Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 417
On the gray-brown field, a large group of people are moving forward.

Adults carry packages on their backs and walk on both sides of the road.There was space in the middle for a carriage, and women and children sat in it.

These carts are not small. They come from Shanzhou to transport grain, and each cart can carry 25 hu.Squeeze and squeeze, and it is not a problem to sit ten or eight women and children.

In front of it is a small river, which was actually dug within two years. Zhang Quanyi led the people to do it together. After the opening, it can irrigate more than [-] hectares of fields, which benefits the people and greatly increases the harvest.

I don't know what happened, but after crossing the river, someone suddenly felt sad and cried bitterly.

This sentiment quickly infected other common people, and everyone cried bitterly, with endless tears.

The ancestral graves and homes are all in Henan Province, how can we go!
The Huazhou sergeant who was escorting him felt restless and drew out his horizontal knife. He was about to kill a few people to show his prestige, when the judge Sima Ye came over.

He was Wang Bian's confidant, and he easily stopped the reckless actions of the soldiers.

These are people from Shihaozhai, Sanxiangzhai and some scattered villages nearby, with a total of nearly 9000 people. Now they are all going to move to Guanzhong. I don’t know where the final destination is. It is said that it is Fengzhou and Shengzhou, but there are also people. People say they are going to Liangzhou and Ganzhou, but they can't agree on what to do.

The people took almost everything they could.

Rations, cloth, cooking utensils, agricultural tools, livestock, if there is no means of transportation, they can take away the furniture - if there is any.

Sima Ye's eyes swept over those weeping people.

Someone was crying and wiping away tears, and the hen in his arms jumped down, and immediately stopped crying and chased the hen all over the ground.

Someone was leading a sheep, followed by a dog, and the sheep and the dog barked together, almost drowning out the cry of the man.

There are also scholars who seem to have studied for several years, their clothes are covered with patches, and they look up at the sky.

It's sad, but the scholars in Henan are so poor, and they have to farm.

The lieutenant leading the team was a little impatient, and such sad voices were the most taboo in the army.These people are not those in Guanzhong who are relatively docile and live in peace.Henan is full of disasters and disasters. I don’t know how many battles have been fought in the past few decades. The people all have a brave spirit. How can they be allowed to act like this?
When attacking the stronghold, many people were killed, most of them were relatives of the common people. If someone raises their arms and shouts at this time, there will be chaos if they fail to protect them.At that time, if you use your hands to cause damage in vain, everyone will be punished.

"Everyone, King Renyi of Lingwu County—" Seeing that everyone was almost crying, Sima Ye cleared his throat and said.

But he was soon interrupted.

"Renyi's fart!"

"It's better to let us go back, the homeland is hard to leave, and I really don't want to travel far."

"Fighting and killing all day long, but there is one person who really cares for the people? We are suffering."

"Let me go back."

Sima Ye was a little ashamed and didn't know what to say.

The lieutenant glared at him, and immediately drew out his horizontal saber, and the sergeants also raised their bows and arrows, and the noise was stopped all of a sudden.

"Let's go! If you talk nonsense again, don't blame me for killing people!" The lieutenant snorted coldly and said.

The common people vented for a while, knowing that there was no hope of returning home, they also vented their anger.So I could only keep my head down and move on.

"Alas!" Sima Ye sighed, got on his horse and walked towards Shanzhou.

He also has to rush to Huazhou to arrange temporary accommodation and food for these people.Who will come to hand over to him next, we will only know when we get it.

The people's homeland is hard to leave!When Qin Zongquan rebelled, a large number of people fled, but Zhang Quanyi did a great job in Henan Mansion, and the people's life was stable, and none of them wanted to leave, so there was nothing they could do.

……

More than ten miles to the east of Ganhaozhai, the Huazhou army was so powerful that they killed the Bian soldiers and fled.

The momentum of this army is up.

When attacking Shihaozhai, Shao Shude personally supervised the battle, and the soldiers of the three armies fought with all their might.

Afterwards, they made persistent efforts to destroy two stockades in a row, and cooperated with the Shunyi army to take down another one. They obtained more than [-] hu of grain and captured more than [-] people.

After Lien Chan and Lien Ke, part of the Huazhou Army escorted the Henan people to retreat, and part of them arrived at Ganhaozhai, preparing to continue to search for the Henan people.

But maybe it was a smooth fight, and it was also out of the need to plunder the population. They went all the way east until they met the Bian army.

Huazhou soldiers have been used to fighting Tuntian soldiers for the past few days. Seeing that the enemy is merciless, they line up and fight on the spot.

The battle situation was "fierce", and the two chickens pecked at each other. After fighting for a long time, the Bian soldiers couldn't hold on, and the army was defeated.

