Finally, the Chinese army of the Yuan army appeared in front of him, and the Meng army had already moved forward to the right side of the Yuan army, just opposite Yu Zhilong's department, and the handsome banner of the first was quickly set up in front under the protection of the front formation, and the Han army of each department was guarded around as the Chinese army. The Tian rebels were placed on the left side of the Yuan army.

To the north of the city are vast fields, with no rolling hills, only patches of woods, wilderness, and patches of farmland, with occasional farmhouses scattered among them. A few streams meandered from the mountains to the west, passing through patches of farmland and then flowing into the distance, the streams were neither deep nor wide, and people and horses could wade directly through them.

This open field is a perfect battlefield.

The two armies gradually lined up in formation, and Liu Zhengfeng was lined up relying on the city and the camp, facing north and facing south.

Marshal Du also marched from yesterday, in order to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers, all the way slowly, this benefit to Linqu is only seventy miles, fast horses do not need a day to arrive, soldiers can also arrive in a day of rapid march. He also ordered the army to camp and rest after marching about 50 miles yesterday. Today, after dawn, the whole army started after dinner, and walked slowly, and it was already the middle of the year when they arrived here.

Shortly after the march to the camp today, the scouts reported that most of the rebels had left the camp and began to set up a formation outside the camp, as if they were going to fight the officers and soldiers head-on.

was also stunned at first, looked around, and couldn't help laughing, and some close subordinates made fun, and stepped forward and said, "Why are you laughing?" ”

"I laugh at the ignorance of thieves, and they dare to fight in the field with the officers and soldiers!"

Gu Kai was beside him, and Shi Li said, "Please also ask for advice?" ”

He also smiled slightly and said, "The adults are in the Chinese position, and the matter of the army must not be much." Although there are many of these thieves, most of them were from peasant families a dozen days ago, and they did not know the battle formation at all, and they did not know the method of swords and guns. Although the scouts reported that the enemy army had practiced hastily for several days, according to the general, it seemed that he was just in a hurry, and if the two armies really faced each other, they would just be chickens and dogs. ”

After Gu Kai heard this, Shi Li said: "As the adults said, it is the luck of the officials and the army, and the blessing of my dynasty." Xia Guan first wishes the adults a success! ”

He also said loudly and angrily: "Lord Gu, just stay by for a while, and when our army arrives, see how Ben will break the enemy!" Everyone, cheer me up, it depends on your ability to win the previous battles! ”

"I am willing to serve the death of adults!" The generals around him shouted loudly.

After the two armies were finished, they also arrived in front of the battle first, the pergola of the hand tower, looking at the opposite side, at this time it was the middle of the day, the sun was shining, the Yuan army was facing the south and the back was north, and the angle of sight was not very clear due to the influence of the sun. Scouts everywhere beat horses back and forth like flowing water.

Looking at the thickness and width of the anti-thief's array, combined with the scout's returns, it is also estimated that the opponent's soldiers and horses are about 10,000 people, slightly more than their own number.

However, no matter how many anti-thieves there are, they don't take it to heart first, just like what Gu Kai said, these opponents who have not been strictly trained are just their own combat exploits, and a group of pigs and dogs are not as good as mud legs, they deserve to be cheap! In this world, only the Mongols are the true masters.

Today, I will use my own war knife to teach these restless Han dogs a hard lesson!

I also think that after the end of this battle, should we consider slaughtering a city, and remind the Han people in Shandong to understand who is the master here. I heard that two years ago, the commander slaughtered Xuzhou, and now the people there are much more honest.

However, before leaving, many officials in Yidu City have suggested that it is better to exterminate the thief army and stabilize the local people's hearts, after all, in recent years, there have been many bandits in the mountain road area, not only the people are miserable, but also the local gentry, and the wealth of the court magnates is also greatly reduced. The slave finally took the word of the crowd.

obliquely glanced at Gu Kai, after this civil official from the capital arrived in Yidu, he often nagged in front of King Yi about the truth that the boat was carried by water and the boat was sunk, and he was tired of listening to King Yi and himself, if it weren't for his close relationship with the prime minister, he would have given him a face a long time ago!

