Valley Emperor

Compared with the city that the Ming army is defending all the way, the Tang army is more willing to use inferior troops to fight the Ming army in the field!

After all, no matter what, the frontal battle in the wild is their best fighting method!

However, high-level officials on both sides had different optimistic expectations for the battle situation. The strategy of the Ming army was also different from that of the First Army. Their vision was to surround the main force of the 1st Infantry Division who had ventured northward. Well, the Ming army was already in They were afraid of being beaten by the Tang army in the previous battle, so although they mobilized many troops, almost all of them, their strategic goal was only to surround and annihilate the main force of the 1st Infantry Division in Hengzhou in the north.

They didn't think that they would wipe out all the Tang troops in the north, Shanghai, and Guangxi. That would be unrealistic.

In their conception, a 100,000-strong army surrounded and annihilated more than 10,000 main force of the pseudo-Tang thief army, and there were tens of thousands of Changsha reinforcements in the rear.

However, in the strategic conception of Hao Bainian and other generals of the First Army, it is not only the main force of the 1st Infantry Division to meet the enemy, but to defeat the enemies in Guiyang and Yizhang in the early stage, and then block the enemy in Chenzhou. In the city of Chenzhou, most of the First Army will be gathered, especially the Second Infantry Division located in Baoqing Prefecture will be dispatched to participate in the battle. In the end, more than 20,000 troops will face the Ming army in the direction of Hengzhou and Changsha. Set the world!

Although the strategic ideas of the two sides are different, if the strategic ideas of the two sides continue, a super war in the territory of Hengzhou is inevitable.

When Hao Bainian sent a messenger, he rode on fast horses and rushed to the direction of the 2nd Infantry Division almost day and night, asking the 2nd Infantry Division to abandon the Ming army in Baoqing Mansion first, bypass Shaoyang, and quickly rush to Hengzhou when.

Hao Bainian himself also led the main force of the 1st Infantry Division to turn around and head southwest.

Today, the Ming army from Chenzhou, Yizhang, and Guiyang are attacking separately. If one of them cannot be stopped, it will pose a major threat to the supply line of the 1st Infantry Division. Hao Bainian will not allow such a thing to happen.

Hao Bainian turned around and headed to the southwest, while the temporarily formed fourth regiment continued to block outside Chenzhou City, immobilizing tens of thousands of Ming troops outside Chenzhou City and thousands of Ming troops in nearby areas.

As for the 1st Infantry Regiment and related auxiliary units, after making a big circle in the process of chasing the Ming army in Yizhang, they finally rushed to Yizhang, and then they did not attack the city. After all, there are thousands of Ming troops in Yizhang City. Even if the 1st Corps is powerful, it cannot be won in a day or two. Moreover, Sun Shuangxi is not willing to pay a large casualty price for a mere Yizhang city.

Therefore, he did not lead the troops directly to Yizhang City, but was ambushed at a place about ten kilometers southeast of Yizhang, waiting for the eight thousand Ming troops who attacked Yizhang to return to Yizhang, and then launch an interception operation.

In order to hide the traces of the army, Sun Shuangxi did not take the troops directly to the city of Yizhang, nor did they station in nearby villages and towns, but in the wilderness.

Although there is no house to live in, but there are tents to shelter from the wind and rain, and the soldiers also have cotton jackets and quilts to keep out the cold, it is not too miserable. This kind of situation is better than the continuous march and pursuit of the previous few days, at least They can now rest well and eat a hot meal!

The 1st Infantry Regiment and its affiliated units can hide and rest, but the 1st Cavalry Battalion needs to keep track of and harass Yizhang's attack on the Ming army, so there is no way to rest.

However, the results of the first cavalry battalion are also there. In the past three days, they followed the Ming army and harassed them, killing at least a hundred Ming troops before and after. Some of them were the reconnaissance cavalry of the Ming army, and some were A small unit of the rear army.

It was precisely because the Ming army discovered the existence of the 1st Cavalry Battalion that they would give up attacking the 4th Transport Regiment and return to Yizhang instead.

But now, whether they can return to Yizhang is unknown, because the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Regiment have already arrived outside Yizhang City a day earlier.

If they want to return to Yizhang, they will be intercepted by the First Infantry Regiment!

At this time, when Yizhang attacked the Ming army, several Ming army generals also had anxious expressions on their faces. They were not fools. Just from the cavalry that had been haunting behind them, they could guess that the There must be a main force of the pseudo-Tang thief army catching up.

Yes, they still don't know that the main infantry of the Pseudo-Tang Bandit Army, who were still behind them, had given up their pursuit, and instead ran directly to Yizhang, and arrived outside Yizhang City a day earlier than they did.

The current Ming troops are all intent on escaping back to Yizhang. As for the task of intercepting the transport team of the pseudo-Tang thief army and cutting off the main supply line of the pseudo-Tang thief army going north, they have already forgotten about it at this time.

