Late Tang

Li Jing ordered the generals to send troops to serve the king in the name of the general of the world's soldiers and horses, and Huang Chao in Chang'an was unwilling to sit still and wait for death.When he was about to face the attack of the coalition forces of the three major feudal towns of Guanzhong, Hedong, and Central Plains, Huang Chao immediately dispatched troops to prepare for the battle.

Huang Chao's counterattack was in two directions, east and west, and organized two clusters.On the eastern front, due to the failure of the Battle of Xuzhou, Huang Chao appointed Xuanwu Jiedu envoy Zhu Wen as the marshal of the east camp, responsible for guarding Luoyang.However, Zhu Wen, Marshal of the East, does not have many soldiers and horses. Although Huang Chao assigned Xuanwu, the three towns of Zhongwu, Heyang, Hezhong, and Shanguo to Zhu Wen's name, in fact, Xuanwu now only occupies One Bianzhou, one Zhengzhou, the three towns of Zhongwu and Hezhong have all returned to the Tang Dynasty anyway, and Zhuge Shuang of Heyang Town was just defeated by Han Jian and driven away.Zhu Wenneng's sons were Bianzheng, Luoyang, and Shanguo.In fact, what he controls is only half of Xuanwu Town.

However, compared with the eastern front, Huang Chao's western front is the focus of this strategy.Huang Chao's command team on the western front is very high-level, and the head coach is the second in command of the Daqi Empire, Taiwei Shangrang.There are also two generals, Jingguang Yin Wangfan, and Huang Chao's nephew, the hero army envoy Lin Yan, as deputy generals.A total of more than [-] elite soldiers were mediated, and the soldiers pointed directly at Fengxiang.This time, Huang Chao's goal is very clear. Before the three major coalition forces form an encirclement momentum, they should send troops to destroy the early bird Zheng Tian in Guanzhong, so as to demonstrate the might of the Great Qi Empire in front of the towns in Guanzhong.

This is just like what Huang Chao did when he was still a salt dealer. When he was fighting for territory with other salt gangs, he had to find a weaker one and beat him up first.

Although Huang Chao now wears the imperial robe and becomes the emperor of Daqi.Shang Rang is no longer the boy who followed Shang Junchang back then, but in Shang Rang's view, Zheng Tian is just a scholar and literati, and he is not the same as Wang Duo Xiangguo, who once served as the capital commander of the crusade against the rebel army. What a difference.For this task, he is full of confidence.

Shang Rang led [-] elite soldiers into Longweipi, Qizhou.

The Qi army's former army scouts and arrives on flying horses.

"Report!"

The scout rolled off his saddle and fell off his horse, panting heavily, and reported loudly: "I found Zheng Ting's trace, and I am leading thousands of Tang troops to station on the bare Gaogang ahead!"

Hearing this military situation, Shang Rang was a little puzzled, but he still ordered to form a formation and advance carefully.After the soldiers and horses advanced for a while, they found that Zheng Tian was leading thousands of Tang troops to station on a bare hillside. This formation was very similar to Ma Di in the Three Kingdoms period.Moreover, these Tang troops seemed to be bluffing, planting many military flags on the hills.But it was inserted very full of holes, and it can be seen at a glance that it is sparse and full of flaws. In a word, Zheng Tian's performance is enough for a layman, and there are as many laymen as there are laymen.

If the Tang army was commanded by a general of the Tang army, then Shang Rang might suspect that the other party deliberately set up a suspicious formation to lure them over.But the other party was Zheng Tian, ​​who was originally a scholar and civil servant. His poor performance made Shang Rang think it was a normal performance.

"Hahaha!" Shang Rang burst out laughing, "Pass the commander's order, blow the horn and beat the drum, and order the whole army to charge, and come down with one drum. Don't worry about the formation and tactics, it is completely unnecessary to deal with scholars like Zheng Tian. Remember, if you want to capture Zheng Tian alive, you must not hurt him."

"Taiwei, be careful of Zheng's deceit! This old guy seems to be cunning, if he deliberately cheats and then sets up an ambush, wouldn't he fall into the trap?" Zhang Juyan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, immediately persuaded.

But Shang Rang couldn't listen to Zhang Juyan's words at all, or he simply looked down on this old Cao Jun brother.Zhang Juyan's original name was originally Zhang Yan, but because Huang Chao's nephew was named Lin Yan, he immediately changed his name to Zhang Juyan, and Zhang Juyan had always been in charge of logistics in the grass army, so the generals who were still making such a charge never looked straight at him. miss him.Even now that Huang Chao has established the country, Zhang Juyan is the head of the six ministries because of his meritorious service in charge of the logistics affairs, but Shang Rang, the official worshiper of the Taiwei, also doesn't pay much attention to his suggestions.

