Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 291 0286 [Guan Sheng's first battle]

This time the conquest of the barbarians was more like Ju Ming's military drill.

He trained soldiers according to his own needs according to the descriptions in "General Essentials of Martial Arts", "Records of Military Training", and "New Book of Ji Xiao".Marching along the way, also according to the content in the book, dispatching vanguard troops to scout, carefully choosing camping locations, and trying to learn how to handle various daily chores.

There will be mistakes at the beginning, but gradually I will become familiar with it.

With a total of 3000 people including civilian husbands, Ju Ming has become more and more handy.

Cutting trees, digging pits, setting up camp, fetching water, making food... everything was in order, and the masons accompanying the army even had spare time to get large and small stones and make them into stone bombs.

Yuwen often finds that he doesn't have to worry about anything, and he feels happier. At the same time, he is also quietly familiar with the method of joining the army.

His father, Yuwen Changling, was also a fierce man when he was young. He was first awarded as an official in Rongzhou as a Jinshi.Kumamoto was ordered to manage the two roads of Zi Kui, have the power to open the mansion, and directly recruit Yuwen Changling as his staff.

The conquest strategy on Kuizhou Road and Zizhou Road, unexpectedly found out that Yuwen Changling beat all the barbarians into obedience.The various fortresses of the Nanping Army (Chongqing Nanchuan, Qijiang) were also built by Yuwen Changling.When doing these things, Yu Wenchang was only in his 20s.

Yuwen often grew up listening to his father's legendary deeds, and has read various military books. Now that he is partnering with Zhu Ming to send troops, it can be regarded as turning theory into practice.

Zhu Ming was still in charge of the camp, and Yu Wen often rode out of the camp with a long card player and a few barbarians behind him.

When they were about to reach the river, Yu Wenchang ordered: "Go and shout."

A few barbarians were protected by the long card players, walked to the river and shouted to the other side: "Ghost masters of the Lianglin tribe, you and Qiongbu Chuan are enemies. The Qiong tribe killed your people and insulted your great ghost master. Now you are relying on the Qiong tribe, this will make the ghosts and gods angry and will no longer bless you! The ghost masters of the Lianglin tribe listen carefully, whoever can kill Busu, the Han officials will make him a great ghost master, and give him population and money livestock!"

The river was less than ten meters wide and the barbarians who were building the wall could hear clearly.

The barbarians from the two forestry divisions stopped working when they heard the words.

They belonged to the conquered, and although they were able to survive, they were called around by the Sichuan barbarians of Qiongbu from then on.Every time they fight, they are asked to send troops, but they don't get much spoils, and they usually have to offer their goods to the big ghost master in Qiongbuchuan.

They already had resentment in their hearts, but they just didn't dare to vent it.

"Archery!"

Busu's eldest son didn't dare to let the other party continue to shout, and immediately ordered a bow and arrow to shoot.

Those barbarians who shouted quickly hid behind the giant shield.

Several waves of arrows rained down, but Busu's eldest son had no choice but to stop because they could not cause any damage.

Those barbarians started shouting again: "There are six major tribes in the Qiong tribe. Now the Wudeng tribe occupies the most fertile land and has the most great ghost masters. Can your other five tribes bear it? Especially the Meng tribe, you used to be the most Powerful ones, are you willing to obey the orders of the leaders of the Wudeng tribe now? Listen to the ghost masters of the five tribes, as long as you kill Busu, the Han officials will confer bigger officials on you and reward you with more land and population! "

There are six Qiong tribes. When they took over this land, the Wudeng tribe did not dare to monopolize it because it was too fertile.

So some meritorious persons from the other five tribes asked their descendants to migrate here with a small number of tribes, and took over the conquered Lianglinman captives.They stayed here as little ghost lords, each commanding a few villages, all obeying the big ghost lord Busu.

Busu's eldest son rode back in panic to report the situation.

When Busu heard the news, he immediately summoned all the demon masters and announced, "Don't believe the words of the Han people. Han officials are always deceiving people. How often have you been deceived? You fight for me, and I will not treat you badly. All ghost masters have rewards, and all warriors also have rewards!"

