Chapter 376: Turning Side on the Battlefront
After hearing Jiang Chen's call, King Huai'an led 50,000 soldiers from the five battalions of the Northern Army and slowly walked out of the fortifications.
The Five Battalions of the Northern Army is a special force of the Xia Kingdom in addition to the newly rebuilt City Guards, Imperial Guards and Royal Guards.
After the reconstruction, it was divided into three infantry battalions and two cavalry battalions.
Among them, the Deficit Battalion and the Yellow Battalion are both cavalry battalions, while the remaining Gray Battalion, White Battalion and Blue Battalion are infantry battalions.
The Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army was one of the few troops under Yu Anmin that had cavalry.
The war horses equipped in its Deficit Camp and Yellow Camp were all Daliang Wan horses imported from the Canglang Kingdom.
This Daliang Wan horse from the Canglang Country is somewhat inferior to those bred in major ranches in the northern border.
But it is also an extremely valuable war horse and an extremely scarce strategic resource.
It can be said that the 20,000 cavalrymen from the five battalions of the Northern Army consumed half of the treasury of the Xia royal family over the past few years.
Looking at the same number of northern troops led by Jiang Chen, King Huai'an couldn't help but sigh.
He had never imagined that Jiang Chen had such an elite cavalry under his command.
After taking a look at the 20,000 soldiers of the Shenshu Camp, King Huai'an was even more surprised.
Because he could clearly see the war horses under the crotch of the 20,000 iron cavalry of the Shenshu Camp.
It was clearly a superior warhorse of a higher grade than the mounts ridden by the 20,000 cavalrymen from the five battalions in the north under his command .
Jiang Chen looked at the somewhat dazed Prince Huai'an, and rode his horse to the front of the two armies.
He smiled at King Huai'an and spoke loudly.
"Your Majesty, King Huai'an, you and I haven't had a good talk yet at Shanhaiguan."
"You just ran away with the soldiers of the fifth battalion of the Northern Army. This is very troubling to me."
"We haven't seen each other for such a long time. I really want to chat with you."
After hearing what Jiang Chen said, King Huai'an smiled coldly and replied to Jiang Chen.
"Jiang Chen, what good is there for me to talk to you about?"
"If you really want to reminisce with me, then have all your people leave."
"You will go back with me and confess your crime to the emperor."
"I promise you that I can keep you alive!"
After hearing what King Huai'an said, Jiang Chen smiled slightly.
He raised the spear in his hand towards King Huai'an and said with a smile.
"Your Majesty the King of Huai'an is really a joker. I'm afraid that if I surrender today, I will be defeated."
"Your Majesty would have wanted to kill me first on the spot. How could he possibly let me go?"
"Hahaha, Jiang Chen, you do have some self-awareness!"
"Tell me why you want to rebel!"
"How did my Yu family wrong you, Jiang Chen, to make you do such a treasonous thing?"
Facing King Huai'an's questioning, Jiang Chen said nothing, but just smiled faintly.
Seeing Jiang Chen not replying, King Huai'an couldn't help but get angry and embarrassed.
Seeing that Jiang Chen did not reply, King Huai'an no longer hesitated.
He turned around and spoke directly to the commanders of the five battalions of the Northern Army behind him.
"Form a formation and prepare to attack!!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The commanders of the five camps quickly formed a charge formation.
Twenty thousand cavalrymen from the Deficit Camp and the Yellow Camp were lined up on both sides of the Northern Army's five-camp formation.
The remaining 30,000 soldiers from the five battalions of the Northern Army were lined up in the middle.
Looking at the battle formation of the five battalions of the Northern Army, Jiang Chen asked Prime Minister Huo who was standing beside him.
"Prime Minister Huo, are you sure you can defeat the five battalions of the Northern Army led by Prince Huai'an?"
In response to Jiang Chen's question, Huo Xiang smiled faintly and bowed.
"My lord, if you can act as the vanguard."
"I will definitely make sure that these 50,000 soldiers from the five battalions of the Northern Army will never return!"
Du Mingyu and Han Zhong on the side also said to Jiang Chen with a smile.
"Don't worry, my lord. I am here with you. The King of Huai'an is nothing to worry about!"
Seeing that his generals were so confident, Jiang Chen didn't say anything more.
"Hahaha, in that case, then this pioneer."
"I will take charge of this myself! Pass the order down, form the battle line, and charge!"
Following Jiang Chen's order, 50,000 soldiers from the Northern Territory moved forward.
They marched in neat steps, step by step, and rushed towards the five battalions of the Northern Army on the side of Prince Huai'an.
As Jiang Chen rode out on his horse, he raised the spear in his hand and pointed it.
Behind him, there were 20,000 cavalrymen from the Shenshu Camp led by Huo Xiang.
They urged their mounts and charged towards Prince Huai'an and the 30,000 infantrymen from the five battalions of the Northern Army.
The 30,000 infantrymen behind the northern army were divided into two parts.
They rushed towards the Red Camp and the Yellow Camp on the two wings of the Northern Army's Five Camps respectively!
Looking at the bizarre actions of the Northern Border Army under Jiang Chen, King Huai'an was stunned.
"Humph, this Jiang Chen is really courting his own death!"
"You actually wanted to use infantry to charge and kill the cavalry of the five battalions of my Northern Army. This really opened my eyes."
"All soldiers, follow me and attack!"
"Let us teach this Marquis Dingbei of our Great Xia a good lesson!"
After King Huai'an shouted loudly, he rushed towards Jiang Chen with the infantry behind him.
In his opinion, although the horses of Jiang Chen's cavalry seemed to be of better quality than those of the cavalry of the Five Battalions of the Northern Army under his command.
But cavalry is just cavalry after all, and this is not a plain area suitable for cavalry combat.
What's more, he had already taken some defensive measures near this mass grave.
In fact, from the very beginning, King Huai'an had no intention of fighting Jiang Chen head-on.
According to King Huai'an's idea, he originally planned to lead Jiang Chen's northern army.
They were led in batches into the fortifications they had built, using the defensive measures within the fortifications.
The northern army that was introduced was trapped inside to delay time.
So that Yu Anmin, who is still in a coma, can wake up in time.
Only when Yu Anmin successfully wakes up can the three military forces of the city guards, the imperial guards and the royal guards in the capital be mobilized.
Except Yu Anmin, no one else can mobilize these three armies.
This is also the reason why King Huai'an only brought five battalions of the Northern Army to stop the Northern Army this time.
However, King Huai'an obviously underestimated the combat effectiveness of Jiang Chen's northern army.
Moreover, he did not expect that Ye Ziming, one of the five commanders of the five battalions of the Northern Army, would betray him!
The King of Huai'an, who originally thought he had a sure victory, was slightly startled.
Immediately afterwards, they saw the Red Camp of Ye Ziming's troops, which were supposed to attack the Northern Border infantry.
Suddenly he turned around and rushed straight towards the 30,000 infantrymen from the fifth battalion of the Northern Army where Prince Huai'an was.
Faced with this sudden scene, King Huai'an immediately felt something was wrong.
But before he could come to his senses , Jiang Chen and Huo Xiang had already rushed over with 20,000 cavalrymen from the Shenshu Camp!
As for the 10,000 cavalrymen of the Five Battalions of the Northern Army under Ye Ziming, they also raised their knives against their former colleagues.
