Even if he didn't mention the regulations of the Datang New Army, his Second Brigade was the forward force of the whole army, but considering that the Fourth Infantry Regiment to which the Second Brigade belonged currently only had a 10th Infantry Battalion and a small number of recruits, and the strength was seriously insufficient, this 7th Infantry Regiment was actually temporarily strengthened by Li Xuan to the Second Brigade.

To increase the strength of the forward troops!

When Fang Xitong led these 4,000 people to press forward, a large number of Ming soldiers saw this scene, and many people couldn't help but feel worried: There are more and more of these pseudo-Tang thief troops, and can they still enter the city smoothly?

Zhu Zhihai already had a very bad premonition, he was worried that these pseudo-Tang thief armies were not all, and maybe there would be more pseudo-Tang thief armies coming later!

These pseudo-Tang thieves seem to be desperate to prevent themselves from entering the city!

But they think they can beat themselves outside the city without letting themselves into the city?

There are more than 30,000 troops under his command, and there are more than 3,000 troops on the side of Liping Mansion City!

These pseudo-Tang thieves are so confident that they can defeat them by blocking themselves outside the city?

There are 4,000 pseudo-Tang thief troops rushing to the east, in this case, it is natural to do nothing and continue to enter the city, in this case, the flank of the army will be completely defeated, and then the entire army will be finished, what to talk about entering the city!

Immediately, he began to dispatch troops, and soon, about 4,000 people were divided out of the main Ming army, but they, like the previous Ming army that turned around to cover the baggage troops, did not take the initiative to rush up, but stopped on the flank.

This is obviously to continue to cover the main force and the baggage troops into the city!

Fang Xitong saw the Ming army coming, and after taking a look, he made the same choice as Song Tianbiao before: "Order, the whole army turns left and trots forward!" ”

It is not advisable to rush over and fight with the main force of the Ming army so stupidly, and the task of Fang Xitong is the same as that of Song Tianbiao, which is to contain the Ming army and prevent the Ming army from entering the city.

A decisive battle with the main force of the Ming army, that is not their task!

So as soon as he saw the Ming army dividing his troops out, he immediately turned with his troops, seemingly retreating, but in fact he went straight to the rear baggage troops of the Ming army.

In addition, this has another purpose, and that is to join the 3rd Infantry Regiment!

Now his second brigade is somewhat scattered, the third infantry regiment is divided into two parts, and the third infantry regiment is separated from the fourth infantry regiment and the seventh infantry regiment.

He had to refocus his forces before he could pose a more effective threat to the Ming army!

Once he refocused his forces, then his second brigade would be able to concentrate nearly 6,000 troops, and half of these 6,000 people would be the 7th Infantry Regiment composed of Ming troops, but the momentum should not be underestimated.

If the Ming army wants to deal with its own 6,000 people, it must send more, even tens of thousands!

And the Ming army in front of them is only more than 30,000 people in total, if they dare to send 10,000 people to contain themselves, then these 10,000 people don't have to go back.

After waiting for the arrival of the first brigade in the rear, the 10,000-strong Ming army will become a turtle in the urn, and there is no escape.

If you can eat tens of thousands of Ming troops, what if you let the Ming army enter the city!

The morale of the Ming army must have plummeted, and when the time comes, the onslaught of tens of thousands of troops on their side, can they still hold this Liping Mansion City?

Joke!

Our Datang New Army is invincible, has never been defeated since the formation of the army, defeated the Ming army several times, has annihilated tens of thousands of enemies, the results are brilliant, the morale of the army is extremely strong, and there are many heavy artillery weapons available for siege!

These Ming troops will definitely not be able to hold it at that time!

I have to say that after several successive victories of the new army of the Tang Dynasty, the morale of the army is of course extremely high, but it is also too high, even to the point of arrogance, otherwise, Fang Xitong would not have given birth to the idea that when the time comes, it will be able to conquer a Liping Mansion City defended by more than 20,000 people and be able to conquer it smoothly in a short time.

Not to mention what the follow-up thoughts are, what Fang Xitong wants to do now is to threaten the baggage troops in the rear of the Ming army, and to join the Third Infantry Regiment.

At this time, Song Tianbiao also received an order from Fang Xitong through the flag, and began to order the reserve battalion to approach the headquarters, and then move to the northeast together to join the headquarters of the Second Brigade as soon as possible!

A series of maneuvers by the departments of the Second Brigade of the Datang New Army once again disrupted the deployment of the Ming Army!

forced many Ming troops to follow the maneuver, otherwise, they would be bypassed by the puppet Tang thief army, and their baggage troops would be in danger.

The baggage troops carried enough food for their army of more than 30,000 to eat for a whole month!

If there is any mistake in the baggage troops, they don't have to fight this battle, and they will starve to death.

Knowing that at this time, Zhu Zhihai still did not give up his intention to enter the city, and this idea became even stronger after seeing the combat effectiveness of the puppet Tang thief army.

Although he didn't want to admit in his heart that he couldn't defeat the puppet Tang thief army in the field, he still thought that if he could enter the city, it would be more beneficial for him to have a defensive battle.

But will he be able to get his wish?

