Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 662 Breakthrough
At the beginning of December, the big river was completely frozen.

Outside Wuzhi County, the army had finished their oath and marched eastward.

The dispatched troops came from three parts, with 2000 cavalry soldiers from the Chishui Army as the core, 600 cavalry soldiers from the original Heyang Jiangbing Army and the right wing of the Baoyi Army, and 3000 fan cavalry from the Guanbei Geshu, Qibi, and Wang clans. [-] riders, carrying more than [-] horses, entered Weizhou on foot, got on their horses, passed between Xinxiang and Jixian, and walked south along the thick Yellow River ice to Huazhou.

Wei Bojun had just suffered a defeat at the hands of Li Hanzhi, with thousands of casualties.Luo Hongxin was furious and mobilized troops from Wei, Xiang, Wei, and Chan prefectures to attack.

Weibo is a relatively special feudal town, with 43 soldiers in 8 counties of six prefectures, but only [-] government soldiers, and the main force in foreign wars has always been local troops.

After Weizhou soldiers and horses went north to Xiangzhou, the state was empty.Five thousand six hundred cavalrymen galloped by quickly without stopping, and disappeared into the vast wilderness under the stunned eyes of the Wei people.

"Liang Ren is about to suffer another bloody misfortune."

"Shall we follow the past and grab one?"

"If you don't want to die, don't go. Liang people can't cure Xia thief, and they can't cure you?"

"Are you so afraid of Liang people? Back then, our Wei soldiers were also very famous, and the court had nothing to do with us."

"Turn over the old calendar. How long has Henan been fighting? How long has Hebei been stable?"

The Weizhou garrison soldiers talked a lot, watching hundreds of cavalry marching southward one wave after another, no one came out to stop them, and no one wanted to inform the Liang people.

Liang Hanyong was still worried at the beginning, worried that the guards would come out to stop him, and he was ready to fight.But who would have imagined that the guards completely guarded the city and let them go tacitly, perhaps because Weizhou dispatched a lot of soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress Li Hanzhi, or because they are used to giving excuses to others, as long as you don't harm Li Hanzhi wherever you want.

After more than [-] riders entered Huazhou, they didn't spare their horsepower at all, and rushed to Lingchang with lightning speed.

Lingchang County was caught off guard, and the gates of the city were not even closed in time, and they were suddenly entered.

So far, Lingchang County has set a record: it was breached twice by the Xia army within one year, the last time was Qibizhang's Flying Dragon Army, and after more than half a year, it was again occupied by Liang Hanyong's Chishui Army.

Awesome! Awesome!
"Block the whole city, restrict military discipline, and kill anyone who harms the common people!"

"Seal up the government treasury, check the treasury, if there are any suitable ones, bring them with you."

"Search for draft animals such as mules and donkeys. The more pack animals the better."

After issuing a series of orders, Liang Hanyong had people pick out some horses with relatively good physical condition, a total of more than [-] horses, divided into two parts, and let people take them out on a cruise, and collected mules, grain and grass by the way, and intercepted and killed them passing through the post road. Liang Jun messenger.

They are not afraid of being exposed at all. In fact, the bigger the disturbance, the better.I am not afraid of Liang people coming, but I am afraid that you will not come.

On the fifth day of December, the army abandoned Lingchang County and went south to Xuncheng.

The Liang people were prepared, and the cavalry lacked the ability to attack the city, so they bypassed it and did not fight.However, they raided a land transportation team outside the city, and got more than 1 hu of grain, as well as unlucky caravans, travelers, and family members of Liang officials who came and went on business, as well as large sums of money, all became their trophies. .

Liang Hanyong thought for a while, and sent out 2000 cavalrymen, and asked them to escort the grain, money, gold and silver wares and nearly [-] prisoners back to the north, and returned to Heyang via Weizhou.

