Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 747
"Fix the formation! Form the formation!" Liangren Military Academy shouted loudly in Yangwu County, Zhengzhou, making the sergeants form a tight formation.

Liang Bing's quality is not bad.Soon, hundreds of people quickly approached, with their spears out and their bows wound up, the rhythm was tense and efficient.

With their backs against the earthen wall, their expressions were firm, they suppressed their fear of horses, and quietly waited for the enemy to attack.

People are not afraid of such spears as forests, but horses are!I don't believe you can rush over here.

Commander Xia Jun Xiangyong, who was the leader, rode his horse around and was almost shot off by the step bow, so he ran back with a sullen expression on his face, saying, "Retreat! Don't fight them."

The township braves heard of the amnesty.

Don't say that the horses are unwilling to charge the densely packed spears, neither are they.Furthermore, it is impossible to use a strong bow with a longer bow arm immediately, and it is inherently disadvantaged in range, unless there is a downwind weather, then you still have to fight.

"Let's go! Let's go!" More than [-] riders receded like a tide and disappeared in the vast wilderness.

The Liang Ren Military Academy breathed a sigh of relief, moved its stiff arm slightly, and spat hard on the ground.

Why can't you use your strength to fight against the Xia people?Zhu Jin even dared to charge into the infantry formation, why didn't you charge?
Fight if you win, run if you can't win, guerrilla habit, bully us two legs can't run four legs?
At that time, another cavalry unit appeared on the outskirts of Yuanwu County, with a total of more than a thousand cavalry.

This time they succeeded.

The thieves transporting grain and grass are just Xiangyong.Farmers in the Central Plains had a natural fear of horses. When they saw it, they were confused, and when they rectified it was too late to react. 400 people were dispersed on the spot.

Xiangyong from Huojia County rode a war horse and wielded a sword, happily chasing Liang Ren with his back exposed.

If the two sides fight on foot, both are country braves, the gap is actually not that big, and it can even be said that there is no gap.With a thousand of them, it would take a lot of effort to kill the four hundred Liang people, and even if the opponent had some fierce people, they would suffer so much that they couldn't take them down.

But how cool it is now.The culprits had been dispersed, and they were not government soldiers, and they didn't have the courage to continue fighting after being dispersed, so they could only slaughter one-sidedly.

The township warriors in Huojia County were so relaxed and comfortable that they cursed at each other in order to fight for heads.

In fact, such scenes not only appeared in Yangwu and Yuanwu counties, but also in Xingze County, Suanzao County, Wansheng Town, Putian Town and even outside Zhengzhou City.

They take townships and ri as units, with dozens of cavalry at least, and more than a thousand cavalry at most.

When you see an easy target, go for it.Sometimes all the townspeople from one township can't hold it down, and even several townships or even a county's township bravery rushes over. Taking advantage of their mobility, they disperse and gather unscrupulously. Zhengzhou was dizzy up and down, causing heavy casualties.

Starting from the third day of December, for five days in a row, five counties in northern Zhengzhou were alerted, and even the neighboring Huazhou Suanzao, Xuncheng, and Lingchang counties were affected.

Especially on the sixth day of the lunar new year, thousands of riders from Jiyuan, Hanoi, Heyang, Wen and other counties crossed the ice of the Yellow River and gathered in Zhengzhou again.

So far, the number of cavalry Xiangyong active in the Zheng and Hua areas has exceeded [-], both Fan and Han, but most of them are Fan.After all, although the Han people have also begun to raise a large number of horses, after all, they are still not so proficient in riding.

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, more than three hundred riders even forced themselves to Zhongmou County, Zhengzhou, only tens of miles away from Bianzhou.

The situation on the south bank of the Yellow River exploded!

"You mean, the Shao bandits used more cavalry than in previous years?" Ge Congzhou, who hurried to Zhengzhou to organize the firefighting, asked his staff.

The staff has worked in Zhengzhou for many years, and has served Zhang Shensi, Pang Shigu, and Ge Congzhou successively.

"In previous years, there were overwhelming numbers of cavalry, but most of them were Tuan people or soldiers from the Xia bandits. This year, most of them were brave men wearing Putou. Most of them came from the north, and most of them were Tutuan peasants from Heyang." The staff said: "However, it's a little strange that I haven't seen any cavalry pawns from the Xia Bandit Ya Army this year."

"It's in the south and east." Ge Congzhou sighed.

From Yangzhai to Xuzhou, it is ninety miles away, and it takes less than a day for Xia Zei's cavalry to go out.

From Xiangcheng to Caizhou, 280 miles, three days of horse racing are not enough.

From Shenzhou to Caizhou, it takes two days.

The thief Xia was a bit more ruthless, leaving Shenzhou and running directly through the whole of Henan to Bianzhou, and it was only a seven-day journey on horseback.

Pang Shigu should be in a state of desperation right now.

When Xia Zei cavalry is dispatched, they can fight back and forth in a few days, and can intrude randomly within a range of hundreds of miles.

Someone asked, Liang Wang has more than [-] troops, why can't he even drive away the cavalry who harassed him in the rear?Too fake?

People call back and forth in a few days, and you don't know where he comes from, can you run away?A few days are not enough to react.By the time he reacted, he had already run away.

how?Planning to deploy hundreds of thousands of troops to chase and intercept?

The chance to intercept Xia Zei's cavalry has been lost forever.

