Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 374 Thunder

Outside the city of Jingzhou, the army gathered.

After Jiedu stayed, Zhang Jun had finished mobilizing, and all the soldiers were excited, and they all expressed their intention to kill the Shence Army's bastards.

The origin of the Jingyuan army is a bit special among the towns in the northwest of Beijing.

During the reign of Guangde, because of the lack of defense in the Yuanzhou area, the Tibetans drove straight in. Therefore, the imperial court sent Bai Xiaode and Duan Xiushi to lead the Northwest Court Army of An, and moved from the suburbs of Chang'an and Fuzhou to Binning and Jingyuan to farm and guard.

During the Dali period, Ma Lin and Sun Zhizhi brought part of the Anxi army over to join the Bai tribe.

At the end of the third year, the imperial court set up Jingyuan Town, which was controlled by Anxibeiting Army. At the same time, the Binning prefectures were assigned to the Shuofang Army who had moved from Hezhong, under the command of Guo Ziyi.

Since then, there has been endless factional struggle.

There is both cooperation and confrontation between Ma Lin (Anbei Court Army) and Guo Ziyi (Shuofang Army), which seems to be what the court officials want to see.After all, Shuofang's army is powerful and has a history of rebellion, so it's too dangerous for a single family to dominate.

In the eighth year of Dali, because of the invasion of Tubo, the Fangqiu soldiers from Youzhou, Hebei, with [-] cavalry, led by Zhu Tao, arrived in Jingzhou.

These are "talents"!
After Ma Lin's death, Duan Xiushi took over the Anxi Army, and was later dismissed, and Li Huaiguang, a general of the Shuofang faction and commander of Bin, served as Commander of Jing concurrently.

Li Huaiguang asked the Anxi Army, which had grown to 3 people, to go to Yuanzhou to garrison the fields. The Anxi Army resisted, and Li Huaiguang executed five generals.

The Anxi army was angry. They had finally reclaimed the fields in Binzhou, so they let you go to Jingzhou. After Jingzhou was reclaimed, they let you go to Yuanzhou, so they simply occupied the city and refused to obey the order.

When the imperial court saw it, it withdrew the order and appointed Zhu Tao's brother Zhu Xi as the commander-in-chief of Jing. The Anxi army merged with the Youzhou soldiers, which directly led to the change of the Jing division during the Jianzhong period.

After the rebellion was put down, Li Sheng, who was born in Sun Zhizhi's Fengxiang lineage, reorganized the Jingyuan army and killed more than [-] generals in a row.Although this rebellious army was tamed, its backbone was also broken, resulting in a slump in combat effectiveness.

Today's Jingyuan Town is basically the descendants of the Anbeiting Army and Youzhou Army, who had several conflicts with the Shence Army.

This time the imperial court appointed Xu Yanruo as Jiedu envoy, and the Jing division mutinied, so Yuan Shi was thrown directly from the army and ran away because he knew that he would not be able to fall well.

Hearing that Prime Minister Zhang Jun led an army of [-] magic tricks to crusade, the brothers Zhang Jun ran around, contacted the generals, and pulled out all the soldiers who could fight in the three states. , Tubo soldiers, gathered [-], and decided to fight to the death with the Shence Army.

At this time, the mobilization was completed, and the whole army left Jingzhou one by one. With [-] cavalry as the vanguard, they charged towards Qianshuiyuan.

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Qianshui was originally the county seat of Yilu County (now Changwu), and it belongs to Binzhou, so it should be said that it is relatively safe.

Fifty miles west of Yilu, there is a place called Changwu City. It was built during the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty and was abandoned later. It was rebuilt by Guo Ziyi in this dynasty.

More than 4000 people from the First Unit of the Shence Army were walking around in and out of the city.

This is already the boundary of Jingzhou, and it is only fifty miles away from Jingzhou City.

I didn't meet the Jingyuan army even here, so it can be seen that the rebels were already scared, and the Shence army was determined immediately.

After sending scouts to patrol far away, everyone settled down and waited for the next order.

Why not move on?The recruitment envoy didn't give an order, why are you so active?

So those who basked in the sun, those who hung clothes to hang clothes, and some teenagers took off their military uniforms and put on new clothes, and went to the nearby villages to see if there were any beautiful village girls.

Many sergeants were also disarmed.Because the weather is a bit cold, it is uncomfortable to wear iron armor, so I put on cotton clothes to keep warm.

The officers turned a blind eye, didn't want to control it, and couldn't control it.

Of those who took the lead, which one has no roots?Whether it's the son of Gongqing or the general, if you take care of it, you don't have to wait until the next day, someone will send you to an outer town as an army guard.

It's all mixed rewards. If you don't find someone to replace you, you are already worthy of the saint. Why make it so ugly?

At the beginning of the hour, the warm sun makes people drowsy.

At the end of the Jingshui in the west, thousands of cavalry came rushing like lightning.

Leading the army was Zhang Jun's younger brother Zhang Ji.

He is a veteran in the battlefield. After arriving at the starting position, he discussed with his subordinates and drew up several attack plans.

There are attacks from east to west, sneak attacks at night, and lure the enemy into ambush, etc., which are very detailed.

But after careful observation, Zhang Xi returned to the hiding place in silence, and said to the generals: "I decided to take a gamble. The Shence Army may use the old and weak as bait to lure me to attack. However, if the enemy is defeated in the first battle, we can It greatly boosts morale. As long as you are not greedy, you should not fall into the enemy's trick."

The generals agree.

After the three thousand cavalry were dispatched, they first lined up on the plain.Then it is divided into three parts, starting at a jog, getting closer, and starting to speed up.

"There are thieves attacking!" The Shence sergeant standing on the top of the city and looking out shouted.

