Chapter 156 The two armies confront each other
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In recent days, due to the war in Yehe Town, Xiahou Huan sent people who specialize in ravens to Yehe Town and brought some ravens. With ravens, it would be much more convenient to contact the Iron Cavalry Regiment headquarters.
Lei Qing received a warning from Yuwen Di, and said nothing, and sent the letter directly to the headquarters of the Iron Cavalry Regiment through the raven. Within two days, the letter from the Kuangdao Xiahou Huan arrived, indicating that the Iron Cavalry Regiment was ready. If the Blood Wolf dared to move, he would immediately send troops to support Lei Qing.
When things got to this level, Lei Qing was no longer worried. The direction and control of the battle situation were no longer possible for him to decide. What he could do now was to stay quietly in Yehe Town, continue to recruit and surrender variously, and expand his own strength. As Lei Qing's army continued to improve in number and quality, his ability to control his life became stronger.
At the same time, Xiahou Huan issued diplomatic remarks by telling the world that he expressed his dissatisfaction with the Blood Wolf's actions to provoke the northwest border. He also stated that if the Blood Wolf Yuwen Di insisted on being an enemy with the Iron Cavalry Group, the Iron Cavalry Group would warmly welcome him, and to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, he would guarantee that he would warmly treat the Blood Wolf and let him enjoy the VIP treatment of coming in and lying back.
Xiahou Huan's announcement to the world immediately made the entire Free Alliance feel the changes in the situation in the northwest. The Free Alliance and the Grassland Royal Court of the Huer Grassland are two different super forces.
Although there have been frequent minor frictions between the two sides, in recent decades, there has been no record of direct direct battle between two medium-sized forces with nearly 10,000 troops. Suddenly, many of their eyes focused on the northwest, focusing on Yehe Town, a border town where many people have never even heard of their names.
Lei Qing, the guardian of Yehe Town, gradually became the leader of a small force, and his name was constantly circulated. His deeds and past were also collected into detailed information and placed on the desks of many powerful people.
Before this, although Lei Qing did some sensational things, for those big guys, it was just a small fight and no one could get on the table. Even if the deeds were somewhat circulated, they were at most called negative names such as robbers and kidnappers.
However, with the discovery of Lei Qing's intelligence, many people began to notice some extraordinary side of Lei Qing. He kidnapped the Li Chamber of Commerce and the heir of Zhen's ranch. So far, he was still alive in the northwest.
According to information, this son is the direct descendant of the Lei family of Tianlan Empire. Because he peeked at Yu Shanshan, the daughter of Yu Tianji, the chief assistant of Tianlan Empire, to take a bath, he was chased and ran to the Free Alliance and joined the Iron Cavalry Group.
With Lei Qing's fame, Yu Shanshan was in great trouble. It turned out that some stories about her chastity were circulated in the Tianlan Empire at most, and they were just laughed at after dinner. Now, even the entire Free Alliance began to circulate Yu Shanshan's name. It was soon revealed. Yu Shanshan was not only the daughter of the chief minister of the cabinet, but also the Holy Land of the Tianlan Empire's Fighting Qi, and the personal disciple of the Palace Master of the Yuehan Palace.
But Yu Shanshan's suffering had not ended here, and Lei Qing became popular in the Free Alliance. The story about him and Yu Shanshan began to spread from the Free Alliance again to the Tianlan Empire, and began to repeatedly spread among the major forces of the Tianlan Empire, almost spread throughout the country.
Of course, the name of Lei Qing is also circulating here, who kidnapped Li Baobao and kidnapped Zhen Jimu. Now he has killed Zong Wuji, who has also killed Wan Yingjian, and captured the butcher Yuwen Hu alive. What is most talked about is that this boy named Lei seems to have good ability to lead troops. With a newly formed new army, he defeated the strong with the weak, killing 1,500 blood wolf soldiers, and was less than twenty of himself.
The classic battle was also formed by someone and began to spread out. It was just the protagonist who commanded the battle, from Mr. Hao to Lei Qing. It was Lei Qing who deliberately disappeared to lure the Blood Wolf Army into a fool, and secretly ordered Mr. Hao to make various arrangements.
It’s not that Lei Qing wanted to steal Mr. Hao’s reputation, but this is also one of Mr. Hao’s strategies. The purpose is to hype the reputation and prestige of the lord. He was a mere literati who had just been appointed as a military advisor. There was no need to hype him, making his reputation even louder than his lord, and he was no longer beneficial to the Black Flag Group.
Maximizing interests is the purpose of the Li Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hao, who was born as a staff member of the Li family, now he is determined to follow Lei Qing and naturally he must consider everything for his lord. Only when the lord is strong can he make sense. He is disdainful of things such as those that are more powerful than the lord.
As for the diplomatic rhetoric of Xiahou Huan, the Iron Cavalry's mad sword, he was quite tough and domineering, and he clearly did not take the Yuwen tribe seriously at all. Needless to say, this was done by Mr. Gongyang, the Iron Cavalry's army leader, and the purpose was very simple. Since the conflict with the Yuwen tribe was inevitable, we had to fight. Why bother and whisper to make trouble for yourself?
What's more, this time, the Yuwen tribe was full and was bewitched by others and took the initiative to invade Ye Hezhen. Such tough and disdainful diplomatic words would also greatly increase the cohesion and prestige of the Iron Cavalry Group.
After all, people who belong to the Free Alliance do not want to see the army in their territory be too weak in the face of foreign enemies.
