Yu Luandao and the others smiled knowingly. Tian Heng and Great General Yan Wenluan were old brothers who had exchanged their lives for each other. In the early years, one of them was a captain of the infantry, while the other was a captain of the cavalry. In order to save Yan Wenluan who was trapped in the enemy formation, Tian Heng disobeyed orders and took the initiative to rescue him. In the great general's rage, Tian Heng was demoted from a captain to an ordinary cavalryman. In the fierce competition in the Xu family's army, Tian Heng was one step behind. Those of the younger generation, such as Xu Pu, Wang Fei's brother Wu Qi, Yuan Zuozong, and Hu Kui, had all surpassed Tian Heng at that time to become the leading general of the cavalry. By the time the Xu family died, Tian Heng had only become a fourth-rank general. It was only when Yan Wenluan personally asked the Great General for him that Tian Heng was promoted to a rank and moved from Liangzhou to Youzhou. However, after more than ten years, compared to the likes of Wei Tieshan who had retired from high positions and returned home with glory, or the current Deputy Commander Jin Partridge Zhou Kang, Tian Heng could be considered an extremely depressed veteran of the Beiliang army.
Tian Heng stopped smiling and said to Yu Luandao, "General Yu, Beimang's fifty thousand elite cavalrymen on the eastern front said they were going to attack Ji Province, but we all know that these barbarians are heading straight for Youzhou. They want to cooperate with Yang Yuanzan at the mouth of the gourd to take down Xiaguang City and invade Youzhou. Our original plan was for you and me to split into two groups. One group would intercept those fifty thousand at the border of the River of Spirits, while the other group would continue north along the outer edge of the mouth of the gourd. Before we set out, we said that you and Shi Yulu would lead fifteen thousand cavalrymen here to wait for the Beimang army, while Fan Wenyao and I would lead fifteen thousand cavalrymen north, with General Yu's No Retreat Camp as the vanguard. But I thought... "
Yu Luandao interrupted with a smile, "General, no buts. Since we agreed to use the troops this way, there's no reason to change it at the last minute."
Tian Heng glared. "Youzhou's thirty thousand cavalrymen. Am I, Tian Heng, the leading general, or are you, Yu Luandao, the leading general?"
Compared to the scholarly Fan Wenyao, the new Beiliang's first general, Shi Yulu, had a rougher temperament......................
Yu Luandao felt somewhat helpless.
Tian Heng looked at the wind and sand in the distance and said, "Although our superiors didn't say it clearly, Liu Province is facing such a great crisis. Even His Highness has gone there in person. All the other garrisons in Beiliang also followed His Highness to Liu Province. Therefore, it's definitely not simple for our Youzhou Cavalry to do the opposite at this critical moment. In Fan Wenyao's words, it's... a great scheme? Beimang has fifty thousand elite cavalry. Not to mention Dongyue's Consort Old Wang Sui, the Qiu and Dong generals on the eastern front are not simple either. "
Tian Heng suddenly laughed, "Yu Luandao, don't think that you can look down on me just because you won two great battles in Jizhou and Hulukou. When I picked up the first generation Xu family saber, you were still drinking milk."
Shi Yulu was brought to the position of General of Cavalry by the old general Tian Heng, so he did not have any taboos in his speech. He joked, "Old General, you can't say that. Although General Yu is young, he is not careless at all in war, unlike you …"
Tian Heng suddenly raised his voice, "Hmm?!"
Shi Yulu hurriedly swallowed the word 'inferior' and laughed, "Not as good as you, old general."
Tian Heng snorted coldly, but there was a smile in his eyes, "Then it's settled. Yu Luandao, Shi Yulu, and Fan Wenyao, you three will take twenty thousand men and go out of Hulukou. I will take ten thousand men to guard here. I don't expect to defeat the enemy cavalry, but I want to delay them from entering Youzhou. "
Fan Wenyao frowned. He wanted to say something but stopped. He gave Shi Yulu a look. The latter understood and whispered, "Old General, you can't change the marching strategy so carelessly …"
Tian Heng waved his hand, "The mouth of the gourd is the most important. Whether or not we can catch the turtle in the jar will depend on whether your twenty thousand cavalry can hold onto the mouth of the pocket!"
Although the Huaiyang Pass Protectorate had only sent a secret military order to the Youzhou cavalry, everyone present could guess the truth. Although they were shocked, who wouldn't feel their blood boiling?
If your Beimang Dong Zhuo wants to use Liuzhou as a breakthrough point, then our Beiliang cavalry will wipe out your eastern Hulukou army in one fell swoop!
