Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 29

Hao Zhenwei did not go out to rescue in the end.

Li Jinzhong took his life to attack the army village. On the eighth day of the first day, he attacked for a whole day, and he was killed and injured.Xu Shi was in a hurry, and he ordered people to turn on the lights to fight at night, and continued to attack, ignoring that the soldiers were already very tired.

On the ninth day, the offensive was still fierce.Li Keyong only gave him two days, and Li Jinzhong was under great pressure and went to the front line to command.The soldiers of the Tiande Army used the stockade to resist desperately. Both sides risked their lives. The battalion gate where the competition was fiercest was full of corpses, and the snow was dyed red.

In the afternoon, Li Jinzhong threw in his own soldiers.He didn't have the time to waste any more time. This group of fighting men from Zhenwu Army in the stockade really fought hard and dared to fight, which surprised him. They were much stronger than the gangsters in Hedong Town.

But he also understood that the frontier army, from west to east, the Shuofang Army, Tiande Army, Xia Sui Army, Zhenwu Army, Datong Army, and Youzhou Army guarded the frontier all the year round. .Although the Datong Army can fight, isn't the Zhenwu Army, which has been fighting against the five northern ministries and Dangxiang Uighurs all year round?

The next battle is still fierce.Li Jinzhong has more than 200 soldiers in total, which are the old capital he has accumulated for many years. They eat and live together on weekdays, and the treatment is excellent. The corresponding morale and combat effectiveness are also high.

If these people are lucky, they will be able to survive consecutive battles. If they have a certain chance, they may not be able to become generals. It can be said that it is very distressing to die.But there is no way to do this. To eat other people's food, you have to work for them. Even if there is a sea of ​​swords and flames in front of you, you have to bite the bullet.

The tragic fighting continued until nightfall, and the personal soldiers lost about [-] people, but the military fortress was still not captured.The impatient Li Jinzhong even killed a group of defeated soldiers to vent his anger.

To be honest, these retreating defeated soldiers are already very interesting. 500 people went up and killed more than 90 directly. There are almost the same number of people lying on the ground crying, and they don't know if they can come back.With the battle at this level, you really can't blame them for not wanting to die, but you can only blame both sides for being red-eyed.

After beheading more than a dozen low-ranking officers among the defeated soldiers, Li Jinzhong sent another group of men to the front, continuing to put pressure on the defenders.And his main force slowly retreated, had a meal and rested, recharged his energy, and waited for the thunderous strike after the night.He has no way out. Although Li Keyong did not send anyone to urge him, he is very clear about the character of his coach: ruthless.

The weather was not very good tonight, with heavy clouds blocking most of the moonlight.In the distance, the Zhelu army city was brightly lit, and there was no sign of a large army being dispatched to block it.

Bah, coward!Li Jinzhong looked both disdainfully and anxiously at the main force of the Tiande army who was a tortoise, and sighed in his heart that Li Ke's plan was about to fail.People have made it clear that they treat the stockade outside the city as an abandoned child, and spend it with you.As soon as your main force leaves, most of them will rush out and turn the soldiers and horses you left behind to a screeching halt. By the way, the Caocheng River route is blocked, allowing you to go south without supplies, greatly reducing the room for strategic maneuver.

This is not easy to do!
After dinner, the battle continued. At the end of the battle, Li Jinzhong's eyes were splitting, and he took off his helmet and threw it on the ground, but the camp had not yet been captured.Just when he was about to bring hundreds of people into battle, there was a sudden commotion in the camp, and it seemed that something had changed.Li Jinzhong couldn't believe his eyes. After sending his own soldiers to inquire, all the defenders in the village shouted "Li Shijing has run away"!
This Nima, is the pie falling from the sky?Li Jinzhong suddenly pushed aside the entourage beside him, and when he got closer, he saw chaos in front of the crowded camp.The arrows shot out were sparse, and Sen Leng's spear was also a little sloppy. What else could it be if there was a problem?

