Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 887 Please kill Zhu Xuan!

In the northeast of Changqing County, a brigade of cavalry appeared on the post road.

Spring has come, and weeds and flowers are vying to emerge from the roadside.In the farmland that has been recuperating for several months, some people are already busy. The spring wheat is planted one after another, pinning the hope of the farmers for a whole year.

No matter how the battle is fought, life will go on.

But the appearance of the large cavalry still made them panic. The farmers hesitated again and again, and left the farm in a hurry, not even having time to take away the farm tools.

Wei Boqiu was a little helpless for Ding Nanjun.He even ordered not to trample on the wheat fields, but these farmers still regard them as scourges. Is the Wufu in Waizhen so terrible?

He flicked his whip and entered Fengqi post.

Fengqi Station is located forty miles northeast of Changqing County. Its land was Cha County in the Han Dynasty, 26 miles west of Jishuijing County, and there is a mountain in the north of the city, so it got its name.

During the Tianbao period of the Guo Dynasty, it was renamed Fengqi County. In the 15th year of Yuanhe, the province entered Changqing County and belonged to Qizhou.

After leaving Yucheng Ferry, Dingnan's army went all the way south. They wanted to quickly conquer Changqing County, but failed, so they retreated to the next best thing, divided the whole army into dozens of groups, and went to the countryside to raise food and grass.

On the [-]th day of the second month, a food-raising detachment encountered enemy cavalry near Jishui. The two sides fought briefly and fiercely, and then separated.

At this point in the war, there is nothing to hide.Xia Jun bypassed Weibo and attacked Qizhou, which was a ground-breaking blow. At this time, Ziqing Town must be trying every means to adjust the strategic deployment, and to save the disadvantages.

Wei Boqiu resolutely changed his combat mission, focusing on delaying and delaying the possible retreat of the enemy, trying to block the main force of the enemy to the west of Changqing, and waiting for a few days before the troops of Tujiang, Yanei, Tianxing and others crossed the Yellow River and marched southward. State, completely blocked the enemy's retreat.

Fengqi Station has become a huge storage base, where a large number of "collected" grain and grass are stored.The war is urgent, and Wei Boqiu can't control whether the people in Changqing will go hungry or not, and how much food will be harvested, so let's save it first.

Tens of miles away to the west, the battle between the two cavalry armies was becoming increasingly fierce: the old and the new generations of the Tibetans rode and shot in circles by the banks of Jishui.

Fu Yanchao, Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Dingnan Army, stood in the distance with a whole thousand cavalry.

Everyone put on their armor and sat on the ground, waiting for orders.

The auxiliary soldiers held the reins in their hands, carried a long horse on their shoulders, and looked ahead without blinking.

More than two thousand riders galloped across the battlefield, and under the flying feather arrows, people kept falling off their horses.

Tuoba Renfu's [-] riders were almost all Uighurs and Shaqi party members at first, but now there are many more Ziqing warriors, and the fighting methods have become diversified, including horse charge, horseback archery, etc., everything you expect.

The Dingnan army is mainly based on the Hexi tribe, riding and shooting, and now they have more skills in melee combat.

The two sides met their opponents and fought endlessly. The battle lasted only a quarter of an hour, and they each lost hundreds of horses.

"Get on the horse and charge!" Fu Yanchao stood up and ordered.

Thousands of cavalrymen got up almost instantly, stepped on the stirrups and got on the back of the horses, their armor leaves rattling.

The big flag had already been raised, the horses were raised obliquely forward, the sound of hooves gradually became denser, and a thousand riders rushed forward like a long dragon.

Tuoba Renfu withdrew to Changqing County after breaking through the siege with his own soldiers.

After Fu Yanchao got close, a powerful crossbow shot down from the top of the wall, and more than a dozen unlucky ghosts screamed and fell to the ground. Then, with a wave of the flag, the team circled back and formed an array in the distance.

"Slaves of the four surnames, do you dare to fight?" Fu Yanchao asked loudly, holding a long spear and standing on the high slope.

The soldiers burst out laughing.

Tuoba Renfu was the nephew of Tuoba Sigong, governor of Youzhou, and later defected to the Tatar tribe on the grassland, returned to Shao Shude, and finally went to Ziqing Town to work under Wang Shifan's tent. Isn't he just a family slave with four surnames?
Tuoba Renfu had already gone to the top of the city, and he didn't feel ashamed at all when he heard the words, he said loudly: "What's the use of using your tongue? In the three towns of Yun, Yan, and Qi, there are only 30 or [-] soldiers in the Yamen. After that, there will be an army of [-]. Shao Shude dares to attack me with only a few people? Let him wash his neck and wait, Qizhou will be his burial place."

