Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 32
Li Maozhen narrowed her eyes slightly, her gaze was wandering.

At the first moment, he had already made up his mind.Gritting his teeth, Ling said:

"Quickly move the catapult back a hundred steps... and then... launch it!"

General Zuo Qianwei hurriedly persuaded: "Jie Shuai, no, the enemy and ourselves are mixed together, if a stone is thrown, our army will not be spared."

As soon as he finished speaking, the young general heard the sound of the knife being drawn, and then the light of the knife dazzled his eyes, and he felt severe pain in his stomach.

"Jieshuai, you..."

Li Maozhen said blankly: "Those who disobey the order will be executed!"

Seeing this, everyone on the left and right was terrified, and no one dared to be negligent, so they hurriedly mobilized the carriages of oxen and horses, and dragged the catapult backwards.

After the catapult is re-fixed in place, load boulders and fuel.

"put!"

Dazzling flames, followed by billowing smoke, fell towards the front of the formation.

Boom... stab...

The soldiers on both sides were buried in the sea of ​​fire for a while, and the screams accompanied by the pungent smell of burnt meat crazily stimulated the nerves of everyone present.

Just now, half of Du Chongwei's clothes were burned, and his men saved his life by putting them out desperately. The burnt place was so hot that it was as if tens of thousands of scorpions were gnawing on him, and his head became dizzy. , Give him a good time.

Du Zhongwei strengthened his spirits and observed the situation on the battlefield. Everyone around him could see fear in each other's eyes. The soldiers on both sides even forgot to fight each other, and they all looked at Fengxiang Army's catapult.

Those Fengxiang soldiers rushing to the formation looked in the direction of their handsome flag with disbelief on their faces.

"Why, why is this, we are waiting to fight to the death for Jieshuai, why does Jieshuai treat me like this."

A general who had his legs smashed and was paralyzed on the ground had an expressionless look on his face, his eyes were loose, and he said slowly, "Jie Shuai, I, Hei Liu, have sacrificed my life for you for six years. Ah, I'm not reconciled..." He slowly swallowed his breath, and when he left, his eyes stared away.

……

Du Chongwei was deeply exhausted, and seeing that there were less than 50 people left around him, his heart ached.

I didn't expect half of the bandits to shoot twice, and half of our troops were gone. This is all my Du Chongwei's robe.

"Li Maozhen!"

Du Chongwei summoned Fang Rang, the deputy commander.

"I am the military law of the Tang Dynasty. If I die or fail, you will command the army."

"Commander Du..." Fang's eyes turned red.

Du Chongwei waved his hand vigorously, and said: "Don't stick to the shape of a child, sir, just listen to me, it's not easy for me to watch the enemy's catapult advance and retreat. After launching, it takes time to winch the boulder again.

Now immediately withdraw the remaining soldiers to the county government entrance, out of the range of the trebuchet.

If the trebuchet moves forward, be sure to reach the trebuchet position before throwing the stone. "

After finishing speaking, Du Chongwei held his hands together tightly: "When the enemy enters, we will approach, and if the enemy retreats, we will retreat. You must not put the robes under artillery fire again..."

After Du Chongwei finished speaking, he used his last bit of strength to slap Fang Rang violently, touching the wound, and a burst of severe pain hit Du Chongwei's eyes. Fortunately, the soldiers on both sides supported him so that he would not fall to the ground.

"Commander Du!"

"General Du..."

"Hurry up and help Commander Du into the county government, all officers and men, listen to my military order and withdraw!"

"withdraw!"

"promise!"

Just as Fang Rang sent an order to retreat to the county government, Li Ye's army was stumbling, and had already reached the east third of Wannian County.

Dismounting his horse and camping, outside the tent of the Chinese army, Li Ye pointed to Wannian County not far away, and said to all the officers and men: "Wannian County has not yet fallen, and all the robes are still holding on, who wants to save it?"

It has been four days, and Wannian County has defended the county seat for four days with more than a thousand troops.

Li Ye was very excited.

Thousands of scouts traveled within [-] miles, and the directions of Pingning and Huazhou were farther away. They sent out more than a hundred miles of scouts to follow Wang Xingyu and Han Jian's army at all times.

Li Maozhen's troops consisted of more than [-] cavalry, camped in the west of Wannian, on the banks of the Weishui River.

There were about [-] infantrymen, and they camped at Baibu at the west gate.