When Zheng Tian received the report from the forward that Shang Rang was ready to charge, he was riding a horse on top of a bare high hill. Under the big purple banner, his purple robe was very conspicuous among a group of shining armors.Hearing Shang Rang's order to charge, he was not afraid of rejoicing, and excitedly turned his head to the more than ten officers in shiny armor and red Shu brocade cloak behind him and said: "The mad thief can be destroyed!"

The dozen or so riders in the back congratulated in unison: "Congratulations, Marshal, you've made it!"

Zheng Tian's lips were trembling with excitement, he knew that this battle was crucial.If he wins the battle, his prestige will rise to a higher level, and he will be able to restrain the generals in the Guanzhong towns from now on.If it fails, perhaps the Guanzhong Allied Forces, which have been assembled with great difficulty, may disperse and return to the town in various ways.

"I would also like to thank everyone sent by the King of Qin. Without the wonderful strategy proposed by your Qin Fan Military Observer Group, it would not be easy to deal with Shang Rang's 5 elite. This is really a pillow when you fell asleep. The rain falls during the drought. King Qin’s loyalty is admired by the world, and the old people admire it. The world says that King Qin is the only one who planted power, but now, seeing the performance of King Qin, he not only used his own prestige to call on all towns in the world to send troops to serve the king, but also organized three major coalition forces. He has been fighting against the grass bandits in Henan, not only suppressing the grass bandits to the south of the canal, but also recovering the important towns of Xuzhou and Suzhou. He also joined forces with Yu Yu and other Henan commanders to recover Song and Cao states one after another. Now not only Li Quanzhong is sent [-] people went south to serve the king, and also forced the Shatuo people to also go south to join the war, which is really indispensable, the important minister of Tang Zhongxing."

The dozen or so cavalry behind Zheng Tian were the military observation group of the Qin Army sent by Li Jing to Guanzhong not long ago. This observation group consisted of 200 people, consisting of 150 outstanding young staff officers and [-]-year-old guards.The staff officers are staff officers and scientists who have just graduated from the lecture hall, while the guards are cadet soldiers who have just graduated from the military academy.Li Jing formed a total of three such military observation groups, and the Guanzhong, Hedong, and Henan three allied forces each sent one.Send them to the various coalition forces, not only as liaison officers, to observe the movement ahead, but also to give them the opportunity to practice on the ground.Let them test and practice on the battlefield.

The military observation team sent to Guanzhong received news that the Guanzhong coalition forces were facing the invasion of Huang Chao's [-] troops as soon as they arrived in Guanzhong.After receiving the news at that time, many generals of the Guanzhong coalition army proposed to retreat, and even Zheng Tian was a little hesitant.In the end, Zhao Chong, the head of the observation team, proposed a strategy to the coalition forces, a strategy of taking the initiative to attack.

Right now, the Qi army has run into the trap of the Guanzhong coalition army as expected.

The strategy Zhao Chong put forward was actually very simple, that is, he deliberately chose the suitable terrain of Longyan Po, and then set up a low-level formation, using Zheng Tian as the bait, so that he underestimated the enemy and made mistakes.

Five thousand Fengxiang tooth soldiers lined up at Gaogang to guard Zheng Tian.However, there were tens of thousands of Guanzhong coalition forces ambushing around Longweipi, waiting for the Qi army to take the bait. This is the real trump card in the hands of the Qin army observation group.

Although Shang Rang knew that Zheng Tian had joined forces with the Eight Towns of Guanzhong, he was not clear about the number of the Guanzhong Allied Forces, and believed that there would not be too many soldiers and horses for the Guanzhong Allied Forces to fight here.But it never meant that in this battle, Zheng Tian directly brought a whole hundred thousand Guanzhong coalition forces.Although strictly speaking, the [-] soldiers and horses may actually be inferior to the [-] Qi troops brought by Shang Rang, it seems like a mob.

But one hundred thousand against fifty thousand, the Guanzhong coalition forces still have a great advantage.What's more, now Shangrang has completely fallen into the trick of luring the enemy.

Both the Guanzhong Allied Army and the Qi Army are not elite soldiers who have fought a hundred battles. This kind of army depends entirely on fighting against the wind.It is better to fight head-on. If you are attacked from the side or outflanked, once you command improperly, the morale of the army may collapse.

