At this moment, all of Lan Yu's sins were eliminated and instead became a supreme achievement.
It was his almost demonic stubbornness that led to the decisive battle between the two armies.
It was also his extremely thorough preparations before the war that allowed the army to arrive here.
It is true that Li Qing played a key role in this, but the real decision-maker is Lan Yu!
If we really want to break it down and talk about military achievements, Li Qing is far inferior to Lan Yu's achievements.
After months of long journey, the 150,000 troops finally came to the decisive moment.
Lan Yu looked at the blue sky, with five or six seaweeds hovering above his head, but he didn't care. It didn't matter anymore. Everything was unimportant. At this distance, what could the sky be filled with seaweeds?
He said softly: "Bo Ren, please keep an eye on it!"
"Changlang~!"
The sword on his waist was unsheathed, and Lan Yu looked up to the sky and shouted: "The army is advancing!"
At this moment, he was full of majesty!
At this moment, he was so wild and wild!
The army continued to advance, and everyone's faces showed strong fighting spirit. They had been suppressing it for too long, and they had been depressed for too long.
Now, they can finally vent unscrupulously.
Who wouldn’t be excited when the glorious military exploits are right in front of you?
The same goes for Li Qing.
Li Jinglong's dark face turned red. He pulled out his sword and drove his horses forward with the army.
However, while he was excited, he was also a little regretful, and sighed: "If the army rests for a night, eats and drinks well, its combat power will definitely be even higher!"
Lan Yu heard his complaint and sneered: "Have you ever thought about whether if you rest for a night, your march during the day will be exposed?
Have you ever thought about how long it will take us to get here if we take a rest for the night?
An army of 150,000 people fights in the dark at night. If the enemy troops are fleeing in all directions, how can they pursue them?
You, Li Jinglong, don’t know how to fight at all!”
Lan Yu lost her gentle face and returned to her former unruly self.
"I..." Li Jinglong was so rebuffed that he couldn't get off the stage, and hummed: "But the army marched all day and night, with only an hour's rest in between. It is an indisputable fact that the army is tired!"
"It seems that you haven't learned much about the old prince." Lan Yu said with sarcasm, "After several months of marching, especially the desert march in the second half, the army has adapted to this intensity of march. Moreover, before the march,
I’ve already rested for two days, eaten enough and rested, so this little intensity is nothing.”
Lan Yu said mercilessly, "I have been with the army for so long and I don't understand these things. I really haven't made any progress at all.
Just like that, you dare to talk about Zhi Bing, you know nothing about Bing!"
He said decisively: "Morale will eliminate all flaws!"
After a pause, he glanced at Li Qing again, "I'm still saying the same thing, I thought of what you thought of, and I also thought of what you didn't think of, at the moment of the decisive battle, who the hell dares to question me, I will chop it off
His head!”
Li Jinglong was speechless.
Although Li Qing doesn't know about soldiers, he also knows that on the battlefield, he must maintain his position as commander and ensure the unified deployment of the army, so he will naturally not go against Lan Yu at this juncture.
Baoquan said: "Everything is decided by the commander-in-chief!"
Lan Yu's face softened, she nodded, and said no more words.
There is a saying: Look at the mountain and run away from the horse.
It means that the mountain seems to be right in front of you, but in fact it is still far away.
This is the situation now. The grassland has a wide view. Previously, when he saw the Yuan army camp on the slope very close, Li Qing thought he would be able to reach it in an instant, but after walking for a quarter of an hour, he was still some distance away.
At this time, the Yuan army also discovered the Ming army. They did not escape immediately, but began to prepare for the battle in a hurry.
At this point, there was no time for them to run away. Moreover, their family was small, and all their wealth was here, including the countless cattle and sheep, and they couldn't take them away in this little time.
Li Qing cupped his fists and said, "Commander, why don't you unload your baggage and march at full speed? Arrive as early as possible to get a head start!"
"No need." Lan Yu sneered, "They are too late. The cavalry is very mobile. If a large amount of baggage is unloaded, and if the Yuan army comes around from the flank and moves positions with us and exchanges materials, the gains will outweigh the losses.
Right now our army has the advantage, we can win by fighting steadily, there is no need to rush forward!"
"Good advice, Commander." Li Qing cupped his hands and stopped talking.
Lan Yu is really meticulous when it comes to fighting, and is completely different from his usual performance. Apart from the reckless decision to abandon the army and go deep into the desert with his trusted followers, every other step has profound meaning.
Li Qing also had to sigh that Lan Yu's ability was directly proportional to his arrogance, and he had the capital to be arrogant.
At the same time, I also admire Lao Zhu’s vision.
About a quarter and a half later, the army finally arrived in front of the Yuan army's formation.
However, the Yuan army was still preparing in a hurry.
Discovering the Ming army, notifying the generals, gathering troops and horses, arranging troops and formation... these cannot be completed in a short time.
Li Jinglong couldn't wait to say, "Commander, the Yuan people are in a panic right now, go ahead and kill them!"
Lan Yu looked at him with a look that looked stupid, "I'm really impressed. I'm so wise in my life, how could I have a son like you? Damn it, if you encounter an enemy, you'll swarm them and kill them, and you'll have to coach them."
what?
What do you think about letting the 150,000-strong army have no clear goal and no organized attack on the enemy?"
Lan Yu was too lazy to get angry with Li Jinglong anymore and sighed: "If you lead the army in the future, it will be a tragedy for the entire army!"
"You...!" Li Jinglong became a little angry, "You missed such a great opportunity like this?
Watching the opponent arrange their troops, prepare everything, and then start fighting?"
"Give them another half hour, and they won't be ready." Lan Yu rolled her eyes and ordered loudly: "Set up a lookout, all generals will listen to the order, clean up, and line up!"