Fearing that someone would turn against him, Busu quickly took out his goods, and even the barbarians from the two forestry divisions received a few catties of grain.

For a time, the morale of thousands of barbarians was greatly boosted.

But Busu felt extremely uneasy in his heart, he was especially worried about the people of Lianglin.

It has been less than ten years since the Chuanman of the Qiong tribe occupied this place, and they discriminated and suppressed the surrendered Lianglin tribe a lot.What if these people really rebelled?
The little ghost masters who were born in the two forests, Busu quickly used various excuses to transfer them to other places to perform tasks, which was tantamount to separating the little ghost masters from the people.Immediately afterwards, the defensive positions of the tribes of the two forests were changed, and the soldiers of the Qiong tribe were asked to separate the tribes of the two forests.

This move did make it difficult for the Lianglin tribes to defect, but it also made them feel obvious precautions and discrimination.

A rift has arisen that is difficult to close.

"Woo~~woo~~woo~~"

There was a burst of horn horns from the north, Zhu Ming immediately got on his horse, ordered all the soldiers to gather, and rushed out of the camp with his relatives.

A cavalryman in charge of reconnaissance and security rushed over: "Shuai Zhu, there is a fight on the northern mountain, and Guandu is chasing down the barbarians!"

Zhu Ming ordered: "The whole army is assembled, and Deng Chun leads the cavalry to respond, and the rest are ready to cross the river and fight!"

……

Guan Sheng led ten mandarin duck squads and circled towards the back mountain of the enemy's village.

The long cards were too heavy, which was not conducive to rushing on the road, so they were all replaced with round shields.

How could the barbarians be unprepared for such a key location on the mountain behind the village?Several cage castles were built a few years ago, and there were even barbarians farming on the mountain.

Busu's second son, A Teng, commanded more than 600 barbarians, stationed in the cage castle on the mountain.

Before Guan Sheng's troops reached the foot of the mountain, they were discovered by barbarian sentinels.

When A Teng got the news, he said to the general: "Let them go into the mountains and lay an ambush in the most dangerous place!"

Guan Sheng sent some soldiers to scout the way, and those scouts soon entered the ambush circle of the barbarians, but A Teng did not launch an attack, he was going to eat all of Guan Sheng's team.

"Kandutou, there seems to be a cage castle on the top of the mountain ahead." The Pathfinder soldiers came back and reported.

Guan Sheng ordered: "Soldiers from Soushan, withdraw as quickly as possible, and all formations will respond!"

"Dang Dang Dang Dang!"

When the gong sounded, the Pathfinder soldiers turned around and fled.

"Shooting arrows, chasing and killing Han soldiers!" Ah Teng shouted when he saw this.

Dozens of soil arrows were shot, and two Pathfinder soldiers fell instantly.The other three people survived the arrows and ran wildly with arrows stuck in their bodies.

Six hundred barbarians rushed out from the mountain, holding all kinds of weapons, and screaming strangely.

The ten teams quickly formed a mandarin duck formation. Due to the limited terrain, the formation was extremely irregular.

The squad leaders also lack actual combat experience, and it is inevitable that there will be omissions when arranging the formation.And everyone was terrified, and some even turned around and wanted to escape.

Guan Sheng could only stand at the forefront, holding his spear and shouting: "I will not die, you are not allowed to retreat!"

He shouted again: "Has Zhuzhi County given enough rations?"

"Enough is enough!" The captains replied immediately.

Guan Sheng continued to shout: "Has Zhuzhi County paid enough?"

"Enough is enough!"

All the soldiers shouted together.

Guan Sheng asked again: "Should I work hard when I have enough food and salary?"

"Desperately, desperately!"

More than a hundred soldiers shouted with all their strength, their morale soared instantly, and the soldiers who were about to flee also held their weapons tightly.

The damaged Pathfinder soldiers fled back and quickly hid in the formation.

A Teng commanded more than 600 barbarians and divided them into three groups to attack.One charged forward, and the other two circled to the left and right to outflank.

