Chapter 177: Chu Feng (middle)

Chapter 177 The Early Front (middle)
Five thousand soldiers from the Great Suiyou Xiaowei passed through Wolf Rushan Gorge. After exiting the canyon, they hurried westward and stopped for five miles. They formed a defensive formation and quickly arranged the antler antler at the outermost area. The archers were orderly. Forward, standing inside the antlers into a dense formation.
The seven or eight Cavaliers of Mandu Banner used their lives to fight for retreat time for their companions. Li Xiaozong had only two hundred cavalry, which was extremely precious. He did not order the cavalry to continue chasing the three fleeing Mengyuan cavalry. The army could not hide from the Qingxia. If they chased the three scouts and lost dozens of cavalry, it was worth the loss.
Even if the three scouts are not let go, Mandu Banner's riders will soon find Da Sui's army.
The five thousand Sui infantry soldiers formed a fan-shaped formation and formed a solid barrier. Their mission is to guard the west exit of Wolf Rushan Gorge for the follow-up brigade. This is a vital channel connecting East and West and must not be recaptured by the Mengyuan people. Once Mandu Latu mobilized heavy soldiers to defend the canyon, even if there were 700,000 Great Sui soldiers on the east side of Langru, it would not be easy to run over.
Yuntai City, the governing city of Mandu Banner, is no less than 1,500 miles away from the Langru Mountain. Even if Mandu Latu learns the news that Da Sui has gathered soldiers, it will not be a short while to mobilize people to rush to Qingxia. In Nirvana, there are only two thousand Mandu Banner Cavalry. If Nirvana City Guard is smart enough for Mandu Wolf, the only thing he can do is hold the city and wait for reinforcements sent by Mandu Ratu.
Therefore, it seems that Li Xiaozong's task is not difficult.
Trained right Xiaowei elite soldiers formed a battle in the shortest time, and thirty crossbow carts were arranged in front of the archers. The heavy crossbow created by Da Sui Wu Gongfang Seiko can easily send out the giant crossbow for six hundred steps. Three hundred steps can shoot through the armored armored horse. Within two hundred steps, it can be torn into two pieces by people. Within a hundred steps, if you want to stop the heavy crossbow, unless you wear six or seven corpses like a string of gourds.
For this war, the Emperor Tianyou of Da Sui was preparing from the beginning of the throne. For more than eleven years, the workshops of Da Sui have secretly rushed to make weapons and equipment for war. These equipments were transported away by cargo transportation and hidden in several palaces in the northwest. Therefore, when the emperor was determined to go to war, armored equipment sufficient to equip a million troops was already lying in the warehouse.
According to the Da Sui military system, every fifty people are a team, and the leader says the team is up. There is one brigade for every 100 people, and the leader says the brigade rate. Every three hundred people are in a regiment, and the leader calls the school captain. Every 1,200 people is a camp, and the leader is a general. Twelve thousand people are an army, and the leader is a general. Forty-eight thousand people are a guard, and the leader is a general.
Li Xiaozong was just a general, giving orders to command the forces of the four camps. The commanders of these four camps are equal to him, but subject to his restraint.
Yamei Pan Mei was ordered to supervise the soldiers to arrange defense. This was the first time he participated in the foreign war, so it was inevitable that he was a little excited. After finishing the defense, he turned to return to Li Xiaozong. Looking at the general who was as young as himself in front of him, although he was not convinced, Da Sui's serious military discipline still allowed him to choose to obey and maintain a certain respect for his superiors.
"General!"
Pan Mei screamed and hugged her fist: "The archers have been set up. As long as the wolves and horses dare to come, they can't beat the arrows."
"Don't be arrogant"
Li Xiaozong shook his head: "You haven't played against the Mongolian cavalry, and I don't know how fast they are riding. I ask you, according to your practice in the past when you led troops, the infantry went from the archer's range to Rushing forward, how many arrows can the archer shoot? "
"A qualified archer can shoot at least eight arrows. If he is elite, he can shoot ten arrows."
Pan Mei was somewhat uncomfortable with Li Xiaozong's tone, but still gave the answer seriously.
