Li Rong, in history, was changed to Li Jun to avoid the taboo name of Guo Rong.
What is somewhat magical is that historically, he and Guo Wei's nephew Li Chongjin were the ones who reacted most violently after Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne.
Li Rong reacted even more violently than Li Chongjin. He was the one who dared to hang up Guo Wei's portrait and cry after Zhao Kuangyin sent his envoy.
However, this loyal minister of Guo Wei in history was now surrounded by Guo Wei twenty miles east of Hezhang.
There is a vast flat land in the valley, which was formed by the impact of the Zhang River. Guo Wei originally asked hundreds of Hedong soldiers to build several strongholds at the mouth of the valley, which blocked the key point of going from the mouth of the valley to Hezhang.
Yan Jin mobilized troops to attack several times, but he failed to defeat him because the terrain was too dangerous and he faced the risk of reinforcements from Fuyang Guo Wei.
However, Zhangshui has changed a lot now, and Yan Jin did not dare to be careless. Therefore, before Zhang Zhi's army arrived, he forced Li Rong to squeeze out 1,500 people from the few defenders and ordered him to attack the Tukou mountain stronghold to explore the reality.
Li Rong himself was a rare and talented general. He could move his horse as fast as he could fly, could shoot a powerful bow that could kill two stones with one stone, and his accuracy was excellent.
This time he had enough troops and was encouraged by the emperor's imminent arrival at Yecheng, so he led the army to attack with all his life, and finally captured this important fortress at the mouth of the valley.
But then, Li Rong's heart sank, because the captured fortress was clean, not to mention the food and grass, and even few rooms were intact.
This situation that was beyond common sense made Li Rong feel a little bad. He wanted to retreat and make plans, but he couldn't bear to part with the fortress that he had finally captured.
Just a little hesitation and I can't leave no matter how much I want to.
It turned out that after Guo Wei received reinforcements from Guo Congyi's 10,000 troops, he deliberately mixed Guo Congyi's 10,000 soldiers with tens of thousands of civilians transporting grain and grass, and asked the civilians to wear uniforms and a small amount of armor and stomach to pretend to be Fuyang defenders.
Secretly, he ordered his nephew Li Chongjin to lead five thousand elites to take a detour to Hezhang, waiting for the Zhou army to be fooled.
Although Yan Jin is cautious, he cannot cover everything.
After Li Rong's force of more than a thousand men captured the stronghold at the mouth of the valley, support was slightly delayed. Shi Hongzhao of Hezhang led 5,000 defenders down the Zhang River from Hezhang. Li Chongjin led 5,000 elite troops to cross the mountains and kill Li from behind. These more than a thousand people were blocked in the fortress at the entrance of the valley.
Li Rong walked around anxiously in the stronghold. He looked at Wuwei Town Dutou Zhangquan beside him and said.
"If a man dies, his ears will die, but the Hedong thieves surrounded me but did not attack. It seems that they wanted to encircle the point and call for reinforcements. It would be a great sin if the army was exhausted and lost."
The person next to him in Wuwei Town, Tou Zhangquan, came from the Zhangjia tribe, one of the three Shandong tribes in Shanzhou. He was the first Tyuhun people from Shanzhou to seek refuge with Zhang Zhang.
Zhang Quan and Zuoyu Lin Weilang general Zhang Xibao are from the same clan, and they were both Murong Nobunaga's confidants.
He belongs to the type with extremely red and purple ingredients, so although Li Rong is his superior, he still respects Zhang Quan very much.
After listening to Li Rong's words, Zhang Quan was not so anxious. He was relatively simple-minded and could not even recognize a hundred characters and command flags. Otherwise, he would not still be a boss who could only manage a hundred people.
"The Hedong thieves have many foot soldiers inside the valley mouth and many cavalry outside the valley mouth. It seems that they are preventing us from protruding out. They should be sure to encircle the area and call for reinforcements.
However, there is a flat river outside the valley entrance, and our army has many Hexi cavalry. Why should they fight with us on the flat ground that is conducive to the cavalry?
Why don't we stay here and wait until the capital deploys the knights to come to rescue the siege? If we take advantage of the situation and rush out, what can they do? Maybe we can defeat the thousands of Hedong troops outside. "
Li Rong nodded after hearing this. What Zhang Quan said still made sense.
The Hedong Army originally had a lot of cavalry, and the Bingzhou cavalry has been the best in the world since ancient times.
However, since Shi Jingtang ceded Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, Liu Zhiyuan did not dare to join the Datong army after Wu Luan and others went south.
Some of Bingzhou's elite cavalry went to Xiazhou with Wu Luan and returned to Zhou State, and some were recruited by the Khitans.
From then on, the Hedong Army could only maintain three to four thousand elite cavalry, and most of the remaining light armor, unarmored rangers and horse archers had to be provided by the Tuyuhun people.
Although these Tuyuhun people are quite brave, they are far inferior to the Hexi Xiaoqi.
Since the confrontation for almost a year, every time the Hedong Army went into battle, they had to rely on the geographical advantage and the combination of foot and cavalry to deal with it carefully.
I only fought wild waves with this style of play a few times in the beginning. After suffering two big losses, I didn't dare to do it again.
But having said that, the decision has been made, but both of them still have some worries in their hearts. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
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Zhang Zhaojun (Ma Shacai) can be regarded as the person who rose relatively quickly among Zhang Gao's Yuanzhong.
