Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 674 Don't Die!
Perhaps no one thought that the simple task of digging and filling trenches would be so tricky.

The sergeant of the Changzhi Army was carrying a shovel, not knowing what to do.

There is a large group of cavalry in the distance, and as time goes by, it seems that there are more and more cavalry.

They shouted loudly, uttered meaningless yells, and roared back and forth, as if just waiting for you to start collecting soil, they would take advantage of this chaotic energy to rush over and kill the enemy.

Moreover, there is no way to fetch soil nearby, so you have to go to a place a little further away, so you need to send troops to protect it.

Liang Jun did plan that way. 500 people dig the soil, and a full [-] infantry guards can pile up baggage near the place where the soil is taken as an obstacle.

But now there is still a problem. The ground is frozen hard, and we need to go out to collect firewood, collect firewood, and heat the ground.

Fortunately, there were a lot of locust trees planted near the post road. The nearby ones were cut down, and some can be cut down in the distance, but they also need to be guarded.

Well, first cut the tree, then dig the soil, and then fill the trench.

Riding lightly on the snow field.

Someone took out a well-hidden bowstring from his bosom, and after it was wound, he galloped and shot in the north wind.

After shooting several arrows in a row, without even looking at the result, he lowered the bowstring, hid it in his arms, galloped away, and met at a resting point in the distance.

There is already a big pot of hot soup, and the dried meat that I carry with me is thrown into it piece by piece, exuding a tempting aroma.

How pleasant it would be to drink a pot of hot soup in such a ghostly weather.

Liang Ren, who went out to collect woodcutters, was shot by arrows from time to time, and screamed one after another.

This is really aggrieved, you can't touch people with your walking bow against the wind, but Xia people's arrows can fly at high speed, killing people one by one.

And looking at their crazy looks, they probably thought that even if they broke all the bowstrings, they would continue to cause trouble, and tried every means to hinder Liang Ren's every action.

After paying a lot of casualties, they finally cut back enough firewood, but it was almost midnight, and the sky was getting darker.

Liang Bing's morale dropped a bit, and everyone was cold and hungry.Kou Yanqing had no choice but to order to camp on the spot and boil water for cooking.

The soldiers cheered for a while, wishing they could eat hot food right away to drive away the cold.

The sound of hoofbeats came again, this time on a larger scale, with more than a thousand riders rushing forward together.

They aimed at the weak point of Liang Jun's camp, and after firing a round of arrows from a distance, two hundred strong warriors got off their horses, put on their iron armor, and rushed up with roars.

Cruel hand-to-hand combat began immediately.

The drums sounded suddenly in Liang's barracks, and the sergeants who had just sat down and rested lined up in armor. There was no need for them to dispatch, but they needed to be prepared for support.

The battle did not end quickly, and the Fan people who dismounted and fought were quickly defeated.However, the riders on the periphery were still shooting arrows from a distance, constantly killing and wounding Liang Jun soldiers, forcing them to give up their pursuit while maintaining a low-intensity contact state.

Liang Jun's response was also good.They quickly dismissed most of the sergeants and let them go back to the camp to rest, leaving only three battalions of soldiers sitting in the tents, not disarmed, ready to attack for reinforcements at any time.

The harassing cavalry finally retreated, and Liang Bing felt relieved and prepared to eat.

Kou Yanqing stepped on the snow and looked around, there were still cavalry in twos and threes in the field, gathering and approaching from time to time, insulting and provoking.Sometimes when the right opportunity is found, a master archer will come up and shoot an arrow and go away.

The casualties caused were actually not large, but the damage to morale was not small.Fortunately, the Changzhi army is more tenacious, and there is nothing wrong with it for the time being. If you change the Tutuan peasants, you will probably already look flustered and panic all day long.

Well, it's actually nothing.The point is that I only walked a few miles for most of the day today, which is a bit uncomfortable.

Normally, cavalry raids are not so dangerous, but with such a heavy snowstorm, the road itself is difficult to walk. Xia Bandits took advantage of the wind and continued to harass them without hesitating casualties, making them pay a high price for every step they take.

The thief has a big appetite!
After patrolling around and encouraging the sergeants on duty, Kou Yanqing went back to the big tent and stared at Hu Zhen.

