Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 793 Military Heart and News

In the early morning of the 27th, Pang Shigu walked out of the big tent with heavy steps.

It was too late last night to discuss with the staff and army, and I didn't sleep well, so I felt very tired in the morning.

He is not young anymore, and he is no longer the Haoerlang who can kill generals and defeat enemies in a single night.The power slowly drained from the limbs, and the energy inevitably slowly decayed.The end of this process is death.

Death is actually not scary.

It is most terrible to die with no hope in sight, and to die with despair.

Yingdong Daying has completely lost contact with Liang Wang, and has no news with Bianzhou.Although the low-level sergeants don't know yet, the high-level generals are all worried.

What happened to Bianzhou?When he received the news for the last time, the envoy said that Shao thief led "tens of thousands of riders" to cruise outside the city.The other thing is that Xie Yanzhang has been brought under control, and the food and grass in the city are safe, so there is no need to worry too much.

Pang Shigu was speechless.

Ge Congzhou was defeated, and his life and death were unknown.Xie Yanzhang is his adopted son, and he may indeed defect to the enemy.But he can only surrender to the enemy alone, can he surrender with the army?Tianxing's four armies have their own commanders, and they get along day and night, but the soldiers may not necessarily listen to Xie Yanzhang.

It was ugly.No matter how loyal Xie Yanzhang is, he can't use it anymore at this time, he might as well kill him.

Pang Shigu also knew about the Jiama army going east to meet Liang Wang.

From a military point of view, he disagrees because there is one less rotation force.It’s fine if it’s a Tutuan countryman, but the Jiama Army is a government army. Although a large number of recruits have been recruited due to war damage in the past six months, their combat effectiveness is still acceptable.Without them, there is no room for me to use my troops.

But Pang Shigu is loyal.King Liang is the backbone, and he can't have anything to do, so no matter how difficult it is, he agreed to the Jiama army's departure and ordered them to drive to Chenzhou to meet Liang Wang's army.

I don't know what's going on now.King Liang should have arrived in Chenzhou, right?hope everything is fine.

The drums sounded outside again.

Pang Shigu was not worried.After spring came, there was a lot of rain, and the Yingshui surged, and many shoals that could have been waded turned into deep water.If the Xia thief wanted to cross the river, he could only take a detour, choose a place where Liang Jun's troops were scarce, and cut wood to build a pontoon bridge.But building a pontoon bridge cannot be completed in a short period of time, and if there is too much movement, it will be discovered, and the Liang army will gather and dispatch, and it can completely beat it back-strike halfway, the art of war is important.

"Let's go and have a look!" Pang Shigu felt that it was necessary to visit the front line in person to boost the morale of the subordinates.

On both sides of the Yingshui River, there are many banners and flags, and the armies are facing each other.

The Xia army in Yingxi has about [-] people, driving a large number of local villagers to rush to build bridges.

A lot of earth bags were thrown into the river, and the river overflowed, reaching both banks.

Pang Shigu rode his horse and walked slowly, the water on his face was not happy.

The overflow of the river is not good for both parties.After the two sides of the strait have become muddy land, how can we still fight?

The sound of arrows breaking through the air kept ringing, and casualties continued on both sides of the strait. The Xia army who was repairing the bridge suffered more casualties.

Pang Shigu looked intently, most of them were Wujia Xiangyong, who fell into Hanoi after being hit by an arrow, and disappeared without a sound after two thumps.

Thousands of soldiers of the Kuangwei army sat on the ground on the east bank of the river, saving their energy and waiting for work, silently waiting for the Xia army to cross the river and attack.

"The thief has nothing to do." Pang Shigu turned his head and said to the generals following behind.

Everyone laughed out loud.

Pang Dutou strictly enforced discipline, blocked the news, and prevented the low-level sergeants from knowing the outside situation, but the Xia people would not cooperate.They "spread rumors" all day long. For a while, they said that Ge Congzhou's army was wiped out and had surrendered to the enemy;

Just outrageous!
Where did Xia thief find someone full of nonsense?I don't even think about whether it is unreasonable to brag. I guess I will be punished after I go back.

Pang Shigu turned around again, and saw that Xia Bing had given up building the pontoon bridge, and instead sent a group of horsemen upriver, looking for a place to cross the river secretly.

