Chapter 235 Blanca Poteis is an experienced and calm and cautious veteran of Besa, he is not as impulsive as Shauna, Jinguang County is not under Tang Yin's control now, his own soldiers are not familiar with the place, if he rushes deeper, what if he is ambushed by the enemy or falls into a heavy siege, he still stays here, at least hundreds of thousands of Tianyuan troops are accompanied, and the situation is much safer.
Before coming, Knys had already reminded Shauna to listen to Blanca Poteis's advice and learn more from him in leading the army to fight, and now hearing Blanca Poteis's stop, Shauna could only reluctantly accept it, even if she was unwilling.
The Besa heavy armored cavalry brought by Shauna stayed in the camp of the Tianyuan Army, not to mention that there were only 30,000 people, but those who knew the inside story understood that the effect of this mere 30,000 cavalry on the battlefield could even exceed 100,000 infantry.
The addition of the Besa cavalry greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Tianyuan Army, while Zhong Wen's battalion was lifeless, and even in broad daylight, there were not a few central troops patrolling or standing guard on the walls of the camp.
At this time, Qiu Zhen felt that it was almost time for the two sides to start a final decisive battle, either their own side took the initiative to attack, or Zhong Wen led the central army to break through.
He was right, Zhong Wen really couldn't consume it.
In the past few days, the grain depot in the camp of the Central Army has been gone, and Zhong Wen originally ordered to strictly guard the war horses in the army, but now he has even taken back this order, not to mention that the soldiers below have been hungry to the limit, and even his personal guards are hungry.
If this continues, without the Tianyuan Army to attack, more than 100,000 central troops will have to starve to death in their own camps.
That night, Zhong Wen gathered his generals and said straight to the point: "In the early morning of tomorrow, our army will break through the encirclement."
Ah, although the generals have been waiting for Zhong Wen to give the order to break through, but now hearing him say this, everyone still can't help but take a breath one after another, look at each other, and are silent.
Zhong Wen said quietly: "We can no longer sit back and wait for the arrival of reinforcements, or rather, the reinforcements will not come at all, now, all we can rely on is ourselves, if we don't want to sit still in the camp, all the generals will cheer up and do their best to deal with the battle in the early morning of tomorrow."
"It's His Royal Highness" Now Zhong Wen's identity is extraordinary, he is the second prince of Pengguo, and the generals naturally call him His Highness.
Zhong Wen pondered for a moment and asked, "How many horses are there in the army now?"
"The horses that carry the baggage have almost been killed, and now there are only more than a thousand war horses," one of the generals replied in a low voice.
Zhong Wen nodded and said: "Kill all the war horses, before the decisive battle in the early morning, you must let every soldier fill their stomachs" After a pause, he said: "Including my war horses." ” The generals of the "Your Highness" were all shocked.
For generals, war horses are like legs, especially in the breakout battle, war horses are even more crucial, whether they can break out of the encirclement, whether they can save their lives and surnames, war horses occupy the factors that determine the surname, and at this time Zhong Wen even had to kill his own war horses, which made the generals feel sad and very moved.
As a prince, it is not easy for Zhong Wen to do this.
Waving his hand, Zhong Wen stopped everyone's dissuasion, he sighed softly, and said: "Since I am working with you in the same account, I naturally want to live and die with all the generals, even if the enemy is outnumbered and the enemy is strong and I am weak, I will never take a step back."
Ming said that the battle, if it can be successful, I and you can go back to Yancheng to drink and talk, if it is unfortunate, you and I have no complaints in our hearts, and we can also meet frankly under the nine springs."
Hearing Zhong Wen's words, the generals present all had red circles in their eyes, and tears rolled in their eyes.
No matter what Zhong Tian is, his son Zhong Wen is definitely an excellent commander, although he can't be as much as a soldier, but he has no frame for the generals around him, and he is often commensurate with his siblings.
All the generals knelt on their knees and said in unison: "The last general is determined to follow His Highness to the death, even if he is crushed, he will definitely protect His Highness from the encirclement."
Zhong Wen looked at everyone, the corners of his mouth squirmed, but in the end he still couldn't speak, turned around, turned his back to the generals, and waved his hand in a slightly hoarse voice: "Everyone go back to rest first, nourish your spirit, and say that in a battle, no matter whether it is successful or not, we must play the momentum of our army."
"It's His Royal Highness's subordinates who quit" Everyone bowed their hands and slowly withdrew from the big tent.
After all the generals left, Zhong Wenfang raised his head and looked up to the sky and sighed.
With the current strength and combat power to break through the siege, he has no bottom in his heart whether he can succeed, and what he can do at this time is to pray silently in his heart, praying that God can make his side succeed in the first battle and leave this bloodline to Pengguo.
In the evening, Zhong Wen's battalion began to slaughter the war horses in the army.
Afraid that the neighing of the war horse would arouse the vigilance of the Tianyuan army outside, Zhong Wen also specially ordered his subordinates to seal the horse's mouth when killing the horse.
