Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1148 When something goes wrong, there must be a demon

Zhang Quanen held an iron mace and smashed it down with all his strength, and the last Jin soldier fell to the ground with a scream.

The sound of gold ringing sounded in the bandit camp, and the army retreated like a tide.

Zhang Quanen took a long breath.

After fighting for a long time, he was almost exhausted.The nail leaves on my body were also damaged and fell off. At this time, the battle was over, my mind was relaxed, and I suddenly felt pain everywhere.

There are many wounds on the body!After decades of fighting, which martial artist can withstand such a toss.

A person like Li Keyong who doesn't care about his body, who is a hero and has repeatedly charged into battle, will not live long.

In comparison, his sworn brother, the Great Xia sage, was in a high position early on, commanded large armies to fight, and rarely took risks lightly. worth it.

"Squeak!" The gate of the lower city opened wide, and a large group of soldiers rushed out, chasing the rout of the Jin army and fighting until another group of people came out of the bandit barracks. Then they barely stopped and retreated slowly.

"I'm afraid the Jin army is going to run away!" A loud and loud voice sounded from behind.

Zhang Quanen turned around and saw that it was Shucong, the commander of Guanbei Road.

"Shidutou." Zhang Quanen bowed and saluted.

"You... are an old man too, so there is no need to be polite." Shi Shucong said with a sigh.

Brothers Zhang Quanyi and Zhang Quanen were defeated in Caizhou by Xia Jun in the end. It was also a crime of non-war. The difference in strength is too great, so there is no way.Before that, the Zhang family was also fighting hard. In the first battle between Xia and Liang, Shao Shude personally led the army and fought against Zhang Quanyi's soldiers and horses who were then the governor of the Youguo Army.

During the town of Heyang, two men died in the Zhang family. Even Zhang Quanyi's wife Chu, daughter-in-law Xie, and nephew Su were all captured by Jinshang and brought into the harem.For such a sacrifice, even the king of Liang is under the nine springs, and he cannot be blamed.

"Shidutou, the Khitan army is suppressing the border, and the Jin thieves took the opportunity to go north. This is a bargain, how could they withdraw? Besides, our army has just lost a battle in the south, and the Jin thieves are at a time when their morale is high. I'm afraid they won't Back?" Zhang Quanen asked in confusion.

The Xia army fought fiercely with the Khitan in the north. In order to contain the power of the Jin people, a large-scale containment battle was also launched on the southern front.

Among them, on the Zelu battlefield, Li Keyong's son Li Cunxu commanded the Yellow Armored Army, the Silver Spear Xiaoyi Army, the Scattered Army, and the Khitan Straight Four Departments to fight fiercely with the Longxiang Army commanded by Ge Congzhou. They were defeated and retreated all the way to Wuergu. Relying on the dangerous terrain, the Longxiang Army was repelled.The young and energetic Li Cunxu felt the cruelty of the battlefield for the first time. They are all elite soldiers who rolled out of the dead. No one is better than the other. No one will be shaken by a trivial matter. Just fight with your life, learn more in the future.

In the direction of Heyang, Tianxiong's army took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and rushed all the way, breaking through several small villages used for warning, and attacked the city of Tianjingguan.

On the one hand, the Tianxiong army drove the Tutuan villagers to attack the city, and on the other hand, they selected elite soldiers, without armor, holding a few days of food, and secretly crossed the mountains on both sides, trying to detour to the rear of Guancheng.Unexpectedly discovered by the enemy, Shi Jiantang, the general of Tianjingguan Town, was also a bold and cautious man, pretending not to know, allowing more than a thousand Xia soldiers to successfully sneak through, and then encountered an ambush by the enemy, and the entire army was wiped out.

Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, Tianxiong's army retreated.

Shi Jiantang, this 28-year-old young general, was the first time Xia people paid attention to him.

In the direction of Cixi, the Tielin army was divided into three groups, all the way northward to attack Shilou County, and conquered it.Kang Junli was in a hurry and mobilized people to rescue him.As a result, it was learned that Xia's army still had a group of troops headed to the northeast to regain Wenquan County, and hurriedly dispatched troops to help.