He sneered, how long have you been playing this trick, aren't you tired?

"Why don't you gather troops across the river to fight back?" Pang Shigu asked loudly.

"This..." Commander Zhu Yougong of the Kuangwei army was speechless.

Kang Yanxiao, the Marquis of Duyu who fled back from Yang Shihou's camp, paused for a moment. Seeing that Pang Shigu's face was not very good, he immediately stepped forward to smooth things over: "General, in the past, Wang Shichong moved to Luobei to build a pontoon bridge, and all the people attacked Li Mi. .Mi and more than a thousand cavalry rejected them. They were disadvantaged and retreated. Shichong was thin under the city. Secretly dispatched hundreds of sharp soldiers to invite them. Shichong collapsed and competed for the pontoon bridge. Sharp, do not underestimate the enemy."

"General, after crossing the river, if the thieves stand against the wall and do not fight, I'm afraid it will be disadvantageous to me." Someone said: "In martial arts, Emperor Taizong fought against Dou Jiande in Sishui. The Xia army crossed the river and formed an array, seeking a battle. From Mao to noon, the soldiers were hungry. Tired, they all sat together and fought for drinking water. Taizong then dispatched a fresh army that was waiting for work, defeated them, and captured Jiande alive."

"all will……"

Well, Pang Shigu just wanted to send people across the river to fight back, to boost the somewhat decadent morale, but a bunch of people jumped out and said they couldn't fight.

Also fucking quote the scriptures one by one!

Pang Shigu's face was ashen, he drew out his horizontal knife, and said angrily: "Send troops to cross the river, and those who don't enter will be killed!"

The soldiers who came over looked alert and stared at him.

"Obey!" Zhu Yougong bowed, without a hard top, and immediately went down to prepare.

Two battalions of sergeants sitting on the ground got up, seemingly reluctantly, and there was some noise.They were not going to cross the river, but to prevent the enemy from rushing to attack and kill the people who built the pontoon bridge.

"General, they were not like this before, their morale was really low, and it was hard for them to cheer up." Seeing that Pang Shigu was about to get angry again, Kang Yanxiao immediately explained.

Xiao Fu sneered again and again, and said: "The Zhongwu army Zhao Yu can repel the Xia thief Wuwei army, but the enemy general Guan Kairun is on the opposite side of the strategic army. His reputation is not obvious, so why worry? I think someone is greedy. Fear of death."

Kang Yanxiao stopped talking.He couldn't afford to buckle down such a big hat.Anyway, he didn't have any soldiers, and it wasn't his relatives who died, so why bother talking?

After the soldiers came out of the formation, the auxiliary soldiers and village braves moved out of the camp to move the ferry boats to the shore of Yingshui.

The pontoon bridge could not be built right away, so Pang Shigu didn't leave, he planned to stay in the camp of the Kuangwei army and watch them cross the river to attack.

Suddenly there was a chaotic sound on the other side of the river, which attracted everyone's attention.

I saw dozens of people escorted from the opposite side, looking like prisoners, talking in unison.

After listening for a long time, the auxiliary soldiers who built the bridge and the soldiers who were preparing for the Xia people's surprise attack were suddenly in an uproar.The officer beat and scolded and reprimanded them angrily, which calmed them down.

Pang Shigu stopped and watched quietly.Several personal soldiers stepped forward to check under the signal of the staff, and came back after a while, with a very ugly expression on their faces.

"Speak, I'll listen." Pang Shigu said expressionlessly.

"General, there are more than [-] people from the military academy on the opposite side, all of whom were captured by the Xia people." Someone replied.

"Get to the point." Pang Shigu said angrily.

The other one spoke sharply, and immediately said: "General Hui, the Xia people have arrested dozens of military schools from somewhere, claiming that they are all from the horse army. Wang Junshi was also arrested, and he is at the front."

Pang Shigu's eyes almost burst into flames.

"The Xia people are captured here." Someone shouted.

Pang Shigu suddenly pushed away the soldiers in front of him, strode forward, and stared at a small boat that was struggling to row over.There were three or five people on the boat, their faces couldn't be seen clearly, but they didn't move, and they looked very depressed.

