Li Jing ordered the generals to send troops to the king in the name of the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and Huang Chao in Chang'an was not willing to sit still. When he was about to face the attack of the coalition forces of the three major feudal towns of Guanzhong, Hedong and Central Plains, Huang Chao also immediately dispatched troops to prepare for battle.

Huang Chao's counterattack was in two directions, east and west, and two clusters were organized. On the eastern front, due to the defeat in the Battle of Xuzhou, Huang Chao appointed Zhu Wen, the envoy of Xuanwu Jiedu, as the marshal of the eastern camp, responsible for guarding Luoyang. However, Zhu Wen, the marshal of the east, did not have many soldiers and horses, although Huang Chao assigned the generals of Xuanwu, Zhongwu Town, Heyang, Hezhong, and Shaanxi to Zhu Wen's name, but in fact, Xuanwu now only occupies one Bianzhou and one Zhengzhou, and the three towns of Zhongwu and Hezhong Town have all returned to Tang again anyway, and Zhuge Shuang of Heyang Town has just been defeated and driven away by Han Jian. Zhu Wen's sons who can control are Bianzheng, Luoyang, and Shaanxi. In fact, what is controlled is only half of Xuanwu Town.

However, compared with the eastern front, the western front of Huangchao is the strategic focus of this time. The command camp of the Western Front appointed by Huang Chao is very high-level, and the commander is the second-in-command of the Great Qi Empire, Taiwei Shangrang. In addition, the general Jingguang Yin Wang Fan, and Huang Chao's nephew, the meritorious military envoy Lin Yan, are the two deputy generals. A total of more than 50,000 elite soldiers were mediated, and the soldiers pointed directly at Fengxiang. The goal of Huangchao this time is very clear, before the three major coalition forces form a joint encirclement momentum, first send troops to defeat the Guanzhong Zheng Zheng, the first bird, so as to show the strength of the Great Qi Empire in front of the towns in Guanzhong.

This is just like what Huang Chao did when he was still a salt seller, grabbing territory with other salt gangs, and first finding a weak point to beat him, so as to make an example of the chickens and monkeys, show his strength, and pay attention to the first salute and then the soldiers.

Although now the Yellow Nest royal robe is added. became the emperor of Great Qi. Shang Rang is no longer the kid who followed Shang Junchang back then. But in Jean's opinion. Zheng Zheng is just a scholar and literati, and there is no difference between him and Wang Duo Xiangguo, who once served as the commander of the crusade against the rebels. He is confident in this task.

Shang Rang led 50,000 elite soldiers into Longweipi, Qizhou.

The scouts of the former army of the Qi army flew in.

"Report!"

The scout rolled his saddle and fell off his horse, panting and reporting loudly: "I found the traces of Zheng Jin, and I am leading thousands of Tang troops to be stationed on the bare high post in front!" ”

Hearing this military situation, Shang Rang was a little puzzled, but he still ordered to form a formation and move forward carefully. When the soldiers and horses advanced for a while, they found that Zheng Zheng was leading thousands of Tang troops to be stationed on a bare hillside. This array is very similar to the horses of the Three Kingdoms. And these Tang troops seem to be bluffing, planting many military flags on the hills. But it is very full of holes, at a glance, it can be seen that it is sparse and sparse, full of flaws, in a word, Zheng Jin's performance is like a layman, and there are as many laymen as he wants.

If it was a Tang Army general who commanded this Tang army, then Shang Rang might suspect that the other party was deliberately setting up a suspicious formation to lure them over. But the other party is Zheng Jin. was originally a scholar Wenchen, and his bad performance. On the contrary, Shang Rang thought that this was a normal performance.

"Hahaha!" Shang Rang laughed for a while, "Pass on the order, blow the horn and beat the drum, order the whole army to charge, and go down with a drum." There is no need to care about the array, tactics, there is no need to deal with a scholar like Zheng Jin. Remember, to capture Zheng Zheng alive, you must not hurt him. ”

"Captain, beware of Zheng Jin's deception! This old fellow seems to have come to be cunning, if he deliberately deceives and then sets up an ambush, will he not be fooled? Zhang Juyan, the secretary of the ministry, immediately persuaded.

However, Shang Rang couldn't listen to Zhang Juyan's words at all, or he didn't look down on this old brother of the grass army at all. Zhang Juyan's original name was Zhang Yan, because Huang Chao's nephew's name was Lin Yan, so he immediately changed his name to Zhang Juyan to curry favor with Lu, and Zhang Juyan has always been responsible for logistics affairs in the grass army, so Shang let such a general who charged into battle never look at him squarely. Even if Huangchao is now a country, Zhang Juyan has made meritorious contributions because he is in charge of logistics affairs, and the official worships Shangshu of the Provincial Officials' Department, the head of the six departments, but Shang Rang, who worships Taiwei, also doesn't pay much attention to his suggestions.

