Chapter 11 The Vanguard
Of course, Li Ye could recognize that Wuyazi was killed by him in Xuzhou two days ago.
Seeing that Wuyazi was rushing up, and he was trying to stop everyone, Li Ye first felt it was ridiculous. After all, in his heyday, he couldn't even take a single move, and he was even more unbearable at this time. He said that he always looked up to him by the mantis arm blocking the car.
But soon, Li Ye discovered something was wrong and quickly warned Song Jiao and the eldest son: "Get back!"
Wuyazi rushed over, with a crazy look and a knife. After taking off, he opened his arms and ignored defense, he just increased his speed to the extreme and shot towards Li Ye and others. When he arrived in front of Li Ye and others, he shouted ferociously: "The Taoist Sect will surely prosper!"
After saying that, Wuyazi exploded in the air!
With a loud bang, Wuyazi's body turned into ashes, and the air wave suddenly spread from the spot, instantly covering more than a hundred feet of surrounding area. The strong wind was like a sharp blade, sweeping towards Li Ye and others. The sky and the earth were lost, and everything was silent. However, whether it was the impact of the air waves or the explosion, it made everyone tinnitus.
Li Ye and others were forced to retreat and launched defensive measures one after another, but were still affected by the waves of air. Li Ye was fine. With Qinglian and Dragon Qi, the spiritual energy was thick and not inferior to the real human realm. The eldest son Siming and Song Jiao were quite embarrassed. One by one, they were defeated by the waves of air, and their clothes were scattered.
When one's cultivation reaches the real human realm, one can use self-destruction methods. Wuyazi only builds the foundation half a step. Although the self-destruction methods can be used, their power is undoubtedly much smaller. If a real human realm really self-destructs himself in front of him, Li Ye will be seriously injured, and the eldest son Siming and Song Jiao are even more likely to survive.
"This Taoist is really crazy!" Song Jiao gritted her teeth and was very angry.
Li Ye shook his head, "Although each of them is his master and his enemies are his enemies, this kind of integrity of sacrificing oneself and righteousness is still admirable."
After being delayed by Wuyazi, Li Ye and others could no longer catch up with Zhu Wen who was running at full speed. After all, this place is not far from Dengzhou. Once the other party reaches the military camp and is in the middle of a thousand troops, they can't do anything to him.
But everyone had already arrived here, so it was impossible to return to Xuzhou like this. The eldest son Siming and Song Jiao were not injured too much. Li Ye and others continued to go to Dengzhou to observe the other party's defense.
Along the way, Li Ye's face lost the lightness of the previous face. Wuyazi did not hesitate to self-destruct and wanted to protect Zhu Wen. Such integrity demonstrated the will of Zhongnan Mountain Taoist Sect. It seems that the next battle will not be easy.
When he arrived in Dengzhou, Li Ye carefully observed Zhu Wen's troops and the city defense situation in Dengzhou, and Meizhou frowned slightly.
In Zhu Wen's army, the proportion of monks is very high, more than twice as high as that of ordinary vassal state troops. It seems that with the help of the Dao Sect of Zhongnan Mountain, many people in Huang Chao and Zhu Wen's army have indeed become monks. The so-called Taoist sect and vassal states colluded with each other, recruited disciples to teach Taoism, and expanded the ranks of monks. Now is the time to show their power.
When they fight on the battlefield, the monks, as the backbone of the formation, their size and strength directly affect the outcome of the battle situation.
In this world, a war will have various military tactics and various means to do everything they can. They have a crucial impact on the outcome of a war, but in the end, there is only one factor that really determines the outcome of a battle, that is, monks, or strong people.
Fortunately, the city defense in Dengzhou has not been fully repaired yet. Although there are many things like rock-beating wood, arrowheads, fork guns, etc., it is not so easy to replenish things like curtains, wolf teeth slap, and bed crossbows after they are damaged.
The collapsed city walls must be piled up, and it is not easy to restore the original strength, especially the defensive magic arrays of large and small, which require various materials to be arranged, which is even more difficult to achieve.
Li Ye and others did not stay in Dengzhou for too long, because Zhongnan Mountain soon sent a master from the real person realm. On the enemy's territory, tens of thousands of troops were eyeing him. Li Ye did not intend to fight against the real person realm, so he returned with Song Jiao and others.
