Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1340
Huangshui rushes and flows day and night.

On both sides of the river, the sound of drums and killings shook the sky.

The Khitan cavalry launched round after round of attacks.The brave general He Lu did not avoid the front arrows, and personally led the team to charge. After a while, he withdrew back with arrows all over his body, with a calm and fearless expression.

A Baoji personally helped Hao Lu off the horse and bandaged his wounds.

"No need." Ho Lu declined, "I can still fight."

A Baoji was greatly moved, and said: "With you here, Xia Bandit will definitely not be able to succeed."

He Lu sighed, and said: "A Baoji, you can go. Just leave it to me. You saw it just now. A frontal attack might not be effective. It can only delay the thieves."

A Baoji was not hypocritical, and nodded.He hadn't planned to stay in the Huangshui River Basin for a long time, and the reason why he came here was to see if he could defeat the Xia army marching towards the flat pine forest.

Now it seems that it is a bit difficult.

Helu captured several prisoners. After interrogation, he learned that the Xia people consisted of 5 cavalry, flying dragon, and golden sword armies as the main force. They were well-equipped, experienced, brave and good at fighting.It is indeed not their opponent to charge head-on.

Yesterday, A Baoji personally ordered the two armies of the Big Falcon and the Little Falcon to charge the Golden Saber Army, causing hundreds of casualties, but it was ineffective.

Today, they became ruthless and drove Tatar, Yu, Shiwei, Xi, Wugu, and Bohai troops to charge the Flying Dragon Army, regardless of casualties, and repeatedly attacked, but still had no effect.Even after the Iron Cavalry joined the battle group, all the troops who attacked were defeated, losing more than 2000 people before and after.

These are a group of veterans who kill like hemp, they don't know what to fear in their hearts, they also have rich experience in the battlefield, they seize opportunities very well, and they are very difficult to deal with.

Today, the enemy assassins of the Yaolan family suggested that instead of fighting recklessly with them, they should instead concentrate a large cavalry force and disperse and search for the places where the enemy grazes cattle, sheep and horses.

In grassland warfare, the pace is sometimes very fast, and the outcome is determined, and sometimes it is very slow. One day of fighting and several days of grazing-to put it bluntly, it is still a matter of supplies.

The supply of the grassland comes from the cattle and sheep carried by the army.Goat's milk is sometimes the only source of hydration when ground water is not available.As for things like sheep, they are very good at eating grass. If you don't often change places to graze, you can dig the roots of the grass.Therefore, it is said that there are 20, [-], or [-] troops, but they are often very scattered on the grasslands.

For example, the Xia people in front of us are a part of the Flying Dragon Army with 4000 to [-] people, plus a cavalry army of thousands of cavalry, with many large carts carrying some grain, grass, and supplies—they are what they call soldiers.

I don't know where the Fan soldiers were conscripted, they were purely thugs, about [-] people, and they had to undertake combat tasks and herd livestock, which was very hard work.

The enemy's assassination suggests first finding the opponent's hidden grazing land, and then raiding it.It doesn't seek to defeat the enemy, but it can greatly slow down their marching speed.

Of course, the other party may also do the same.That is a bad battle, and it can also muddy the water and have the effect of delaying the enemy.

But this tactic requires a prerequisite, that is, to gather a large number of soldiers and horses.

The Xia people may not send many soldiers to guard the grazing sheep at the beginning, but after suffering a loss, they will definitely send warriors like Feilong and Jindao to guard them.Even if there are only a thousand people, how many people do you have to prepare to fight?
Abaoji was a little tempted at first, but finally gave up.

This way of fighting to the end will only slow down Xia Jun's pace and may not win.Even if he wins, he just loses all the way.And defeating the partial division cannot reverse the situation of the entire battlefield.The only way to break the situation is to defeat the more than [-] Xia soldiers who went north from Yingzhou.

Once this road is defeated, all roads will collapse, and all problems will be easily solved.

"Abaoji, let's go." He Lu repeated again, saying: "In this battle, our army is the main force, and the enemy is the guest. Behind the army, there are Yuewang City, Xilou, Beilou, and Miyun County to provide supplies. It’s much more convenient than the Xia people. You are doing great things. I don’t have the confidence to turn this crisis around. I can only rely on you. As for the flat pine forest, the place is huge. Thousands of miles of pine forests are covered with marshes and reeds. I will go with them So what about going around in circles? It’s a game of hide-and-seek, anyway, just try to delay it as long as possible, if you die at worst, what’s there to be afraid of?”

These words were quite tragic, and A Baoji was filled with emotion.

Once upon a time, he had a thousand ambitions and aspirations.After bumping into walls everywhere, he no longer had any other thoughts.

Thief Shao is abominable, if he doesn't want to fight against the southern feudal towns, he insists on an expedition to crusade against Khitan, what can he do?I can only sigh that time is fate, and there is nothing anyone can do to meet such a lunatic.

"Wait for me to come back." A Baoji said while firmly holding Helu's hand.

After finishing speaking, he got on his horse, waved his hand, and headed south.

Yuwen, Xiali, Haili and others bid farewell to Holu one by one, and then followed Abaoji.

If you go to the south, soldiers are more expensive than fine ones.

The more people there are, the more they eat, and the more difficult it is to replenish.The first priority before the war is to think about whether the logistics supplies can keep up.It is almost enough to have the Khan's pro-army, the big falcon, and the small falcon army, supplemented by some strong ministries.

The army marched very fast, and it took only one day to reach Miyun County.

Miyun was Yeluqisi's head-down military prefecture, and it was initially garrisoned for hundreds of households captured by the Khitan.Now many years have passed, Miyun has become a county, a city has been built, and there are more than 3000 households—most of them are from Bohai.

