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Chapter 323 The overall situation has been decided

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    Chapter 323 Fire Horse Formation

    After hearing what Li Zhen said, Pei Xingjian took a breath. He knew that what Li Zhen did was definitely a risky move. If successful, it would cut off the return path of Xue Wanche's tens of thousands of main cavalry and possibly annihilate them.

    But if Li Zhi's main force arrives in time, or if Xue Wanche abandons Chang'an and attacks with all his strength, or if Li Zhi and Xue Wanche attack at the same time, then the main force of You Xiaowei under his command will be in great danger, and it may happen at any time  Destroyed by rebels.

    Li Zhen said again: "I only want you to stay in the Qingqu area for up to three days. After three days, I will lead the army to arrive, but before I come, you must hold it for me. I cannot let Xue Wanche have one man or one horse."  Escape the Qingqu and join Li Zhi!"

    "General, I will obey your orders!" Pei Xingjian said loudly.

    Pei Xingjian also understood that Li Zhen trusted him by entrusting him with such an important task.

    Of course, this mission is extremely dangerous. If it fails, then he and the eight thousand soldiers of You Xiaowei will be dead. If he succeeds, he can eliminate the main force of the rebels in one fell swoop, and he will definitely make the first contribution to quelling the rebellion!

    This is an opportunity for him to rise from an ordinary officer to a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. This is also an important battle related to the fate of the Tang Dynasty.

    The prince has entrusted such an important task to himself. Even if he dies, he must complete the task!

    Thinking of this, Pei Xingjian said: "Your Highness, please rest assured, Pei Xingjian will not let Xue Wanche withdraw even a single soldier even if he dies!"

    "What I want is not that you die, but that you can hold off Xue Wanche for three days and complete the mission I gave you."

    "The general understands!" Pei Xingjian cupped his hands and then said, "The general wants someone from His Highness."

    Li Zhen said seriously: "The success or failure of your trip depends on it. I will equip you with two thousand musketeers. As for the people, I will give them to whomever you want!"

    "The last general will be Mingzhou Governor Cheng Mingzhen!"

    "Oh? Is it him?"

    Li Zhen was moved. According to the information she had, Cheng Mingzhen was a veteran and the father of Cheng Wuting, a later famous general of the Tang Dynasty.

    He is nearly fifty years old. He followed Xia King Dou Jiande in his early years and served as the magistrate of Pule County. He is very famous.

    In the fourth year of Wude, he surrendered to Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, and was granted the title of Yongnian County Magistrate, and managed Hebei Road.

    Later, he followed Qin King Li Shimin and Yin Prince Li Jiancheng to defeat Liu Heitai's rebels, paid homage to the governor of the camp, and was granted the title of Duke of Dongping County.  Li Shimin ascended the throne and moved to Mingzhou as governor.

    This time Li Zhi made trouble, Cheng Mingzhen happened to be in Beijing to report on his duties, so he happened to catch up with the war. Compared with Cheng Yaojin and other famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, although Cheng Mingzhen was not young, his official position was not high, so Li Zhen just asked him to do some  Logistics work to maintain law and order.

    Li Zhen didn¡¯t understand what Pei Xingjian wanted Cheng Mingzhen to do.

    Pei Xingjian said: "Your Highness, although Cheng Mingzhen is not well-known, the general knows that he is a talented general, but he has never been given the opportunity to display his talents. He has been friends with the general for many years, and he should be able to help the general."

    Li Zhen nodded. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, there were countless famous generals like stars. It was inevitable that there were buried generals who had not been discovered and valued. Pei Xingjian said that Cheng Mingzhen must have some talents.

    Thinking of this, Li Zhen said: "Okay, let Cheng Mingzhen assist you and go with you."

    "Thank you, Your Highness!"

    With the two thousand musketeers given to him by Li Zhen and the addition of Cheng Mingzhen, Pei Xingjian's confidence greatly increased. He immediately bid farewell to Li Zhen and left with his troops.

    It was already noon, and Xue Wanche did not rush to attack Chang'an again. He asked the people to clear the minefields for his troops to reduce losses.

    However, until noon, Yang Chong had not come back yet, and I didn¡¯t know what the situation was.

    It was not until 3:00 noon that Yang Chong rushed back with his soldiers, but he did not bring back even a single commoner.

    Xue Wanche was stunned for a moment and asked Yang Chong: "Where is the person you arrested?"

    Yang Chong shook his head and said, "We searched the nearby houses, but we didn't even see anyone."

    "Snapped!"

    As soon as he heard this, Xue Wanche slapped Yang Chong back.

    "Chang'an has a population of one million, and there are at least hundreds of thousands of people outside the city. He told me that he can't catch anyone? Are you blind?"

    When Yang Chong heard that Xue Wanche was anxious, he smiled bitterly and said: "General, after walking all morning, I arrested an old man who was unwilling to leave home. According to what the old man said, Li Zhen had killed the people outside Chang'an two days ago.  They all moved into the city, so no one can be found around here.¡±

      When Xue Wanche heard this, he became even more furious. He slapped Yang Chong on the face again and cursed: "You trash, don't back down!"

    Yang Chong¡¯s face turned red, he covered his face and stepped aside.

    Xue Wanche took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. After thinking about it, he finally figured out that Li Zhen was really powerful. He had already calculated that he would threaten the people and attack the city wherever he went, so he evacuated the people first.  Make yourself untraceable.

    There is not much rations in the army, and I really can't afford to spend them under Chang'an City. Moreover, if it continues to be consumed, it will not be good for the morale of the army.

    But the minefield outside Chang'an City is indeed impossible to pass.

    Xue Wanche knew that the four gates of Chang'an were probably covered with fire mines. If he wanted to get close to Chang'an City, there was only one way to go, and that was to walk there.

    Thinking of this, Xue Wanche gritted his teeth and said, "Gather Zuo Xiaowei's horses for me."

    "General, what are you going to do?" asked a general.

    Xue Wanche gritted his teeth and said: "Since we can't catch the people, then use the fire horse formation!"

    In the history of China, during the Warring States Period, Tian Dan of the Qi State used the Fire Ox Formation to defeat the coalition forces of the six countries including Yan and Qin. This was the first time the Fire Ox Formation entered the stage of war.

    After that, the Eastern Jin general Jiang Kui used the turkey formation to defeat the Qiang army.

    Xue Wanche is familiar with military books and knows the allusions. He also wants to use the fire ox formation and the turkey formation to cross the minefield, but at this time, where can he find so many cattle and chickens?

    The most important thing in the army is horses, so Xue Wanche decided to use 5,000 war horses to light their tails and drive them through the minefield, using the fire horse formation to break Li Zhen's fire and thunder formation.

    When Li Zhen saw that the rebels on the opposite side had gathered 5,000 war horses, poured oil on the tails of the war horses and set them on fire to drive forward, she already understood that Xue Wanche was going to use a fire horse array to cross the minefield.

    Li Zhen couldn't help but feel happy, thinking that Xue Wanche was really rich and willful. The price of this war horse on the market was quite high. He used 5,000 war horses to travel through the minefield at once, which was a huge investment.

    But Li Zhen had to admit that Xue Wanche was worthy of being a famous general, and he had thought of a way to crack his own mine array in such a short period of time.

    Seeing five thousand war horses galloping forward, amidst a series of explosions, the passage to Chang'an was opened, Li Zhen's eyes could not help but narrowed (Remember this website's website address: www.hlnovel.com
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