Thirty thousand cavalrymen traveling northward traveled overnight, and supplies of food and fodder were set out two days ago to make the most adequate preparations for this war.
Among the 30,000 cavalry, there were about 5,000 who came with armor that was different from others. It was not as thick as the Northern Mongolian heavy cavalry, but it was heavier than the armor of the other light cavalry.
This is the heavy cavalry of Great Xia. They are not many in number, but they have very important tactical significance.
When the 30,000 cavalry went north, the 70,000 Imperial Guards under Duke Jingwu quickly moved south. The two armies pursued them front and back and jointly besieged the Northern Mongolian army.
Four days later, Great Xia Imperial Guards finally caught up with the Northern Mongolian army. The two armies were so close that the war was about to break out.
The atmosphere of war enveloped the two armies. Great Xia attacked from both sides and forced Northern Mongolia to divide its forces to respond.
In the Beimeng camp, Fan Lingyue sat in the commander's tent, looking at the information sent by the spies, the light in his eyes kept beating.
Great Xia lacks horses, so cavalry is not the main unit. Its combat power is quite different from that of the Northern Mongolian cavalry. In a head-on confrontation, 10,000 Northern Mongolian cavalry is enough to deal with 20,000 Great Xia cavalry.
Nowadays, the threat of the 70,000 Great Xia Imperial Guards behind Beimeng is even greater. The Great Xia Divine Wind Camp lineup is still complete, and their combat power cannot be underestimated.
"Military Advisor, Great Xia The leader of the cavalry is Xia Ziyi. His talent is not weaker than anyone else. He may step into the innate realm at any time, so he has to guard against it." Xiao Wanhua said sternly in the tent.
"You can deal with this person. Duke Jingwu, I will deal with him personally," Fan Lingyue said calmly.
"Yes" Xiao Wanhua accepted the order and said respectfully.
Prince Haowu Camp, Xia Ziyi walked out of the commander's tent and looked at the Northern Mongolian army in the distance with a solemn expression.
Now, Ning Chen is asked how to separate the Northern Mongolian heavy cavalry from the remaining 60,000 iron cavalry. Great Xia The cavalry is no match for the Northern Mongolian iron cavalry in head-on combat and cannot compete head-on.
Imperial Army Camp, Duke Jingwu, Blood-clothed Marquis, and Ning Chen had been discussing in the camp for most of the night, and Ning Chen did not leave until it was almost dark.
"Bang the drum and attack with force."
As soon as the sky dawned, thirty thousand Imperial Guards Divine Wind Camp marched forward in formation, with the remaining 40,000 Imperial Guards following closely behind, ready to rush to rescue at any time.
Blood-clothed Marquis and the three Divine Wind Camp leaders took the lead, fighting together with Qing Wuyou and several generals from Northern Mongolia.
Blood-clothed Marquis has unparalleled fighting power and overwhelms everyone. Four Noted Swords accepts the challenge and focuses on defense, barely holding back Great Xia Martial Marquis.
Divine Wind Camp came out with all their elite troops, but Northern Mongolia was relatively conservative. The eight thousand heavy cavalry waited and watched and did not participate in the battle.
On the first day of the test, both armies suffered casualties, but they were not serious. At sunset, the two armies retreated and calmed down.
At nightfall, the Great Xia cavalry on the other side suddenly launched an attack and violently attacked the camp of the Northern Mongolian heavy cavalry.
Xiao Wanhua reacted quickly and immediately sent light cavalry and infantry to fight, covering the heavy cavalry horses that had removed their armor.
Great Xia cavalry made a strong attack, but when they saw that there was no gain, they immediately retreated and refused to fight.
Ning Chen stood in the distance, looking at the retreating Great Xia cavalry, with a calm expression and no expression of disappointment.
It's normal to find nothing tonight. With Fan Lingyue's wisdom, how could he not be wary of Great Xia's sneak attack at night?
