Chapter 292 Entering the battle
However, early in the morning, Li Er and Li San led 30,000 cavalry out of the camp and headed straight for Xiangcheng. At the same time, they sent orders to Li Huaizhen, Chai Rong and Yuwen She, asking them to lead the infantry in sections and cross the Ru River.

Among them, Yuwen She was ordered to lead 20,000 infantrymen to cross the river from Xiangcheng and meet up with the cavalry brigade led by Li Er and Li San ten miles east of Xiangcheng.

Yuwen She divided the 20,000 infantry into two groups, and lined up with their backs to the Yingshui River and the Rushui River respectively, equipped with many strong bows and crossbows to support the cavalry in the middle, and also to prevent the Eastern Army from relying on its superior military strength to send a large group of cavalry to encircle or cross the Yingshui River to attack the Western Army.

Lou Jushi and Duan Yihong personally led the army across the river from Yingyang, and gathered troops from Xiangcheng and Jiaxian, as well as from Yangdi, Yingyin, Xuchang, etc., totaling 100,000 troops, including 30,000 troops of Zheng Guo stationed in Xiangcheng and Luyang.

Except for General Zhengdong and Duke of Bohai Gao Huang, who was recuperating in Luoyang, the remaining three generals of the Luoyang court had all arrived.

The overall arrangement of the Eastern Army was that three generals led different units respectively.

General Zheng Guo of the Fu Army led his own 30,000 troops and the remaining 5,000 cavalry of Duan Wuchen and Pu Gusu as the right army and marched along the Ru River.

Duan Yihong led 40,000 elite infantry and cavalry as the central army.

Mr. Lou led 25,000 infantry and cavalry and marched along the Ying River.

The three armies advanced in unison, supporting each other.

This battle almost involved the last elite troops left by the Eastern Yan regime. If they won, the Eastern Yan court in Luoyang could still survive.

If we lost, the country would almost be destroyed.

Therefore, in this battle that determined the fate of the country, three battle-hardened generals and almost all the capable generals of the Eastern Yan regime all led their troops to advance steadily under tremendous pressure.

After the scout reported the Eastern Army's direction of advance and approximate deployment, Li Sanlang, who was riding on his horse, looked into the distance. At this time, the enemy troops in the distance were not very clear with the naked eye, but he seemed to be able to sense a giant beast with bared fangs and claws, rushing towards him with great momentum.

Then he closed his eyes, was silent for a short time, and then opened his eyes and looked forward.

Li Er appeared in front of the formation, rode his horse around, then returned to the center of the army and was at the strongest position in the formation.

The 30,000 cavalrymen of the Western Army also lined up behind the two of them, ready to charge into battle at any time following the two brothers who were like gods of war.

A black line appeared at the junction of heaven and earth in the distance. It was the elite cavalry of the Eastern Army's central army. The wave formed by tens of thousands of cavalry rushing forward spread across the wilderness, rolling and rushing forward.

Li Er saw this and laughed, "They are coming. Who dares to go forward with me to see the enemy's formation?"

All the generals behind him responded loudly, "We are willing to go and join the general in the enemy's battle line."

"Hahahaha, all right, Zhai Sixun, Qiu Xinggong, Zhang Jin, Yang Xianguo, the four of you each bring your own followers and attendants, and follow me."

After saying that, Li Er rode forward, and the thirty followers behind him and several generals who were named brought several close followers with them, a total of about fifty cavalrymen, and charged straight at the main body of the Eastern Army cavalry.

This cavalry team was as fast and swift as an arrow shot from a bow. The horses they rode were all good horses, which were usually carefully taken care of by special people, so their running speed and endurance were of top quality. After they moved forward, they rushed to the front of the Eastern Army in a few eye-catching moments.

Li Er rode in the lead, holding a large bow, and fired three arrows in succession. Every time he shot an arrow, a cavalryman of the Eastern Army fell off his horse.

After the third arrow was shot, Li Er quickly hung up the longbow, drew out his sword and cut down an Eastern Army knight with one blow. His skilled generals and followers followed closely behind and charged into the Eastern Army formation.

It should be mentioned here that the Eastern Army cavalry was in the front and originally planned to line up in front of the preset formation, but they did not expect that Li Er would whip their horses and they had no chance to stop and line up, and he directly led dozens of cavalry into the formation.

Although these dozens of cavalrymen were not many in number, they were all brave and good at fighting. At least in terms of momentum, they were able to defeat a hundred enemies with one. Therefore, after this cavalry team rushed into the Eastern Army's formation, it directly disrupted the Eastern Army's formation.

