Chapter 259 Ground Battle

A huge map is hanging on the wall. On the map, several arrows are pointing in all directions. Zhang Yang stood in front of the map and listened to Shi Nai'an's explanation.

Nowadays, the smen have explored the situation of attacking the army from all walks of life. The officers and troops are divided into five armies, advancing from all directions. Among them, the two main armies attack from north and south. In the north, there are 50,000 troops with Pingzhang's political knowledge. They set out from Huai'an and go to Gaoyou in the south. At present, they have passed Baoying. His Ten thousand of the army are water soldiers. In the south is the 50,000 main army of Yuque, the right prime minister of the province, who returned from Chuzhou. At present, they have passed Yangzhou and are ready to surround Gaoyou Mansion from the south. There are two armies, with a total of 100,000 people. The purpose is very clear. Gaoyou Mansion is not what they should occupy. They came aggressively, just want to completely smash themselves, showing the ability of the province. Bring the local forces that do not obey the province back to their original form.

100,000 troops? The more you come, the better. Millions of troops have to kowtow under the walls of Gaoyou Mansion. Zhang Yang is very confident that there are nearly a hundred scattered cannons on the wall. It is easy to deal with those tartars who only have bows and arrows as long-range weapons.

In addition to these two armies, there are also several armies. The prince was bald and led about 20,000 troops from Yangzhou and went straight to the east. It should be to attack Taizhou. Pingzhang also led 20,000 troops, first to the east and then to the north. It should be to attack Xinghua. The other army passed through the middle of Xinghua and Taizhou, and was not led by the deputy envoy of Huaixixi. It was probably 20,000 horses. It should be to attack the salt field.

Yu Que's purpose is very obvious. The other three people are all smit attacks, containing the defensive forces they have arranged in these places to avoid the troops in these places coming to assist, and the main force, the main force, strives to seize the Gaoyou Mansion with superior forces and lightning speed, and then waved the division to advance eastward to completely control their own power. Destroy it clean.

Then I will do the opposite. In Gaoyoufu, I will contain the main troops of the province, so that Taizhou, Xinghua, and the salt field will wipe out the Tartars that are going to attack, and then attack inside and outside, and completely destroy all the Tartars that will be invaded in the future! Zhang Yang made up his mind.

"Lord, now that the tars have been dispatched, our men and horses will be divided and surrounded, and the initial situation will be beneficial to the tars." Shi Nai'an said.

Fortunately, the summer grain has been harvested. Otherwise, so many tartars have only been trampled by horses in the field. My painstaking efforts over the past more than half a year have been in vain.

"Yes, the war will definitely be beneficial to the attackers, but the Tatars can't laugh to the end." Zhang Yang said, "Do you have any plans, Mr. Shi?"

"The intention of the province is very obvious. So many troops came to attack our Gaoyou Mansion in an attempt to quickly take us down with superior forces, while Xinghua, Yanchang and Taizhou are all surrounded by them. As long as they take down Gaoyou Mansion, the rest of the places will be easy to turn back." Shi Nai'an said, "In our Gaoyou Mansion, there are only more than 5,000 troops. With the help of a strong city, there is no problem to guard Gaoyou Mansion, but it is a little difficult to drive away the Tartars under the city."

"What does Mr. Shi mean?"

"In the remaining places, there are a little more guards of 5,000 people. We transferred those guards back, which is a little late." Shi Nai'an said, "Why don't we attract the attention of the Tartars in Gaoyou Mansion as much as possible, so that Xinghua, Salt Farm and Taizhou can eliminate the Tartars in those places first, and then send troops to attack the Tartars who surrounded us on both sides, which can quickly solve the battle, but..."

"What is it just?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Now the lord is sitting in the Gaoyou Mansion, taking the Gaoyou Mansion as bait, and the Lord is in a dangerous situation. It's a little inappropriate. It's better for the Lord to retreat to Xinghua first. It's enough for me to have me here." Shi Nai'an said.

"Ha ha." Zhang Yang said, "It's not certain who is the bait. If I leave, won't I escape from the battle? Don't worry, I'm under the command of Gaoyou Mansion. It's very safe here.

