Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 385: War Begins [Thank you! Goodbye! Five thousand words owed]

Keyi Gate,
It is located in the northeast of Xingqing Prefecture, Baigao State.

It is a fortress built on the flat land between two mountains.

The open space to the north of the fortress is surrounded by mountains on one side and the rushing Yellow River on the other. The space between the mountains and the river is more than ten miles wide.

Standing on the fortress wall and looking to the northeast on the right, you can vaguely see the smoke from the morning cooking of tens of thousands of soldiers of Marquis Yongyi in the distance.

On the left hand side is the Baigao military camp, which forms a corner with the city wall at the foot of the mountain.

In the rolling mountains, the leaves on the trees have changed color, including yellow and red.

The place where Xu Zaijing went today was the edge of the mountain on the left side of Keyi Gate, which was about ten miles away from the fortress gate.

With the Great Zhou's infantry formation as a base,

Although I lost a few games,

However, the cavalry still often went to the military camp in front of the Keyi Gate to provoke the Baigao Kingdom defenders, hoping to lure the defenders out.

The mountain area that Xu Zaijing and others came to was the flank of this group of cavalry. The most important thing was to serve as the eyes and ears of the cavalry!

They were afraid that the Baigao Kingdom might have hidden cavalry ambushes in the ravines to block the retreat of the provocative Great Zhou army.

It has been ten days since Xu Zaijing arrived at the camp.
During this period, he had performed similar missions before and was quite familiar with this area, which was considered the front line of the battle, but he had never encountered a situation where the scouts of the Great Zhou were wiped out.

The flag on the top of the mountain just disappeared.

It is equivalent to being trapped in the 'fog of war' over there.

No one knew what was happening near the top of the hill, whether the Baigao Kingdom scouts had already withdrawn or were still lying in ambush nearby.

Not only could Xu Zaijing and others not turn around and run, but they also had to send people to find out the situation on the hill.

The veteran scouts sent by Zhu Qinghu were probably used to this kind of situation, so there was no emotion in their eyes. The leader said:

"Wulang, you and the others wait here, we will go take a look first."

"If the pursuers catch us, leave us alone and quickly warn the main camp."

Xu Zaijing nodded and pulled out the strong bow from the bow bag next to the saddle: "You two, just run back, and leave the rest to me!"

The two veteran scouts in the army took one look at the strong bow in Xu Zaijing's hand and nodded in unison.

Subsequently,

After each of them left a horse with Xu Zaijing and the others, they rode towards the top of the hill.

The two scouts reached the top of the hill.
One of them stayed outside where Xu Zaijing and others could see him, and the other scout turned into a ravine on the side that led up the mountain.

In half a quarter of an hour,
The scout that Xu Zaijing and others could see did not raise any alarm.

Another quarter of an hour passed,

Xu Zaijing and others have reached the top of the mountain.

Qingyun, He Guan and others were scattered not far away to give warnings.

Xu Zaijing saw the first scout who reached the top of the hill, kneeling there collecting the bodies of his comrades.

Xu Zaijing looked around.

I saw a lot of deep red blood on the ground and an arrow stuck nearby.

The flagpole, which was slightly thicker than an adult's thumb, was broken into three sections and thrown aside.

There was also a scout flag that was chopped into three pieces and scattered among the earth and rocks.

Hearing Xu Zaijing and others coming, the scout who was kneeling on the ground pulled out the arrows from his comrade and said, "Wulang, do you know what this flag is about?"

Xu Zaijing bent down and picked up the three scattered scout flags: "It seems that the scouts of Baigao Kingdom really hate us to the core."

The old scout looked at the thing in Xu Zaijing's hand and shook his head, saying, "It wasn't the Bai Gaoguo scout who chopped it up, it was him."

As the old scout said this, he looked at the bodies of his comrades who had died in the battle.

Xu Zaijing clenched the flag in his hand and said, "Are you afraid that the Baigao scouts will use this flag to set a trap for us?"

The old scout nodded and said, "Boss Zhu said that when we encounter such a situation, we should tell Wu Lang about our scout's rules. If something goes wrong, we must destroy the flag."

"I hope Wulang won't need this in the future."

Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "None of us needs it."

The old scout smiled.

"They are all elite soldiers in the army. How could such a thing happen?"

Listening to Xu Zaijing's question, the old scout said:

"The night watchman slacked off last night and was approached by someone."

"They first noticed something unusual happening in the ravine in the distance, and when they saw us coming, they hurried to warn us, but were knocked down by a wave of arrows from someone approaching them."

"If we had arrived a little later and hadn't seen the missing flag, there might not be just a few of them who would have died."

After saying this, the old scout sighed, consulted with Xu Zaijing, and sent someone to the camp to ask for help in collecting the bodies.

The mounts of several Great Zhou scouts who died in battle had been taken away by the Baigao Kingdom scouts as trophies.

Xu Zaijing and his men could not use one of their mounts to carry the corpse, not because they disliked it, but because everyone's two horses were reserved for delivering messages or escaping.

More than half an hour later,

On the hill where everyone was, the bodies of their comrades were being carried down the mountain by slow horses.

