Mu Guiying had already learned on the way that Li Tang's 10,000 elite cavalry were missing and might have been lurking in the dark and suddenly appeared during the decisive battle.
Mu Guiying was greatly surprised when she learned about this. After all, her 10,000-strong army had been hanging behind the Tang army and had not noticed a large-scale division of troops by the Tang army. Now it seems that they withdrew overnight because they were prepared to be discovered by her.
Faced with such vigilance against a mere 10,000 troops, Mu Guiying didn't know whether to call Li Shimin cautious or timid.
Li Tang's 10,000 fine cavalry escaped under his nose, and Zhang Liao had to detach 10,000 cavalry to guard against the sudden attack of the 10,000 Tang cavalry. This was naturally a major mistake of the Detachment of Women.
So Mu Guiying took the initiative to ask Zhang Liao for orders to use Luoyang's 10,000 troops to replace Xiao Yan's 10,000 cavalry, in order to prepare for the 10,000 Tang army elite cavalry who might join the battle at any time.
Zhang Liao wished that the Women's Army would not participate in the war. How could he let the 8,000 infantry and cavalry women's army and the 2,000 elite Flying Tiger Army go head-to-head with the 10,000 elite Tang Army cavalry? Naturally, he rejected Mu Guiying's request righteously.
"Madam, among Li Tang's 10,000 fine cavalry, there are not only the Flying Bear Army, but also the Xuanjia Army. With only the mixed infantry and cavalry of 8,000 Detachment of Women and 2,000 Flying Tiger Army, it is too difficult to block the tens of thousands of fine cavalry.
It’s difficult.”
After hearing Zhang Liao's words, Mu Guiying couldn't help but frowned and said: "The Fei Xiong Army and Xuan Jia Military are the elites in the world, aren't our Women's Army and the Flying Tiger Army? Why would General Wenyuan raise others' ambitions and destroy his own prestige?"
"no."
Seeing that Mu Guiying had misunderstood what he meant, Zhang Liao became anxious and quickly explained. It took a lot of words to convince Mu Guiying that he did not despise the Detachment of Women.
"So what if it's the Xuanjia Army and the Feixiong Army? General Wenyuan, please rest assured. It's just a mere 10,000 Tang Army troops. We can't defeat the Women's Army and the Feihu Army. As long as our two armies are here, we will definitely defend the rear of the army. No matter what,
Give the Tang army an opportunity to take advantage of."
Mu Guiying looked confident, but Zhang Liao became even more uneasy.
Of course he knew how powerful the Detachment of Women and the Flying Tiger Army were. Before he defeated the Tang Army, even if he faced the Xuanjia Army and the Flying Bear Army, he could defend the rear for the overall situation, but how many casualties would he pay in the end?
Zhang Liao was deeply disgusted with women going to the battlefield, not to mention his own wife and his lord's concubine among them.
It can be seen that the Detachment of Women is so eager to fight, and Zhang Liao also knows that he must not be able to suppress it anymore. It is impossible to let these strong women watch the battle, so he can only try to give them some safer tasks.
Zhang Liao still rejected Mu Guiying's request to fight against 10,000 Tang army elite cavalry, but gave him the task of launching an attack on the flank of the Tang army after the main force started.
In Zhang Liao's view, this task was much easier than fighting against 10,000 Tang army elite cavalry alone. Even if there were casualties, they would certainly not be too serious.
In order to protect the Detachment of Women, Zhang Liao did his best. The key was that the female generals were still ungrateful and felt that Zhang Liao had underestimated them, so they were not allowed to guard the rear of the army.
Zhang Liao also smiled bitterly at this.
Sure enough, only women and villains are difficult to raise.
Naturally, Zhang Liao wouldn't care about the opinions of other female generals, as long as Mrs. Mu and his wife understood him.
An hour of rest time passes in the blink of an eye.
"Have you found any traces of Li Tang's cavalry?" Zhang Liao asked.
