Chapter 11: The Pioneer (Part 2)
Of course, Li Ye can recognize it, that is, Wuyazi, who was cut off by him in Xuzhou two days ago.
Seeing that Wu Yazi actually rushed up and had the intention of blocking everyone, Li Ye first felt ridiculous, after all, in the heyday of the other party, he couldn't even take a single move from him, and it was even more unbearable at this time, saying that he looked down on him with his mantis arm blocking the car.
But soon, Li Ye found out that something was wrong, and hurriedly warned Song Jiao and Da Shao Si: "Retreat!"
Wu Yazi rushed in, his expression was crazy, his eyes were like knives, he opened his arms after taking off, regardless of defense, he just increased his speed to the extreme, and shot towards Li Ye and the others, and when he arrived in front of Li Ye and the others, he shouted fiercely: "The Daomen will definitely be prosperous!"
After saying that, Wu Yazi exploded in mid-air!
With a bang, Wu Yazi's body turned into flying ashes, and the air waves spread out abruptly from the spot, instantly covering the surrounding area of more than 100 zhang, and the wind was like a sharp blade, sweeping towards Li Ye and others, the sky and the earth were discolored, and everything was silent, but whether it was the sound of the air wave impact or the explosion, it made everyone's ears ring.
Li Ye and others were forced to retreat, and they launched defensive means one after another, but they were still affected by the air waves, Li Ye was okay, there were Qinglian and dragon qi, and the aura was strong and did not lose the real human realm, Da Shao Si Ming and Song Jiao were quite embarrassed, one by one under the impact of the air waves, they were repelled one hundred and ten steps, and their clothes were scattered.
Cultivation is to the real realm, you can launch the means of self-explosion, Wu Yazi is only a half-step foundation, although the means of self-explosion can be used, but the power is undoubtedly much smaller, if it is really a real person realm in front of the self-explosion, Li Ye will be seriously injured, and Da Shao Si Ming and Song Jiao have no possibility of survival.
"This person is really crazy!" Song Jiao gritted her teeth and was resentful.
Li Ye shook his head, "Although each is its own master and belongs to the enemy and me, this kind of sacrificing one's own righteousness is still admirable." ”
Being delayed by Wu Yazi like this, Li Ye and the others were no longer able to catch up with Zhu Wen, who was running at full speed, after all, this place was not far from Dengzhou, and once the other party arrived at the military camp and was in the midst of ten thousand troops, they would not be able to take him.
It's just that everyone has already arrived here, and it is impossible to go back to Xuzhou like this, and the left and right Da Shao Si Ming and Song Jiao were not injured too much, so Li Ye and the others continued to go to Dengzhou to observe the other party's defense.
Along the way, Li Ye's face lost the previous relaxed look, and Wu Yazi did not hesitate to blow himself up to protect Zhu Wen, such a temperament shows the will of the Zhongnan Mountain Daomen, it seems that the next battle will not be easy.
When he arrived in Dengzhou, Li Ye carefully observed Zhu Wen's troops and the city defense situation in Dengzhou, and his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled.
In the Zhu Wen army, the proportion of monks is very high, more than twice as high as the ordinary feudal army, it seems that with the help of the Zhongnan Mountain Daomen, Huang Chao and Zhu Wen army, there are indeed many people who have become monks, the so-called Daomen and the feudal towns collude with each other, recruit disciples to teach Taoism, expand the ranks of monks, and now is the time to show their might.
When it comes to fighting on the battlefield, the monks are the backbone of the formation, and their number and strength directly affect the outcome of the battle.
In this world, a war will have a variety of military art contests, all kinds of means are used to the extreme, they have a crucial impact on the outcome of the war, but in the final analysis, there is only one factor that really determines the victory or defeat of a battle, and that is the monk, or rather, the strong.
Fortunately, the city defense of Dengzhou has not yet been repaired, although there are many things such as rolling stones, arrows, and fork guns, but it is not so easy to replenish the curtains, wolf tooth swatters, and bed crossbows after they are damaged.
The collapsed city wall has to be piled up, and it is not easy to restore the original strength, especially the large and small defensive arrays, which require various materials to be arranged, and it is not an overnight effort.
Li Ye and the others didn't stay in Dengzhou for too long, because Zhongnanshan quickly sent a master of the real realm over, and on the enemy's territory, there were tens of thousands of troops eyeing each other, Li Ye had no intention of shaking the real realm, so he returned with Song Jiao and others.
