Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 123 This wave is a classic re-enactment

In March of the second year of Wude, Li Shuliang, Changping King of the Tang Dynasty, officially launched an attack on Zhu Can, and wars broke out in Shangzhou and Dengzhou.

In fact, before this large-scale encounter, Li Shuliang's troops had already launched a small-scale attack on Zhu Can.Moreover, it has repeatedly achieved good results.This greatly increased King Changping's confidence, and he subconsciously felt that Zhu Can's claim to have an army of [-] troops was just a show.

Therefore, on the front line of Neixiang and Jutan in Dengzhou, the two sides invested a large number of troops in a decisive battle.

At the beginning, Zhu Can's army, which lacked armor and weapons and food and fodder, was indeed not a well-equipped opponent of the Tang army.

Starting from Neixiang, Zhu Can's army almost retreated steadily, and was pushed to the front line of Jutan by the Tang army three days later. Now, Zhu Can's army may not even be able to hold Jutan.

"Come on!"

Under the protection of strong armor, Tang Jun, holding a spear in his hand, rushed forward along the road that the cavalry rushed out.Above their heads, a dense array of arrows crossed a perfect parabola and landed in Zhu Can's army. A round of arrows shot and killed hundreds of people.

This number of people may be just a drop in the bucket for the troops under Zhu Can's command, but it is very harmful to morale.

In particular, when thousands of cavalrymen of the Tang army passed over their heads and their horseshoes trampled on the body of their comrades, the trembling in the face of the absolute charge made every soldier of Zhu Can's army feel chills in his heart.

Tang Jun's spears are roughly divided into two parts, the iron spear head and the wooden spear shaft.This seemingly crude weapon looks like a magic weapon to the soldiers of Zhu Can's army.Because of them, many people have no weapons at all.

If the spearhead stabs into the enemy's body, the opponent will not die immediately, he will resist desperately. At this time, the soldiers of the Tang Army did not entangle with the enemy, but quickly drew their spears, then passed him, and continued to stab the next one.

Because, the battlefield will not give you a chance to entangle.If you die with someone, you must be the one who dies in the end.

Everyone has a brother robe behind them, and when they enter the battlefield, they only need to remember 'Chong Chong Chong' in their minds.

If you can't kill someone, your brother will make up for you.

Similarly, you are also the one to make up the knife.

When does it mean victory?
When you rush to the end and find that there are no enemy troops in front of you, it is basically a certainty.

You should have won.

However, in the Battle of Jutan, the Tang army was greatly hindered.Soldiers of the Tang army charged wildly, and even the cavalry units on both wings had already killed back and forth, but there was still no way to break up the formation of Zhu Can's army.

"What the hell is going on?" Zhou Chao, governor of Xuanzhou, stared wide-eyed, the horse in his hand was already stained with blood, and the horse under his crotch was also snorting, obviously very tired.

Behind him, more than half of the [-] cavalry had been lost, all panting.

"Your Majesty, let's retreat first. People can hold on, but horses can't." The soldiers reminded.

Zhou Chao looked down at the horse, and found that the mount was really going to be unable to carry it.

"No, King Changping asked me to open up the right wing and join the main force."

Zhou Chao squinted his eyes and looked at the chaotic battlefield.At this time, in the center of the battlefield, smoke and dust filled the air, and people hissed and roared like thunder.

The more he looked, Zhou Chaochao felt strange.

Is Zhu Canjun really a mob?
This is completely different from the situation of fighting in the inner countryside.

With the military order in hand, Zhou Chao didn't have time to think about it, so he could only lead his army to cut the right wing of Zhu Can's army.

The cavalry charge is a dimensionality reduction blow to infantry.But that is only limited to when the cavalry and horses are full of energy.

Zhou Chao's second charge was obviously not as good as the first one.For the first time, he at least penetrated into the right wing. Although he didn't kill through, he still dealt a blow to the opponent to a certain extent.

But the second time, there was no way to rush in.

Seeing the spearheads stabbing up one after another, the horses raised their front hooves one after another, and the horses that did not stop were directly stabbed to death.

