Chapter 691: Decisive Battle
In the face of Li Jing's attack, Tian Hu had no chance to resist at all, and the attack from all sides soon besieged Tian Hu's army near Qin County, and the entire Weisheng Army had no chance to resist, and the original huge army collapsed in an instant, and the hundreds of thousands of troops finally left only 1120,000 people, trapped in Qin County, and Li Jing's army also killed at the foot of Qin County. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"General, in front of you is Tongluo Mountain, Tian Hu's army is stationed there, more than 100,000 troops are continuous, obviously trying to fight a decisive battle with us." Li Qiao's vanguard army was invincible, and soon killed Qin County, which could have directly attacked Qin County, but after a heavy rain, it was difficult for the army to advance, and it could only be set up at a large camp fifty miles south of Tongqi Mountain.
"Qinxian is Tian Hu's lair, if Tian Hu's army really escapes back to Qin County, I am afraid it will be a little difficult for us to attack, and now we are fighting positional warfare, then we don't have to worry." Li Jing nodded with satisfaction, and said to Li Qiao: "Sixth Uncle is brave, originally it was only an army of 20,000, but now there are 50,000 in the hands of Sixth Uncle, and since ancient times, Han Xin's soldiers have only been like this. ā
"It's still the general's trust, otherwise, even if the last general has great ability, it will be impossible to catch up with Tian Hu." Li Qiao showed a bitter smile on his face, some of his behaviors, don't say that they are people around Li Jing, even if the Li family in Longxi has some complaints, only Li Jing can tolerate him.
"Where are the undead in the war, not to mention, these people are our enemies, since they are our enemies, they should be killed." Li Jing rode on his horse, pointed to the big camp in the distance, and said, "Sixth Uncle, how to destroy the enemy in front of you, can Sixth Uncle make a decision?" The secret guard has news, Tong Guan has already been a teacher, and he has not yet arrived in Bianjing, but by the time he arrives in Bianjing, if we have not eliminated Tian Hu, Tong Guan's Western Army may immediately kill our side, and the imperial court will not be sympathetic to those soldiers, and the internal and external attacks will be different, and at that time, the situation we encounter will be different. ā
"General, it's just a little Tian Hu, if you don't come out, forget it, since it's out, then don't go." After Li Qiao listened, his face was calm, he looked at the camp in the distance, and said: "Although the enemy is left with elite soldiers and strong generals, they have basically seen the strength of our army, and the morale of the army is nothing at all. ā
Li Jing nodded, in the last battle, Li Jing just wanted to play with momentum, to deter some gentry on the entire Hedong Road, and just take this opportunity to train soldiers. As for the people in the imperial court, I am afraid that they will soon be able to know about the affairs of Qinxian, and the army has exterminated Tian Hu, thinking that these guys do not have the courage to attack themselves.
In the camp of Tian Hu, Tian Hu's eyes were red, as if he was a wounded wolf, staring at everything in front of him, and there were civil and military ministers standing densely in the big tent, he felt bitter in his heart, just before, he was still high-spirited, he thought that after uniting the imperial court, he would be able to occupy half of Hedong Road, and Li Jing would be able to divide Hedong Road equally, but unfortunately, everything was false, but in a month's time, Li Jing's soldiers and horses attacked everywhere, swept half of Hedong Road, and defeated all his soldiers and horses, Now there is only one Qin County left barely in his hands, and the 100,000 army is surrounded by regiments within a radius of dozens of miles, which looks like a huge momentum, but in fact, there is nothing left.
"Isn't there any news from Liang Zhongshu yet? Li Jing's army has already reached the doorstep, where are his soldiers and horses? And Zhang Di, are you just watching my people and horses being wiped out? Tian Hu's voice was full of anger, the reason why he provoked Li Jing was not because of his boldness, but because of Su Yuanjing, he was moved by the bright future described by Su Yuanjing, he thought that Liang Zhongshu's soldiers and horses would take the opportunity to attack Shexian, but what he didn't expect was that the other party not only attacked Li Jing, but also hid in Hebei, and not a single soldier was dispatched.
"When Hu Yanzhuo, Luan Tingyu and others attacked, Liang Zhongshu's soldiers and horses did not send troops, and now it is even more impossible to send troops." Fan Quan's face seems to be much older, his mood is very heavy during this time, he and Tian Hu are now grasshoppers on a rope, sharing honor and disgrace, and there is no possibility of escaping at all.
