subvert the late Tang Dynasty

Wei Zhao returned to the camp of the Bian army, and said, "My lord, Shen Cong is a warrior who was born as a bandit, so he is nothing to worry about. Most of his ideas are based on the plans of a confidant, Pei She. This Pei She is also a A treacherous villain, all he thinks about is conspiracy and tricks all day long, and he is not a person who can accomplish anything."

Zhu Wen nodded and said, "Thanks for Dongqing's hard work. According to Dongqing, should our next step be to directly occupy Caizhou?"

Dongqing is Wei Zhao's name.

Wei Zhaodao: "Although Caizhou's strength is not as good as before, there are still [-] defenders. If we push them into a hurry, I'm afraid our army will lose a lot. Now that Caizhou has not much food, it's better to surround it for a while. Anyway, I have been fighting with Qin Zongquan for several years, and I don’t care about this one or two months. I think Shen Cong and Pei She are the people, and the other generals in Caizhou will definitely not be convinced. It will definitely happen again in the city within two months. When the incident occurs, it will be the time when we enter Caizhou."

Wei Zhao is also Zhu Wen's confidant counselor, resourceful and decisive, and he has a fight with Jing Xiang. Jing Xiang presided over the overall situation in Bianliang, and Wei Zhao followed Zhu Wen to fight outside, just like Liu Bei left Zhuge Liang behind. It's like taking Pang Tong with you to fight.For Zhu Wen, Jing Xiang and Wei Zhao are like crouching dragons and phoenixes, and they complement each other very well.

But it is said that Sun Ru plundered Yangzhou wantonly, and soon captured Guangling City. Yang Xingmi wanted to return to Luzhou to hide his strength and bide his time, but Yuan Xi advocated leading the army to occupy Xuanzhou as the fundamental, waiting for the opportunity to fight back to Yangzhou again.

Yang Xingmi trusted Yuan Xi very much and agreed immediately.He ordered the army to turn around and go south, marching into Xuanzhou.

Sun Ru wanted Zhu Wen to hand over the surrender form. Although Zhu Wen knew that Sun Ru was cruel and easy to kill, and he was not a person who could sit on one side, but now he had to deal with Caizhou, Li Keyong, Li Hanzhi, and guard against Zhu Wen. Brothers Xuan and Zhu Jin, as well as Wang Shifan (son of Wang Jingwu) of the Pinglu Army (Ziqing, where the government is located in Qingzhou) also had to defend.Where can we allocate troops to take care of Huainan's mess?

Zhu Wen just wrote to Sun Ru, telling him to focus on comforting the people and not to kill too much. As for whether he listened or not, he didn't care so much.And to the imperial court, after appointing Sun Ru as Huainan, giving him a title is also to make Sun Ru less murderous, hoping that he can restrain himself.

At this time, the battle outside Luoyang City was in full swing. Li Cunxiao, Kang Junli, An Xiuxiu and others fought Ge Congzhou, Zhang Cunjing, Ding Hui, Niu Cunjie and others outside Luoyang City.Shatuo's cavalry was indeed not covered, a dense crowd of people were all cavalry, the cavalry ran like thunder with hooves, and the smoke and dust covered the sun, their power and influence were absolutely rare in the Central Plains.

But Ge Congzhou's soldiers didn't even get on their horses at all. They fumbled for the rifles in their hands one by one, as if they were stroking their lover's face. This kind of thing is much more powerful than bows and arrows. The power is many times stronger than bows and arrows.Those cavalrymen who thought they were tough running from the opposite side were like idiots in their eyes. They definitely shot one by one. They didn't fight this kind of battle once or twice. How could such a large group charge Put it in your eyes?

The enemy's cavalry hadn't entered the effective range, but they had already entered the strike range of the catapults. Eight catapults operated by dozens of people were launched together, and eight spherical iron bombs were thrown into the enemy's cavalry. The enemy's ranks exploded, and the powerful shock wave even threw these athletes and horses on the grassland into the air. How many people were pierced and cut by the scorching shrapnel, this salvo reimbursed the enemy five hundred The cavalry also caused great confusion to the enemy's formation.

Li Cunxiao and Kang Junli had only heard about Zhu Wen's fighting style, and it was the first time they saw it with their own eyes. If the superb martial arts are hit by this thing, they will definitely die."

