Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1343 Anxiety

On the sixth day of the sixth month of the seventh year of Jianji, the main force of the Wansheng Yellow-headed Army arrived at Haji Village, accompanied by a large amount of food, grass and military resources.

Surrounded by the thick walls of the village, the warriors felt relieved, tiredness surged up in an instant, and they could finally take a good rest.

Along the way, being watched by a large group of cavalry was not easy.The thieves harass day and night, rushing to kill one after another, which makes people tense.

Some troops can't hold on for a day, such as the Song Army.

Some troops lasted for up to three days, and they were still the Song Army.

Some troops can persist for more than half a month, such as some European troops during the Crusades, and arrived at their destination safely.

Some troops can persist for several months, such as the [-] troops of Li Siyuan and Fu Cunshen, the [-] troops of Liu Yu who conquered Nanyan in the north, and the [-] troops of Ma Long who conquered Liangzhou in the west. Hundreds of thousands of riders are like nothing, and can even kill the enemy.

Wansheng Huangtoujun's performance is professional.

Along the way, every time the enemy strikes, they can deal with it very well.

The temptations of the Khitan people are not necessarily all coming from the brigade.In fact, in most cases, there are only a few people approaching to create panic. At this time, it is not appropriate to use arrows to cover a large area for riding and shooting. It is often necessary to shoot moving targets with superb archery skills to reduce consumption.

In addition, sometimes the enemy will concentrate their forces to attack a small car formation regardless of the loss.At critical moments, people in other vehicles need to open the barriers and go out to support.This is not an easy thing to do. If one is not good, it will be overwhelmed by others.

The same tactics, executed by different people, often have very different effects.

You use this method, you lose, and then yell around that it won't work.Is there a possibility that you can't do it, and the quality of your troops is too low?

The quality of soldiers is very important, and the quality of grassroots officers is very important.In contrast, in this face-to-face situation without too many tricks, the general's ability is no longer important. As long as he does not run away, everything goes according to plan, the quality of the soldiers is sufficient, the morale is high, and the supply is constant, he can be like a Wansheng's yellow-headed army also advanced to the clam village.

Of course, they are not without loss.

There were 3000 troops before the war, and there were still more than [-] left at this time.The biggest loss was that Li Congke led an army to chase and kill the remnants of the enemy, but was surrounded by people and almost failed to return.

"General Ma."

"General Stone."

Shi Junli and Ma Sixun bowed to each other.

The clam village was occupied by the black army, and the camp was also built by logging.A total of thousands of soldiers were commanded by Ma Sixun, the Marquis of Duyu.

This gentleman's native place is Haozhou, and Liang Jiang was born.Shi Junli didn't know him well, so he had nothing to say.After exchanging pleasantries, we went to the main topic: "My department carries [-] hu of grain, and the camps don't seem to be big enough. Zang Shuai has an order that each village must store at least [-] grains. Do we need to expand it?"

"Do you think this is a forest?" Ma Sixun smiled, and said not very politely: "The nearby Yulin has been cut down, and there is no way to expand it."

Shi Junli was a little annoyed, but he suppressed it.

What Ma Sixun said was also an objective fact.

If the land in Yingzhou is suitable for grazing and farming, then further north, the value of farming becomes less and less.Look at the surrounding environment?A large area of ​​sand dunes and grasslands, and sometimes some swamps can be seen, with some reeds and trees growing.

The types of trees are monotonous, mostly elms and willows.And these woods are not too big, there are one piece in the east and one piece in the west.According to Shi Junli's experience, after these trees are cut down, most of them will be gone, and the swamp may also shrink and eventually turn into sandy land.

The flat pine forest hundreds of miles to the north is probably similar.

The word pine and desert has already told you the local environment: a combination of thousands of miles of pine forests and desert grasslands.

Let’s not talk about how this vast pine forest has survived until now surrounded by deserts and grasslands. Let’s talk about itself. Once it disappears, is it possible to grow back? History has given the answer. By the time of the Ming Dynasty , the area of ​​the flat pine forest has shrunk greatly, and the disappeared pine forest has become a part of the Horqin Sandy Land.