One against six.

Guan Sheng retreated a little, but not very far, he just retreated into the formation to command.

Brush brush!
The earth bows of the barbarians shot a rain of arrows, which were not very powerful. The sword and shield soldiers in the front row raised their shields to block, and the wolf hunters and spearmen also brandished weapons.

However, a few Han soldiers in the formation were still hit by arrows. Fortunately, they protected their heads and throats with their cross arms, and there were nearby tree crowns to naturally shield the rain of arrows.

When the earthen arrow came, it didn't penetrate deep into the leather armor.

These barbarians are not neatly formed on the flat ground, let alone rushing down from the mountain.

There is even no formation at all, just a swarm of bees.They used more to fight the few, and also used the high to fight the low, thinking that they were sure to win, and they could kill the Han soldiers as long as they rushed over.

Guan Sheng and each team leader are equipped with bows and arrows.

When the enemy rushed close, they immediately released arrows.Guan Sheng's archery skills were not good, and the first arrow missed, only hitting the arm of a barbarian.

A Teng was proud of his bravery, he rushed to the front with a spear in his hand, and avoided an arrow very vigilantly.

When he got close, A Teng suddenly slowed down, because there were wolves erected in front of him.

The squad leaders were still firing arrows, and the second wave of arrows shot out, only a few meters away, and all of them hit the barbarians running in the front.

A Teng ate two arrows in an instant, because his leather armor was the most exquisite, and there were silver decorations on his hair bun.

"Go around, go around!"

A Teng survived with two arrows stuck in his body, reluctantly continued to command, and retreated behind the soldiers at the same time.

"Change formation!"

"Shut up!"

The squad leaders blew the bamboo whistle, and according to the situation they faced, they changed their formations according to the usual training content like a conditioned reflex.

The number of barbarians is six times that of the Han soldiers, but they still can't attack. Even if they go around to the side, they will be blocked by boring hands and spearmen.Occasionally, those who broke through the defense were also dealt with by sword and shield players and spearmen, and even firemen were raising their swords to make up for them.

More barbarians were sleepwalking in the rear, not knowing how to charge.

The mandarin duck formation of the Han soldiers has always maintained a local advantage, but it seems that they are fighting more with less.

The battle only lasted for more than ten minutes, the barbarians lost more than 5%, and their morale had dropped to the extreme.

The faint of heart are starting to back off, and it's only a matter of time before they collapse.

On the side of the Han soldiers, only more than ten people were shot and wounded.The only casualties were the two gang soldiers who were shot and killed while exploring the road.

The arrow wound on A Teng's body was in excruciating pain. Seeing such a situation, he had no choice but to let his confidants lead the troops to withstand it, while he led the main force back to Tengbao on the mountain.

"The barbarians are defeated!" Guan Sheng shouted.

"Kill!" Han soldiers shouted excitedly.

The barbarians who were in charge of blocking the attack were so frightened that they turned and fled.

Guan Sheng put away his bow and arrow, raised his gun and rushed out, more than a hundred Han soldiers roared and chased him.

A Teng was wounded, and when he heard the sound of chasing and killing behind him, he stepped on the ground in fear.He rolled down the hillside for several meters, and his confidant barbarians came to rescue him one after another, but more barbarians were running for their lives.

Moreover, they were fleeing in all directions, and they no longer cared about going back to the fortress on the top of the mountain.

Guan Sheng stabbed several people to death one after another. Seeing hundreds of barbarians fleeing up the mountain, he knew that it would be impossible to capture the fortress on the top of the mountain today.

"Captain, where is the thief chief going!"

"Chase!"

A Teng was injured and ran slowly, but was killed by the Han soldiers to the front. He had no choice but to flee down the mountain and head south to the village.

Guan Sheng left a few soldiers to collect the corpses and take care of the wounded, and led the rest of the soldiers to pursue at full speed.

The two sides chased and fled, and soon came to the foot of the mountain. They both ran along the cultivated land by the river, and were spotted by the Han scout cavalry on the other side.

(End of this chapter)