Dengzhou City Head.
Zhu Wen is very melancholy now, he has already sighed three times in a row. Looking at the flags of the officers and soldiers that appeared on the official road, he suddenly felt isolated.
Dengzhou is an ominous place. Most of the city defenses have been repaired now, but Zhu Wen has no sense of security at all. He felt that the Dengzhou city under his feet was like a cage for him, which bound him to death. The surrounding states and counties are all guarded by officials and soldiers, and none of them are easy to deal with.
Zhu Zhen was actually defeated, five thousand elite cavalry fought against three thousand recruits, and lost more than half of them, and ended up fleeing back in embarrassment. Zhu Wen was very unhappy. The appearance of Jingqi when he fled back in embarrassment fell into the eyes of the defenders. It was an extremely bad signal and had a great blow to morale.
The civilian husbands who were recruited in the city looked at them differently in the past two days, they were suspicious eyes. Obviously, after the original army broke through Dengzhou, the image of being brave and good at fighting established in the minds of the people of Dengzhou was collapsing.
This is not a good phenomenon. If the situation is unfavorable when the army comes to attack the city, and the big households and civilian husbands in the city take the lead in rebelling, then Dengzhou City will not be able to defend.
Zhu Zhen's defeat triggered a series of negative reactions, and Zhu Wen saw it all, but there was no way to eliminate this influence for a while. His scouts have already found out that Li Ye has tens of thousands of troops under his command, and the Pinglu army is very well armored.
The newly defeated Dengzhou Army is at stake.
But Zhu Wen couldn't blame Zhu Zhen, although he really wanted to chop off the other party's head. Even Wujizi is dead, what can Zhu Zhen do? This defeat, in the final analysis, was not a crime of war. Zhu Wen couldn't imagine that, no matter what Li Ye said, he was also the prince of the dynasty, with a noble status and was highly regarded by Li Yan. Such a character, to fight with the vanguard Jingqi, this is simply nonsense, and he doesn't take himself seriously up.
But it is undeniable that no one could have imagined such a thing, and neither did Zhu Wen, so Zhu Zhen lost. But even if Zhu Wen thought of it, so what, even Wujizi was defeated by Li Ye, he was a real master. Isn't Li Ye trained at the ninth level of Qi, that's all he can do
King An is worthy of being King An, he does not act according to common sense at all, and his cultivation level is even more unreasonable.
But I, Lao Zhu, am not an ordinary person. He rose up among the fields and became famous in bloody battles on the battlefield.
After another long sigh, Zhu Wen suddenly realized that this kind of pessimistic mood was a big taboo for military strategists. As the leader of the army, he must always be full of fighting spirit, otherwise he will be defeated without fighting a big battle.
Realizing this, Zhu Wen quickly coughed a few times, straightened his back, and regained his focus.
"Pang Shigu!" Zhu Wen beckoned a small school with a wave of his hand, "Go, lead people to gather all the big households in the city together, and put them under custody, so that he won't be allowed to make any changes!"
Pang Shigu was a dark man, he looked dull, but at the same time he was full of vigor and courage. He clasped his fists and said, "De Ling!"
When the official army attacked the city, Zhu Wen had to guard against the big households in the city, and cooperate with the official army inside and outside, or cause some chaos. There are many such things. Although Zhu Wen didn't want to admit it, compared with Daqi, people's hearts were obviously more towards Datang.
Seeing the officers and soldiers gathered in front of Dengzhou City like a torrent, forming an endless ocean of iron armor, Zhu Wen's face was gloomy, and he ordered again: "Huo Cun!"
One of the brave generals clasped his fists in response: "What orders does General Zhu have?"
Zhu Wen looked at Huo Cun a few times, this fellow is a brave man, but unfortunately he is not his trusted general, he used to be with Huang Chao, this time he led the troops to fight in Dengzhou, Huang Chao sent Huo Cun to help. It is said to be helping, but it is actually Huang Chao's eyes and ears. After all, Zhu Wen led the army to fight abroad, and it is impossible for Huang Chao not to send his eyes and ears to follow.
Zhu Wen didn't have any bad feelings towards Huo Cun, but he didn't like him either. He said: "The Tang army will set up camp later, you lead the troops and horses of your headquarters, and take advantage of their unsteady footing to give them a head-on blow, so as to strengthen the army's prestige!"
The Dengzhou garrison had just experienced the defeat of Zhu Zhen. Now the officers and soldiers are besieging the city with great momentum and high morale. The soldiers at the head of Dengzhou city have shown fear when they see the officers and soldiers. This is obviously a low morale. Zhu Wen wants to defend the city. For the city, a victory must be used to inspire the army, otherwise Zhu Wen would have lost before the battle of attack and defense of the city was fought.
When Huo Cun heard Zhu Wen's order, he clasped his fists and agreed. Zhu Wen's idea was correct, but Huo Cun was not optimistic in his heart. There were more than 100,000 troops outside the city, and whoever went out to challenge would not be optimistic. It's good to win the battle, it can boost the morale of the army, but if he loses, it's a question of whether he can come back.
However, Huo Cun also knew that the purpose of letting him leave the city was not to fight hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, but to seize a weak area and create some chaos in the past when the opponent's defense was not yet tight. Rush out quickly, fight thunderously, and leave after fighting. As for the record, there is no need to pay too much attention to it. Killing dozens of people and more than a hundred people is already very remarkable.
