Zhang Xianzhong had a certain idea and immediately began to dispatch troops and act quickly.

Soon, while the Tang army was still gathering, Zhang Xianzhong had recruited and mobilized 200,000 troops in Chengdu. Then, as planned, General Pingdong Sun Kewang led 50,000 troops to Baoning Mansion to meet with Liu Jinzhong's troops, who were stationed in the local area, and prepared to fight against the 11th town of the Tang army here.

Zhang Xianzhong himself, the so-called Emperor of the Great Western Kingdom, personally led a 150,000 army. With a mighty force, he ran from Chengdu to Tongchuanzhou, which was stationed by his subordinate general Ma Yuanli, and was preparing to defend here by the city and block the important way for the Tang army to march towards the city.

In Chengdu City, 50,000 troops were left behind, and General Bai Wenxuan was allowed to lead the city to protect this most important capital and base.

Zhang Xianzhong's troops acted immediately by the Tang Army Security Department and quickly reported it to King Li Xiao of Tang.

After Li Xiao obtained the information and analyzed it a little, he knew that Zhang Xianzhong was now planning to defend Baoning Mansion and Tongchuanzhou, two Chengdu gateways, and wanted to fight to the death with himself.

As for the Shunqing Prefecture, which the Tang army first wanted to attack, Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to give up because he was far away from Chengdu.

Li Xiao made a quick decision and immediately ordered Zeng Ying's tenth town troops to attack with Monk An's second town troops, and to take down Shunqing Mansion as soon as possible.

Then, Zeng Ying's troops were stationed in Shunqing Prefecture and Chongqing in Xuzhou and other places, and then Monk An's second town troops immediately headed north and prepared to work with Mo Changrong's 11th town troops to attack Baoning Prefecture. It is necessary to take down Baoning Prefecture as soon as possible and wipe out Sun Kewang and Liu Jinzhong's total troops of more than 60,000 people.

Li Xiao's order was passed to the front line, and the soldiers of various Tang army immediately acted according to the plan.

Zeng Ying's tenth town troops and monk An's second town troops were divided from the east and west sides, leading troops along the way and attacking Shunqing Prefecture directly.

Since Zhang Xianzhong had decided to abandon Shunqing Prefecture, the two Tang troops advanced very smoothly, and they quickly occupied Guang'an, Yingshan, Quxian, and Linshan and other counties, and quickly surrounded Nanchong, Shunqing Prefecture Prefecture City.

There were only a few hundred soldiers left behind in Nanchong. When the overwhelming army of the Tang army arrived, they were already scared to their legs. So, under the leadership of the local magistrate, they immediately opened the door and surrendered.

At this point, the Tang army successfully captured Shunqing Prefecture and initially completed the battle goal.

Then, some of Zeng Ying's troops were stationed in Shunqing Prefecture, as well as Chongqing in Xuzhou, and Monk An led his troops northward to attack the southern county at the southern end of Baoning Prefecture.

At this time, the 11th town of the Tang army had already entered Baoning Prefecture from Tieshan Pass in Kuizhou and attacked Tongjiang County.

After obtaining the information that the Tang army had attacked each other in two groups, Sun Kewang, the chief general of Baoning Mansion, was shocked.

He originally thought that after the Tang army captured Shunqing Prefecture, the 10th Town and the 2nd Town troops would go eastward and attack Tongchuanzhou where the Emperor Zhang Xianzhong was personally stationed. However, he did not expect that the Tang army divided troops in Shunqing Prefecture and ordered the 2nd Town troops to attack Baoning in the north, and formed a two-way attack with the 11th Town troops of the Tang army attacking the east. It seemed that it would take the Baoning Prefecture that he was stationed in one fell swoop.

What made Sun Kewang even more worried was that according to the original plan, in order to fight against the 11th town of the Tang army, Sun Kewang had transferred a large number of troops to the Bazhou area, and built a defense line to resist the attack of the Tang army. Now Monk An's second town of troops attacked from south to north, but Sun Kewang could use it to block the enemy very few troops. Once the Tang army captured Nandu County, the troops could go directly to Langzhong, Baoning Prefecture City.

When Langzhong was surrounded and the main force could not retreat, the entire Baoning Mansion City's troops would be wiped out separately and there would be no remains.

As the main general, he came to such a situation, either died at the hands of the Tang army or fled back to Chengdu and was killed by the angry Zhang Xianzhong. This was simply a nightmare result.

No, we must take countermeasures before the Tang army arrives to stop the Tang army from acting like this.

So, Sun Kewang immediately decided to let Liu Jinzhong lead nearly 40,000 troops and horses to continue to block the troops in place to block the 11th town of the Tang army. He himself commanded 20,000 elite troops and immediately retreated from the defense line and deployed defenses in Langzhong City, preparing to fight to the death with the arrival of the second town of the Tang army.