The advantage of heavy cavalry is that they can forcefully break the formation and become invincible in head-to-head situations.
However, heavy cavalry also has its own shortcomings.
One of them is that these heavy armors cannot be worn on soldiers and horses all the time, otherwise, both men and horses will be unbearable.
Wearing armor before the battle and removing it after the battle is an indispensable part of heavy cavalry.
However, the heavy cavalry armor is extremely heavy and complicated to wear. It takes a lot of time to put on and remove the armor every time. It is impossible to mount the horse and fight at any time like the light cavalry.
Therefore, these heavy cavalry cannot play any role when not in combat.
As for the other shortcomings of the heavy cavalry, it depends on whether the Northern Mongolian heavy cavalry will make mistakes in the next battle.
Xia Ziyi came over and said, "Let's go"
"Yes"
Ning Chen nodded and immediately left with the former.
On the second day, Divine Wind Camp and the remaining 40,000 Imperial Guards continued to attack. On the other side, 30,000 Great Xia cavalry were ready to form a containment.
Fan Lingyue sat in front of the formation and commanded the army to fight. As for the Great Xia cavalry side, Xiao Wanhua temporarily gave full power to it.
On this day, the heavy cavalry attacked and fought with Divine Wind Camp. The two sides faced each other head-on. For a while, both sides suffered casualties.
The heavy cavalry lost four hundred, and Divine Wind Camp lost two thousand soldiers. On the other side, there was no threat from the heavy cavalry. Great Xia's five thousand heavy cavalry had nothing to fear. They carried special Changge and attacked several times, making the Northern Mongolian cavalry very embarrassed.
Great Xia Heavy cavalry, although not as powerful as the Northern Mongolian heavy cavalry, can still have a considerable advantage against the Northern Mongolian light cavalry.
At night, Great Xia light cavalry attacked the camp again, and the target was still the camp of the Northern Mongolian heavy cavalry. After encountering resistance, they immediately retreated without hesitation.
On the third day, the same situation happened again. As long as the heavy cavalry of Northern Mongolia dealt with Divine Wind Camp, the heavy cavalry on Great Xia's side would appear on the other side to disrupt the situation.
In desperation, Xiao Wanhua could only send someone to request Fan Lingyue to temporarily transfer heavy cavalry to deal with Great Xia's 30,000 cavalry.
After Fan Lingyue received the information, he approved the matter and transferred the heavy cavalry. However, he gave an order that no matter what the situation, the heavy cavalry must not go out alone and must be covered by light cavalry.
In the next two days, Great Xia Imperial Guards attacked one after another without stopping.
The Great Xia cavalry on the other side became much more stable after the heavy cavalry from Northern Mongolia was transferred. However, the attack on the camp at night remained unchanged and did not take place all night.
The Northern Mongolian heavy cavalry was so disturbed that they could not be bothered. Sometimes, as soon as the heavy armor was taken off, the Great Xia light cavalry would come to attack them. They had no choice but to put it on again. Just as they were about to fight, the Great Xia cavalry quickly retreated.
The wartime situation was changing rapidly, and Fan Lingyue knew the importance of adapting to changes, so she focused all her attention on Great Xia Imperial Guards's side. The Great Xia cavalry on the other side had relatively weak combat effectiveness, and she believed that Xiao Wanhua could deal with it temporarily.
This time, her surprise for Great Xia finally caught up in time.
On the night of the sixth day, a figure covered in black cloth appeared in the Northern Mongolian commander's tent. Fan Lingyue was sitting in a wheelchair, with a cold arc drawn at the corner of his mouth.
"Abbott, you are well."
"Amitabha"
With a loud chant, the black cloth suddenly exploded, revealing the long-lost Human Buddha, hosted by Du'e Temple.
On the other side of the Northern Mongolian army, in the Prince Haowu camp, three thousand Confucian disciples appeared at the same time, led by Commander of Soldiers, and came under the cover of night.
