"Hurry up and inform the two armies up ahead that West Cold Cavalry is nearby. Tell them to prepare for battle." Zhang Yan turned her head and pointed to the herald beside him. When those herald s left, he immediately ordered the other herald s, "Send the order immediately. Lance Soldier is on the left, shield and blade in the middle, bow and arrow on the right, accelerate forward."
"Howl …"
All of a sudden, the low and deep Bullhorn's voice sounded out in the wilderness. The Army of Montenegro soldiers s looked over in fear, only to see that on the horizon in the east, amidst the faint mist, countless little black dots were moving fast, like a group of rolling ants.
As the small black dots got closer, they became bigger and bigger, from a group of ants to a group of man-eating wild wolves, they engulfed the entire Army of Montenegro and the rumbling sound of their horses' hooves shook the entire ground.
"Master Zhang Yan, West Cold Cavalry is here." Chen Lin galloped over and whispered in Zhang Yan's ear. Although he had fought with soldiers for many years and had seen the cavalry of Youzhou before, he had never faced so many cavalrymen at one time.
Among Zhang Yan's group, there were four large Army of Montenegro s, two of whom were Zhang Yan's large teams, and two of whom were her and Ping Han's subordinates. As the main general, Zhang Yan led her troops to the rear of the palace.
Zhang Yan forced herself to calm down and nod her head, trying her best to hide the fear in his heart. He knew clearly in his heart that what she needed the most right now was to be calm. If he was to panic, then the four large groups he had traveled to, along with nearly eighty thousand Army of Montenegro, would collapse in an instant.
"Pass my order, Wangjialing is right in front of us, we will immediately seize the advantageous terrain, the Lance Soldier is outside, the blade and shield soldiers are in the center, the arrow soldiers are at the back, quickly form a defensive circle. Tell all soldiers that the cavalry of Youzhou's army is rushing to reinforce them, and we must hold on until they arrive. Whoever dares to take a step back will be killed without mercy! "
The Army of Montenegro soldiers s were in a hurry, quickly forming a circle formation under the command of the Generals. Actually, this was the simplest defensive formation. It could be set up before the cavalry arrived. The problem was whether or not the soldiers could hold their ground under the cavalry's charge.
Zhang Yan stood in the middle of the big array and when she saw that the West Cold Cavalry was getting closer and closer, she couldn't help but hold onto the long spear in her hands tightly. While waiting, Zhang Yan felt that time and space became an eternity. Faint sounds of thunder came from the horizon and the ground beneath her feet also trembled lightly.
Guo Si raised his spear and spurred his horse forward, the thirty thousand riders followed closely behind him like a shadow. The overwhelming amount of cavalrymen were like a flood that had broken through a dike, carrying with them the might to trample through everything as they unstoppably swept towards Army of Montenegro in front of them.
The vast wilderness retreated like a receding tide. Only thousands of war horses were galloping forward, and over a hundred thousand horses' hooves almost simultaneously struck the ground, producing deafening booms. The entire world was trembling and trembling.
Receiving Li Ru's order, Guo Si led the cavalry army to Changjin Ferry Pass, but did not expect to meet him halfway. Guo Si immediately felt that the chance had come. As long as he exterminated all of these Army of Montenegro s, he would be able to snatch them back in one go.
"Kill …"
Guo Si roared out fiercely, the spear in his hand pointed forward, pointed at the Army of Montenegro in front of him. Almost at the same time, his left hand lightly lifted the horse reins, and the war horse under him tacitly slowed down.
"Kill …"
Hundreds of thousands of iron hooves stirred up a cloud of dust in the sky, covering almost half of the sky. Like a rolling iron tide, they instantly passed through Guo Si and continued to rush forward, rapidly pouncing towards the front lines of the Army of Montenegro.
The speed of the West Cold Cavalry's war horses became faster and faster, the sounds of horse hooves became louder and louder, causing more and more dust to fly into the air, finally transforming into a triangular arrow that pierced through the cold wind and flew straight towards the sharp arrow.
The frontmost troop of cavalrymen pressed down their long spears, which were pointed straight at the void. Tens of thousands of sharp spears glinted coldly in the cold sunlight, forming a suffocating forest of death. The riders at the back raised their spears up high, the sharp spear blade caused the cold sunlight to turn cold.
Zhang Yan looked at West Cold Cavalry who was swarming towards him, and immediately felt her blood boiling, filled with fighting intent. He glanced around at his men, and her heart sank. The soldiers stood in the defense line, terrified and uneasy. Their eyes were filled with fear, and their hands, which held onto their weapons, were also trembling slightly.
"Brothers, the Wangjialing is the only high ground in the wilderness. If anyone dares to run, they will be chased like rabbits by the West Cold Cavalry. "Only by putting up a fight will we have a chance at survival." Zhang Yan knew that her soldiers had never met such a strong enemy. Raising his spear, she shouted loudly, "Brothers, straighten your back, straighten your chest, and fight with all your might!"
However, Zhang Yan's shouts were quickly drowned out by the rumbling sounds of the Xiliang Steel Cavalry's hooves. All the surrounding soldiers looked at the approaching Xiliang Steel Cavalry with wooden expressions.
