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Chapter 572 The Battle of Tongguan (Part 2)(1/2)

Except for the border troops in the three towns of Fanyang, which were rebels, most of the other vassal states in the Tang Dynasty were loyal to the Li Tang royal family.

However, An Lushan raised his army too quickly and the court was caught off guard. Li Longji urgently dispatched other border troops from the vassal states to enter Guanzhong to suppress the rebellion. After several battles, some of the border troops were consumed and some were merged.

For example, Geshuhan's Hexi Army was captured by rebels when defending Tongguan. The Hexi Army fled in scattered areas, and in the end only 10,000 were left. This 10,000 were merged into Gu Qing's Anxi Army.

For example, Xianyu Zhongtong's 30,000 Shu troops began to go out of Shu and pass, and the Shu army had never fought a decent battle. Xianyu Zhongtong, who was not honest, quickly found his next family and took the initiative to merge into the Anxi Army.

Then there were two border troops, namely the Shuofang Jiedushi and the Longyou Jiedushi, but the two major military governors, Guo Ziyi, were both the two border troops of Longyou and Shuofang. Since the Anlushan rebellion, the two border troops of Longyou and Shuofang have been dealing with the rebels in Guanzhong. The veteran Guo Ziyi, alone, took on the battle to resist the rebels from the north of the Tang Dynasty, and the two border troops suffered heavy casualties.

Although Guo Ziyi is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, unfortunately, he did not open his golden finger like Gu Qing, nor did he have the accurate prediction of the future as a time traveler. Although the battle against rebellion he commanded was brave and tenacious, every battle he commanded was also extremely hard.

In fact, the so-called 30,000 Shuofang Army is actually a coalition force of the two major border towns of Shuofang and Longyou.

There are only more than 30,000 people left in the two major border towns of Longyou and Shuofang.

In addition, the Tang Dynasty also had many troops that resisted the rebels, some were garrisons from local prefectures and counties, led by local governors or county magistrates, and dealt with the rebels around the Guanzhong Plain. Some were purely local united soldiers organized by local gentry and landlords. Most of these civilian troops were composed of farmers, and the combat power could be imagined.

This is probably the case in the current situation of the royal army in the Tang Dynasty. The only strongest army is Gu Qing's Anxi Army.

This is also the reason why Li Heng was so afraid of Gu Qing. Such a powerful army could not hold the hands of the emperor, and even the broadest emperor could not tolerate Gu Qing.

He couldn't tolerate it and couldn't get rid of it, so he had to pinch his nose and ask for cooperation with kind words. You can imagine how frustrated Li Heng was.

Riots began to occur in the rebel camp ten miles away. When the rebels were fully intent on guarding the Anxi army on the front, An Shouzhong did not expect a Shuofang army to break out from behind.

There were 10,000 vanguards of Shuofang Army, with Feng Changqing as the vanguard, and 10,000 were all cavalry. Starting from the attack orders from Guo Ziyi, Feng Changqing led 10,000 troops and horses to rush directly to the rebels' rear food, grass and supplies.

The rear army is often the weakest place in an army's defense, most of which are civil servants, civil servants, military weapon supervisors, blacksmiths and grooms, etc. There are only a small number of soldiers guarding it, but the material of the rear army is the most important food, weapons, and war horses of an army.

When Feng Changqing's 10,000 cavalry came from behind, the rebels' rear troops were panicked. At this time, whether civil servants or civilians, they all picked up weapons and waited for the battle.

However, no matter how fast the rebels reacted and showed bravery, they could not be the opponent of the regular cavalry of the Shuofang Army. Feng Changqing took the horse spear in his hand and took the lead. He galloped at Zhongping and raised the horse spear. When he was about to come into contact with the rebel rear army, Feng Changqing aimed the horse spear at a rebel wearing armor. At the speed of galloping, he almost didn't take any effort. The horse spear penetrated the abdomen of the rebels. Feng Changqing raised it with force, provoking the screaming rebels, and then threw it aside.

As soon as the rebel corpses landed, Feng Changqing continued to gallop forward without looking back. Behind him were ten thousand Shuofang cavalry. As the sound of killing as the earth was shaking, the Shuofang army was like a cold arrow shot from behind, piercing the rebels' rear.

However, the rebels' reaction was not slow. After being caught off guard at first, the rebels' central army quickly dispatched troops to reinforce the rear. In a moment, a soldier of about 20,000 people rushed towards him.

An Shouzhong was valued by An Lushan and Shi Siming, and he was still somewhat capable. In terms of military talents of rebel generals, An Shouzhong was able to rank among the top three.

The rebels who reinforced the rear army galloped and divided the troops, and quickly divided them into three orderly. Ten thousand soldiers and horses in the middle were facing the Shuofang Army, and the other ten thousand soldiers and horses were divided into left and right wings, forming an encirclement against the Shuofang Army, which was attacking the rear army and killing all directions.

The real battle between the two armies only began at this time.

