Chapter 55: Mo Shanghua, Battlefield Situation
ps: I was stunned last night, Li Qi dreamed of sneezing on the night of August 21, the night of killing An Shouzhong, not on August 24, the night before the war, which has been changed. Here's the text:
Xiao Quzhi hugged He Ke'er and chatted, when Li Qi was woken up by a sneeze on the front line, in Luoyang City, in some invisible dark corners, there was a dark force secretly assembling and plotting to cause chaos, and the head of the secret guard of Tiance Mansion named Li Tianxi was intensively monitoring all this, and he felt a little unable to wait, complaining there alone.
You little Japan, if you want to start it, start it quickly, so that Lao Tzu has no rest, and the six wives and concubines in the family are waiting for Lao Tzu to make love, this group of little Japan, when Lao Tzu will kill you all, you have to be skinned and cramped.
At this moment, a Hai Dongqing flew into the seven-story building where Li Tianxi was located in the night, and Li Tianxi, who had read the information, couldn't help but pull out a mocking and cruel smile at the corner of his mouth.
Okay, the emperor and Yang Guozhong actually let Du Qianyun and Li Fude, the two top straw bales, take on such a heavy responsibility, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill them! In such a cold smile, he cheered up, called a few henchmen of the secret guard, and began to look for information that could be used, calculating the means and success rate of secretly killing the two people.
So, early the next morning, Xiao Quai, who came out of the secret passage, saw the information sent by Da Xixun, as well as the four sets of plans formulated by Li Tianxi and others to kill Du Qianyun and Li Fude.
Xiao Quzhi thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Since Li Longji wants to turn his face, then I will turn it over to him, and Li Fu should not touch him." If he did something stupid. Just help him secretly.
Du Qianyun made him the second Yang Guanghui. Even if Li Longji and Yang Guozhong knew that we did it, it would be okay, and then find a way to get the soldiers to support Li Guangbi to take charge of the Hedong Army. β
Li Tianxi thought for a while, and there was light in his eyes, King Lanling is farther than he thought, so let's toss Li Fude, and send his own people in Yulin Army and Chang'an City to shake out all the embarrassing things about Li Fude in Jiannan Dao, and see how he can convince the public.
Arrange these. The forty guards who followed Xiao Qubing from Dali, Yunnan Province to Luoyang for thousands of miles have also been assembled, and Xiao Qubing instructed Li Tianxi a few words, asking him to do a good job of defending Luoyang and collecting the net of the Japanese, so he took forty guards and galloped out of Tiance Mansion, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, forty-one people, all wearing the same shape of ghost armor.
Although they were worried about Li Qi's safety, the group did not walk very fast, and by the way, they inspected and inspected all the defenses of Tiance Mansion along the way. A small part of this was arranged by Li Qi, and most of it was the result of Cao Xueyang's hard work.
I have to say. Although Cao Xueyang is not as imaginative as Xiao Quai's in terms of tactics, and she is slightly inferior to Li Sheng and Ma Sui, two famous generals in terms of strategy and command, but in the internal affairs of marching and fighting, Cao Xueyang can be said to be the first in Tiance Mansion.
Maybe it's because he followed Wang Zhongsi to fight in the north and south since he was fourteen years old, and because she was a woman who was more careful than all men, no matter when, all the troops and fortifications, after Cao Xueyang took care of them, would become orderly, busy but not chaotic, giving people a very comfortable and reassuring feeling.
After stopping and stopping all the way, the group finally arrived at the Qinghe front line in Beizhou on the morning of August 24, when the Youzhou army was conducting a tentative attack on the position of the Tiance army.
After Cao Xueyang commanded 3,000 Tiance veterans, 10,000 soldiers, and 25,000 peasant soldiers to repel the two small-scale attacks of the Youzhou army, he personally put on armor and led the 300 Tiance cavalry to pursue all the way to the position of the Youzhou army.
However, speaking of which, the Tiance cavalry is so brave, and the Tiance general's marksmanship is so outstanding, and the courage is incredible, and the shock brought to the ordinary soldiers is naturally there, but the generals of the Youzhou Army don't care about it, but are overjoyed.
The loss of hundreds of soldiers and horses and a Zhonglang general is a fart in their eyes, the Youzhou Army now has 110,000 front-line troops, and Zhonglang will add the entire Youzhou Army to 2,300, and there are 500 generals, this loss is not worth mentioning at all, but it has tested the details of the Tiance Army.
According to the soldiers who returned from the attack, when they were carrying out a tentative attack, many of the so-called Tiance soldiers and peasant soldiers who were hiding behind the fortified positions were obviously frightened, panicked and clumsy in their movements, made all kinds of mistakes, and were in chaos on the position.
