Peerless Elegance's proposal tempted Di Chen and the others.
They discussed for a while and invited Lian Po and other generals to deduce the details of the battle. Finally, they agreed to Peerless Elegance's plan and gave it a cool name: "Dragon Slaying Plan".
After Wolf Warrior and the others left, Peerless Elegance asked Di Chen worriedly, "Is it really okay for us to mobilize 50,000 soldiers this time?"
Because Dan Yang City was unable to reinforce Swordsman City, as the "boss", Di Chen naturally had to step forward and mobilize 50,000 soldiers at once, including Dan Yang City's share.
"Is there any movement from Wan Shi City?" Di Chen asked.
"It's calm."
"Then there's no problem. Lao Ai doesn't have the guts."
"I hope so!"
For some reason, Peerless Elegance felt a trace of uneasiness.
October 14th, Swordsman City.
At around 9 am, 150,000 soldiers from the Yan Huang Alliance's territories were teleported to Swordsman City. Old General Lian Po also arrived with them.
A famous general was needed to command such a large-scale battle.
Lord Chunshen's subordinate Tian Dan was currently leading his army to battle in Xiangnan Province, exchanging blows with Li Mu. Xiong Ba's subordinate Wu Qi was confronting Sun Bin and similarly had no time to come.
After much consideration, they could only send Old General Lian Po.
150,000 soldiers suddenly appeared in Swordsman City. No matter how hard they tried to hide it, it would cause a commotion and attract the attention of the Mountain Sea Guards.
Lian Po didn't think of hiding it. This battle was not child's play.
According to the words of Di Chen and the others, "This is an open and aboveboard battle, there is nothing to hide."
Bai Qi was still thousands of miles away, and Great Xia couldn't send reinforcements in a few days. No matter what, the outcome of this battle had already been decided and no one could change it.
Feng Qingyang had already received the news and happily welcomed Lian Po into the City Lord's Mansion.
Feng Qingyang was the most worried about Xiangnan's war. He knew his place and knew that he might be abandoned by the Alliance. He hadn't slept well for the past few days.
Without reinforcements, Feng Qingyang didn't know how to deal with the wolves outside the city. When Di Chen suddenly informed him that 150,000 reinforcements were coming, how could Feng Qingyang not be ecstatic?
Inside the City Lord Manor, Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, Pang Tong, and the rest were already waiting. As the host, Feng Qingyang introduced them one by one to Lian Po as a form of communication.
As one of the Four Great Generals of the Warring States Period, Lian Po was appointed as the Commanding General. Wei Yan and Zhao Yun had no objections and were willing to be the Deputy General to discuss the upcoming battle.
Three hundred and sixty thousand against two hundred and twenty thousand. Considering the difference in individual combat strength between the two sides, although the allied forces had the upper hand, they were far from having an overwhelming advantage. It would not be easy to win this battle.
Before coming here, Di Chen and the others had already reached a consensus. They didn't seek to annihilate the Dragon Stallion Army of Great Xia. As long as they could repel the Dragon Stallion Army and prevent it from posing a destructive threat to Swordsman City, it would be considered a success.
Based on this strategic consideration, Lian Po said, "In tomorrow's decisive battle, our army must focus our attacks on the enemy's two flanks. We must use fierce attacks to force the enemy's two flanks to retreat to the center and then retreat."
When Zhao Yun heard Lian Po's plan, he was clearly unwilling.
Before they set off, Liu Bei had instructed Zhao Yun to lead his troops to annihilate the Great Xia army as much as possible.
However, considering the current situation, Zhao Yun did not voice any objections. At most, they would attack the enemy's flanks during the decisive battle tomorrow as revenge.
Pang Tong, who was accompanying Zhao Yun, did not say a word throughout the entire battle.
…
After the discussion was settled, the 150,000 reinforcements did not stay in the city. Instead, they marched out of the city in a grandiose manner. Even the 60,000 soldiers from Swordsman City led by Wei Yan followed them out of the city and got into formation.
The 360,000 soldiers were lined up in a row, and their tents were connected together.
The 150,000 Shu Han soldiers were on the left flank, the 60,000 Swordsman City soldiers were in the center, and the 150,000 reinforcements were on the right flank. In order to provide rations for this army, Feng Qingyang had almost emptied the granary of Swordsman City.
Lian Po was not idling around either. While he was familiarizing himself with the 150,000 soldiers from the five territories, he was also unifying the command system of the allied forces so that the military orders for tomorrow's battle would be unimpeded.
Fortunately, this was not the first time the armies of the Yan Huang Alliance had gathered together for a battle. They were already very familiar with each other, and Lian Po did not have to worry too much.
At around three in the afternoon, Lian Po, accompanied by Feng Qingyang, went to inspect the battlefield.
The main battlefield of the decisive battle was undoubtedly set in the southern suburbs of Swordsman City. The entire southern suburbs was vast and boundless. Other than a few sparse hills, it was basically a boundless plain, and most of it was farmland.
