burning nations

Chapter 135 Old Dog, Old Turtle, Old Liu Fa

Two days later, on March 2, 42, the morning sun shone into Zhizhai Mansion. Old General Liu, who hadn't slept all night, got up, washed, prayed solemnly, had breakfast, and put on his armor.

Today, he will command the three armies, big and small, to go out!
Just after eating, he was putting on his armor when the chief bookkeeper Liu Min came to report to Liu Fa.

After reporting on various things, Liu Min couldn't help asking: "Patriarch, I have something to say, what do you think? If you only take Siqing Village, why do you need to mobilize 23 soldiers and civilian husbands? If you pass He, even if there is no Grassland Army, it should be called Shangshuofang Army."

Liu Fa watched the old man's expression: "Why, do you think I will fight to the other side of the river?"

"You don't have to worry. The old man doesn't know how to cross the river. The grandeur is just what the court needs. If you don't make a big fanfare to make the world know, how can you let the people know? The Donglin Party is very good at public opinion. After all, the victory or defeat is not on the battlefield. And in the court." Liu Fa said leisurely, "As for Shuofang's army, it has been passed down for four or five generations since Duke Xingba, and it has gradually become a feudal town. The momentum is enough!"

Liu Min obviously didn't believe it: "The Patriarch really doesn't know how to cross Hebei?"

Liu Fa paused: "If there is a chance, it would be a good idea to build a military stronghold on the opposite bank."

Knowing that he had made up his mind, Liu Min stopped talking.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Liu Fa raised his account, beat drums and gathered generals, and all arrived at the clock, and assigned tasks. By 9 o'clock, 3 people from the three armies of Shengli, Shengwu, and Shengtao were divided into north, east, west, and north, followed by miscellaneous soldiers 8000 Ten thousand and twenty thousand people followed, each with ten thousand soldiers and civilian husbands.After the victory of the three armies set off, Liu Faqin led the Shengcai army to dispatch, with a total of 6 soldiers (including grain and grass transfer soldiers) as the backup of the former army.

Zaku Empire 23 troops, attack!
The huge group army marched for 8 days, and until March 3, the three armies of Shengli, Shengwu, and Shengtao arrived one after another to encircle the three villages of Qingtang, Qinglang, and Qingni.Liu Fa sent Liu Min, the governor of Jingzhou, 28 soldiers from Chen Libing, 3000 soldiers from the Seventh Village, 7 soldiers from the left division Zhonglang of the Shengcai Army, and 8000 people from Jia Minfu. A total of 5000 people surrounded Qingwazhai and surrounded the four villages. !
Surrounded on the same day, attacked on the same day, Zhang Cai's judgment can be broken in a day, who told the imperial army to go this way.But Zhang Cai misjudged again, because the empire did not break through the Four Villages until April 4, and it took as many as 1 days!
The reason for this is that the iron soldiers guarding the four villages are on guard, and the rolling logs, thunder stones, bows, and arrow clusters are all available for offensive and defensive warfare, and there are also factors of the Zhagu army itself.As I said before, the city walled by the Zhagu Empire is very strong. If there is water, a moat will be dug, and if there is no water, a deep ditch will be dug. Very troublesome.Therefore, the generals of the Zhagu army adopted the most conventional and conservative tactics. It is impossible to besiege with 23 troops, and they cannot afford to lose that man. Therefore, the first step is to fill the trenches and drive the civilians in the army to dig and carry the soil. Fill up the trenches on all sides.Fortunately, the soil outside the Great Wall is loose, and it is convenient to fetch soil, and the iron man is not good at defending the city. Although there are arrows to harass, it is only the lives of hundreds of thousands of ordinary people. yes.Therefore, it is not surprising that they ignored it and threw the corpse directly in the trench.

Counting the time before and after filling the trench and taking soil, one day passed.Fortunately, at the same time, the building of siege equipment was carried out. The Zhagu army was too powerful, and there were no trees nearby. The wood from Helan Mountain was transferred to make rush cars. The reason why the French army took 8 days to arrive.

