Cavalry and infantry were mutually reinforcing in the era of cold weapons. Especially in the flat terrain, the seven thousand cavalry launched a charge with all their might, and the formation was bound to be earth-shattering and invincible.

How to restrain yourself?

Before the muskets, the best way to deal with cavalry was heavy infantry and cavalry. The former was a Mo knife soldier in the Tang Dynasty, but it was not easy to build a Mo knife, and it was not allowed to accompany the burial, plus the requirements for soldiers were very high, generally speaking, it was not easy to form a Mo knife soldier who could threaten the cavalry.

So the best thing to do is still cavalry.

However, there were not many cavalry in Xichuan, and this time Li Shun brought 2,000 cavalry, plus the cavalry in Dongchuan, a total of less than 3,000.

Three thousand against seven thousand, not without a chance of winning. But the cavalry of the East and West Erchuan is not elite, and in the face of the cavalry of the Tiance Army, which is not the elite at the same time, the number plays a great role.

And the fact that the Tiance Army has tens of thousands of cavalry, but the generals of Xichuan don't know.

Although Chen Jingxuan has an enmity with Li Ye, he does not take Li Ye to heart and has a strong contempt.

But embarrassment is embarrassment, at this time, there is no need to pursue this, but how to defeat the Tiance Army.

"It's useless to talk about this now, the cavalry side can narrow the gap after the Qiang soldiers from Wei and Mao Erzhou arrive, and now we should find a way to defeat the Tiance army." Li Shun said with a haha.

"In my opinion, go straight to the attack. We have an army of 60,000, and the Tiance army is more than 40,000, is it possible that we can't defeat the Tiance army? When we galloped on the battlefield back then, what was King Shou?

Now King Shou attacked Dongchuan without authorization, although the imperial court did not issue a decree, but King Shou's move was like a rebellion. We are a righteous counterinsurgency, not so defensive.

What is this? Others thought that we were frightened by King Shou, and spread the word, I, Yang Tang, couldn't afford to lose this person. ”

Yang Tang dealt with Li Ye, when Li Ye was assassinated by Chen Jingxuan's sons at the post station, Yang Tang was the guard of Lutou Pass. The current opponent is already the assassin of Hanzhou, and he can be regarded as a general under Chen Jingxuan.

At this time, in the east-west Sichuan coalition army in Mianzhou, Lutouguan and other places, Gao Renhou and Zheng Junxiong combined 15,000 people; Li Shun initially brought 20,000 men, and then Chen Jingxuan transferred 17,000 soldiers from the states around Chengdu Prefecture, and 8,000 defenders from Hanzhou and Lutouguan.

Therefore, in the combined army of East and West Sichuan, there are 15,000 people in Dongchuan and 45,000 people in Xichuan, which is the army of 60,000. Moreover, Chen Jingxuan also ordered the Qiang tribes in Victoria and Maozhou to send 6,000 people to participate in the war, although they had not yet arrived, but it was only a few days' work.

In terms of numbers, the Erchuan coalition army did have an advantage. Moreover, some of the troops under his command have fought against Huangchao, and some have quelled local rebellions, and their combat experience is definitely stronger than that of the Tiance Army.

As soon as Yang Tang's words fell, many Dongchuan generals spoke one after another.

You must know that when Yang Shili was defeated, Xichuan only dispatched an army of 30,000, could it be that the Tiance army was stronger than Yang Shili at that time?

However, the generals of Xichuan forgot that if it was just the Tiance army that Li Ye brought out from Chengdu Mansion, it would indeed be bad, but the current Tiance army is not the original army.

The current Tiance Army has fought with Lu Yanhong's rebels, and more than half of the army of the loyal and military capital has taken refuge in Li Ye.

The Xichuan army is indeed stronger than the original Tiance army, but in the face of the loyal and military Badu, it is much worse. The Zhongwu Eight belong to the Zhongwu Army, which is a strong force in itself, and has made great achievements in quelling the Huangchao Rebellion, if it were not for Yang Fuguang's sudden death, the Zhongwu Army would not be as divided as it is now.

"I think we should be cautious, at least we should find out the truth of the Tiance Army. If the defeat is caused by contempt for the enemy, I am afraid that General Li and Yang Tingshi will not be able to deal with each other. Zheng Junxiong said in a deep voice.

"Zheng Tingshi, wouldn't you be afraid? Or are you going to switch sides? Yang Tang said politely.

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"What did you say?" Zheng Junxiong was furious, stood up and pointed at Yang Tang.

Yang Shili was defeated and killed before, and Zheng Junxiong's rebellion before the battle was a very important reason, Yang Tang said this undoubtedly to rub salt on his wounds, who would have thought that his disgraceful things had been mentioned?

"Zheng Tingshi dissipated his anger, dissipated his anger, there is no need for this. Yang Tingshi is just straightforward and quick-hearted, so he doesn't mind. Li Shun hurriedly persuaded that he didn't want to split internally before the war, so it would be easy to be broken by the Tiance Army.

"What don't you mind? If you don't believe Zheng, Zheng is willing to lead the army to leave, whoever loves this nest of gas, let whoever suffers. Zheng Junxiong said with a displeased face.

"Zheng Tingshi, okay." Gao Renhou's brows furrowed and he scolded the other party loudly.

Zheng Junxiong naturally couldn't leave, as long as he moved this thought, it was impossible to leave Mianzhou. The reason why he attacked in front of everyone was nothing more than to use the topic to play and express his dissatisfaction.

Li Shun also felt a little embarrassed, and glared at Yang Tang dissatisfied, if it weren't for the other party, as for making it like this?

