In Anping Town, Emperor Zhengde quietly looked at a group of Wenchen generals below, just now the spies below reported that the puppet Tang thief army has arrived less than thirty miles away from Anping Town, and it is still advancing, at this speed, I am afraid that tomorrow the puppet Tang thief army will be able to reach outside Anping Town.

In other words, starting tomorrow, the big war could break out at any time!

The war was approaching, and a group of courtiers were also discussing various strategies to retreat from the enemy, but from their discussions, Emperor Zhengde felt their fear.

Although no one dared to directly say that the thief army was invincible and wanted to retreat and move forward, but in the words, there was no lack of fearful words, what to think twice, and to be cautious.

Of course, there are strategies for serious discussions, but they are basically focused on how to get the Tatars to attack south.

As for the frontal battle, it was basically determined a long time ago, the three large battalions were connected to each other, and once the battle was engaged, the 100,000 army would be as firmly attracted as a magnet to the main force of the thief army in front of them.

But to be honest, including Emperor Zhengde, none of the Ming ministers thought that they could block the frontal attack of the puppet Tang thief army with 100,000 infantry.

Yangzhou fiasco is still vivid, Yangzhou also had 100,000 troops, and the 100,000 troops in Yangzhou were more elite, and there were perfect city fortifications to rely on, but even so, it was not cleanly broken by the pseudo-Tang thief army.

So their hopes were all on the cavalry!

There are not many cavalry in the Ming army, only 10,000 cavalry, but although there are not many cavalry, they are all professional cavalry in the northern border towns and Beijing camps, and they are skilled in bows and horses, and their combat effectiveness is not weak.

If there is a suitable opportunity, relying on these 10,000 cavalry can also turn the tide of the war!

But Emperor Zhengde didn't think that the puppet Tang thief army would be so stupid and would not leave a back hand to deal with his 10,000 cavalry!

So the key is to let Altan Khan send troops!

In the past two days, Emperor Zhengde has already sent several times to persuade Altan Khan to send the main force south, why is he going south?

Rush to Jining!

Jining is the rear of the puppet Tang Dynasty, according to the reconnaissance cavalry, the puppet Tang thief army has hoarded a large amount of grain, grass and ammunition in the local area, once the place is conquered, not only can destroy the supply base of the puppet Tang thief army, but also can cut off the supply line of the thief army.

But the intelligence is also the same reality, the thief army left a heavy army in Jining, I don't know what kind of troops it is, but the total strength will not be less than 10,000 people, so it is unlikely that the cavalry of the Ming army will rush south, and it is unlikely to be defeated.

But if it is the Tatars, it will be different, if they have more than 50,000 cavalry to press on and conquer Jining, there is a great hope.

However, Emperor Zhengde wanted Altan Khan to send troops to attack Jining, but Altan Khan was not stupid!

"What he thinks is quite beautiful, let me wait to attack Jining, it's easy, but I'm afraid it's difficult to come back, Jining is guarded by 10,000 Tang troops, although our cavalry is invincible in the field, come and go freely, but to conquer the city guarded by 10,000 Tang soldiers, even if it can be done, but it will definitely suffer heavy casualties!"

Altan Khan had already received Emperor Zhengde's request, but he ignored it, what kind of joke, let him lead the main force to gnaw Jining, why didn't you Emperor Zhengde send his cavalry!

Jining, can't fight!

But that doesn't mean you can't fight anywhere else!

Altan Khan didn't know before he went south that the Tang army in the south was so terrifying!

Going south, he also thought that the Tang army and the Ming army might be able to fight both defeats, but after hearing about Yangzhou and many other battles, he lost confidence in the Ming army, if he didn't make a contribution, he just wanted to sweep a wave afterwards, I am afraid that the Ming army will be finished directly, and the Tang army's losses will not be too large, and this is not in line with the interests of the Tatars.

Altan Khan wanted the Ming army and the Tang army to be defeated, but the Tang army killed the Ming army cleanly!

Therefore, Altan Khan believes that although this Jining cannot be fought, it is also necessary to send troops to help the Ming army relieve the pressure, appropriately contain part of the Tang army's troops, so that the Ming army and the Tang army can be equal when they fight, and finally a defeat will be lost!

That's why he sent 10,000 horsemen south!

And he also told the generals who led the army to the south, this time going south, don't be stupid to attack Jining, and don't be stupid to fight with the main force of the Tang Army, you should properly carry out attack operations, encounter small and medium-sized thief armies, fight a wave and leave, it is best to be able to take tens of thousands of Tang troops in circles.

In this way, it will contain a part of the Tang army and relieve the pressure on the Ming army, and he will not have to pay any price!

When the Tang army and the Ming army were defeated, it was the time when the main force of his cavalry attacked!

Altan Khan has this kind of thought, Li Xuan doesn't know, but Emperor Zhengde himself can guess some, but it's still the same sentence, he doesn't care!

When he invited the Tatars to go south, he guessed that all kinds of bad consequences might come, but he had no other choice, if the Tatars did not go south, he would be 100% doomed, and with the Tatars on the side to share the pressure, he still had a little chance.

