Horse on the World

Chapter 978
In the Battle of Pinggu, Xiang Ping was defeated, and the 20 army was wiped out. Xiang Ping fled to Fengtai County, which is less than a hundred miles away from Luoyang, with only [-] remnants remaining.The defeat in the Battle of Pinggu means that Luoyang's door is wide open, and Yang Yidao's Dingzhou Central Group Army will be able to drive straight in and approach Luoyang.

In fact, this was exactly the case. Yang Yidao's more than [-] people took a short rest and stepped into the Luoyang jurisdiction where no invading army had entered for hundreds of years. The capital shook and people were in turmoil.

Neither Tian Qi nor Shang Haibo expected that Xiang Ping would be defeated by Yang Yidao. In such a short period of time, the hundreds of thousands of troops disappeared, and Luoyang was directly exposed to the front of the Dingzhou army. Tian Qi didn't even have the intention of reprimanding and punishing Xiang Ping. The most urgent task right now was to mobilize troops to defend Luoyang.

The two battalions on the left and right of the capital were urgently mobilized and marched to the front.

Guo Fengxian, the general of Zuo Daying, led 5 troops to Fengtai, and Zhan Degang, the general of Right Daying, led [-] troops to Longquan.At the same time, an emergency conscription order was issued in Luoyang, all males over the age of [-] and under the age of [-] will join the army and prepare to guard Luoyang.

While doing a good job of defense, he issued the King Qin Order to Changzhou, Xuzhou and other eight states under the control of Luoyang, ordering the commanders of the eight states to urgently dispatch troops to Luoyang King Qin.

However, the wall fell and everyone pushed. Before the Dingzhou army came, these states were respectful and respectful under the high-pressure situation in Luoyang. Now Xiangping's 20 troops are destroyed. Zhou Tong and Qu Yongjie are still in Pingzhou, struggling to resist Dingzhou Lu Dalin, Tian Feng The group, the two major battalions on the left and right of the capital urgently mobilized soldiers and horses to the front line. Luoyang, which used to be strong and strong, is now empty. The boss agreed very happily, but then the conversation changed, and they wanted food, weapons, and everything, but the soldiers and horses were delayed until the end of April, when Yang Yidao's Central Group Army completed the military campaign against Fengtai and Yangquan. Deployment, the soldiers and horses of these seven states are still within the jurisdiction.

Guo Fengxian, who rushed to Fengtai, took over Xiangping's military power. Facing the [-] remnants who had lost their fighting spirit, Guo Fengxian drove them back to Luoyang together with Xiangping without hesitation. Let them return to Luoyang to rest, maybe they will be useful in the future, but here, they can only play a negative role.

Xiang Ping's only credit for this battle is to prove the power of the Shenwei cannon to Guo Fengxian. After understanding the situation in detail, Guo Fengxian gave up any idea of ​​​​taking the initiative to attack, and the small Fengtai County is impossible to block the bombardment of the opponent's Shenwei cannon .

He did two jobs.

The first item is to criss-cross the Fengtai Guard Army, digging trenches as deep as tens of meters. There is no need to spend a lot of money to build parapets, and they will be easily defeated by the opponent. After the ditch, a shallow ditch about half a meter was dug, and holes for Tibetan soldiers were dug in the ditch. The soldiers hid in these shallow ditches and blocked the opponent.

The second item is to dig an inland river flowing into Fengtai, Yangquan, and Luoyang, and the river will spread, making the land in Fengtai muddy, forming large and small wetlands, depressions, and ponds, so as to limit the opponent's cavalry. attack.

Guo Fengxian didn't want to defeat the enemy. He knew that with his current strength, this task was simply impossible. What he wanted was to delay the enemy's attack as much as possible and slow down the opponent's pace, so as to gain time for Luoyang to mobilize reinforcements.

And Zhan Degang in Yangquan was doing the same job at the same time.

It has to be said that the strategy adopted by these two generals is just above the soft threat of the Dingzhou army. Whether it is the Dingzhou cavalry or the Shenwei cannon, the biggest killer weapon in Dingzhou, it is better to face such a geographical situation. Under such circumstances, they all had to stop, not to mention the cavalry, in such a wetland, where the depressions are all over the place, they can't run fast at all, and the cavalry without speed will become a living target for the defending army, and the Shenwei Cannon, although After improvement, the weight has been greatly reduced, but it still weighs more than a thousand catties. On such a ground, the cannon cart will sink deeply into the mud as soon as it walks, and it takes a lot of effort to push him away. Coming out, the speed of the offense inevitably slowed down.

"Guo Fengxian, Zhan Degang is a veteran general!" Xiao Yuanshan said to Yang Yidao, "Both of them have fought with Mr. Li and my uncle in the past, and have extremely rich combat experience. Guo Fengxian is hot-tempered, straightforward, and defy the powerful , used to be the deputy general of the Luoyang garrison, but he offended the nobleman because he whipped an officer who violated discipline in the army. I finally remembered him, this person should not be underestimated."

"As for Zhan Degang, his temperament is the opposite of Guo Fengxian's. He is very soft, no one can offend anyone, and anyone can flatter him. But because of this, no one is at ease. Whether it is under Li Guogong or later our Xiao Shi When he was in power and the restoration of the apocalypse, Zhan Degang had no chance to lead the army alone, but this time, he finally came out of the mountain."

"Such a guy is certainly not likable!" Yang Yidao laughed.

