Shibi.
Liu Taozi, wearing heavy armor and holding a horse spear, stood at the front.
Behind him, there were thousands of knights, lined up in a row, occupying the high slope, each wearing armor, with fierce eyes. The strong wind blew, and the flags kept flying.
The war horse slowly rubbed its front hooves.
Opposite them, there are also cavalry waiting in formation, with a large Yangzi flag flying in their formation. On the vast desert, the two armies are facing each other.
Yang Zhong held a horse in his hand and rode forward. His horse was completely black and covered with armor. It was extremely tall. Yang Zhong himself was also heavily armored, and his whole body was wrapped. His face was resolute, and he stared intently.
Looking at Liu Taozi in the distance.
The two sides have officially been at war for more than a month.
Facing this young general who was praised by Wei Xiaokuan, Yang Zhong was still quite disdainful. When he was fighting, this young boy didn't know where to feed.
Ten thousand elites, together with auxiliary troops, are not weak in the field. Although the opponent's army is large, they have to be stationed in various places and dispersed. They also have to face a large-scale Turkic cavalry coming from the direction of Hengzhou. Yang Zhong is not afraid that he will not be able to defeat it.
win.
Yang Zhong sent veteran general Yang Zuan to attack Jinhe, Han Xiong to attack Wanshou, Li Mu and Tian Hong to march to Huaishuo Wuchuan, Yuan Shou and Han Qinhu to attack Baima, and Wang Jie and Er Zhumin detoured to the north to go outside Hengzhou.
Join forces with the Turks to attack Huaihuang.
As for himself, he led several other generals to attack the newly occupied three garrison. However, the battle did not go as smoothly as Yang Zhong thought.
The invincible old general Yang Fan was defeated at Jinhe. He once rushed into the city, but was beaten out by the auxiliary soldiers and civilians in the city. Then he was attacked by border soldiers and suffered heavy casualties.
Liu Taozi's auxiliary soldiers were well trained. Although they were not strong enough to go out to fight in the field, they were more than enough to defend the city. With the addition of the trained civilians, the city's defense strength increased a lot, and the border soldiers could be drawn out to fight in the field.
Han Xiong fought against Po Dora Ku in Wanshou, but he has not been able to win so far, and they are still fighting each other.
However, Li Mu and Tian Hong were ambushed by the enemy generals Tu Xiyue and Liu Chengcai at the junction of Huaishuo and Wuchuan, and the opponent suffered a tragic victory.
Yuan Shou almost lost his life in Baima. If Han Qinhu hadn't protected him, he would have been captured alive by the thief Li Qihu. The ones with the best records were Yang Zhong himself, Wang Jie, and Er Zhumin.
Yang Zhong recaptured Tianzhu and Xin'an Second Guards. Although he paid a high price, he finally won.
Wang Jie and others, together with the Turkic cavalry, took a detour to break through Yao Xiong's defense line and entered Beiyan Prefecture. They were detouring to prepare to attack Hengzhou. Yang Zhong slowly looked at the banner with Liu characters in the distance.
Well, it's really awesome.
No wonder Wei Xiaokuan praised him so much. Not to mention his other abilities, just his ability to confuse the people was really top-notch.
Auxiliary soldiers and civilians from all over the country assisted him in defending the city. His scouts were attacked by farmers and leaked the news. After Yang broke through the city, he even encountered a counterattack by the people in the city. According to him, even
The old, weak, women and children all went out and started attacking his sergeants.
Yang Zhong didn't know how the other party did it, but he felt that it was all over.
After he captured the second garrison, he pretended to continue to attack Niutou garrison, but in fact he quickly moved northward, cutting off Liu Taozi's retreat and besieging Liu Taozi in Shiben. Next, as long as he killed him, Shuo Heng would be killed by himself.
Destroyed.
Liu Taozi raised his horse and pointed it at the general on horseback in the distance. "As long as we kill him, the war will be over."
The war drums sounded.
Liu Taozi led the cavalry and rode down rhythmically to the beat of the drum. They did not choose to charge, but slowly advanced at a steady speed.
"Dong~dong~dong~"
The horses raised their hooves gracefully, and the knights stepped up and down, all holding onto their weapons.
Yang Zhong immediately gave the order and his flag began to change.
The next moment, his army was divided into two. The knights in the front did not move, while the knights in the back row began to turn around and slowly retreat, keeping distance from the knights in front.
The knights in front raised their horseshoes, and the shieldmen came forward and lined up around the knights. The shields met each other to form an iron formation, and the spears protruded from the large shields like a forest.
Now Liu Taozi is located at a high place, which is more advantageous for charging. The front row can withstand the enemy's fierce attack. As long as they block the first round of charge, their back row will not be able to charge a second time, but the rear troops who have distanced themselves can
Take the opportunity to attack fiercely.
