Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 593
Outside the town of Shasha, nearly a thousand riders galloped back and forth, fighting.

"Ximen Zhao's ability is not bad." Shao Shude stood the big banner on a hillside, surrounded by all the officials of the Southern Yamen on the left, and the middle officials of the Beisi on the right, surrounded by layers of personal soldiers. The taste of Yujia's personal conquest.

After Cui Zhaowei entered the stronghold, there was no more sound.

Soon, Ximen Zhao rushed out with hundreds of cavalry, arrogant and arrogant.

The silver guns are all ten generals, Zhe Congyun picked five hundred masters, and got on their horses to fight with them.As a result, as soon as they fought, he was asked to kill several people one after another, and his morale was frustrated.

But after all, it has been a long time since they became an army, and the silver spears quickly adjusted, opened up the distance, and gave full play to their advantages in riding and shooting.On the other hand, the riders with good spear skills moved closer together and charged face to face with the bandit soldiers.

Hundreds of people rode horses with guns to hedge against each other. This was an extremely test of mental quality and courage.Non-year-old veterans couldn't bear this huge pressure, so they only rushed for two rounds. After the old Cai thieves in Pengridu were killed and injured, the rest of them were discouraged and were directly scattered.

The Silver Spearmen inserted their light riding spears into the base of the victory hook on one side of the horse, carried them on the back with a bird's wing ring, and then drew out their stringed horn bows, chasing and shooting.

The bird wing ring is actually equivalent to the previous belt ring. When the cavalry does not use the spear, it is carried vertically on the arm, and the bottom of the spear is inserted into the victory hook.At this time, cavalry can finally use bows and short weapons, which makes their tactical choices more diverse.

Before that, the long-handled weapons used in horse warfare and bows and arrows were mutually exclusive, because where to hang the long-handled weapons was a big trouble.All silver guns use light riding spears, which are very light in weight, so they can be hung vertically through bird wing rings and victory hooks, but heavy long-handled weapons such as horse lances will not work. Can stop, put the horse on the ground, and shoot with a bow.

As for which is better, there is no conclusion.Light spears are used in conjunction with bows and arrows, and the tactics are diverse. However, the horse lance can be held with one hand, or wielded with both hands. arrived.

Moreover, two-handed long-handled weapons will always have an advantage when fighting face to face, so Xia Jun has only used silver spears so far to use the combination of light spears and riding bows.

"Your Highness, this person has no integrity and is domineering. What a crime it is to imprison the emperor? There is no anger inside or outside the court. Please also, Your Highness, quickly punish this thief, welcome the emperor into the palace, and be famous for generations to come. It is the right time." Zheng Yanchang didn't participate much in the matter of Dao Zhao, but he also heard about it. He always thought that he could be trusted. Until he was played with like this a few days ago, he hated him so much, so he tried his best to persuade him.

Shao Shude smiled without saying a word.

He is too lazy to talk nonsense with these people now, it is meaningless.When we return to Chang'an, who will be the prime minister? There is still something to say.The generation of Cui Zhaowei, Zheng Yanchang, and Cui Yin made Shao Shude a little disgusted, and he was already thinking about whether to change the group.

"Your Highness!" Zheng Yanchang said urgently.

Shao Shude turned his head and glared at him, and said: "President Zheng sentenced him to three divisions, but for several years, the funds have been empty and the military resources have been exhausted, and finally this catastrophe has been caused, and the saints have been implicated, why don't we introspect ourselves?"

Zheng Yanchang was said to have hit the nail on the head, and his face was a little ugly.

But this matter doesn't seem to have much to do with him. If Xia and Bian hadn't started a war, would it have come to this point?

He wanted to say a few words, Shao Shude waved his hand, and two soldiers came up and dragged Zheng Yanchang away.

Only then did the officials settle down, and the arena was so quiet that one could hear a needle drop.

"The thieves are defeated." Shao Shude looked at Zhe Congyun for a while, and said with a smile to Zhe Congyun who was standing by his side: "Silver spears have been practiced hard for several years, and they look a bit better. In the past, they were always ridiculed by cavalry soldiers, but now they can't." Shame. When you arrive in Chang'an, you will be rewarded."

