Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 280 Breaking the Enemy Soldier (Adding Updates to the Leader Li Yanling)

"People in Hanzhong are simple and uneducated, and they don't care much about profit. They are obsessed with food and drink, and they are busy with farming and fishing. Although they have a small house and firewood gate, they must also eat meat." In the evening, Shao Shude was still reading "Sui Shu" in the camp.

The soldiers brought the meals, and Zhao Guangfeng, an important member of the army, rushed over early.When the commander-in-chief eats meals, he likes to be with his close staff, and he may even ask some questions during the meal.Although it seems that it does not conform to the ancient motto of "eating without speaking", the general is a martial artist, and a martial artist can do anything - "understand".

"Shannan West Road, the essence is in Liangzhou and Yangzhou." Shao Shude put down the "Sui Shu" and said: "The people in these two states are relatively rich, but the southern states are not so good."

Just as Zhaoyi Town was divided into two states in Hedong and three states in Hebei by Taihang Mountain, Shannan West Road was actually divided into two parts by Daba Mountain.The Hanzhong Basin to the north of the mountain is relatively affluent. The people in Liangzhou (Xingyuanfu) and Yangzhou are busy with farming and fishing, and their small life is not bad.The agricultural production technology in Banan states is very eye-catching. Slash-and-burn farming is the norm, and there are many barbaric and wild people. The main body of agricultural production is also these non-Han groups-of course, after many years, these people have basically been assimilated.

"Commander." Zhao Guangfeng put down his rice bowl and said, "Although the states in Banan are poor, they still produce cloth and tea. The fang cloth is delicate and is a tribute to the country. In the future, the general may wish to order Xingyuan Mansion to offer fang cloth every year." , some tea leaves to make up for the lack of expenses in the town."

Shao Shude nodded.Silk can be directly used as money, and it is indispensable for military rewards, official salaries, and bulk purchases.

The grain of Xingyuan Mansion is not expected to be transported to the north.The road is far away and dangerous, and if ten carts of grain are on the road, it would be good to get three carts.If the grain from central Sichuan is transported northward, ten carts may only reach one cart, and the loss will be too great.

The earthquake that year profoundly changed the relationship between Bashu and the Central Plains.After the earthquake, the Hanshui River not only diverted its course, but also changed its water level, which blocked the way for grain ships from central Shu to pass through Guanzhong.

But food cannot be transported, but materials such as copper coins, silk, and tea can be transported north.There is still a lot of room for improvement in the Banan prefectures. There are too few Han people, and there are many wild beasts. If they can be properly managed, tamed with elegance, and improved agricultural technology of the wild beasts, the production of silk tea can be further increased.

In fact, to a certain extent, Shannan West Road is somewhat similar to Lingxia. They are both a core agricultural area and radiate to the surrounding densely populated areas.Lingxia radiates the Hengshan Dangxiang and Grassland Fan tribes, and Xingyuan Mansion radiates the Qiang people in the western mountains, as well as the Man and Liao in the Banan prefectures.

But their Man and Liao can make more money than the grassland tribes. This is the biggest difference.

"Someone thinks about it, Zhuge Zhongfang is afraid that he can't manage the ten states well, can he..." Shao Shude pushed away the plate in front of him, and he didn't feel like eating.

"Marshal, don't move lightly for the time being." Zhao Guangfeng guessed Shao Shude's thoughts all of a sudden, and remonstrated: "Let Zhuge Zhongfang send the eldest son to Lingxia, and give some money and things every year. After a few years, then Let me intervene, and take it slowly."

"Forget it. Somebody wanted to recommend one or two governors. Hearing what you said, let's forget it." Shao Shude smiled and said: "Wait for me to defeat Zhuge Zhongbao first, and the Banan states have seen the might of our army." , naturally know how powerful it is.”

"You are handsome and wise."

On the 27th, the two armies lined up on the plains in the mountains, valleys, and another silent understanding.

Shao Shude has the capital to procrastinate, but Zhuge Zhongbao cannot afford it.The essence of each defeat lies in the time difference, and you must actively seek the enemy's decisive battle.

"Zhuge Zhongbao, his progress is limited compared to that of the past." Shao Shude set up the commander's flag on a high slope, looked out at the enemy, and said with a smile: "But he has some bloody courage. In the past, when the Yellow Nest was called for in the Guanzhong, I did not see the nest thief sticking to it The city is not out. The courage to dare to fight is still there. If Zhuge Zhongbao retreats into the city, he dare not fight in the field, and some will look down on him instead."

