Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 383 Miserable

The desolate ancient post road leads to the distance, and the weeds are luxuriant, almost encroaching on half of the road.

The reeds pulled up by the water sway with the wind, and the egrets fly over lightly and land on the aquatic plants in the river.

In front of the lonely farmhouse, the farmer concealed the firewood door and walked towards the field.

Inside the bamboo fence, peasant women are arranging Zhupu and weaving it carefully.

In the vegetable bed, the child is using oranges to fetch water and irrigate the winter vegetables.

In the mulberry forest, the house dog chased the hen and flew straight.

The rapid sound of hoofbeats broke the tranquility of the countryside.

Suddenly, a large number of vicious warriors arrived and drove out a group of men who looked like businessmen.

The peasant woman was terrified, the child was crying, and the dog was whimpering with its tail between its legs.

The peasants who drove home gripped their hoes tightly, looking terrified.

"Don't worry!" Fu Cunshen got off his horse, walked in, and said softly, "We are just passing by."

After all, let the soldiers bring over a piece of silk and put it on the woven cattail mat.

"Please prepare some meals for these people." He pointed to the seven or eight merchants who looked sullen, and said.

The farmer nodded subconsciously, and said, "There is only rough tea and light food. The army is in chaos outside, and the government is in a hurry to urge the class..."

"It doesn't matter." Fu Cunshen turned and left, and said to a group of sergeants standing outside the door: "Watch these people closely, and don't let any one go."

When the army crossed the border, the rangers scattered, and the pedestrians were arrested and guarded uniformly.

Obviously, they don't want others to know their whereabouts.

The sound of horseshoes sounded again, and Fu Cunshen had already drifted away with the brigade.

The domestic dog rushed to the fence and barked twice.

The martial artist outside the door glared at it, and the domestic dog tucked its tail again, whining and hid in the thatched grass in the backyard.

On the ancient road, a large group of warriors are marching.

The flowers and plants that greedily grow on the road are trampled into dust.

Among the decayed grass on both sides, sentry cavalry flickered, galloping back and forth.

The brigade stretched to the distant horizon, as if it were endless, and there were thousands of troops and horses.

The pawns lead the horses to the meadow.

The war horse snorted, sniffed the withered grass all over the ground, and turned its head in disgust.

The cavalry smiled and took out the cooked beans and fed them carefully.

The ponytail swayed non-stop, looking very cheerful.

Wang Jianji galloped past like a gust of wind, got off his horse and bowed to the old tree in the original place, and said: "Military envoy, the bandit army has already started to cross the river this morning. The scouts didn't dare to get too close. They only took a quick glance. There should be tens of thousands of people. Left and right. There are a lot of carriages, horses and baggage, and crossing the river is very slow."

"Your helmet is crooked, how is it proper?" Li Tangbin reprimanded, and Fang said: "Can you contact Tianxiong Army?"

Wang Jianji sighed secretly.The military envoys are strict in running the army, and they don't bring disarmament in the tent in the winter. It is a perfect match with the bull ceremony of the Tianxiong Army, and they are called two "strict generals", but the commander appreciates them very much. , horses, and beautiful girls are constantly being rewarded.

"Tianxiong Army's Zang Jun sent scouts and cavalry everywhere, peeping constantly, and the army was mobilized frequently. It seems that there will be a big battle."

Li Tangbin nodded.

It's not "like a general war", it's really preparing for a big war.

The commander-in-chief always prepares with both hands.If you have righteous soldiers coming, I will welcome them with righteous soldiers.

Li Tangbin suddenly spread out the map and examined it carefully.

It is less than [-] miles away from the main force of the bandit army, and their whereabouts should not have been revealed yet.

The Tianxiong Army did a good job. They were peeping, harassing, and preparing for battle. The bandits were eager to return home. Their attention must have been attracted to that side, thinking about how to defeat the Tianxiong Army all day long. , Various plans have been formulated.