After all, he drew his long bow and shot an arrow.

I don't know whether it was because of his poor archery skills or because he was blown sideways by the wind. The powerful arrow missed Fu Yanchao, but brought the soldiers beside him off the horse.

The soldiers of the Dingnan Army were both afraid and admired when they saw it.

Prairie people admire this kind of warrior with precise shooting skills the most.Tuoba Renfu's move won their appreciation.

"Yun Town is destroyed, and the soldiers are returning to their hearts. Now Qizhou is in Yike. If you have no way out, where else can you retreat?" Fu Yanchao subconsciously wanted to retreat, but he suppressed his instinct and continued to sit firmly on the horseback Go up, and said loudly: "It's better to surrender, Xia Wang is benevolent, and I will not hurt your life."

"Don't listen to his nonsense." Tuoba Renfu's voice was broken, and he said: "Shao thief has raised so many soldiers, and he doesn't want to raise more. Gentlemen, let's look at the soldiers and horses he brought in the Eastern Expedition, most of them were surrendered The soldiers surrendered, driving them to attack the city and consume them, abandoning themselves on the edge of the edge, without blinking an eye. Will such a cruel and merciless person let you continue to serve as soldiers? Impossible! Besides killing people, can you farm? If he is dismissed, he will have no food and clothing, and his family will be miserable, so it is better to fight Shao thief and let him retreat in spite of the difficulties."

Tuoba Renfu's words still had an effect.

There were rumors in the army before that the Shao bandits asked thousands of soldiers from Liang to garrison the fields, but they refused to surrender, so they slaughtered them all.

There are also rumors that the bandits Shao will dismiss the three towns of Jingyuan, Shaanxi, and Fengtian this year, and the soldiers of the three towns will go to Qingtang to farm with their families, and they will never see the Central Plains again for generations.

There are also rumors that Shao thief liked to use Guanxi soldiers. After conquering the towns, all the local soldiers were dismissed, and the warriors became beggars.

These few rumors are half-truth and half-false, and they sound very credible, so everyone is in danger, afraid of falling into this situation—to be honest, these people have been soldiers for generations, and their fathers die and their sons succeed them. Many people live in the city, and they don't own any land at home. Once they can't serve as soldiers, they really don't know how to live.

"Dog thief!" After all, Fu Yanchao is still a young man, not as cunning as Tuoba Renfu, an old tortoise. After a few curses, he led the people away, and continued to send people to watch all the roads, big and small, so that no thieves could sneak over .

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Above Jishui, several pontoon bridges lead to the north bank.

The pontoon bridge has been built for a long time, and soldiers traveled to and from the two banks to raise food and grass.

The people in Pingyin County have all fled.Not only because of the war, almost everyone in their family was robbed of their food and goods, so what else would they eat if they didn’t run away?
As a result, a mighty wave of refugees flocked to Lu County and Yunzhou in the west.

Guo Shaobin and Zhang Yun who stayed in Lu County had only about [-] soldiers, and they did not dare to let them enter the city. They only scattered some army rations so that they could barely eat.

Han Zhu, the deputy envoy of the Yamen Army, did not open the city either, and the military rations were quite insufficient, so they could not help too many people.

Fortunately, the Japanese army escorted a batch of grain and grass from Bianzhou to Yunzhou, so that these people would not starve to death.

The Japanese army did not return, but stationed outside the city of Yunzhou, waiting for the next order.

Zhu Zhen's Pingsheng Army headed to Puzhou to take over the defense vacancy left by Tianxing Army and prevent Wei Bo's army from going south.

Wang Shike in the east of Pingyin City didn't know the specific deployment of the Xia army, but he had studied the art of war and strategy, and knew that under this situation, the Xia people were already gathering their troops.

In a siege battle, after cutting off your retreat, the frontal battlefield will also gather troops and launch an attack, which will eventually put pressure on both sides of you and collapse the entire front.

"The pontoon bridge needs to be repaired quickly." Wang Shike just sat down and drank two sips of tea, then got up again, walked a few steps, and sat down again.

What is fidgeting, this is it.

The Deputy Envoy of Jiedu of Ziqing Town and the number one staff member of Wang Shifan sat beside him, sipping tea silently.

The name of this staff member can kill people: Li Siye.

But he is a man of letters.Because of the atmosphere at this time, he would play with swords, ride and shoot, but like Gai Yu in Jinyang, he was born as a warrior, and eventually worked as a civil servant for more than ten years.

Zhu Qiong and Zhu Xuan also came.Zhu Xuan was quite calm and kept silent, but Zhu Qiong was obviously anxious and restless.