Only then did he realize that the Tang cavalry was missing, so he sent a large number of spies to detect the traces of the Tang cavalry. After all, it was impossible for the 10,000-strong army to disappear out of thin air. There would always be traces that could be traced.
"General Qi, we have found a large number of cavalry marching traces in the west. The Tang army's cavalry should have gone west."
"Going west?"
Zhang Liao couldn't help but frown. After all, if he wanted to take his retreat, he would have to make a detour to the south or north. If he went west, wouldn't he have to go further?
"Bring me the map."
A map of Sizhou, two meters long and one meter wide, was spread out by two soldiers, and Zhang Liao could see where they were at a glance.
"If you are here...it turns out that there are large woods in the south, which is not suitable for cavalry to make detours...
But why not take a detour from the north instead of heading west?"
Zhang Liao couldn't understand what Li Shimin was thinking, but this little puzzle would not be a reason to stop him from starting a war.
"Send the order and order the two generals Zhang He and Xu Huang to each lead 7,000 cavalry to form the left and right wings. This general will lead 16,000 cavalry for the central army." Zhang Liao ordered in a deep voice.
"promise."
[Dingdong, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, and Xu Huang are present at the same time, and the combo skill "Five Sons Concentric" is activated. If three people are present, the main commander will be 2, and Zhang Liao's current commander will be increased to 103. 】
After Zhang He and Xu Huang were in their respective positions, Zhang Liao walked at the forefront of the Chinese army, using a telescope to look at the dense Tang army formation ten miles away.
The telescope made by Qin Hao using glass technology is far inferior to the military telescopes of later generations. Naturally, it cannot see as far as ten miles away.
Therefore, Zhang Liao could not clearly see the Tang army's formation at this time, but through the spies' reports after drawings, he could still figure out the specific formation of the Tang army.
"The formation is well laid out, but it's a pity that it's just an immovable turtle shell."
Zhang Liao sneered and said confidently: "Li Shimin, I will poke a hole in your turtle shell."
"Send the order and order Xu Huang and Zhang He to lead the troops to attack the two flanks of the Tang army. Once they get close, they are not allowed to fight with the Tang army. Just shoot them with bows and arrows. If the Tang army advances, we will retreat." Zhang Liao ordered with a cold face.
"promise."
[Ding dong, Zhang Liao, Zhang He and Xu Huang's combo skill "Five Sons of One Heart" is activated with effect 3. The whole army will have a force of 1, and the combat power, morale, and marching speed of the whole army will be increased... The more people present, the greater the increase in the army.
Zhang Liao's current strength has increased to 106;
Zhang He: 100 force (4), 1 purple dragon or sky spear, 1 yellow mane horse, current force increased to 103;
Xu Huang: Force 100 (4), Tianluo Ax 1, White Crane 1, current force increased to 103;
Xiao Yan: Force 81 (1), Wu Liang Zhenguo Sword 1, current force increased to 82;
Huang Tianhua: Martial Power 106, Double Eight-edged Silver Hammer, Fire Dragon Mark, Heart-Saving Nail 1, Jade Unicorn 1, the current Martial Power has increased to 109;
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Zhang Liao: Force 103 (5), Raid 3, Five Sons Concentric 1, Blue Sky Hook Sickle 1, Green Brocade Fei 1, the current force has increased to 107;]
The generals of the Qin army waved their flags. When Xu Huang and Zhang He on the two wings saw it, they immediately led 7,000 cavalry and attacked the two wings of the 60,000 Tang army.
Two cavalry of 7,000 men, a total of 14,000 iron cavalry, launched a charge and raised a large amount of smoke and dust. The momentum created can be described as black clouds overwhelming the city, which is simply frightening.
Because the Qin army did not attack immediately, but rested for an hour, the Tang army was now ready to fight. However, when they saw Wan Qi coming towards them again, many soldiers were still afraid.