If what this Han official said is really reasonable, how could it be that we won the world in the first place? I heard that this Lord Gu was admitted to the imperial examination, and I don't know why the prime minister is so fascinated and must reopen the imperial examination? These sour Confucians, who can only recite poems and fill in lyrics and boast and talk, have harmed the former Jin and Song Dynasty, and still want to disturb the dynasty in my Great Yuan Dynasty?

retracted his thoughts, and settled down first. Now that the arrow is ready to fly, I have to send it, and it is tight to solve the anti-thief in front of me first!

A wave of heralds came over to report on the position of each department, and at this time, each department had already discharged a neat phalanx, and the officers and officers of all sizes kept shouting in front of the formation, urging the non-commissioned officers of the team to cheer up and align the arrangement of the front and back, left and right. Compared with the anti-thieves on the opposite side, the phalanx of the official army and the righteous army is like a tofu block, horizontal and vertical, especially the formation of the Chinese army, which is strict and dense, and the swords, shields, bows and arrows are in order, and almost all of them are Han troops here!

also wait for the generals to carefully watch the opponent on the opposite side. There are not many thieves who can still maintain a stable formation in front of a strict army formation and a stable military mentality. After nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command were laid out in this field, they were mighty and mighty, like a thick city wall, with various large and small phalanxes standing neatly and quietly, guns and halberds like a forest, and the snow was bright and dazzling.

At this time, except for a clarion of orders, the officers and men of all departments were silent, and all kinds of flags were waving in the wind, and only the heralds galloped back and forth.

With such a strong military appearance, he was very satisfied with it at first, but seeing that the opponent's soldiers only arrived on their own side and completed all the phalanxes in place, the formation was unnaturally chaotic, and then with the encouragement of some officers, they gradually stabilized the formation, and dared to face their own large formation again.

I can't help but admire the opponent a little, so that I can restrain the whole army in front of me not to disperse, not to mess up, and I can barely be my opponent!

"Look, my lord! The left flank of the anti-thieves seems to be the calmest, and the commotion just now in the formation of our army is the smallest, especially the banner is not chaotic. "An adjutant is on his horse, and he will show it first. I also noticed that the left wing of the anti-thieves was the most stable, and the anti-thieves of other departments were more or less disturbed about the prosperity of their own troops, and the banners were also chaotic for a while, only the left-wing anti-thieves were outstanding, and the array was obviously more regular.

When the two armies met, they watched each other's enemy formations, and the characteristics and rigor of the enemy's formations were the first thing to observe.

Immobility is as obvious as a mountain in the military duel. The morale of the soldiers and the strength of the control of each part are directly reflected here.

"My lord, it seems that the thief's left wing has strong control, but I don't know how powerful it is?" The main book behind the first is also the road.

"Well, this thief is indeed different, but how powerful it is remains to be seen!" At first, I was a little disdainful.

At the beginning, the sesame plum in Xuzhou was known as 300,000 people, and they didn't know the depth of fighting with the 100,000 army of the prime minister in the wild. As a result, not long after the two armies faced each other, Sesame Li was defeated, and hundreds of thousands of troops were killed. These anti-thieves in front of them are estimated to be about the same!

"Who is the left wing of the thief army?" Although there is some contempt at first, it is still necessary to understand the other party before fighting.

"The banner is the thief army in the Zhilong Division." An adjutant stepped forward to answer.

"Yu thief?" was also slightly stunned, "Didn't the Intelligence Department say that there were only 2,000 thieves, how could it seem that there were more than 3,000?" ”

He also had a long time in the army and was experienced, and he estimated the approximate number of soldiers and horses from the Zhilong Department based on the thickness and length of the array, as well as the number and density of flags.

"It should be that the Intelligence Department made a mistake in the investigation, after all, the thieves are treacherous, and there are also people who conceal some people." The lieutenant hastened to explain. The director of the intelligence department is his brother-in-law, and the two are in the same spirit, so they can distinguish between them at this time, so as not to punish them first.

