At dawn, an old man, who had stayed up all night, slowly walked out of the heavily guarded cowhide tent accompanied by several strong retinues. He came to a small slope and looked south. Among the retinues, a middle-aged man, who was dressed like a Confucian scholar from the Central Plains, was particularly eye-catching. Facing the old man, who was still powerful, he did not show any restraint. The old man was tall, with white hair and beard. He wore armor and carried a saber. He did not look old at all. Generally speaking, although they were one generation apart in age, they had the same aura. The old man was Huang Songpu, one of the few great generals in the Southern Dynasty. The Confucian man was Zhong Liang, who was not well-known in the Beimang army. He was a first-class master in the Beimang Jianghu. No one had heard that he had led an army to fight a war. This time, he was supposed to lead 8,000 elite cavalrymen to Gusai State to put out the fire. It was unknown why he took a detour here alone and let the 8,000 elite cavalrymen of his family go straight to the belly of the Southern Dynasty. This time, the rise and fall of his family was at stake. Zhong Liang seemed to be taking this too lightly.
Zhong Liang happened to see the death of the 6,000 cavalrymen of Beimang. Then, he made up his mind not to move. He followed the army to the south and stayed there for so many days. During this period, this martial arts grandmaster of Beimang, who could be described as "the only one left", personally took action twice and killed 40 to 50 crossbowmen of Liangzhou who had left the battlefield. Ma Lanzi, who was personally taught by Huang Songpu, had quite a reputation in the border army of the Southern Court. However, compared to Dong Zhuo's Black Crow Lanzi or his peer Liu Gui's Black Fox Lanzi, he was still quite a bit inferior. This was not to say that Huang Songpu's ability to manage the army was inferior to those two. Since the old man was able to control the military of Xijing for so many years and was able to divide the north and south with Xu Huainan, the King of the Northern Court, naturally he was not an ordinary person. It was just that in these 20 years, Huang Songpu's status as the King of the Southern Court was far more important than that of a general. He had no choice but to lean towards the court. Since he had become the head of the Southern Court, he naturally had to seek benefits for the entire Xijing and fight for positions for his colleagues and subordinates with the surname of Long Guan. Over time, it was very difficult for him to personally go to the border army. As a result, when he led the army south this time, Huang Songpu could not help but have mixed feelings. He had not been in battle for a long time. Even if he did not fall behind in the art of war, there were many details that he could not operate as smoothly as before.
If it was the him from more than ten years ago, those six thousand vanguard cavalry would definitely not have the guts to charge forward recklessly, colliding with the ten thousand Long Xiang Army without permission. However, this was not what truly made the elder feel tired, but rather some inside information that no one knew about. On the surface, it seemed like the disciples of Long Guan were unruly and difficult to tame, greedy for merit and rashly advancing, leading to a disadvantageous start, but in reality, Huang Songpu's original intention was to use the vanguard cavalry, whose battle strength was barely satisfactory, as bait, luring the Liuzhou cavalry into the mud. The elder had long prepared ten thousand personal elite cavalry, accumulating power, waiting for the battle to enter a stalemate. At the crucial moment, they would be able to reinforce the battlefield, ultimately making the final decision, swallowing the ten thousand Long Xiang Army in one gulp. Even if it was twenty thousand soldiers and horses for ten thousand dragon-elephant cavalry, Huang Songpu would still be a great victory, regardless of whether it was an empty grandeur or a real situation, it was all like this.
However, compared to those soul-stirring cavalry battles with the main forces in the field, in this small scale battle that could only be called a fleeting moment, Huang Songpu discovered that his strength was somewhat lacking. The first was that he overestimated the strength of the Long Guan vanguard cavalry, underestimating the strength of the Long Xiang Army's charge. It was to the extent that when the ten thousand personal troops entered the battlefield, the original mantis stalking the cicada turned into a pure rescue mission. What was even more fatal was that in the following battle situation, Huang Songpu believed that the commander of the Liuzhou cavalry who launched this surprise attack also had the intention of luring the enemy deep into the enemy's territory. Therefore, the prudent Huang Songpu, after a bit of hesitation, even though he had the ten thousand personal elite troops launch a decisive pursuit, he strictly ordered the cavalry generals to not be fifty li away from the main force. This also meant that the amount of military merit was not great, only fifty li away. In the end, that cavalry general brought the elder a truth that made him not know whether to laugh or cry. After chasing for fifty li and hearing the order to stop, the remaining three thousand or so enemy cavalry swaggered off. Apart from the dozens of white horse crossbowmen roaming far away from the battlefield, this Long Xiang Army that had eaten a bear's heart and a leopard's guts, did not have any reinforcements!
