Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1188
Dezhou Lisuo Ande County, Jinling County.

The walls of this city are high and deep, and inside the city gate there is a barrier in front of the city, blocking the inside and outside.Left and right.Its tail is related to each other, and it is said that the Yanlu metric system is also.The city is more than twenty miles around.

This is a majestic city with very complete military facilities.Inspector Wang Qixian was an old general of Lu Yanwei. He had [-] soldiers in his hands. He also gathered more than [-] state and county soldiers and more than [-] Tutuan villagers. He searched a large amount of supplies and shrank them all in the city.

Ge Congzhou led his army from Bozhou, passed through Boping and Gaotang counties, and arrived in Pingyuan County, Dezhou. He conquered them in one day, and then entered the city of Dezhou.

At this time, there were [-] soldiers and horses under his command, including [-] Longxiang Army and [-] Xiaojie Army. After gathering a large number of soldiers from Weibozhou County, Tutuan villagers, and the Yi Cong Army who crossed Hebei, the whole army consisted of [-] soldiers. , dug triple trenches, and began the siege.

On June 5000, [-] Gongchen troops and more than [-] people from Huaihai Daoxiang Yong arrived.

Ge Congzhou handed over the important task of besieging the city to the envoy of the Yicong army, Mu Zang Jieming, and led the Longxiang army to march northward.

In the next few days, the troops were divided into Changhe, Jiangling, and Anling counties, and thousands of enemy troops were wiped out.

On the 28th, thousands of Chengde troops set off from Jizhou and entered the northwestern border of Dezhou. On the way, they were ambushed by the Dingnan army and retreated in defeat.

Wang Rong sent troops south to attack Beizhou, and the Tiande army guarding Weibo sent troops to help, and the two sides fought again and again.Ge Cong Zhou ordered the Dingnan Army to march westward with five thousand riders, but did not directly join the battlefield, but observed the enemy's weaknesses and possible reinforcement directions.

Afterwards, he led his own army to attack Chengde, seized the county, and threatened the retreat of the Chengde army.

On the [-]th, Lu Yanwei, the governor of the Henghai Navy, personally led the army to the south of Jingzhou, camped between Dongguang and Anling, and the two armies confronted each other.

At the same time, Ge Congzhou appointed Zang Dubao, the envoy of the Tianxiong Army, as the emissary of the East Road. More than [-] people marched north from Dizhou, even Kewudi and Rao'an counties, and approached Cangzhou.

Lu Yanwei was desperate, asking for help everywhere, and was in dire straits.

On this day, his envoy arrived in Zhenzhou, and was received by Chengde Army Jiedu envoy Wang Rong in person.

"It's not been a day or two since the puppet Xia bandit army was dispatched. Why didn't Lu Shuai make preparations and let people drive straight in?" Wang Rong was very unhappy and asked.

There are more than 100 million people in Cangjing Town, [-] to [-] soldiers and horses, and more than [-] people can get it at your fingertips.
"It's not Cangjing, the soldiers don't care." The emissary sighed: "There are really many thieves. 30 people besieged Dezhou. Wang Shijun repeatedly clashed and couldn't leave the city. The surrounding counties fell one by one. The thieves marched from Dizhou again. Dozens Thousands of people entered Bo Cangzhou, and Lu Shuai just led his troops to Jingzhou, but he heard that Cangzhou was not stable, and he was in a dilemma."

"According to what you said, don't Xia thieves have millions of people?" Wang Rong laughed angrily.

The messenger shook his head, but said nothing, with a pitiful expression on his face.

Wang Rong sighed, very annoyed.

In fact, he also saw that Lu Yanwei really had nothing to do.

Xia thief didn't have 100 million, but 50 million or so, which gave them enough confidence.Even if the troops are divided into three groups, and the strength of any one route exceeds your main force, what can you do?
The tactics of defeating each one have become a joke, because even the weakest road of others is stronger than you.

This is no longer something that can be solved with proper tactics. Without foreign aid, Lu Yanwei will undoubtedly die.

"This time, all the towns have to join forces." Wang Rong said: "Chengde, Cangjing, and Yiding allied with [-] troops, and there are tens of thousands of troops from Hedong. Only then can there be a chance of victory. Has Lu Shuai ever sent an envoy?" To Jinyang?"

"Already gone." The envoy said: "The king of Jin is anxious and righteous, and should send out soldiers to rescue him. Wang Shuai..."

