Outside the sky, the Great Will was speechless for a moment. The other Great Wills withdrew their gaze and turned their attention elsewhere.
At this time, Qingming's troops had already assembled and were heading southwest. After Wei Yuan flew to join the troops, the whole army speeded up and rushed towards Ashan.
Mount Ashan is more than ten thousand miles away from Qingming, and is located at the junction of the mountain people and the Wu people. Except for the five thousand Longyi regular cavalry, the 20,000 people Wei Yuan ordered this time are all mounted infantry. There are also thousands of miles of rivers and mountains blessings.
, the army marched very fast, thousands of miles a day, and arrived at the outskirts of Ashan in three days.
Ashan is a small piece of mountainous land with not much undulations. Li Zhi was surrounded on a hill and had been holding on for several days. Fortunately, it was raining continuously and there were thick trees. There was no shortage of water or fortification materials. Li Zhi built a fortification and defended it.
Finally persisted.
This was Wei Yuan's first confrontation with the mountain people, so he used all his elite troops in this battle and did not dare to be careless. When he was a hundred miles away from Ashan, Wei Yuan slowed down his marching speed, spread out his troops, released reconnaissance cavalry on both wings, and began to search forward.
Perhaps Wei Yuan arrived too quickly, or perhaps the mountain people were mainly on guard against reinforcements from the Zhenshan boundary and the direction of Zhao. There was no ambush in Wei Yuan's direction, and Wei Yuan was able to advance directly with his army and reach the mountain people's camp.
The sudden appearance of Wei Yuan's army caused the mountain people to panic. Sharp whistles sounded in the company camp, and then a large number of mountain people rushed out and formed an array outside the camp.
Wei Yuan stood in the middle of the army and looked from a distance. At this time, there was a faint mist filling the undulating slopes, and the gray-green air above the mountain camp was surrounding a small mountain in the center, which was killing the military spirit on the mountain.
The hill is not high, and a simple fort was built on it. Although it was surrounded for many days, the military spirit was still condensed, reaching a height of dozens of feet. Li Zhi's military spirit was actually bright golden yellow, which was an orthodox example of a human king.
Qi, when you look at it, you will know that it is extraordinary.
Looking at Li Zhi's military spirit, to be honest, Wei Yuan was a little envious, mainly because he looked brilliant and eye-catching. However, Li Zhi is from the royal family of Southern Qi, and has the Four Saints Academy to train a new generation of human kings. In the future, he will at least be a world leader.
The princes of the feudal territory can be said to have good roots and strong talents. There is no problem if someone has a royal and military spirit.
If Wei Yuan dared to show off his aura as a Minghuang human king, the King of Jin would probably be the first to send troops to annihilate him.
After seeing the military spirit and knowing that Li Zhi was free from worries, Wei Yuan looked at the mountain people in front of the formation again.
The mountain people are slightly shorter than the humans, reaching only the shoulders of the humans on average, but they have strong bodies and extremely long arms. They can climb mountains and ridges as if they were on the ground. They generally wear leather armor with steel armor plates on them, and hold various kinds of fine steel weapons.
There are a large number of hard crossbows, and the weapons are so sophisticated that they are no worse than the human race.
Wei Yuan had already reviewed the information on the mountain people during this trip. The mountain people were good at smelting iron, hunting, and raising and cultivating various spiritual beasts. In addition, there were mountain people giants. Back then, a castrated version of the mountain people giant once conquered the Taichu Palace.
The freshmen couldn't find Bei.
At this time, the mountain people kept making roaring war cries, and many giant brown bears wearing heavy armor appeared in the formation.
Wei Yuan immediately ordered a change of formation. Longxiang's army was in front, setting up heavy shields, with standing infantry on both wings, while the Longyi cavalry occupied the high slope next to it.
There was a scream from the mountain people formation, and a large number of mountain people howled and rushed forward. The brown-haired war bear roared like thunder, and soon rushed to the front of the team. The mountain people in the rear kept shooting arrows, sending waves of arrows towards Wei Yuan.
position.
Fortunately, these elite infantrymen are equipped with large shields and breastplates. The mountain people's crossbows are not as good as those of the Liao people. It is difficult to shoot through the cast one-piece breastplate. Even if it penetrates, it is not fatal. When a round of arrows rains down,
It did not cause many casualties to Wei Yuan.
At this time, the largest brown-furred war bear at the forefront had already rushed within a hundred feet. Suddenly, gunshots rang out from the Weiyuan army formation. The giant bear suddenly stopped charging, and blood blossomed from its body. It fiercely
The local stood up, but was shot continuously in the chest and abdomen, and the blood almost stained its whole body red.
Zong Neng's vitality was extremely tenacious, and he continued to charge forward despite the hail of bullets, and he continued to charge for dozens of feet before falling down.
The fate of the other giant bears was similar. The furthest one only rushed sixty feet away from the fatal distance. The charging mountain people were knocked upside down from time to time, and some were even directly blasted into two pieces in the middle!
At close range, Qing Ming's bullets equipped with new gunpowder were more powerful than crossbows. A single hit would often take away the entire body of a mountain man.
