Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 833 Father and Son
Li Ke mobilized enough troops to launch an attack.

The second son Li Cunxu also followed him.

Although Li Erlang was taken to drink by his unscrupulous father when he was five years old, he really didn't have any military position in this meeting, he just came as an "observer" to feel the atmosphere of the battlefield.

The fighting style of the Li family father and son is actually similar.

Li Keyong likes to charge forward, and his subordinates also have many such muscular men who don't care about anything except cutting each other with the enemy.

Li Cunxu's attack on Khitan was also a purpose. He was indifferent to life and death, and he did it if he refused to accept it. In the end, he rode Dabaoji with less than [-] steps and [-] cavalrymen captured his son.

In fact, there is no earth-shattering "conspiracy".Husband war, courage too!It was the coach who took the lead and was so brave that he led a group of strong men to kill the Khitan people.

The [-] cavalry brought by Yeluyi are not bad. They have conquered from east to west and have rich experience. It is not an exaggeration to say that the founding of the country is an elite army.They are all veterans who have seen hundreds of battles in their lives and rolled out of the dead. The soldiers of the Liao Kingdom in later generations may not necessarily have as rich combat experience as them.

Morale and bravery determine the outcome.The two sides opened up their battles and cut each other directly without playing tricks. The bravery of the coach and the elite level of the soldiers determined the outcome.

If this kind of battle is won, the growth of the coach's prestige is like riding a rocket, which is much stronger than the prestige brought by strategizing in the rear and making a lot of tricks.

Damn, you can't cut people, are you still a martial artist?If you are a brother, you will be able to kill people!
Li Keyong, father and son, were so full of ambition that they rushed to Pingzhou with [-] cavalry and more than [-] infantry.

Along the way, Li Keyong scolded all the way.

From the "reckless" Khitan people to the "treacherous and cunning" righteous brother Shao Shude, they were scolded to the fullest.

"Your mother said she wanted to find Shao Shi as a wife for you, but I don't think so." Li Ke said angrily, "The whole family is kind-hearted and dark-hearted. If they marry Shao Shude's daughter, there will be no peace in the back house."

Li Cunxu's left ear goes in and out of his right ear, when is it?Xia Jin is just one step away from the war, and it can even be said that the war has already begun. What is Grandpa thinking?
"Grandfather, the Khitan people have more cavalry, and I have more infantry. If people copy Liang Dao, how will this battle be fought?" Li Cunxu changed the subject to avoid his father's constant chatter.

"Grandfather started out as a cavalry soldier, but he has refused to ride for so many years. It is not in vain." Li Ke sneered, and said: "There are a lot of grain and beans in the eight guards outside the pass. When the army arrives, as long as you fight quickly Quick fix, we can afford it in the short term. Moreover, the terrain of Pingzhou has rolling mountains, many streams, swamps everywhere, and dense forests everywhere. Is it very suitable for cavalry combat? The Khitan thieves came to this place to fight me, it’s ridiculous. Yelufu only knew nothing about soldiers in ancient times, and Yeluyi lacked battle experience, so this time they will be killed."

Li Cunxu became interested and said: "I heard that Yeluyi often drinks and dances with his subordinates. If you capture him this time, let him dance for me."

Li Keyong laughed loudly, and said: "This time we will break Khitan, but whether we can catch Yeluyi depends on luck."

The first batch of reinforcements had arrived in Pingzhou, but they found that there were a lot of Khitan soldiers, more than 2 cavalry.Li Cunzhang was not sure, and asked for reinforcements. Li Ke was so angry that he beat the general who came to ask for help with a whip, and then rode out from the tense force by more than [-] steps, and took him to Pingzhou himself.

After Li Cunzhang learned of King Jin's dissatisfaction, he didn't dare to hesitate any longer.

In order to weaken the advantage of the Khitans' cavalry, he ordered the army to go up the mountain road, and the soldiers guarded the food and grass team to advance together. The Khitans peeked around, but the mountains were so continuous that they could not display their cavalry advantages. They did not dare to dismount and fight on foot, so they could only watch. Follow them all the way.

