"Of course, as the late emperor's younger brother, the king naturally has to make his own voice at this time." Zhang Zhen nodded and continued: "The king can issue a proclamation, complaining about Tang Qinghe's various shortcomings, and at the same time also You can send out recruitment notices to recruit knowledgeable people, saying that you want to rectify the Tang family's bloodline. Presumably there will be many people who come to help you. In this way, the king will gain fame and expand his power. All he has to do is wait. When the time comes, we can raise troops and go to Daliang. Isn't the world still in the hands of the king at that time?"
Zhang Zhen flattered him so much that Prince Zhong was very satisfied after hearing it. "Okay, that's it, let's do as the teacher said, first publish the message, and then expand our strength. Humph, Tang Qinghe, a rebel, and Let's wait for him to live a good life for two days.
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Zhang Zhen acted quickly and gathered some scholars together. Soon a message issued by King Zhong spread throughout the world, targeting the pseudo-emperor Tang Qinghe of Daliang City.
At the same time, King Zhong also invited wise people from all over the world to come to Liaozhou, saying that he would work with everyone to help the cadres and eliminate the traitors. And just when the message began to spread to the world, Zhongchenghou's motorcade came from Daliang Arriving at Liaozhou.
As soon as the convoy entered Liaozhou, the news was reported. When King Zhong heard that there were people such as Zhongcheng Hou Shen Yunyi and Yingying Hou Qin Mushan in the team, Zhong Wang made up his mind.
At this time, it was the time for the Liaozhou Army to expand its strength, and it was the time for them to recruit various talents. As the two most influential princes among the generals, they appeared in their territory and included them in this way. How could Prince Zhong be willing to let go of the good opportunity presented to his subordinates? Although his aide Zhang Zhen was not optimistic about recruiting them, he also believed that if troops were sent to intercept, it would be easy to cause friction with Prince Ji.
Although Liaozhou's current strength of 200,000 troops is absolutely not afraid of the Jizhou Army, it is really meaningless to provoke this dispute for no reason.
After all, the current Liaozhou Army's biggest enemy is Tang Qinghe, the pseudo-Qianren Emperor who is stationed in Daliang.
Just facing the two marquises, especially when he thought that once they were stopped, he could contact more generals through the two men, how could Prince Zhong be willing to let go of such a good opportunity, so he immediately dispatched the generals An Zhiwu led two thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry to greet Zhongchenghou's troops.
An Zhiwu was the chief general, commanding five thousand cavalry, and Pan Guang was the deputy general, commanding two thousand cavalry. When the group left Liaozhou, they were discovered by Longya intelligence personnel and Anxiang intelligence personnel in the city. Soon the information was provided by The birds sent them out of Ningcheng and headed straight for Jicheng.
When King Zhong sent his army, he had no idea that on the orders of King Ji Tang Ao, three thousand cavalry had quietly entered Liaozhou by resting during the day and traveling at night, and were also facing the troops of Marquis Zhongcheng. .
It would be better if King Zhong's army didn't send anyone to intercept him. If they dared to send people, according to Tang Ao's instructions, the Liaozhou army would cut off any of his claws. You don't have to be polite.
The 7,000-strong army left Ningcheng and headed west. They had estimated before that they could probably stop the team near Shengtong Mountain if they were on their way normally.
The three thousand cavalry and heavy cavalry led by Feng Xun also made Shengtong Mountain their marching destination, and headed straight for them in the same way of staying in bed day and night.
This heavy cavalry appeared on the battlefield for the first time since its establishment. In order to build this heavy cavalry team, Tang Ao gathered all the resources of Jizhou and devoted all his efforts to build it. Each of the cavalrymen is equipped with three horses, and they also
They are all the best war horses. Not only that, each cavalryman is equipped with a bright silver gun, a steel saber, a steel shield, a Shen's small repeating crossbow that can fire five rounds, plus two hundred
Crossbow arrows, an ox-horn longbow, plus three hundred hook arrows, and a set of chainmail armor, including a helmet with only the eyes and nose exposed, and the horse is covered in armor to ensure that the opponent's bows and arrows can hit the horse.
, can also play a sufficient protective role.
Hundreds of kilograms of refined horse food, mainly soy products, are specially carried on a war horse to ensure that the war horse has enough refined rations to eat when it is resting.
In addition, various dry foods, refined iodized salt, baked meat patties are placed in special food boxes to ensure that they will not become dry and hard, as well as various Jizhou-produced cans, including fruit-type ones, and
There are carnivorous types, which are very convenient to carry.
All these preparations are implemented for each heavy cavalry, which is worth about a thousand taels if converted into silver taels. This is only the equipment value of one cavalry, three thousand cavalry, this is three million taels, and does not include the usual
The amount of money spent on training can be considered a large sum of money.
Tang Ao's method of raising troops is completely different from that of other vassal kings. He does not value quantity, but focuses more on quality. This can ensure that the number of mature men needed for civilian development is sufficient, instead of being like a loyal king.
