At the beginning of the Banshu Republic, it was claimed that it had 200,000 soldiers. Since ancient times, soldiers have never tired of cheating. Before the two armies fought, both sides liked to weigh more with less, and often with 350,000 people, they dared to call hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. It is not uncommon for such chaotic ministers and thieves of the White Lotus Sect to falsely report dozens of times the number of troops, and it also makes the officers and soldiers often not match the head when they report their captures. Obviously, it was an army of 10,000 people who annihilated the thieves, and the first level was even good and bad, and no matter how many they were counted, they couldn't pass a hundred. However, Yang Yinglong's 200,000 soldiers were not among them. This figure is based on the statistics of the Banju Ministry of Defense and the Social Security Bureau, and is based on the expenditure of the Quartermaster Department. When it comes to confronting officers and soldiers, claiming to have 1.5 million soldiers, that is a revival of the glorious tradition of falsely reporting the number of troops, and the fact is not the same thing.

In terms of officers and soldiers, they often fought with more and fought less, but this time, because of the consideration of supply factors, the mobilized troops were not more than the Banzhou soldiers. The strength of the army does not exceed 150,000, and in terms of the total number of soldiers, it is smaller than that of the rebels.

However, in the previous Battle of Loushan Pass, Yang Chaodong's entire army was annihilated, several old people with surnames defected, plus the vassal soldiers of the Tusi, and now the strength of the two sides has gradually evolved into more than 200,000 officers and soldiers, and 150,000 in Banzhou. This time, Yang Yinglong staked all the chips in his hand at once, except for the backbone troops left behind by Hailong, the troops from all over the Republic of Banzhou, and even all the young and strong, were all here. It can be said that he gambled on the national fortunes of the Banshu Republic in this battle.

The total strength of the two sides involved in the war exceeded 300,000, even in the history of the Ming Dynasty. It's a big war. Zheng Guobao's team of 30,000 horses was facing more than 50,000 people from Yang Yinglong's army, and on this battlefield, the number was at a disadvantage. Yang Yinglong was dressed in a golden helmet and gold armor, which was particularly conspicuous, and he immediately shot horizontally, first painfully Chen Daming's twenty major sins in front of the battle, and then counted the inheritance of his own group, proving that he was a descendant of the Tang Dynasty, and now he is in the army. is about to destroy the Ming and Xingtang. Rebuild the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in China.

Before sending out the army, with the help of Long Xiang, he made several so-called miracles to prove that the mountain god blessed this battle. A large number of cattle were killed. Let the three armies have a full meal of meat. Each of them was given salt and cloth as military pay. The morale of the whole army was pushed to the peak, and when he finished preaching, the Banzhou soldiers shouted in unison. Sonic boom nine nights.

Zheng Guobao was surrounded by his concubines, and in the outer circle was a guard composed of martial arts masters from various factions and Ryanstein's foreign soldiers, Ning Zhong said: "Brother National Treasure, I see that the morale of these Banzhou thieves is very high, do you also go to the front of the battle to shout a few words to boost morale." ”

"Don't worry, Sister Ning, look at me." Zheng Guobao urged the horse to come to the front of the formation, and the horse whip pointed at Yang Yinglong, "What kind of Banzhou Republic are you, and what does it have to do with Datang?" Li Shimin was also called the emperor back then, who knows what the total stab is? If the name is not right, the word will not go well, and if the word is not good, the order will not work. is nondescript, Mu Monkey and crown, do you still have the face to pull your ancestors to raise your face? In the past, the imperial court gave preferential treatment to Banzhou, and allowed your Yang family to shepherd this side for the imperial court for generations, and the benefits of Banzhou were all owned by your Yang family, and the people paid taxes, and the imperial court did not collect a penny. The emperor's grace is immense, even if your Yang family is shattered, it will be difficult to repay this great grace. You don't want to be loyal to the country, but you divide one side, accumulate the dead, and dare to openly rebel. Take the benefits of my Han people, marry the Miao people, like such a servile and servile, and befriend the barbarian behavior, what face is called a lonely widow? Sons, whoever takes Yang Yinglong's head will be rewarded with a thousand taels and promoted to the fifth level! ”

Later generations recorded that a general battle with more than 3 million participants (calculated according to the strength of each side's respective claims) kicked off under the false point of Zheng Guobao's horsewhip. The officers and soldiers of the imperial court lined up in formation, with spears in front and fast guns and cannons behind, and attacked the Banzhou army in an orderly manner. The Banzhou army was afraid that the new annexed army would not be able to be used, so they mixed the children of the Yang family's clan with the new army, relying on their own large number of soldiers, and pressed up on the officers and soldiers.

"The initial battle relied on blood bravery, and at this time, the death squad should be allowed to rush first. Banshu's wealth, it is not difficult to recruit some dead soldiers. After opening the gap in the large array of officers and soldiers, what is needed is a well-trained soldier to follow up and break through, and at this time, it is the time for the Yang family's soldiers to use force. It's a pity that the Yang family mixed the two armies together, but they lost their respective characteristics, and the battle was lost in half. ”

Zheng Guobao watched the battle between the two armies while explaining to the women, looking proficient in the battle formation. It's a pity that the soldier who was sent by the province to spread the word was too loud. Most of these women are strong martial artists, and they all heard it clearly, but it was not easy to expose him, so they covered their mouths and laughed.

