Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

At the same time, the Beiwei army in Mingzhou City also received Chen Ying's order to make waves.

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Squads of majestic and mighty soldiers of the Xia army marched slowly into Mingzhou with firm steps, and at a glance, there were densely packed troops everywhere.

Gao Yaxian's eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was anxious.Seeing that Mingzhou City was safe and sound, my tense heart relaxed a little.At this moment, Liu Heita suddenly rushed out and gave him a bear hug: "Old Gao, it's great that you're here!"

"Old Liu!" Gao Yaxian smiled wryly.Baozhou is a full six to seven hundred miles away from Mingzhou, in order to reach Mingzhou before Chen Ying, Gao Yaxian has hardly closed his eyes for the past five days.

Liu Heita smiled and asked, "How many troops did you bring?"

Gao Yaxian said: "The [-] army, the whole army is dispatched, leaving only [-] sick and disabled to defend Baozhou. At this time, even a bandit can take Baozhou!"

Liu Heitai noticed that among these generals and soldiers of the Xia army, there were densely packed carts full of luggage, loaded with food and supplies.

Just as Liu Heita was exchanging greetings with Gao Yaxian, a laugh came from behind: "Han Gongdong, are you here all right?"

Liu Heitai turned his head and saw that it was actually Zhao Xidao, the general manager of Zhaozhou.

With Gao Yaxian's 3 troops, and Zhao Xidao's 4000 troops, plus the 7000 troops under the command of Cui Yuanxun, the general manager of Shenzhou, and the [-] troops under Liu Heita's command, they all arrived in Mingzhou.

All the generals of the Xia army gathered together, and Empress Cao came out to entertain all the generals of King Qin. Of course, Empress Cao only showed one side, and then returned to the harem, praying to Buddha to bless the great Xia society.

As Empress Cao left, all the generals chatted and drank happily, which was very lively.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Liu Heikai put down his wine glass, met Song Zhengben's eyes in the air, and the two muttered together. On a happy day, our Baozhou governor General Gao, Zhaozhou governor General Zhao, Shenzhou governor General Cui Dajun and our Eastern Han Army all arrived in Mingzhou. Now, under the city of Mingzhou, our Great Xia has passed Gathering tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it can be said to be powerful."

Gao Ya Xianxing cupped and said: "It's not too late, our army has a short rest, after the soldiers recover their physical strength, we will fight Chen Ying'er and defeat him in one battle. You must know that our Daxia family does not have Li Tanghou at all. The continuous defeat of hundreds of thousands of people can't hurt our vitality. We can't make it in the Great Summer. The small Mingzhou has gathered tens of thousands of troops. People eat horses, and every day is not a small amount. It takes a long time. Xia Ke can't support it!"

Liu Heikai nodded and said: "I like to hear what Lao Gao said. In fact, I don't plan to spend it with him. I plan to fight Chen Ying'er in three days. I would like to ask the generals, would you like to fight?" Fight to the end with Tang Jun?"

Gao Yaxian threw away his wine glass all of a sudden, stood up against the table, pointed at Liu Heita and shouted: "Han Donggong, I don't like to hear your words, our Great Xia is no better than Datang, no one has the selfish desire to preserve strength How much better to stay cool at home instead of fighting Chen Ying? After riding for more than 600 miles in five days, the roots of my thighs are all worn out..."

"Extremely, extremely!" Cui Yuanxun said with a smile: "In three days' time, we will have a decisive battle with the Tang army, and let Chen Ying see the arrogance of our Yanzhao men!"

Dong Kangmai got up and said with red eyes: "General Cui's words are right. As long as Han Donggong gives an order, the whole army will surely move forward. Whoever dares to flee in front of the battle, Dong's knife will not recognize anyone!"

Liu Heita now needs the command of the whole army very much. Looking at Gao Yaxian, among the generals present, except Liu Heita, only Gao Yaxian is the strongest. He has more than [-] troops, of which there are five Thousand cavalry.

Gao Yaxian said: "Your Majesty authorizes Han Donggong to command the battle of Mingzhou with full authority, who would dare not obey!"

