Chapter 228 The alliance between the two countries, a great victory in the cavalry battle

Author: Traveling from the South

Chapter 228 The alliance between the two countries, a great victory in the cavalry battle

The news of the establishment of the country by the other two companies in Dingzhou is indeed quite big. The yellow sky pillars and red sky pillars standing on the land of Dingzhou are extremely eye-catching even if they are placed in the entire northern border.

Zhou Bai stood in the clouds and looked down at the northern border. His luck was manifested, and the borders were very straightforward, with dozens of countries standing there.

However, there are not many formed Tianzhu that can be directly seen, and most countries are still sorting out their internal affairs.

With three pillars of heaven standing in Dingzhou, it is already considered the most special state among the seven states. Once the Three Kingdoms War breaks out, it may be the first to unify.

This is also why the Three Kingdoms of Dingzhou will attract the attention of other large states in the north. When others use states to conquer counties, how can you stop them?

Moreover, despite the "abnormality" of Anbei Kingdom, which had a formal legal network after its founding, Dingguo and Dingxi Kingdom actually still have the luck of virtue.

Forget about Dingguo being canonized by the imperial court. After all, they control the core area of ​​Dingzhou and regard Daxu as the suzerain state. Of course, they can inherit the old fortune with Daxu.

There are countries that do not want resources and actively rush to provide luck. Is it possible that the Red Emperor will still refuse?

This was also the reason why Zhou Bai had never rejected Chi Qing's overtures before, and even after deciding not to accept good luck for the time being, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to provide a large amount of luck.

The previous dynasty was the Red Emperor, who had been in charge of human affairs for more than three hundred years, and the influence he left behind was too great.

According to a popular law of the rotation of virtues, fire generates earth, and when the red virtues decline, they are regarded as yellow virtues.

Therefore, when an unknown Qianlong like Lu Ding suddenly became associated with the Yellow Emperor's lineage, it really shocked many people.

Not to mention the layout of the Huangdi lineage, Lu Ding was also a man with great ambitions and plans.

"When the red virtue has faded away, we should turn to the yellow virtue. We should obey the will of God and follow the people's will."

Huanglong was born, destiny came to him, and he shouted out such a slogan at the right time, how could the people of Dingxi Kingdom not unite.

Their people, like the people of Anbei Kingdom, have no doubt that their king will unify the state.

With the red and yellow virtues rotating, Dingguo and Dingxi Kingdom should be incompatible with each other. Dingguo, in particular, must always be careful about the attacks of Dingxi's army.

But unexpectedly, on October 10, the first year of Tongzhi, the day after the country was established, the two countries announced the conclusion of an alliance and unanimously declared it to the outside world.

Lu Ding redeemed the land and ports along the river in Yongquan County at the cost of five thousand taels of gold and one thousand low-grade spiritual stones. The Dingguo army withdrew from Yongquan County, and the navy no longer approached the border of Dingxi Kingdom within a hundred miles.

On October 13th of the first year of Tongzhi, the Heavenly Court officially announced at the Tiangong Monument that at the beginning of the second year of Tongzhi, recruitment from all the countries in Tianyuan Continent would begin.

The requirements for recruitment are to worship heaven and ascend the throne, and be a country recognized by heaven.

To put it bluntly, you offer sacrifices to heaven to bring luck to heaven, and heaven gives you the qualification to fight in extraterrestrial planes.

At that time, the luck and part of the benefits gained from victory will belong to you, and the majority of the benefits such as the right to develop the plane will go to heaven.

The announcement did not make it clear in what form the recruitment would take place. All that was known was that it would be through heavenly treasures and that it would not harm human lives.

The news of the call for war shocked the senior officials of various countries. Those from the Fulong Sect approached the Fulong Sect, and those with connections to the Heavenly Court approached the Heavenly Court, all trying to find out more detailed inside stories.

But Lu Ding and Lei Haomiao, like Zhou Bai, seemed to have known the news a long time ago, and their energy was not distracted at all.

On October 15th, Dingxi Kingdom sent out 30,000 troops, and the troops came to Juguan.

The reason for sending troops is ridiculous. It is said that they were invited by the people to take revenge and make decisions for the people.