Zhu Zhihai didn't know, no one knew at this moment, this battle that broke out at noon and had lasted for several hours before and after, where it would eventually go!

Next, the troops on both sides are constantly moving, and the long-term high-intensity maneuver also makes the soldiers on both sides tired and half dead!

Those soldiers who did not wear armor were fine, and the physical consumption was limited, but those who wore armor were not so comfortable.

Wearing dozens of pounds of armor is already very tired, even if you stand still, you will be tired and half dead if you stand for a few hours, not to mention that you are always running around.

When Fang Xitong joined the headquarters of the Second Brigade and the Third Infantry Regiment, the heavy infantry in the Third Infantry Regiment were already tired and almost unable to stand.

And the Ming army on the opposite side is no better, the physical fitness of these Ming soldiers is worse than that of the soldiers of the Datang New Army, after all, the soldiers of the Datang New Army can at least eat enough, and these guards of the Ming Army want to eat a full meal every day, it is unlikely.

Therefore, on the side of the Ming army, whether it is heavy infantry or light infantry without armor, one by one is tired and panting, and many people are beginning to weaken their legs!

At this time, there was something in the armies of both sides that made people want to cover their faces, and many soldiers in the Ming army array sat directly on the ground, and the soldiers wearing armor even disregarded the obstruction of others, and wanted to untie the armor.

The soldiers in the Seventh Infantry Regiment of the Datang New Army were no better than the Ming Army opposite, and they were all tired and sitting on the ground, with no tight formation at all.

The soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Regiment and the 4th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Brigade Headquarters were better, although they were tired, their physical fitness was better, and under the strict military discipline, no one dared to sit down without permission.

However, the officers above also knew that the physical fitness of the soldiers was not to the limit, so after seeing the Ming army on the opposite side sitting directly on the ground, they also gave an order to let the troops rest in turn.

And arrange for soldiers who are not wearing armor to help the hoplites take off their armor and put it back on when needed!

The armor of the heavy spearmen is aided by the regular spearmen in the back row, while the heavy armor sword and shield soldiers are assisted by the light armor sword and shield soldiers!

In this way, we can basically see the difference in the quality of the two armies.

They are all tired and choked, and they are all sitting and resting, but the Ming army is in chaos, and the seventh infantry regiment composed of the Ming army on the side of the Datang New Army is also in chaos, except for the soldiers of the third infantry regiment and the fourth infantry regiment who take turns to rest in a neat and orderly manner.

Time passed slowly in this kind of rest between the two sides, but the senior generals on both sides were not in a hurry!

On the side of the Ming army, it was originally to cover the baggage and other troops entering the city, if this can not be fought, it is naturally better not to fight, so that they can better preserve their strength, and then they themselves have to retreat! If we fight now, if we are defeated, will we still have these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses?

That's right, in order to intercept the more than 6,000 people of the puppet Tang thief army that had successfully converged, the three interception forces of the Ming army also converged, and the total strength of these three forces reached more than 11,000 people, and it was personally commanded by the Guizhou Metropolitan Commander!

Among the 11,000 people, 2,000 are Fubiao infantry directly under Zhu Zhihai, and 500 are Fubiao cavalry; In addition, there are more than 4,000 people who are ordinary guards!

And the remaining more than 4,000 people are ordinary young and strong, people!

With so many Ming troops staying, Fang Xitong on the opposite side is naturally not in a hurry, even if he can't eat their baggage troops, being able to leave these tens of thousands of people can be regarded as indirectly completing the task.

The reason why he didn't take the initiative to attack, his more than 6,000 people are also the same as the Ming army opposite, with great moisture, there are 3,000 Ming troops in the 6,000 people, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is very doubtful, the reliable is the 3,000 people in the second brigade headquarters, and the core main force in the 3,000 headquarters, that is, the third infantry regiment, has been fighting hard for a day, the soldiers are already very tired, if they continue to fight forcibly, the combat effectiveness will also be greatly discounted.

Therefore, Fang Xitong cautiously chose to respond to all changes with the same!

As a result, there was a very strange scene on the battlefield, more than 20,000 Ming troops were rushing towards the city of Lipingfu, and at least thousands of people had entered the city.

Outside the city, there are still tens of thousands of people and 6,000 pseudo-Tang thief troops against each other!

By the time the sun began to set in the evening, Zhu Zhihai was already standing on the head of Lipingfu City, and in his sight, the heavy troops of the Ming army had already begun to enter the city with a large amount of grain.

At this time, it is time to withdraw the tens of thousands of soldiers outside the city who are covering the army entering the city!

But before he could give the order, suddenly someone ran up to him, and he showed a panicked face!

However, although this person was full of panic, he did not recklessly say that the adult was bad, but quickly ran to Zhu Zhihai, and then leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear!

As soon as this person finished speaking, Zhu Zhihai's face changed several times, and then said: "Let the soldiers and horses outside the city also begin to retreat gradually!" ”

As he spoke, he added: "Let Fubiao's soldiers and horses enter the city, and the rest of the troops will cover the break!" ”

After saying that, he looked to the east with deep apprehension!

The main force of the puppet Tang thief army is here!