When I first started traveling westward, even among the hundreds of people, I was considered unknown.
When attacking Muni City, the brave generals beside Zhang Gao were brothers Yan Jin, Zhang Zhaozhong, Zhang Zhaojie, Zhang Zhaojiu, Ma Zhaoyuan, Fan Quan and Fan Shun. He, Zhang Zhaojun, was not ranked at all.
But now, in addition to being inferior to people like Yan Jin and Yin Zhengqi in the Yuancong faction, Zhang Zhaojun's ability and status in commanding the army are already above those of the Panquan and Panshun brothers.
His two thousand cavalry were all elites from Hexi. Although only half were Zuo Jinwu Guards cavalry and half were hussars composed of Zuo Jinwu Guards nephews and brothers, their combat effectiveness was still formidable.
Since Li Rong reported that there was no news about the capture of Gukou Village Fort, Zhang Zhaojun very carefully divided the cavalry into three armies: front, middle and rear.
The two armies at the front and rear each have 500 people, and the main force of the Chinese army is 1,000 people. Each army is also divided into several small teams responsible for cover and search. At the same time, the three armies are separated by one or two miles to prevent being raided by the Hedong army.
However, although the formation was a bit scattered, the marching speed was not slow. As soon as Xue Tongyi passed the information to Zhang Yan, Zhang Zhaojun's two thousand men had already arrived at the mouth of the valley.
Li Chongjin was speechless as he looked at the heroic cavalry of Zhou's pro-army troops driving in the distance, feeling a little thirsty.
These Zhou cavalry came so fast and were well arranged on the road, leaving him no chance of sneak attack or delay.
Bai Zairong beside him also frowned, looking at the Zuo Jinwu Guards Cavalry with the Flying Eagle flag in the distance and said to Li Chongjin.
"The bandits from Hexi came too quickly. The captain took a long time to prepare. If only two thousand cavalry came, they would kill too few and it would not be beautiful!
It is better to pretend to be surrounded by reinforcements and attract more soldiers from Zhou State. "
Li Chongjin hesitated for a moment, because this was Zhou's own army! Not to mention two thousand, if two hundred were killed in battle, the emperor of Zhou would have to shed tears of distress.
But after Bai Zairong said this, he went straight down to arrange the arrangements with his trusted followers.
Although Li Chongjin is the head coach, the senior officials below are just giving him some favors because he is Guo Taiwei's nephew, but they will not really listen to his orders.
Li Chongjin didn't pay attention at first, but when he saw Bai Zairong had gone down, he could only follow Bai Zairong's suggestion with some depression.
But whether it is a veteran like Bai Zairong who is experienced in fighting, or a young general like Li Chongjin who can no longer be called a novice, no matter in terms of experience and scenes he has gone through, he cannot compare with Zhang Zhaojun.
Since following Zhang Zhaoyuan to Anxi fifteen years ago, Zhang Zhaojun has fought hundreds of people in the city of Muni to the death, endured the battle of one against ten in Polu Prefecture, climbed up to the plateau and defeated the Persians, and killed many people by the waterside. The brave general Adulal who defeated Persia and Yusup, the governor of Karakhan.
He also entered the river named Bukhara with great scenery, and even tasted the pleasure of being a conqueror in the land of Tianzhu.
After coming back, he fought against the rebels and Li Congyao, destroyed the Li family of the Dingnan Army, participated in the battle to kill Yelu Deguang, and chased the Southern Tang Army across the Yangtze River.
It can be said that in terms of breadth of knowledge and rich experience, no one in the Hedong Army can compare with Zhang Zhaojun.
Therefore, he knew what these Hedong troops wanted to do just by looking at them.
And...Zhang Zhaojun immediately looked towards the mouth of the valley from a high hill. The banner with the word "Zhou" symbolizing the Zhou Kingdom was still flying at the mouth of the valley. The Hedong Army at the mouth of the valley didn't seem to be blocking the mouth of the valley, but rather to welcome them. Arriving honor guard.
What is even more evil is Taniguchi. Zhang Zhaojun always feels as if he is hiding something and is about to burst out.
"The dog like Guo Que'er is not really building a dam to block the water in Zhangzhou, is he?" Zhang Zhaojun touched his chin and said to himself.
Although he couldn't guess what Guo Wei was going to do, he could still see the surrounding area in front of him to call for reinforcements, so he wouldn't let Li Chongjin get his wish at all.
"Xue Guizhong, raise the big flag of my Zuo Jinwu Guard on this hilltop, and then raise the two big black triangular flags to tell Li Rong that our army has arrived, and the rest will repair where they are."
The big flag of Zuo Jinwu Guard told Li Rong that Zuo Jinwu Guard was coming, and the two big black flags of the triangle told Li Rong that he was ready to respond.
If they encounter danger, they will raise the red flag, and Zuo Jinwu Guard will attack with all their strength to respond. Of course, there is no danger, so don't raise the flag indiscriminately.
Zhang Zhaojun didn't move, and Li Chongjin and Bai Zairong were embarrassed again. Li Chongjin even looked back at the Zhou Dynasty military flag rising at the Gukou Fort, and his face darkened.
"Notify the governor and ask him to attack the Zhou army in the Gukou stronghold. I don't believe the Zhou army on the opposite side and dare not save him!"
