Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1135 Decay
The sky is green and the fields are vast.

Khitan herders drive their cattle and sheep to graze in lands with abundant water and grass.

They looked sad, and sent people out from time to time to observe the enemy's movements.

Che Bibi, Ma Xiaoxiao, pedestrian bows and arrows each at his waist.

Among the huge convoy, the sergeants advanced while chewing cheese, vinegar pie, and dried meat.

They were tight on the outside and loose on the inside, their bows were lowered, their armor and spears were placed on the chariot, and they drove on the road with ease.

The scout rangers were moving around, and when they encountered Khitan riders, they didn't insist, they just went back and reported.

At this time, the level of the commander will be tested.

The enemy group came and walked in the vast grassland. How many people are there?Is it a real attack or a feint?You have to make good judgments—soldiers' physical strength and energy are limited, so don't squander them at will.

From the soldier's point of view, it is not necessarily true that the enemy is attacking aggressively.Or even if a lot of people really come, they don't necessarily have that determination, spending several times the casualties to fight you recklessly.

Don't panic, the more you panic, the faster your physical strength will be exhausted and the more difficult it will be to concentrate.

The enemy suddenly attacks at night, beating drums and yelling, don't panic, sleep when you should, and someone will call you to get up when you need you.A well-trained and experienced army has generally encountered the situation where the enemy attacked the camp at night.Under the black light and blind fire, you must have the ability to sleep under the interference of the enemy, and you are not allowed to get up at will, otherwise you may be shot to death by the friendly army as the enemy, and he has no merit.

The enemy is digging the road ahead and blocking your progress, don't panic, the convoy changes formation, just take soil and fill it up.Whoever digs and fills the soil, who goes forward to guard, and whoever rests and prepares, there are regulations, so don't waste your energy at will.

The enemy burns firewood and creates smoke, don't panic, just hear the sound and drive the enemy away with arrows.In such an open place, with such a large area, the effect of smoke is very limited.

There are many other small skills, which are the qualities that a qualified professional martial artist should possess.

Experienced commanders, skilled grassroots officers, and low-level soldiers who disregard life and death and dare to fight, the combination of these three, supplemented by correct tactics and appropriate equipment, as long as luck is not too bad, it is generally difficult to defeat .

This is the case on the battlefield today.

Since leaving Jian'an Mountain City on the third day of July and going northward, for four full days, the envoy of the Longwu Army, Liu Po, led [-] infantry and [-] masters all the way northward, fighting more than ten battles, and at a slight cost of dozens of casualties, successfully arrived in An'an. At the foot of the mountain a few miles south of the city.

After the camp was set up, the master went up the mountain to cut firewood, mow grass, and fetch water, while the auxiliary soldiers took care of the livestock and cooked for the soldiers. Everything was in order.

After walking for more than a hundred miles, everyone has already seen it.The Khitan cavalry can ride horses and shoot arrows, and let them fight in melee, which is ridiculous.Not to mention the bowed legs that were caused by long-term riding. The poor equipment and poor skills alone are doomed to be nothing.

I was really too conservative before, if I knew it was so bad, I should have killed him and cut his mother!

"Military envoy, scouts came to report yesterday that they saw Khitan shepherds grazing cattle and sheep. From this point of view, there are probably tribal camps nearby. Why don't we find them out? The looting of goods can not only replenish military resources, but also drive them far away." Wang Yanwen boldly suggested.

Liu Po ​​was taken aback when he heard the words, Wang Yanwen was so courageous.But if you think about it carefully, the feasibility is still very high.

Although they are nomadic tribes, it does not mean that they swim every day.In fact, after setting up camp and starting to graze, they will not move until the pasture in this pasture is exhausted.

The transfer and relocation is also a heavy physical work, and the whole family, men, women and children, must work together.If they find their pastures and send cavalry to make a quick raid, it is impossible for them to escape unless someone slows down to stop them, or they simply give up their belongings and flee on horseback.

"Forget it, just five hundred cavalry, this is the trump card for chasing dogs in the water, and it cannot be wasted easily." Liu Yan finally rejected Wang Yanwen's suggestion, saying: "The scouts came to report just now, Anshi City is in a semi-abandoned state, and there are no enemy soldiers. Shouyu. I think it’s better to occupy this place first, take a rest, stock up on food, grass and equipment, and then make other plans.”

"Yes." Seeing that the general didn't want to take risks, Wang Yanwen didn't force it, and immediately agreed.

It is about [-] miles from Jili County to Jian'an Mountain City, and more than a hundred miles from Jian'an Mountain City to Anshi City. If you stockpile supplies and station soldiers in these three locations, the food road will be quite stable.Gein, these three cities were all mountain cities in the Goguryeo era. The terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Khitan lacks the ability to attack fortifications. Starting from any of these logistics nodes, send the main force to escort the grain and grass, and you can reach the next few days. In one place, it is difficult for the Khitan people to cut it off.

As long as the logistics continue, what can you do to me?

If Abaoji knows the opportunity, he should vigorously strengthen the infantry construction in this meeting.You can't win a battle with cavalry alone.

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, more than a thousand soldiers of the Longwu Army went up the mountain road and occupied the deserted city of Anshi.Then the whole army set off from camp and rested in the mountain city. At the same time, they sent messengers to gallop east to contact the East Route Army.

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The Eastern Route Army started relatively late, but marched very fast.The main reason is that there is no Khitan force here, and it is an internal march. Therefore, after starting from Pinghai County, the progress was extremely fast. When they received the news from Liu Wei, they had already passed Shiwang County and were heading for Lutuowan.

