Valley Emperor

Even without mentioning the regulations of the new army of the Tang Dynasty, his second brigade is the vanguard of the whole army. However, considering that the fourth infantry regiment to which the second brigade belongs currently has only one tenth infantry battalion and a small number of recruits, its troops are seriously insufficient. In fact, the Corps was originally temporarily strengthened by Li Xuan to the Second Brigade.

Used to increase the strength of the forward troops!

When Fang Xitong led these 4,000 people to press forward, a large number of Ming army soldiers saw this scene, and many people couldn't help but feel worried: these fake Tang thieves are more and more. , and can he successfully enter the city?

Zhu Zhihai already had a very bad premonition. He was worried that these pseudo-Tang thieves were not all, and there would be more pseudo-Tang thieves coming later!

These pseudo-Tang thieves seem to be desperate not to let themselves enter the city!

But they think they can beat themselves outside the city without letting themselves in?

There are more than 30,000 troops under his command, and there are more than 3,000 troops in Liping City!

These pseudo-Tang thieves are so confident that they think they can be defeated if they stop themselves outside the city?

There are 4,000 pseudo-Tang thieves attacking from the east. In this case, it is natural to do nothing and continue to enter the city. In this case, the flanks of the army will be completely defeated, and then the entire army will be finished. What is going into town!

Immediately, he began to dispatch troops. Soon, about 4,000 people were separated from the main Ming army, but they did not take the initiative to rush forward like the previous Ming army who turned around to cover the baggage troop. Instead, it stopped on the flanks.

This is obviously to continue to cover the main force and the baggage troops entering the city!

Fang Xitong saw the Ming army coming, and after taking a look, he made the same choice as Song Tianbiao before: "Send the order, the whole army turns left and trot forward!"

Such a foolish thing to rush over to fight with the main force of the Ming army is not desirable. Speaking of Fang Xitong's task, it is the same as Song Tianbiao's task, which is to contain the Ming army and prevent the Ming army from entering the city.

It is not their task to fight against the main force of the Ming army!

So as soon as he saw the Ming army split up, he immediately turned with the troops, seemingly retreating, but in fact he went straight to the rear of the Ming army's baggage units.

In addition, this has another purpose, which is to merge with the 3rd Infantry!

Now his 2nd Brigade is somewhat scattered, the 3rd Infantry Regiment is divided into two parts, and the 3rd Infantry Regiment is scattered with the 4th and 7th Infantry Regiments.

He must refocus his forces before he can pose a more effective threat to the Ming army!

Once he gathers his troops back together, his second brigade will be able to concentrate nearly 6,000 troops, and half of these 6,000 troops are the seventh infantry regiment formed by the descendants of the Ming army, but the momentum Not to be overlooked either.

If the Ming army wants to deal with these 6,000 people of its own, it must send more, even tens of thousands!

And there are only 30,000 Ming troops in front of them. If they dare to send 10,000 people to contain them, then these 10,000 people will not have to go back.

After waiting for the arrival of the first brigade in the rear, this ten thousand Ming army will become the turtle in the urn, and there is no escape.

If you can eat tens of thousands of Ming troops, so what if the Ming troops enter the city!

The Ming army, the first of the three, must have suffered a sharp drop in morale. At that time, they will be able to defend the Lipingfu city against the onslaught of tens of thousands of troops on their own side?

joke!

Our new army in the Tang Dynasty is invincible. Since its formation, it has never been defeated. It has defeated the Ming army several times, and successively wiped out tens of thousands of enemies. The results are brilliant, and the morale of the army is extremely strong.

These Ming troops will definitely not be able to hold back at that time!

I have to say that after several consecutive victories, the morale of the new army of the Tang Dynasty is high, but it is too high, even to the point of arrogance. Otherwise, Fang Xitong will not be born to conquer it in time. The idea that a city of Liping Mansion, which was defended by more than 20,000 people, could be successfully conquered in a short period of time.

Not to mention the follow-up thoughts, what Fang Xitong wants to do now is to threaten the cargo troops behind the Ming army and join the 3rd Infantry Regiment.

At this time, Song Tianbiao also received an order from Fang Xitong through the semaphore, and began to order the reserve battalion to move towards the headquarters, then move northeast together, and join the second brigade headquarters as soon as possible!

A series of maneuvers by the Second Brigade of the Datang New Army once again disrupted the deployment of the Ming Army!

Forcing multiple Ming troops to follow the maneuver, otherwise, they will be bypassed by the pseudo-Tang bandit army, and their baggage troops may be in danger.

The baggage troop carries enough food for their 30,000-strong army to eat for a whole month!

If there are any mistakes in the baggage unit, they don't have to fight this battle, they just starve to death.

Knowing that at this time, Zhu Zhihai still did not give up his plan to enter the city, and this idea became even stronger after seeing the combat effectiveness of the pseudo-Tang thief army.

Although he was reluctant to admit in his heart that he could not defeat the Pseudo-Tang Bandit Army in the field, he still believed that if he could enter the city, it would be more beneficial to him to have a defensive battle.

Is it just that he can do it?

Zhu Zhihai didn't know, at this moment no one knew where this battle, which broke out at noon and lasted for several hours, would eventually go!