Li Er held the knife in both hands, slashing left and right. On his left and right were two fierce generals, Zhang Jin and Qiu Xinggong, guarding his two sides. The three of them formed an extremely sharp spearhead and were unstoppable in the Eastern Army's formation. They charged left and right as if they were in an empty space. As a result, although the more than 10,000 cavalrymen in the lead were a large team, they were directly taken advantage of and could not form a formation. They also killed through the Eastern Army's cavalry formation.

Afterwards, Li Er seemed to have not yet had enough killing, and he led the cavalry team into battle again. Everyone was excited about killing, and the fighting spirit was high. The Western Army soldiers who were watching the battle saw that their commander was so brave, and their morale was boosted, and they asked to fight again and again.

Li San saw the chaotic formation of the Eastern Army and sensed an opportunity to fight.

So he shouted loudly, "All the generals, listen to my orders. The whole army will attack, defeat the enemy at present, and kill them."

Then Li San jumped out on his horse, followed closely by Li Er's 3,000 black-armored cavalry, and then the Liangzhou, Longyou, Guanzhong and Di tribe cavalry all attacked in sequence according to the marching sequence planned before the battle.

Li San and the Black Armor Cavalry were the first to rush into the enemy's formation. The Black Armor Cavalry lined up neatly and broke into the Eastern Army's cavalry formation with the most commonly used sharp arrow formation of the cavalry. Li San held a big spear in his hand and was like a tiger into a flock of sheep, killing people so badly that the blood flowed like a river. No one could stop him.

The 10,000-man cavalry brigade of the Eastern Army, which Duan Yihong had placed high hopes on as the vanguard, was directly defeated.

The commander of this 10,000-man cavalry unit was Jincheng King Murong Ling, who was considered a leader among the royal family. He and Li Yuanhui were both generals of the Xiongguo Army and had made many military achievements.

But now Murong Ling was at a loss in facing this situation. After marching to the preset positions, before the troops had fully deployed, Li Er, who had no martial ethics, led dozens of people to enter the formation of tens of thousands of people and directly disrupted the formation.

As a result, Murong Ling was unable to make effective deployment of the various troops for a while. Li Er saw him from afar while riding a very handsome white horse. He was immediately delighted, and when he saw Murong Ling's flag, he knew that was where the central army was, so he led his men directly to the central army where Murong Ling was.

"Who will fetch that horse for me?"

"I'll get it for the general!"

After saying this, Zhang Jin and Qiu Xinggong rode out on their horses, each holding a spear and galloping forward.

Li Er also rode forward, and Zhai Sixun and Yang Xianguo stepped forward and served as guards on the left and right.

Upon seeing this, Murong Ling hurriedly ordered his men to resist.

On the other side, Ge Zhang, a fierce general of the Eastern Army, saw Li Er's cavalry and immediately rushed over from the flank.

Ge Zhang was skilled in horse lance and was known for his bravery and fighting prowess, so he rode over, wanting to capture the leader first, and rushed straight towards Li Erlang himself.

Yang Xianguo saw this and rode forward to meet the attack. Both of them were experts in using lance, but Yang Xianguo was undoubtedly more skilled. When their horses met, Yang Xianguo stabbed Ge Zhang to death with one lance. Then he stepped forward and flew the large lance named "Zheshu" in his hand up and down, stabbing and chopping, killing dozens of people in a row. He was extremely brave.

Then he turned his horse back and returned to Li Er's side.

Li Er, who witnessed Yang's heroic feat of offering fruits, immediately praised him, saying: "General Yang's use of the spear is second to none in the world. He is truly invincible."

"General, you are too kind. I will go forward and capture the White Horse General for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Xianguo also rode forward, wielding his spear like a dragon, unstoppable. He killed dozens of people and even surpassed two fierce generals, Qiu Xinggong and Zhang Jin, in one breath. He rushed to Murong Ling who was trying to escape at an extremely fast speed, then easily lifted up this great general of the Murong family with his arms.

His personal guards were about to step forward to rescue him, but Yang Xianguo shouted, "Who dares to step forward?"

Later, Qiu Xinggong and Zhang Jin also caught up and caught the white horse.

When the Eastern Army saw their commander being captured, the vanguard force was also retreating step by step under the attack led by Li San. Most of the vanguard force was defeated, and the whole process took no more than two hours.

Duan Yihong, who was in the central army, hadn't even seen the movement of the Western Army, but he only saw his own defeated soldiers rushing towards him. In the end, he could only give the order helplessly.

"Shoot arrows from the front and don't let the fleeing soldiers attack our front."

(End of this chapter)