Late Tang

"The Grass on the Wall" Zhuge Shuang and the "Pot Thief. Poppy Asan" Zhu Wen had an accidental encounter in Guangwu Mountain, Biankou. When a chaotic battle was about to kick off, on the West Liaohe Plain, they went out last year and attacked Dong Xiya The Northern Expedition Corps, which was under the same tent, also entered the Khitan Grassland in the West Liaohe Plain again, and when they were preparing to assist Guo Chongtao's Corps, they accidentally encountered a Khitan cavalry unit.

This is the Yishi tribe among the twenty tribes of Khitan. It originally belonged to the Shenmi tribe among the ancient eight tribes.Yishi is a large army, and the Yishi tribe's cavalry encountered on the grassland has more than [-] cavalry.

However, the Northern Expedition had only 5 cavalry, plus [-] apprentice troops.

General Tan Ma from the Military Intelligence Department came back with information, and the staff members of the General Staff Department got busy.

Guo Tao's first student army was regarded as a reserve team.

After he received the order, he was extremely dissatisfied, cursing and turning around in the command tent of the First Army, baring his teeth and staring like a hungry old wolf.

I have to say that war is indeed the best training place.Although Guo Tao has always shown maturity far beyond his age, he is still a little childish after all.But in the Northern Expedition last year, he participated in the battle as a student soldier and led the first cavalry unit of the First Army of the Academy.In the battle with Dongxi, Guo Tao got the opportunity to personally lead the first cavalry unit of the Xuejun to participate in the front-line battle.In that battle, the First Army lost a lot, but gained even more.After surviving the fierce battle, those young cadets have truly become fighters.

And Guo Tao, the performance is even more outstanding.However, since that battle, his desire to fight has become more and more high, and he even learned the habit of cursing from the generals who commanded that battle at that time.

Cui Longhai, who was taught by the First Army, was leaning over the table and looking at the map. He was not tall, and his figure was a little thin.At this time, he was just over 20 years old.Although young, compared with the 15-year-old military leader Guo Tao, he actually looks older.Cui Yonghai is not from the Central Plains, but belongs to the second generation of Silla nobles who came to China to study in Shangbang.His father was a student of Silla, and like Cui Zhiyuan, an important minister in the Qin Dynasty, was a student of Silla who went to Tang Dynasty.However, his father came earlier. Like Cui Zhiyuan, Cui Yonghai's father studied in Chang'an Guozijian High School, later took part in the imperial examination, passed the imperial examination, became an official in Tang Dynasty, and never returned to Silla.

Cui Longhai was born in Datang and grew up in Datang. From his novels, he read Mandarin with the rhythm of Datang, and he read poetry and books of Datang.Although his ancestors were from Silla, he was more Tang than most of them. At the age of 20, he had won the Jinshi of the Tang Dynasty, and a few years ago, when Li Jing became the envoy of the Zhendong Army, he had been introduced by Cui Zhiyuan to join Li Jing's command.The official Jinshi of the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was a rare one in the Zhendong Army at that time.He worked in Li Jing's shogunate, and later went to a local county to serve as a county magistrate, but in the end he abandoned his pen and joined the army and entered the lecture hall to study. This year, after the lecture hall was completed, he was officially transferred to the first army of the youth army To teach.

"Damn, our first army was raised by our stepmother? I'm not greedy for people eating meat, but I still have to drink some soup. I always use it as an excuse that we are a young army. Last winter, we were in the king's account. Haven't we been ambiguous in the fierce battle after battle? Which time did we perform poorly and shrink back? Didn't we kill less than their soldiers? It turns out that from now on, we will also be counted as frontline soldiers, but he The mother is treating us as a reserve team now, isn't this the mother's way of bullying people?"

Cui Longhai didn't even raise his head. Although he hasn't partnered with Guo Tao for a long time, he knows this young player very well.Since the Northern Expedition last winter, this little general has been unable to keep his mouth open. If there is a fire in his heart, he has to find it out, otherwise it is easy to hold back his faults.He knew that Guo Tao was provoking him and tried to quarrel with him.

Cui Longhai sometimes couldn't help thinking that maybe it was the victories in those battles last year that made this little guy a little proud and conceited.

Perhaps he was dissatisfied with his role as the instructor of the First Army. I heard that when Guo Tao served as the deputy commander of the First Army and the head of the front chamber years ago, he got along well with the original military instructor and the instructor of the front chamber.Now that he has been promoted to be the leader of the army, he has become so angry?

