The imperial forbidden army that entered Lingzhou City through Wenchi and Anle had more than 50,000 foot cavalry, which was also all the soldiers and horses of the Northern Route Army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info This time, Li Congjing personally conquered Hexi, with 100,000 cavalry, and was all the army in front of the palace in the sequence. As for the guards and pro-army, except for a small part that went to sea with Mo Li and followed Guo Wei to control southern Xinjiang, the rest half went to the Youyun line in Luoyang and half to the Youyun line, intending to support the defense lines of Yunzhou Datong and Youzhou and Raozhou, and resist the offensive of the Khitan and Tatar departments. It can be clearly seen from Li Congjing's troop deployment that the strategy of the Tang Dynasty in this battle is to attack and defend, take an offensive against Hexi, and take a defensive position against Youyun.

This is also a relatively prudent strategic arrangement in the case of two-front operations. At present, there are almost no people who are full of weight in the army who are accompanying Li Congjing, except for Sang Weihan, Xie Yugan, and Zhu Xuan, especially those who became famous during Li Congjing's reign in Youzhou, Wei Dao, Du Qianshu, Wang Pu and others, all went to the front line of Youyun this time to command the military aircraft of Youyun. Because of this arrangement, it is not difficult to imagine that in this battle of Hexi, many newcomers from the staff offices at all levels will emerge and become an important force in the army.

In early October of the third year of Dingding, the army in front of the palace arrived at the outskirts of Lingzhou City.

The terrain near Lingzhou City, which is generally a flat river, is in the same vein as the three hundred miles of flat land at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, but after about twenty or thirty miles to the northeast, the terrain will be undulating, and the southeast direction is more flat, and the army in front of the palace is from the southeast to Lingzhou City, passing through a flat road of fifty miles.

With such a terrain, if the scouts use it better, there is no room for tactics, and there is no space to seize various strategic points of all sizes, which makes the battle of Lingzhou unconcealed from the beginning, and it is a hard-fought battle in broad daylight.

The forbidden army has been fighting in the north and south for many years, and it is natural that they are too familiar with this kind of war to be familiar with it.

Of course, having said that, sporadic battles to remove local obstacles in the early stage are still inevitable. For example, Shi Jingjiao's troops met the vanguard of the forbidden army, and after a few battles, they were defeated and left, intending to lure the vanguard of the forbidden army into the depths of the forest, and then burn it with fire, but the vanguard of the forbidden army did not eat this set at all.

There are a lot of such things, and it took a lot of energy for the forbidden army to find out every inch of land in the suburbs and suburbs of Lingzhou City, but because of this kind of thing, the forbidden army has always done a lot, but it has not consumed too much time.

On October 12, Li Congjing arrived in the suburbs of Lingzhou City.

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Shuofang Lingzhou City, the west wind is cold in October.

In terms of climate, Shuofang is dry and irritable, and the yellow sand breaks through when the wind rises, and there are no clouds within a thousand miles. However, the three hundred miles of land at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, and dozens of miles around Lingzhou City, have different styles. Over the past 100 years, due to the needs of the tuntian, the border army dug the river as a canal, diverted water for irrigation, planted forests all over the place, and opened up fertile fields, making this place comparable to the south of the Yangtze River.

The sun is on the head, illuminating hundreds of miles of mountains and rivers, Haotian is vast, the sky is blue like washing, the stratus clouds are like shuttles, and the green silk is flying into the sky.

On the fields with a radius of more than ten miles, thousands of soldiers are camping, digging earth for moats, building soil for walls, cutting down trees, building fences, dividing partitions, setting up camp tents, and sorting out baggage...... The busyness is in full swing. There are also foot riders who set up battle formations in front and rear, and are ready for battle.