"There is no other way, it can only be a decisive battle, and fight to the death with Li Jing." Qiao Daoqing said viciously. Life and death, can only fight back, Qiao Daoqing said: "Li Jing will never let us go, he and the court have not torn their faces before, and they still need our existence, now he has occupied Hedong Road, appointed officials privately, and has already broken with him, leaving us on Hedong Road must be a potential scourge, none of us can escape, we can only fight bravely, defeat the enemy in front of us, and maybe there is a glimmer of life." ā
Qiao Daoqing's words made the faces of everyone in the big tent change, in fact, to this point today, some people in the big tent already have other thoughts, and now after listening to Qiao Daoqing's words, the little thoughts in everyone's hearts disappeared in an instant, Li Qiao killed countless people, Li Jing looked murderous, at this time, even if he and the others surrendered, the other party would not necessarily accept him.
"Yes, it's time for a decisive battle, we have 100,000 troops, all of them are brave and good at fighting, and the soldiers are brave, are you still afraid of Li Jing? Everyone kills together, as long as Li Jing's soldiers and horses are injured and the enemy's strength is weakened, what is the court afraid of, is it not Li Jing's troops? Our 100,000 army, at least it will consume his 100,000 soldiers and horses, and how many soldiers and horses Li Jing himself has, it is only a hundred thousand people, and when the battle is almost over, the imperial court will definitely send troops. Tian Hu gritted his teeth and said: "Li Jing is really too deceitful, let him taste our power tomorrow." "Tian Hu is already a trapped beast, and when he encounters this situation, he has no choice, either you die or I die.
Qiao Daoqing saw it clearly, and sighed in his heart, he knew that Tian Hu was finished, even if he defeated Li Jing, it was more in the interests of the imperial court to lose both, and Li Jing might not let both sides lose both, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court may have sent troops, but they will definitely not attack Hedong Road, at least not now.
"There is also Qin County, Weichen is worried about Qin County, now our army is gathered here, Qin County's defense force is insufficient, if the enemy attacks Qin County at this time, Qin County is in his hands, it is extremely unfavorable to our army, our army is not only grain and grass in Qin County, more importantly, the family is in Qin County, the minister thinks that the defense of Qin County should be strengthened." Qiao Daoqing said with some concern.
"Even if they get Qinxian, as long as they defeat the enemy in front of them, Qinxian will still fall into the hands of this king in the end, if we fail tomorrow, what if we keep Qinxian? Tomorrow, the three armies will have a full meal and a decisive battle with Li Jing, and this king must personally take Li Jing's head. Tian Hu stood up violently and roared loudly: "The three armies are forward, no one is allowed to retreat, and those who retreat half a step back will be killed." As long as we move forward bravely and fight hard, Li Jing is not our opponent no matter how many soldiers and horses he has. ā
"The last will obey." In the big tent, all the generals shouted loudly, when the matter comes, if you don't work hard, everyone's heads may fall into the hands of others.
Li Jing, who was returning to the camp, seemed to have heard the changes in Tianhu's camp, and glanced back at the enemy camp behind, with a hint of contempt flashing at the corner of his mouth.
In the camp of the Northern Army, the guards are strict, and the atmosphere of slaughter before the war is shrouded in the sky over the camp, but the soldiers in the camp are obviously not affected by the war, and the training is still continuing, and the reprimands of the generals are heard from time to time, there are new soldiers and veterans, and there are many soldiers who surrendered, most of these soldiers are soldiers and horses in the Tianhu army, although Li Qiao killed a lot of people, but Hu Yanzhuo and others were surrendered a lot of soldiers and horses, which made Li Jing's army close to 200,000 people.
"After the end of the war, we have to select the elite in the army, the whole Hedong Road can't feed too many troops, the young and strong can stay, some people are eliminated to the county, as a box army, these people have some experience, can guard the place, help us train farmers when the farm is slack, once the enemy attacks, our manpower is not enough, we can call these militia, the box army to counterattack the enemy." Li Jing looked at the soldiers not far away, and found that there were soldiers about forty years old, and frowned slightly.
"The last will understand." Li Qiao and the others hurriedly said. Li Jing is different from others, the more troops in his hands are not necessarily the better, the soldiers are fine but not many, this is Li Jing's concept of governing the army. If it weren't for the rush to exterminate Tian Hu, I'm afraid that the order for the new soldiers and horses would have come down long ago.
