Chapter 31 Do you dare to fight me?

Xu Qiu, the governor of Jingzhou, was very generous and gave Li Qian and Wei Yan each 3,000 light cavalry.

Although these 3,000 cavalrymen were only temporarily under Li Qian’s command and the military achievements they made did not belong to Li Qian, Li Qian could use them to achieve his own goals.

“Brother Li, you are really brave. You even volunteered to be the vanguard.”

After the Jingzhou military meeting ended, Cai Zhong and Cai He were full of admiration for Li Qian.

The two men were well aware of the ferocity of the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang.

Li Qian knew how powerful the Yellow Turban Army was, yet he still dared to ask to be the vanguard. His courage made Cai Zhong and Cai He pale in comparison.

“Hmm, when do we leave?”

Wei Yan and Li Qian were both vanguards, and Wei Yan finally stopped ignoring Li Qian.

Although Wei Yan is aloof, he will still cooperate well in battle.

“Gather the troops today and set out tomorrow morning to challenge the enemy at the foot of Wancheng.”

“it is good!”

Wei Yan didn’t say anything more and went to count the 3,000 cavalry that Xu Qiu had promised to give him.

Li Qian, along with several generals including Chen Qingzhi, Fu Rong and Cheng Yaojin, also went to count the troops assigned to them.

If these three thousand cavalrymen could be used to kill Zhang Mancheng, the credit would still be attributed to Li Qian.

Perhaps due to the influence of the “Holy Lord’s Mandate” characteristics, the three thousand Jingzhou cavalrymen were completely obedient to Li Qian.

“I am Gao Xiang from Nanjun. I have been ordered to lead the cavalry and go with you.”

The governor of Jingzhou also assigned Li Qian a deputy general.

Gao Xiang?

He was also a famous general of Shu Han, who participated in the Battle of Hanzhong and the Northern Expedition to Central Plains!
In the Battle of Hanzhong, Gao Xiang was defeated by Xu Huang.

During the first Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, Gao Xiang was defeated by Guo Huai because he was implicated by Ma Su.

During the fourth Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, Gao Xiang, Wei Yan and Wu Ban defeated Sima Yi in a field battle and was promoted to the rank of Right General.

Although Gao Xiang’s overall record was more defeats than wins, his opponents were all famous generals of the time.

None of Xu Huang, Guo Huai and Sima Yi are easy to deal with.

Xu Qiu arranged Gao Xiang to serve as Li Qian’s deputy general. It can be seen that Xu Qiu had no intention of retaining his strength, but was seriously considering retaking Wancheng.

“Ziyun, tomorrow I will lead the troops to the battle with Fu Zhun, Cheng Yaojin, and you will lead the troops of our Tiance Village to follow behind.”

Li Qian did not intend to use his own troops to lead the charge, but instead prioritized consuming the Jingzhou army.

The governor of Jingzhou used the 3,000 cavalrymen lent to him without any regret.

If Li Qian lost one or two of the Inner Army Cavalry or even the Black Armor Army, he would be heartbroken.

“Ziyun obeys.”

Chen Qianzhi can stay calm in any situation. With his current command level of 83 and intelligence of 86, he is enough to help Li Qian manage the more than a thousand soldiers in Tiance Village. He might be able to help at a critical moment.

As long as he didn’t encounter natural disasters like flash floods, Chen Qingzhi should be able to handle most situations…

The next day, the Jingzhou army began to move out of camp and march towards Wancheng, while Li Qian and Wei Yan each led 3000 cavalry as the vanguard and went straight to the city of Wancheng to challenge.

“Yellow Turban bandits, do you dare to leave the city and fight to the death with Wei Wenchang?!”

Not long after Wei Yan challenged the enemy, the gates of Wancheng opened, and dense crowds of Yellow Turban troops filed out of the gates and lined up outside the city.

Li Qian was not worried. The 3,000 cavalrymen he and Gao Xiang led were all light cavalry. As long as they wanted to retreat, the Yellow Turban Army would not be able to catch up.

About 150,000 Yellow Turbans marched out of the city, with a large “Han” character on their flag. A burly man with a yellow turban and a full beard rode a tall horse, holding a hook-and-sickle spear, and went into battle surrounded by two hundred Yellow Turban warriors: “I am Han Zhong of the Yellow Turbans! You are a defeated general, and you dare to come and die? The blue sky is dead, and the yellow sky should be established! Kill! Kill! Kill!”

“kill!”

