The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 611
Xiao Xiao rustled, and there were sounds everywhere, worrying about guarding corners and marching.

The iron clothes are cold, the blood of the horses is stained on the hooves, breaking Fanxi.

——Excerpt from Mao Wenxi (Five Dynasties) of "Ganzhou All over the Autumn Wind"

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Bai Fu's method of military training was unconstrained and unconventional, which aroused criticism from the senior generals of the Shanzhou garrison.

The two Jiedu generals Wei Boyu and Li Zhongchen (Dong Qin) are veterans who have experienced many battles. Although they have a good relationship with Bai Fu, they don't take Bai Fu's way of governing the army seriously.

However, the feelings of the middle and lower ranks are different.Anbeiting's camp has generous salaries and good food, which is very enviable.

Especially the generals of the Northwest Court camp in An'an who defected to Wei Zhi and Li Ruoyou had mixed feelings.

Wei Zhi and Li Ruoyou were not born in the army, nor did they seek military advice from the generals, they only knew how to run an army.Let everyone come to Xingyuan for a meeting every now and then.

As a military meeting, the meeting did not have any issues of combat command.It is nothing more than conveying the hadith, how to write court reports, etc., repeatedly emphasizing details such as the wording and grammar of the reports.

These two adults also like to lecture, eloquent and eloquent.

The meeting was not only worthless, but also extremely lengthy, making the generals miserable.

Many generals talked a lot, operated in private, and tried to transfer back to the camp, but Bai Fu declined all of them.

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Bai Fu's success in recruiting troops in Shanzhou was beyond the expectations of the generals.

Later, the generals heard that there was a conflict between recruits and veterans in the camp in the Northwest Court of An'an.Everyone gloated at this.

From the bottom of their hearts, everyone still felt that Bai Fu had achieved his ambition at a young age and ascended to a high position, and they were somewhat jealous in their hearts.

Bai Fu has heard a little about the views of Shanzhou officials and military circles on him.

Bai Fuxin said: "No matter what you do, you will be criticized by others. The most urgent thing is to prove yourself with a victory."

On this day, Emperor Yan Shi Siming sent general Li Guiren to attack Shanzhou with 5000 elite cavalry.

Wei Boyu, the envoy of the four towns in the west of Zhenxi, led hundreds of cavalry to defeat the rebels in Kuangziban (south of SMX City, Henan Province), and captured [-] horses. The rebel general Li Guiren fled.

A few days later, Li Guiren led the rebels to attack Shanzhou again. Li Zhongchen (Dong Qin), the envoy of the Shence Army, fought several battles with the rebels in Shazha (now west of Luoning County, Henan Province), and repeatedly defeated Li Guiren. military.

Li Guiren had no way to go west, so he had to lead his army to the north. Bai Fu was ordered to stop the rebels in Yongning North (now Luoning County, Henan), and Li Zhongchen was ordered to stop the rebels in Yongning South (now Luoning County, Henan). Army's retreat.

Li Guiren set up camp a hundred miles away from Yongning.Li Guiren needs to recuperate to relieve the fatigue of the soldiers who have been fighting for days.

Li Guiren had some considerations in choosing to set up a village here.

This prescription has a radius of hundreds of miles and the terrain is open, and there is no shadow of the main force of the Tang army.There are only Tang army scouts in twos and threes and a small number of farmers.

The main force of the Tang army is the infantry. At this distance, if the infantry wants to arrive in time, it will take half a day to march quickly.By the time they arrived, they were exhausted and couldn't resist the charge of Fan Yang's iron cavalry.

If the Tang army launched a cavalry attack, without the coordination of the Tang army's infantry, Li Guiren would not take the Tang army's cavalry seriously.

At the same time, Li Guiren was also waiting for a reinforcement of five thousand cavalry.

This support army was led by General Hu Guangmao of the Yan Army. It was the main force of Fan Yang's army and was capable of fighting well.Once this new force arrives, taking Shanzhou is just around the corner.

Li Guiren's army buried the pot to make food, and after dinner, the soldiers wrapped their clothes and pillow armor, and soon snored everywhere, and fell into the fragrance of dreams.

Days of non-stop running and fighting made this team exhausted and exhausted.

Dawn is the time when sleep is sweetest.

Dozens of disciples of the Sichuan Gang, wearing night clothes, carrying crossbows and firelighters, sneaked close to the rebel barracks.

A hundred paces away, Tang Huan, Yue Suigong and others threw the drugged fresh rabbit meat into the barracks through slings and slingshots.

After a while of gobbling, dozens of mastiffs rushed out from the darkness, feasting on it.

Tang Huan lit a stick of incense in a secluded place, and counted the time when the drug took effect.

As soon as the stick of incense was burned out, Tang Huan waved his hand, and dozens of disciples of the Sichuan Gang quietly approached the barracks from all directions.

Several sharp archers shot without fail, and killed the sentries and patrol posts on the hanging bucket neatly, and replaced them with Tangmen disciples on duty.

Dozens of Chuan Gang disciples climbed over the fence of the barracks and jumped into the barracks silently by virtue of their superb lightness kung fu.The ten disciples pulled the latch and slowly opened the gate of the camp.

After entering the barracks, the disciples of the Chuan gang quickly dispersed and invaded all parts of the barracks with ease, stuffing fire starters in stables, fodder, etc.

With a sound of dysprosium, the disciples of Chuan Gang set fire to it at the same time.All of a sudden, in the barracks, fire broke out everywhere, and the horses fled in panic.

