"Lord Qi, the Modao Battalion has arrived at the front line of Wuwei, and the latest information has come from the General Staff, General Wan Yi is preparing to launch a big war in the near future." On the shore of the lake in Nash Town, Li Xuanqing received urgent information from the General Staff Department.

Li Xuanqing silently considered the situation on the front line and said with a smile: "It seems that there is not much of a problem in the Hexi region. Xiao Si asked Xuan Yingwei to summon Yang Tiancheng to come to Fengzhou, and said that I had something to ask him to do. ”

As soon as Hu Xiaosi heard this, he immediately knew what he meant, and said with a smile: "Also, since the war on the Western Front has become clear, we can't slow down here." I immediately arranged for someone to deliver the order. ”

"Let's go, I found Chen Fan and Baoliang today, and asked Chen Yu to rush over from Xiazhou from Chen Yu, just to deploy in advance and let the army start to make tactical feints. How's it going on over there? It's the end of August now, and the summer in Saibei is almost over. Li Xuanqing stood up and walked with Hu Xiaosi.

"The personnel are already in place, and the first step is to provoke Li Keyong to fight with Liu Rengong, and it is estimated that it will be no fun, Liu Rengong let his son Liu Shouguang go to Taiyuan Mansion. But Li Congwei and Liu Rengong are now incompatible, and it is estimated that there will be a fight in the next two days, and once the war in Youzhou starts, it will inevitably affect the nerves of Li Keyong, Khitan and even Zhu Quanzhong and others in the surrounding area. I have already prepared the second step, and I arranged for Liu Rengong's troop deployment to be sent to Li Congwei, so it is not surprising that Liu Rengong is definitely not Li Congwei's opponent. Hu Xiaosi stretched his waist, stood up and Shi Shiran followed behind Li Xuanqing, and said with a smile: "With Liu Rengong's current relationship with Li Keyong, this guy will definitely send troops to Youzhou, and our plan will become one-third." ”

"My lord, they have arrived. Strange, how did Chen Fan arrive at the same time as them when he set off from Xiazhou? I heard that this guy seems to have fallen in love with a party girl recently, and he is chasing him every day, and he doesn't know if he has succeeded. Hu Xiaosi smiled when he saw a few people galloping in the distance.

Li Xuanqing smiled slightly, looked at the person who came, nodded, and said something inexplicable, "The affairs of the world are decided." ”

On the Wuwei front, Wan Yi learned that the heavy cavalry battalion had arrived in Lingzhou after resting for three days, and began to prepare for the big war. First of all, he changed the defensive posture in front of him, drove the main army out of the city, and relied on his brutal strength to squeeze the opponent from five miles outside the city to twenty miles behind, freeing up a battlefield enough for him to gallop.

However, I have to say that the combat effectiveness and endurance of these miscellaneous armies are really not good, these days under the defense of Wan Yi's dripping water has long been worn out of temper, at this moment to see the Tiance army out of the city, they put it but their hearts are empty, but at this time the direct troops of the Wen Mo people drove over, and the elite cavalry of 50,000 people suddenly made all the tribal coalition forces shut their mouths, and after the arrival of the main force, their morale began to recover, and they began to plan to decide the outcome of a battle.

More than 300,000 troops from both sides suddenly gathered in the west of the river, and the overwhelming camp tents under Wuwei City stretched for dozens of miles from south to north, almost blocking the eastern section of the Hexi Corridor. This great battle, which terrified all ethnic groups in the Northwest Plateau, was also about to break out, and the two sides began to arrange their troops and wait for the opportunity. Unlike the commander Yige sent by the Wen Mo people, who relied on the power of the allied forces of various ethnic groups, the Tiance Army's side is the invincible power and rainbow-like morale accumulated by successive victories, and after the arrival of various troops, it has become the largest force in the history of the Tiance Army.

In the tent of the commander of the Northwest Group of the Tiance Army, Wan Yi is making the final deployment, and the two sides have agreed to fight tomorrow, so the arrangement of the large array on both sides cannot be lost.

Wan Yi is a disciple of Zhang Tianhu and Ma Laosan, and he is definitely an expert in both his experience in facing the enemy and his knowledge of military formations, and the only purpose of today's meeting is to explain his ideas to everyone.