The Tianzhu army set off earlier than the main force.Without fanfare, pack lightly and rush forward, catch anyone on the road, roaming widely, and cautiously, try not to startle the enemy.

Hao Zhenwei had been focusing on Wang Bian before, and now he was in a hurry to rescue Tongzhou, so he didn't care about other directions. He never thought that their team would come from the south bank of the Weishui River.

Li Tangbin asked the soldiers to put away the horses, felt blankets, and maps. The time was ripe, and Hao thief would be defeated tomorrow.

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On both sides of the Wei River, people shouted and screamed, and the chaos became a pot of porridge.

The groom swung his whip vigorously, with an anxious expression on his face.

The horse was sweating, its huge ribs opened and closed, and it was tense, dragging the heavy cart.

Next to it was a baggage vehicle with a broken axle.

The harness has been removed, and the harness has been led away.The carriage was tilted on the side of the road, and the auxiliary soldiers were scrambling to pack up the military supplies.

A little farther away, there are still people cooking in buried pots.

Rows of urns are placed on the ground, the cooking smoke is lingering, and the rice is fragrant.

Occasionally, cavalry passed by, raising a large cloud of dust, and the sergeants sitting on the ground by the roadside scolded endlessly.

The river has not yet frozen, the pontoon bridge has been built, and the Tongzhou Army, who is eager to return, is crossing the river in large numbers.

Tens of thousands of people, including luggage, have to cross the bridge, which cannot be completed within a day or two. At this time, it has just entered the busiest and most chaotic moment.

Hao Zhenwei is very cautious.He divided the only thousand cavalry into two groups, and one part monitored Huazhou, because Wang Bian had [-] cavalry recruited on the grassland and could not give them a chance.The other one had already crossed the north, spread the defense line far away, and pressed back the scouts of the Tianxiong Army.

Thief Shao had obviously stepped up his guard, and it was already difficult to find out the news from Tongzhou, even though Hao Zhenwei had sent most of his scouts to the north, trying his best to spy on information.

"Xi Lv Lv..." A horse was overwhelmed and knelt down in pain.

The escorting auxiliary soldiers rushed up from behind, and the groom kicked and beat him, but to no avail.

"Change another horse..." The auxiliary sergeant was about to say something, but saw the smoke and dust in the west, and the ground shook endlessly.

"Where are the cavalry?" Many people turned their eyes to the west almost at the same time.

Appearing in the field of vision were several scouts who were frantically galloping back.

They were covered in blood, as if they had experienced a brutal fight, and everyone was injured.Running and running, one of the riders rolled off the horse, and there was no more sound.

Behind the scouts, there is a large group of cavalry holding horses.

They urged the horses, the speed was getting faster and faster, the sword blades were shining with cold light, and they rushed towards the scattered river crossing camp like demon gods.

"End the formation!" An officer galloped over and ordered loudly.

The sergeant sitting on the ground was shocked and angry.

What do the generals eat?Defense against Wang Bian, defense against Shao Shude, defense coming and going, who is this cavalry that suddenly appeared?Could it be from the imperial court?

The horses are getting closer.

The officers hastily recruited hundreds of sergeants and formed a spear formation.But more people put their spears and armor on the car. After all, you can't take these things with you when you are on the road, can you?
The cavalry rushed forward like a torrent, and the pikemen from the same state who blocked them were like a rock in the flood. The flood diverted and bypassed them without fighting, and rushed straight to the chaotic camp behind.

The wives scattered.

The auxiliary soldiers hid behind the car, looking for shields and spears.

The soldiers drew out the tip of their bows and strung the strings frantically.

Thousands of horses rushed past, knocking down the standing people like felling wood.

When marching and fighting, the most feared thing is not how many people die, but the chaos of the establishment.The former can gather the defeated soldiers and resume the battle, but the latter has no power to recover.

A large group of infantry also appeared to the west.

They hoisted their banners and beat their drums.Thousands of people marched quickly in a column, trotting all the way while maintaining their physical strength.

