I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 137 The Battle of Lingshou ([-])

After the Yan army retreated, Fu Maoxiu was not in a hurry to return to Hengzhou, but went directly to Youzhou.

Then a thousand cavalry troops were transferred from Youzhou to Hengzhou south, and this thousand cavalry troops belonged to the Jingsai Army, also known as "Youzhou Tuqi".It is an all-armored cavalry built by the whole country of the Jin Dynasty, that is, a heavy cavalry army with armor on horses and horses.

According to the military system of the Great Jin Dynasty, the first army has 1 regular troops, while the Jingsai Army has only 6000 regular troops, but the number of auxiliary soldiers is the same [-].

This is also the only special existence in the Jin Dynasty where the entire army is all heavy cavalry. Hebei athletes who are good at riding and shooting are all selected as soldiers, which can be described as the elite among the elite.

Such an expensive heavy armored cavalry was not placed in Shangjing to defend the capital, nor was it stationed in the four Western Army towns of Hexi, Hedong, Shuofang, and Longyou, but in Youzhou, behind the natural danger of Yanshan Mountain. It goes without saying.

Even when Yizhou lost two counties in a row, Geng Zhongguo didn't use this cavalry army. Instead, he kept this cavalry army in the city of Youzhou, closely monitoring the movement in the north.

Now that the British army has retreated from the Yan army alone, the pressure from the north is gone, and naturally this elite cavalry army, which is powerful in northern Xinjiang, can leave Youzhou for a while.

When Fu Maoxiu arrived in Yizhou with hundreds of personal guards and a thousand iron cavalry, the two lost counties had already been recovered.

In the south, the anti-rebel army led by Deputy Marshal Cheng Jintang has driven the rebels from Fangshang and Shiyi to Lingshou, and the confrontation between the two armies is imminent.Then the marching marshal did not go to Lingshou to join the army, but stopped in Yizhou, and transferred a thousand cavalry troops to Lingshou camp to wait for dispatch.

There are still tens of thousands of rebels, leaning on Lingshou City and camping in the east of the city.

After entering the rebel camp, you can see Buddhist altars and Buddhist altars everywhere, and there are Samana disciples teaching the Dharma everywhere.

It's nothing more than the set of practicing karma in this life, bearing evil consequences, and enjoying blessings in the next life.

This is also one of the reasons why Taoism is on the decline, because Taoism only teaches the present life and does not talk about reincarnation.

As for the success of cultivation, it is better to enjoy the afterlife. Most people choose to have a good pregnancy in the next life. The reason is naturally that most people can see the head at a glance in this life, so they have some hope in the next life.

Some believers even wish to die immediately so that they can enter reincarnation and have a good pregnancy.
Surrounding the big tent of the Chinese army are hundreds of monks and soldiers in armor, all of them are strong and round Hebei athletes, but each of them may not have a good brain, otherwise they would not be able to do this
In the big tent, a group of rebel leaders were sitting on chairs, most of them were monks and generals, and some were from powerful backgrounds.

Sitting on the couch in the middle is the "Mahayana Dharma Venerable" Huiqing in gray cloth monk robes. On his left are the ten-resident Bodhisattva, the commander of the Pingmo Army, and Liu Bogui, the king of Dingnan, and on his right are a white-clothed monk and a middle-aged scribe.

Regarding the identities of these two people, all the leaders of the rebel army, including Liu Bogui, only knew that the monk in white was sent by the Buddhist holy land in the Western Regions to assist the Dharma Venerable, and that Mr. Liu was the military advisor photographed by the Great Protector of King Yan.

And these two do have some skills. When they were at Jumahe, this Mr. Liu said that he would attack Jumahe regardless of the cost. If he could not beat Jumahe within three days, the soldiers behind him would not be able to beat Jumahe for a month. And the imperial army will definitely arrive within a month.

In fact, on the third day, the rebel army attacked with all their strength and fought with the Yizhou army until dusk. Mr. Liu advised Fa Zun to put all his eggs in one basket.

As a result, for nearly a month later, the rebel army no longer had the will to fight, and it was difficult to shake the defense line of the Yizhou defenders.

Now a group of people are trapped in Lingshou, the Taihang Mountains are to the west, and there is no way out.

Even in the past few days, due to the shortage of food, the morale of the army has been low. Many people have secretly left the rebel army, or surrendered to the government, or went directly to the mountain.
However, most of the "rebels" or the preachers still firmly believe in the words of His Holiness that the failure is only temporary, and the Buddhist kingdom on earth will eventually come.

But these words fooled those low-level rebels, and these leaders are still quite sober, knowing that the situation is urgent, but in just three months, more than [-] officers and soldiers have sealed off the passages everywhere, and now all that is left is to die in battle or wait to die Two choices were made.

"Now the imperial army has blocked all our routes from south to north to east. My rebel army's rations are nearing. Now we have to take the initiative and fight to the death to change our way of life. As for surrender? Don't even think about it, everyone here One counts as one, and if it falls into the hands of the imperial court, it will definitely die. If the weak can defeat the strong and defeat the official army, then the "rebel army" will still have a way to survive. become"

Liu Xun, as the military adviser of this "rebel army", although he is an outsider, his formation and ability to handle various military affairs have been recognized by the leader of the rebel army.

