On April 18 in the summer of the fifth year of the emperor, the rainy season has passed, and the sky has been clear day after day. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe summer breeze is warm but not hot, and it is the best time of the four seasons. However, in the southeast of Chang'an, between the water production and the Bashui, under the city of Duling and Lantian, the two armies lined up in a "U" shape, and they were about to start a decisive battle to determine who belonged to the world.

Whether it is the first army or the new Han army, both sides have a strong willingness to complete the battle, which is why this duel is possible.

In this battle, neither side can be defeated. Half a year ago, the army was only tens of thousands of horses, but now it is expanding dramatically like a balloon. Once it fails, the balloon pops and everything will be beaten back to its original shape. A dignified new Mang dynasty, the defeat of Kunyang, the loss of more than 400,000 troops, the entire empire collapsed. If the first regime, which has only been established for a year, loses 200,000 horses, it is no different from having its backbone broken.

The New Han Army could not be defeated, and they returned with the determination of the Han Emperor to regain the rivers and mountains and settle the Central Plains for half a century. If you fight, you will win.

The posture of the two sides is one defense and one attack.

The defenders were the New Han Army, and they built two simple fortresses on the two highest hills in the southeast of Duling, erecting wooden fences in front of the villages, digging trenches, and setting up bamboo sticks and antlers, which looked really simple. On the left and right sides of the hill are the boiling water and the bully water, which the enemy cannot attack. Between the two mountain packs is a wide and straight official road, surrounded by lower hills, and farther away is a large area of abandoned farmland, which is vertical and horizontal, and the grass is green.

It should be said that this is a fairly ideal terrain for defending and counterattacking. However, in the eyes of Wang Mang, Wang Yi and other new dynasty monarchs, no matter how good the terrain is, it is better to stick to Chang'an. The enemy is outnumbered, why go out of the city to fight? Wouldn't it be better to defend the city against the enemy? It's just that the monarchs and ministers of the new dynasty tried their best to speak, and the four generals of the new Han army were unmoved and resolutely fought with the enemy in the field.

If it was half a year earlier, Wang Mang would be happy to see it happen, and let the Xinhan army and the first army fight to the death, and reap the profits. However, at this moment, the Xinhan Army is not only a reinforcement, but also the last straw for the survival of the Xinmang regime and even Wang Mang and the Wang family. Wang Mang even did not hesitate to drink to quench his thirst, and agreed to the request of Zhang Chun, the commander of the New Han Army, to open the country again and bring in reinforcements from 10,000 New Han troops.

When the New Han Army drove out of Chang'an City and entered the village, the monarchs and ministers of the New Dynasty who were watching from afar on the gate of Chang'an Bacheng were full of worries about "hitting stones with eggs", and their hearts were calculating.

The enemy in front of the New Han Army was the 90,000 Left Route Army commanded by Liu Xiu. This army drove directly from the station south of Lantian County, the royal palace "Dinghu Yanshou Palace", and came to five miles from the front of the Xinhan army, and discharged more than a dozen large and small phalanxes composed of Yuli array. That is, after the general is located in the formation, the main forces are assembled in the center, divided into a number of small phalanxes in the shape of fish scales, arranged according to echelons, the front end is slightly convex, and the standard offensive formation.

For the same consideration, Liu Xiu also put the two wings of the military array as close as possible to the left and right of the water production and the water bully. In this way, the flanks can be relieved, at least without worrying about the sudden attack of the terrible strong cavalry from the flanks and repeating the defeat of Kui Huan at Gaoping.

On the left side of the New Han Army, at the bottom of the "U" shape, on the opposite bank of Bashui, between Lishan and Bashui, is Wang Kuang's right-hand army with more men and horses. At a glance, it looks like an ant on honey, dense, surging and shocking.

In order to facilitate the attack, Wang Kuang built two wooden bridges on Ba Shui, which could be paralleled by five horses. Once the battle began, the troops could continue to attack the flanks of the New Han army through the bridge.

