Chapter 176 Fighting generals are rare, but that doesn't mean they are not
He defeated two groups of tens of thousands of bandits first. Zhu Wen, the Xuanwu Army, also recorded in the original chronicle of Taizu of Liang in the Five Dynasties: Since Cai Kou was always in a state of shock, and often in the army was in a state of chaos. The emperor's army rested and rewarded him in a big way. Therefore, the soldiers were angry and fought bravely whenever they encountered the enemy.
In addition, Li Tianqu and Zhu Xuan two vassal states rushed to help and joined forces. After discussion and deployment, Zhu Wen led the Xuanwu army to the middle and advanced from Chenliu to the south of Kaifeng, Bianzhou; Li Tianqu led the Yicheng army to Yongqiu, to Taikang, and marched along the eastern path under the Bianzhou rule; Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin and other Tianping Army generals led the Ya army through Zhongmu, directly pointing to Yanling and the adjacent Zhongwu army vassal states, and marched from the west of Bianzhou to take the initiative...
In this way, Zhu Wen was separated by Li Tianqu and Zhu Xuan's friendly forces. Even if the Yicheng Army and the Tianping Army were disliked each other and intended to slander each other, they would only miss the big thing.
The horns were roaring on the day of the army's departure, and the drums shook the sky. Li Tianqu said goodbye to Zhu Wen for a while and led 12,000 horses and infantry troops to advance from the company. Although the two thieves under Zhu Wen's nose had been eliminated and annihilated, the thieves led by Qin Zongquan personally invaded the territory of Xuanwu's army in Bianzhou. Therefore, within three days, the Yicheng army had to fight with the thieves who had set up camp in front...
Two large armies lined up in the wilderness, and the sky was drowsy and revealed a bleak spirit. The wind was whistling, the flags were flying, and all kinds of weapons stood like forests. The main formation of the central army, Li Tianqu and his generals, looked towards the opposite side, and saw that the thieves who were preparing to fight had already set up their array. Although they were heading the army with Zhu Wen and Zhu Xuan, they all took the initiative to attack, which also shared the pressure of the difference in the force when fighting with Qin Zongquan, the size of the thieves on the opposite side of the wilderness was as vast as the sea, and they could not see the edge at first glance.
Because the thieves on the opposite side were tyrants' banner of the thief general Zhang Chang. And the process of this battle has not yet been separated from the content described in the history books: "The thieves were defeated in a row and dared not to stop again, and they were all in Zhang Chang"...
The light cavalry of the previous outpost had already found out that there were no ambushers in addition to the anti-military troops blocking in front of him. At present, after rough estimates, the bandit army led by Zhang Chang should have about 30,000, while the Yicheng army dispatched 12,000 troops and horses. Although the strength was at a disadvantage, Li Tianqu looked around and saw that the generals were still full of passion and fighting spirit.
After entering Bianzhou, he immediately had to fight with the bandit army. The fighter planes on the killing formation changed rapidly, and it was not always possible to come up with a plan to destroy the moss and oars in advance while chatting and laughing. Although when it was time to fight head-on, there were only strong battles... Li Tianqu watched the thief army on the opposite side, but the formations still seemed very scattered. It was obvious that most of Qin Zongquan's military discipline was deflated, and the current comparison of troops did not form an absolute suppression of quantity.
What's more, after two big victories a few days ago, nearly 20,000 bandits were wiped out. The anti-army did not dare to attack rashly anymore, and morale suffered a serious blow. Now we will soon confront the anti-army head-on, so how should we mobilize troops and generals and arrange to attack the troops first, which can further damage the morale of the bandits' resistance?
When he learned that this time he was going to confront each other, another general under Qin Zongquan, who had been in conflict with each other. A few days ago, when Zhang Yang, the two thief generals who were in the junction of the Zhongwu Army and the Xuanwu Army, Li Tianqu had already thought of a way to attack first, but it was an uncommon combat method when the two armies fought: to fight against the generals alone.
Indeed, when the two armies fight, they will never fight in the battle like in the Romance of the Book. After making a formation, a general will be sent to challenge the formation. But the other party really agreed, so they kept thousands of soldiers and only acted as the role of shaking flags and shouting behind them. Even if one side only wins one-on-one, the main general will wave his hand and keep the entire army to cover it up. The party who failed to fight one-on-one can only escape and lose a crushing defeat... But as for real battle examples, it is rare to fight one side to cause a morale collapse, but it does not mean that there is no such thing as this.
