"Okay, fifty miles away, according to the enemy's speed, we can reach the predetermined location before dark. Let's all prepare according to this time." The military meeting has already been held, and more than once. With good preparation,
, allowing everyone to face the upcoming actual battle, they have already forgotten what nervousness is.
"No." The generals raised their hands in a military salute one by one, and then strode out. Not long after, the sound of horse hooves was heard, which was the sound of them leaving here and returning to the military camp.
Tang Ao didn't pay attention to these things. He didn't even take a second look at the military map in front of him. His eyes were far away, but it was in the direction of Jizhou. He was thinking about the battle between Jizhou and Liaozhou.
It's about to happen. If nothing else happens, the battle there should be resolved soon.
As expected, when Tang Qingchuan sent Le Ming to Guzhou to support, he also gave the order to Zhong Mu, the commander-in-chief who stayed in Liaozhou, to attack the Jizhou mainland. Didn't Sang Doubei say that the main force of the Jizhou army was
If they went to his place, then their base should be short of troops, and he would not give up such a good opportunity.
In Tang Qingchuan's eyes, Jizhou has never been valued. Otherwise, how could he give Tang Ao a chance to gain a foothold. On the contrary, Jizhou is regarded as a burden by him, leaving him to guard against Beidi and the Xiongnu army moving south, and to act as a buffer.
It's not better. It's just that this time everyone bowed their heads. Only Tang Ao dared to send troops to fight back. As the new emperor, how could he do nothing? Wouldn't that make everyone look down on him?
Even for the sake of face, this time he had to take good care of Tang Ao, and destroy him as best as possible. Even if he couldn't, he would still inflict heavy damage on him, so that he would return to his true duties in the future. When he sent troops to occupy the rich southern area,
After the land was unified, Jizhou could be occupied by just sending a side army at that time. Then the powerful one would not be afraid of any trouble between Beidi and the Xiongnu.
Having said that, Le Ming, who didn't know there was a trap ahead or a huge encirclement, came non-stop with his army. As expected, he arrived at the foot of Pingfeng Mountain before dark, where the army set up camp and prepared for dinner.
At the foot of Pingfeng Mountain, the commander of the chariot battalion, or to be precise, the regiment leader Bai Wu, put down the telescope in his hand. The dark-skinned, unsmiling man grinned slightly, "I want to eat under the nose of my regiment leader.
Don’t even ask if our chariot battalion has agreed. Come on, give me the order from our regiment commander. The chariots will take off their camouflage and wait until there is movement from the firearms battalion before entering the designated attack location.”
The chariot camp began their busy work, and the four thousand tiger soldiers were not idle. They had already arrived at the designated place first, cutting off the retreat of Le Ming's army. Two big men, Xing Si and Zuo Zhuang, stood in front of the military camp, talking from time to time.
The two people's eyes would also look toward each other's camp.
Shi Tan Heroic Drunk is where the two battalion commanders place their bets. This kind of liquor that reaches its peak as soon as it appears has already captured the hearts of all drinkers. Even with the two people’s income, Shi Tan’s stakes are not low.
, none of them wanted to lose the final battle, or the game.
The left and right wings and the rear were fully prepared. On the frontal battlefield, each stone-throwing force had been assembled, and second-class explosive packs were placed in the bronze sky-blasting cannon. Everyone's eyes could not help but look up.
On the two battalion commanders Shen Pingan and Jiang Fenghua.
"The time has come, start the attack." In front of everyone, Shen Ping'an gave the order. The flag bearer beside him raised the small red flag in his hand high, and then suddenly dropped it. What followed was the madness of two hundred catapults. projection.
"Okay, we can start." After Jiang Fenghua gave the order, he ordered the flag bearer to do the same action. The explosive packs of the thirty sky-blasting cannons were ignited and moved from the barrel to the front. Start casting quickly.
The Liaozhou Army, who were busy setting up camp and making dinner, had no idea what they should do or what they should do if the danger was approaching. It wasn't until the sound of an explosion suddenly appeared next to their ears that the rumbling sound It made everyone stop what they were doing.
"What's going on? Is it thundering?"
"Why is there fire?"
"Oh my god, it couldn't be an earth dragon turning over, why can't it feel like the earth is trembling?"
There were various discussions, but no one thought of the sneak attack. The soldiers below did not have this awareness, and neither did General Leming. In his opinion, this was just entering the realm of Guzhou. Moreover, I saw another rescue team sent by Sang Doubei early this morning. Knowing that the Jizhou Army under Haocheng was still there to surround the city, how could someone attack them?
It was thunder. The captain who always gave advice along the way heard the roar. He was the first to raise his head and look towards the place where the explosion occurred. Then he said with a look of fear on his face, "No, it's Sky thunder, it is sky thunder, the Jizhou army must have come and killed us."