When Zheng Ji received the report from the striker, Shang Rang was already preparing to charge, and he was riding a horse to stand on the bare high post, and under the purple daze, a purple robe was extremely conspicuous among a group of shining armor. Hearing Shang Rang's order to charge, he was not afraid of rejoicing, and turned his head excitedly to the more than ten officers behind him wearing shiny armor and red Shu brocade cloaks: "The mad thief can be destroyed!" ”

The more than ten horsemen behind congratulated in unison: "Congratulations to the handsome, the horse is successful!" ”

Zheng Jin's excited lips were trembling, and he knew that this battle was crucial. If he wins, then his prestige will rise to a higher level, and he will be able to restrain the generals of Guanzhong from now on. If it fails, perhaps the Guanzhong coalition army, which has been assembled with great difficulty, may disperse in a hurry and return to the town in various ways.

"Thank you all sent by the King of Qin, if it weren't for this brilliant plan proposed by your Qin Domain's military observation team, it would not be easy to deal with the 50,000 elites of Shang Rang. This is really a pillow when you sleep, and a rain when you are drought. The loyalty of King Qin is admired by the world and admired by the old decay. The world says that the King of Qin is the sole ruler of the Emperor, but now looking at the performance of the King of Qin, he not only called on all towns in the world to send troops to the King of Qin with his own prestige, but also organized three major coalition armies. Moreover, he has been fighting with the grass thieves in Henan, not only suppressing the grass thieves south of the canal, but also recovering the important towns of Xuzhou and Suzhou. He also united with Yu Xuan and other Henan commanders to recover Song and Cao Zhuzhou one after another. At present, not only did he send Li Quanzhong 50,000 horses to the south to Qinwang, but also forced the Shatuo people to also go south to participate in the war, which is really indispensable. ”

The more than ten horsemen behind Zheng Jin were the Qin Army Military Observation Group that Li Jing had sent to Guanzhong not long ago, this observation group had a total of 200 people, and was composed of 50 outstanding young staff officers and 150 guards. The staff officers are all staff scientists who have just graduated from the lecture hall, and the guards are cadet soldiers who have just graduated from the military academy. Li Jing formed a total of three such military observation groups, one each of the three coalition armies of Guanzhong, Hedong, and Henan. They are sent to the coalition forces not only as liaisons, but also as opportunities for field training. Let them be on the battlefield, go to the inspection practice.

As soon as the military observer group sent to Guanzhong arrived in Guanzhong, it received the news that the Guanzhong coalition army was facing an attack by the 50,000-strong army of Huangchao. After getting the news at that time, many generals of the Guanzhong coalition proposed to retreat, and even Zheng Zheng was a little hesitant. In the end, Zhao Chong, the head of the observation group, proposed a plan to the coalition forces. A proactive strategy.

Now. As expected, the Qi army crashed headlong into the trap of the Guanzhong coalition army.

The strategy proposed by Zhao Chong is actually very simple. It was deliberately chosen that there was such a suitable terrain as Longyan at the moment, and then a low-level formation was put on, using Zheng Ji as a bait to lure Shang Rang to make mistakes.

Five thousand Fengxiang tooth soldiers lined up at the high post to guard Zheng Jin. However, there are tens of thousands of Guanzhong coalition troops ambushed around Longweipi, just waiting for the Qi army to take the bait, which is the real killer weapon in the hands of the Qin army observation group.

Although Shang Rang knew that Zheng Zheng had united the soldiers and horses of the eight towns in Guanzhong, he was not clear about the number of allied troops in Guanzhong. It is believed that the Guanzhong coalition army will not face too many soldiers and horses here. But he never meant that in this battle, Zheng Zheng directly brought a full 100,000 Guanzhong coalition troops. Although these 100,000 soldiers and horses, strictly speaking, may actually be inferior to the 50,000 Qi troops brought by Shang Rang, some of the meaning of a rabble.

But 100,000 against 50,000, the Guanzhong coalition still has a great advantage. What's more, now Shang Rang has completely fallen for the trick of luring the enemy.

The Guanzhong Coalition Army and the Qi Army are not elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and this kind of soldiers fight completely by fighting a good wind. It's better to fight head-on, if you are attacked from the side. Or outflanking and other shocks, once inappropriately commanded. It is possible that the morale of the army will collapse.

