Late Tang

In the second half of the night, the rain gradually subsided.

To the east of Huaiyin, on the east bank of the Jianghuai Canal, Li Jing led [-] troops to ambush here.

As time passed, Gongsun Lan was a little worried, but she saw that Li Jing was sleeping with heavy eyes instead, so she couldn't help asking: "Sanlang is sure that 1 soldiers from the Seventh and Eighth Armies of the Marine Corps can successfully defeat the Huai Army camp?"

It is a bit risky to attack the Huai army camp with 1 people.

Li Jing didn't open his eyes, he was taking the time to rest.

"After our investigation, we learned that there are [-] people in the Huaiyin Camp, of which [-] are from the Huai Army and [-] civilians. The Huai Army intends to mobilize more soldiers and horses to cross the river and attack Sizhou. At this time, we will raid the Huaiyin Camp, and we will attack it by surprise. On the night of heavy rain tonight, [-] soldiers of the Marine Corps raided the Huai army's civilian camp, causing chaos. The Huai army could not know how many troops were attacking for a while, and the Huai army would not dare to fight in the dark. State, wait until dawn to find out the situation and rectify the troops and horses before fighting. Therefore, our army lies here and waits for the Huai army to retreat eastward and half cross the canal to attack them, and we can win."

Although it is a risk, it is a tactical arrangement based on the response to the Huai army.

Raid plus ambush, this combination of tactics is definitely better than 4 people raiding the Huai army camp together.

"What if the marines fail to achieve their goals, maybe they will fall into the enemy's camp." Gongsun Lan was still a little worried, and at this point, she hadn't seen any movement.

"It's up to people to plan, but it's up to God to make things happen." Li Jing said calmly, "There is never a 100% chance of winning in a war. We can only do more planning. If the raiding army really fails, there is no way."

Fortunately, this tormenting wait didn't last long. When it was almost dawn, Tan Ma galloped back again to report that the camp of the Huai army was in chaos, and the Huai army was retreating eastward.

Soon, the Huai army appeared to the west.

At the beginning, it was a chaotic small team, and finally a large group of people began to appear, and then there were flags and flags.Immediately afterwards, most of the Huai army assembled by Gao Yu and others gathered together. Although they retreated, the formation was still orderly.

Li Jing carefully observed Gao Yu's handsome flag with a binoculars.

"hold on!"

"hold on!"

Finally, Gao Yu's commander-in-chief flag slowly moved across the canal amidst the Huai army.

Nearly half of the Huai army passed the canal, and half of them were on the west bank of the canal.

"It's at this time." Li Jing shouted and swung his sword.

The horn began to sound, and on the east bank, the long-awaited knights stepped on their horses one after another, and the infantry also drew their horizontal swords and raised their spears.

"Ready to fight!"

Quick, quick, quick!

Guo Wei quickly ran across his team with his sword in hand, kicking his slow-moving subordinates, "Check your equipment and get ready to fight." He shouted: "Move quickly." He was already fully armed, a Some sleepy subordinates asked: "What happened?"

"As King Qin expected, the Seventh and Eighth Marine Corps have raided the Huai army camp, and the Huai army is withdrawing to Chuzhou."

In the morning light of dawn, Li Jing's army was like a steel rose slowly blooming, with gleaming spikes.

The Chinese army is commanded by Lin Wei, and the governor of the Chinese army, Lin Wei, has already erected a flag on the east bank of the canal.

Lin Wei commanded two infantry troops with 1 horses placed in the center. The strange soldiers held shields in one hand and guns in the other, forming a large square formation. Square iron shields stood like walls on one side, and thousands of spears bloomed like flowers.On the left and right are jumping infantry with battle axes, horizontal knives, and regiment cards.Among them are crossbowmen.Under the protection of the surprise soldiers and jumping soldiers, the crossbowmen formed a crossbow phalanx, calmly adjusted the bowstrings, took out the arrows from the pot, and inserted them one by one into the wet ground in front of them.

Behind the shield wall of the strange soldiers, there are also two thousand Mo Daomen, wearing cable steel wire armor inside, full-body plate armor outside, and a set of scarlet battle robes outside, wearing a long silk cloak, holding ten swords. A three-foot double-edged Mo Dao.There are also [-] Qingqi around Lin Wei, Li Wei, the leader of the Yingyang Army, Qiu Shengong, the leader of the Leopard Cavalry Army and other generals.

The left wing is all cavalry, with a total of about [-] cavalry, commanded by Zeng Yuanyu, the governor of the rear army.

More than half of the cavalry gathered here, like a huge iron-clad steel fist.Commanded by Zeng Yuanyu, the two cavalry were Li Cunxiao's Black Banner Army and Wang Yanzhang's Feather Cavalry Army.From a distance, one can see the pitch-black flag of the Black Banner Army, and a white Pegasus with two wings embroidered on the flag.One black and one white, but so coordinated.

Li Jing sits on a sloping field later, surrounded by reserves, half cavalry and half infantry, as many as 5000 people.Li Jing always likes to arrange a reserve team when he fights.Now Li Jing's position is no longer suitable for charging at the forefront, so in this battle, Li Jing commanded the reserve team from behind, on a high ground where he could have a panoramic view of the battle situation, and put the reserve team into the most needed place according to the situation.

