On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, in a valley more than ten miles wide east of Shaanxi Province, the turbulent Yellow River was rolling with waves. Ten thousand heavily armed soldiers of the Huben Army protected 30,000 civilians, pushing grain carts and chariots, and
Go forward on the official road parallel to the Yellow River.
Shaanzhou is located at the western end of Henan, close to Tongguan, the dividing point between Shaanxi and Henan. The commander of this grain transport army is Li Laosi, who is preparing to transport grain to Tongguan, two hundred miles away.
After the main force of the Huben Army's West Route Army attacked Shaanzhou, the Chuang Army continued to withdraw westward, and withdrew to the vicinity of Tongguan. Li Xing led the main force of the 30,000 West Route Army to continue westward, attacking Tongguan, and had penetrated 700 miles into the mountains of western Henan.
On the plains of eastern and central Henan, Li Zhi has now sent 10,000 new troops to garrison, and there is no problem. The biggest difficulty now is the problem of food and grass on the front line.
From Luoyang to the west, there is the boundless mountains of western Henan. To the north are the Taihang Mountains and to the south are the Qinling Mountains. Among these mountains, there are only a few narrow valleys between the mountains that can be meandered. But even in the valleys among the mountains, there are
The hills are densely covered with ravines.
When the Qin State first emerged in Guanzhong, it relied on these mountains to block the siege of the six kingdoms.
There is no doubt that Li Xing's Western Route Army could not get local food and grass in such a mountainous area. The bandits spread rumors everywhere that Li Zhi wanted to take back the land allocated to the farmers by King Chuang, and the people were unwilling to give up the food.
Sold to the Huben Army. When these mountain people heard that the Huben Army was coming, they pushed their grain carts and hid in the mountains. The Huben Army was unable to search and capture these mountain people in the dense forest.
Therefore, the Huben Army could only rely on Li Laosi to organize a food transport team to transport food from Luoyang, 700 miles away.
However, the grain transport team moved extremely slowly, and large and small vehicles traveled in the rugged valley, which was undoubtedly the best prey. Li Zicheng had long made plans to rob the Huben Army grain transport team, and naturally he would not let go of such an opportunity.
Li Laosi looked at the slowly advancing grain transport team and was about to urge the soldiers to go faster, when he suddenly saw eight scouts galloping in front of them.
There was a small red flag on the scout's back, which meant that they encountered the most urgent military situation. When the guards saw the red flag, they quickly got out of the way and allowed the scout to come to Li Laosi.
"Commander! There is an enemy in front of us. They are the main force of the intruder's cavalry!"
Li Laosi's face changed slightly and asked: "How many people are here?"
The scout squad leader raised his hands and said, "I'm afraid there are more than 100,000 horsemen with a fierce momentum. They are less than twenty miles away from here."
Hearing the words of the scout squad leader, He Donggui, the regiment leader next to Li Laosi, turned pale and asked nervously: "There are more than 100,000? Doesn't that mean that all the cavalry of the invading army are here?"
The scout squad leader nodded and said, "I'm afraid that's true!"
He Donggui asked in a panic: "Commander, what can we do? The cavalry army 20 miles away will arrive in an instant, and it will not take half an hour to reach here. Even if we want to dig ditches, it is too late to hold on."
Li Laosi looked at He Donggui and said, "Don't panic! We have our boss's rocket car."
He Donggui was stunned for a moment, then said sarcastically: "That rocket car is really sharp, but can it stop a hundred thousand invading cavalry?"
Li Laosi nodded and said, "It should be possible to stop it."
Li Laosi stopped talking to He Donggui and gave an order for the troops to move towards the Yellow River. With the river at their back, the grain transport army set up a defensive formation. Various baggage trucks and grain transport trucks were surrounded on three sides.
, forming a barrier to block the cavalry. The riflemen stood behind the baggage trains, forming a three-row firing formation. Minzhuang, who was transporting grain and grass, stood in the middle of these combatants.
Outside the baggage truck are a thousand rocket cars. Each rocket car is operated by three people, one is responsible for operating the tank, one is responsible for aiming, and one is responsible for ignition.
The grain transport army had just completed its formation when the intruder's cavalry had already attacked five miles away and appeared in Li Laosi's telescope.
It is said that once there are more than 10,000 soldiers, there is no limit, let alone more than 100,000 cavalry. Li Laosi stood on the command car and looked to the west. He only felt that the cavalry of the invading army were so dense that they could not see the edge. I was afraid that they would cover the valley south of the river.
