The north wind whistled, the snowflakes were flying, and the two armies lined up on the giant marsh.

The Liang army was in the east and the Qi army was in the west. The respective army formations lasted for several miles, and the sounds of drums and horns in the formations were heard one after another, and they slowly moved forward towards each other.

Liang's central army, commander Liang Sen used a thousand-mile mirror to observe the enemy's situation. The Qi army had many cavalry on the left and right wings, and had a clear advantage in force.

If the attack of enemy cavalry cannot be effectively curbed, this battle will be difficult to fight. Even if it is won, it will not be easy to fight an annihilation battle.

But this battle must be fought into an annihilation battle before strategic victory can be determined.

Liang Sen put down the Qianli Mile Mile Mile and began to think.

The Qingzhou battle was very smooth, and the emperor who was in charge of the imperial expedition was full of interest. The Xuzhou army and other officials who attacked north along the Sishui River also successfully completed the strategic goal of the first phase: to take down Taishan County and win the clean cleansing.

Subsequently, Li Li, the general who actually presided over the military affairs of the Northern Expedition, made adjustments based on the battle situation, and used the emperor's personal visit to clean the Qi army to lure the Qi army to actively seek a decisive battle.

This move really worked. The Qi army, who crossed the river from Jinkou in the upper reaches of the river and arrived on the south bank, quickly gathered together and marched eastward towards the river bank.

Although it is winter now, the surface of the Yellow River has not yet frozen, so the Qi army can only cross the river in Jinkou upstream of the Shuanglu, and then pass through Juyeze, west of the Shuanglu, and northwest of Yanzhou, Liang State, before attacking Shuanglu.

So, the prepared Xuzhou army waited for the decisive opponent at its preset battlefield.

According to the scout's investigation results, the main force of the Qi army was about 50,000 to 60,000, but the young and strong army included the army, and the cavalry was less than 10,000.

On the official army, the main force was the Xuzhou army led by Liang Sen, with nearly 40,000 troops (including some of the young and strong soldiers), including 10,000 cavalry, and 10,000 soldiers and horses led by General Zhiwei Yang Liang.

In terms of military strength, the official army and the Qi army are equal in size, but the cavalry do not have the upper hand.

Liang Sen felt that as long as the opponent's general seeks stability and does not make mistakes, it will be difficult for his side to win this battle.

All signs show that the other party is very likely to seek stability.

Because Emperor Gao Yan of Qi was dead.

That happened not long ago. First, in September, the deposed young emperor of Qi, Gao Yin, the King of Jinan, "dead suddenly ill" in Jinyang where he was imprisoned.

In November, Emperor Gao Yan of Qi was seriously injured in an accident of falling off a horse.

Gao Yan died a few days later. It is said that before his death, he personally issued an order to pass the throne to his brother, Changguang King Gao Zhan, instead of the crown prince Gao Bainian.

Why is this happening?

Because of Gao Yan's own sin, he stole the throne of his nephew Gao Yin, and even wiped out the roots, killing his already deposed nephew. Now, retribution has come.

Gao Yan knew that his son could not hold the throne, and Gao Zhan had participated in a palace transformation to seize the throne, so he would definitely do it again, so he took the initiative to give the throne to his younger brother Gao Zhan.

The purpose is naturally to hope that my younger brother will let his son go.

Liang Sen felt that this was impossible: Uncle seized the throne and then wiped out the roots. Two things, if the elder brother does, the younger brother cannot do?

This was a sin done by the Gao family itself, and the change of the throne of Qi happened during the Northern Expedition of the official army in Qingzhou, which led to the Qi army's offensive becoming a little hesitant.

When the new king ascended the throne, he must first stabilize the political situation. When the Liang army captured Qingzhou, the Qi army must fight back, but once he suffered a great defeat in the counterattack, it will inevitably damage the new king's reputation.

Therefore, the influence of political factors made all the troops of the Qi army advancing eastward cautiously. Liang Sen judged that the other party would inevitably adopt a regular and concise tactic in this battle.

Because the opponent is the Xuzhou army that Liang State can fight the most.

The sound of the horn broke Liang Sen's thoughts. He picked up the Qianli Mile Mile again and carefully observed the front.

The two armies have already joined forces and have begun to "squeeze" each other, that is, the spearmen begin to stab each other. Under normal circumstances, such "squeeze" will last for a long time.

However, the "abnormal" Xuzhou army will not let the war be fought for too long.

"Send orders, break the formation!"

Liang Sen ordered, and after a while, the sound of suona with a very special tone sounded.

The sound of the suona is very sharp, cutting through the noise and spreading to the front.

The broken formation soldiers wearing heavy armor, holding various long soldiers, slowly crossed the team of comrades and walked towards the first row of the front line.

Light the "Storm Pear Blossom Gun" in your hand and aim the tip of the gun that is about to spray fireworks in front.

A harsh whistle sounded, and the conscription roared. Under the cover of his own spearmen, he rushed forward against the enemy spears that were stabbed by the forest.

The "Storm Pear Blossom Guns" in their hands were about one meter long, and they were short spears. The "gun tip" sprayed out dazzling fire, instantly dazzled the spearmen in Qi's army.

The fire that gushed out was several feet long and mixed with a lot of thick smoke, as if the evil fire emitted by the evil ghosts in hell burned the Qi army's spearmen to pieces and burned their courage.

The middle section of the Qi army's battle line was shaken by the flashing fire. Then, a large number of Xuzhou breaking troops holding axe and spear directly cut out small gaps in the front line of Qi army.

The gap gradually widened, and well-equipped Xuzhou infantry commandos forced into the gap with pig formation, causing the gap to collapse and then collapse.

