Chapter 58
Li Yan arrived in Yong County and the last puzzle to attack Chang'an City was considered in place.
The war was obviously imminent. Whether it was the generals or soldiers, they stayed in their houses or camps in the last few days. The generals studied the route of the march, while the soldiers checked their weapons and armor.
This time, Li Qing took Zhang Xun and Nan Jiyun, but left Xu Yuan and Lei Wanchun in Suiyang.
Although Li Yan knew that in this battle, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty challenged the rebels in a sad manner, they had no disadvantage in terms of numbers, and they were still very likely to defeat them.
However, no one can generalize such things as war, especially compared with the previous life, the cavalry he brought with him was indeed not as good as the cavalry of the Uighurs.
The Uighurs grew up on horseback since childhood, and riding horses was the same habit as running on their own. However, cavalrymen like Li Qing did not systematically get on the horse and started training more than half a year ago. Li Qing definitely needs to face these gaps. Optimism is OK, but blind confidence will cost him the price.
Once the siege fails, the Tang Dynasty's split will be a foregone conclusion, but Li Qing doesn't want to be like Li Heng, and immediately hides in Shu as a turtle. Sui Yang can still develop and develop for him.
Of course, he could never say even a little about these thoughts at this time, but leaving Xu Yuan, Lei Wanchun and even his wife in Suiyang City, at least Zhang Xun could understand Li's purpose in his heart.
With only one night left before the troops were sent, three people sat around Li's mansion, staring at the map of Guanzhong, obviously studying tomorrow's battle.
"According to the Deputy Marshal's opinion, if we cooperate with Li Siye's infantry, if we can break through the first wave of the rebels, this task will be half completed!" Nan Jiyun, as the real leader of this cavalry, said vigorously.
During the past two days, Guo Ziyi held several pre-war meetings, including large and small ones. In order to prevent leaks, Guo Ziyi was arranged separately for the tasks of the front, central and rear army, so Li Yi knew at this time what he should do with Li Siye at the beginning, but not the others.
"General, don't think that the combat effectiveness of these rebels stationed in Chang'an City is the same as that of the men who attacked Suiyang before!"
Li Qing's expression was still very serious, and she sat there and whispered to Nan Jiyun to remind her.
When Zhang Xun saw Li Qing's appearance, he thought for a while and then understood.
At that time, he stood up and walked to the front of the map, and explained to Nan Jiyun: "An Lushan had gathered so many people in Fanyangtun before. The places he wanted to take the most were of course Chang'an and Luoyang. The shock he caused to the officials and people of the Tang Dynasty was immeasurable! So the rebels who took Chang'an City must be the elite of the rebels. After they took Chang'an City, although some people would attack other cities, those who stayed here must be elites. Therefore, they knew that Fengxiang's men were going to regain Chang'an City and did not mobilize reinforcements, so this battle was far from as easy as it seemed!"
In fact, smart people like Li and Zhang Xun know this truth, and of course Guo Ziyi knows it too, but no one has brought this matter to the table and said it.
Originally, Tang Jun was not very confident. If this was said, if the confidence collapsed, the battle would be impossible.
Nan Jiyun didn't think so much before, and at this time, he became a little worried.
What I fear most about marching and fighting is that everything about the enemy is unknown. If it is much stronger than I expected, it will be difficult to win this battle.
"It's okay. As long as we remember, no matter what we encounter, we cannot retreat. In fact, such a war cannot escape the word "courage". The rebels won one after another, and it was impossible for them to hide in the city. They also wanted to kill more than 100,000 people from the Tang Dynasty outside the city to eliminate future troubles. This is our opportunity."
Yong County is just a small county town, but this night, there are too many similar and different ideas hidden.
From Li Heng to every soldier in the Tang Dynasty, he wanted the Tang Dynasty to take down Yong County from the bottom of his heart, but at the same time, Li Heng, Li Mi, Li Yu, Guo Ziyi, Li Neng... Almost everyone has different plans.
They knew that this battle would become a turning point for almost everyone among them, but it would not be necessary to turn the point.
On September 20th, the Grand Marshal of the World, Guangping, King Li Yu, led the Shuofang and other armies from Fengxiang cavalry to about 150,000, claiming to be 200,000. After telling the people of the world, he drove towards the direction of Chang'an City in a mighty way.
Obviously, the strategy of the Tang Dynasty is that I have to fight you openly. After all, you are rebels, and the Tang army is the king's army, right? Moreover, it is basically impossible to secretly advance to Chang'an City with a 150,000 army.
Their strategy did play some role. From Fengxiang to Chang'an, many people who heard this were kowtowing to the army on both sides of the official road, and many people even drove pigs and sheep to comfort the Tang army.
In fact, this is not as good as the Tang army, but the rebels have a small habit of robbing each time they take a place. Although they don’t kill people on purpose, if they encounter a hard-working person, no one will say that they will kill a few people.
So the people naturally wanted the Tang army to take over Chang'an City, after all, the Tang army would not rob them.
Tang Jun did not leave quickly, and everything was to maintain physical strength and exert his maximum combat effectiveness.
After seven days, I finally arrived at the place where Guo Ziyi had already been looking forward to it in the western suburbs of Chang'an City, the east bank of Fengshui, north of Xiangji Temple, and set up a camp. From here, I would go further and fight with the rebels.
As the pioneers of this march, Li Yan and Li Siye naturally bear the greatest pressure. Once the rebels want to take advantage of the night, they will be the first to bear the brunt of the enemy.
After camping, both of them sent a lot of scouts to spy on them, and they finally sat together. Some things must be discussed.
Chapter completed!