As soon as Le Ming arrived at Pingcheng with 22,000 defeated troops, news of the defeat was delivered to Tang Qingchuan at a speed of 800 miles.
Looking at the memorial in his hand, Le Ming was actually defeated, and the defeat was so miserable that in the end he didn't even understand how many troops the Jizhou Army had sent. Tang Qingchuan's face became very ugly.
Seeing that it was time for his enthronement ceremony in five days, but he received such bad news, one can imagine Tang Qingchuan's bad mood. And with his character of revenge, if it were not for his enthronement, he would have been in a bad mood.
I am afraid that he will not be able to resist mobilizing a large army and attack Guzhou to find the main force of the Jizhou Army for a decisive battle.
Taking two deep breaths, he suppressed the idea of going out in person. Tang Qingchuan said to Yin Ping, the chief eunuch on the side: "Immediately draft an order for Zhong Mu to let his troops enter Jizhou. I want to take a look. The main force is in Guzhou.
King Ji, how can he be so busy and so incapable of doing anything else?"
Tang Qingchuan seems to be an impulsive person, but that is just an illusion. In fact, there are a few people who can sit in his position who are truly impulsive.
He will not send troops easily before he understands the true situation and strength of the main force of the Jizhou Army. Although he does not know much about the Jizhou Army in Guzhou now, it is a fact that there are not many troops in Jizhou.
, it became inevitable to send troops to Jizhou. It was also Tang Qingchuan's counterattack to Tang Ao, and it was also to prove to the world that he had angered him.
The messenger left the city with the decree and went straight to Liaozhou. Just two days later, the decree, which exhausted three war horses, was delivered to the hands of Zhong Mu, the commander-in-chief of Liaozhou.
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Hundreds of counties.
The junction of Jizhou and Liaozhou.
Last time, when Tang Ao was fighting Beidi and the Xiongnu, Tang Qingchuan sent troops to enter from here, hoping to get an advantage. However, shortly afterwards, news came that Tang Ao had defeated Beidi and captured the opponent's capital.
The news forced Tang Qingchuan to withdraw the troops he sent.
Now, still because of his decree, Zhong Mu personally led an army of 40,000 to hundreds of counties, aiming directly at the border county - Lincheng.
Near the city, on top of the city tower, Feng Xun, wearing chain mail, was standing majestically against the wind.
This time, he did not go to Guzhou with his master Tang Ao. Feng Xun was ordered to guard Lincheng. Once the Liaozhou army came from afar, he would give them a heavy blow.
Defending Lincheng is Feng Xun's mission. According to Tang Ao's wishes, the Liaozhou army is absolutely not allowed to enter the borders of Jizhou, not even a step. He wants to use this battle to tell the world that Jizhou belongs to Tang Ao.
, if anyone wants to get involved, be prepared to have their arms chopped off.
In order to let Feng Xun guard Lincheng and not give Tang Qingchuan a chance, Tang Ao specially left Long Ya's deputy captain Xu Hun with Feng Xun. Now on the tower, Xu Hun was reporting to Feng Xun about Long Ya
Information obtained from inquiries.
"Captain Feng, this time the Liaozhou Army has a total of 40,000 soldiers, all of whom are infantry. Among them are 20,000 new soldiers and 20,000 old soldiers. They take Anhong as the vanguard, with 10,000 soldiers and 5,000 old and new soldiers each.
Zhong Mu personally led an army of 30,000 people behind him and came straight towards him. Now the vanguard is only thirty miles away from Lincheng, and it is expected that he will camp ten miles away from the city tonight."
"Very good, thank you for your hard work." Feng Xun nodded with satisfaction. After Xu Hun gave a polite military salute, he continued to explore the enemy's situation and retreated from the tower.
Lu Tianchi stood on the spot where Xu Hun originally stood. This one of the three advisers who was favored by Tang Ao stayed behind specifically to assist Feng Xun.
"Captain Feng, the situation is not as we expected, we can take action according to action plan No. 2." Lu Tianchi suggested.
"Plan No. 2, okay, our regiment commander knows it. In this way, Lincheng will have to work hard for Staff Lu to lead the defense." Feng Xun nodded. Plan No. 1 refers to the main defense, and Plan No. 2 refers to the main attack.
, No. 3 is the backup plan, which refers to what to do if Lincheng cannot be defended. Now that No. 2 is used, it means that facing the Liaozhou Army, Shanshan Guard has the ability to eat or severely damage them.
, this is exactly what Feng Xun wanted, and there is no reason why he should not agree.
Feng Xun immediately went out of the city to make preparations. More than two hours later, it started to rain lightly. Ten miles away from Linlin, the Liaozhou Army was setting up various military tents.
"Damn the weather, the sky is still clear at noon." Pioneer General An Hong raised his head and looked at the sky, with a look of annoyance and lament on his face.
The so-called autumn rain and cold weather. The weather in September may still be very hot and humid in the Central Plains, especially in the south, but in the north it is already chilly at night. If you are exposed to rain, you will easily get sick.
An Hong didn't want to have attrition in his vanguard battalion before he entered the territory of Jizhou, which would affect the great results of this battle.
