Empress Wu never expected that a little Li Jingye would defeat her army twice in a row. As a result, Li Jingye's army rapidly expanded to 300,000 like a snowball, while her prestige was declining rapidly.
More importantly, as Li Jingye's army continues to advance, the ministers in Luoyang Palace are now in panic, and some even suggest returning to Chang'an.
It was precisely because of this that Wu Cai decided to send her most famous general Cheng Wuting to lead an army of 150,000 to quell the rebellion. She believed that with Cheng Wuting's talents, he would be able to complete the task and put down Li Jingye's rebellion.
In fact, after several twists and turns, there are not many troops left in Luoyang City, only about 300,000 people, and Cheng Wuting actually has only 100,000 people under his command. Now in order to make up the number, they are specially transferred from Gal Gongren.
She believed that even if some of the Tang soldiers and generals would choose to betray, the Tubo army would never do so. Coupled with Cheng Wuting's ability to lead troops, she would definitely win a great victory this time.
Empress Wu was not blindly confident this time. Later facts proved that Cheng Wuting's ability to command troops was definitely not false. Although there were only 150,000 people, he defeated Li Jingye in one battle. However, Li Jingye learned his lesson quickly.
Deep trenches and high fortresses led to a confrontation with Cheng Wuting's army. Although Li Jingye suffered a major defeat, the main force still existed and had a military advantage. Such a confrontation left Cheng Wuting helpless for a while.
But what Empress Wu didn't know was that all her reactions were actually expected by Li Xian, and Li Xian wanted her to transfer the main force from Luoyang again and again, and then take the opportunity to take action.
Among them, recruiting Cheng Wuting is the most important part.
Almost at the same time that Empress Wu dispatched Cheng Wuting's army to leave Luoyang, Wang Fangyi, who had been demoted to Xiazhou to join the army, led an army of 20,000 people and rushed from Xiazhou to Luoyang with some strange weapons.
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During this period, Wang Fangyi passed through Chang'an. According to the usual practice, Wang Fangyi should have been inspected, including Wang Fangyi's edict to send troops, the number of soldiers, materials, money and food, etc., and then reported to Empress Wu in Luoyang. However, Liu Rengui, who was responsible for the affairs left behind in Xijing, did not
Turning a blind eye to this, he watched helplessly as the army bypassed Chang'an and then headed towards Tongguan.
Wang Fangyi led this army to travel at night and stay in the barren mountains and dense forests. In addition to the strange weapons, the soldiers also had more than ten days of dry food and water on their horses. These dry food were all dried meat and the like.
Dried goods, and these dried meats are all cured bacon. It is said that this technology was provided by the current Xinhuang personally to the Ming and Tang Dynasties, and then cured by the Ming and Tang Dynasties.
"General, can our weapons really be so powerful? They are more lethal than crossbows. It's really unbelievable." Next to Wang Fangyi, a general asked with a smile.
In fact, that general knew his fate very well. He was the only disciple Li Xian accepted in his life. He was also the former head of Tangmen Mingtang Hall and the current Sima of Xiazhou. However, he was actually the leader of this army of 20,000 people.
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Chen Ziang.
The name of this team was personally named by the new emperor Li Xian, called Shenji Camp!
Wang Fangyi smiled faintly and said: "Chen Shuai is also the deputy commander of the Shenji Battalion. How can he be so unsure of his own combat power? Haha, this is actually not your fault. It's mainly because you came here.
The time was too short, and I didn't realize the huge power of these gunpowder weapons. If you ask me, this kind of gunpowder weapons is much more powerful than crossbows. In other words, one of them is in the sky and the other is in the ground. There is no such thing as
Comparability.”
"Ah? There is such a big gap? The commander-in-chief should also know that the powerful crossbows in the army are enough to kill the horses. Even if the soldiers wear thick armor, it is difficult to stop them. This gunpowder weapon
How unbelievable is this!" Chen Ziang looked surprised and asked in a voice.
But Wang Fangyi sighed softly: "I didn't believe this at first, but once when we were conducting a blasting experiment, the powerful force actually blew up a mountain of more than ten feet! Such a powerful force was simply shocking.
, even the earth is trembling. Fortunately, there are far more of us, otherwise, just that one blow would be enough to wipe out the bones of thousands of people."
"What? Can thousands of people be wiped out in one go? Oh my god, how powerful is this? When we fight, it takes an hour or two to kill a thousand people. This is just luck.
Okay, but so many people died in just one moment. This, this, oh, it is definitely something that people dare not even think about." Even though Chen Ziang, a young ranger, was extremely bold, he heard that this gunpowder weapon was so powerful.
Sometimes, I couldn't help but turn pale.
But Wang Fangyi chuckled and said: "Actually, these muskets in our hands are not so powerful, but these things can penetrate leather armor and directly inflict heavy damage to the enemy. That kind of trauma is even more powerful than a military crossbow, and it is more worth it."
One thing to mention is that it is extremely easy to carry, not as heavy as a military crossbow, and the speed of loading bullets is definitely much faster than loading crossbow arrows. In fact, our biggest threat to the enemy is the iron weapons pulled by horse-drawn carriages at the back.
Guy, this thing is called an artillery piece. One shot can knock down a large area of the city wall. It is not something that flesh and blood can resist."
Wang Fangyi pointed at the iron cannons behind him that weighed one to two thousand kilograms and were pulled by several horses, and said with a smile.
After hearing this, Chen Ziang trembled all over. He couldn't help but sympathize with those who dared to go against the new emperor Li Xian, because in the face of such powerful weapons, even a large part of the city wall was blown down, let alone their flesh and blood? They
You can even imagine the ending. The whole body must have been blown into ashes. This is not like a normal battle. Part of the body can be left behind. If you are lucky, you can even leave the whole body.
But then I thought about it, he was now the deputy commander-in-chief of such a powerful army, and the soldiers under his command had such powerful combat power. He felt very proud. It seemed that this time, even if he was not as good as Li Jingye's meritorious service, he could not compare with Li Jingye.
However, compared with Wei Yuanzhong, Zhang Jianzhi, Wang Bo, King Luo Bin and others, he may not be inferior to others.
Although he does not have a strong desire for meritorious service, his desire to compete with others never stops.
"Wei Gong, Zhang Gong, Wang Gong, Luo Gong, let's compete together to see who can make greater contributions. Haha, I won't be polite this time." A smile appeared on Chen Ziang's face,