Gazing at these faces that were far younger than his, Tian Heng softly said, "We're all on the same side, so I won't beat around the bush. Of the thirty thousand Youzhou cavalry, most of them were young people. Why is that? Because after fighting Wang Sui's army to the death and surviving, even if they have military merits, they won't be great and definitely can't compare to going to Hulukou. It's enough for me, Tian Heng, to be a third-rank general in this life. When I joined the army, I didn't have the spirit of a scholar like you, Yu Luandao. Back then, I wanted my whole family to starve to death. I really couldn't live anymore, so I tied my head to my belt and joined the army. How could I have imagined that I would become a general one day? Who would have thought? "
Tian Heng laughed happily. "Don't talk nonsense with me. Don't you know what kind of temper I, Tian Heng, have? Don't talk about Old Yan not being able to change my mind. Back then, even in front of the Great General, I would still act as I should. "
At this time, a group of scouts galloped over. It was a group led by Commandant Fan Fen. The rider riding alongside Fan Fen was actually a child. There were two disproportionate Beiliang sabers hanging from his waist. He stood on the horse's back with his hands tucked into his sleeves, looking very much like an expert. Fan Fen reported to the generals that there was no sign of Beimang horses within fifty li of them.
Tian Heng called out to the scout who was about to turn around and head north. He smiled at the child and asked, "Are you the little general of our Youzhou cavalry, Fang Long? I heard that you alone killed several hundred Beimang barbarians outside Hulukou? "
The child nodded with a straight face.
Fan Fen couldn't help but say, "General Tian, this child is actually thin-skinned in front of outsiders. Didn't he just ask me if he could become an official scout after paying off his debt and making a meritorious service? This child has two cold sabers. One was given to him by someone else, and the other was temporarily lent to him by us. Isn't he thinking that he can legitimately have a second cold saber? "
Tian Heng laughed heartily. "From now on, you are the corporal of the eighth Youzhou cavalry!"
Yu Dilong asked, "Does your words matter? My master said that I have to follow the rules. Otherwise, he won't let me stay in Youzhou. "
Tian Heng was suddenly speechless and somewhat embarrassed. He dared to act shamelessly in front of Yan Wenluan, who was his sworn friend, but he really didn't dare to play dumb with that young prince.
Yu Luandao smiled and helped him out. "General Tian's words are effective in all military affairs of the Youzhou cavalry. And don't forget, your master is still an ordinary soldier of No Retreat Battalion. So even without General Tian's words, I, Yu Luandao, as the commanding officer of No Retreat Battalion, and you, Yu Dilong, as the corporal of the eighth Youzhou cavalry, will still be effective! "
The child standing on horseback clenched the cold saber at his waist and said seriously, "Generals, please be at ease. I will definitely kill more enemies this time than last time!"
Tian Heng smiled and waved his hand. The child and the scout captain, Fan Fen, and the others rode away.
Then Tian Heng said to the three sternly, "I, Tian Heng, am an old man who fought his way out of the Spring and Autumn War. My strength is not as strong as it was back then, so Beiliang will depend on you in the future."
Tian Heng lowered his head and looked at the sixth-generation Xu family saber at his waist. After looking up, he suddenly said, "General Yu, I didn't leave anything behind in my life, just a run-down house that isn't worth much. But there are still five sabers at home. If … then I'll leave them to you, Yu Luandao, to keep them for me. If you have the chance in the future, tell the younger generation about the story of that Youzhou veteran. How about it? "
Yu Luandao, Shi Yulu, and Fan Wenyao were all silent.
Tian Heng clasped his hands and laughed, "Goodbye!"
— —
The battle to attack and defend Hutou City was in full swing.
A cavalry army of only about ten thousand quietly left the encampment and headed east like a lion hunting a rabbit.
The leader of the cavalry was the commander of Beiliang's cavalry, Yuan Zuozong!
His momentum was like a rainbow.
Almost at the same time, there were two cavalry armies that had never fully appeared on the battlefield. They separately headed to the two dangerous passes at the junction of the cold and dark north.
The two passes were heavily guarded, all of them elite Youzhou infantry.
The area around the pass was heavily guarded. There had always been an iron law that if unrelated people appeared, they would be killed without mercy.
A few months ago, as a large number of sealed items were added to the two passes, a large number of Beiliang's top crossbowmen began to secretly roam around these two places.
The two cavalry armies added together only had a little over nine thousand people.
It was not weird for one person to have two horses, but what was shocking was that each of these war horses were Beiliang A grade war horses!
One must know that in the entire Beiliang, only three thousand Dragon-Elephant Cavalry could be equipped with A grade war horses. Youzhou only had three to four hundred of them! Lingzhou did not even have a single one!
These strange horsemen clearly didn't carry cold swords or crossbows, but every one of them was an elite of the border army with outstanding physical strength. Their robust physiques and their swift and fierce aura were intimidating even if they didn't even wear light armor.
One was the Rouge Cavalry.
The other was the Wei Bear Cavalry.
When they were on the battlefield, all of them wore armor.
That was the Rouge Cavalry, the Wei Bear Cavalry!
— —
During the battle of Hutou City, when Liu Zhou was in a state of emergency, when Yan Wenluan had to move ten thousand death warriors to reinforce Xiaguang City.
Twenty thousand Youzhou light cavalry!
Ten thousand Great Snow Dragon Cavalry!
The iron cavalry of the Beiliang cavalry, nine thousand true heavy cavalry!
They would all appear outside the mouth of the gourd!
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