However, it was impossible for him to blame Yang Tang, so he changed the topic, "Gao Shuai, how do you think this battle should be fought?" After all, our main purpose is to teach Shouwang a lesson, not to grind his tongue here. ”

Gao Renhou's expression slowed down, and he condensed, "What Zheng Tingshi said makes sense, at least we have to find out the truth of the Tiance Army, and it's not too late to think about how to fight." ”

Looking at the heavy rain outside the hall, Gao Renhou was thoughtful. At the beginning of the crusade against Yang Shili, it was the sneak attack on Yang Shili in the rainy night that the unfavorable situation in Xichuan was saved.

Looking at this rain, it will definitely rain for several days, maybe you can use this rain to make some trouble.

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Looking at the continuous heavy rain, Li Ye couldn't help frowning. The rain looked like it was going to fall for several days, which was not good news for his army.

It's not that the Tiance Army is not good at fighting in the rain, but that heavy rain will seriously weaken the advantages of the Tiance Army, especially rockets and gunpowder canisters that can't be used, and stone bullets alone can't help much on the battlefield.

It's not a matter of siege now, maybe it would have been a few days ago. However, with the arrival of the Xichuan army, more than 100,000 troops from both sides gathered in Mianzhou, and the combined armies of Xichuan and Dongchuan have surpassed his troops.

At this time, it was naturally impossible for him to rashly launch an attack. In other words, it is very likely that the Erchuan coalition army will take the initiative to attack, and with the character of Gao Renhou or Chen Jingxuan, it is impossible to stand still in the case of dominance.

Especially Gao Renhou, Jianzhou and Zizhou have been lost, and he himself was forced to stick to Mianzhou, and he must be angry in his heart, and it is estimated that he is now thinking about how to find a place in Li Ye.

"Your Highness is worried about this heavy rain?"

Seeing Li Ye's frowns, Xu Shiren couldn't help asking.

In this personal expedition, Li Ye only brought Xu Shiren and Zheng Ningji in addition to Jinyiwei. Li Ye was not very at ease with Wang Hui and others, so he let Pei Rong sit in Xingyuan Mansion, and Li Yingxu had not returned because he had gone to Chang'an, so only Xu Shiren and Zheng Ningji followed Li Ye.

"Ryuji, how is the Shenji Camp over there? Especially gunpowder? Don't get drenched in the rain, this king relies on them to defeat the enemy army in front of him. Li Ye asked Long Zhi.

Ryuji said seriously, "Please rest assured, Your Highness. When he set up camp a few days ago, he had already prepared for the dampness in consideration of the rain. There was not much gunpowder in the camp, and most of the gunpowder was piled up in a village north of the camp, and soldiers were sent to patrol to make sure the gunpowder was safe and sound. ”

"This king is not joking with you, you are optimistic about you by letting you be the commander of the Divine Machine Battalion. But you don't want to disappoint this king, otherwise don't blame this king for not being emotional, it's easy to talk in peacetime, but in wartime, there is no room for any sloppiness.

Do you understand? Li Ye warned.

"Understood!"

Ryuji nodded heavily, and his heart suddenly trembled.

Before, Zheng Ningji and Xu Shiren both thought that firearms were powerful, but now they realized that firearms also have great shortcomings, that is, they cannot be damp, otherwise firearms will lose their power.

However, this shortcoming must not be leaked, otherwise it will be difficult for firearms to achieve the desired effect.

Of course, Li Ye knew the shortcomings of early firearms, and he also knew that as firearms were used more and more, he would definitely not be able to hide them. But if he can be exposed later, he definitely won't want to be exposed early.

At this moment, an urgent report came from outside the big tent, "Your Highness, the patrol has found traces of the enemy, and tens of thousands of enemy troops are approaching our army's camp. ”

"Tens of thousands?"

Li Ye squinted, does this Gao Renhou want to replicate his previous victory? This is too underestimating him!

"Passing on the king's order, the whole army has entered a state of combat readiness, and the cavalry immediately went out of the camp to suppress the formation to ensure the safety of the left and right flanks of the camp and the rear, and the king wants to see what this Gao Renhou wants to do."

The dull sound of drums sounded in the camp of the Tiance army, and the soldiers who were about to rest got up one after another, put on their armor, picked up their weapons, and quickly ran outside the camp tent, and then followed the officer's orders to go to the predetermined position to prepare for battle.

The large battalion of the Tiance army was arranged in an orderly manner, Li Ye led the Jinyi Guard and the Shenji battalion in the middle, and the left and right Tiance troops split the left and right sides of Li Ye's big tent and guarded Li Ye in the middle.

Therefore, after the drum sounded, the soldiers of the Tiance Army did not panic too much, which shows that the usual training was not in vain. At this time, if there is chaos in the camp, the enemy will definitely take advantage of the weakness and even break through the camp.

Inside and outside, torches and braziers were lit, and the front of the barracks was full of heavily armed soldiers, drenched in the rain, nervously and excitedly watching the enemy troops approaching in the distance.

And Li Ye walked out of the main tent and stood in a place where everyone could see, encouraging the morale of the army, so that the soldiers of Tiance Army knew: He, Li Ye and all the soldiers are together!

"See, His Royal Highness King Shou is watching us there, cheering up and teaching the enemy on the other side a good lesson."

"Yes!"

When many soldiers heard this, they subconsciously looked towards the middle of the camp. However, the camp of tens of thousands of people is not small, and standing on the periphery, you can only see Li Ye's main tent, but you can't see Li Ye's people.

But the soldiers still looked away, then turned around, weapons in their hands, and stared at the outside of the camp with their eyes blazing, their eyes full of excitement and excitement.

(End of chapter)