When Heluo was still in his hand, there were mountains in the west and only a few roads, so it was easy to predict their course of action.But now it's a flat place, people don't even bring a carriage, just walk through your wheat field, it's hard to guard against.

"Pass down our military order that in the future, transporting grain and grass will not be allowed to be dispatched alone within 3000 people."

"When marching, horse-drawn carriages, baggage carts, and vans are used for whatever purpose, so don't be careless. Zheng, Bian, and Hua states, none of them are safe."

"Prepare a form for the King of Liang, and please transfer the left and right Desheng troops to go west."

"All states, counties, and military towns strictly guard the city, and are not allowed to fight privately, so as not to be taken advantage of by thieves."

Ge Cong issued several orders in one breath on Monday to ensure the safety of his grain road and rear.But this also meant that he gave up the countryside and let the cavalry of the Xia army run away.

He is a pragmatic person, but when there is a shortage of cavalry, he gives priority to securing his own logistics.As for face and influence, he didn't bother to care about it, that was what King Liang should worry about.

He will not try to deal with these summer bandit cavalry until there are not enough cavalry.

In fact, Zhu Zhen from Caozhou had achieved some results in the past, that is, setting an obvious target to lure the Xia bandits to attack, or predicting their course of action, betting on luck to set up an ambush, or sending people to surrender to join the gang, and successfully made Qi Bizhang lose a lot of money. There are few people, but overall they are still very passive.

You run as fast as anyone else!

The staff sat down and wrote the order with a brush, and submitted it to Ge Congzhou after writing.Ge Congzhou was about to use his seal, but saw another civil official rushing over to report: "Heyin County, Dutou, reported that the summer bandits gathered troops on the north bank, and there were signs of crossing the river and going down."

"Going south?" Ge Congzhou stood up suddenly, and asked someone to spread out the map and examine it carefully.

"This battle!" Ge Congzhou was furious, and said: "Thieves Xia deceived people too much. This trick deceived Hu Zhen once. Do you want to deceive this old man again?"

His face struggled violently.

If there are really a large number of Xia troops going south from Heyang, and if they repeat the indiscriminate tactics at the beginning and cut the army along the river into several sections, he will just wipe his neck and forget it.

"Kou can go, so can I. Do you really think I didn't recruit you?" Ge Congzhou stopped in the middle of speaking.

If thousands of people are left to guard the front line of Xuanmen Pass and Heyin, and [-] main forces go north to attack Heyang, is there any chance of winning?Will Xia Bandit be paralyzed and careless?

It is possible.

Crossing the North River, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the summer bandits, they suddenly killed them to the north bank, burned their reserves, killed their soldiers, and might demoralize the bandits.

But without the protection of the cavalry, it was easy to go, and maybe he could kill Xia thief by surprise, but it was difficult to come back.

However, after all, he still didn't issue such an order that it is easy for people to go and never return.

The Longwu Army has recently been reorganized, and it is not the old army he is familiar with. To carry out this kind of mission, I am afraid that it will not be a mutiny.

The officials all looked at Ge Congzhou eagerly, waiting for him to make a final decision.

Ge Congzhou walked up and down the house, glancing at the map from time to time.

The atmosphere was a bit dull, and everyone didn't know what to say. The situation was already very difficult. In fact, everyone was passively resisting Xia Bandit. If you really want to say how much confidence you have, it is a lie.

"Choose five hundred warriors, take five days of dry food, copy the small roads in Dagu Mountain, and attack the summer bandit camp at night." Ge Congzhou stopped and ordered.

Everyone was puzzled, but they still began to draft orders.

There is no doubt that the success rate of this battle plan is very low. 500 people walked the mountain trails, could not bring luggage, and only had food for a few days, so they had little hope of attacking the enemy camp.

"The garrison of the Xuanmen Pass, one capital of the Longwu Army and three thousand brave men from the township. Sishui County left two capitals of the Longwu Army and five thousand brave men from the township. They will assist the Xuanmen Pass at any time. The rest of the soldiers and horses will be transferred eastward tonight and go to the river. Yin and Biankou are on defense."

This completely changes the focus of combat.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, Ge Congzhou was showing signs of giving up the line of defense around Dagu Mountain and Xuanmen Pass.With heavy troops concentrated in Heyin or even Zhengzhou further east, it is easier to advance and retreat.

To put it bluntly, now that the Xia thief can go south and copy to their rear at any time, some places should not be guarded at all.The troops should be concentrated to do more useful things.

Of course, this is Ge Congzhou's opinion.Other puppets have this idea, but dare not say it.In that case, once the Xia bandits entered Zhengzhou along this land passage, who would be able to stand up to the old accounts?
"I know what you're thinking." Ge Congzhou said, "I'll discuss this matter with King Liang myself, and I'm not afraid of taking responsibility."

"Let Zhang Guihou withdraw to Guancheng, and don't guard Mi County." Ge Congzhou added: "To guard everywhere is to not guard everywhere. The bandits are raging and the cavalry is overwhelming. If you are still trapped in a In a city, it is really passive. Besides, there are no soldiers in Bianzhou, how can I not prepare?"

Yes, apart from the tens of thousands of people in the right wing of the Changzhi Army in Bianzhou, there is only the "Bianliang Eighth Army" that has been trained for more than a year, which is really empty.

In case the "King of Qin" is needed, you have to prepare early, don't you?

(End of this chapter)