"This battle can't be fought!" Zhu Qiong yelled: "Yanzhou Zhu Gong led the army to the north, and they all repelled the Xia bandits in the south of Zhongdu County. It is obvious that the Shao bandits are increasing their troops to the north. Wait until their army is assembled. , What should I do? Walk and can't walk, and fight and can't fight, wouldn't the whole army be wiped out?"

It was two days ago that Zhu Jin's army was repelled.

It is said that he rode out of Yanzhou with [-] paces, recruited thousands of local villagers, and traveled northward in a mighty way. As a result, he encountered the Xia bandits, lost the first battle, and returned to Yanzhou.

They were not very clear about the specific battle situation, and the envoys from Yanzhou were unwilling to say more, but only said that Zhu Jin led the army to charge bravely and "killed more than ten Xia generals", and then "returned with all the troops".

Naturally, Wang Shike, Zhu Xuan, Zhu Qiong and the others didn't believe it. They all felt that Xia Bandit had been staring at Yanzhou long ago and was just waiting for Yanbing to dispatch.After suffering this loss, Zhu Jin withdrew again, which is fine, but what about the Xia army?What is the serial number?Is it the Iron Forest Army?Where are you now?I don't know anything.

"Mr. Zhu, up to now, we still have to help each other. I understand that you want to go back to Qizhou, but if your department leaves, it will definitely shake the morale of the army. At that time, it will be taken advantage of by the Xia bandits, and everyone will not be able to get any favors." Wang Shike patiently comforted him: "Whether you are going or staying, you must be prepared. I have sent people to build a pontoon bridge on the river. If it doesn't work, I will cross the river to Bozhou. The people of Wei will never shout and kill. Just close your eyes, and it won't be a problem for me to use the road to go back."

"How can we cross the river to Bozhou?" Zhu Qiong said angrily, "Now it's time to go back and attack Qizhou directly. How many soldiers can the Shao bandits have? Most of them are cavalry? They can defend the city. To the east of Pingyin, there are Wushan, Taoshan, Gemashan, and Zhashan mountains. The mountains are continuous, which is not conducive to the cavalry. We wait for the infantry to return to the reinforcements, and the Shao bandits will have nowhere to go. But go, how can you go to Bozhou by riding alone?"

"Don't be impatient, Zhu Shijun." Wang Shike is really good-tempered, and he can even be said to have lost his temper. He still persuaded: "I didn't say that I must go to Bozhou. It is always right to make more preparations. Now it is not a discussion. Well, take your time."

"You're not in a hurry, I'm in a hurry!" Zhu Qiong restrained his anger a little, but still said: "The homes of our soldiers are gone. If you let them go to Bozhou, believe it or not, bomb the camp immediately?"

Wang Shike was tongue-tied and stopped talking.

"Where is King Jin's army?" Zhu Xuan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked.

Jin Wang Li Keyong sent He Huaibao, Mi Zhicheng, An Fushun, An Fuqing, An Fuqian and others to rescue the towns of Yun, Yan and Qi with ten thousand people on foot.I communicated with them before, and they were still in Xingzhou at that time, so I don't know where they went.

Among the five, He Huaibao was the chief general, An Fuqian and Mi Zhicheng were the deputy, there was Xing Mingci's infantry who had fought for many years, and Shatuo cavalry, the lineup was still very strong.

Among the five generals, Mi Zhicheng's archery skills are considered outstanding, and he is well-known in the Jin army, while An Fuqian and his son An Chonghui are brave and good at fighting, and they are brave in the three armies.Li Keyong is really interesting. When the Liang army attacked Yun and Yan, he repeatedly used Wei Bo to send reinforcements. This time when the Xia army attacked Yun and Yan, he sent people again to curb his ambition to marry brothers.

"Jin army?" Wang Shike was taken aback for a moment, and then fell into entanglement again.

To be honest, he actually wanted to slip away before.But hearing what Zhu Xuan said, he was a little hesitant.

Zhu Xuan's gamble was strong, because he had nothing to lose, so he said, "It's better to wait. Our army has enough food and grass, so we should defend for a while, or send troops to continue attacking the city, and wait until the Jin army comes to help." , give Xia Bandit a surprise, and defeat him greatly."

In fact, Zhu Xuan had another hidden meaning that he didn't say: the siege consumes some local peasants, and the food will be more enough to eat.

"This..." Wang Shike frowned, hesitating endlessly.

"Ya Nei." Li Siye stood up suddenly and said, "My servant, please kill Zhu Xuan!"

(End of this chapter)