Country and Beauty

As one of the elders that followed Xie Fei first, naturally he knew of Xie Fei's attitude towards him. The Qin Army's six thousand heavily armored cavalry were in front, the seven thousand heavily armored infantry were in the back, and they unrestrainedly charged towards the formation of the army. Du Ceng was in the lead, and when she saw that the infantry soldiers were coming to stop them, she shouted loudly: "Those who block me will die, quickly get out of the way!" As he shouted, she raised the horse-chopping knife in her hand and attacked like a torrential storm. Whoever was in front of him, no matter who it was, he would kill.

Miserable screams rang out incessantly. Seeing Du Ceng rushing towards him like a ferocious tiger out of its cage, the first thing Shangguan Gong thought of was to escape. To be honest, the fighting strength of the heavy cavalry soldiers in Qin Army was something to fear. In a short charge, more than half of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers, including the crossbow, sabre and shield soldiers who were blocking in front of Qin Army, had died. Astonishment, despair, anger, unwillingness, fear, the expressions of the over two thousand soldiers were all different. Screaming incessantly, crying to the heavens and howling to the heavens, messing up into a mess. In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, several thousand soldiers and their horses had turned into a meat patty, it was impossible to tell if they were human bones or horse flesh.

Shangguan Gong led his personal guards and rushed forward. The battle had lasted for half an hour but he still did not rush out of Qin Army's encirclement, the deputy general saw that the steel current was unstoppable and anxiously said to Shangguan Gong: General, you may withdraw, if you do not, it will be too late.

Shangguan Gong said: "You think I don't want to leave? "But we still have to leave."

At this time, dozens of lieutenant of the Army of Shangguan Gong, Sima, Academy Officer and the others gathered around him and begged him to quickly think of a way. Shangguan Gong pondered, but how could he think of a way, while hesitating, he suddenly saw that there was still a piece of the Qin Army cavalry's leg exposed, and with a flash of inspiration, he immediately shouted: "Hack off the horse leg! Cut off the horse's leg! "Quick, chop off the horse leg..."

The soldiers, inspired, did as they were told. But chopping off horses' legs was easier said than done. The riders on the horses were all holding long horse-chopping knife s, and before they could get close, they were cut down by the swords of the riders. However, there were a few agile people who rolled to the front of the horse's legs and chopped off one of them with their sabers. The horse that Qin Army was wearing suddenly had one of its legs broken. It let out a long hiss and immediately fell to the ground, causing the rider on top of the horse to fall down as well. Immediately, Qin Army's heavy cavalry soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and in the blink of an eye, they had lost dozens of war horses. However, Qin Army's heavy cavalry had six thousand men, so losing dozens of war horses did not have much of an impact on the overall battle.

Seeing that it had little effect, Shangguan Gong was struck by inspiration, and said to the general beside them: "Command the entire army to charge in one direction, we must definitely create a path, if not we will be completely annihilated."

It was a torrent of flowing steel, the cavalry soldiers were carefully selected from the experienced soldiers, and were also the main members of the heavy cavalry of the Black Shirt Army, so when they saw the abnormal actions of the army, they immediately understood, there was no need for them to command too much, they already changed their Formation, and took the initiative to open a gap, not giving the army the chance to fight a desperate battle. Heavy cavalry and Heavy Infantry soldiers were naturally inferior to them, and that was that they could not fight for long. The full body armor of heavy cavalry soldiers weighed 130 Jin, and as time passed, it was a severe test for both men and horses. With equipment that weighed almost 90 kilograms, it was extremely difficult for ordinary people to equip them. Forget about fighting, even if the Qin Army's heavy soldiers were strong, they would not be machinery, but a living person would also feel fatigued.

As long as the fighting will of an army was strong enough and had enough light cavalry, instead of using close combat methods and guerrilla warfare tactics, heavy cavalry would be exhausted to death. Back in the Yuan Dynasty, the light cavalry soldiers used guerrilla warfare tactics against the heavy cavalry soldiers from Europe, killing hundreds of thousands of heavy cavalry soldiers from Europe.

As soon as the opening was opened, all the soldiers rushed over, rushing out. They had no choice but to face the horse-chopping knife s that were slaughtering the soldiers on both sides. However, in order to survive, they had no choice but to throw caution to the wind. Seeing that there was an opening, Shangguan Gong and the others took the lead and flew out, relying on their own martial arts, they dodged the horse-chopping knife s that were like a forest. Along with hundreds of their personal followers.

The previous magnificent army of more than ten thousand soldiers had now escaped in a sorry state, and there were only less than a thousand of them left. Facing the combined forces of the infantry that were chasing them from behind, the soldiers immediately retreated to the south, not daring to pursue to the north anymore.