Liu Taozi's flag was raised here.
The sound of the war drums gradually became calmer, and his army stopped advancing. The whole army was also divided into two, and the army on the left began to turn around and stay away from the center position.
Yang Zhong frowned and raised his command flag again.
The light cavalry took the initiative to come out of the formation, began to move forward quickly, put pressure on them, and were ready to take turns firing, interrupting the opponent's intention to change formations.
The war drums on Liu Taozi's side sounded again, and all the light cavalry also came out.
For a time, the military orders on both sides kept changing, and the formations were adjusted many times, sometimes gathering, sometimes dispersing, sometimes changing the main offensive and defensive lines, sometimes retreating to garrison. Neither side had ever fought, but they had tested it dozens of times.
Yang Zhong and Liu Taozi stared at each other intently, neither showing any signs of neglect.
Yang Zhong tried many times, but failed to disrupt the opponent's formation. The opponent still maintained the terrain advantage.
Suddenly, Yang Zhong laughed loudly and looked to his left and right, "Rest!!"
“Eat your cake and drink it!!”
The knights didn't ask any questions at all. They all took out water bags and cakes from their arms, while the infantry, which had consumed the most energy, sat down to rest.
"Boom!! Boom! Boom!!"
The next moment, Liu Taozi's war drums roared, and the knights immediately began to charge.
Yang Zhong ordered again, "Fight!!"
The infantry immediately lined up to block the situation. The knights discarded the water bags in their hands. Liu Taozi's knights rushed towards them. The ground shook and the mountains shook. Liu Taozi charged forward. When he led his troops to charge in front of the enemy's formation, the enemy was already there.
The defensive formation was set up, and the enemy's cavalry in the rear position were ready to charge. Yang Zhong controlled the charging distance extremely accurately. He knew that at that distance, he could prepare for a counterattack before actually fighting the enemy.
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The green lion jumped up high, jumped over the long shield formation, and rushed directly into the enemy formation. Liu Taozi waved the horse in his hand left and right, and several knights on the left and right were knocked off their horses.
, the knights fell to the ground one after another, their shields were knocked away, and the infantry flew out directly.
The spear pierced the charging knight's chest, and both the man and the horse died wailing.
Liu Taozi's charge was extremely fierce. He rushed from left to right and opened a gap in the opponent's front position. However, their charge speed inevitably weakened. After charging for more than a hundred steps, they were overwhelmed by the enemy's cavalry.
Blocked, the forward speed is immediately reduced.
Yang Zhong immediately gave the order, and the knights behind him charged forward, while the cavalry standing in front of Liu Taozi and others began to disperse their formation.
In this way, Liu Taozi was charged by the enemy, but Liu Taozi didn't care about it. He stared straight at the general's flag in front of him and fought hard. He kept waving his horse and the enemies fell one after another.
The two sides fought in a melee, with shouts of killing rising to the sky.
Someone dies every moment, and no body is left intact.
Yang Zhong just watched Liu Taozi forcefully reach the center position. His eyes looked at Liu Taozi with a bit of surprise. Liu Taozi reminded him of another Qi man with the same tactics and the same fighting style.
Yang Zhong gritted his teeth, but did not choose to retreat. He roared and stepped forward.
The next moment, Yang Zhong raised his horse in front of Liu Taozi and appeared in front of Liu Taozi. Liu Taozi's horse hit Yang Zhong's head hard, "Bang~~~"
The two men's horses were smashed together, Liu Taozi staggered, Yang Zhong's hands were shaking, and the horse almost fell to the ground. "Ha!!"
Liu Taozi slashed again, Yang Zhong pressed down, almost close to the horse, dodged the slash, and stabbed Liu Taozi in the abdomen. Liu Taozi leaned back slightly, also dodging the opponent's stabbing, Ma Shan raised it
, chopping again, Yang Zhong stepped forward to greet him, crossing his horse.
“Bang!!!!”
Yang Zhong's face turned blood red and his hands trembled. He pushed Ma Shan away violently, and the two of them continued to ride forward. They had passed a rendezvous. Yang Zhong turned the horse's head and rushed towards Liu Taozi again.
The two of them galloped over on horseback.
"Bang!!!" The two exchanged blows back and forth.
Afterwards, the two simply stopped fighting and met up, and ran directly side by side. The horses kept bombarding each other, and no one could stop them. The knights were still fighting bloody battles, up to this moment.
Both sides have no command, no changes in military orders, everyone is fighting hard, the soldiers chop at the enemy in front of them, and then are pierced by the knights, the horse legs are cut off by the infantry, the knights look up and fall, and no one knows.
How many soldiers were crushed to death?
Yang Zhong's knights charged forward, but the Qi army's charge was contained and even began to retreat. "Bang!!!"
