The so-called main force of the Tang Army at No. 2 Ferry is all fake. Only more than 200 of the more than 2,000 people are the new army of the Tang Dynasty. The rest were temporarily pulled over, wearing only military uniforms and even weapons.
As for the villagers who don't have them, their fighting ability is even worse than the young men recruited by the Ming army.
After all, the young men of the Ming Army are truly young men. They are not old, young or weak. Moreover, even the young men will have emergency training and weapons.
But these so-called young men recruited by the New Army of the Tang Dynasty are all old, young and weak. Except for the real military uniforms, everything else is fake. They can't even line up. In order for them to play the role of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty at night,
It took a lot of effort.
Now, let them really cross the river?
This is not an egg against a stone, how can it be defeated, and once the Ming army finds out that the so-called main force of the Tang New Army at No. 2 Ferry is just a facade, then things will become serious.
At this time Li Xuan said: "Isn't Song Zhiwen still guessing where our main force is? Then we will tell them that the No. 2 ferry is fake, and the real main force is here, Lanjiang Ferry!"
At this point, he paused briefly and then continued: Change the original plan. The crossing time at Lanjiang Ferry will be advanced by one hour. We will start crossing the river at dawn tomorrow. We must pay attention to the rhythm and control the troops when crossing the river.
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Song Zhiwen is such a cautious person, so I'm afraid he won't be fooled by such a bluff, so he might as well act more realistically.
There are about two thousand people of the Tang Dynasty's New Army at the Lanjiang Ferry. If they are crossing the river, they can indeed be regarded as the main force crossing the river. When Song Zhiwen saw that he had crossed the river, even if he had doubts, he had no choice but to
No troops were sent to fight.
So even if Song Zhiwen noticed something when crossing the river head-on, he would still be able to contain at least two thousand or more Ming troops.
In this way, when the main force crosses the river from Ferry No. 3 tomorrow, they won't have to face too many Ming troops.
Changes on the battlefield have always been real and fictitious, and no one is stupid. If you want to conceal your true purpose, you will naturally have to pay a price.
Crossing the river head-on in advance was the price Li Xuan was prepared to pay!
The original plan was to wait until the main force on the No. 3 ferry had successfully crossed the river, or even got behind the Ming army, before the Lanjiang ferry began to cross the river head-on.
But now, Li Xuan has advanced his plan to cross the river head-on. If he acts in advance, he will face a large number of the main force of the Ming army, and he will suffer huge casualties by then.
And these casualties are the price Li Xuan is prepared to pay!
Time passed bit by bit, and a false accompanying attack began at Ferry No. 3. About two hundred people crossed the river at night, but before they landed, they were shot by bows and arrows from the defending Ming army.
In the end, the troops crossing the river were "lost" and took the initiative to retreat.
After 'repelling' the puppet Ming thieves crossing the river, Qianhu, a Ming army deputy responsible for defending here, was very excited and quickly sent someone to report his great victory to Song Zhiwen.
Song Zhiwen was lightly relieved when he heard the good report from the defenders at No. 3 Ferry. In his opinion, the No. 3 ferry should be the place where the puppet Tang rebels would accompany their attack.
The main force of the puppet Tang rebel army should still be at Ferry No. 2 or Lanjiang Ferry!
But, where is it?
Is it really the other side of the No. 2 ferry? Or are the puppet Tang rebels bluffing at the No. 2 ferry in an attempt to attract their own main force so that the main force can cross the river from the front?
Many possibilities popped up in Song Zhiwen's mind over and over again. In the end, he calmed down and prepared to continue watching the development of Occupy.
However, when it was darkest before dawn, people were sent to report from Ferry No. 2 again. This time it was not that there were too many Puppet Tang traitor soldiers, but that the Puppet Tang traitor army at Ferry No. 2 had officially crossed the river.
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The puppet Tang bandit army crossing the river had more than 100 boats or rafts, which could carry at least 2,000 people.
Could it be that the main direction of attack of the Puppet Tang Dynasty rebel army is really towards Ferry No. 2, and that the Puppet Tang Dynasty rebel army is really the main force of the rebel army?
Even though he still had doubts, since the puppet Tang rebel army had crossed the river, to be on the safe side, he sent 500 people to once again urgently reinforce the No. 2 Ferry.
Adding these 500 people, there will be more than 2,000 people on the other side of the No. 2 ferry. They will not be at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. If the puppet Tang rebel army at the No. 2 ferry is really the main force, then he will
Once again, troops were sent for reinforcements.
But when it got dark, people were sent from the No. 2 Ferry to report that they had blocked the attack of the puppet Tang rebels, and now the two sides were fighting fiercely on the beach?
After hearing the news, Song Zhiwen had a smile on his face!
A fierce battle on the beach? In this way, our troops at the No. 2 ferry were not defeated, and what does the lack of a defeat mean? It means that the troops crossing the river from the No. 2 ferry are definitely not the main force of the puppet Tang rebel army.
There are thousands of people in the Puppet Tang thief army, but some are strong and weak. The one they fought with the main force of our own recruits at the No. 2 ferry was the main force. At that time, our main force of more than 2,500 soldiers could not stop the Puppet Tang thief.
Thousands of troops.
The main force of this puppet Tang bandit army must be at the Lanjiang Ferry!
And he soon confirmed his judgment, because he heard the rumble of artillery coming from the Lanjiang River, which was the artillery fire of the puppet Tang rebel army.
Soon he saw countless puppet Tang rebels beginning to board the ship!
They are crossing the river!
After two probing and confusing operations from other places at night, these pseudo-Tang rebels finally launched a full-scale attack, and it was at the Lanjiang Ferry!
He finally knew where the main force of the Puppet Tang thief army was, so he said with a smile: "Send the order, stick to the river defense, and annihilate the Puppet Tang thief army on the Lanjiang River!"
But he didn't know that in a dense forest a few miles away from the No. 3 ferry, a new army of the Tang Dynasty was lining up and then slowly walking out of the dense forest.
Behind these soldiers, there was also a group of young men who were also recruited and specially used to carry rafts for marching. Many of them carried rafts one after another and worked hard to keep up with the pace of the troops!
This is the elite main force of the Tang Dynasty's new army!
They hid here for two full days, not even daring to light a fire, and could only eat dry food to fill their stomachs!
They were waiting for this moment. They would launch a surprise attack on the Ming army at No. 3 Ferry, annihilate hundreds of Ming troops defending on the beach in one fell swoop, and then go directly south to attack behind the Ming army at Lanjiang Ferry, and
Cut off all retreat routes for the Ming army at the Lanjiang Ferry and lay the foundation for the subsequent attack on Xingquan Fucheng.
In this battle, they wanted to cross the river, annihilate the remnants of the more than 5,000 Ming troops, and capture the city of Xingquan Prefecture and even the entire Xingquan Prefecture.
They want to lay the solid foundation for the Tang Dynasty!
Therefore, when they rushed all the way to Ferry No. 3 and began to cross the river, Hao Bainian said to his subordinates: "This battle is related to the foundation of the Tang Dynasty forever, and the honor of our soldiers. You must fight bravely!"
"The Tang Dynasty is invincible!"
All the soldiers responded in unison: "The Tang Dynasty is invincible!"
Seeing the troops with high morale, Hao Bainian dismounted and took the lead in boarding the first ferry. At the same time, he drew his command knife and pointed towards the east bank of the Lanjiang River: "All troops attack!"