Thousands of Dakang soldiers lined up, walked out of Mao'er Mountain, and headed east along the official road.
It was Tiehuying who was leading the vanguard. On both sides of the team were more than a hundred bodyguards wearing black armor.
These are just these black-armored bodyguards, all riding on horses.
Meng Tianhai was sincerely grateful to the escorts. He knew that they were too tired to travel in heavy armor, so he gathered together more than a hundred horses in Mao'er Mountain and sent them to the escort team.
Including his own war horse.
Jin Feng was not polite and accepted them all, and asked Da Zhuang to form a cavalry team.
Riding on a horse, the heavily armored bodyguard can maintain his physical strength and respond to various emergencies at any time.
The Ninth Princess slowed down her horse, walked alongside Jin Feng, and asked: "Sir, do you think Danzhu will send someone to intercept us?"
"From Mao'er Mountain to Xichuan City, there is no dangerous place to ambush in the middle. The official road is not wide, and there are many bends. The advantage of cavalry is very small. I don't think he can do it."
Jin Feng said: "I asked Monkey to lead people to explore the way ahead. If Danzhu really sends people, we will have enough time to react, and maybe we can eat them."
The biggest advantage of the cavalry is collision. Although the terrain outside Xichuan City is not steep, there are either hillsides or woods on both sides of the official road, and there are many curves, so the cavalry cannot run at all.
Moreover, the official road is not wide, and a few heavy crossbows can block it.
Danzhu's cavalry had no advantage at all when fighting Jin Feng in such terrain.
This is why Wu Zhe advised Danzhu not to send troops.
Mao'er Mountain is not far from Xichuan City. They set off before dawn. At noon, the army arrived at Damang Slope, ten miles outside Xichuan City.
It is said that a big python appeared here more than a hundred years ago, hence the name.
When the team reached Damang Slope, Meng Tianhai ordered the combat troops to set up a formation at the foot of the slope to guard against Danzhu launching a surprise attack.
The logistics troops immediately began to set up camp.
Jin Feng, Ninth Princess, Qing Mulan, Meng Tianhai and others climbed to a high place to observe the Tubo camp.
"Sir, isn't it appropriate to camp here?"
Qing Mulan looked around at the terrain with worry in her eyes.
"The official road passes under Damang Slope. Occupying Damang Slope is just like occupying Mao'er Mountain. It cuts off the retreat of the Tibetan army. Moreover, there is a small river over there, which can solve the water problem of the camp. Why not
Is it appropriate?" Jin Feng asked.
Regarding the issue of where to camp, Jin Feng, Ninth Princess and Meng Tianhai discussed it for half the night last night, and finally chose Damang Slope.
Qing Mulan and Zhang Liang followed Meng Tianhai's deputy general to the camp to check the night defense, but did not participate.
The Ninth Princess knew that Jin Feng was taking the exam to celebrate Mulan, so she smiled and did not interrupt.
"This place is too close to the Tubo camp and it's not safe!"
Qing Mulan said: "If the Tibetans come over, our reaction time will be too short."
Danzhu's camp is located in an open area three miles outside Xichuan City. The entire camp stretches three or four miles from east to west.
Damangpo is ten miles west of the city.
In other words, the area from the edge of Danzhu Camp to Damang Slope is less than five miles.
For the cavalry, the distance of five miles is too close, and they can run over with a whip.
"Did you see that hillside?"
Jin Feng pointed to the hillside on the east side of Damangpo and said: "With this hillside, the cavalry will not dare to go up the mountain!"
Qing Mulan stared at the hillside for a while, and then showed a look of surprise.
The hillside on the east side of Damanang Slope is not steep, but is full of large and small rocks.
It's not a big problem for people to walk, but war horses can easily get their legs sprained by these rocks.
"If the cavalry can't come up, what about the infantry?" Qing Mulan asked.
"If the infantry comes up, then fight!" Jin Feng said: "If you are even afraid of the infantry, then there is no need to fight this battle, just go to Danzhu and surrender."
