Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 851

The commander-in-chief of the first army, with both kindness and power, came out of Chang'an. Li Shan first sent his personal guards to set up a wounded barracks, and greeted the generals with a smile, but when the battle was about to start, his words and deeds changed drastically.

Li Shan glanced over everyone's faces before slowly saying: "Divided into five armies, and Linji County Duke Kan Leng alone will be in charge of the central army."

"Duke Feng and Qianniuwei General Li Keshi lead the left army, Huaiyang King and right Jianmen general Ma Sanbao lead the right army, Jingzhou Governor Qian Jiulong stays behind."

Dou Gui was very surprised. Under normal circumstances, as the deputy commander, he might lead the army alone, but this time the battlefield is not big, and there is only such a small area. In fact, there is no need for this, and the army can also choose the leader. generals.

Li Daoxuan was also a little surprised. He thought that Li Shan would not let Dou Gui lead the army alone. After all, the experience of the First World War in Xiabo was placed there. Control it in your hands and don't trust others easily.

For example, when Li Gaoqian was defeated in a big defeat, everyone suspected that Liu Shirang raised the pass to surrender to the enemy. Li Shan immediately emptied him and took control of Yanmen Pass.

Another example is that when he recruited Yuan Junzhang later, Li Shan couldn't believe Li Gaoqian and Li Shenfu, so he insisted on asking Li Daoxuan to go north to garrison Yanmen Pass to ensure a safe future.

But most people's eyes were on the hulking but ugly young man sitting at the end on the left, because among the sixteen generals, only this person was not named. Of course, Li Shan's words were not finished.

"Zhang Zhongjian and Ningzhou Inspector Hu Yan lead the front army." Li Shan squinted at Zhang Zhongjian who stepped forward to receive the order, "You have been in the army for many years, you have been outside the Great Wall for a long time, and you are good at cavalry raids. Once you receive an order, don't hesitate."

"Follow Your Highness's orders." Zhang Zhongjian said in a deep voice, "As the banner points out, we will not back down even if we shoot mountains of swords and seas of fire."

Among the five armies, the most powerful must be the Chinese army, and the most powerful must be the front army.

For this war, Li Shan already has a comprehensive plan. Although he doesn't know if it can be implemented smoothly, no matter from which angle he considers it, he needs to hold the former army in his hands.

Originally, Li Shan was planning to let Zhang Zhongjian and Ma Sanbao partner, but when he arrived in Anding County and asked about the war, many people mentioned that Hu Yanzhi, the governor of Ningzhou, was brave and sturdy. Gong, the bravery is better than Qin Shubao, so he was exchanged with Ma Sanbao.

Of course, Hu Yan's political stance was also a factor for Li Shan to consider. Although he participated in the Qianshuiyuan War, Hu Yan has been serving as the governor of Ningzhou since then, and he is not regarded as the lineage of King Qin or the sect of Donggong.

In this way, the front army is led by Zhang Zhongjian, supplemented by Hu Yan who is familiar with the terrain and brave, Su Dingfang can also lead a large group of cavalry as a backing at any time, as long as Dou Gui and Li Daoxuan on both sides hold their ground, Li Shan will have enough Confidence.

In the next deployment of troops, nearly [-] soldiers were divided into cavalry, infantry, and chariot soldiers. There are jumping soldiers... This is a death squad composed of prisoners, generally used as a vanguard.

However, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the division of arms was often not particularly obvious. Crossbowmen also needed to wear swords, spearmen could also be converted into archers at any time, and shieldmen could hold a shield in one hand and a knife in the other.

How to deploy troops is not only to deploy the troops of the five armies, but also to consider the factors of the types of troops, which is a test of the general's ability.

And this aspect is indeed Li Shan's disadvantage, but he also has self-knowledge, so he directly let Dou Gui be the leader, and Li Daoxuan was the assistant.

After a long discussion, the final decision was that the former army mainly consisted of cavalry and crossbowmen, leading nearly [-] troops, including [-] light cavalry and [-] heavy cavalry each. Cavalry has no advantage in charging.

The left and right armies are mainly infantry and chariot soldiers, supplemented by cavalry, each with [-] troops. Since the resumption of the first battle in Nao County last year, Li Shan has also realized that he has underestimated the role of chariot formations. , has poor mobility, but can exert extremely strong power in certain geographical environments.

For example, in the battle of Nao County last year, there was a big river on one side and steep mountains on the other. Erzhu Yichen deployed chariot formations, supplemented by nearly a thousand cavalry, and held back the thousands of Turks led by Ashina Sheer. Wang tent soldiers.

And this time too, the roads at the border between Yuanzhou and Jingzhou were narrow, and it was time for the car array to show its power.

The rear army is mainly composed of heavy soldiers and civilian husbands, guarding ordnance and wounded barracks. At the same time, Qian Jiulong, the governor of Jingzhou, will lead his troops to garrison to prevent the Turks from interspersed and detoured.

The Chinese army led by Li Shan has more than [-] troops, mainly swordsmen, shieldmen, and spearmen. However, the cavalry of Su Dingfang, Feng Li, and Duan Zhixuan are also directly under Li Shan's command and are ready to attack at any time.

The calculation of troop strength will not be too accurate. After all, the military system of the Xingfu in this era, but the Zhechong Mansion is divided into upper, middle and lower ranks.

Wen Yanbo, who served as the chief historian, dispatched small officials to check the military roster one by one, and handed over the rosters of the government soldiers to the leading generals one by one, and the house was suddenly noisy.

Li Shan has been forced, am I so shameless?
Why did the solemn scene disappear all of a sudden?
Dou Gui glanced at Li Shan's expression, leaned over and explained a few words with a smile, and Li Shan suddenly realized.

On the one hand, these generals fought in the South and the North, and most of them used Guanzhong government soldiers. It is clear that the government soldiers are also strong and weak. The same military strength, but the combat power is different. For example, no one wants to use the government soldiers in Qizhou. , The performance in the Luoyang war was very poor, and suffered another disastrous defeat a few months ago, and morale was low.

On the other hand, the government soldiers are all led by Hussar Generals from the Zhechong Prefecture, but the higher-ups need to be commanded by the officers of the Sixteen Guards, and the command ability of these officers also varies.

For example, Duan Zhixuan and Li Daoxuan were arguing. They both witnessed Hou Hongtao's brave charge at the last moment of the Tiantai Mountain battle, and they all wanted to snatch him over.

And Mr. Li remembers that his son Li Kai once mentioned that although Wang Junhao is not good at leading troops, he is not weaker than Su Dingfang. He is a rare brave general. Zuo Weili took the post of Zhonglang General.

Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "When the King of Qin led the army to attack Luoyang, the generals under his command also quarreled endlessly, and the King of Qin also had a headache."

Li Shan was speechless. This was the first time he encountered such a scene. He formed the Daizhou Army before. On the one hand, he had a high prestige in Daizhou. It's in name only, so I haven't encountered anything similar.

But after thinking about it, Li Shan also found it interesting, such details are not recorded in history books.

(End of this chapter)