Considering that the Tang army was powerful, even if they acted like this, they were afraid that they would lack troops and make some mistakes. So they urgently sent people to Tongchuan Prefecture. The Emperor of the West, Zhang Xianzhong, quickly sent a general to lead 50,000 troops to help to solve the urgent need of Baoning Prefecture.

Soon, Sun Kewang's letter of help was delivered to the capital of Tongchuan Prefecture at a speed of 800 miles and handed to Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong was also shocked when he saw this letter written by Sun Kewang.

During this period, he has deployed heavy troops in key areas of Tongchuan Prefecture to strictly prevent the Tang army from directly attacking Tongchuan Prefecture from Shunqing Prefecture. However, he did not expect that the final action plan of the Tang army was to go north after taking Shunqing Prefecture, and wanted to seize Baoning Prefecture with all his strength.

Zhang Xianzhong knew that if Baoning Prefecture was lost, the gateway to the north of Chengdu would be opened, and the Tang army should be able to march straight into, bypass Tongchuan Prefecture, and directly attack Chengdu Prefecture. If Chengdu was lost, the demise of the Great Western Kingdom would be in a blink of an eye.

When Zhang Xianzhong thought of this, he felt cold sweat all over his body. He didn't even think too much and immediately ordered his general Ma Yuanli to lead 50,000 troops and urgently head north to Baoning Mansion for reinforcements.

Ma Yuanli took the order and walked. His troops rushed to Baoning Mansion. Unexpectedly, when he was about to reach Baoning, he had already been discovered by the mail cavalry of the second town of the Tang Army from afar and immediately reported to the monk Chang'an, the second town of the Tang Army.

When Monk An got the news, he couldn't help but laugh.

Monk An knew that Ma Yuanli's 50,000 troops were coming all the way. In order to arrive at Baoning Mansion as soon as possible, the reconnaissance and provocate on the road would definitely be very careless. In this way, he would just give them the right way to fight, defeat them in one fell swoop, or even destroy them all.

Monk An immediately opened the map, looked at it for a while, and finally decided to fight Ma Yuanli's troops around Liubianyi.

Because Ma Yuanli's troops had arrived at Fucun Town, which bordered Tongchuan Prefecture, the next must-pass place was Liubianyi, which was backed by Xiaotong Water, with a wide terrain and an arc-shaped plain landform, which was just conducive to the Tang army's artillery troops to launch the road and the Tang army's cavalry to attack strongly.

"Transfer our military orders. The entire army turned northwest and went straight to Liubianyi to set up a formation. After defeating the enemy reinforcements, they would then enter Langzhong!" Monk An ordered loudly.

"Get orders!"

The Tang army had nearly 40,000 troops in the second town. They immediately deviated from the original route and headed north along the Xiaotong River to Liubianyi in the northwest. After about an hour, they arrived there.

At this time, when the people of Daxi Country here saw the arrival of the army, they had already escaped. The Tang army had no obstacles anymore and immediately turned to Xiaotong Water to set up their own formation.

The main part of the front is the gun and shield battle formation formed by the three battalions. The left and right wings are heavy armored infantry battle formations composed of rampant team members to protect each other. Behind the gun and shield battle formation are a group of auxiliary soldiers with a large number of individual soldiers hanging on their waists and thunder.

The entire Tang army's cavalry was divided into two parts and hidden in the woods outside the city. Their mission was to completely cut off the enemy's retreat when they were waiting for the enemy to attack and strive to encircle them and eliminate them.

Then, Monk An decided to place all ninety heavy dragon guns of the Tang army at the front of the gun and shield battle formation on the road in front of the road, forming a posture of attacking together.

This formation has been used by the Tang army many times, whether it was attacking Huang Degong's army in Xuzhou, attacking Zheng's army in Annan, or destroying Hao Yaoqi's army outside Yancheng, and the battle results were quite good. Therefore, Monk An planned to set up the same cannon formation here without hesitation, and gave a headache to Ma Yuanli who was coming in a hurry.

When Monk An finished formation, the 50,000 troops from Ma Yuanli's troops arrived there hurriedly.

The 50,000 army went north, winding like a long gray dragon with no head and tail. They marched with all their strength, but they didn't notice the shadows in the distance and were paying close attention to their movements. They would never have thought that their every move had been closely observed by the Tang army, and their whereabouts were at their control.

"General Ma, Liubianyi is ahead. From here, you can cross the Xiaotong River and go to Langzhong, the capital of Baoning."

A dusty guard rushed forward to the place where he was engaged with Ma Yuanli, then stretched out his arm, pointed at Liu Bianyi, with a blurry shadow in front, and shouted to him.

Huang Degong looked along Tian Xiong's arm and saw the vague Liu Bianyi in front of him. For some reason, he had been through the battle formation for a long time, but there was an unforgettable premonition in his heart, which made his expression even more solemn.