The rice in Sichuan could only be planted once a year. It was already October, and the rice had already been harvested. The fields were filled with weeds and were extremely muddy.
The Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin had once lived in Sichuan for a period of time and wrote a poem called "Night Rain to the North".
"Jun asked when he would return, and the night rain on Mount Ba rose into the autumn pond.
Why should we cut the candles in the west window together, but talk about the night rain on Mount Ba. "
Although the poem was about the feelings of sustenance, it also confirmed the characteristics of the rain in Sichuan. It usually rained at night in Sichuan and rarely during the day.
The autumn rain last night had turned the empty fields into a muddy mess.
This kind of terrain would affect both the cavalry's charge and the infantry's attacks. If the commander did not take this into consideration, he would probably suffer a great loss.
This was the importance of field inspection.
Amidst the vast fields were patches of oilseed fields that had just been sown and had yet to sprout. In addition, there were also patches of orchards that were already bearing fruit.
After tomorrow's battle, no one knew how badly this place would be destroyed.
As for the villages scattered across the plains, they had long since been emptied.
Although the Great Xia army was not as perverted as the Great Li army that would actively slaughter the commoners, a battle like this would inevitably bring disaster to the fish in the moat. The commoners had long since fled to the cities to take refuge.
Further away was the Dragon Stallion Army camp. Unlike the allied army camp, the Dragon Stallion Army camp was made up of military green tents that were hidden in the plains. If one did not look carefully, they would not be able to see them clearly.
Lian Po clicked his tongue in wonder when he saw them. "This is a good item." As an expert on the battlefield, Lian Po could naturally see the benefits of these green tents at a glance.
The green military tents were a powerful weapon developed by the Great Xia War Preparedness Bureau. The reason they could be changed so quickly, besides the unique dyes they had developed, was also because of the large-scale use of looms in Great Xia.
Xiahou Ying, the chief of the War Preparedness Bureau, had ambitiously proposed to change the regular uniforms of the entire army to standard green military uniforms.
Unfortunately, this plan was extremely costly and required a huge amount of cotton. Even with Great Xia's resources, it would take more than a day or two to change the uniforms of a million soldiers.
In addition, in the era of cold weapons, the soldiers always wore armor. The effect of regular uniforms paired with military green couldn't be compared to that of modern warfare and could be said to be of little value.
Since the military minister had shelved this plan, Ouyang Shuo did not interfere.
Looking at the continuous rise and fall of the Great Xia army's barracks in the distance, Lian Po wasn't as confident as he was when he was in the warlord's residence. After exchanging blows with the Great Xia army a few times, Lian Po had a deep impression of their ferocity.
Although they had the absolute advantage in military strength, Lian Po was not certain of victory. Choosing this decisive battle was ultimately a little too eager for quick success.
Even so, Lian Po's heroic spirit did not diminish.
Having suffered a few losses at the hands of Great Xia, Lian Po had always wanted to win back. Unfortunately, his old opponent, Bai Qi, had not arrived on the battlefield and had missed this battle of the century.
"This time, I will definitely win." Lian Po's gaze was resolute.
It was only in the evening that Lian Po reluctantly returned to the central barracks tent.
…
While Lian Po was surveying the battlefield, the Dragon Stallion Army also made its move.
In the central barracks tent of the fourth legion.
Lai Hu 'er, Zhang Liao, Luo Shixin, and Xiao Chaogui were gathered together. There was another person in the tent: the military advisor, Chen Gong.
Chen Gong had been assigned to the frontlines as a military advisor when the Dragon Stallion Army entered Shu. In the battle of Jiangyang County, Bai Qi had been in charge of the rear and coordinated the deployment, while Chen Gong had been randomly deployed to the frontlines as a supplement.
The four fierce generals of the Dragon Stallion Army were evenly matched in terms of commanding troops. It was just that Luo Shixin had the most seniority and was personally trained by Bai Qi, so his status was slightly higher than the other three.
Therefore, before Bai Qi arrived, Luo Shixin was the commanding general and could give orders.
News of the 150,000 soldiers of the Yan Huang Alliance reinforcing Swordsman City had long since arrived. Faced with the enemy's posture of a decisive battle, the four generals were not nervous at all.
Luo Shixin said, "Advisor, the talisman that His Majesty gave you should be put to use."
Chen Gong nodded. "Even though we have the talisman as a trump card, this battle cannot be underestimated. We should immediately send someone to inform Fu Yang and have the Qiang Tribe army prepare to attack at any time."
Luo Shixin said, "Advisor is right. This is a crucial battle, and the commander is not present. How much we can accomplish will depend on our on-the-spot command. We cannot lose face for His Majesty."
"General, give the order!"
Zhang Liao and the others cupped their fists.
Luo Shixin didn't act pretentiously and began to arrange the battle strategy. Of course, Luo Shixin didn't really act arbitrarily. He discussed everything with the three generals, and with Chen Gong's advice, they came up with a suitable battle plan.
Di Chen and the others had probably miscalculated. Without Bai Qi, the Dragon Stallion Army would still be able to fight.
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