It is said that the heroes have the same views, and they and Shi Nai'an's ideas coincide. After this war, the whole province is unable to encircle and suppress themselves, and they can also take advantage of the situation to attack Pingjiang!

"Report." A guard shouted outside the door.

"Come in." Zhang Yang said, "What's going on?"

"General Bian sent a message that he had wiped out all the enemies who invaded on the waterway, killed more than 7,000 enemies and captured nearly 3,000."

"Good!" Zhang Yang sighed that he was still worried that the guard force of Gaoyou Mansion was not strong enough. Now, Bian Yuanheng, who was sent to destroy the enemy's navy, has also come back, and also wiped out all the enemies. This battle is very beautiful. This is the first round of fighting with the province. It will definitely boost morale. With 5,000 sailors to deal with 10,000 enemy troops, this victory is enough to show that your own strength is invincible!

Moreover, Bian Yuanheng killed the enemy's navy, and the whole Gaoyou Lake was very safe. If necessary, he could also let the navy support its own counter-assault and act as a reserve.

The news that the navy was surrounded soon spread to Dazhi Tiemu, who ordered the team to turn around and return to Baoying to assist the navy. The navy was the strength he had finally accumulated, especially to defend the safety of the transportation, which could not be consumed here for nothing. Moreover, he also carried a lot of siege equipment, all of which were installed on the ship of the navy. He lost the navy and the siege equipment. How to attack Gaoyou Mansion?

It's a pity that the army is a walking army. He doesn't have the ability to equip the 50,000 people he recruited with mounts. Besides, the Han people can't ride horses, and it's not as good as the walking army. After all, this time it is to attack the city, and the cavalry is not very useful.

The infantry were about to break their legs and only rested for two hours halfway. Even so, when they arrived at Baoying Lake, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

Da Shi Tie Mu, as if he had lost his soul, looking at the Baoying Lake in front of him.

There are parts of the broken ship, decks, sails, hulls... floating quietly on the water, and occasionally a floating corpse can be seen. On the water, there is a strong smell of blood.

"Look, there!" One of his men said.

Looking at the dock in front of him, the land had turned scarlet. The blood of the dead soldiers was stained red. If you can't see the body, it must have been buried. In this kind of weather, if the body is not buried as soon as possible, it is easy to cause a plague epidemic.

It seems that those soldiers who died in battle appeared in front of them. They were their own 10,000 soldiers. Now, they have disappeared here. Da Shi was unwilling. Suddenly, his throat was sore, and "Wow" spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Your Excellency, my lord..." The men shouted hurriedly, "We didn't see General Guo. Maybe they have broken through. Don't hurt your body for such a trivial matter."

The speaker's tone is not big, as if he also knows that it is impossible for him to say so, just words of comfort.

Da Shi looked at the sky and gritted his teeth and said, "Zhang Shicheng, I want your dog's life!"

"Order, immediately wave the whole army, march south, and go straight to Gaoyoufu!"

Da Shi was furious. He didn't know that he was only one step late.

It is very time-consuming to salvage the sunken ship. Fortunately, there is a steam engine ship. Bian Yuanheng let Shui's good men dive into the water and tied the thick rope to the sunken ship. The two steam engine ships pulled the four ropes on a sunken ship. Together, they pulled the sunken ship out of the bottom of the water, and then dragged the sunken ship to the depths of the water in Gaoyou Lake to release it.

In this way, it was already the morning of the next day to clean up the blocked ships on the waterway. Then, the soldiers who had already entered the Baoying Lake in the boat had driven them out. After this bloody battle, there were still 19 intact ships left, which had made Bian Yuanheng happy, although there were more than a dozen The ship was damaged, which was enough to arm its own navy. Pull up the sails and go back to the camp!

It also has to be said that Da Shi is lucky. If they come, Bian Yuanheng hasn't left yet. Bian Yuanheng doesn't mind bombarding the other party with scattered fireworks to let them taste the rain.

