Li Xuanqing's "Chang'an Declaration" thoroughly inspired the hearts of the people and the army of Tiance Mansion, and the troops in various localities began to actively go to various places to make final preparations amid the cry of common hatred and hatred of the enemy and the unification of the world. And the first to open the situation was the Wan Yi Department closest to the base camp. After surrounding Shaanzhou City, Qian Laoliu led the infantry brigade to attack the city, while Shi Jian changed all his cavalry to roam around, cutting off the connection between Shaanzhou and the eastern capital Luoyang, and completely isolating Shaanzhou City.

Qian Laoliu's infantry brigade began to formally attack the city three days later, that is, on March 18, 891, after clearing the positions left by Niu Cunjie and Zhu Zhen on the periphery, at this time Zhang Guihou and Wang Yanzhang of the southern front also led troops into Jingzhou Province and officially started a war with the Tiance army stationed in Anzhou, which was also the first team of the Xuanwu army to attack the jurisdiction of Tiance Mansion when the Tiance army summarized this grand battle that lasted more than a year.

Since Xue Yang and his Southern Front Group Army were still assembled in Shannan Province at this time, there were hardly any field troops in the entire Jingzhou Province, and only Yang Yi's construction team and a National Guard were stationed in Anzhou and Ezhou. After the news was transmitted to Xue Yang's camp by the Anzhou defenders, Xue Yang could no longer wait for the rest of the team to gather, and threw all the follow-up men and horses to Xu Ying, and he and Li Yang led the third battalion and the fifteenth battalion of Jingzhou soldiers to immediately pull out, starting from Wanzhou to throw off all the baggage troops, in addition to the outpost to convey military orders to the states and counties along the line to prepare the necessary dry food, at an astonishing speed from Wanzhou through Kuizhou to the Xiazhou area where the two provinces meet, In just four days, this infantry brigade of more than 20,000 people walked more than 500 miles of mountain roads, and after a little rest and replenishment in Xiazhou, it once again rushed forward wildly, passing directly through Du Hong's defense area, and the team of more than 20,000 people waved the banner of heavenly policy and righteousness, forcing Du Hong's Jiangling defenders not to dare to move, and watched the other side cross their own defensive ground and march away.

After arriving in Yingzhou, this well-known long-legged army almost died without stopping, relying on its own legs to stage its own tricks again, bypassing Anzhou City regardless of it, directly inserting into the rear of the Xuanwu Army to completely cut off the contact between the other party and the Zhongzhou region, and then counter-charge, attacking Zhang Guihou's rear army position from behind, and the Xuanwu Army was caught off guard, and the Anzhou City that was originally at your fingertips was temporarily abandoned, and Wang Yanzhang's shot directly left a huge hole in the wall of Anzhou City. However, they still had to abandon Anzhou and return to the north to prepare to recapture the logistics and transportation line.

In this barbaric march that lasted ten days, the elite troops of the Southern Front Army led by the third battalion ran a brilliant record that stunned everyone, forming a total of more than 1,000 miles in ten days, and an average of more than 100 miles a day, not counting the rest time, so that after the war, the soldiers of the third and fifteenth battalions began to despise the cavalry team, and their own infantry could run out of cavalry speed, so what do you need cavalry for?

But at this time, more than 20,000 people led by Xue Yang were firmly on Zhang Guihou's soft underbelly, because Yang Yi resolutely implemented the policy of clearing the wilderness in the Anzhou area, and this place was originally the hardest hit area of schistosomiasis, the people were miserable, there was no surplus food to feed the army, and all the logistics baggage of his army needed to be transported from the neighboring Zhongzhou area, and now the logistics line was cut off, even if he took Anzhou, there was no way, and he would fall into the embarrassing situation of the other party surrounded on all sides and the lone army going deep.

Xue Yang did not stop after cutting off the opponent's logistics line, and took advantage of Zhang Guihou's opportunity to adjust the formation of the army to completely disrupt the rear army in one fell swoop, driving the rearguarded army to the Chinese army, and using the opponent's chaotic troops to disperse the Chinese army's formation, thus completely destroying the Chinese army.

However, in the crisis, Wang Yanzhang showed his demeanor as a famous general, when Zhang Guihou could not contain the rout of the front line, he personally led the guards to come forward to block, and forcibly reorganized the rout before Xue Yang's army was in battle, and he personally broke off, and Xue Yang and Li Yang fought viciously for 30 rounds, and the two of them retreated step by step, forcibly recovering the defeat of the original collapse of the First World War, leading the army to fight and retreat, and retreating from the city of Anzhou to the foot of the mountain between Suizhou and Anzhou to reorganize the army.

