Chapter 974: The First Battle

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From the Youyan area to Luoyang, out of the slope valley, through the Fu Valley, Pinggu, as far as the eye can see, it is already a thousand miles of fertile fields, a plain, is the heart of the Central Plains, is also the most important granary, the Xiao family has controlled the Youyan area for many years, in fact, once the time is ripe, they will go down, directly take the idea of the center of Luoyang, the flat area of thousands of miles of fertile fields, easy to attack and difficult to defend, the declining central dynasty of Great Chu, there is really no slightest certainty that it can withstand the attack of Xiao's heavy troops. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

There are many forces in the huge empire, each with its own calculations, no one will sincerely go to work hard for Da Chu, and the powerful ones expect the Xiao family to take the lead, they can fish in the muddy water and compete in the world, and the small ones are playing a wait-and-see style, waiting for the price to live, selling themselves at a good price, and looking at it, the Emperor of the Apocalypse is at a loss.

King Ning of the south was eyeing the tiger, taking advantage of the famine in the three southern states, instigating the hungry people to rebel, and taking the opportunity to infiltrate, while Xiao Haoran controlled the center and remotely controlled Youyan, and even Li Huaiyuan, the prince of Dingguo at that time, was forced to retreat, recuperate from the old and sick, and stay away from the court.

Apocalypse had nothing to do, convened a group of loyal ministers, ten years of planning, and finally formed the final plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, the apocalypse deceived death, King Ning really took the opportunity to raise troops to crusade against the Xiao family, the two sides of the war is in full swing, secretly has accumulated enough strength of the Apocalypse to stop the waist and blow, the invincible Xiao besieged in Qingzhou, and the battle was defeated, and the prince of Ning Wang advanced lightly, and was defeated by the Xiao family Most of the main force, but also the strength was greatly reduced, the Apocalypse ten years of planning, and finally achieved positive results.

However, people are not as good as heaven, as the so-called plan is in people, success is in the sky, in this world, the time span of more than ten years of the big plan, an inconspicuous little person was born, the rise of the side, in less than ten years, it grew into a more fierce enemy than Xiao, King Ning, annexed Xiao, defeated King Ning, and drove straight into the Central Plains, Emperor Apocalypse's life plan turned out to be a wedding dress for others, if it wasn't for his implementation of the tiger and wolf, so that Xiao and King Ning were both defeated, How can Li Qing in Dingzhou take the opportunity to rise and become a big problem today? Every time I think about this, not only can I not let go of the apocalypse, but even Xiang Ping also feels depressed and abnormal, and now Dingzhou is attacking, and although Luoyang still has millions of troops, it can only barely maintain a draw, if you can't make progress in a certain direction, Da Chu will lose the country.

Xiang Ping thinks that this person who saved Da Chu from danger is none other than himself. Shoufu Shang Haibo played a new deal, gathering money is a good hand, a few years of governance, it gathered a lot of money for the Luoyang court, improved the status of craftsmen, and vigorously developed industry and commerce also let Luoyang catch up in the manufacturing industry, but in terms of military strategy, Xiang Ping came to think so, planning to unite with King Ning, as a result, King Ning was defeated, retreated to 100,000 mountains, or could not escape a defeated situation, tricked over the mountain wind, planned to smash the heart, the result was the defeat of Bozhou, the back road was almost broken, Dozens of armies were almost besieged in Qinzhou and could not be returned, and none of Shang Haibo's military strategies were attacked.

And Suzhou Zhou Tong, again and again, was defeated by Dingzhou's men, was driven out of Qinshi, and now he has been driven out of Xingzhou and Pingzhou, and now he can only be trapped in Suzhou.

Zhang Aimin of Minzhou, in the battle of Xingqin, was annihilated by the whole army at the risk of crossing the mountain, and now he is beaten back step by step by a little-known Chen Zeyue, and even the important town of Donglin is in danger.

On the battlefield, there is only oneself, guarding the gateway of Luoyang, fighting against Yang Yidao and Xiao Yuanshan for several years, not defeated, although unable to break the valley, but also let the opponent not advance an inch, if there is one person who can compete with Dingzhou, then who else is besides himself?

As long as you defeat Yang Yidao on the opposite side, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue, break through the sloping valley, enter Youyan, and then directly approach Bingzhou through Xiangshan Mansion, thus threatening Dingzhou itself, and Luoyang's danger will be solved.

Xiang Ping was full of ambition, riding a horse on a hill, looking at the plain, neatly lined up his own army, if Yang Yidao implemented the previous strategy and refused to fight with himself, for a while, he really couldn't do anything with him, after all, the combat power of the Dingzhou army was amazing, there was no advantage in military strength, he didn't dare to act rashly, let alone divide the troops and fight, but now, Yang Yidao didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, and he actually lined up to fight to the death with himself.

Xiang Ping was almost happy to keep his mouth shut, probably because he saw that the progress of Suzhou Lutian Group was smooth, and Chen Zeyue of Mianzhou also beat Zhang Aimin step by step, and he was anxious, for fear that he would not be able to make contributions on his side and fall behind others, right? For this kind of contest between generals, Xiang Ping has seen a lot, this is not only a personal urgency, but also a battle for fame and fortune in the future, even if Yang Yidao doesn't care, but the generals under his command can not care, Xiao Yuanshan can not care, under such double pressure, Yang Yidao finally can't bear it, and wants to have a battle with himself.

