Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 549
From Xuzhou to Songzhou, it is about three hundred and fifty miles.

However, more than 3000 people from the Imperial Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty arrived in Xuzhou, plus [-] people from the Jianwu Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty who had been transferred to Xuzhou in the early stage.

In addition, there are prefecture and county soldiers transferred from Chuzhou, Haozhou and other places, as well as a small number of united township soldiers, which add up to about 5000 people.

As for why the Southern Tang had so many state and county soldiers and united township soldiers in Huainan, it was related to the Southern Tang's defense policy in Huainan.

Historically, in winter, when the flow of rivers such as Huaihe River and Sishui River decreased, the Southern Tang government would conscript a large number of soldiers to prevent the Central Plains court from taking advantage of the shallow water and attacking southward. They called this defensive method shallow.

Of course, the main force of the shallow army will not be the forbidden army. The main force can only be the state and county soldiers and the united township soldiers.

Every winter, the Southern Tang Dynasty even hoarded more than [-] soldiers in Huainan during the peak period.

This is also the main reason why the number of troops in the Southern Tang Dynasty on the Internet in later generations is often estimated at 400,000 to [-], which is outrageous.

It is true that this kind of shallowing carried out every year is a passive defense policy that consumes a lot of money, manpower and energy, and the effect is not obvious.

Because when Li Min, the ancestor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was still called Xu Zhigao, he started to fight in Huainan. It has been more than ten years now, but the Central Plains court has never attacked Huainan in the Southern Tang Dynasty at this time.

It seems like a waste of time and money, but in fact, Baqian greatly enhanced the mobilization ability of the Southern Tang Dynasty in Huainan, and also greatly enhanced the martial spirit of Huainan people.

At this time, the Huainan people, like the Huaibei people, are good at riding and shooting, and the hunting style is prevalent, and they often gather crowds to finish playing with guns and sticks.

Even Yangzhou, where the fireworks are held in March, has been affected. Among the Imperial Guards of the Southern Tang Dynasty, there are a large number of Jianghuai crossbowmen from the vicinity of Yangzhou.

It's hard to say if the Central Plains court would have gone south to attack if it hadn't been for years and years.

Guo Rong was very lucky in history, because after more than a year, Wu Tingshao, the supervisor of Shouzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty, believed that there had been no wars in Huainan for a long time, and that he would waste the people and money, so please stop playing.

Li Jing immediately ordered to stop regardless of the objections of the generals in Huainan.

This Wu Tingshao is a doctor, and he was reused because he cured Feng Yansi's headache. Li Jing can listen to a doctor's advice on national defense, which is out of the picture.

But Zhang Zhao was not so lucky. At this time, the battle of the Southern Tang Dynasty was still going on. Therefore, Chu, Hao, Si and other states south of Xuzhou had a large number of state and county soldiers and Tuanjie Township soldiers gathered.

Then he was directly transferred by Liu Yanzhen halfway, as a civilian husband, he could fight on the battlefield at the same time.

So at the end of February, Liu Yanzhen was deployed in the northern camps of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He led [-] Southern Tang forbidden troops, [-] prefecture and county soldiers, [-] united township soldiers, and [-] Wuning troops under Hu Cile's command, for a total of [-] troops. , plus more than [-] civilian husbands accompanying the army, it is called [-].

From Xuzhou along the Bian River, the flags are flying, and the boats and boats meet end to end, and they are coming to Songzhou in a mighty way.

Bianshui is not the Tongji Canal known as the ancient Bian River, but a tributary of Sishui, which was called the ancient Bian Canal at this time.

The names of Bianshui and Bianhe often change. Sometimes Bianshui will add an ancient character to become ancient Bianqu, and sometimes Bianhe will add an ancient character to become ancient Bianhe.

Not to mention in later generations, even at this time, these two rivers are often confused.

When it comes to Bianhe, many people subconsciously think that Bianshui and Bianhe are the same river.

Therefore, when Liu Yanzhen heard from the generals under his command that Xuzhou had Bianshui to lead to Songzhou, he immediately applied to the Southern Tang court for hundreds of boats.

The Bian River he thought was the Tongji Canal, the Grand Canal dug by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, had a wide water surface and was deep enough for large boats because it used dragon boats.

In addition, the Tongji Canal is a canal with slow water flow, and the difference between going upstream and downstream is not too big, so it is very suitable for transportation.

But when he really left Xuzhou, Liu Yanzhen was dumbfounded. The Bian River in front of him was narrow, the current was not too slow, and the water depth was not enough.

However, when the army set off, all the supplies, food and grass were loaded on the ship, so it is impossible to change the army plan now, right?

If Zhang Zhao were here, he would have to consider efficiency, transport capacity, physical strength of the civilian husband, etc., but how could Liu Yanzhen care about these things, especially how could he care about the life and death of the civilian husband.

So a military order went down, and an additional [-] civilian boats were requisitioned, and the army went upstream as planned.

But for those who can hang around Liu Yanzhen, with a master like him, how can there be kind people under him.

These people, Liu Yanzhen, don't order them to fish and meat the common people. After the order is given, it's okay!

When the army was first launched, the pro-armies deployed in the camp rushed to the counties around Xuzhou, forced the strong men all the way, raped and looted all the way, and the people around the scourge of Bianshui were all empty.

. . . .

"Fuck you, you don't have much fighting skills, but it's quite powerful to harm the common people!"

Not far from Bianshui, several people including Huang Yingda and Han Tong were crawling in a small bush.

A soldier who looks a little bookish, but has thick calluses on his jaw and thumb, is recording rapidly.

Hearing Huang Yingda's complaints, Han Tong grinned, and said flatteringly to the immediate boss and celebrity next to the saint.

