Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 412

At the end of March, the sun was still not too hot, the avenue outside the city was overgrown with weeds, and the low-rise bushes in the distance swayed with the wind. Some common wormwood in the south swayed by the roadside, squeezing out new green shoots.

Several men were carrying hoes and wanted to rest under the big tree on the side of the road for a while, but the sharp-eyed soon saw the smoke and dust at the end of the north avenue accompanied by galloping horses, forming a black spot that was gradually getting bigger and coming towards them, so they dared not Delay took hold of his companion and continued to go back to work.

After a while, the visitors gradually approached, a total of more than ten riders, and Yin Chongke, the governor of Chenzhou, came down.

After taking Chenzhou, Pan Mei was recalled to the court by the officials, and Yin Chongke was worshiped as the governor of Chenzhou, in charge of border affairs, and then transferred to Daozhou as the commander of the military capital of Daozhou.

Its intention is very obvious, that is, the imperial court wanted to attack south from Daozhou, deliberately avoiding dangerous places such as Mengzhu Ridge and Qitian Ridge.

It also shows that the Qin army is very confident in its frontal combat capabilities. It never thought that the soldiers would take the dangerous path and walk the mountains among the five ridges to bypass the enemy's frontal forces. Instead, they chose the easy road and fought directly.

This is completely different from the way of fighting when they conquered Shu. The army also faced the Qinling Mountains and the mountains of Daba Mountain. On the road section, an unexpected attack was launched from the side and rear, and the Shu army was quickly defeated.

But this time, Pan Mei, the coach of the Qin Army, chose to use regular troops. To put it bluntly, he gathered heavy troops and pushed them across the flat river valley road in an upright manner.

The weather was not too hot, and everyone who came was wearing thick armor. It was unnecessary to wear it at first, and it was too uncomfortable, but for a veteran like Yin Chongke who has experienced turbulence, they have long been used to it. Living in troubled times, they are not afraid of hardship or tiredness , the good habit of wearing armor often may save lives at any time.

If we count back 20 years, at that time, many generals were used to wearing armor while sleeping, otherwise they might be stabbed at night by someone, and it was hard to tell whether it was their own people or the enemy.

The world is much better now, but old people like Yin Chongke are used to it.

As soon as he got off his horse, he went around with a whip and watched the people shovel the grass on the avenue, turn the soil over, and fill in the uneven potholes. To dig out, to ensure that the rain will not flood the road.

If it is only for daily use, such a road will be enough without repairs, and it will not pass many people and animals, but now it is different, tens of thousands of troops, accompanied by logistics and civilians, if the road is not repaired solidly, it will die in a few days, and there is no room for sloppy.

This time, thousands of civilians near Daozhou were called to build roads. Fortunately, most of the spring plowing had ended, otherwise this battle would have been delayed for a long time.

"Be quicker, don't delay, the army is coming soon, and they have to repair the road before that." Yin Chongke said seriously, holding the whip in his hand.

"General, when will the army arrive?" Someone asked boldly.

"The striker will be there the day after tomorrow." Yin Chongke agreed.

"How many people are there!"

"Should our soldiers from Daozhou go to war?"

"Which general is leading?"

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As soon as Yin Chongke answered the words, everyone immediately followed up with each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively, until Yin Chongke couldn't stand it anymore, and told them to shut up and work hard, but the whip in his hand still didn't come out, just because he was upset Kicked the kid who started talking.

Everyone laughed and went to work one after another.

Yin Chongke groaned, if 20 years ago, he would have caught one and killed him on the spot to intimidate everyone, but after fighting with the officials for a long time, he seemed to have been influenced a lot unconsciously.

Either they have become merciful, or they have become mother-in-laws. He can't tell. It's probably like what the officials say, or the way the officials treat them. People have shortcomings, and they can't be required to do everything well. Do your best.

These people may be lazy or joking when he's not around, but as long as the work in hand doesn't stop, he doesn't want to be harsh, no one wants to do such a job.

Originally, the acquaintance Yin Chongke received was that the Chinese army would arrive in three days. Unexpectedly, Qianfeng Dangjin had already led more than a thousand cavalry to Daozhou the next day.

In this battle, Yin Chongke's mission was to lead more than [-] troops from Daozhou, Chenzhou, Yongzhou, Hengzhou, Tanzhou and other states to cooperate with the actions of the forbidden army, although it was not comparable to the tens of thousands of forbidden troops led by Pan Mei , but also the position of deputy commander.

After the party entered Daozhou, he went to the city alone to meet him. None of his cavalry entered the city, because they were ordered to go south quickly to open a channel for the follow-up troops to investigate the enemy's situation.

As a veteran, Yin Chongke naturally understood the truth that soldiers are expensive and fast, but he immediately asked people to prepare two hundred horses for them, prepared some food and grass, and found ten local people as guides, ordered the sentry camps along the way to open the road, and personally sent the party He went in and out of the city without leaving him a moment.

Dang Jin was very grateful, collected the horses and grain, and immediately set off with the guide.

After that, Yin Chongke didn't dare to rest, and immediately carried a hoe and led the militiamen to build the road. If the vanguards arrived, the army might arrive earlier.

The chief general took the lead, and the militiamen under him also worked harder and were in full swing.

In the evening, the transpiration in the air has not yet dissipated. When the sun was setting, a fast horse carried joyful soldiers along the avenue they had built during the day. They rushed excitedly to rest on the side of the road, bragging with many militiamen. In front of Yin Chongke: "General, good news! Today, the striker broke through the two camps of Baiguchong and Laolingshu one after another, and killed more than 200 thieves!"

