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Chapter 544: The Drums of War (2)

The sound of war drums, as the Qinzhou army sounded the horn of attacking Yizhou, the Qingzhou front, which had been relatively calm after entering the winter, suddenly became lively. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"It's really timely!" Qiu Zhi sneered and said, he had just been ordered by the Emperor of the Apocalypse to transfer 20,000 elites into Gaizhou, and from Gaizhou into the territory of Yizhou, with Zhou Tong's department and Zhang Aimin's department forming a three-sided attack on Yizhou, Hu Zequan must have detected the news and began to boldly counterattack.

"I'm not afraid that you will stretch out your grip, but I am afraid that you will not be able to shrink out." Qiu Zhi was not surprised or rejoiced, although 20,000 elites were transferred, but even now, there were still 70,000 or 80,000 people under his command, facing Hu Zequan and had a disadvantage, and in the Minqin Campaign, the elites of King Ning were almost swept away, and at present, in Hu Zequan's hands, there are not too many soldiers who can fight. What is the use of other miscellaneous soldiers, no matter how many they are, just to be slaughtered.

"Drumming, Xuanjiang!" Qiu Zhi shouted.

In the Daimyo's Mansion, Hu Zequan stood respectfully outside the camp, watching the convoy come all the way, and when he got closer, Hu Zequan trotted all the way to a horse workshop in the middle, and lowered his hand and said: "The last general, Hu Zequan, welcome His Royal Highness King Ning." ”

There was a hearty laugh from inside the car, the door opened, King Ning appeared on the carriage, Hu Ze would quickly stretch out a hand, help King Ning get out of the carriage, and said softly: "The front-line soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and His Highness is really not suitable to appear here." Just sit in the base camp of Ningzhou. ”

King Ning shook his head and said: "I can't sit still, General Hu, this battle is related to the future of our southern states, the political pattern of the entire Great Chu in the next few years or even decades, and our life and death. ”

Walking into the house that has been prepared for King Ning, this is a small courtyard, with blue bricks and blue tiles, white snow and plum, but it is also very elegant, in the place where the war is raging, it is already very good.

In the small hall, it has been arranged as a meeting place, more than a dozen chairs are divided into two rows, the middle case is naturally the location of King Ning, and on the wall behind the big case, a huge map is held on the wall, and the curves of two different colors mark the position where the Southern Army and Qiu Zhi's army are now standing.

"General Hu, you have worked hard, the defeat of Minqin, the elite of our southern army lost half of Thailand, you can maintain the battle line steadily until now, so that the southern states have time to breathe and have a chance to recover, it is really a great achievement!" King Ning looked at the map, and his finger slowly swiped over the place where the Southern Army was now.

"The prince has won the award, and this is the result of the soldiers' desperate struggle to defend their hometown."

King Ning smiled, "You don't have to be modest, the soldiers don't need to say, but a good commander is the most important thing, the so-called thousands of troops are easy to get, one general is hard to find, the battle of Minqin, I misused Kaiyuan, one will be useless, tired of the three armies, if you were the first to lead the army into Minqin, maybe it will be a different situation now." ”

Hu Zequan bowed his head and was silent, this topic is not easy to take, Qin Min's defeat, the commander of the army is the eldest son of King Ning, he was just a commander at that time, how could he command this army, even if Lan Shan, who is now his deputy, his position at that time was higher than his own.

"What about the Blue Mountains?" King Ning asked.

"Back to His Highness, General Lan Shan is presiding over the offensive on the front line, and during this period of time, we have attacked everywhere, blossomed more, and have begun to counterattack head-on." Hu Zequan Dao.

"Attacking from all sides?" King Ning asked strangely: "Although the total number of our troops is not less than that of the opponent, our combat strength is weaker than that of the opponent, shouldn't we concentrate our efforts and attack one side first, how can we still divide our own forces?" ”

looked at Hu Zequan, and said: "Oh, I'm just asking, this time I only brought a pair of eyes and a pair of ears, and I will definitely not interfere with the command of your front-line generals." It's just that I have some doubts in my heart. ”

Hu Zequan was very happy to hear it, King Ning came to the front line in person, and it was naturally excellent to encourage the soldiers, but he was most afraid that King Ning would point fingers at the command of the war, he was the master, he said what to do, you are not easy to refute, it is very easy to do bad things, it seems that King Ning has fully learned the lesson of his son's defeat, which is a good thing. Hu Zequan has always believed that since the master is not good at commanding operations, he cannot interfere with the command of the front-line officers and men, and it is enough for the master to set a big strategic goal, and in some tactical matters, laymen guide insiders, and it is most likely to cause accidents; after all, a leader like Li Qing can easily manage millions of people when he dismounts his horse to serve the government, and he can use military force to control millions of people, and it is extremely rare to raise hundreds of thousands of soldiers to command operations freely.

"Your Highness, it is precisely because our elite is not enough to launch an attack on Qiu Zhi on the entire front that we attack from all sides and light beacons everywhere, one of the purposes of which is to confuse the opponent so that the opponent is not sure where we are launching and entering, and second, we take advantage of this series of battles to quietly draw elites from all over the country to assemble into an army, and once the attack location is determined, we will immediately deliver a thunderous blow, and strive to recover the current disadvantage of few fronts, and do not hide from His Highness, so far, It has not yet been determined where Blue Mountain and I will launch a counteroffensive in the end, and I am sure that Qiu Zhi will not be able to guess it.