Yes, from An Hong's point of view, this trip to Jizhou is just to grab the credit, and even win the victory under the same circumstances as an outing.
It's just a small Jizhou. Although Liaozhou is regarded by many people as a bitter cold, poor and remote place. But in their eyes, Jizhou will only become more bitter, cold, poor and remote.
Only sinners will live in this place, but whoever has some ability doesn't want to go to the Central Plains or the rich south?
Under this kind of thinking, it has become a common practice for Liaozhou people to look down on Jizhou, and this look down also includes looking down on military strength.
What's worse, news has already spread that the Jizhou Army is fighting in Guzhou with the Guzhou Army and His Majesty's 50,000 elite Liaozhou Army. In this way, how many troops are left behind by the Jizhou Army?
As for the news that our 50,000 elite army has been defeated, of course it must be blocked first. The 40,000 Liaozhou army cannot be allowed to go to the battlefield under pressure again.
An Hong is the kind of person who doesn't know anything about it, but he is arrogant and will never look at the Jizhou Army in the eyes. With his contempt, he naturally does not take this military operation seriously. But now
When I looked up and saw the light rain, I felt a little unhappy.
After instructing his captain to put up the tent quickly and letting the army have a good night's rest, he turned around and entered his tent to rest. Little did he know that on a huge tree not far away,
The scouts of the Shanshan Guard were watching his every move with telescopes, and they also used lip reading to interpret every word he said.
This was Tang Ao's advantage. He was able to predict the enemy first, not only because he had detailed plans from the staff department, but also because he had birds that could conduct high-altitude reconnaissance and excellent scouts who could read all lip language.
"Report to the leader, the enemy has set up camp and everything is normal." The scout platoon leader came to Feng Xun who was hiding in a dense forest and reported.
"How many people are on duty tonight, have you figured it out?"
"Report to the leader, the number of enemy night patrols is 500, and patrols will be carried out in teams of 100 people." The scout platoon leader said well prepared.
"Very good, continue to observe." Feng Xun nodded with satisfaction. After seeing off the scout platoon leader, he turned back and looked at the battalion commanders in front of him, "Which of you is willing to take the lead?"
"Commander, I am willing to go." Tai Shijin, commander of the third battalion, reacted very quickly. Before other battalion commanders could speak, he was the first to stand up.
Tai Shijin is a tiger general, with a bright silver spear that makes him appear and disappear. If the entire Shanshan Guard is singled out, he can beat others by up to one palm. The most important thing is that this person is not only very brave, but also very powerful.
He also knows how to use his brain and is one of Feng Xun's very optimistic subordinates.
"Okay, then I'll leave it to you three battalions. Remember, your goal is not to kill many enemies tonight, but to make the vanguard battalion chaotic, so that they can take the initiative to retreat and join the main army, and prepare for us tomorrow.
Be prepared for a comprehensive general offensive early in the morning."
"Commander, please rest assured that the specific combat plan has been carefully studied by the general, and there will be no mistakes." Taishi Jin stood at attention and saluted, and said with assurance.
After receiving the military order, Tai Shijin went out to make preparations, while the others who stayed behind returned to their camps. Their mission was to have a good rest and recharge their batteries for tomorrow's decisive battle.
The rain stopped soon after dark, and the busy soldiers of the Liaozhou Army also set up camp and had dinner and went to their tents to rest. During this period, Tai Shijin, with his third battalion of one thousand cavalry, had no intention of intervening.
Waiting for the sky to get darker, waiting for these Liaozhou invaders to fall asleep.
His Highness King Ji once said in a lecture at Longyuan that between one o'clock and three o'clock in the middle of the night is when a person is sleeping alone, and it is also when defense and vigilance are at their lowest. Tai Shijin put the time of attack there.
The sky is getting darker and darker, maybe because of the light rain just now, there is no moon tonight, so the whole earth is pitch black from a distance, and you can't see your fingers.
Of course, this so-called pitch black refers to looking out from the Liaozhou military camp, and if you look towards the military camp from the outside, the bonfires lit in the camp are the best targets, and they can also make the Shanshan Guards get closer and closer.
Able to clearly see every move of the target.
The horses were muzzled and wrapped in cloth, so that when a thousand Shanshan Guard heavy cavalry appeared nearby, there was no other movement until they came two miles away from the Liaozhou military camp under the cover of darkness.
When he was outside, he was still not discovered by anyone.
The arrogant An Hong would never have thought that the Jizhou Army would still have enough energy to dare to launch an attack. When he thought about it, the Jizhou Army's remaining guard troops must have been trembling after learning of his arrival.
Tai Shijin felt the passage of time and estimated that the best time to attack had arrived. He was the first to stand up and board the war horse, and then raised the bright silver gun in his hand high.
The other Shanshan Guard soldiers who had adapted to the dark night also got on their horses one after another when they saw this scene, showing off the bright silver spears in their hands. When everyone got on their horses and looked towards Tai Shijin, they saw
The bright silver gun held high was suddenly lowered, and then there was a moment of thousands of horses galloping.