Someone heard it and looked towards the city in surprise.

Someone didn't hear it and was still gambling.

The muffled thunder in the sky is getting closer and closer.

At this time, most people realized that something was wrong.The officer hurriedly took out his whip and asked the sergeants to close the city gate.If the reaction is slow, it will be whipped down immediately.

I don't care about the relationship anymore, if this continues, everyone will die.

"Boom!" The war horse directly rushed through the half-closed city gate.

If you actively respond at this time, such as setting up carbine-rejecting guns directly facing the city gate, the infantry will form a formation to stop them, and then ambush archers on the houses on both sides, and even the Jingyuan cavalry who rushed into the city will suffer a big loss.

Unfortunately nothing happened.

The Shence sergeant immediately went into chaos, some hid in the houses, some fled directly through another city gate, and fought each other in order to fight for the road.

Long spears thrust forward and sabers were brandished, and Jingyuan cavalrymen brandished their weapons and slashed wantonly.

The sergeant who felt cold and dismissed his armor fell into bad luck.

The sergeant who didn't have the sunbathing equipment by his side also fell into bad luck.

There were wailing and screaming everywhere.

Remnants of limbs and broken arms were flying, and blood flowed all over the ground.

Zhang Xie's knife was cut off.

So far, only three Shence sergeants dared to resist him, and their martial arts were not bad, so they should belong to the kind that did not fall.

But among the more than 4000 people, how many of these dare to fight?Can you count to a hundred?

The cavalry fought through the city, and then rushed outside the city to pursue.

In the open field, no one can run faster than a four-legged knight, and no one can escape the pursuit of the Jingyuan army.

More than 4000 Shence Army collapsed like this...

"General, this fight is too... child's play!" Faced with the general's doubts, Zhang Xi also felt a little unreal.

Of course he didn't know that in history, the Shence Army "collapsed by itself" in Hedong, and collapsed without a fight.

Poor Zhu Quanzhong gave Zhang Jun [-] elite soldiers to serve as the dental team. They were originally capable of fighting, but they were affected by the lack of ambition of the Shence Army, and they had no desire to fight, so they ran away, and suffered heavy casualties in the end. .

"The Shence Army should not be the former Shence Army..." Zhang Xie said.

He analyzed it from the situation of World War I just now.

But how should I put it, after all, it is the famous Shence Army. It has suppressed all feudal clans in the world for many years, and has participated in many wars against rebel feudal clans. Why is it so careless?
"Immediately send someone back to tell my brother that the Shence Army is unfit for battle. The martial arts are slack and slack, and the military discipline is gone. Call out all the cavalry and let's go straight to Qianshuiyuan. I think that Zhang Jun may not know where our main force is. It's the first time I've been in the army for 20 years that the battle was fought in such a muddle." Zhang Ji said.

All the generals laughed.

The crusade army of the imperial court once pressed down on their heads like a mountain, making people feel breathless.

But after fighting, I found out, what are these things?
"Peel off their armor, everyone pick it out to see if it suits you." Zhang Ji ordered again.

The crowd clapped.

"General, the Shence Army is so invincible, let's go to Chang'an?"

"Yes, grab the emperor!"

"It's time for us to get rich. There should be many beauties in Chang'an, so I feel comfortable now."

"The imperial court bullied us so badly back then. Li Sheng, that thief, should have descendants in Chang'an, so kill them all!"

"Go to Chang'an!" Zhang Xi also laughed.

In such a situation, he dared not disobey the opinions of the sergeants.Those who came to power by mutiny will naturally be able to mutiny.

Stop the big soldiers from getting rich, just take care of you, the king of heaven, I will kill you with one knife, there is no need to discuss.

Zhang Xie didn't have the guts to stop them. His elder brother probably didn't want to make a big deal out of it, but when the crowd got excited, some things were difficult to control.

When Cheng Shuai led his troops into Chang'an, he knew it was Huang Chao's plan, but he was coerced into the city?
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The ranger urged his horse desperately, and rushed back to the camp.

Without hiding and thinking again, he pulled the scout over and asked, "How?"

"Changwu Fort was not on guard, and was attacked by the Jingyuan army, and the two were defeated. The rebels should be coming to kill them." The scout replied.

Without hiding and thinking again, I immediately made a decision.

"Pass down the order and go to Binzhou City to assist in the defense. The battle is over, so let's protect Binning."

The sergeants who received the order quickly got busy.

They are all soldiers from the Muzang Department and the Dongshan Dangxiang in Gyeongju, a total of 500 people, plus more than a thousand sergeants from Hebei. They have been trained by Muzang Zaisi for two years, and they are more resolute in executing orders.

If you get mixed up with a bunch of trash, even if you can fight again, you will shake the morale of the army and be unable to fight anymore.That being the case, it is better to retreat quickly and take refuge in Binzhou City.

Half an hour later, the two 3000 members of the Shenwei Army marched out of the camp to the east.

The rest of the ministries stared at them dumbfounded.

No matter how lax military discipline is, it's still too much to just run away like this?Although everyone wants to do it.

"The robes of the Shenwei Army, why are you retreating?"

"Just leave like this. I'm afraid that the class teacher will be rectified and dismissed? How will I get rewards in the future?"

"Brother, listen to my advice, don't leave now. Wait until you get to Jingzhou, let's shoot two arrows before running."

"There must be something strange about this!"

There were more and more sergeants watching, and some people were laughing, gesticulating, and sarcasm.

In the end, Wu Zang Zao thought about a soldier who couldn't help it, and replied directly: "Our army has been defeated! If you don't leave now, when will you wait?"

Like a thunderclap on the ground, it exploded in front of everyone's ears.

(End of this chapter)