"Tang Jun is coming!" Shouts of killing echoed everywhere.

A Tang army cavalry of nearly a thousand men descended from the sky like a divine soldier, armed with a long spear, and rushed into the rebel barracks like a torrent of iron cavalry.

The rebel soldiers, who had been sleeping stupefied, hurriedly got up, those in armor, those with spears, those who were looking for horses... all in a mess.

Before the cavalry got on their horses and the infantry lined up, the cavalry of the Tang army had already crushed them, wielding their long spears and sabers, and killed the rebel soldiers in a half-dream, half-awake state.

Before Li Guiren could put on his armor, he was surrounded by his own soldiers and pushed onto his horse.Before the horses put on the saddle and stirrups, they fled out of the camp carrying Li Guiren on their backs.

Li Guiren led more than ten soldiers, threw away their helmets and armor, and fled all the way.

Just after running for ten miles, he encountered a group of hundreds of Yan army cavalry head-on.The leading general was Hu Guangnao, the reinforcement general he was longing for.

Li Guiren was overjoyed, raised his whip and stepped forward, gritted his teeth and said: "General, you came at the right time, come back with me, and kill Tang Jun completely, leaving no pieces behind!"

Hu Guangmao looked at Li Guiren's troops and asked, "General Li, when will your camp be breached?"

Li Guiren sighed: "Just half an hour ago."

Hu Guangmao let out a long sigh, took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to Li Guiren, and said, "We have all been tricked.

Three hours ago, I received a [-] military emergency report from Meteor Express, with your request for help written on it.

I didn't dare to delay, so I left my luggage and led the cavalry to run towards your camp.

Unexpectedly, at a distance of twenty miles from you, you encountered an ambush by the Tang army.

Seeing that there were not many Tang troops, I was careless and led the troops directly into the formation.Unexpectedly, the formation of the Tang army was weird, and within an hour, five thousand cavalry were strangled to death..."

The two fellow sufferers discussed it, and felt that it was meaningless to stay in Shanzhou.The two gathered the remnants of the remaining soldiers and withdrew towards Luoyang.

This battle is the first battle of the new army in the Anbeiting camp, and it has attracted much attention.

Bai Fu's new army was fierce and fierce, and defeated the rebels.If it weren't for Li Zhongchen's army not blocking successfully and leaking Li Guiren and Hu Guangmao's personal troops, this battle would have completely wiped out the rebels advancing westward.

After this battle, Wei Boyu, Li Zhongchen and Bai Fu were all promoted and awarded.

But at the same time, Li Guangbi sent his cronies to send Bai Fu a secret letter.

In the letter, Li Guangbi reminded Bai Fu that this battle was completely defeated by the Anbei Court camp camp and defeated the rebels.

His Majesty wanted to promote Bai Fu to be the military governor of Anbei Court, but some important ministers in the court reminded His Majesty that the combat power of Anbei Court is too strong, and Bai Fu's military power should be restricted to prevent him from becoming the next Anlu Mountain.

Li Guangbi warned Bai Fu that he should keep a low profile and dive deep in his hands, and not show his sharpness.To learn from Wei Boyu, on the one hand, make friends with important ministers in the court, and speak well in front of His Majesty at critical moments;

The secret letter was burned immediately after reading, and Bai Fu couldn't calm down for a long time.

Bai Fu sighed with emotion that the reason why the Anshi Rebellion could not be subdued for so long can be seen from the Battle of Shanzhou.

When I defeated the rebels, some people worried that I would become the next An Lushan; if I lost, they would say that I could not win the rebels after spending so much money from the court, and that such incompetent people should be replaced.

It is not that the Tang Dynasty did not lack brave generals, nor did it lack counselors. What it lacked was a kind of trust and a kind of tolerance.

Without the trust and benevolence of the generals in the court, it would be difficult to get the loyalty of the generals to the court.

Although the Anlushan Rebellion was caused by the excessive power of the Jiedushi, it would be too much to guard against every Jiedushi as Anlushan.

The imperial court designed a series of measures to check and balance the generals of the army: rotation of generals, division of the army, eunuchs to supervise the army to check and balance...

But the more it is like this, the more centrifugal it is, the harder it is to win the hearts of Tang soldiers and the loyalty of the three armed forces.

It can be said that external troubles have not been eliminated, and internal troubles have arisen again.

Bai Fu suddenly had an epiphany: "Why does the Tang army keep at loggerheads with the rebels? Because the stalemate is not good for the court, but it is good for all the generals who are in charge of the army!

If the war is delayed for one day, the power of Jieshuai will be increased by one day.When the tail is too big to drop, there will be no situation where the cunning rabbit dies and the lackey cooks.

Up and down the ruling and opposition parties, the old balance will continue to be broken until a new balance is established.

After all, everyone is protecting themselves! "

　The autumn wind is tight, the geese are low in the flat moraine, and the clouds are in the air.Xiao Xiao rustled, and there were sounds everywhere, worrying about guarding corners and marching.

　　To the north of Qingzuo, to the west of Heishan.Shafei got together and scattered indefinitely, and was often lost in passers-by.The iron clothes are cold, the blood of the horses is stained on the hooves, breaking Fanxi.Under Fenghuang's order, step by step the Dan ladder.

　　——"Ganzhou All Over the Autumn Wind" Mao Wenxi [Five Dynasties]

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