However, in that case, it is impossible to keep the secret of the scattered fireworks, so that Dashi can receive the baptism of the scattered fireworks in front of Gaoyou Mansion, and have a sudden surname.

The 40,000 troops then shook off their hoofs and ran to Gaoyou Mansion. They did not feel tired, but felt that there was an anger. Ten thousand of their brothers were destroyed, and they were going to take revenge! Of course, there are also many people who have made up their minds. Seeing that the situation is not good, it is better to take it as the best policy. 10,000 people will be eliminated, which is not a good omen.

No matter how fast the legs are, they can't run a four-legged horse. The first thing to fight on the ground is not to know each other, but the prince's baldness.

Wanzhe is a Mongolian nobleman. The nobleman among the nobles was awarded the title of prince. He lived in Huainan Jiangbei Province and guarded the safety of Gongwei Province.

It is not the first time for the leader to attack. Although his soldiers are all cavalry, their combat effectiveness... These soldiers are very confident. These soldiers are very powerful and powerful to deal with a group of rebels. It is even easier to deal with a group of rebels.

"If the uncle spits out, he can nail the group of promiscuous people!" The cavalry said so.

They rode straight to Taizhou with bows, arrow pots, and usual machete and spears.

After Jiangdu, Shaobo Station is getting closer and closer to Taizhou.

On the 8th day of July in the year of Guisi, the prince of Mongolia was bald. He led 20,000 knights and went straight to Taizhou, a hundred miles away from Yangzhou, in an attempt to take Taizhou in one fell swoop.

Use cavalry to attack the city. This was originally to shoot flies with a cow knife, which was useless. Yu Que's main intention was to surround Taizhou City, so that the defenders of Taizhou could not go forward to support Gaoyou Mansion, so that he could successfully conquer Gaoyou Mansion.

Cavalry is still very useful in the siege. With the advantage of fast maneuvering, they can block the defenders to death, and they can't help Gaoyou Mansion at all.

And the arrogant finisher was bald. He wanted to rely on his 20,000 people to completely take down Taizhou City. When he set out, he also brought nearly a hundred ladders to prepare for the siege of the city. He wanted to take down Taizhou City first.

Can't the cavalry carry out siege operations? I'm bald here, that's fine!

The finished bald man is very confident, but Tang He didn't give him a chance at all.

As soon as he left Yangzhou City, Tang He already knew that there was an army coming out of Yangzhou, as if he had come to Taizhou.

"Order the cavalry, gather and prepare for the war." Tang He said to the messenger.

"General Tang, the task given to us by the eldest brother is to defend the city. Why do you gather the cavalry?" Li Huafu asked.

Li Huafu, as the Yin of Taizhou, and Tang He, the garrison general, got along relatively well. In terms of administration, Tang He did not dictate to himself as a confidant of the eldest brother. However, when it comes to war, Li Huafu was almost there. Hearing that Tang He was going to gather the cavalry, Li Huafu was a little puzzled.

Each battalion has a cavalry of thousands of people, two thousand fire brigades, some spears, and gunners, a total of 4,000 people. I heard that the other side came with 20,000 people. Li Huafu was a little worried. Now, Tang He still wants to take the initiative to attack? Isn't it killing yourself to fight against 20,000 people with a thousand people?

"Lord Li, attack is the best defense. Haven't you heard of this sentence?" Tang He asked.

Attack is the best defense, so it has to be evenly matched, right? Besides, you go out to attack. In case there is a long and short, won't the defense of this city fall into my hands alone? Although I'm Yin from Taizhou, do those soldiers listen to my orders? Li Huafu thought to himself and said, "Isn't it better for us to destroy the tartars under the wall by relying on the strong city? Why is it necessary to take the initiative? With the advantage of fire, it is enough to make the Tatars who attack the city suffer. Why do they have to take the risk to fight with the Tatars in the field?

Tang He smiled and said, "Lord Li, I didn't expect you to be so good at war?"

Li Huafu said, "No, no, let Lord Tang laugh."