There were probably more than ten thousand infantrymen who broke into the city, and Li Maozhen was inside the city.

Right now Wang Xingyu is leading [-] troops, and the soldiers are pointing at Wannian, and Han Jian is leading [-] troops, camping under the city of Chang'an.

It is not known whether these two people will help Li Maozhen, but they must have bad intentions for the imperial army.

The military situation was urgent and there was no need to delay. Li Ye decided immediately that if he could force Li Maozhen to retreat before Wang Xingyu's army came ten thousand years ago, he would not lose this battle.

If Li Maozhen can be besieged to death in Wannian County, it will be a big victory.

"Beating drums and gathering generals!"

"Where is Deng Hui, the commander of the Zuolongwu Army?"

"The end is here."

"Let Commander Deng lead the troops from the headquarters of the Zuolongwu Army to attack Wannian County from the north gate."

"promise!"

"Where is Hu Dan, the commander of the Zuo Shence Army?"

"The end is here."

"Let Commander Hu lead the troops from the headquarters of the Zuo Shence Army to attack Wannian County from the south gate."

"promise."

"Where is Huang Yu, the commander of the Zuo Shenwu Army?"

"The end is here."

"Commander Huang led the troops from the headquarters of the Zuo Shenwu Army to attack Wannian County from the east gate."

"promise."

"Ou Wenbin, Commander of the Right Shenwu Army, Zheng Xin, Commander of the Right Longwu Army, Zhou Xian, Commander of the Right Shence Army, Liu Zhonghou, Commander of the Left Xiaowei Army, Song Huineng, Commander of the Right Xiaowei Army, Zhou Shunxing, Commander of the Left Divine Cavalry Guard Cui Xinle, commander of the left divine cavalry, Zhu Xiezinu, commander of the left cavalry, Qi Ming, commander of the right cavalry, Wu Zhan, commander of the left dragon cavalry, and Niu Bin, commander of the right dragon cavalry."

"The end is here!"

"Follow me and go directly to Li Maozhen's main battle, and block the west gate."

"promise!"

Li Ye left three well-organized infantry, totaling 500 men, and all eight cavalry teams, totaling more than [-] men.

"His Majesty!"

"What is Commander An doing!"

"Your Majesty personally puts the arrow in front of the stone, and the last general sits in the back. There is no such reason in the world. I would like to charge forward. Your Majesty is invited to sit in the middle army."

An Fujiang, the commander of the Zuo Shenwei Army, led the left and right Shenwei Army, and the left and right Habayashi Guards. Because the Habayashi Guards were not fully organized, some of them entered Shu with Zhang Yi. The total number of troops in the Fourth Army was less than [-].

Li Ye intentionally stationed this army on Beiguandao, Wannian County. Firstly, the general reserve team would guard against Wang Xingyu. Secondly, if there was any change in Li Ye's army, they could quickly go into battle.

Li Ye ordered the servant to hand over the secret letter to An Fujiang Road: "Quickly lead the vanguard soldiers and horses to camp on the Yima Road, and then act according to the secret order."

"His Majesty!"

"No need to say more, listen to the order!"

"promise!"

Sun Dezhao stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty!"

In the past two days, Li Ye saw that Sun Dezhao had no intention of fighting, and he did not dare to give him important tasks. He did not have a general under his command, so that he was constrained everywhere, even when he was marching, there were many problems.

Li Ye didn't doubt Sun Dezhao's loyalty, and he was afraid that Sun Dezhao was too timid to fight.

After all, the original Shence Army had suffered more defeats, gained more experience, and became less and less courageous.

"What does General Sun have to say?"

"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead an army to fight for His Majesty!"

Li Ye's mind is moved, those who fall into the battle, and the dead, should go forward without hesitation, does Sun Dezhao really have blood?

Li Ye was short of a cavalry commander. If the eight cavalry armies were commanded by the emperor one by one, it would be inconvenient and easy to make mistakes.

"I wish to issue a military order!"

"I would like to issue a military order."

Li Ye felt at ease.

"Okay, I order you to command the left and right Xiao cavalry guards, the left and right divine cavalry guards, the right Wu Xiao guards, and the left and right dragon cavalry guards, a total of seven armies, at my disposal."

"promise!"

"Beat the marching drum, the whole army strikes!"

"Wan Sheng... Wan Sheng..."

(End of this chapter)