Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 35

Li Maozhen withdrew his troops and returned to the camp. Seeing that the imperial army had not attacked, he hurriedly ordered troops.

The cavalry lost more than [-] cavalry, nearly half of its strength.

Li Maozhen's heart was bleeding.

Regardless of the loss of soldiers and horses, the morale of the entire army was extremely low.

What Li Maozhen is worried about now is not only how to deal with the aftermath, but also her own head.

Even if he is defeated, Li Maozhen is not afraid that the court will really hold him accountable.

In today's Tang Dynasty, even if a military commander rebels, he only needs to show up to the court, bow his head, and be soft, and how to do this official reform, and how to do it.

What Li Maozhen was worried about was whether the gang of arrogant soldiers under his command would use their own heads to claim credit from the court.

After all, Wang Xingyu next door did just that to become the envoy of Ping Ning.

There are many examples of other feudal towns killing lords, and there are even professional feudal lord killings, such as Wei Bo, who became Wei Bo's military governor, probably will not die well.

The more Li Maozhen thought about it, the more frightened she became, the imperial army was pressing forward, if someone made a disturbance at this time, my life would be over.

He said in his heart: "Wang Boliang, the commander of the former army, has always been prestige in the army. It is said in the army that he is strict in rewards and punishments. There must be rebellion. We should get rid of it quickly."

Li Maozhen immediately sent his personal guards to escort Wang Boliang to the big tent, and beheaded Wang Boliang at the gate of the army for the crime of slowing down the army.

Seeing Wang Boliang's head, Li Maozhen felt at ease, and thought about the generals in the army again, and there was no hidden danger, so she hurriedly sent an envoy to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor.

……

When Li Ye heard that Li Maozhen was an envoy, he passed it into the army tent.

Li Ye said: "Since Li Jiedu is in the army, why don't you personally apologize to me!"

The envoy came back and said: "Jie Shuai is unwell and cannot see you, please apologize to His Majesty."

Li Ye smiled and looked around and said: "I just saw Li Jiedu galloping on a horse, alive and well, how can you say that you are sick when you are sick!"

"Forehead……"

Li Ye hid his smile, looked serious, and said: "Let's report back to your commander-in-chief, you can avoid death if you come quickly, if you don't come to see me tomorrow, the army will come, and there will be no chickens or dogs left."

After blasting the envoy away, Li Ye raised his account immediately and summoned all the soldiers to discuss matters.

After this battle, Li Ye's opponents, the Forbidden Army, no longer worry about gains and losses, and have a comparison in the battle, so they naturally have the confidence.

The Zuo Longwu Army, Zuo Shence Army, and Zuo Shenwu Army had wiped out the enemies in Wannian County. Li Ye left the remaining Zuo Shence Army with more than [-] men to defend Wannian County.

Zuo Longwu Army and Zuo Shenwu Army returned to Jian, which added a new force of more than [-] people.

To Li Ye's surprise, the Zuolongwu Army brought out more than twenty catapults from Wannian County. These are the cannons of this era. They can be used to attack the city, and it is even more magical to attack the enemy's infantry formation.

With catapults, many people will die less.

The time is ripe to wipe out Li Maozhen's troops.

"Great Governor Sun Dezhao leads the left and right Xiao cavalry guards, the left and right divine cavalry guards, the left and right dragon cavalry guards, and the right military cavalry guards, cruising the battlefield to ensure that within five hundred steps of the enemy cavalry, the enemy will attack immediately."

"promise!"

"Where is Zhu Yezinu, Commander Zuo Wu Xiaowei?"

"The end is here!"

"Lead the left Wu Xiaowei, bypass the west gate battlefield, enter through the south gate of Wannian County, and exit through the north gate, wait for the opportunity to move, be sure to keep an eye on Li Maozhen, if Li Maozhen escapes, attack immediately."

"promise!"

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

"The end is here!"

"Lead the troops and horses of the headquarters and transport the catapults to the front of the enemy's formation. I want you to throw all the boulders and fire materials into the enemy's infantry formation."

"promise!"

"The rest of the officers and men obey orders!"

"The end is here!"

