Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 842 It's Sudden
It's actually hard to say what kind of combat power a Tutuan villager has, because every place is different.

In places where fighting is frequent, it is almost impossible for Xiangyong to escape the intensive training in winter and spring every year, which is called "meeting exercises".

As the name suggests, the native regiment soldiers in each township and ri bring their own dry food and pickles, gather in a certain place, and carry out large-scale regiment training. The main items are to familiarize themselves with the golden drum flag, the discipline required for large-scale combat, and learn several commonly used military formations, such as Yanyue Formation, Phalanx Formation, Front Arrow Formation and so on.

The training time is at least one month, usually two months, occasionally as long as three months.

In addition to congregational exercises, there is also "single exercise", that is, there is no need to concentrate, and the training is separate, and it is generally individual martial arts and small-scale coordinated battles.

This system existed in the Northern Dynasties, and it continued throughout the Guo Dynasty.But you know, in normal times of peace and prosperity, this kind of thing tends to become a formality, and the training effect is not good.Otherwise, how could Anlu Mountain take 15 troops to the south and capture the two capitals all the way?

At that time, Henan had not heard of war for more than a hundred years, its military equipment was slack, and the training of village courage at the local grassroots level was completely rotten.Those frontier soldiers under An Lushan who have been fighting with the Khitan and Xiren all year round came to fight, and there would be ghosts if they could stop them.

After the difficulties, the quality of training has improved linearly.Because you have to go to battle frequently, if it is still at a poor level, it will not only harm yourself, but also harm others.

In some places where wars broke out all the year round, or soldiers were recruited to fight in other places all the year round, such as the northwest of Beijing, Guanbei, Hedong, Henan, and Hebei, the quality of the township bravery was good.Of course, the level of military force in all states and counties across the country has risen, and it is increasing every year. The differences between regions are gradually becoming smaller, but they still exist.

Henan Xiangyong, in terms of combat effectiveness, should be at the top level in the country, because they suffered the most and fought the most frequently.

But now Bianzhou Township, which is attacking the Vinegar Valley camp, is powerless to attack bravely.This has nothing to do with skills, but only with spirit.

Zhu Quanzhong boarded the temporary high platform and overlooked the entire battlefield, but he just shook his head as he watched.

Xia Bing only fired a round of arrows, and Xiang Yong's pace slowed down.

After the second and third rounds of arrows were cast, they even retreated directly.

The officers were furious, and took down dozens of the fastest routed on the spot, raised their knives and hung their heads on the wall of the village as a warning to others.

The townspeople looked at it silently.It doesn't look like there is any fear, but morale has not improved significantly.

The drums sounded again, they turned around in silence, and launched a second round of attack.

Jing Xiang watched from afar, frowning.He was worried that if the fight continued, these brave men would fight back and fight directly with Feisheng and Xiongwei, the sergeants of the Second Army who were supervising the battle.The morale of these two yamen troops does not seem to be very high now.

After fighting for so long, any fool knows what happened.So many people who went south to Xuzhou didn't come back, where did they go?Are they all dead?
If the top doesn't say anything, the news is blocked, but the more the block is blocked, the more cranky the people below are.Now the rumors circulating privately in the camp are already outrageous, and some even say that Zhu Youyu took the lead in demoting Shao Shude.

God is pitiful, Zhu Quanzhong didn't know the fate of his son and the Changzhi Army, but the soldiers in the battalion swore that the Changzhi Army had surrendered. Zhu Youyu voted for Shao Shude under the persuasion of his aunt, Mrs. Zhu of Pengcheng County, and recognized him as his adoptive father. As if they had seen it with their own eyes.

Li Zhen also smelled a big defeat.

His mind is more active than Jing Xiang's, he is full of thoughts all day long, he doesn't know what he is thinking.But he didn't dare to show it, because Jing Xiang's "Zhu's old slave" was very smart and sharp, and it would be bad for him to see it.

The drums were rumbling, and the township warriors launched a new offensive.

The arrows on the wall of the stronghold were like locusts, reaping their lives mercilessly.Not long after, several teams of sergeants put down the moat bridge, opened the moat gate, and killed them directly.

Strictly speaking, the guards are also brave, but they are not ordinary brave.

They were all the Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, Tubo, and Uyghur tribes conquered by Shao Shude at first. Later, they added two surrendered troops.For example, after the Shannan East Road was conquered, thousands of elite soldiers from Xiangyang and Fangzhou were selected to be incorporated into the bodyguard army.These people are all bachelors. They were very reluctant when they first moved to Feng and Sheng. Later, they found that there were very few adult men in the tribe. After they came, they had women, children, cattle and sheep, and their resistance was much less. Now one Everyone is happy to leave—the reason behind it is heart-warming, because there are still more women than men in the tribe, strong men are more sought-after, and grassland women are more enthusiastic. As long as you are physically fit, you can just sneak into other people's tents at night.

The three guards (Woyang Palace, Yulin Palace, and Hongyuan Palace) are also relatively wealthy. Shao Shude once sent them a batch of equipment captured from the Shence Army, so the overall equipment is excellent, and it is not a local group when fighting Countryman can be compared.

This wave of nearly a thousand people attacked in multiple sects, with all their knives and guns, they immediately killed this group of Bianzhou Xiangyong, whose morale was not very good, and fled. Some attacking equipment was also set on fire.

After the fight, they withdrew back to the camp, their movements were very quick, and they had a lot of experience.