At this time, around Anping Town, the three parties all have their own plans!

Emperor Zhengde wanted to use 100,000 infantry to contain the main force of the Tang army, and then use his 10,000 cavalry and 50,000 Tatar cavalry to attack the rear of the Tang army, and finally caused the complete collapse of the Tang army.

Altan Khan hoped that the Tang army and the Ming army would be defeated, and then he would lead the main cavalry force to sweep the whole field, directly kill Emperor Zhengde and Li Xuan, and finally occupy the prosperous land of the Central Plains, repeating the old things of Mengyuan going south.

As for Li Xuan, he was not as complicated as Emperor Zhengde and Altan Khan thought, what he thought was simpler and purer, that is, through a large-scale decisive battle, he directly defeated the last 100,000 main forces of the Ming army, and easily damaged or even annihilated the 50,000 cavalry of the Tatars.

For this, he is already mentally prepared to pay a heavy price.

As long as this battle is won, even if it is a bigger price, it will be worth it, thinking that after this battle, no one in the whole world, except for Zhang Yue's department, will be able to stop the pace of the Tang Dynasty.

Even if Zhang Yue waited for the Tang Dynasty to free up his hands and gather the main forces to attack, he would not be able to stop the attack of the Tang Dynasty's division!

As long as this battle is won, the reunification of China is just around the corner!

The three parties in Anping Town have their own plans, but no matter what the plans of all parties are, the large-scale decisive battle is gradually approaching.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the army led by Li Xuan personally arrived outside Anping Town, but did not attack at the first time, but began to build a large camp.

The two sides participated in the decisive battle of 200,000 people, and it did not mean that it could be fought just by fighting.

The Tang army did not take the initiative to attack, and the Ming army did not take the initiative to fight!

However, although the main forces of the two sides did not move, the battles between the partial divisions were quite frequent, especially the reconnaissance troops, in order to reconnoiter more detailed information, the reconnaissance cavalry and forward troops were frequently active on the battlefield, and then engaged in battles.

And this kind of reconnaissance small-scale operation, both sides sent elite troops, and basically in the melee, chase battle, the Tang Army's proud line tactics can not play a big role, and the Ming army sent the elite is not bad, so the two sides in this small-scale battle can be regarded as a half-catty.

However, in the east case of the canal, the cavalry of the Ming army, which is full of tens of thousands of people, is heading south!

And the west of the canal, tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry is also moving south, these two cavalry are almost in unison, each other is just separated by a canal, this is also one of the plans of the Zhengde Emperor and Altan Khan to cooperate with each other, send cavalry south to attack the Tang army supply line.

Although the cavalry's mobility ability is relatively good, these two groups of cavalry with a total of more than 20,000 people do not expect to be able to evade the reconnaissance of the Datang Army's reconnaissance cavalry, so the Datang Army's reconnaissance cavalry has always maintained a monitoring of these two groups of enemy cavalry.

After learning that the enemy's cavalry was gradually moving south, Li Xuan was unmoved, and still let the troops prepare for the battle step by step!

In the rear, the 5th Infantry Division is in full swing!

In order to ensure that the Fifth Infantry Division could quickly maneuver, the navy organized a large number of transport ships, and even if the enemy's cavalry directly rushed dozens of kilometers south, the navy could transport the Fifth Infantry Division to fight in time.

Anyway, the bottom line of the Tang Army is to hold the canal, ensure the safety of the supply line of the army that has arrived in Anping Town, and prevent the enemy from occupying a certain stronghold.

The Tang Army directly sent the most elite Fifth Infantry Division, relying on the canal for mobile defense, the cavalry of the Ming Army and the cavalry of the Tatars were naturally impossible, they could think that there would be reinforcements from the Tang Army, but they would not have thought that the Tang Army would also send the most elite Fifth Infantry Division.

Moreover, the changes in the Datang Army are relatively large, and the troops all look the same, if you don't know the details, it is not easy to judge that the army is elite.

Two days after Li Xuan led his army to the outside of Anping City, the cavalry of the Ming army and the Tatars continued to move south, and the cavalry of the Ming army also attacked a small town along the canal, of course, the attack had no effect, because there were no supplies or Tang army garrisons in the local area, and later they tried to use this town to directly hold the canal.

But several river warships under a detachment of the Canal Fleet quickly arrived, and then began shelling, and it didn't take long for other nearby warships to arrive, and finally more than a dozen gunboats were concentrated for heavy shelling.

Seeing that the opportunity was not good, the Ming cavalry immediately withdrew from the town, away from the shelling range, and did not cause actual losses.

But the Tatars, who had not fought with the Tang army, were very confident, whether they wanted to cut off the canal, and cut off the canal, which would lead to a crushing defeat for the Tang army, and this was not in the interests of the Tatars!

They want to attract the pseudo-Tang thief army and drag them down, of course, if they can easily annihilate tens of thousands of Tang troops in the process, then they don't mind!

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