One soldier is raging, and the general is raging in a nest.
An army's combat effectiveness, military appearance and discipline are directly related to its generals.
Qinghuai and General Fan are both the main combatants. Under their leadership, the Tielin Army and the Fan Family Army are one of the few armies in Dakang that can fight tough battles.
After the two teams crossed the lake, they rushed towards Qingshui Valley like a rainbow.
Although Li Jikui had placed scouts near the lake, these scouts had not eaten for several days. They were so hungry that their eyesight was dim and they had lost their horses. By the time they ran back to Dangxiang Camp to report the situation, Tielin Army and Fan Jiajun had successfully arrived.
crossed the lake.
Li Jikui immediately assembled his army and prepared for the attack.
Soon, the sound of neat footsteps came from the south.
The Zhenxi Allied Forces composed of Tielin Army and Fan Jiajun appeared in a neat square formation and finally stayed in the open land outside Qingshui Valley.
This kind of terrain is most suitable for cavalry to conduct decisive battles, which is the main reason why Li Jikui chose to camp here.
Unfortunately, at this time, there were very few war horses in the Southern Expedition Army.
"Why are the banners of Tielin Army and Qinghuai flying on the opposite side?"
Li Jikui asked, pointing to Qinghuai's general flag.
The flag is the symbol of the army and the general. Generally speaking, only those with Qinghuai in the front square can fly this big flag.
But aren't Qinghuai and Tielinjun both on Qingshui Mountain?
"Commander, judging from the armor, it is indeed the Iron Forest Army."
The staff took a closer look at the Tielin Army's phalanx: "It looks like there are quite a few people there, I'm afraid there must be more than three thousand."
"The Tielin Army has less than 5,000 people in total. We killed so many of them last year. It's already good to be able to defend Qingshui Mountain. How can there be more than 3,000 people down there?"
Zhuo Ban said disdainfully: "These people must be under the banner of Tielin Army and Qinghuai to disrupt our military morale."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Qinghuai coming out from behind on horseback to inspect the square formation.
"Qing...Qinghuai? Commander, Qinghuai is really here!"
Zhuo Ban looked back at Qingshui Mountain with wide eyes: "Who is commanding on that mountain?"
"It doesn't matter who it is."
The staff member closed his eyes and shook his head slightly.
General Fan drove his horse to the front of the formation and said:
"Li Jikui, I think you are well aware of the current situation. Surrender and leave a way for your soldiers to survive."
On Qingshui Mountain, Jin Feng, Mr. Zhao and several school lieutenants stood on a big rock watching a play.
"Sir, as long as we wait a few more days, all the party members will starve to death. We can just come and collect the bodies by then. Why are the Marquis and General Fan bothering to bring people to fight?"
A school captain asked curiously: "Besides, even if we fight, the Dangxiang people are now vulnerable. Why is General Fan wasting his words to surrender? Can't he just lead the phalanx and wipe them all out?"
"what do you know?"
Mr. Zhao said: "We in Dakang have two princes who are serving as hostages in Dangxiang, not to mention the princesses who have been married over the years. If we kill all the Southern Expeditionary Army, what will they do?
If we can capture these Dangxiang soldiers, we can redeem the prince and princess through negotiation, and exchange for more Han slaves who were captured by Dangxiang. Wouldn't it be more useful than killing them directly?"
"It turns out there are so many more ways in here."
The captain suddenly realized.
Jin Feng also nodded slightly.
Position determines thinking.
From the perspective of a small soldier, of course, it is best to kill all the party members if you want to grudge.
However, from the perspective of the court minister, the bodies of the Dangxiang people were worthless, and it would take a lot of time to dig a hole and bury them. It was far less cost-effective to capture them alive and exchange benefits with the Dangxiang people.
At the bottom of the mountain, Li Jikui also kicked the skinny horse, walked to the opposite side of General Fan, and said with a fierce expression:
"Fan Wenyuan, our party only has warriors who died in battle, and no weaklings who are afraid of death. If you want us to surrender, just dream!"
"A weakling who didn't surrender?"
General Fan sneered: "Li Jikui, you are telling lies without looking where you are. Aren't the cavalrymen captured by the Tielin Army here some time ago not from your party?"
"They were all rescued, and the Tielin Army was rushed..."
Before Li Jikui finished speaking, he was interrupted by General Fan.
"Okay, okay, do you think the Tielin Army really can't stop you?"
"What do you mean?"
"You can understand for yourself what it means," General Fan asked, "I'm asking you now, fight or surrender!"
"I said, our party only has warriors who died in battle, not..."
"Okay, I get it."
General Fan turned his horse's head and returned to the formation.
Intensive drumbeats suddenly sounded, and the orderly soldiers waved their flags and gave the order to attack.
Tielin's army and Fan's army formed a neat Macedonian phalanx and advanced together.
The Dangxiang army immediately launched siege engines, hoping to use the same method to break through the phalanx again.
With the Yong'an Army's lessons learned, since Qinghuai and General Fan still dared to use the Macedonian phalanx, they naturally had already thought of ways to deal with the siege engines.
I saw the messenger behind Qinghuai waving his command flag, and dozens of small jars suddenly flew out from behind the square formation.
The next second, the siege vehicle and the party soldiers pushing the vehicle ignited a raging fire.
"Team One, Team Two, Team Three, break through from the flank quickly."
Zhuo Ban once fought against the phalanx of the Yong'an Army. When he saw that the phalanx of the Tielin Army and Fan Jiajun did not form a formation to guard the four sides, he immediately ordered his men to go around the flanks of the phalanx and attack the phalanx's weaknesses.
But how would Qinghuai give them a chance?
Just when the party soldiers rushed to the flank, dense rocks suddenly flew out from behind the Tielin Army.
In just two rounds of bombardment, all three groups of party soldiers were killed or injured.
The phalanx composed of Tielin Army and Fan Jiajun continued to advance towards the main force of the party.
At this time, the Dangxiang soldiers had been hungry for several days and their morale was low. Who was the opponent of the Tielin Army?
The fighting broke out at noon and lasted until evening.
Dangxiang's southern expeditionary army suffered heavy casualties while fighting and retreating, and was forced into a corner by more than a dozen phalanxes.
At this time, the phalanx had closed up, and behind it was a steep cliff. The Southern Expeditionary Army had no way to retreat.
"Li Jikui, let me ask you one last time, do you surrender or not?"
General Fan asked again.
"Commander, we are defeated. Surrender and leave a way for our brothers to survive."
The staff member suggested in a low voice.
"Old man, shut up."
Zhuo Ban glared at his staff fiercely, clasped his fists and said: "Commander, we still have so many brothers, even if we pile up corpses, we can crush many Dakang soldiers to death.
I was captured once, and I know very well how the Dakang people treat prisoners. If we surrender, we will lose everything."
"But aren't you living well now?"
The staff continued to persuade: "Commander, the Dakang royal family has hostages in the party, they dare not kill us all, leaving Qingshan without worry of no firewood, let's keep our heads down for the time being, His Majesty will definitely find a way to save us.
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"Old man, if you continue to confuse the commander-in-chief with your monstrous words, I will kill you!"