"This is the formation map that I and the General Staff of the Army Group have drawn up. In Tomorrow's First Battle, the Modao Battalion and the Heavy Cavalry Battalion will serve as the main force of the Chinese army and serve as assault missions. Specifically, the heavy cavalry battalion is in front, the Modao battalion is behind, Qian Laoliu led two infantry battalions of the Fourth Army Corps and a battalion of the special combat team as follow-up personnel, and the two of them transferred archers to supplement the special combat team, and formed a long-range strike force and a ballista brigade to build the first layer of firepower of the entire frontal battlefield to cover the assault of the heavy cavalry battalion and the Modao battalion, and the remaining infantry acted with the command platform. The four battalions of cavalry are divided into two parts, distributed on the left and right wings, the left flank is commanded by Hou Yong, which is three battalions, which are used as assault troops, killing the opponent's central army at critical times, disrupting the opponent's command center in one fell swoop, and the right flank is a battalion, whose combat mission is to carry explosives bags to break through the opponent's rear when necessary, create confusion, and block the enemy's retreat. Wan Yi pointed to the large map that had been moved to the center of the tent and explained: "In addition to the ballista brigade, the positions of the long-range troops should be arranged in a crescent-shaped formation to ensure that the strike force can be maximized. ”

"What this commander wants to explain is that the other side of this war is basically cavalry troops, especially the direct troops of the Wen Mo people, some of them are also equipped with iron armor, and they belong to a number of elite iron cavalry in the northwest region, I don't want the strongest team in the history of our Tiance Army to be defeated by these miscellaneous armies. To borrow Wang Dashuai's words, we can't lose to the Tubo people if we lose to anyone. This battle is a shame for Anxi, and the second is the great task of unifying the world for the lord, so everyone, including me, must do their best. The glory and disgrace of the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years are pinned on your hands, and those who offend me in the Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away. ”

"Okay, if you don't have any objections, start preparing immediately, and tomorrow we will leave the camp and prepare for war." Wan Yi slammed his fist on the desk and roared.

After the Tiance army was arranged, it began to act urgently, but Yige was holding a feast for all the tribes who came this time to attend the leading generals, ready to cheer up first, and then began to discuss tomorrow's war, for this kind of war of hundreds of thousands of people is actually not very effective in conspiracy, the two sides are really swords and guns on the battlefield to put down each other is the king, so Yige's mind is also very simple, the alliance of the eleven tribes on this trip is formed into three phalanxes, and the zigzag arrangement is in front, with one in front, two arches and two wings, He led the headquarters to press the formation. This kind of arrangement is actually very exquisite, using these people in the early stage to consume the combat power of the Tiance Army, and his elite iron cavalry attacked in one fell swoop at the most critical time to lay the foundation for victory. It's just that this method also has a drawback, that is, Yige's ideas are all based on tailwinds, if there is a headwind, then if the huge number of cannon fodder troops on the front line is scattered by the opponent, it is very likely to be reversed and completely disrupt the formation. But Yige has done this several times in the northwest, and he has been able to win every time, so this time he is full of confidence.

The feast lasted until late at night, and the generals began to return to their respective tents to rest contentedly after receiving orders and promises. On this night, the two sides agreed that the battle situation for tomorrow would also determine the ownership of the land west of the northwest river.

Early the next morning, both sides left the camp almost simultaneously and began to arrange their troops in preparation for battle. Compared with the Tiance Army, the array had already been arranged and arranged in an orderly manner, but the Wen Mo people were much more chaotic. There is no way that more than a dozen coalition forces are usually working independently, and at this time, it is already very capable of being able to unify the order and arrange all this. After the commotion for more than half an hour, Wen Mo quieted down, at this time the time had already passed, but the two sides were about to start at this time, Yige stepped forward, ready to find Wan Yi to catch up, the two of them in the Lingwu Army era several battles did not distinguish the winner or loser, and it can be regarded as an old acquaintance.

"General Wan, I haven't seen you for a few years, but your official is getting bigger and bigger. Why, what are you doing with a strained face when an old friend comes? Thinking that we haven't decided the winner in the last battle in Lingzhou City, do you want to try again today? Yige's Tang Yan said it very authentically, and when he saw Wan Yi coming to him, he couldn't help but smile.

"Yes, but not until you become my captive. Today, Ben Shuai is on the order of the lord to lead the Tiance army to recover the rivers and mountains of the Han family. Listen, from today on, Hexi is the world of my Datang, if you want to live in Hexi, you must abide by the laws of my Datang, and those who dare to disobey will be killed. Wan Yi's roaring voice echoed through the heavens and the earth, as if announcing the return of the Han family to Hexi after a hundred years.

"Very good, I want to see what you Datang use to recover Hexi." Yi Ge was dismissive of this, and immediately began to attack after retreating from the large array, and the three zigzag clusters in front of him began to roll forward, and the general attack began in an instant.

This scene made the generals of the Tiance Army on the opposite side stunned, but they could only bite the bullet and press the whole army, the Modao battalion and the heavy cavalry battalion on the front line all took countermeasures, and the follow-up infantry battalions and long-range troops launched an attack almost instantly, and thousands of crossbow arrows were overwhelming.

"The heavy cavalry battalion attacked, and the frontal group of 20,000 heavy cavalry battalions began to accelerate the impact, and the heavy cavalry needed time and distance to accelerate, so they began to set off almost at the same time as the first wave of crossbow bolts was fired. The front and rear rows, each row of 5,000 people in a large array, with the slow acceleration of the war horses, the unique and thick stainless steel horseshoe stepped out of the neat pace even overshadowed the other party's thousands of troops and horses for a moment.