"Grandpa, beat Yang Yue after you beat Khitan away." Li Cunxu suggested: "The old man sees that we are quiet, and recently he is dividing up his troops to attack the black Che Shiwei. If he continues to fight, will there be anyone in Yanbei? "

Li Keyong was very angry when he heard it, but a person in his 40s can no longer be as impulsive as he was 20 years ago. I just heard him say: "It's okay, I have left a large number of troops in Youzhou. Although Yang Yue has more than ten Wan Qi, but he doesn't have the strength to fight to the front of the mountain, let him be arrogant for a while, and wait until the Khitan are driven away."

"Fight Khitan first, then Yang Yue, and then go to fight Hezhong." Li Cunxu said: "After entering Puzhou, kill Wang Yao and let my brother-in-law be the governor."

The brother-in-law is naturally Wang Ke.The two of them, husband and wife, will be living idle in Jinyang, doing nothing.Li Cunxu always heard his sister mention Shao Shude. She had a good impression of her uncle, saying that he was gentle and gentle, and she really regarded her as a niece.Princess Xia is also very good. They worship Buddha, go outing, and play together, and they almost don't want to leave.

"Wang Ke is too useless. Liu Xun came back and brought it up to me, alas!" Li Keyong sighed and said, "If he hits the river, he will have to garrison an army to support him, you trash!"

Li Keyong never thought that he would also serve as Jiedushi in Hezhong.He still couldn't bear the face of grabbing the position of his son-in-law.

Gai Yu listened to their conversation behind the father and son and almost fainted.

Is this like fighting the world?

He only wanted a quick solution, to finish the matter of Khitan as soon as possible.If you can't fight hard, don't fight hard. The two sides value peace, and it's best for each to strike.

It is already late August, and the war on the grassland will not last until after autumn.There has always been only the saying that the people of the grasslands went south in autumn, and there was no army of the Central Plains who went north to the grassland after the fall of frost.The withered and yellow weeds all over the ground are not growing anymore. What do draft animals and war horses eat?
As long as these messes are taken care of, even if he doesn't defeat Yang Yue after late autumn, he will retreat himself.At that time, you will be free, and you can go south to rescue Zhu Quanzhong—er, hit Hezhong or Heyang.

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"It's like this in the north." Shao Shude sat on the tiger-skin chair and smiled leisurely: "I think the Khitan people are also testing. If Li Keyong is not tough enough, they will become more and more courageous and will not be satisfied. The eight garrisons outside the pass will try to attack the six mountain passes west of Linyu Pass. Youzhou is very attractive to the Khitan people, far more than those tribes."

"Your Majesty, the ambitions of the Khitan people have not been concealed." Chen Cheng, who rushed to Zhengzhou, said: "Given time, it will become a serious disaster. I heard that there is a Bohai Kingdom to the east of Khitan. It has been in peace for many years, and its military equipment has been disarmed. Wen Tian and Wu play, and they are fighting among themselves all day long. .If Khitan advances eastward in a big way, it may be impossible to resist."

"Don't worry, the Khitan people's primary goal is to go south. If there is no other way, he will not go east." Shao Shude said: "This is the case in the north. The Khitan Eight should pay attention, but they should not invest too much energy. Now the most important thing is to go east." The target is still the Central Plains. Where is the Wuwei Army?"

"This will be in Xuzhou." Chen Cheng replied.

"Has the Tie Lin Army captured Shan Fu?"

"The siege of the city has just begun. Zhu Zhen led an army of [-] people to go south to form a military force. They practiced all day long, and the Tielin army did not dare to attack Shanfu with all their strength."

"What is Zhu Zhen thinking?"

"I'm afraid we are still waiting and watching, but we may also attack the flank of the Iron Forest Army."

"This thief, I don't want to give him the commander-in-chief of Jingnan Jiedu, I want to see how long he can endure." Shao Shude said: "Where is the Guide army?"