Although Xue Yang did not do his best in this battle, he successfully forced Zhang Guihou into a situation where there was no way out, although he relied on Wang Yanzhang to collect the rout, but he lost the army of more than 70,000 people, and countless soldiers died at the feet of his own people under the impact of the chaotic soldiers, which made Zhang Guihou's face gloomy, and he wanted to rely on his own side to defeat Xue Yang's main force, and then go north to support Niu Cunjie, but now it seems that the hope is in vain. In desperation, he could only transfer all the last 50,000 mobile troops in the rear, relying on the strong numerical superiority in an attempt to force Xue Yang to retreat, stabilize his defensive line, and squeeze the forces of the Tiance Army out of the Jingzhou area.

At this time, the first to launch the battle of the Western Front also achieved results, relative to the Xuanwu army needs to hide and do not dare to use gunpowder, the Tiance army at this time is really into the gunpowder era, the latest selected black powder after three purifications of the power has been very considerable, after several rounds of continuous blasting, the city defense of Shaanzhou was completely collapsed under the attack of the epoch-making blasting weapon of the blasting cylinder, the Modao battalion and the infantry battalion almost rushed into Shaanzhou, strangled the Xuanwu army.

Niu Cunjie and Zhu Zhen have no way to compete with the Tiance Army that uses blasters to open the way, and compared to the Tiance Army, which already has a complete set of mature gunpowder weapon use system, the Xuanwu Army lacks too much, and many people only want to imitate the Tiance Army to use explosives bags to turn the tide of the battle, but once the other party does not give you the time and space to turn the tide of the battle, this weapon becomes an ornament. Under the slaughter of the Modao battalion, the Xuanwu army was routed, Zhu Zhen was captured by Qian Laoliu and his life on the front line, and Niu Cunjie led the defeated soldiers to retreat to the central state area.

After Wan Yi was taken in Shaanzhou, he did not stop and directly led his troops to crush Niu Cunjie to the territory of Henan Mansion, and only slowly stopped his footsteps after the defenders of Luoyang went out to meet Niu Cunjie.

These two starting battles greatly boosted the morale of the Tiance Army, and Wang Houchun and Yang Tiancheng, the main forces that had not moved for a long time, and Youzhou and Youzhou coincidentally began to mobilize a large army to enter the territory of the Xuanwu Army and start a general attack, but because this aspect is also where the main force of the Xuanwu Army is located, its results are not as smooth as these two sides. Moreover, after the Luoyang defenders and Niu Cunjie converged, Wan Yi was also blocked, and Zhu Youwen personally led the Praetorian Guards to meet Niu Cunjie, which also boosted the morale of the front-line soldiers.

On the contrary, Xue Yang confronted Zhang Guihou in the northeast area of Anzhou City at the end of March 891 after the follow-up main force arrived at the front, and the two sides began to plan to fight a regular field battle after Zhang Guihou opened up logistics and communications. Moreover, for Xue Yang's characteristics of being good at long-distance attacks, Zhang Guihou adopted the method of dealing with the Shatuo people in the past, using the fortress to deal with the rangers, shrinking his main force into a group, preventing and dealing with small-scale impacts, and making Xue Yang unable to find a good opportunity to start for a while. However, frontal field battles are not the commander's specialty, so the dominant southern front makes the commander sad.

"I said can you not do this, if the lord sees it, he will definitely scold you for being hypocritical, isn't it that you can't fight a surprise attack. Could it be that our Tiance Army has been fighting for so many years, and it is not as good as your sneak attack classics? Xu Ying couldn't help but be a little amused when she saw Xue Yang frowning and walking around in the big tent, and she was helpless about her handsome thinking.

However, Xu Ying has also been fascinated by this kind of vertical and horizontal style of play since he and Xue Yang participated in the battle of Mianzhou in Chengdu, and said with a smile: "Didn't the lord say it last time, there are conditions for fighting on the battlefield, and there are no conditions to create conditions, if you really want to fight, then ponder and see if there is any way to lure Zhang Guihou to take the bait." However, Xu Ying is obviously not optimistic about his proposal, now he is a 50,000-strong army, but the other party has 150,000 people, more than three times his own, if he changes to Zhang Guihou, he will not give up the opportunity to fight in the front, destroy the opponent in one fell swoop, and thus defeat the mobile force of the southern front.

"Why don't you design a bait tactic?" Xue Yang pondered for a long time and said a little uncertainly: "Brother, you come to help me analyze and analyze, let's try to see if we can sneak attack the other party's logistics supply line again." ”

"What is your purpose? This Zhang Guihou is no one else, this person has no other skills, he is still very good at holding steadily, and he also has Wang Yanzhang to help. Can we sneak attack once, can we sneak attack twice, they are not stupid. Xu Ying shook his head, he was helpless about Zhang Guihou's turtle temperament, if he and Chen Fan played against him, it was estimated that a war would not be fought for half a year, and the two would compete to defend and counterattack.

