I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 164
The siege of Luzhou was lifted, but Fu Jinchuan did not pursue immediately because the infantry was still behind.

It is mainly due to the terrain from Luzhou to the south of Shouzhou, with hills, mountains, forests, and rivers intertwined, which is not suitable for the cavalry to fight alone.

Therefore, Fu Jinchuan dispatched cavalry troops from all walks of life to wipe out the bandits in Luzhou, Shouzhou, Luzhou and Zhouzhou.

Strive to stabilize all parts of Luzhou before the infantry arrives.

At the same time, in the name of the Governor's Mansion, the villages in Luzhou and Shouzhou were ordered to defend themselves in accordance with the wartime regulations, and at the same time, the states were ordered to increase the number of regiments for training, in order to quickly deal with the bandits roaming around.

Six days later, He Baxu led 2 people on foot and rode to Luzhou.

After resting in Luzhou for a day, the army marched out again and divided into two groups. He Baxu led one infantry of the Xiaoguo Army, the infantry of the Jingnan Army of the two capitals, and the cavalry of the headquarters to the south to collect Shucheng and Lujiang.After breaking the siege of Chao County, Zhang Chaozong's troops were ordered to cross the Ruxu River and join He Baxu's troops westward.

And Fu Jinchuan, Shi Wannian, Ma Shanbao, Lei Bo and others will go straight to Lu'an.At the same time, the regiment was recruited to train as auxiliary soldiers to cooperate in combat.

Lu'an is under the rule of Shouzhou, and it is also an important town on the Huai River.However, because there has been no war in Jianghuai for a hundred years, it was originally a place where military strategists must contend in the north-south struggle, and it is inevitable that the military equipment will be relaxed.

As a county seat, there are only a few hundred soldiers on weekdays, so it was easily attacked by Honglian bandits.

And Fu Jinchuan has already learned that Honglian Road came down from Tianzhu Mountain, that is, Huoshan Mountain, and first attacked Huoshan County, and then took Lu'an.

Therefore, if Luzhou loses, Honglian will definitely retreat to Lu'an and Huoshan if it goes west.

Fu Jinchuan's judgment was correct, but after Pang Zhigu and Fang Jiao returned to Lu'an with the [-] elite from Honglian Dao, there were some differences in the team.

Fang Jiao intends to take advantage of Lu'an and the surrounding terrain to fight Fu Jinchuan, a famous general of the Jin Dynasty.

In his opinion, Fu Jinchuan came on Qingqi, just relying on the advantage of the terrain to block the attack in sections.But he didn't expect that Fu Jinchuan, who has always liked the speed of soldiers, did not follow what he thought this time, and directly led the cavalry to pursue.

However, Pang Zhigu's opinion was to immediately retreat to Tianzhu Mountain to collect all the ministries, and then retreat from the mountain to Qizhou to join the Shenggongsuo's troops in Huangzhou.

After the two ministries converged, taking advantage of the emptiness of Jingxiang, they could attack Tang and Deng when they entered, and they could enter Sichuan and Chu to join Zhang Xia and Fang Hong's troops.

However, the land of Sichuan and Chu has complex terrain and the folk customs are fierce and brave, which is suitable for dealing with the imperial court.

But Fang Jiao didn't listen to Pang Zhi's old advice this time. What he thought was that if he could defeat Fu Jinchuan in Huainan, it would definitely attract the attention of the world. At that time, heroes from all over the world might gather to follow him, and then the great cause would be achievable.
And the reason why Fang Jiao felt that Fu Jinchuan would do what he thought was also because it was indeed in line with the military style of this famous general of the Jin Dynasty.

Habitual dangerous soldiers.

Fang Jiao once witnessed his feat of dancing with five people, so what he thought was not wrong.

If it was Fu Jinchuan before the Battle of Hezhou, he would have led the cavalry to pursue him without waiting for the infantry.

But after the Battle of Hezhou, even the Emperor Daojun decreed that he "could" not have to lead the way.Aye even gave him a letter from his family to reprimand him. The prince and elder brother also wrote letters to persuade him.
Fu Jinchuan is not a headstrong person, and these good words made him think for a long time. It is not impossible to do the pioneering thing, but as a general, he must consider the whole army.

For example, there is indeed something wrong with the matter of Hezhou.

Therefore, they went out again, against the Honglian rebels, but chose the safest strategy of using troops.

It is the law of the army to use cavalry to raid the rebels under the city of Luzhou in advance to attack them unprepared.

Now that the enemy army has taken precautions, marching forward in formation is also the way to fight.

Fang Jiao knew that he had made a mistake, so he smiled rather self-deprecatingly. Sure enough, he was not good at this kind of thing.

He looked up into the distance.Although they couldn't see anything clearly, everyone could feel the earth shaking.

I don't know if it's the murderous spirit in the winter, or the power of the imperial court's army in the distance. It seems that the air is stagnant, and they are pouring in from the west.

He turned his head and saw the uncontrollable flustered expressions of the congregation, and saw that the flustered atmosphere was like a wave, sweeping away their ambush in an instant.

That was tens of thousands of court troops coming continuously and surgingly.