But the Iron Cavalry Group's mouth was so good that the Blood Wolf Yuwen Di was unhappy. Even if he was reluctant, he had to pull out his army to run to Yehe Town to show off his power for the sake of face and inner strength.
Immediately, Blood Wolf pointed his soldiers and generals, leading the 5,000 Blood Wolf Army and the 5,000 temporary strong men and herdsmen. They claimed to be ten thousand war soldiers, and rushed towards Yehe Town to kill the generals.
As soon as the Blood Wolf Yuwen Di moved, a spy immediately rewarded him with a raven. The crazy sword Xiahou Huan also personally led all the troops and horses that had been prepared long ago and moved to Yehe Town, and acted as if he was ready to fight the Blood Wolf Army.
All the people from the Free Alliance were also very concerned about this battle with foreign forces. They sent detailed exploration and began to rush to Yehe Town, always paying attention to the direction of the battle.
The reason is very simple. No matter whether the victory or defeat is, the Iron Cavalry Group will have some far-reaching impact on the situation of the Free Alliance. If you win, the Iron Cavalry Group will have a sharp increase in prestige. In the short term, there will be a huge leap. If you lose, the northwest will fall into chaos, there may be a chaotic battle, and there may be a new force to rise.
Recently, Lei Qing continued to recruit soldiers and horses safely, and his strength was the foundation. If he had 100,000 soldiers in his hands, the blood wolf Yuwen Di would eat the courage of the bear heart and leopard, or he was tired of living, and he would dare to talk to him like that. Otherwise, he would not even dare to breathe a few more times when he saw him.
With his increasing prestige and reputation, people kept coming to join the Black Flag Group. Some of the Blood Wolf soldiers who were seriously injured were well taken care of and healed after being seriously injured also joined the Black Flag Group, which led to the expansion of Lei Qing's team to 1,200 people in a short period of time. For Lei Qing's initial goal of 1,500 cavalry, there were only 300 people left.
Lei Qing, who will probably complete the first round of expansion and recruitment soon, will suspend his collection in the short term. It is not that the money cannot keep up, but that if the military power expands too quickly, it will be difficult to get off the tail. This army must be tempered well and truly tied into a rope. Otherwise, if there are too many people, it will be messy, and wouldn't it become a group of scattered soldiers?
A sense of belonging, identity, and loyalty all need to be slowly cultivated.
With the arrival of Xiahou Huan, Yehe Town suddenly became completely lively. The entire Iron Cavalry Group, not including Lei Qing's subordinates, had a total of 5,000 people in Yehe Town. In addition to Lei Qing's, there were more than 6,000 people.
It seems that there is a gap between the Blood Wolf Army and thousands of Blood Wolf Army, but in fact, half of the blood Wolf Army are herders. Although the herders are good at riding horses and knowing how to fight, they are just soldiers when they set up horses. However, regardless of organization, morale, or fighting will, they are far from comparable to regular troops.
According to Xiahou Huan's calculations, only one thousand iron cavalry could crush the five thousand herders. The army without a lot of training and no one was twisted into a rope, could only be considered a mob, scattered soldiers and brave soldiers.
Even under Lian Lei Qing's command, except for more than 200 iron-armored heavy cavalry and the included Blood Wolf soldiers, the rest can only be regarded as a mob.
Yuwen Di's large army was not so stupid that they would marche and raid in public. Instead, they marched seriously to an empty grassland more than ten miles outside Yehe Town, camped and showed a noble attitude towards the world.
Xiahou Huan immediately led his troops to attack and came to Yuwen Di's camp to challenge the battle.
Yuwen's enemy led the crowd to fight, and the two sides set up formations on the grassland and confronted each other from afar.
The Blood Wolf Yuwen Di is actually hard to ride a tiger now. If you don’t fight, wouldn’t it be that he’s the reputation of the Blood Wolf? Who else will be afraid of him and submit to him in the prairie in the future? But if you fight, the iron cavalry group is well-equipped, and each armor is shiny, which is extremely difficult to deal with. After a fierce battle, even if you can win, you will lose. The competition among tribes on the prairie is relatively strong. If his troops lose more than half of their troops, their lives will be difficult to endure.
"Yuwendi, why are you hiding in the middle of the army timidly?" Xiahou Huan, the crazy sword, rode his beloved horse that seemed short and poor but actually extraordinary, and took the lead, wandering at the forefront, with a strong aura of being ready to rush up and fight. He shouted with a arrogant look on his face: "When everyone starts a war, it's better for us to fight one by one and make the brothers happy."
"Aoao~" In the iron cavalry group, seeing his boss so brave and domineering, he immediately roared and cheered.
On the other hand, the blood wolf Yuwendi looked a little bad. His cultivation strength was at the beginning of the golden level. He asked him to fight Xiahou Huan, but he lost too much. He had to pretend to shout, "Xiahou Huan, you are such a big person, do you still only know how to show the courage of ordinary men?"
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(PS: The fourth update of the 14th day was written until after midnight. It was too hard to save manuscripts. There were two chapters of manuscripts, but the day before yesterday I spent the social engagement the day before yesterday. Before I could make up for it, there was something wrong today, but the result was almost a problem. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and there will definitely be more and more things. I promised everyone that this book will accumulate talent and keep updating. Therefore, it is too dangerous to update four chapters every day, and it will be too hard to do it once something happens. Recently, I need to change from two more chapters a day to one more chapter a day, that is, three chapters a day. I should try to write four chapters to save some manuscripts for myself and maintain stable updates. To prevent various social engagements, I am most afraid that one day I will break my trust when I get drunk. Stability is overwhelming, I hope everyone will understand, ^_^.)
Chapter completed!