Horse on the World

Chapter 545 The Sound of Battle Drums (2)

With the sound of war drums, as the Qinzhou Army blew the horn to attack Yizhou, the Qingzhou front, which had been relatively calm after entering the winter, suddenly became lively. It's shallow, but there is no doubt that the other party is already very quiet and wants to move.

"The timing is really accurate!" Qiu Zhi said with a sneer. He had just been ordered by Emperor Tianqi to transfer [-] elites into Gaizhou, and from Gaizhou to Yizhou. Forming a three-sided attack on Yizhou, Hu Zequan must have detected the news and began to attack boldly.

"I'm not afraid of you stretching out your claws, but I'm afraid you won't be able to shrink back." Qiu Zhi was not surprised but happy. Although he transferred 8 elites, even now, he still has [-] or [-] people under his command. Weaknesses, and in the Min-Qin campaign, King Ning's elite were almost wiped out. Right now, Hu Ze has not many soldiers capable of fighting.For other miscellaneous soldiers, no matter how many they are in number, what's the use, they're just waiting to be slaughtered.

"Beat the drums, General Xuan!" Qiu Zhi shouted loudly.

In the Daming Mansion, Hu Zequan stood respectfully outside the camp, watching the convoy approaching. When he got close, Hu Zequan trotted all the way to a carriage workshop in the middle, and said with lowered hands: "The last general, Hu Zequan, welcomes His Royal Highness King Ning."

There was a hearty laugh from inside the car, the door opened, and King Ning appeared on the carriage. Hu Zehui quickly stretched out a hand, helped King Ning get off the carriage, and said softly: "The soldiers on the front line are in danger, Your Highness really It is not appropriate to appear here. Just sit in the Ningzhou base camp."

King Ning shook his head and said: "I can't sit still, General Hu, this battle is related to the future of several states in the south of us, to the political structure of the entire Great Chu in the next few years or even decades, and to our life and death. Come and see, I really don't worry about it!"

Walking into the house that had already been prepared for King Ning, it was a small courtyard house with green bricks and green tiles, and white snow plums.

The small main room has been set up as a meeting place. A dozen chairs are divided into two rows. The big case in the middle is naturally the seat of King Ning. On the wall behind the big case, a huge map is held on the wall. The two curved lines of different colors above mark where the Southern Army and Qiu Zhi Army are currently standing.

"General Hu, you have worked hard. The defeat of Minqin resulted in the loss of more than half of our southern army's elite. You have been able to maintain the front line steadily until now, allowing several states in the south to have time to breathe and have a chance to recover. It is really a great contribution !” King Ning looked at the map, and slowly slid his finger across the place where the Southern Army is now.

"My lord, the prize is too much. This is the result of the soldiers' desperate struggle to defend their hometown."

King Ning smiled, "You don't need to be humble, the soldiers don't need to say it, but a good general is the most important thing. It is said that thousands of troops are easy to get, but one general is hard to find. In the Min-Qin War, I was wrong. If Kaiyuan is used, one general will be useless, and the three armies will be exhausted, if you had led the troops into Minqin, maybe the situation will be different now."

Hu Zequan bowed his head and remained silent. This topic is not easy to answer. Qin Min's defeat, the commander in chief was the eldest son of King Ning. At that time, he was only a commander. How could he command the army? , the positions at that time were higher than their own.

"Where's Blue Mountain?" King Ning asked.

"Returning to Your Highness, General Lanshan is in charge of the offensive on the front line. During this period of time, we have been attacking everywhere, blooming more, and have already started a frontal counterattack." Hu Zequan said.

"Attack from all directions?" King Ning asked strangely: "Although our total strength is no less than that of the opponent, our combat power is weaker than the opponent's. Shouldn't we concentrate on attacking one side, why should we divide our forces?"

Looking at Hu Zequan, he said again: "Oh, I'm just asking, this time I only have a pair of eyes and a pair of ears, and I will never interfere with the command of your frontline generals. It's just that I have some doubts in my heart."

Hu Zequan was very happy to hear that King Ning came to the front line in person, which is great to encourage the soldiers, but he is most afraid of King Ning's command of the war. He is the master, and you can't refute what he said. , It is very easy to do bad things, it seems that King Ning has fully learned the lesson of his son's defeat, which is a good thing.Hu Zequan has always believed that since the master is not good at commanding operations, he cannot interfere with the command of the frontline soldiers. It is enough for the master to set a large strategic goal. In terms of tactics, laymen guide experts, and accidents are most likely to happen. After all, like Li It is extremely rare for a leader of the Qing Dynasty to dismount from his horse to become a government, and mount a horse to become a military force.

"Your Highness, it is precisely because our elites are not strong enough to launch an attack on Qiu Zhi on the entire front that we attack in all directions and light beacon fires everywhere. One of the purposes is to confuse the opponent and make them wonder where we are launching the attack. Enter, and secondly, through this series of battles, we quietly mobilized elites from all over the country to form an army. Once we determined the attack location after returning, we immediately dealt a thunderous blow, striving to regain the disadvantage of the current lack of front lines, To tell His Highness, so far, where Lan Shan and I will finally launch a counterattack has not been finalized, and I believe Qiu Zhi can't guess.