Especially those grains are quite precious.The Menghuai prefectures have harvested a total of 40 dendrobium grains and beans this year, but it is not enough to support the local people, let alone the people who continue to move into Jingzhaofu. There is really not too much food.

On the seventh day of December, five thousand riders officially entered the boundary of Bianzhou, and the situation suddenly became tense.

In particular, thousands of troops were dispatched in the direction of Huazhou. The governor, Yuan Xiangxian, personally led the troops and chased them like crazy.

It seems that they have indeed poked a hornet's nest along the way.

……

Inside the Yuhou Division, the capital of the Bianzhou Military Mansion, the lights are brightly lit.

It wasn't until Xu time that Xiao Fu raised his head from the money and food account book, and went to the next hall to have dinner.

While eating, I vaguely heard the sound of arguing from next door. It was Li Zhen and Wei Zhao arguing endlessly over how to deploy troops.

Xiao Fu did the math, among the major capitals, Hu Zhen had more than 2 people, Ding Hui commanded more than [-] people, Shi Shucong [-], Pang Shigu [-], Caozhou Zhu Zhen had the most soldiers, there should be four The appearance of more than ten thousand people.In addition, there are some soldiers and horses at key nodes in the interior hinterland, adding up to tens of thousands of people.

Finally, there is Bianzhou. In the city, there are tens of thousands of elite troops of Changzhi Army, plus a few elite troops of small formations, such as Luoyan Capital with less than [-] people and Tingzi Capital with about [-] people.

Luoyandu, Tingzidu and the guards of the palace are all private soldiers of King Liang, they are not counted as yamen soldiers, nor are they state and county soldiers. It is difficult for outsiders to command unless King Liang takes the initiative to send them out.

Such a troop configuration can be seen to be abnormal at first glance. It is a typical example of emphasizing the outside and ignoring the inside, which shouldn't be the case.

Before the war with the Shao thief, most of the troops were stationed in the two states of Bian and Song, and they were guarded under the eyes of King Liang.However, with the protracted Liangxia War, heavy troops had to be deployed on the periphery, resulting in a significant reduction in Bian Song's military strength.And as the Xia bandits seized Heyang, a large number of cavalry rushed into the hinterland, stirring up huge waves, and the deployment of troops became even more extreme.

Seeing thousands of Xia thieves ride out of Huazhou and go south, but in a hurry, there are only more than [-] soldiers and horses in Bianzhou city, which is very helpless.

"We still have to transfer troops from Caozhou. There is no need for more, 2 people are enough." This was Wei Zhao's voice, and his tone was very passionate: "Bianzhou's newly recruited army, is it possible to fight? No!"

There are new recruits in Bianzhou.Yesterday, the King of Liang ordered that 3000 brave and powerful people from Junyi, Kaifeng, and Chenliu counties be selected to set up a separate capital named "Poxia Capital", with Kang Yanxiao as the commander of the capital.

In all fairness, the quality of soldiers in Poxia Capital is still good. It is not as good as Tingzi who is proficient in various martial arts, but it is much better than ordinary sergeants. At least their family background is good. Many people have horses at home, can ride and shoot, and even have weapons. You can prepare yourself.

But this is not the key, the key is their lack of experience.

The people in Xinji have no military spirit and low morale, how can they take on great responsibilities?Although some officers were transferred from the military mansion, Tingzidu, and Changzhi Army to make up for it, such as Wang Yanzhang of Bianzhou Yamen, Du Yanqiu, the head of Tingzidu, Liu Qi, a son of Xuanwu General, and Zhao Lin, the son of Zhao Ji, the former military governor of the Zhongwu Army. Wait, but after all, the time is too short, and you still need to go to the battlefield to hone and hone, and you can't take a big job in a short time.

"Caozhou can't move." Li Zhen's voice also rang out, and he sneered: "The thief general Qi Bizhang has led his troops to the north and returned to the Xu and Duan lines. How can he move?"

