Looking at the billowing smoke on the battlefield, Fang Guan, the left prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, summoned Xijing and defended the two passes of Pu and Tong. His eyes were straight and his body was as stiff as a dead body.
How could this happen? How could this be possible? This is recorded in the book as Tian Dan Po Yan's move! What's more, it has been adjusted by the Soldier Saint Li Wei Gong?
No one could answer his question. Even if Tian Dan and Li Jing came back to life, they would not be able to do so. The Fire Bull Formation suddenly launched an attack in the middle of the night, and would never be placed under the eyes of Yan Jun for three days and three nights.
; The most important condition for the cantilever formation is speed, and only fools would use old oxen instead of war horses. As for the mysterious functions of the Five Elements and Twenty-Eight Constellations, that is Yuan Tiangang's research area. Li Jing can swear with his toes that he has no knowledge of astrology.
If you are interested, you will not write it in the military book. (Note 1)
The book does not say that after the cattle are attacked by fire, they will lose control of their owners. The book also does not say what will happen if the enemy cannot understand the strange and correct relationships in the Five Elements and the Twenty-Eight Constellations and directly attack them. But in these two situations,
Now Fang Guan all met. After the large array of hanging chariots burned for a while, it completely collapsed. The crazy cattle ignored the stinging pain from their nostrils and dragged the hunting chariots and the chariots into ashes.
The soldiers were like a ball of fire, running around. Some capsized in the middle, some fell down while running, and more rebelled against the enemy, lowered their horns with daggers tied on them, and rushed straight towards the Five Elements and Twenty-eight Constellations.
"Commander, Commander, the enemy is speeding up!"
"Commander, Marshal, Cui, Cui Qianyou personally led the cavalry to kill!"
Standing on the top of the building cart, the soldiers responsible for protecting Fang Guan and delivering orders were unable to get instructions from their commander, so they had to remind him loudly. The shouts that were close to roaring finally made Fang Guan's mind turn away from the shock and pain, and he hesitated.
Looking at the approaching firelight, he ordered in a hoarse voice, "Give the order to the left and right armies to attack immediately to block, block the Jingniu, and there are also rebels!"
The whimpering sound of the trumpet sounded, together with the flags on the carriages, transmitting Fang Guan's orders to the cavalry teams on the left and right wings. "Buzz!" The soldiers on both wings made a commotion, but no one responded to the call and led his troops up.
They stepped forward to stop Huo Niu and the rebels. Faintly, a few curse words came over, and through the shouts of killing on the battlefield, they reached the ears of the soldiers near the truck.
"Send the order, let Yang Xiwen and Liu Guizhe lead their troops to attack and intercept the rebels. Send the order!" Fang Guan didn't know why the left and right wings refused to obey his arrangements. He thought it was the buglers who were disobeying him, so he shouted and repeated to everyone.
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The trumpeters turned around and looked at him like a fool, with innocent faces. Fang Guan was so angry that he drew his sword and prepared to defend the authority of the coach. Upon seeing this, deputy coach Wang Sili quickly stretched out his hand to stop him, "
Prime Minister, they have already issued the order, but Yang Xiwen and Liu Guizhe refused to obey the order. War horses, like cattle, are afraid of fire. Even if our cavalry rushes forward now, they cannot stop the mad cow!"
"Then, how dare Cui Qianyou attack!" At the critical moment, Fang Guan actually remained alert and stared at Wang Sili, waiting for him to give him a satisfactory answer.
"Prime Minister, please watch carefully. The rebel cavalry is advancing very slowly. They have to send out infantry in advance to extinguish the line of fire they set before they can continue to attack!" Wang Sili resisted and pushed the room from the fourth floor.
I had the urge to push down the high-rise building and warned in a deep voice.
Fang Guan looked up after hearing this, and sure enough he found that although the rebels were huge, their speed was not very fast. In front of the cavalry, there were a large number of infantry running back and forth. Many of them were carrying a heavy bag, sometimes even two
When they saw a big fire, they threw their bags up to put out the flames. When they saw those scattered on the battlefield and were at a loss what to do, the soldiers of the Tang army gathered around them and raised their swords high.
The soldiers of the Tang Army who were lucky enough not to be burned to death by the fire could not organize an effective resistance and were either captured or killed. Fang Guan's eyes were on fire and his teeth were chattering, "Commander, I didn't want them to die."
, I really didn’t think about it..."
He didn't know who he was talking to. Maybe it was just to make himself feel better, or maybe he was explaining it to the thousands of innocent souls in the sky who refused to disperse. Although before arranging the suspension tactics, he did save
Use the enemy's troops to consume the local armed forces, so that they will not be arrogant in the future and refuse to obey the imperial court's orders.
"What you need to do now is to boost morale and prepare for a decisive battle with the rebels! Instead of repenting to the sky!" Wang Sili gave Fang Guan a pity and reminded loudly, "You still have 48,000 people in your hands.
There are many more rebels over there. As long as we deal with it calmly, we may not have no chance of turning defeat into victory!"
"Yes, I have a lot of people here, a lot of people!" Fang Guan nodded and responded numbly, "Send the order, let Li Yi lead the water team to push to the front of the formation to stop the mad cow. Water, water can defeat fire. Let Liu
The wooden troops of the rank and file followed the water troops, raising their spears to block the rebel cavalry!"
If this order is carried out, the water column will definitely have the rebel cavalry rush up and trample them alive. Wang Sili couldn't bear it anymore, pushed Fang Guan aside, and ordered to the trumpeter and flag bearer: "The Prime Minister has an order, the cavalry on the left and right wings will be
Attack and circle back to the side of the battlefield to contain the enemy. Two teams of water and wood advance forty steps forward to form a formation. First use bows and arrows to kill the mad cow to delay the rebel movement. Then use long spears and spears to hold up the thorns.
