The manor of Beifang was shrouded in a heavy atmosphere. Other than the 140,000 private soldiers under Dong Zhuo to surround Huaiyang Pass, he had also persuaded the emperor of Beimang to mobilize 20,000 refugees who had lost their identities in the grasslands to participate in the assault on the outer walls of Huaiyang Pass. The insane Dong Zhuo had declared that he would use corpses to build a gentle slope to the top of the wall. The left and right cavalry led by Lu Dayuan and Li Yanchao had engaged in a series of small skirmishes with the vanguard of the Winter Thunder Elite Cavalry and the Rouran Cavalry. Finally, a major battle had begun. On the two battlefields, Liang Mang's four cavalry armies had invested a total of 40,000 soldiers. Evidently, neither side had mobilized their full strength. The strength of the Beimang's Winter Thunder Elite Cavalry was unexpected, and the Rouran Cavalry of 10,000 could not be underestimated either. Compared to the situation before Beifang, the casualties of the left and right cavalry armies were slightly greater. This meant that once they were entangled by the soldiers of Beimang, it would be very difficult for them to escape.
Once this main force of Beiliang lost the flexibility of large scale battlefield movements, other than the ten thousand Great Snow Dragon Cavalry that could still fight and retreat, the two heavy cavalry armies that were destined to be unable to participate in large scale battles alone would fall into an awkward situation. On the other hand, the middle army of Beimang, after the second battle line that Wang Yong and Helian Wuwei had built together, there was still a Crown Prince who was "personally leading the troops". Beside this Beimang, who was second only to one person and above tens of thousands of people, other than the Palace Iron Cavalry Qie Xue Army that rarely appeared on the battlefield, there were also two heavy cavalry armies named after the surnames of Yelu and Murong. The battle strength of the heavy cavalry was indeed terrifying, but they greatly relied on the large scale main force of the cavalry. This was like the two-sleeved green snake of the Sword God Li Chungang. It needed the support of a vast amount of qi, otherwise it would be a flashy dragon-slaying technique. This was the difficulty of the Beiliang Frontier Army resisting the entire army of Beimang. If the Beimang Frontier Army could send out another one hundred thousand cavalry soldiers … then the Beimang Frontier Army would definitely not choose Beiliang as the route south to the Central Plains. They would directly turn around and head towards the border between Liyang and Liao to fight to the death with Gu Da Zhu Guo. They would even have the strength to send troops to Ji Zhou and follow the path that the grassland cavalry were most familiar with to enter the hinterland of the Central Plains. Or they could turn east and reach Taian City. However, in this way, the situation in the world would not be as simple as the Beiliang cavalry lying on the side of the bed behind the Beimang cavalry. Instead, it would be leisurely watching the fire burning on the other side of the river, patiently waiting to reap the benefits of the fisherman. At that time, whether the Central Plains and the grassland would be surnamed Zhao or Murong would depend on the mood of the young King. Perhaps he might even change his surname to Xu.
In the study room next to the Second Hall's Signing Room, it was noon and the sun was high in the sky. It was unbearably hot. As a result, Chancellor Wang, Yang Shenxing, and Bai Yu were gathered in the small study room. Other than the Deputy Jiedushi Yang Shenxing who came to discuss military affairs, the rest of the people came here openly to escape from the heat. Although this study room was small, it was only the young vassal king who was dealing with official affairs. Although the Six Subjects Wing Room was big, there were more than ten or twenty people gathered together. The most important thing was that the Administrator Li Daren had ingeniously helped to transplant a loquat tree in the courtyard outside the study room. The loquat tree was of moderate height. It had shade and would not block the light too much. Therefore, the small study room had unknowingly become an excellent summer resort. When Yang Shenxing was discussing with the young vassal king, behind the Spring and Autumn Period old general who was banished to the northwest border by Li Yang, Mr. White Lotus was sitting on a chair near the window and gently swaying his palm-leaf fan. The cool breeze blew gently. Chancellor Wang shamelessly pulled Li Gongde to set up a battle array. After a round of beating, he could also rub against the cool breeze brought by Bai Yu's fan.
The young vassal king had already browsed through the detailed military intelligence reports. Today, Yang Shenxing didn't come here to repeat the same old tune, but rather because there was an enormous problem in front of North Jiebei City, or perhaps all of Northern Liang's Northern Liang Border Army. Qingyuan Army's Stone Talisman Tribe's cavalry, Iron Stupa and White Feather Light Cavalry, these three cavalry armies, as the most important mobile military forces outside of Liangzhou's pass, had already moved to Old Woman Mountain in Liuzhou. In that case, if the Left and Right Cavalry failed to successfully devour Murong Baoding's main force of sixty thousand elite cavalry, and were tightly bitten down by Wang Yong and Helian Wuwei, these two Northern Mang's military commanders, what should North Jiebei City do? It could even be said that this risky deployment of troops was very likely to lead to a tragic ending of mutual destruction between the two sides of Liang Mang. The main force of Huang Song's Pu Tribe was destroyed in Laowu Mountain, but Beiliang would also lose the front line of Huaiyang Pass.
Yang Shenxing worriedly said, "At that time, we did not expect that when Yu Luandao led the army to attack Xijing, Cao Wei's 10,000 cavalry also made a gesture of supporting Yu Luandao's You Qi to the north. But Beimang unexpectedly only transferred the cavalry of Bo Wang Jing Chong from the eastern front, which was confronting the two Liao's Liao, and then did not make any move. It seemed that they did not care about the safety of the Southern Dynasty's capital region. In the end, they even ordered the army to go south to reinforce Laowu Mountain. Could it be that the Old Lady has lost her mind and really does not care about the smoke of war rising in the entire Gusai Prefecture? You have to know that Gusai Prefecture borders two prefectures to the north. It has always been lacking in military strength, but it has a well-developed courier route. Once we win Laowu Mountain and join forces with Yu Luandao and Cao Wei's cavalry, Beimang is going to give away half of the Southern Dynasty with both hands? "
Hsu Fengnian did not dare to jump to conclusions. He only smiled bitterly and said, "If it were the Liyang Emperor who cherishes his reputation, he would not dare to do so. If it were that Old Lady, it would be hard to say."
Yang Shenxing frowned, "Who will lose and who will gain by such an exchange? Is Beimang not afraid that our cavalry will destroy the Southern Dynasty, and they will not be able to recover their strength in ten years and go south to the Central Plains? "
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