On the battlefield, several teams such as Lian Tianfeng, Feng Feixiang, Wu Tiande and Zeng Xingwu's standard battalion served as the backbone of the battlefield and strangled with the Banzhou soldiers. Although the firing speed of the fast gun is higher than that of the arquebus, it still needs to be loaded, tamped, and fired again, hoping that the enemy can be eliminated by relying solely on firearms, which is obviously an unreliable idea. After a few launches, the two armies went into hand-to-hand combat.

The spear array is infinitely powerful, but this does not mean that the pikemen are invincible and invulnerable. Whether it's arrows, javelins, or throwing axes, they are all harvesting the lives of pikemen. Moreover, the body of the pikemen is also limited, under this kind of big war, the human body is consumed very quickly, and Yang Yinglong's tactics of the sea of people, like waves, wave after wave, seem to rely on the advantage of manpower to drown the officers and soldiers.

"Husband, when will our cavalry start?" The 600 cangtou troops were all brought to the front line by Zheng Guobao, plus the heavy cavalry of various armies, Zheng Guobao still had a heavy cavalry team of more than 2,000 people in his hand that was not put into the battle formation, this team can be regarded as a killer weapon for officers and soldiers.

Zheng Guobao shook his head and said, "No hurry." In Yang Yinglong's hand, there are still hole cards that have not been lifted, what are we anxious about. I think it's time for his cavalry to come in. ”

Yang Yinglong's cavalry army, known as the essence of the Banzhou army, plus 5,000 Miao soldiers, riding one step at a time, is the biggest magic weapon in Yang Yinglong's hands. He originally thought that after completely disrupting the formation of the officers and soldiers, he would throw the troops into it, but although he had invested a lot of troops at the moment, the formation of the officers and soldiers was still complete, but the troops on his own side could no longer stand it.

"Boss, let the cavalry and Miao soldiers come up quickly. Isn't it just that we spend so much money to support them at this time? If we don't let them go into battle, our people will die. ”

In the past, the Yang family only had a fight with the toasts and grabbed land and property. In a battle formation of this scale, if there are more than 100 casualties, it can be regarded as heavy casualties, and if it is close to 1,000 people, it is a feud. However, after such a little effort in the war, the Yang family's soldiers suffered thousands of casualties, and such casualties made those Yang family clan elders of the Banzhou Ministry of Defense unable to accept it no matter what.

"No, it's not the time yet. It is necessary to break down the formation of the officers and men before we can let our cavalry go up. Long Xiang hurriedly dissuaded him.

Those children of the Yang family clan ignored him, and only stared at Yang Yinglong, "Mr. Poke, are you the one who has the final say in this Banzhou, or are outsiders the final say?" Now it is our own children who have fallen. Are you just watching our own dolls die like this? The officers and soldiers are like demons, eating people and drinking blood, we can't be defeated at all, except for the Miao people, who can be the enemy? ”

Yang Yinglong is known as the god of war in Banzhou, and he is also an expert in soldiers, so he naturally sees that now is not a good time for cavalry to go into battle. But he knew better that if he didn't give the order, those clan children might dare to pull the team and flee by themselves. The hearts of the people are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead. He nodded helplessly and said, "Don't worry, I will take the Miao people and the cavalry to charge in person, and watch King Gu capture Zheng Guobao." ”

After this order was delivered, the Banshu soldiers on the battlefield fell into chaos. Those soldiers of the Yang family suffered heavy casualties in Fang Cai's attack, and they had lost their courage, and when they heard that Yang Yinglong was going to take the Miao people up, they retreated on their own initiative, and they called it in the name of escort. And their retreat, without notifying the new annexed army, ended up trampling on each other and colliding with each other, and when Yang Yinglong launched an attack, the formation of the Banzhou soldiers had become a pot of porridge.

Zeng Xingwu saw that Yang Yinglong was wearing a golden helmet and gold armor to lead the charge, and he also waved the command flag in his hand, and the officers and soldiers took advantage of the chaos of the Banzhou soldiers to shout and launch a counter-charge. The sound of iron hooves stomping on the ground, the heavy cavalry of officers and soldiers who had been recuperating all their strength finally appeared. The person at the head is wearing armor, holding a big knife, and on the big flag behind him, he has a big Liu character, which is particularly conspicuous. Those Miao people couldn't see the faces of the generals, but they saw the flag and the big knife, and exclaimed: Liu Dadao, Liu Dadao. Then he shouted and fled.

Yang Yinglong never expected that a single flag could scare away so many Miao people, and shouted anxiously: "Whoever dares to escape, King Miao will not let you go." That's not Liu Dadao, that's fake! But those Miao people seemed to be crazy, they couldn't hear his shouts at all, not only ran by themselves, but also ran away with the Miao people they knew, and the whole Miao people's formation was completely chaotic. These people have no discipline, this time it is completely messed up, even if King Miao is here, he can't think of commanding the move. At this moment, the iron cavalry of the government on the opposite side had already advanced like a wall and ran over towards the light cavalry of Banzhou. (To be continued......)