Back in Xuzhou, Li Ye met with Zhou Qi, and communicated with Zhou Qi about Dengzhou's city defense and the combat power of Zhu Wen's troops.
It can be seen that Zhou Qi's heart is not easy, but his will to fight has not been affected.
Yang Fuguang has already gone to Caizhou, but he doesn't know what the outcome of the negotiation with Qin Zongquan will be. Li Ye is not in a hurry, the Pinglu army has already marched to this side, and it will arrive soon, and there will be no support from Qin Zongquan at that time, and the army will go west to Dengzhou.
Two days later, Yang Fuguang sent back the news that Qin Zongquan had promised to go west to Dengzhou, and sent the general Wang Shu to lead 15,000 soldiers and horses to help the battle, and Yang Fuguang's messenger said that he would return to Xuzhou with Wang Shu's troops.
I have to say that Yang Fuguang is indeed a character.
When Liu Dazheng led the Pinglu Army to Xuzhou, the Caizhou soldiers and horses led by Yang Fuguang and Wang Shu also arrived at about the same time. The army camped at the branch outside the city of Xuzhou, rested for a while, and was ready to set off at any time.
On that day, Li Ye, Zhou Qi, Yang Fuguang, Wang Shu and others, as well as the generals of Pinglu and Zhongwu, as well as Li Ye and Zhou Qi's staff, gathered together to discuss the details of the expedition.
"The Zhongwu Army can transfer 50,000 troops to the west, plus the soldiers and horses of Pinglu and Caizhou, a total of 165,000 soldiers. I heard that there are only about 50,000 thieves in Dengzhou, and we have a good chance of winning this battle!" Yang Fuguang is still very confident, he has always been like this.
Caizhou General Wang Shu smiled and said: "The art of war is cloudy, ten are to surround it, five to attack it, and multiple to divide it." Together, our soldiers and horses are only three times the size of the thief army, and we are far from the standard of ten times the strength to attack the city, but it is too far away, and we don't even have the strength to attack head-on, how can we dare to say that this battle will be won?"
Yang Fuguang immediately said: "Zhu Wen's department has just experienced a big battle, although it has broken through Dengzhou, but it is a tragic victory, now is the time to be tired, and King An also went to see, Dengzhou's city defense is not perfect, we use a cutting-edge division to attack his tired soldiers, how can there be no reason to win? Besides, we are the king's division, and it is the great righteousness to go out to fight the thieves, and the thief army must be afraid!"
Wang Shu crossed her arms, raised her chin, unruly, and sneered: "The art of war, those who seek profit for a hundred miles will step on the general, and those who will seek profit for fifty miles will reach half of the army." From Xuzhou to Dengzhou, how come it is more than a hundred miles, we are running from afar, and the thief army is waiting for work, how dare we say victory?"
Although Wang Shu came with Caizhou's soldiers and horses, and Qin Zongquan also promised to cooperate with the army and attack Dengzhou, Wang Shu's style can clearly see his negative attitude towards the war.
It is estimated that before leaving, Qin Zongquan did not give Wang Shu a lot of explanations, this battle can be avoided, and if it cannot be avoided, it must not be contrived, so as not to be used as a knife and lose the soldiers on the battlefield.
Yang Fuguang was very resentful when he saw Wang Shu behaving like this, the other party's sentence by sentence of the art of war seems to be justified, but the battlefield battle is not to write articles, where is the art of war, how to do it, and to be flexible according to the situation of the enemy and us.
Yang Fuguang was repeatedly provoked by Wang Shu, and said angrily: "General Wang, this is cowardice before fighting, and he can't lead his troops back?!"
Wang Shu snorted coldly, but seeing that everyone was glaring at him, it was not too pretentious, so he hugged his fists slightly and said, "The last general will not dare." ”
Li Ye glanced at Wang Shu a few times, but didn't speak much, whether it was Wang Shu or Qin Zongquan, they were both internal affairs of the loyal army, and he was not good at interfering at will.
"You don't dare!" Yang Fuguang glared at Wang Shu a few times, and then said to the generals of the military council: "Now we and the Pinglu Army are jointly fighting the thieves in the west, and we must ensure that the military orders are unimpeded and the troops act in unison, and we must not have a commander." ”
Speaking of this, Yang Fuguang clenched his fists at Li Ye: "King An is the envoy of the Pinglu Festival, and he is also the envoy appointed by His Majesty to recruit the camp in the east, and the position of the commander of the three armies is none other than His Royal Highness, please don't shirk Your Highness!"