"That's right, let's do our best to harm the people on our side. When we get to the Huainan states, let's give him a pot of those in the Southern Wu territory."

Huang Yingda and the soldiers who were writing and drawing rolled their eyes at Han Tong together. Huang Yingda pointed to Han Tong and said to the soldiers.

"Feng Jiye, please help me remember that when we arrive in Huainan, we must stay away from this idiot, so that when he is beheaded by the military law, he will not splash blood on both of us."

This soldier-looking fellow turned out to be Feng Jiye, the youngest son of Feng Hui, the Commander of the Right Shenwu Army.

After their father and son beat Meng Shu violently in Guanzhong, they rushed to the front line of the Southern Tang conquest without stopping.

Feng Jiye looked at the dumbfounded Han Tong and said: "According to the military law of the Great Zhou Dynasty, if there are no rank officials, the adulterer will be demoted to be a son-in-law; Already!"

Han Tong immediately shuddered, he relied on the battlefield to revolt and killed the three Khitan Pishi soldiers, and just now he got Wu Yilang from the seventh rank.

This is a good thing, with privileges such as annuities, land grants, school admissions, tax cuts, etc. It would be a pity if you get slapped in the crotch because you can't control it, and you don't want to be stabbed.

However, he still couldn't help muttering a few words, "Then let's put our heads on the waistband of our trousers and fight hard, without giving any sweetness, what's the point?"

Feng Jiye snorted, "Be happy, spend more than a dozen copper coins, and someone will take care of you comfortably, and be as obedient as you want.

If you have no money, you will fight the enemy bravely to get the reward of the sage. After accumulating evil virtues, you are still happy. How can you harm some poor people? "

"Yes! Feng Qilang is right!" Huang Yingda slammed Han Tong on the head.

"You are what the sage said? Yes, you are not enlightened enough! Yeah, I will punish you. This time you bring people up and fight a wave!"

Han Tong was disgraced by the two people, and when he thought about it, he felt that he seemed a little dirty, so he got Huang Yingda's order, quickly twisted his buttocks left and right, and retreated from the bush.

Huang Yingda brought a battalion of cavalry out this time, and they put their horses far away. The so-called going up to fight a wave was the task Zhang Zhao entrusted to them.

It is mainly to test the response, morale, general command ability, soldier quality and equipment tactics of the Southern Tang army.

The side effect is that they are more nervous, making it more difficult for the Southern Tang army to come all the way against the current.

It has to be said that the Southern Tang cavalry really pulled their hips. Han Tong led more than [-] cavalry until they were only two or three hundred steps away from them, and the Southern Tang Youyi cavalry discovered them.

And after discovering Han Tong and the others, the Southern Tang cavalry didn't send the alarm immediately, but saw that they were few, so they surrounded them in a chaotic manner.

Han Tong took advantage of the momentum and got on his horse, and a cavalry came directly to hedge,

Because Qing Yishui, the Youbalin guard army where Han Tong was, put on the cloth armor very quickly, and when the Southern Tang cavalry arrived, they had already finished putting on their armor.

Using armored cavalry to fight against the unarmored cavalry of the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was over in one charge. The three or four hundred Southern Tang cavalry who rushed over lost dozens of people and immediately began to run around.

Han Tong took advantage of the momentum and charged, and more than two hundred riders ran out of the power of the earthquake.

The soldiers in the Nantangzhou county in front of them panicked for a while. The officers could not order the soldiers by beating gongs and drums.

Before Han Tong and others arrived, the Southern Tang military officer killed several people himself first.

These state and county soldiers basically did not wear armor, and some of them wore tattered armor, but the formation was still put out, and they all had spears and rattan cards.

Han Tong immediately did not choose to charge forward, but a hundred riders stood guard, and the other hundred or so rode off their horses, and then shot with a hard bow.

This is the advantage of the cloth-faced iron armor. As long as you don't shoot ten arrows and eight arrows in one breath, even if you wear heavy armor, you can still maintain a certain ability to draw a hard bow.

Under their bursts of shooting, the surrounded Nantangzhou county soldiers were thrown off their feet by those who were shot.

Even a commander who commanded [-] state and county soldiers was shot because he came forward to command. If it weren't for the iron helmet on his head, he would have almost disappeared on the spot.

The Southern Tang Army, who had no choice but to release hundreds of cavalry, was still defeated by the hundred cavalry guarded by Han Tong.

As a result, thousands of Southern Tang troops on the left bank of the Bian River were defeated by more than two hundred people from Han Tong.

It wasn't until the Shenwei Army, which belonged to the Imperial Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, dispatched hundreds of crossbowmen and elite soldiers that Han Tong began to retreat.

Feng Jiye, who had been observing from a distance, clapped his hands, put the dossier into his clothes, and then excitedly said to Huang Yingda.

"General Lang, the last Southern Wu Forbidden Army has also appeared, with many crossbowmen and well-equipped soldiers, but basically no cavalry.

It is estimated that it took them three quarters of an hour from receiving the order to dressing up and dispatching, which is quite elite. "

Huang Yingda nodded, "Then you should send the information to Wang Yisi as soon as possible, and I will give them some trouble."

The so-called Wang Yi Division is Zhang Zhao's wartime staff department, which was set up according to the Six Secrets of War. Zhang Zhao improved it a little, and it is very close to the structure of the later generation's staff department.

All the news about the Southern Tang army will be collected by them, and then displayed in numbers and tables.

This is also one of Zhang Zhao's trump cards. Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy has always been advocated by my sage Zhang.

Now under his leadership, Zhou Jun, a seasoned tiger, is waiting for the bold hyena of Nantang to be fooled.

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