"Go and explain to Zang Shuai yourself." Shi Junli said angrily.

"Haha." Ma Sixun smiled, but didn't answer.

The black army is a forbidden army. They have fought with the "Prince" for several years and have a close relationship. Are you afraid that you will descend?After the crusade against Khitan, whether the Wansheng Yellow-headed Army is still a problem.

After carefully inspecting the camp, Shi Junli climbed up to the watchtower and looked down at the world.

In the distance on the east and west sides, there are still some undulating mountains, but in the north, there is an endless wilderness.

The terrain is so flat!
The Khitan people are still wandering around, but the large group of people has disappeared, maybe they should go to the pasture to rest.

For them, this battle was really a torment.

Master Da Xia's mediocre tactics have the power to turn decay into magic.You can see through, you can foresee, but you can't do anything about it.

At the same time, Shi Junli also had a hidden worry in his heart.

Although Ma Sixun was hateful, the group of Liang people who surrendered early really did well.After this battle is over, will the Wansheng Yellow Head Army be abolished?The army has been disbanded, what should I do?Arrange a governor, for the rest of his life?

If the governor can be satisfied, why should I fight to the death?well.

On the seventh night of the sixth lunar month, the black army marched out of the camp in large numbers, carrying food and water for more than ten days, heading east all the way to the direction of the Khitan yamen tent.

Naturally, their movement could not be concealed from the Khitan people who were watching day and night, so a chase began.

Relying on Ma Duo, the Heiyu army escaped the pursuit of the Khitans.After stopping for a short while [-] miles east of Hakuzhai, they continued eastward. On the road, they even encountered a group of Khitan people grazing herds. They rushed up to fight and then continued eastward.

The Khitans chased and intercepted them, almost using tens of thousands of cavalry.

After nightfall, more than a thousand people from the Heishi Army continued to head east, and the main force of more than [-] people took advantage of the cover of night to quietly head north and then west.

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, they arrived at the ruins of the Jingfan garrison.After leaving some people on guard, the main force began to search the nearby Yulin. After cutting down wantonly, they did not process it, and built a simple camp at the gap in the damaged and collapsed earth wall.

The Khitans moved a little slowly, and they didn't chase them until the evening of the day. The black army even had time for the auxiliary soldiers who had finished their work to take their horses away to graze—there was no room for so many horses in the city.

Ma Sixun carefully climbed up the weak earthen wall, and grinned loudly: "Shi Lu, a thief, are you panicking? Your lair is getting closer and closer, haha!"

The dense Khitan cavalry surrounded them.

Their heads were hanging on their spears. It seemed that they should be the heads of the dead warriors of the Black Knife Army, and there were hundreds of them.

"Grass!" Ma Sixun slammed his fist against the dirt wall, causing dust to fly and mud to splash.

He went down to the top of the city, looking at the soldiers sitting on the ground calmly, he was very satisfied.

There were many thieves outside the city, and the city walls were rotten, but there was no panic on the faces of the [-] black warriors.

Some people are eating, some are maintaining their weapons, and some are sleeping with their eyes closed.

There was no whispering, only the calmness and composure before the battle.

"Shi Lu, old boy, let's see how long you can be so arrogant. When you break through the Yue King City, give all your wives and concubines to Brother Hua." After cursing in a low voice, Ma Sixun sat down and took the water from the soldiers. After shaking the sac, eat and drink slowly.

Milk powder has long been shaken during the horseback march.The action of filling milk powder can be completed immediately.

When the military situation is extremely urgent, if necessary, they can only eat dried meat, cheese, and soaked milk powder that they carry with them, and they can eat, drink, and scatter all on the horse.After dismounting, it goes directly into combat, with extremely high mobility and amazing combat effectiveness.

Zang Dubao used them as a pioneering force, and he really didn't know what he had learned in the lecture hall.

This person, no!
The sky gradually darkened, and the south wind suddenly picked up, rolling up a large amount of dust and sand.

In the sound of Diao Dou, there was a dead silence between heaven and earth, as if half of the living people were gone.

But anyone who is familiar with the battlefield knows that tragic fights often erupt suddenly and inadvertently.

