Chapter 409: The Battle of Wannian County
When the situation in Wu Yueguo was improving, Huang Ran, the envoy of the Tang Guo'an Army stationed in Xinzhou, recently got a piece of news.
His love killed Xie Yuchen in Quzhou, which made him very sad.
Subsequently, he got the news that the reason why Xie Yuchen died in battle was because Zhang Hong, the commander of the Zhaowu Army who attacked Quzhou this time, did not save him when he saw death.
His grief turned to anger in an instant.
After Zhang Hong returned to Xinzhou, Huang Ran immediately came to the door, pushed away the guards at the door, and he directly broke into the handsome tent.
"Zhang Hong, Ben Shuai needs you to give me an explanation!" Huang Ran's angry voice sounded in the tent.
Suddenly, he noticed an acquaintance standing next to Zhang Hong: "Yang Fang, why are you here?" ”
"Something official."
Huang Ran ignored him anymore and glared at Zhang Hong: "What's the matter with Xie Yuchen?" Why did you fall into his desperate situation? ”
Zhang Hong smiled bitterly: "Do you know how many people and horses I lost in order to save him?" ”
"That's because you have a problem with your tactics!"
"Stop arguing!" Yang enlarged his voice to persuade: "General Huang, General Zhang, Your Majesty has a decree, let us join forces and attack the Jianwu Army together." ”
"Fuck, just lost the battle, the sergeant is exhausted, and he went to war again, what kind of bullshit will." Huang Ran scolded.
"General Huang, watch your words." Yang Fang's voice turned deep.
"Since Lao Tzu's Anhua Army was transferred to Xinzhou the year before last, it first fought the Hui'an Army, then the Qingyuan Army, and now it tells me to fight the Jianwu Army, and now there are only more than 20,000 people left, this matter has to be put on you, can you be comfortable?"
Yang Fang opened his mouth and closed it again.
"Lao Yang, my Zhaowu army is only more than 20,000 people, only your Fenghua army is intact, this time it's up to you." Yang Hong also cried out bitterly.
"My Fenghua army has 30,000 garrisons in Xuanzhou, and I only brought more than 10,000 people this time." Yang Fang said bluntly.
"That's a fart, Lao Tzu has led the troops back to Raozhou, you go and fight yourself." Leaving such a sentence angrily, Huang Ran lifted the tent and left.
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A few days later, Emperor Fuhui of the Jianwu Army received news that more than 30,000 people from the Fenghua Army and the Zhaowu Army were attacking him, and he did not hesitate at all and immediately asked for help from the Hui'an Mansion.
The army Qi Ng was urgent, and Wei Chidan and Xu Qian, who were stationed in Kaihua and Wuyuan, discussed it and thought that they could not sit idly by and watch the Jianwu army be wiped out by the Tang State.
When the two of them sent the news back to Hangzhou, they decided to send 2,500 men each to reinforcements.
A big war is poised to start.
……
The spring breeze blew, the dust was flying all over the sky, and on the outskirts of Wannian County, the two armies were facing each other thousands of kilometers apart.
On the attacking side was the Tang army, with a total of more than 30,000 people, and on the defending side was the Jianwu army, which was more than 20,000 people and the Wu army, which was more than 5,000 people.
Huang Fuhui was sure of this war, otherwise he would not dare to take out all his family resources and fight with the other party outside the city.
According to his analysis, the Tang army has been fighting for many years recently, and it has lost more and won less, which is a taboo for soldiers.
This is a rare opportunity, as long as you can win this battle, you can take advantage of the victory to pursue and occupy all of Shinshu in one fell swoop, and then you can really be called a separatist party.
Huang Fuhui looked at the opponent's formation for a while, and his confidence was even more sufficient, the enemy's strength and strength could not escape his eyes, and he had a great chance of winning this battle.
Just as he was about to give the order to attack, the voice of Huang Fusheng sounded in his ears.
"Father, look at Wu Jun!"
Huang Fuhui turned his head and glanced to the left: "What?" Any questions? ”
"It's not the one that's close to us, look at the one in the distance!"
Huang Fuhui looked at it and was taken aback.
The formation of the Wu army was extremely neat, and the distance between the soldiers was as if it had been accurately measured, which made people feel an extraordinary momentum.
The soldiers held their heads high, full of energy, and the whole phalanx was silent, and everyone was motionless.
Looking at the other Wu army, although it is also well-trained, it looks no different from his own Jianwu army, which makes Huang Fuhui puzzled.
It's all Wu ** team, how can the two armies be so different?
On the other side, Wei Chidan was also surprised.
He was closer, and he could see the friendly army next to him more clearly and feel it more intensely.
"I really don't know how Xu Qian trained soldiers like this." He muttered.
A general behind him was unconvinced and said: "General, they are pretending, this is a war, and it is not a battle that stands up straighter than anyone, and when the battle really starts, the combat power may not be as strong as ours." ”
Wei Chidan did not speak, and the next battle will tell everything.
Then, as the two armies approached, a drum sounded, and Huang Fusheng's army took the lead in charging over, and he sent a herald to the Wu army, hoping that the Wu army would be responsible for the attack on the left flank.
After the two armies each released two showers of arrows, they collided like two currents, and the brutal hand-to-hand battle began.
