Song Dynasty

Chapter 14 Command Power

It was Lu Can who spoke.

"I've seen Marquis Yu." Wang Shen didn't care to talk to An Niang, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Lu Can helped him up: "Daosi, what's the point of being polite between you and me, just call me Ziyu and get up quickly. If it weren't for you, this army has already dispersed, what can I do?" Go see Uncle Liu Ping with your face?" At this point, he was grateful.

This Marquis Lu Yu usually has a clear face, and he speaks without expression, appearing very majestic.But the performance just now really surprised Wang Shen. After he failed to stop Yijie, he cried bitterly. In this way, where is the prestige?Thinking about it, no one in this army is afraid of him anymore.

I'm afraid this person has no experience in leading troops, right?
Wang Shen was curious, and asked: "How long has Ziyu led this army, and I think you know a saying: righteousness does not do justice, kindness does not command troops, and when things happen, you must use thunder to show your bodhisattva's heart. Do not stop, Resist the chaos."

Lu Can couldn't hear what Wang Shen was saying, and with a trace of shame on his face, he sighed and said, "I was born in Haizhou. Uncle Liu Ping knew my name a few years ago, and he wrote a letter asking me to serve the country and serve as the army. Marquis of Yu in the supply camp. It has been more than half a year now, and I have not yet experienced battle. Just now the army mutinied, and I was also flustered. I also know that once there is chaos in the army, it must be suppressed as soon as possible. But, but... but this Huaixi The soldiers in the army are all relatives and have their own backgrounds. I am just an outsider, but they treat me as an outsider. If the law of the army is true, if General Li Qiong finds out about it in the future, I will lose face."

The predecessor of the Huaixi Army was a part of the Yanyan Army of the Western Army of the Northern Song Dynasty. The Western Army had been in Shaanxi for many years, and the military power was controlled by the generals, and outsiders could not enter at all.At the beginning, even those who were as powerful as Tong Guan, after arriving in Shaanxi, the order of the appeasement department could not go out of the central army.Forced to be helpless, Tong Guan could only vigorously support Liu Guangshi's father Liu Yanqing, and tried his best to disintegrate and disintegrate, only then did he have a usable soldier.

Lu Can is a scholar, a young Marquis of Yu, and has no connection with the Western Army. No wonder Yi Jie took his words as fart.

Thinking of this, Wang Shen couldn't help shaking his head.As far as he knows, the Huaixi Army has strong nepotism.In this way, military discipline is also extremely lax.Among the four ZTE generals, Liu Guangshi has the most troops and the largest territory, but the weakest combat effectiveness.This is related to Liu Guangshi's cowardice and incompetence, but the biggest reason is that there are too many fetters.

On the contrary, Yue Fei's Yue Family Army was the most elite and capable of fighting because it had no background with generals.

It turned out that Lu Can was worried about Li Qiong at the time, thinking too much, and what else could he accomplish.

Not wanting to talk to him about this anymore, Wang Shen asked: "Brother Ziyu, tomorrow is going to be a bloody battle, I don't know how you are preparing?"

Lu Can was worried: "What else can I do, but send soldiers to repair the treasury and set up refusal horses."

Wang Shen looked down, but saw that the soldiers below were messily repairing the treasury, and someone was repairing the treasury, pulling out a row of wooden fences to block the official road passing through the gate of the treasury.

Two cattle pulling carts have been slaughtered, and a pot is placed on the campfire, and they are burying the pot for cooking.More people ran back and forth, shouting incessantly, like headless chickens.

The order of the troops was not very good, Wang Shen couldn't help frowning.

Lu Can was ashamed, and said in a low voice: "Dao Si, I have never led a soldier. In front of the enemy, although I have the consciousness of dying for my country, I am panicked in my heart. I don't know what to do?"

"Brother Ziyu, everything is not ready to fight as soon as it is born. After two battles, you will know what is going on. In my opinion, the morale of the troops is not very good. The most important thing now is to let everyone fight Raise your spirits. Also, the order is really messed up, and many people don't know what to do. We have to find something for them to do, and only when they are busy can they stop thinking about it."

Lu Can's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "Daosi has led soldiers before... yes, yes, you must be a warrior who has fought in war if you are so proficient in bow and horse. I am too confused, please teach me. How about , you come to command the troops to fight?"

