Shanggu County is under Yi County, and it has long been a situation of preparation for war.

After receiving Li Chongjiu's letter, Su Su immediately asked the county magistrate Zhao Wansan to stay behind according to the original plan, and then ordered Yuchi Gong to be a partial army, leading five hundred cavalry, five hundred Han cavalry out of Fanyang, detoured through Gu'an, and took Yongnu County to threaten Luo Yi's flank.

Su Su himself led two generals, Zhao Quanting and Chen Ke, to dispatch 5,000 county soldiers and infantry, and along the Laishui County Avenue, to seize Zhuo County in Zhuo County. The county magistrates and county magistrates of Zhuo County were all confidants of the Lu family. They secretly received the order of Lu Chengqing. They led their troops out of the city and surrendered the whole city. Su Su's troops defeated Zhuo County without bloodshed, and then advanced to Liangxiang County.

Just before Su Su sent troops, the 15,000 troops on Li Chongjiu's side had already been dispatched. Li Chongjiu's troops did not go straight from Anle County, and went straight to the city of Ji County through Changping County, which was now ineffective.

Instead, the entire army crossed the Great Wall to the west and attacked Huairong County. Huairong County was a passage connecting Shanggu County and Huaihuang Town, and it was a place that military strategists must fight for. Seizing this place, Li Chongjiu was equivalent to opening up the military capital of the Taihang Mountains. It can be said that they can attack and retreat or defend, so they are determined to win.

Huairong County just passed the previous plunder of Gao Tansheng, and then Gao Tansheng was destroyed by Xue Shixiong. The city was not strong after the siege, and the guards were only a thousand people. Even though Li Chongjiu's subordinates were all cavalry,

The defenders resisted Li Chongjiu's army's attack on the city for three days, but in the end they could not resist Li Chongjiu's military strength and the whole city was subdued.

After Li Chongjiu captured Huairong County, he went directly to Jundu Xing, among the eight passes of Taihang, and from Jundu Pass on the edge of the Great Wall, breaking through the pass again and entering. Second, he entered the Great Wall, and this time he turned the way south.

Li Chongjiu's goal to go south was Liangxiang County. He met with Su Su's five thousand army at the foot of Liangxiang County. Li Chongjiu's army was all cavalry and was extremely fast. Su Su's army conquered Zhuo County. When he first arrived at the foot of Liangxiang County, Li Chongjiu's army arrived.

So under Liangxiang County, flags entered the sea. Li Chongji's 20,000 troops were deployed here, and the guards in the city were all shocked.

Luo Yi in Ji County heard that Li Chongjiu had sent troops, and he was not surprised at all. He had known that Li Chongjiu would not have been there to see Zhuo County fall into his hands, and would definitely lead his army to fight with him.

Luo Yi was not prepared at all. After several days of integration, he had gained allegiance from tens of thousands of county soldiers in Ji County. His power increased greatly. He thought that Li Chongjiu would go south from Anle County and fight him in the city of Ji County, but he did not expect that Li Chongjiu was afraid of himself or had no intention of a decisive battle. Instead, he went around in circles and conquered the two counties of Zhuo County. The main force actually went around in circles and appeared south of Ji County.

Luo Yilian wrote several letters to ask Gao Kaidao to help him, but Gao Kaidao replied that Li Chongjiu's life suddenly cried, Cui Xu and his two men led the army of Liaoxi and Dingling to station on the border between Liaoxi County and Yuyang County. Once he sent troops to help Luo Yi, Yuyang County would inevitably be attacked by the two. Now for Gao Kaidao, who has lost Anle County, Yuyang County is his last hometown.

But when Luo Yi begged, Gao Kaidao didn't know the reason why he lost his lips and teeth were cold. Finally, he was loyal and drew a thousand cavalry under his command to lead the Turkic general Ashinakush to lead the south, which was also considered a reinforcement to Luo Yi.

After getting Gao Kaidao's reinforcements, Luo Yi was quite satisfied. He could see that the cavalry was elite. Luo Yi immediately had some confidence. Now he put his men together and made full plans. He counted that there were 15,000 troops around him, which was enough to fight against Li Chongjiu.

However, Li Chongjiu had no intention of a decisive battle with him. He would rather go around Jixian and turn left and right, but he would not come to the city of Jixian to fight against Luo Yi. Luo Yi originally controlled only Jixian. If the other nine counties of Zhuoxian were all captured by Li Chongjiu, then he would have the governor of Zhuoxian. What's the use of just guarding one Jixian?

But at this moment, Li Chongjiu's cavalry appeared in Yongnu County. If he crossed Yongnu and attacked his hometown in Beiping County, wouldn't it be even worse?

Luo Yi thought about it and decided that he could not sit in Jixian anymore and wait for Li Chongjiu to come for a decisive battle. He had to take the initiative to seek a decisive battle to win. Luo Yi was confident that he had risen with a small soldier and had been in the army for more than 20 years and had been through many battles. Li Chongjiu had a strong opponent, even though he defeated Khitan and Goguryeo and had some skills in subduing the Xi clan, even if he could not even fight Song Jingang, he would be his opponent.

At present, Luo Yi is very confident in defeating Li Chongjiu. What should Luo Yi do if he sends troops from Jixian County?

Luo Yi also knew that he was very unpopular in Ji County now. If his army went out and the backyard of Ji County caught fire, wouldn’t he be useless? Luo Yi thought for a moment and ordered two of his subordinates to lead 500 cavalry of Youzhou and the county soldiers and generals whom he trusted, to guard Yongnu and Ji County respectively.

After the arrangement, a worse news came, Gu'an County also surrendered Li Chongjiu.