The one who fought was the Tielin Army, the first Lingxia Army, with the title of Marshal and Pro-Army.

In recent years, although the Tielin army has often gone out to battle, it has not fought as many battles as the Wuwei army and the Xinquan army.Shao Shude noticed this sign in time, and now deliberately arranged for him to participate in the fight.Without fighting and seeing no blood, how can you be worthy of the title of pro-military?
More than [-] people from the Tielin Army formed a square formation, purge on foot and on horseback, and lined up in the breeze in the mountains.

Behind them, there are eight thousand people from the right wing of Tianzhu Army and Yi Cong Army.Shannan generals Niu Li and Wang Qianyu each led more than a thousand soldiers to the left and right sides of the formation, serving as scattered teams.

The [-] soldiers of the Baosai Army guarded the camp and did not directly participate in the battle.

The mountains and valleys can't be used, so they can only line up like this.

Zhuge Zhongbao formed a geese-shaped formation, and the first ones should be his elite soldiers—wait a minute, Shao Shude felt that he lacked a telescope, so he set up an awning and took a closer look. Are these barbarian soldiers?
There are hundreds of people, with incomplete armor, disorganized formation, and various weapons, both long and short.Such a soldier can be used as a scattered team to harass, but is it suitable to be the vanguard of the first wave?

"Commander, this is a barbarian soldier. He was lured by riches and goods, and he is not used to fighting. His favor is easy to shake, and his power can be overcome." Zhao Guangfeng has also made up some military books in the past two years. Compared with Chen Cheng, he is certainly inferior. It's not as good, but these words are also on the point.

Shao Shude looked at it for a while, then said: "Let Xu Hao lead hundreds of horses up and station them between the central army and the right wing, but when they see the flags, they attack them violently."

"As ordered."

While speaking, the Man Liao people on the opposite side drank a bowl of wine, then threw the bowl on the ground, and killed them aggressively.

Behind these five or six hundred barbarians, more than a thousand soldiers also lined up and moved forward slowly.You have to stop every twenty steps, otherwise you will be too scattered, Shao Shude shook his head again and again, and said: "Shannan soldiers have not practiced fighting for a long time, and now they have won a big victory."

Yang Liang took off the long-handled Mo Dao from his back.

He didn't know how to use this thing at first, but later he learned from a few Heyang veterans, and gradually fell in love with this kind of weapon that is a life-threatening weapon.

During the Huichang period, when Liu Zhen was being challenged, Wang Zai, the general of Shence and the Jiedu envoy of the Zhongwu Army, led an army of [-] troops to assist Heyang.Because of the lack of equipment in the army, the edict bestowed one thousand armors, three thousand bows, and two thousand mo knives.After the war, when Mengzhou was built, Wang Zai's soldiers and horses stayed in the town, so most of the soldiers in Heyang were good at using Mo Dao, and Yang Liang learned from them.

Ten generals Yang are proficient in Changlong, Mo Dao, Bu Bow, and Machete, and today he is going to test the sword with the barbarians.

The barbarians quickly approached.

The sound of horns came from behind the formation, and the sergeants put their spears at their feet, took out their step bows and fired a round of salvos.

The barbarian has no armor, and the casualties are not light.They fought back quickly, however, with good accuracy.Guochao's evaluation of the barbarians in the Banan states for "learning to shoot and hunt" is not a lie.

Maybe they felt that it was too disadvantageous to be compared with archery with a well-arranged army. After shooting three or four arrows, the barbarians let out a roar, ran quickly in small steps, and rushed straight up.

"Kill!" Yang Liang avoided the oncoming knife and axe, held the knife with both hands, and slashed down hard.Huge resistance first came from the blade, and then it unstoppably slanted out.

A head was thrown to the ground.

The sergeants formed a tight formation, staring closely at the chest and abdomen of the rushing barbarian, and stabbing a spear from time to time, often hitting the vital point.

Veterans fight very differently than recruits.Their palms won't sweat, they won't be unable to hold the spears firmly, and they won't waste extra energy when killing people, just staring at the enemy's chest and abdomen.Sometimes there will be small cooperation between two or three people, and the tacit understanding is so amazing.

