Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Dark clouds floated over, covering the few stars that were already there.

There was a drizzle in the sky again, and under this thick night, a one-sided killing was coming to an end.

The Nanzhao soldiers were about to rest after dinner, but they were temporarily sent north by the Shangguan, with chariots, horses and tools, to cut wood and build fences.

There is no doubt that everyone is full of resentment in their hearts, and they have complained endlessly on the road.After arriving at the destination, before he had time to eat some water and recover his strength, he was ordered by the officer to cut trees, and his resentment grew.

Three thousand soldiers plus two thousand tribesmen worked hard on this difficult and dangerous mountain.

During the period, I encountered a group of soldiers and horses fleeing southward. I heard they were from Changben Pass. I wanted to take them in to work together. Unexpectedly, the leader of the team was very arrogant and didn't buy it at all. He broke through the interception and disappeared under the night.

It just made them pissed off.

But there is no way, they are relatives of Dongchuan Jiedu envoy Yang Ganzhen, you really can't do anything about them.

After the broken soldiers slipped away, they continued to work.Because there was fire in their hearts and their hands and feet were not quick, the officers and leaders whipped them with whips, and the camp was in chaos.

At this moment, the more than 3000 cavalry led by Li Lin rushed directly in front of them who were stunned like soldiers from heaven.

Resistance is impossible to resist.

The people are scattered everywhere, the organization is chaotic, there are very few people wearing armor and weapons, and their physical strength is also greatly lacking. Compared with the Xia people who travel all night, they have no advantage.

Ever since, the rout was inevitable.

The four hundred cavalry led by Li Lin had already retreated to the distance, and the infantry became the protagonist of the killing.

The Nanzhao soldiers panicked and went straight down the hillside where the tree had been cut.But in the dark and in a panic, how can it be so easy to walk?Coupled with the pushing and crowding, an unknown number of people rolled into the deep valley, and there were endless screams.

Some people rolled onto tree trunks or rocks, and their eyes went dark.

Someone fell directly off the cliff, and the shrill screams echoed endlessly in the empty valley.

Someone fell into the turbulent river and disappeared without a trace after ups and downs for a while.

The rout battle at night is sometimes so terrible.

If it is a nighttime rout battle in a mountainous area with complex terrain, only God knows what the rout will suffer. Not many Indians were killed on the spot, but many fell into valleys and rivers. Everyone knows what will happen, and those who can be captured All the lucky ones.

Li Lin watched from the side and was also secretly startled.

In this kind of terrain, if one's own side is attacked at night and the whole army is in chaos, the end will not be much better than that of the enemy.

Thinking back to when Li Sheng and Qu Huan defeated the Fan and Zhao allied forces, there were more than [-] thieves, and only seven or eight thousand were actually killed face to face. However, they trapped the enemy in the valley and forced them to break through. In panic, they froze to death, Tens of thousands of people starved to death and fell to death.

The mountains in the southwest are different from the great plains in the north.

The environment is different, and the form of war is also different.

Li Sheng led the Shence Army, and Qu Huan led the Youzhou soldiers. They came from the north, quickly adapted to the terrain in the southwest, and won consecutive victories.There are only a few words in the history books, but this super adaptability is really amazing in the eyes of an insider like Li Lin-not only the chief general is powerful, but the level of the military academy below is also extraordinary.

The battle was quickly over.

The sergeants drove the captives to one place and counted them, and there were only about 700 of them.

Li Lin's eyes showed a fierce look for a moment, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

He asked people to find ropes, tied up the captives, and guarded them on the spot. Then he found the drinking water carried by the Nanzhao soldiers, and invited everyone to eat and drink—of course, the scouts had to spread their guard far away.

The crowd had just won a big battle, beheaded no less than a thousand ranks, and their morale was in full swing.The ground was full of mud, and everyone didn't dislike it. They all sat on the ground and started eating and drinking.

"Continue to chase after a while." Li Lin found several generals and said.

"Marquis Yu..." Yang Shigui hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your brothers fought a battle during the day and chased the enemy overnight. Although they have horses to travel, they have lost a lot of physical strength. If the thieves defend firmly, it may be difficult to win."

After all, they are human beings with a mortal body.No matter how good your skills are, no matter how strong your combat power is, if you lack physical strength, you will not be able to exert your strength.

Li Lin nodded silently, and said, "Of course I know, you don't need to say more. But in war, sometimes it depends on being brave, fast, and strange. Does Nanman know that we are coming so soon?"

Yang Shigui shook his head.

"Isn't that enough?" Li Lin said: "It is to bite them hard and chase them to the ends of the earth, so that they dare not look back and dare not resist. The Nanman is newly defeated, and right now is a time when people are panicking, and we suddenly rushed to kill them The false emperor Zheng Renmin knows how many people we have come? He doesn't know! He only knows that Yang Qianzhen was defeated, a terrible defeat, and lost tens of thousands of people. Dare. All he knows is that the thousands of troops he sent out to block the road would collapse at the first touch, causing heavy casualties."

"Zheng Renmin is only in his 20s. He was well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child. When he dies, he will play some court tricks and court intrigues. He has never commanded an army in battle, and he doesn't know what is going on on the battlefield. He naturally knows that the main force of our army will not come so soon, and he also has the prestige to rectify the turbulent hearts, boost the low morale, and then organize resistance."

