Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 425
The main mountain range in the Yellow River Basin is called Qinling and Xiaoshan in the south of the river and Weishan, and Zhongtiao and Taihang in the north beyond the river.

The Taihang Mountains run from the north bank of the Yellow River in the southwest, wind to the northeast, connect with the Yanshan Mountains in the east, and reach the seashore.

Among the Taihang Mountains, there is Wuling Road.From Jin and Jiang in the west, to Ze and Lu in the east, and Luzhou also has a road to Heyang in the south.

The name of this road is Baixing. It is located in the west of Bailu Mountain, starting from Lingchuan County, Zezhou in the north, and entering Xiuwu County, Huaizhou in the south.

Xiuwu County has been conquered by the Bian Army.

On the 3000th, Zhu Zhen ordered Wang Zhongshi to lead [-] people to the north as the vanguard, and Zhang Shensi supervised [-] people to follow, trying to break the Jin army's way back.

Wang Zhongshi is from Yingzhou. In his early years, his family had several hundred acres of land and the living environment was good. Therefore, he learned riding skills when he was young and was good at using horses.But his swordsmanship on foot and sword seems to be better than that on horseback. After Zhu Quanzhong recruited him into the army, he was promoted many times. Although Wang Zhongshi's own ability was a factor, he also seemed to have the idea of ​​hedging Xuanwu and Yicheng's family of generals.

Wang Zhongshi is the envoy of the Long Sword Army, which has a strength of 3000 people, divided into left and right wings.

Since he has the name of a long sword, he is naturally good at using a long-handled epee, similar to a Mo Dao.The man carries a crossbow, which is the same as the long sword. It is the weapon of the sergeants of the department.

Wang Zhongshi actually wanted to return to the cavalry, but it seemed a bit difficult.

Unlike Yang Yanhong, Li Si'an, and He Delun, who came from a family of cavalry generals who replaced father and son like Yang Yanhong, Li Si'an, and He Delun, he did not have the riding and archery skills of Ge Congzhou, Huo Cun, Xie Yanzhang, etc. They were cavalry generals in the Chao army.

It is impossible for the veteran cavalry from the four towns of Xuanwu, Yicheng, Zhongwu, and Caizhou to be handed over to him, and the new cavalry formed by Pang Shigu has no part in him, not to mention that cavalry has already been incorporated into the Youdesheng Army.

I can only continue to wield the long sword!
The army marched across the wilderness.

The army also escorted a batch of supplies, mainly food, medicinal materials and arrows.

Because Xia Jun Qingqi had approached the Zhengzhou area, the commander-in-chief ordered all the navy to be transferred back to transfer food and grass.

Anyway, the Jin army had turned to the defensive, and it was difficult to push forward. It seemed that there was no need to rely on the navy to defend the big river. It was just in time to transfer grain and grass in the last period before freezing, and hoard it to the front line.

He Delun led the Youde Shengjun to catch up.

He has just turned 32 years old this year, with delicate features, not at all like a barbarian from the Hexi tribe.

The left hand holds the horse's rein tightly, and the right hand holds a whip, looking forward to being a hero, chic and comfortable.

Wang Zhongshi may be smaller than He Delun, but he looks quite mature, with many wrinkles on his face, slovenly, unshaven, looks like a person who butchers pigs and dogs.

There was a rush of hoofbeats from behind, it was a messenger coming from afar.

Master Wang Zhong muttered a few words, very impatient.

Don't have any diametrically opposed orders coming, I was just about to go north to Duansha Tuozi's return route, and establish a victory for this war in one fell swoop.

He Delun gave him a surprised look, unconsciously fiddling with the whip with his right hand, thinking secretly.

The messenger soon came to the two of them.

"I've met Secretary Li." Wang Zhongshi was still there in a daze, wondering why Li Zhen came in person, and He Delun had already saluted beforehand.

"General He, General Wang." Li Zhen also saluted the two.

After riding a horse for so long, Li Zhen's clothes are still neat and his spirit is very good.

"The commander-in-chief has ordered that the Long Sword Army and the Desheng You Army speed up their marching. When Baixing Avenue sets up a stronghold, they must rush to the front of the Jin army."

"It's time to order like this." Master Wang laughed loudly: "Block Baixing and cut off the return route of Jin thieves. If they come to attack, the Long Sword Army will let them know how powerful they are."

He Delun frowned slightly, but he didn't dare to show it clearly.

With a delicate mind, he understands that this war has reached its final juncture, but don't stop when you return to the teacher. Hasn't this military principle not been mentioned?That's why Master Wang Zhong is still working hard there.