There was another loud noise.
Yang Zhong's hands began to go numb. Seeing the ferocious Liu Taozi raising the horse again, Yang Zhong's eyes widened. He suddenly turned the horse's head and turned away. A charging knight blocked the road. Liu Taozi's horse
Falling down, the two knights screamed and fell to the ground.
Liu Taozi continued to pursue, while Yang Zhong looked at the battlefield on the left and right, then looked at the deputy general and made a gesture.
Yang Zhong's rear army stopped charging and gradually slowed down. Yang Zhong returned to the rear army position surrounded by several knights. The general's flag began to move towards the rear army. The enemy's formation gradually dispersed and began to attack continuously.
Return to defense.
The pressure Liu Taozi faced was greatly reduced. He looked to the left and right. The army suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining men and horses were still fighting. He also raised the command flag and led the remaining knights to the left wing.
The knights seemed to have found a way, and they followed Liu Taozi and charged towards the left wing. Gradually, the battlefield calmed down. Liu Taozi led the surviving knights and disappeared into the distance.
Countless corpses were left on the ground. The war horses neighed and rubbed their heads against the lifeless master in front of them. Yang Zhong gasped for breath, and the remnants of the army formed around him. He watched the opponent leave.
He severely damaged Liu Taozi's cavalry and crippled the enemy's field elite. It seemed that he had won.
However, Liu Taozi successfully broke through again, which also caused heavy casualties to Yang Zhong's cavalry and was even unable to pursue. It seemed that Liu Taozi had won.
Yang Zhong's hands were trembling. His whole hand was numb and he had lost consciousness. He didn't know how he was holding the horse. Every moment, he felt a strong tingling sensation in his palms. This tingling sensation was not just in his hands.
, still in his arms, his abdomen, and his whole body hurts!
There was a strange smell in his mouth. I don't know if he bit his tongue or something. In short, there was blood in his mouth. Yang Zhong endured the pain all over his body and looked into the distance with difficulty.
If I were thirty years younger.
Murong Yan stepped forward and looked at the general in front of him. He wiped the blood on his face and looked in the direction where Liu Taozi was going. "General, why don't you continue fighting?" "They were about to be unable to withstand it just now.
One more charge and we can wipe them all out!"
"No...if we continue to fight, we will both die together."
"Let all the ministries mobilize elites and send them to me quickly... We can't get through Liu Taozi's place. We can't attack again. It's futile." Murong Yan pursed his lips, "General, with 10,000 elites, it is difficult to defeat him.
"
Murong Yan didn't know what to say at this moment. Looking at the corpses everywhere, he felt really distressed. These were all elites, and it would take a long time to feel distressed for even one of them.
We agreed earlier that we were just testing Liu Taozi, so why did we get involved? Yang Zhong said in a low voice, "We have to avoid Liu Taozi..."
"We are no longer fighting with Liu Taozi. This man is strong in his prime and difficult to defeat. After this battle, he does not dare to go out to fight in the field. There are a few troops left to continue to pull him. We are leading a small group of elites.
, bypass him and attack Jinyang directly."
??
Murong Yan was shocked and took a detour to attack Jinyang?? Isn’t this a point of no return?
"We have to cross the river..."
Yang Zhong narrowed his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.
At the same time, Liu Taozi quickly returned to the army without stopping along the way. When he arrived near Huaishuo, he met Tu Xiyue. Tu Xiyue's face was full of astonishment. After meeting Liu Taozi, his whole body was trembling with excitement.
With.
"We all thought that the general was besieged by Yang Zhong and were preparing to send troops to rescue. Unexpectedly, the general defeated Yang Zhong!!"
Tu Xiyue didn't know what to say. Although Liu Taozi had fought many battles in the past, his opponents were not very good after all. But this time, he faced Yang Zhong, who could really compete with Hu Luguang and Duan.
The famous generals that Shao, Lou Rui and others encountered were the famous generals of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty, Da Xiwu and others. Facing Yang Zhong, they all felt ashamed that their own generals could defeat his army and kill them... From now on, we must
When talking about famous generals in the world, the name of the general cannot be avoided.
But Liu Taozi didn't care much about this matter.
The army entered Huaishuo, and Chu Jiande rushed to treat the wounded.
Liu Taozi was discussing military affairs with many soldiers in the official office.
"General, the enemy initially wanted to attack by force, but I attacked him once, and then he did not dare to come out. He has been using light cavalry to harass the surrounding villages and towns, killing people and setting fires... Listening to Tu Xiyue's report, Liu Taozi lowered his head and looked
Look at the map in front of you.
The enemy dispersed their attacks and did not choose to defeat them one by one. Tu Xiyue frowned and said: "Yang Zhong is really incomprehensible. He has more field troops, but he did not choose to defeat them one by one. Instead, he took the initiative to disperse his troops.