"Lead the troops of the headquarters, form a battle formation, and attack the enemy."

"promise……"

……

Li Maozhen's tent.

"Jieshuai, the emperor asked Jieshuai to apologize in person. If he doesn't come tomorrow, the army will pass by without leaving a piece of armor."

"what!"

Li Maozhen frowned, and said to herself: "The emperor is not afraid of burning everything!"

More than 2 troops, even if they lose, can still make the court vomit blood.

Li Maozhen paced back and forth.

"The distance between the two armies is only a thousand steps, and they are approaching in an instant. If the court does not attack, it must have the intention of recruiting security. The emperor's move must be coercive. How can I do what you want?"

Li Maozhen also wanted to withdraw his troops immediately, but the imperial army was staring at him, if there was any change in his side, the imperial army would definitely attack, and if the army collapsed at that time, it would be a disastrous defeat.

If a general is cut off, the number of soldiers is too small to be available, and the number of soldiers is like a sheep running into a tiger's mouth. Li Maozhen is reluctant.

These soldiers and horses can no longer afford to lose.

Li Maozhen made up his mind to withdraw the army overnight and lead the cavalry by himself, the imperial court would not dare to chase after him. If they chased him, he would give them a hard blow, so that the imperial court would know that I, Li Maozhen, are powerful.

Immediately summoned all the soldiers to arrange, and the messenger had just left when the envoy Wang Xingyu, the envoy of Pingning Jiedu, arrived.

"pass!"

When Li Maozhen saw the envoy, she was very suspicious. Is Wang Xingyu here to help me or the court?

"Li Jiedu, my commander-in-chief led [-] troops to help him. He has reached the mouth of the river, but he was blocked by the imperial army. Please also ask Li Jiedu to send troops to support him."

Li Maozhen's face became serious: "The master of the Ni family really came to help me?"

Hearing the bad tone, the envoy took a peek at Li Maozhen, then bowed his head and said: "How can the imperial army be brave and commanding? I am waiting for the command of the commander..."

Before the envoy finished speaking, the tent of the Chinese army shook slightly.

Li Maozhen's complexion changed drastically, and regardless of the majesty of the Jiedushi, he ran out of the big tent and saw the imperial army slowly approaching...

"The emperor is too deceitful. Didn't he say that he will reply in the next day? How can he be dishonest?"

Wang Xingyu's envoy was also dazed, unable to tell what happened, and followed Li Maozhen out of the big tent.

"The imperial army attacked Li Maozhen?"

Seeing Li Maozhen's panic-stricken appearance, the emissary couldn't help being puzzled.

"Did my master make a mistake?"

After seeing the sky, one after another fireballs dragged thick smoke and smashed into the camp, and the fire burst out everywhere, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and suddenly the camp was full of ghosts and wolves.

The envoy couldn't care less about other things, so he found a horse and fled quickly.

Li Maozhen is over!The commander must be informed immediately.

run...

The morale of the army has been broken, and the soldiers have no combat power, and they are scrambling to escape from the camp one by one.

Li Maozhen looked at the imperial army unwillingly. In the middle, the emperor dragon beetle was clearly visible.

"Father, retreat, go back to Fengxiang, the emperor can't do anything to us."

The one who spoke was Li Maozhen's fake son Li Jipeng, who, together with Li Maozhen's other fake son Li Jixun, commanded the cavalry of the Fengxiang Army.

Li Maozhen clenched her fists tightly and mounted the horse unwillingly.

"withdraw!"

……

Sun Dezhao has been cruising outside the village, seeing the infantry fleeing, he was persuaded by both sides, and then concealed and killed, it must be a great achievement.

Unmoved, Sun Dezhao gathered his troops and waited in full force.

Sure enough, not long after, I saw all the cavalry from Li Maozhen's camp, and the one in robes and armor was Li Maozhen.

Sun Dezhao raised his knife and shouted:

"Soldiers, it's time to make contributions."

After speaking, he took the lead and went straight to Li Maozhen...

　Ladies and gentlemen, book friends responded that the original title of the book was too procrastinated, and now it is renamed "Late Tang: Zhen"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)