From the perspective of the battle situation, he has been completely mobilized, and his defeat has been revealed.

At the critical moment, the third group of troops led by Zhen Xu, the right wing soldier of the Tielin Army, defeated the Jin generals Zhou Dewei and Shi Yan in Puxian County, which caused the entire army to retreat and had to retreat.

On the whole, these three active attacks did not achieve any results.Jinyang even thought it was a big victory to boost morale-in terms of strategic goals, they were indeed a victory because they were able to defend.

In such a situation, would the Jin people retreat easily?

"The elite infantry of the Jin army has been transferred to the south. Kang Jun is standing in Shizhou, desperate, begging for reinforcements everywhere. Jinyang has no soldiers to transfer, can't we just tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall?" Shi Shucong sneered. He said: "The Jin soldiers are indeed not weak, but there are only so few people. Look at the faces that have been attacking the city in the past few days? It's just weak soldiers, can't you tell?"

Zhang Quanen was ashamed, he really didn't pay attention.Perhaps, this is the reason why he can only hang out in the state, and Shi Shucong can be the commander of a capital.

Suddenly there was a drumbeat outside the city.Zhang Quanen suddenly turned his head to look, but saw thousands of cavalry coming out from behind the mountain.Judging by their well-armored and well-trained appearance, they should be the main cavalry of the Jin army.

What is this for?Cavalry siege?Zhang Quanen was puzzled.

"Cover the infantry to retreat." Shi Shucong said in a low voice, and hurried downstairs.

There are four thousand flying dragon soldiers in Shuozhou city.If you want to pursue the retreating enemy army, you must dispatch these uncles.But ordinary people can't command them at all, and only a senior member like Shi Shucong is so likely-in fact, it's hard to say, he is a state soldier system, and the Feilong Army is a forbidden army. I can use the identity of the town envoy to force it.

"That's right." Before going downstairs, Shi Shucong warned again: "I got the news today that the Anton Mansion is fighting well, and the Khitans may have to retreat. In this case, the battle will have a big change. , get ready."

Zhang Quanen was a little confused, not knowing what Shi Shucong was talking about.

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Outside Yanchang City, Li Siyuan and Shi Shanyou led more than [-] troops from Hedong, Youzhou Yajun, and Datong Township, and a large number of local peasants to fill up the trenches outside Yanchang City and demolish the sheep and horse walls. All the way to the city, launched a bloody siege.

For Hedong, the existence of Yanchang City is really disgusting.

It's not far from Yunzhou, but it's only a few tens of miles away, blocking the route of the Datong Army to go north-maybe the cavalry can pass, but the infantry and supply troops really can't. If things go on like this, the Xia people will not suffer a devastating blow in Rouzhou , can't run away.

And since you can't chase them away, after a long time, he will attack you.

The scouts of the Jin Army kept sending back information. In the past two years, the number of households in Jining County, Rouzhou has increased day by day. The government has built water conservancy projects, distributed agricultural tools and seeds, and rented them to livestock.

If it weren't for the cavalry of the Jin army taking advantage of the dry and cold season in late autumn to attack several times, causing the Xia people to suffer varying degrees of losses, their development would have been faster.

Give them a few more years, what kind of development Johor will become, I dare not imagine.

Therefore, this is a thorn in the flesh, and it must be removed, otherwise Yunzhou will not be able to sleep peacefully.

After Li Keyong made up his mind to send troops, Li Siyuan and Shi Shanyou immediately mobilized elite troops and almost ransacked all the Tutuan peasants and young men from the Tibetan tribe in Yunzhou.

Yanchang is not a strong city, it was built hastily, and there is still a chance.

But after several days of attacking, Li Siyuan realized something was wrong: the defenders in the city were too strong and there were a lot of people.

On the night of August [-]th, he personally interrogated several captured Xia army rangers, only to learn that there were nearly ten thousand troops stationed in the city, including five thousand flying dragon troops and five thousand Yinshan soldiers.

At this point, he knew that this battle was not easy to fight, and there was no hope of winning it at all.

"Don't stop!" Shi Shanyou, the military governor of Datong, slammed the table and said angrily, "Miao Jilie, if you dare to retreat, I will enforce the military law."