Living on a high slope, not only can he have a panoramic view of the entire battlefield, but also Li Jing is on the high slope, so the whole army can also watch the commander of the whole army from a distance.Under the high flag of handsomeness, Li Jing is still majestic and brilliant.

Li Jing's battle armor, even the golden armor collected by the emperor Li Xuan will be eclipsed in comparison.His cloak was made by the best craftsmen hired by Princess Xihe and the others. It is woven with countless golden threads. It looks thin, but it is so heavy that it will not float up when charging. It takes a long time to sit on the horse. The pendulum almost completely covers the hind legs of the mount.This cloak is comparable to a fine piece of armor, even if an arrow hits it, it is difficult to penetrate.

Coupled with the full-coverage full-body copper plate armor painted with blue dragon patterns, the golden light shines and is extremely eye-catching.Although wearing this kind of armor may become everyone's target if you are on the front line, Li Jing rarely needs to rush to the front line now. The soldiers discovered his position at the first time, but it could play a better motivating role.

At this time, Guo Wei had already heard the panic and shouts of the enemy.

He remembered the last time he was in Hebei, there was an almost equal battle, but there were more people in Hebei, but the commander-in-chief was as confident and calm as he is today.His Royal Highness the King of Qin was wearing that shining golden armor, sitting astride a tall war horse, under the fluttering handsome flag, and the long sword in his hand was shining brightly.He remembered that the big handsome pony-like silver wolf was always guarding his side, as if it would jump up and roar and bite at any moment.

After the raid in the first half of the night, and then the retreat and march in the second half of the night, the Huai army was a little exhausted at this time.In particular, many Huai troops fled in a hurry when they were attacked, their armor was uneven, and even their knives and guns were missing.After Gao Yu issued the military order to temporarily withdraw into Chuzhou, these people rushed all the way east.Seeing that the canal has been crossed, and Chuzhou City is not far ahead, he relaxes for a while.

Who knew that at this moment, an ambush would suddenly appear in front of them.

I have to say that Li Jing's arrangement is extremely ruthless.If at the beginning 4 people raided the Huai army camp together, then there were too many people and horses to cross the river together, it may be difficult to finish the crossing for a while, and it is easy to cause the Huai army to find out.What's more, the difference between 4 people and 1 people is not too big in night raids, and it is not difficult to disrupt the opponent's camp. Army, it is very difficult.

However, Li Jing only sent 3 soldiers and horses to attack the camp, but led [-] people to guard the road that the Huai army must pass.But it broke his morale first, then messed up his formation, and then ambushed halfway through, giving him a fatal blow.

On the right, Li Cunxiao and Wang Yanzhang, two famous generals of His Royal Highness, stood under their banners, ready to wait.A new recruit who was recruited in Songzhou glanced at them, "They are so tough, they will be the first to attack, right?"

Guo Wei glanced at him and said with a smile: "No, they will be the last to attack. When you see them attack, it means that the battle has been sealed."

In the Qin army, there is a rumor that it is the two generals Wang Yanzhang and Li Cunxiao.Rumor has it that when you see Iron Spear Generals and Tiger Fighters in action, it means that the battle is about to be won.This is not only because the two lead the heavy cavalry and the bravest cavalry, which are rare in the entire army, but also because the disciples of the two His Highness have always been straightforward in battle, and when they are dispatched, they will be surprised. There is no change in the battle, just trample and crush the mood.

"They are the sharpest sword lights!"

Li Cunxiao's Black Banner Army is the only heavy cavalry in the entire army, with four battalions of fully armored cavalry.The armor and war horses on their bodies are just like their military flags, and they are all black.The armor was painted black thick steel plate, without any coat of arms or decoration, only traces of long-term and violent use.Their armor covers the whole body, covering everything from head to hands to toes, only the breathing holes and windows are exposed.Their main weapon is a huge horse lance measuring one foot and four feet, which is precious and sharp, and their secondary weapons are a two-handed giant sword and a two-handed battle axe.Their horses were just as black, like coals.The body is not covered with leather armor, but iron armor.These war horses are all the best horses, with extremely strong explosive power and extremely heavy loads.

Li Cunxiao was equipped with the same heavy equipment as his subordinates, but the main weapon was a Hun iron lance weighing tens of jins. This Hun iron lance was held in his hand, but it was as easy as an ordinary person holding a wooden stick.At this moment, he and the Black Banner Army had already put on armors on each other, sitting beside the horses, making preparations before the battle, his eyes full of desire for battle.

On the right wing, here is the canal to the west and the Huaihe River to the north.

Li Jing said that he did not arrange soldiers and horses to guard this triangle area at all.

But in secret, the messengers rushed to the mouth of the canal on horseback to deliver the latest military orders to the more than [-] sailors hidden in the reeds.

"King Qin's military order, half an hour after the start of the battle, the navy immediately descends the canal to cut off the retreat of the Huai army across the river!"

This is the left wing of the Huai army and the right wing of the Qin army. The Huai River is to the north of here, so there is no need to deploy many troops on land.Just wait for the battle to start, when most of the Huai army crosses the Huai River, the navy suddenly rushes out from the upper reaches, cuts off the canal, and cuts off the Huai army's back, then the Huai army who crossed the river will fall into the hands of the Qin army. Surrounded by encirclement. (To be continued.)