Li Qing was secretly ashamed. He wanted to agree with Li Jinglong just now, but luckily he didn't say it out loud, otherwise he would also be embarrassed.
The army immediately took action. The generals gave orders, and the soldiers began to line up in an organized and disciplined manner, gathering together with their generals.
About a quarter and a half later, two simple observation towers, one large and one small, were set up. At the same time, the army also lined up and stood in line.
Lan Yu climbed up to the small observation tower and left the big one to the flag bearer.
As a supervisor, Li Qing naturally had to take the stage. Although Li Jinglong was angered by Lan Yu, he did not want to miss such a shocking decisive battle.
On the observation deck, Li Qing looked at the Yuan army opposite and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
As Lan Yu said, the Yuan army was still not ready, even though they had worked hard.
The Ming army has been reorganized and is ready to go!
At this moment, Lan Yu was more serious than ever before, exuding a powerful commanding force. He shouted in a deep voice: "The Chinese army listened to the order, formed a sharp knife formation on the left and right, and used the momentum of their horns to rush straight into the Yuan army camp and divide the battlefield!
The left-wing army and the right-wing army form a wild goose formation to outflank, and the rear-wing army is on standby!"
After receiving the commander's order, more than ten flag bearers immediately waved different flags in an organized manner and used different flag languages to accurately convey the commander's combat instructions to the army.
After receiving the commander's order, the general immediately ordered the flag bearers around him to wave flags. Half a quarter of an hour later, the Chinese army took the lead in setting off with the momentum of a horn.
Immediately afterwards, the left and right wings also advanced in a roundabout way.
People are like tigers, horses are like dragons, and a hundred thousand troops gallop across the grassland with great momentum.
The sound of horse hooves and the shouting of killing were intertwined into a loud and shocking sound, which was frightening.
Between the two points, the straight line is the shortest. The left and right sharp knife formations of the Chinese army were the first to attack. The war horses galloped all the way, carrying unparalleled momentum, and rushed into the Yuan army camp.
Fast, too fast.
The speed of the war horse reached its peak, and the 'sharp knife' was like a sword, stabbing hard into the enemy's heart.
After a while, the armies of both sides collided.
"Danglanglang..."
"Puff puff puff..."
The sound of weapons clashing and the sound of chopping human bodies were mixed together, and the blood red bloomed, flew, and fell, and the blood was filled with strange splendor.
"Xilulu..."
A war horse's legs were cut off, and it let out a series of mournful screams. Because the momentum was too strong, it flew straight away in a galloping state.
"Bang bang bang..."
Several Yuan soldiers were swept by war horses, their muscles and bones were broken, and blood spurted out from their mouths. Before they could struggle, they were trampled by the Ming army's bowl-sized horse hooves the next moment. Finally, they were trampled into a pulp and trampled into the soil, fertile grassland.
The Ming army held their spears tightly, waved their swords, roared and fought for their lives with the Yuan army. No one hesitated or retreated.
It's not that they are all brave and unafraid of death, but in this situation, if they hesitate at all, they will be hit by the army behind them and then trampled to pieces.
If you retreat, you will die!
Go ahead, there is still a glimmer of hope.
Since you can't retreat, then rush forward!
They had suppressed it for too long, carrying overwhelming resentment against the Yuan army, and bravely faced it. All the depression broke out at this moment.
"kill……!"
The Ming army roared with red eyes, and the weapons became extremely sharp under the rapid momentum of the horses. Even if the Yuan army wearing leather armor came into contact, they would be killed or injured.
I think back then, when we were strong and powerful, we could swallow thousands of miles like a tiger; it was nothing more than that.
The Ming army was as powerful as a rainbow and its fighting spirit was overwhelming.
"Kachacha...@#￥..."
The sound of weapons breaking, the screams of soldiers, the neighing of war horses... all kinds of sounds intertwined together, composing a cruel war song!
Shocking, so shocking.
It was the first time Li Qing had seen such a scene. It was bloody, tragic, and magnificent... The visual impact was unparalleled, and any description in words seemed pale.
This is a real war, far from just a few words in the history books: what year and month, what battle, how many casualties, how many casualties.
Li Qing certainly understood that people would die in war, and he was mentally prepared before the war, but killing people so efficiently still made him feel inexplicably frightened.
Li Jinglong was dumbfounded. For the first time, this sixteen-year-old boy felt the cruelty of the battlefield, instead of military books and history books, which only recorded how wise and powerful the commander was and how he used his troops like a god.
For the first time, he felt that soldiers were so great. They were ordinary. History books would not record them. Even if they died in battle, historians would record a number of casualties at most. They were just one of this number and would not leave any traces.
Throwing heads, spilling blood, he often heard people say this, and even said it himself, but only after seeing this scene, he understood how cruel and shocking it was.
Li Jinglong clenched his fists and said word by word: "Glory belongs to everyone, not just the coach or general!"
Lan Yu glanced at him in surprise, but surprisingly did not ridicule or refute.
The battle continues, and lives are being harvested every minute and every second.
Fortunately, the advantage lies with the Ming army!
Both sides were cavalry, but one side carried an unparalleled momentum, and the other side had not yet had time to set up its formation and rushed to fight. The result can be imagined.
More importantly, the fighting will and morale of the Ming army were too strong.
As for the Yuan army, their morale was low, and they were more panicked and disbelieving.
They really didn't expect that the Ming army would dare to enter the desert, let alone come knocking on their door. When people suddenly face unexpected things, it is difficult to calm down and face it calmly.
On the battlefield, every minute and every second is extremely precious. The Yuan army suffered a huge loss in hastily responding to the enemy.
The situation gradually became clearer, and the balance of victory was increasingly tilted toward the Ming army.
But at this moment, Lan Yu, who had been calmly observing the situation on the battlefield, spoke.