When the scout who went to the camp to call for help returned to the top of the mountain, he also brought a message to Xu Zaijing and others: when he returned to the camp, the cavalry of the Great Zhou had already gone to the Keyimen Fortress to provoke according to the plan.

Another hour passed.

When the sun is about 10:00 a.m.,
"Wulang, look! Here comes a rider! It's the cavalry of our Great Zhou."

Hearing He Guan's voice, Xu Zaijing, who was dozing under a tree, suddenly opened his eyes.

Walking to He Guan's side, Xu Zaijing looked towards the direction of the Great Zhou military camp at the foot of the mountain.

"What's going on? Why are you sending someone here at this time?"

Xu Zaijing said.

After more than half a quarter of an hour, a strong cavalry lieutenant came to the top of the hill.

Looking at Xu Zaijing in front of him, the cavalry lieutenant dismounted and bowed to Xu Zaijing: "I, Pang Wanchun, greet you, Wu Lang! Pass on the command of the army, and order your troops to continue to explore forward!"

Xu Zaijing bowed: "Yes, sir!"

After the two finished talking, the cavalry lieutenant Pang Wanchun continued, "Wu Lang, when I came here, I heard that the gate of the Keyi Gate Fortress was wide open, and many Baigao cavalry chased out! You must be careful!"

Xu Zaijing was shocked when he heard this!
According to his understanding, the previous provocations by the Great Zhou cavalry were all dealt with by the military camp outside the city wall, and the gate of the Keyimen Fortress had never been opened.

The city gates were wide open this time. Maybe Bai Gaoguo felt that he had planned everything well, so he pretended to fall into his father's trap, and then took the opportunity to deal a fatal blow to his father Xu Minghua's army!
Thinking about this, Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "Okay! Thanks for the reminder! Do you want to go somewhere else?"

Pang Wanchun shook his head and said, "Wu Lang, this is the deepest part, and you are the last to know about it. So, I will go back and report."

"Captain Pang, wait a moment! Since you are going back to report directly, why don't you leave the arrows on your horse to me?"

Pang Wanchun was stunned.
He looked at the six-barrel feather arrows on the back of Xu Zaijing's mount, the small black colt, with some confusion. There were two in front and four in the back.

He then looked at the number of quivers on the backs of the mounts of He Guan, Qingyun, Alan and others.

There was a look in his eyes that said, "Isn't this enough for you?"

Pang Wanchun thought about it and didn't ask any more questions. He kept one tube of feather arrows for himself as a backup and left the other three tubes of feather arrows to Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing smiled and thanked him.

Watching Pang Wanchun's receding figure, Xu Zaijing thought to himself: "Does my father know where the army that Bai Gaoguo used as a prey will attack from?"

Subsequently,

Xu Zaijing walked back to the little black colt, mounted the horse and gave an order.

Everyone went to explore deeper into the mountains.

Outside Keyimen Fortress,

Originally, the cavalry of the Great Zhou relied on the large infantry formation behind them to come to the military camp outside the city wall of the Baigao Kingdom to provoke and ridicule.

I thought that as in the past, the guards in Keyi Gate would stay indoors and not come out, and the guards in the military camp would deal with me.

Unexpectedly,

Today, after the Baigao Kingdom's cavalry rushed out of the military camp, the Keyi Gate was wide open and there were defenders there, and they charged towards the Great Zhou cavalry.

Although the Great Zhou cavalry was somewhat surprised by this reaction, they still charged at the enemy.

There were many soldiers from both countries lying on the ground on the battlefield, some motionless, and some still wailing in pain.

Just like the previous defeats that were reported in Bian Jing, the Great Zhou cavalry was defeated by the Bai Gao cavalry and retreated to both sides of the Great Zhou infantry formation.

The cavalry of the Baigao Kingdom pursued the victory and, like the previous times, prepared to attack the infantry formation of the Great Zhou.

However, when they reached the front of the infantry formation, many of them were shot down by the powerful crossbows and sharp arrows of the Great Zhou.

In the great Zhou infantry formation,
Zhang Fangyan looked up at the flag on the tall watchtower.
Xu Minghua, the Marquis of Yongyi, who was sitting on a chair next to him, said, "Commander-in-chief, I see the Baigao heavy cavalry on the carriage."

Xu Minghua nodded and said, "Well, this Iron Harrier is ready to charge."

The eldest son of the Duke of England, Zhang Fangyan, nodded with some excitement in his eyes.

Xu Minghua said: "Go and prepare! Use the Iron Harriers to charge the formation. This time they are serious."

"Order!"

Zhang Fangyan bowed, took a few steps back, mounted a tall horse, and galloped towards the cavalry who were waiting in the distance.

The cavalry that was defeated after leading the enemy in just now numbered no more than a thousand, while the cavalry at the rear of the formation where Zhang Fangyan went numbered nearly ten thousand.

Behind Xu Minghua, Xu Zaiduan, the eldest son of Marquis Yongyi, Di Jing, Lu Junyi and others all looked at Zhang Fangyan with great envy as she walked away.

On the surface, he was Xu Minghua, the Marquis of Yongyi, and had 90,000 soldiers under his command.