"It's almost to Huaizhou, and it will take up to three days to arrive."

There were also tens of thousands of Hezhong Yamen who received the order to set off.Originally, the Chishui army was going to set off, but the situation in the river was unstable, and there were yamen soldiers clamoring for it, and they were unwilling to go out to fight.Wang Yao urgently asked Xia Bing to help suppress it.The Jinglue, Dingyuan, Chishui, and Feilong armies left behind dispatched more than [-] infantry and killed more than [-] rebellious Yamen soldiers, which stabilized the situation.

But they couldn't move anymore, and Wang Yao couldn't leave either, so Feng Zangzhi could only ride eastward with Ten Thousand River Steps to Menghuai.It is conceivable that their morale must not be much higher.

"Today is Chongyang, forget it. Let the Tianxiong army go south immediately tomorrow." Shao Shude ordered: "Liang Jun is a little bit on the bait."

In the past ten days, Liang General Zhu Youyu led more than [-] people westward, first attacked Wansheng Town, and the Zhen Guo Army retreated after a few days of resistance.

It just so happened that the Tiande Army appeared in Huazhou and stormed Suanzao County and Suanzaojin.

Zhu Youyu made a decisive decision and left more than [-] Tutuan villagers to guard Wansheng Town. The main force went south and went straight to Zhongmou County. The goal was very clear, trying to pull out this nail and remove the biggest threat on the west side of Bianzhou.

Calculating the time, we will arrive in the north of Zhongmu County later tomorrow.

Now there are Xia Jun Rangers everywhere in the wild.Villagers from Mianchi, Heqing and other counties in Henan Province were recruited. With horses, bows and arrows, more than a hundred riders searched for Liang Jun scouts or messengers on various roads, large and small. Once found, they immediately acted like wolves The group generally rushed forward to bite.If Zhu Youyu is more vigilant, he will definitely find that his ability to obtain outside intelligence has been greatly weakened.This is undoubtedly a dangerous signal, but Xia Jun has been doing this for the past few months, and there seems to be nothing particularly strange about it.

If you have to dig deeper, the navy reported that there were a lot of small boat activities near Biankou, and it was very busy at night to smuggle food, grass and equipment.The number of masters on the shore has also increased significantly, and they seem to be hoarding a large amount of supplies in preparation for the war.

This discovery made Zhu Youyu hesitate, and subconsciously wanted to return to Wansheng Town.

But the army was dispatched, and leaving without reason affected morale. After thinking about it, he finally decided to go south.

Zhongmou is too close to Bianzhou, if something goes wrong, it is easy to go back.Moreover, Bajiao Town has a large army stationed there, so it would take more than a day to come and rescue them in an emergency.

He didn't believe that the 1 soldiers and horses on hand would not be able to go back for a distance of only forty miles.

"The iron cavalry don't move for the time being, the time is not yet ripe." Shao Shude stood up suddenly, staring at the map on the wall with burning eyes, and said: "Wait a little longer. Set off in five days, take seven days of food and water, and bypass Wei's Don't worry about it, go straight between Zhongmu and Bajiao Town. Zhu Quanzhong has fought a comfortable battle for two or three months, now it's time for him to see what a difficult battle is like. To the Tiande Army, Tianxiong Army, Cavalry Army, Guards The pro-army issued an order, whoever dares to steal, rape and play tricks this time, whoever is weak in combat, will definitely be killed. All the townspeople in Wangwu, Xin'an and other counties will move closer to this side."

"In addition, send an order to the four armies of Jianrui, Zhongwu, Weisheng, and Zhenguo. All the troops will attack the enemy face to face, regardless of casualties. Don't be afraid of casualties. I will make up for as many people as there are dead."

"Of order." Chen Cheng replied.

More than 9 soldiers and horses were mobilized in one go, just to encircle and wipe out Zhu Youyu's more than [-] men.Your Majesty's use of troops is really like a lion fighting a rabbit, and he also uses his full strength.

(End of this chapter)