Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 865
Although the county government of Xiaxiang is vast, the county government can be described as shabby.

This place is located on the front line of the confrontation between the North and the South. The original county seat has long since been destroyed in which battle, and even the specific jurisdiction area is unclear, let alone the specific government details such as registered households.Theoretically speaking, all households and their land that are willing to accept the jurisdiction of the county office can be counted as the scope of the county government.

From this point, it can also be seen that the imperial court has lost control of local management, and there is almost no ruling order at all.The reason why the people are willing to accept the jurisdiction of the county office is only to avoid the invasion of the army and the persecution of local tyrants.Chun Yu'an can be said to be an outlier among many local army leaders. He is not keen on raiding the countryside to strengthen his strength, so he is supported by the people around him.But these people just want to use this to put on a layer of protection from the king's religion, so as to avoid being regarded as rioters and being wiped out.

Because the original county seat had already been destroyed in the flames of war, the previous county magistrates often had their troops stationed there, and that was where the county office was located.Most of Chunyu'an's predecessors directly requisitioned a certain township settlement as the garrison and county seat.But Chun Yu'an was just a weak county magistrate, even if the village clansmen were happy to have such a superior, they would never be able to reach the level of support to destroy their families and relieve their difficulties.

Therefore, the current Xiaxiang county government is just a simple camp.Its foundation is an abandoned village, with a total of only a few hundred houses, and there is not even a basic city wall.Although some fortifications have been built recently due to the support of the county people, Xiangzong, but it is just a fence with a few arrow towers outside, and the protection is better than nothing.

Liu Di was the main general of the Huainan reinforcements this time, and under the leadership of Chun Yu'an, he walked around the county seat with a helpless look of sadness on his face.If it wasn't because he knew that Chun Yu'an was the magistrate officially appointed by Xuzhou Governor's Mansion, he would have thought that he had entered some refugee camp by mistake, it was too shabby.

"Xuzhou and Huainan have different scenery and scenery. Although I live here as an official, I am really not very good at fighting against the enemy. The Huainan army is the best in the world. Since General Liu was sent to aid by Governor Shen, It must be brave and able to fight. Right now, the military situation is urgent, and the bandits are about to attack. The county is willing to submit to the general's restraint. If, if this situation cannot be stubbornly defended, the general may as well give an order, where should we go to fight?"

Seeing the change in Liu Di's expression, Chun Yu'an felt embarrassed and ashamed for a while.For the Huainan Army's assistance, he was very happy from the bottom of his heart. Although Xu Zhennei had mixed opinions about the Huainan Army, he must admit that the Huainan Army was by no means mediocre when it was able to defeat the 10,000+ Jiehu army head-on.But after being happy, he didn't have the extravagant idea of ​​winning this battle.

One thing is that the Huainan reinforcements are too few, but only [-] people.Previously, his fellow villager Wang Xue sent his family members to report the news, but he said that there were at least [-] enemies invading Zezhong, not to mention that there might be other enemies behind his back who wanted to put him to death.

The second is that the government and defense of Xiaxiang county are too poor, and there is no danger at all.Not to mention blocking the enemy troops, those fences may even be knocked down by wild beasts if they hit too hard.The only thing to rely on in the surrounding area is a river several feet wide in the north of the county seat, and the significance of the existence of this river is that once the front is defeated, the soldiers can swim across the water and escape.

Hearing what Chun Yu'an said, Liu Di really didn't know where to complain about the harsh combat environment of Xia Xiang.Huainan and Xuzhou are two towns side by side. He also heard that the situation in Xuzhou is not as good as that in Huainan, but only by seeing it with his own eyes can he know the disparity is so great.After he was ordered and before he entered the county, he also inquired in the countryside along the way. Chunyu'an had a good official reputation and was loved by the people.

But the problem is, the prime minister is on the front line against the encircling and suppressing rebels, and his armaments are so lax!Chun Yu'an, an official, may have a good reputation among the people, but he blindly invites the people to favor him and rest in peace with the people, ignoring the threat of military disasters that are close at hand, he is simply joking with the lives of the people!

Xiaomin may be short-sighted and can rejoice in a moment of peace, but since this Chun Yu'an is an official, even if he wants to go against the wishes of Shengmin, he should organize the people's strength to prepare.If you don't have that kind of ability, you should simply tell the people where the troubles are, instead of letting Xiaomin wait for death!
As an official, if you only share the worries and joys of the people and ignore the rest, then what is the meaning of this official?How about letting the little people go and let them fend for themselves!It is precisely because officials are above the common people that they should have a vision beyond the common people and have a sense of prevention.