The raids continued at night, with the sound of fierce drums and high-pitched shouts of killing.

Liang Jun was forced to get up, and the whole army was mobilized once, but soon found that only a few thieves were attacking, shooting rockets from a distance, and then disbanded. Everyone slept in their clothes, leaving only a few soldiers for backup.

At the third quarter of Yin time, the war drums beat again.

This time Liang Jun was not fooled, and some people were awakened from their sleep. After the officer scolded them, they continued to rest.

After the sun rose from the eastern horizon, Kou Yanqing was stunned to find that a cavalry army riding tall horses appeared on the southern field.

Armored ride!

In the distance, the flames were soaring into the sky, and the smoke was lingering. I don't know how many captured people were sweating profusely, digging trenches desperately.

Good thief!
"Blow the horn! Beat the drum!" Kou Yanqing said angrily, pressing his hand on the hilt of his sword.

Want to stop me without paying a price, is it possible?

The armored cavalry seemed to be "afraid" of Liang Jun's superiority, and actually "fleeed" northward.

……

A hungry lone wolf wanders on the vast snowfield.

Suddenly, it fixed its eyes on the west, where people shouted and neighed, and it was very lively.

Zhu Youning's department could have reached the southwest of Luoyang last night, but because of the heavy snowstorm, the soldiers were too cold to walk, and they didn't want to leave at all.

Zhu Youning was worried about the mutiny, so he ordered camp to rest.

After a quiet night, the march continued early in the morning on the ninth day of the first lunar month.

The road is really not easy to walk.

In the wind and snow, the carriage became very heavy, and the people were a little listless.

The officers ran back and forth, yelling that there would be wine and meat to eat when they arrived in Luoyang, and told everyone to work harder, and it would be less than ten miles away.

The people barely lifted their spirits, encouraged each other, pulled and pushed, and protected the baggage vehicles through the snow, moving forward with difficulty.

At Sishi, when they were only five or six miles away from Luoyang, the scouts came back with a shocking news: Luoyang had fallen, and the flag of the Xia Army was hanging on the top of the city. I don't know how many soldiers there are.

"Where's Shuai Hu?" Zhu Youning cursed, "Why didn't you send an envoy to sue such a big matter?"

The scout bowed his head in silence, the messenger was probably killed, is there any other possibility?
How to do?Zhu Youning was slightly flustered.

Are there any allies now?where are allWhy is there no news at all?

The soldiers looked at him one after another, Zhu Youning was silent for a moment, and said: "I won't go to Luoyang, go south, go to Yique Pass, and return to Ruzhou!"

"Emissary, how do you explain when you go back?" someone asked.

"Explain?" Zhu Youning sneered, and said, "I am the envoy of Yongning, not Luoyang. It was Hu Shuai's order to leave Yongning. Now I can't contact Hu Shuai, and Luoyang has fallen. I don't know how many Xia thieves are there. Waiting for us. Go south to Yique Pass!"

"Of order." Everyone responded one after another.

It is very likely that there will be a war in the north, and everyone knows this.People die in war, and no one likes it.

A few aggressive or loyal generals secretly frowned, feeling that it would be a pity to abandon Luoyang, which would be detrimental to the overall situation.But the general has given orders, what do you say?
The Zhu family doesn't take it seriously, what the hell are you doing?

After the order was communicated to the battalions, the 5000 people began to turn around and form a group.And at this moment, the scouts rushed back from the north again: "There are Xia thieves! There are no less than three thousand people!"

"Damn! What kind of battle is Hu Zhen fighting? It's a scam! Send the order and form an army to meet the enemy." Zhu Youning drew out his sword and roared.

Two thousand Tutuan peasants frantically gathered the baggage vehicles.The Sanqianyou National Army took off armor, long spears, infantry bows, epees, mo knives, long Ke axes, iron maces and other weapons from the chariots, and began to line up.

The north wind howled, it was almost difficult to open his eyes, Zhu Youning frowned.

The wind is unfavorable!
Cai Songyang got off the carriage, and his legs and feet were a little weak.Yesterday, an arrowhead was removed from my thigh, and the wound has not healed. Today, I forced myself to get out of the car and chase the enemy, brave and brave!
"Help me up." Cai Songyang ordered to the left and right.