Miyun County is roughly located in the later Wengniute Banner area. Most of the more than 3000 households make a living by farming, and they also have animal husbandry. After all, there are so many pastures in the wild, and grazing does not require many people. It would be a pity not to use this resource.

The soldiers from Miyun County had already gone northward, joining forces with the people from Yuewang City, more than [-], building cities and villages on both sides of the Huangshui River, trying to use the local narrow terrain to prevent Xia's army from penetrating into the Huangshui River Basin.

It can be seen that after Khitan attacked the Bohai Sea, they have made great progress, and their shortcomings have been made up to a certain extent.If you give them some more time, God knows how far it will develop.

A Baoji did not stay too long again.

After grazing the horses and receiving some supplies, they divided into three groups and headed south.

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"Kill!" With the sound of the war drum, Wang Chong lowered the curtain and shouted loudly.

More than a thousand riders rushed down the hillside in batches.

In the newly built camp, Li Congke, deputy envoy of the Wansheng Yellow-headed Army, nearly popped out of his eyes.

The Jin army once had armored cavalry.

At that time, the king of Jin was not old yet, and he still had spirit.After seeing the armored cavalry of the foster brother showing off their power, they decided to change all the rampages to armored cavalry. At first [-] cavalry, and then slowly expanded to [-] cavalry, and then——I couldn’t afford it anymore.

In the battle of Xingzhou at the end of Tang Dynasty, the Xia people dispatched armored cavalry, and the brave King Jin rode into the mountains...

Li Congke thought it was King Jin's reason why Hedong couldn't afford large-scale armored cavalry.

Damn, so poor!

Another factor that cannot be ignored is that the Jinyang West Workshop, which once produced [-] pairs of vests a year, had a large number of craftsmen fleeing, and production could not keep up.

It's a fart!
As a result, the Hengchong Army fought less and less, and finally there were a few hundred people left, who turned back into armored cavalry and were reorganized into the Baoning Army.

Li Congke was quite surprised that the imperial court did not absorb them into the Feixiong Army.Perhaps the burden of [-] armored cavalry is already heavy, or it may be that there is no plan to expand the army at all.

Li Congke still likes armored cavalry very much.

At this moment, he was standing on the high watchtower, holding the railing tightly with his hands, holding his breath, watching the charge of this army silently.

With silver helmets and white armour, and tall horses, he charged into the crowd of Khitan cavalry, killing the culprits completely.

"Hey, this is fighting on horseback! Shooting your mother's arrow, did you get caught this time?" Li Congke let out a long sigh of relief and laughed loudly.

Since the first day they built their camp, the Khitans have repeatedly harassed them.Come during the day and come at night, there is no time to stop.

They all rolled out of the pile of dead people, so of course they are not afraid.But the masters who built the camp were afraid, and were kicked out several times, running and bumping around.

Li Congke once asked military envoy Shi Junli why he didn't go north?The answer is that camps must be built on the way, and food, equipment, and supplies must be stored.

Li Congke was speechless.They have more infantry and less cavalry, and they build camps every 100 miles or so to ensure the smooth flow of logistics supply lines.

He has read military books and knows that Liu Yu did this when he destroyed Nanyan.He was even more ruthless and directly built the city as a logistics transfer node, which made Nanyan's cavalry look at the city and sigh, and could never cut off Liu Yu's food road.

After the construction of the east and west villages of Tuhe River is completed, the army will continue to go north. The next village to be built is called Hajishu, which is more than 100 miles away from the former Tangjun Town.

The east and west villages of Tuhe will be handed over to the Datong Army for defense.The rest of the ministries continued to go north, step by step, and attacked the core hinterland of Khitan.

In these days and more than ten battles, he has tested the strength of the Khitan people, but that's all.

As long as the grain road is not cut off, they rely on vehicles to go north, and the Khitan people cannot stop them.

Li Congke went down from the watchtower.

The soldiers are packing up the utensils in the village, loading them into cars one by one, and getting ready to go north.

Looking at their relaxed faces, this Northern Expedition is not like a war at all, but like an outing.

In fact, Li Congke also felt this way.What he was most afraid of was the siege of the city. There were so many casualties, it was unbearable to look back on.The Khitans have very few cities, and most of them are cavalry, which is very easy to deal with.

"The Flying Bear Army is leaving." Li Congzhang, Marquis of Yu Yu, the capital of the Wansheng Yellow-headed Army, came over and said solemnly.

"Let's go?" Li Congke was stunned for a moment, and then realized: "Sooner or later. If the Khitan people hadn't been tricked today, the Feixiong army would not have the opportunity to move out."

"It's not for this reason." Li Congzhang said: "I heard that the sage personally recruited him, so I'm leaving tonight."

"Huh?" Li Congke's heart moved, and she moved closer to Li Congzhang, and said in a low voice, "But Helonggong..."

His heart was beating a little hard.

I once thought that there was no hope, and I put away my messy little thoughts, could it be——

"Nine times out of ten." Li Congzhang's voice was lower than Li Congke's.

The two looked at each other without saying anything.

"Don't make a fuss. Right now, we still have to continue going north. Zang Dubao urged him three times a day, and he won't be able to go on." Li Congke said, "If something important happens, we'll talk about it later."

Li Congzhang was a little worried: "If something serious happens, what should we do? Can we escape? Is it possible to surrender to Khitan?"

"If you really can't escape, you can only surrender. We will figure out a way later, when the world is in chaos, there will be more opportunities." Li Congke said: "But from my point of view, basically nothing will happen, we are destined to die. "

"That's right." Li Congzhang nodded, and said, "Right now we can only go northward and sell some strength. Otherwise, I'm worried that I will be punished by Qiu Hou."

"Ah!" Li Congke sighed with a deep meaning.

I'm afraid God won't give us warriors a chance!

(End of this chapter)