Qi Bizhang and Zhu Jin, the tens of thousands of people, avoided the truth and fled around, just like the style of the Nian army in the late Qing Dynasty.After more than half a year of fighting, the Liang army was exhausted, and there were very few victories. In nine months, a total of more than 8000 Feilong troops were surrounded and wiped out, but Qi Bizhang's soldiers and horses swelled to more than [-], which was simply impossible to suppress. Just as clean.

As for these victories, most of them were obtained by chasing and intercepting Zhu Zhen with absolute superiority of troops after taking office.

He found that in the long run, even with one man and two horses, the flying dragon army's marching speed would not be much faster than his infantry, so he enlisted prefectural and county soldiers and local peasants, sent cavalry to delay, cut off bridges, dug trenches, and small-scale Fortified the wall to clear the field, used bait to lure the enemy to set up an ambush, and even sent people to feign surrender and join the gang.

But to his surprise, the Feilong army fought more and more, and people kept joining the group. Not only the Liang army was defeated, but also the heroes of Yun and Yan, and even the bandits and bandits all joined the group one after another, which made Qi Bizhang's momentum Getting bigger and bigger, Liang Wang is wondering if he is supporting the bandits.Otherwise, how can it be explained that there are continuous harvests, but the Xia thief is fighting more and more?
"Cao soldiers don't move, are you going to transfer Zheng soldiers? Or Ruluo sergeants?" Wei Zhao raised his voice and said, "Or don't transfer any soldiers at all, and send Bian soldiers to fight? Are you going to put Liang Wang's safety at risk? "

Xiao Fu smiled wryly after hearing this.

Wei Zhao is so boring, normal military discussions, just discussing the facts, everyone checks for omissions and fills in the gaps, you talk to me, and the strategy is often perfected in this way.But it's good for you to directly raise the matter to the level of "Liang Wang's safety", how do you let Li Zhen take it?What else can he say?
Sure enough, after Li Zhen snorted coldly, he walked away, ignoring him.

"It's useless to argue about this matter. It's up to King Liang. How will he decide? Also, Yuan Xiang rushed out with Huazhou soldiers in a hurry. What happened?" Xiao Fu thought quietly. .

There are many things in Bian Song!
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On the ninth day of December in the second year of Qianning, on the South Campus of Wude County, Fu Cunshen, an envoy of the German Army, was reviewing the troops.

The Guide Army, which has completed its establishment and equipment, is in good shape. There are [-] troops in the army, and all of them have the ambition to fight to the death.

The Guide Army is a unit single-handedly supported by Fu Cunshen.The predecessor was the five thousand Dangxiang mountain people stationed in Huguo City, and later added some Hezhong soldiers and Qingtang Tubo elites.During the reorganization of Hezhong, some sergeants were transferred away, and some soldiers from Tielin, Wuwei, Zhenwu and other armies were added.After a long period of battle, there were many battle losses. The Lingzhou Continuing Army also continued to send recruits who had been training for several years to make up for the vacancies.

Up to now, many of the first five thousand old faces have disappeared forever.But the whole army is becoming more and more integrated, with good internal morale, daring to fight and fighting hard, it is a powerful force under Gao Renhou.

Fu Cunshen's prestige in the army is extremely high, because he governs the army strictly but clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments. He often eats and sleeps with the soldiers, which is a very orthodox style of ancient famous generals.

To be disrespectful, excluding those officers and veterans from old troops such as Tielin and Wuwei in the army, among the remaining people, Fu Cunshen's prestige is definitely higher than that of King Xia.

On the outskirts of the school grounds, I don’t know how many Tutuan villagers gathered, there were tens of thousands of people from Heyang, Wude, and Hanoi.

They drove an endless supply of vehicles, donkeys, mules, horses and camels, loaded with all kinds of supplies, and even tools for building the city, and they were ready to set off.

But the day of departure is not today, they still need to wait, wait for a signal.

(End of this chapter)