There was silence around the banner of the Xuanzhou Army, and the atmosphere was very strange. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On Tian Yan's terrible gloomy face, a pair of gloomy eyes did not have the feeling of a spring breeze in the past, and a green tendon on his forehead was beating slightly, obviously annoyed to the extreme.

He knew that he had made a mistake, and when Yang Wu asked the Xuanzhou generals to dismount and accept Yang Xing's secret edict, he was taken aback and wanted to see Yang Wu's jokes without care.

He felt that Yang Wu's move must be self-inflicted, those generals had already followed him to rebel, how could he still listen to Yang Xingmi's edict?

Before the rebellion, it was not only An Renyi and Zhu Yanshou's two allies who gave him confidence, nor only the potential backer of Zhu Quanzhong in the north, he knew that those were just external forces, not his roots; What really gave him confidence was the generals under his command.

Before the rebellion, these generals either acquiesced or took the lead in encouraging him to rebel, plus a large number of literati such as Shen Wenchang, Yin Wengui, and Luo Zhixiang waved their flags and shouted for him, making him feel that he was popular with the people, and as long as he rebelled, someone would follow him. That's where his confidence comes from.

So at first, instead of stopping Yang Wu, he wanted to see the joke with interest. If you can humiliate Yang Wu in front of the two armies, you will definitely reduce the morale of the other party and increase the morale of your own side.

It wasn't until Sikong Guan and Tan Gang took the lead, and the rest of the generals dismounted one by one and bowed to the ground that he felt that something was wrong, but at this time it was too late for him to stop it. After all, he is also a person with a big status, and everything has already happened, and it will be even more humiliating for him to jump up and down in anger to stop it.

Of course, with Tian Yan's city government, he naturally would not have a seizure at this time, and after only a moment, he smiled faintly: "King Yang is naturally generous and tolerant; However, Ben Shuai's tolerance will not be worse than him. If the generals want to surrender Huainan, the commander will never stop him, but will take good care of your families! ”

The generals' hearts were cold, and they suddenly sobered up a lot, most of their families were in Xuanzhou, if they surrendered at this time, maybe it would bring disaster to their families, they didn't want to try Tian Yan's tolerance.

"The last general and others were all generals under King Yang in the past, and they received some favors from him, so when they saw the edict, they forgot for a while, and asked the marshal to forgive their sins. The last general will follow the commander to the death, and dare not betray! The generals hurriedly fell to the ground and pleaded guilty.

Seeing their expressions, Tian Yan guessed their thoughts, and knew that if they were temporarily stabilized, if they could win one after another in the future, they would definitely not betray, but if they continued to lose the battle, the next thing would be a little bad.

"If only you knew. What's more, don't forget, when you first started the army, everyone agreed with it, and now King Yang may be able to tolerate everyone when he is there, but when King Yang is gone, will his successor still be like this? ”

When everyone heard this, a cold sweat broke out, most of them are only in their thirties now, but Yang Xingmi is in his fifties, he must have died in front of them, and Yang Wuke, who will succeed him in the future, will not be so easy to speak, so they will not surrender unless they have to.

Maybe he knew that the matter of taking the lead in dismounting and worshipping just now had already hurt Tian Yan, and he wanted to make up for it, at this time, Sikong Guan and Tan Gang glanced at each other, and asked for his life: "Big marshal, please allow the last general to lead the troops to fight, take the lead for the big marshal, and break the enemy army!" ”

It is impossible to fight a big battle of tens of thousands of people at once, especially in this situation where the forces of both sides are evenly matched, and neither is sure that they can defeat the other in one fell swoop, so there will be some temptation at the beginning.

And Tian Yan's side did not expect that there were so many Huainan troops before the battle, and the morale of his side was greatly reduced by the fact that the generals dismounted and surrendered just now, so at this time, he also hoped to frustrate the courage of the other party and restore his own morale in the pre-war trial.

Sikong Guan and Tan Gang are both heads, each with a thousand soldiers, extremely brave, it is also a good choice to let them take the lead, and at this time, Tian Yan also wanted to appease the second general, so he nodded and said: "The courage of the two generals is commendable, and they will definitely be able to take on this task and make a good start for our army!" ”

After receiving Tian Yan's military order, the two generals each led their troops out of the battle and slowly advanced to the Huainan military formation. And behind them, Tian Yan personally led five thousand elites to suppress the formation.

On the other side, after Yang Wu returned to the battle, Tai Meng caught up with a smile and said: "The prince has a great plan, he has defeated the enemy army in one fell swoop, and our army has already gone down the city before the battle!" ”

Yang Wu shook his head with a smile and said, "Although the plan just now can defeat the enemy army slightly, but the real victory over the rebels still depends on loyal and brave soldiers!" Yi Tian can only do it, presumably this strategy is not difficult for him, and he should send people out to fight our army next. ”

"What the son of the world says is very true." Tai Meng nodded in agreement.

After a while, the war drums in the Xuanzhou army formation on the opposite side sounded, and the infantry of 2,000 people formed four formations according to the battalion and slowly advanced forward.

Yang Wu turned to look at the generals under his command: "Who wants to lead his troops to meet the enemy?" ”

As soon as the words fell, two people came out, "The last general is willing to lead his troops to fight." ”

Yang Wu saw that these two people were his cronies Fan Sicong and Chen Fan, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "The two generals are going to battle, if they can defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop, they will definitely promote you to be the commander!" ”

In this short period of time, he was promoted too quickly, and in just a few months, he was promoted from a commander in command of 3,000 people to a commander in command of an army of tens of thousands.

Although they can be forcibly promoted with their own connections, it will make them have an unstable foundation, so they have not been promoted too much. However, if the two of them can make this contribution today, no one can say anything if they take the opportunity to promote.

Fan Si got Yang Wu's promise from the two, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly returned to his department. After a while, under the dispatch of the battalion commander, captain and other officers, they were also divided into four army formations, and slowly marched forward with the sound of war drums.

Yang Wu ordered Mi Zhicheng to lead 5,000 soldiers to suppress the battle for the two, if the two generals were defeated, then he would come forward to respond, if they won, they would take the opportunity to cover up. He also asked Hou Zan to lead the cavalry to protect the flanks and prevent the other party from sneaking attacks, so he led the guards and Tai Meng and other generals to watch the battle patiently.

After a while, the vanguard of both sides began to fight. The Xuanzhou Army is in an inverted triangle formation, that is, the three battalions in front are arranged in parallel, and the one battalion in the back is placed in the middle. This formation is dignified, and the main force is placed in the middle.

And Yang Wu's side is also in a dignified formation, and even an arrangement with the Xuanzhou military. In Yang Wu's view, Fan Sicong and Chen Fan's subordinates were also trained by him at the beginning, and he was still very confident in the soldiers he trained.

On the other hand, the Xuanzhou army's side was already mixed with too many recruits because of last year's large-scale recruitment, which led to a decline in the army's combat strength, coupled with the continuous defeat during this period of time and the previous dismount to obey Yang Xing's secret edict, their will to fight is definitely not as good as their own side.

Sure enough, when the battle had just begun, the 2,000 people of Chen Fan and Fan Sicong continued to push forward, squeezing the opponent's formation again and again, causing some commotion in the Xuanzhou military formation, which was barely calmed down under the repeated shouts of Sikong Guan.