Just blindly recruiting soldiers, it seems that 200,000 people are indeed a lot, but this has caused a vacuum and shortage of civilian labor, which is extremely detrimental to the development of the local economy.
There are still three thousand heavy cavalry like this in Jizhou, and they are training hard. The half of the heavy cavalry sent this time is enough in the eyes of Tang Ao and the staff. After all, they don't believe it.
At this time, King Zhong will regard the Jizhou Army as the main target, unless King Zhong's head is broken.
Compared to the elite Shanshan Guard's three thousand heavy cavalry, the approaching Liaozhou army had a numerical advantage, but their actual combat power and strength were far apart.
The two thousand Liaozhou cavalry are just one man per horse, and the equipment only has armor on the upper body. As for the infantry, most of them are cloth armor. In addition to the spears and swords they carry, they also carry bows and arrows.
Ordinary long bows, and even short bows, not only have a limited attack range, but also have low power. As for heavy cavalry wearing full chain armor, it is difficult to pose any threat. Unless they are lucky enough,
With those exposed eyes, he could shoot the heavy cavalry of the Shanshan Guard with one nose and one bite.
Scale Mountain.
It is named after it looks like a weight from a distance. It stands on the official road, so that any passing team has to go around the mountain when passing here, thus showing its power and majesty.
A creature of the Creator, Shengmao Mountain has been standing here for who knows how many years, and it has seen the rise and fall of many dynasties and the fighting of many armies. And today, it will witness the beginning of a fight with its own eyes, or in other words, the beginning of a fight.
The beginning of a one-sided war.
Marquis Zhongcheng and his party appeared at the foot of Shengtun Mountain at around nine o'clock in the morning. When they arrived here, An Zhiwu, who was driving all the way, also appeared here with an army of 7,000, and occupied it first.
The official road became an insurmountable obstacle, which was placed on the only way for Zhongchenghou's team to pass.
The teams of Marquis Zhongcheng and Marquis Yingying numbered about 2,000 people, nearly half of which were soldiers, including hundreds of Longya team members led by Long Tie. The other 1,000 people were the carriages led by shopkeeper Fan Bai
With the grooms, as well as some accounting clerks and staff from Changlong in their native country.
Seeing soldiers blocking the official road from a distance, Marquis Zhongcheng stopped the team and frowned together. Apparently he also realized that with the people he brought, he could not compete with the Liao soldiers in front of him.
The state army will definitely lose in a battle, or in a single battle.
"Is it the Liaozhou Army?" Yong Yonghou Qin Mushan took his eldest son Qin Qi and a group of Qin family soldiers and walked forward to the side of Zhongcheng Hou. When he saw that there were officers and soldiers blocking the road ahead, he also
It has a solemn look on his face.
Being able to obtain the title of Marquis, Qin Mushan was also a tiger general when he was young. He led troops and fought countless battles. Naturally, he could tell the strength of the enemy and ourselves at a glance. Because of this, he felt that something was wrong.
Tricky.
Compared with the worry shown by Qin Mushan, his son Qin Qi's face was full of excitement. This means that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. So what if the opponent's troops have a numerical advantage? On the battlefield, who decides who has the larger number?
One side can win. If so, wouldn't it be much easier to fight?
Seeing the prudence shown by Marquis Zhongcheng and Marquis Yingying, and the excitement shown by Qin Qi and other young people, Tie Long standing beside the crowd looked unhurried. If you look carefully, you can still see the look in his eyes.
A trace of disdain.
They had received a message from the young master before, telling them to go on their way without worry, there will be a team to greet them. Now that the young master has said this, Tie Long has nothing to fear. He can just wait and watch the show. But in his heart, he is worried that the young master will send
I'm still a little curious about who is coming.
The curious team, namely the three thousand heavy cavalry of the Shanshan Guard, was waiting at the foot of a hillside eight miles away. Until a scout cavalry ran over and told the situation ahead, Feng Xun
Then he laughed loudly and said: "Very good, we finally caught up with this good show. That's it, brothers, it's time for us to perform. This is the first time our Shanshan Guard heavy cavalry has gone into battle. We must win beautifully.
Do you have confidence?"
The first battalion commander Zhou Jinwen, the third battalion commander Tai Shijin and a group of heavy cavalry soldiers who were accompanying them all responded loudly, "Yes!"
"Haha, according to the previously made plan, we will set off in battalion units." Feng Xun waved his hand, and he led a battalion of cavalry to take the lead, followed by the other two battalion commanders who advanced as planned. The most important thing at the moment
When the cavalry's iron hooves stepped on the ground, there was a loud rumbling sound, and smoke and dust also rose into the sky at this moment. Looking from a distance, there was a sheet of yellow sand flying everywhere.
The Liaozhou Army had already set up its formation, blocking the way of the two marquises with the presence of roadblocks. Two thousand cavalrymen were fanning forward and slowly approaching. The order they received was that if they found that the two marquises had any
If they want to retreat, they will rush forward, cut off the opponent's retreat, and force them to surrender, or surrender to the loyal king for his use.