How could there be a war like this?
The Beiliang border generals who had dealt with Huang Songpu before, be it Hutou City's Liu Jinu, the former Huaihua Great General Zhong Hongwu, or He Zhonghu, none of them had lost their minds like this!
Huang Songpu was deeply worried. He raised his eyes and gazed into the distance, frowning without saying anything.
The Beimang Great Demon General Zhong Liang, dressed in a scholarly robe, glanced at the old general's expression and laughed, "Old General Huang, as long as we put aside the vast Western Regions where the two military towns of Linyao and Fengxiang are located, Liuzhou is actually only so big. No matter how strange Beiliang's military strategy is, it's just a Taoist field in a snail's shell. Even if the battle of Miyun Pass added another twenty thousand Lantuo Mountain monk soldiers to Beiliang, it's still just a drop in the bucket. "
Huang Songpu shook his head, "Qingyuan Military Town in Liuzhou's Qingcang City has several elite troops of the Xu family's border army coordinating with each other from afar. They also have Yu Luandao's Youzhou Light Cavalry helping to tear apart the battle lines. Whether it's strategic depth or military strength, we're not as disadvantaged as we imagined. Besides … "
Zhong Liang continued the conversation, his smile growing wider, "What? Old General, are you also worried about West Chu's Twin Jade Pillars, Xie Xibian and Kou Jianghuai? Are the two of them really planning and strategizing for Beiliang on the Liuzhou battlefield?"
The old man calmly said, "I believe that no general in the present age can underestimate the combined might of these two, right?"
Zhong Liang, whose graceful bearing was like that of a mountain immortal in a painting, laughed, "As long as Liuzhou's military strength doesn't converge in one place, I believe that they won't be Old General's match. Right now, the thirty thousand Long Xiang Army, compared to the first battle, although their numbers haven't decreased, and they're all elite cavalry transferred from the left and right cavalry of Liuzhou, their combat strength is still a little lacking. As for Kou Jianghuai's Liuzhou youths, they're all pieced together and won't be able to fight a tough battle. The remaining soldiers of Xie Xibian aren't even worth mentioning. Otherwise, Mount Qingliang and the Governor-General Manor wouldn't have given him twenty thousand Lantuo Mountain monk soldiers. Taking everything into account, Liuzhou only has seventy thousand troops, while Old General has a hundred and fifty thousand under you. Moreover, you can receive reinforcements from the Southern Dynasty at any time, as long as you don't collapse in one battle … "
At this point, Zhong Liang gave a self-deprecating laugh and didn't continue.
Firstly, these words were somewhat inauspicious, and secondly, this view was too absurd.
Liuzhou wasn't the Gourd Mouth of Youzhou, and Huang Songpu wasn't Yang Yuanzan. Furthermore, the Liuzhou border army couldn't even take care of itself, so they couldn't send so many troops into the Liuzhou battlefield.
The old man dismissed it with a smile, saying, "Just Xie Xibian and Kou Jianghuai, these two young people, were able to make Yan Zhenchun and Yang Shenxing, these old generals, suffer a great loss. Now that there are even more young people in Liu Province, how can an old man like me endure this?"
Zhong Liang thought about that secret matter and sighed, "The older the ginger, the spicier it is."
Zhong Liang turned his gaze and looked toward the west of Qingcang City.
Northern Mang and Southern Dynasty's elite infantry troops were temporarily transferred from the various military towns. A total of over thirty thousand people were sent directly to the Western Regions.
At this moment, they had probably already attacked Fengxiang and Linyao.
Beimang's Cao Wei and Yu Luandao cavalry had no way out.
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Only, let alone the Northern Mang Southern Court and this army on the western front, in reality, even the Protectorates of Mount Qingliang and Huaiyang Pass did not expect that the newly appointed Liu Province Deputy General Xie Xibian, who was supposed to lead twenty thousand monk soldiers to Azure City, would instead split his forces and quietly enter Fengxiang Town and Linyao Town, biding his time.
As for Liu Province General Kou Jianghuai, at this moment, he was leading ten thousand light cavalry of various brands, charging north with the speed of lightning. Then, he suddenly stopped at the maximum distance that the Huangsong Pu horse fence could possibly appear.
The cavalry that continued to charge forward after a slight rest was the thirty thousand elite cavalry under Xu Longxiang.
The main force of the Liuzhou border army was out in full force!
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