Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 787 - 647

Chapter 787: 647

After listening, Li Chengji was speechless, "Where do you think you’ve got any advantage in this terrain? Be careful about Liang Heng striking you when you’re halfway across the river. In this kind of terrain, even outnumbering the enemy, a strong force crossing is a big taboo for the military."

Li Xuan did not argue, at that moment his head was bowed, stepping on the mud at the edge of the riverbank.

In the spring of March, indeed this mud was really soft, you could sink quite deeply with just a little force.

Meaning normally it would take four minutes to run a kilometer, on this river beach it might take eight to ten minutes.

And the ’flintlock runed gun’ range for second-level military cultivators is as far as 1140 meters, almost two and a half kilometers.

But in reality, the majority of the Jingying’s elite forces are only at the third house level of cultivation, and the army of Weisuo institute is even lower, generally at the second house level.

So the ’flintlock runed gun’s actual effective range against the Jingying Forbidden Army is four kilometers or more!

Afterward, through the eyes of Azure Phoenix Niulang, he stared across the river.

Thanks to ’Niu Lang’s’ promotion to the eighth house level, Li Xuan can take in the details of every grass and every tree on the opposite side within thirty kilometers, even the smallest insect, right into his field of vision.

He can do a somewhat rougher observation within a hundred kilometers in all directions.

One can understand that within thirty kilometers the resolution is top tier, while within a hundred kilometers it is slightly lesser.

He saw that Liang Heng’s main force was already less than thirty kilometers from the battlefield, he also saw that under his command 13,000 house guards had already reached the river bank. This powerful army of armored cavalry, at this moment, was resting on a small hill twenty-five kilometers away.

The 12,000 Cavalry of Jizhou Town that was crossing the river, were still bitterly fighting on the other side of the riverbank. They were launching wave after wave of attacks by the thousand, to ensure control of the bridges along the river.

Li Xuan was quite pleased with his own vision, the two cavalry generals he’d picked were not mediocre at all. Even though they’re outnumbered, they fought with a clear strategy, constantly keeping the enemy five kilometers away from their side of the riverbank, unable to get near the two stone bridges on the Chaobai River.

But as the enemy’s battle array pushed closer, the room for them to maneuver was getting smaller and smaller. Those 13,000 armored cavalry cannot be ignored.

These were house guards reared by many great nobles’ households, their overall combat strength would even surpass those of the Khitan Pishi Army and Meng Wu’s Qiexue.

Once they are fully rested and launch an attack, these cavalry of the Ji State Army will suffer heavy losses.

"The person in command of the army of the Weisuo institute in the capital city is the "Dudu Qianshi" of Jingying, Ma Lin. I know this man, he used to be Liang Heng’s deputy for a long time, and is very skilled at commanding infantry. He’s very steady when deploying troops."

Li Chengji frowned, "Looking at their troop deployment, it’s clear they plan to hold on the other side of the river."

Does he not realize the sooner the chaos in Beijing is settled the better? Does he not understand Jingtai Emperor’s grace?

But what Li Chengji worries more about is their inadequate force. Rushing to cross the river may lead to a big defeat, then it would be a lost cause for all.

However, seeing that Li Xuan is resolute and full of confidence, it seems hard to persuade him.

Li Chengji’s tone changed, "Where do you plan to cross the river, from behind my camp? To be honest, it is uncertain that we can hold on till you cross the river. The standard of these thirty thousand transport soldiers is only good enough to fight against the White Lotus Sect."

Behind these thirty thousand Transport Army soldiers, floating bridges were already being built. Two in total, one on each side, two kilometers apart.

But Li Chengji didn’t have a high regard for the fighting quality of his own soldiers.

Typically, the Transport Army are distributed along the canal, and although Li Chengji is competent and well-versed in military strategies, he has not been the Zongbing for the canal transport for very long. Also, during his tenure, he was reluctant to train the Transport Army rigorously.

Actually, the hundreds of warships he brought along were a force to be reckoned with.

Most of these ships are equipped with three to five ’flanged cannons’ and ’Hudun cannons’, which could play a role on the river bank.

But the water level of the Chaobai River is not high, and the warships can easily run aground when navigating it.

"Continue building the floating bridges!" Li Xuan said indifferently. Then he drew a simple map on the mud bank with a hint of knife energy and drew a line on it, "Later, dad, you can help me transport some mobile field guns over, just put them in this position. Also, your warships should withdraw from the river. They can’t stay around here, but you can move eighty flange machine guns from your ships. I don’t care about the rest. This artillery base must not be lost, make it heavily fortified with deep trenches, use your royal army."

It just so happened that a group of horses and ox carts came speeding from the rear, and the one leading them was Wang Yuan.

He, Wang Yuan, personally led the ’Left Ye Wei’ of the Shenji Left Camp with 4,000 people as the vanguard of the entire army and rushed here first.

Li Xuan immediately ordered, "Wang Yuan, go to the pontoon bridge and bring back the cavalry from the other side. Let them rest a bit and recuperate their strength. Also, before the big battle, make sure all soldiers tie an extra layer of reeds outside their infantry shoes. Have the supervising team inspect, it needs to be sturdy and strong."

Li Chengji’s eyes lit up, he knew that this layer of reeds could not only prevent slipping but also prevent mud.

This made Li Chengji slightly relieved, his own second son’s way of deploying troops was very methodical and planful.

Previously, he really hadn’t noticed that Li Xuan had such ability.

In the following two hours, the situation on both sides of the Chaobai River was extremely tense. The troops of both sides kept arriving and then lined up across the Chaobai River.

Liang Heng’s army of three hundred and seventy thousand, spread out along twenty-five kilometers of the river, focusing particularly on the two bridges on the river and Li Chengji’s thirty thousand Transport Army.

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