Standing on the top of the hill and looking at the two armies, but seeing the flags like a forest, the people like ants gathering, no matter which direction the eyes look at, they are all moving heads, the black pressure is one after another, and the buzzing sound resounded through the wilderness - 200,000 horses, that kind of overwhelming momentum, let alone fighting, just looking at it makes people's eyes black and their feet weak.

However, in the face of such a powerful enemy, Zhang Chun, the commander of the New Han Army on the watchtower of the village, was completely fine, and asked the cavalry general Gongsun Yanghua, who had just returned from exploring the reality in front of the two armies: "Junwei, what do you think?" ”

Gongsun Yanghua only said three words: "Empty shelf." ”

Zhang Chun smiled: "Tell me." ”

Gongsun Yang raised his whip and pointed falsely: "Liu Xiu's left route army is quite neat and orderly except for the three phalanxes of his descendant Chunling soldiers, and the rest of the formations are messy and untidy. The Yuli formation was not complicated, but it took nearly two hours for 90,000 horses to line up, and the formation was very undecent. For example, the gap between the two phalanxes on the left flank is too large, and if I make them panic with a bow and cavalry, and then tear the hole with a spear, and finally cut in with a dragoon, I will surely shake their formation. ”

Zhang Chun shook his head: "The two wings of the Left Route Army are almost standing by the river, and your cavalry doesn't have much room for maneuver. If you have 5,000 horsemen and you are not afraid of losing them, you can give it a try. Now, we can't afford to lose, and we don't have to take the risk. Xuan smiled, "Liu Xiumo is afraid that he is also guarding against your strong horse, but he doesn't know that he is waiting for me." ”

Gongsun Yanghua also smiled: "Gan cannon has fun." ”

The two looked at each other and laughed, completely ignoring the 200,000 army.

On the other side of the mountain, Chen Yu was also looking at Wang Kuangjun on the other side of the watchtower, tapping the railing and chanting: "Raise under the stove, Zhonglang General." Rotten sheep stomach, ride the captain. Rotten sheep's head, Guan Neihou. ”

Gan Chengzu, who was wearing armor and helmets under the service of the guards, laughed: "This nursery rhyme is really appropriate." ”

After Wang Kuang and Zhang Wei captured Luoyang, they were brutal and tyrannical in Sanfu, and the officials and titles they were all old brothers who joined the green forest back then, and most of them were businessmen, men, cooks and other characters who could not get on the stage. Many people wear the names of Zhonglang General and Guan Neihou, but they wear embroidered shirts, brocade trousers, short clothes, or women's placket tops, laughing and scolding on the road, which is eye-catching. At that time, there was a song in Chang'an City that sarcastically said: "Raise under the stove, Zhonglang General." Rotten sheep stomach, ride the captain. Rotten sheep's head, Guan Neihou. ”

At this glance, it is true that Wang Kuangjun not only has miscellaneous banners and uniforms, but even the military array is also chaotic. The left army of the people finally discharged a fish array, and his right army had been doing it all morning, and the array was still not round or square. Probably because there is a river separating the water, Wang Kuang is so fearless.

At the end of the stop, Gan Chengzu pressed the knife on his waist, flicked his helmet, and squinted like a tiger that had just finished napping and found its prey: "Liu Xiu, Wang Kuang, this will open your eyes." ”

The two best friends bowed their heads, said "ten thousand wins" to each other, and said goodbye with a smile.

With the departure of Gan Chengzu, Liu Xiu's army on the opposite side suddenly shook the sky.

Boom! Knock knock! Knock knock knock!

The noise of hundreds of thousands of people in the wilderness was suppressed by life, and the heavens and the earth fell silent suddenly. At some point, a thick cloud poured into the sky, covering the sun, darkening the heavens and the earth, and an indescribable intention to kill spread in all directions.

Liu Xiujun began to attack.