Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Outside the city of Yazhou, people were screaming and the lights were brightly lit.

After hearing the results of the Battle of Pingqiangshui, Li Tangbin cursed, saying that Li Lin was ignorant and scared people away.

The envoys who came back to report the victory were also very wronged. They just came to fight in an array. They didn't expect the thieves to be so ruthless. Who is to blame?Changed to Zhu Quanzhong's left and right long straight troops back then, most of them would not be able to move...

Li Tangbin was even angrier when he heard this.But he was too lazy to argue with the little messenger, and ordered to speed up the pace on the spot, and all the ministries showed their own abilities, and hurriedly tried to find a way to cross the river.

The defenders of Yazhou also left the city. They spread the defense line widely, and sent people to patrol every corner, in order to warn in time.As for Wang Jiao, the number one general in the city, under the order of King Yan, he brought nearly 3000 people south to take over Changben Pass.

In Choushi, Li Tangbin arrived at the south bank, surrounded by his personal entourage, and went to camp in the camp abandoned by Yang Qianzhen.

"This battle is such a big scene!" Looking at the masters who were digging holes to bury the corpses, Li Tangbin suddenly felt a little emotional.

He has already received a report: During the daytime battle, more than [-] people were beheaded on the spot, and [-] people were beheaded and more than [-] people were captured during the subsequent pursuit.

In addition, if you search carefully in the surrounding ravines, you may be able to find many corpses and capture some people.

This battle really defeated the thief head-on, and the effect was very good.

"Li Dutou." King Yan Shao Mingyi went out of the camp in person, saluting: "The camp has been swept and cleaned, Dutou can rest in the camp. If you think it's rough, you can go to the city."

"No need." Li Tangbin said directly: "What is Fei doing? After the army has crossed the river, the whole army will go south to fight the thieves."

"The mountain road in front of us is steep, and the only place that can handle the large army is the one in Hanyuan County, Lizhou." Shao Mingyi reminded.

"What a young and energetic prince." Li Tangbin laughed, and said, "This time is a bit risky, but—he is very courageous. He also grasped the timing very accurately, and he is quite ready."

Shao Mingyi couldn't tell whether Li Tangbin was praising him or hurting him, so he could only say: "Dutou is the most important general in the country, if you have time, you will definitely have the audacity to ask for advice."

"It's good if you think so." Li Tangbin smiled and said, "The Battle of Yazhou, to be honest, doesn't have much to say about it. Even if you can only read military books rigidly, follow the above ones, you can still keep it tight. .It's not a test of real ability."

"The sages of the past had something to say. The first-class generals and troops can go deep into the enemy's territory and launch an attack on their own initiative."

"The second-class army can take the initiative to launch an attack within its own territory."

"The third class, stand firm in the enemy's territory."

"The last one, stick to your own territory."

"Whether an army can show its true skills is often reflected in the offense. Offense is far more difficult than defense. I don't even take a look at the so-called 'famous generals' who rely on defense."

Li Tangbin spoke carelessly, and immediately silenced everyone around him.

Li Tangbin didn't take it seriously, he didn't target anyone, and what he said was the most reasonable in the army.

Isn't it true that the attack tests the general's ability and the overall strength of the troops?I didn't say that King Yan won't attack, I just reminded him a little bit.

"Dutou's words made me suddenly enlightened." Shao Mingyi saluted again, and said, "I hope Mr. Li will give me more advice later."

If you are polite to others, you must ask for something.Li Tangbin still understands this truth, but Yan Wang's attitude is very good, which makes him very comfortable, so let's teach him more in the future.

"I don't dare to ask for advice. Your Highness is the commander in chief. To win this battle well is more important than anything else." Li Tangbin said, "Have you ever prepared horse feed?"

"The bran, beans, and hay have already been prepared." Shao Mingyi replied.

Li Tangbin immediately gave him a high look.When to do something, Yan Wang is still very clear.

"People can not eat or sleep, but horses can't. Your Highness has a heart." After Li Tangbin finished speaking, he immediately called Yang Hongyin and He Delun, and asked them to quickly send people to collect the horse feed and feed the horses as soon as possible.

Li Lin, the envoy of the Qing Dynasty, has conquered Changben Pass, and the situation is very good. Of course, he must pursue him immediately.

Every time Li Tangbin thinks of this guy's performance, he is both happy and worried.

The joy is that he is really brave and dares to fight.

The worry is don't go too far, and break the vanguard.

Based on this consideration, follow-up support is very necessary.At present, it mainly relies on the four-legged cavalry for reinforcements. In the future, as the distance gradually increases, the cavalry will fall behind, and then it will have to rely on the tens of thousands of infantry in his hands.

Shao Mingyi hesitated to speak, hesitated for a long time, and finally said nothing.

He actually knew Li Tangbin's plan very well.

He also really wanted to gather troops and rush in front of Zheng Renmin, to show him the majesty of Prince Da Xia.

Young people, who hasn't fantasized about it?
Maybe when he is ten years older, he will not have these emotions that can be called enthusiasm or boring.But at this moment, he really wanted to make an extraordinary achievement and make everyone admire him.

Just think about it.

Shao Mingyi smiled wryly, hoping that Li Lin would play well.

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Li Lin really rushed hard enough.

They found some rice and pickles abandoned by the thieves in Changben Pass. After eating them hastily, they leaned against the corner of the wall, closed their eyes and rested their minds to recover their strength.

At half past nine, the officers walked around and called up the sergeants who had almost rested.

Everyone was silent and began to organize the equipment.

At this moment, there was a rush of horseshoes in Guanbei, which sounded like thousands of riders.

