Now blocking Timur's expansion to the east of Lanzhou is General Li Wenzhong's 50,000-horse army. According to reports, the fighting between the two sides was extremely brutal. In just half a month, Li Wenzhong's 50,000-man army had already lost two out of ten, and was currently occupying the Guanchuan River area.
Stay safe in danger.
Xu Da warned: "Go to Lanzhou and join up with Li Wenzhong's troops. We will only defend but not attack. If something unexpected happens, we will retreat to the Liupan Mountain area east of the Hulu River. If the Yuan soldiers rush through Liupan Mountain, then our army will be attacked from both sides.
The big thing is over."
Tang He took the order, turned around and left with the vanguard Pang Heihu, and Xu Da led the generals to the outside of the tent in person. Outside the tent, the banners were fluttering and the horses were neighing, and 50,000 soldiers were already ready to go.
When Tang He came to the front of the army, he saddled up his horse and raised his hands to Xu Da and the generals: "Tang He is gone!"
Afterwards, the large group of people went westward in a mighty manner, raising dust all the way. Da Kui led more than a hundred soldiers and drove hundreds of carts to follow behind the group. Before leaving the village gate, Da Kui waved to Xu Da and other generals.
, Xu Da just smiled slightly and all the generals ignored him.
As a result, Da Kui felt bored. He thought that when he was the political envoy to the south of the Yangtze River, when he married Huang Ying, many people here had drank together. Now that he has become the gang leader, they are actually like this.
Indifference, the world is really cold and cold.
The convoys were all pulled by mules and donkeys, so they moved slower than the army. Now that Li Wenzhong's troops were stalemate with Timur of Kuaikuo near Lanzhou for half a month, they must not have much food and grass, so the army allocated food and grass to accompany Tang He's army.
And set off. Although the food and fodder team was at the end of the team, it was still guarded by two thousand cavalry.
Lao Huo was driving the car, and Da Kui was sitting on one side, holding two big coats in his left hand and a big piece of meat in his right hand. He was eating it with great joy. It's a pity that drinking is prohibited in Tang Hejun, otherwise there will be two more burning knives.
It's a beauty when it's eaten. The cavalry on both sides looked at Dakui's eating and were a little envious. Going to Lanzhou was tantamount to going to danger, but they didn't know why this group of captains were so leisurely and eating so happily.
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After traveling for nearly half a month, the team crossed the Hulu River and approached the Shifjord east of the Guanchuan River. This is where General Li Wenzhong camped. The camp was located north and south, winding for dozens of miles. Although the battle line was long, it was
It is located on a long slope. The river beach is still several miles away from the long slope. The Yuan soldiers camped on the other side of the Guanchuan River. If they were to attack by force, the Yuan soldiers would have to cross the river first, but Li Wenzhong could do it before the Yuan soldiers crossed the river.
At half time, he led his troops to attack him.
At dawn, Li Wenzhong's men also suffered heavy losses, but the Yuan soldiers' cavalry and shooting skills were better than those of the Ming army. Whenever the Yuan soldiers invaded, they would always use the cavalry as the vanguard. When they crossed the river, the sky was filled with arrows.
, both sides fired several rounds of volleys, and then fought hand-to-hand. It was the Ming army's advantage, but under the cavalry fire of the Yuan soldiers, both sides suffered losses.
Looking at the tidal flats, corpses were strewn across the fields and rivers of blood flowed into them. At dawn, Yuan soldiers would launch several charges every day regardless of casualties. Tang He and Li Wenzhong stood side by side on the lookout, looking at the winding river beach.
"General Tang, the Yuan soldiers' offensive is so fierce that I am afraid that all my tens of thousands of troops will be exhausted before January. Fortunately, General Tang came to reinforce me. Wenzhong would like to express my gratitude." Li Wenzhong said it sincerely.
Tang He said seriously: "You and I both serve the Ming Dynasty, why did Wen Zhong say this?"
Li Wenzhong was the nephew of Emperor Taizu, and his life experience was quite miserable. Taizu adopted him as his adopted son when he was young. Everyone in the army called him the prince, but Tang and Huan were the only ones who seemed close to Wenzhong.