"Why is it so hasty? Jin soldiers are exhausted after a long battle, but our army is not much better." He couldn't help asking.

Master Wang Zhong was also taken aback, and said: "Yes, the Jin thieves seem to have mobilized their troops to prepare for the rear. According to the information obtained two days ago, Li Cunxiao led two thousand elite riders and returned in person. This man is not easy to fight, and he has a lot of strength. .”

"Let's carry out the Commander's order first." Li Zhen emphasized it expressionlessly.

Wang Zhongshi was very upset, but after all, he was frightened by the prestige of the commander in chief, so he didn't say anything, while He Delun smiled half-smile.

Xu didn't want to make the relationship too bad with the warriors, so Li Zhen said a few more words: "According to the news from Shanguo, there are long queues of chariots and horses that can't be seen at a glance on the two capital post roads. The Xia thief's reinforcements They are marching here in a big way. Now it is clear that there should be very few soldiers around Shao Shude, otherwise he would not have been plundering people all the time and would not have gone straight to Bianzhou."

"Why is Xia Bandit so rampant? Let me take the Long Sword Army to kill him and turn him on his back." Wang Zhongshi was eager to try, thinking about defeating Xia Bandit's cavalry in one battle, and making the world look at him.

He Delun looked calm and peaceful, and the whip in his right hand was spinning dazzlingly.

"I heard that Xie Yanzhang suffered a great loss under Xia Bandit's hands." He said: "Last year, the Jingqi who broke through Li Cunxiao's siege and intercepted Zelu is still there?"

The tone seemed a little gloating.

Li Zhen glanced at him and said, "I don't know much about General Xie Du. Don't worry, the King of Dongping County has arranged for food and troops to reinforce Luoyang. When Li Keyong is defeated, Meng, Huai, Zheng , Ru four ways to send troops, the navy will transport food, grass and equipment to the front."

"In fact, why do you need four routes, two routes are enough." The expression on He Delun's face is very annoying, because there is always a hint of a smile: "The way out of Luoyang is for the main force, and the way out of Luoyang is for the main force. The division transferred luck, went straight to Shanzhou, and tried to keep all the Xia thieves in Henan."

Li Zhen's face turned dark when he heard this, because it was his suggestion.

But what He Delun said is also reasonable, it's already October, if you wait any longer, it will take a lot of trouble to freeze on the big river.

"Are you sure you can hold Shanzhou?" He asked.

"Not sure." He Delun chuckled and said, "Perhaps the Long Sword Army is sure."

"As long as all parties cooperate well, so what if I wipe out the left and right long sword armies?" Wang Zhongshi said confidently.

Li Zhenning frowned in thought.

……

Li Keyong has left Huaizhou.

The wind in Daibei is rushing, and it seems that a war is about to break out in Weizhou.

After attacking the front line for so long, they couldn't break through the Bian Army's company battalion.

He has seen through Zhu Zhen's tricks.

This person is indeed good at fighting, and he is worthy of being a general, but his military style is relatively "cowardly". He carefully scrutinizes every battlefield, always thinking about what will happen if he can't win.

His tactic was to exhaust the spirit of the Jin army, and then gradually counterattacked, one move after another, launching an overwhelming attack.

The level is there, if he is paired with a deputy with an aggressive style, then this war will not be fought like this.

Li Ke didn't plan to play with him anymore, anyway, he was in a good mood these two days.

The righteous brother sent someone to bring Feng Ba's head over.

Although Feng Ba wasn't the direct cause of Saburo Kegong's death, he couldn't escape it.What a pleasure to get his head now!
But the foster brother is also quite capable.

Zhang Quanyi in Luoyang is not very good at fighting. He can defend the city well, but he will probably suffer a disastrous defeat in field battles.But Ge Congzhou, who was actually in charge of the entire Henan battlefield, was not easy to deal with.

During the Zelu war last year, Ge Congzhou led more than a thousand fine riders to break into Luzhou around Huguan, which made people unconscious.Afterwards, he took over the city defense and faced the siege of the Hedong army, without any fear, he faced the battle calmly.

This person's style should be a brave, hard-working, unstoppable type, good at raids. He was in this county this morning, and he may have gone to another county at noon. Several adopted sons chased and intercepted him, but none of them left Ge Congzhou and Feng Ba behind.

But he was confined to Erwei Mountain by his righteous brother, so he didn't dare to take the initiative to attack. This is really strange, won't he be sick?

