Chapter One Hundred and Four Thousands of Years of Jinling Wind and Moon, Countless Monarchs and Ministers in the Past (5)

(Second update, more than 5,000 words)

Zhu Kuangye has been in the army for a long time, and he can naturally realize the gap between the feudal army under his command and the Tang army, the three thousand vanguard soldiers and horses who were defeated in Dangtu County that day were not indiscriminate, and the general who led the troops, You Jianyan, was also a tiger general, but only appeared in Dangtu County, and he didn't even see the city, so he gave the Tang army a head-on blow, and the dead and wounded were all killed and wounded in half a day, and there were no more than one of the soldiers who fled back. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

"If the Northern Thief Armor is not strong, how can he first capture Jianghuai and then Hunan within two years? Meng Ping is also a number of wise and brave generals in the Tang Army, and his subordinates are even more famous in the world. ”

This is what Zhu Kuangye said to the generals after the defeat of the pioneer tour Jianyan, and it is also the reason why he stayed in Wuhu.

Since then, Zhu Kuangye has been waiting, waiting for the Tang army to take the initiative to attack Wuhu.

In Zhu Kuangye's view, even if his more than 20,000 soldiers and horses were stagnant, in order to prevent them from attacking Jinling inside and outside, Meng Ping's troops would not return to Jinling, so that their purpose of rescuing Jinling was half achieved: the Tang army was forced to divide its troops, and the pressure on Jinling was reduced.

Of course, this is not enough, Zhu Kuangye is not satisfied.

"Meng Ping has always had outstanding military achievements, and the Hundred Battles Army is a victorious division, and the other department must be dissatisfied when he sees that I have not moved in Wuhu for a long time, if I don't go to Wuhu, he will not be able to return to Jinling, and the attack on Jinling is a major event, how can they be willing to delay too long in Dangtu? According to Ben Shuai's opinion, once the harsh winter passes, after the beginning of spring, the Hundred Battles Army will inevitably come south to attack us. ”

This was the reason why Zhu Kuangye asked the officers and men of the whole army to step up preparations for war in Wuhu Town, including training the individual skills of the soldiers, the coordination of battle formations, and the coordination and scheduling issues.

After doing this, there are the basic conditions for seeking victory over the Tang army, and then there is the method of battle.

The Wu army was stationed in Wuhu Town, and the Tang army came to attack, and the Wu army had the advantage of being at home, so it had to use the geographical advantage.

Wuhu Town is only a small city, and the Wu army has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses.

In the north of Wuhu Town, there are mountains and lakes in the north-south direction, which are just distributed on both sides of the official road, the lakes are mostly long and narrow from north to south, and the forests are also luxuriant, and there are occasional sporadic low mountains, which is suitable for Tibetan soldiers, and the low mountains and lakes are generally located on both sides of the official road, which is enough for the Wu army to surround the Tang army.

No matter how much fanfare is used, the strategy of using suspicious soldiers - pretending to be Liu Yan's soldiers and horses to set up an ambush together, it is enough to make the Tang army panic and rout, this is Zhu Kuangye's tactics.

The reason why the troops were hidden in the forest instead of attacking with fire was because the mountains, forests, lakes, and farmland were interspersed, the forests were not connected, the terrain was generally flat, and the official roads were wide.

"Everything is agreed, and all the princes will go and prepare, just wait for the northern thieves to come, and keep them so that they will die without a place to be buried!" Zhu Kuangye looked around at the generals, "Kill thieves to serve the country, at this time!" If you can defeat the Hundred Battles Army this time, the siege of Jinling will be easy to solve, and you and I will be the heroes of the society! ”

Zhu Kuangye's impassioned words fell, and all the generals responded one after another.

When Zhu Kuangye was in full swing preparing to encircle and annihilate the Tang army, thirty miles away from Wuhu Town, Liu Yan's soldiers and horses were sitting still. Zhu Kuangye sent an envoy to ask the other party to fight together and annihilate the Tang army, but Su Zhang, the commander of the Southern Han Dynasty, politely refused, and persuaded Zhu Kuangye not to go out of the city to face the battle, but to stand in the city and defend it properly.