"Lord Li said very well. With our city, we can completely reject the tars from the city wall. However, it is still difficult to destroy all the tars. The tars can't beat them, and they can still run away. Therefore, I want to hide the cavalry outside the city. When the tars attack the city with all their strength, they can't attack for a long time. When the sharpness has been lost, let the cavalry detachment go around the back of the tartars and use the advantage of firepower to destroy all the tartars. Tang He said.

Tang He's purpose is very clear. It is to completely annihe the other party and let go of one, which can't be regarded as a complete victory. Therefore, the method he proposed is not passive defense, but active encirclement. The tars besieged the city, surrounded the tars outside, drove the tars into the firepower of the city, and destroyed them all! It seems impossible for a thousand cavalry to surround 10,000 people. In fact, it is very easy. When the tars attacked the city, they must have suffered a lot of casualties under the city. With the firepower at the top of the city, it is possible for them to lose half of the people and horses, and their own cavalry can be scattered and arranged with a hundred-person team. With strong firepower, build a fire network and surround the tartars.

"Then you don't have to lead the team in person, do you?" Li Huafu said, "Xu Yi, a thousand households of the cavalry, is already a general who can stand up. With him leading the team, he is enough to complete the task. Lord Tang should be on the wall with me. This is the command place of Lord Tang.

Tang He smiled. It seemed that he was not addicted. Originally, he wanted to take the cavalry to kill the tars in person, but Li Huafu did not let go. However, he was right. He was a general stationed here and should preside over the overall situation. As for slaughtering the tars, it was okay to kill the cavalry at the head of the city. Leave it to Xu Yi.

"Okay," Tang He compromised. "Give Xu Yi an order to take the cavalry out of the city to hide and prepare to surround the Tatars, subject to the red signal at the head of the city." After saying this, Tang He said again, "Lord Li, let me go to the head of the city to check the defense. I don't know if these bastards are lazy."

"Please." Li Huafu was very willing, and the two walked to the top of the city together.

The streets are bustling with crowds everywhere. The summer grain is harvested, and the people have confidence, and their waists are straight. It is very common to buy something to take home, and it also promotes the development of business. The merchants in Taizhou City feel that the business is much better than before.

And a team of soldiers on patrols have been very nervous. The soldiers already know that the battle will soon begin.

On the west side of the city tower, dozens of scattered cannons have been lined up, and the newly formed artillery is nervously debugging the elevation of the artillery.

Yangzhou is in the west of Taizhou. According to the combat characteristics of the Tartars and the geographical location here, they will definitely attack the west gate directly and attack Taizhou from the west. Therefore, Tanghe's power here is also the most powerful. Except for a few reserved for other gates, most of the guns are moved. When you get here, greet them with the strongest rain. In addition to artillery, there is also a thousand-person team of firemen. At that time, a thousand poles will be launched together. What a spectacular scene it will be! Just a round of rain can make the tars lie down.

Under the gate of the city, a large group of cavalry have begun to leave the city in an orderly manner. It was Xu Yi, who received the battle order. He asked the team to bring three days of dry food and go out of the city to hide, waiting for the most deadly blow to the tars.

"Your Highness, at our speed, in half a day, we can go to Taizhou City." A guard reported to the bald man.

After the end, he looked at the sky. It was already afternoon. When he got there, it was already dark. It was better to rest for one night and attack the city on the second day!

The finished man looked back baldly, and his brimming team was lingering in the rear. If it weren't for the horse to eat grass, and if it hadn't been for the siege equipment such as cloud ladders, he really wanted to order to throw off the brisling team, bring enough dry food, and enter Taizhou City as soon as possible.

**'s war horse was running. Before dark, he finally came to Taizhou City. The first order given by Wanzhe was to blockade Taizhou City!

Several cavalry detachments have run to both sides separately, ready to surround the other gates to prevent the defenders from escaping. Just now, when the army came over, they saw that the gate was closing the gate in a panic. If it hadn't been for the fear of an ambush, they would have wanted to rush in at that time.

Cracks, just ran through the western city wall, the cavalry were stunned and wanted to block Taizhou City, but they couldn't do it!

(to be continued)