He is in an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and the army also has 10,000 ironclad heavy cavalry, in such a magic weapon in hand, no matter how good the Dingzhou army is at breaking through the cavalry, in the face of the absolute power of the ironclad heavy cavalry, it will be a floating cloud.

The Iron Cavalry will unceremoniously crush all the opponents in their way, crush the opponent's formation, and then the army will press down, everything seems so simple.

Xiang Ping is already looking forward to the glory after the victory!

Yang Yidao was placed on the front of the Tianlei Battalion of the Dingzhou Qinian Division, which was known as the first in the army in the world, which made Xiang Ping believe in his judgment even more, this Tianlei Battalion grew up step by step in the battle with the barbarians, and the best thing was to break the cavalry with steps, but they forgot that the Fei tribe was almost all light cavalry, and what they had under them was the nightmare of all infantry and cavalry.

On their own two wings, separated by dozens of miles, are the two cavalry battalions under the command of Yang Yidao, only the whirlwind battalion on the left flank needs to be noted, this battalion is extremely strong, but as long as their infantry is firmly rooted in the fence, they can still withstand the impact of the opponent, and the key to this battle will be their own ironclad heavy cavalry to break through the defense of the Tianlei battalion in front, or the opponent's cavalry to break through their own wings in front, Xiang Ping firmly believes that he will undoubtedly win.

"Drums!" He gave the order firmly.

Hundreds of war drums sounded at the same time, the monotonous drum sound from the beginning of the click to the last dense raindrops, the most ** time, the long horn began to blow, in the drum and trumpet, on the hills, the banner of the Chinese army was displayed.

"Ironclad Heavy Cavalry, Three-Stage Impact, Attack Begins!" Xiang Ping's hand fell heavily, and a herald galloped down the hills, counted the time, and then ran to the front of the formation, repeating Xiang Ping's order loudly.

The first wave of the heavily armored ironclad cavalry began to advance slowly, first walking, then trotting in broken steps, and then the shouts of the soldiers hidden behind their masks began to sound dullly, converging into a black torrent, and began to attack the Dingzhou position several miles away.

When the first wave began to gallop, the second wave began to advance, and when the speed of the second wave also accelerated, the third wave officially set off, which is the three-stage impact formation of the ironclad heavy cavalry, in the large-scale occupation of the ironclad heavy cavalry, no one has been able to resist the attack of this steel torrent, the so-called ironclad heavy cavalry is full of 10,000, and the myth of invincibility in the world has never been broken.

The moment the drums and trumpets of the Luoyang army sounded, the loud military trumpets in the Dingzhou Central Group Army a few miles away sounded rhythmically, and the soldiers of the Tianlei Battalion roared forward, behind them, hundreds of arrows flashing with cold light of the Eight Bull Crossbows were exposed, and at the back door of the Eight Bull Crossbows, the twenty-fifth one row, a total of four rows of Shenwei cannons also revealed the muzzles of the black holes.

In the midst of the artillery array, an artillery officer held a command flag, stood on the wooden command platform, and watched coldly as the torrent of iron armor poured out on the opposite side.

Further behind, Yang Yidao turned his head to look at Xiao Yuanshan beside him, "After today, the ironclad heavy cavalry will no longer exist!" ”

Xiao Yuanshan smiled and said: "The lord has decided to march into Luoyang, just around the corner!" ”

Yang Yidao stretched out his hand and shook it heavily with Xiao Yuanshan.

The moment the two hands were clasped together, the artillery officer's order flag fell heavily, "The first column of artillery, the elevation angle is forty-five degrees, the firing distance is four miles, open the cannon!" ”

The deafening sound of artillery bombardment instantly drowned out all the sounds on the battlefield, and the first row of soldiers lit the fire rope and fell to the ground in an instant, and the white smoke rose and completely drowned out their figures.

"The second column of artillery, at an elevation angle of forty degrees, fire!"

"The third column of artillery, at an elevation angle of thirty-eight degrees, fire!"

"The fourth column of artillery, at an elevation angle of thirty-five degrees, fire!" In the interval of each round of shelling, only the cold shouts of the artillery officers sounded, and all the artillerymen did not have time to watch their results, and after the first round of shelling, the artillerymen lying on the ground jumped up, some held long brushes to clean the barrels, some were busy bringing new shells from the side, and some picked up the gunpowder that had been fixed, and after the completion of the clearing, they immediately reloaded, and when the four rounds of shelling were over, the artillery of the first column had already completed the loading.

The invincible ironclad heavy cavalry was several miles away, and the first wave of blows was ushered in, and they were blinded in a very short time without the slightest psychological preparation, and the cannonballs that fell from the air easily swept them to the ground, whether it was horses or people, under this weapon, there was no resistance, and the dense formation was beaten to pieces in an instant, and there was a large gap in the distance.

Four rounds of artillery bombardment, the first wave of attacks was no longer in formation, thousands of ironclad heavy cavalry only a few hundred cavalry still barely rushed forward, the rest either fell to the ground, or the war horses were frightened, hunched horses and knights scurried around.

These hundreds of cavalry rushed through the range of the cannons, and when they were still hundreds of meters away from the formation of the Dingzhou Bing Tianlei Battalion, there was a buzzing sound from the opposite side, and hundreds of eight-bull crossbows were fired at the same time, and the eight-bull crossbows that were as dense as a swarm of locusts blocked all their roads with a screaming sound. (To be continued.)