At seven o'clock in the morning of May 14, outside Anping Town, Li Xuan, dressed in military uniform, appeared on a small hill, followed by a large group of civil and military ministers!

Lei Wan, Hao Bonian, Fang Xitong, Zeng Ziwen, Qian Mengjiu, Wang Wenhua and other important civil and military ministers are all there, and there are more ordinary generals and officials.

If the Ming army had that kind of long-range heavy artillery with a range of several kilometers or a grenade in the Ming army, one shot hit this small hill, it would be able to reimburse more than half of the civil and military ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

It's a pity that the Ming army doesn't have this kind of long-range heavy artillery, even if it can hit so far, it can't hit.

Not to mention the army, even the Tang Army does not have this kind of long-range heavy artillery that can hit several kilometers and accurately hit.

In the first year of this year, the sighting equipment was too backward, and the craftsmanship level of the artillery and shells was also determined.

Today, the effective firing range of the artillery of the Tang Army is generally less than 500 meters, and even those 24-pound cannons of the navy have an effective firing range of only a little bit.

In this frightening age of low hits, there is little point in paying attention to the maximum range, and the effective range is the only measure of artillery range.

Otherwise, Li Xuan would not have brought so many civil and military ministers to the front line to personally direct the battle!

In front of Li Xuan, there was a dense army of 100,000 people almost all over the mountains!

In addition to the 5th Infantry Division, the 3rd Cavalry Detachment, and the 27th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Infantry Division, all the remaining main forces of the 3rd Army, the 4th Army, and the Guards Army were all here.

Here, if you don't count the 15,000 Guards Army, there are four infantry divisions on the army side alone, namely the Sixth Infantry Division, the Eighth Infantry Division, the Ninth Infantry Division, and the Eleventh Infantry Division, and four mixed regiments, namely the First Mixed Regiment, the Fourth Mixed Regiment, and the Ninth Mixed Regiment.

In addition, there are four assault battalions and five heavy artillery battalions.

The total number of troops has reached more than 90,000, and it is not false to claim 100,000 troops.

There are a large number of troops, with a total of about 250 field guns of five catties and nine catties, of which more than 60 field guns are nine catties.

It has nearly 100 heavy short-barreled grenades of 24 kg and 48 kg.

As for the two-pound and three-pound shotguns, there are more, and when the artillery is counted, the Datang Army no longer specifically includes these infantry support shotguns.

Now, with just one order from him, the 100,000 troops in front will launch a fierce attack on the Ming army in front!

The Ming army on the opposite side also discovered the abnormal movement of the Tang army on the opposite side early, and also began to arrange troops early, and the number of Ming troops on the opposite side was also quite large, or even more, and the estimated number had reached 1120,000.

At the same time, according to the reconnaissance of the reconnaissance cavalry, although the main force of the Ming army was 1120,000 regular troops, it also mobilized a large number of young people, at least tens of thousands of people.

Needless to say, these young men also knew that they should be used to build fortifications, and when necessary, they were also pulled out as cannon fodder to consume the bullets and shells of the Tang Army.

Although it shows that the army has formed a consensus, the guards are no longer usable, and the young and strong people who are temporarily recruited are even less useful, but when the troops are lacking, this is not easy to use, and it can only be pulled out, no matter how bad it is, it can also consume the bullets and shells of the puppet Tang thief army on the opposite side.

As long as Qingzhuang can consume the ammunition of the puppet Tang thief army on the opposite side, then there will be no loss.

The Ming army has a huge number of troops, but relatively speaking, the artillery is much less, even if the Zhengde Emperor has concentrated the artillery of the entire north together, and has stepped up the casting of some artillery in the past half a year, but it still cannot be compared with the Tang army in terms of quantity.

In this battle, there were only more than 100 field guns of more than five catties gathered by Emperor Zhengde, and most of them were five-jin field guns, only a few scattered nine-jin field guns, and a small number of seven-jin field guns.

As for short-barreled heavy grenades, the Ming army did not yet have large-scale equipment.

However, the Ming army also knew its own shortcomings in heavy artillery, so they were equipped with large-scale shotguns such as Franc machine guns and bowl guns, and the number of these shotguns was more than that of the Tang army.

Now that the armies of both sides have set up a position, Li Xuan came to the battlefield in person, and Emperor Zhengde also insisted on going to the front line to supervise the battle regardless of his physical strength!

Emperor Zhengde's side is bigger than Li Xuan's, and all kinds of emperor-specific honor guards are put out, and he even took a dragon sedan chair carried by thirty-two people!

