Speaking of Qinzhou, Gongchang Prefecture, many people are not familiar with it.

But when it comes to Tianshui, at least half of the ten people know about it.

The Han River connects to the sky, and the place where it comes from is the land of Tianshui.

In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan six times, three of which were fierce battles in the Tianshui area.

After Jiang Wei saw through Kong Ming's plan to earn the city, he ambushed under the city, and when he met Zhao Yun in front of the battle, he jumped on the horse with a gun.

"Old general, you can know Tianshui Jiang Boyo!"

What made Tianshui famous was not only Zhuge Liang's six out of Qishan, but also Jiang Wei and Jiang Boyo, who were heroic at that time.

In the third year of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, Tianshui County was separated from the two counties of Longxi and Beidi.

However, as time passed, Tianshui was gradually replaced by Qinzhou.

In a sense, Qinzhou is Tianshui, and Tianshui is Qinzhou.

The area under the jurisdiction of Qinzhou is not as large as the original Tianshui, but the ancient name of Tianshui is still there.

Qinzhou is about sixty li southeast of Lingzun Mountain, while Qishan is located seventy li west of Lingzuka Mountain.

The two mountains of Lingzuka Mountain and Qishan Mountain are opposite to each other from east to west, looking at each other from afar.

The Chinese army camp of Li Yangchun, the Four Heavenly Kings, was set up in the northern part of the Lingzuka Ridge, fifteen miles south of Mapaoquan Town.

Fifteen thousand troops were divided into three mountainous areas that were close to each other.

The three mountains are close to each other, the highest in the center, and the mountains on both sides are slightly lower, with a moderate slope, but you can gallop horses.

The three mountains are connected, echoing each other from afar, and each other is a horn, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Chen Wang rode a war horse and led dozens of cavalrymen, standing on a high slope outside the town of Mapaoquan Town, looking at the three mountains full of flags not far away.

At this time, the town of Mapaoquan was already a mound of emptiness, and all the houses and fields inside and outside the town had been burned.

The air was filled with the smell of decay and the unpleasant smell of blood.

Mapaoquan Town was once an important town on the "Silk Road".

According to the "Qinzhou Chronicles": "According to legend, Tang Wei Chi Jingde fought with the generals, and there was no water in the army, and his horses ploughed the ground and came out of the spring. ”

The spring comes out into a spring, extremely sweet, and the source is strong and can irrigate the field.

The severe drought in Shaanxi has affected almost all parts of Shaanxi, but only the town of Mapaoquan has been spared because of this underground spring.

But no one has escaped natural disasters.

Today's Mapao Spring is not a clear spring, but a turbid black water.

The floating corpses floating in the water, as well as a large amount of ruins and filth, are the main culprits affecting the spring water.

Chen Wang's expression was cold, he withdrew his gaze, and returned to the mountains to the south.

No matter how many times I see such a situation, I still can't look at it with a normal heart.

The three mountains to the south are the base camp of the Four Heavenly Kings Li Yangchun, and after the battle of Qinzhou City, the army under Li Guo's command has been weakened to more than 3,000 people.

The more than 3,000 men were all young and strong cavalrymen, and all the old and weak infantry and hungry soldiers either died on the road or were captured by the coefficients.

The captured captives were all handed over by Chen Wang to the officials in those places, and Chen Wang could only do this.

If you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will be good to the world.

Tang Shiping dragged the war horse to stand beside Chen Wang, and reported the situation to Chen Wang in a low voice.

"There are about 15,000 people under the command of Li Yangchun, the Four Heavenly Kings, only more than 3,000 old and weak, 1,200 elite cavalry, 3,000 horse troops, and the rest are infantry and hungry soldiers."

"There are about 8,000 people under the command of the king of climbing in Shannan, there are more than 700 elite cavalry, 2,000 horse troops, only 1,000 old and weak, and the rest are also infantry and hungry soldiers."

"These two were looted all the way from Fengxiang Mansion at the beginning of the month, and the news was the report of the Qinzhou Guards in late September, and those scouts were all members of the army, and they still had some skills, and many of the situations were roughly the same as our night inspections, which should be accurate."

Tang Shiping's gaze glanced in the direction behind the mountain.

"Sneaking into the mountains, Ye Bushu has found another group of rogues, those rogues are from the trail in the south of the mountain, and they should be in the climbing king department operating in the south of the mountain."

Chen Wang bowed his head slightly, knowing himself and knowing his opponent, and he would not be defeated in a hundred battles.

With an accurate assessment of combat power, his subsequent arrangements and deployment battle plans can be more targeted.

Li Guo now has only more than 500 elite cavalry and 26,700 horse troops, and now he is joining forces with the Four Heavenly Kings and the Heaven Climbing King.

The three combined, a total of elite cavalry that can dispatch envoys is only two thousand, four or five elite cavalry.

The number of horse troops is quite large, with a total of nearly 8,000 people in the three divisions, and the cavalry of the Liukou is as many as tens of thousands.

There were only about 4,000 people in the three divisions, and there were about 12,000 infantry and hungry soldiers.

There are 20,000 rogue fighters, and the number of troops is only about four times more.

A fourfold difference is quite a small one.

Since the first year of Chongzhen, after the people boiled, most of the battles between the Liukou and the Ming army were mostly ten to one.

Four to one, it can be said that it has not been a rich war for a long time.

However, many things can't be counted like this, although the difference in strength is not big, but Chen Wang's heart is still a little unconfident.

The 2,700 new recruits were all born in starvation, and although they had training along the way, it was not easy to talk about how much combat strength they had.

In the new barracks, none of the officers at the level of Qianzong, General, and Baizong were appointed, and all of them were temporarily led by those who came from Cao Wenzhao's command.

Don't look at the strict queue of these recruits, the military formation looks solemn.

However, many people still can't even understand the banners and golden drums, and most people can only understand some simple military orders conveyed by the golden drums and banners, and they can't understand them if they are a little more complicated.

However, the simplified military rules that they had memorized at the beginning were still remembered clearly.

Now as the main pillar, it is mainly the nine hundred Liao cavalry in the lower barracks under his command, as well as the veterans of the infantry of the two divisions.

Chen Wang's gaze kept wandering above the Three Mountains camp in the south.

Although the organization of the rogues is more chaotic, and most people can't understand the command flag, this is also a huge flaw.

The most common tactics of the Liukou, in addition to using the tactics of the sea of people, is to concentrate the elite cavalry to attack one place suddenly.

If the formation of the new barracks is breached, it is speculated that according to their training, it is not impossible for the whole army to collapse.

Recruits and veterans have an extremely obvious feeling on the battlefield, as long as the enemy general is not a fool, they can be found and cannot be hidden at all.

On the top of the three mountains, a large number of chaotic flags are planted in different places.

The camp was fairly well-behaved, with most of the main roads lined with horses and low walls.

If the mountain is forcibly attacked, the enemy army can have a great advantage.

This kind of camp built on the mountain is actually no less difficult to attack than a fortified city surrounded by walls.

But this battle must be fought, and Hong Chengchou's military order cannot be delayed forever.

However, in the army's struggle and attack, it should make use of its strengths and avoid its weaknesses.

Chen Wang knew this very well, and the biggest advantage of the army under his command now was that the armor rate was much higher than that of the Liukou.

The best tactics are those used by the Qing army.

And Chen Wang happened to be very aware of the tactics of the Qing army.

(End of chapter)