When he returned to Xuzhou, Li Ye and Zhou Ji met, and exchanged with Zhou Ji's city defense and Zhu Wen's troops' combat power.
It can be seen that Zhou Ji was not relaxed, but his fighting will was not affected.
Yang Fuguang had already gone to Caizhou, but he didn't know what the outcome of the negotiations with Qin Zongquan would be. Li Ye was not in a hurry. The Pinglu army had already advanced here and would arrive soon. If Qin Zongquan supports him, the army would attack Dengzhou in the west.
Two days later, Yang Fuguang sent back the news that Qin Zongquan had agreed to the west to march Dengzhou and sent general Wang Shu to lead 15,000 troops to help the battle. Yang Fuguang's messenger said that he would return to Xuzhou with Wang Shu's troops.
I have to say that Yang Fuguang is indeed a character.
When Liu Dazheng led the Pinglu army to Xuzhou, the Caizhou troops led by Yang Fuguang and Wang Shu arrived almost the same time. The army camped at the branch outside Xuzhou City, rested for a while, and was ready to set off at any time.
On that day, Li Ye, Zhou Ji, Yang Fuguang, Wang Shu and others, as well as the generals Pinglu, Zhongwu, as well as Li Ye and Zhou Ji's aides gathered together to discuss the details of the war.
"The Zhongwu Army can mobilize 50,000 troops to fight the west, plus the troops from Pinglu and Caizhou, the total number of soldiers is 165,000. I heard that the bandit army in Dengzhou is only 50,000, so we have a great chance of winning this battle!" Yang Fuguang was still very confident. He has always been like this.
Wang Shu, a general of Caizhou, sneered: "The military strategy is to encircle it ten times, attack it five times, and divide it by multiples. Our troops and horses together are only three times that of the bandit army. The standard of siege can only be siege ten times the distance to attack the city, but the difference is too far, and there is not even the strength to attack the front. How dare you say that you will win this battle?"
Yang Fuguang immediately said: "Zhu Wen's troops had just experienced a great battle. Although they had broken through Dengzhou, they had a tragic victory. Now is the time to be tired, and King An also went to see it. Dengzhou's city defense is not perfect. We use a new army to attack his exhausted soldiers. How can there be a reason for invincibility? Besides, we are the king's army, and going to fight against the thieves is the righteousness, and the thieves' army will definitely be afraid!"
Wang Shu hugged her arms, raised her chin, and sneered: "The military strategy is clouded. Those who seek profit for a hundred miles fall to the general, and those who seek profit for a hundred miles arrive halfway. From Xuzhou to Dengzhou, it has exceeded 100 miles. We are rushing from a long distance, and the bandits are waiting for their hard work. How dare we say that we win?"
Although Wang Shu brought the Caizhou troops and Qin Zongquan also agreed to cooperate with the army to attack Dengzhou, Wang Shu's behavior can be clearly seen with his negative attitude towards the war.
I guess before leaving, Qin Zongquan gave Wang Shu a lot of instructions that if you can avoid this battle, you must avoid it, and if you cannot avoid it, you must not work or work, so as not to be used as a knife and lose the soldiers on the battlefield in vain.
When Yang Fuguang saw Wang Shu doing this, he was very angry. The other party said a word about military tactics, which seemed reasonable and well-founded. However, fighting on the battlefield was not about writing articles. He did whatever the art of war was said. He had to respond flexibly according to the enemy and us.
Yang Fuguang was repeatedly provoked by Wang Shu and said furiously: "General Wang is afraid before the battle. Can you lead your troops back?!"
Wang Shu snorted coldly, but seeing that everyone was glaring at him, it was not too artificial, so she clasped her fists and said, "I dare not."
Li Ye glanced at Wang Shu a few times and didn't say much. Whether it was Wang Shu or Qin Zongquan, they were all the internal affairs of Zhongwu Jun, so he couldn't interfere at will.
"Liang, you dare not!" Yang Fuguang glared at Wang Shu a few times, and said to the generals who were discussing the military: "Now we and the Pinglu Army are working together to fight the bandits in the west. We must ensure that the military orders are smooth and the troops are in concert. We must not be without a commander."
Speaking of this, Yang Fuguang clasped his fists at Li Ye: "King An is the governor of Pinglu, and he is also the envoy of the east camp appointed by His Majesty. The position of commander of the three armies is your highness. Please do not refuse!"