Amid the earth-shattering war drums and horns, tens of thousands of Qi troops, just like they had fought countless battles before, launched an indiscriminate attack on Gaogang.

Crowd tactics, this is the most commonly used trick of the Righteous Army and the Grass Army, the predecessors of the Qi Army.

There is no formation, the team is scattered and does not form a formation. But often under the impact of the sea waves of such soldiers, the enemy will be swept away.

Zheng Zheng rode the horse to the high post, and overlooked the Qi army with the observation team, and the smile on his face became more and more obvious.

Zhao Chong took two steps forward and said to Zheng Zheng: "Zheng Shuai, the time has come, give orders." ”

Zheng Jin's face was ruddy, as if he had drunk several glasses of fine wine.

He took a long breath, used all his strength, and shouted loudly: "Marching Sima! ”

Feng Xiang Army's marching Sima Li Changyan Fu Ce stepped forward immediately and replied loudly: "The last general!" ”

"Send a signal, close the net!" After shouting this voice, Zheng Ji felt as if the strength of his whole body had also gone, and the whole person was a lot weaker.

The soldiers of the Qi army, who were rushing towards the high post at the foot of the mountain, suddenly felt as if the ground under their feet was shaking, and then they heard a violent sound that was deafening. Around Gaogang, the earth is cracking, and the heavens and the earth are shaking!

Countless fires rose into the sky, and the Qi army in the charge suffered a catastrophe. Many soldiers were directly blown into the sky by the gunpowder brought by the Qin army and buried around the high post.

The continuous earth-shattering explosion was only less than a quarter of an hour, but in the hearts of many Qi troops, it felt like a few days and nights.

When the earth-shattering explosion finally stopped, the soldiers of the Qi army did not have time to breathe a sigh of relief, the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and countless Guanzhong coalition troops had already been led by Tang Hongfu, the general of the Fengxiang Army, Li Changyan, Li Changfu, and Song Wentong, the general of the Boye Army, and other generals of the coalition army, from all sides, jumping out of the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield, and rushing the frightened Qi army to pieces!

The military observation group of the Qin army led by Zhao Chong did not join the battle, but kept guarding Zheng Zheng and stood on the high post to watch the whole battle.

The armor of the Qin army is a shiny half-body steel plate armor, and on the bright and dark green armor, there is a winged flying eagle painted on the bright green armor, hunting red flags, and the Qin character flag looms. Their momentum, their equipment, are far superior to other troops. Stand on top of a high hill, immobile as a pine.

In today's Qin Domain, most of the soldiers are professional.

Although the active Qin army is only 360,000, the Qin army still has a large number of reserve soldiers, including countless trained militia, and when the war requires, the Qin army can pull out 100,200,000 young and strong trained militiamen at any time. In addition, the Qin army also has a large number of military schools and lecture halls. Among them, there are nearly 100,000 young cadets in the Boy Scout Academies in various places. Every year, thousands of cadets graduate and join the army. These cadets, who began military training at a young age, will far surpass other conscripts after enlistment.

Among the towns in the world, the Qin army may not be the feudal town with the most soldiers. But it is definitely the most elite, the most well-trained, and the most well-equipped troops. At the same time, the entire military system of the Qin army was the most comprehensive, with the most reserve officers and reserve soldiers. The reason why the Qin army maintained 360,000 active soldiers was not that it could not recruit more, but that it was to be more refined.

Compared with the Qi army, which casually pulls strong Ding, the hereditary father-son soldiers, mercenaries, and the power of the Qin army system in other feudal towns are becoming more and more apparent.

"Gong Zheng, Shang Rang is finished." Zhao Chong stood next to him and said to Zheng Jin, the battle was raging at the foot of the mountain, but they could clearly see from standing here that the balance of victory was constantly tilting towards the coalition forces. "At most, in an hour, the pseudo-Qi will collapse."

Zheng Zhen nodded, "The Pseudo-Qi army is quite elite, if it is a frontal battle, our 100,000 coalition troops against 50,000 Pseudo-Qi troops, if we want to take them, we will have to pay at least 1-to-1 damage." But now, with your ingenuity and the power of gunpowder, our damage in this battle will not be too high. ”

"It's no longer a problem to defeat Shang Rang, the key is how to eat them and not let them escape!" Zheng Jin looked at the Guanzhong coalition army, which was like a divine help, and was working hard, and was very happy, but also couldn't help but have more ideas. (To be continued......)