May 5th, Yizhou.
Liu Zhiyuan, leader of the Eight Banners Han Army, led three thousand cavalrymen to the city of Yizhou.
When the scout told Li Benshen the news, he was a little panicked.
Li Benshen is Gao Jie's nephew. He is only in his thirties and his current achievements are all due to Gao Jie's promotion.
Now that Gao Jie was not around, he felt backboneless and immediately asked people to find Li Chengdong and Yizhou defender Yuan Zongde to discuss the matter.
"General Li, the Jiannu army is at the gates of the city. What should we do?" asked Li Benshen.
In fact, Li Chengdong knew about this before Li Benshen learned the news.
However, in order to highlight his importance, he did not take the initiative to find Li Benshen to discuss the matter, but waited for the other party to find him.
"Since the Jiannu are invading, we should send troops to fight them. First, we can let the Jiannu see the strength of our army, and second, we can take the opportunity to make meritorious service." Li Chengdong replied.
"Not appropriate," Yuan Zongdi shook his head. "Now the main force of the Ping Liao army has gone deep into the grassland to pursue the Jian Nu. Our mission is to ensure that Yizhou on the western front is not in trouble, so we should wait and see for now."
"The enemy has already reached our doorstep, and you are still waiting and watching?" Li Chengdong laughed. "You should know that the Jiannu only has 3,000 soldiers, while our total force is 8,000! General Yuan is too timid!"
Yuan Zongdi rolled his eyes at Li Chengdong and explained in a deep voice: "Wait and see does not mean not to send troops, but to make targeted deployments based on the movements of the Jiannu. If they are just lining up outside the city, we can just wait and see in the city."
"If the enemy chooses to bypass Yizhou and attack the rear, we can then leave the city and chase them from behind. By then, there will be friendly troops blocking them in front and we will block them from behind. The Jian Nu will surely be defeated!"
"Don't say so much useless things, you are just afraid of the Jiannu!" Li Chengdong slandered.
"As a soldier, how can I be afraid?" Yuan Zongdi was very angry. "The main force of the Ping Liao army is on the grassland, and there must be no accidents in the rear. So we should be stable first, rather than pursuing so-called merits."
"If you are afraid, just hide in the city like a coward. I, Li, am not afraid!" After mocking Li Chengdong, he discussed with Li Benshen for a while, then turned and walked out.
Soon, Yuan Zongde's personal soldiers came in to report: "Sir, Li Chengdong is gathering troops and horses, saying that he wants to go out of the city to kill the Jiannu."
"Got it," Yuan Zongdi nodded.
"What should we do?" the guards asked, "Should we stay in the city and defend it, or go out of the city and help them fight?"
"Gather first and talk about it when everyone is here." Yuan Zongde gave the order helplessly.
His mission was to ensure that Yizhou was not lost.
We can definitely accomplish the mission by defending the city, but it’s hard to say if we have to fight outside the city.
If a defeat occurred, his troops and Yizhou would probably be burned to ashes.
While Yuan Zongde's troops were gathering, Li Chengdong had already assembled them.
"Today, I will lead you to achieve great things, get promoted and make money! Pass the order to all departments..." Li Chengdong waved his hand and was about to order them to leave the city and form a battle line.
"General Li," Li Benshen stopped him, "I heard that Yuan Zongde's men are also gathering. Should we wait for them?"
"What are we waiting for?" Li Chengdong asked, "The Jiannu only have 3,000 cavalrymen, but we have 5,000, 2,000 more than them! Even if we use our lives to pile them up, we can still kill them!"
"Victory is merit. If we wait for Yuan Zong to leave the city together, we will have to share the credit with him. There is no need to do that!"
Li Benshen frowned: "But I heard that Jiannu is good at field battles. We only have the advantage of numbers. I am afraid that our individual combat power is no match for Jiannu."
"Don't worry," Li Chengdong patted Li Benshen on the shoulder, "I brought these people up personally, and their fighting power is no worse than that of the Eight Banners soldiers."
"Are you...really that sure?" Li Benshen was still a little skeptical.
"Of course, as long as they have money and achievements, they will all fight to the death!" Li Chengdong pointed at the cavalry behind him, "Don't you think so?"
"Yes!" The nearby cavalry responded.
Looking at the confidence of these people, Li Benshen finally put his worries aside.
He waved his hand and ordered: "Go out of the city to meet the enemy!"
Squeak—
The city gates opened and the drawbridge was lowered.
Five thousand cavalrymen filed out.
Li Chengdong did not stand at the front of the team, but stayed beside Li Benshen to protect his safety.
The Eight Banners soldiers lined up in the east of the city.
Maybe it was out of self-confidence, or maybe he forgot about it.
Li Chengdong did not choose to leave the city from the west, but chose to leave the city from the east gate.
Liu Zhiyuan, leader of the Han army of the Eight Banners, was of bondservant origin.
Whose coating?
Huang Taiji’s Baoyi!
One can imagine the merits required to be promoted from a low-level bondservant to the leader of a Han army flag, and the leader of the Han army flag of the Bordered Yellow Banner.
In other words, Liu Zhiyuan was not only brave in battle, but also very good at using troops.
Looking at the Ming army leaving the city, Liu Zhiyuan quickly discovered the flaw.
There were already hundreds of Ming troops outside the city, but the central army flag had not yet appeared.
In other words, the opponent's main general is still in the city!
Thinking of this, he ordered the generals around him: "The Ming army has not yet established a firm foothold. You lead a thousand soldiers to attack the Ming army outside the city head-on. After the attack, do not linger in the battle, but retreat immediately."
"I obey your command." The generals beside him rushed out first.
Under his leadership, one thousand eight-banner elite soldiers shot towards the east gate of Yizhou like arrows.
Halfway through the rush, he discovered that the Ming army's central flag was moving out of the city gate.
"Kill!" The Eight Banners soldiers accelerated their charge.
At this time, the Ming army outside the city had not yet established a firm foothold.
They didn't know whether to defend on the spot, counterattack, or retreat.
While hesitating, the Jiannu had already arrived fifty steps away.
Buzz——
The first round of arrows rose into the sky and flew towards the Ming army formation with a sound of breaking through the air.
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