Without his order, the officers below had already launched a fierce attack. They were slashing at the camp gate with big axes. There were no arrows or spears in the camp to stop them, and it took almost half an hour to break through the camp— No, now it is time to send people to report the victory. There are only two days left, and the patience of the military envoys is mostly exhausted.

Li Keyong received the news during his inspection.He hadn't slept at this time, and was patrolling the camp with his personal soldiers, in case the Tiande army raided at night.The plan to lure the Tiande army out of the city to fight was a failure, which made him very depressed.I heard that the commander of their army is Hao Zhenwei, who knows all the soldiers and horses in the front office, and he is also very cowardly.Now that he has made up his mind not to save him, and sit and watch Pao Ze outside the city fighting alone, what's the point of setting up a stockade?Totally worthless!
But no matter what, Li Keyong never thought of attacking the city, and Hao Zhenwei never thought of going out to rescue the city. The battle between the two sides is really hard to describe.At this point, whether Li Jinzhong captured the stockade or not is of secondary importance. What to do with the more than 10,000 troops of the Datong Army is the key, and it is time to make a decision.

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Of course, the two consecutive days of fighting outside the city could not hide the main force of the Tiande army from Zheluping.Rumors abounded in the army, some said that they were going to fight outside the city, some said that they were going to break through the siege, and some said that reinforcements were coming from the south, which made Hao Zhenwei furious and killed more than ten people in a row. Only then did the rumors stop.The army of the late Tang Dynasty was not good at this point. The combat effectiveness was strong enough, but there were too many arrogant soldiers and too many strange words.

After the rectification of military discipline, the Tiande army still huddled in the city.Shao Shude is actually a bit slandered about this. The existence of the stockade originally echoed the military city. The partial divisions in the stockade were attacked, and the main force in the city should be dispatched to rescue.

Conversely, when the enemy is attacking the city, the divisions outside the city should also try their best to harass them, because you are more convenient and flexible when you are outside.But Hao Zhenwei sent too few troops outside the city, at least 1500-2000 troops. Even when the enemy was besieged with heavy troops, they didn't move, but the result was only a loss of morale.

After observing and studying for so many days, Shao Shude consciously has some experience. He often puts himself in the position of Hao Zhenwei, the capital, to estimate the consumption of military supplies, food and grass, understand the morale of each department, observe the layout of the enemy, and then corroborate his ideas with Hao Zhenwei's actions, see See what's different.

Lao Lu laughed at him, fighting for Han's life and worrying about the capital, and Shao Shude could only smile bitterly.In this world, no matter how brave an individual is, what can he do?The ability of one enemy is not desirable, but the knowledge of ten thousand enemies should be studied carefully.

Of course, this is not to say that "one enemy" is useless, in fact it is very useful.At least Shao Shude is now quite famous in Zheluping because of his superb archery.With this kind of reputation, the benefits of being invisible are huge. For example, people are willing to listen to you and hang out with you at critical moments.

But in the final analysis, this is still a low-level influence. Compared with being a general, fighting with thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it is completely different. At least the possibility of others dying is much lower than you. .

Isn't Li Renjun now Hao Zhenwei's scapegoat?what is the reason?One of the ten generals and the other of the chief, the former obeys the command and dispatch of the latter, and this is the difference.

On December [-], the sky fell heavily with snow again.After Shao Shude completed the name list in the camp, he let the soldiers disband and went back to maintain the equipment.This ghost weather is so cold to the bone, I don't know how Li Keyong can stand it outside.The north wind is howling, and the sky is snowing heavily. In a few days, the sergeants are afraid that they will rebel.

Shao Shude walked around outside the camp on the snow to see if anyone was lazy at each key post.He really cherishes his soldiers, but he absolutely cannot tolerate his subordinates stealing and cheating, because this is a joke about the lives of himself and his brothers.