Wang Bian was born in the Fifth Army of the Shence Right Army. He received the orthodox military education of the Shence Army and was familiar with military books.

He has been standing on a high place, carefully observing how the battle is going.

The Art of War says: "Those who move the banner will cause chaos."

The Bian army was defeated, and the banner was not moved, but thrown directly.

"The number of formations changes, people and horses are waiting, and they can be attacked."

Well, there is a reserve team in the back of the Bian army, but they have been waiting and watching, and did not dare to rescue.After the former army was defeated in the battle, they also started to run away.

"The thieves are in a panic, fighting each other for the way, and they are sure to strike."

The Bian army didn't engage in battle in the rear, and fled watching the wind. In the process of fleeing, they fought with each other and made a mess.

"The bird rises, Fu Ye."

There is a small forest in the front left, there are no birds rising suddenly, there should be no ambushes.

Then why hesitate?Chase!
With a wave of the flag, the Huazhou army pressed forward across the board, everyone was brave, and everyone scrambled to be the first.

And the fleeing Bian army seemed to be a postman, and each of them escaped very fast.

The two sides chased and fled, and gradually rushed out for two miles.

At the same time, in the northwest and southeast directions, there were large groups of cavalry leading their horses out.

Liu Zijing, the deputy envoy of the Iron Cavalry Army, got on his horse and said hello, and more than two thousand riders followed suit and began to trot and speed up.

And about three miles behind the woods in the southeast, Xie Yanzhang also rushed straight with more than a thousand riders.

Their speed was very fast, their goals were clear, and they rushed straight to the chasing Huazhou Army, whose formation was somewhat scattered.

Wang Bian saw it from a distance on the hillside, and was so angry that his whole body became cold: "You dog thief, where did it come from!"

At the same time, I also regret it very much. I shouldn't be greedy for petty gains.But the problem is that everything he did was based on military principles, and he didn't make any major mistakes, so why was he still ambushed?
No one could answer his question.

The cavalry of the Bian army was very experienced. They rushed in from the place where the front and back of the Huazhou army were out of touch, and cut it into two sections.

Then he turned around and took advantage of the chaos of the Huazhou Army to hack and kill wantonly.

The Bian army infantry who were fleeing in front of them also slowly stopped. They gathered their formation and turned back to kill them.

The Huazhou soldiers completely lost their fighting spirit and scattered everywhere.

The sound of hoofbeats in the northwest became more and more urgent, and it was obvious that they had begun to speed up.

Xie Yanzhang, who had just started to kill, felt tight.

If the dust is high and sharp, you will come by horses and chariots; if the dust is low and wide, you will come on foot.

Where did this cavalry come from?

"Strike the gong!" Without any hesitation, he ordered the infantry to stop chasing and retreat.

At the same time, he led the cavalry to greet him bravely.Like his old man, he is very decisive and brave.

The cavalry of both sides collided in the open field.

In the overwhelming rain of arrows, a large number of Bianjun cavalry fell from their horses.But they were not afraid, and after going through this for a while, they rushed into the enemy's line holding their horses tightly.

The two sides staggered past, each screaming continuously.

Xie Yanzhang's skill was superb, he picked up the corpse of a rider with back Weidu head on, threw it aside heavily, and then led the horse back around, waiting to fight, but another wave of arrows rained on his face.

Seven-foot short horse lance, bow and arrow, the tactics of the east cavalry!
"Withdraw!" The opponent has a lot of people, superb riding skills, good melee combat and archery skills. This time, they will divide their men and come from the two wings. They can't fight any more, otherwise the precious cavalry will be lost here.

The second phase of the chase soon began.

The riders back to Weidu didn't even bother to care about the Bianjun infantry, they bit the Bianjun cavalry, and at the same time someone blew the horn, as if calling for the comrades cruising nearby to come for reinforcements.

This is a well-prepared "fishing", the purpose is to kill and wound the cavalry of the Bian Army, and for this reason they did not hesitate to use the Huazhou Army as bait.

The field was full of smoke and dust, blood was splashed, and the fierce cavalry battle extended to the distant horizon.

……

In Shihaozhai, Shao Shude summoned Chen Cheng, An Xiuxiu, Li Duo, He Yu, Zhe Siyu and others to discuss the military situation.

"Now the situation is clear." Shao Shude sat on the tiger-skin chair, surrounded by all the generals, looking at the map spread out on the case table.

"Ge Congzhou has made three moves up to now." Shao Shude said: "The first move is to take the lead. He sent the fake son Xie Yanzhang to lead four thousand cavalry, and the troops were divided into three groups to try to attack our army. In the end, they ran into Dongchu at Xiashi. The Feixiong Army. In this battle, the Feixiong Army fought well, killing more than [-] people, and more than [-] corpses of the Bian Army were found in Xiashi County."

