Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 368 Decisive decision when encountering the enemy
Abe Hirafu is full of confidence.

Zuopingtu Dongyinlu also laughed when he saw this. In fact, he had no idea how powerful the Tang state in the Central Plains was, and he didn't even know the strength of Baekje. He was just the closest to Baekje, and the merchants of Baekje would bring them some good products. All sources of information on the daily necessities used come from Baekje merchants.

Fortunately, in the peaceful and prosperous times, Baekje still had the energy to take care of the small countries around it. However, due to the emergence of Chen Qingsi, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla had been fighting internally for two years. The borders were all in a state of long-term military warfare, and the internal economic pressure It's extremely difficult, so naturally he doesn't have any extra time to take care of Dan Luo, his little brother.

After Su Dingfang destroyed Baekje, Fang Renyu didn't even know that the small country of Danluo existed and ignored it completely. This also caused Zuoping Tudongyinlu, the king of Danluo Kingdom, to completely lose contact with the outside world.

Japan's generous act of bringing supplies and food made the king of Danluo regard him as his best friend and said: "We, Danluo, have good relations with Baekje, and we are willing to send two hundred troops to show our sincerity."

Two hundred soldiers are already very good for Danluo.

The only army in Danluo Kingdom is his 400 bodyguards, who also take care of maintaining public security.

Zuoping Tudongyin gave up half of his troops, just to get a piece of the pie and show his face, so that he could show off his skills in front of the future suzerain country.

Abebirov looked down upon these two hundred soldiers. The Japanese nation also spent a lot of money in this war. They pieced together a thousand ships that could cross the sea, and 40,000 battle-hardened soldiers. Even their emperor Qi Ming went to Zhuzi to command in person.

At this time, Li Zhi had not yet claimed to be emperor, and naturally there was no such thing as emperor in Japan.

Generally speaking, in the Chinese cultural system, surrounding princes can only call themselves kings, not emperors. However, the Japanese country was naturally rebellious. Prince Shotoku used the Taoist theory of the Xinyou Year to organize the imperial history, and he also called himself the Son of Heaven and regarded himself as the emperor.

In front of an army of 40,000, Zuoping Tudongyin's two hundred soldiers were not enough to fill his teeth.

However, Abebirov visited Danluo Island these days and found that Danluo Island was unexpectedly a geomantic treasure land. There were pastures for livestock, land suitable for farming, rare treasures on the mountains, parallel imports in the sea, and extremely rich products.

It would be a waste of natural resources for a group of unenlightened savages to occupy such a treasured land.

Abehirov is now focused on defeating the Tang army, and then taking advantage of the situation to capture the Danluo Kingdom and give it to the great Emperor Qi Ming.

"Yue Guo Shou!"

A short messenger ran quickly from a distance. He knelt down in the tunnel and said, "The Tang army has sent out troops. Ten thousand soldiers have all left Xiongjin. Now there are less than a thousand soldiers in Xiongjin." guard."

"Okay!" Abebirov shouted, he waved his hand and said: "Go down."

Zuoping's disciple Dongyinlu said: "Is Yue Guo Shou about to go on an expedition?"

Abebirov looked towards Baekje and said confidently: "Wait a moment."

The Tang army and the Baekje Restoration Army had to fight each other. Only when Baekje suffered a loss at the hands of the Tang army and suffered a great loss in strength would the other side need them and give them greater concessions and cede more land.

Anya?

It was just the southern corner of the Haidong Peninsula. How could it satisfy the ambitions of the Japanese?
Abehirov's name was to surround Wei and save Zhao, but in reality he was sitting on a mountain watching tigers fight.

Through Li Hongqing's news on Buyeo Island, Chen Qingsi, who was about to arrive at the front line, learned that Japan did not send troops immediately and remained stationary.

When Chen Qingsi heard the news, he was slightly shocked, but he soon understood it and thought to himself: "The children of the Japanese country don't know how high the sky is and how high the earth is. At this critical moment, how can they be undefeated if they all have their own agendas?"

Chen Qingsi originally planned to defeat the Japanese navy first, and then go south with the power of defeating the Japanese. He would not be able to win without a fight.

But now the Japanese country wants to reap the benefits of the fishermen and does not plan to send troops immediately, so he can only follow the trend and defeat the Baekje rebels first, and then turn around to deal with the Japanese country.

Chen Qingsi has read many sages' battle cases over the years, and has gained a lot of experience in understanding the military books. He knows very well that when leading troops to fight, hesitation is the most taboo.
Especially since it was his first time to command an army, he lacked prestige in the army, so he had to act more decisively, lest his soldiers become suspicious and question the commander's orders.

"Continue to go south and find the enemy for a decisive battle!"

When she learned that the plan had changed, Chen Qingsi was not upset, but immediately made changes.