Wang Rong was silent for a while, and said helplessly: "Now there are only a few feudal towns in the Northland, what can we do if we don't watch and help each other? I will call the generals to discuss matters, gather a large number of troops, and send troops south."

Chengde has actually sent troops to rescue.What Wang Rong is talking about here is whether to mobilize or not. To fight against the Xia army, it is not enough to rely on professional martial arts. Soldiers from the prefectures and counties, and the local peasants must be mobilized, gather as many troops as possible, and mobilize as many troops as possible. A lot of supplies.

This is actually not too much doubt.If the Cangjing is not rescued, the next one will be Chengde. Everyone understands the truth that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.

"I don't know what is the strategy of Wang Shuai?" The envoy was overjoyed when he heard the words, and asked.

"The main force is to attack Xing Mingci, and the partial division is to attack Beizhou." Wang Rong said: "The Xia people gathered heavily in Cangjing, and the west side is naturally empty. It is the so-called criticizing the strong and destroying the empty. This is the correct way of war."

The messenger was a little unhappy, but there was nothing he could do.It's good if someone is willing to save you. It's unrealistic to expect him to come to Cangjing with all his belongings to block the knife for you.

Moreover, in terms of the strategy of using troops, there is no problem with what Wang Rong said.

If Xing Mingci is captured, the grain road of Yongji Canal can be cut off not far to the east, and the grain road of Yongji Canal can be cut off if it goes south, and it can directly defend each other and threaten Henan.Moreover, it is easy to cooperate with the Jin army in this direction, and the chances of winning are greater. Isn't it better than running to Cangjing to block the knife?
"So, I would like to thank Wang Shuai." The messenger said: "The towns in Hebei are one, so they should watch out for each other and help each other. If our town survives this disaster safely, next time something happens to Chengde, Lu Shuai will also spare no effort to rescue , definitely don’t let the Shao thief show off his prestige.”

"Let's just say a few words about these words." Wang Rong was not very interested, so he continued to say: "It is different from the past, and it is getting more and more difficult to follow the story of Heshuo, alas."

After all, he sighed softly, got up and went back to the backyard.

The messenger was silent.

The Xia thief claims to be 80, with many soldiers and a large number of generals, and he is aggressive. It is a lie to say that he is not afraid.Now they can only rescue each other, protect and help each other, and leave the rest to fate.

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On the third day of July in the third year of Jianji, Jinyang started a new mobilization.

The people sighed and sighed, the warrior looked hesitant, and his morale was uncertain.It happened to be cloudy and rainy for days, and I almost didn't want to move.

In Wu'er Valley of Luzhou, Li Cunxu was in a good mood.

Three months ago, his father sent him a lot of soldiers, almost [-] soldiers—actually, it was the middle battalion of the Fifth Battalion of the New Army, originally under the command of Li Sizhao.

After these soldiers came, some of them made up for the battle damage, and some of them were incorporated into his account. When the hall front yellow armor, silver guns, soldiers, Khitan Zhisi Fourth Army, enriched the establishment.

Since the battle with the Xia people, Li Cunxu has deeply realized that the small establishment of the Jin army is a bit deceptive.The scale is small, and a single army cannot undertake large-scale battles. If people are transferred from other armies, there will be problems with ownership and communication. Although they can be resolved, they will be a problem after all.

Therefore, he carried out a drastic reform of the Ministry, that is, reorganization.

The Tingqian Huangjia Army led by Shi Junli once expanded to more than 7000 cavalry since it incorporated some remnants of the Fifth Academy Army and Xiangyong from Wu'an County.After several battles with the Longxiang Army, Tiande Army, and Tianxiong Army, the loss was not small, and there were only less than [-] people left. This time, [-] middle battalion soldiers were added, and the number was restored to [-]. It has been trained for three months.

The casual army was merged into the Silver Spear Volunteer Army, with about 5000 people, and [-] middle battalion soldiers were added, which was also composed of [-] people. The commander was An Yuanxin who was transferred last year.

Reconstruction of the bodyguard Jinqiangzhi that had been destroyed in Xing Mingci, more than [-] people from Khitanzhi, plus [-] soldiers from the middle battalion, totaling more than [-] people-the army is [-], and it is currently in a state of dissatisfaction. Command Even the newly transferred Shi Jingrong.