Li Cunxiao is now in his twenties, and his martial arts has improved a lot in these years. Even Li Keyong, the number one warrior in Shatuo, is no longer his opponent. Li Cunxiao has become the new generation of the number one warrior in Saibei. He was ordered to attack Luoyang. He thought he could capture it, but he didn't expect to meet Zhu Wen's reinforcements.Even when he heard that Zhu Wen's general Ge Congzhou led the army to Luoyang to help, Li Cunxiao didn't take it too seriously. In his mind, Ge Congzhou was just as good as Zhou Dewei, and now Zhou Dewei was no longer himself. If you think about it, if you play against Ge Congzhou, you will have a great chance of winning.But who would have imagined that the enemy would not follow the conventional way of fighting at all, and directly use something like a demon method to blow up hundreds of people in one's own side at once.

This time Li Cunxiao and Kang Junli brought 5000 people to fight Luoyang. Luoyang's defenders were only ten thousand, and their combat power was not worth mentioning in the eyes of these Saibei hussars. However, Ge Congzhou's style of fighting made Li Cunxiao feel His inflated confidence has been shaken, and he will suffer heavy losses if he continues to fight like this. However, he did not order Mingjin to withdraw his troops. Instead, he used flags to command the army to move forward bravely. In front of him, things that can explode can't exert their power.

Sure enough, after Li Cunxiao's cavalry suffered more than 3000 casualties, they finally rushed to a place not far from the Bian army. There were only two places for arrows.These cavalry soldiers thought to themselves that these brothers who were killed or wounded on their own side would let the enemy die one by one.There are even quite a few people who have already prepared their bows and arrows, and are just waiting to shoot after entering the range of the bows and arrows.

The catapults of the Bian army fired the last round of volleys. This time the distance was closer. The Shatuo cavalry suffered nearly [-] casualties, but these Shatuo athletes had no intention of stopping at all. On the contrary, they seemed to have seen victory At dawn, many people bent their bows and set up arrows, preparing to give the Bian army a cover blow with bows and arrows after entering the effective range.

In this round of attack, Li Cunxiao sent 8000 men, and nearly half of them were killed before the confrontation. However, he also believed that as long as he rushed to the enemy's front, the victory belonged to him. The opponent's infantry was no match for his own cavalry. Enough to disperse more than 4000 opponents.

What's more, Li Cunxiao still had 7000 fresh troops who did not participate in the battle. Once the enemy army showed signs of collapse, he would personally lead these 7000 people to wipe out all these Bian troops and avenge the dead brothers.

But something even more unexpected happened. Li Cunxiao saw nearly 1000 people on the other side raised a black iron pipe in their hands, like a fire stick, and pointed it at his own cavalry. Li Cunxiao had no reason in his heart. There was a burst of panic, as if something more terrible was about to happen.

Sure enough, I saw a stream of flames erupting from the row of black pipes, and the cavalry team of our own side fell down in a row. Immediately afterwards, the hundreds of people in front handed the fired guns to the people behind them. The man took another one and continued to shoot, and another row of cavalry fell down.

Li Cunxiao was frightened by this situation, what is this?It's not a bow and arrow, it's not a strong crossbow, even the Zhuge Liannu made by the legendary Zhuge Kongming is probably not so powerful, right?

At this time, although the rifles used by the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army were already relatively advanced needle-action rifles, due to technical reasons, the bullets could only be loaded once, and the bullets had to be reloaded after each firing. It is relatively fast, unlike the kind of musket that needs to be loaded with gunpowder first, then the iron ball, and then seal the muzzle with wax or tin, but can be loaded directly from the breech, which greatly saves time. .

Only [-] of these guns were produced in the first batch, and Ge Congzhou brought [-]. It shows that Zhu Wen attaches great importance to Luoyang, and it also shows that he attaches great importance to the Shatuo cavalry.

Ge Congzhou watched the cavalry on the opposite side go forward one by one, and fell one by one in the dust, but the saved people didn't even look at them, and they continued to move forward bravely. The cavalry has repeatedly failed in the confrontation, and the Shatuo cavalry is really powerful, if the lord hadn't made such a murderous weapon, it is not certain who will win this battle."

Kang Junli saw that his cavalry had suffered heavy casualties, and there were less than 500 left, while the enemy was still shooting, another round of volley, and hundreds of people from his side fell down. When entering the enemy line, I am afraid that there will only be about 3000 people left at most. If that is the case, isn't it the material for being made dumplings?Although the Shatuo cavalry is powerful, it must be a large-scale collective charge of at least two to three thousand people to show its power. What is the use of five or six hundred people?

Kang Junli said to Li Cunxiao: "General, call for gold! If it is too late, it will be too late, don't make unnecessary sacrifices..."

Although Li Cunxiao was a little unwilling, but the situation in front of him was like this, so what if he was unwilling?

Li Cunxiao waved the flag and said two heavy words "Withdraw!"