When the time comes, 90,000 Youzhou 100 elite soldiers will attack with all their strength on the two battlefields at the same time, and those soldiers and peasant soldiers behind will collapse without a fight, how can they resist 90,000 Youzhou elites by relying on 6,000 Tiance veterans alone?
If this can't break through the position of the Tiance Army, then what kind of battle is there, it is better to find a piece of tofu and kill it.
Then the senior generals of the Youzhou Army, Cui Qianyou, Li Guiren, Tian Qianzhen, Cai Xide, Tian Chengsi, Yin Ziqi, etc., began to lecture the soldiers under their command one by one:
The Tiance army is just like this, it relies on thousands of veterans to support it, and our army was only frustrated by the Tiance cavalry before, and the other party still relied on sneak attacks, but there are only two thousand Tiance cavalry who can fight like this, and we have 90,000, even if they drown, they will be drowned!
On the other side, Cao Xueyang, who had just been withdrawn from the battlefield, was covered in blood, and a personal guard behind her was holding the head of the general of the Youzhou Army, and everywhere she passed, there was jubilation and morale was high.
Cao Xueyang saw forty-one knights wearing masks and recognized that these were Xiao Quai's personal guards, and she happily rode her horse and ran over: "Big ...... You've arrived. β
Xiao Quzhi took off his face armor, revealing a purple-colored bearded face, and asked with a smile: "There are so many people, how do you recognize me." These days, you've worked hard. β
Cao Xueyang said in her heart that the other forty people are unconsciously guarding you, do you still need to admit it, she laughed: "Who painted your face?" β
Half of her body was blood-red at the moment, and the blood on her face and helmet had begun to scab and fall, but the unstained half of her face was a little pale. But in Xiao Quai's eyes. But it has a different sense of beauty. Sassy and heroic, Xiao Quzhi raised his eyebrows and said, "How is it, is it more manly than before." β
"More stuffy? You've never been bored......"
"Hehe, let's go over there." Xiao Quzhi pointed to the back of the camp and encouraged Qinghe City, not far from the moat, and there was a small stream flowing slowly.
"Okay." The other horsemen went down to rest, and the two rode their horses and sat down on the edge of the stream.
"Today, the Youzhou Army launched several waves of tentative attacks. How are the soldiers on our side doing? Xiao Quzhi asked.
Cao Xueyang took off his helmet, took a handkerchief dipped in water and washed his face, with a solemn expression on his face: "The performance is not very good, even though the training is usually very good, but as soon as I arrive at the battlefield, I am in a hurry, my hands tremble, even if there are trainers around to cheer them up, even if we know that our fortifications are very strong, many of them are still very afraid." β
Xiao Quzhi nodded, after all, these people were on the battlefield for the first time. And the martial style of the people of the Central Plains has been castrated since the post-martial period.
At the beginning, in order to crack down on the Guanlong military aristocratic group, Wu Zetian not only canceled the preferential treatment of the soldiers participating in the war. The greater hype of "good iron does not hit nails, and good men are not soldiers", after decades of imperceptible development, the blood of the people here has long been worn out.
So in the previous time and space, the Youzhou soldiers attacked Xingyang, but the drums and trumpets sounded in unison, and the cavalry overwhelmingly pressed over, and the defenders at the head of Xingyang City were so frightened that they fell like rain, and the city was broken without attacking, so you can imagine how timid the soldiers defending the city were at that time.
However, there are exceptions, in Yongqiu and Suiyang, Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan led a group of tens of thousands of miscellaneous troops with ordinary people as the main force, plus government service tolerance and regimental training, they simply defeated and killed the regular army of Youzhou several times their own, and held on for more than a year!
At that time, Zhang Xun's approach was to take the lead, analyze the enemy's situation, take the initiative to attack, constantly achieve victory, strengthen confidence, boost morale, and then kill six generals who wavered and wanted to surrender, and inspired the remaining soldiers and civilians with loyalty and extraordinary personal charisma.
Therefore, it is not that these soldiers cannot fight, but the main thing is to boost morale, strengthen confidence, and then inspire them with loyalty and the great righteousness of defending their homeland, which will surely make these soldiers brave one by one. As long as they can win a big victory tomorrow, see blood, and kill people with their own hands, these soldiers will be transformed.
Xiao Quzhi said: "Before dinner tonight, ask the instructor to do another comprehensive propaganda to boost morale." β
"These have been doing this all the time, these days the refugees from the north are constantly fleeing, as long as we have free time, we organize these refugees to tell our soldiers and peasants about the brutality of the Youzhou army.
Our instructor also emphasized every day that once we can't hold it and let these Youzhou beast soldiers enter Dugi Dao, it will also be the end of the family, parents and children will be killed, wives and daughters will be raped and ruined, and they will become slaves of Youzhou soldiers.