The wind rolls his clothes, the white horse neighses, Li Congjing holds his forehead and looks into the distance, and the Lingzhou City not far away is like standing and lying. The soldiers at the head of the city stood solemnly, and although the banner was broken, it was iron-clad; The city wall is full of blood, and although the arrow tower has been broken, it still stands; The moats in front of the city are filled and the swords and soldiers are scattered, which seems to be chaotic, but in fact they are cruel.

Hexi, Xiazhou's company camps are as vast as the sea of stars, they are divided into three camps with each other, the banners are distinct and different, but they are united with each other as a whole in the general trend, and there are no flaws to follow, look at it, but see the flag like a forest, the corner tower like a city, occasionally there are steps and horses to go back and forth, gallop walking, and the air is brave.

The combined forces of Hexi and Xiazhou had already stopped their offensive against Lingzhou City, and adjusted the layout of the company and battalion to deal with the forbidden army of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, look, the thief army is out of the camp!" Meng Ping pointed to the camp of the Hexi and Xiazhou coalition forces.

In Li Congjing's field of vision, more than a dozen large and small gates of the opponent's three camps opened, and a continuous torrent of horses and armies rushed out from inside, each of which converged into three strands, and slaughtered the generals from three different directions in the direction where the forbidden army was stationed.

Like the waves, like the tide, like the mountains and forests, the momentum is huge; Like arrows and spears, like wind and fire, majestic and majestic.

For a time, the earth shook.

"Our military has arrived, the foothold is not stable, the camp has not been built, and the thief army has taken advantage of the situation to kill, which is also the meaning of the question." Li Congjing didn't care, some time ago, there were more than ten battles of the vanguard, but they were all hors d'oeuvres, and now the forbidden army is all here, and it is the beginning of the war.

Meng Ping said: "The people who came out of the camp on the three roads are all horse soldiers, and there are no less than 10,000 horsemen, it seems that the thief army is not tempting, but wants to fight with me." ”

Li Congjing looked up at the sky, in the middle of the sky, "The thieves have soldiers and horses, and the cavalry is powerful, and this field battle is the time for them to give full play to their strengths." If the king's camp is built and the strong bow and crossbow are in place, it will undoubtedly be much more difficult for the thief army to break through our camp. ”

Beside him, Sang Weihan flicked his sleeves and said abruptly: "The thief army also has the guts. ”

Li Congjing's eyes gradually deepened, and he suddenly smiled, the corners of his mouth were full of deep meaning, "It's not just courage, but strength." Look, in the camp of the thieves, the situation is constantly changing, and the smoke and dust are not falling, which is a sign of great movement of soldiers and horses. If you look at it this way, the thief army attacked today, not to prevent me from setting up camp, but to fight with me. ”

Everyone followed the sound, and they all saw the movement in the thief camp, and all the people present were talented, so they naturally knew that there was no need for the thief army to play tricks at the moment, and their thoughts were different for a while. Or surprised by the courage of the thief army, or annoyed by the arrogance of the thief army, or jealous or excited, many people showed deep thought.

Li Congjing didn't care what everyone was thinking. He has been fighting horses for decades, fighting thousands of miles, and has experienced countless battles large and small. At this point, he only needs to care about two things.

First, the soldiers have no fighting spirit.

Both, how the army wins.

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In the camp of the Hexi and Xiazhou coalition armies, Shi Jingjiao, Yao Luo Ge Diyin, and Du Nonlujia lived in Yuanmen, looking at the situation of the army.

"The strength of the thief army is in the strong bow and crossbow, in the artillery and sharp weapons, the strength of our army, the strength of the horse army, and the courage of the soldiers, so in this big battle, we must not give the thief army a chance to prepare. If the thief army is fully prepared and ready for battle, then the strong bows and crossbows will be fired together, and even if our horse army is unparalleled, it will inevitably suffer too many casualties. Moreover, the army has been attacking the city for days, the city has not been overcome and the army will be tired, if the thief army is allowed to set up camp to prepare for war, the loud noise and the thief army in the city echo, for the soldiers, it is inevitable that the enemy army is overwhelming and our army is lonely, and it is to attack as a thunderbolt. Even if we can't break the enemy, we should have a big victory, so that we can inspire the morale of the army, and it is not difficult to make persistent efforts. Today, the thief army is here, the foothold is not stable, the preparation is insufficient, and in his opinion, our army has been fighting for a long time, and will not be in a hurry to attack, now I will do the opposite, make use of my strengths and avoid weaknesses, and it is not difficult to defeat it! ”

When Shi Jingjiao said this, his bearing was high-spirited and his spirit was flying.