According to the military system of the Jin Dynasty, in addition to the six flags of the general and the five-color and five-square flags of the first army, there are 250 team flags and the same number of formation flags. These flags are all painted with beasts.

Hundreds of battle flags are like clouds one after another, as if they are connected to the sky.

These elite infantry and cavalry swarmed like huge black waves towards undulating river valleys and hills, passing through countless wide or narrow, winding and winding roads.The armor and pockets on his body gave off a cold and ruthless light, looking from a distance, it looked like a huge dragon snake with scales.

Accompanying them were the sounds of trampling iron hooves, neighing of horses, clashing of armor, and shouts of messengers. All kinds of sounds mixed into a deafening roar, as if the roar of a giant beast was powerful enough to shake the world.

Between the exchanges, the birds and beasts in the forest rushed and scattered.

"The morale is so high that it cannot be beaten."

Fang Jiao also took Pang Zhigu's words seriously this time.

The idea of ​​using the strong city and terrain to block the imperial army has been short-lived for a long time.

The ambush soldiers looked forward to the wind, and Fu Jinchuan did not send Qingqi to pursue, but marched according to the established strategy.

Eighty miles a day, and Lu'an will recover in three days.

The army continued to march south, and the enemy of Huoshan abandoned the city again.

Abandoned the city continuously and did not fight with the government army, but Honglian's "rebel army" transported a lot of food and fodder from the city, and ordered the people in the city to take it themselves if they failed to transport it away.

So the granaries in both cities were empty.

There are people everywhere on the road from Huoshan County to Tianzhu Mountain.There are men, women and children, some of them are pushing carts, some are leading donkeys, some are carrying a pot, holding a child on the left and a goose on the right.

Most of the [-] elites that Red Lotus Road originally hid here were locals, so these people would naturally move with their families after the official army arrived.

And such a marching speed is naturally not fast enough.

Fortunately, when Fang Jiao insisted on dealing with Fu Jinchuan, Pang Zhigu also insisted on letting some family members of the tribe start walking to Tianzhu Mountain.

"I was wrong this time, otherwise I didn't have to leave in such a hurry, and I wasted several days."

After listening to Fang Jiao's words, Pang Zhigu comforted him: "Marshal actually didn't think badly, but the enemy is expected to be lenient. Even if Fu Jinchuan can be defeated for a while, the imperial army has already arrived in Huainan, so there is room for us to move between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River." The space is getting smaller and smaller, and it is a last resort to transfer to Jingxiang."

Fang Jiao nodded and said, "Mr. Pang is right."

The two walked among tens of thousands of people, and there was no difference except that they had nothing in their hands.

Not long after, a knight wearing a red turban and wearing gray cloth clothes shouted, "Where is the marshal? Where is the military advisor?"

"I have a military situation!"

After Fang Jiao heard this, he came to the side of the road, and the knight dismounted and said, "Marshal, military adviser, the news from behind has come back, both Lujiang and Shucheng have fallen, and now the army from the direction of Lujiang is rushing towards Huoshan, and the imperial army from the north is also coming." Here you go, you can arrive at Huoshan City tomorrow."

Fang Jiao heard it and said, "Damn it, you've been chasing him so hard! What should we do with Mr. Pang now?"

Pang Zhigu sighed: "The only plan for now is to speed up the pace, rush to Tianzhu Mountain, set up camp on Tianzhu Mountain, leave one part to rely on the dangerous terrain to block the imperial army, and the rest continue to turn to Qizhou. Enter."

Fu Jinchuan, who changed his previous style, even fell behind He Baxu.

Within ten days, He Baxu led the army, coordinating on foot and cavalry, to rush forward and regain Shucheng and Lujiang one after another, and then the main force rushed to Huoshan.

It was also because he missed the battle of Luzhou earlier, so it is natural that he will not be left behind by dividing his troops this time.

After Fang Jiao captured Shucheng and Lujiang during the uprising, he handed over these two cities to Huainan's thieves to occupy them.

These bandits used to be able to rob houses at best, how could they know how to defend the city against the enemy?

"General He Ba is worthy of being the 'Longyou Flying General', he is marching very fast."

"The commander-in-chief's praise. It's just to deal with some thieves. The last general asks for orders to continue chasing them and wipe them out in one fell swoop."

In the big tent, He Baxu said proudly.

Shi Wannian apologized, "Captain, please be the vanguard at the end."

After the two generals at the first level of military envoys called for the battle, the Marquis of Yu, such as Ma Shanbao and Zhang Chaozong, also began to call for the battle one after another.

Fu Jinchuan likes this kind of momentum very much, with elite soldiers and strong generals, there is no need for the general to work hard to boost morale before the battle.

"Very well, you generals have a good fighting spirit, but a lion needs to use all its strength to fight a rabbit. Tomorrow, General He Ba will lead the infantry as the main force, Lei Bo will lead the Jingnan Army as the auxiliary, and Zhang Chaozong will lead the headquarters." The cavalry responded, and the ministries followed orders."

"Tomorrow morning, enter Tianzhu Mountain!"

(End of this chapter)