Chapter 720 Tang God of War 1 Three days later.
Tangzhou.
The dawn of dawn soars, and the autumn breeze is cool.
The 50,000 Jiangnan and Shannan military horses broke the previous structure and were reorganized into three battalions: infantry battalion, cavalry battalion and archery battalion according to Kong Sheng's order.
The infantry battalion was commanded by Wuxian Wuxie, the cavalry battalion was commanded by Li Biao and Li Hu, and the bow battalion was part-time by Luo Yong, the governor of Shenlongwei Jiangnan Town.
In this way, the two armies were united, and the three battalions were all controlled by Kong Sheng's henchmen, at least the order was unified.
There was some backlash in the Shannan army.
Most of the lieutenant generals and officers of the Shannan Army are Xue Long's clansmen and cronies, and in a sense, this can almost be said to be a Xue family army.
But Kong Sheng's methods were decisive, and from the moment he killed Xue Chong, the people of the Xue family understood that this army and horses began to change color since they fell under Kong Sheng's command.
At least for this moment, Xue Long's influence in the military was reduced to a minimum.
And everyone understands that the reason why Kong Sheng took Xue Chong to open the knife also means to warn the Xue family.
Xue Hui and the others were naturally unwilling to lose their original military power, but under Kong Sheng's iron-fisted cold-blooded deterrence, at least they did not dare to openly resist Kong Sheng's military orders.
And Wu Xian, Wu Jie, Li Biao, Li Hu, and Luo Yong These are all generals from the fourth rank canonized by the imperial court, who have followed Kong Sheng for many years, whether it is official rank, method of commanding troops or power skills, they all surpass ordinary generals, and the Shannan soldiers at least dare not disobey psychologically.
Kong Sheng believed that in time, these 50,000 soldiers and horses would become another heroic and warlike Kong army.
Of course, the combat effectiveness of the army still needs to be baptized and tempered in the battlefield of blood and fire, which cannot be taken any shortcuts, and there is no way to replace it.
Because Kong Sheng advocates strict military discipline the most, the most thorough implementation of military discipline in the army is military discipline.
No one can be above the military law and military regulations, and those who violate the military law must be severely punished, which is the bottom line of the army, in Kong Sheng's view, you can not have super combat effectiveness, but you can't have military discipline.
The combat effectiveness of the army can be tempered and improved by various means, but an army with loose discipline and chaotic management can never become an invincible iron army.
Kong Sheng shocked the whole army by killing 36 evil soldiers of the Shannan Army and Xue Chong, the captain of the school, while these generals of Wuxian went deep into the battalions, and also established their authority with military discipline, and successively engaged more than 100 soldiers and ruffians who disregarded military discipline, which quickly stabilized the military morale of each battalion.
In troubled times, we should use heavy codes, and at this critical juncture, the only way to integrate these two loose and collapsed local armies into one and unify the orders is to adopt thunderous means.
Otherwise, Kong Sheng would not have to take this army and horse to fight, and internal friction and infighting alone would consume all his time and energy.
The 50,000-strong army was in a battalion formation, waiting for review.
The banners were hunting in the bleak autumn wind, and Kong Sheng held Fang Tian's halberd in his white clothes and bright armor to chase the wind and gallop past the city gate.
The speed of chasing the wind is extremely fast, and the movement is also extremely elegant, and a gust of wind sweeps over the wilderness.
In front of the battle, Kong Sheng clamped the horse's belly between his legs, chased the wind and raised his head to the sky and let out a long neigh, and then the four hooves landed smoothly, without raising a trace of smoke and dust.
People are like dragons, horses are like the wind, and they are indescribably brave and handsome.
Many soldiers secretly admired in their hearts, Kong Sheng's ability to lead troops and his reputation for being brave and invincible were just hearsay, and they had not really seen the scene of Kong Sheng charging into battle.
But the halberd in Kong Sheng's hand weighed more than two hundred catties, and the horse under his crotch was galloping like the wind, how could he control it without extraordinary strength and riding skills This alone is not comparable to ordinary officers and generals.
Kong Sheng slowly raised the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, and his voice echoed in the wilderness for a long time: "Wait for the children of the three armies to listen, Kong was ordered by the emperor to go north to fight the thieves, and fought to the death with Shi Siming's Hedong rebels, trying to recover the eastern capital Luoyang."
"From today on, whether you are from Shannan or Jiangnan, you are all warriors under Kong Mou, Kong Mou hopes that the sons and daughters will work together, order unity, move forward bravely, and fight thieves with me" "If Henan is occupied by traitors, the next step, the rebels will drive straight into Jiangnan or Shannan, and your parents and relatives will be enslaved and even slaughtered by the rebels, so we will go north to fight the thieves, although we are obeying the emperor's orders and contributing to the imperial court, but in the final analysis, it is to protect the family and the country, protect our homeland, and protect our brothers and sisters and parents from being violated."
"Are you willing to let your relatives die under the hooves of traitors?"