Amidst the thundering drums and horns, the tens of thousands of Qi troops attacked Gao Gang chaotically just like they had fought countless times in the past.

Human sea tactics, this is the most commonly used tactic of the Qi army's predecessors, the Rebel Army and the Cao Army.

There is no formation, the team is scattered and out of formation.But often under the impact of this kind of ocean wave of soldiers, the enemy will be crushed.

Zheng Tian rode his horse to Gaogang, overlooking the Qi army with the observation team, and the smile on his face became more and more obvious.

Zhao Chong took two steps forward and said to Zheng Tian: "Shuai Zheng, the time has come, let's issue the order."

Zheng Tian's complexion was rosy, as if he had drunk several glasses of fine wine.

He took a long breath, exhausted all his strength, and shouted loudly: "Marching Sima!"

Li Changyan, the marching Sima of the Fengxiang Army, said that Fu Ce stepped forward immediately, and replied loudly: "The last general is here!"

"Send a signal, accept!" After shouting this voice, Zheng Tian felt as if all the strength in his body was gone, and his whole body became weaker.

The generals and soldiers of the Qi Army who were rushing towards the high hill suddenly felt as if the ground under their feet was shaking, and then they heard a series of violent noises that were deafening.Around Gao Gang, the earth is cracking, and the sky and the earth are shaking!

Countless flames soared into the sky, and the charging Qi army suffered a catastrophe.Many soldiers were directly blown into the sky by the gunpowder brought by the Qin army and buried around Gaogang.

The continuous sky-shaking explosion lasted less than a quarter of an hour, but in the hearts of many Qi soldiers, it felt as long as days and nights.

When the explosion finally stopped, the soldiers of the Qi army had no time to breathe a sigh of relief. The smoke had not yet cleared. Countless Guanzhong coalition forces had envoys Tang Hongfu, Fengxiang army generals Li Changyan, Li Changfu, and Boye army in Shuofang. Under the leadership of General Song Wentong and other generals of the coalition forces, they rushed out from all sides, leaped out of the gunpowder smoke that filled the battlefield, and smashed the shocked Qi army into pieces!

The Qin army military observation group led by Zhao Chong did not join the battle, but guarded Zheng Tian all the time and stood on the high hill to watch the whole battle process.

The armor of the Qin Army Military Observation Group and the soldiers of the Guanzhong Allied Forces in various towns is obviously different. The armor of the Qin Army is a shiny half-body steel plate armor. banner.Their momentum and their equipment are far superior to other troops.Standing on a high hill, as motionless as a pine.

In today's Qin Fan, most of the soldiers are professional.

Although the active Qin army is only 36, the Qin army still has a large number of reserve soldiers, including countless trained militiamen. When the war requires, the Qin army can pull out 20 to [-] young and trained militiamen at any time.In addition, Qin Jun also has a large number of military schools and lecture halls.Among them, there are nearly [-] young students in Boy Scout schools all over the country.Every year thousands of cadets graduate and join the army.These cadets who have received military training since childhood will far surpass other recruits after enlisting in the army.

Among all the towns in the world, the Qin Army may not be the town with the largest number of soldiers.But it is definitely the most elite, best-trained, and best-equipped army.At the same time, the entire military system of the Qin Army is the most comprehensive, with the most abundant reserve officers and reserve soldiers.The reason why the Qin Army maintains 36 active soldiers is not that it cannot recruit more, but to be more refined.

Compared with the casually recruiting strong men like the Qi army, and the hereditary father-son soldiers and mercenaries like other feudal towns, the power of the Qin army system is becoming more and more apparent.

"Duke Zheng, Shang Rang is finished." Zhao Chong stood beside him and said to Zheng Tian. The battle at the foot of the mountain was in full swing, but standing here they could clearly see that the balance of victory was constantly tilting towards the coalition forces. "At most one hour, the puppet Qi will collapse."

Zheng Tian nodded, "The puppet Qi army is still considered elite. If we fight head-on, our [-] coalition army will take down the [-] puppet Qi army. At least we will have to pay one to one damage. But now, there are With your ingenuity and help, and with the power of gunpowder, our damage will not be too high in this battle."

"It's no longer a problem to defeat Shang Rang, the key is how to eat them and prevent them from escaping!" Zheng Tian was very happy to see the Guanzhong Allied Forces, who seemed to be assisted by a god, and they were working hard, and couldn't help but have more thoughts . (To be continued.)