Only the records of fighting generals from the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were not counted as killing generals and catching flags in the melee of chaos. For example, Ge Congzhou was not only good at commanding, but also repeatedly captured enemy generals when he was sweeping the rebels;
In addition to facing the enemy's front, Li Cunxiao, the first powerful general of the Five Dynasties, would wear heavy armor to lead a fierce and fierce cavalry into the enemy's formation and was a first-class killing weapon. According to the "New History of the Five Dynasties", he fought with Liang's general Deng Jiyun in his own battle, and captured him when he was hit by the two horses incorrectly.
There are also examples of the Jin army general Zhou Dewei fighting with Zhu Wen and Liang Dynasty army, capturing the enemy general Chen Zhang with iron attacks, and killing him alive. There are also examples of defeating Jieyan's handsome general Shan Tinggui (the name is the same as the Holy Water General in Liangshan Pond in Water Margin)...
For example... Li Tianqu was thinking, and his eyes glanced at Zhang Guihou, who was eager to try among the generals. After all, according to the classic battle example he made his name:
Cai general Zhang Han stationed tens of thousands of people in Chihou, Gui Hou fought with Chang alone in the formation, but he could not support him and ran away. The master and disciple took advantage of this great victory...
Now, except for Zhang Guihou, he did not join Zhu Wen's command, but he still fought Qin Zongquan, and there were also many thieves. The main leaders of both sides gathered together in this battle. It is estimated that Zhang Chang would still face the battle alone. So letting them still sing the battle before the battle according to the original script will not increase the morale blow to the thieves?
"Zhang Guihou, I will order you to call for a battle first. If you can lead the thief Zhang Cheng out to fight, it is best to fight first. Fight the generals first, smash the spirit of the thieves, and then I will use my army to cover up the killing and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"
Zhang Guihou heard Li Tianqu name and wanted to take the lead, or was the general who was not very common when the two armies confronted each other... He was stunned for a moment, and a look of ecstasy appeared on his random face, and he immediately said loudly: "The last general is responsible for my ability! The lord believes in my ability. If I can't take the lead in this time, how can I have the face to come back and report to the lord!"
After Zhang Guihou finished speaking, he hurriedly urged the horse to fight, and then rushed to the horse spear. Seeing that Li Tianqu didn't think too much, he directly called Zhang Guihou to go ahead and call the battle. He still used his best ability to fight immediately, and went to fight the generals. Wang Yanzhang was also stunned, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart...
Wang Yanzhang was unbearable to the war in the past few times, and he was in charge of Yicheng's army and had not participated in the war. This time, he finally led the army to Bianzhou to fight against Qin Zongquan. What's more, the two armies were waiting before this formation, and there were no more opportunities to show off their might in full view of thousands of troops. Although Zhang Guihou was an outstanding general, his martial arts skills were not as good as me... In this case, why did he still have to wait for me?
Wang Yanzhang felt a little unwilling to accept it. He turned to look at Li Tianqu. When he was about to speak, he saw that Li Tianqu was already smiling and looking at him:
"How could I not know what Brother Yanzhang thinks? But if the thief general Zhang Cheng is willing to fight, Guihou will really defeat him, and he may not be able to kill the thief in one fell swoop. Even if he is the only one, the thirty thousand thieves are still there.
When Guihou killed Zhang Han and retreated, our army took advantage of the situation to cover up the robbers' formation... The commander of the sharp cavalry rushed from the flanks, and compared to defeating the thief general, he led the troops to annihilate a large number of thieves, causing the enemy's formation to completely collapse. Brother Yanzhang can also kill the generals and seize the flag. Is this not your expert skill?"
Wang Yanzhang paused when he heard this. After a moment, the faint resentment on his face also dissipated. He grinned and then immediately took the order to Li Tianqu...
Zhang Guihou happily urged his cavalry to rush through the layers of queues until he left the front line and ran for a distance. He was alone in the wilderness where the two armies held each other and seemed very eye-catching... Zhang Guihou looked at the opposite side proudly, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly: "My Yicheng Army has been killed in front of you. You dare to resist and be really killed! Zhang Xun Dog Thief, I came to find you to catch the opponent and fight in front of you. Do you dare to face the battle? Or wait for our army to fill your thief village, trampling people and horses, and then capture you again, the thief bird, and smash it into pieces!"
Chapter completed!