Li Xiaozong nodded: "Then, let me tell you ... if the enemy is Meng Yuan's Qingqi, from their range to rushing to the front, even the elite archer will barely shoot the four arrows. And also Allow time for the archers to quickly retreat behind the battlefield, that is to say ... the elite archer can shoot up to three arrows, and immediately turn and retreat. "
Pan Mei's face changed, and she couldn't help but ask, "The general has fought with the Mongolian people?"
"No"
Li Xiaozong shook his head and said seriously: "But I spent ten years getting familiar with the Mengyuan cavalry. Before entering the martial arts court, I used to be a child of a merchant and secretly walked around the edge of the prairie. Although I did not go deep into the Mongolian Yuan, I have seen their cavalry personally. In Fan Guwei's three years, I have sent numerous people to detect the movement of the Mandu Banner cavalry. In order to gain more understanding of the enemy, I lost more than fifteen of the best scouts. "
"No need to talk about the regular cavalry of the Mengyuan people, only their herdsmen. The boy dared to climb up on horseback at the age of four, and can already run wild at the age of six or seven. You can hit the hare thirty steps away in a hurry! Even Meng Yuan's women, they are soldiers on the horse and picking up machete! "
Pan Mei was a little bit dissatisfied: "General, how can you say this is like a spirit of others."
"Do not"
Li Xiaozong said: "It is the most basic understanding of the enemy. Our soldiers in Da Sui have never been defeated, so proud ... but proud does not mean arrogance."
Another member, Zhao Sen, saw something wrong between the two, and quickly came together to ease the atmosphere: "In fact, these are just preparations for the generals. If the wolves are not stupid, they should be honestly contracted in Nirvana. Instead of carrying two thousand cavalry to launch an attack. "
"who knows?"
Li Xiaozong sighed slightly and asked for a moment of silence: "If you change to you, even if you know that the number of enemies is far more than your own army, but the enemies have already entered the door, will they come out to fight?"
"Of course I do!"
Pan Mei proudly said, "But does General General feel that the Mongolian Yuan people are as as our Sui people?"
When this was not finished, a warning horn sounded suddenly in the distance.
"Enemy attack!"
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Pan Mei's face turned red slightly, and she couldn't help but look at Li Xiaozong. He found that Li Xiaozong's attention was all on the enemy, and then he sighed quietly. He looked down on the Mengyuan people and regarded them as barbarians. He thought that the Mengyuan people did not dare to leave Nirvana City, but he was wrong, and Mandulang not only left the city, but also brought everyone.
Two thousand cavalry.
"Did they give up Nirvana?"
Zhao Sen was puzzled: "If they had the courage, why didn't they station the troops directly at the west exit of Qingxia? In this case, we are now afraid that we are still in a battle and we can't see them coming through. Although the canyon is not too big It is narrow, but if it is blocked by two thousand soldiers, it will not be a while to try to break it.
"Yes indeed"
Pan Mei also wondered: "Why?"
"Because he wants to eat us."
Li Xiaozong said solemnly: "I said before that we Sui people are proud, and Meng Yuan people are just as proud. I know what kind of temperament mandu wolf is, he deliberately let us through the valley. He is waiting This first battle, then defeated us with his cavalry, and used the first battle to boost morale for the Mengyuan people. "
"That's arrogance!"
Pan Mei said angrily: "No one in the eyes is full of wolves, thinking that relying on those two thousand cavalry can win our five thousand elite soldiers?"
Li Xiaozong slowly shook his head, his eyes were full of anxiety: "Somewhat wrong ... The order went down, all the two hundred cavalrymen were sent out, and they went back and forth to the Green Canyon mouth five miles back, and once they found an enemy ride, they immediately called! "
"The general is worried that the Mongolian Yuan will copy our future?"
Zhao Sen asked.
Li Xiaozong gave a sigh, and then took a deep breath: "Anyway, this is the first battle, we must not lose the face of Da Sui, or the face of His Majesty. Even if the last soldier died, You must guard the canyon. Pan Mei, you take a breakout camp to retreat immediately and return to Taniguchi. We will go out of the canyon five miles in order to set aside a place for the army. These five miles are our biggest flaw. "
"Before the war, the general asked me to retreat?"
Pan Mei dissatisfied: "I haven't fought before, the general sent troops to retreat and it has fallen. The prestige of our great Sui soldiers. I thought ..."
"You don't have to think!"