Du Yanlujia echoed with a smile: "What Shi Shuai said is very true. ”

Yao Luo Ge Di Yin snorted coldly: "Although our army has not attacked the city, it has swept hundreds of miles, and it is also true that the Shuofang army will retreat when they see me, as if they have entered a no-man's land." Previously, the morale of our army was high, and the wealth and goods plundered by Zonghengzhou County also boosted the momentum. ”

Shi Jingjiao smiled and said, "What the Khan said is also the truth. ”

Although he said this, Shi Jingjiao knew in his heart that the truth was that if he didn't win today, it would be difficult to win in the future.

The coalition army attacked Lingzhou, to this day, failed to occupy the whole state as previously planned, the generals have been quite suspicious, Lingwu County and Lingzhou City are strong, but also let the soldiers see the strength of the Tang army, and Yang Guangyuan seized Wenchi, peace and happiness, the coalition army lost the danger to defend, in the general trend has been in a very passive position, and the forbidden army attacked, all the way to Lingzhou City, the coalition army was helpless, it was a reflection of the enemy's strength and weakness.

At this moment, if we can't win a big victory today and the war lasts for a long time, the coalition forces are not of one heart and are bound to lose.

Shi Jingjiao was naturally unwilling, so he planned today's battle.

It was his last stand.

Of course, in Shi Jingjiao's view, it is still very certain that the coalition will win today.

Because he has dependence.

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"The puppet thinks that our military is coming, so he can't clean him up? I don't know if I'm alive or dead! Sang Weihan was as arrogant as ever, spitting at the enemy. Li Congjing did not stop him, because these words had the effect of calming people's hearts and boosting morale.

Seeing that the enemy army came out of the camp to attack in a big way, Li Congjing naturally did not continue to stay in the field, giving people the interest of being a live target, and when he drove his horse back to the rear of the army, the watchtower had not yet been erected, let alone how well the camp was set, which showed how quickly the Hexi and Dingnan coalition forces came.

There is no doubt about the fighting spirit of the forbidden army, and Li Congjing has already arranged the method of facing the enemy, and the march is important to be cautious, and prudence requires careful action, as long as the forbidden army leaves the camp, it can be put into battle at any time on the march, not to mention that the enemy is in front of him at present.

The current situation is that the battle formation has not yet been established, the strong bows and crossbows have not yet been put in place, and the soldiers are all running and moving. However, this is not inappropriate for Li Congjing, since he has observed the situation on the battlefield, then he has a clear understanding of how to arrange the troops, the soldiers are moving, and they can take advantage of the situation to line up, although the strong bow and crossbow have not been formed, but it is only the bow and crossbow carried by the soldiers, which is enough to meet the enemy.

"Where are the generals?" Li Congjing is in armor, and his heroism has not diminished back then, and he is even more kingly at this moment.

"Chen Mengping is here!"

"Chen Shi Yanchao is here!"

"Minister Li Yanlin is here!"

"Chen Linying is here!"

Meng Ping, Shi Yanchao, Li Yanlin, Lin Ying, etc., all hugged their fists in front of Li Congjing's horse.

Li Congjing pointed straight ahead with a whip on horseback to attack the enemy, and did not say anything redundant, "Break the enemy for me!" ”

"Wait for the order!"

At that time, the trumpets sounded and the war drums sounded.

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You may not believe it, but I, who am extremely brazen, are going to resume the frequency of updates.