Zhe Congyun heard the words and thanked him repeatedly.

He is sober and knows that silver guns still have many shortcomings, and they are not as perfect as Shao Shude said.In the past two years, they hardly participated in the war. They were either suppressing the Hexi Dangxiang in Shaqi, or they were stationed in Shuozhou to clean up horse thieves and guard against Hedong.

This is the occasion where they can best use their combat effectiveness.

Perhaps the spring of spear cavalry and cavalry is coming soon?

Zhe Congyun is not very sure, at least he himself prefers the traditional cavalry who charge with armor and charge, because they have a feeling of invincibility when charging, which may be a habit formed when he was in charge of the Leopard Cavalry Capital.

There is no doubt that the melee combat of grassland cavalry and archery cavalry is generally relatively weak. Don’t expect them to perform well when hedging. where.

But in the past hundred years, I don’t know why, the combination of short weapons and bows and arrows has become more and more popular among the Central Plains cavalry, represented by the Hedong cavalry—of course they also use horses. How to choose weapons depends entirely on the actual needs of the battlefield. .

The feudal towns that adhere to the traditional tactics of big guns and armored cavalry in the Central Plains are mainly in Henan and Hebei, such as the Xuanwu Army, Xuanyi Army, Tianping Army, Taining Army, and Chengde Army.

The cavalry of the Northern Song Dynasty actually used this kind of tactics. The big guns wielding with both hands gave them a great advantage in face-to-face fights. The Jingsai Army beat the cavalry archers on the grasslands of the Liao Kingdom and ran away with their heads in their arms. .This actually exposed the huge weakness of the grassland cavalry archers, that is, they could not beat the Central Plains cavalry in face-to-face combat.

The battle of the later Tang Dynasty's defeat of Khitan was actually similar. One or two thousand later Tang cavalry used horses, and they were often able to break through the interception of more than [-] Khitan cavalry and archers, and they could not stop them at all.Abaoji's elite personal guards used short-handled maces, iron bones, and bows and arrows, but they couldn't stop the Houtang horse cavalry who were only a fraction of their number.

Horse archers shouldn't fight melee, it will only be a massacre.

The silver guns are awkwardly sandwiched between the cavalry archers and the cavalry cavalry. It looks like an enhanced version of the grassland cavalry and a degraded version of the Central Plains shock cavalry, which makes people puzzled.

"The bandit army has retreated, and the big thing is settled." Shao Shude clapped his hands, and his own soldiers took the chair.

On the battlefield, Silver Spears had melee cavalry, using light spears, and cavalry archers fired from a distance. After fighting for a while, they scattered the only few hundred cavalry in Pengri Capital.The thieves ran wildly back to Shacheng Town, shouting loudly as they walked, as if they were asking the infantry in the town to come out to meet them.

The cavalry pawns with silver guns followed closely behind, and feathered arrows flew out from time to time, and often the thief cavalry fell to the ground.

The court officials and middle officials watched intently, and some people couldn't help standing on tiptoes, wanting to see clearly.

Fu Daozhao frantically urged the horse, feeling extremely depressed.

Prime Minister Cui Zhaowei came to appease him, and his subordinates persuaded him to agree.The prestige of the [-] Xia army is still very scary, especially since the vanguard has thousands of riders, it should be right for the whole army to have [-] infantry.Everyone is here to ask for money, so there is no need to work hard.

But he is still very unwilling, what a great opportunity, to control the saint in his hands, and also enjoy the addiction of ordering the officials.

He even thought about the official positions, Shang Shuling, Grand Master, and Fengtian Jiedushi - this position was established when the Huangchao was challenged, and Qi Kejian once led it to govern Fengtian County, Jingzhao Prefecture, and several surrounding counties.

Even though there are only a few counties, there are many people in Jingzhao Prefecture. It is not a problem for Fengtian Jiedushi to command tens of 10 people, and it will not be a problem to expand his troops to 2 people by then. This is quite powerful.

But, who recruited Shao Shude?It came so fast!I thought it would take at least ten days for him to arrive, but now it seems that he came all by himself, galloping all day and night.

