Chapter 974: The First Battle (Part 1)
From Youyan area to Luoyang, leaving Xigu, passing Fugu and Pinggu, looking around, it was already a fertile land of thousands of miles. It was the heart of the Central Plains and the most important granary. The Xiao family controlled the Youyan area for many years, but in fact, once the time was ripe, they led their troops down and took the idea of Luoyang's central center. The flat areas of thousands of miles of fertile land were easy to attack and difficult to defend. At that time, the central dynasty of the Great Chu was really unsure that they could withstand the attack of the heavy troops of the Xiao family.
The huge empire has many forces in its own country, and each has its own plans. No one will sincerely fight for the Great Chu. The strong expectation of the Xiao family will take the lead in launching. They can scramble for the world and compete for the world. The smaller ones will be on the lookout for the wait-and-see style and wait for the price to sell themselves at a good price. Looking forward, Emperor Tianqi was at a loss.
The King of Ning in the South was eyeing him, taking advantage of the famine in the three southern states to incite the hungry people to rebel and take the opportunity to infiltrate. Xiao Haoran controlled the center and controlled Youyan remotely. Even the then Duke of Ding Li Huaiyuan was forced to retreat, retire, recuperate and stay away from the court. The Great Chu was already in turmoil and could fall down at any time.
With no choice, Tianqi summoned a group of loyal ministers. After ten years of planning, he finally formed the final plan to drive away tigers and swallow wolves. Tianqi pretended to die. King Ning took the opportunity to raise an army to attack Xiao. The two sides were in full swing. Tianqi, who had accumulated enough strength, secretly attacked the arrogant Xiao family in Qingzhou and defeated him in one battle. Prince Ning underestimated the enemy and was defeated by Xiao's main force, which greatly reduced his strength. Ten years of planning in Tianqi finally came to a good result.
However, man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations. As the saying goes, planning is with people, and success is with heaven. In this big plan that competes for the world, a time span of more than ten years, an inconspicuous little man emerged and rose to the edge of the reins. In less than ten years, he grew into an enemy more fierce than Xiao and Ning. He annexed Xiao, defeated Ning, and drove straight into the Central Plains. Emperor Tianqi's life plan turned out to be a wedding dress for others.
If it weren't for the use of his tyrants to drive away the tiger and swallowing the wolf, which made both Xiao and Ning Wang both suffer, how could Li Qing of Dingzhou take the opportunity to rise and become a major concern now? Whenever he thought about this, not only Tianqi could not let go, but even Xiang Ping felt extremely depressed. The stars were changing. Now Dingzhou is attacking a large-scale attack. Although Luoyang still has a million troops, he can only barely maintain a draw. If progress cannot be made in a certain direction, the country of Great Chu will be destroyed.
Xiang Ping believed that this person who saved the Great Chu in danger was his own. The chief assistant Shang Haibo was a good player in playing the new policy and gathering money. After several years of administration, he accumulated a large amount of money for the Luoyang court, improved the status of craftsmen, and vigorously developed industry and commerce to allow Luoyang to catch up in the manufacturing industry. However, in terms of military strategy, Xiang Ping agreed and planned to join forces with King Ning. As a result, King Ning was defeated and retreated to the 100,000 mountains, but still could not escape a defeat. He planned to lure the mountain wind and planned to directly attack the conspiracy. As a result, Bozhou was defeated and the retreat was almost cut off. Dozens of troops were almost besieged in Qinzhou and could not return. Shang Haibo's military strategy was not attacked.
Zhou Tong, Suzhou, was defeated by Dingzhou again and again, was driven out of Qin Shi, and now was driven out of Xingzhou and Pingzhou, and now could only be trapped in Suzhou.
Zhang Aimin, Minzhou, was annihilated by the entire army during the Xingqin battle, but now he was beaten backwards by an unknown Chen Zeyue, even the important town of Donglin is in danger.
On the battlefield, there is only oneself who guards the gateway of Luoyang and fights against Yang Yidao and Xiao Yuanshan for several years without losing. Although he is unable to break the slanting valley, his opponents cannot make progress. If there is still one person who can compete with Dingzhou, then who else is besides himself?
Just defeat Yang Yidao on the opposite side, then take advantage of the victory to pursue, break through the shady valley, enter Youyan, and then directly approach Bingzhou through Xiangshan Prefecture, thereby threatening the local area of Dingzhou, and the danger of Luoyang will be solved.
Xiang Ping was full of confidence and stood on a hill, looking at his own army in an orderly lined up on the plain. If Yang Yidao implemented his previous strategy and refused to fight with him, he would have no choice but to fight with him for a while. After all, the Dingzhou army had amazing combat power and had no advantage in military power. He would not dare to act rashly, let alone divide his troops to fight. But now, Yang Yidao didn't know what medicine he had taken, so he actually lined up and wanted to fight to the death with him.
Xiang Ping was almost so happy that he couldn't stop talking. Perhaps seeing the progress of Suzhou Lutian Group, Chen Zeyue, Mianzhou, also beat Zhang Aimin backward step by step. He was anxious, afraid that he would not be able to make contributions and lag behind others? Xiang Ping had seen such a battle between generals. This was not only a personal impulse, but also a future battle of fame and fortune. Even if Yang Yidao didn't care, the generals under his command could not care and Xiao Yuanshan could not care. Under such double pressure, Yang Yidao finally couldn't stand it and wanted to have a battle with him.