"No, brother, do you think what is the purpose of Zhu Quanzhong sending this group of men south to Jingnan? Occupy Jingnan? Before the northern line was not decided, the battle for Jingnan belonged to the competition for leftover materials and would not affect the overall situation. But Zhang Guihou has concentrated 150,000 troops here, Zhu Quanzhong's head is not good, can't Xie Tong see it? And the pillar like Wang Yanzhang is still here, so people have to make people question. Xue Yang shook his head and said.

"Then do you think Zhang Guihou has other missions?" Xu Ying was shocked by what he said, stared at the map and frowned and asked.

"I have a guess, you see how far away is your current position from Luoyang? How far is Zhu Youwen's Praetorian Guard plus Niu Cunjie and our Chang'an? Xue Yang said the question that he had always had in his heart.

"You mean that Zhang Guihou originally planned to shoot illusory in Jingzhou and then go north to attack Chang'an?" Xu Ying was frightened by Xue Yang's speculation, and asked, "It's just that they didn't expect our speed to be so fast, and we could run from Shannan to Jingzhou in just ten days, so they will be deadlocked here." God, if that's the case, then we have to beat Zhang Guihou no matter what, otherwise Chang'an will be completely exposed under the other party's teeth. ”

"Brother, don't worry, although Xie Tong's plan is good, don't forget, there are two of the lord's central garrison battalions, but they are still in Guanzhong at this time." Xue Yang clapped his hands and said, "I guess maybe Xie Tong's feint was unexpectedly interrupted by some unpredictable factor, and he failed to attract the strength of these two battalions to other directions, so this kind of situation that is not embarrassing or embarrassing will be formed now." ”

"In that case, what can you do? Isn't your brain a piece that only thick and pure can match? Got an idea? Xu Ying asked.

"I originally had a plan, but I needed a lot of troops, at least the battalion directly under us needed to cooperate, but now we have a total of 50,000 people, so it's very helpless to say, our Tiance army has a total strength of more than 600,000 people, but it is still far from enough." Xue Yang smiled bitterly: "Originally, my idea was to try to drag Zhang Guihou, and then lead the light cavalry to make a detour north and make a surprise attack with Wan Dashuai to take Luoyang City, so that the situation will be reversed, and the base camp of the Xuanwu Army will be exposed under our noses, which will cause chaos in the overall situation and create opportunities for all sides." When I was in Chang'an, I mentioned it to the lord, but the lord seemed to have some concerns, so he didn't transfer the direct battalion over. ”

"The lord is worried about the north." Xu Ying understood Li Xuanqing's concerns, and said, "If the iron cavalry in the north hits Fengzhou, how big a blow will it be to us?" ”

Xue Yang nodded and said, "I don't want to think about this problem now, I still eat hairy pigs without Butcher Zhang." After complaining, he continued: "Let's continue the bait fishing tactics I just had, I mean not to attack Zhang Guihou's main army, but to attack his supply depot - Zhongzhou. ”

"Zhongzhou?" Xu Ying stared at the location of Zhongzhou on the map, and then understood what the other party meant, gritted his teeth and said, "You kid is deliberately trying to use Zhang Guihou." However, being able to control the battle situation and make absolutely correct judgments behind enemy lines is not possible for the rest of us except yourself. You're not really going to go on your own, are you? ”

Xue Yang originally wanted to speak, but after seeing Xu Ying's eyes, he hesitated, he was the boss, if he disappeared, it would be easy to arouse the suspicion of the other party, and his own tactics must maintain the suddenness of the battle, attracting the other party to disperse troops to return to help, so as to gradually annihilate the opponent's living force and consume the opponent. If the other party perceives in advance, there will inevitably be countermeasures, and if the time comes, if you are determined to destroy the troops in front of you, it will be a big trouble, and if you really want to destroy the opponent's living force at that time, it will not be the opponent's living force, but your own living force will be broken by the opponent one by one.

"Otherwise, what do you think of Li Yang? He's a newcomer, and no one will notice him. Xue Yang asked Xu Ying's opinion.

"Well, let's go to him and see how he reacts, and you can remind him by the way, and if it is suitable, let him and the third battalion set off immediately. You and I are responsible for the front, dragging Zhang Guihou. Xu Ying nodded.

"Okay, that's it. It looks like we're going to surprise the world again this time. I don't know what the main guild rewards are. Xue Yang said with a smile.

"Rewards? Why don't I talk to my lord about finding you a daughter-in-law? I heard that the lord has a plan for you bachelors to solve lifelong problems. Xu Ying's words made Xue Yang shrink his neck, and the words that came to his mouth were swallowed back at once, giving Xu Ying a laugh.