The siege equipment is readily available, and the Zhagu army launched a strong attack. First, the miscellaneous soldiers went out to fight in many ways to test, and by the way, consume the enemy's physical strength and weapons, and accumulate combat experience.The best attacker in the Four Villages is Liu Min, Master Liu. Firstly, his Jingzhou soldiers are well-trained and far better than the inland prefecture and county soldiers.The commander has rich experience, and even the miscellaneous troops under him are not bad in combat power, so on March 3, Qingwazhai was broken!

Just waiting like this, until April 4 under Liu Fa's command, finally all four villages were destroyed, thousands of heads were beheaded, and the victory was delivered.After Liu Fa knew about it, he stayed in Sizhai and garrisoned it to repair the walls. That is to say, the commander-in-chief of the army went northward and reached the south bank of the river.

Lining up for defense, Liu Fa urgently held a military meeting. Sun Kang, Wang Ma, Han Guang, Chen Xiu, Liu Min, and Jiang De all came together. It happened that everyone Zhang Cai knew was not high enough to attend.

When all the people arrived, Liu Fa said bluntly: "Everyone, our army achieved great success in the first stage of this expedition. In just 5 days, we took back the four villages of Qingtang and approached the Kunlun River. After this The north of the river is the territory of the Iron Man, but our army does not have a military stronghold in Hebei to rely on, but the main force of the Iron Man is still marching west. The generals and the old man are old brothers. You can give the old man a good word, yes Do you accept it as soon as you see it? Or cross the river to the north to expand the results of the battle?"

Liu Min got up immediately after hearing this: "The goal has been achieved, the lost ground has been regained, why bother to add another thing to the snake?!"

"How can this be superfluous? This is obviously to expand the territory!" Wang Ma stood up and retorted Liu Min: "Now the Iron Man is marching westward, the country is empty, and our army has reached the riverside. This is a god-sent opportunity to expand the border to the north !Our 23 army gathers and consumes a lot of food and wages every day. Wouldn’t it be a waste of money and food and hard work for the soldiers to take the four villages alone? Isn’t it a waste of war opportunity if we don’t build more than ten army villages in the north and open up thousands of miles?!”

Han Guang also said: "The situation in the north is unknown. It is not easy for our army to penetrate into the border of the Iron Man. Even if it is not easy to penetrate, at least we must build a stronghold on the other side of the river and leave heavy troops for defense to avoid fatigue in the future."

Hearing Han Guang's words, Liu Fa took it for granted, and felt that he would build a bridgehead so that he would not be defeated, so he ordered the three armies to go north and cross the river.

Liu Min and Jiang De were in a hurry and tried hard to persuade Liu Fa, but Liu Fa refused to listen.

The two retreated helplessly, so Liu Min crossed the river with the army, and left Jiang De to guard the south bank. If something happened, he would lead the remaining soldiers on the south bank to respond.

On April 4, Liu Fa issued an order that, except for 2 miscellaneous soldiers and civilian husbands guarding the four villages, all the remaining 2 troops crossed the river.Either wading or building a pontoon bridge took a full day and a half to complete.

During the crossing of the river, the whole army was extremely nervous, for fear of being attacked halfway across the river, even if it was more than a thousand riders!
Maybe the iron man is really short of troops. The 20 Zhagu army passed the Hujulun River safely, and then Liu Fa's actions made Zhang Cai very confused, and his mentality gradually lost control. He felt that this old thing was exhausting the army!
First of all, Liu Fa abandoned the siege equipment on the south bank, but advanced on the north bank with food.Secondly, Liu Fa stipulated that the entire army should not march more than 30 miles a day, but it must maintain its formation during rest and recuperation, and keep the vehicles outside the formation at all times.Thirdly, after building a stronghold on the north bank of the river, Liu Fa decided to continue marching northward. He ordered the four generals Sun Kang, Wang Ma, Han Guang, and Chen Xiu to advance in four directions, and asked the four generals to build a temporary camp every 5 miles. In Xiaozhai, a regular army camp will be built every 4 days, and all armies must work together.

Zhang Cai thinks it is a waste of energy, but also feels that five miles a day is like a black speed, which is simply torture.

But Tan Yang didn't think so. He felt that Liu Fa was too sophisticated in using soldiers, and he hoped that the soil work would continue like this.

As the saying goes: A good fighter has no great achievements
Well. Anyway, Tan Yang understood it that way.

(End of this chapter)