Zhou Ji followed closely and clasped his fists: "Please order the entire army, and the Zhongwu army will definitely follow the order!"
The generals of the Pinglu Army, Liu Dazheng, Zhao Polu, Shangguan Qingcheng and others, were all happy to see Zhou Ji and Yang Fuguang so sensible, but Wang Shu glanced at other places, as if she was indifferent to this.
Li Ye did not have the habit of being humble and polite. This battle on the battlefield was nothing else and there was no need to refuse and pretend, so he said without permission: "Since that's the case, I will take on this responsibility."
He was originally a commander-in-chief, and it was natural to be a commander. What is the East Camp recruitment? That is to say, the army east of Tongguan must be headed by Li Ye, be controlled by him, and obey his orders. The Zhongwu Army was already within the scope of his orders. At this time, Yang Fuguang and Zhou Ji made such a statement, which was to clarify the position of the Zhongwu Army.
Li Ye had discussed the plan for the expedition with Yang Fuguang and Zhou Ji before. At this time, he was just to finalize the details and inform the generals to know. Soon, the plan for the army to go to war was understood. Li Ye ordered the generals on the spot and issued military orders, mainly to divide the responsibilities of vanguards, central troops, flanks, rear troops, baggage, grain and fodder, and transfer of food and fodder.
Next, Li Ye assembled troops outside Xuzhou City to sacrifice flags to go on the expedition.
Let’s stop talking, let’s talk about the army entering the jurisdiction of the Shandong East Road Jiedushi. Instead of directly attacking Dengzhou, they went to Tangzhou first and also placed part of the garrison of Tangzhou. At the same time, Li Ye Xiu wrote to the Shandong East Road Jiedushi Liu Jurong, asking him to send troops north and attack Dengzhou with the army.
Dengzhou was originally a prefecture of the Shandong Governor of Shandong Province. Although Li Ye and others believed that Liu Jurong would not send troops to help, since he had arrived at his territory, Li Ye would still say hello to others, and by the way it would be equivalent to telling him that if he did not send troops to join the army, then after capturing Dengzhou, he would have to provide food and fodder for the army.
When the main force of the army was staying in Tangzhou for a while, Shangguan Qingcheng led three thousand inner teeth, as the vanguard of the army, and headed straight for Dengzhou.
It is logical that using three thousand elite cavalry as a vanguard seems a little small, and it can only take five thousand soldiers. However, Shangguan Qingcheng's inner teeth are the absolute elite under Li Ye. Not to mention that the training tasks are the heaviest and the best military equipment, the most bandits were suppressed in Pinglu, and the proportion of monks in the army was the highest.
Since it is Li Ye's inner teeth and his most confidant, he must of course be at the forefront when he arrives on the battlefield. On the one hand, it is to give them a chance to make contributions, and on the other hand, it also demonstrates Li Ye's determination to fight.
Li Ye specially named the San Qian's inner teeth "Wolf Teeth City". The meaning of why the name Wolf Teeth is actually self-evident. As for why it is called "Du" instead of "Jun", it is because Li Ye has only one army under his command, that is, Pinglu Army.
The first battle between Langya and the task is very simple. Clear the road from Tangzhou to Dengzhou. The Zhu Wen tribe along the way must be cleaned up. This is the first shot and must be fired to deter Zhu Wen's troops and at the same time enhance the morale of the officials.
In order to fire this first shot, Li Ye showed his true nature, wore a full body, walked with Shangguan Qingcheng, and became a cavalryman.
The eldest son Siming was also put on armor by Li Ye, allowing them to follow the cavalry ranks. It has to be said that after the eldest son Siming was put on armor, his temperament suddenly changed, giving people a sense of illumination.
Da Siming's makeup has always been beautiful and mature, and it belongs to the type of iceberg beauties. At this moment, he was wearing armor and his murderous aura increased instead of decreasing. He also had a heroic spirit, which looked vicious. After Shao Siming's armor, he was not that scary, but became more delicate, like a snail wrapped in a shell, which was adorable.
Li Ye's evil taste was satisfied. He looked back at the two of them from time to time. Sometimes he couldn't help but laugh, which made Shangguan Qingcheng often glar at him resentfully.
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