In the flash, both sides collided hard on the front. At this time, the two armies had already been in chaos and it was impossible to form a formation to attack the enemy. Both sides fought each other in small groups, and as soon as they collided, they fought for life and death.

Feng Changqing's troops were faintly surrounded at this time, and the rebels on both sides of the left and right were moving quickly toward the rear of Feng Changqing's troops. Feng Changqing saw the rebel's intentions at a glance, which was to seal the door behind him and then gather and annihilate it.

Feng Changqing stood up on the horse's back, his body was covered in blood. He looked around and said with a hint: "Go and see when the main force of General Guo's rear will arrive, and whether the Anxi army launched an attack in the front stage!"

The two guards around them, who were also blood-stained, turned their horses and ran quickly in different directions.

…………

Inside the Anxi Army Array.

When the Shuofang Army entered the rebel rear army, all the soldiers' eyes were betting on Gu Qing, and everyone's expression was eager to try. Just when Gu Qing gave him an order, they jumped out and killed him happily.

Gu Qing rode on the horse but didn't move at all, his face blank and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Du Hongjian next to him almost knelt down and begged in a low voice: "Mr. Gu, Shuofang Army has launched an attack as agreed. Mr. Wang, please send troops quickly, otherwise the vanguard of Shuofang Army will be explained here."

Gu Qing smiled. If he had selfish intentions at this time, as long as he did not move his troops for half an hour, the Shuofang Army would increase countless casualties, which would be of great benefit to him in charge of the court and control the palace in the future.

Once a person has a bottom line, he is destined to be a hero.

If you have family, country and the world in your bones, you will subconsciously reject those despicable interests. Although those interests are particularly important to him, he will not want this stain in his life after all.

Can't wash off.

"Order, Sun Jiushi leads the magic camp to attack the rebels' front line, and advance in three sections of the formation slowly." Gu Qing ordered sternly.

The personal guard rushed out of the order.

"Order, about 10,000 Shu troops were divided into troops, and they surrounded the rebels' central army from the flanks, and passed through the north and south at the same time to disrupt the rebels' central army. Order, Ma Sui led 10,000 cavalry to follow the Sharp Cang immediately after the Sharp Cang defeated the rebels' front line, Ma Sui's troops immediately launched a charge head-on charge against the rebels. Order, 20,000 Shu troops were surrendered to support the Sharp Cang at any time. After the rebels' front line collapsed, 20,000 Shu troops began to encircle and suppress the rebels' central army."

A series of military orders were issued, and the personal guards around Gu Qing rode forward and conveyed Gu Qing's military orders to the forward army.

After a while, the army slowly moved, and then, faster and faster. After a while, the former army's sharpshooting camp had already begun to gallop.

The distance of ten miles is very close, and the cavalry can reach it in a moment.

Soon the front army of the Sharp Shooting Camp rushed to the front of the rebel array. The two armies were one mile away, and the soldiers of the Sharp Shooting Camp dismounted one after another. Under Sun Jiushi's sharp command, the five thousand Sharp Shooting Camp soldiers quickly arranged in three sections, loaded gunpowder calmly, and stuffed iron balls into the barrel.

When the rebel soldiers saw the Anxi army confronting each other in front of him, they couldn't help but feel bitter.

The Shuofang army had already turned their backs to pieces. Until now, the rebels had not completed the encirclement of Shuofang, but the Anxi army in front of them came again.

Especially when I saw that the mysterious army was holding strange weapons in front of the Anxi Army that night. The casualties caused to the rebels by the strange weapons in their hands were still vivid in my mind. Seeing the Kyushu Camp calmly loading the bullets, the morale of the rebels listed in front of the army suddenly fell to the bottom of the valley.

"Three sections of array, the entire army advances forward on foot-" Sun Jiushi shouted sternly, and raised a black flag in his hand.

The soldiers of the Sharp Shooting Camp walked forward one after another, and the formation was tightly matched. The rhythm of the impact of the armor leaves was like the sound of war drums hitting people's hearts.

The rebels suddenly had a stir in a state of restlessness. The rebel soldiers stared at the front uneasyly. Every step of the soldiers of the Shinishu Camp seemed to release a strong murderous aura. Even the sky seemed to be gloomy in an instant, and the murderous aura enveloped their heads like dark clouds.

Two hundred steps away from the rebels' front, Sun Jiushi ordered to stop. With a bang, the soldiers of the sharpshooter camp stopped in a row, and then the first row of soldiers squatted down in a tacit understanding and held their guns flat.

The rebels' restlessness in the front row became more and more obvious. They had already learned a lesson that night. It was this strange weapon, this three-stage continuous loud noise, which easily took away more than 6,000 of their lives without paying any casualties.

The rebel generals in the front row saw that the situation was not good, and if they did not do anything at this time, the Anxi army on the opposite side would almost win without a fight.

"Bow and arrow come forward!" the rebels raised their sword and shouted.