"Continue to attack!" Zhu Quanzhong was unmoved when he saw it, and ordered the villagers to continue to attack the camp.

Although they were defeated, they were not without any results.At least two small outlying camps for security were pulled down, and many pits and trenches were filled.

Using their lives to clear these obstacles while consuming the defenders' arrows and energy is the only value of Xiangyong.Zhu Quanzhong's loyalty was as hard as iron, so naturally he would not waver in the slightest.

Still, he made some adjustments.A part of the Xiongwei army came forward, wearing armor and armed, to warn the Xia army in the village, and then rushed out to make trouble.

It's a pity that there are not many cavalry, which is a pity.

Tabai recruited some Henan children who were proficient in horse fighting, riding and archery into the army, but there were still only a thousand or so riders. Zhu Quanzhong was a relatively rare high-speed mobile force, and he was not willing to use it at all—this army is now led by him personally. , no one can call it, which shows how valuable it is.

This battle was fought until the evening, before the gold was withdrawn.

Someone counted the number, and more than 2000 people were killed or injured, but Zhu Quanzhong didn't even frown.As long as the goal can be achieved, it doesn't matter how many people are killed or injured.If Xia Bandit is defeated and Zhengzhou is regained, then soldiers can be recruited again.Even if Xia Bandits increased their troops, they had no choice but to retreat, and they didn't suffer much.

Unknowingly, Zhu Quanzhong, who used to cherish the common people and belittle his taxes, gradually changed into the appearance he had when he was fighting in the Chao Army.It can be seen that in his heart, the people are not important, and the power is the first. If the two conflict, it is not difficult to choose which one - of course, almost all the warlords in the country are like this at this time.

There were a lot of Xia Army cavalry cruising outside the camp.

Their existence also greatly interfered with Liang Jun's attack, forcing them to devote a lot of energy to guard.At the end of the day, the Xiongwei army was exhausted.

On the 24th, the offensive continued.

The villagers even attacked the wall of the village, but were quickly repelled, leaving behind a large number of corpses.

The sun gradually rose, and the soldiers of the Xiongwei army lined up in armor, tired and thirsty.The whispers in the army became louder and louder, and the officers repeatedly reprimanded them, but they couldn't stop them completely.

These warriors!Jing Xiang secretly sighed in his heart, everyone is a thief and a thief.

As soon as the general's prestige drops, they dare to make many small moves.The main general has no prestige, so they dare to push their noses in the face.If the Lord will make them dissatisfied, they will even dare to make noise.

The sound of horseshoes sounded in the distance, and another raid by Xia Zei cavalry began.The generals of the Xiongwei army complained endlessly, and they slowly lined up. After riding and shooting with bows and crossbows, Xia Zei's cavalry left dozens of corpses and left in a hurry.

Some officers saw the horse left on the battlefield and ran out to pull it back.

To be honest, this is against military orders, but everyone is turning a blind eye now.No one dares to reprimand too hard to prevent these increasingly rebellious warriors from making noise——everyone’s family members are in Xu and Su, and they are not occupied by the Xia bandits, but they are in the hands of the Huai people. It's already for King Liang's face, what else do you want?

After noon, Fei Shengjun, who had recharged his batteries for two days, finally appeared.

Zhu Quanzhong, Jing Xiang, Li Zhen and others watched carefully from the high platform.

The more than 3000 soldiers were divided into three groups, two of which had [-] soldiers each feigned attack from the south and north directions, and the main force of [-] soldiers attacked from the east, encircling the three ques and one, fighting in full swing.

To be fair, they've worked hard.Xia Zei's generals kissed the head of the village to boost morale.The officers at all levels fought hoarsely and fought bravely for more than an hour. The casualties on both sides were not small, so they called for money to withdraw their troops.

Zhu Quanzhong, who had always been stern, smiled with satisfaction.If the Feisheng army worked so hard in the future, it would not take a few days to break through this camp.

At the third quarter of Shenshi, the last wave of offensive by the townspeople started.

The Feisheng Army had already returned to camp to rest, and the soldiers of the Xiongwei Army had been on guard all day, and they were so tired that they begged for water.

The auxiliary soldiers brought water with a load.Seeing this, the sergeants rushed to the bucket to grab the wooden ladle.

After basking in the sun all day, it's still a guy in armor array, who is not tired and thirsty?At this time, the Heavenly King Lao Tzu is here, and it doesn’t work. No one can stop me from drinking water.

A silvery wave suddenly appeared over the fields to the west.

The waves moved quickly, only three hundred steps away from Liang Jun's brigade.

Before the wave was a large cavalry group, and they gathered together, shouting loudly, and galloping left and right.The land that had been exposed to the scorching sun for three days was relatively dry, and some places even had dust.

Suddenly, the cavalry dispersed and outflanked Liang Jun.The actions were quick and the attitude was firm, as if this time they were going to attack regardless of the casualties.

After the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, the silver waves were already a hundred paces away. I saw them holding spears, knives and axes, wearing iron armor, and their faces were fierce.

"Kill!" The drum sounded suddenly.Not only in the west, but in fact, everywhere in the southeast, north, and west, and there are faint cries of killing in varying degrees of severity from the sound of drums.

Liang Bing, who was scrambling for drinking water, was a little puzzled. He thought it was another routine harassment, but when he saw the Xia Bing group rushing towards them, he was dumbfounded.

　Another big boss rewarded the leader, thank you.It is estimated that there will be no more additions today, so arrange it as soon as possible.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)