Wang Shen thought to himself: "I have fought some kind of bird battle, and I will command, isn't that harmful? No... Even if I don't know how to fight, it's a little bit better than this confused man, at least I won't die so fast."

Also, in modern society, netizens and I are arguing with each other in forums, talking about wars on paper, blatantly saying that I will lead the army alone after time travel, so what should I do.Now that an army of nearly 200 people has been handed over, why are you scared?

Lu Can is unreliable. Instead of passively waiting to die, he might as well control his own destiny.

Thinking of this, I felt a little moved in my heart.

My mind suddenly turned like a revolving lantern, and in an instant, thousands of thoughts flashed inside.

In the history books, there is only a small amount of information about Li Yu's detour to Tianchang to raid the Huaixi Army's rear. The book did not say what the final battle was like.However, one thing is certain, Tianchang County has been defended, and the Huaixi Army has not collapsed.In other words, Liu Guangshi won the battle.

So, how did he win?
You know, when Liu Changke and Li Yu faced each other in Huaibei, they were completely defeated by others. If it weren't for the elite Western Army under Wang Yecha and the hard armor and crossbow, the old Liu's dignified commander of the regular army might have done it. The grass bandits were captured.

Could it be that it was Wang De who returned to Yangzhou and won this battle?
Yes, definitely.

In fact, at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the armor and equipment of the remnants of the Western Army were extremely sophisticated.On the contrary, the equipment of the rogues and rebels everywhere is very poor.At the beginning, when Wang Shan, Li Cheng, Zhang Yong, Kong Yanzhou and other Hebei tycoons led the army back across the Yellow River and joined Zongze's left-behind division in Tokyo, the troops were ragged and had hoes and sticks in their hands.Seeing that their life was really difficult, Zongze opened an iron furnace to cast weapons to arm the Hebei rebels. Among them, the iron mace he supervised still survives in the world and is collected in the Fujian Provincial Museum.

Wang Shan, Li Cheng and the others were rich local tyrants, and their troops were so poor.Li Yu was just a farmer in Jinan, and his troops were poorly equipped.In addition, the peasant army has a special feature, they don't know the art of war, and they rush forward in every battle.When it goes well, it can be destroyed, but when it encounters setbacks, it will collapse thousands of miles.

Wang Yecha was a fierce man with the same reputation as Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Wu Jie brothers in the Southern Song Dynasty. He had the advantage of being the first in the army, and it was easy and happy to deal with rogues like Li Yu.

Armor, bow and crossbow.

Yes, the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty had no cavalry after losing the northern racecourse, relying on armor and crossbows, it insisted on using infantry to carry the northern nomads for a hundred years.If it weren't for the two emperors fearing the enemy and fighting blindly, the battle of Jingkang would have looked different.

Armor, bow and crossbow, it seems that this battle really depends on these two.

The Treasury of Pingyuan Township was originally the military supply of the Huaixi Army, and there were bows and armors in it.In this way, this battle is easy to fight, at least for a day and a night, until Li Qiong's main force stationed in Tianchang comes to help.

After thinking up to this point, it was a matter of life and death, Wang Shen did not refuse, nodded and said: "Brother Ziyu, although Wang Shen was not born in the army, but in the early years when he was in the bow and arrow club and the township army in Hebei, he also fought a lot with the Khitan people. Many people dare not say , 200 people can still move. Thanks to the value of Yuhou, I am willing to live and die with brother Ziyu."

Lu Can was overjoyed, grabbed Wang Shen's hand, choked up and said, "I knew I was right, Daosi, please. Next, what should we do?"

"It's still the same sentence, tell everyone the purpose of this battle, and find something for them to do." Wang Shen: "Ziyu, I want to ask, is there any armor and bow in the warehouse?"

"There are some."

"Are there gold, silver and copper coins?"

"No, but... there are still thousands of pieces of linen, but Dao Si wants to work hard?"

Wang Shen: "Take them all out, boost morale, and rectify the troops." He looked up into the distance.

Looking northwest, the fire is soaring into the sky, like a magnificent red glow.

"One day and one night, we only need to watch for one day and one night."

(End of this chapter)