The first row of Longxiang soldiers in the front put up shields to resist the enemy, while the soldiers in the back row kept shooting in the gaps between the shields. The reloading and shooting speed had reached one round per second. Captain Daoji had already loaded all the magazines.
The new gun has a faster rate of fire and extremely powerful firepower.
With only a hundred feet away, the mountain people were beaten with corpses all over the ground, suffering heavy casualties, and all the fighting bears were killed.
After paying a heavy price, the remaining mountain people rushed to the front of the formation and started fighting hand-to-hand. They found that their opponents had equipped their muskets with a bayonet blade. The long gun body and the two-foot bayonet blade made the mountain people's thrusts extremely powerful.
He was short, and he used a machete. As a result, he suffered heavy casualties in the first round.
When the two sides started fighting, Wei Yuan thought, and thousands of miles of mountains and rivers appeared. With the blessing, the strength of the soldiers suddenly increased. The casualties of the mountain people in the fight increased significantly, and they were assassinated one by one.
Wei Yuan then scanned with his spiritual consciousness and discovered the location of the mountain people's army. It was not difficult to find at all. Apart from the flags, there were only two Dharma ministers there.
Wei Yuan pointed towards the sky, and the jade mountain fell from the sky, directly hitting the two Dharma ministers with extremely fierce force!
The mountain people fired several magic spells at the Jade Mountain, but they couldn't stop them at the last moment. They had to escape to both sides and watched as the Jade Mountain fell to the ground. The ground shook and a shallow pit with a radius of a hundred feet was created.
Thousands of mountain people were all killed in the shock.
Wei Yuan waved his hand and started to charge the dragon-winged cavalry. The troops passed through the dead center and headed straight for the mountain camp!
At this time, the Minghuang army on the hill was also agitated. Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, Li Zhi also led his army to attack.
The five thousand dragon-winged cavalry were invincible with the support of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Attacked by Li Zhi from inside and outside, the mountain people were defeated, abandoned the camp, and fled to the mountains on both sides.
After breaking through the mountain people's camp, Wei Yuan and Li Zhi joined forces.
Li Zhi looked ashamed and said: "Brother was careless this time and got caught in an ambush. Fortunately, my brother came quickly. Otherwise, I don't know when the reinforcements from Zhao will arrive, and the consequences would be disastrous."
Wei Yuan asked curiously: "With Brother Li's ability, you can't get reinforcements from Zhao State?"
Li Zhi sighed, "I am originally from the blood of Southern Qi. Although I came to this realm in exchange, King Zhao must be wary of me. And the Queen Mother Xiao did not intend to let me go just like that. She had already sent someone to bribe me.
Generals of the border army. I'm just thankful that those generals don't come to restrict me. How can I expect them to send troops to rescue me?"
Wei Yuan pointed forward and said, "We'll talk about these things later. The mountain people haven't been completely defeated yet. Let's destroy them first."
At this time, the fleeing mountain people all ran towards another large camp. The mountain warriors in the camp came out of the camp to form an array, and pulled out dozens of brown-haired war bears to suppress the formation. As they moved forward in formation, they gathered the defeated troops, but were struck by Wei Yuan.
The two Dharma ministers who were smashed away by Yushan also reappeared and joined the Dharma ministers from the camp here, making a total of five Dharma ministers.
Li Zhi was also protected by two Dharma monks. Although the Dharma of the ordinary mountain people was weaker than that of the human race, the difference in numbers between the two sides was too large, so Li Zhi was forced to stand still and wait for reinforcements.
Wei Yuan carefully observed the military spirit of the mountain people and already knew it well.
Li Zhi frowned slightly and said: "There are a lot of people in the mountains now, and we no longer have the advantage of a surprise attack. My soldiers are also very tired. Why not retreat first?"
At this time, there were only more than 4,000 soldiers under Li Zhi's command, and almost all of them were injured. They were exhausted from holding on for several days. Although their military spirit was still bright, Wei Yuan could see that it was actually because of Li Zhi Daoji's forcible force.
After being promoted to one level, it actually doesn't have such strong combat power.
Li Zhi proposed to retreat. The two ministers and generals behind him breathed a sigh of relief and had no intention of fighting anymore.
Wei Yuan said: "There are no giants on the opposite side participating in the battle, and the shortcomings are very obvious. I just thought about it carefully, and I think it is not difficult to defeat them. In this way, Brother Li, you can lead your troops here to raid the formation for me, and I will demonstrate it to you.
How to deal with the mountain people. Brother Li’s main enemy will still be the mountain people in the future, maybe it can be of some help to you."
Li Zhi looked worried and said, "Then let my two guards help you."
The mountain people opposite have five Dharma ministers, but Wei Yuan's army does not even have one Dharma minister. Although Li Zhi knows that Wei Yuan's own strength is enough to defeat ordinary Dharma ministers, there is not one, but five Dharma ministers on the opposite side. Therefore, Li Zhi plans to let
Two of his Dharma cultivators accompanied him to protect Wei Yuan and resist the opponent's high cultivators.
Wei Yuan said: "It doesn't matter! If you don't fight the mountain people's Dharma, only five of them can be ignored. Look more carefully. There are only 70,000 to 80,000 troops on the opposite side, which is probably only enough for me to demonstrate once."
Chapter completed!