He has an absolute advantage in military strength, and he also has 10,000 iron-armored heavy cavalry in the army. With such magic weapons in hand, no matter how skilled the Dingzhou army is at the hands of the footsteps, it will be a cloud in front of the absolute power of the iron-armored heavy cavalry.
The Iron Armored Heavy Cavalry unceremoniously crushed all the opponents in front of them, defeated the opponent's formation, and then pressed the army, everything seemed so simple.
Xiang Ping is already looking forward to the glory after victory!
Yang Yidao put the Tianlei Camp in front of the Dingzhou Qi Nian Division, known as the number one in the army, which made Xiang Ping believe in his judgment. This Tianlei Camp grew up step by step in the battle with the barbarians. His best attitude was to break the cavalry with footsteps, but they forgot that the Fee tribe was almost all light cavalry, and what they had under him was the nightmare of all infantry and cavalry.
On his own wings, dozens of miles away, were two cavalry battalions under Yang Yidao. The only thing to pay attention to is the left wing whirlwind battalion. This battalion has very strong combat power, but as long as his infantry has firmly laid a firm fence, he can still withstand the opponent's impact. The key to this battle will be whether his iron armored heavy cavalry breaks through the defense of the Tianlei Camp, or whether the opponent's cavalry breaks through the two wings in front. Xiang Ping firmly believes that he will undoubtedly win.
"Drum!" He gave the order firmly.
Hundreds of war drums were beaten at the same time, and the monotonous drum sounds ranged from the beginning to the end as dense as raindrops. At the very moment, the long horns began to sound. In the drum sounds, the central army was waving on the hills.
"Iron armored heavy cavalry, three-stage impact, the attack begins!" Xiang Ting fell heavily, and a messenger rode his horse and ran down Qiuling. After a few breaths, he rushed to the front of the formation and repeated Xiang Ping's order loudly.
The first wave of iron-armored cavalry wrapped in heavy armor began to move forward slowly, first walking, then trotting in a row. Later, the shouts of soldiers behind their masks began to sound dull, forming a black torrent, and began to attack the Dingzhou position several miles away.
When the first wave began to run, the second wave began to advance. When the speed of the second wave also accelerated, the third wave officially set off. This is the three-stage impact formation of the Iron Armored Heavy Cavalry. In the large-scale occupation of the Iron Armored Heavy Cavalry, no one can resist the attack of this torrent of steel. The so-called Iron Armored Heavy Cavalry is over ten thousand, and the myth of invincibility in the world has never been defeated.
The moment the Luoyang army drums sounded, the loud military horns in the Dingzhou Central Army several miles away sounded rhythmically. The soldiers of Tianlei Camp roared and stepped forward. Behind them, hundreds of arrows with cold light from Eight Niu Crossbows were exposed. At the back door of Eight Niu Crossbows, the 25th row of Shenwei cannons in total, and four rows of Shenwei cannons also revealed the black holes.
In the artillery array, an artillery officer stood on the wooden command platform holding a flag, watching the torrent of armor pouring out from the opposite side.
In the rear, Yang Yidao turned his head to look at Xiao Yuanshan beside him, "I have achieved my best in one battle. After today, the iron armored heavy cavalry will no longer exist!"
Xiao Yuanshan smiled and said, "The Lord has made a decision and marched into Luoyang is just around the corner!"
Yang Yidao reached out and held Xiao Yuanshan heavily.
The moment the two hands were held together, the artillery officer's flag fell heavily, "The first row of artillery soldiers, with an elevation angle of forty-five degrees, a firing distance of four miles, firing a cannon!"
The deafening shelling sound instantly covered all the sounds on the battlefield. The first row of soldiers lit the fuse and fell to the ground. The white smoke filled the sky, completely submerged their figures.
"The second row of artillery soldiers, with an elevation angle of forty degrees, firing the cannon!"
"The third row of artillery soldiers, thirty-eight degrees, fire the cannon!"
"The fourth row of artillery, thirty-five degrees of elevation, firing artillery!" During each round of artillery attacks, only the cold shouts of artillery officers were left. All the artillery soldiers had no time to watch their results. After a shot, the artillery soldiers leaped up. Some were holding long brushes to clean the cannon chambers, some were busy bringing new shells from their side, and some picked up the fixed-mounted gunpowder and prepared to clean the chamber, and they immediately reloaded. After the four rounds of artillery attacks, the artillery soldiers in the first row had already completed the loading.
The invincible iron armored heavy cavalry, several miles away, ushered in the first wave of attack. They were not mentally prepared and were blinded in a very short time. The shells falling from the sky easily swept them to the ground. Whether it was a horse or a human, under such weapons, the dense formation was defeated in an instant, and large sections of blank space appeared.
Four rounds of artillery attacks, the first wave of attacks was no longer in formation. Thousands of iron-armored heavy cavalry were only a few hundred and struggling to strike forward. The rest were either dead on the ground or frightened by war horses, and the knights ran around with their hunched horses.
Chapter completed!