Du Ceng took care of the troops, she had only lost 35 war horses, the cavalry soldiers were not injured at all, furthermore she had killed more than 9000 soldiers, this was already the first time the Heavy Cavalry had won in battle. He did not feel happy, but continued to march forward with her heavily armed troops.

In the Primordial Age of Cold Weapons, heavy cavalry and infantry soldiers were like modern tanks and armoured vehicles. No matter how strong they were, they would not be able to fight back.

During his short break, Du Ceng stood at the foot of the mountain and looked around. To the south was the road to Chen Cang, his mission was not to eliminate however many enemies there were, but to let the enemy see the power of the Qin Army, so he took the initiative to retreat.

Li Qi set up a big tent on the slope, which could be considered as a place to hide from the wind and rain. In this battle, he had fought for half a month and was unable to advance even a single step in the vicinity of Mingyang Pass, instead, he had lost over thirty thousand of his elite soldiers. The hundred thousand strong army fighting against the more than four thousand defenses of Qin Army was reduced to such a state, which was something Li Qi did not expect.

Fan Lie and the group of civil and military generals were in the middle of the tent. Seeing how uneasy Li Qi was sitting, they did not dare to say anything.

"Advisor, do you think the fighting strength of the Qin Army is that strong? Is there really no possibility for us to win? " Li Qi asked.

Fan Qin said: "First Prince, the truth is that the Qin State was founded on martial arts. Back then, the Duke of Qin, Xie Fei, only relied on a thousand soldiers to attack the capital of the Hun Kingdom, the Pingyang. We have already fought for half a month, but we still have not seen Wang Dun's reinforcements, nor did we see the so-called Huns attack. I'm afraid that our army is fighting alone, and if this goes on, the result won't be good! "

"Am I really wrong? We, Cheng Guo, should not have provoked the Qin State? " Li Qi asked with doubt in his heart.

The Duke of Qin might not be so ambitious, but after he established his kingdom in the Qin Province, he exterminated the entire country, and then laid waste to the Wu Zai. Now that he had exhausted all of his forces to conquer Wu Sun and Da Wen, it could be imagined that what the Duke of Qin needed was a peaceful and peaceful place at the back, which would let him have no worries at all. Even if I did not attack the Qin State, after a year, the Qin Army would definitely attack the Da Cheng Kingdom. In terms of passive defense, she was inferior to the active attack. This was also the result of the agreement between my father and the Emperor. Right now, the Qin State's military power is empty, this is the best time for our army to attack, if the Qin State does not die, then my Da Cheng Kingdom will. "

"Reporting to General, Qin Army has ambushed Chen Cang Cheng, the defending army is no match for Qin Army, all the food and siege machinery have fallen into the hands of Qin Army."

"Li Mei, this useless bastard, I gave him 10,000 soldiers and horses, but he didn't even arrive for a day." Li Qi bellowed: "I must kill that bastard Li Mei!"

The scout carefully replied: "Reporting to the general, General Li was killed by the Qin Army's cold arrow. The defending army did not have a leader, which allowed the Qin Army to take advantage of this opportunity."

"Great, Li Mei deserves death!" Li Qi said happily.

"Reporting —" Another scout ran in. "The elite army of Qin Army has arrived in Mingyang Pass, they suddenly attacked from inside, the vanguard led Shangguan Gong and blocked his troops."

Li Qi said: "Send orders for our troops to gather and pressure them from all angles. We must eliminate this group of Qin Army as soon as possible."

"Reporting... General... Qin Army General Du Ceng... Du Ceng... " The third scout gasped, "Du Ceng has already defeated General Shangguan, almost all the soldiers on the front lines died in battle. General Shangguan only led a thousand of his handicapped veterans to escape the encirclement of the Qin Army, and now Du Ceng's troops are moving towards the general's side."

"What did you say?" Du Ceng... Where did Du Ceng come from? " Li Qi was shocked.

Just as Li Qi finished speaking, a clamor of noise came out of the tent accompanied by a scream. He panicked and hurried to the exit of the big tent. He looked around and saw that about five thousand riders were fighting outside the tent with the help of a Qin Army general. Those soldiers who were guarding the camp were not even able to withstand a single blow from the Qin Army cavalry.

Fan Lie went over to Li Qi in time, and looked towards the camp, then cupped his hands and said: "General, the general leading the group is Du Ceng, he is currently the head of the Qin State's army, and is one of the senior members of the Qin Wang Xie Fei's group. He is a martial arts expert, and familiar with the methods of the troops, he is truly one of the few great generals."

