Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 31
Chang'an is more than two hundred miles away from Pingning, and even closer to Huazhou.

Hurry up, and Han Jian received an imperial edict that day.

"Your Majesty is young and vigorous. This time, he will surely lose!"

Han Jianben, like Wang Jian, was born in Wudu, the accompanying driver of the Shence Army, and Han Jian knew the virtues of the Imperial Guards very well.

The Shence Army is also accompanied by Han Jian and others, and they are quite powerful, and the others are not worth mentioning.

Even the five capitals accompanying him were defeated when they encountered Li Changfu's bandit army, but Li Maozhen wiped out Li Changfu's entire army.

Who is strong or weak is clear at a glance.

It's a pity that the imperial court's only military force, the Five Capitals, was disbanded immediately after Yang Fugong came to power, and the command envoys of each capital were assigned to serve as governors.

The reason is very simple, including Wang Jian and Han Jian, the commanders of the five capitals, are the sons of Tian Lingzi, the former lieutenant of the Shence Army.

Naturally, Yang Fugong would not leave people who did not belong to him in the Shence Army to hold important positions.

Han Jian didn't blame Tian Lingzi, he was now able to be a local emperor in Huazhou, and he was at ease, of course thanks to Yang Fugong's gift, but unfortunately, this old eunuch was accepted by the emperor without knowing it.

Han Jianfu had to ponder, thinking that Li Maozhen's actions must be trying to blackmail the court, soldiers are coming to the city, asking for money and officials.

He certainly didn't expect the emperor to conquest himself, what if the emperor was captured by Li Maozhen...

What if the emperor was defeated and fled back to Chang'an?
The more Han Jian thought about it, the brighter his eyes became.

"Send the order, the army is assembled, go to camp near Chang'an, and wait and see what happens!"

Both left and right are suspicious, the battlefield is in Wannian County, and the governor of his family is now in Chang'an, why is it.

Han Jian smiled and said nothing. Some things can be told to everyone, but some things can't be said clearly.

If Li Maozhen captured the emperor, he would definitely follow Li Maozhen, and maybe he could plunder Chang'an.

If Li Maozhen did not capture the emperor and the emperor returned to Chang'an, then he would be the person the emperor relied on most. At that time, with his army of more than ten thousand and the high walls of Chang'an city, he could deal with Li Maozhen well.

If Li Maozhen refuses to follow, he will call the princes of the world to exterminate Li Maozhen, then who will belong to the large land west of Chang'an?
……

It was the next day after Wang Xingyu received the edict, and he was shocked that Li Maozhen didn't inform him of his dispatch of troops.

This is to do it alone?
Wang Xingyu is very unhappy, the benefits of the world cannot all belong to you, Li Maozhen!

"Send troops directly to Wannian County?"

Wang Xingyu shook his head, this strategy is very inappropriate, Li Maozhen didn't plan to take her to play at all, and going there was just asking for trouble.

If Li Maozhen was mistakenly thinking that she should help the imperial court attack him, the consequences would be serious, and it would take a while to explain.

Just when Wang Xingyu was in a dilemma and had difficulty making a choice, the guards outside the gate urgently reported that Fengxiang and Longyou Jiedu envoy Li Maozhen had letters and generals.

"pass!"

The courier handed over the letter written by Li Maozhen, and Wang Xingyu opened it and looked at it, his brows brimming with joy.

"Haha, Li Jiedu asked General Ben to raise troops on the side of the Qing emperor!"

Big brother still hasn't forgotten about this general!This time I'm afraid I'm going to make another windfall.

"Decree, [-] infantry, [-] cavalry, dispatched to Wannian County."

"promise!"

Wang Xingyu mobilized troops and horses, always feeling that something was wrong.Li Maozhen asked her to raise troops, did she really want to make a fortune for herself?

…………

Xingping Street, Wannian County.

Li Maozhen was quite annoyed, he beheaded the third lieutenant in the army with his own hands just now.

"A small Wannian county has been invincible for a long time, what use does the commander want you to have?"

"Jie Shuai, the bandits and soldiers are treacherous, retreating to the front line of the county government, defending themselves according to the streets, and forming horns with tall houses, our army can't use it, and the attack is quite inconvenient."

Li Maozhen looked forward and saw corpses scattered all over the street, bleeding profusely.

"Is this the Shence Army I know?"

There are more than a thousand people in the area, and I lost two or three thousand soldiers and horses, and even hundreds of horses were lost here.

"Drive out the people, fill up the streets, and I swear that I will smash the bandits into pieces."

Said left and right: "Settlement, the population of the city has been moved to the county government. Our army entered the city, but we haven't seen a single person or a grain of grain."

Li Maozhen almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, it was so weird.

"Push the siege engine into the city, use stones and fireballs, this commander will burn Wannian County to ashes."

……

Du Chongwei decided to fight Li Maozhen's rebels in the streets, and it was quite effective. He rejected the horses in front and the shield soldiers behind.

Three of them climbed onto the roof and accidentally fell to the ground and were injured. The other six were shot by arrows. Only one died and the rest were all injured.

There are two to three thousand corpses of bandit soldiers piled up in the six streets.

This record, even if Qi Jiguang came over, he would not lose.

Of course, Qi Shuai had killed eight thousand soldiers without any casualties.

Just a little bit.

But when Li Maozhen's bandits set up several rows of catapults along the densely packed cloth in the market.

Du Chongwei felt a chill running down his back, and cold sweat broke out on his head.

"Li Maozhen is really cunning!"

A fireball hit the center of the formation, and the team was crushed to death on the spot. The fireball exploded, and the surroundings were rotten.

Du Chongwei was on the verge of tearing his eyes apart. In the previous day of fighting, nine people were killed or injured. Unexpectedly, this shot would cause no less than dozens of casualties on his own side.

If there are a few more shots, I am afraid that our army will collapse and flee.

Tens of thousands of people, food, grass and money in the city will certainly not be able to.

Retreat, there is nowhere to retreat, enter the room to hide? It is already impossible, even if Li Maozhen will not take advantage of the situation to attack, just now a few boulders and fireballs fell on the roof, the house collapsed, and the fire engulfed everything in sight.

Only close combat.

"The matter is urgent, and all the soldiers are willing to follow me to the battle."

"Wish to go!"

Du Chongwei asked people to move away and reject the horse, and led the team to charge in an offensive formation...

"kill……"

"kill!"

Not to be outdone, Li Maozhen's troops moved forward to defend and protect the catapult.As long as the catapult is well protected, the opponent can only be caught without a fight.

The two sides fought hand-to-hand, and for a while, the shouts of killing broke out.

Crack... bang...

A pawn of the Fengxiang Army slashed at the long shield with a knife, and was immediately stabbed through by the spearmen behind him.

The bows and arrows shot by the officers and soldiers and the short spears thrown continuously harvested the lives of the Fengxiang Army.

The narrow market has become a nightmare for Feng Xiangjun.On the front of a street, as long as there are four teams of 11 people in full formation, the whole street will be tightly blocked, and hundreds of people will be staggered to form an insurmountable natural moat for the Fengxiang Army.

The fighting power displayed by the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty not only astonished Li Maozhen, but also surprised Du Chongwei.

When did the soldiers under him become so strong? After fighting fiercely until now, not only did they not collapse, but they became more courageous as they fought.

You must know that most of these people are experiencing such a battle for the first time.

(End of this chapter)