"Commander." Gai Yu opened the curtain, walked in, and said, "It's time to arrange the order of retreat."

Retreating in front of the enemy is not an easy task, but for Li Keyong, it seems to be commonplace.

The reason is too reckless.

They often go to the door of other people's houses at every turn, and then the backyard catches fire, or some other shit happens, and then they gather the army and fight in a hurry.

So much experience.

"I have Feng Ba's head now, if I go away, the heroes of the world may laugh at me for not being righteous." Li Keyong only hesitated for a while, and then said: "My righteous brother has few soldiers on hand, and he dares to attack the city of Henan Province... ..."

Gai Yu: "..."

He is a ghost in attacking the city.Most of the main force of the infantry has not yet arrived, so how to attack the city?Siege with cavalry?
"What is Zhu Quanzhong doing?" Li Keyong's mood was very tangled, his fists tightened and loosened, loosened and tightened again.

Gai Yu glanced at his lord strangely, isn't he hitting you?
"Quanzhong is in Zhengzhou. There is no movement in other directions." Gai Yu replied.

"After this battle is over, Quanzhong is probably going to attack Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, and Shi Pu again. Can we borrow from Wei Bo and help?" Li Keyong asked, "Zhu Xuan helped me kill An Zhijian. , this favor has to be paid back."

Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, and Shi Pu seemed to have been completely maimed and lost all their elite soldiers.

Zhu Xuan was the worst, not only the yamen army was completely lost, but even the prefectural and county soldiers were sent several times. Now it is a dead dog, and Caozhou has just been lost, leaving only Yun and Pu prefectures.

Taining Army Zhu Jin still has some strength.This man was born as a cavalry general, bravely crowned the three armies, and was especially good at leading fine cavalry to charge the battle. He ruled the four prefectures of Yan, Mi, Hai, and Yi, but it seems that he is not successful now.

This year, he brought [-] pacers, but was defeated by the Bian army with less than [-] people. Zhu Jin "came away alone".

This is already the second time he has had this fiasco.In the third year of Guangqi, in the battle of Liuqiao, the two towns of Tianping and Taining lost tens of thousands of soldiers, and the two brothers Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin "only saved themselves".

In these two disastrous defeats, all the veterans of Tianping and Taining towns were lost, and a total of more than 120 generals were captured and killed.The two towns have not yet collapsed, they are regarded as folk martial arts, and there are sufficient reserve talents-Yan and Yun towns have been famous for producing elite soldiers since the middle Tang Dynasty, but now it seems that they are not as good as Bian soldiers.

Wuning Shipu was also miserable. Once Suzhou was lost, the two states of Hao and Si were vacillating, and they might surrender to Zhu Quanzhong at any time. Then there would be only Xuzhou left, and sooner or later they would be defeated.

The four-year war has really wiped out the elite of these three families.Back then, Zhu Quanzhong's reason for attacking the Zhu brothers was "to lure the soldiers of the Bian army". Now it seems that the Bian army is indeed brave.In the past four years, they have continued to attack on the Eastern Front, at least attacking two towns at the same time, and sometimes fighting with three towns, and they have repeatedly won big victories.

By the way, after retreating from Zelu last year, I also went to Weibo on the way, won five battles and returned home.

This tyrannical strength, as well as this kind of arrogance to look down on Zhuzhen, made Li Ke use his eyelids to jump.

In the three towns of Hebei, Anshi rebels have a long-standing background, infantry can fight, and cavalry tradition is also strong. How could they be bullied by Zhu Quanzhong like this?Is Cai thief so good at fighting?
"Marshal, we can talk about the matter of aiding Tianping Town later, but now it's time to prepare for the retreat." Gai Yu reminded.

He was afraid that his lord would be a good person again, so he sent precious soldiers to Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin to help them resist Zhu Quanzhong.

"Tomorrow I will personally supervise the battle and launch a counterattack against Zhu Zhen." After pondering for a long time, Li Ke said with a firm expression.

Gai Yu was overjoyed.

Before retreating, he should have used a fierce attack to repel the closest enemy, making them terrified, and then he could retreat slowly.

"My brother-in-law is still gathering troops, maybe we can still fight this battle. Send some more troops to Zhu Xuan's side, borrowing from Wei Bo." Li Keyong said.

Gai Yu: "..."

It's time to make a virtue!

Attack Zhu Quanzhong, Shuofang loses money, Hedong loses money, Zhu Quanzhong also loses money, the three families lose money together, is it interesting to lose money again and again?

(End of this chapter)