Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 894 How to fight?
Ma Ke led his army to the south bank of the river.

The Xia people's defense is too loose. There are not 1 people at a distance of hundreds of miles.Excluding those guarding the city, it is estimated that there are only a few thousand mobile troops.

Thousands of people, what a fart!Ma Ke only used a small plan, sent people to cut trees downstream, and pretended to build a bridge, which attracted the attention of the Xia people, and then secretly managed to break through from the upstream to the south bank, gaining a foothold.

The barracks at the ferry had already been set up, and the six thousand soldiers were busy collecting firewood and herding horses.

On the other side of the river, food and supplies were still being transported, and a large group of cavalry waited slowly, not in a hurry.

The vanguard sent Li Siben to cross the river with a small number of soldiers.

"General Ma, where is Thief Shao?" Li Siben got off his horse lightly and asked.

"If the news is correct, it should still be in Qizhou. Why, General Li wants to attack Qizhou?" Ma Ke asked with a smile.

Li Siben thought about it seriously, and said: "Your Majesty didn't give an order. If there is a military order, what about rushing to attack? It's better to be shrouded in horse leather than to be old and sick on the couch."

Marco choked.

I wanted to ridicule Li Siben, but I didn't expect him to be a stunned young man, so boring.

Li Siben also secretly smirked in his heart, it is impossible for these Hebei killers to surrender to anyone.It's about this time, and I still don't forget to talk a little bit cheaply, their Jiedushi Wang Rong probably is about the same.

"General Li." Beside the ferry, An Zhonghui had just come from the north bank of the river, and when he saw Li Siben, he immediately saluted respectfully.

He is a junior, and he came here with his father An Fuqian to see the world.

Fighting with the Khitan and Hebei people is nothing, but the large-scale battle with the Xia army is the most exciting and the most training.

"Where's He Dutou?" Li Siben asked.

"Still at Yangliudu, looking for an opportunity to cross the river." An Zhongjiao replied.

"Why is it so slow?" Li Siben wondered, "There are not many Xia soldiers in Lu County, so they can come here easily. Zhao people are not reliable, and we still have to rely on our own people to fight."

An Chonghui agreed.

Chengde Jiedu envoy Wang Rong resisted the dispatch of troops three times and four times, saying that the soldiers were clamoring for a while, and saying that the equipment had not yet been fully prepared.In the end, only one scout was sent over.

Compared with Chengde, Yi Ding is a little more reliable, but this time they only dispatched 3000 people, and the main force stayed in their hometown to help Youzhou defend.

"Although Chengde was defeated, he was still unconvinced in his heart. He wanted to get rid of us whenever he had the chance. The general must be careful not to let them defect." An Zhonghui reminded.

Li Siben sneered, and said: "Zhao people are all low-borns, we should let the Xia bandits beat them up, and then we will know how powerful they are."

"If the Shao bandits attack Hebei, it will be fun to watch. I have long thought that Wei Bo, Chengde, and Cangjing are not pleasing to the eye." An Chong said with a smile: "But then again, we will not intervene. Thieves Shao has not been able to pacify Hebei for ten years."

Li Siben said: "If you don't hurt Wang Rong and Luo Hongxin's generation, it is impossible for them to admit cowardice. The matter of suppressing the enemy with one thing is not done once or twice."

Li and An were chatting here, while Ma Ke had already sent someone out to spy on them.

The morale of the [-] soldiers is not bad, not bad.Since Jian Kou were able to be sent out to fight in other towns and did not make trouble when they were dispatched, it has already explained a lot of things.Besides, the sergeants are not stupid and know the current situation.

A big difference between the sergeants in the separatist era and those of other dynasties in ancient times is that they had a better understanding of the external situation, which may be related to their deep participation in politics.The big soldiers know less, the junior officers know a little more, and the mid-level and above officers understand it very well. This is both a good thing and a bad thing.

The good thing is that the sergeants know why to fight, and their combat effectiveness is relatively strong.

The bad thing is that the sergeants are no longer ignorant, not easy to be fooled, and have strong subjective initiative, which provides a good foundation for series connection and making troubles, which makes the generals very headache.

Sometimes Ma Ke thought that it might be more worry-free to drive a group of honest and ignorant sergeants, but these people's combat effectiveness is too weak and they are easily defeated by the enemy.

In the afternoon, Wang Chuzhi also led his men across the river, and three thousand Yiding soldiers began to cut trees and set up camp.

So far, the names of soldiers and horses in Chengde, Yiding, and Hedong have appeared on this road. The total strength of troops crossing the river has exceeded [-], and they can carry out many combat missions.

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Li Keyong has arrived in Bozhou.

Luo Hongxin sent his confidant Yang Li to go there in person and presented a batch of food and grass.

"Why is Luo Shuai unwilling to send troops?" Li Ke asked coldly, wiping the horizontal knife.

"Back to the King of Jin, Luo Shuai is sick, and it is really inconvenient to go out." Yang Li said after paying his respects.

"If you don't send troops, how can I trust you?" Li Ke said angrily.

Yang Li was not afraid at all, and replied: "The army in Henan is flourishing, and all the towns in Hebei want to use the east of the river as a screen. Why is the King of Jin suspicious?"

Li Ke blinked his one eye and snorted coldly.

Forget it, Wei Bo sent troops, he was not at ease.

When the Xia and Jin armies lined up, even if Wei Bo's army hadn't turned against them, they might have slipped away first, or they would have been beaten and run away after being slightly beaten. He really didn't dare to have such a virtuous ally.

No one in this world can make them truly surrender.

Even if the righteous brother Shao Shude subdued these feudal towns.Once Hedong showed signs of decline, they would immediately rebel, counterattack, and hit Xia Jun hard from behind.