Li Xiaozong turned to look at Pan Mei's eyes and said coldly, "Do you still remember the laws of the Great Sui Army? I am the general. I command you to have no choice but to obey!"
"I……"
Pan Mei froze, then angrily hugged: "Subordinates obey!"
Zhao Sen pulled him from behind to make a look, let him not argue. Pan Mei stomped her feet fiercely and turned her head to point to the horses.
"You are young and inevitable."
Zhao Sen smiled at Li Xiaozong and said, "Generals don't care, it's always right to be careful. This battle is crucial, and there is nothing wrong with the general's decision."
"The problem is."
Li Xiaozong sighed, "Many people think of war too easily."
At this time, a team of about a dozen cavalrymen suddenly split out from the cavalry team opposite Meng Yuan, and galloped towards this side. Li Xiaozong ordered the archers not to put arrows and let those cavalry come over. Not long after, the Mandu Banner cavalrymen stopped about 30 meters before the battle, and the ten captain, headed by the Chinese language, shouted, "Which one is the leading general, my Manwolf will speak to you!"
"Bold!"
The Da Sui brigade before the battle led angrily: "No more retreat, we will never pardon!"
Li Xiaozong urged the horse forward, held the horse in front of the battlefield, and signaled his soldiers not to take any action. He raised his head toward the Mandu Banner Cavalry not far away and said, "I am Li Suizong, the Great Sui Ya, and called Mandu Wolf Right. "
As soon as this was said, the dozen riders separated, and a knight in iron armor stepped out from behind. Meng Yuan is rich in war horses but has few minerals, so ironware is very precious. Only high-level generals can wear iron armor. Even the captain can only wear leather armor.
The man urged the horse to the front, and fisted Li Xiaozong with the etiquette of Da Sui: "I'm Nirvana City Defender Mandu Wolf.
"General Mandu"
Li Xiaozong also returned his fists.
"General Li, suddenly broke into my Mongolian territory, did you want to give me a reason?"
Manwolves asked.
Li Xiaozong said in a loud voice, "Why do the generals know why? Just a year ago, you and the Yuan cavalry attacked Fan Gu at night and slaughtered thousands of people. This blood debt always has to be repaid. Today Li came with his troops, I just want General Mandu to repay my debt. If the general is willing to take out three thousand heads, Lee will immediately retreat. "
"It is said that the Sui people are shameless, and it is so."
At about 30 years old, bearded bearded, and burly Mandu wolf sneered, "I am a man of the Yuan observing the covenant set by Dahan with your emperor. No soldier has crossed the border. You said our blood washed Fan Gu, can there be evidence? If the mouth is open to deceive the children ~ EbookFREE.me ~ let alone. If I say that you Sui people slaughtered my Nirvana city, can I also lead soldiers across the Qingxia to press against Fan Gu? "
"of course can."
Li Xiaozong smiled, "But now it's my turn to collect debts."
"Even if war is to be fought, shouldn't you Sui people go to war first!"
The Mandu Wolf cried out loudly: "You Sui people are known as the state of etiquette, can it only be a sneak attack?"
"War books?"
Li Xiaozong shook his head and said, "I'm just here to collect debts. Why is there any war?"
Mandu Wolf sneered: "You Sui people always say that you have to be famous, and you will go to war if you want to be anonymous. Will the people in your country agree to this? You know this time you are not facing a cowardly small country like Shang Dynasty, but The most powerful Mongolian empire in the world! Without a reasonable excuse, I am afraid that your people will not agree. "
"I already said why."
Li Xiaozong said: "You killed my three thousand ordinary soldiers from Fan Gu. My Majesty the Emperor Sui has already told the world. What do you think of the people?"
The man wolf sighed, "It turns out ... your previous lie was not told to me, but your emperor told his people. Because of the lie, the war was provoked, and you lost."
Li Xiaozong laughed: "It is not up to you to decide the outcome."
After he said this, he turned his head and said to Zhao Sen: "Send someone to tell Pan Mei, the Mandu Wolf must have many plots in this delay time, let him stay in the canyon!"
At this moment, behind the army formation, the direction of the canyon suddenly heard a shout and kill, and everyone's hearts couldn't help jumping.
"Surprised?"
The Mandu wolf laughed and laughed: "They all say that you Sui people are scheming, I don't think they are all arrogant idiots! Your back road has been broken and you surrender ... I will not let you go."