But the effect doesn't seem to be very good! Cao Xueyang said with a sad face.
Xiao Qu was sick and said, "Xu said too much, but it scared them into self-hypnosis." In this way, the propaganda in the evening focused on Li Qi's previous achievements, as well as several attacks by the Youzhou army today, which were repelled by us.
Tell them that the Youzhou soldiers are not only not terrible at all, but also very weak, our Tiance army is the strongest, we are the first in the world, with the best weapons, the most powerful generals, the most brilliant records, the most firm beliefs, no one is the opponent of the Tiance army! β
Xiao Quzhi thought for a while, and said with a smile: "It's really not good, you can also say that the king of Lanling is the god of war, and the heroic spirit is not far away, and he will definitely bless the Tiance army to be invincible!"
If we wait for the Youzhou army to attack again and consume our morale, we can also capture a group of them alive and let every soldier and peasant soldier cut these Youzhou soldiers with a knife. β
Cao Xueyang's eyes lit up suddenly, although he didn't quite understand what self-hypnosis meant, but he thought that this was really the case, he kept telling these soldiers how brutal the Youzhou soldiers were, and called them demons, for these farmers and workers who had never fought before, it was naturally easy to be frightened, and now on the contrary, although the Youzhou soldiers were brutal, they were actually very weak, they were a group of waste, and these peasant soldiers were naturally confident!
"Grand Commander, you're still powerful!"
Xiao Quzhi smiled: "I also suddenly remembered, in fact, such a thing as morale is really amazing, the same person, sometimes he can be like a rabbit, and sometimes he can be as fierce as a wolf."
Ask our instructors to do more research on these things and look at the problem from the soldier's point of view, after this battle. Take this science as a subject. Conduct research in martial arts. β
Cao Xueyang nodded happily and wrote it down. Then he said some military things, and then Xiao Qu said: "Wait a minute, I will leave for Julu, these forty guards will stay to protect you, the swords and soldiers on the battlefield have no eyes, you must pay attention to safety, don't rush to the front, arrogant and bloody battle spirit can be used less, just use it as little as possible." β
"I know...... Don't rush too hard...... Now the little white dragon is not by your side......"
Cao Xueyang's originally pale and haggard face. Inadvertently, a touch of blush flew up, she nodded slightly, and her body trembled slightly.
Speaking of which, Cao Xueyang was born lonely, she was originally a native of Kuozhou, Longyou Province, the Tibetan barbarians entered the Kou, went down the mountain to loot food and population, her village rebelled, and was slaughtered by the Tubo people, and she was hidden in the cellar by her father to survive.
At that time, Wang Zhongsi was still a middle-level officer in the Longyou Army. After learning the news, he rushed with more than 200 soldiers to kill the Tibetan army and save the rest of the people. And Cao Xueyang, a little girl who lost her parents alone, insisted on joining the army to take revenge, and Wang Zhongsi saw that she was a material for martial arts training, so he recommended her to go to Tiance Mansion.
Later, she officially joined the Tang Dynasty border army at the age of fourteen, and began to follow Wang Zhongsi to fight everywhere, as a daughter's family, young and young, but every war first, killing the enemy and making countless meritorious contributions, Tianbao five years, seventeen-year-old she followed Wang Zhongsi to participate in the Qinghai Lake, Jishi battle, three consecutive generals to capture the flag, because of the promotion of the imperial court to the Xuanwei general.
It's a pity that Wang Zhongsi was killed later, and the generals from Tiance Mansion were suppressed, so she returned to Luoyang Tiance Mansion and became the head of the spear master, and she was the first in Tiance Mansion in spearmanship, and now she is twenty-five years old, and she is still alone.
The soldiers of Tiance Mansion, including Wang Zhongsi and others, are all rough men, and for so many years, since the death of his parents, no one has ever cared about her like this......
Over there, Xiao Quzhi continued: "Actually, you are also my master, the apprentice said, after this battle, if the master has someone he likes, he should marry himself as soon as possible." β
She was a little stunned, and she didn't speak after half of the salary, Xiao Quzhi smiled and said, "If I know it, if the master is thin-skinned, I'll tell you." β
Cao Xueyang's originally trembling body stiffened suddenly, her fists clenched, and after about two breaths, her voice stiffened: "My favorite ...... Actually, it's you...... The kind of little flower ...... at your feet."
Xiao Quzhi was also slightly stunned, and looked at his feet, it was a small white wildflower, Xiao Quzhi said: "What is the name of this flower?" β
"This flower has no name, born in the wild, just call him Mo Shanghua."