Thousands of archers lined up in front of them, holding the flag high, pointing the arrows diagonally towards the sky, and waving the flags, and the arrows poured out toward the opposite magic camp like rainstorm.

The soldiers of the Sharp Shooting Camp did not move, with a cold expression on their faces. The generals had not given orders, and they could not move even if they were shot to death. This was the strict military order in the Anxi army.

However, the rebels were obviously restless in the front line at this time. In contrast, the two armies were evident.

The rain of arrows poured towards the magic camp in the sky. However, what made the rebels desperate was that the rain of arrows seemed fierce, but when it was in the air, it had slowed down. Finally, it fell weakly and only fell fifty steps in front of the magic camp. The soldiers of the magic camp were not injured at all.

Today's bows and arrows usually have a range of about 150 steps, so there was an idiom "100 steps through the poplar" in ancient times, but I have never heard of the argument of "200 steps through the poplar".

At this time, the distance between the rebels and the sharpshooter camp was two hundred steps, and the range of the bow and arrow could not be reached at all.

The arrow rain was as fierce as a tiger, but even the other person was not caught.

The tragic rebels did not expect that the clown was actually himself...

The bow and arrow only have a range of 150 steps, but the flintlock rifle is more than 150 steps. It makes sense that Sun Jiushi ordered to stop outside 200 steps. A distance of 200 steps can perfectly create a dimensional reduction attack on the rebels.

Seeing that the rebels' bows and arrows were like loud farts before diarrhea, they calmed down as soon as there was movement. Sun Jiushi smiled coldly, waved the Lingqi in his hand and shouted: "Squat down the first row, prepare--"

The first row of the sharpshooter camp had already squatted down and raised its gun to aim at the rebels on the opposite side.

"put--!"

With a loud bang, the rebels fell down like wheat waves blown by the strong wind.

"Go forward in the second row, prepare, put it—!"

"Go forward in the third row, prepare, put it—!"

Three rows of gunfire, all five thousand iron balls were shot at the rebels opposite. The rebels were killed and injured, and the formation of the front formation was completely in chaos.

This is not a contest at a level, it is a dimensionality reduction blow, and it is a bullying.

The rebel formation was completely collapsed, and there was no formed array at all. Countless people cried, screamed, and cried with their heads in their arms. Some simply threw away their weapons and ran back.

As Gu Qing said, the rebels today are no longer the border troops of Fanyang towns when An Lushan raised his army. After many wars, the elite of the rebels have been consumed a lot. Those who are supplemented with the young and strong farmers who forced the rebels to be exiled from Guanzhong. It is okay if their combat power is low. Without a firm fighting will, they will run away when they encounter setbacks, which will affect the morale of the entire army, and the morale of the entire army collapses in an instant.

The rebels retreated step by step, and Sun Jiushi ordered the entire army to advance on foot.

The rebels retreated and the sharpshooter camp advanced. Not long after the two armies fought, the victory and defeat were clear at a glance.

An Shouzhong, who was commanding the central army, saw clearly the combat situation in the front line. His eyelids twitched. He suppressed the fear in his heart. The strange and sharp weapons of the Knife Shooting Camp also had an indelible huge impact on him.

The Anxi Army has this magical weapon, who is Gu Qing’s opponent in the world?

Gripping his teeth, An Shouzhong said angrily: "I have never believed in the invincible world. Where can the invincible world come from? The difficult things of the ages are only dead! The person comes, and ordered the Central Army to allocate 10,000 cavalry to launch a charge against the Anxi Army. No matter how powerful your weapon is, you can only break it quickly!"

Ten thousand cavalry were quickly transferred out of the line, and under the command of an armored general, they lined up to rush towards the Sharp Shooting Camp.

Sun Jiushi was still calm. Of course, the cavalry was terrible, but the weapons in the hands of the Sharp Shooting Camp were even more terrifying. It was not something that should have appeared in this era, but it was Mr. Gu's intelligence and ingenuity that created it.

With a sharp weapon in hand, the world is invincible!

"Shark Sword Camp, prepare-"

Facing the cavalry that was charging forward quickly, Sun Jiushi still calmly raised the flag. In front of him was an enemy of thousands of troops, but the sharpshooting camp was as stable as Mount Tai and as solid as a rock.

Five hundred steps, four hundred steps, two hundred steps...

"put--!"

With a loud bang, the rebel cavalry charging in front fell down one after another, and in the blink of an eye, they were stepped into meat paste by the fast-moving cavalry behind them.

boom!

Another gunshot, and another group of cavalry fell down.

At a distance of two hundred steps, the sharpshooter only had time to fire three shots, but these three shots caused not only casualties, but also obstacles to the cavalry.

Countless downed cavalry formed a series of flesh and blood walls for the cavalry charging behind. The advantage of the cavalry lies in the speed of the charge. After the group of cavalry falling to the ground in front was trampled, the number of rebels not only sharply decreased, but also slowed down. Many cavalry were not shot down by the sharpshooter camp, but were tripped by the robes that fell to the ground in front.
To be continued...
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