Chapter 52: On the Eve of the Decisive Battle

After the Anshi Rebellion, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty completely lost control of Wei Bo and other military towns, and had to admit its independence, and its festival degree envoy could even be hereditary, the emperor had no choice but to marry the princess to the festival envoy as his wife, Wei Bo army had more than 100,000 soldiers at its peak, and its elite soldiers were thousands, brave and good at fighting, and they were the elite of the world, known as "Wei Bo tooth soldiers". The so-called "tooth soldiers" refer to the personal soldiers under the command of the Jiedu envoys, these people are the strong and powerful warriors carefully selected from the whole army by the Jiedu envoys, giving them the best equipment and the best treatment, these people do not obey the Tang government, only obey the Jiedu envoys, they are veritable private armies, and some of the Jiedu envoys also use the tooth soldiers to control the army and hundreds of officials.

The selection of elite soldiers to serve as tooth soldiers was a common problem in various feudal towns at that time, and among the many feudal towns, the tooth soldiers of Weibo Town were the most elite and the most arrogant.

Wei Boya's soldiers were known in history as "thorns", and when they were slightly dissatisfied, they encouraged middle and lower-level officers to send a mutiny, abolishing the old Jiedu envoys and establishing new Jiedu envoys. And the Jiedu envoys became their puppets, and these people were simply the manipulators of the situation at that time, so they were called "Chang'an Heavenly Son, Wei Boya Soldiers".

And Han Wen is preparing to use the hands of the national army to wipe out all these proud soldiers. And these tooth soldiers, who were originally going to use knives, learned that they were coming to the front line, and they were eager to try one by one, and they didn't take the national army seriously.

On the night of the coalition camp, the tooth soldiers clashed with the local forces. It started with a tooth soldier stealing the wine and meat of a militia leader, which led to a conflict between the two sides. These people did not hesitate to use their knives, which angered these civilian soldiers at once. The two sides saw that they were going to fight hard, and Han Wen rushed to persuade the people's army to retreat. The situation is under control, and Wang Jingchong, who learned about the situation, has a big head, how can these uncles get it!

Han Wen came to see Wang Jingchong in Xuan's tent, "Uncle, these people are going to cause you trouble these two days!" Wang Jingchong smiled bitterly, "Virtuous nephew, these uncles of yours are not easy to serve!" ”

Han Wen smiled, "Uncle, be patient for a day, tomorrow you will serve them with good wine and meat, and after tomorrow, these people will take the lead, and then the commander can line up the archers behind him, if these people retreat, they will shoot arrows randomly!" ”

Wang Jingchong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, "Virtuous nephew, why do you want to act like this?" "Don't hide it from my uncle, these people are in Bozhou for a day, and my father and son will be afraid for a day! Every day, I am afraid of offending these masters, if I don't let them come this time, I am afraid that my father and son will die! And in this war, my father and son also intend to use the hands of the national army to get rid of this scourge! "Okay, then Yixian nephew!"

Early the next morning, Han Wen came to see Wang Jingchong again, "Uncle, I will leave for Bozhou today and recruit some soldiers for my uncle!" "Okay, nephew and go!" Hanwen said goodbye and led people out of the camp, and Hanwen turned north, twenty miles away from the camp, and hurried to the national army camp in a big circle.

After noon, the group rushed to the National Army camp. The men of the Bozhou Commercial Bank who accompanied him showed the waist card of the Jinyi Guard to the guards. The group was taken to the big tent, and Li Jie and others came out of the tent to greet them.

"Thank you Gongzi for planning and helping me succeed! Lonely grateful! Li Jie stepped forward and bowed, Han Wen was shocked and hurriedly knelt down to give a salute, "I dare not be ashamed!" How dare His Highness Lao give such a big gift! ”

Li Jie stepped forward to help Han Wen: "Childe's several plans are really powerful, and hundreds of thousands of people on both sides of the enemy are listening to your dispatch!" His Royal Highness laughed! The group entered the tent and sat down on both sides. Li Jie introduced his subordinates to Han Wen, and Han Wen gave a salute together.

Li Jie said: "I don't know if the son is here this time? Han Wen arched his hand and said, "I have persuaded Wang Jingchong, so today the coalition army will not launch another attack, tomorrow will be led by my Bozhou tooth soldiers, followed by the infantry and civilian army of the three towns." They will continue to attack, the Bozhou Ya soldiers are extremely fierce, and the number of coalition troops is far more than His Highness, I don't know how His Highness will deal with it! ”

Li Jie was stunned: "Childe, but I have been miserable!" Everyone was silent! Tomorrow will be a fierce battle, and the slightest mistake may lead to the destruction of the entire army! Li Jie pondered for a long time and said, "Although the number of coalition forces is greater than ours, they belong to several families and do not belong to each other, so their combat effectiveness will be reduced. Tonight, Lone immediately sent people to dig a ditch in front of the battle to block the enemy's attack. Tomorrow, the pikemen will line up in front of the sword and shield soldiers, and all the archers will line up behind the formation, and the personnel will be divided into three groups to take turns firing, so as to ensure that arrows are shot down on the enemy formation at all times. The 5,000 cavalry attacked the enemy's left and right flanks at the right time, and used the roundabout formation to kill the enemy with crossbow arrows. The firearms battalion is ready and ready to strike at any time. All ministries must work together to fight to the death and not retreat! Ming said that it was the decisive battle of whether our army could gain a foothold in the three towns! Everyone got up and bowed their hands in unison, "Oh! ”

In the camp of the coalition army, Wang Jingchong also convened the generals to discuss. "Tomorrow, we need to work hard to move forward, and after breaking the enemy, the whole army will enter Weizhou, and we will not seal the sword for three days! Flee the battle! At this time, a general stood up, "You and other incompetent people, three days have not entered an inch of land." It's really laughing out of the big teeth! When it is said that our army will attack, let you wait to see what is a war! ”

The camp was in an uproar, and everyone was angry. Wang Jingchong was about to get angry, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be the tooth soldier general brought by Han Wen. Thinking of Han Wen's words, he smiled slightly: "Then how about tomorrow's general as a pioneer!" The man raised his head, "Tomorrow I will lead the tooth army into battle, let you wait to see how powerful my tooth army is!" "I left without looking back.