He called Cheng Wuting.

"Lieutenant Cheng, I will give you two thousand light cavalry and pull out the enemy's scouting horses. That would be the best if we can find the enemy's traces."

Chen Qingsi had read a lot of military books and seen a lot of battle cases, but now that it was time to take command, he realized that fighting was not an easy task.

Real-life battles are often fought in the dark.

You can't have a large floor plan like in strategy games, and you can make a rough guess even if you turn on the fog.

The real situation is that each other is often unable to figure out the opponent's immediate movements, and the information obtained is all outdated intelligence. The enemy will not just wait for you to attack in one place.

Baekje is a place with many mountains and forests. Although there are many enemies, they can be dispersed into several units and march separately. It is difficult to control the opponent's movements immediately.

Chen Qingsi only knew the general location of the rebels, but he didn't know exactly where they were repairing or where they were going to attack.

However, since Baekje was fighting on its own territory, they were familiar with the terrain and would definitely have an advantage in moving forward and retreating.

Of course, the Tang Army also had its own superior cavalry team.

The Baekje Mountains are heavily forested and lack space for livestock. Even before Baekje was destroyed, the horses raised in their army were only for the use of generals. What's more, the current rebels have no ability to form a cavalry team.

If you want to win on the battlefield, you should use your own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.

After Cheng Wuting received the order, he led Qianqi and left the army.

Cheng Wuting followed his father Cheng Mingzhen to the battlefield since he was a child, and he taught him every detail of marching operations.

At this moment, he was holding a map in his hand, his eyes echoing at several key places.

This enemy hunting is also a skill.

Unless the opponent's coach is a fool, it is impossible to miss a strategic location that can be concealed, attack and defend freely, and can advance and retreat.

Just feel around this place and keep it accurate.

Cheng Wuting called several army squadron officers and said, "Li squadron officers, you go here. There is a hilly area here. You can attack and defend freely. Let's explore it carefully."

"Xu Duizheng, you go here. There is a low mountain here to see if there are any enemy movements."

"Captain Hu, please go to this place. This place is called Crow Ridge. It is full of mountains and rocks. It is also a natural place for thieves to camp."

This series of arrangements by Cheng Wuting has shown the style of a famous general. He searched for places that were not suitable for Tang Army cavalry assault.

He believed that if he could force Bang In-yu into this situation, there would be capable people among the Baekje rebels and they would not be able to make obvious mistakes.

"The rest of you will follow me..."

His eyes fell on a stream in the southwest direction on the map. The army needed water for its operations. He searched along the stream to make sure he could find any clues.

Cheng Wuting came to the stream drawn on the map and walked up the stream.

"Report! Lieutenant Cheng, we found traces of the enemy and found traces of bandits in Crow Ridge. In addition, there is also a troop moving in the direction of Crow Ridge. The number is no less than 30,000..."

Suddenly, news came from the decent people from Team Hu who were searching at Crow Ridge.

Cheng Wuting, the young captain, put the helmet hanging on the saddle on his head. The silver-white helmet blocked half of his angular face, and his resolute eyes were exposed, exuding the rough and bold charm of a Northland man.

"There are thirty thousand, which is enough to show that this is the main force of the bandits. They are moving in the direction of Crow Ridge... The movement of bandits on Crow Ridge shows that they intend to set up camp here. The bandits are the advance exploration team of the opponent. "

He frowned, making Yingwu's face a little gloomy.

Chen Qingsi's army is heading here. Judging from the time, the two sides will encounter each other in the afternoon today and will find traces of each other's large armies.

Crow Ridge is mountainous and rocky. This place once encountered an earth dragon that turned over and cracked a large number of boulders.

The Baekje people mined the land to an excessive extent, forming a mountain range covered with rubble.

Extremely difficult to attack.

The biggest advantage of the Tang Army is that it is well-equipped. In other words, good equipment is equivalent to being more bulky. If they attack on gravel, they will lose the upper hand in the terrain.

He looked at the map and his eyes fell on a wilderness south of Crow Ridge. He quickly asked: "Can my cavalry gallop here?"

The scout who came to report said: "There is indeed an open wilderness."

In the past, when the King of Baekje built a palace, they created a wilderness for the supervisors and workers who mined rocks to rest, and for them to stack stones.

Cheng Wuting immediately said: "Quick, go and report the enemy's trace to the Commander-in-Chief. He will tell you that he has found the enemy's trace and that the thief is moving towards Crow Ridge. I will try my best to delay the thief's advance and ask him to support him quickly."

As long as the thieves can be prevented from going to Crow Ridge, they can only hold on until reinforcements arrive.

The wilderness under Crow Ridge is the cemetery of thieves.

Cheng Wuting raised his spear high and shouted: "Follow me to Crow Ridge and prepare to fight!"