Miaojilie is Li Siyuan's Tibetan name, and no one has called him that for many years. He was a little annoyed when he heard it now, and he said: "I am a guest army, just here to help. There are so many Xia thieves in Yanchang City. How do you fight? Are you going to wipe out the Datong Town Army and the Ya Army? If the 2 people are gone, Xin Daike won't have the strength to attack."

"Isn't there still a fifth battalion of new troops?" Shi Shanyou said, "There are more than 5 people. Why don't they all come up and attack Yanchang in one fell swoop and go straight to Rouzhou. The Khitan has recently stepped up its offensive, fighting fiercely The last time, I was near Rouzhou. I heard that Xinghe County is under heavy siege, so it might have been lost. It’s such a good situation, it’s time to go all out, why retreat?”

Indeed, the Khitan people didn't know how to do it recently, and they fought very fiercely, changing the appearance of slipping before.More than [-] horsemen divided their routes, some detouring the northern grasslands, and others taking advantage of Daoyun and Weixitu.

Just the day before yesterday, more than [-] Khitan cavalry detoured westward from Yunzhou, and advanced as far as the vicinity of Mayi County in Shuozhou.The Jin army also sent troops to fight together. The three tribes of Shatuo, the nine surnames of Zhaowu, Tuyuhun, and Uighur allied with more than [-] cavalry, cutting off the Xia army in Shanyang and Mayi and forcing them to isolate themselves in various strongholds. , It was not until the Xia people also dispatched the cavalry to the south that the connection between the cities of Shuozhou was reopened.

"Khitan is a thief. It is always good to go up, not good to withdraw, so hard, if things go wrong, there must be demons, I think there is a problem." Li Siyuan said without giving up: "It's better to wait and see and figure it out. What are Xia people doing?"

"Miao Jilie, your excuse is really ridiculous." Shi Shanyou sneered, "If you dare to retreat, I will sue the king and see how you explain it."

The veins on Li Siyuan's forehead were exposed, and his anger surged up.

After taking a deep breath, he suppressed his anger and left the camp gate with a cold snort.

Nephew Li Congzhang and adopted son Li Congke were waiting outside.

"uncle!"

"grown ups!"

The two of them gathered around and were surprised to see Li Siyuan's angry face.

"Shi Shanyou's desire for profit is unreasonable." Li Siyuan sighed: "Before he became the military governor of the Datong Army, he was quite capable. His seniority and seniority were old, and I admired him very much at that time. I don't want to think about it now——ah, only The one-third of an acre of land in Yunzhou has only the foundation of the Datong Army, and it is already crazy."

Li Congzhang and Li Congke looked at each other, puzzled.

"Don't think too much about it." Li Siyuan said: "Congzhang, take care of the Silver Spear Army in front of the horse. Cong Ke, the cavalry army went to Shuozhou. You hurry to the Flying Cavalry camp and watch for me. If there is something wrong in the back road, respond immediately."

The four armies of Qinqi, Feiqi, Xiongjie, and Maqian Silver Spear can be regarded as Li Siyuan's old army.

The Xiongjie army is attacking the city, and the pro-cavalry army has gone to Shuozhou. The flying cavalry army just fought a battle with the Xia people's Silver Spear Army a few days ago, and returned to Yunzhou to recruit new recruits from the Fan people.

Many of the officers and backbones of these four armies were Li Siyuan's old subordinates when he was governor of Shunzhou in Yanzhen. They were more obedient, and he didn't want them to suffer any losses.

"Of order." Li Congzhang and Li Congke responded in unison.

At the end, Li Congke couldn't help asking: "Why is this so, my lord?"

"You don't understand. You have a lot to learn." Li Siyuan said: "There is a problem in this battle, and the problem lies with the Khitan people. What are they trying to do? Even if it is revenge, it is enough to defeat Sanquan and Yuyi in front, it shouldn't be Such hard work. Whether it’s the Uyghur, the Tatar or the Khitan, in essence, they all benefit from each other, and when things go wrong, there must be demons, unless—”

Having said this, Li Siyuan stopped talking.He won't talk nonsense without any basis for guessing.

(End of this chapter)