"Brothers, Li Qi is not far from there, follow me and rush over. Whoever kills Li Qi will be heavily rewarded by the Duke of Qin, kill together with me!" Du Ceng moved the horse-chopping knife forward and shouted to the riders behind him.

With Du Ceng's order, the five thousand cavalrymen followed one after another, immediately spreading out the cones, spurring their horses to charge towards Li Qi's tent on the slope.

The heavy cavalry soldiers relied on their own strong defense, and without fear of swords and sabers, launched a fierce attack towards the formation army. Seeing that the Qin Army Cavalry had broken through his three lines of defense, Li Qi panicked. Fan Qi came to Li Qi's side and cupped his hands, "Looks like the First Prince came prepared, and seeing that they are normally equipped with swords and sabers, he can't do anything about it."

Li Qi said: "Is there any way for a strategist to defeat the enemy?"

Fan Qin said, "Qin Army's cavalry are simply metal beasts, they are unbreakable, and the arrows cannot hurt them at all. To break through the Qin Army's heavy cavalry, one must first find a way to hit them."

Li Qi was speechless, after circling around for half a day, it was just like he did not say anything. Fan Ruoruo's thoughts spun rapidly as he looked around his. When she saw the pillar supporting the tent, a thought flashed through his mind, causing his to clap his thighs. A smile appeared on his face as she shouted, "I've got it, let's do it this way!"

Fan Nong said, "First Prince, as long as we order people to dismantle a thousand long wooden stakes from nearby and select another thousand strong and strong men, we have a way to defeat the enemy."

Right now, Li Qi was at a loss as to what to do. While Fan Lie was thinking, Du Ceng broke through another line of defense and set up six lines of defense in the camp.

After a short while, the thousand strong warriors in the army all gathered together. Each of them was holding a three-meter long wooden pillar that was as thick as a bowl. After the thousand warriors with the wooden pillars were 5000 blade and shield soldiers. They knew that the archers couldn't do any damage to these steel monsters, so they didn't continue to do nothing. Li Qi looked at the Qin Army's heavy cavalry which was about to break through the fifth line of defense, and shouted loudly: "Charge!"

Li Qi gave the order, and the thousand soldiers quickly quickened their steps, levelled up the long wooden stake, and rushed forward with all their might. When the heavy cavalry soldiers of the Qin Army saw the soldiers rushing over with wooden stakes in hand, they could not help but laugh. In their eyes, swords, spears, swords and spears could not even hurt them, and just a few wooden stakes were nothing to them.

The soldiers raised the long wooden stakes and smashed into the Qin Army cavalry soldiers, but after a loud "Bang", the cavalry soldiers, who were in front of Qin Army, were actually struck by the wooden stakes, and were sent flying. Their bodies flipped backwards, and collided with the soldiers behind them, causing the three rows of heavy cavalry soldiers in front to be smashed into the ground one by one, causing the original cavalry army formation to stop.

The force of a cavalry charge was not small. Even a pillar of wood about three Zhang long and as thick as a bowl weighed over a hundred pounds. How could it possibly withstand a charging heavy cavalry? It all depended on the interaction of force. The soldiers did not move forward carrying the wooden pillar evenly, but had placed one end of the wooden pillar on the ground the moment they came into contact with the Qin Army cavalry, and aimed at the Qin Army Heavy Cavalry at a 60 degree angle. Rather than say that the soldiers knocked over the Qin Army Heavy Cavalry, it was more like the Qin Army Heavy Cavalry itself hitting the wooden pillar.

The battle had a dramatic change. The Qin Army Heavy Cavalry that had always been successful in their battles had become unable to withstand a single blow from the army's wooden pillars. The Heavy Cavalry soldiers, as long as they fell on the ground, were unable to get back up even after a long time. At this time, they quickly stepped forward and viciously pummeled the falling Qin Army Heavy Cavalry soldiers. Although the saber might not be able to cut through the Qin Army's heavy armor, it was still able to cause significant damage to the cavalry after a long time.

Seeing this, Du Ceng's heart that was filled with confidence was shocked, she anxiously shouted out loud: "Line up, press down on them all!" Although the fallen heavy cavalry soldiers weren't injured, it was very difficult for them to get back up. On one hand, they could always hear the pounding sounds in their ears, making it impossible for them to hear any external sounds, and on the other hand, the long wooden stakes held by the soldiers could be used to push down those who wanted to get up again and again from very far away.

Seeing that his plan was working, and that Du Ceng had pushed all of the heavy cavalry on top of them, he said without hesitation, "Attack with your entire army. As long as the enemy does not get too close, our army will win."