As Chun Yu'an said, the county had assembled two thousand armored soldiers, and Liu Di frowned even more after reviewing it.In his opinion, these soldiers are not as good as refugees. Even if they are put together, they are completely useless. They are just more convenient for the enemy to kill.

Although there was a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart, Liu Di also knew that as a guest reinforcement, it is not appropriate to make noise and try to express as few opinions as possible.Otherwise, the goodwill of rushing to help all the way may cause resentment instead.

However, Liu Di would never allow his Huainan Army comrades to mix with these incompetent soldiers. It seemed that there were so many people, but they were actually vulnerable.

"The thieves came here this time, since they are targeting the big county, they must re-plan the Ming government. If the county government is destroyed, the villagers will surely flee, and then they will die in the wild."

After inspecting it, Liu Di could also feel that the county magistrate Chunyu'an had weak control over the villagers in the county.If there is more time to inform the countryside, even if Chunyu'an doesn't mention it, he will propose to abandon the county government and choose a dangerous place to defend, even if he chooses a dock in the countryside, the defense will be ridiculously crude than this The county government is much more reliable.

But now it is less than two hours before it gets dark, and it is too late to choose another place to arrange. Moreover, once the county government is abandoned and the people don't know where the officials are, it will definitely cause even greater chaos. The looting and looting of the rebel army provides more convenience.

"In a fight to the death and life in the battlefield, the decisive winner is not limited to the number of soldiers. A rebellious army must seek a quick victory. If there are many villagers in the county, if a strong enemy invades, they will worry about their homes and homes. If they collapse without a fight, Rebel against the king's division. Please ask the Ming government to send all the villagers back home and close their houses for self-defense. We and the Huainan army will protect the Ming government in the county government. Even if we lose, we can temporarily avoid it. Because of the fear of encirclement and suppression by the rest of the king's division, he must not dare to torture the country..."

After pondering for a while, Liu Di proposed to send those rural soldiers back to defend the countryside, and let the Huainan Army take charge of the frontal defense. This proposal is full of arrogance.

When Chun Yu'an heard this, he couldn't help frowning. His understanding of military affairs was still limited to the aspect of large numbers of people, but firstly, he didn't have any clever strategy to win, and secondly, it was also out of fear of the Huainan Army. He trusted Liu Di and followed Liu Di's suggestion.From this, it can also be seen that this person is really an outlier in the world, and he actually surrendered to the stragglers just because of a few words from the reinforcement general. From the eyes of others, this is really unimaginable.

Even Liu Di was stunned when he saw Chun Yu'an accepting his opinion.To be honest, he just mentioned this strategy casually, and he didn't believe that Chun Yu'an would agree to it at all, and he could also take advantage of the situation to ambush the soldiers outside the county government, use these county soldiers as bait, and fight out when the two armies are in chaos .

But since Chunyu'an is so straightforward, Liu Di no longer refuses. Taking advantage of Chunyu'an's dismissal of the county soldiers, he arranges for the Huainan soldiers staying outside to enter the county in batches, and according to the fighting habits of the Huainan army, some precautions will be made a little Revise.Although these defenses are crude, they are better than nothing and can enjoy a slight home court advantage.

In the evening, after Chun Yu'an disbanded the soldiers and sent them home, he returned to the county again.He also admired Liu Di's proposal at this time.The disbandment of the soldiers was very smooth, almost half of the soldiers dispersed almost shortly after he gave the order, without even asking the reason.This also made Chun Yu'an realize how low morale was. There was no cohesion to fight hard and stick to it. Once the thieves arrived, they might collapse at a touch.

At this time, the defenses around the county government have undergone great changes.The shallow moats that existed inside and outside the fence have been filled with water at this time, leaving only a few small wooden and stone bridges at the due west position, but the fence has been pulled out and rebuilt into small sharp trenches. The spur horses were placed in the ditch, with half of their spikes exposed.And those arrow towers nearly two feet high, which Chun Yu'an placed high hopes on, have also been completely abandoned.