, I tried attacking in various places, but failed to capture many cities. General, are they not going to let the Turks attack mainly?"
"The defense line on Yao Xiong's side is too long. After more than a month of defense, it still failed to be defended. A gap was still opened on Yanzhou's side. Should we also focus on the east side?" Liu Taozi stared at what was in front of him.
The map was silent for a long time.
"Let Kou Liu return to Wuchuan."
"General, the local army in Shuozhou is not under the control of the bandits..."
"No problem, when Gao Anagong came here earlier, he brought a group of soldiers from Yecheng.
Tu Xiyue thought for a moment and nodded, "It seems that there is such a thing and they are scattered all over Shuozhou." "Let Kou Liu gather them and bring them back to Wuchuan quickly."
"I have great use." "Yi!!"
Liu Taozi's eyes slowly moved across the map, from Sanxu, to Guizhen, An'ing, Shuofang, Yanzhou... "Crossing the river."
At this moment, a soldier suddenly reported that he had brought a scout from Shuozhou.
The scout was exhausted. In these days, in order to find Liu Taozi, he had traveled countless miles and encountered many bandits. He looked extremely tired. When he saw Liu Taozi, he was happy.
They almost cried.
He quickly handed the pile of letters to Liu Taozi.
Liu Taozi asked him to go back and rest first, and asked the generals to get ready, while he read the letters one by one. Most of the letters were written by Tian Zili and Zu Jue.
Tian Zili's letter stated that Gao Guiyan's rebellion had been put down, and Shuozhou had received a large number of dead people and was currently appeasing them.
Zu Jue's letter was more passionate, and he never forgot to explain his achievements. He said that he had managed to make Tian Zili the Sima of Shuozhou, and had won over many officials and lower-level officials, so that Gao Yan could not really take charge of Shuozhou.
Kou Liu's letter complained about Zu Jue. He accused Zu Jue of selling horses in Shuozhou, collecting bribes, etc.
But the most alarming thing was when Tian Zili mentioned that the temple was deliberately delaying the transportation of grain. Tian Zili believed that people should be sent to buy grain from surrounding prefectures and counties as soon as possible to prevent the temple from cutting off their material supply.
Liu Taozi's face became extremely solemn. Yang Zhong was outside and Gao Zhan was inside.
Double pressure, attack from inside and outside.
Soon, the knights set off from Huaishuo and rushed towards the Shuozhou defense line...
Shuozhou. Tianfu.
Tian Zili, Zu Jue and Kou Liu were sitting in the main room.
Looking at the sealed letter in front of them, the three of them were silent. Tian Zili was stunned on the spot, and he was in a trance.
The news coming from Yecheng is really a bit scary.
First, He Bacheng sent someone to tell He Shikai that he was going to replace the grain truck in Sizhou, and then Lu Qubing sent someone to say that he might have a falling out with Yecheng. Then he received a secret letter from Zheng Daoqian, telling him that the spy of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty was with him.
Join forces with Shikai and prepare to take action against Liu Taozi's cronies...
A series of news caught Tian Zili off guard.
During these days, he has been busy comforting the dead. He was so busy that he even had to find time to sleep, and now such a big thing happened again. "Hahaha~~~"
"Okay!!" "Great!!"
"This is an opportunity given to us by God!!" Zu Jue suddenly laughed.
Tian Zili and Kou Liu looked at him with some surprise in their eyes, and Kou Liu couldn't help asking: "Yang Zhong is a famous general known to everyone in the world. He is fighting with his brother outside the wall, and He Shikai is fighting with the enemy."
Joining forces to murder your brother, causing internal and external troubles, is this a good thing?!"
Zu Jue squinted his eyes, slowly hid a jade pendant in his sleeve with his small hands, raised his head and said, "When Gao Zhan ascended the throne, everyone in the temple had great expectations for him, and the clan gave full support."
"But what did he give to these supporters? The minister who made the first contribution was forced to rebel by him and was about to be killed. The nobles did not benefit, the rich family did not benefit, the clan did not benefit, and the only ones who benefited were people like He Shikai
Got it!"
"Except for He Shikai, who else will continue to support him?" "This is our best chance to seize the power of the temple!"
"Don't worry... Zili, this is not something you should think about. Just continue to torment your dead people."
"Let me handle this matter..."
ps: After reading yesterday's chapter review, I'm really sorry... I thought hard for a long time yesterday and rewrote the outline. I wanted to write a story about fighting Yang Zhong in the military and Gao Gao in government affairs.
Zhan, everyone exerted their talents, everyone clicked, and then gathered under intense pressure to create a big explosion of content. Maybe I didn’t write it well, but thank you all for your criticism and suggestions. With your criticism and suggestions,
Chapter completed!