******
Yelu Shilu fell down on the thick felt blanket.

I am old, and after riding a horse for a long time, my whole body is sore.

Yelu Yuzhi, the son of Occasion, brought food and wine.After a while, Occasion also came in.

"Xiamage played well, a big win." Ou Si sat down opposite Shi Lu, grabbed a leg of lamb and started to chew.

Xiamage went to Hujie Mansion with a large number of old and weak women and children, cattle and sheep, and of course guards.There are not many people, only more than [-] riders, not very strong, but they actually won?
"The two battles of Wuzhou and Gaozhou were victorious, and the [-] troops in the Bohai Sea were defeated. More than [-] people were beheaded and [-] people were captured." Ou Si added.

"How many casualties?" Shi Lu asked.

"More than 2000." Occasionally said: "It's really a lot. This time, the Bohai people recruited tens of thousands of Heishui Mohe soldiers, especially the Heishui Five Divisions. They are brutal and fierce. They continued to fight to the death, and finally most of them were captured. Xiama Ge loved his bravery, so he stayed in his tent and went to plunder the Bohai Sea together."

"The rise and fall of the world, is there a definite number?" Shi Lu sighed after hearing this.

The five tribes of Heishui were driven thousands of miles north by the Bohai people.

100 years ago, the fifth Blackwater Division had more people, better equipment, and stronger combat effectiveness, forcing the people of Bohai to build a side wall to prevent them from going south to plunder.But when the Bohai Sea was prosperous, several generations of kings relayed their efforts, and finally killed these fierce savages, and they either surrendered or escaped.

At that time, Bohai even dared to challenge Tang in Yingzhou.In the Battle of Madu Mountain, more than [-] Tang troops were annihilated, and the power was greatly expanded.

But there is no immortal dynasty in the world, and Bohai has also ushered in the end of the two hundred years since its founding.They can no longer control the Blackwater Five Divisions, their army is completely rotten, and the whole country is a piece of fat.Khitan doesn't have this life, if they can eat them and digest them well, maybe there will be a great fortune.

Pity!
"What rise and fall?" Occasionally asked.

"Let's not talk about this." Shi Lu said in a dispirited way: "The Xia people have already left the mountains and ran to the grasslands. What do you think should be done next?"

Even thinking about it, I can't eat it anymore.

Like Shi Lu, he became more and more anxious day by day.

In the beginning, the Xia people went north from Yingzhou, and they slowly stagnated. Although they were nervous at that time, they still had hope, thinking that the strategy of luring the enemy deep might work.

The further north the Xia people went, the longer the food road, the more exhausted the morale of the army, and the more casualties.But as they made progress step by step, the two villages of Haji and Jingfan were established one after another, and they went northward for three hundred miles at once, and Shilu couldn't sit still.

The grain road is stretched, but it seems that it has not been successfully cut off.

A Baoji led the elite to the south, and there were also results of the battle, but only the results of the battle. Several Xia people's grain transport teams were wiped out, but they failed to completely cut off the grain road.

Moreover, Shi Lu just discovered a problem: According to the Xia people's habit of hoarding grain in every city, even if the grain road is completely cut off, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to persist for three months.

three months?The winner may have already been decided.

Shi Lu has already sent someone to find A Baoji, he really wants to have a talk with his nephew.The original tactics may be wrong and must be adjusted.

"Shilu, perhaps it's time to bring back all the soldiers, especially the infantry in the military states, and find a way to besiege and completely destroy the Xia people's army stronghold." Ou Si said: "Actually, they are a bit aggressive. Some The "Black Army" came unexpectedly and penetrated into our rear. It looked brave, but it was easy to fall into a tight siege. Now it's time to announce the news of the victory of the Hujie Mansion to all the ministries, boost morale, and then mobilize heavy troops to eat their camp. In short, they cannot be allowed to move forward step by step. The Jingfan Village they built can reach Donglou and Longhua Prefecture in the north, Miyun County in the west, and Laoyazhang, Muye Mountain, and Zihai in the east. In Meng County, which one is not the family business we have accumulated over the years?"

"Let's wait for A Baoji to reply." Shi Lu said.

(End of this chapter)