The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1591
Guide Mansion on Nanjing Road.

There were tens of thousands of defenders in Guide Mansion.

Later, Yuanwuqi sent [-] troops to guard Guide Mansion.

After Su Quandang led his army to Mount Mangdang, Xu Fuxing, governor of Guide Prefecture, successively sent reports to Kaifeng Prefecture, requesting troops to assist.

Yuanwuqi knew that Zhanbutai was about to arrive, so he sent another [-] elite soldiers to assist Guide Mansion.

Now Su Quandang and his army are still on their way to the main city of Guide Mansion, but the [-] elite soldiers under Yuan Wuqi's command have already arrived at Guide Mansion.

Yuanwuqi originally claimed to lead an army of 20 to guard Kaifeng Mansion. Although it is an imaginary number, there are still 15 soldiers under its command who can really fight on the battlefield.

At the beginning, he was from the Xianglong military region that he was dealing with, and the actual strength of the army was there, it is impossible to be less than the imperial army of the Song Dynasty.It won't be like now that they can't occupy Taiwan. They claim to have an army of 30, but in fact there are less than 20 capable of fighting.

[-] in Xuzhou, [-] in Kaifeng, and [-] in Guide.This is the general distribution of the soldiers under Yuanwuqi's command.

Fifty thousand soldiers rushed to the lord's mansion of Guide Mansion, which made Xu Fuxing very happy.

At this moment, there are more than [-] soldiers gathered in his Guide Mansion.

Although this kind of force is still far inferior to that of Su Quandang's Jiankang military region army, there is no problem if you want to resist a little.

And at this moment, he also received a secret report that if he could not occupy the platform, he would lead the army to fight against the Song army.He will lead the army to annihilate Su Quandang's army.

This made Xu Fuxing even more emboldened, and he planned to do a real battle with the army of Guide Mansion and Jiankang Military Region.

in the afternoon.

Thirty miles southeast of Songcheng, the main residence of Guide Mansion, in Gushu County.

There is smoke billowing up.

The two armies of Tianlao and Tianhui set out from Qiao County, Haozhou, broke through the camps and towns, and now they finally arrived here.

The army was close to [-] people, getting closer and closer to Gushu County.

On the official road, light cavalry and infantry are mighty, with military flags fluttering, but their tails are invisible.

As the two forbidden troops added later in the Xianglong Military Region, although the Tianlao and Tianhui armies are not as elite as the Tiankui and Tianxiong armies, they are definitely not bad.

All the soldiers in the ranks held their heads high and held their chests high. Whether they were Qingqi or infantry, they all had proud and confident expressions in their eyes.

They were all selected from the garrison. Although the selection conditions were relaxed a lot, they were definitely the best in the garrison.

Those who walked in front were the soldiers of the Heavenly Prison Army.

Not only are their banners different from those of the Tianhui Army, but their armor styles are also slightly different.

The word "prison" is engraved on the armor of the soldiers of the Tianlao Army.The armbands are also different, and the formations they belong to are written in detail on them, such as the fifth battalion of the third regiment of the Tianlao Army and so on.

Of course, the bigger difference is that the tasseled helmets of the Tianlao Army are white, while those of the Tianhui Army are light green.

This is to distinguish the two armies to avoid confusion when the two armies are fighting together.

There were 36 forbidden troops in the Song Dynasty, and the colors of the tassel helmets and tassels of each forbidden army were different.The same goes for the garrison.

The head of the Tianlao Army, named Fang Zhenshan, rode in front of the army on a lightly armored horse.Next to him are the priests of the Heavenly Prison Army.

Fang Zhenshan has only been in the army for five years, but his qualifications are not low.He was an ordinary soldier at first, and then he was abruptly promoted to the position of commander by beheading the enemy.

After that, he repeatedly made military exploits and was able to become the capital.Then to the president.

Of course he is not an ordinary person.

Speaking of which, Fang Zhenshan is also a descendant of the general family, and his father Fang Wenli was the former envoy of Shaanxi Economic Strategy in the Great Song Dynasty.

Fang Zhenshan was influenced by his father since he was a child, and he is familiar with military books.The use of troops in the army is quite extraordinary.

At this time, Gushu County was within easy reach, and Fang Zhenshan had already dispatched scouts to investigate.

Not long after going forward, ten riders hurried towards the army.

Before the horses arrive at the army, ten riders ride Qiqile horses.

The scout commander reported to Fang Zhenshan, "I'm reporting to President Du, we have already conducted investigations outside the city. The Yuan army in Gushu County is already prepared, and there are not a few soldiers."