Everyone crowded around excitedly: "Isn't that going to kill Baixia in one day?"

"My God, you are indeed a general from the imperial court. You have traveled almost [-] miles in one day!" Several rural soldiers looked shocked, and were really stunned by the ferocity of Dang Jin and his elite cavalry.

"It's early, it's two hundred miles away, but it's almost there!"

"Didn't I say it's two hundred miles away, you can listen to people"

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Everyone talked about what you said and what you said.

From Daozhou to the south, out of their territory, they have basically figured out the camps of the Southern Han Army in the past two years.

In Baiguchong along the way, the old mountains and trees are all big villages. There are hundreds of thousands of defenders on weekdays, and there are some small guardhouses along the way. Generally, there are dozens to hundreds of people stationed there. At least there are three people on a cliff. small shack.

They had found out all these things early on, because they knew that sooner or later they would go south.

Baigu Chongzhai is the southern Han Dazhai closest to Daozhou. It is on the edge of a large pond and guards the road. Because there are many people who can be stationed by relying on the water source, there are usually at least about a thousand defenders.

And Laolingshu is already very south, almost to Hezhou City, the military camp was built on the mountainside, it is very dangerous, you have to go up a big slope to get to the gate, but because of the danger, it is inconvenient to get water, The place is not big, and there are only 300-[-] people stationed there on weekdays.

It is amazing to be able to capture all of them in one day, but there are still many small sentry camps and post stations along the way.

Yin Chongke was very proud of the astonishment on the expressions of these southern soldiers, and his vanity was greatly satisfied. He boasted: "What is this? Back then, when I fought with the officials in the Kingdom of Shu, we destroyed eighteen mansions in one day and killed the superiors. Thousands of bandits! All 14 Shu troops in Chengdu surrendered in fright!
Besides, in Hedong back then, the officials were only fifteen or sixteen years old, a young hero, who killed more than 100 bandits and generals by himself, scared the king so much that he didn't dare to fight, and went directly to Taiyuan! "

Everyone was shocked and surprised when they heard it, and someone asked, "What about you, General?"

"Ahem, I'm naturally not as powerful as the officials. I only killed more than 50 people." Yin Chongke said with a serious face.

Many town soldiers suddenly realized and nodded: "No wonder no one in the world is an opponent of the officials."

"Isn't that nonsense, someone who is an emperor, that's so capable!"

Everyone sat around Yin Chongke and talked nonsense for a while, and they all felt that the emperor was worthy of being the emperor, and he was as good at fighting as Da Luo Jinxian.

Then he asked Yin Chongke more about the legendary past of the emperor with anticipation. Everyone knows that Yin Chongke fought with the officials. Many of these civilians have never been out of Daozhou in half their lives. The heroic deeds on the battlefield are even more curious.

Because of the victorious march on the front line, Yin Chongke was in a good mood, so he bragged with them, bragging is addictive, and he talked about how he followed the officials to fight in the north and south, and how he was so scared in Jinling that the current Southern Tang Dynasty leader cried bitterly. Sending out his own concubine, the terrain in Shu was like a broken bamboo, and the 14 Shu army surrendered directly. Besieged in Nanjing City, wearing women's clothes and fleeing, etc.
Of course, he added fuel to many things, making it more like a heroic story. For example, dozens of generals in the Liao Kingdom were executed after being defeated, surrendered and captured. In his story, he was beheaded by his own generals on the battlefield , he also killed several, so it is more like a heroic story.

Another example is that most of the time when fighting against the Shu Kingdom, it benefited from the interludes of the army, and the Shu army was caught off guard while defending a dangerous position. In his story, it became a frontal defeat of the Shu army. The show operations in his imagination emerged endlessly, and everyone was amazed.

Of course, in order to avoid the embarrassment of everyone asking him to demonstrate on the spot, these operations have been changed to other generals under the government, such as Dang Jin, Shao Ji and so on.

As the sun went down, under the old tree beside the avenue, people gathered around him to talk about those past events on the battlefield, and they were fascinated to hear them.

But there are also honest men who heard this and couldn't help but ask a soul question, "The government is so old to steal other people's wives? Can't you find one yourself?"

"You know what, I heard that the emperor's daughter-in-law is too many to count."

This question was ignored by Yin Chongke, until it was getting dark, everyone reluctantly broke up and went home.

Looking at these militiamen, Yin Chongke felt an indescribable emotion in his heart. At this moment, another fast horse galloped over from the southern avenue in dusk. It's Xia!"

Yin Chongke stood up from under the old tree and muttered, "Baixia!"

Baixia is a town, which is the northwest barrier of Hezhou City. It is only sixty miles away from Hezhou. It is not dangerous on the flat ground in the valley, but there are ten battalions stationed there on weekdays, more than 3000 Southern Han troops.

Yin Chongke paced around for a while, then stopped quickly, and made a decision, "If Baixia is captured, it can be used as a camp to attack Hezhou in the south. They only have 1000 people, so they are not easy to defend."

Immediately he said to the adjutant beside him: "Go back and gather your troops, follow me to Baixia overnight to support, don't delay for a moment."

Seeing that Yin Chongke was decisive and didn't show the slightest hesitation, the people around him didn't dare to delay, and immediately rode to the city.

(End of this chapter)