Hearing this, Liu Heikai said: "It's very good. The whole army rests for three days, so that the leaders can work hard, and let the soldiers eat and drink. After three days, they will fight with Chen Ying'er for real. Last match!"

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That night, Liu Heita sent the gauntlet to Chen Ying, which was very simple.Just twelve words: "Three days later, by the Mingshui River, I will never die!"

When Chen Ying got the gauntlet, he looked up to the sky and laughed.

But Li Shentong was very worried. King Xia Guoqin's army marched to Mingzhou with hundreds of thousands of horses, and Tang Jun's scouts couldn't do it even if they pretended not to see it.Li Shentong looked at Chen Ying resentfully, like a young daughter-in-law who was kept alone in an empty room.

Looking at Li Shentong's resentful gaze, Chen Ying was taken aback: "King Huai'an, why do you have such an expression!"

"Alas..." Li Shentong sighed, full of helplessness and unwillingness: "General Chen, you missed your opportunity. Now that Xia's reinforcements have arrived, we have no chance to attack the capital of a country!"

Even Feng Li showed a deeply appreciative expression.

Chen Ying couldn't help laughing, he said with a smile: "The King of Huai'an really thinks that the war will be over if this general wins Mingzhou City?"

"Isn't it?" Li Shentong asked hesitantly.

"Dou Jiande once captured the King of Huai'an, Princess Tong'an and General Li, but has our Tang Dynasty surrendered?" Chen Ying said with a smile, "If this general takes advantage of the opportunity and takes advantage of the emptiness of Mingzhou City to attack Mingzhou, it will be fine. Mingzhou falls, and this great general captures Empress Cao and Song Zhengben, will this battle end?"

"Should it be over?" Feng Li asked uncertainly.But he suddenly remembered, throughout the ages, how could these heroes end a war because of one or two hostages?

Back then, when Qin State’s proton Yiren was in Handan City, Qin State launched an attack on Zhao State. At that time, if Lu Buwei hadn’t bribed Zhao’s city gate guard with six hundred gold to let Yiren take out Handan, I’m afraid Yiren would He didn't even have the chance to be king of Qin.In the situation where the two sides exchange hostages, the war can be fought as it should, and it will not be stopped because of one person. Of course, if Dou Jiande is captured, then the war has a chance to end.

"On the contrary, the war will not end, but will intensify!" Chen Ying explained with a smile: "Our surprise attack on Mingzhou will only make Hebei soldiers and soldiers think that they just lost Jingzhou carelessly, so their resistance will not Stop, we need to attack city by city. It is precisely because they still have such an illusion in their hearts that I gave Liu Heitai the opportunity to gather the so-called King Qin's army. Not only can it break the illusions of Hebei people, but it can also easily defeat Dou Jiande's confidence in resistance."

So far, Xiang Xiangyu refused to cross Jiangdong.

But why didn't Ding Yu kill himself in Wujiang because of his disheartened heart?

Dou Jiande's situation is similar now. Hebei people working for Chen Ying will make Dou Jiande doubt his presence in Hebei. If Chen Ying is on the frontal battlefield, without resorting to conspiracy and tricks, he will defeat the enemy with the weak and win with the few If there are too many, it will plant the seeds of Tang Jun's invincibility in the hearts of Hebei people.

Chen Ying swiped his pen and wrote the same twelve big characters: "By the Mingshui River, we will see each other, so I wish!"

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Mingzhou City, inside the city.Song Zhengben looked at Chen Ying's twelve words in disbelief, and asked suspiciously: "Han Dong Gong, Chen Yingzhen agrees to our decisive battle by the Mingshui River?"

Liu Heita asked, "What does Song Xiangguo mean?"

Song Zhengben said: "I feel a little strange, Chen Ying has more than [-] troops, of which only [-] are capable of fighting. We fight locally in Daxia, and he doesn't have any advantage, so he agreed to the decisive battle so happily?

"Oh? Prime Minister Song thinks this general shouldn't go into battle?" Hearing Song Zhengben's words, Liu Heitai couldn't help showing an expression of interest.

"Hey, I didn't know it at first, but I didn't find out until later!" Song Zhengben laughed and said, "The Battle of Feishui!"

