Conquer the World

Chapter 177 The First Front (Part 2)

Fifty thousand soldiers from the Great Sui Youxiaowei passed through the Langru Mountain Canyon. After exiting the valley, they darted into the west for five miles and then stopped, forming a defensive formation. Forward, standing inside the antlers in a dense formation.

Before the seven or eight manchurian cavalrymen used their lives to win time for their companions, Li Xiaozong had only two hundred cavalrymen, which was extremely precious.He did not order the cavalry to continue chasing the three Mongolian cavalry who had fled, and the army could not hide from the Qingxia. If they lost dozens of cavalry because of chasing the three scouts, it was not worth the loss.

Even if the three scouts are not let go, the Mandu Banner's riders will soon discover the army of Da Sui.

The five thousand Sui infantry, formed in a fan-shaped formation, arranged in rows and columns, formed a solid barrier.Their mission is to guard the west entrance of Langrushan Canyon for the followers of the brigade. This is a vital channel connecting the east and the west, and must not be recaptured by the Mongolian people.Once Mandu Latu mobilized heavy soldiers to defend the canyon, even if there were 700,000 large Sui soldiers on the east side of the wolf milk, it was not so easy to rush over.

Yuntai City, the ruling city of Mandu Banner, is no more than 1,500 miles away from the Langru Mountain Range. Even if Mandu Latu was informed of the gathering of the heavy Sui soldiers, it was not a matter of a while to mobilize the horses to the Qingxia.In Nirvana, there are only two thousand full cavalrymen.If the Nirvana city guard will be smart enough for the Mandu wolf, the only thing he can do is to defend the city and wait for the reinforcements sent by Mantu Latu.

Therefore, it seems that Li Xiaozong's task is not difficult.

The well-trained right-winged guards formed a position in the shortest time. Thirty crossbow vehicles were arranged in front of the archers.The heavy crossbow created by the Great Sui Wugong Square can easily send the giant crossbow arrows out of six hundred steps. Outside the three hundred steps, it can shoot through the armored war horse. Within two hundred steps, it can even tear the horse into two pieces. Within a hundred steps, if you want to stop the heavy crossbow, unless you put on six or seven bodies like a sugar gourd.

For this war, the Emperor Tianyou of Great Sui was preparing from the beginning of the throne.For more than eleven years, various workshops in Da Sui have secretly rushed to manufacture weapons and equipment for war.The equipment was transported away by cargo, and was hidden in several palaces in the northwest.Therefore, when the emperor made up his mind to fight, the armor equipment sufficient to equip one million troops was already lying in the warehouse.

According to the military system of the Great Sui Dynasty, every fifty people are a team, and the leader says the team is right.Every one hundred people is a brigade, the leader said the brigade rate.Every three hundred people is a regiment, the leader is called the captain.Every 1,200 people are camps, and the leader is the general.Twelve thousand people are an army, and the leader is a general.Forty-eight thousand people are one guard, and the leader is the general.

Li Xiaozong was just a general, and he ordered the troops of the four Zhuangchong battalions.The commanders of these four Zhuangchong battalions rank with him, but subject to his temperance.

Tooth Pan Mei was instructed to supervise the soldiers to lay out their defenses. This was the first time he participated in a foreign war, so it was inevitable that he was excited. After finishing the defenses, he turned and returned to Li Xiaozong.Looking at the general as young as himself in front of him, although he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, Da Sui's serious military discipline still made him choose to obey and maintain a certain respect for his boss.

"General!"

Pan Mei shouted and clenched his fists, saying: "The archer has been set up, as long as the men and women of the wolf dare to come, they will definitely not rush to the arrow array."

"Don't be arrogant"

Li Xiaozong shook his head: "You haven't fought with the Meng Yuan's cavalry, I don't know how fast their light cavalry. I ask you, according to the past practice when you led the training, the infantry entered the archer's range When rushing to the front, how many arrows can the archer shoot? "

"A qualified archer can shoot at least eight arrows. If he is elite, he can shoot ten arrows."

Pan Mei was a bit uncomfortable with Li Xiaozong's tone, but still gave the answer seriously.

Li Xiaozong nodded: "So, let me tell you ... If the enemy is Meng Yuan's Qingqi, from the time they enter the range to rush to the front, even the elite archer barely shoots four arrows. Allow time for the archers to quickly retreat to the back of the array, that is to say ... the elite archer can shoot up to three arrows, and he must immediately turn around and retreat. "

Pan Mei's complexion changed, and she couldn't help but ask, "The general has fought against the Meng Yuan people?"