The leader of the army was Zhao Wang Shao Siwu, but it was Fu Cunjian, the German envoy who actually took charge of the military affairs.

Shao Siwu knew that his ability was not enough to command the army, so he watched, learned and asked more along the way, which did not interfere with Fu Cunshen's decision-making.

In his spare time, he kept reading ancient books. From the time when the Murong family of Yan fought against Goguryeo, he never let go of any historical materials. He eagerly studied them so that he knew what he knew, so that he would not be despised when he opened his mouth during military discussions.

"Fu Dutou, General Liu is marching so fast, do you want them to slow down?" While resting on the side of the road, Shao Siwu gestured to the map and asked.

"Your Highness, General Liu is also a veteran, so he naturally knows what to do." Fu Cunshen said gently.

"Okay." Shao Siwu followed the example of kindness.

"As soon as you go to Anshi City, most of the Khitan people won't be able to sit still." Fu Cunshen said: "Your Highness, we need to join the Bohai people as soon as possible. After receiving the food and grass, we will march westward and join the Longwu army."

Anshi City is famous, but it is actually a very rare earth city (the old city of Yingchengzi, Bali Town, southeast of Haicheng City).The city wall is built with soil along the ridge, and the city is eight miles around, and there is spring water in the city.

Going north from here, it is very close to Liaoyang.It is impossible for the Khitan to tolerate Liaoyang being occupied by the Xia army, and a big war is bound to break out.And at this time, they are probably already calling Ding Zhuang, ready to spend all their money to besiege the Longwu army who is going northward alone.

The large-scale westward advance of the Guiding Army and the Bohai Allied Forces is the best way to relieve the military pressure faced by the Longwu Army.

"Your Highness, Dutou, Wu Guangzan is here." The soldiers rushed over and reported.

Fu Cunjian remained silent.

Shao Siwu looked at him, sat down calmly, and said, "Let him in."

"Obey." The soldiers led the order and left.

After a while, Wu Guangzan and two followers arrived.

"See His Royal Highness King Zhao of Great Xia, and see Fu Shuai." Wu Guang said loudly.

"Exemption." Shao Siwu stretched out his hand and said, "Wu Dalang came, but told me that the food and grass have arrived?"

"Exactly." Wu Guangzan quickly said: "One hundred thousand shi of rice has been transported to Yalu Mansion in our country. The governor is organizing the people to transfer westward, and it will arrive in Black Bone City in a few days."

"Great!" Shao Siwu couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and blurted out.

After finishing speaking, Wei Wei felt a little regretful, but she still didn't hold her breath, so she changed the subject to cover up: "I don't know where the Bohai army is?"

Wu Guangzan was a little embarrassed when he heard this.

He was ashamed to say that the Bohai Kingdom was already scared by Khitan, and he didn't want to provoke this vicious enemy from top to bottom.Although there are main combat factions in the country who strive to send troops to recover Fuyu Mansion and other lost territories, but there are more main peace factions. They just want to linger on the side, and they have completely lost their fighting spirit and blood.

Prime Minister Wu Zendu is undoubtedly the main combat faction.But now he can't overwhelm the entire court, and can't make those peacemakers change course.What's even more frightening is that King Bohai was also a little afraid, hesitating and never making up his mind.

Wu Guangzan was also very helpless about this.

In the past few months, he has been running around, so busy that he never touches the ground.First return to Bohai from Luoyang, and report to the king the news that the new emperor of Daxia wants to canonize him as the king of Bohai County.

At first, the king thought the title was too small.

In the early Tang Dynasty, all the Bohai lords were crowned kings. Why did the Xia Dynasty refuse to be crowned kings?Only willing to give a title of county king?

However, under the persuasion of Prime Minister Wu Zangdu, the Lord of Bohai finally agreed and sent a mission to Luoyang to seek canonization.

The knighthood is actually a trivial matter.Anyway, King Bohai is the son of heaven behind closed doors, prince, county king and so on, it's just a false name and has little influence.

The real big thing is how to resist the Khitan, which is a big thing related to the life and death of the Bohai Kingdom.But now the DPRK and China are clearly arguing, which makes Wu Guangzan's blood run cold, and he is greatly disappointed.

The Bohai state has been established for a long time, but I didn't expect it to decay to this point, alas!
Shao Siwu also sensed something from Wu Guangzan's face, he was displeased, and said, "What on earth is the Lord of Bohai thinking? When will we regain the lost land? Not long after Fuyu Mansion and other places fell to Khitan, people still think about Bohai Sea, so it is a great time to recover in one fell swoop, so why look forward and look backward?"

"It will take time to rectify the soldiers and horses." Wu Guangzan concealed it.

"Bohai has established a country for 200 years, why would you rather have a bloodless man?" Shao Siwu was still very upset, and said, "If you give [-] shi of rice and expect others to take back the land for you, how stupid is it? Wu Dalang returned to Shangjing quickly to persuade your country Lord, please send troops, whether you go west to Huangshui, or go south to join me, it doesn't matter. The barbarians like Khitan who have no bottom line should take advantage of the opportunity to pull them out. Even if they can't be destroyed, their strength must be weakened , do you understand?"

Wu Guangzan didn't understand, but he was already desperate for Chaotang.

"I want to teach Wu Dalang to know. Our Daxia soldiers have already captured the two cities of Jian'an and Anshi, and captured more than ten thousand Khitan bandit soldiers." Shao Siwu said again: "This thief is very easy to deal with. Don't waste time, hurry up back."

(End of this chapter)