These three armies are all the capital Li Cunxu has on hand.There is a mix of old and new, and both infantry and cavalry. The combat effectiveness is so-so. After all, there are a lot of veterans, but they are definitely not comparable to Xia Jun.If you want to win a battle, you have to rely on strategy to make up for the lack of combat power.

"I just received the news that Shi Shaoyong has led the front army to Luzhou. This is the vanguard. My father will lead the army out of Jinyang. This time, we will cooperate with Chengde and fight Shao's bandits fiercely." Li Cunxu was slightly excited when he said this.

In these years of fighting, although he didn't make any money from Shao thief, the fighting was not too bad.Li Cunxu naturally liked this life of licking blood with knives. When he heard about the war, he didn't even bother to play with musical instruments, so he went to the camp early in the morning to inspect.

"Shi Shaoyong didn't fight well in Cixi, but now he has a strong army, which is really annoying." Shi Junli, the commander of the Huangjia army in front of the hall, said indignantly.

An Yuanxin and Shi Jingrong were also somewhat dissatisfied after hearing this.

At the beginning of the battle with the Xia people in Cixi, they lost [-] to [-] soldiers and horses.Wan Sheng's army was cut into two sections, with heavy casualties. The last remnant soldiers were annexed by Shi Shaoyong and combined into the former army.

This time, some Khitans were swallowed up, and the Zhangqian army had another thousand riders. The Jinyang Jiafang Department even forged armor and weapons for them.An and Shi wanted to ask, how could Shi Shaoyong be so trusted?

Li Cunxu smiled.

Why Shi Shaoyong was shaking, of course he knew.It's nothing more than climbing up to elder brother Li Luoluo and becoming his confidant.

The Zhangqian army has nearly [-] cavalry, and it is not a small force among the armies in Hedong.

It's good that he's here this time, so I'll send him to have a touch with Bandit Xia to see what happens.

"Stop chattering like a grieving woman all day long." Li Cunxu said, "Train well. Everyone has made great progress in the past three months. Let's practice again and talk about it when my father comes."

"As ordered." Shi Junli and other generals responded in unison.

Li Cunxu was the envoy of all the gates on Zelu, and everyone was under his control.At such a young age, he has already shown considerable insight and talent.

Just a little bit.After he took office, he severely cracked down on the unhealthy trend of cavalry riding on horseback when they were free.

Recently, he has been tightening the discipline on the battlefield again.

Large armies line up for field battles, often forming multiple large and small army formations.There is a need for cooperation between the military formation and the military formation, and whether the degree of cooperation is in place or not often directly determines the success or failure of the field battle.

He's catching on to it now.Frequent drills, comments, and assessments, and generals and schools who do not cooperate tacitly, are not in place, and are not timely, will be directly dismissed.Those who are able go up, and those who are mediocre go down. His brother's temper, when it comes to rectifying people, doesn't care about your roots at all, doesn't care about your closeness at all, it depends on your ability.

After such a desperate struggle, many military academies ran to Jinyang to cry to Li Keyong relying on their seniority.It means that your son is too dark, don't look at our achievements over the years, and don't show affection at all, but Li Keyong supported his son, severely scolded those military schools, and let them go home to farm and herd.

What time is it?If the Jin army is fooled around by you old people lying wantonly on their credit books, their combat effectiveness will only get weaker and weaker. The army cares about favors and relationships, not skills.The result is that capable people go south to vote for summer, and finally leave a group of crooked melons and cracked dates. Is it decent?
With the support of his father, Li Cunxu became more determined in his approach.

Although some people advised him to stop in moderation, if this continues, the congregation will not be able to rebel against relatives.Those who are superior still need their own people.

But Li Cunxu didn't know whether it was because he was irritable by nature or too low in EQ. He directly said that the capable new generals I promoted were his own, and he sent them back.

In any case, the three troops he led were indeed in good spirits.They fought against the Tianxiong, Tiande, Longxiang and other armies of the Xia people, fighting repeatedly, recovering after defeat, not chaotic after defeat, and sometimes winning battles.At his age, it's not easy to do that, and it's even worth boasting about.

"You continue to practice, I will take people down the mountain to play and watch the Xia thief's formation." After giving the order, Li Cunxu directly asked someone to bring a bow, knife and gun card, and said.

The generals were shocked.This uncle is good at everything, but he likes to take a small number of soldiers and horses out for wanderings. He often sneaks up to the enemy's garrison to spy on intelligence, and even finds someone to fight to test the quality of the opponent.

(End of this chapter)