Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 379 0374 [Use it to death]

The wound on the abdomen continued to ooze blood, which was caused by the stabbing of the palladium.

Han Shizhong sat down on the ground, only two soldiers remained beside him, one of them was not his soldier.

He didn't know how long he had been fleeing, but anyway, he bypassed several hills, then passed through four or five villages, and finally he stopped hearing the shouts of the pursuers.

Han Shizhong is used to this kind of thing.

After struggling to remove the armor, tore his clothes with his teeth, and chewed up a herb, Han Shizhong asked the soldiers to bandage his wound.

Han Shizhong had a strong sense of direction and quickly determined where to go.

After traveling for several miles, they encountered a group of rout soldiers.There were more than a dozen of them, lying here and there at the foot of the mountain, panting like a bellows in their throats.

Gather up the soldiers and return to the team, continue to walk east, and saw the smoke from the cooking.

Han Shizhong rushed over to take a look, and was so angry that there were more than 100 archers gathered at the entrance of the village to eat tender corn.

These guys were the first to escape. They shot the rebel reserve team for two rounds, and were scared away by the rebel army.

The rebel army's reserve team didn't pursue it at all, and turned to attack the right wing of the Western Army. These archers are still at large.He didn't stop to shoot arrows, and he didn't raise his knife to attack the enemy on both sides. Anyway, he just knew how to escape from the battlefield.

Han Shizhong hates it, if the archers don't escape so simply, or if Feng Chong's troops persist a few more times, he will be able to defeat the rebels like a knife cut tofu.

Don't look at only one mandarin duck squad, those deserters will attack the friendly army.

Moreover, Han Shizhong killed from the side, and it was difficult for the long weapons of the adjacent Yuanyang team to quickly turn around under the interference of the rout.You only need to defeat a team, and you can destroy a large area with points and faces!

It's useless to scold anymore, Han Shizhong didn't even bother to reprimand them for starting a fire.

Han Shizhong went to the corn field, broke off a few tender corn cobs, and took a nap while grilling.

If the bandits saw the smoke coming after them, he would just keep running.

"Fortunately, I can run fast, these bandits fight really hard."

"My father is also an archer, and he came home with a broken arm. When I went out, my father told me to run if something happened. I was injured and died, and I couldn't get a pension. Only my life is my own."

"Officers and soldiers will definitely not be able to defeat bandit soldiers, and the Zhu bandit will most likely be able to become the emperor."

"Don't talk nonsense, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is blessed by God, how can ordinary rebellion be achieved?"

"Hey, if the emperor is blessed by God, there will be so many disasters in the world?"

"..."

Han Shizhong heard these discussions and stared at the corn above the flames in a daze.

Just give those few military salaries, and why do you have to deduct them? Can you blame the archers for fleeing?

If the food and salaries are paid in full, a middle-level forbidden army in the Northern Song Dynasty would have a daily salary of more than 130 Wen, plus 2 stones and 5 buckets of food per month.

The Xiang army is divided into three classes, with a monthly salary of 300 to 500 Wen, which translates to more than 10 Wen per day.In addition, monthly food is provided, about 2 shi per month, which is 236 catties (modern catties).When the seasons change, they also make clothes out of the fabric.

The treatment of the township soldiers of the Western Army is similar to that of the middle box army.When enlisting in the army, you can receive a sum of money, basically ten guan.

This was okay in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, but the price of goods has skyrocketed in the past few decades, but the salary of soldiers has not risen!
Especially in the past two years, there is no need to be greedy for deduction of food and salary. If you convert the monthly food into money at the official price, you can make a big difference.With that little money, the soldiers couldn't buy enough food at all, so they could only suffer from hunger every day.

It wasn't until Zhao Gou moved to the south that the imperial court thought of raising the wages of the soldiers, a one-third increase at one time.

After another few decades, it increased year by year, and the military salary was four times that of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. At that time, the soldiers could finally have enough to eat.

These Xiang soldiers and country soldiers are actually looking forward to fighting, because fighting can take care of their food, and usually they only take care of their food during drills.

But only for food, fools work hard!

There were footsteps coming from the west, but it was some rout soldiers who saw the smoke coming to join them.

Han Shizhong gathered more than 300 people back along the way, and first reported the situation to Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan said in a low voice: "Feng Chong came back earlier than you and accused you of improper command, which resulted in a big defeat."

Han Shizhong said angrily: "I did not command properly? If they are willing to obey the command, if they dare to go all out, there is no need for me to take the risk of taking the headquarters to break the formation!"

Wang Yuan asked, "How did you lose?"

Han Shizhong said: "Look for a pen and paper, and I will draw for you to see."

Wang Yuan asked someone to bring a pen and paper, and Han Shizhong quickly drew various weapons.

Then, Han Shizhong drew a mandarin duck formation, pointed to the formation and said: "This formation is suitable for recruits who have been practicing for a long time. As long as they are strict and disciplined, and they are proficient in drills, recruits who have never seen blood can fight tough battles. The weapons are very long and the coordination is exquisite. It is difficult for the enemy to get close, and even if they are close, they can attack together. The two armies fought for nearly a quarter of an hour, and the soldiers of the Western Army were killed and injured more and more, and the melee weapons did not encounter bandit soldiers. The morale of the soldiers is getting stronger and stronger. I saw this situation, so I had to take the risk to break the formation myself, otherwise I will lose sooner or later."

Wang Yuan looked at the formation carefully and felt that he understood a little bit, but he didn't understand it deeply without experiencing it personally.

Han Shizhong continued to explain: "This kind of long bamboo is very difficult to break through. A small number of Western troops rushed in, but they were blocked by this kind of fork, and they were also attacked by long spears. Bandit soldiers form a team of 12, with the captain in the middle commanding. I still listen to that The captain shouted: "The captain will die in battle, and the whole team will be killed!"