Su Zhang was reluctant to send troops, and Zhu Kuangye's envoy had no choice, after all, the other party was an army of another country, so he could only retreat to Wuhu in a huff. Although the envoy was dissatisfied in his heart and had the heart to say a few heavy words, Zhu Kuangye had instructed him not to be rude to Su Zhang when he came.

With Su Zhang's soldiers and horses sitting in the south, it is always a kind of support, and the Tang army must also be on guard, and besides, even if Zhu Kuangye's war is unfavorable, Su Zhang will still respond to the retreat to the south, and the Tang army can't do anything with him. And if Su Zhang is offended, it will be detrimental to the overall situation.

"I heard that the Tang army is only about 10,000 people in a hundred battles, and now Zhu Kuangye is meeting the Tang army with three times the strength, with the advantage of geography and numbers, there may not be no possibility of victory, and if our army helps again, so that the Tang army is forced to meet six times the enemy, then there is no reason for the other side to be invincible." After Zhu Kuangye's envoy left, Su Zhang's henchmen asked him puzzled.

Su Zhang did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "In the past, the king of Chu invaded Fengzhou in the south, and we fought with the Chu army, what do you think of the Chu army's combat strength?" ”

The henchman recalled: "At that time, the Chu army came to attack, and the Fengzhou army fought a decisive battle with it in Hejiang and was defeated, and then His Majesty was afraid and had to ask the hexagram in "Zhou Yi". After that, the general led an army of 3,000 to rescue Fengzhou, and designed to defeat the Chu army, so in a war, the general was worthy of the title of the world's famous general. ”

Su Zhang sighed and said: "The Chu army is strong and strong, if our army fights with it head-on, it is really difficult to win, and as a last resort, I will bury iron chains in the river, and order the crossbowmen to ambush on both sides of the river, deceitful defeat and lure the Chu army to pursue, and wait until the iron chain binds the ships of the Chu army's sailors to make it difficult to move, so that the Chu army is killed with bows and crossbows." ”

The henchman didn't quite understand the meaning of Su Zhang's words.

Su Zhang continued: "The Chu army is strong, and the Wu army captures the eight states of Chu, if you probe for things, how can the Wu army not be strong? The Wu army is certainly strong, but the Tang army takes Jianghuai and Hunan, if it enters the land of no one and has wiped out 200,000 Wu troops, how strong is the Tang army? Our army is difficult to defeat even the Chu army, what can we do to fight hard with the Tang army? ”

The henchman woke up like a dream, and he couldn't help but feel cold on the soles of his feet.

Su Zhang's tone was heavy, and he continued: "Now that Jiangbei is in the hands of the Northern Dynasty, Liangchuan and Hunan are also in his pocket, King Wuyue has to bow down to him and obey his words, there are more than 300 states in the world, and now six or seven out of ten are in the hands of the Northern Dynasty, how great its momentum is, how strong its army is!" And that Li Siyuan, Li Congjing father and son, the former is a rare Ming monarch, and the latter is more heroic, working together to govern the Northern Dynasty in an orderly manner, I heard that in the territory of the Northern Dynasty, there is no longer a feudal town, and everyone calls it the image of Tang Zhongxing...... Now that the Northern Dynasty has poured the strength of the country and attacked Jinling with 200,000 armor soldiers, isn't it a must-win? ”

Speaking of this, Su Zhang smiled bitterly, and his voice was sour, "And I'm a big man, but I only have a corner of Lingnan......"

It is not difficult to figure out this joint, and the sweat on the forehead of the henchman is dense, and it is difficult to speak clearly for a while, "both...... That being the case, why did His Majesty send a general to aid Jinling? He seemed to suddenly think of something, "At present, there are only 10,000 soldiers in the Hundred Battles, and our department and Zhu Kuangye's department, with 60,000 soldiers and horses, I am afraid that it is the only opportunity to defeat the Tang army. ”

"Confused!" Su Zhang sneered, "Have you heard that the Hundred Battles Army has been defeated?" Since the Hundred Battles Army came to attack Wuhu this time, how could it not rely on it? The Hundred Battles Army came to attack Wuhu, which shows that the Tang Army intends to solve Jinling's foreign aid first, and then concentrate on breaking Jinling. ”

The henchmen were shaken and could no longer speak.