Everyone looked at Wang Jingchong, and someone shouted, "Dashuai, such a madman deceives people too much!" Wang Jingchong smiled and said, "Since they want to die, let them take the lead tomorrow, and if they escape tomorrow, the various departments will shoot arrows randomly!" Everyone was overjoyed, "Handsome! "Tomorrow, all the troops must work hard to move forward, and if there are any escapees, behead!" Wang Jingchong said. Everyone bowed their hands together and said, "Follow the commander's order!" ”

In the evening, the tooth soldiers provoked trouble again. A captain with a meaty face led people to a group of Henghai who were roasting meat, and without saying a word, he drove people out, carried the roasted mutton and left. The soldiers of the Heng Navy stepped forward to stop them, and these men took out their waist knives and were about to cut them. The soldiers of the Heng Navy also pulled out their waist knives, and the two sides confronted each other.

"Stop, what are you doing!" With a shout, a horizontal naval officer rushed over, "Put away the knife!" "The officers looked at the tooth soldiers like dead men, and turned to the soldiers of the navy and drank." General, they robbed us of something. The officer said to the soldiers, "Take the things, and don't come to our camp again." ”

One of the lieutenants of the tooth soldiers nodded arrogantly, "Peep!" You're sensible! "Turn around and take the people and leave." Checkmate! The horizontal naval soldier said again, and the officer waved his hand, "Tomorrow's battlefield will be like a tooth soldier retreating and shooting arrows!" When the soldiers heard this, they all bowed their hands and said, "Oh! ”

Another group of tooth soldiers broke into a camp of the people's army and robbed them of all the wine and meat, but the people were slashed and wounded five people in an argument with them, and the people were furious and surrounded the group with weapons in their hands. The generals of the People's Army rushed to the army and sent the tooth soldiers away in anger.

All of a sudden, these tooth soldiers offended almost the entire coalition army, and the entire coalition army hated them to the core.

At night, many people were digging trenches in the dark, and Li Jie asked for two and a half steps wide and one person deep! Many soldiers were inexplicable, but the discipline made them still firmly carry out the order, and a large ditch gradually appeared, and all the excavated soil was piled up on the side of the national army, and there was a low wall in the invisible. It's just that half an hour has been completed, and Li Jie ordered the troops to be collected and returned to the camp to rest.

It was dawn, the sun was smiling, and the sun was shining warmly on everyone's body. Many people don't know that this will be the last time they will enjoy the sun. The entire coalition camp was in a hurry, and the soldiers were preparing to eat. In the tent, Wang Jingchong said to the generals of the tooth soldiers, "General Wang, your department is the vanguard, opening the way for our army!" The man arrogantly arched his hand, "Without working on you, my tooth soldiers can destroy those people!" "The color of arrogance is beyond words! The crowd didn't say anything, just looked at him coldly.

Wang Jingchong smiled: "Then there will be General Lao!" The man haughtily bowed his hand, and turned around and walked out of the tent. After he came out of the account, Wang Jingchong opened his mouth and said: "The generals will lead their men and horses to follow him, if their attack is successful, they will immediately follow up and completely destroy the national army, and then shoot the tooth soldiers to death with random arrows!" If its attack fails and retreats, all parts will shoot arrows! Be sure to annihilate them all! "All the generals will give their hands together"! ”

"It's time to eat! It's time to eat! ”

The soldiers rushed to eat, and as they ate, they looked at the Tooth Soldiers' garrison with hatred. At this time, the tooth soldiers did not know that they were about to be in trouble, and they still drank wine and ate meat unscrupulously, and laughed loudly.

It's no wonder that these soldiers are rampant, these people are indeed much stronger than many soldiers. Since the establishment of the Ya Soldiers after the Anshi Rebellion, it has almost never been defeated. They were initially established by the Rulers, but their arrogance reached its peak with the abolition of the Rulers. In their eyes, human life is not worth anything.

The whole army had already lined up in formation, but these tooth soldiers were still eating and drinking, and it took a while for these people to get up lazily. But when they stepped on the horseback, it was as if they had changed into a different person, and a powerful murderous aura burst out from them. The glue breathed down on the militia soldiers next to him, and he couldn't breathe. Wang Jingchong and the others couldn't help but be taken aback, no wonder these people are very arrogant, they have arrogant capital.

The seven thousand tooth soldiers were like one person on the horse, and these people did not look at the others, and under the leadership of their generals, seven thousand men rumbled out of the camp on horseback.

In the camp of the National Army, countless soldiers clenched the weapons in their hands. They know that today's battle will decide their fate and it will also determine the fate of their families. They couldn't afford to lose this battle, and some of the soldiers were sweating in their nervous palms.

"Your Highness has arrived!"