Li Wenzhong looked at the Guanchuan River: "Now on the west bank of the Guanchuan River is Hu Linchi, the general under Timur."
"Oh? But I don't know how many troops there are in the Yuan army?" Tang He looked far away and asked.
Li Wenzhong said: "According to the reports from the Malays, Hu Linchi led more than 50,000 elite troops, followed by Timur's 100,000-strong army."
Tang He smiled softly and said: "Now that Li Siqi is stationing troops in Lanzhou, Kuai Kuo Timur passes through without entering. It seems that there is still a rift between the two of them. If Kao Kuo Timur attacks with all his strength, it will be difficult for us to resist."
"So, Timur is not in a hurry to rescue Zhang Liangchen?" Li Wenzhong was a little confused.
"Hahaha, over the years the expansion of Timur, Li Siqi, and Zhang Liangbi have been attacking each other. Now Yuanting's strength has been exhausted, and the three of them have separated the city in an attempt to survive. What is an alliance with such scheming?" Tang He couldn't help laughing: "That's the case.
Once the marshal comes, great things will be accomplished."
At this moment, a trumpet sound sounded from the other side of the river. Amidst the sound of "woo woo", a black mass of Yuan soldiers appeared on the high slope on the other side of the river. The Yuan army was stationed behind the high slope on the other side of the river, so that it could block the sight of the Ming army.
The enemy general's ability to prevent the Ming army from seeing reality was also a strength.
Li Wenzhong looked at the other side attentively and said slowly: "Today is the last charge of the Yuan soldiers. The offensive will be terminated before the sun sets." Li Wenzhong said and pointed forward: "General Tang, please look at the person at the front of the queue.
They are the elite cavalry in the Yuan army. These cavalry are well-equipped, and their horses and soldiers on them are all protected by iron armor, and cannot be hurt by swords or guns."
Tang He just nodded, and Li Wenzhong added: "Following them are the sword and shield soldiers, covering the spear soldiers behind. Whether they are forcibly crossing the beach or fighting on land, their formation is very strict."
The two of them watched as the Yuan soldiers arrived at the river bank and began to cross the river. The river was not deep and only reached the horse's belly. Then they saw that there were thousands of soldiers behind the Yuan army pushing more than a hundred artillery and erecting them on the other side. The purpose was obvious.
, that is, to use artillery to cover it when the army is crossing the river. In this way, if the Ming army wants to attack and kill the Yuan soldiers when they are crossing the river, they will pay a bloody price.
The sound of war drums sounded, and the Ming army opened a gate in the north and south of the stronghold. Ten thousand elite cavalry were waiting at each gate of the two gates. The trumpet on the other side of the river sounded, and Yuan soldiers were hurrying to cross the river. At this moment, the Ming army made no move. Slowly
After the Yuan soldiers, thousands of cavalry arrived on the shore, and then about 20,000 swordsmen, shield bearers and spearmen also crossed the river.
After half a month of bloody battles, both sides have gained experience. There is a buffer zone in front of the Ming army's stronghold. Once the Yuan army enters the artillery range of the Ming army, it will be the beginning of the war. The Yuan army arrayed in front of the beach, three neatly
The phalanx was arranged in the shape of a cross. The cavalry was in front, and there were a phalanx of 10,000 people on the left and right guarding the flanks.
With the sound of a cannon, nearly 30,000 soldiers screamed and charged towards the Ming army's stronghold.
Li Wenzhong looked coldly at the Yuan soldiers rushing towards him and said to Tang He: "This is a division of Yuan soldiers who dare to die. Once they rush into the military tent, a large army will cross the river. Life and death depend on Baizhang."
Place." Tang He didn't say anything when he heard this, he just stood on the watchtower with Li Wenzhong to watch the battle.
The Yuan soldiers charged so fiercely that the cavalry in front of them raised up a sky full of dust. In just five miles, they had already covered half of their charge in an instant. After another tea time, the Yuan cavalry had already rushed to the place two arrows in front of Dazhai.