Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 610
Anzhou has jurisdiction over six counties including Anlu, Yunmeng, Xiaochang, Yingcheng, Yingshan and Jiyang, with more than 11 households and more than [-] populations.The economy is actually very average, but the geographical location is very important.

Some counties in the state had been plundered by Huai soldiers. The people were very panicked and suffered heavy losses.

Jiedu kept Du Hong indifferent. So far, he has only rescued once and forced hundreds of Huai soldiers to retreat. He didn't care about it at all other times.

In fact, the tyrants in many states and counties have grown up like this.

If we wait a little longer, maybe there will be local tyrants in Anzhou, who will raise their arms, occupy the city, and proclaim themselves governors, which is like a separatist regime.

But when this kind of sign just appeared, the influx of large groups of troops eliminated this possibility.

Chen Su, a local tyrant in Xiangzhou, entered Anzhou with [-] plays, and recruited soldiers along the way. Because of the frequent wars and the difficult life of the people, he quickly recruited [-], and his army increased to [-].

This place in Anzhou has actually been infiltrated by Zhao Kuanglin of Suizhou for a long time.Geinping Jingguan and Baiyanguan, the two important passes between Shen and Anjian, are both in Anzhou, but they have been occupied and controlled by the Suizhou army.

Facts have proved that the Bian army also likes to go here to cross the Tongbai Mountains and flank the counties of Suizhou. Therefore, many battles broke out at Pingjingguan, and they almost failed to hold it.

As for why they didn't attack from the direction of Cai and Shen, it may be because they faced Zhezong's main force directly there. There is a risk of being cut off.

After [-] infantry from the Yicong Army and Tianxiong Army entered Anzhou, Zhao Kuanglin immediately gave up Pingjing Pass and retreated to Baiyan Pass to shrink his troops.

He had to do this, because Zang Dubao, who had just been appointed as the envoy of Eastern Handong, was in Anzhou City and led the Tianxiong Army's [-] infantry to guard the rear. The main force of the Xiongjun went northward, left Baiyan Pass, and entered Shenzhou.

The strength of this route includes 7000 Tianxiong infantry, 3000 Suizhou soldiers, and 600 Xiangyang cavalry, totaling more than [-] infantry, led by Niu Li, the deputy envoy recruited by Handong.

In the direction of Pingjingguan to the east of them, there are [-] infantry from the Yi Cong Army, [-] "Yi Bing" from the Chen family, and [-] Xiangyang cavalry, which is also tens of thousands of people.

They went out on two routes, crossed the Tongbai Mountains, and headed north to Shenzhou. I don't know if they would be startled.

Most of them have already learned about the increase of troops of the Xia Army on the southern front, and even the news of Shao Shude's arrival. After the hard-working Xia army counterattacked across the board, normal people would think that Zhezong was going to "revenge" and the main battlefield must be Ru and Cai.

However, the Tianxiong Army and the Yi Cong Army will soon enter Shenzhou from Anzhou. The Nanyang area cannot support too many troops.

Chen Su rode a tall horse, followed by his nephews with knives and bows.

Before setting off, his team got one hundred pairs of iron armor and four hundred pairs of leather armor, sent by King Xia, plus their own reserves, which made the armor rate of this army look decent. Even after expanding the army to 2000 people, it is still not very low, which gave them great courage to continue to move forward.

Of course, compared to the main force of the Volunteer Army, it is not enough.

There are [-] soldiers in Hengshan on the left side of the Yi Cong Army, half of them are warriors, armed with iron armor, tall and tall, with high morale, and rich experience in fighting all the year round, they are not easy to provoke.

Chen Su even suspected that Hengshan could easily kill the 500 men under him with only 2000 men dispatched.

The rise of King Xia in Kansai is really not accidental. With these strong troops who are accustomed to fighting alone, it is beyond the reach of ordinary military leaders.

Ezhou Duhong?Don't be kidding, he can't.

Xiangyang Zhao Kuangning?Not very good.

Huai thief?Haven't seen it, and probably won't do it either.

The couriers kept passing by both sides of the queue, conveying various military information and orders. Generally speaking, they mainly came from the West Route Army, Anzhou City, and Suizhou that went north from Baiyan Pass.

Chen Su suddenly felt full of confidence. He stood on the side of his horse and carefully admired the endless team.

The scene of tens of thousands of troops crossing the border is spectacular.

The counties of Anzhou and Suizhou provided [-] to [-] masters, with pack horses and carts, to transfer supplies, food and grass, divided into several shares, and acted together with the army, so the scene was even more spectacular.

This battle, there is drama!

On the thirtieth day of the first lunar month, the entire East Route Army passed through Pingjing Pass, left the surrounding villages alone, and charged aggressively at Shenzhou City.

At this time, news came from the west that the Cong Dajun and Shenzhou soldiers fought in the Lishui River, smashed it, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured [-] people.

Chen Su was not a person who did not understand military affairs. Judging from the number of prisoners and beheads, he was keenly aware that the Bian thieves in Shenzhou were really few soldiers.

Perhaps they were all drawn to the west, which was their mistake, a fatal mistake.

On the second day of February, the East Route Army also ushered in its first battle: more than 320 people were beheaded and 500 people were captured.

According to the interrogation of the captives, they were sergeants detoured from Gwangju for reinforcements. As a result, they encountered the Xia army halfway and almost wiped out the entire army.