The really powerful ones under Danzhu are also the cavalry.
The Tibetan camp is surrounded by a wide area, and fighting the cavalry in such a place is just a matter of delivering food.
With the few people they have, I'm afraid they can't even defeat two thousand cavalry.
Even forming a Macedonian phalanx would be useless.
The Macedonian phalanx had weak points on its left, right and rear wings, and was very passive in open terrain.
If you are surrounded by cavalry on either side or behind, you will basically have to wait to die.
The main reason why Jin Feng was able to defeat the Dangxiang people in Qingshui Valley with less and more was because there were cliffs on both sides of Qingshui Valley, and the Dangxiang people couldn't get around it, so they had to go head-on.
Moreover, Qingshui Valley is in Jin Feng's hands. In addition to the Macedonian phalanx, he can also dig horse pits in advance.
Now that the favorable terrain outside Xichuan City is in Danzhu's hands, it is impossible to give Jin Feng the opportunity to arrange the battlefield in advance.
So a head-on confrontation is bound to happen.
If the Dakang soldiers did not even have the courage to confront the Tibetan infantry, then there is really no need to continue this war.
Jin Feng returned directly to Jinchuan, and fled with Guan Xiaorou to Luocao in the south of the Yangtze River to fight against the bandits.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, even if all of Wei Sheng's army dies, they will never take a step back this time!"
Meng Tianhai quickly expressed his loyalty: "Whoever dares to retreat will be killed by me myself!"
"What I need is not empty words, but actual actions!" Princess Ninth said, "I hope you will not disappoint me this time!"
"Your Highness, if the enemy comes, I am willing to go to the battle line in person to supervise the battle!"
Meng Tianhai stared and said.
"Okay, let's go get busy." The Ninth Princess nodded slightly.
Meng Tianhai bowed and left.
Zhu'er passed by Meng Tianhai and walked to the Ninth Princess: "Your Highness, the tent is set up."
"Sir, Wei Datong gave me a bag of tea before. Let's try it together?"
The Ninth Princess looked at Jin Feng and asked.
"I've been traveling all morning, so it would be nice to have a cup of tea to soothe your throat."
There were no outsiders around at this time, and Jin Feng was relatively casual.
"Sister, are you going?"
The Ninth Princess looked at Qing Mulan again.
"What time is it? Do you two still want to drink tea?"
Qing Mulan rolled her eyes at the two of them: "What if the Tibetan people call me when I'm halfway through drinking? I wonder if you still want to drink?"
"Sister, my husband told you that you need to understand the enemy's psychology when fighting. Have you forgotten it?"
The Ninth Princess said: "If the Tibetan army was commanded by a fierce general with a bad temper, he would have called by now.
But we have all reached the Big Snake Slope, and Danzhu has taken no other action except sending scouts to investigate, which shows that he is a cautious and suspicious person. The more we provoke us, the more worried he will be about us being deceitful and the more cautious he will be."
In fact, the Ninth Princess guessed wrong. It was not Danzhu who was cautious and suspicious, but Wu Zhe.
However, Danzhu obeyed Wu Zhe's advice, and Wu Zhe was suspicious, which also meant that Danzhu was suspicious.
"It makes sense, especially since the gentleman was in Jinma River and killed three thousand of his men without even using a single soldier. Danzhu must also be wary, fearing that the gentleman will trick him again."
Qing Mulan suddenly nodded: "I'm afraid Danzhu is having a headache now."
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Tubo camp.
Danzhu is indeed having a headache.
Not only him, but also the military advisor Wu Zhe had a headache.
They have been paying attention to the movements of Jin Feng and others.
They were both a little upset when they learned that they were camping at Damanang Slope.
Damangpo is not easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is not very friendly to cavalry.
It belongs to the kind of terrain where you can fight, but you have to pay a certain price.
The most important thing is that Damangpo is too close to the Tubo camp. If two boxers were to fight in the ring, they would be face to face at such a close distance.
"The Dakang people are provoking!" Danzhu said angrily: "Sir, this battle must be fought!"