Wei Chidan took the lead, constantly slashing and slashing the enemies that appeared in front of him. In his hand he used a long-handled Mo knife, which was a newly developed weapon of the Engineer Academy, although the soldiers of the First Army were not yet equipped, the officers were basically equipped.
The long-handled Mo knife is a horse chopping knife, with a long handle and a very slender blade with a black metallic luster, which can be used to stab in addition to chopping.
The blade looks thin, but the weight is not light at all.
Wei Chidan was originally worried that the blade was too thin, and he couldn't help but chop for a long time, but now it seems that he is too worried, this Mo knife shows strong tenacity, and often cuts off the enemy's blades.
"Puff", "Puff", the sound of knives and guns into the flesh kept ringing in the ears, and the enemy troops with the hideous table Qi Ng fell one after another, gradually, Wei Chidan noticed that the enemy showed a change, and they began to panic!
At this moment, a shout exploded like thunder.
"Kill the commander of the Tang Army! The commander of the Tang army is dead! ”
Wei Chidan looked in the direction of the sound, only to find that the front part of Xu, who was originally fighting side by side with him, had been inserted into the enemy's Chinese army at some point, and a Wu army was carrying a human head with a spear, and the surrounding soldiers were shouting loudly.
The enemy began to break and flee, and once the momentum of rout and escape was formed, no matter how many troops remained, the outcome of the defeat could no longer be changed. Wei Chidan led the army in pursuit and won a lot.
However, when he counted the results of the battle, he found that Xu's front had killed more than 2,000 enemies and captured more than 3,000 people, while his troops had only killed more than 1,000 enemies and captured more than 500 prisoners.
This result made Wei Chidan a little unbelievable.
He always thought that with his military talent, he could hold a higher military position in Wu State, especially the previous battle with Ma Kongming, which made him have a great confidence in himself.
However, today's battle has dealt a big blow to him.
Maybe he overestimated himself too much, maybe there are many people like Xu Qian in the army, but they just lack the opportunity to stand out.
If you don't improve yourself, I'm afraid that not only will I not be able to get promoted, but my position will be snatched away by others, Wei Chidan sounded the alarm in his heart.
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In a mansion in Wannian County, Huang Fuhui held a grand celebration banquet to thank Xu Qian and Wei Chidan, and Huang Fusheng and Huang Fu Ning also attended to accompany him.
At the banquet, Huang Fuhui toasted frequently: "If there is no assistance from the two today, the commander may not be able to defeat the Tang army, come, I will toast the two generals!" ”
Xu Qian smiled and raised a glass to drink with him, but Wei Chidan reacted slower and was a little absent-minded.
At the subsequent banquet, Huang Fuhui kept toasting Xu Qian, boasting that he had trained the troops well, and Xu Qian maneuvered with him with ease, skillfully avoiding the topic of military training.
After eating this banquet for about an hour, Xu Qian and Wei Chidan got up to say goodbye.
Returning to the territory of Hui'an Mansion, the two said goodbye and returned to the city where they were stationed. A few days later, Wei Chidan got the news that Xu Qian was named the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the First Army.
In this way, although the commander of the First Army was vacant, there were two Marquis of Duyu, Chu Xiong was transferred to Muzhou and was in charge of the defense of Muzhou, and Xu Qian was in charge of the defense of Hui'an.
In this regard, Wei Chidan was convinced, in the first battle of Wannian County, Xu Qian was indeed better than him.
After returning to Wuyuan, Lieutenant Chi Dan looked back on that battle, and he found that the timing when Xu Qian chose to cut into the opponent's Chinese army was just right, which was also a major factor in his success.
This shows that the other side is not only good at training troops, but also good at using them.
After this incident, Wei Chidan read every night with a lamp, and never went to bed to rest until three watches.
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Wu State, Shangshu Province, Ministry of Officials.
At this time, it was February, winter was going to spring, and the imperial examination of Wu was about to be held, and Zhang Dezhong was planning the imperial examination in his study.
At this moment, a rush of footsteps broke into the study, and Zhang Dezhong looked up and saw Ji Yan's bearded and glaring face.
"What's wrong? Who has offended our Lord of Sacrificial Wine? Zhang Dezhong teased.
Ji Yan was too lazy to giggle with him, and said angrily: "I heard that His Royal Highness King Wu has built a Taoist temple in the palace city, and invited more than a dozen alchemy Taoist priests to come over for them to live, is there such a thing?" ”
"Yes."
"Why don't you persuade?"
"What is there to advise on this?"
"Nonsense, Jun Shang started taking pills at a young age, this is a sign of chaos in the country, how can you not advise?"
"You also said, Jun Shang is young, why do you want to take pills? Even the most mediocre monarchs began to take the elixir in their later years, do you think our monarchs are not as good as them? ”
Ji Yan was stunned: "yes, the king shouldn't do this kind of thing, right?" ”
"That's not it." Zhang Dezhong ignored him anymore, lowered his head and continued to deal with his work.
"Hey, why did you say that the king asked those Taoist priests to come over?"
"I don't know, but there must be a reason you can't think of it."
"Okay, then I'll go." Ji Yan came in a hurry, and he went quickly.
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