties, and constant reinforcements. During this period, both sides had used countless brilliant and tragic battles. Among these battles, there was a principle that later generations of military strategists were taught. In a battle where the difference in strength and morale between the two sides was not great, the side that staked everything from the beginning and did not know how to let elite troops make the final decision at the crucial moment would often lose miserably. The reason why Chen Zhibao was able to stand out and become the only young general who was on par with the four famous generals of the Spring and Autumn Period in terms of military achievements and reputation was precisely because, in his hands, he had fought time and time again in the classic battles where the enemy was at a disadvantage but slowly turned the situation around and then turned defeat into victory. Moreover, in any battlefield where he had the advantage in military strength, he had never lost.
The two armies faced each other from a distance.
The battle lines had already been pulled apart to what they thought was the best width.
When the two chiliarchs saw that banner, they no longer had any wishful thinking. It really was that word.
"Xu"!
No matter why these three thousand cavalry would appear outside the mouth of the gourd, they were truly the Beiliang cavalry!
The Beiliang cavalry advanced in an orderly manner.
"Kill!"
As if they could not endure that suffocating feeling, the two thousand four hundred Beimang cavalry began to push their warhorses to their maximum explosive power, taking the lead in a rapid charge. The roars of the Beimang cavalry rang through the clouds.
On the other side, the two deputy generals of the You Qi cavalry who had not yet truly charged suddenly spurred their horses. While charging forward, they slightly shifted their direction. After approaching the cavalry at the center of the front line, Shi Yulu laughed loudly, "I am honored to be able to fight side by side with the great general!"
Su Wenyao also said, "What General Shi said is what I was thinking."
That cavalry did not say anything, only smiling and nodding his head.
Near this cavalry, a blank space seemed to have appeared in the cavalry formation.
This was the order of the main general, Yu Luandao.
When the two deputy generals returned to their original positions.
Yu Luandao pulled out his cold blade, raised it high, and lightly waved it forward.
Charge!
There were none of the heart-wrenching roars of Beimang.
There was only the sound of blades being pulled out and horse hooves.
Although the three thousand Youzhou cavalry were silent, the eyes of each cavalry were filled with an unswerving determination and passion!
We have never fought side by side with the great general Xu Xiao.
But we have now.
In the future, the Beiliang Frontier Army will envy us like how we envied those lieutenants and generals.
Even though we might not have the chance to personally witness their envy.
But, there are no buts.
Let us fight to the death outside the mouth of the gourd!
The two armies passed by each other.
Saber against saber.
The remaining two thousand six hundred Youzhou cavalry did not even turn their horses around, charging straight at the two thousand Beimang auxiliary cavalry.
In the blink of an eye, two Beimang chiliarchs were dead. Half of the twenty-some centurions were dead.
Of the two thousand four hundred cavalry, nearly nine hundred had died.
And then, just when they were hesitating whether to continue fighting or abandon the auxiliary soldiers and supplies, the one thousand Youzhou cavalry charged from the distance. On the left and right flanks, there were one thousand cavalry that brazenly charged into the battlefield. They were not given a single path of survival. They could only fight with their lives on the line.
All the surviving centurions were shocked and in disbelief. Although they were not the elite cavalry of the border towns, these Beiliang cavalry were only the light cavalry of Youzhou. How could their first charge be so disastrous?
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