Chapter 304: Reality and Falsehood

"La la la..."

The Xiliang cavalry galloped around Hengshan County.

They kept shouting provocatively.

Some Xiliang cavalry stood on their horses and urinated at Hengshan County, making extremely insulting gestures.

"Damn it." On the city wall, Zhongli looked at the arrogant Xiliang cavalry and was furious.

These Xiliang cavalry came just three days after Hengshan County was captured.

After a fruitless search around the county, they came to Hengshan County.

"Your Highness, let me go out to meet them and see who is the real cavalry." Zhongli asked for his order with a fist.

Zhao Xu shook his head and said, "If you go out, you will fall into their provocation."

In his opinion, this Xiliang light cavalry relied on their superb riding skills to lure his cavalry into battle and defeat his cavalry.

To get back the face for losing Hengshan County.

But he was very thick-skinned and would not pay attention to them.

After all, the cavalry of the palace is very valuable and should be used at critical moments, not sacrificed at will.

"Why do you have to go to war? Let's just fire the cannons." Chang Wei and Zhao Xu looked at each other and both showed sinister smiles.

After occupying the county, the artillerymen dismantled some large-caliber cannons and transported them to the city wall.

The purpose was to prevent Xiliang from getting angry and sending troops to attack Hengshan County.

Now, these Xiliang cavalry are only 300 meters outside the city.

They are simply asking for a fight.

Chang Wei called the artillery generals and gave them orders.

After a while, with the sound of "boom boom boom" coming from a distance, the sound of cannons rang out on all four walls.

The shells flew towards the Xiliang cavalry like meteors.

The leg of a Xiliang cavalry warhorse was hit, and it immediately knelt on the ground, throwing off the Xiliang cavalry on it.

There were also Xiliang cavalrymen who were directly blown away by the shells, and they fell to the ground after hitting five or six people in a row.

After falling, the blood and flesh were all over the place, and the armor was deeply dented in the part hit by the shells.

The sudden bombardment shocked the Xiliang cavalry.

They no longer cared about provocation and fled far away.

The effective killing range of the royal palace artillery was within 1,500 meters.

The artillery chased the Xiliang cavalry and kept firing.

The bodies of the Xiliang cavalry were constantly left on the escape path.

When the Xiliang cavalry disappeared, Zhao Xu said to Zhongli, "The rest is up to you. Keep the good war horses for use, and drag the injured or dead ones back to kill the meat for the soldiers to eat."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhongli responded excitedly.

At this time, there were Xiliang soldiers who fell to the ground and were not dead yet, and there were also Xiliang soldiers whose horses were hit and ran wildly on their two legs.

Zhongli's cavalry went out of the city gate and quickly cleared these Xiliang cavalry.

At the same time, the wounded and injured war horses were dragged back into the city.

The generals watched the excitement, followed Zhao Xu, and came down from the city wall with a smile.

They can eat horse meat again.

There were many wounded horses of the enemy in the autumn hunting of the Northern Di and the battle of Yanzhou.

These horses were finally killed as a reward and given to the soldiers as meat.

If there were more, they would be dried and often given to the soldiers during daily training.

Otherwise, the soldiers would not be able to maintain the high-intensity training on weekdays.

In the evening.

The smell of meat filled the air in Hengshan County, and dozens of large pots were set up in the camp.

The broth in the pot was boiling and steaming.

However, due to the large number of soldiers, the total of about 100 dead horses and wounded horses dragged back were still not enough to eat.

Zhao Xu could only let most of the soldiers drink the broth.

And the meat was left to the soldiers led by Liu Tan.

"This time, the most important task is you and your soldiers. Huaicheng is 300 miles away from here, and you have one and a half days of marching time to arrive." Zhao Xu said.

In the battle to capture Luding Bridge, the Red Army marched 240 kilometers in one day and one night, which was the pinnacle of light infantry.

The soldiers of the palace needed to wear armor and march with heavy loads, which was naturally impossible because they had to wear scale armor.

After all, if they encountered the Xiliang army, they would suffer heavy casualties without armor.

So, he gave Liu Tan a day and a half.

Arrived in Huaicheng, set up camp, pretended to attack the city, and triggered the mobilization of the Xiliang army.

Liu Tan nodded heavily. Since he accepted this task, he had to complete it even if it cost his life.

Zhao Xu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Give all the horse meat to Liu Tan's subordinates and soldiers. After they are full, they will set off tonight."

The other generals had no objection to this.

They will stay in Hengshan County and wait for Liu Tan to make a move, waiting for an opportunity to act.

After receiving the order, they led their soldiers to fish out the horse meat and personally delivered it to Liu Tan's subordinates and soldiers.

An hour later, the sky gradually darkened.

After eating their fill, Liu Tan and his soldiers gathered at the north gate.

In order to achieve a quick march this time, the soldiers heading to Huaicheng only carried enough fried noodles for ten days.

Except for armor and weapons, they traveled light without any baggage.

After arriving in Huaicheng, they will try their best to keep the Xiliang reinforcements near Huaicheng.

To buy time for the main force of Hengshan County to attack Xincheng.

The night became darker and darker. Liu Tan saluted Zhao Xu and turned away.

Soon, their figures disappeared in the night.

At this time, Zhao Xu said to Chang Wei, "You are also ready to march to Xincheng at night at any time."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei responded.

The next day.

After a night of marching, Liu Tan's army appeared near Ying County.

That night, they walked more than a hundred miles.

When it was bright, he ordered the soldiers to distance themselves from each other and deliberately raised dust on the official road when they walked.

Under the cover of dust, the team of 10,000 people seemed to be marching with 70,000 or 80,000 people.

Their appearance was soon discovered by the Xiliang soldiers in Ying County.

However, they found that this army had no intention of attacking Ying County.

Instead, they bypassed Ying County and continued to go northwest.

The garrison commander of Ying County suddenly realized that they seemed to be going to attack Huaicheng.

He immediately sent someone to Jincheng to report to Murong Wuji.

While Liu Tan was marching, he kept sending cavalry to explore.

When they encountered a forest, they let the soldiers rest in the forest, eat fried noodles, sleep for a while, and then continue to march.

After a day and a half, they arrived near Huaicheng.

Twenty miles outside Huaicheng, they cut down trees, built ladders, and set up camp.

The troops of King Yan suddenly appeared in the northwest of Jinzhou.

This caught the Xiliang generals in the northwest cities off guard.

The troops of King Yan came too fast and did not give them time to react.

They hurriedly sent people to Jincheng for help.

Two days after Liu Tan arrived in Huaicheng, the cavalry from Ying County arrived.

They learned that the Yan Wang army appeared in Huaicheng.

Murong Wuji was shocked. To the north of Huaicheng was Tongguan.

If Tongguan was lost, the Xiliang soldiers would not be able to go south to Jinzhou from the north, and the Beidi would not be able to come to support.

"This Yan Wang is too cunning. Immediately dispatch the army to Huaicheng. Tongguan must not be taken by the Yan Wang!" Murong Wuji was furious!