In fact, there is no need to be so cautious at all, because at the same time as the drums were beating, many people from the Tongzhou Army had already started to flee.

They scrambled for the narrow pontoon ferry, punching each other, and even slashing each other with knives.

Everyone knew that as long as they got on the pontoon bridge, they would be safe to escape to the other side.But the pontoon bridge is only so big, and it is crowded with people in normal traffic, and there are minor accidents from time to time, and now there are irrational masters and sergeants everywhere, and it is almost impossible to talk about any traffic efficiency.

Someone screamed and clutched Qi Gen's severed arm, looking in disbelief at the old robe that swung the knife towards him.

Some people were pushed off the bridge, throwing themselves unwillingly in the icy Weishui.

More than a hundred riders reined in their horses and turned around, brandishing their lances, and drove people towards the pontoon bridge like sheep.

There were more and more people on the bridge, and their emotions became more and more excited. There was a constant plop on both sides. People fell into the river like dumplings, and soon there was no sound.

"Clatter—" the overwhelmed pontoon fell apart, and desperate people tore each other, crying.

The people who fell into the water were desperately holding on to the side of the boat, and the people on the boat swung their knives and chopped off their fingers.

Someone's lips were blue with cold, begging with words, and the answer was a head-on axe.

Some people were unwilling to die like this, and directly grabbed the people on the boat, dragging one of them down the river when they were dying.

Dozens of horsemen came roaringly, put their heavy horses in the soft soil on the river bank, drew their bows and shot.

There was no shelter on the floating boat, and the screams continued.

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On the north bank of the Weishui River, a large group of soldiers stood in neat formation, holding guns.

They silently watched the chaotic South Bank Ferry, feeling very grateful in their hearts.

If it was someone else who crossed the river first, at this time the wolf is rushing, and the one who collapsed into the river is yourself.

One general is incompetent and kills the three armies!

Defense Huazhou Wang Bian, air defense!
Defense Luonan Shuofang Army, air defense!

Sending a large number of scouts to the same state is simply useless!

The [-]-step riders who had already crossed the river had all their long spears, and each of them had one, but their shields and armor were severely lacking.

I brought all the bow tips, but not enough arrows, usually more than ten, and I didn't even have a spare bowstring.

There is a serious shortage of woodcutters and cooking utensils. Will you eat vinegar cakes that are as hard as rocks every day?
Many people who have just crossed the river have no place to live. Tents, quilt bags, etc. are still on the south bank, sleeping outside in winter?
The most deadly thing is that there is not much grain and grass transported across the river, and it cannot last for too long.

Being ambushed while marching is the most deadly, and being attacked while crossing the river is about the same.

Wang Chao, the military envoy in the left wing of the same state, looked at the tragic situation on the other side across the Weishui River, and wanted to cry but had no tears.

Even if they stormed Huazhou City, they didn't lose so badly!
Thousands of people disrupted the establishment and were killed wantonly.The icy Weishui became the burial place of countless soldiers from the same state.

More than half of the troops have been lost, all the equipment has been lost, food and equipment are insufficient, and morale has been severely damaged. Can this battle continue?
From the beginning to the end, he was led by the nose by Shao, the king of Lingwu County. Heavy troops gathered on both sides of the Luoshui River, coming and going with you. I stole coldness for you by the Weishui River.

What a pair of weightlifting!
It is like two armies marching toward each other, ready to fight.One of them only travels [-] miles a day, and it is so loud that even a blind man can see it. As a result, they secretly send light soldiers in, travel [-] miles a day, and suddenly kill you in front of you, catching you off guard.

Lost!Our army is defeated!Wang Chao sadly got on his horse.

Back then when Xue Zhiqin was fighting in Shuozhou, the king of Lingwu County was the person who supervised the army Qiu Weidao.

The Tongzhou Army is also from the Tiande Department, so there is no need to kill them all, and we don't need to resist desperately, but I don't know what the commander-in-chief will think.

(End of this chapter)