The soldiers know each other, one holds the shield on the left, and the other holds the bow on the right.Cai Songyang didn't even turn his head, and grabbed a weapon from the car.Very well, a short sword, just right.

"Your gentlemen say that I am seriously injured and unable to fight. Now that I have this sword in my hand, it can cut off the heads of bandit soldiers. Who dares to compete with me?" Cai Songyang looked at the old Tiande soldiers around him, and said loudly: "Killing bandits is better than me. If there are many, each person will reward a hundred pieces of silk, and he will never break his promise. Gentlemen, do you dare to compete with a wounded person like me?"

"Why don't you dare?"

"This has won me over!"

"Kill the bandit soldier! At worst, he will die."

"One man is the man, no one can control it!" Someone shouted the slogan.

"One man deserves it!" "One man deserves it!"

The north wind blows up, and the snowflakes are scattered and scattered.

More than a thousand Tiande soldiers led the battle, Cai Songyang was supported by his own soldiers, waving the iron sword in his hand, talking and laughing loudly with others.

The sergeants also laughed and responded, their armor leaves clanging, and the long spears in their hands pointing at the thief, full of pride.

Ma Sixun wiped the ice crystals off his face.

Cai Songyang is still injured and dares to attack the bandits, what the hell am I afraid of!The ferocity factor in Wu Fu's blood was activated, he took off his armor, took off his helmet and threw it on the ground, angrily said: "What's the use of this thing, it's in the way! Let me charge and kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The overwhelming sound of killing sounded, and the lone wolf jumped into the woods with its tail between its legs.

On the wilderness, the two armies walked through the thick snow without any nonsense, and slashed and killed each other fiercely.

Cai Songyang stepped aside, swiped his iron sword across one man's neck, and said loudly, "Kill the thief!"

"Kill one thief!" A sergeant slashed down with his epee, and blood sprayed all over his face.

He didn't stop on his feet, holding the thief's spear stabbed on the armor, with a wave of his hands, he slashed down with another sword: "Kill the two thieves!"

"Okay!" Cai Songyang laughed loudly, and said, "I don't want to give up my good fortune, and I don't want to lose to the gentlemen."

With a stab of the iron sword, an unarmored bandit soldier was stabbed to death: "Kill the two bandits!"

Zhu Youning looked a little silly from behind.

The number of Xia bandits was about the same as theirs, but as soon as they fought, the hundreds of soldiers in front of him retreated steadily.

Can't go on like this!

Zhu Youning got off the high platform and called the battalion of soldiers left as a reserve to gather. He wanted to launch a counterattack to curb the arrogance of the thieves.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but there was a sound of horseshoes in the west.

After a while, it seems that there are also in the south.

His face changed suddenly, and he returned to the high platform.

The results he observed made him a little desperate: on the banks of Luoshui in the west, thousands of cavalry had turned on their horses, held lances, and began to accelerate; while in the south, thousands of armored cavalry had been dressed and were being supported by auxiliary soldiers. Get on the horse and take over the thick horse lance.

The sound of hooves became more and more urgent.

On the other hand, the two sides are fighting together and cannot be adjusted at all.So, let the two thousand peasants in the back line resist for a while?
"Draw the team!" He immediately asked people to raise the flag, and the orderly got on his horse and went to deliver the order.

But it's too late!The thousand cavalry in the west raised their horse speed to the extreme, and rushed in from the flank of the local peasants who were chaotically drawing their troops.

Where the horse danced, it was like a strong wind blowing, and the vegetation was all swaying.

The thieves are in chaos!

The first wave of four hundred armored cavalry also rushed over.

Zhu Youning looked in horror, only to see the white horse and white armor knight galloping like a tiger, splashing snowflakes flying beside the horse, under the sunlight, they looked like heavenly soldiers.

Four hundred cavalry rushed in from behind the formation, and the panicked bandit soldiers couldn't effectively stop them even for a moment.The formation collapsed, and the broken soldiers scattered everywhere.

After breaking through the [-] soil regiments, the leopard cavalry didn't stop at all, and hid behind the bandit army's front line.

The cavalry of the Dingyuan Army followed suit, widening the gap.

And behind them, the second wave of [-] armored cavalry rushed up, and the defeat of the bandit army was set.

(End of this chapter)