All crowded.
The cavalry formations of the Chuang Army were not very strict, and the equipment of the cavalry was relatively simple. Those who were well-equipped wore a piece of cotton armor, while those who were poorly equipped only wore cotton-padded clothes.
But this does not reduce the momentum of these more than 100,000 cavalry. The cavalry of the intruders have small yellow flags on their backs, and they look like a roiling yellow ocean. Not only does it occupy the entire south bank of the river horizontally, but it also extends all the way vertically.
In the past, it stretched for more than ten miles.
The horse's hooves stepped on the ground, causing the earth to tremble slightly like an earthquake. The horse's hooves raised pieces of smoke and dust on the soil. Looking from the side of the soldiers of the Tiger Army, they could only feel a sandstorm rising from the west.
The intruders rushed towards Li Zhi's grain transport team unstoppably, as if they were going to trample the 10,000 Tiger and Ben army soldiers into pieces with their horses' hooves.
Seeing the momentum of the invading army, He Donggui's face became paler and paler. He turned to look at Li Laosi and said, "Commander, I'm afraid we are going to be trapped here today." He gritted his teeth and said with determination:
"Commander, you ride your horse and retreat first! I will lead these ten thousand people to the commander's rear!"
Li Laosi was also a little worried. Can his boss's new weapons stop the cavalry of the invading army? Li Laosi looked at He Donggui and said nothing. The soldiers outside the circle formation were also frightened by the momentum of the invading army's hundreds of thousands of cavalry.
Everyone's face was a little pale.
In the Battle of Jinzhou, Li Zhi led 16,000 men to meet the charge of 50,000 Qing cavalry, but the Qing army broke through the front. Now there are just 10,000 Huben troops facing hundreds of thousands of Qing cavalry. This can win the battle.
?How many people will die?
Will they be completely overwhelmed by the intruder cavalry?
The soldiers all had serious expressions on their faces, secretly saying that after so many years of military service, they couldn't do anything better today. Fortunately, Duke Jin's pension was generous enough, so even if he died in battle, his family would not suffer hardship.
When the morale was wavering, Li Laosi asked the drummer to beat the war drum. The bright sound of the drum spread far away, which restored the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the grain transport army.
Li Laosi secretly thought that at this moment, he could only believe in Jin Guogong's rocket car, and shouted loudly: "The rocket car is ready!"
The command flag was waved and Li Laosi's order was passed on. Three thousand rocket vehicle soldiers lowered the brackets on a thousand rocket vehicles and pointed the rocket vehicles in the direction of the invading army from the west.
As soon as the intruders get within two miles, 16,000 heavy rockets will be launched.
Here they are preparing new weapons, while on the other side the intruders are galloping into battle.
The Chuang army did not attack the Huben army in a straight line. The rebels of the Chuang army deliberately used the momentum of 120,000 cavalry to frighten the Huben army. They walked in the valley in a zigzag pattern, raising as much dust as possible with their horse hooves. The so-called good warriors do not fight.
As for the soldiers who subjugate others, the soldiers who break out are veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles and are best at attacking the heart.
Among the cavalry of the invading army, Hao Yaoqi looked at the Tiger and Ben troops in the distance, and said with some anxiety: "Liu Fangliang, look, none of the officers and soldiers have escaped. Why do I think those 10,000 Tiger and Ben troops are guarding the river?"
, as if you are confident?"
Li Zicheng's subordinate Liu Fangliang spat violently and cursed: "Hao Yaoqi, have you eaten too much? Why are you confident? I think you were frightened by us. Hao Yaoqi, don't be afraid, we have 120,000 troops.
If we capture Li Zhi's grain transport team, we will never lose this battle."
When Hao Yaoqi heard Liu Fangliang say that he was scared, he was suddenly stimulated. He jerked his horse and cursed: "What a thief, who is scared! Look at me leading my troops to rush forward and break the Tianjin people's chariot formation!"
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Hao Yaoqi took the lead and rushed to the forward formation.
In the Huben Army's command vehicle, Li Laosi looked at the army of intruder cavalry getting closer and closer, calculating the distance bit by bit.
Three miles.
Two and a half miles.
Two miles.
When the distance was reached, Li Laosi gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "Rocket car shooting!" 8)
