Chapter 102: The National War
These days, 13 days have passed since the start of the national war. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Naturally, the two sides will not make no progress, with more than one million troops facing each other, and there are countless frictions of all sizes.
To put it simply, it is possible to separate from Zhang Rang leading his troops to Jigong Mountain. Before that, the armies of both sides were overwhelmed, each sending small groups of troops to test each other, and thousands of players acting as spies, shuttling back and forth between the camps of both sides.
On the side of Luoyang, the main force of 100,000 was stationed in Huajian City, and then the reinforcements from each city were scattered around, and only their leading generals were in the city, waiting for orders at any time. Dali's side is very different, unlike the Luoyang army's majestic exit from the city and finally retreating in Huajian City, Dali's side sent troops in a low-key manner, but camped thirty miles outside the city in a high-profile manner, putting on a posture of wanting to attack. The army is divided into three routes, and here is only a part of it, led by Duan Yu, the thirteenth prince, and the army is 200,000. As for the other two, they have not yet appeared in the sight of the Luoyang side, and no one knows where they are now.
A few days ago, that is, when Zhang Rang was still sitting in Huajian City, the two sides were fine, but there was some temptation, and finally ended the battle with losses acceptable to both sides. Subsequently, Zhang Rang waited for the army that had not yet been fully assembled, and Duan Yu also waited for the other two hidden troops to make achievements, and when the time came, they would definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
But Duan Yu has never been a peaceful person. Being in the royal family, there is inevitably the problem of the struggle for the throne. After all, the situation in Dali is not like Luoyang, although they are also an imperial system, but they have only changed the emperor not long ago, and the little prince is still young, and there is no question of the battle for the throne at all.
When it comes to the battle for the throne, Dali has four princes who are the most competitive, namely the eldest prince and crown prince Duan Fu, followed by the tenth prince Duan Changsheng, the seventeenth prince Duan Yin and the nineteenth prince Duan Cunrui. The reason why this is so is because others, such as the second prince and the third prince, have already been established and have been sent out to be crowned princes, so they are naturally no longer competitive.
The eldest prince is undoubtedly the most promising of the four to inherit the throne, after all, at the age of forty-seven, he doesn't know how much life experience he has, and there are many subordinates who support him, especially in the court.
And the Ten Princes is the person who pleases the old emperor the most, he can write and martial arts, and his first-hand paintings are even more vivid, which is really a good pen to convey God. In addition, the ten princes and concubines are not small, they are the eldest princesses of the Great Qin Empire in the west, and the two countries married here many years ago. It is conceivable that with such a powerful relative, he will naturally not be willing to be just a prince.
As for the seventeenth prince Duan Yin, he is only thirteen years old, but he is quite dexterous, and there is a shadow of Nanban behind him.
Duan Cunrui, the nineteenth prince, is even more amazing, and his mother is the current queen. The queen had a son in her later years, so she was naturally very distressed, and Duan Cunrui's first few brothers went to the place to split the land to be kings because of their age, so he was born with a huge advantage. In Dali, only the emperor's relatives have the right to take charge of the army. In addition, Duan Cunrui was born smart, although he was only seven years old, he was cute and cute, and he learned everything quickly, and the old emperor also loved this little son very much.
Duan Yu is already twenty-seven years old, although he has shown amazing military talent since he was a child, but he has no background, his mother concubine is just an ordinary beauty who came in from an ordinary place. Duan Yu has a lot of ambitions, although he has made great military achievements in the army for eleven years, and many people in the army are full of praise for him, but there is still a certain distance from the throne.
Therefore, he desperately needs a greater merit, an merit that can overshadow the light of all princes! Therefore, he was waiting, not only waiting for the message of the other two armies, but also waiting for the opponent to relax, waiting for an opportunity for him to make a move.
God lived up to his painstaking efforts, and finally, he waited for the news he wanted. It was not that the other two route armies had moved, but that Zhang Rang went out, with a small force, and went north. This made Duan Yu very excited, the coach was not there, no matter how he said it, it was a great opportunity from God. Although Zhang let him go north and did not give him a chance to ambush, as long as he left long enough, no, as long as it was one day, he could make the Luoyang army suffer a big loss!
Despite the excitement, the fighting instinct for many years calmed him down and thought, could it be the enemy's ploy? But what's the use of having a trap? Could it be that I, Duan Yu, will take the usual path?
On that day, in the big tent, military orders continued, and the 200,000 troops received different orders, and all of them were sent out. By Duan Yu's side, only hundreds of guards were left! Finally, the spy who had returned from hearing the news told him that the news was true, and he grasped the sword in his hand and pulled it out of its scabbard.
"Let's go!"
The sword light is cold, cold as winter!
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Flower City, on the city wall, a lot of soldiers come and go, because it is a border city, the city wall is tall, and there are many heavy weapons such as bed crossbows and trebuchets on it. Because this is the place to be chosen, the soldiers have not done nothing these days, they have heightened and thickened the city walls, set up traps outside the city such as deer rejection, horse traps, etc., and have also made a big hoarding of strategic consumables such as arrows and javelins. In short, the current Huajian City is a strong city, even if the Dali army outside the city is ten times more than ten, it can hold out for ten days and half a month!
Outside the city, a group of people appeared, and the gate of Huajian City was quickly closed, it was the Dali army.
"The Luoyang army in the city, come out quickly and fight with the master!"
At the head was a young general, who stood three hundred paces outside the city gates, for further on he was within range of the bow and arrow.
This is a daily scolding array, every day, no matter how embarrassed the Dali army was beaten the day before, there will still be a force to provoke the next day. The Luoyang army has lost its novelty and has long been accustomed to it.
"General, should we go out of the city to face the battle?"
"Who's on duty today?" It was Hua Wei who spoke, one of the nine generals in Luoyang, and after Zhang Rang and a group of people left, he was the largest group of people in official positions here.
"It's Captain Li Jiao."
"Well, let him take a team of people to compete with them." The so-called soldier to soldier to general, there are only about 1,000 people who come to scold in front of them, and there is no large army at all, so naturally it is not the turn of someone of Hua Wei's level to make a move. Hua Wei is a middle-aged man with a beard and a Chinese face, which makes people feel very intimate. And Li Jiao has some impression of this person, he is a good seedling of the third order, it is said that he will soon reach the fourth order, so let him rub the sharpness of the Dali army.
"Yes!" His men were commanded.
Soon, the city gate opened, and a group of infantry followed the cavalry to meet the scolding Dali army.
"Who's coming, report your name!"
"The one who wants your life!" It's not the first time Hua Wei has faced this kind of scolding, he has also shot a few times before, these people are powerful in their mouths, but they have no ability in their hands, and they can basically be beaten down by him in a few rounds.
"Rampant!" The young general of Dali snorted angrily, and his sword slashed at him.
"Good time!" Li Jiao knew that Hua Wei was watching on the city wall, so she didn't dodge or dodge, and when she lifted the spear, she used the strongest mastery.
The young general was obviously right, but he had such a stubborn temperament that he had to endure it. After that, the two sides went back and forth, and there were more than a dozen rounds of fighting.
On the city wall, a partial general beside Hua Wei smiled and said: "General, the strength of the people who came to call the battle today is not bad, and they have fought with Li Jiao for several rounds." ”
Hua Wei's vision is naturally not comparable to that of the partial general, just by a glance, he knows that the young general is holding on. But he didn't poke it, and quietly watched the two fight. (To be continued.) )