Su Zhang sighed, his tone was even heavier, and the words were like mountains, "Your Majesty asked me to wait to rescue Jinling, because I know the reason that my lips are dead and my teeth are cold, but Your Majesty also knows that the Northern Dynasty is powerful, and there is an elephant that has swept the world now, and the armor is at its peak, and it is too late for my Han to defend itself, so how can I have the spare strength to fight against the Northern Dynasty abroad?" This time I led the army to the north, before leaving, His Majesty had instructed to try to avoid fighting with the Tang army, if you can garrison troops in the south of Jinling, attract the Tang army to divide the troops to guard, to the Wu State is 'benevolence to the right', to my Han is also 'do their best', if Jinling can be defended because of this, naturally everyone is happy, if not, we can definitely not lose troops here, in vain to waste military strength......"

The henchmen didn't know that there was such a secret when they went out to rescue Jinling this time, and their mouths were open enough to stuff an egg, and they couldn't close it for a long time.

"That'...... So this time Zhu Kuangye fought with the Hundred Battles Army? "The henchman already has a bad premonition in his heart.

"You and I can't protect ourselves, how can we worry about Zhu Kuangye's fate? Right now, Meng Ping's troops are heading south, and you and I have to reorganize the camp defense, so as not to be broken by the Tang army......" Su Zhang, a famous general of the Southern Han Dynasty, was extremely powerless at this time, "If the battle situation is unfavorable, you and I must recognize the situation as soon as possible and ensure that the whole division returns." ”

Confidant: "......"

Su Zhang suddenly thought again, Min (Fujian) has always served Wu as the mainstay, and now that Jinling is besieged, the King of Min knows that the general situation is unstoppable, and not a single soldier has been sent to Jinling, what else can I do with Han?

The troops led by Meng Ping to attack Wuhu only had a hundred battle army, and there were no reinforcements sent by Xia Luqi as Su Zhang thought, but although Xia Luqi did not send soldiers, Zhang Ziyun led dozens of carriages south.

When Tu was more than 60 miles away from Wuhu, and Zhang Ziyun was "training" the Hundred Battles Army to use artillery and grenades, it was difficult for Wuhu to hear any movement.

Soon, the Hundred Battles Army arrived in Wuhu North.

"Zhu Kuangye's father, Zhu Yanshou, was a highly decorated general under Yang Xingmi in the past, 'destroying the strong and trapping the battle, the meritorious generals', 'so that the outnumbered and the people who return will be killed', Zhaozong heard his name and awarded Caizhou Jiedu envoy, Yang Xingmi was very jealous, and had to be lured and killed. Zhu Kuangye was reused by Xu Zhihe, first for the military academy, and then for all the armies, to Shezhou to do the history of assassination, 'political achievements', this time to rescue the soldiers and horses of Jinling, with Zhu Kuangye's most elite, so Jinling took him as the commander. ”

Meng Ping led the Hundred Battles Army to the north of Wuhu City, and while he was still marching, a scout came to report that Zhu Kuangye was arrayed outside the city.

Meng Ping glanced at the surrounding terrain a few times, but when he saw that the forest was lush and the lake could be seen, he smiled and said: "Zhu Kuangye, his courage is commendable." ”

"Why do the surrounding woods look eerie, General, do you want to send scouts to investigate?" Zhao Hongyin said.

"Hit the grass and scare the snake." Meng Ping gave a four-word answer, and then his expression was correct, "Order all departments to prepare, meet the enemy with the established rules, and go straight to Zhu Kuangye's own formation!" ”

Zhao Hongyin listened to Meng Ping's comments and naturally knew what Meng Ping meant, and immediately ordered the ministry to make corresponding adjustments.

From time to time, the scouts in front reported that Zhu Kuangye led the battle to attack.

"Formation, meet the enemy!" Meng Ping pulled out his horizontal knife and issued a military order.

The soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army immediately ran around, changing the marching formation to a battle formation, with the big shield guarding outside, the spears and spears close to the big shield, the armor soldiers and crossbowmen in the back, and the various departments closely interdepended on each other but were clearly layered.