"Probe!" also glanced at him first, this deputy general is also his confidant, and he doesn't want to delve into it here, "Ask if there is a specific enemy situation upstairs." ”

There are hundreds of households who climbed the hanging tower of the Chinese army, climbed high to lookout, and came down after a while to say: "Marshal, the left wing of the thief army is quite thick in the array of thieves, and the thief camp in the rear is faintly like a man and horse, and the number is unknown. ”

He paused, and then said: "The thief army is divided into left, center, and right, and each army has about three or four thousand soldiers and horses. After the Chinese army, some thieves were also seen, and their banners were messy, and the number is unknown, but it is estimated that it is nearly 1,000. ”

After a while, there were a number of probes and horses to come over to tell the banner, the left wing of the thief army was Yu Zhilong and Zhao Shibu, the middle army was Liu Zhengfeng and Yu Shichang, the right flank was Qin Zhanshan and Wan Jinhai, and the rear army was Liu Qi and Xiahouen. There are some thieves left in the camp outside the city, the number is unknown, and the thieves in the city are already in a defensive situation, etc.

After listening to them one by one, a cavalry general shouted to Yexian for battle: "My lord, please allow my troops to fight first, and not to break the army formation of the anti-thieves, and my subordinates are willing to accept military law!" "Speaking this person is the chief general of the Yuan Cavalry, named Li Zhenxiong, the official commander of the guard pro-army Tang Wuwei, Zheng Sanpin, the ancestral home of the Xixia people.

After Genghis Khan's several expeditions to the Western Xia Kingdom, the Western Xia was finally completely incorporated into the territory of the Yuan Dynasty a hundred years ago. The local inhabitants were often recruited by the Mongols into the army, went south to Dali, and went east to the Central Plains, and had many military exploits. Li Zhenxiong's ancestors once entered the Mongolian army, because of the meritorious officials rose to 10,000 households, to Li Zhenxiong's generation, the son inherited his father's business, and now serves as the commander of the Tang Wuwei in the 34 guards.

There are also Kipchawei, Guichiwei, Xiyu Wei, Kangliwei, Left and Right Asuwei, Long Zhenwei, Xuanzhong Hanroswei, in addition to the mighty Asuwei, Xuanzhen Suwei, Goryeo guards and so on. The Tang Wuwei was the first Semuwei established by the Mongols, and its command was one of the most important among the various Semuwei.

In order to exterminate Zhang Shicheng, Prime Minister Tokh has led most of the guards to the south, this time it is Yiwang Mainu considering the huge results of Yan Chi's Yuan cavalry against the anti-thief battle last time, but the Yidu Army itself no longer has a large number of Yuan cavalry, and the limited Yuan cavalry has basically been transferred to the Gaoyou battlefield.

With Hama's instructions, the Privy Council considered that the anti-thieves had already been attached to the army, and in order to exterminate the anti-thieves as soon as possible, they agreed to send the remaining Li Zhenxiong's subordinates. Tang Wuwei had an establishment of about 3,000 people, except for a small number of people stationed in Beijing, most of whom followed Li Zhenxiong south to suppress bandits.

In order to strive for the suddenness of the battle, the Privy Council specially informed the slaves and arranged for Li Zhenxiong's troops to rush to Yidu to meet on the day of the departure of the Yidu army. This Li Zhenxiong thought that he had not gone south with the prime minister of Tokto, and had lost a great opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and these days in Dadu's house were sighing for a long time, borrowing wine to drown his sorrows, but unexpectedly, the Privy Council suddenly issued an order, ordering him to lead the army to Yidu Road, Shandong, to participate in the conquest and suppression of Linqu thieves.

At this time, Li Zhenxiong felt that it was really like seeing the sun, the so-called lost east, harvested mulberry, thinking that these anti-thieves on Yidu Road had just been attached to the army, and it was less than a month, how much combat power could they have? After he led the Yuan Cavalry to join, it was like another kick on a broken grass house, and the battle merits were not secured!

In accordance with the strict orders of the Privy Council, Li Zhenxiong controlled the speed of the march all the way, paid attention to saving horsepower, and finally arrived at Yidu City yesterday to converge. After buying slaves, they were naturally overjoyed, with these two thousand yuan horses, it was at least equivalent to an increase of six thousand Han troops!

Now, seeing the anti-thieves on the opposite side who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, not only did they disdain it first, but Li Zhenxiong even sneered, so he directly asked for the battle first.