A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 516: Ping Jin King Bai Guo attacked Hebei, Baishi refused to fight Zhangshui
Jianxing three years
New Year
Relying on the secret letter of Liu Cong, the leader of the Han and Zhao kingdoms, Shi Le annexed Wang Mi's tribe and killed Wang Mi in the name of rebellion. So far, the vast area north of Jianghuai, east of Sizhou, and south of Youhe was crawling under Shi Le's throne. Under the horse's hooves.

In the name of King Ping Jin, Shi Le established a platform called Fangzhen under the banner of Han and Zhao, which was actually a feudal lord.

Because the lands in Henan were wantonly destroyed by Shi Le, who had no ambition to dominate in the early years, all ten houses and nine empty houses were left empty. Most of the people in the Central Plains moved south or north. Large tracts were deserted wastelands and dead cities, which had lost their foundation as the foundation of the king's hegemony. .

Therefore, Shi Le placed the center of his strategy in the north and established his own seat in Xiang State to inform the vast Central Plains.

On the other hand, the Bai Kingdom, which had rested for a year, now has sufficient troops and morale, and has begun its external military expedition.

Bai Wangyan decided to take Zhendong General Yuan An as the commander-in-chief and supervise generals Ma Xie, Bai De, Duan Jie, Hu Yanying, and Liu Cheng to lead an army of 50,000 to attack Jizhou.

The Grand Sima Baishu led the palace, hussars, elite soldiers, five soldiers and four battalions, 20,000 people, and stationed in Guangping to hold back the Yuan'an army.

April
Yuan'an's army arrived in Anping County, which was only more than 40 miles away from Guangzong City, the important town of Anping County.

Stationed here are the generals under Shi Le, the prefect of Anping and the governor of Guangzong, Zhi Xiong.

He was specially sent by Shi Le to defend the Bai Kingdom. He had five thousand men and was stationed in Guangzong City.

While Zhixiong sent people to Xiangguo to report to Shi Le, he also strengthened the city defense to face the coming war.

April 10
Yuan'an's vanguard of 5,000 men arrived at Guangwu and began to build a camp for the army.

Zhi Xiong looked at the working White soldiers at the top of the city and couldn't help but admire:

"The Bai Kingdom is really rich. Look, they are all big and round, with armor and stomachs close to their bodies. Their horses are fat and shiny. They have everything they should have. Even their military uniforms are of the same style."

General Pi on the side couldn't help but worry:

"The enemy's forward troops are so elite, not to mention the rear troops. I heard that Bai Kingdom General Yuan An personally led the troops this time, and Gongsun Da Sima was stationed in Guangping as backup. Can we really resist?"

Zhixiong said with great confidence:
"Your Majesty led us to conquer the south and north, to the south to drink horses from the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, and to the north to conquer the desert. Even the 100,000-strong army of the Jin Dynasty died under the iron hoof of our 20,000 knights.

No matter how elite the White Army is, can it still be compared to the Black Cavalry Army, which was formed by the elite selected by the King, and the Su Guard Army, which is close to the King?

Moreover, Guangzong is so close to Xiangguo. With our army's cavalry advantage, reinforcements can arrive as soon as the military report arrives. "

Mentioning the Black Cavalry Army and Su Wei Army, Pi let go of his hanging heart.

The Black Cavalry Army is a 10,000-strong elite cavalry force that Shi Le selected from each army last year and used armor collected from various states and counties, as well as good horses captured.

The Su Wei Army were the old cavalrymen who had followed Shi Le all over the world. They had 5,000 troops. They had never encountered a battle formation that they could not penetrate. They were in the hands of Shi Le's son, Shi Hu.

April 11

Yuan'an's army arrived at Guangzong, and without resting for a moment, Yuan'an used the simple engineering equipment built by the forwards to attack Guangzong, intending to capture Guangzong City before Shile's army arrived.

Unexpectedly, Zhixiong's resistance was too fierce. He continued to attack the city for three days, but Zhixiong was able to resist it.

Listening to the rumbling sound, Yuan An knew that enemy reinforcements had arrived.

April 14

Yuan'an abandoned the camp he had built before and retreated ten miles to camp.