In this way, the entire county's defense line was withdrawn by tens of feet, and it was directly contracted by nearly two times.And Liu Di is still commanding the soldiers and nearly a hundred officials in the county to selectively demolish the few houses. The demolished beams, wood, earth and stones are dragged out by carts and piled up in piles as high as ten feet. of mounds.

On the newly piled mounds, there is a chariot with a length of more than ten feet.These vehicles were originally disguised as trucks, with items piled up half a foot high and covered in thick straw felt.Sitting next to each of the chariots were seven or eight Huainan soldiers, ranging from twenty to thirty, chatting and resting, and the atmosphere was a little brisk for a while.

There are more than ten vehicles of this type.Chunyu'an saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. Although he had never seen the Huainan army fighting, he had heard that the Huainan army had a powerful chariot formation. Offenders.It's just that these cars were placed alone on the mounds, and they really didn't form a formation, which made Chunyu An feel suspicious.

He walked towards Liu Di, intending to ask a little question, but Liu Di gave orders so frequently that he had no chance to intervene.After a while, Liu Di turned his head and asked with a smile: "Mingfu should still have a song, I wonder if we can prepare some meals for the soldiers?"

Chunyu An nodded hurriedly after hearing the words, and then hurried to prepare.Although more than half of the soldiers in the county had dispersed, there were still hundreds of people who expressed their desire to stay and live with Chun Yu'an, which naturally moved Chun Yu'an quite a bit.Right now, the Huainan Army is responsible for arranging the frontal battlefield, and these soldiers can only serve as servants temporarily.

Although Xiaxiang County's military equipment is not repaired, the civil affairs are not bad, so the food is also sufficient.At nightfall, all the food and beverages were prepared, and then they were transported to the front line in bamboo baskets.With the sound of a gong, many figures emerged from the night, all of them gathered in front of a newly built high platform. There was a blazing torch on the high platform, and below it was a ladder built of layers of earth and stone.

Hundreds of soldiers gathered here to eat, except for some unavoidable chewing and swallowing sounds, there were almost no other sounds.Seeing this scene, Chun Yu'an couldn't help but sigh that the Huainan Army's bravery really lived up to its reputation.Looking at the hundreds of soldiers behind him, although their loyalty is commendable, their formation is scattered and full of chattering voices.

"There are still hundreds of soldiers in the county, or they are not as brave as Huainan's soldiers, but they are also loyal and commendable. They are all dispatched by General Liu to fill the battle."

Hearing Chunyu'an's words, Liu Di just nodded with a smile, and asked someone to fetch the tricolor flag order and hand it to the commander of Xiaxiang County to teach how to use it.But after the meal is over, these people are just arranged around the high platform in a simple array.

At this time, the sky was extremely dark, and the Huainan soldiers returned to their assigned positions immediately after eating.And Liu Di also invited Chunyu'an to go up to the high platform to overlook the prepared battlefield, and then he waved his hand, and heard the commander shouting from the front of the vehicles: "Be armored!"

As soon as the words fell, the grass felt covered on each vehicle was quickly torn off, revealing the layers of armor, swords and shields and other ordnance piled up on it, and the soldiers began to distribute and wear them in an orderly manner.

"It turned out that it was just a truck for carrying weapons..."

Seeing this scene, Chun Yu'an couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He had heard about the majesty of the Huainan army formation for a long time, so he thought he would be lucky enough to see the majesty this time.But soon he was attracted by the excellent equipment of the soldiers of the Huainan Army. The iron face was covered, the half body was covered with armor, the blade was cold, and the iron hoop and bamboo shield maintained the toughness and reduced the weight.

Huainan's military equipment is excellent, and now it is well known in both the north and the south.Although Chun Yu'an was not very interested in military affairs, but now that he was on the front line of the battlefield, he couldn't help but go forward and take a closer look.

This whole set of equipment weighs about [-] jin. When I stepped forward and touched it with my hands, I realized that the Zhajia was not entirely made of iron. The iron part was only on the chest and abdomen, and the ribs. And the shoulders are a material between rattan and paper, light and tough, so that the weight of the whole armor is more than doubled.This kind of armor is used by soldiers, and there is another half-body plate armor used by soldiers.

Seeing the soldiers in Huainan being armored, Chun Yu'an couldn't help but click his tongue for a moment.Before that, he had made a great determination to collect wealth from the central government and donate it from the village clan. He only ordered a few hundred pairs of swords and shields. Tool.Seeing that the Huainan Army is so well prepared now, it is also full of envy for a while.