"No"

Li Xiaozong shook his head and said seriously: "But it took me ten years to get acquainted with the Mengyuan cavalry. Before entering the martial arts academy, I used to pretend to be a child of a trader and secretly walked around the edge of the prairie. Although I did not go deep into the Mongolian Yuan, I have seen them with my own cavalry. In the three years of Fan Guwei, I sent countless people to investigate the movements of the Mandu Qi cavalry, in order to accumulate more understanding of the enemy, I lost more than fifteen best scouts. "

"There is no need to talk about the regular cavalry of the Mongolian people, only their herders. The boy dared to climb on horseback when he was four years old, and he can run on horses when he is six or seven years old. Ben could hit the hare 30 steps away! Even Meng Yuan ’s women, they climbed on horseback and picked up the scimitars as warriors! "

Pan Mei was somewhat dissatisfied and said, "General, how do you feel like you are aspiring to others?"

"Do not"

Li Xiaozong said: "It is the most basic understanding of the enemy. Our soldiers in the Sui Dynasty have never been defeated by others, so we are proud ... but proud is not equal to arrogance."

Another senator, Zhao Sen, saw something wrong between the two, and quickly came together to ease the atmosphere: "In fact, these are just general preparations. If the wolves are not stupid, they should be honestly shrunk in Nirvana City. Instead of carrying two thousand cavalry to attack. "

"who knows?"

Li Xiaozong sighed slightly and asked in silence for a while: "If you change it to you, even if you know that the number of enemies is far more than your own army, but the enemies have stepped into the house, will they come out to face the battle?"

"I naturally will!"

Pan Mei proudly said: "But does the general think that the Meng Yuan people are as bloody as our Sui people?"

Before this was finished, a horn of warning sounded suddenly in the distance.

"Enemies!"

...

...

Pan Mei's face was slightly red, and she couldn't help but glance at Li Xiaozong.He found that Li Xiaozong's attention was all on the enemy, and then he sighed in relief.He looked down on the Mengyuan people and regarded them as barbarians.He thought that the Mongolian people did not dare to leave Nirvana City, but he was wrong. The Mandu Wolf not only went out of the city, but also brought all the horses.

Two thousand cavalry.

"They even gave up Nirvana City?"

Zhao Sen puzzled: "If they had such courage, why didn't they directly station the horses at the west entrance of the Qingxia? In this case, we are only afraid that we are still in a bloody battle, and we haven't seen them rush over. Although the canyon is not too It is narrow, but if it is blocked with two thousand people, it is not a matter of a moment and a half if you want to break through.

"Yup"

Pan Mei also wondered: "Why?"

"Because he wants to eat us."

Li Xiaozong said solemnly: "I said before, we Sui people are proud, and Meng Yuan people are also proud. I know what kind of character mandu wolf is, he deliberately let us cross the canyon. He is waiting This first battle, then took his cavalry to defeat us, and used the first battle to boost morale for the Mengyuan people. "

"This is arrogance!"

Pan Mei said angrily: "There is no one in the eyes of the Manchu Wolf, thinking that relying on those two thousand cavalry can win our five thousand elite soldiers?"

Li Xiaozong shook his head slowly, and his eyes were worried: "Something is wrong ... The two hundred cavalry were sent out, and the five mile back to the mouth of the Green Canyon back and forth. Once they found that there was enemy riding, they immediately called! "

"The general is worried that the Meng Yuan people will copy our way?"

Zhao Sen asked.

Li Xiaozong gave a deep breath, then took a deep breath and said: "In any case, this is the first battle, we can't lose Da Sui's face and His Majesty's face. Even in the final battle, even We must guard the canyon. Pan Mei, you immediately take a Zhechong battalion to retreat and return to the Gukou garrison. We are out of the canyon five miles in order to give the army a place to set up. These five miles are our biggest flaw.

"Before the war, the general will let me retreat?"

Pan Mei was dissatisfied and said: "I haven't fought, and the general sent troops to retreat. It has already fallen the prestige of our big Sui soldiers. I thought ..."

"You don't have to think!"

Li Xiaozong turned to look at Pan Mei's eyes and said coldly: "You can still remember the great Sui army law, I am the general, and I have no other choice but to obey!"

