At the junction of the northern borders of Liang and Xia, there is a vast expanse of land, which people call Nanyuan. The general who was ordered to go to Xia this time was Shalie, a general under the banner of the King of Nanyuan.
This General Shalie was not a good person. He had never stopped rubbing against the northern border, but most of them were just small-scale fights. After all, there was Long Dao and 200,000 elite Zhenbei Army soldiers guarding here, so Nanyuan was not willing to easily provoke a large-scale war.
The princes of various countries knew each other tacitly, and they tried to avoid fierce conflicts as much as possible, because everyone was afraid that they would suffer huge losses.
However, once the right opportunity appeared, or one side weakened, such as the current northern border of Xia, then a thrilling war was imminent.
Liang had already obtained detailed intelligence on the situation in the northern border. Long Dao died in battle, leaving behind a useless prince, and Zhang Tianyi was fighting for the northern border. This was a great opportunity for Liang.
Therefore, without the order of the Emperor of Liang, the Southern Court sent out 100,000 vanguard troops and 200,000 main forces to attack the northern border of Xia.
In Sha Lie's view, since Long Tian was in Shiguan City, Zhang Tianyi would definitely not rescue him. This was the best opportunity. Once Shiguan City was captured, the Liang army could take the opportunity to expand the results of the war.
It was unrealistic to swallow the northern border, but it was still possible to capture several cities.
However, Sha Lie did not expect that the accident would happen in Shiguan City. The 100,000 vanguard troops sent out not only failed to capture Shiguan City on the first day of fighting, but also suffered a loss of more than 20,000.
This made Sha Lie very angry. A small city with only 30,000 city guards, and a 100,000-man army failed, and the losses were so great.
Therefore, Sha Lie was furious and rushed to Shiguan City with the remaining 200,000 main forces.
"Has there been no report from the front line yet?" Sha Lie asked.
"General, there has been no military report from the Vanguard Corps since three days ago. We have sent people to investigate, but none of the people we sent out have returned."
"General, the Vanguard Corps may have encountered an accident. We must be careful."
The contact was cut off for three days. This situation is obviously abnormal. Moreover, the people sent out have not returned, which shows that the Vanguard Corps is in a very bad situation.
"How far are we from Shiguan City?" Sha Lie also had a bad feeling in his heart, but the army had arrived, so he had to take a look anyway.
"General, it's less than fifty miles away."
It's not far.
"After leaving this forest, order the army to advance quickly and rush to Shiguan City."
The Liang army led by Sha Lie was walking into a forest at this moment. Because the vanguard had lost contact, Sha Lie was worried about accidents. After carefully investigating here, the army passed through, which delayed a lot of time.
Soon, the army moved forward and completely left the forest. There was a plain in front of Shiguan City, and it was clear whether there were enemies.
At this point, Sha Lie was relieved. There was no enemy ambush, which meant that things had not reached the worst.
"Order the cavalry to go first and investigate the situation in Shiguan City, and the army will quickly follow."
Sha Lie was worried about the vanguard corps and was eager to understand the situation. It was understandable that he made such an arrangement, but unfortunately, Sha Lie deserved his bad luck.
More than half an hour later, the 30,000 light cavalry had disappeared.
Suddenly, there was chaos behind the army.
"General, it's not good. The rear army was attacked. Judging from the dust, the enemy should be cavalry."
Sha Lie felt bad when he heard this. In the plains, the most effective way to deal with cavalry is either a cavalry duel or full preparation of infantry.
But he currently does not have these two points.
"Quick, order the army to line up to meet the enemy, and don't worry about the situation of the rear army."
Sha Lie made a prompt decision. At this time, the army must be arranged, otherwise the cavalry attack will cause too much damage to the infantry. At this time, the best choice is to cut off the arm of a hero.
But soon, Sha Lie realized that he was too naive.
Liang State had 170,000 infantrymen and 30,000 rear troops. Sha Lie speculated that these troops could at least hold out until he prepared the battle formation, even if the enemy had tens of thousands of cavalry.
However, just as the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops were running around looking for their positions, a group of black-armored cavalry appeared.
"Oh no, it's heavy armored cavalry."
Sha Lie knew it was bad at first glance. Heavy armored cavalry must be matched with corresponding equipment to be blocked, but now there is none.
This time when invading Xia State, Liang State mainly fought siege warfare, and did not prepare much defensive equipment.
Now that they are attacked by heavy armored cavalry, there is no way to restrain them.
What Sha Lie thought of, Bai Qi also saw, thisBai Qi would not give up such a good opportunity.
Bai Qi led the army to charge all the way, directly into the core of the Liang army, and led the cavalry to charge wherever there were many people.
Lu Bu and Yuwen Chengdu also came with the army this time. These two guys are now extremely excited, waving their weapons constantly, and a large number of enemies fell.
"Quick, order the army to assemble and put out all the defensive equipment."
Sha Lie knew that the enemy's cavalry could not be allowed to charge like this, otherwise the army would collapse, and that would be the end.
The Liang army that received the order no longer cared about their comrades who were fighting, and kept retreating and shrinking, and soon formed a stable formation.
"General Yuwen, General Lu, we will lead our troops to attack and kill the scattered enemies respectively, and ignore their positions."
Bai Qi immediately made a decision that the purpose of this battle was to maximize the killing of the enemy's living forces, rather than using his only 10,000 cavalry to fight head-on.
Until night fell, Bai Qi and his men led the army away.
"How much did the army lose?"
Shalie asked with a sad face. He had not even reached Shiguan City, but he had encountered the heavy armored cavalry that the infantry feared the most.
"General, we..." The generals under his command looked at each other, not daring to answer.
"Go ahead." Shalie's voice was also trembling. He was not blind to the appearance of his subordinates, which was enough to show the seriousness of the problem.
"General, in this battle, our army lost 50,000 soldiers and more than 30,000 soldiers were injured. The total number of troops that can still go to the battlefield is less than 100,000."
The general under his command said a set of numbers in fear. Shalie's lips trembled with anger. How can he fight like this?
"Report, General, something bad happened. Our cavalry rushed to Shiguan City. Except for the tents left by the vanguard corps, they did not see anyone. On the way of retreat, they encountered a heavy cavalry raid. Generals Zhang and Li were killed in battle, and the light cavalry corps lost most of its troops."
"Wow..."
After listening to the words of the soldier, Shalie could no longer hold on and vomited blood.
"General..."
"General, call the doctor quickly."
Shalie's behavior frightened everyone. They didn't even have a proper battle, but their commander vomited blood out of anger. This was not a good sign.
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