This refers to the massacre of local powerful men in Menju when Jiaotu encountered too much resistance.

Then the Dingxi Kingdom found the victim from nowhere to complain. The officials and people of Dingxi were "filled with righteous indignation" when they heard this, and they were so angry that they raised righteous troops.

It is very simple to make them withdraw. First, apologize to the people in the border town who died tragically, and then open the south gate of the border town and let Dingxi Kingdom control the gate.

When the ministers of the Anbei Kingdom saw the document sent from the Dingxi Kingdom, they were so angry that they laughed. In troubled times, there are winners and losers.

If their Anbei army kills innocent people indiscriminately, there will be no righteous country among all the countries in the world.

And as far as they know, when you Lu Ding unified the West, many civilians died under the butcher's knife.

Especially in Yongquan County, the damage was too great, and the soldiers were quite indulgent afterwards, almost saying that they would not seal the sword for three days.

Dingxi State sent troops this time because it felt that Anbei State was too threatening, and deliberately made up a name to start border provocations and weaken the country.

If all three counties are transformed into Bei'an County, there will undoubtedly be no further war.

Many ministers advocated sending troops to fight a battle to establish the country, but Zhou Bai did not agree. He only sent some Taoist officials to support him and did not even move the imperial army.

Zhou Bai, who was responsible for the defense of Border City County, was entrusted to Jiao Tu. He had 30,000 garrison troops under his command, many of whom were veterans of the border army.

The soldiers and horses had to move forward before food and fodder were used. Without Jiao Tu asking for help, he would definitely not easily dispatch the imperial army.

The key point is that since Dingxi has sent troops, how can Dinghou Lei Haomiao watch?

The two sides have formed an alliance to deal with the outside world, and the only one they can deal with is the Anbei Kingdom.

On October 18, the Dingxi Army's follow-up siege equipment was delivered and began to attack Menjuguan.

On October 19, the 30,000-strong Dingguo Forbidden Army, that is, the Yuanzhou Army, arrived at the junction of Longfeng County and Ruinan County. A small group of forward troops took the initiative to attack.

The war started on two fronts at the same time, doubling the pressure on Anbei Kingdom and increasing support.

At the beginning, it only transported armor, food and other materials to the front line, and then gradually began to support the militia and auxiliary troops.

At the end of October, when the Ningjiang Navy of the Ding Kingdom marched southward and captured the southernmost tip of Ruinan County, Ningrui Ferry under the jurisdiction of Ningrui County, the front line was shaken.

Zhou Yuan, who was on the front line, asked for reinforcements. The gap between the naval forces was too large, so he asked to send elite troops to counterattack on land.

If the counterattack achieves results, the Dingguo Navy must focus on guarding the rear route along the river and not dare to go north easily.

Zhou Yuan is responsible for dealing with Dingguo. Since he has proposed assistance, Zhou Bai will naturally not ignore it.

But right now, he wants to try his best to build up internal stability for a few months, reorganize and train the various departments of the Forbidden Army, and stabilize the national system.

This can only lead to a quick victory, since we must defeat the Ding army and achieve victory without delay.

So Zhou Bai sent Chu Kai with 5,000 Xuanjia cavalry and Hu Jiang with 500 Longjiao cavalry, and quickly went south.

The military order is very simple: choose your own target, attack southward, hit wherever you can, and destroy the enemy's Northern Expedition strategy while being able to save your own return.

Needless to say, the dragon cavalry is a dragon horse that can travel thousands of miles a day, and the personnel are the best among the best. The quality of a single unit can even rival that of the Demon-Suppressing Army.

As for the five thousand black armored cavalry, most of them were veterans, so Zhou Bai was also interested in training troops this time.

Dingguo's predecessor was the elite area of ​​Dingzhou, with strong military strength, but in recent years, natural disasters have occurred one after another and food has dropped sharply.

In order to ensure the supply of resources for the eight hundred silver dragon cavalry, the number of ordinary cavalry currently supported has been greatly reduced, leaving only nearly three thousand cavalry.

