Chapter 99: The Knights of the Scythe

However, in the end, Meng Yan's plan to camp on the west bank of his daughter's river was still failed.

Because Situ Rui's Mingyue army had already rushed to the east bank of the Daughter River and set up a camp, Mengyan's guard army had to camp on the wasteland ten miles away from the Daughter River.

This time, Situ Rui brought only six divisions and 150,000 troops.

The 350,000 Mingyue Army when they set out, there are only less than 250,000 people left, of which 30,000 are stationed in Sanjiang, Hedong and Hexi Fortresses, Yan Changkong's Second Division is stationed on the southern foot of Qingniu Tun, Situ Yue's First Division and Tuobaye's Third Division are stationed outside Xiling City, and the rest is brought by Situ Rui.

Compared with Meng Yan's Guards, Situ Rui's Mingyue army has a slight advantage in terms of military strength, but the advantage is not obvious, so Situ Rui did not play the ambushing system.

To divide the troops and ambush not only depends on the terrain, but also on the timing and the comparison of the forces between the two sides. In the battle of Hexi Hills, Situ Rui's troops were more than three times that of Zhao Yue's army, so he could play split ambush. But now Situ Rui's army only had one more division than Meng Yan's Guards Corps. It would be inappropriate to do a split ambush. Maybe it would be defeated by the opponents in turn.

However, Situ Rui was not completely unprepared, he still reserved a killer weapon!

Situ Rui's trump card is Qin She's Scythe Knights. The Scythe Knights have few troops, only five thousand cavalry, half of which are just servants, and the real knights are only 2,500. Never underestimate these 2,500 knights. If the two armies are in a stalemate, these 2,500 knights suddenly emerge from behind, the attack on the enemy will definitely be fatal!

It was late at night and Situ Ruizheng convened the chief of staff Geng Zhong and several divisions to discuss matters.

Situ Rui's eyes fell on Qin Qi's face and asked in a deep voice: "Qin She's Scythe Knights' whereabouts have not been exposed, right?"

Qin Qi hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Governor, the light cavalry under Beiyi has completely blocked the area of ​​the Scythe Knights hiding in the dense forest in a radius of fifty miles. There was no population in this area. In addition, the war was in chaos and it was the cold winter month, so there were no traces of people, so there would never be any mistakes."

Situ Rui thought about it, but was still a little worried, and asked again: "The detectives sent out did not have any accidents, right?"

Qin Qi couldn't help but feel a little angry. He thought he was also a commander of the division commander and a direct descendant of the Qin family in Dingzhou. Unexpectedly, he started to fight the captain of the scout under Situ Rui. The captain of the scout should be the captain of the scout. He accepted the great cause of the empire, but Situ Rui didn't trust him. He asked him three times a day. Are he fucking annoyed?

Thinking of this in his heart, Qin Qi did not dare to offend him and responded respectfully: "I have already arranged it according to the Governor's orders. All the scout cavalry are grouped with three cavalry, no more than a hundred steps away from each other. If any of them has an accident, the other two cavalry can shoot arrows to warn, so there will never be any accident."

Situ Rui finally felt relieved and looked at Qin Qi apologetically and said, "General Qin Qi, this battle is related to the success or failure of this Eastern Expedition. I must be cautious. I hope the general will understand."

Qin Qi uh and said hurriedly: "Governor General is worried too much. Although Qin Qi is young, he can still distinguish between big and big issues."

"Haha, that's good." Situ Rui smiled slightly and said to the other division commanders, "Everyone should go back to the camp to rest, and be fully prepared for the bright moon's decisive battle."

The generals responded with reverence and said goodbye one after another.

Geng Zhong was the last to leave. As soon as he walked to the door of the tent, he suddenly turned around and suggested: "Governor General, should you take advantage of the enemy's fatigue and have a night raid?"

"Not suitable." Situ Rui shook his head and frowned, "The guards of the Glorious Empire are all composed of veterans of war. No matter when and where they are, they will always be vigilant. They are afraid that they will not get any advantage in the night raid, but they can only waste their energy."

Geng Zhong thought about it again and stopped sticking to his opinion and said goodbye.

Speaking of the Imperial Guards and Guards of the Glorious Empire are real elites in a hundred battles. They are all veterans who have emerged from the bloody storm. They are definitely not decorations, nor are they royal guards of honor.

In Middle-earth, many countries have an unwritten rule. If veterans of local corps have served for more than ten years or participated in more than two actual combat, they must leave their original local corps and transfer them to the royal guards or guards corps directly under the royal family. This is actually a means for emperors from various countries to control the entire empire, and concentrate the most elite and war-capable soldiers in the country to the imperial guards and guards corps. The rest of the local corps cannot make trouble even if they want to make trouble, because local corps are vulnerable in front of the most elite royal corps.