The person who came to aid Guangzong was Shi Le's son, Shi Hu. He led 30,000 cavalry from Xiangguo day and night, and arrived at Guangzong City at the fastest speed.

Shi Le, on the other hand, was leading an army of 50,000 people, slowly coming from behind.

April 16

The White Army scouts heard that Shi Le's army would arrive soon, with a strength of 100,000.

Yuan An thought about it carefully and decided to ask Bai Shu for help.

At the same time, he ordered to retreat again to Zhangshui and build a camp with his back to Zhangshui.

April

Shi Le's army arrived at Zhangshui and rejected Yuan'an. At the same time, Bai Shu led four battalions of 20,000 people and arrived at the Zhangshui camp.

The two sides, with a total of 150,000 troops, launched a battle on the east bank of Zhangshui River.

Although Shi Le commanded the cavalry like a driving force, it was still very difficult for him to command an army of more than 50,000 people.

Yuan'an has been in the army for generations, and his family's ancestors are from the Bai Guoyuan clan, so he has great experience in fighting with large regiments.

April 23
Yuan'an seized on Shi Le's command error and used his hussar battalion to storm a section of the line, causing the entire Shi Le army to collapse.

Bai Shu was about to order the army to kill him, but Yuan An stopped him:

"Da Sima, although our army has a great victory now, we must not take advantage of the victory and pursue it. The enemy has many horses and our cavalry is small, so we can only rely on a tight formation.

If you pursue without permission, it will easily lead to the formation being scattered and unable to form a force to resist the cavalry.

In addition, Shi Le is a veteran general who stretches across Henan and Hebei. He will definitely take this opportunity to attack our scattered soldiers. Once he is stuck, it will be difficult to organize an effective front. "

Bai Shu listened to Yuan An's suggestion and ordered Jin Jin to withdraw his troops.

On the opposite side, Shi Le commanded the Su Guards around him to maintain their formation, and at the same time ordered to detect whether the White Army was pursuing.

When he learned that the White Army had withdrawn its camp, he sighed:
"There are capable people in the White Army. They can see clearly the king's plan so easily. In this case, there is no point in hiding the clumsiness. Send an order and let Shi Hu come back with the Black Cavalry Army. There is no need to hide anymore. , I want to have a good discussion about the Bai Kingdom, which has made Han people of all generations fear and talk about it like a tiger."

Perhaps other Hu people, such as Tuoba Yilu, Duan Wuchen, Liu Cong, etc. did not know well, but Shi Le, who traveled north and south, had never seen or faced him in person.

But the more I traveled, the more I heard. Among the Han people who interacted with him, when the Bai family and the Bai country were mentioned, there was no one who was not in awe and fascinated.

May 15th

The two sides of Baishi were still fighting fiercely along the Zhangshui River. The piles of corpses were enough to block the Zhangshui River, and all the water flowing in the Zhangshui River these days was red.

Although Bai Shu defeated Shi Le's army many times, he did not dare to pursue it because of his cavalry. As a result, Shi Le was able to regroup and come back every time.

Moreover, Shi Le didn't care about the lives of ordinary infantry at all. In his eyes, only cavalry was the core of his dominance.

It is precisely because of this that Shi Le has as many as 70,000 to 80,000 cavalrymen and more than 200,000 horses. Apart from the Xianbei tribes, it is the largest cavalry regiment active in the Central Plains.

In order to cope with Bai Guo's offensive, Shi Le directly mobilized 40,000 cavalry this time, and only brought 40,000 infantry as consumables.

Because these infantry were composed of Jin troops who surrendered to him.

The reason why Shi Le was able to occupy such a vast territory lay in his "generosity".

Whenever Shi Le captured a city or a county, as long as it surrendered to him, once he was appointed to his original position, he only had to change the target of paying taxes to himself, which was equivalent to betraying the Jin court.

Moreover, Shi Le would not interfere with local affairs like the Jin court, and would completely let the local chiefs handle local affairs by themselves. Shi Le only looked at the taxes paid by the counties and whether the tasks assigned by him were completed, not the process.

As for the life and death of the people at the bottom, Shi Le didn't care at all.

