Dunshe's orders soon reached Tai'an.

The military order is divided into three parts.

The first part, to Zhao Guo.

He was ordered to integrate the cavalry of Tong Shengyang, Gao Yanshi, and Hu Zhong, as well as the infantry of Fu Youde's troops, and march from all over the country from the day he received the order, and within two days, he must meet at the West Ferry. West Ferry is a ferry port on Pushui, between Jinxiang and Yutai. Monk Li's department is here now.

and the two armies of Monk Li and Yang Wanhu were also handed over to him for direct command.

There were nearly 8,000 cavalry and nearly 9,000 foot soldiers. Riding and footing combined, 17,800 people. All of them are the existing elites of Yidu, and their combat effectiveness can be called outstanding. It is the main force of this battle.

The second part, to Qing Qianxing.

On the day he received the order, in addition to leaving enough troops to guard Jeju, Yanzhou and other places, he was also like Zhao Guo, that is, he led the elite south and stationed near Tankou Station. Tankou stood behind the West Ferry, about 20 miles away. Dunsher had stationed him here because he intended to use it as a reserve.

Qing Qianxing's troops were all foot soldiers, and after leaving the head of the garrison, there were about 2,000 people who could be transferred to the front line. Two thousand people may not seem like much, but at a critical moment it is enough to decide the direction of the battlefield.

The third part is for Deng Chengzhi.

Since Zhao Guo went deep into Jining, Deng Chengzhi has become the supreme commander of Tai'an. - Although Tai'an is the rear and is considered the base camp of the front line, there are not many troops left, only a few thousand.

His tasks are twofold, on the one hand, he is responsible for transporting supplies, food, and weapons to the front line, and replenishing the consumption of the front line; On the other hand, he is responsible for guarding Wenshang and Dongping Road. Dongping Road is on the north side of Jining Road, and it is still under the control of the Yuan army, and some Chahan military horses are stationed. Don't be careful.

In terms of Yidu, in this battle, the total number of troops that could be put into the battlefield was nearly 20,000.

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On the enemy side, part of it is Wang Baobao's headquarters.

After he broke through from Juye, one was the troops brought out of the city, mainly the original Henan army; One was the rout that gathered along the way, and there were about a thousand people; and some troops later summoned from Caozhou and other places, about 2,000 people, mixed together, about 10,000 people.

The other part is the Linfen reinforcements. It is claimed to be 100,000, but in fact there are at most 10,000 people.

The two armies together have more than 20,000 men, about 25,000 or so, less than 30,000.

Their respective locations are as follows: there are more than 6,000 people in Shanzhou, under the personal command of Wang Baobao; Chengwu has more than 3,000 people, led by two partial generals. The Linfen reinforcements are still on the way, but they have already entered Caozhou, and they will be able to meet Wang Baobao in one day at most.

In addition, after they meet, the Linfen reinforcements will not all be stationed in Shanzhou, according to Chahan's military order, a part will continue to the southeast, stationed in Sheephorn between Shanzhou and Fengxian. Giethoorn is on the side of Shanzhou, thirty miles away. The reason why a troop was placed here was to guard against the Wu army coming from Jinling.

Of course, as analyzed by Wang Baobao and Zhao Heng, if the Wu army wants to come from the south, it must first cross Xuzhou and cross the Yellow River. Xuzhou is now in the hands of Zhang Shicheng, and it is expected that it will definitely not be easy for this Wu army to want to cross.

But nothing is absolute. Chakhan Timur was a hero in the world, and since the war, he has learned two words,—— "prudence". Zhuge was only cautious all his life. He would never put the safety of the road back in the hands of others. Not even allies, let alone Zhang Shicheng. Therefore, although he knew that the upcoming decisive battle in Shanzhou would be fierce, he had to allocate a part of his troops to defend the back road.

Despite this, although the division of troops is a last resort, Chahan's arrangement seems simple, but in fact it is still very ingenious.

Chengwu, Shanzhou, and Giethoorn: Chengwu is in the northwest of Shanzhou, and Giethoorn is in the southeast of Shanzhou, lined up in a straight line. The main force gathers in Shanzhou, and Chengwu and Sheephorn are divided into flanks. Starting from Shanzhou, forty or fifty miles to Chengwu and thirty miles to Sheephorn Village, you can go from morning to night. No matter where there is a tightness, reinforcements can arrive at any time. Echoing each other, a very stable formation is formed.

attack, then the single state is prominent; Guard, then the three places work together.

There is defense in attack, and attack in defense. It is not easy to break the game.

It can also be seen from this that despite the defeat of Juye, it should be said that the Yuan army should be at a disadvantage, but Chakhan Timur was not depressed by this, let alone had no intention of handing over the initiative on the battlefield. It is worthy of being a master of the art of war and knows what is most important on the battlefield.

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Conversely, no matter how much you look at the formation that you are going to put on.

As mentioned above, it's much simpler.

It is divided into only two parts. The front is Zhao Guo, and the back is Qing Qianxing.

If the three-place formation of the Yuan army is compared to a bow, then the two-place formation of Yidu is an arrow.

The bow can be put and collected; The arrow is gone.