"Why, except for Wu Song who was stationed at Jingcheng Pass and Li Kang who was stationed at Yanmen, everyone has arrived, and Tian Hu is on the other side, this is the last battle after we occupy Hedong Road, and this battle has been solved, everyone will not fight for a long time, so, what do you think about dealing with Tian Hu in front of you?" In the big tent, the fierce generals were like clouds, from Li Qiao, Luan Tingyu, Hu Yanzhuo and other generals to sit on the Mazha one after another, Li Jinggao sat on the handsome case, looking at everyone with a smile.
"It's just an order from the general, Tian Hu was killed by the general and fled in embarrassment, this time it's the same, the number seems to be a lot, but where is the general's opponent." Luan Tingyu said disdainfully: "Everyone is on it together, are you still afraid of a little Tian Hu?" ā
"Fighting depends on the brain, not martial arts, although we have a lot of soldiers and horses, but Tian Hu's 100,000, once we fight with Tian Hu and fight each other, there must be a lot of casualties, at this time, the court still expects us to drink Tian Hu and lose both? Liang Zhongshu's army is outside Shexian County, waiting for news from our side, and then take advantage of the situation to enter Shexian County and attack Hedong Road! A sarcastic voice came, but it was Du Yu waiting for Li Han's voice. Li Han did not master the soldiers and horses like Li Qiao, Li Jing just let him master military discipline, even if he mastered military discipline, it was only the military discipline of an army, and it was not actually reused. Although Li Han was not convinced, there was nothing he could do.
"Yes, what Uncle Ten said is very true, the imperial court can't wait for us to drink Tianhu at this time and fight to defeat both sides, they can calmly clean up the two families, otherwise, Tong Guan will not lead the army to return to the court at this time, you know, Jiangnan has not been pacified yet." Li Jing nodded, although he didn't trust Li Han, he still appreciated Li Han's talent.
"Despite this, the last general believes that Tian Hu's army is definitely not our opponent, it is not that the last general underestimated the other party, although the opponent's soldiers and horses are numerous, but it is definitely not our attack to resist. The morale of the opposing army has fallen to a low point, and the combat effectiveness is very poor, and the last general believes that all the families of Tian Hu's army are in Qin County, and if our army occupies Qin County, the 100,000 army will definitely be self-defeating. Gao Pet couldn't help but say loudly.
"Yes, yes, the last general is willing to lead a part of his men and horses to capture Qin County first." Hu Yanzhuo said loudly. The generals in the battle nodded in agreement, and they looked like they were eager to try. Of course, there were a few generals who were silent.
Li Jing saw it clearly, and couldn't help but nodded, the generals under his command had at least split into two camps, one was headed by Li Qiao and Li Han, and the other was headed by Gao Zhong and others.
And those who did not speak but Gongsun Sheng, Li Daniu and others, and some people are old people from Lijiazhuang, these people are now mostly lieutenant-level figures, and the original three hundred Zhuangke are the main generals who make up the Guards, and even the influence of these people directly affects the entire Northern Army, because most of the middle and low-level officers of the Northern Expeditionary Army are from the Guards. These people ensured Li Jing's mastery of the Northern Expeditionary Army.
"It's a good idea to attack Qin County." Li Jing nodded, Li Jing's army is above Tian Hu, Tian Hu is pouring out, there is not much defense in the entire Qin County, the families of the main generals in Tian Hu's army are in Qin County, if Qin County is captured, it can shake the heart of the army, and the grain and grass of Tian Hu's army are also gathered in Qin County, and if the grain and grass are lost, Tian Hu's army will collapse.
"Please also ask the general to give the order." Luan Tingyu laughed.
"Tomorrow's fight, I'm afraid it will take the power of the old general, and you don't have to bother the old general to attack Qin County, Lin Chong, lead 10,000 troops to take Qin County." Li Jing glanced at the generals, and finally his eyes fell on Lin Chong, took the arrow from front of him with a smile, and said loudly.
"The last general leads the army." Lin Chong didn't expect Li Jing to order his general's order, and after being stunned for a moment, he quickly took the order.
"Most of the men and horses of the army are resting tonight, and some of the men and horses are defending the camp, and the drums are beating once an hour each." Li Jing said with a smile. Regardless of whether this tactic of harassing the enemy succeeds or fails, Li Jing has to try it once.
"Yes." All the generals showed joy, and Li Jing's move was prepared for the decisive battle.