As soon as the heavy cavalry battalion moved, the Modao battalion also began to act. Since the heavy cavalry battalion was lined up in the position of the arrows, and considering the problem of the need to respond to the need to turn back after the heavy cavalry battalion charged, the Modao battalion was divided into two parts and arranged on both sides of the heavy cavalry battalion, which also happened to form a layout similar to a zigzag. It's just that the number of Tiance Army's characters is much less than that of the Wen Mo people's coalition army, and for this reason, Qian Laoliu's two infantry battalions are no longer used as the Chinese army and long-range support troops, but follow the Modao Battalion, Wan Yi and Chen Fan's special combat team to merge ballista and hellfire brigade less than 20,000 people to form a temporary Chinese army, as a long-range strike support location, and the object of the frontal attack also began to adjust constantly during the charge, and gradually formed a huge formation similar to the Sharp Arrow Formation.

But all this is not the beginning of the battle, the Chinese army directly controlled by Wan Yi became the first wave of strike force, and the special operations brigade that went to the battlefield for the first time - the artillery battalion came into play, the speed and range of the mechanical crossbow made the surrounding large ballistae unreachable, this kind of crossbow bolts loaded with ignition devices were fired out by five hundred mechanical crossbows all the time, and the whizzing crossbow arrows flew into the charging Wenmo coalition formation with a long smoke ribbon across the sky, in addition to direct shots, Those small explosive packs tied to the crossbow arrows were also constantly exploding, and the sound of popping beans sounded in place, and these coalition forces came into contact with this strange weapon for the first time, and the same as the Tubo people back then, the war horses on the way began to be restless, and some knights began to lose control of their war horses, and the whole formation began to be chaotic.

When the mechanical crossbow itself was designed, it did not rely on these small explosive packs to kill the enemy, and the action test of the mechanical crossbow fired the most crossbow arrows in the shortest possible time, and the gear interlocking rotation system loaded on it allowed Li Xuanqing to see a trace of the weapons of later generations, and the one-piece arrow magazine design could ensure rapid reloading.

However, this is not the main weapon of the artillery battalion, the hundred behemoths in front of the mechanical crossbow are the main weapons of this battle, the second-generation improved explosive pack projection vehicle, this weapon that requires ten people to operate was originally a weapon that was eliminated by Li Xuanqing's order, the reason is that compared with his ideal artillery, this weapon is actually on another fork in the road, making the explosive bag into an iron ball and launching it through the guide rail, However, this semi-cylindrical open guide rail does not provide a stable trajectory for the explosive pack, and it is more complicated to operate than a ballista-modified projection vehicle. However, Chen Fan persuaded Li Xuanqing to equip a hundred after the test, and this time he was transferred to the northwest battlefield. The only advantage of this projectile is that the explosive pack can be used as a cannonball, the range has become longer, the power has become greater, and the rest is useless.

At this moment, these projection vehicles waved the red flag of the front-line commander, and suddenly fired one after another shells emitting sparks, and flew into the sky at a rapid pace, falling into the enemy formation in a parabolic shape. Fortunately, this kind of shell has not taken the old road, and under Li Xuanqing's words and deeds, it has already developed in the direction of flowering bombs in later generations, but its performance is unstable, and some may not be able to explode.

The 100 shells of "Boom Boom" suddenly exploded in the crowd, and the momentum brought up instantly stunned these coalition soldiers who had crossed the middle line between the two armies and began to be eager to bend their bows and arrows to show off their riding and archery skills. The billowing smoke formed columns of smoke as the shells weighing more than ten pounds exploded, soaring upward.

Compared with the first generation of explosives, this kind of artillery shell is also filled with a lot of steel nails, marbles, after the explosion scattered in all directions, forming a powerful shock wave, the cavalry around the center of the explosion was instantly swept away, and the screams and neighing of horses resounded throughout the battlefield.

Not to mention that the soldiers on the front line were stunned, even Yi Ge, who was in command of the Chinese army in the rear, was stunned, not understanding what this was and why it could have so much power, and the loud noise like thunder made him feel a sense of fear from his heart, and a sense of wonder about the prospect of war suddenly rose.

But the Tiance army didn't give him time to think, the second wave of shells whistled out again, the black cannonballs crossed a clear trajectory in the sky, and the things that kept flashing sparks made the scalp of the coalition soldiers who had not been bombed just now numb, and they spontaneously began to dodge without landing with these things, but there was no room to dodge when thousands of troops and horses charged, and forcibly letting the war horses change direction in the wild run was only a dead end, and the forward of the coalition army was completely chaotic at this time.

The sound of explosions one after another sounded again, and it also broke the hearts of these coalition soldiers. The shock brought by this new weapon was once again staged in the northwest, announcing the strong return of the Han nation after a hundred years.