Fengqiu, the marshal of the Northern Expeditionary Army camped (Fengqiu was written as Dunqiu before, and it is corrected here). Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Marshal, the battle report came from the vanguard army, and the Chu Ge Department launched an attack on the rebels in Xiuwu City on February 16, and the rebels held on for two days and surrendered the city, and our army captured more than 2,000 people; On the same day, Li Siye's troops also attacked the rebels in Wuzhi City, and the rebels had a complete will to defend the city, and our army stormed the city for five days, broke through the city, killed more than 2,600 rebels, captured 300 prisoners, and seized countless grains, grasses, baggage, and ordnance and equipment. At present, the Chu Ge Department has advanced to Yinzhou, Li Siye has advanced north to Xinxiang City, and the Zhao Ting Department of the Beiting Army has started from Yangwu to the north, approaching Xinxiang, and the Xinxiang rebels are attacked from three sides, lest they be besieged, so they retreat to Weizhou overnight, and our army does not spend a single soldier to capture the new county seat! ”

The generals and officials in the hall all nodded their heads when they heard these battle reports, it has only been a few days since the start of the war, and they can break through the rebels' long-established defense line in such a short time, and this combat power can only be done by the elite men and horses of the Beiting Army.

Zhao Ziliang asked: "What is the movement of Cui Qianyou's department in Dangyuan (now Hebi) and Li Huaixian's department in Puyang?" ”

Wang Can hugged his fists and said: "Cui Qianyou is stepping up his war preparations in Dangyuan, and a large number of ordnance materials have also been transported from Yecheng to Dangyuan, Chaoge and Liyang, but An Qingxu has no sign of increasing Cui Qianyou's troops; Li Huaixian in Puyang did not move, but increased the looting of the surrounding people, Li Huaixian did not repair the city in Puyang, and the drill of soldiers and horses was carried out very diligently! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, looked at the officials and generals in the lobby, and shouted: "Henan interview envoy, Li Yuan, King of Wu!" ”

Li Yuan was draped all over his body, stood up with the hilt of his sword and hugged his fists and said, "The last general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Shannan Dongdao Jiedu makes Laiyao, Linhuai Jiedu makes Helan Jinming!" ”

Lai Yao and Helan Jinming also stood up and hugged their fists and said: "The end will be!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "The three of you are the Eastern Route Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army, with Li Yuan as the main general, Lai Yao and Helan Jinming as the deputy generals, commanding the Eastern Route Army to advance north and attack the front line of Puyang and Weizhou!" ”

The three of them clasped their fists and said: "Take the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang instructed Sima Chen Qing on the march of the Marshal's Mansion: "Give Li Guangbi an order, order Fugu Huaien to lead his troops to capture Luzhou Shangdang, send a letter to Chu Ge and Li Siye, change the forward army to the Northern Expedition West Route Army, and the main force of our army is the Northern Expedition Middle Route Army!" Order Chu Ge's troops to capture Yinzhou as soon as possible, cooperate with Li Siye and Zhao Ting's troops to take Weizhou, and the remaining generals will lead the army to attack Huazhou with me! ”

Everyone stood up and said in unison: "Obey!" ”

On February 20, the middle route army marched north under the command of Zhao Ziliang and penetrated directly into Huazhou, with 200,000 horses and horses, of which the main force of the Beiting army was 30,000 people, including the Youyi army, the heavy cavalry army, the bow cavalry army, and the escort army, and the rest were all Henan troops.

In the face of Zhao Ziliang's approach of 200,000 Middle Route Army, the rebel general Cui Qianyou had to lead the main force to Huazhou to meet the battle, otherwise the rebels of Weizhou, Gongcheng and Chaoge would be in danger of being cut off from retreat, and Liyang in the north would also be directly threatened, and the only way was to have a decisive battle with Zhao Ziliang's Middle Route Army in Huazhou.

And this is also Zhao Ziliang's purpose, forcing Cui Qianyou to lead the main force to the decisive battle in Huazhou, in this battle, who can gain the advantage, the next big battle will be easy to fight, if Zhao Ziliang is defeated, he needs to retreat to Kuangcheng, Sujube and Fengqiu.

On February 25, the 200,000 Middle Route Army of the Tang Northern Expeditionary Army arrived in the vicinity of Wangjia Village near Huazhou, only ten miles away from Huazhou City.

Cui Qianyou only has 100,000 horses in his hands, and they are not all elite, half less than Zhao Ziliang's middle route army in terms of troops, and they are much inferior in combat power, which Cui Qianyou knows very well, but even so, he has to lead the army to take the initiative to meet Zhao Ziliang, which is the only way to reverse the unfavorable situation.

Winning more with less has always been a record that many generals in the military hope for, this kind of record can be called brilliant, but there are very few who can really win more with less, this kind of record generally does not happen, and it will happen in a specific environment and time, for people like Zhao Ziliang, how can Cui Qianyou be given the opportunity to win more with less?

Now Zhao Ziliang has 200,000 horses in his hands, although the 170,000 horses of the Henan army are not as strong as the main force of the Beiting army, but they are much stronger than the rabble of the rebels. Zhao Ziliang was more cautious, but he did not formalize the form of war, he sent a large-scale outpost team to conduct a large-scale reconnaissance within a radius of nearly 50 miles, so that the rebels could not secretly make small moves, and at the same time ordered the whole army to be charged, and did not give the rebels a chance to break through.