How unlucky!

The war horse rushed through the dilapidated village gate, Fu Daozhao roared angrily: "Close the gate and let the arrows go!"

"Defeated! Defeated!" The sergeants dispersed in a rush, and no one paid any attention to him.

The Shence Army was originally at this level.Fu Daozhao was extremely brave and well-trained, much better than the average Shence Army, but after years of pampered life, his secrets were exposed at critical moments and he collapsed.

Hundreds of silver guns rushed in behind, and no one dared to block it for a moment.

All the officials on the hillside were stunned.

Zheng Yanchang and Cui Yin were even a little dumbfounded. Nanya tried his best to win over Pengridu, is that how it is?
In their eyes, Fu Daozhao, who is brave and brave, is like this?
The second wave of silver spear knights got on their horses, accelerated, and rushed towards Shacheng Town.

Shao Shude also got up, walked to the side, called Chen Cheng, and asked: "Chen Changshi, should I go in to face the saint at this time?"

"If the commander wants to scare the saint, there is no need to be in a hurry." Chen Cheng lowered his voice to the lowest, and said: "General Zhe has already passed, he has his own measure."

Shao Shude seemed to realize something, but after thinking about it, he vetoed it again, saying: "Under the eyes of everyone, there is no need to do this. A saint can't stand being frightened."

After all, let Zheng Yong lead the horse, turned up, surrounded by his own soldiers, and slowly galloped down the hillside.

The rest of the Silver Gundu sergeants also got on their horses, ready to follow.

Shao Shude glanced at their slightly tired faces, felt satisfied, and said: "After entering Chang'an, no looting is allowed, and I will give you four bolts of silk."

The soldiers conveyed his words loudly.

After hearing this, the soldiers' morale was greatly boosted, and they shouted in unison: "Follow the Supreme Khan's order!"

Fuck!Hasty!
Shao Shude's face darkened, and he shouted so loudly and energetically, was he afraid that others would not hear him?

The officials of the Nanya and Beisi who were walking down the mountain had different expressions.

Some people are surprised, some are confused, some are indignant, some are disdainful...

Shao Shude sighed, put his legs between the horse's belly, and entered Shacheng Town.

He stayed outside the town for a while, at this time there was no longer any formal resistance in the town.The shence sergeants fled one after another carrying large and small bags.

I don't know what was in the package, it was heavy, and I was out of breath after walking, but I just refused to throw it away.

Some people hid the package and then knelt down to ask for surrender.

What's more, the officer was directly tied up and shouted "anyway".

The thief who was full of plunder did not dare to fight to the death, it is true!

A figure flashed in the distance, and the soldiers stopped it. Shao Shude took a closer look, and it turned out to be the Prime Minister Cui Zhaowei who had disappeared for a short time.

"Cui Xiang, where is the saint?" Shao Shude asked.

In fact, he had seen it a long time ago. Inside and outside the yamen hall in the center of the town, there were many attendants and canopies gathered.

Seeing Shao Shude sitting on the horse and asking questions, Cui Zhaowei was a little arrogant, and didn't bother to think about it for a while, so he said, "Your Highness, come with me to face the saint. This is a great achievement!"

Shao Shude looked at the dozens of palace guards inside and outside the yamen hall from a distance, and did not speak.

Zheng Yong, the ten general of the personal soldiers, understood, and immediately took three hundred soldiers and headed for the Yamen Hall.

Dashuai likes to read history, and he also reads history.Years ago Weier Zhurong was so powerful, but he was killed by Emperor Xiaozhuang during the audience, how could he not stop?

After the wolf-like soldiers ran over, they immediately surrounded the dozens of loyal palace guards.

The guards of the Forbidden Palace were a little dazed, they thought they were escorted by rescuers, why are they so virtuous?

Zheng Yong didn't give them time to think, he directly drew out the horizontal knife, and scolded: "You guys are planning to rebel?"

More than a hundred cavalry with silver spears quickly leaned forward, holding bows in their hands, staring at them.

Cui Zhaowei was stunned.

Shao Shude smiled and got off his horse.

Er Zhurong and Yu Wenhu dare not forget the past.

(End of this chapter)