While shouting, he ran towards the main tent. When he saw Le Ming walking out of the tent, Lei Ming shouted, "General, it's the sound of thunder exploding from the sky. There must be an ambush by the Jizhou Army here. Just in case, please ask the general to quickly order the army to retreat."
If we retreat at this time, the 50,000-strong army will run behind and kill, and there is still a great possibility of breaking through Tang Ao's encirclement. The only big thing is the loss of some baggage and food. But Le Ming did not hear the thunderous words. "What retreat?" , I didn’t even see the shadow of the enemy, so I retreated. I said Lei Ming, you are a captain of ten thousand men after all, why are you so timid?”
Le Ming was still scolding Lei Ming, scolding him for being a coward. At this moment, the place where the Liaozhou Pioneer Military Camp was located was already engulfed in a sea of fire.
The vanguard camp with only 5,000 people, covered by two trebuchets and thirty sky-blasting cannons, looked like plowed land with no place to set foot. What I saw was not Soldiers were running around, and there were stumps and broken arms everywhere. When the human body encounters gunpowder, or an enhanced version of second-generation gunpowder, it will always appear so fragile.
Without giving them any preparation or reaction time, the 5,000-strong vanguard army fell into a sea of fire. Even the vanguard general was unfortunately killed in the first wave of bombings, leaving behind A severely injured lieutenant sent someone to ask for help from General Leming.
In accordance with the ancient camping practice, the distance between the vanguard camp and the base camp is usually about five to ten miles. Yes, there is no such big shock in Leming's place. While he was still scolding Lei Ming, a man with a The charcoal-black messenger was brought before his eyes by his own soldiers.
"General...General, something bad has happened. The vanguard camp was attacked by a thunderstorm. The general died in battle and the deputy general was injured. The army is in chaos. I'm afraid it won't last long. Please support me immediately, general."
As soon as the messenger finished speaking, Le Ming's face became very ugly. At this time, he was looking in the direction of the vanguard camp, and he could already see the light coming from the fire. It should be the result of the military tent being ignited by gunpowder.
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"Asshole, the Jizhou Army is so bold. They even dare to take the initiative. Humph! Do you just think this will scare me? Lei Ming, I ordered you to lead 10,000 soldiers to reinforce the Pioneer Camp and stabilize the situation there.
Any enemies that will invade in the future will be completely destroyed."
Although he was unprepared, Le Ming always believed that he had the superiority in troops. Presumably, it was a small group of enemies who came this time. The reason why they caused such a big commotion was just with the help of the power of the sky thunder, which was not enough.
fear.
"General, no, we don't know the enemy situation now, so we should be cautious. We should retreat first, and wait until the scouts figure out the situation before setting off again tomorrow morning." Lei Ming shouted loudly, still insisting on his original intention.
Opinion.
"What nonsense? Jizhou Army only has so few people. How can it be possible to send everyone here? And even if their people are here, how can we be afraid of them with our 50,000 elite soldiers? Okay, execute the military order quickly
Let's do it." Le Ming waved his hand impatiently. This Lei Ming is too timid. If he does what he said, it will be safer, but he may also give up a good opportunity to destroy the enemy.
Le Ming's dissatisfaction was reflected on his face. Lei Ming knew that nothing he said would be of any use. Otherwise, it would arouse the other party's anger. If someone was punished for disobeying orders, the gain would outweigh the loss. So he could only clasp his fists and agree.
With a shout, go and assemble your own army.
As soon as Lei Ming left, Le Ming said to the other captains of ten thousand who came over: "As soon as Lei Ming starts, we will outflank him from both sides. In a word, I will make sure that these sneak attack people will never come back.
"No." All the generals responded with clasped fists, and then they were all gearing up. It seemed that the Jizhou Army had been surrounded by them and was waiting for them to take action.
Forward camp. After another bombardment, only about half of the people in the military camp could stand up. Ordinarily, facing such a dense thunder attack, they should retreat to avoid its sharp edge. But there was no order,
No one dares to do this, and no one can bear this responsibility.
The only thing to do is to hold on under the artillery fire and wait for the military order to retreat or the arrival of reinforcements.
"It's really good. You are worthy of being the elite of the Liaozhou Army. If you don't run away like this, then I will blow it up hard. His Highness said, don't be afraid of wasting the thunder. In comparison, the lives of the soldiers are more important." He put it down.
After using the telescope to see clearly the situation of the Pioneer Camp through the fire, Shen Pingan sighed, and then gave the order to bomb again.
Suddenly, the sound of artillery fire was heard intensively again, and hundreds of Liaozhou troops were affected, killed or injured.
When the third bombardment was about to end, Lei Ming finally came over with an army of 10,000.