Ning Chen It was the first time that he met a figure at the level of the leader of the Confucian sect. His first impression was very ordinary. In other words, his impression of the entire Confucian sect was very ordinary.
Just because he respects the Master does not mean that he has a good impression of Confucianism.
Today's Confucianism has long forgotten the original intention of the Master's founding of Confucianism. The Master founded Confucianism to educate all people, not to let these people rely on the influence of Confucianism to compete for power.
As he was getting a bad rap, the bitter scholars in the court did their best. He didn't respond, but he just didn't have the energy to pay attention to these things.
Xia Ziyi also knew that Ning Chen did not like Confucianism, so he deliberately eased the relationship between Ning Chen and Confucianism.
"Ning Chen, this is Commander of Soldiers, your sword was made by Commander of Soldiers"
"Thank you"
Ning Chen cupped his fists and saluted, maintained his superficial politeness, and spoke.
"Marquis of Knowing Fate, I've heard about it a long time ago. When we meet today, it turns out that a hero comes from a young age." Commander of Soldiers said politely with a soft smile.
"Excessive reputation"
After saying that, Ning Chen didn't speak anymore. This Commander of Soldiers was clearly not a simple person at first glance. Now, unlike before, he no longer had the intention to be vain and conciliatory.
Xia Ziyi sighed in his heart, knowing that he couldn't force it, so he immediately took Commander of Soldiers out of the tent and arranged a place to rest.
"Marquis of Knowing Fate, a few days ago, Prince Yan and a girl named A'man came to Confucianism. That girl seems to be looking for you." Before going out, Commander of Soldiers paused for a moment and said calmly.
Ning Chen's body trembled, and his heart suddenly no longer calm.
Why did this silly girl run out again!
The senior knew that he was in the underworld, so A'man must have also known about it.
A'man Why didn't you come?
Ning Chen has a lot of thoughts in his heart, and the more he thinks about it, the more things he cannot figure out.
Since ancient times, men have not been able to guess a woman's thoughts, no matter how smart the man is or how simple the woman is.
In the wilderness in the distance, two figures, one behind and one behind, were walking slowly forward. The woman behind was wearing a beautiful dress and carrying an antique sword rack on her back. On the sword rack, there were four swords, three belonging to her predecessors and one belonging to her.
"Senior, let's take a rest," A'man said softly, unable to walk again.
"Okay"
Prince Yan responded lightly and stopped.
A'man was not squeamish either. He found a stone and sat down on the spot. He took out two pears from his small package, handed one to his senior, and ate one himself.
Prince Yan smiled, took the pear, and said softly, "A'man, do you want to learn the sword?"
"Don't want to"
A'man took a bite of the pear and replied very uily.
"Heh"
Prince Yan chuckled, those who want to teach don't want to learn, and those who want to learn can't learn. Ning Chen If he had half the understanding of this girl, I'm afraid he would have entered the innate world long ago.
"Senior, where are we going?" A'man asked.
"Farthest East" Prince Yan replied.
"What are you doing there?" A'man asked curiously.
"Tribulation Transcending" Prince Yan said calmly.
Five Tribulations Realm After the last calamity is over, the taboo of the three disasters will be touched at any time. If the first disaster occurs immediately, innocent people may be affected, and he does not want to take the risk.
In this world, there are only five Three Calamities Realms in total. However, each time they survived the first disaster, they brought considerable disasters to the world. The strength of the Three Calamities Realm is mostly based on the sacrifices of innocent people.
A'man is not interested in cultivation matters. He is chewing his own pear and thinking about what someone is doing now.
"Senior, I miss him." A'man became depressed for no reason and whispered.
Prince Yan sighed in his heart and said softly, "When we come back from Farthest East, I will take you to find him, okay?"
"Okay"
A'man nodded obediently, and a beautiful smile bloomed on her pretty face, like a blooming flower, so beautiful that it makes people enchanted.