Li Lin didn't dare to be negligent, he climbed to the top of the city himself, looked north, and at the same time sent people out of the city to negotiate.

After a long while, the people who left the city came back and reported: "General Wang's men and horses total five hundred riders, and they brought more than 4000 horses."

"Great!" Li Lin immediately ordered to open the city gate without doubting him.

More than 4000 horses definitely brought all the means of transportation that Yazhou could raise. Whether it was the personal followers of King Yan, the cavalry of the Shu Army, or the cavalry of the Youguo Army in Wangjiao, all the horses that could be used were here.Even the horses of wealthy households and merchants in the city were expropriated. One of the specialties of Li and Yazhou is the "Shu horse". The Shu horse is not tall and does not run fast, but it adapts to the terrain and climate of the southwest , make do with it.

"Li Dalang is chasing and fighting like this, chasing and attacking quickly, perhaps it is beyond the Nanman's expectations. This battle is exciting." Wang Jiao looked at Li Lin and said in a somewhat envious tone.

He and Li Lin are not the same people.

Li Lin is a student of martial arts, and to a certain extent, a student of the Son of Heaven. He is very trusted. As long as there is a real shortage, he can immediately take over without wasting time.

But he is not.

He was born in the army and came up from the bottom step by step.The family background is not good, did not provide any help.Being able to rise to this level is already a fluke.

Now we are at a crossroads of fate.Li Lin was ordered to pursue the enemy, but he could only take over the defense of Changben Pass and wait for the next order.

"There are still many opportunities in the future." Li Lin laughed and said: "Nanzhao is still alive, General Wang must not relax, there are many opportunities to kill thieves and defeat the enemy, why worry?"

"That's right." Wang Jiao smiled, and said, "Speaking of which, how many people envy us? After the destruction of Huainan, only the Western Regions were able to make meritorious service. It was a surprise that Nanman jumped out. Brother, but go first, we will be determined." Hitting the ground running."

"I'd like to borrow your good words." Li Lin patted Wang Jiao's shoulder and said with a smile.

The pursuit of the enemy was imminent, and the two did not chat too much.After the preparations for the attack were completed, Li Lin waved his hand and led more than 3000 people southward overnight to pursue them.

In Changben Pass, there are still a few people staying behind.They are mainly responsible for taking in their own soldiers who have fallen behind - long-distance pursuit, the enemy will fall behind, and of course some people will fall behind in Li Lin's vanguard army.

From Changben Pass to the south, the road is actually very difficult and dangerous.

Perhaps because of the rain during the day, the ground was still muddy and slippery.

Fortunately, there are still some stars and moons in the sky, otherwise this pursuit may not have seen the enemy, and he would have been thrown to pieces.

But even so, in the process of going south, people still rolled down the valley from time to time, and they didn't know if they were alive or dead.

Just like sailing a ship on the sea and the sailors fall into the sea, the ship will not stop, and at this time, no one will search for his own robe that fell off the cliff.

They can only fend for themselves, this is a cruel battlefield.

At midnight, the army found a place to rest on the flat ground beside the mountain road.

Li Lin looked around, and there were dense forests everywhere on both sides, as well as valleys of different depths.In the distance, there are endless mountains, which are dark in the night, giving him a lot of pressure.

In the valley, occasionally there will be some movement.Probably beasts, but more likely made by humans.

Li Lin was too lazy to search.

He knew very well that there must be a large number of rout soldiers hiding among these mountains.But these disorganized people are not scary, nor do they pose much of a threat.As long as you are faster than them, everything is not a problem.

After the rest, he led everyone back on the horse.The horse was not very willing, restless, and even kicked people, but under appeasement, everyone finally got on the horse's back and rushed to the south—soldiers can suffer, but horses can't It's too shameful to endure hardship!

In Choushi, just when everyone's morale was a little bit low by the silent and dangerous march, the dozens of riders walking in the front suddenly stopped.

"Prepare to kill the thief!"

"Prepare to kill the thief!"

"Prepare to kill the thief!"

The orders were passed down one after another until the end of the dark night.

Li Lin took a deep breath.

Not far ahead, thousands of thieves are setting up camp.

They seemed to have just arrived and were in a mess.Even the scout sentries were not dispatched in time, unloading unloading, logging logging, lighting fires...

"The cavalry went straight to the depths of the bandit camp and disrupted it."

"The infantry are behind, rush to the front of the battalion, dismount and charge as a whole team."

The order was passed on one after another.

In fact, there is no need to do this, because there seems to be a lot of masters mixed up in the Nanman in front of him, and they are afraid that they will be chaotic if they are rushed by the cavalry.But Li Lin still subconsciously followed the rules-if he didn't follow the rules and fought blindly, he might win this time, but if he encountered a hard problem, he would suffer a big loss.

After the order was delivered, Li Lin held up Tiesao and said, "Today—"

"It's just death!" The sergeants responded in unison.

The voice was not loud, but a strong murderous aura instantly permeated the entire audience like a mountain of haze.

More than four hundred riders took the lead and rushed over a short distance of several hundred steps.

The pawns clamped the horse's belly and followed closely behind.

During the charge, people kept falling into the valley, but the whole dragon still rushed into the enemy camp with an irresistible momentum.

The sword slashed at the chest of the stunned enemy soldier.

Horseshoes trampled on the backs of desperate foes.

There were cries and shouts one after another.

The entire camp exploded almost instantly...

Thousands of thieves rushed forward, not knowing what happened.

The thousands of soldiers Zheng Renmin sent over overnight to cut wood and set up fences were just to deliver food.