In addition to the "merciful" Shi Le, he also had a ferocious side. Anyone who refused to surrender would be killed after the city was broken. Anyone who opposed him would have his body and head removed, which was the best place for them to go.

Because of this, Shi Le did not expend much effort in conquering the lands in Henan. Every time he won a major battle, the local county chief or his officials would directly submit a surrender form to Shi Le.

Shi Le only needed to massacre the counties that were unwilling to surrender, and he could win the surrender of a county or even a state.

Therefore, the chaos in the Central Plains and the loss of people were not only caused by Shi Le's military disaster, but also by the powerful families who took refuge in Shi Le and plundered the local area without any scruples.

August

The Zhangshui War has lasted for four months.

Even though Shile occupied a vast territory in Henan and Hebei, due to the lack of fine management, there was not much food at all, and Shile's army was about to fall into a food shortage.

Although Bai Kingdom's territory is not as large as Shile's, its high-precision and powerful governance has allowed Bai Kingdom's five counties to receive more food every year.

Shi Le was very troubled by this.

At this time, his planner came forward and offered his advice:
"Your Majesty, why do you want to exploit your shortcomings and avoid your strengths? Fighting with the White Army at Zhangshui is not a waste of our army's cavalry advantage.

It is better to leave the infantry and garrison Guangzong. The king himself will lead the cavalry and rely on speed to bypass Guang'ze and return to Xiangguo. After replenishing food and grass in Xiangguo, he will go south to attack the counties of Guangping.

In order to rescue Guangping, the White Army will definitely return to the army.

At that time, if the enemy saves the east, our army will attack the west. If the enemy saves the west, our army will attack the east. With the speed, the enemy will not be able to catch the shadow of our army at all.

Just like when we were in Henan and guerrilla against the Jin army. "

Shi Le was overjoyed. According to Zhang Bin's words, he withdrew from Guangzong that night and asked Zhi Xiong to lead the army to involve the Bai army in Guangzong. He then moved around to harass the counties in Guangping.

The next day, Bai Shu sent his troops to attack Shile's military camp as usual, but found that the people in the camp were empty, leaving only horse dung, broken branches and residual trees on the ground, and abandoned camps.

Bai Shu was confused and sent out a hussar battalion to conduct a detailed inspection of the area thirty miles east of Zhangshui.

Finally, in the direction of Guang'ze, traces of the cavalry brigade were found, and it seemed that they were heading towards the country of Xiang.

"Did Liu Kun or Wang Jun attack Xiangguo?"

Bai Shu thought hard and asked Yuan An, but Yuan An didn't know either.

Finally, Bai Shu decided that no matter what Shi Le did, he would just complete the set goal, and immediately ordered an attack on Guangzong.

It was different from Yuan'an's previous siege, because Yuan'an did not have an elite battalion at that time, so the attack could not be completed for many days.

Now Bai Shu directly dispatched the most elite of the six battalions, the Dianzhong Battalion.

The palace camp, as the name suggests, was trained by King Bai to protect the palace. It was equivalent to the Su Guards. In order to maintain combat effectiveness, it often rotated with the five thousand battalion to guard Chaoge.

Of course, compared to the Bai family's imperial guards, the White Guards, they are still a little inferior. After all, the White Guards, which have hundreds of years of history, are 100% loyal, have been soldiers for generations, and have been trained since childhood.

August 23
After the day and night attacks by the frontal palace camp and the elite soldiers camp, coupled with the assistance of the strong crossbow camp, Guangzong's city wall was finally breached, even though there were still more than 30,000 people in the city.

The city gate of Guangzong was opened wide, and the Hussars battalion took the lead and rushed into the city. Following the streets, they killed Shile's soldiers all the way.

Then densely packed White soldiers poured into Guangzong, and Zhixiong fled through the north gate with thousands of people.

After the war, statistics showed that the White army beheaded 6,000 people and captured 30,000 prisoners.

Bai Shu was walking with satisfaction on the dilapidated stone wall of Guangzong when a first-class star horse galloped in from outside the city, ran up the city wall, and reported quickly:
"Guangping is in danger. Tens of thousands of Shile's cavalry are attacking our counties in Guangping and massacring the people of Bai Kingdom."

(End of this chapter)