Qin Army's Heavy Cavalry Soldiers swung their horse-chopping knife s around and hacked fiercely at them, but as the wooden stakes in the soldiers' hands were thick enough, once they slashed on them, the blades would directly sink into the wood, and before they could pull them out, the wooden stakes swept past them, causing their bodies to sway from side to side. Li Qi's eyes were sharp enough. Although he was delighted with the result, Qin soldiers did not receive any injuries. Li Qi ordered Cheng Jun: "Cut the horse's leg down and hit its face."

Just like that, the number of casualties in Qin Army started to increase, and in a short period of time, the number of casualties in Du Ceng's side increased to over a hundred. Although the Qin Army Heavy Cavalry soldiers had killed more than ten thousand soldiers in this battle, Li Qi could not use more than fifty thousand troops right now. However, due to the loss of nearly eight hundred Heavy Cavalry soldiers, Du Ceng still felt that she had suffered a huge loss.

On the other hand, when Xie Fei received the news that the Qin State had been ambushed by an entire nation, and that the entire Luo Yang County had been massacred, he became enraged and slapped the table: "If we do not eliminate Ba Shu, we will not return the army!"

At the same time, Xie Fei did not lead the troops back to the Qin Empire. After five days of travel, Xie Fei and the rest had successfully reached the bottom of the Kunlun Mountains. The Kunlun Mountains rose from the Pamir Plateau in the west. The mountain range was five thousand kilometers long, with a west-narrow eastern wide surface of more than five hundred thousand square kilometers. It was the longest and most majestic mountain range in the Central Plains, and the basic framework formed by the topography of the western highlands.

Kunlun Mountain is the cradle of Chinese ancient mythology and legend, and has the illustrious position of the ancestors of ten thousand mountains. It was the first divine mountain of China. Legend has it that the immortal master of Mount Kunlun was the Queen Mother of the West. In the Legend of Mu Tianzi, there was the legend of "Mu Wang Ba Jun crossing Chishui, Yao Chi meeting Queen Mother in Kunlun", and there was also the legend of "Yao Chi" in many ancient books. It was the Black Sea at the head of the Kunlun River, the lake was clear, birds flew, wild animals roamed, the weather was endless.

Everyone looked at the mountain range that reached into the clouds and was dumbfounded. There was no end to this mountain range, and there was no end to it.

Ran Zhan said, "Duke of Qin, are we really going to browse through the Kunlun Mountains?"

Xie Fei sat on the horse and looked at the majestic mountain range that stretched as far as the eye could see. Smiling, he said, "Of course, but I'm not here because this is the upper reaches of Mount Kunlun, a place that is over a thousand miles tall. The mountain range is covered by snow all year round and is surrounded by clouds and mist, which makes it ten times harder to climb compared to Qi Lianshan and Mount Helan.

Beigong Chun was from the Liang Zhou and knew that Mount Kunlun could not be traversed over. He was very interested in this and asked, "Then, where do we climb the mountain from?"

Xie Fei said, "If I am not wrong, we will continue to the east along the mountain range's roots, and enter the Tibetan Plateau, which is also known as the Northern Qiang Plateau. We will begin our climb at the Gelou River, a transitional section of Mount Kunlun, which is relatively high compared to the plateau, and is easy to climb. As long as we cross the mountain range, we will be able to cross the Jinsha River and traverse the marshland." Note: Tibet is the land of the West and the Qinghai is the land of the North.)

Everyone was shocked, who would have thought that the Duke of Qin had such a thorough understanding of the Western Regions and the Pnya Plateau. All the soldiers of the Qin Army knew that the Ba Shu Army had attacked the Qin Army, and they all wished to quickly enter Sichuan to fight against the army. They didn't need to know where the Tibetan Plateau and the Germu were. As long as they fought alongside the Duke of Qin, they would be able to ascend to the ranks of officials and become rich. you can realize the ideals and ambitions of life.

However, thinking about how the Red Army's Long March would also be over in a few days, and how he would also be able to leave the place alive, exactly because of the swamps and the grasslands in the dead zone, Cheng Guo would definitely not set up any defenses there. With the help of the mysterious army, it was very possible that the country would quickly fall from grace. In the meantime, even the people from the West have been taken back.

The land of Xiqiang, both today's Tibet, history of the Tang Dynasty Princess Wen Cheng into Tibet, can be considered Tibet and China's first contact. Xie Fei wanted to incorporate the land of the West Tier into the territory of the Qin State more than seventeen hundred years ago.

Xie Fei shouted: "The Qin Army is not afraid of hard times on the way, all the soldiers and soldiers are on their way." After saying that, he whipped his horse and galloped off.

"Roar!" Encouraged by the words of the Duke of Qin, the fifty thousand soldiers galloped east at top speed along the foot of the mountain towards the Gelu Mu of the Qiang Clan in the Qinghai Highlands!