After hearing this, Luo Yi knew that if he waited, even Liangxiang County would turn a defence. At that time, Luo Yi personally led 2,000 cavalry in Youzhou, 1,000 reinforcements from 7,000 county soldiers and townships to join 10,000 troops from Ji County to Liangxiang to seek a decisive battle with Li Chongjiu. Luo Yi also took more than 30 officials in Ji County and Lu Ziqian and other top figures in the clan to join the army in case they cause chaos in the rear.

When Luo Yi's army arrived in Liangxiang County, he saw Li Chongjiu's army. Because of his own military strength, he retreated from Liangxiang City and re-arranged the formation outside the city.

Seeing that the other party was re-arranged, Luo Yi said immediately: "The enemy retreated because of our army's power. He just took a breath to defeat him. Who would be the vanguard?"

When the county generals saw it, they said, "Although the enemy retreated, we ran for dozens of miles, exhausted and we were not yet stable, so we might as well rest for a day and fight again."

"All of them are timid! Father and commander, I am willing to defeat the enemy for the vanguard!" A white-robed general spoke, which was Luo Cheng, the son of Luo Yi.

Luo Yi said with relief when he saw this: "I will give you a thousand iron cavalry, and I will not defeat the enemy, so don't come back."

"promise."

Luo Cheng replied with a reply and turned over the horse, and immediately led a thousand Youzhou iron cavalry to advance. Li Chong's nine armies left wing. Luo Cheng knew what his father meant. These thousand iron cavalry were Luo Yi's soldiers, and no matter their loyal combat power, there was no doubt. Luo Yi wanted him to achieve the first merit first, so that those county soldiers and generals who wanted to protect their military strength could see the strength of the Luo family army.

Li Chongjiu's left wing was Zhao Quanting's two thousand county soldiers. He was about to retreat to the camp, but he saw the opponent's cavalry running towards his own army. Zhao Quanting was not afraid at all. Under the city of Gaimu City, the county soldiers defeated the Goguryeo cavalry with strong bows and crossbows.

The soldiers of his county were trained for a year and went into battle several times, not those of the rebels. When they saw the cavalry, they were afraid of running around. At this moment, Zhao Quanting ordered the cavalrymen who were covered to not support them, but instead ordered them to cut off the enemy cavalry's retreat and set up the formation in front.

Zhao Quanting's infantry lined up, and still used the strong crossbowmen as the first row, while the long archers were the second and third rows. After the crossbowmen, there were sword and shield soldiers, Mo Jian and infantry soldiers. Zhao Quanting was confident that ordinary cavalry could only seek death in such a battle.

After taking the lead, the opponent's cavalry ran faster and faster, approaching less than half a mile before him. As the bright sun shone, the cavalry armor suddenly shone. Zhao Quanting's pupils shrank and he immediately took a breath of cold air.

Unlike ordinary cavalry, the two armors worn by infantrymen are dark and the armor is not reflected even if sunlight is sunlight. The two iron pieces on the horse's chest are like mirrors, dazzling. Zhao Quanting saw at a glance that only the bright light armor can achieve such an effect.

It's fine if the armor on a human body is also covered with equipment, that is, horse armor. From the past, I looked at the iron face curtains that protect the horse's head, horse neck and chicken neck, and chest with heavy armor leaves stacked on the chest. As for the horse's body armor, and parasitics, they are also available.

From a man to a horse, it was like wearing a small hill of iron. Zhao Quanting was sweating everywhere, thinking that this was the Youzhou Iron Cavalry built with the 20th year of the Great Sui Dynasty and a lot of money?

Unlike ordinary cavalry, there was a rumbling sound when they stepped on the ground. Every step of the Youzhou cavalry stood like a thousand pounds, and their horses were all covered under the equipment, as if the ground was about to be crushed.

And when the attack came, Zhao Quanting saw that the opponent's war horse was also tall and far away.

The Turkic horses on the foreign cavalry were always shorter, with a height of up to the chest and abdomen of people, but their victory was due to their longevity. The Sui army usually rode Yanqi horses, which were all in the northern pastures. There were more than 100,000 horses in the Sui Dynasty, which were slightly higher than Turkic horses and were good at galloping. The war horses of the opposite cavalry were all tall and headed, almost close to the height of humans. Such a large horse was only available in Liaodong, otherwise it would be impossible to carry the hard armor on such a man and horse.

Zhao Quanting gritted his teeth and immediately knew that he had miscalculated. He immediately held the sword and said, "Listen to my order, anyone who dares to shoot arrows at will will be killed!"

The crossbowmen in front were all calmed down after hearing this. The opponent's armored cavalry was getting closer and closer, and it was approaching a hundred steps. This happened to be the kill range of the crossbow, but Zhao Quantingya bit her teeth and stared at the front with no movement.

At seventy steps, the opponent's cavalry took bows and shot arrows at the Shanggu County soldiers at will, which was a cavalry shooting.

The crossbowman who was not covered with armor in front was shot by this arrow, and twenty or thirty people were injured, but due to Zhao Quanting's strict order, no one shot an arrow.

After fifty steps, the opponent's riding heavy cavalry and shooting for a round, he threw the bow beside him, picked up a horse spear about 100 feet tall and pointed it straight ahead.

Zhao Quanting yelled at this time: "Chain the horse!"

When pulling the bow, you should pull the strong, when shooting arrows, you should use long shots, first shoot horses, and first capture the king. If a cavalry rushes to the formation, a war horse without armor is undoubtedly the best and biggest target. Once a high-speed horse is injured and falls, the cavalry has only one end, that is, a slap is taken to the ground, and then the cavalry is stepped into meat paste by its own cavalry behind.

But the other party’s war horse in front of him is a heavy armored cavalry wearing armor. Is it useful to shoot a horse?
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