440 Too Much Breath?
Luoyang City.
When they learned of the 150,000-strong army of the court in Chuzhou, not only Li Fei despised him, but also the generals of the Andong army such as Lu Xin, Zhang Shuo, Li Guangbi, and others were despised him. The court was really incompetent.
"Come here, send someone to send a message to Chang'an City to Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty if I want to send another 10,000 troops to completely wipe out Shi Siming's anti-army!" Li Fei's words were almost obviously humiliating the court. The 150,000 troops could not even deal with Shi Siming, who was like a stray dog, and it was better than his 10,000 Andong Army.
The generals of the Andong army present also laughed, not ashamed of the incompetence of the Tang Dynasty.
The 600,000 army defeated the battle of Xiangzhou and the 150,000 army defeated the battle of Chuzhou. They all happened at the end of the anti-army journey. This was more than incompetence!
After laughing, Li Guangbi shook his head, feeling a little sad.
After all, he was also one of the nine major military governors in the Battle of Xiangzhou. In the past, he even regained Hedong with Guo Ziyi. At that time, he and Guo Ziyi thought that His Majesty is now wise and the court is united, and he will surely wipe out the anti-army soon.
However, repeated attacks, the corruption of the court, the incompetence of Your Majesty, and the extreme distrust of military generals, but only trusted the eunuchs around you. His Majesty never believed the slander of Yu Chaoen even thoroughly investigated, and he and Guo Ziyi dismissed and punished the two generals who had made great achievements in the court.
The court has come to this day, not because there are no generals who can fight, but because the court is so disappointing.
Chang'an City.
When Suzong Li Heng heard the words sent by Li Fei, he was so angry that he coughed violently, his face flushed irregularly, and his throat felt sweet.
Originally, after returning to Chang'an City, Suzong Li Heng's health had been in bad condition. Under this emotional fluctuation, his body could no longer bear it. A little blood was coughed out and his face turned pale.
But Suzong Li Heng didn't care about his own body.
"Li Fei! A traitor, humiliate me, he is humiliating me---" Suzong Li Heng roared angrily, just like the injured beast, his reason was almost lost.
Li Fuguo, who was standing by, was very helpless. His Majesty was about to lose his mind again. Even if Prince Li Fei of Beiping humiliates you, would you have the strength to kill Prince Li Fei of Beiping?
After his eyes rolled, Li Fuguo said to Suzong Li Heng: "Your Majesty, why not issue an order to let Li Fei send his army to wipe out Shi Siming. In order to humiliate His Majesty, Li Fei threatened that 10,000 Andong Army could wipe out Shi Siming's anti-army. If he sent more than 10,000 troops, it would be a blow to Li Fei's reputation. If he really sent only 10,000 troops, Shi Siming's anti-army has now developed to more than 100,000. Could his Andong Army really defeat the Shi Siming's anti-army, which is more than ten times his own? Once it is defeated in a crushing manner, it will also be a blow to Li Fei's reputation."
Suzong Li Heng didn't believe it either. He sent 150,000 imperial troops to encircle Shi Siming and was defeated. Could it be that after Shi Siming grew more than twice as strong, Li Fei could defeat Shi Siming with 10,000 Andong army? He would never believe it!
Because he was unwilling to be so humiliated by Li Fei, he even more disbelief that the Andong army under Li Fei was so powerful and his court army was so incompetent. Suzong Li Heng really issued an imperial edict to let Li Fei send troops again.
The imperial edict was sent to Luoyang City.
"Our Majesty really respects me." Li Fei took the imperial edict sent by Suzong Li Heng, and looked playful.
"Zhang Shuo, you will lead 10,000 Modao Army and an artillery battalion to Luzhou to wipe out Shi Siming!" Since Li Fei had said before that his 10,000 army could wipe out Shi Siming, he would naturally not slap himself at this moment.
Although Shi Siming developed more than 100,000 anti-army troops, in Li Fei's eyes, he was just a group of mobs. The real elites in a hundred battles were originally three or four thousand left, but they were basically completely lost in the last battle in Chuzhou. After all, even the 70,000 Tang troops of the Yangzhou Jiedushi were also mobs, and they could kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 to themselves. Shi Siming could not have much left in the process of defeating the 70,000 Tang troops of the Yangzhou Jiedushi.
The more than 100,000 anti-army troops are almost forcibly encircled by Shi Siming during this period. The morale of the army is unstable, the soldiers and armor are not removed, and they are not trained, so they are incomparable to his Anton Army. The reason why he brought a cannon battalion was that he was worried that Shi Siming was defending the city and preparing to attack the city.
"Zhang Shuo obeys the order!" Zhang Shuo also smiled confidently, followed Li Fei's order, and only took ten thousand Mo Dao soldiers from the Fourth Army directly under him and a cannon camp to Chuzhou.
When they learned that Li Fei had only sent 10,000 troops to Chuzhou to wipe out Shi Siming, the world was shocked, and almost everyone's eyes were focused on Chuzhou.
If Li Fei's 10,000 army really defeated Shi Siming, then it would be true that the Tang court was too incompetent, and Li Fei's deterrence against the Tang court would also reach its peak.
Even Emperor Xuanzong of Huaqing Palace, the Supreme Emperor of the Huaqing Palace, couldn't help but pay attention to Chuzhou. He felt oppressed at the same time. Li Fei was too strong, just a sharp sword that hit the neck of the Tang Dynasty court, which could replace the Tang Dynasty and the ancestors at any time.
When Shi Siming learned that Li Fei had only sent 10,000 troops to wipe him out, he was also very happy.
It is true that Li Fei was defeated all the way from Hebei by Li Fei, and he was naturally no match for Li Fei. He was afraid of Li Fei, but he didn't believe it if Li Fei had a mere 10,000 army of Li Fei could wipe him out.
At the same time, Shi Siming also knew that this was his chance.
He was defeated all the way from Hebei before, but he was defeated too badly. If Li Fei still attacked heavily this time, he would not have any chance. However, this time Li Fei actually sent only 10,000 troops. Although it was only 10,000 troops, it was also the Andong army. If he could wipe out all the 10,000 troops in Luzhou, he could break the "Andong army's invincible myth" within the anti-army, and regroup the anti-army morale, so that he could truly rise again and sweep the world!
Shi Siming was passionate and very active, gathering all the anti-army that could gather. Before Zhang Shuo's army arrived, he kept rushing to "expand the army" and forcibly recruiting young and strong prefectures and counties under his control.
Shi Siming's madness caused the anti-army to directly grow to 200,000 when Zhang Shuo led his army to Chuzhou.
Although Chuzhou is a prefecture city, it cannot tolerate Shi Siming's 200,000 anti-army army. Therefore, Shi Siming did not seize the city and defended it. Twenty-two set up a formation on an open plain ten miles away from Chuzhou to fight Zhang Shuo's 10,000 Andong Army.
This is a decisive battle of one to twenty.
On one side is Shi Siming's formation with an extremely loose and vast and vast, 200,000 anti-army army. On the other side is the rigorous military formation, shiny military armor and murderous intent of 10,000 Andong Army.
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Chapter completed!