King Ning made a sign first, and then laughed loudly, "You still don't understand it yourself, so it's no wonder Qiu Zhi couldn't guess it, but Qiu Zhi is very old-fashioned, maybe he can predict it. Be careful, we won't I can't afford to lose."

Hu Zequan smiled, "Your Highness, if our army is fighting alone this time, the general will definitely try to stop this battle, but since it is part of the overall grand strategy, the task we undertake is not too heavy. As long as we don't lose, even A small loss can be regarded as a victory. Even if Qiu Zhi wins a little with us, he can't stop the general trend. If Li Qing wins, Qiu Zhi will be surrounded and wiped out by both of us if he doesn't run away. Therefore, the battle situation The key point is not with us, but in Yizhou, what the general is thinking at the moment is that he only needs to take advantage of Qiu Zhi, and at the same time let our soldiers grow up in the war, this is a big gain."

King Ning patted Hu Zequan on the shoulder, "You are very thoughtful, so I can rest assured. Li Qing paid a lot of money this time. For this battle, he even indulged his base camp into a mess. The Marine Corps of the Wanshui Division landed from Bozhou, and they boldly crossed several states in the south of us, and entered Gaizhou. The goal was Qiu Zhi's [-] troops who had invested in Gaizhou. This is a thousand elite."

Hu Zequan sighed: "Now we rely on each other, he is naturally not afraid, but even so, it can be seen that this person's heart is in danger, and in the future, he will definitely become our enemy."

"Let's deal with the rest first!" King Ning nodded in agreement, "I didn't come empty-handed this time. I brought [-] Qiang soldiers, which can help you! In two or three days, Mata will die Arrived with his people."

Hu Zequan was taken aback, "Qiang soldiers? Your Highness, didn't they always ask for..."

King Ning nodded, "It's been almost two years since Kaiyuan's concubine died of illness, and it's time to renew him. Although Mata's daughter is not well-educated, she is also pretty and pretty, and she is enough to become a concubine." worthy of him."

Hu Zequan was silent. Tens of thousands of Qiang people lived in the mountains in the south. Their soldiers were brave and good at fighting. They were extremely brave. In other words, not to mention the cost of countless military resources, it may not be able to be brought down. Even if they are brought down, the mountains will have no big effect on King Ning. It is completely thankless, so King Ning has repeatedly The alliance was proposed for the first time, but its leader, Mata, proposed to marry his daughter to the eldest son. The two parties married to consolidate the relationship, so the matter was shelved. This is all I can use, I'm afraid Shizi will be very unhappy.

"If I have these [-] Qiang soldiers, then I will be sure to take advantage of Qiu Zhi." Hu Zequan's thoughts immediately shifted to the current battle. If the son is not happy, that is not what he cares about .

The first battle in Yizhou broke out in Bowang on the border of Yizhou. When Li Ping, the chief of the Yizhou cavalry sentry, led a team of about 200 sentry cavalry to patrol, he bumped into Zhou Tong's sentry cavalry head-on, but the number was about [-].

Li Ping belonged to Li Feng's Yizhou Battalion cavalry, and was the first group of people who followed Li Feng to hone on the grassland. As a member of the Li family, he quickly emerged in a few years, and was promoted to the captain of the whistle due to his meritorious service. , Lieutenant Ying Yang.Suddenly not far from the opposite side, Li Ping found a sentry sentry in Qinzhou. Without hesitation, Li Ping immediately gave the order to attack.

All the equipment of the cavalry of the Yizhou Battalion is completely based on the regular configuration of the Dingzhou Changsheng Battalion. For the cavalry battalion sent by the Yizhou family to Dingzhou to support him, Li Qing is willing to spend the cost, and the configuration is the highest standard. When they were in Dingzhou, the noon silver that Li Qing issued to them was also the same as that of the Changsheng camp, so that after this battalion returned to Yizhou, Yizhou had to issue them noon silver according to Li Qing's standard, so that Their income is several times that of ordinary Yizhou soldiers, which also makes this battalion bring together the most elite and brave fighters in Yizhou. All Yizhou soldiers are proud to enter this battalion.

When it comes to equipment, the two sides are incomparable. The cavalry of the Yizhou Battalion are all armored, equipped with bayonets, knives, Liannu, a Lu bow, twenty armor-piercing arrows, and even their horses are covered with soft armor on their vital parts.Although there are many cavalry on the opposite side, they are only equipped with bayonets, leather armor, and swords.

The two sides met suddenly, one relied on the elite, the other relied on the large number of people, they both came galloping on their horses, and when the two armies fought, the first to strangle each other were these scouts. At the same time, they were also the most elite of the two armies. scholar.

The horses galloped wildly, and the soldiers on both sides opened their bows and shot arrows at the same time. The arrows in the air rained down. At this time, the advantages of the equipment were immediately revealed. The first-grade bow had a long range and strong strength. The rain of arrows on the other side can basically not cause any damage to the opponent.

The distance between the two sides was not far away, and they only had time to shoot a round of arrows, so they had to put away their bows and raise their spears.In this short moment, Qinzhou had lost nearly twenty riders.

"Kill!" Shouting to kill, the two cavalry collided fiercely.

(End of this chapter)