The old brothers in Xicheng knew that he was very strict in this regard and did not dare to do anything wrong. However, haven't there been many new recruits in the army recently, what kind of temperament these people are, Shao Shude still needs to observe and observe.Before, there was someone dozing off while on duty at night, and when Shao Shude found out, he whipped his whip violently, which made this group of soldiers have a little memory.

After a round of inspection, Shao Shude returned to the camp, but saw Song Le, the judge of the Military Academy, coming again, so he hurriedly invited him to his room.

"Deputy General Shao knows that the stockade outside the city is broken?" Song Le threw out the most exciting news as soon as he arrived.

"I don't know." Shao Shude replied with some surprise: "The military envoy has not been to the city for the past two days, and General Hao Du is also strictly controlled. The gossip in the army cannot spread, which is very distressing."

"It was last night." Song Le said in a sure tone: "Li Ren's army stood alone for two days. Seeing that there was no intention of rescue in the city, they broke out on their own. Now there is no trace, and the end is unknown."

"What do you mean above?" Shao Shude lowered his voice and asked.

"According to the information obtained by Song, Hao Du will order to ignore the provocations of the rebels and keep the door behind, waiting for a turnaround." Song Le glanced at the house and saw that no one was eavesdropping, so he whispered. : "This is a decision not to move. When there is no war in the near future, is Vice-General Shao a little disappointed?"

"Do you think I'm the kind of person who is happy when he hears a war?" Shao Shude smiled and said: "It stands to reason that the food of the king is a matter of loyalty to the king. We are an army governed by the imperial court, and naturally we have to serve the imperial court. But The rebels are fierce and stubborn. There are many people. After a big battle, how many people can come back with all their tails? Moreover, this kind of battle is extremely boring. Don't look at what Li Guochang and his son are saying now, maybe one day the court A decree came down, and the sins of the father and son were forgiven, and they became court officials again. The rebels are no longer rebels, but the frontier army of the Tang Dynasty, the pillar of the country. Is it funny? How many times? What is Paoze who was killed in battle? What are the people of Lan, Shi, Xin, and Daizhou who were harmed by Li Guochang and his son?"

"You dare to say anything." Song Le looked at Shao Shude and smiled suddenly: "Sometimes I feel that you don't have the imperial court in your eyes, and you don't have any rules. You seem to be out of tune with the people around you."

"I have always treated people with sincerity. Judge Song has a heart for Shao, so how can I not reciprocate. The actions of Li Guochang and his son are not unusual in this world. Warlords, it is normal, they are suffering the people of Hedong." Shao Shude Said: "I would like to kill this scorpion for the people of Hedong, and I also want to make a name for myself, to be promoted to officials and nobles, but I don't want to lose my life in such a meaningless war. The ancients Yun Chunqiu fought without justice, How much difference is there now? This kind of bad battle, probably the biggest meaning to me is that I can learn a lot more about battle formations."

"The Spring and Autumn Period is a good sentence!" Song Le patted his palms and smiled, and said, "Li Guochang and his son are eagles and wolves. Not all the people in Daibeixingying are loyal and pure ministers, this is the world. Yes. Now, Vice Admiral Shao thinks that Li Keyong will go south from the Caochengchuan line?"

"Mostly not." After thinking about it, Shao Shude was not so sure, so he said in a slightly doubtful tone: "Our Tiande army can still fight, if Li Keyong dares to go south from here, we will dare to flank and harass. Cut off the way back. If it is a big victory in the south, it is easy to say that Hao Du will continue to be a tortoise. If it is defeated, it will be dangerous. Hao Du will not miss this opportunity to beat the underdog. Therefore, I Judging that Li Keyong will move his division to the east and take another route. I heard from Qiu Shijun that Su Hongzhen, the former envoy of the Zhelu army, has arrived in Furong City, and this time I am afraid that he will be a scapegoat again."

(End of this chapter)