Until Zhao Ziliang led the army to approach Huazhou, Cui Qianyou did not find a suitable opportunity and the flaws of the Tang army, he had to fight a decisive battle with Zhao Ziliang, now even if he wants to withdraw, it is no longer possible, the cavalry in Zhao Ziliang's hands is too elite, and now retreating will only be chased by the Tang army all the way to death.

At this time, the third large-scale battle between the Li Tang army and the Yan army was held, the first time in Yecheng, Xiangzhou, which ended with the defeat of the Tang army and the disastrous victory of the Yan army, and the second time did not fight, Zhao Ziliang led the main force of the 11th Beiting Army to force down Yin Ziqi's 300,000 rabble.

Cui Qianyou's character is like a stone in a pit smelly and hard, once he has his own ideas, he will no longer hear anyone's opinions, and will stick to the end, even if he finally realizes that his insistence is wrong, he will be wrong to the end, at the same time, this person is extremely arrogant, eccentric, difficult to get along with others, and has almost no friends, so the generals don't like him very much, and they don't obey him very much, but Cui Qianyou is a military talent, otherwise it is impossible to defeat Bi Sichen, Li Guangbi, Ge Shuhan, Gao Xianzhi and others.

On 27 February, the two sides set up positions in the south of Huazhou City, preparing for a decisive battle. On the battle array, flags are unfurled, gongs and drums are noisy, and the endless flags of various flags, Daxu, and banners are all over the battlefield within a radius of more than a dozen.

"Marshal Qiqi, all our soldiers and horses are ready to fight at any time!" Chen Qing ascended the handsome platform and reported to Zhao Ziliang with a fist.

Zhao Ziliang didn't make a sound, he kept observing the rebel army formation with a telescope, the morning sun had just come out, and there was still a hint of coolness in the air.

Zhao Ziliang observed for a while and found that there were some abnormalities in the rebel formation, and the rear of the rebel army was motionless, as if it was painted in a picture scroll.

Zhao Ziliang put down the binoculars and frowned, and shouted, "Wang Can, is your information wrong?" Is it true that the rebels only have 100,000 horses, including 30,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry? ”

Wang Can walked over and hugged his fists and said: "Marshal, there will be no mistake in the military information that the detailed workers are probing, this information has been confirmed by many detailed works!" ”

"That's weird!" Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, picked up the binoculars again and looked at the rebel army.

"Huh-" Zhao Ziliang finally discovered the situation this time and confirmed his speculation, and immediately said: "Bring the map!" ”

A personal soldier immediately brought over a roll of maps, and Zhao Ziliang opened the map and exhaled after looking around.

The generals next to him all looked at Zhao Ziliang, and Cen Shen asked, "Dashuai, what did you find?" ”

"I said how dare Cui Qianyou dare to fight me, it turns out that he still wants to secretly send someone to raid me, wanting to increase the chances of victory!" After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he pointed to the rebel army formation and said: "Look at Cui Qianyou's army formation, do you see the 20,000 cavalry behind the army formation?" Those 20,000 cavalry are fake! Those are just scarecrows wearing armor and riding on wooden horses, only the 10,000 cavalry on the left and right flanks of the army formation are real! ”

"This ······" The generals were surprised when Zhao Ziliang heard this.

Xuan Ba, the envoy of the Youyi army, scolded: "I'll rub, I said that Cui Qianyou's brain is rusty, he doesn't deploy the cavalry in front of the army formation or on both wings, but deploys 20,000 cavalry in the rear, and when the fight really starts, how can he really use 20,000 cavalry?" It turns out that the 20,000 cavalry is a fake! ”

Someone immediately asked: "Since the 20,000 cavalry is fake, where did the real 20,000 cavalry go?" Could it be that Cui Qianyou has hidden these 20,000 horses, and when the real all-out battle begins, these 20,000 horses will be killed, and then all our soldiers and horses will be pressed up, and there will be no extra troops to stop the rush of these 20,000 horses in time! Even if we leave enough troops to prevent emergencies, but 20,000 cavalry suddenly kill, our army will definitely be in a hurry to meet the battle, and it will inevitably be in a hurry when the time comes, and the outcome will be unpredictable! ”

Everyone couldn't help sweating on their foreheads when they heard this, and they were glad in their hearts, fortunately they found it in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Someone immediately asked: "Where are the 20,000 rebel cavalry now?" ”

Zhao Ziliang pointed to a place on the map and said: "If my expectations are correct, Cui Qianyou's 20,000 horses must be hiding here!" ”

Er Zhu, the commander of the guards, was surprised: "Baliyi? Isn't this place in our military defense zone? Cui Qianyou has the courage to hide 20,000 cavalry in our defense area? ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "We are dark under the lamp, this Bali Post is between Puyang and Kuangcheng, the men and horses of the East Route Army have rushed to Puyang and Weizhou, and there is no brigade of our army to Puyang in the short term, even if there is, it is just some messengers and the like, as long as the troops are sent to control the surroundings of Baliyi, come and catch one by one, the news that the rebels are hiding here will not leak out, which is also the reason why Cui Qianyou should hide these 20,000 people here, our outposts and fine work are arranged in the west and north, To the east is our defense zone, and Cui Qianyou has officially taken advantage of this blind spot! Now that these 20,000 horses have come to our side, without further ado, we must take the initiative to send a large army to intercept and defeat these 20,000 rebel cavalry! Xuanba, you take your 13,000 guerrilla army to search to the east, take the initiative to meet the 20,000 rebel cavalry, and you must defeat them! ”

"Command!" Xuanba hugged his fists and agreed, flicked his cloak and turned around and ran off the handsome platform, turned over and left. (To be continued.) )