However, the Mingyue Empire is an exception. The founding emperor of the Mingyue Empire, Emperor Mingyue, did not do this because he enfeoffed his nine sons as princes of Jiuzhou, and the local governor of Jiuzhou was under the supervision of the prince, so it was impossible to become a climate at all, so there was no custom of transferring veterans from local legions into the royal legion.

However, Emperor Mingyue never expected that his move would lay the hidden dangers of civil war for his descendants.

In the following hundreds of years, the Mingyue Empire had three large-scale rebellions of vassal kings, especially the largest rebellion of the Eight Kings three years ago, which almost split the entire Mingyue Empire. Fortunately, Qiu Yutang was released, and with his amazing military talent, he completed the Jedi counterattack. In just three years, the Eight Kings Rebellion was eliminated and the Nine Provinces were reunified.

Situ Rui certainly knew about these situations, so he rejected Geng Zhong's proposal to raid at night.

The so-called raid can only be successful if the enemy is unprepared. If the opponent is prepared, he can only shoot himself in the foot. Maybe he will be plotted against by the opponent. That will really be a waste of rice if he can't steal the chicken. Situ Rui is cautious in his use of troops and of course he will not take this risk.

The night is dark and the stars and moon are bleak.

The three riders, the bright moon light riders were swimming like ghostly on the wasteland in the shape of a pin character.

Because the dark sky affects vision, the three cavalry, the bright moon cavalry are closer to each other than during the day. Speaking of which, these bright moon cavalry are still very dedicated. It is so cold and dark, so some soldiers with poor disciplines have already found a shelter to make a fire to keep warm. Where would they wander on this wasteland to drink the northwest wind?

Under the dark night sky, three groups of black bears were lying on the ground, quietly approaching the bright moon light cavalry.

At one moment, three groups of black bears lying on the ground suddenly bounced up from the ground. In the midst of lightning, the three bright moon light cavalry on the horse's back had already groaned and fell off their horses at the same time. One of the black shadows stuffed the two fingers of food into their mouths and blew hard. A shrill nighthawk screamed immediately under the night sky.

Soon, the sound of horse hooves sounded on the dark wasteland. Three horses rushed towards the sky. Three black shadows turned over and galloped forward. Shortly after the three horses left, the sound of iron hooves suddenly sounded under the night sky. With the faint moonlight, a large group of black light cavalry swept forward along the wasteland.

Twenty miles north of the Daughter River, deep in the dense forest.

The bonfires were burning vigorously, and the knights of the Scythe Knights were chatting and laughing around the fire. The servants were busy taking care of the horses, and some servants were busy milking the mares who were breastfeeding, and heated the squeezed milk on the fire for the knights to enjoy.

A knight is a knight. No matter where he goes, he will never forget his noble status, nor will he give up his enjoyment.

Because of the protection of the dense forest, Qin She, the leader of the Scythe Knights, was not afraid of being exposed. Besides, if the cold land was frozen, it would probably be frozen by tomorrow morning, so he would not want to participate in the Battle of Daughter River.

There was nothing to say all night. When it was almost dawn, the servants who had never closed their eyes woke up their masters one after another.

The noise began to start in the dense forest. The knights were busy getting water and washing up. After that, they did not forget to use a sharp knife to modify the two slightly upturned mustaches on their lips. At this time, the attendant also helped the knights wear horse armor and came to help the knights wear heavy armor.

The heavy armored iron cavalry is indeed majestic on the battlefield, and the cost of supporting the heavy armored iron cavalry is also quite expensive.

Each heavy armored iron cavalry must be equipped with an exclusive attendant and four horses, a main war horse for the knight to charge and a spare war horse, and the heavy armor used to carry the knights and the horse armor. Once the main war horse is tired or there is something unexpected, it can be replaced at any time. A mule and horse are specially used to carry military supplies. The last one is the attendant's mount, and it can also carry some military supplies appropriately.

The Scythe Knights had 2,500 knights, but they brought the same number of attendants and four times the number of horses. The lineup was quite large. Of course, the attendants could also participate in the battle when necessary. At least in terms of combat effectiveness, the attendants of the knights would not be worse than ordinary light cavalry.

When it was dawn, the knights of the Scythe Knights finally got on their way and drove out of the dense forest with pride. Many knights who like to show off even took the dressage with well-trained war horses. These proud knights did not take the large-scale battle that was about to take seriously.

Of course, from the other hand, this also shows that the psychological qualities of these knights are quite outstanding.

In fact, this is true. Although the knights of the Scythe Knights are noble, they are definitely not embroidered pillows that are not good at. These guys not only have strong bodies, but also have good fighting training, and have had long experience in joining the army on the border. They are all veterans who have experienced bloody battles in life and death.
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