Next, the troops on both sides were constantly moving, and the long-term high-intensity maneuvering also made the soldiers on both sides tired and half-dead!

Those soldiers without armor are fine, and the physical consumption is limited, but those who wear armor are not so good.

Wearing dozens of pounds of armor is already very tiring. Even if you stand still, you will be exhausted for a few hours, let alone always running around.

When Fang Xitong brought the 2nd Brigade Headquarters and the 3rd Infantry Regiment together, the heavily armored infantrymen in the 3rd Infantry Regiment were so tired that they could barely stand.

The Ming army on the opposite side is not as good either. The physical fitness of these Ming army soldiers is even worse than that of the soldiers of the new army of the Tang Dynasty. After all, the soldiers of the new army of the Tang Dynasty can at least have enough to eat, and the soldiers of the guards of the Ming army, It is impossible to have enough food every day.

Therefore, on the Ming Army side, whether it is heavy armored infantry or light infantry without armor, one by one is also tired and panting, and many people are starting to have weak legs!

At this time, there was something in the army of both sides that made people want to cover their faces. Many soldiers in the Ming army were sitting directly on the ground. The soldiers wearing armor even disregarded the obstacles of others and had to take off their armor.

The soldiers in the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Datang New Army were no better than the Ming army on the opposite side. They were all sitting on the ground tired, and there was no strict formation at all.

The soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Regiment and the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Second Brigade Headquarters were better. Although they were tired, the physical fitness of these soldiers was better, and under the strict military discipline, no one dared to sit down without authorization.

However, the officers above also knew that the physical fitness of the soldiers was below the limit, so after seeing the Ming army sitting directly on the ground, they also gave orders to let the troops take turns to rest.

And arrange unarmored soldiers to help the heavy armoured infantry take off their armor and put them back on when needed!

The armor of the heavy armored spearmen is assisted by the ordinary spearmen in the back row, while the heavy armored sword and shield soldiers are helped by the light armored sword and shield soldiers!

In this way, it is basically possible to see the difference in the quality of the two armies.

They were all exhausted, and they all sat and rested, but the Ming army was in a mess, and the seventh infantry regiment formed by the descendants of the Ming army on the Datang New Army side was also messy, only the third infantry regiment and the fourth infantry regiment. The soldiers of the infantry regiment take turns resting in a neat and orderly manner.

Time passed slowly while the two sides were resting on the ground, but the senior generals on both sides were not in a hurry!

The Ming army's side was originally to cover the baggage and other troops from entering the city. If they could not fight, it would be good not to fight, so they could better preserve their strength, and they had to retreat later! If we were to fight now, if we were defeated, would we still need tens of thousands of troops?

That's right, in order to intercept the more than 6,000 pseudo-Tang thieves who have successfully converged, the three intercepting forces of the Ming army also converged. These three forces add up to a total of more than 11,000 troops. Directed by the commander of the Guizhou Metropolitan Government!

Among the 11,000 people, 2,000 were Fubiao infantry directly under Zhu Zhihai, 500 were Fubiao cavalry, and more than 4,000 were ordinary guard soldiers!

And the remaining 4,000 people are ordinary young people and common people!

With so many Ming troops left behind, Fang Xitong on the opposite side was naturally not in a hurry. Even if they couldn't eat their baggage troops, being able to keep these tens of thousands of people could be regarded as an indirect task.

The reason why he didn't take the initiative to attack is that his 6,000-odd people are the same as the Ming army on the opposite side. They have a lot of water. Among the 6,000 people, there are 3,000 Ming troops who surrendered. The combat effectiveness of this Ming army's surrender is very doubtful. , the reliable ones are the 3,000 people in the second brigade headquarters, and the core main force in the 3,000-strong headquarters, that is, the third infantry regiment, has been fighting hard for a day, and the soldiers are already very tired. If you continue to fight forcefully, the combat effectiveness will also be There will be a huge discount.

Therefore, Fang Xitong prudently chose to keep the same in order to adapt to the changes!

As a result, a very strange scene appeared on the battlefield. More than 20,000 Ming troops were rushing towards Lipingfu City, and at least thousands of people had already entered the city.

Outside the city, there are tens of thousands of people and 6,000 counterfeit Tang thieves!

In the evening ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ when the sun began to go down, Zhu Zhihai was already standing on the top of Lipingfu City. In his sight, the Ming army's baggage units were already carrying a large amount of food one after another. into town.

At this time, it was time to withdraw the tens of thousands of soldiers who were covering the army entering the city from outside the city!

But before he could wait for his order, someone suddenly ran up to him with a panicked look on his face!

However, although this person was full of panic, he did not rashly say that the adults are not good, but quickly ran to Zhu Zhihai, and then leaned over and said a few words in his ear!

As soon as this person finished speaking, Zhu Zhihai's expression changed, and he said, "Let the soldiers and horses outside the city also start to retreat gradually!"

After speaking, he added another sentence: "Let Fubiao's soldiers and horses advance into the city, and the rest of the troops will cover and cut off!"

After speaking, he looked towards the east with deeply worried eyes!

The main force of the pseudo-Tang bandit army is here!