With a square face, Fang Zhenshan, who was about forty years old, frowned slightly, "Not a few? Do you know how many people there are?"

The ten husband said: "The Yuan army at the head of the city is densely packed, and there are countless military flags. There must be tens of thousands of people in the city."

"Ok!"

Fang Zhenshan nodded slightly, but frowned even tighter, then raised his hand and said: "The army stops, let's take a break!"

Immediately afterwards, he led those priests to applaud and ran towards the back of the army.

The mere Gushu County may have a population of only a few thousand, and it is impossible to have tens of thousands of defenders.Of course Fang Zhenshan knew at this moment that the Yuan army from Guide Mansion must have rushed here to set up defenses.

As for the exact number of Yuan troops in Guide Mansion, he is not clear now, so he has no way of guessing how many Yuan troops are guarding Gushu County.

He thought about going to discuss with the President of the Tianhui Army first, and then make a decision.Right now, Su Shuai's army is not far from Gushu. He knows that if there are a large number of Yuan troops stationed in Gushu County, maybe it would be more appropriate for them to wait for Su Quandang to lead the army before attacking. .

Soon he was at the head of Tianhui's army.

The Tianlao army in front stopped, and the Tianhui army following behind naturally also stopped.

The head of the Tianhui army is named Yao Xingchao, he is older than Fang Zhenshan, and he is not from the general family.In the Great Song Army, he was a solid veteran.

Even when the small imperial court was in Naozhou, he was the general of the Dianqian Division.Moreover, he is also the deputy in charge of official affairs in the commander of the capital in front of the temple.

This official position was considered very high at that time, ranking among the top generals of the Song Dynasty.Even more important than his current position as president.

And now Yao Xingchao is only the president of the Tianhui Army, and there is a reason for this.

Lu Chuanyao, Jiang Cunzhong and others who were generals at the same time as him died early, and rising stars such as Yue Peng and Su Quandang rose at an extremely fast speed. Yao Xingchao was never reused because of his ability.Before joining the Tianhui army as the president, he was still only the vice president of the palace guards.

This is because Zhao Dongting conferred him this position because his qualifications were too old.Otherwise, there are many more people in the army who are more capable of taking up this position than him.

Fortunately, Yao Xingchao himself was aware of this point. Although he was quite old, he studied tactics painstakingly after he came to his senses and achieved quite a lot.

He participated in the imperial examination as the vice-president of the imperial guard, and successfully won the Jinshi.

Zhao Dongting was delighted to see him like this, so he was transferred to the Tianhui Army to serve as the president.

Although it was not a promotion, it was an affirmation of Yao Xingchao.

After Yao Xingchao took office in the Tianhui Army, his performance was indeed remarkable.All the soldiers of the Tianhui Army were trained very well by him.

When the Tianlao and Tianhui armies took Shouzhou, Yingzhou, Haozhou and other places before, the Tianhui army performed quite well.

Seeing Fang Zhenshan coming in front of him, Yao Xingchao asked with a smile: "Old Fang, why did you suddenly let the army rest?"

Fang Zhenshan said with a serious expression: "I have sent scouts to investigate first, there are at least tens of thousands of Yuan troops in Gushu County."

Yao Xingchao was slightly moved, "Xu Fuxing, governor of Guide Mansion, sent [-] elite soldiers to Mount Mangdang early, and there should be less than [-] defenders in Guide Mansion. From this point of view, there must be Yuan troops from Kaifeng Mansion rushing to Guide Mansion to support them." They are willing to send no less than [-] people to guard Gushu County, and the Yuan army from Kaifeng Prefecture to help Guide Prefecture is probably not a small number."

"yes……"

Fang Zhenshan sighed softly: "It's a pity that we just arrived here, and we don't know the specific situation in Gushu County and Guide Mansion. I came here just to discuss with you."

Yao Xingchao thought for a while and said, "Are you thinking whether we should attack Gu Yu first, or wait for Su Shuai to lead the army to arrive?"

"Exactly."

Fang Zhenshan nodded and said: "The Yuan army is guarding Gu Yu with heavy troops. If we take Gu Yu first, although we can save the army a lot of time, I am worried that tens of thousands of our soldiers will suffer! The soldiers are all elites from the rear of the Yuan army, and they are not as easy to deal with as the defenders we dealt with before."

Yao Xingchao also nodded thoughtfully when he heard the words.

Fighting a war has never been easy, let alone child's play.As generals, every decision they make may affect the life and death of countless soldiers.

(End of this chapter)