If you want to cut off the supply line of the pseudo-Tang thief army, the premise is that there is no main force of the pseudo-Tang thief army here. Their purpose is just to attack the transport team of the pseudo-Tang thief army.

Fight against the main force of the pseudo-Tang thief army? Don't dare to give them a hundred courage!

Because most of the other Ming armies who dared to do so were already defeated, and they did not want to follow in the footsteps of other friendly armies.

As long as they escape back to Yizhang, then everything can be restored to the original state. At least the lives of their own people can be guaranteed. Counting the time, it should be able to reach Yizhang in these two days. At that time, at least 20,000 troops can be gathered in the direction of Yizhang. In this way, Yizhang dare not say that it is impregnable, but the pseudo-Tang bandit army wants to take it down. , If you don't send a main force of 20,000 people, you will definitely not be able to take down thousands of people without casualties.

And this is definitely not a worthwhile business for the pseudo-Tang bandit army with a relatively small number of troops, because if the pseudo-Tang bandit army was determined to pay such a large number of casualties to attack Yizhang, they would have already attacked Yizhang directly, and Will not bypass Yizhang to attack Hengzhou.

These eight thousand Ming troops fled all the way towards Yizhang!

But one day, they were only thirty miles away from Yizhang, and they will be able to return to Yizhang City if they work harder tomorrow!

So that night, they finally slept more peacefully, but only slightly at ease, because they knew that the danger was still to come, so at dawn the next morning, they just started cooking. Then, not long after the sun rose, it was already officially on the road, and continued to rush towards Yizhang City.

Thirty miles, twenty-five miles, as they gradually approached Yizhang City, they gradually relaxed, and at the current speed, they would be able to rush back to Yizhang City this afternoon.

Moreover, they also sent fast horses to get in touch with Yizhang City. Now, there is no trace of the pseudo-Tang thief army inside and outside Yizhang City, which means that Yizhang is currently safe.

But at noon, the leading Ming army general suddenly received a report from the vanguard, saying that the cavalry reconnaissance in the front was intercepted by the cavalry of the pseudo-Tang bandit army.

"Pseudo-Tang cavalry? Aren't they behind us? When did they run ahead of us?" The generals of the Ming army present were a little confused. Behind their **** was a pseudo-Tang cavalry. They scattered, and did not take the initiative to attack their own army. They just launched sneak attacks from time to time, specifically intercepting some small groups of their own troops behind them. Although this would not cause much damage to the army, it also made them extremely uncomfortable.

"Could it be that the cavalry of the Pseudo Tang Bandit Army came around in front of us and tried to intercept us?"

"It's not very likely. The cavalry of the pseudo-Tang thief army behind us is only three or four hundred people. It's okay for them to sneak up on our small unit of troops, but if they want to intercept our army head-on, it's self-defeating!"

In any case, they have 8,000 people. As long as the enemy cavalry commander is not stupid, they will not choose to face the pit, at most they will choose to attack their own small-scale troops.

Even such an attack was actually not very effective, because the Ming army maintained sufficient vigilance. When marching, they all marched in groups, and they chose some terrain that was not very gentle and difficult for cavalry to play.

The vicinity of Yizhang is all mountainous, which is not suitable for cavalry combat. If the terrain here is the kind of plain with a horse and a river, the 8,000 Ming troops would have been eaten in batches by the 400 cavalry of the Tang army.

In plain terrain and in hilly terrain, the combat effectiveness of cavalry can be said to be very different.

"Then who are these cavalry? Could it be that there is another cavalry unit from the pseudo-Tang Dynasty?"

"This possibility is not very likely~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Pseudo Tang is located in Guangxi and Guizhou, although there are southwest horses, but they are also like us, it is unlikely to get too many horses, the cavalry of the Puppet Tang bandit army There are hundreds of battalions per battalion. According to rumors, there are only a few cavalry battalions in total. In our Chenzhou and Hengzhou areas, there is only one cavalry battalion, unless they send a cavalry from other places. Otherwise, we are unlikely to encounter another pseudo-Tang cavalry battalion!"

"But what if it was a cavalry battalion that the Pseudo-Tang Bandit Army had transferred from other places?"

"If this is the case, then this battle doesn't need to be fought. Behind the cavalry battalion of the Puppet Tang Bandit Army, there will definitely be a main force of the Puppet Tang Bandit Army. When have you heard that the cavalry battalion of the Puppet Tang Bandit Army is acting alone? of?"

"Another main force of the pseudo-Tang bandit army?"

"If that's the case, then it's not very good!"

However, just as everyone was making wild guesses, suddenly two cavalrymen galloped in front of them, and they dismounted directly in front of these generals of the Ming army. With a look of panic, only one of them said: "Sir, it's not good!"