The Great Swordsman Of Xiangye

After Zhang Ziyan ordered the recruitment plan, he let everyone go out to run errands.

After recruiting nearly 4,000 people in the previous month, Wang Hu and the four quickly completed the recruitment of soldiers from various units.

Among the remaining 500 veterans from last time, Wang Hu and Ma Shixiang each led 150 people, and the rest were divided equally by Li Wen and Zhao Hai.

The four people said to Zhang Ziyan that sending troops against the Yan Kingdom was inevitable, so they quickly put into training after the recruitment was completed.

In this month, Zhang Ziyan asked Chao Xiaoshu to find a dozen blacksmiths, created the three treasures of cavalry, saddle, stirrup, and horseshoes, and equipped the combat battalion with all the equipment.

Let the soldiers quickly become proficient in horseback riding, make it easier for them to learn to ride and shoot, so that this group of recruits quickly become good cavalry, without these three things, there may not be a few years of people learning to ride and shoot.

Moreover, Zhang Ziyan sent a message to the fourth senior brother and the seventh senior brother, asking them to find a well-defended and light material, build horse armor, and let the troops arm to the teeth.

In terms of the distribution of veterans, Wang Hu, Li Wen, and Zhao Hai evenly distributed veterans to various classes, using the old to lead the new and quickly enhance the strength of the recruits.

Before Ma Shixiang, he appointed veterans with better command ability as leaders and leaders of each company platoon, and the squad leaders below were selected by each company platoon themselves, and the remaining veterans were formed by Ma Shixiang into a platoon and trained separately.

Time flowed like water, and soon half a year passed calmly.

During this period, the four battalions would compete with each other once a month, and in the first two months, the three battalions of Wang Hu, Li Wen, and Zhao Hai were stronger than Ma Shixiang's battalion.

But from the beginning of the third month of the competition, Ma Shixiang's second battalion jumped up and successfully defeated the other three battalions, and in these three battles, the most surprising was Ma Shixiang's veteran platoon, which was stronger than them and their company.

Zhang Ziyan praised Ma Shixiang's performance in public.

Ma Shixiang's platoon is equivalent to Blue Star's special forces, and each soldier's personal ability is far stronger than the recruits behind, and the cooperation is more tacit.

Zhang Ziyan received the news from Chao Xiaoshu, just ten days ago, the Yan Kingdom raised 100,000 troops and invaded the border of the Tang Kingdom, and the border soldiers were caught off guard and retreated one after another.

Now he was stopped by Xia Hou and asked the Tang Emperor for help.

Zhang Ziyan saw the information in his hand and knew that it was time to show his fangs.

When Zhang Ziyan received the information, he proposed to the Tang Emperor the intention of supporting.

The Tang Emperor is still quite supportive of his plan of the fifth gentleman, after all, he has brought nearly 10 million silver income to the Tang Kingdom in the past ten months, which is still in addition to Zhang Ziyan's expenses, plus the information on the strength of Zhang Ziyan's army here obtained from Chao Xiaoshu, it is more assured of Zhang Ziyan's strength, so he agreed to Zhang Ziyan's request.

"Come man! Summon the order for Wang Hu and the other four battalion commanders to come over! Zhang Ziyan ordered.

Soon Wang Hu and the other four arrived.

"Four! I have already received the will of the Tang Emperor to let our troops support the Tang Yan battlefield!" Now I command! Zhang Ziyan said loudly.

"Yes!" The four stood up and said.

"It is now ordered that the second battalion, as the forward, pave the way and build bridges, and first reconnoiter the enemy situation after arriving at the battlefield!" Zhang Ziyan ordered.

"Yes! Checkmate! Ma Shixiang said.

"Order, the first and third battalions as the central army, set out with me." Zhang Ziyan ordered again.

"Yes, General!" Wang Hu and Li Wen replied.

"The fourth battalion, stay in Weicheng, promise to monitor the movements of the Golden Horde during the invasion of the Yan Kingdom, and once there is a change in the message to me, I will rush back." Zhang Ziyan said to Zhao Hai.

"Yes, General!" Zhao Hai whispered.

Zhang Ziyan glared at Zhao Hai and said, "How?" Let you stay and wronged you? In your six-month military exercise, in addition to the second to last in the first two months, the last four months are the first from the bottom, do you still have a face grievance?

"Yes, General, I am not aggrieved, I will strengthen their training and make them stronger!" Zhao Hai said.

"Okay, let's all go down and prepare! Ma Shixiang, you go today! Zhang Ziyan waved his hand and said.

"Yes, General!" The four replied, then turned and went out.

Five days later, Zhang Ziyan arrived at the second camp with the first and third battalions and arrived at the set up camp in advance.

"Ma Shixiang, tell me about the current situation." After Zhang Ziyan entered the Chinese army's tent, he asked Ma Shixiang.

"Yes, General!" Ma Shixiang walked to the hanging map, picked up the baton and said, "General, the Tang Emperor is now driving a personal conscription, leading 50,000 troops, in this place; On the left is Xiahou, with 30,000 troops, we are on the right, we now have 3,600 people, and the rest are logisticians. "

Hmm! In this way, we have a geographical advantage, but what about the opposite side? What a situation now! Zhang Ziyan asked.

"At present, the 100,000 troops on the opposite side are all gathered at this one point, wanting to use all their forces to directly attack the Tang Emperor here, wanting to directly take the Tang Emperor, so that our backup forces cannot support it." Ma Shixiang said.

Zhang Ziyan stared at the map for a long time, pointed to a place about 50 miles behind the Yan Kingdom, and said, "Is there a reconnaissance post in the Yan Kingdom in this place?"

Ma Shixiang looked at it and said, "Without generals, the Yan Kingdom has only placed the guard post in their rear for about 10 li.

"That's right, even if someone in the rear bypasses, it is only a small number of troops, and there is no threat to their 100,000 troops, and large forces will be easily discovered in the past!" Zhang Ziyan nodded and said.

"Okay, this is it!" Zhang Ziyan smashed the place with his hand and said: "Pass on my order, let the first battalion and the second battalion lurk on both sides of this valley, once the main forces of the two sides engage, the two battalions quickly broke through the Yan State military camp, killed their remaining soldiers, burned their materials and food, and disturbed their military heart."

"Yes, General!" Wang Hu and Ma Shixiang replied.

"After setting the opponent's large camp on fire, immediately quickly intersperse from the left and right sides of the rear of their army, divide the battlefield, and wait for the first and second battalions to set fire to the enemy's large camp, the third battalion and I will directly insert into the battlefield from the right side of the battlefield, quickly kill the Yan Guo Zhong army, and strive to hit the blow and take the Yan King!" Zhang Ziyan ordered again.

"Yes, General!" The three said.

"Okay, let's all go back and rest well, and set out in the middle of the night to ambush." Zhang Ziyan said, "By the way, remember to let people pass on my plan to the Tang Emperor and see if the Tang Emperor agrees with my plan!" "

Yes!" After answering, the three walked out of the Chinese army tent.

After receiving Zhang Ziyan's order, the Tang Emperor told the generals about Zhang Ziyan's intentions, and after discussion, the generals said that they could implement it, and now they did not take a risk, and they might have to retreat back, which was not good for the army, but they were not at ease with the strength of Zhang Ziyan's side and asked if they needed to increase their personnel.

The Tang Emperor directly vetoed their proposal, because the Tang Emperor knew how much silver they had spent to build this army in the past half a year, and the Tang Emperor absolutely believed in the strength of this army.