Next to Cheng Wuting was a dark, short and fat general, who was sitting precariously on his horse and said worriedly: "Captain Cheng, there are 30,000 thieves. The number of thieves on Crow Ridge is unknown. We are less than 2,000. Now, if we go up to the enemy, we will be defeated." Widow..."

The dark, squat general named Lang Yuhu was from Baekje, and the main purpose of letting him accompany him was to translate.

Cheng Wu was very young and said, "General Lang, just watch me kill the enemy."

Lang Yuhu heard the disdain in the voice, his hot black face flushed, and he couldn't speak clearly: "Yes, no, I am not greedy for life and afraid of death..."

Cheng Wuting ignored him and ordered: "Let's go!"

The 1,500 cavalrymen galloped forward from the nameless creek where they were, to the foot of Crow Ridge. They bypassed the gravel-strewn Crow Ridge from the right, and then turned a corner heading south. Suddenly, the view suddenly opened up: the complex terrain of Crow Ridge. Behind my head, there were many people gathering like ants on the wilderness in front of me.

They lined up and seemed ready to face the enemy.

Seeing them arriving, there was no movement at all, as if they were inviting you to enter the urn.

More than 30,000 people were so densely packed that one could not even see the side.

At this time, Hu Liang, who had been watching the enemy's movements from the front, came to the vicinity in person and said, "Captain Cheng, the rebels began to form a square formation after seeing our troops, and they seem to be attacking our troops."

Lang Yuhu was shocked and said: "I am indeed prepared!"

Cheng Wuting snorted softly: "Arrange in formation? Attack?" He sneered disdainfully: "Do you really want to eat someone, or are you bluffing? You can tell!"

He pointed the riding whip in his hand at the enemy formation: "Our army is all cavalry and can advance and retreat quickly. The rebels are mostly infantry. Once they fight me in this open wilderness, they will not be able to advance or retreat. The reason why they formed an offensive posture is nothing more than They just want to use their superior strength to frighten our army so that they can seize Crow Ridge as soon as possible."

He smiled dismissively, like a tiger about to pounce on its prey.

"Commanders of the Tang Dynasty, have you ever heard of Emperor Taizong's feat of defeating one hundred thousand with three thousand? Have you ever heard of Su Xinggong's deeds of five hundred marching to Jieli Khan's camp? Now that we are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered, do you dare to follow? Shall I fight?”

"Why don't you dare!"

Hu Liang responded immediately.

Then the four words "Why don't you dare!" resounded throughout the world.

When the Tang army charged into battle, they never cared about how many people were on the opposite side.

Lang Yuhu looked at the fearless faces and his mind went blank.

Is there such a fight?

Flags are flying and drums are beating.

Under the clear blue sky and clear sunshine, nearly 30,000 Baekje troops formed a square formation with a radius of two miles. Their green-brown leather armor looked particularly eye-catching.

Standing on the temporary high slope, Fu Yufeng looked down at the densely packed soldiers, then looked at the Tang army in the distance, and grinned: "What are General Zhengwu waiting for? Kill them directly and let Tang Ting know The power of our Baekje."

Buyeo Bong was the hostage of Baekje. He had been thrown into the capital of Japan since he was a child and was raised like a pig. He had no concept of fighting in his heart. He just looked at his side and saw that there were densely packed people, while there were zero Tang troops. A sporadic small force.

In this scene, it was natural that his own torrent drowned the other party.

Zhengwu did not dare to answer, frowning and looking into the distance, feeling anxious.

According to the original plan, they planned to camp at Crow Ridge.

The terrain of Crow Ridge is suitable for light infantry fighting and can limit the performance of the Tang Army's cavalry and armored infantry.

With Crow Ridge as the center and the surrounding mountains and forests, the left and right wings maneuvered to meet the enemy.

Unexpectedly, Tang Jun discovered their whereabouts in advance and sent a small force to intercept them.

It is certain that the Tang Army's large forces are coming here.

Now there are only two choices before him, continue to move forward, forcefully break through the interception of this small group of cavalry before the main force of the Tang army arrives, and follow the original plan to use Crow Ridge as a stronghold to fight the Tang army.

Second, naturally retreat. Abandon Crow Ridge and choose another place to set up camp for the decisive battle.

It's not that Baekje is so mountainous and forested that strategic locations like Crow Ridge are impossible to find. It's just that there are three thousand pioneer troops exploring the route on Crow Ridge. If they retreat now, the vanguard troops will be given away.

Just when Zhengwu was about to make a decision, a shout came from the opposite side.

Immediately, Qianqi rushed towards them mixed with the dust in the sky.

Ok!

No need to choose.

Zhengwu immediately realized that the Tang army on the opposite side had no intention of letting them retreat slowly...

(End of this chapter)