"Bang, bang, bang......"

A group of Luoyang troops, lined up in a neat queue, majestic and high-spirited, crossed Tongguan City and went to the battlefield in Guanzhong. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This situation has been going on for more than a month.

Tongguan, a place where soldiers must fight.

The people who live in Tongguan are most familiar with the army. And the Luoyang Army is undoubtedly the team with the strictest military style and the strictest military discipline that the people of Tongguan have ever seen.

Recently, from morning to night, the team has not been broken. There are countless people who can't see it, and the people who are watching have counted their necks, but they still can't see enough.

"Let's go, go get food."

"Don't be in a hurry to receive food, wait to see the Tielin Army!"

"What do you think? Can the Tielin Army let us see it? Let's go, get the food. The person who spoke dragged his partner away.

The war is imminent, and the Tongguan area is under full martial law.

From the west gate of Tongguan to Hu County, Hongnong County, all martial law is prohibited.

During the martial law period, the people living in the Tongguan area were not allowed to leave Tongguan in the west, enter Guanzhong, and enter the Kanto region.

Such a move is not only to ensure the smooth passage of the armed forces and avoid leaking military secrets, but also to prevent rumors from spreading falsely and causing unnecessary panic.

In every war, the local people suffer the most. In order to appease the people, Liu Mang ordered that the people living in the war zone should be given grain and rice per capita every day.

The people live on food.

Although the food distributed is not much, it is what the people need most. Being able to receive free food, the people are naturally reluctant to leave, and the people's hearts are much more stable.

The queue to receive the grain was long, waiting for the people to receive the food, whispering about the upcoming war.

"Hey, I've lived here for decades, and for the first time, I think it's good to fight!"

In the past, when there were wars, it was the army that went to the people's homes to collect grain, and even robbed it. This time, the people were of course happy to be given out for free.

"Yes, yes." Someone chimed in. "In the past, when I fought wars, I always looked forward to finishing them quickly. This time, I hope to fight slowly, hehe......"

"Do you want to do beautiful things?" Someone said disdainfully. "The momentum of our officers and soldiers, it's not that I haven't seen it, as soon as the fight starts, the Xiliang army will be cowardly! This battle will not be fought for long! ”

"Yes, alas! It's a pity that after the war, there will be no free food. ”

"Not necessarily......" an old man whispered.

"Uncle Dou, how can you say cowardice?" Most of the young people are devoted to the Luoyang Army and are dissatisfied with the old man's statement.

"That's right, Uncle Bean. The officers and troops will definitely win! I'd rather receive less food, and I look forward to the officers and soldiers beating up the Xiliang chop as soon as possible! ”

"When I didn't say it......" Uncle Dou didn't speak, but kept shaking his head. The Xiliang army has been in the Yongliang area for a long time, and the older people know the strength of the Xiliang army, and they don't believe that the Luoyang official army can easily defeat the Xiliang army......

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In Liu Mang's headquarters, personnel go back and forth, but they are not noisy. It could even be said that the courtyard was a little unrealistically quiet.

Although there is confidence in victory, this decisive battle of Yongliang will be the largest war experienced by the Luoyang Army.

Not counting Lantian and Zuo Fengyi, in the Guanzhong battlefield alone, the total number of troops invested by both sides exceeded 300,000, plus the mobilized people, the participants were as many as one million!

This is destined to be a war of unprecedented scale and a bloody battle.

Both sides are cautious in their quest for victory.

Several staff members were in front of the map, busy marking the deployment of our troops on both sides.

The map used by the Luoyang Army was an invention of Shangguan Wan'er.

On the huge map, there are many small bamboo signs. On the bamboo plaques, some are marked with the number of troops, and some are marked with the names of the generals of both the enemy and us.

Bamboo plaques vary in size and color. The size of the bamboo card can distinguish the number of troops. The color of the paint can distinguish friend from foe and distinguish between the troops.

It is clearly and eye-catching. Even if you stand a little farther away, you can see it at a glance.

Liu Mang is accustomed to standing in the distance and looking at the map, so he can see the whole picture.

On the map, with the west of Zheng County as the boundary, from south to north, there are dense bamboo plaques.

To the west, until Chang'an, are the departments of the Western Liang Army; To the east, until Tongguan, are the departments of the Luoyang Army.

It's just that in the center of the map, on the south bank of Weishui, west of Zheng County, a large blank space is exposed. On behalf of the area, neither side has deployed troops.

Liu Mang's gaze was always staring at this blank. And Liu Mang's worries are also here.

There was a rush of horses' hooves, and Guo Ziyi, the acting commander of the Luoyang Army, who went to the front line to check the enemy's situation, strode in on behalf of several relatives.

"My lord." Guo Ziyi crossed his hands and saluted.

"Ziyi has worked hard, sit down and drink saliva."

"Thank you, Lord." Guo Ziyi was not in the mood to drink water, pointed to the map, and reported: "The enemy is very cautious, although the enemy's main force of iron cavalry, although crossing Bashui, still stationed on the Hongmen line, did not continue to move east. ”

The place pointed out by Guo Ziyi is the blank location on the map.

The enemy is too cautious!

In order to win this battle, Liu Mang and his staff spent a lot of time and energy to conduct a detailed analysis of the possible situation, which can be regarded as a strategic plan and a decisive victory thousands of miles away.

However, war is a game between two sides, and the enemy will not act exactly according to his own ideas.

Moreover, there will be many uncertainties that will affect the development of the war situation.

Xiliang's main iron cavalry is a major uncertain factor.

Yang Guang poured everything he had, and the heavy iron cavalry he created, how well he trained and how effective it was, Liu Mang and his subordinates could not fully grasp it.

However, dealing with the heavy iron rider is not out of order.

The Luoyang Army had its own heavy cavalry, the Tielin Army.

After the last battle of Yongliang, Liu Mang held a special meeting to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the heavy iron cavalry. This time, based on the previous experience and lessons, we studied the method of dealing with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

Heavy Iron Rider, poor maneuverability, slow speed. The armor worn by the men and horses is extremely heavy. After each expedition, regardless of whether or not you participate in the battle, you must repair and maintain the armor in time, which requires extremely high logistical support.

The Luoyang Army has abundant iron resources, master-level craftsmen such as Qi Wuhuaiwen, and an advanced logistics support system. However, with such superior conditions, Liu Mang and the generals still believe that the 5,000 Tielin Army is the limit. Taking into account the situation in all aspects, it is not appropriate to expand the scale of the Tielin Army.

Yang Guang fell for Liu Mang's plan of "arms race", made a desperate bet, went crazy, and desperately developed a heavy iron horse.

The logistical support conditions of the Xiliang Army cannot be the same as that of the Luoyang Army, which is the weakness of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

Ideally, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry would be lured away from the base camp of Chang'an, making it more difficult to supply and logistically support. With the deepening of the war, the enemy's weak maintenance and support system will become a bottleneck and restrict the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. Let the ace main force that the enemy relies on to win become a heavy burden.

However, the enemy did not act according to his own plan, and Yang Guang refused to push the iron cavalry forward, what should he do?