Do everything possible to find fault with him!Proud little guy!The Marching Staff Officer, Marching Sima, and Intelligence Director of the General Staff Office and the Intelligence Office in the military department all knew that the two of them were at odds with each other on the first and second numbers, and had already slipped away with excuses. Between the first and second numbers, they could not offend anyone. .

Seeing that Cui Longhai remained silent, Guo Tao became more and more annoyed.

It's not that he looks down on scholars, on the contrary, he respects scholars very much.However, this Cui Longhai is a Silla fan, and most of the officers in the youth army are military school students, very young, but Cui Longhai is in his 20s, a bit older than them.And this white-faced scholar is very good at winning people's hearts. The two of them almost served as the first and second numbers of the first army. It turned out that he was more familiar with the top and bottom of the army.This made Guo Tao feel wary of him involuntarily.

White-faced scholar, can you fight?That is to say, the First Army doesn't have this teaching envoy, so I still lead the troops, so what if I'm old?Last year, Lao Tzu still brought a whole army of soldiers and horses, killing Xi people screaming.Annoyed in his heart, he cursed more and more.

Cui Longhai saw that he was getting worse and worse, so he persuaded him: "Xiao Guo..."

"Call a lord, old Guo is also fine." Guo Tao interrupted Cui Longhai seriously.

Cui Longhai looked at Guo Tao who had just grown a short beard, but pretended to be mature and asked him to call him Lao Guo. He almost couldn't help laughing, and finally he resisted and followed him: "Old Guo! You It’s not good for the brothers to hear this. They must have considered us as a reserve team in the camp. Good steel is used on the blade. It’s not that they don’t trust us. Now everyone in the camp doesn’t know you, Lao Guo Call you Desperate Saburo, nicknamed Little Tiger..."

Guo Tao turned his face when he heard it, "Don't put dog skin plaster on me, then the second army of the **** is raised by his own mother? Why are all good things theirs? They are still infantry, and we are still cavalry. Let me tell you, the soldiers are raging. One, a raging litter, our first army can't eat meat, it's our motherfuckers, our teachings make it too bearable in front of the senior officials in the camp. What are you afraid of? Why don't you dare to argue with Dutong? Why don't you dare? Fight with the marching army?" Guo Tao roared with his face red and his veins showing.In the Battle of Beibei last year, his performance was very eye-catching among the youth army, and he was even praised by King Qin as a desperate Saburo. As a result, his classmates in the youth army also gave him the nickname "Little Tiger".

Originally, the name Little Tiger was just a tribute and had no other meaning.But now Guo Tao is most jealous of others saying that he is young and young. Using these words around him seems to be a bit unqualified for him as a military leader.Therefore, he hated the little tiger's nickname very much. If anyone called him "little tiger" in person, he would definitely turn his back on him immediately.

"Xiao Guo, who are you scolding?" Cui Longhai finally couldn't help it, and then restrained himself.How to put it, I am five years older than Guo Tao. Although Guo Tao is said to be the leader of an army, he is still the leader of a young army after all. He is only 15 years old, just a boy.

He smiled wryly and shook his head. He knew that Guo Tao's dynamite temper was probably just a disguise for him to hide that he was too young and to pretend to be mature.He wanted to use this method to talk about Lao Tzu, mother, and let people call him Lao Guo, etc. to show that he is a mature and qualified commander.

A voice came from outside the door, "Guo Tao, you must be cursing again, right?"

Guo Tao retorted and scolded: "Which bastard hit me for a small report..."

"Don't blame others, I heard it myself. You just stay here honestly. Are you afraid that there will be no battle? Your first army of apprentices is a cavalry unit. This is a sharp sword. You will have to ask for it sooner or later. Come on. Listen, when it's your turn to go on, if you give me diarrhea..."

The Northern Expedition Army Lin Wei's regiment was in charge of the camp. Lin Wei opened the army tent, came in from the outside, and shouted.

Guo Tao immediately responded loudly: "If that's the case, you can twist my head off and use it as a chamber pot! Thank you Dutong, I will kowtow to you."

"Hmph, keep it for yourself, I can't use such a big chamber pot. How can I learn a bad temper, my mouth is full of gunpowder, and I can hear you swearing here two miles away. Don't think Go to the battlefield a few times and kill a few people, it’s a big deal.”

"Back to Dutong, in the battle of Dongxi Yazhang, the final general led a thousand cavalry in his headquarters and was ordered to charge. Not only did he destroy the enemy's formation, but he also chased the enemy for three days and three nights after breaking through the formation. There are more than 360 people, and the total number of prisoners killed is more than [-]. This is a real battle front, and no one can erase it." Guo Tao replied loudly.