These leaders are also regretting, why didn't they listen to Mr. Liu?I have to ask Dharma Venerable to slow down the offensive.
What Liu Xun said just now also made everyone's situation clear.Fight hard, and there is still life.

Don't fight, wait to die.

The Mahayana Dharma Master opened his eyes at this time, and stopped silently reciting scriptures, "Tomorrow will attack and take the initiative to meet the officers and soldiers. The deity will go to the front of the battle in person to boost morale."

Huiqing is not a powerful man, and he is not an official. Why can he encourage so many people to rebel with him?Naturally, it is because he is proficient in Buddhism and deeply understands people's hearts. He opened altars to preach in various places in Hengzhou, and he must talk about the equality of all beings.

And there are many rich and powerful households who believe in Buddhism, and they offer their family assets, gold and silver goods, which are also given to believers and monks by him, so even under this situation, these monks and believers still respect this man. The Mahayana Dharma Master firmly believed in it.

After the leaders of the rebel army heard the news that Fa Zun was going to be in front of the battle, they all had high fighting spirit. With his prestige, if he came to the front of the battle in person, he would definitely make the "rebel army" see death as home and fight to the death.

The entire military tent cheered, "A new Buddha is born, get rid of all demons, Maitreya is reincarnated, and the land of Buddha is on the ground."

"The new Buddha is born, all demons are eliminated, Maitreya is reincarnated, and the land of Buddha is on the ground."

This slogan, which had been silent for many days, was called out again.So much so that the whole camp shouted.

In the official army camp, Cheng Jintang, the deputy marshal who was in charge of leading the army after the generalissimo went north, had a smile on his weather-beaten face after hearing the report from the scouts, looked at the map hanging beside him, and then looked at the generals.

"The rebel army should be forced to fight to the death. Although the imperial army has a large number of troops, they should not be taken lightly. All the ministries must rest well after returning. The Marshal's reinforcements will arrive tonight. Replenish their energy and recharge their batteries. We will fight tomorrow and strive to complete the battle in one battle .”

"promise."

After the generals left, Cheng Jintang breathed a sigh of relief.He is only a deputy marshal, and he is still an earl, and his qualifications are far inferior to that of Grand Marshal Fu Maoxiu, the British Duke, and Anyuan Hou Qiuming, who is also a deputy marshal.

But when it comes to fighting, Cheng Jintang has fought more than a hundred battles, and he is considered the most experienced in combat among the three marshals.What I have to say here is that Fu Maoxiu, who is the Generalissimo, has never personally commanded the two armies to fight in front of the battle.
And before Fu Maoxiu went north, he specifically told him to let him seize the opportunity, don't hesitate, don't wait for him, the Generalissimo, to return to the army.

The meaning is already obvious, this is giving way.

If he, as the chief general, personally commanded the army to defeat the main force of the rebel army, such a major military achievement would be enough for him to be promoted to Marquis.

Therefore, he also attaches great importance to tomorrow's battle.If he succeeds in the first battle, his Cheng family will also be able to rank among the first-class nobles in the Jin Dynasty.

On the second day, Cheng Jintang wore a helmet and a military robe, and stood on the nest cart, with the flag with the word Cheng flying high above it.

The [-] cavalry are arranged in square formations. The four frontmost square formations are ranked in the order of crossbowmen, sword shields, spears, and archers. There are [-] cavalry on each side of the formation, and the army is advancing steadily.

And the rebel army came out in full force, more than [-] people, formed a formation, and marched towards the official army in the east of Lingshou.

"It turned out to be nine armies and eight formations. The rebel army has an expert who is proficient in formations."

Cheng Jintang saw the formation of the rebel army at a glance, and said to the staff beside him.

Nine armies and eight formations, according to the strange method, four of the eight formations are positive, and four are strange.Yu Qi is holding odd, or in general.

Its main structure is a large formation composed of nine small formations, that is, eight formations enclosing one formation, such as a well-shaped formation. The four small formations above, left, right and below are called the main formation, and form a cross with the middle formation. , is the backbone of the whole formation, usually attached to a camp or a chariot, fence, and a defensive formation composed of a large number of crossbowmen.

The four small formations in the other four corners are called odd formations, which can be converted and moved. Usually, they are offensive formations composed of heavy infantry armed with various lengths of weapons. After the large formation, there are several rows of light infantry and cavalry. Mobile troops, when the main line moves forward, they serve as guards in front.

Cheng Jintang couldn't help but smile when he saw the enemy's formations listed. Although the nine armies and eight formations are astonishingly powerful, they require extremely high coordination among the various formations. , the rebels in front of them are all a group of rabble, and there are no chariots and a large number of crossbowmen, so they just put on a show.

On the plain, there are more than 10,000 rebels and more than [-] official troops.The combined strength of the two sides is as high as [-]+ people.

The battle of Lingshou kicked off.

(End of this chapter)