These two states are really empty!Chen Su recalled the news from her daughter in private, and her morale was immediately boosted.

People like Deng Jinsi, Wu Dou, and Feng Jingzhang can be governors, and there are even barbarian chieftains and bandits in Hunan next door, why can't I?

Xia Wang is a hero who can abolish the emperor and sleep in the dragon's bed at night. He said that if I can be the governor, then I can really be.

What?Sleeping on the dragon bed is a rumor?My daughter is a good harem concubine and sage Zhaoyi, so she will be slept by him?Can I understand without you?
On the fourth day of February, the East Route Army arrived near Shenzhou, and at the same time received an order to recruit Niu Li, the deputy envoy, and turned to Guangzhou. Shenzhou's troops were weak, so they attacked by themselves.

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Thousands of miles away on the north bank of the Yellow River, the Flying Dragon Army finally went south.

They did not go to Weizhou to plunder the people, but went south to meet the Fan cavalry who had crossed the river earlier.

The people who went south from Wude and Wuzhi suffered a small loss. Four hundred riders went too far, and rushed all the way to the vicinity of the county under the jurisdiction of Zhengzhou, attacking a team that was transporting grain and grass to the north bank of the river. .Then the killing sprang up, disobeyed the order not to slaughter the people, burned, killed and looted all the way, and then was set up in an ambush, suffered a big loss, and lost two to three hundred horses.

Xue Li, who led the team to the south, was too lazy to take care of the life and death of the Fanqi. He directly led people to sneak at night, rushed to the vicinity of Gong County, Henan Province, and raided a grain storage point of the Bian Army.

At this time, the battle had come to an end, and with a bang, the gate of the Bian army camp was pulled down to the ground by dozens of horses.

Thousands of soldiers who had been waiting for a long time swarmed in.

There were only a hundred defenders left in the village, and they were not elites, so they were killed and scattered.

Xue Li watched all this with satisfaction.

The Flying Dragon Army has expanded to tens of thousands of people. They are already the most expensive troops in each sequence of the Xia Army, so they naturally have to show their value.

Yes, that's right!The expenditure of [-] mounted infantry is higher than that of [-] cavalry, and much higher!
They are heavy armored warriors, everyone has iron armor, foot combat is a housekeeping skill, and archery, spear, and knife skills are strictly trained according to the main force of the infantry.

Each person has a riding horse and a pack horse. There are no war horses, but the consumption is still huge.

They have strong maneuverability and various weapons. Bows, crossbows, knives, lances, etc. can be seen everywhere. When encountering forts that are difficult for cavalry to gnaw, they are not afraid at all and have a strong ability to attack.

When encountering enemy cavalry, they dismounted and formed formation according to infantry tactics, with long spears outside and strong crossbows and strong bows, often beating the cavalry so that they did not dare to approach and fled in defeat.

Xue Li once looked at the accounts of military Chinese officials receiving supplies, money and food, and seemed to feel that the food officials were bleeding.At the same time, I have seen the jealous eyes of the cavalry comrades. The cost of the infantry is actually more than that of the cavalry. Where can I justify it?

Mounted heavy infantry is the perfect unit, but unfortunately it is too expensive.

As the last scream dissipated in the wind, there were no longer any resisters in the camp.

Xue Li had someone wave the flag, and there were 800 people on the hillside not far away, and they were guarding the horses.

After receiving the order, they immediately led their horses down the mountain and met at the camp.

"A part of the belt that is used for food and grass, don't take too much, the pack horse can't carry it." The ground was full of Bianjun corpses, and the blood that flowed out was still slightly steaming. Xue Li stood in a pool of blood and ordered: " Burn what you can’t take away.”

"Obey!" The subordinates responded in a loud voice.

In fact, Bianjun's food is not rare for them, and it is too heavy to carry.

When they set out, they generally only carried dried meat, cheese and fresh milk powder.Especially milk powder, it is very convenient to eat, and it can be operated when riding a horse: pour some milk powder into the cowhide bag, and then seal it tightly. Then you can eat it without wasting time.

The food is mainly used to feed the horses, and there is not much suitable hay in the wild, so the food is basically fed throughout the whole process.

Speaking of which, there are still too few horses. If there are 5-10 horses per person, it will be fine.After all, it is impossible for you to guarantee that you can plunder food every time, so every successful plunder is precious, and you must fill up as much food reserves as possible, otherwise starvation is very likely to happen.

One person and two horses can only guarantee their activities in a limited area. Only 5-10 horses can complete the great feat of plundering hundreds of miles into the hinterland of the Bian army.Even if the enemy is strong and clears the field, they can still persist in the wild for a long time until the next looting is completed-if the looting is not successful, they can really only eat bark, or even kill horses to satisfy their hunger as a last resort.

But generally speaking, mounted infantry carrying 5-10 horses is more likely to successfully plunder than cavalry carrying the same number of horses.The cavalry is too weak in infantry combat, and they can't even chew on the Wubao. This is something that the soldiers of the Flying Dragon Army have been laughing at repeatedly for a long time.

"After packing up, burn the stockade, food, and corpses. Let's go east to Xingyang for a walk. If Hu Zhen and Zhu Zhen have the ability, block me." Xue Li laughed, feeling very happy.

This feeling of hitting when you want to fight and leaving when you want is really wonderful.

(End of this chapter)