Zhang Yan couldn't help but become anxious. He knew very clearly in her heart that if her subordinates were to collapse at the first touch, the Chen Lin and Ping Han, who were at the back of the line, would disperse in a wave. These 80,000 Army of Montenegro would truly become rabbits being hunted in the wilderness. He grabbed her own General Flag from her personal guard and sprinted along the defensive formation.
"Brothers, I, Zhang Yan, am right by your side. Even if we die, we die together. Even if we die, we will die like men. Even if we die, we will drag a few behind us, and even if we die, the West Cold Army will accompany us in death. "
Zhang Yan whipped her horse and galloped in front of the array, constantly waving her Banner, shouting at the top of his lungs, completely disregarding the Xiliang Steel Cavalry who was getting closer and closer. Even if West Cold Cavalry's spear were to pierce through his body, he hoped that it would result in the Army of Montenegro joining forces against him and fighting him to the death.
"Sky …" Dead... Huang Tian … "Stand up …" All of a sudden, someone from the Army of Montenegro soldiers shouted out. The sound was extremely weak and helpless within the sounds of the rolling horses' hooves, and it quickly disappeared amidst the clamoring noise.
However, the Army of Montenegro soldiers in the formation could hear everything clearly. They suddenly heard a familiar shout that sounded close to their ears, and saw the eye-catching "Zhang" Banner flying high in the air before their eyes. The grief and indignation that had been suppressed for a long time in their hearts exploded out, and all the soldiers raised their weapons, exclaiming loudly: "The heavens … Dead... Huang Tian … "Stand up …"
Zhang Yan suddenly grabbed onto the horse reins, tears flowing out of her eyes. He was very familiar with this shout. It had been five years, how many yellow scarfed brothers had died under the hands of the burly officer with this slogan. Today, they had become the burly officer who fought for the world. His heart was bleeding, trembling, and her face twisted in pain. He raised her head to the sky and cried loudly, "Heavens …" Dead... Huang Tian … "Stand up …"
They seemed to be seeing their parents and children who had fallen in the cold wind. They seemed to see the piles of bones in the wilderness, see the puzzled looks on the faces of their dead brothers. Their eyes were filled with tears, and they seemed to have used all their strength to shout out the anger and pain in their hearts. Dead... Huang Tian … "Stand up …"
One roar after another shook the heaven and earth. The shouts were like a surging wave that whistled across the entire battlefield, causing huge waves that were higher than the others, ruthlessly smashing into Army of Montenegro's heart, arousing the bloody hatred in their hearts.
"Raise your chest, and fight with all your might …"
Zhang Yan heard the roars that sounded like raging waves and his entire body trembled. His whole body was in pain as though there were tens of thousands of arrows piercing her heart, he tightly held onto her long spear as she stared at Xiliang Steel Cavalry, who was rushing towards him, she opened her mouth and screamed.
"Raise your chest, and fight with all your might …"
"Raise your chest, and fight with all your might …"
"Raise your chest, and fight with all your might …"
The Army of Montenegro s shouted out, the sound becoming louder and louder, quickly overshadowing the thunderous sound of the horses' hooves. The loud roars drove away the fear in the soldiers' hearts. Their expressions became passionate, and their eyes burned with a strong desire for battle.
did not expect that although the Army of Montenegro that was led by Yang Lin had formed an offensive formation, four hours had passed and the sun had already reached the peak, but the Army of Montenegro still had not attacked. Their formation had barely moved, but the soldiers in charge of the attack would change their formation every once in a while, as if they were conducting a war offensive exercise.
At the beginning, Li Ru was watching Yang Lin's array formation with interest. Gradually, his face revealed a condescending sneer, thinking that Yang Lin's array formation was only so-so. But when Yang Lin still did not come to attack, Li Ru felt that something was amiss.
First of all, the distance between the two armies was a bit too far. Under normal circumstances, the distance between the two armies would be about 500 to 600 steps. But now, with the distance between the two armies of more than a thousand steps, no matter how powerful Li Ru's eyes were, he was still unable to clearly see anything more than a thousand steps away.
Although he wanted his own scout to get as close to the great array as possible, in order to investigate the actual situation of the Army of Montenegro … But cavalry of Youzhou was too powerful, their arrows were accurate and far away, before the battle had even started, more than a hundred scout were already shot dead.
"Military Advisor, what is Black Hills Thieves doing?" Wang Fang, who was beside Li Ru, seemed to have also noticed the problem, and scolded him impatiently: "These damned thieves, they actually dare to put up such an array in front of the Military Advisor, they are truly useless, they do not know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is."
But Li Ru shook his head and did not say anything. In fact, he thought to himself, it's not good. They've already been fooled. From the beginning, although Army of Montenegro had set up an offensive formation, they were not prepared to attack at all. They were stalling for time and waiting for reinforcements.
"Black Hills Thieves has more than 200,000 soldiers. No matter how weak they are, they should be more than enough to attack more than 30,000 West Cold Army. Even if they do not win, they can still retreat safely. Do they need to wait for reinforcements?" Li Ru asked himself in his heart, hoping to find the answer and see what Yang Lin was thinking.
"Could it be that Yang Lin wants to stall himself so that he can completely annihilate the West Cold Army?" The corner of Li Ru's mouth twitched, but he quickly rejected this conjecture. The Huaixian Base Camp and the Fu County Base Camp of the West Cold Army were both at the Yellow River side. Even if the West Cold Army was defeated, the West Cold Army on the south side of the Yellow River would quickly cross them all over the Yellow River.