Li Wei was shocked. He straightened up on his horse, squinted his eyes, and looked forward.
Under the dazzling sunshine, smoke and dust rose up, extending towards the Chinese army.
Li Wei had been fighting for many years, so he was naturally familiar with this kind of smoke. This was the characteristic of the smoke when a small number of cavalry were galloping.
The number of cavalry under Yang Feng's command was limited, with a maximum of a hundred cavalry.
These cavalry may be part of them, numbering between thirty and fifty.
For Li Wei, it was not difficult to defeat these cavalry. He had nearly two hundred bodyguards, all of whom were warriors with excellent riding skills and outstanding martial arts skills. He was 100% sure of defeating Yang Feng.
It would be better if Yang Feng took action in person.
I heard from Hu Feng that Yang Feng's cavalry were well-trained and they fought against him last time and were not weak in strength.
Yang Feng probably saw that he had no cavalry cover, and wanted to rely on his own courage to win the battle just like the last time he faced Hu Feng.
If you really think so, that would be great.
As Li Wei thought about it, he called on his bodyguards to march out to fight, and at the same time ordered other troops to defend their positions and not to mess up their positions.
The bodyguards got on their horses and followed Li Wei out of the Chinese army's formation to face the enemy.
In the blink of an eye, the two armies faced each other.
Li Wei squinted his eyes and looked at the cavalry opposite, looking for Yang Feng.
He didn't find Yang Feng, but saw a figure wearing fine armor.
Before he could recognize who it was, the guard general beside him suddenly shouted, "General, be careful, that's Yang Guizi."
Li Wei was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses.
He was the warrior who killed three Flying Bear Army rangers against five and also took away the Flying Bear Army's battle flag.
A burst of cold sweat broke out all over his body.
In a hurry, even if Li Wei wanted to turn around, it was too late. The opponent was coming towards him. If he avoided the front and allowed the opponent to rush into the formation, the battle would be lost before it really started, and Li Jue would definitely not be able to spare him.
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Li Wei roared angrily, clenched the spear in his hand, and charged forward bravely.
The two sides passed by the wrong horse, and the two spears were separated at the first touch. Li Wei fell off his horse and was trampled by the chaotic horse hooves. He died on the spot.
"Assault! Assault!" Guo Wu was overjoyed when he succeeded in the attack. He raised his spear to meet the Xiliang cavalry who were charging continuously, and ordered the messengers to send out the message.
The messenger raised the horn and blew it vigorously, sending the news of Li Wei's death back to the rear.
The flag bearer held the battle flag tightly in his hands, leaned forward, and shook it continuously.
Yang Feng, who was waiting in the rear, received the news and immediately issued the order to attack. He led his guards to take the lead and rushed out of the position.
Although the two cavalry were small in number, they tore through Li Wei's position in an instant.
Facing the cavalry clashing between the left and right, each battalion of the Xiliang Army sent out requests for instructions, but did not receive a reply from Li Wei for a long time.
Soon, someone discovered that Li Wei's cavalry began to leave the battlefield.
Almost at the same moment, everyone understood the meaning.
Livi was either dead or seriously injured and unable to continue commanding the battle, so he could only abandon the army and retreat.
This is the established rule of the Xiliang Army.
In an instant, more than 3,000 people in the front line collapsed and turned around to run away. No one could care about anyone else.
Li Ying, who was in the rear formation, had just noticed that there was a change in the front formation. Before he could figure out what was going on, the front formation was in chaos. The cavalry appeared first and ran wildly from both sides of the formation. The infantry came one after another, and some circled the formation.
Some of them directly attacked Li Ying's position.
Li Ying was furious and ordered his crossbowmen to shoot and kill anyone who dared to attack the position.
With a "buzz" sound, hundreds of feather arrows flew into the air and flew down again, shooting down the defeated Xiliang army's infantry.
Seeing the heavy rain showers ahead, Guo Wu and Yang Feng unanimously chose to give up.
It is an almost impossible task to attack a large formation composed of thousands of infantry with less than two hundred cavalry.
They defeated the front line led by Li Wei and achieved victory in the first battle. They had completed their mission and there was no need to take any more risks.
The two of them moved forward, one to the left and the other to the right, along Li Ying's formation, chasing and killing Li Wei's troops who had been defeated, and expanding the results of the battle.
Behind them, more than a thousand infantry in units of a hundred killed the defeated Xiliang army.
They used to belong to Li Jue, but they never achieved the same status. They were often bullied by the Xiliang army and dared not speak out. Now that they had won the first battle and chased the Xiliang army for the first time, they felt so happy.
When the wind blows, the body is as light as a swallow.
On the contrary, it was the captain and the village commanders who did not dare to take it lightly. While commanding their men to move forward, they had to maintain the formation and at the same time pay close attention to the movement in front. They were so nervous that they were sweating.
Li Wei and Li Ying were three to four hundred steps apart. If they overran and bumped into Li Ying's formation, they would probably be extremely happy and miserable.
These had been repeatedly deduced before the war. They even calculated how many steps it was safe to charge forward and how to cooperate with the cavalry to maximize the results without being held back by Li Ying.
Everyone wants to achieve meritorious service, but it is not worth losing their lives.
Seeing that the figures in front of them were getting thinner, several captains gave orders to stop advancing, reorganize their formation, cover each other, and retreat in sequence according to the previously agreed order.
They came and left even faster, not even taking away the loot all over the ground.
Li Ying reined in his mount and looked at the Baibo Army soldiers in the distance like an ebbing tide, feeling horrified in his heart.
Is this really the Baibo bandit under Yang Feng?
We haven’t seen each other for several months and I almost don’t dare to recognize him.
After a moment's hesitation, Li Ying gave up the counterattack, ordered to hold the position tightly, and allowed Bai Bo's army to retreat.
The Baibo army withdrew one by one, with the infantry advancing first and the cavalry covering the two wings, ready to fight any Xiliang cavalry that might appear. After the infantry returned to the formation and re-established their positions, the cavalry returned one by one.
The wooden planks used as a suspension bridge were folded up on the steps, and the position was restored to its original state.
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Yang Feng got off his horse, came to Liu Xie, clasped his hands in fists, raised them above his head, and bowed his fist to the bottom.
"Your Majesty used his troops like a god, and everything went as expected."
Liu Xie smiled and stretched out his hand to help. "The general and his soldiers put their heart into it, I just used my words."
"I only know how to use my hands but not my words." Yang Fengxi was so overwhelmed that he began to speak indiscriminately.
Although he made a lot of preparations, he still didn't expect to win so easily.
It seems that the so-called Xiliang Army is nothing more than this.
The reason why I couldn't defeat the Xiliang people in the past was that I only knew how to fight hard, but I didn't know the art of war and didn't know how to use troops.
The same people, in the hands of the emperor, can easily defeat the Xiliang people.
This battle was a comfortable one, more comfortable than ever before.
Yang Feng strengthened his determination to follow the emperor and became more and more respectful. "Your Majesty, after defeating Li Ying and Li Wei, it's time for Li Jue to come? This time I will listen to your Majesty and I will definitely cut off Li Jue's head and hang him...
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Yang Feng thought for a while and used an elegant word: "Xuan Yu Bei Que."
Liu Xie laughed and glanced at Guo Wu.
Yang Feng was jealous.
Now he is not only not afraid of Li Jue, but also wants to gain some benefits from Li Jue.
This is both a good thing and a bad thing.
Liu Xie silently gave Yang Feng a label in his mind, and reminded himself that when he was sent abroad in the future, he must be assigned a political commissar.