In the same way, if Hedong occupies Henan, they will contact Shao Shude, take refuge in secret, and attack Hedong.Even if he is defeated and temporarily surrenders, he will secretly observe the situation, looking for opportunities to fight back all the time.

"Why didn't Zhu Quanzhong stop him when he was passing through Beizhou?" Li Keyong asked again.

"Quan Zhong are all cavalry pawns, so we can't stop them." Yang Li said, "The men have already fled to Dezhou. King Jin might as well write to Cangzhou and ask Lu Yanwei to drive Zhu Quanzhong away."

"That's Lu Yanwei's business." Li Ke said angrily, "Everyone in Beizhou sits and watches Zhu Quanzhong flee. I want to attack him. How will Luo Shuai treat him?"

"This..." Yang Li didn't expect Li Keyong to have such an unpredictable temper, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"King Jin calm down." After thinking for a while, Yang Li said, "Wei Bo used the river east as a screen to fight against Shao's bandits. It's not a lie. We are all from our own family, so why bother to do such a thing to make relatives hurt and enemies happy?" How about this, Luo Shuai is willing to give three thousand horses to strengthen the prestige of King Jin."

Gai Yu quietly stepped on Li Keyong's foot under the table.

Li Keyong's face remained unchanged, and said: "Give me another thousand armor collars and fifty thousand bundles of arrows, and this matter will be over."

Yang Li's face turned pale, but he was relieved in his heart.

Things that can be solved with money are nothing.It's a good thing for Wei Bo to dismiss Jin soldiers anyway.

"Report this matter to Luo Shuai." Yang Li said.

"Then what are you waiting for? Go back and report." Li Ke waved his hand, as if chasing away a fly.

Yang Li shook his head and walked away with a gloomy expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, Lu Yanwei sent an envoy to say that Zhu Quanzhong did not stay in Dezhou, but went to Dizhou, and they failed to catch up." Gai Yu said.

"Yeah." Li Ke nodded and didn't continue talking about it.

That day Zhu Quanzhong fled with more than [-] cavalry, Li Keyong personally led his men in pursuit, and chased them all the way, but along the way, some Liang and others fell behind and were beheaded by the Jin soldiers.In the end, Zhu Quanzhong rushed into Dezhou with more than a thousand people and escaped with his life.

Although he failed to completely kill this beast, but most of Zhu Quanzhong's final capital has been wiped out, and it is difficult for him to make a comeback.So what if we went to Dizhou?No soldiers, no generals, relying on him alone, can Wang Shifan give him a good face?
"Your Majesty..." Gai Yu said, "He Huaibao and Li Si originally reported that they had crossed the river with more than [-] paces. Xia's soldiers were few, and after only a short battle, they defeated Xia's soldiers and beheaded more than two hundred. They They are all asking for instructions on what to do next. Shao Shude should still be in Qizhou. If he can occupy all the land in the north of Yun, he can be intercepted in the east. At that time, the Pinglu, Taining and other troops will also assist, and the confidence will be much greater. "

"Don't be in a hurry to attack Yunzhou, let them occupy Yang Liudu first, and build cities at both ends. If possible, Lu County will also be taken out." Li Keyong said: "Also, send people to Deshengdu to cut wood and build ships. , build a pontoon bridge, and make a posture for crossing the river."

"As ordered." Gai Yu replied.

Desheng Ferry connects Puzhou and Chanzhou and is also an important ferry.Once the army breaks through here, if the direction of Puzhou fails to stop them, then the Jin army can break into the empty hinterland of Bian Song.

"Also, roaming around, searching for Xia Jun's spies crossing the river, we must not let Shao thief know where my main force is." Li Keyong said again.

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In the Luokou area, warehouses were opened wide, and bags of grain and grass were loaded onto ships.

These are the materials transferred from Lingxia last year, mainly corn and wheat, as well as soybeans and black beans that horses like to eat, and even 20 bunches of dry pasture.

After the big river thawed, the fleet could start again.

It would cost a lot to fight with an army of [-], and it would be foolish not to use waterways.

The bells on the pier kept ringing.

Every sound means that a ship full of cargo has left the port and is drifting downstream.

The former Bianzhou Navy was also dispatched.

More than a hundred ships, large and small, carrying [-] sailors and soldiers, guarding the grain fleet, went down the river and headed straight for Yun and Qi.

"Has the fleet from Biankou set off?" asked Feng Wei, deputy envoy of Jiru Jiedu in the eastern capital, standing against the wind.

"Let's go." The staff replied: "25 dendrobium grains and beans were transported, and the warehouse was almost wiped out."

"It doesn't matter if it's empty. Wait until May, and Lingxia will bring food and grass again." Feng Wei said: "I didn't expect it, so far, it turned out to rely on the northern states to provide corn, beans, dried meat, and milk powder , Hay supply to the front line, but the loss on the road is a bit big, and there are many shipwrecks."

"Let's go, go to Biankou to have a look." Feng Wei got on his horse and said.

Biankou is in Zhengzhou, and Zhengzhou is now also a state of Dongdu Town.From Biankou along the Bian River to Bianzhou, then you can go east, along the Jishui River to Yunzhou.

In the past, the Yi Cong Army walked along the Jishui River, but they took the land route, and the equipment was transported by ship, which could greatly speed up the march.

Xia Wang attached great importance to water transportation and naval divisions. He had no chance before, but now he has received part of the strength of the Bianzhou Navy, and it seems that he intends to make a fuss about it.

His fighting style is really unpredictable.He likes to use cavalry, which is a standard northerner, but he attaches great importance to the boat division, which seems to be the style of the southerners.

Unconstrained, eclectic, and very open-minded, I hope it can help the next battle.

　Too busy, work overtime until nine o'clock. . .Just finished coding and going to bed.

　　
　
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