This is not because Dunshe is not as stable as Chahan, nor is it because Dunshe is not as cautious as Chahan.

No way. First of all, he is the attacking side, and he must clench his fists in one place in order to concentrate the maximum strength; Secondly, from a logistical point of view, the war has dragged on so far, in fact, it has already exceeded his expectations, Yidu is almost empty, and it can't withstand the consumption for too long, so, as Luo Guanzhong said: "It is only advisable to fight quickly." "We can only strive to win a battle and defeat the enemy with one blow.

——, Luo Guanzhong advised that he should fight a quick battle, because he did not understand the reality of Yidu, so he only saw that if it took a long time, it might cause the Wu army to be forced to retreat, but he did not know that Haidong's logistics were actually already struggling.

However, on the other hand, this is just a testament to Dunshe's good disguise.

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As soon as the military order was given, all parts of the country moved together.

The first to open was the Keichi-chan department.

He was in Jeju, the closest to Taean, so he was the first to receive a military order. He fully complied with the order to "set off on the day he received the order", and the military order he saw only in the morning was out of the city with his troops in the afternoon.

Earlier, when Qing Qianxing came from Haidong, he brought three thousand beautiful soldiers, which was considered a descendant; After conquering Jeju, Yanzhou and other places, Deng She transferred one or two thousand local garrisons from Mengyin and other places to supplement him, plus the surrendered troops and prisoners, he now has a total of 6,000 people.

However, the surrendered troops and prisoners who have not been reorganized certainly have no combat effectiveness and cannot be taken to the front; The local garrison is a second-line army, and its combat effectiveness is not strong, and it is enough to defend the city, and if it is used for field battles, it is purely cannon fodder, and it cannot be brought to the front line. And the three thousand Li pawns, although they are all old pawns, can fight tough battles, but after many battlefields, the casualties are not small, and they still need to leave some backbones to defend the city, and they can take away as Deng She's order, only 2,000 people.

The two thousand men were all beautiful soldiers, all wearing leather armor, carrying black epaulettes, swords and guns like a forest, banners like clouds, and lined up in a neat procession out of the city.

Compared to the Chinese, the Koreans are lower in size. Back then, when Deng She fought Goryeo, he once saw a kind of golden flower high hat, which was worn by many Goryeo military generals and colonies, and it was almost three feet tall. It is said that it is because "the dwarfs of its countrymen have special high hats...... pretend". After entering Haidong, Deng She thought that this kind of hat was too ugly, "wanted to cover it", and made the beautiful pawn short, so he ordered it to be banned.

Although he is low, he is full of murderous spirit.

The 2,000 people were all veterans of the rest of the battle, and they fought in South Korea and Liaodong, first assisting the Yan army to pacify South Korea, and then in Liaoyang and Liaoxi with Nahachu and Shijiabao. Judging by its momentum and fighting spirit, it is almost on par with the elite soldiers of Haidong Wuya.

- No wonder Qing Qianxing proposed to Deng She many times, please be a special person for Lishu.

The Koreans are still white. Officers of all ranks, either riding tall horses or walking with the army, many of them wore white robes or cloaks with white on the outside and red on the inside, which was extremely conspicuous in the ranks of the non-commissioned officers.

Qing Qianxing was stationed outside Macheng, watching the troops walk by.

According to Haidong's military law, every battalion leader walked in front of him, and the flag officer would hold the battalion flag high, and the officer loudly ordered to pay attention. Attention salute means that in the process of marching, turn your head to look in the direction of the main general, and at the same time put your hand holding a gun, a gor, and other weapons on your chest.

Qing Qianxing's prestige in Li's stroke is very high, in addition to paying attention to the salute, there will be shouts from time to time in the camp head that passes by. Sometimes it is shouted: "General! Sometimes it is shouted: "Invincible!" Deng She advocated that Lishu learn to speak Chinese, and most of the complex dialogues were not yet known, but short sentences like this were all known earlier. It's all in Chinese.

The momentum is like a rainbow, and the cry shakes the roof tiles.

A general looked proud and said, "General, look at the good sons of our Koreans!" They are all battle-hardened warriors. Even compared with Monk Li and Yang Wanhu, I'm afraid it's not bad at all! ”

Not long ago, Qing Qianxing, Monk Li and Yang Wanhu cooperated with each other to attack Yanzhou. Li and Yang are both Haidong generals, and their subordinates are also the main force of the five ya, so they are a little disdainful of Li Zu. The Goryeo generals under the command of Qing Qianxing were very angry because of this, but they didn't dare to challenge them face-to-face, and they all held their breath. The meaning of this general's words at this time is clearly implied by this matter.