The key to this battle is to show the strength of our elite troops, who are fearless and able to advance and retreat freely in the face of hundreds of thousands of troops. This is a battle of morale, not a battle of life and death.
Huo Cun glanced at the army outside the city and felt a headache. This dense crowd, as many as rice, gathered into a sea of iron armor, even if they camped separately, it would not be a good thing. After all, it was an army of 3,000 cavalry that could defeat Zhu Zhen's army of 5,000 fine cavalry. Even though Huo Cun thinks he is brave, his heart is twitching.
Seeing Huo Cun's doubts, Zhu Wen patted him on the shoulder and said, "The officers and men are different, and their actions are not so fast. With the general's bravery and skill in fighting, as long as he moves forward and retreats quickly, our army will definitely be powerful!"
When Huo Cun saw that Zhu Wen had said everything to this point, there was no way out. Since there was no way out, Huo Cun's blood was raised, temporarily overwhelmed his fear, and clasped his fists and said loudly: "Don't worry, General Zhu, In the end, the general will definitely fulfill his mission!"
More than 160,000 troops arrived outside the city of Dengzhou. Li Ye's arrangement was very simple, surrounded by three ques and one. The army first set up a defensive formation, and then divided the troops to set up camp. It was still early, and it was not difficult to set up camp before sunset.
After the military order was promulgated, Li Ye rode his horse to inspect the defense of Dengzhou city, and now he was observing closely, so he could see it more clearly.
A large group of generals stood in front of the city tower, and Zhu Wen was surrounded by them. Li Ye waved to him as a greeting. After all, the two were considered acquaintances.
Soon, the outside of Dengzhou City was bustling with activity. Galloping cavalry, marching infantry, and soldiers logging, digging ditches, and building camps, all under the order of their respective generals, proceeded in an orderly manner with the work at hand.
Suddenly, Li Ye heard commotion coming from outside the east city wall. He followed the prestige, but because of the barrier of the city wall, he couldn't see the situation clearly.
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Riding his horse around the corner, Li Ye immediately saw that hundreds of cavalry, led by a brave general, had rushed to the front of the official army after he had a wide field of vision.
Li Ye stood on his horse and watched, and saw that the hundreds of cavalry were extremely vigorous, and they chose a place where there were few official cavalry. He quickly killed a group of cavalry in front of him, and charged obliquely to the front of the official infantry formation.
The archers of the official army were unable to shoot arrows because they were concerned about their own cavalry, but the hundreds of cavalry did not have any scruples. They swung a corner in front of the infantry formation and became parallel to the infantry formation. One fires a crossbow bolt.
After a burst of crossbow arrows shot, the array of officers and soldiers whose shields were not neatly arranged immediately fell down a whole row, like felled wheat, screaming one after another. The hundreds of horsemen did not stop at all, they rushed to the officers and soldiers encamped, and slashed and killed fiercely, the officers and soldiers scattered and fled in all directions after chasing them, thirty or forty people died in an instant.
Hundreds of cavalry still refused to give up, the leading cavalry general was also brave, the rushing cavalry was under his command, there was no single enemy, and he led his men to kill them all.
Until this time, a full moment had passed, and the official army's large group of rangers still hadn't been organized, let alone the infantry running fast and forming an encirclement. In the end, these hundreds of cavalry showed off their prestige for a long time, fighting in and out among the infantry, breaking through the blockade of the cavalry as if entering a land of no one, it was almost like a heavenly soldier descending to earth.
When the official army finally dispatched a large group of cavalry to fight, they had already left in the dust, and instead of entering through the city gate they came out of, they went around to the north city and entered the city through the north city gate.
Seeing hundreds of riders entering the city, the defenders on the Dengzhou city wall burst into shouts like a tsunami, and their morale was extremely high.
If we look at the big picture, these hundreds of riders can be regarded as among the hundreds of thousands of troops. They entered and exited several times, as if they had entered the land of no one. They killed one or two hundred people without losing a few of them. The record is brilliant.
The officer cavalry who were chasing them had to stop in front of the moat, because the cable bridge had been pulled up, and they could only curse angrily, which seemed even more unbearable.
Li Ye, who saw this scene in its entirety, had a dark expression on his face.
Zhu Wen laughed loudly in front of the city tower, very proud. This battle had no effect on the overall situation, with less than two hundred casualties, and in an army of more than one hundred thousand, it was a drop in the bucket, not worth mentioning, but its impact on morale was crucial.
It is conceivable that Zhu Wen will definitely publicize the situation of this battle. As a result, the morale of the Dengzhou defenders will be stabilized, and it is possible to increase their morale.
"Whose camp is that?" Li Ye asked the messengers to call the formation envoy, and asked coldly. It was the formation envoy's responsibility to divide the areas where each army camped and defended.
The one currently in charge of the deployment is Zhou Ji, the Jiedu envoy of the Zhongwu Army. He only glanced at it and replied: "Wang Shu's camp in Caizhou."
When Zhou Ji said this, his face was very ugly. Although Wang Shu was Qin Zongquan's subordinate, Qin Zongquan was still his subordinate in name, so Wang Shu was also regarded as his.
The defensive arrangement in that area is very loose and unorganized, which is in stark contrast to the strictness of other parts.