"But I guess Zheng Renmin doesn't understand these things. He is a child of the emperor's family who suddenly became the son of the emperor under the shadow of his father. There were many such people in Chang'an in the former Tang Dynasty. They lingered in brothels and wine shops all day long, and their bodies were emptied before they were 30 years old. When I was 40 years old, I found someone to burn the golden elixir in an attempt to extend my life. This kind of person panics when things happen, has no independent opinions, and believes what the people around him say."

"We just want to create panic, let them mess up and play themselves to death."

Speaking of this, he pointed to the deep valley next to him and said, "If you were to strike with your knives over 5000 thieves, how long would it take? Now they jump down by themselves, falling to death, drowning, bumping to death, and starving to death." , how easy is it?"

Everyone laughed loudly after hearing this, and a little bit of worry disappeared.

"Most of the world has been leveled, and there are very few opportunities to make meritorious deeds on the battlefield." Li Lin continued: "Warriors have worked hard to gain wealth. This has been the case for more than a hundred years. Some wealth is not easy to get, such as the one who fought hard with Zhu Quanzhong." In seven or eight years, was it difficult? How many people died of fathers and sons, and died in battle, but they did not even touch the threshold of wealth. Is it difficult to beat Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, and Wang Rong? It is not easy! Even beating It's not easy to settle, they persisted until the last moment, how many people died during that time? But now there is a chance to win great wealth, and it's not very difficult..."

Having said that, he paused, successfully whetting everyone's appetite.

"It's today to seal my wife and son." Li Lin stood up, patted the muddy water on his body, and said with a smile.

"Confess wife and son." Hope appeared in everyone's eyes.

This is the biggest dream and the biggest pursuit of warriors.If none of this can be obtained, they don't know the point of continuing to fight.

Thinking of the glorious appearance of the other people after they made military exploits, everyone's blood surged, and their physical fatigue seemed to be gone.

Li Lin carefully observed the expressions of the crowd. Seeing that the mobilization was effective, he smiled with satisfaction, and said, "Actually, I just thought about it, and the matter is not as terrible as you imagined. When rushing to the vicinity of the enemy camp, if the enemy They are loose and smooth, easy to deal with, so you are welcome, go up and chop them up in pieces. If you encounter firm resistance, you will not be tough. We can spread more banners and drums in the mountains and forests, so that It is difficult for Nanban to tell how many people from our army have come, and there may be a chance at that time."

"Yu Hou is thoughtful, I admire you." Yang Shigui said sincerely.

Everything was taken into consideration, and he didn't just act recklessly. With such a general, what else is there to say?

After the ideological mobilization was over, Li Lin ordered the military academies to be divided into various departments to briefly mobilize the soldiers.

Now there is such an opportunity to make a big difference with a small one, and the superiors didn't ask them to die. The only thing they need to overcome is the fatigue on their bodies. Everyone is still willing to give it a try.

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After resting, everyone continued on the road.

They gathered the draft horses and a few war horses brought by the Nanzhao people to replace the old horses that could no longer move their legs after a long-distance raid, so they still maintained considerable mobility.

At the third quarter of the ugly hour, they encountered a group of fleeing rebels on the road. After a rush, the thieves cried for their father and mother, and either died or left.

Later, on the road, we also encountered broken soldiers in twos and threes.Everyone didn't bother wasting their energy to deal with them, and went directly south, turning a blind eye, making Nanman who was so frightened and hid in the grass by the roadside weep with joy.

At that time, they encountered more than 2000 rout soldiers lying on the side of the road panting.

The ruthless killing started immediately, and the rout soldiers didn't expect to meet Xia Bing here. They were already frightened and had no intention of resisting, and ran around all over the mountains and fields.

Li Lin ordered to stop the pursuit and move on.

At two o'clock, the eastern sky had already turned a bit pale, and the panting people climbed a gentle slope to look down at the front.

Good guy!Inside the col, there are densely packed camps and tents everywhere.The number is so great that it fills the whole valley.It couldn't even fit, because behind a ridge, there were more tents visible through the gap.

There must be tens of thousands of people, right? !
Li Lin's eyes wandered quickly, but he didn't see such an obvious marker as the yellow canopy.Obviously, Zheng Renmin is not in this valley.He has too many soldiers and horses, and the terrain is too broken, and there is no room for one place.

He was slightly disappointed.If they could go straight to the tent of the false emperor at this time, it might cause a lot of chaos.But if you think about it with your toes, you know that as the leader and Guobiao Xin, Zheng Renmin must be in the position of the central army, and what he sees now may be only the former army.You can't be too greedy!
"Ten General Yang, you immediately lead people to climb up, set up banners and drums, and listen to my orders." Li Lin ordered.

"Follow orders." Yang Shigui immediately gathered his hands, divided them into several groups, and headed in various directions.

Li Lin, on the other hand, carefully observed the positions of the bandit patrols and planned the route for the attack.

After finishing these, he asked the left and right: "Did Wang Jiao mention reinforcements yesterday?"

"It's mentioned. But I don't know when it will arrive."

"The only ones who can keep up with us are the thousand cavalrymen under He Delun. They take off the harnesses of the horses and hurry on the road, or they can keep up in time."

"The Flying Bear Army has far more horses than people, and they can also come."

Everyone said.

Li Lin calmed down a bit, looked around and said: "Why should we give up the great achievements to others? Let's charge for a while first, if it doesn't work, then we will make a fuss."

"Obey." Everyone's emotions have been ignited, commonly known as the top.Come here, don't fight, try the enemy's weight, is it reasonable?