Among them, there were 70,000 infantry and more than 20,000 cavalry.

After capturing Houqu, he left more than 15,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry to defend the place.

There were 70,000 soldiers who arrived outside the Keyimen Fortress.

However, in addition to the north where Yongyi Hou was attacking,
A large number of troops were also involved in the south and the north by the Great Zhou, and the Keyi Gate had only more than 60,000 defenders.

The difference in military strength was almost the same, but the Great Zhou army had the potential to win, so the Baigao Kingdom did not dare to leave the city to fight in the field.

Excluding those left behind to defend the city, the Baigao Kingdom only had about 50,000 infantry and cavalry.

They came out in full force today probably because they had a backup plan and wanted to eat me!

Thinking of this, Xu Minghua glanced towards the northwest behind him.

Three quarters of an hour later,

Suddenly, there were huge shouts and noises coming from the front.

Xu Minghua stood up from his chair.

Looking at the flags waving on the watchtower not far away, Xu Minghua said in a great victory: "Pass the order, let Zhang Fangyan attack!"

The messenger on horseback behind Xu Minghua responded quickly and rode out on his horse.

Half an hour later,

Tens of thousands of cavalry, led by a large banner with the word "Zhang" on it, began to slowly accelerate from the side and rear of the infantry formation.

The big flag with the character "Zhang" on it is the dragon head.

Leading the 'dragon body' composed of tens of thousands of cavalry,
After running in a very small curve, it rushed towards the Baigao army that was following the Iron Harrier and most of them were about to rush into the Great Zhou infantry formation.

quickly,

Tens of thousands of people from the two countries were already engaged in a melee.

"Woo hum~"

The desolate sound of a horn came from afar!
Xu Minghua turned his head to look at the flag on the watchtower car and sighed with relief: "Here they come!"

Soon.

"Xilulu!"

The knight pulled the reins hard and the horse neighed.

A knight dressed as a messenger jumped off his horse.

He walked quickly to Xu Minghua, knelt on one knee and said:
"Commander-in-chief! A scout has come to report that tens of thousands of troops from the Baigao Kingdom are surrounding our army from the side!"

Xu Minghua frowned and asked, "Tens of thousands? How many tens of thousands?"

"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the number of scouts is too numerous to count, and they are said to be endless."

"Where's the person? Let him come and talk to me in person!"

"The scout was shot in the stomach by an arrow. He is already..."

Xu Minghua nodded calmly and said, "Got it! Send the scouts to investigate again!"

"Xu Zaidun!"

"The general is here!"

"Go! Lead the remaining 5,000 cavalry to block the flank!"

"Order!"

Xu Zaidan, dressed in armor, bowed, jumped on his horse and ran to the other side.

Behind Xu Zaiduan was a fierce general, Lu Junyi, who was holding a long spear and riding a horse.

"Di Jing!"

"The general is here!"

"Your elite infantry, move forward immediately! Kill the bandits who have entered our formation!"

"Order!"

After Di Jing bowed, he rode his horse towards the south.

Arriving at the main infantry formation, Di Jing patted Luan Tingyu, Wu Song and several others beside him and said, "General, give the order to strangle the thieves in the formation!"

"Yes!"

Everyone responded loudly!

Di Jing looked at the generals in front of him, his eyes turned red and a bloodthirsty smile appeared at the corner of his mouth!
'when! ’

Di Jing put a copper mask with a ghost face and fangs under his helmet!
Luan Tingyu, Wu Song and others also perform the same actions.

Li Tianrun, Si Xingfang, Fang Ding, Fang Jie, Wang Yan, Deng Yuanjue and several others who came from the old lady's village also put on their masks.

"Follow me to kill the thief!"

In the sky,
The Saker Falcon sent by the Huyan family was hovering in the air.

Just then I saw the battlefield below me.

With Di Jing as the arrowhead,

A group of them, mostly infantry soldiers from the Tianwu Army, one of the four upper armies in Bian Jing, followed by many extremely brave generals, charged towards the soldiers of the Baigao Kingdom.

White is noble,

Soldiers' uniforms are mostly light-colored.

The cavalry of the Great Zhou Dynasty is red, and the infantry is black.
Di Jing and his group were like boiling black soup poured onto the white snow, melting as soon as they touched it!

but,

In the eyes of the gyrfalcon in the sky,

Beside the battlefield where the fighting was going on, close to the direction of the sun, a larger group of troops in light-colored uniforms had begun to blend with the red and black colors.

In the mountains in front of Keyimun Fortress,
There are also several light-colored "long snakes" crawling in the mountains at a fast speed!

And in the northwest of the master of the Gypsophila,
It is also the northwest of the battlefield.

A larger army dressed in red and black is rushing towards this side.

"Woo hum~"

The horn of the Baigao Kingdom seemed to be inspired by its own reinforcements and sounded even louder.

At the sound of the trumpet,

In the mountains near Keyi Gate,

A "long snake" of Baigao's cavalry snaked out from the ravine, and after adjusting its formation, it rushed towards the Great Zhou army formation in the distance.

(End of this chapter)