However, the chaotic 50,000-strong Dengzhou Army looked easy to bully, but they also had some elite soldiers. It was still possible to pick out a few thousand elite soldiers from the fifty thousand troops.
In addition, Ninghai Prefecture was still quite a distance away from the Huanglei River. The First Guard did not rush out just because of the chaos in the Dengzhou Prefecture Army.
Instead, he waited for fatigue and guarded the defense line.
Lin Feng's goal for this battle was very simple. He wanted to first completely digest the Chengshan Guards, Jinghai Guards, and Wendeng County, accumulate his strength, and then take down the Dengzhou Prefecture in a fair and square manner.
If possible, they would also take down the Lai Prefecture and occupy the Shandong Peninsula!
At that time, he would seal off the Shandong Peninsula and live his own life behind closed doors.
However, being cautious was only the most basic goal. The most important goal was to completely defeat the military forces of the Dengzhou Prefecture!
This would make the Dengzhou Prefecture powerless and pose a threat to the territory.
The 50,000 strong army of the Dengzhou Prefecture wasn't as decisive as the soldiers and farmers under Lin Feng. They would go to the battlefield as soon as they gave the order.
They needed to reorganize themselves so that they could form a fighting force as soon as possible.
At the same time, they needed a lot of time to gather resources.
After all, in this battle, the enemy that the Dengzhou Prefecture Army was facing was not a messy refugee, but an organized and powerful military force.
If one underestimated him, they would definitely die a miserable death.
Moreover, the refugee army that they had previously looked down on and even despised as a reward for earning military merits was now causing a huge commotion in Henan.
On the contrary, the soldiers were running around with the refugee army on the battlefield of the Central Plains.
Cities were breached one after another, and the royal residences were looted. Noble kings were killed one after another.
The soldiers had tens of thousands of elite soldiers, but they could only chase after the refugee army and occupy one empty city after another that had long been plundered.
Right now, in the northern part of Great Ming, who would dare to look down on the vagrant army?!
Having experienced the rebellion in Dengzhou, the Dengzhou government army knew how terrifying the refugee army was, so they didn't dare to underestimate them.
As the saying goes, ten minutes on the battlefield, the preparations needed to be done below the stage would take half a month or even a month.
The two armies were guarding the defense line.
Between Tangquan Town and Ninghai Prefecture, a bloody and cruel scout battle began.
In order to obtain the latest and most accurate information, the scouts rushed into the enemy's activity area without caring about their own safety and fought crazily with the enemy scouts.
This kind of slaughter was filled with uncertainty. People were killed all the time, and whole teams were wiped out.
It had to be said that the Ming army's guards and battalions were all very weak, but the scouts known as " Ye Bushou " were all very elite and strong.
In the battle of scouts, the First Guard's main force of scouts actually couldn't gain the upper hand.
Instead, they were often chased out by the Ming army scouts.
Fortunately, the scouts of the First Guard were all light cavalrymen. They were very mobile. If they were ambushed, they could quickly leave the battlefield and escape with their lives.
However, the scouts in Dengzhou Prefecture lacked warhorses, and many of them were infantry.
Once they were surrounded, the scouts of the First Guard would quickly call for reinforcements and surround them.
With their powerful mobility, the scouts of the First Guard gradually gained the upper hand.
The fierce battle between the scouts lasted for more than half a month.
Both sides suffered more than 500 casualties.
These were all true elites. The Dengzhou Prefecture Army could not afford to suffer such casualties. They were so heartbroken that they spat out blood. They had no choice but to recall their scouts and move the battlefield forward.
The main forces of the two armies were stationed near Tangquan Town. As for the Huanglei River, both sides left a small number of troops to guard it.
It was impossible for the Dengzhou Prefecture Army to cross the river. Even if the Huanglei River was not a large river, it was still a river.
Crossing the river was the worst thing to be attacked by the enemy halfway through.
Many river crossing battles in history were mostly a side army crossing the river and sent to the enemy's rear to launch a sneak attack, burning and destroying the logistics.
It was very rare to cross the river and charge into the enemy's defense line.
Moreover, crossing the river required the soldiers to have very high combat standards. It was destined that they could not cross the river on a large scale, and it was easy to collapse.
Both sides did not have any god-like military figures. They all followed the rules and occupied the high ground obediently, building camps and defense lines.
Then, for the sake of high ground and camp after camp, they began to crawl in and engage in fierce battles.
The first to attack was the Dengzhou Prefecture Army because their logistics could not hold on any longer. Time was too important to them, so they had no choice but to attack first.
As for the Weihai Army, they waited for fatigue. Each thousand, hundred, and flag unit entered the strongholds and began to defend.
It was destined that a war would not start with tens of thousands of people lining up in neat rows and rushing in like a swarm of bees to kill!
That wasn't fighting, it was acting!
The defending side would make use of all the terrain to build fortifications and defend, as well as to maximize the damage to the enemy and consume the enemy's effective strength.
The attacking side would use the fastest and fiercest offensive to occupy the enemy's defense line and drive the enemy out of the defense line. Once the encirclement was formed, they would launch a general attack and carry out a battle of annihilation.
As for tens of thousands of people rushing up like a swarm of bees to kill each other, what kind of battle was that?!
Fighting a war without annihilating the enemy was meaningless.
This was because the organization of the army that escaped was still there. They could replenish their soldiers and train for a month before they could go to the battlefield to fight.
They fought and fought, but in the end, it still became a chaotic battle, and both sides consumed each other.
With the Weihai Guards intent on fighting a war of attrition with the Dengzhou Prefecture Army, the Dengzhou Prefecture Army couldn't end the battle quickly.
Faced with the densely packed high and low strongholds and various defense lines, they could only stare at them. In the end, they could only grit their teeth and attack the defense line!
There was no other way. They were not coming out of the defense line. If they did not attack the defense line, how could they complete the goal of suppressing the rebel army?!
If they couldn't even achieve their strategic goals, no matter how the battle turned out, no matter how brilliant or beautiful the tactics were, it was meaningless to the entire battlefield.
That was defeat!
"Kill!"
"Kill the rebel army, charge into Weihai Wei, steal the silver and women!!”
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In order to raise morale, the Dengzhou Prefecture Army used almost all methods.
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