"Break the formation, break the formation, break the formation!"

The tide-like shouts spread around. The left wing of the Liang army (downward wind direction on the south side) was urging his subordinates to carefully guard the front, Yang Liang, who was stunned when he heard the shouts coming from the Central Army.

Breaking the formation? Breaking the formation?

Just using infantry, just when the two armies were in a confrontation, they forcibly broke the formation from the front?

He couldn't believe that the Xuzhou army was so strong, but the Qi army front was indeed shaking. Looking at it with a thousand-mile mirror, the Qi army's central army had collapsed.

The right wing of the Qi army in the distance also began to collapse.

The sound of drums came from the Central Military Office of our side. It was the command of the commander to attack the entire army.

"After the festival, the Xuzhou army broke through the formation, and the Xuzhou army broke through the formation!" The left and right generals were extremely surprised. They did not expect that the Xuzhou army could be so powerful.

It is a great blessing to be a friendly army rather than an enemy with such an army!

Yang Liang finally believed this to be the truth, put away Qianlijing, raised his right hand and pushed forward with force: "Transfer the order, press it up, press it up!"

......

On the north bank of the Yellow River, in the wilderness, the two armies were fighting fiercely.

The Liang army, who came from the Canghuangjin Crossing River, was blocked by the Qi army who rushed to the scene after a day after the fight against the North Bank defenders. The two armies then launched a fierce battle.

The emperor personally conquered Qingzhou, but as he ran to the Hebei border of the north bank of the Yellow River, Xiao Xun, the emperor of Liang, was wearing a wardrobe. He was in the central army, listening to the drums and horns around him, and listening to the sound of killing shocking the sky, and being extremely excited.

The north wind is bitter, bringing cold, sand and dust, and also bringing a strong smell of blood.

The cold, dust and the smell of blood stimulated Xiao Xun's nose and Xiao Xun's head. He stared at him so hard that he wanted to see the battle situation ahead, but he saw a gray area with a large number of flags waving, and he could not see anyone at all.

At this moment, the "crawling enemy" is located in the upper wind direction, that is, to the north, while the official army is lined up against the Yellow River, to the south.

Now the north wind is blowing, so we are at a disadvantage in the lower wind and fight against the wind.

Because the north wind blows sand and dust, it will make the officers and soldiers facing the wind feel uncomfortable.

Moreover, when shooting archery, the range of the arrows is affected due to the wind, but the enemy troops in the upper wind direction shoot the arrows that are in the wind will fly further than usual because they are on the wind.

This is not fair, but the general said that this is the case with war and it is impossible to always have a smooth flow.

When encountering difficulties, you can only find a way to overcome them.

Thinking of this, Xiao Xun pushed the goggles he was wearing.

Goggles are a kind of "glasses" that protect against wind and sand. They are "glass lenses" and leather mirrors. When worn, even if you look at the wind and sand with your eyes open, you will not be afraid of sand and dust.

So Xiao Xun firmly believes that everyone with goggles will definitely win!

"Report!!! The right-wing cavalry of General Xionglie's headquarters was not good at fighting with the enemy cavalry and was trapped in the formation!"

Xiao Xun was shocked when he heard the loud shout of the messenger: What? Being trapped in the formation?

He looked at the commander, and the commander actually reported to the general Li Li standing aside that Li Li was the real commander at this moment, and he was in the middle to dispatch the army to fight.

"knew."

Li Li's face did not change his expression and continued to look ahead with a thousand-mile mirror. Xiao Xun felt anxious when he saw this: General Li Xin, the cousin of Queen Li Ping'an, was trapped in the formation, would he be killed?

Then how can I tell Ping'an?

Xiao Xun suddenly felt sad. Li Xin was a general of the imperial guards and guards the palace, so the two met frequently. Now an acquaintance is "stricken in the formation"...

The cruelty of the war made Xiao Xun feel very uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty, if you are trapped in the formation, you may not die." The voice came, and Xiao Xun looked up, but it was the general who looked at him and spoke slowly.

"The responsibility of General Xiong Lie is to act as a right-hand resist, and to block the enemy cavalry and cavalry fighting on the right wing of the formation. Once it becomes a melee, it is easy to lose its whereabouts."

"It's just a statement that your Majesty can think of as saying that General Xiong Lie and his subordinates are unknown during the melee, and may be killed in battle or not."

Li Li's tone could not hear the joy, anger, sorrow and joy: "The life and death of the flank general is unknown. What the commander needs to do is not to be sad, but to immediately mobilize troops and fill in the vacancy."

Xiao Xun nodded and asked again: "Then, what if..."

"How many people have returned to war in ancient times?" Li Li looked at the emperor and still looked calm: "Not only the generals, but every soldier who goes to the battlefield will have the determination to return the body."

Xiao Xun remained silent. The war was too cruel. There were wandering arrows flying everywhere on the battlefield. If you were not careful, you would die if you were shot into the vital point.

"General Xionglie will be fine. Your Majesty, please rest assured, because General Xionglie will have to gallop on the battlefield for His Majesty's front guard in the future."

"Yeah!" Xiao Xun nodded vigorously. After all, he was young and was so coaxing.

At this moment, a shout came from the front, and the sound became louder and louder. Xiao Xun listened with his ears and heard that he was shouting "Breaking the Formation".

"Your Majesty, our soldiers have broken the formation." Li Li reminded, and Xiao Xun quickly picked up the Qianli Mile Mile to observe the front.

But I saw a gray area, as if a large number of Qi army flags on the opposite side began to shake.

After a while, a messenger came back and brought back good news: General Xiong Lie is safe and sound.
To be continued...