This is not that Emperor Zhengde wants to show off, but that today's battle is of great significance, he must show his imperial prestige, and then let the Ming soldiers see that he, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is fighting with them on the front line.

He is the only emperor in the land of China, and the Ming Dynasty is the only legitimate court in China!

And the puppet Tang thief army on the opposite side, the puppet emperor Li Xuan, is just a clown jumping off the beam!

Therefore, in terms of prestige, he must not lose to the puppet emperor Li Xuan opposite!

The people below had already reported, and the puppet emperor Li Xuan was also on the front line, and on a small hill a few miles away, if you look at it from a distance, although you can't see people clearly, you can still see a person in a yellow robe among a group of puppet Tang officials on the opposite hill.

I can't see the appearance and age clearly, but the yellow dragon robe is something that people can see at a glance from miles away, it is definitely the pseudo-emperor Li Xuan.

Because in the puppet Tang thief army opposite, except for the puppet emperor Li Xuan, there will definitely be no second person who dares to wear yellow clothes!

Just like Emperor Zhengde, although he is also wearing armor now, he is still golden on the whole, and in the entire Ming army array, except for him, there will be no second person wearing it like this.

It's going to be an Emperor-to-Emperor showdown!

And today, only one emperor can leave this place alive!

Emperor Zhengde has already made a plan, today's battle, either to defeat the main force of the pseudo-Tang thief army in a battle, or his own defeat, and if he is defeated, then he will have no escape, and the final outcome is to die on the battlefield.

If the battle is defeated, not only the whole of Shandong, but even the entire north, including the Forbidden City, will not be able to resist the follow-up attack of the Tang army, even if he escapes, will he be able to escape there?

Therefore, if he is defeated, he will not flee, he will die here, and not only him, but all the courtiers present will have to die here with him!

When he thought of this, Emperor Zhengde looked around at the surrounding civil and military ministers, this time he personally conquered, but he brought out most of the civil and military ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

Personally brought them in order to prevent them from making trouble in the rear, otherwise, he Zhengde Emperor personally marched on the front foot, and they would dare to rebel on the back foot.

Take them with you, so to say take them with you, and even more so to monitor them nearby.

As for the defeat, Emperor Zhengde himself did not intend to live, but he did not intend to let them live either.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has fallen to this end, Emperor Zhengde does not deny that he has his own certain responsibilities, but he believes that the greater responsibility lies with these courtiers.

If the Zhu family dynasty is finished, they will also have to give the Zhu family dynasty a funeral, and he will never allow himself to be defeated and die, these guys will turn around and wagging their tails at the puppet emperor Li Xuan and beg for mercy, and then turn into an official of the puppet Tang Dynasty.

He, Zhengde, is not allowed!

The emperors of both sides were already present, and with Li Xuan sitting on the dragon chair, he gently ordered: "Let's start!" After that, the Datang Army moved first, and the first thing to start was artillery.

However, it was not to open fire, because the distance between the two sides was still a little far, and the range of the artillery was not enough, and the artillery had to continue to move forward and reach the predetermined artillery position before it could open fire smoothly.

The Ming army on the opposite side was not stupid, and when they saw that the Tang army moved, they immediately fought-for-tat, and their artillery took the lead in firing.

The Ming army had already prepared, and the artillery positions were also prepared in advance, as long as the Tang Army entered the predetermined firing range, they could open fire directly.

However, at this time, the gunners of the Ming army found that the artillery of the Tang army on the opposite side advanced faster than they expected, and the gunners of the Tang army did not directly push the artillery forward by hand, but directly used horses to pull the artillery to move quickly, and the first batch of artillery were relatively light five-pound field guns.

This is also an artillery battle plan formulated by the Datang Army in advance, in order to allow the artillery to quickly and safely arrive at the predetermined artillery position, in addition to the cover of the infantry, the artillery unit will also directly let the horses pull the artillery to move forward quickly.

The artillery units of the Tang army were advancing rapidly, and the infantry on the side also advanced accordingly and provided cover to prevent the cavalry or infantry of the Ming army from coming out.

At this time, the artillery of the two sides was actually quite far apart, but they were already able to effectively inflict damage on some of the opposing side's infantry phalanxes deployed in advance.

After the artillery of the Tang Army was in position, the 6th Infantry Division on the left flank also began to move, and the infantry slowly stepped forward to the beat of drums, neither fast nor slow. And above their heads, from time to time, cannonballs flew by, then landed on the ground in front of them, and then bounced up and rushed into the Ming army array opposite.

At the same time, the Ming artillery on the opposite side also fired at the Sixth Infantry Division, and many shells fell into the array of the Sixth Infantry Division one after another!

But none of this could stop the infantry on both sides from duel!