Xiao Quzhi hesitated for a moment and changed the subject: "There is a question, if Your Majesty is suspicious and suppresses us again, what do you think we should do?" β
After a long while, Cao Xueyang said softly: "Your Majesty listened to what Yang Guozhong's traitorous minister said?" β
Xiao Quzhi said: "Have you ever thought that this world has become corrupted like this, traitors and traitors like Li Linfu, An Lushan, and Yang Guozhong are naturally responsible, but in fact, the biggest responsibility is still in Your Majesty." He...... The mind and the deeds are really ...... It's so stupid. β
Cao Xueyang's body shook, she didn't expect to slander and evaluate the emperor, Xiao Qubing dared to declare it directly like this, but even if the traditional concept of loyalty to the monarch in her heart was deep-rooted, she had to admit that what Xiao Qubing said was the truth.
"What are you going to do?"
Xiao Quzhi smiled slightly: "It depends on what Your Majesty wants to do...... You don't know, he has appointed Du Qianyun as the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and Li Fu has replaced General Li Chengen as the general of Youyu Lin Wei. These two people embezzled military salaries, beat and scolded soldiers, and escaped from the battle, how could they take on such a heavy responsibility...... Just because Li Guangbi was recommended by the Tiance Mansion, he deliberately did not use it, what he was thinking about was not to quickly calm down the turmoil and kill fewer people, but how to guard against us who were fighting bloody on the front line......"
Xiao Qu paused for a moment, and said coldly: "If Your Majesty still insists on going his own way and corrupting the world, I will give him a congenital coup." β
The congenital coup d'Γ©tat refers to the coup d'Γ©tat in which Li Longji, who has ascended the throne, seized power by force from the emperor's father, Cao Xueyang thought for a while: "As long as it is for the good of Li Tang and the benefit of the country, I will support it." β
At this time, Cao Xueyang's heart swelled up: Sure enough, he really had this thought, from the fact that he has been very good to King Jianning in the past two years, it can be seen that he has been waiting for this day for a long time.
"Naturally, it is beneficial to Datang and harmless." Xiao Quzhi stood up and said with a smile: "I'm leaving, now I'm going to run to Julu, looking at that kid Li Qi, I can't let him go on a business trip; It's up to you here, you can use thunderbolts or oil drums if necessary, in short, as long as we win this game tomorrow, we will win! β
Cao Xueyang also stood up, she nodded, her face was a little red, she looked at the little white flowers on the ground, and then at the battlefield in the distance, as if she had mustered up all her courage: "After this chaos is calmed down, you can marry me, okay?" β
"Huh?" Xiao Quzhi didn't react, looked at her a little blankly, four feet away, Cao Xueyang's face was already so red that it was about to drip blood, in more than two years, it was the first time to see her who had been cold and resolute like a man before, and she would also have the charm of a woman.
And she was obviously about to cry at the moment, Xiao Quzhi reacted, nodded and said, "Okay, after this battle, I will marry you." β
Cao Xueyang's tears fell out, and her thin and slender body looked more and more helpless at the moment, and her whole body was weak, as if she was a little unstable on her feet.
Xiao Qubing walked over and wanted to give her a hug, but at this time, the military horn sounded suddenly, and the Youzhou army launched an attack again, saying that it was a temptation, but in fact, there was also a continuous blow, making the other party nervous and scared, and the intention of depleting morale.
Cao Xueyang hurriedly put on his helmet and wanted to turn over and get on the horse, but obviously because he was too excited, his body was a little unstable, and his blood was scattered. Xiao Quzhi gently hugged her and said, "This time you rest, I'll go." β
Xiao Quzhi put on a helmet, put down the ghost armor, turned over the war horse and rode away, Cao Xueyang, who was still staying in place, looked at his distant back, couldn't help but cover his mouth and look up and cry and laugh.
"Daddy. A-Niang...... Did you see that? Xue Yang is getting married...... Someone in Xueyang asked for it...... Bless him, the spirits of heaven......"
On the other side, this time the Youzhou army dispatched 3,000 soldiers and horses, 2,000 cavalry, and 1,000 infantry, attacking all the way, and has broken through a trench and a deer, and casualties have begun to appear behind the position.
At this critical moment, three hundred and forty Tiance cavalry suddenly killed from the flank and rear of the three thousand Youzhou army, and only one round of charge, the three thousand soldiers and horses were killed, and they fled, and the three hundred and forty Tiance cavalry pursued all the way, capturing nearly 500 people alive and returning, plus those who were wounded on the battlefield, a total of 600 Youzhou troops were taken prisoner.
After this small-scale temptation, Xiao Quai's single horse went to Julu, and behind him, the high-ranking armies of both sides of the Qinghe battlefield were happy. One side found a way to improve morale, and the other side reconfirmed the details of Tiance Mansion, and at the same time felt that Tiance Mansion had no new tricks. (To be continued.) )
PS: Thank you for the reward of 100 starting coins. Today is gone, tomorrow write about the big war.