Ma Yuanli was not sure about the situation in Baoning Mansion now, and he had no idea what the situation was now.

However, out of the instinct of the battlefield, he still felt the indescribable danger in the place where he was about to arrive in Langzhong.

"The entire army slowed down its pace, formed a combat formation, searched and marched all the way, and strictly prevented the enemy's surprise attack." Ma Yuanli's face turned cold and ordered in a deep voice.

"Duke Jingguo, now our army is coming north, but no enemy troops have been seen. I think the enemy soldiers are attacking Nanbu County with all their might, and they have no spare energy to take care of other places. We are very close to Langzhong. Can we ask 50,000 soldiers to speed up and rush to Langzhong City to meet with General Sun Kewang's headquarters?" The guard frowned and raised his objection.

"This is hard to say." Ma Yuanli sighed and said, "The attack power of the Tang army is very strong and terrifying. Baoning Mansion is already very dangerous. When our army fights such strong enemies, we must not underestimate the enemy. We must also act carefully, which is the most important thing."

Ma Yuan's profit was finalized, and the entire army immediately began to organize the team on the spot, and then searched and advanced all the way. Although they were well prepared, the speed of the team was greatly affected.

In this way, the Tang army was given sufficient preparation time, allowing Monk An to fully set up a formation and ambush, waiting for the 50,000 troops of Ma Yuanli's troops to come to the trap.

At noon, the Huang Degong troops on the horizon finally appeared in the sight of all the Tang army after running for a long distance.

At this time, Huang Degong saw the military and horse flags of Liu Liangzuo from Huai'an Prefecture City from a distance from the thousands of miles of mirror. The largest stone in his heart finally landed on the ground.

"General, look, there seems to be an enemy in front of you to set up a formation!"

When he was about to arrive at Liubianyi, the guard next to Ma Yuanli shouted in surprise at Ma Yuanli.

Ma Yuanli was shocked when he heard the sound, but he quickly saw clearly from the Qianli Miles mirror that the huge red-bottomed and black-lined flag on the opposite side was flying in the wind. It seemed that the troops and horses in front were undoubtedly the Tang army.

At this moment, he could hardly believe his eyes.

Damn, how did this guy come to Liubianyi from the south? It's so good now that he caught himself off guard. It's really hateful!

Ma Yuanli cursed fiercely, but had no time to analyze what went wrong, which made the Tang army, who was supposed to attack Nanbu County, come here instead. Because, at this time, he saw the Tang army soldiers on the opposite side and formed a very strange formation.

The most eye-catching thing is that the Tang army had 90 huge heavy dragon-strike cannons with a caliber, which were placed in front of the infantry and cavalry battle formation, forming a posture of attacking together.

Seeing that the Tang army was so powerful and the army was so neat, Ma Yuanli was angry and couldn't help but scold him.

Humph, if you set up such a formation, will I be afraid that you will not succeed?

But if this thought flashed through my heart, Ma Yuanli felt inexplicably worried.

In fact, along the way, Ma Yuanli, who led 50,000 troops to reinforce, looked worried and frownful.

That is, Ma Yuanli was very worried. Although he rushed here, he was likely to be attacked by the Tang army and could only be forced to fight head-on with the Tang army.

I rushed all the way, but the number of weapons and armor was actually insufficient. What's more, there were about 20,000 new recruits among them. These people were strong, but if they wanted to start a bloody battle immediately, the consequences would be disastrous.

However, now it seems that this sudden face-to-face battle is inevitable.

Ma Yuanli's eyes passed the row of powerful artillery and immediately saw that the Tang army's infantry and cavalry battle formation was also ready for battle. The strong formation was so harsh that it looked so cold from a distance through the snow curtain.

Is Tang Jun really confident that he can beat the battle with such a leisurely attitude?

As he approached, he could see clearly that the Tang army had tens of thousands of people, which were probably the same as his own troops. It seemed that neither side was sure to win, but the Tang army had so many artillery helpers. In this case, he would have to rush over and fight with him, but he would have to sacrifice a lot.

So, is it still time to retreat now?

Not even possible.

Most of his troops were infantry, and the total number of Tang troops and horses on the opposite side was about thousands of cavalry. There seemed to be many cavalry hidden in the woods in the distance. If they turned around, they would definitely chase after them with all their might. In this way, those infantry who were slow to act and had no combat experience would only be left to slaughter and had no room for counterattack.

Perhaps, the Tang army's cavalry chased after them, and all of their troops and horses would die here in an extremely shameful way.

At this moment, Ma Yuanli suddenly felt endless regret.

Damn! If I had known that the Tang army had such powerful artillery and had predicted its own course of action in advance, then I would have sought death if I led my troops to come.

Ma Yuanli sighed, but his face suddenly became ferocious.

Damn, since you will die if you run away now, it would be better to fight Tang Jun to the death and fight him to the death!

Perhaps, this is the only way to survive in death.
Chapter completed!