The boat reached the east bank under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of people.

"General Pang, I'm Pei Gong from the Jiama Army. I've met you before." The first person jumped onto the shore, staggered and said, "The Jiama Army is over, it's all over!"

After all, the eye circles are red.

The rest of the people also went ashore one after another, looking sad.

"Shao Bandit led tens of thousands of riders to Fugou, and the Bandit Flying Dragon Army soldiers attacked me, and the two armies fought. I fought hard for a long time, and I was going to win. Shao Bandit took advantage of my lack of strength and rode to clash, and our army was defeated. It's miserable. Ah, the brothers are driven all over the mountains and plains like sheep." Pei Gong cried.

Xiao Fu was stunned.Could this Pei Gong be a fool?Let's just say that, if you shake the morale of the army, can you still survive?

Zhu Yougong also turned his head away, feeling complicated, he didn't know whether he felt sorry for Pei Gong, or for the annihilated Jiama army.

Kang Yanxiao sighed, this was within his expectation.

The Xia army has the mounted infantry of the Flying Dragon Army, which is a very dangerous unit because they can dismount and wear armor on foot.There are still a lot of people, tens of thousands of people, and the combat effectiveness is estimated to be not weak.If the Jiama army is attacked head-on, and the cavalry cooperates when the battle is in full swing, isn't that a replica of the battle between Xiangji Temple and Zhaojue Temple?
I heard that the Shao bandits have tens of thousands of cavalry, and with the cooperation of cavalry and infantry, if the defenders do not rely on the defense of the camp, defeat is inevitable.

The Jiama Army, unfortunately, is also a powerful force.

"All generals..." Pei Gong came over and was about to speak, but was stopped by Pang Shigu.

"Shut up!" Pang Shigu said angrily, "Damn the morale of the army, are you guilty?"

Pei Gong was speechless.

In fact, he was not very convinced about the battle of Fugou, thinking that the bandits Xia used more to bully the less, and the victory was unwarranted.I am not very willing to go to Xiaxia myself, and I am very happy to hear that I can be released.When crossing the river by boat, he was almost worried all the way, fearing that Thief Xia would not keep his word, so he would shoot him with crossbow arrows.

Fortunately, all the way to the east coast safely.Feeling agitated, he began to cry directly.However, it doesn't seem right?
"Come here, kill these people!" Pang Shigu ordered.

The soldiers rushed forward, fighting with swords.Pei Gong and others screamed again and again, and jumped to the river in fright.However, they were quickly caught up and fell to the ground one by one.

Soon, the soldiers came over holding the heads of several people and said: "General, the thief has given his head."

Pang Shigu nodded, looked around, and said: "In the future, anyone who spreads rumors and disturbs the morale of the army will be killed without mercy."

"Of order." Everyone responded sparsely.

Xiao Fu watched silently from the side, and suddenly saw Pang Shigu's relatives coming over and whispered something in his ear.

Pang Shigu's expression changed dramatically.

Xiao Fu was a little curious, but if Pang Shigu didn't say anything, he wouldn't ask.

Kang Yanxiao came out from the camp, and said in Xiao Fu's ear, "Wang Yanzhang, the commander of the Po Xia Army, rushed here with several cavalry. He was covered in blood, and everyone was wounded. When he passed Xuzhou, he saw a change in the city, and gathered soldiers for no reason. I have a plan, so I immediately sent someone to report to King Liang, and rushed to report to General Pang Du."

Kang Yanxiao is the marquis of Yu, the capital of the camp, and intelligence is his business scope, so he naturally knows it.

"Why didn't Wang Yanzhang personally inform King Liang?" Xiao Fu wondered.

Kang Yanxiao shook his head and said, "Maybe it's because the tens of thousands of people in Yingdong are more important."

"This general will not be a human being." Xiao Fu smiled wryly.

Suddenly, he seemed to inadvertently ask again: "Wang Yanzhang is commendable for his loyalty and bravery, have you settled down?"

Kang Yanxiao said with emotion: "How could such righteous people not treat them well? I have sent medical officers to bandage their wounds, sent people to eat them, and sent people to change their clothes."

Xiao Fu understood.With so many people coming in and out, the news hasn't spread all over the sky?
(End of this chapter)