According to Hu Jiang, a former member of the Yinjiao Army, military generals, including state officials and civil servants, felt that the Yinjiao Army occupied too many resources and could not be used to their full potential, and they repeatedly proposed reductions.

Because the resources of the Hundred Silver Dragon Army are enough to form another new guard, which will significantly enhance the strength of the army.

Of course, after all, Lei Haomiao has been the governor for many years, so how can he be so short-sighted and still forcefully maintain the current size of the cavalry.

Zhou Bai was not sure whether he would win or lose the first battle between the cavalry of the two countries, but he was still somewhat confident.

You, Lei Haomiao, were previously restricted by the name of the imperial court and did not want to be a warlord to expand territory at will. You have always maintained cavalry and only used it against the invasion of Qingxu.

The Anbei Army benefited from Zhou Bai's layout. The cavalry seeds fought in the grassland all year round, and there were countless small and large battles.

Even half of the five thousand cavalry are "new recruits", they are still good riders on horseback, and they are not afraid of former Daxu's well-trained cavalry.

On November 3, Chu Kai led his cavalry to Ningrui County. On the same day, he sent troops to kill all the outposts in Dingguo, and concealed all military information.

The Ding army did not expect that the Anbei army, which had been on the defensive, would take the initiative to attack. In addition, there was no movement from the imperial army reorganized in Andu City according to the intelligence, so it was caught off guard.

Hundreds of sentries were lost in one day, and several surrounding military forts were forcibly removed. With the enemies on all sides unclear, the Ding army had no chance of launching a major offensive against Ningrui County.

Forced by helplessness, Dingjun commander Lei Zhen asked Lei Haomiao for cavalry to attack from the rear, at least to cover the vicinity of the main force, so as not to be unaware of the surprise attack.

In fact, the Dingguo cavalry went north with the army in this battle, but because it was initially a siege battle, they were temporarily repairing in the pasture behind Longfeng County, waiting for orders.

On November 5, two thousand Dingguo cavalry were ordered to gallop to support the front line. However, they were attacked by the main cavalry force led by Chu Kai halfway.

The Dingguo Highway Officer who was supporting along the way was also ruthlessly intercepted and killed by the Anbei Highway Officer. The other party did not have the three realms to carry out such a "small" task, so Li Yuan personally took action and did not let anyone escape.

There was no additional intelligence support, and the Anbei Army's cavalry was not expected to make a detour to make a surprise attack. They defeated the large number with a small number and had no chance of victory.

But even so, the five hundred silver dragon riders among them also showed amazing combat power. They countercharged several times and almost broke out of the encirclement.

It's just that these silver dragon cavalry didn't expect that there would be five hundred dragon dragon cavalry waiting for them on their retreat.

Five thousand cavalry, five hundred dragon cavalry? Or come out in full force?

In this battle, Dingguo's 2,000 cavalry were directly defeated, more than 300 cavalry were killed, and 800 cavalry surrendered.

Less than 900 riders escaped, and less than half of the 500 silver dragon riders remained.

In this battle, Huo Feiguang, an ordinary cavalry member of the Longjiao cavalry, killed the enemy cavalry leader in formation, causing the final collapse of the Dingguo cavalry.

Huo Feiguang was Zhou Bai's guide when he went out to the fortress, and he showed extraordinary cavalry talents. Therefore, because of his military exploits, Chu Kai promoted him to the head of Xuanjia Cavalry, commanding a hundred cavalry.

Chu Kai then seized the opportunity and led his army to pursue the fleeing cavalry all the way to the hinterland of Longfeng County.

Anyone who dared to stand in the way along the way was killed without mercy, and because of the embarrassing appearance of the Dingguo cavalry fleeing, Longfeng County thought for a time that the front was completely defeated.

Linjiang County and Fengyong County were coerced and intimidated by Huo Feiguang, and they took out all the spiritual stones in their storage to buy peace.

When Lei Haomiao and the army in front reacted and prepared to encircle and suppress the Anbei cavalry that was deep in the hinterland, Huo Feiguang's troops had almost killed them through Longfeng County.

On November 12, Chu Kai led his army back in triumph, and on the way forcibly broke through the temporary defense line of the army on the front line.
To be continued...