And this kind of tacit understanding is extremely valuable on the battlefield.Because you don't need to make a sound, the familiar Pao Ze can guess your intentions, and then help each other to kill the enemy more efficiently.Correspondingly, if your robe is killed, you may not be able to find such a tacit helper for a while.

This is the value of veterans, and it is also one of the important reasons why it is difficult for an elite division to rebuild after a devastating blow.

Amidst the clash of weapons, the formation of the Iron Forest Army slowly moved forward.

They are like a slowly starting train, and once they gain momentum, they are unstoppable.

There are all corpses lying in disorder under the feet, most of them are wild beasts who rushed to the battle.They are brave and brave, but they fight without rules, without coordination, and with poor equipment.Zhuge Zhongbao used them to take the lead, which can be described as a big mistake.

Yang Liang abandoned the Mo knife, held a long lance, jumped out, and stabbed two people one after another.

Seeing his beard and hair splayed and his roaring, the barbarians were even more barbaric than them, they were a little frightened, and subconsciously wanted to avoid him.But in front of the slowly advancing formation, where can we avoid it?
There are long spears that keep stabbing everywhere, and they cooperate very well, often blocking the first stab, but not the second.Even the first stab might be false, and the silent spear from the side is the real killing move.

Shao Shude could see clearly on the high slope.At this time, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield: the small formation where the barbarians focused on attacking moved forward the fastest, protruding faintly.It seemed that the enemy's impact not only failed to make them retreat, but successfully aroused their anger, making these Tianwu athletes fight back bravely, and even chased them out, stabbing the enemy to the ground fiercely.

Zhuge Zhongbao, what kind of bullshit soldiers are you practicing!

Xu Hao led the cavalry up.

The states of Xingyuan have vertical and horizontal mountains and continuous hills.These cavalrymen, leading their horses along the way, were basically useless, and they were very aggrieved.After finally encountering a relatively flat river valley, the enemy troops are also very cooperative and willing to form a field battle. When the opportunity arises, you have to have a good time!
Nearly a thousand cavalry swept across the edge of the battlefield like a gust of wind, and plunged obliquely into the group of barbarians who were being pushed back and retreated steadily after repeated attacks.

In the land of the south of the mountain, war horses are rare. When did you see hordes of cavalry charge?Some brave ones stabbed directly with spears, while the cowardly ones turned around and fled.

Xu Hao took his time and drove the more than [-] barbarians who were fleeing back to the main formation.

Large canopy arrows flew out of the enemy's formation, and the barbarians screamed and fell down one after another.However, there were still some people who rushed back into the formation and squeezed directly into the crowd without going through the gap between the two formations, causing a little confusion.

Xu Hao looked at it cheaply, and rushed to the enemy line with more than a hundred riders.

The horse rushed towards it at high speed, and when the horse picked it up, an enemy soldier was thrown out.

The cavalry rushed forward one after another, some of them were directly stabbed by the enemy's spears and fell off their horses, and some even ran into them with their horses, causing chaos.

Xu Hao's horse lance got stuck when stabbing the third person, and the horse was also hit by an arrow.He got up from the ground and waved a white pole like a mad tiger, no one dared to approach him.

"Follow me to kill the thief!" Xu Hao slammed his stick on the head of the enemy in front of him, and shouted: "My strong man, An Neng died at the hands of these mobs! Kill! Kill them all!"

The morale of the cavalry who rushed into the formation was greatly boosted.

More than ten riders ran to his side, and one of them turned over and gave the horse to Xu Hao.

Xu Hao didn't refuse, he clamped his horse's belly, and fought hard with his stile, and charged for more than ten steps. He was shot several times, but all of them were blocked by the heavy armor, and the horse fell to the ground again.

"Life or death is life or death! If it doesn't work, you will die with the thief, kill!" The white stile knocked down another person, and there were traces of brutal fighting everywhere on the armor. Xu Haohun continued to call the soldiers to come forward without realizing it. rush.

"Good... what a brave general!" Zhao Guangfeng watched from behind, his blood boiling.

Shao Shude also praised the bravery of the soldiers of the Iron Forest Army.Like many strong men, still worried about being raised and abandoned?impossible!
At this time, looking down from a height, the thousands of cavalry led by Xu Hao had already pierced through the enemy's second formation, and rushed into the third formation with disordered soldiers.And behind them, a large group of infantry marched forward with a wall of lances, and the order of their formation was almost the same as before the battle.

On the other hand, the enemy army is in chaos, chaos!
(End of this chapter)