I have to say that Zhu Kuangye chose a good terrain, the Hundred Battles Army was surrounded by forests on both sides, and the formation could not be fully deployed, which seemed very narrow and long, and it was difficult to gather strength, which gave the Wu army the opportunity to besiege and break through in sections. However, the army of the hundred battles is not in vain, and the marching team of 10,000 people is not all sandwiched in the middle of the forest, and each department immediately occupies the open space with its unique method to form a formation, and then the rear infantry and cavalry are mixed and arranged to ensure that they are not completely divided from each other, and maintain the flexibility of the formation, so that they can invoke each other and watch each other.

All of a sudden, the field was filled with the sound of metal rings, the sound of running footsteps, and the smoke and dust gradually rising.

"Bow!" After the front formation was stabilized, the shields, spears and spears were lined up in an iron wall, and the guards were in front of the formation, and the generals did not stop shouting, and the archers were immediately in place and lined up in several rows.

"Shoot, let's go!" In the face of the approaching Wu army's military formation, the general issued military orders in an orderly manner.

In an instant, hundreds of sharp arrows flew out and fell straight into the formation of the Wu army.

The Wu army had already taken precautions, and the big shield was not enough to make up the planks, and they were all on their heads to resist the killing of sharp arrows.

Soon after, the two armies came to arms.

"Archer, retreat, armor step forward!" The shields of the two armies slammed into each other, and suddenly there was a dull crashing sound, and the soldiers who were unstable under their feet were immediately knocked down and retreated, and after a burst of collision and squeezing, the spears and spears lost no time in stabbing out, bringing out a puff of flesh and blood in the opponent's formation.

"Kill!" At the beginning of the battle, the soldiers of both sides were full of energy and fighting spirit, and as soon as they came into contact, they fought like wolves, and the battle was inextricably fierce.

Meng Ping found a slightly higher place in the formation to watch the situation on the battlefield.

Seeing that there was only an enemy in the front, Meng Ping's eyes narrowed slightly.

"General, when to use sharp weapons?" An Chongrong was gearing up and looking eager to try.

"It's not time yet." Meng Ping said lightly.

An Chongrong was looking forward to the results of the sharp weapon, but when he saw Meng Ping say this, he could only hold his temper and stand aside and wait eagerly.

After a stick of incense, in the forest next to the road, there began to be soldiers of the Wu army who had been ambushed in advance, attacking the Hundred Battles Army from all directions!

The other side is gathering momentum, and the momentum is naturally extraordinary, and I don't know how many people are constantly killing from the forest, which is quite terrifying.

All the units of the Hundred Battles Army immediately met the enemy separately, and on the road that stretched for more than ten miles, there was a sudden burst of war, and the soldiers of both sides met each other in battle formations, and the killing momentum was huge, and the sound of the battle could be heard dozens of miles away in a short time.

"General, can you use a sharp weapon now?" An Chongrong's eyes lit up, and he looked impatient.

Meng Ping took a full view of the battlefield situation, and still said unhurriedly: "It's not time yet." ”

An Chongrong was dumbfounded, he wanted to say that the two armies were fighting in one place, and the Wu army was obviously ambushed here, and the strength was several times that of me, and the general trend of the battle was not optimistic, so there was no need to wait for a while? But Meng Ping has majesty, the Hundred Battles Army has military discipline, and An Chongrong also believes in Meng Ping's judgment, so he can only look at the battles everywhere while stabilizing his mind and waiting.

Half an hour later, the Wu army ambushed the troops, the Hundred Battles Army has been completely surrounded by the Wu Army, and the Hundred Battles Army is surrounded by dense Wu soldiers outside every battle formation, and they go forward to attack the Hundred Battles Army battle formation. It is also thanks to the strong combat strength and well-equipped of the Hundred Battles Army, so that it did not mess up because of this, if it were an ordinary army, it would have been panicked when it saw such a battle.

Seeing that the large and small battle formations of the Hundred Battles Army were like islands, surrounded by the sea in the middle, An Chongrong was so anxious that he couldn't do it, he looked at Meng Ping's face several times, and saw that the other party's face was always as usual, and he finally couldn't hold it back, "General......"

Meng Ping didn't speak this time.

After waiting for another two moments, but seeing that the officers and soldiers of the two armies on the battlefield were completely entangled, Meng Ping suddenly gave an order: "Pass the order, fire the arrows!" ”

An Chongrong's spirits were greatly lifted, and he hurriedly shouted: "Shoot the arrow!" ”

In a few moments, three horn arrows rose into the air and sounded in the air!