"The second move was to set up an ambush on Xiaoshan Mountain, and the Feixiong army rammed into it. They finally retreated in time and lost more than 370 people. The casualties of the Bian army are unknown, but they should not be many. Our army was defeated in this battle."

Shao Shude thought he was defeated in the second round, and Ge Congzhou also thought he was defeated. This is because the standards are different.

"The third trick is to send people down the mountain to lure the Chinese soldiers in the area east of Ganhaozhai. They pretended to be defeated and set up an ambush. The Chinese soldiers were defeated. If the cavalry hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been disastrous." At this point, he glanced at Zhesi Yu.

Wang Bian has come to complain.

The Iron Cavalry didn't treat their allies as human beings at all, they were extremely cold-blooded.In order to eliminate the cavalrymen of the Bian Army, they actually watched them fall into the trap. It was not until the cavalrymen of the Bian Army were dispatched that they began to mount their horses and attack to kill the enemy.

"In this battle, we killed more than [-] cavalrymen of the Bian army, and our army lost [-], which is considered a small victory." Shao Shude also subconsciously ignored the casualties of the Chinese soldiers, and said: "The opponent who is good at using long weapons Bianjun cavalry, do you feel that you are at a disadvantage?"

"It's a bit of a disadvantage." Zhe Siyu replied: "However, the children are very skilled. If there were no rivers and forests nearby, they would have been wiped out."

"Blood talk!" Shao Shude scolded with a smile: "One inch is long and one inch is strong. The Bian army's horses are twice as long as our army. They can fight like this, taking advantage of the surprise attack and the large number of people. They are also practicing their skills hard, and they are not afraid of death. Do not underestimate the heroes of the world. The next time you meet, the cavalry of the Shunyi Army will go up."

An Xiuxiu answered yes loudly, but Zhe Siyu didn't answer.

In front of Shao Shude, he was the only one who dared to use this attitude.

"This is not Ge Congzhou's fighting style." Shao Shude stood up, and started pacing with his hands behind his back, and all the generals stepped aside one after another.

"They used troops many times, they were good at concealing attacks, and they were like running like thunder. They often killed the enemy suddenly and won big victories when the enemy didn't react. In Guangqi, Zhu Zhen went to Ziqing to recruit soldiers. Lead thousands of people, attack three places in one day, and smash the bandit army." Shao Shude continued: "Why does such a brave and diligent general use these soft tricks with me?"

"He has few soldiers, and ordinary people can only defend the city. But under such a disadvantage, he still tried his best. After playing these few tricks, he actually tried his best." Shao Shude said: "There are four thousand cavalry in Zhouzhou. There should be only [-] left now, which is nothing to worry about. There are still hundreds of cavalry from Zhang Quanyi in Ruzhou, joining forces with Zhang Yanshou's troops in Caizhou. Luoyang."

"Tomorrow, continue to collect the people of Henan Prefecture and send them to Guanzhong." Shao Shude said with the final word: "Ge Congzhou is fighting with me. Don't care what he thinks, I'll just hit mine. Flying bears, iron cavalry Second Army The auxiliary soldiers also brought horses, a group of a hundred, and surrounded them when they encountered enemy scouts and rangers. I will make Ge Congzhou blind to see if he dares to lead troops out of Xiaoshan to fight me decisively. "

I have also fought for ten years, and I have encountered opponents of various styles.In terms of ability, Ge Congzhou was the first person to let Shao Shude suffer a little, and he was still at such a disadvantage.

If possible, it is best to kill him in this battle!

If he had the opportunity to lead tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the future, Shao Shude did not dare to say that he would definitely win.

This kind of general who rolled out of the dead was very talented and learned very quickly.At the beginning, they might not be used to Shuofang's army's cavalry style of fighting against each other, but after a long time, they will probably come up with various countermeasures.

Shao Shude felt that Ge Congzhou's ability was much better than that of Pang Shigu, and Zhu Quanzhong hadn't fully discovered this treasure yet.

Henan has a lot of people.There is no such a stagnant environment in Hebei where the generals of the military academy are sticky with the party and it is difficult for ordinary people to get ahead. Therefore, talents come out one after another, and they can be reused slowly.

There was Ge Congzhou in the front, and Wang Yanzhang in the back. They are both loyal and brave, and they are really great enemies.

This kind of person shouldn't die in the attack of the feudal town.Wouldn't it be great to have the opportunity to conquer the Khitan in the north and the Uighur in the west?

(End of this chapter)