Kong Sheng suddenly raised his voice and shouted.
The Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand slashed forward, a dazzling white light slashed through the air, and the billowing true qi burst out from the tip of the Fang Tian Painting Halberd, falling on the ground, and then there was a violent explosion, and the smoke and dust were all over.
And after the smoke and dust were gradually blown away by the wind, a small pit appeared in front of the soldiers.
After several years of unremitting hard practice, Kong Sheng has practiced to the stage of perfection in the Taoist superior internal skills taught by Sima Chengzhen.
The internal force of the true qi runs throughout the body, and it can accept the controlled eruption and release it to hurt people.
From this point of view, Kong Sheng is already on par with a martial arts master like Mu Changfeng.
There are even some flavors that can be compared to the mysterious masters of Mingjiao, even if they can't fly away and become invisible, but flying flowers and picking leaves can hurt people is barely achieved.
Almost all of the soldiers couldn't help but gasp.
Such a method is already close to a miracle.
Even if the overlord of Chu is resurrected, it is difficult to be as brave as Kong Sheng.
Kong Sheng's white-clothed and bright armor under the white horse holding Fang Tian's halberd with a solemn face continued to enlarge in the eyes of all the soldiers, and the soldiers of the third battalion couldn't help but burst out with a roar in unison: "Swear to fight the thief to the death, protect the family and defend the country" Although these local armies in Jiangnan and Shannan have no experience in fighting on the battlefield, and they have never really experienced the iron-blooded nature of the army at this moment, as soldiers, in such an atmosphere, a bloody nature in their bones is naturally stimulated.
A faint smile crossed the corner of Kong Sheng's mouth.
That's exactly what he wants to see.
He knows better than anyone that if he wants this group of local troops who have not experienced war to grow up as soon as possible, general battle propaganda will not help, only let them understand that they are not fighting for anyone, not even for the emperor, but for themselves and their relatives, and only in this way will they summon the greatest courage and give full play to their potential On this basis, under the shackles and impetus of strict military discipline, everyone can strive to be the first and not be afraid of life and death.
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Kong Sheng nodded slowly, and said loudly again: "Before going on the expedition, Kong reiterated again: If you are afraid of war, you will not be forgiven for disobeying military orders, and you will be killed without forgiveness for military law, no matter who you are, as long as you violate military law, you will be severely punished, and those who are in bad circumstances will be killed without forgiveness."
"Rayong, beat the snare drum, all of them have it, and the troops will enter Xuzhou" As soon as Kong Sheng's words fell, among the 500 people in Kong Sheng's pro-military camp, that is, the Jiangning Iron Cavalry Battalion, which temporarily served as the military police of this army, dozens of soldiers with big shoulders and round waists respectively beat more than ten huge cowhide snare drums, which were as powerful as thunderous military drums, shaking through the wilderness.
The morale of all the soldiers was high, with the battalion as a unit, the infantry battalion was behind, the cavalry battalion was in the front, the archer battalion was in the middle, the rear team changed to the front team, and the formation marched at high speed in the direction of Xuzhou.
Xuzhou.
Guo Ziyi withdrew his troops after Li Guangbi's defeat and took a temporary rest, reporting the military situation to the imperial court while waiting for the latest military orders of the imperial court.
Soon, the emperor's edict came from Chang'an, and when he heard that the emperor ordered Kong Sheng to beg for thieves from the north and south of the Yangtze River, Guo Ziyi and others were quite disapproving.
Regarding Kong Sheng's personal military talent, Guo Ziyi actually has a certain recognition.
But Guo Ziyi was very dismissive of the Jiangnan and Shannan armies.
In the eyes of Guo Ziyi, a famous general in the world, the local officials and troops in Shannan and Jiangnan are a group of rabble who have not experienced the battle array, and the emperor asked Kong Sheng to lead such 50,000 people to the north to fight for thieves, which sounds quite strategic, but in fact, it is to let these soldiers and horses go to death, and the real role of containing the soldiers and horses of the Shi Dynasty is limited.
The combat effectiveness of the iron cavalry under Shi Siming is even stronger than that of the Hu cavalry under An Lushan's subordinates in the past.
Fan Yang's army claims to have 200,000 or 300,000 troops, more than 100,000 people are entrenched in the old nest of Hedong, and more than 100,000 people occupy the surroundings of Luoyang, showing their sharp minions and eyeing the entire Henan.
In the Tang Army, the soldiers and horses belonging to Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi's subordinates should be among the top in combat effectiveness.
Although the defeat of the Tang army this time was a mistake in decision-making and a misleading strategy, Guo Ziyi knew in his heart that the iron cavalry under Shi Siming was fierce and brave, and he collided head-on with the Tang army several times, and his own soldiers and horses fell behind.
This was also an important factor that could not be ignored in the rout of the Don army.
It is necessary to have a positive understanding, there are not a few people in Fan Yang's army who can recruit good fighters, and capable people and all kinds of strange people are emerging in endlessly.
Fan Yangjun and the rebel army in Jiangnan are completely two different concepts.