Liu Heikai is naturally aware of the root cause of Fu Jian's defeat in the Battle of Feishui, and now he is also facing the same problem.Once Chen Yingzhen imitates Xie Xuan's old wisdom, I'm afraid he won't be able to afford it!

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Song Zhengben's words were like a boulder falling from the sky, setting off a turbulent wave in Liu Heitai's heart, which could not be calmed down for a long time.

In fact, Song Zhengben's worries are not impossible.The principle of a large number of people is no stranger to us in a country with a large population.This advantage is also reflected in ancient warfare.But everything has two sides, and a large number of people does not necessarily bring advantages and victory.In the Battle of Feishui in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a typical example of an attempt to win with a superior force but failed miserably.

Now Liu Heikai has a large number of people, because Chen Ying assigned Li Shiji more than [-] troops to attack Li Yang, and then divided his troops to attack Xiangzhou.At this time, the strength of Chen Ying's troops was only over [-].

It is only one-third of Liu Heita's troops. Will Liu Heita, who has an absolute advantage, repeat the mistakes of Cao Cao during the Battle of Chibi, and will repeat the mistakes of Fu Jian during the Battle of Feishui?

While Liu Heitai was silent, other generals of the Xia army, such as Gao Yaxian, Dong Kangmai, and Wang Xiaohu fell into deep thought.However, all the generals looked at Liu Heitai in unison, expecting his decision.However, Liu Heikai was also silent at this time. Without saying a word, everyone remained silent. This kind of silence made people flustered.Even more palpitating.

Liu Heikai was silent for a long time before he said leisurely: "We are not the Wei army who underestimated the enemy, nor the Di Qin army who was invincible back then. No matter the Cao Wei army in front of Chibi or the Di Qin army in the battle of Feishui, we all have A deadly problem, internal discord."

Liu Heikai's analysis is not without reason. During the Battle of Feishui, the historical records only had a few hundred words. Xie Xuanzhang tricked Fu Jian into retreating and crossed the river to fight again. As a result, Fu Jian ordered the Jin army to shout "The Qin army is defeated." However, the Qin army was defeated like a mountain.In fact, the Battle of Feishui, a battle of millions of troops, was mainly fought in three directions, not along the Feishui River. Pengcheng, Xuyi, Weixing and other places in the east were also attacked. The siege of the former Qin army.Nanyang and Xiangyang on the middle road were attacked by the troops of Shuo Shiyue and Fu Pi, and Liu Laozhi's troops in the Huai'an direction were attacked by Fu Rong's 25 troops.There is also an army of [-] under the command of Pei Yuanlue, the general of Bashu and Diqin, on the west road.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the Feishui decisive battle, in addition to the middle army in the middle, Fu Jian's troops from the center forward Shi Yue, the east forward Fu Rong's troops, and the west Pei Yuanlue's troops were defeated successively. Fu Jian's four-way army has already Lost three ways, but Fu Jian fought stubbornly.

The origin of the Xia Army's troops is very complicated, and all the generals are military and political. For example, Gao Yaxian, the governor of Baozhou, is not only the governor of Baozhou, but also in charge of Yizhou, Zhuozhou, Jizhou, Mozhou, Yunzhou, and Yanzhou. , Yingzhou, Mozhou, Tanzhou, and Kyushu.In other words, nearly a quarter of Dou Jiande's territory is under the jurisdiction of Gao Yaxian.He is the veritable northeastern king of the Xia Kingdom, while Liu Heita belongs to the Northwest King of the Xia Kingdom, ruling the seven states of Wuzhou, Ruzhou, Guizhou, Xinzhou, Weizhou, Yingzhou, and Huanzhou.Of Dou Jiande's 39 states, Liu Heitai and Gao Yaxian governed a total of fifteen states.

In fact, the generals are pretty much the same, they are all the Caotou kings of the prefectures and counties, the army under Fu Jian's command is at odds, and Xia's army also has the same situation.

Liu Heikai said: "This is how wars are. When the opportunity comes, we must seize it. Chen Ying is willing to fight our army decisively. We must work together to put Chen Yingqian down first. For other things, let's close the door and deal with it by ourselves." solve!"