The wall is built to guard against cavalry attacks. The fire and gold teams follow behind the water and wood teams, ready to step forward to respond at any time. The earth team is on standby to protect the flag of the Chinese commander!"
"Promise!" the trumpeters and flag bearers agreed, and spread Wang Sili's order throughout the army with trumpets and flags. The cavalry on the left and right wings made another commotion, and then, led by the two generals Yang Xiwen and Liu Guizhe, they fled
They drove the fire ox cart that had already rushed forward and slowly detoured towards the enemy's flank. The water team and the wooden team dropped the mysterious fourteen-constellation star flag, quickly stepped into the normal infantry battle formation at the front, and at the same time used feather arrows to attack
The fire bulls that rushed back turned into hedgehogs one by one.
Thanks to the terrain under their feet, the speed of the bullock carts' return was getting slower and slower. After being shot repeatedly by feather arrows, most of them fell in the middle of the road. Only a few dozens of carts were shot like hedgehogs and were covered with wounds.
The flames rushed into the ranks of the Tang army. The soldiers in front of the bullock cart fell down one after another, and the cries could not be heard. More soldiers rushed forward to take up positions under the force of the general, killing the mad bull that had become the last of its powerful crossbow, and overthrew and burned it.
Then he pulled the body of Paoze, which had been burned into a ball of charcoal, from the carriage and placed it behind the formation with a sigh.
Almost all the soldiers who died on the bullock carts had their eyes wide open. Even though the skin and flesh all over their bodies were burnt black, they still refused to give up the resentment in their hearts. Wei Shaoyou, Du Hongjian and other veteran military officers were in the team.
He shuttled back and forth, constantly using generous rewards and honors to boost morale. But everyone who saw the eyes of the deceased felt cold in their hearts, and the weapons in their hands were as cold as their hearts.
Several small groups of rebel vanguards bypassed the fire, rushed over behind the ox cart, and fired arrows at the water and wood groups. They also held the Fubo General's crossbow unique to the Tang army, which was very convenient to fire.
After the crossbow is fired, rub the crossbow against the side of your own saddle and hang up the bowstring again. Launch the attack from more than fifty steps away. When you rush to the front of the formation, you have fired two arrows in a row, and then before the war horse collides with the wall,
In an instant, he made a sharp turn, turned from straight to diagonal, ran towards the wings, and at the same time fired a third arrow.
Under the organization of the two civil servants Song Ruosi and Jia Zhi, the archers in the two groups of water and wood raised their bows to fight back. The arrows chased the opponent's horse's tail and fell to the ground like hail. "Don't care how they run, cover and shoot, cover
Shoot!" Someone reminded loudly, but unfortunately not many heard it. Only a few old soldiers transferred from Shuofang's army adjusted their tactics in time and shot down the few cavalry running at the end of the rebel attack team to the ground, and then used
Changsha stabbed them to death one by one.
The cavalry on both wings also came into contact with the rebels at this moment. The Tang army had about 10,000 cavalry on each side, while the rebels sent only 3,000 cavalry on both wings to protect them. In terms of numbers, there was a huge difference between the two sides. However, in terms of combat effectiveness, there was a huge difference.
It is exactly inversely proportional to the number of people. The three thousand rebel cavalry are all elites who have experienced hundreds of battles in Yan and Zhao. Encouraged by the glorious record of defeating the oxcart formation, they all fought bravely to take the lead. As for the Tang army,
, were mostly young soldiers from the East Palace Sixth and Longwu Army. They had never seen much blood, and they knew that their coach was a nerd, and had no hope of winning. As soon as they came into contact with the enemy,
They were defeated one after another.
"I'm afraid the left and right wings can't support it!" Wang Sili saw it clearly from the carriage, frowned, and reported to Fang Guan.
"Then, what should we do?" Fang Guan was completely lost at this moment. He pulled off the other party's sleeve and asked beggingly.
"The Chinese Army will each send two thousand men to reinforce them and supervise the battle. As prime minister, you give an order to Yang Xiwen and Liu Guizhe. If you dare to let the other side's cavalry rush under the carriage from the side, take their two heads to prove the military law!
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Wang Sili sighed and continued to make suggestions for the coach. Of course Fang Guan accepted the order, and while ordering his cronies to threaten Yang Xiwen and Liu Guizhe with his tokens, he asked fearfully: "If the two of them can't stop the rebellion,
Where is the army? What should we do? If what happens to the water and wood elements, how long do you think they can hold out? I think Cui Qianyou seems to have concentrated most of his troops on the Chinese army. He retreated. Why did he
You have to retreat. What are you going to do? He seems to be reorganizing his team! Ah, I understand, those few times just now were tests, this time is the real attack, this time! Right, right?
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"Sir, you are so smart!" Wang Sili admired sincerely, then forcibly broke Fang Guan's hand on his arm, bowed and saluted, "The commander-in-chief is sitting here, Mo will go to meet Shui, brother Mu Liangxing
After I leave, your Excellency will adapt to the situation according to the situation. If you see the general's battle flag falling, please remember to tell His Majesty that the men of our Hexi Army, from top to bottom, are worthy of the Tang Dynasty!"
After that, regardless of how Fang Guan reacted, he turned around and strode downstairs to the car.
Note 1: There are many fake military books written by Li Jing under the pretense of later generations, including the most famous "Li Weigong's Questions and Answers", which are also forgeries.