Of course, this is something that cannot be acknowledged and rendered openly under any circumstances.
Otherwise, don't say that the army's heart will be shaken, even the emperor can't explain it.
The Manchu Dynasty's civil and military Chang'an magnates couldn't accept it at all, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army was not as good as a group of Hedong rebels, and Guo Ziyi, the world's famous generals, was not as good as a group of Hu'er generals under Shi Siming.
Guo Ziyi sighed secretly in her heart, and she could only do her best to obey the destiny of heaven.
Since the emperor ordered Kong Sheng to lead the Jiangnan and Shannan armies to the north, and ordered himself and Li Guangbi to besiege Luoyang from Xuzhou and Xiangzhou respectively, he could only act in accordance with the edict.
As for the emperor mentioned in the edict, which of these three soldiers and horses will take Luoyang first, whoever will have the greatest credit.
Guo Ziyi didn't pay too much attention to it, he thought that the three-way siege and encirclement of Luoyang was certainly the best strategic decision at present, but although Shi Siming died, Shi Chaoyi usurped the throne and seized power, and it must be in Luoyang.
Therefore, in order to maintain his rule, and also to clean up the old ministers under Shi Siming's command, Shi Chaoyi almost arranged most of the soldiers and horses of the Shi family's regime on the front line of Henan, and the total number should be almost 1560,000 people.
There were only 60,000 or 70,000 people under Guo Ziyi's command, and there were still more than 40,000 remnants of Li Guangbi's defeated army.
Even if Kong Sheng's 50,000 men are added, the total strength is basically the same as that of Fan Yang's army, but the overall combat effectiveness is not the same.
Li Guangbi's new defeat and low morale in the army can be imagined.
Guo Ziyi's side is slightly better, but it's not much better.
As for Kong Sheng's 50,000 people, it is almost negligible.
No matter how great Kong Sheng's ability is, even if his personal courage is comparable to that of the gods, he is powerless to return to the sky, he led such a fighting army into Henan, and it was clear that he was sending food to Fan Yangjun.
Therefore, in Guo Ziyi's view, it is difficult for the three-way army to take Luoyang.
Even if a three-sided encirclement is formed, it will take a lot of time and a huge cost to conquer the Luoyang defense line.
Luoyang city defense is profound, stationed Shi Chaoyi's descendants of the iron cavalry, this army once swept the entire Fanyang, Hedong, the Tang Dynasty officials and soldiers frightened.
In the end, it may be that the imperial court still has to mobilize troops and horses from the northwest to enter the pass, led by the crown prince Li Yu, and march east from Chang'an, so that it may pose a substantial threat to the Fan Yang army.
Other than that, there is no good solution.
But Kong Sheng had already entered Tangzhou, and Guo Ziyi could not sit idly by and stay in Xuzhou.
Almost at the same time that Kong Sheng sent troops to Xuzhou, Guo Ziyi also set out from Xuzhou as a whole army, and his goal on the march was Bianzhou.
If he can take Bianzhou this way, he will form an effective solidarity with Kong Sheng or Li Guangbi's other two ways.
But how difficult it was to take Bianzhou, Shi Chaoyi set up heavy troops in Bianzhou, in order to prevent Guo Ziyi's Xuzhou soldiers and horses.
In Shi Chaoyi's mind, Guo Ziyi is the most vigilant general of the Tang Dynasty, as long as he can resist the attack of Guo Ziyi's soldiers and horses, Luoyang will be at ease.
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However, just after the defeat of Li Guangbi, there are not many people in Fan Yang's army who can look down on Li Guangbi.
Therefore, Shi Chaoyi's troops and horses deployed in Zhengzhou were at least half less than those in Bianzhou.
As for Kong Sheng in the direction of Xuzhou and the so-called Shannan Jiangnan Coalition Army, Shi Chaoyi didn't take it too seriously at all.
He had also heard of Kong Sheng's name, but the role of personal bravery in the confrontation between the two armies was negligible, and the army of the large corps charged against each other depended on the overall combat effectiveness.
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There is hardly a single general of the Fan Yang Army, including Shi Chaoyi, who does not think that this rabble under Kong Sheng will be defeated with one blow Therefore, Shi Chaoyi only stationed 10,000 troops in Qishui City, southeast of Luoyang, but it was personally commanded by Luo Yue, a brave general under his command.
With these 10,000 people, the 50,000 troops of the Jiangnan and Shannan armies that are enough to resist Kong Sheng are the most poor, even if Luo Yue can't stop it, the fall of Qishui City, and the nearly 50,000 iron cavalry guarded by Luoyang.
With Luoyang's deep and strong city defense, if Shi Chaoyi's army was stubborn, without 200,000 soldiers and horses to exchange time and space for results, it would be almost impossible to conquer Luoyang City.
Of course, Shi Chaoyi obviously won't stick to it, and the temporary patchwork division of Shannan and Jiangnan is not worthy of Fan Yangjun's attention at all.
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