This meal was a long-lost full meal for the officers and men of the Central Army, and people gathered around in groups, grabbing the horse meat that was not fully cooked in the pot from time to time, stuffing it into their mouths, and swallowing their stomachs.
Horse meat is not delicious, especially war horses, its meat is hard and woody, but for the current officers and soldiers of the Central Army, there is no better delicacy in the world.
People are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry.
This is true.
After eating this full meal, the officers and men of the Central Army immediately became energetic, and all of them had smiles on their faces, sitting together in groups of three or five, chatting and laughing.
When the day came to the fourth watch, Zhong Wen gathered the generals under his command again and began to arrange the detailed steps for the breakthrough.
What he meant was that the troops were divided into two routes, one to the south and the other to the east, and the two-pronged approach played a role in dispersing the enemy's main force.
Zhong Wen himself led 100,000 soldiers as the main force to raid from the Nanying Gate, and then the lieutenant general Huang Baifei led the rest of the soldiers to rush out from the Dongying Gate.
Huang Baifei was Zhong Tian's confidant, he was originally the commander of the corps, and after Zhong Tian became king, he was promoted several levels and promoted to lieutenant general in one fell swoop.
After listening to Zhong Wen's plan, the generals had no objections and intervened one after another.
Zhong Wen said to Huang Baifei: "General Huang, no matter which of you and I can successfully break out of the encirclement, we must not turn back to meet the opposing side, we must immediately go south and retreat in the direction of Yancheng."
"This" "If I unfortunately die in the enemy's army, and General Huang can return to the capital smoothly, after seeing my father and queen, I must persuade him to restore the title of Fengguo and posthumously crown the former king Zhanhua, so as to regain the hearts of the people, and release those imprisoned important ministers of the former dynasty and treat them favorably, without their support, my father's throne will have no foundation" Saying this, Zhong Wen took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Huang Baifei, and continued: "Everything I want to say has been written here, General Huang, you can accept it on my behalf first" Huang Baifei stretched out his trembling hands, took the letter, and said in a choked voice: "Your Highness" To the south is the main battalion of the Tianyuan Army, and the strength of the eastern camp is relatively weaker, although Zhong Wen is the main force of the Central Army, but on the contrary, Huang Baifei may be more likely to break out.
Zhong Wen patted Huang Baifei's arm, smiled lightly, and said: "There will be a heart of death, and the soldiers can have no greed for life, as the commander-in-chief, I must take the lead, and only in this way can the soldiers below fight with me."
As he spoke, he asked the guards beside him, "What time is it?"
"Back to Your Highness, it's time to go" "Yin Shi" Zhong Wen muttered, then nodded and said: "When the time comes, the whole army will break through" "Yes Your Highness" The Central Army led by Zhong Wen chose to dispatch the whole army at five o'clock in the morning to attack the encirclement of the Tianyuan Army.
As he had arranged, the nearly 140,000 Central Army soldiers were divided into two routes, one was personally commanded by Zhong Wen, who mainly attacked the southern camp of the Tianyuan Army, and the other was led by Huang Baifei to lead the 40,000 Central Army, and the eastern camp of the Tianyuan Army broke out.
As the Ning army suddenly slaughtered in a big way, the camp of the Tianyuan army immediately exploded, only to hear people shouting and neighing, shouting and shouting, and the sound of orders continued, and the more than 300,000 Tianyuan troops who had already been prepared moved up and down in unison, or resisted the camp, or lined up in a phalanx, each knife was unsheathed, the arrows were wound, and the battle was prepared.
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Although Tang Yin did not attach importance to military regulations and military discipline, he had always been extremely strict in the training of his soldiers, and the soldiers he required were all-round soldiers, everyone could fight in close combat, and everyone could shoot arrows, and there was no distinction between melee soldiers and archers.
At this time, the Tianyuan army quickly set up a phalanx in the camp, each phalanx is a hundred people long and a hundred people wide, a phalanx is a corps of 10,000 people, the periphery is all halberders, spearmen, and inside is the soldiers holding bows and arrows.
Qiu Zhen handed over the command of the Dongying to Liang Qi, and handed over the most important command of the Nanying to Xiao Muqing, who was experienced and trustworthy.
On the battlefield where the two armies were fighting, Xiao Muqing's sycophancy disappeared without a trace, and he became the commander who could take the lead and not be chaotic, he stood on a high platform in front of his camp, facing the Ning army that rushed over like a sea of people, there was no panic on his face, and there was only a calm and calm smile on his face.
While raising his eyes to observe the situation of the enemy's attack, he calmly commanded, and from time to time issued orders to adjust the formations of his own corps.
When the enemy was in range, he waved the flag in his hand.
The corps commanders in the audience were all looking at his orders, and when they saw that the order flag only waved, the commanders of the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth corps of the Plains Army shouted loudly to the soldiers under their command: "Release the arrows" call Five corps, a salvo of 50,000 people, dense arrows rose from the top of the camp of the Plains Army like a black cloud, roared into the air, drew a long arc, and fell straight into the camp of the Central Army
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