Although the sun had risen at this time, the red early sun emitted a warm light that illuminated the earth, so that the soldiers on both sides in this wilderness really saw their opponents for the first time.

Although each other knew each other's existence in the previous night, because of the darkness of the night, even if the two sides were only two or three miles apart, most of the soldiers on both sides did not see each other's existence.

The only ones who have come into contact with each other are the scouts on both sides!

The generals on both sides could only judge the reality of the enemy army based on the situation that the scouts had inquired about.

But now, they are both exposed to the sun, giving each other a full view.

"These pseudo-Tang thief armies on the other side don't look simple!" In the Ming army array, a middle-aged general wearing a full set of brand new armor stomach rode on a horse, looking at the Datang New Army array in front of him, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Didn't you say that they only had two or three hundred people stationed here, and so many soldiers of the puppet Tang Thief Army who came out were transferred from the Lanjiang ferry overnight?" A Ming army thousand households next to him were also frowning.

At this time, another person said: "This still needs to be asked, it must be from the Lanjiang ferry, according to the information we have collected in the past few months, those pseudo-Tang thief troops have a total of three or four thousand people, most of them were on the side of the Lanjiang ferry before, and the movement of our crossing of the river last night was not small, they must have noticed it, and it is reasonable to transfer troops overnight!" ”

Another humane: "But look at the number of these pseudo-Tang thief army is full of eight hundred, and the pseudo-Tang thief army is only three or four thousand people in total, and they have to send people downstream, so to speak, on the side of the Lanjiang ferry, the strength of the pseudo-Tang thief army is afraid that there are no two thousand!" In this way, wouldn't our troops crossing the river head-on at the Lanjiang Ferry have great hopes! ”

"It's just that the Lanjiang ferry is relaxed, I'm afraid it's not easy to fight here, you see these pseudo-Tang thief army, the whole army is the same between actions, the queue is incredible, and they are also equipped with a large number of muskets and armor, these thieves must be the elite of the pseudo-Tang thief army. And there will not be many such elite pseudo-Tang thief army, according to my opinion, the pseudo-Tang thief army must have sent all the elites to our side! ”

Hearing this, many people fell silent, this army was reorganized by Song Zhiwen in recent months, and most of the generals were also generals who participated in the last Lanjiang Campaign, and these generals were quite familiar with the combat effectiveness of the puppet Tang thief army.

In the face of so many elites of the pseudo-Tang thief army, although their strength is three times more, it is really hard to say whether this battle can be won.

It's not that they lack confidence, but in the last Lanjiang Campaign, the firearms of the puppet Tang thief army left a deep impression on them.

Every time they think back to the original beachhead charge, they can't help but be afraid!

Rows of soldiers fell under the blows of various firearms of the puppet Tang thief army, especially the kind of flowering bombs thrown by the puppet Tang thief army at the end, and they took away the lives of the soldiers in groups, that scene was really terrible.

They are afraid that today will also repeat the horrors of that day!

The middle-aged general who led the army saw that his subordinates were silent one by one, and some of them even showed fear, so he couldn't help but snort coldly: "We have been practicing hard for several months, and we have built a lot of defensive strength. As long as we rush to their front and rely on three times the number of soldiers, we will definitely be able to kill these pseudo-Tang thief army! ”

Speaking of this, he raised his voice and said: "The last time we lost was because our army was blocked on the beachhead and could not be deployed, and now we have crossed the river, we can move freely on this battlefield, and we no longer have to be trapped hand and foot, not to mention, we also brought a full thirteen bowl cannons this time, with such sharp weapons in hand, this battle will be won!" ”

His words also reminded everyone, yes, now they are leading the recruitment of soldiers who have been training hard for several months, not those guards, nor those serf guards. In addition to the elite soldiers, they also carried a large number of huge shields and shield carts specially used to defend against the puppet Tang thief armament, and there were thirteen bowl cannons to help in the battle!

What's more, they didn't cross the river this time!

They have successfully crossed the river, and they don't have to be blocked by others at the mouth of the pond to beat them last time.

This time, they were standing in the vast wilderness on the west bank of the Lanjiang River, so that they could fight a dignified head-on battle with these pseudo-Tang thief troops.

In this case, the puppet Tang thief army has no geographical advantage, and they can't be opportunistic!

The outcome of both sides will be determined by the actual strength of both sides!

And there are 2,500 people on their side, huge shields and shield carts available, and more than a dozen bowl cannons to help in the battle, no matter how you look at this battle, there is a great hope of victory.

After figuring it out, these people regained their faith again!

Seeing that his subordinates re-showed their expressions with confidence, the middle-aged general led by him also nodded slightly, and secretly said in his heart: The military heart is available!

However, although he restored the confidence of his subordinates, he still carried a heavy heart in his heart.

As the commander of the whole army, he knew better than those subordinates that the 800 enemy troops he needed to face were the elite main force of the puppet Tang thief army.

At the same time, he is more aware of the pressure he is carrying!

The army of 10,000 people that Xingquan Mansion put together this time is only 7,000 people who are really in the regular army, and the remaining 3,000 are all young and strong people who are temporarily recruited, and many of them don't even have weapons, so they can only be regarded as people's husbands.

Of the 7,000 regular troops, the guards accounted for most of them, and the remaining 3,000 were recruits.

The combat effectiveness of the guards is not good, this is obvious to all, even Song Zhiwen did not put the hope of victory on these guards, but on those recruits.

Of these 3,000 recruits, except for 500 left by Song Zhiwen to serve as the main force of the Chinese army, the remaining 2,500 people are all here.

And their task is to cross the river, defeat the interception force of the puppet Tang thief army, and then go straight to the Lanjiang ferry, and join those guards and Qingzhuang who crossed the river head-on to completely destroy the puppet Tang thief army at the Lanjiang ferry.

So as to achieve the goal of defeating and even annihilating the puppet Tang thief army.

And to achieve this goal, we must first defeat the eight hundred pseudo-Tang thief army in front of us.

Just as he was thinking in his heart, the others suddenly said, "Look, they are coming!" ”

Looking up and looking ahead, I saw that the eight hundred pseudo-Tang thief army had been lined up in a tight formation and slowly approached, and the distance between the two sides was less than three hundred meters at this time.

This distance already means that the battle between the two sides will be on the verge of breaking out!

He did not hesitate, and immediately gave the order: "Command the drums and attack!" ”

At the same time, on the side of the new army of the Tang Dynasty, Hao Bonian, who was riding on a horse in military uniform, also looked at the Ming army array in front, and when he saw that the Ming army took the initiative to go up to the front and rear, he also raised the waist knife in his hand, and at the same time issued a combat order: "Musketeers are ready!" ”