King Ning first made a move, and then laughed, "You guys still can't figure it out yet, no wonder Qiu Zhi can't guess it, but Qiu Zhi is so spicy, maybe he can predict it." Be careful, we can't afford to lose again. ”

Hu Zequan smiled, "Your Highness, if this time it is only our army fighting alone, the last general will definitely try his best to prevent this war, but since it is part of the entire grand strategy, the task we undertake is not too heavy, as long as we don't lose, even a small loss, it can be regarded as winning, even if Qiu Zhi has a slight victory in our place, but it can't stop the whole general trend, if Li Qing succeeds, Qiu Zhi does not run away, he will be surrounded and annihilated by our two sides, therefore, the key point of the battle situation is not ours, but in Yizhou, what the last general is currently thinking, However, it is only necessary to occupy a little bit of Qiu Zhi's body, and at the same time let our soldiers grow up in the war, which is a big gain. ”

King Ning patted Hu Zequan on the shoulder, "You are very thoughtful, so I can rest assured." Li Qing has invested a lot of money this time, for this battle, he even indulged his base camp into a mess, his 10,000 sailors and marines landed from Bozhou, and they boldly crossed several states in our south, and entered Gaizhou, the goal was Qiu Zhi's 20,000 troops in Gaizhou, he was bold, and he was not afraid that I would take the opportunity to swallow his 10,000 elites. ”

Hu Zequan sighed: "Now that we rely on each other, he is naturally not afraid, but even so, it can be seen that this person has the danger of mountains and rivers in his heart, and in the future, he will definitely become our great enemy." ”

"Let's deal with the present first, and then talk about the rest!" King Ning agreed, "This time I didn't come empty-handed, I brought 20,000 Qiang soldiers, which can help you!" In two or three days, Mata arrived with his people. ”

Hu Zequan was taken aback, "Qiang soldiers? Your Highness, they don't ask for ...... all the time"

King Ning nodded, "Kaiyuan's princess has been dead for almost two years, and it's time to renew the strings for him, although Mata's daughter can't talk about reading and reasoning, but she is also handsome and lovely, and becoming the princess is enough to be worthy of him." ”

Hu Zequan was silent, hundreds of thousands of Qiang people lived in the southern mountains, the clan soldiers were brave and good at fighting, brave and abnormal, and they lived in the mountains like a country within a country, and because of the steep mountains and rivers, King Ning had been in charge of the south for many years, and he was helpless against it. The two sides married to consolidate the relationship, and the matter was put on hold, this time King Ning agreed to this matter, but it was also a helpless move, in order to let the other party's tens of thousands of elites be used, I can only do this, I am afraid that the prince will be very unhappy.

"If there are these 20,000 Qiang soldiers, then I am sure that I will take a big advantage on Qiu Zhi." Hu Zequan's thoughts immediately shifted to the current war, the prince was unhappy, it was not his concern.

The first battle of Yizhou broke out in Bowang on the border of Yizhou, when Li Ping, the commander of the Yizhou cavalry, led a team of about 100 sentry cavalry patrols, he met Zhou Tong's sentry cavalry, but the number was about 200 people.

Li Ping belonged to Li Feng's Yizhou battalion cavalry, and was the first group of people who followed Li Feng to the grassland to sharpen. Suddenly found that there was a Qinzhou outpost not far from the opposite side, Li Ping did not hesitate and immediately issued an order to attack.

All the cavalry equipment of the Yizhou battalion is completely with reference to the conventional configuration of the Dingzhou Changsheng battalion, for the cavalry battalion that the Yizhou family sent to Dingzhou to support themselves, Li Qing is willing to pay the capital, and it should be configured, it is the highest standard, when he was in Dingzhou, Li Qing gave them the silver, which was also consistent with the Changsheng battalion, so that after the battalion returned to Yizhou, Yizhou also had to give them silver according to Li Qing's standards, so that their income was several times that of the general Yizhou soldiers, which also made this battalion bring together the most elite warriors in Yizhou. All the Yizhou soldiers were proud to have entered this battalion.

The two sides talked about equipment, but they could not compare, the cavalry of the Yizhou battalion was full of iron armor, equipped with bayonet guns, war knives, Lian Nu, a Lu bow, twenty armor-piercing arrows, and even the war horses under his command were covered with soft armor in the vital parts. The cavalry on the opposite side, although numerous, were only equipped with bayonets, leather armor, and war knives.

The two sides met sharply, one side relied on the elite, the other side relied on the number of people, both roaring and galloping horses, the two armies fought, the first to start strangling each other was these sentry scouts, at the same time, they were also the most elite soldiers in the two armies.

The war horse galloped wildly, the soldiers of the two sides opened their bows and arrows at the same time, and the arrows rained down in the air, at this time, the advantages of the equipment were immediately apparent, the first-grade bow had a long range, the strength was strong, and the armor-piercing arrows equipped with the leather armor were nothing, and the arrow rain on the Qinzhou side basically could not cause any damage to the other party.

The two sides were not far away, and they only had time to shoot a round of arrows, so they could only put away their bows and raise their bayonet guns. In this short moment, the Qinzhou side has lost nearly twenty horsemen.

"Kill!" Shouting to kill the sky, the two cavalry collided fiercely.