When he got closer, he realized that the carts were also unusual things. After all the equipment was emptied, he saw that there was another mystery on the carts.Many parts are arranged in the grooves of the vehicle board, and then the equipped soldiers step forward to erect them, and soon they are erected into a bed crossbow with arms!This big crossbow has three bow arms at the front and back. As for the crossbow bolts, it is half a zhang long. The iron arrow at the front end alone is more than a chi long, and it is an extremely blunt blade. It is shocking to look at!
In the night, several figures rushed towards them, they were scouts arranged by the Huainan Army, rushing up to the high platform to report the approach of the enemy.In fact, there is no need to report, just looking at the lights and shadows of the torches in the distance, you can already determine the enemy's movements.

"Please Mingfu stay here side by side with me."

Liu Di stood on the high platform and invited Chun Yu'an to take the stage, and then all the torches beside the cars in the battle line were extinguished, but the torches around the high platform became more blazing, and immediately became the focus of the world.

Chunyu'an climbed up to the high platform and saw the light of torches getting closer and closer in the distance. There was no lack of dryness between his lips and teeth, and then he heard Liu Di who was standing beside him whispering: "About 3000 people lined up, no wonder they are so ostentatious and light-hearted." .”

Hearing what Liu Di said, Chun Yu'an couldn't help but twitch his brows. Although he has been in troubled times for a long time, he still hasn't learned the ability to observe the formation and estimate numbers. However, seeing the Huainan Army's methodical preparations for battle, he has developed some trust in Liu Di. Then he sighed and said: "The rebellious army is less than ten thousand, and now there are more than three thousand people attacking me. I should be so lucky. It's a pity, if Xi Gong can make a comprehensive arrangement to wipe out the intruders here, he will be able to Severe damage to the chaos! If you really can't resist later, after I lead the formation, General Liu can leave the formation first. If the strong attack, even if you retreat, you will not be humiliated."

Liu Di pursed his lips slightly, and said no more, but frequently clenched and loosened the hand holding the knife.

The rebellious army marched extremely fast, almost no troops were divided in the middle, and they rushed here almost in a straight line.Even if Chun Yu'an was not familiar with military affairs, after seeing this scene, he knew that the other party's attack this time, the robbery was second, and the primary target was himself.The mood became worse for a while, and after seeing Liu Di standing silently by his side, his expression became a bit complicated. He is also an officer in Xuzhou, but someone secretly wants to put himself to death, but it is Huainan who is going forward without hesitation. come to the rescue.The meaning of this is really impressive.

Nearly half an hour later, it was almost midnight, and the sound of chaotic troops running in the cool night wind could already be heard.Thanks to Chunyu'an's prudence, the county government was placed far away from Qingshuize. After landing, the rebel army had to travel for nearly two hours to arrive here, and it was hard to get the effect of the surprise attack.But with this little time, there is really no way to make more arrangements. If there is no Huainan Army's support, Chun Yu'an can only wait in torment.

Maybe you can abandon the city and flee?
After this idea popped up in his mind, it seemed that in response to Chun Yu'an, a large area of ​​fire suddenly lit up in the northeast.Seeing this scene, Chunyu An's mood sank even more.If he was more naive, he would think that reinforcements were coming from the northeast.But it was precisely because of his insight into the dangers of people's hearts that he realized that those were not reinforcements who came to save lives, but comrades waiting to reap their lives!
Chun Yu'an was not the only one who received the signal from the northeast, but also the rebel army who were getting closer and closer to the county seat. Their speed became more chaotic and faster, and the silhouettes of the people surging under the torches became clearer and clearer.

Boom boom boom!
Liu Di took a step forward on the high platform, and the war drums placed in the corner suddenly sounded, and the torches that had been extinguished beside the chariots in the battle line were ignited again instantly, and the Huainan soldiers who were hidden in the dark battle line shot at the hideous bed crossbows again. show up.

"Master Wang will be in chaos, and those who harm the country will die!"

A mere [-] soldiers suddenly stomped their feet and shouted violently. The sound shook the field for a while, and the sound wave was like a strong embankment. It immediately frightened the rebels who were rushing here, and some rebel soldiers who were running at the front subconsciously Holding his feet, he looked suspiciously at the slightly weird battle formation ahead.

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