"I……"

Pan Mei was stunned and immediately clenched angrily: "Subordinates obey the orders!"

Zhao Sen pulled him from behind and made a look, letting him not to argue.Pan Mei stomped fiercely, turning his head to nod.

"Youth is inevitable."

Zhao Sen smiled at Li Xiaozong and said: "The general also doesn't care. It's always right to be cautious. This battle is crucial and there is nothing wrong with the general's decision."

"The problem is."

Li Xiaozong sighed slightly: "Many people see war as too simple."

At this time, a team of about a dozen cavalry horses suddenly separated from the cavalry team opposite Meng Yuan, and galloped towards this side. Li Xiaozong ordered the archers not to let go of the arrows, but let those cavalry come.Not long afterwards, the Mandu Qi cavalry stopped about thirty meters in front of the battlefield. The commander-in-chief shouted loudly in the Han language: "Which one is the general of the soldiers? My Mandu Wolf will speak to you!"

"Bold!"

Before the battle, the big Sui brigade said angrily: "If you don't go back, you won't be forgiven!"

Li Xiaozong urged the horse to move forward, strangling the horse before the battle, and beckoning the soldiers not to move. He raised his head and pointed to the cavalryman not far away from the Mandu Banner: "I am Li Xiaozong, the big Sui tooth, and the Mandu wolf came out. Right. "

As soon as these words were finished, the dozen horsemen separated and a knight in armor slowly came out from behind.Mengyuan is rich in war horses but has almost no minerals, so iron is very precious.Only high-ranking generals can wear armor.Even a captain can only wear leather armor.

The man urged the horse to the front and cried Li Xiaozong with the courtesy of Da Sui: "I am Nirvana City Guardian Mandu Wolf, and I have long admired the name of General Li."

"General Mandu"

Li Xiaozong also clenched his fists in return.

"General Li, suddenly led troops into my Mengyuan territory, is it to give me a reason?"

The Mandu wolf asked.

Li Xiaozong said loudly: "Why should the general ask?" Just one year ago, you Mengyuan cavalry attacked Fan Gu at night and slaughtered my thousands of people. This blood debt always has to be paid back. I just want General Mandu to pay my debt. If the general is willing to take out 3,000 heads, Li Mou will immediately withdraw his troops. "

"It is said that the Sui people are shameless, as it is."

A man with a beard and a burly figure, who is about thirty years old, sneered sneered: "The people of Mengyuan abide by the covenant that Khan made with your emperor, and no soldier ever crossed the border. You said our blood washed Fan Gu, but there is evidence? It ’s okay to tell the kid to cheat the children. If I say that you Sui people slaughtered my Nirvana city, can I also lead soldiers through the Qingxia to Fan Gu? "

"of course can."

Li Xiaozong smiled and said: "But now I am here to collect debts."

"Even if you want to go to war, shouldn't you Sui people write war books first?"

Mandu Wolf shouted: "You Sui people are known as a state of etiquette, can it only be a sneak attack?"

"War book?"

Li Xiaozong shook his head and said: "I'm just here to collect debts, why do I need any warfare?"

Mandu Wolf sneered: "You Sui people always say you want to be famous, and if you don't know, you can fight at will. Could the people of your country agree? Know that this time you are not facing a weak country like Shang Guo, but The most powerful Mongolian Yuan Empire in the world! Without a reasonable excuse, I am afraid your people will not agree. "

"The reason I have said."

Li Xiaozong said: "You killed me three soldiers of Fan Gu, my Majesty the Emperor Sui has already told the world. Guess ... what will happen to the people?"

Mandu wolf sighed: "It turns out ... your previous lie wasn't meant to be told to me, but your emperor told his people. Because the lies caused war, you lost."

Li Xiaozong smiled and said: "It is not up to you to decide the outcome."

After finishing this sentence, he turned his head and said to Zhao Sen: "Quickly send someone to tell Pan Mei that the Mandu Wolf must have tried to delay the time here and let him stay in the canyon!"

At this moment, behind the army formation, the direction of the gorge suddenly came with a shout of killing sound, which made everyone's heart jump.

"Amazed?"

The Mandu wolf laughed and said: "You all said that you Sui people are tricky, I think it is just an arrogant idiot! Your back road has been broken, surrender ... I will not let you go."