The 150,000 Yellow Turban troops rushed forward and attacked the 6,000 cavalrymen of Li Qian and Wei Yan.

Under normal circumstances, the Yellow Turban Army could not avoid the Han cavalry, but the Yellow Turban Army outnumbered the enemy by twenty times, and they also had Yellow Turban strongmen, so they were not afraid of a mere 6,000 light cavalry.

“drive!”

Li Qian and Wei Yan turned their horses and led the cavalry away.

Their mission is to lure the enemy.

150,000 Yellow Turban Army followed behind and chased after the two men.

Yellow Turban general Han Zhong led 5,000 Yellow Turban cavalry in pursuit without stopping.

The number of Yellow Turban cavalry was less than that of the Han army, but as long as they were caught by the Yellow Turban cavalry, the hundreds of thousands of infantry behind them would rush forward and overwhelm the enemy with their numerical advantage.

“Hey, we have only lured out the leader Han Zhong, and the bandit leader Zhang Mancheng has not yet come out. Do you dare to join me in the battle, defeat Han Zhong, and lure out Zhang Mancheng?!”

Wei Yan rode on horseback, keeping pace with Li Qian, and was not satisfied with the result of luring out the Yellow Turban general Han Zhong.

“First of all, I’m not saying hello. Secondly, why wouldn’t we dare to join the battle?”

“it is good!”

Wei Yan and Li Qian led the Han cavalry to escape for more than ten miles. When the Yellow Turban Army’s formation was in chaos due to the pursuit, the two men turned their horses around again and led 6,000 cavalry to charge!
The rapid counterattack made the two cavalry units collide like torrents, with cold light flashing, blood splattering everywhere, and cavalrymen constantly falling off their horses!
The combat effectiveness of the Han cavalry was higher than that of the Yellow Turban cavalry, and with the added strength of the main generals Li Qian and Wei Yan, their morale was high. In one counterattack, they defeated five thousand Yellow Turban cavalry!

“drink!”

Wei Yan shouted loudly and cut a Yellow Turban cavalryman who was coming towards him into two halves with one sword!
“Pulling the grass to find the snake!”

“White snake makes wind!”

The Liuhe Spear in Li Qian’s hand was flying around, stabbing, sweeping, chopping and picking. His moves were endlessly varied and unpredictable. The Yellow Turban cavalry were swept away by Li Qian one after another!

Li Qian’s martial strength is 80, which can be regarded as a quasi-second-rate general!
When Wei Yan saw Li Qian charging into battle and raising waves of blood, he finally stopped looking down on Li Qian.

Li Qian was accompanied by two fierce generals, Cheng Yaojin and Fu Rong, who followed him into battle.

Cheng Yaojin swung his axe and continued to chop and kill. Every time the Xuanhua axe fell, a Yellow Turban cavalryman would be beheaded.

Fu Zhu held a big knife in his hand, and blood splattered as he swung the knife.

Gao Xiang, the deputy general assigned to Li Qian by Xu Qiong, was also a fierce general. He stabbed left and right with his spear and followed Li Qian to defeat the Yellow Turban cavalry.

If this continues, Wei Yan’s military achievements may not be comparable to those of Li Qian and others.

“Sweep the world!”

Wei Yan danced wildly with his sword, and the sword energy was everywhere. All the Yellow Turban Army in front were torn into pieces!
Both sides vied for merit and rushed to be the first. Seeing their commander’s ferocity and the breach he had opened, the morale of the six thousand Jingzhou cavalrymen grew higher, and they thrust forward with rows of spears, destroying the Yellow Turban cavalrymen.

Han Zhong did not expect the Jingzhou army to be so brave. Soon, thousands of his cavalry were killed and the army was completely defeated, so he quickly led his troops to retreat.

Behind the Yellow Turban Cavalry was a large black mass of Yellow Turban Army, covering the entire mountain and plain.

Only by completely defeating Han Zhong’s Yellow Turban Army could Zhang Mancheng be angered.

Wei Yan shouted: “Do you still dare to continue fighting?!”

Li Qian responded loudly: “Why not!”

“kill!”

The cavalry units of Li Qian and Wei Yan rode non-stop, like two sharp steel spears, piercing through the Yellow Turban infantry who had no time to form a battle array. The horses neighed and the men roared, plowing like iron plows, and waves of blood surged!
Rows of Yellow Turban soldiers fell, and corpses were everywhere. The number of Yellow Turban soldiers killed by Li Qian continued to increase, approaching a thousand!
(End of this chapter)