Zhou Qi followed closely with his fists: "Please Your Highness order the whole army, the loyal army will definitely obey the order!"
The generals of the Pinglu Army, Liu Dazheng, Zhao Poyu, Shangguan Chengcheng and others, were all overjoyed when they saw Zhou Qi and Yang Fuguang being so sensible, but Wang Shu looked away, as if he was indifferent to this.
Li Ye doesn't have the habit of being humble and polite, and this battlefield battle is nothing else, so he doesn't need to shirk it, so he said: "Since this is the case, this commander will take on this responsibility." ”
He was originally a camp envoy from the east, and it was a matter of course to be a commander-in-chief, so what was the envoy from the camp from the east? That is to say, the army east of Tongguan should be headed by Li Ye, subject to his control, and listen to his orders. The Zhongwu Army was already within the scope of his orders, and at this time, Yang Fuguang and Zhou Qi made such a statement, which was to clarify the position of the Zhongwu Army.
In terms of the expedition, Li Ye had discussed it with Yang Fuguang and Zhou Qi before, but at this time, it was just to finalize the details and tell the generals to know. Soon, the plan of the army to go to war was understood, and Li Ye ordered the generals on the spot and issued military orders, mainly to divide the responsibilities of the vanguard, the middle army, the flank, the baggage of the rear army, the requisition and transfer of grain and straw.
Next, Li Ye gathered troops outside Xuzhou City and sacrificed the flag to go on the march.
Gossip aside, and said that the army entered the jurisdiction of the Shannan Dongdao Jiedu envoy, did not directly attack Dengzhou, but first went to Tangzhou, and divided a part of the garrison of Tangzhou, at the same time, Li Ye repaired the book to Liu Jurong, the envoy of Shannan Dongdao, and asked him to send troops to the north to attack Dengzhou with the army.
Although Li Ye and others decided that Liu Jurong would not send troops to help, but since he arrived at other people's territory, Li Ye still had to greet others loudly, and by the way, it was equivalent to telling him that if he did not send troops to join the army, then after capturing Dengzhou, he would have to give food to the army.
When the main force of the army stopped in Tangzhou for a while, Shangguan Chengcheng led 3,000 Neiya, as the vanguard of the army, and went straight to Dengzhou.
It stands to reason that using 3,000 elite cavalry as the vanguard seems to be a bit small, and it takes 5,000 soldiers and horses to do it, but Shangguan Allure's inner tooth is the absolute elite under Li Ye, not to mention the heaviest training tasks, the best armaments, and the most bandits in Pinglu, and the proportion of monks in the army is the highest among all armies.
Since it is Li Ye's inner tooth and the most trusted department, then when it comes to the battlefield, of course, he has to rush to the front, on the one hand, to give them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and on the other hand, it is also to show Li Ye's determination to fight.
Li Ye specially named the three thousand inner teeth "Wolf Tooth Capital", why he took the name Wolf Tooth, the meaning is actually self-explanatory, as for why it is called "Du" and not "Army", it is because Li Ye has only one army under his command, that is, the Pinglu Army.
The first battle of the wolf's tooth capital, the task is very simple, to clear the road from Tangzhou to Dengzhou, and the Zhu Wen troops along the way must be cleaned up, this is the first shot, it must be fired, to give Zhu Wen a deterrent, and at the same time to improve the morale of the officers and soldiers.
In order to fire this first shot, Li Ye gave full play to his true colors, draped his whole body, walked with Shangguan Allure, and became a cavalryman.
The eldest young commander was also put on armor by Li Ye and asked them to follow in the cavalry queue. I have to say that after the eldest young man put on his armor, his temperament changed suddenly, giving people a sense of brightness.
Da Si Ming's makeup has always been delicate and mature, and he belongs to the category of iceberg beauties, at this moment he is wearing armor, and his murderous aura has increased instead of decreasing, and he has an extra heroic aura, which looks sinister. After Shao Si ordered to put on the armor, it was not so terrible, but it became more and more delicate, like a snail wrapped in the carapace, which was lovable.
Li Ye's bad taste was satisfied, and he glanced back at the two of them from time to time, and sometimes he couldn't help it, so he laughed out loud, causing Shangguan Chengcheng to glare at him with resentment.
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