Qing Qianxing glanced at him and said, "Is it better than them, let's talk about the battle on the battlefield!" ”

"General, speaking of fighting, this time, we either responded or attacked, and successively went to Surabaya, Qufu, Zouxian, Yanzhou, and Jeju Zhucheng. Since Mengyin has come all the way, it is like a bamboo! In terms of merit, it may not be as good as Zhao Zuocheng, but compared to Yang Wanhu and Monk Li, isn't it far better? ”

Another said, "Isn't it?" Compared with us, what credit did Yang Wanhu and Monk Li have in this battle of Jining? There are more military horses than us, better equipment than us, and a greater reputation than us, but the battle record that can be won so far is only one to attack Yanzhou, one to attack Jiaxiang, and the other to cross Shanyang Lake. Moreover, in the attack on Yanzhou, there is also our army; Attacking Jiaxiang, the main force is Hu Zhong. Usually, it looks like the eyes are high above the top,......, phew! It's just a proud soldier. ”

"Alright, don't talk about it. The lord governs the army, and rewards and punishments have always been strict. Meritorious service will be rewarded, and fault must be punished. Make a meritorious contribution and wait for the reward after the war. What's the use of saying these useless words? ”

Although Qing Qianxing also had opinions about Yang Wanhu and Monk Li's "eyes are too high", he read a lot and knew that the treatment of the surrendered army had always been like this. The opinions of Yang Wanhu and Monk Li are not important, what matters is Deng She's opinions. As long as Deng She can show fairness and not discriminate against them.

After a moment of silence, someone changed the topic and said, "Looking at His Highness's military order, it seems that he is going to have a decisive battle with the Tartars." The order for our army to be stationed at Tankou Station should be intended to use us as a reserve. I heard that the Tartars who came to aid Shanzhou this time are all the elite of Chahan. The 'Iron Army' and the 'Spear Army' are among them. Yang Wanhu and Monk Li claimed to dare to fight, so let them go to fight a pioneer first. ”

At the beginning of his fame, Chakhan Timur had a nickname called "Lancer Squire". The "Spear Army" is the capital of his start, the descendants of the lineage, the elite of the elite, of which there are 5,000 people, organized into a 10,000 households, known as the "spear 10,000 households". Among the 10,000 reinforcements sent to Shanzhou this time, 1,000 came from this army.

The "Iron Armor Army" is the early years when it got rid of the siege of Gaoyou, and among the millions of troops in the department, there is a called the Iron Armor Army. Chahan followed suit and also established such an organization, wearing iron armor and using a long axe, a total of 3,000 people, and it was also organized into a 10,000 households, called "Iron Armor Wanhu Mansion". Among the reinforcements that came to help this time, 1,000 people also came from this army.

The combat effectiveness of these two battalion leaders is still superior to that of the "Mao Hulu Army".

Thousands of spears were raised diagonally upward, facing the sun, and moving forward with the beat of the drums, and it was chilling to think of such a scene; Iron armor and long axes, when there is no need for maneuvering, are sharp weapons for large-scale field battles, especially when facing cavalry, they can exert excellent combat effectiveness. In the former Song Dynasty, Yue Fei, Liu Qi, and Han Shizhong used this tactic, using long knives and long axes with foot soldiers, and they all defeated the cavalry of the Jin army. Yue Fei even used this tactic to defeat the elite cavalry "iron tower soldiers" of the Jin army.

The so-called "iron tower soldiers" are "iron floating slaughter", that is, heavy armored cavalry, knights wear heavy armor, wear "two iron shackles", war horses are also wearing heavy armor, people on horses, like iron towers. In battle, every time he takes a step forward, he will set up a rejection horse in the rear, "showing that he can't look back", so that he can't retreat. When charging, it is like an iron wall.

Such cavalry, the degree of elite can be imagined, and it is called a victorious army. But in the end, it was also defeated under the tactics of long knives and long axes. Of course, in order to defeat such a strong enemy, the soldiers must first be brave enough, but the advantage of equipment is also obvious. In particular, the ironclad army of Chakhan Timur, compared with the long knife and big axe army of the former Song Dynasty, is still superior in the thickness of the armor.

When such an army appeared on the battlefield, the black pressure was overwhelming, the heavy armor, the heavy axe, advanced, the heavens and the earth changed color, the mountains and rivers trembled, not to mention anything else, but the deterrent power was very great.

It is also for this reason that the Goryeo general, who spoke at the right time, put the "Iron Armor Army" in front of the "Spear Army".

Listening to his words of implicit schadenfreude, the expression on Qing Qianxing's face did not change, and he didn't know what he was thinking. After a while, he looked up at the sky, as if talking to himself, and muttered, "They are all fierce enemies, not to be underestimated." This coming war may be extremely tragic. ”

The afternoon sun was scorching, and the armor was hot, reflecting on the guns and ges of the forest, reflecting a dazzling light. A gust of hot wind blew, rolling the big flag behind him, crackling.

Half of the Goryeo army had already left the city, and those who left the city lined up a long line of one or two miles along the road outside the city, sang a loud military song, and continued to move forward. Those who did not go out of the city, along the streets of the city, also lined up in a long line, and continued to go out in an orderly manner, Qing Qianxing looked at them, one by one, full of vitality, one by one, with his head held high, and suddenly thought: "Two thousand soldiers, every time I go out of the city, I see it." Although it is a reserve, how many will be able to come back when the war is over? ”

He quietly glanced to the northeast, thousands of miles away, thousands of miles away, the other side of the Hanhai Sea is their hometown; Turning his eyes and glancing to the south, a hundred and ten miles away, was their battlefield.