In the early morning, the sky was still hazy and the fog had just dispersed.
The residents of Luoyang City were awakened by the sound of drums.
Faced with Li Jing and his arrogant words, Zhu Youzhen desperately asked Wang Yanzhang to go out of the city to fight with the Tang army in the field, in order to suppress the arrogance of the Tang army.
Therefore, Wang Yanzhang led 30,000 infantry and cavalry and left the city in three groups. At the same time, a small group of cavalry approached the Tang army's camp and harassed them with galloping fire.
Similarly, the Tang army also filed out under the command of various flags. In the end, Liang Jun's cavalry retreated naturally, leaving only a group of corpses lying on their backs on the ground and hurried away.
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For a time, the battlefield located between Luoyang and the Tang Army's camp was squeezed smaller and smaller, filled with a chilling atmosphere, floating in the sky.
At this moment, the constant testing between the two parties finally stopped. All the soldiers in the Liang Army could see from a distance a fiery red banner with the word "Tang" rising high from the Tang Army camp.
Continuous horn sounds filled the entire battlefield.
In the Tang Army's camp, Liu Zhijun held his sword on his waist and just strode towards the watchtower on a hillside.
Li Jing was standing on it with Zhang Zifan, overlooking the battlefield outside.
"Jie Shuai..."
A general saluted Liu Zhijun, but he just nodded solemnly and strode forward without looking back.
Wang Yanzhang could be regarded as his colleague in the army a few years ago, but he became famous a little later than him, so he had only heard of the reputation of "Wang Tiejian" and had never met him in battle.
And this time they were all the elites of the Liang Kingdom's army. It was the first time in his military career that he had commanded a large-scale battle of this magnitude.
But just when Liu Zhijun was still some distance away from the watchtower, Li Jing's voice came from above.
"Liu Jieshuai..."
As the voice sounded, Li Jing instantly jumped down from the watchtower easily.
The generals around him bowed and saluted.
"Kings."
Li Jing nodded and helped Liu Zhijun, who bowed his hand.
"The war is about to begin. Liu Jieshuai is here to find me. Do you have anything to entrust me with?"
Liu Zhijun pondered for a moment and clasped his fists again, with a stern look on his face.
"Your Majesty, Liang Jun's sudden attack was very violent, and many civilians were trapped in it. I'm afraid..."
At this time, Zhang Zifan wandered down the wooden steps of the watchtower and stood not far from Li Jing.
He joined Li Jing's army and took the name of a former military counselor. Even if he was not with Li Jing, he could go in and out of the Tang army camp as usual every day.
It can be seen that this King of Qin, who has only met him a few times, has a sense of trust in him for some reason.
Just as Liu Zhijun was speaking, Li Jing raised her hand to interrupt his words.
"Liu Jieshuai, although you and I are emperors and ministers, and I am in this military camp, I am absolutely inferior to you in terms of fighting... You are the commander-in-chief of the army. From now on, you don't have to act like this when dealing with the army. If you come back to me like this, you can make your own decision."
"When I'm in the military camp, I just treat it like a big banner."
Liu Zhijun's voice paused, and he looked at Li Jing's serious expression. He felt inexplicably straightened up in his heart, and a solemn look appeared on his face.
"My lord, I have the order."
Li Jing smiled calmly and patted the back of Liu Zhijun's hand: "I know Liu Jieshuai's ability best. You can fight this battle with confidence and boldness. I will take care of everything for you."
Liu Zhijun didn't say any more, he just bowed his head and led the people away in stride.
"The King of Qin treats his subordinates with all his heart, and all his subordinates will surely repay him with their lives."
Zhang Zifan was slowly shaking his folding fan beside him, with a calm and carefree look on his face, looking like a chief strategist. So much so that Li Jing wanted to give him a feather fan every time to compliment his temperament.
However, Li Jing just squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of the battlefield.
If Wang Yanzhang can be eaten outside the city, it will be much easier to capture Luoyang.
Zhong Xiaokui is really a master of assists.
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Wang Yanzhang was a general who followed Zhu Wen when Zhu Wen was still under Huang Chao.
Later, when Zhu Wen established the Later Liang Dynasty, Wang Yanzhang took his merits as a general of his own army, and was promoted to governor, defense envoy, and Jiedushi envoy. And because of his bravery and strength, he was always the vanguard in every battle, holding an iron spear and rushing forward as fast as flying. The army gave him the title "King Iron Spear".
But this time, Wang Yanzhang became a little wary when faced with the somewhat weird Tang Army.
The Tang army attacked several cities in succession, and sometimes the cities under the flag of Liang were captured by the Tang army without even sending a message.
But he never understood what the thunder object that the defeated army was talking about was.
It stands to reason that Zhu Youzhen had a magical object called "Invincible General". The thing described by the defeated army was somewhat similar to this, but the "Invincible General" was huge in shape, and Zhu Youzhen let him see it once, firing a cannonball After that, you have to prepare for a long time.
The endless "thunder" in the Tang army is indeed somewhat magical.
This is actually because Wang Yanzhang's thinking is narrow. Although an artillery can only fire one shell, Brother Hanba can achieve mass production and directly achieve range coverage of the artillery, which gave Liang's troops the illusion of thunder.
However, due to Zhu Youzhen's persistence, Wang Yanzhang could only lead his army out of the city to fight with the Tang army in the field, so as to be able to see the reality of the Tang army head-on.
At this moment, there were many flags and flags on the battlefield, and countless cavalrymen holding brightly colored flags were waiting for his order.
Covering his eyes, Wang Yanzhang glanced at the infantry holding giant shields outside the Tang Army's camp, and frowned slightly.
Logically speaking, although the men and horses under his command are a mixture of infantry and cavalry, they must use the cavalry first at this moment. Although the shield soldiers have some buffering effect, if the cavalry rushes over, they will not be able to disperse them immediately.
Where are the cavalry of the Tang Army?
He was thinking secretly, but there was a rapid sound of horse hooves behind him.
Wang Yanzhang's heart was filled with annoyance when he saw his officers and soldiers were about to stop him, but when they saw the man, they could only give up.
"Commander of the Royal Capital, Your Majesty asks you why you haven't sent out the army to fight! It seems that I am afraid of that little Li Jing!"
The person who came was dressed in eunuch clothes, but he was riding a tall horse. He looked arrogant and shouted at Wang Yanzhang.
"The eunuch..."
One of the generals under his command was confused and wanted to push back, but Wang Yanzhang reached out to stop him, but he looked at the eunuch with a very indifferent look.
"Your Majesty, please don't worry. This marching operation requires stability. The general will not attack without permission before he can clearly see the deployment of the opponent."
The eunuch was finally frightened by the surrounding atmosphere, and his arrogance was no longer so arrogant, but he still had a straight face.
"Commander, don't waste the opportunity to fight. Your Majesty can watch the battle from the top of the city..."
Wang Yanzhang turned his head and saw a yellow umbrella erected on top of Luoyang City in the distance.
He sighed slightly in his heart, and an indescribable irritation rose up, but he could only turn around and look at his generals.
"Send the order, the cavalry of the former army will march out."
