This time, the Zhenxi Army entered the plateau area to launch a surprise attack on the army of the Songfan Kingdom. It dispatched the cavalry units of Zhenxi Right Guard, Zhenxi Vanguard and Zhenxi Rear Guard, as well as 20,000 Huben Cavalry, 10,000 Black Armor Cavalry, 10,000 Beiwei Cavalry, 10,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, 10,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry and 10,000 White Horse Volunteers of the Royal Guards.
Before the cavalry units of the four guards entered the plateau area, Sun Hao used the "Brave General Converter" to make up for all the losses of each guard, including the Zhenxi Right Guard which had suffered heavy losses.
In this way, the Zhenxi Army gathered a total of 160,000 cavalry, including 150,000 heavy cavalry and 10,000 light cavalry.
Originally, Sun Hao planned to personally lead the 160,000 cavalry into the plateau. After all, after replenishing the losses of each guard, there were still 10 million conversion points left in the "Hero Converter".
At the critical moment, Sun Hao could exchange for at least another 25,000 heavy cavalry.
However, under the persuasion of his two advisers Pang Tong and Guo Jia, Sun Hao handed over the command of 160,000 cavalry to the three commanders of Zhenxi Right Guard, Zhenxi Vanguard and Zhenxi Rear Guard, namely Xue Rengui, Qin Qiong and Di Qing.
Because they had to negotiate with the Zhenxi Army, the two armies led by King Songfan Dorje and the eldest prince Songfan Sangji of Songfan Kingdom joined forces and stationed directly on the edge of Wuerpo.
Wuerpo is the watershed between the plateau and the Western Regions. It is a steep slope that stretches for more than 200 miles and is hundreds of miles wide. Wuerpo is also the only passage from the Western Regions to the plateau.
As long as you walk about half of Wuerpo, it is equivalent to entering the plateau area, which will make breathing very difficult and may even cause some people to suffocate to death.
Of course, people who live in the plateau all year round will not have such altitude sickness.
It was not until the 160,000 cavalrymen of the Zhenxi Army had passed two-thirds of Wuerpo under the cover of darkness that Xue Rengui, Qin Qiong and Di Qing could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
As Shi Wengong said, none of the 160,000 cavalrymen had difficulty breathing.
Xue Rengui, who was riding on his horse, turned to Qin Qiong and Di Qing and said in a deep voice, "Since our soldiers have no symptoms of breathing difficulties, we will follow the previously arranged plan and divide our forces to attack the various camps of the Songfan army."
Di Qing then said, "The Songfan army would never have thought that our Zhenxi army could suddenly attack the plateau. The success rate of the surprise attack should be very high. However, the Songfan army has a large number of troops, and the next battle will definitely be a tough one."
Qin Qiong said in a serious tone: "Today's battle is related to whether our Zhenxi Army can expand its territory to the plateau.
Even if the Songfan Army's strength is more than ten times that of our Zhenxi Army, we must win this battle."
To be honest, Xue Rengui, Qin Qiong and Di Qing were not completely sure about their chances of launching a surprise attack on the Songfan army.
However, when the three men led their troops and suddenly attacked the camp of the Songfan army, they found that the resistance of the Songfan army was much weaker than they expected.
It turned out that during the day today, after receiving the news of the rebellion of the Rongxi tribe, the King Songfan Dorje and the eldest prince Songfan Sangji of the Songfan Kingdom, the father and son directly led 750,000 Snow Mountain Iron Cavalry to quell the rebellion of the Rongxi tribe.
The Rongxi tribe was once a tribe on the plateau, second only to the Songfan tribe in strength.
During the conquest of the Rongxi tribe, the Songfan tribe killed at least 300,000 people from the Rongxi tribe, which also resolved the blood feud between the Rongxi tribe and the royal family of the Songfan Kingdom.
The Rongxi tribe, which still has a population of over 500,000, took advantage of the war between Songfan Kingdom and Liang Kingdom's Zhenxi Army to unite with more than a dozen other small tribes and raise the banner of rebellion against Songfan Kingdom.
After the 750,000 Snow Mountain Iron Cavalry left, the Songfan Army still had nearly two million people, but they were all cavalry units composed of herdsmen from various tribes, and even slave soldiers.
Faced with 160,000 cavalrymen of the Zhenxi Army who were almost armed to the teeth, it soon turned into a major defeat.
King Songfan Dorje and the eldest prince Songfan Sangji were both in disbelief when they learned that the Liang State Zhenxi Army had entered the plateau and defeated nearly two million Songfan cavalry troops.
After all, when the Western Regions' troops entered the plateau, even breathing became a problem, let alone fighting.
However, the continuous defeat of the cavalry from various tribes forced King Songfan Dorje and the eldest prince Songfan Sangji to face this fact.
"Father, why don't I lead 400,000 Snow Mountain Cavalry to stay and gather the defeated soldiers from various tribes to resist the invasion of Liang State's Zhenxi Army." The eldest prince Songfan Sangji said in a deep voice.
King Songfan Dorje pondered for a moment and said, "I will leave you 600,000 Snow Mountain Iron Cavalry. 150,000 Snow Mountain Iron Cavalry are enough to quell the rebellion of the Rongxi tribe. Moreover, there are still 100,000 Snow Mountain Iron Cavalry left in the capital.
The Rongxi tribe today is not the Rongxi tribe of ten years ago."
The eldest prince Songfan Sangji nodded, "That's good. With 600,000 Snow Mountain Iron Cavalry here, we will have a better chance of repelling the Liang Kingdom's Zhenxi Army.
But I really can't understand why the Liang State Zhenxi Army's combat effectiveness was not affected after entering the plateau?"
The Zhenxi Army launched a surprise attack on the Songfan army, annihilating more than 800,000 Songfan troops, including more than 400,000 prisoners.
The loss of the 160,000 Zhenxi Army can be said to be negligible.
However, upon learning that the king and eldest prince of Songfan Kingdom had left first with 750,000 Snow Mountain Iron Cavalry, Xue Rengui, Qin Qiong and Di Qing could not help but feel both relieved and regretful.
Fortunately, without the 750,000 Snow Mountain Cavalry, this sneak attack on the Songfan army would have been so easy to win.
Unfortunately, they failed to take the opportunity to severely damage the most elite Snow Mountain Cavalry of Songfan Kingdom, which forced the Zhenxi Army to adjust its subsequent expansion plan on the plateau.
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