With the place where Meng Ping was located as the core, each battle array sent out whistles and arrows to echo, spreading to both sides!

When the farthest whistle and arrow sounded, Meng Ping lost no time in ordering: "Hand - grenade!" ”

In an instant, in each battle array, as many as 100 people and as few as 10 people, they took off the grenades in their backpacks, lit the fuses in the formation steadily, and then threw them all at the Wu army battle formation outside the battle formation under the orders of their respective generals, "Hand grenades!" ”

With Meng Ping's place as the center, the battle arrays on both sides threw bombs one after another, and one after another hand-grenades formed a rain of bullets and flew out of the battle array, "Hand - grenades!" ”

Rumble!

Boom!

Boom Boom!

Outside the battle formation, which was almost at a standstill, there was an explosion that shattered the eardrums, and a ball of fire suddenly burst into the stroke of the Wu soldiers, countless broken iron scattered in all directions, and a rain of blood suddenly rose into the air, like fireworks, and then the screams of the Wu soldiers shook the sky and the earth and could not bear to hear, spreading like waves, endlessly!

One by one, the soldiers of the Wu army fell one after another.

One by one, the crowd of Wu Jun fell crookedly.

One by one, the battle formations of the Wu army were suddenly chaotic.

In all fairness, the current level of explosives in Datang is far from being comparable to that of later generations, but when used on hand-grenades, the flying broken iron is enough to kill people!

Countless soldiers of the Wu army covered their faces and bodies, screaming frantically and falling, running, bumping, and rolling, and the Wu army's battle array was chaotic into a pot of porridge, and one by one hand-grenades kept falling around them, creating new terrorist killings!

The battle formation of the Hundred Battles Army took advantage of the situation to advance to the periphery, and the rain of bullets in the formation kept flying out, and the soldiers of the Wu Army outside the formation were like falling into hell, and before they could react to what had happened, they were all seriously injured, disabled, and dead. Those soldiers who have not been affected by the bomb for the time being are all looking like they have seen a ghost, lose their minds, and are confused.

The Hundred Battles Army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the Wu army immediately collapsed.

Zhu Kuangye saw the thunder and thunder on the battlefield, and the Wu army was killed and injured by unknown fires, or the blood all over his body was spilled, or the battle robe was on fire and screamed endlessly, his frightened eyes were stiff, and he was completely speechless.

What's going on?

What flew out of the Tang Army's formation?

How can it be so powerful?

What to do?

Zhu Kuangye forgot his previous idea of encircling and annihilating the Hundred Battles Army, and forgot his extraordinary ambition for this campaign. Those thoughts, in this thunderous explosion, were shattered, and the bones were gone.

Before the defeat and death, Zhu Kuangye exhaled out in pain, when Zhou Shizong was supposed to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, he said to the lord Li Jing: "The prosperity of fortune, heaven and earth are helping, if the big thing goes, although the hero is like it, what can I do?!" ”

Meng Ping stood on a high place, staring at everything in front of him with a cold face, and a look of unbearability flashed in his eyes.

The reason why the hand-grenade was released only at this time was to wait for all the Wu troops to gather outside the battle formation of the Hundred Battles Army, which could not only increase the lethality of the hand-grenades, but also make the Wu army have no chance to flee quickly, so as to ensure the results of the pursuit and killing of the Hundred Battles Army.

In this battle, if you don't fight, you will have to destroy the Wu army!

Otherwise, it was not enough to deter Su Zhang's Southern Han army.

Otherwise, it is not enough for the Hundred Battles Army to return to Jinling with confidence.

This is the first time that Meng Ping, who is also a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, has used a hand-grenade in a battle formation, and Meng Ping can control the battle situation and maximize the effect of the hand-grenade, which is the talent of war.

The relatively static battle formation is undoubtedly an excellent battlefield for hand-grenades!

Meng Ping looked at the bloody battlefield and raised his head slightly, he knew that in today's battle, even if he couldn't completely annihilate the Wu army, the other party would not be able to get rid of a few.

He silently recited in his heart: Prince, Meng Ping wants to sweep the world for you!

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