Brush brush!
Another burst of stabbing made Zhou Chao's scalp tingle.

This time the enemy right wing is ready!
"withdraw!"

In desperation, he could only turn around and retreat.

But the people behind him had just rushed up, and they didn't know that the friendly troops in front would retreat, so it was inevitable that there would be a stampede collision.

However, Zhu Canjun seized the opportunity and killed Zhou Chao, who was defeated and fled.

The partial victory of the right wing was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. After Zhou Chao led his army to escape, a large number of corpses were left on the battlefield.Among them, the soldiers of Zhu Can's army accounted for [-]%.

Behind those spearmen, clusters of cold arrows exuded a cold light, and the elite soldiers of Zhu Can's army were urging them to meet the enemy.

In the battle of Jutan, the Tang army was blocked and could not conquer it in time.

Inside the camp.

Yu Yongning, the governor of Shangzhou, said earnestly: "Your Majesty, Zhu Can is insane and forced his soldiers to fight us with death. Your Majesty can't act recklessly!"

Zheng Yuanxuan also persuaded: "My lord, what Yu Cishi said is reasonable. Zhu Can has [-] troops, and we only have [-]. We can't afford it. Please think again, Your Majesty."

There were so many black lines on Li Shuliang's forehead that they could turn into shadows. He was full of ambitions in the previous battle in Neixiang, but he didn't expect that Zhu Can would use such brutal methods to fight him to the death.

Just give up?

Do not!
He has a better way.

"Zhu Can deploys heavy troops in Jutan, and Nanyang must be empty. This king wants to surprise Nanyang and make Zhu Can feel uncomfortable!"

Ah this?

My Changping King, are you sure you are not dreaming?

Yu Yongning wished to stay away from this idiot, did he make a mistake, Jutan is hundreds of miles away from Nanyang, and the cavalry raid would take a day and a night, are you crazy?
"Your Majesty can't!"

"Why not?" Li Shuliang asked Yu Yongning back.

Yu Yongning explained: "Your Majesty, Nanyang is far away from hundreds of miles away. A surprise attack strategy may not be effective. Besides, Zhu Can is a bandit and doesn't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place at all. Once the king disperses his forces, attack Nanyang, let Zhu Can notice that he took the opportunity to counterattack our camp, what should we do?"

It's okay, it's justified.

Zheng Yuanxuan agreed, and Zhou Chao also felt that it was completely correct.

"Bullshit doesn't make sense!" Li Shuliang cursed.

So, Yu Yongning was dumbfounded, he couldn't understand, "Why did your majesty say that?"

Immediately afterwards, Li Shuliang showed an expression of 'you don't know anything', and reluctantly explained: "Nanyang is an important place. I am sure that Zhu Can will have a lot of food and grass in Nanyang. Once I attack Nanyang , Zhu Can must retreat in a hurry, and when the time comes, you lead the army to pursue and you will surely win a complete victory!"

"Don't worry, this king defeated Xue Ju in this way. No matter how strong Zhu Can is, can he still beat Xue Ju?"

Zheng Yuanxuan felt that he could no longer be a mute, otherwise things would become uncontrollable, so he asked, "Why did your lord confirm that Zhu Can has luggage in Nanyangtun?"

"Didn't this king say that Nanyang is an important place, rich and prosperous, how could Zhu Can let it go?"

Isn't this just pure speculation?

The other three thought to themselves.

Zhou Chao whispered, "Your Majesty, do you want to wait a little longer?"

"Wait for what?"

"The final general heard that the imperial court will send reinforcements to help the king attack Zhu Can. Why don't we attack Zhu Can when we have enough troops? In this way, isn't it more certain to defeat Zhu Can?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, what Governor Zhou said is reasonable." Yu Yongning and Zheng Yuanxuan quickly agreed.

Li Shuliang had received a letter from the imperial court to send reinforcements, but he said: "The war opportunity is fleeting, so how can you hold back. If you are afraid, you don't need to go."

In the end, the three of Yu Yongning also failed to dissuade Li Shuliang from his actions.

(End of this chapter)