"The whole team will be killed?" Wang Yuan was shocked.

In recent years, the Western Army has become worse and worse. Not to mention during the war, even the normal border guards deserted countless soldiers.

Too many deserters caused the court to change the decree, and did not dare to punish the generals for it. If they strictly followed the military law, there would be no generals leading troops on the front line.

The thieves actually kill the whole team when the captain dies in battle?

Han Shizhong guessed: "The food and pay of the bandit soldiers should not be deducted, otherwise such strict military laws cannot be accepted by the soldiers. Only when the rewards and punishments are clear and the food and wages are sufficient, can the captain kill the whole team. Zhu thief This way of formulating military law, I think the captain is the core of the formation. Officers and soldiers cannot learn it, and the formation can be practiced according to the example, but at most it can get its shape, but not its spirit. It should be broken, it must be broken."

"That's the reason." Wang Yuan sighed.

Holding the drawings drawn by Han Shizhong, Wang Yuan went to talk to Yang Weizhong, and pleaded for Han Shizhong by the way.

While looking at the picture, Yang Weizhong listened to Wang Yuan's explanation, and he characterized the matter, saying: "Finding out the truth and reality of the thieves is also a meritorious service. Although this time is a big defeat, the merits and demerits can be offset."

Yang Weizhong went to Liu Yanqing again with the drawings, and Liu Yanqing also agreed with this explanation.

Liu Yanqing also summoned the army clerk: "Redraw this picture more delicately, and write a battle report. Let me say that I have fought a few rounds here, and I have figured out the bandit formation. This formation is extremely mysterious. , obtained by Zhu thief from overseas, is the formation method lost by Li Jing in Tang Dynasty. Now it is dedicated to the imperial court, and it can train countless powerful soldiers."

This is Liu Yanqing's brilliance, a big defeat can be turned into a great success.

Contributing to the lost formation for the imperial court, the concept of the pattern suddenly becomes bigger.

Of course, this credit belongs to Liu Yanqing, who obtained it through many trials.

Yang Weizhong said: "Han Shizhong heard it clearly. The bandits shouted 'the captain will die in battle, and the whole team will be killed'. If he heard correctly, the bandits would be difficult to deal with. Especially when we stormed the stronghold, those bandits defended against danger. How can you fight to the death without retreating?"

"Then... wait a little longer." Liu Yanqing didn't dare to fight anymore.

The three bandit strongholds are too dangerous, and now that Han Shizhong has found out the truth, attacking the strongholds again would be tantamount to death.

Liu Yanqing intends to delay the time, no matter how urged by the eunuchs and supervising army, he still wants to keep his army intact.

Where there are soldiers, there is power!
When the other two armies are defeated, Gao Qiu will naturally order to retreat, and then he will have the opportunity to bring his soldiers back.

The Liu family's life-preserving military method was quite sophisticated during Liu Yanqing's time, and his son Liu Guangshi practiced it to a great success later.

In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Liu Guangshi was not only able to run with soldiers, but also with the soldiers' families.No matter how dangerous the situation was, all of them had to run away, even the soldiers and their families turned into Jiangnan.

It just hurt the allies very badly...

After thinking for a long time, Liu Yanqing ordered: "Strengthen the camp day and night, and don't let the bandits find any openings!"

This guy is here to suppress thieves, and the suppression turned into defense.

After another half month of confrontation, even Gao Qiu couldn't bear it anymore, and sent someone to inquire about the progress of the Tangluo Road.

Liu Yanqing just responded: "I have fought many times here, and the bandits have lost troops and lost generals. Only a few more battles are needed to win the battle."

Liu Yanqing put on a show, divided his troops out of the camp every day, and dispatched a group of troops in turn, standing outside the range of the artillery to provoke.

Such a long distance to provoke a ghost, but the appearance is well done.

Yang Zhi stayed out of the cottage, watched the performance of the Western Army with binoculars, and waited for Ju Ming's messenger to arrive in late September.

"Yang Du pointed out that the officers and soldiers in Baoxie Road were defeated and left. The general has personally led the troops to attack Shaanxi. The officers and soldiers on your side are likely to retreat. How to do it is up to Yang Du to decide on his own. If the officers and soldiers retreat without any If the rules are in place, pursue them with all your strength. If the officers and soldiers retreat steadily, just follow them from a distance, and the officers and soldiers will not be allowed to return to Shaanxi easily."

"I see."

Hearing that he won the main battle, Yang Zhi was overjoyed.

The rebel army has stabilized, and there is no need to worry about it in the future.I am in charge of this, and after this battle, I can also be promoted to control because of my merits.

Although he didn't use any decent staff, it is a great achievement to keep Tangluo Dao intact!

The news from Liu Yanqing's side was very delayed, and it took more than half a month before they learned that the Baoxie Dao friendly army was defeated.

He was not disappointed, on the contrary, he was ecstatic that he could finally withdraw with his troops.

And it was ordered to retreat, because Zhu Ming was going to Shaanxi, Gao Qiu told him to return to the teacher to rescue him!

"Don't worry, the food delivery team will go first."

Liu Yanqing took his time and continued to stick to the camp, there was still time to bring back the food and grass.

As for Gao Qiu, with the protection of Liu Xi and Liu Qi's troops, it should be able to last for a long time if they occupy the city.

At this time, Liu Yanqing's grain was no longer new wheat, but this year's rice.

There was not much left, so the food transportation team took some away and asked the whole army to carry some.

In the end, Liu Yanqing ordered: "Give Han Shizhong a thousand soldiers, and find an opportunity to ambush the bandits to pursue them!"

He finally understood that Han Shizhong was very good at fighting.

Since it is available, use it to death!
(End of this chapter)