Xiao Yuanshan said sternly: "Although this person has an unpleasant temperament, he still has a way of leading the army. You see that this time he and Guo Fengxian are stationed in two places, but the countermeasures taken against us are exactly the same. You can see that This person's talent in combat, they have never fought against us, and they can find out the flaws of our army based on experience alone, really cannot be underestimated. It seems that this time, Tianqi is very important to the generals of the royal family Completely disappointed, Xiang Ping lost almost all of Tian Qi's underwear."

Yang Yidao laughed loudly, "Although we haven't completely lost yet, we have already seen the color of his underpants. If we work harder, we will be able to peel him off. Well, the opponent is tough, so we don't have to worry , Steady and steady, one step at a time can erode their defense zone."

"But in this way, we will lose the opportunity to give Luoyang a thunderous blow!" Xiao Yuanshan was a little worried, "Luoyang controls quite a few prefectures, if we let him calmly mobilize the army, we will still be very dangerous."

Yang Yidao smiled and said: "The wall is down and everyone is pushing it, General Xiao, you see we have been in the suburbs of Luoyang for almost a month, how many King Qin's troops have arrived in Luoyang, there is only Changzhou, and they are still huddled in a hundred miles away to watch, There are too many smart people in this world. Seeing that Da Chu is in decline, who is willing to work for him at this time? The work of the Overwatch Council in these places is also very effective. They have also organized quite a few guerrillas, and they have all been mobilized now, in order to contain their strength, so I don’t think we need to worry about them.”

"That's good!" Xiao Yuanshan said excitedly, "Although Guo Fengxian and Zhan Degang have a good strategy, as long as they are weak, we can eat them little by little. Force them back to Luoyang."

"That's right, send them back to Luoyang. By the way, General Xiao, since there is no way to take these two people at the moment, and the cavalry is temporarily useless, we can use the cavalry instead." Yang Yidao said slowly.

Xiao Yuanshan smiled: "To fight Changzhou soldiers?"

"That's right, Fan Jian, the commander-in-chief of Changzhou, is still very loyal to Da Chu. He hurriedly brought [-] soldiers and horses to serve the king. Let's kill the chicken to show the monkeys, so that those who are still waiting to see, come out." The reason why the rafters are messed up first."

"It's not easy for cavalry to attack hundreds of miles!" Xiao Yuanshan said: "We have less than 2 cavalry, and the opponent is confined within the camp, so it's not so easy to fight!"

Yang Yidao laughed loudly, "General Xiao doesn't know something. We have fought quite a lot in Dingzhou to raid the enemy from hundreds of miles away, and the Whirlwind Battalion is the best among them. That's why they got their name." Come on, the Changzhou army came from a long way, lacking supplies, how strong can the camp be? And the Taiping army like the Changzhou army has seen bloodshed several times, can they really fight? I am afraid that they will faint."

The two laughed loudly, "So, the five thousand Youyan cavalry under my command will also follow General Jiang to gain some glory?"

Jiang Kui was so excited that he finally got back to his old business again. Long-distance raids were his favorite thing to do. After receiving Yang Yidao's military order, he immediately assembled his troops and fought for more than a hundred days. , it can be arrived in one night, and the attack happened in the early morning. At that time, people's vigilance is the most relaxed, and it is also the time when the opponent's defense is the most relaxed. On the grassland, the barbarians did this before, and he did the same. However, both sides are familiar with this tactic, so it is more difficult to fight, but these Changzhou rookies?Jiang Kui was hot all over, grandma's, and finally he could charge in person again, these two years, he has been suppressed!In order to go into battle shirtless at every turn, he was taught by Li Qing not once or twice, but Jiang Shan is easy to lose, and his nature is hard to change. Jiang Kui just can't change it. Anyway, he doesn't want to be a general. That is also under the number of people, above ten thousand people, I just love this tune.The lord is going to be the emperor soon, and there will be no battles to fight in the future. Sometimes when he is free, Jiang Kui even wonders if he begs the lord to send him overseas like Wang Qinian. The lord has a thousand rivers and thousands of mountains, so if I go into battle shirtless, even if the lord knows it, I will be too far away, and my ass will not be able to eat the board!Wang Qinian went to Zheng Zhiyuan's side, so he went to the Yin Ning Fleet, um, whether it was Yin Ning, or Li Wen, the marine commander of the Yin Ning Fleet, how dare he beat himself?This is a good note!
"Xiao Tianhao, Xiao Tianyang reports to General Jiang!"

Jiang Kui frowned and looked at the two Xiao generals, "Who are you?" Looking at the cavalry unit in the distance, "General Yang ordered you to attack with me?"

"Yes, General Yang ordered us to attach General Jiang's wings and tails!"

Jiang Kui waved his hand, "Since it is the general's order, I naturally have nothing to say, as long as you can keep up with my Whirlwind Camp, hehe, I can talk about it first, if you can't keep up, you won't be able to catch it if you go late Oil and water, don't blame me!"

Xiao Tianhao and Xiao Tianyang glanced at each other, thinking that you are a cavalry and I am also a cavalry, you have one soldier and two horses, and we are one soldier and two horses, so there is no reason why we can't keep up?Qi Qi said: "General Jiang, don't worry, the Youyan army that is attacking with us this time is all elite, and will not hold back the general!"

Jiang Kui smiled but said, "That's good, that's good!" Flying on the horse, holding up the steel gun, he shouted sharply: "Boys, let's work!" With his legs clamped between the horse's belly, the horse neighed, and when he left the string, He galloped out like an arrow, and behind him, the cavalrymen of the Whirlwind Battalion followed up one by one, screaming and beating their horses.

(End of this chapter)