"I know, I know, mother, it's good to remember your surname. You can remember thousands, hundreds, and dozens so clearly. You should be an accountant in the General Administration of Taxation, Customs, and Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. You will never be wasted." This talent." Lin Wei was a little dumbfounded by Guo Tao, Guo Tao, a boy, has such a performance at such an age, which is really amazing.Even King Qin looked at him with admiration and planned to focus on training this kid.However, this kid is capable, and his temper is also rising.Even the teaching envoy couldn't bring down this kid anymore.

On the banks of the Tuhe River, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the shouts of killing shook the sky!

Several groups of cavalry from the Turkic Division B took turns to charge fiercely at Lin Wei's Division of the Qin Army, which was leaning against the river bank.

Among the twenty tribes of Khitan, the Yishi tribe belongs to a powerful tribe second only to Qiyeluzhong.And now after the Qiyelu civil war, the Yishi tribe has become the top five tribes in Khitan.Echidun is the brother-in-law of Khitan Yili Jin Yelupu Guzhi, and the young patriarch of the Yishi tribe. He once studied in the Chang'an Imperial College of the Tang Dynasty, and even spent several years traveling back and forth between the Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, and the Arabian Empire. Empire and other Western powers.This is a strange Khitan who is proficient in multiple languages ​​and history, not a traditional Khitan barbarian.

Echton was not only a multinational linguist, translator, and historian, but also an extremely shrewd businessman and an excellent military commander.

Encounter with Tang Jun, although he has few soldiers, Tang Jun is powerful.But he seized the favorable terrain he occupied, and instead of retreating, he immediately involved Tang Jun in the battle, forcing Tang Jun to fight with his back.

Tuhe is a big river that flows through the entire Xijing and connects to Huangshui.

When the two sides met, Lin Wei's troops happened to have just crossed the Tuhe River, which was not on the east bank.Ulchidun charged from the east, forcing the scattered clusters of the Linwei Corps to attack the center of the Linwei Corps without enough time to complete their assembly. How could they plan to use a penetrating tactic directly to rush the central troops of the Linwei Corps into the center of the Linwei Corps? Enter Hanoi, then attack the Qin army, and defeat them one by one.

The Linwei Corps has a total of [-] soldiers and horses, [-] warrior cavalry, [-] apprentice cavalry, and another [-] apprentice infantry.There are tens of thousands of horses and auxiliary soldiers left, staying in the Xijing in the rear.

But at this time, the [-] soldiers and horses of the Linwei Corps did not gather together.Marching on the vast prairie, the army stretched a very long distance back and forth, and several soldiers and horses marched side by side and separated in a fan shape.With such a formation, it is easy to obtain supplies on the spot, and it is also easy to prevent ambushes and surprise attacks.

But when the cavalry of the Yishi Department suddenly encountered the Qin Army, the Qin Army's Central Army had less than 2 horses to fight, including Guo Tao's [-] cavalry troops of the First Xuejun Army.

Ulchidun also obviously noticed this situation, instead of running away in a hurry, he began to use his temporary strength advantage to charge the Qin army.

Lin Wei was also a senior general in the Qin army, facing the enemy attack, he did not panic.Even in a weak position, he has no fear at all.

He quickly came up with a battle plan with his staff, and simply retreated to the river to fight against the water.Use vehicles to form a car formation, then dig a ditch, bury antlers, barbed wire, sink a horse pit, and pile up a wall with soil behind the ditch, and then line up a spear array.

The only two cavalry, one soldier cavalry and one student cavalry, were also ordered by Lin Wei to retreat in the formation and stand by.

This is a defensive formation. As long as it can support the first few rounds of charges of the Khitans, when they are exhausted, they will release cavalry to entangle them, and then wait for the other troops to come back to help. At that time, they can be attracted here. Siege is here.

However, the B-room cavalry was indeed fierce. After the cavalry of the Qin army did not participate in the battle, the rest could only rely on two infantry troops with 1 people to defend against the Khitan's impact.

Although there is a river of earth behind him, which reduces the attack from behind for the Qin army, it also makes it impossible for the Qin army to retreat.The temporary defensive position could not stop the Khitans' charge very well. Groups of Khitan cavalry charged like rolling thunder. If the Qin army behind the chariot formation was not careful, they would be shot by the Khitan cavalry's bows and arrows immediately.

As soon as the battle started, it was already extremely intense! (To be continued.)