Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 423
Among the continuous hills of the Taiwan plateau, more than [-] cavalry are marching.

Hao Zhenwei was a little uneasy.

He suffered the loss of being attacked by cavalry once, and that time he was attacked halfway. The art of war emphasized it over and over again, and there was no way to do it.

This time I attacked the ferry, left in good spirits, and returned in disappointment.The most pitiful thing is that they didn't bring any luggage, only dozens of carts with some essential supplies for the army.

In the distant valley, there are camps, carts, and food, as long as they arrive there, they can rest and recuperate.

The north wind howled, like howling ghosts and wolves.

Hao Zhenwei was full of irritability when he heard it.

Ge Congzhou, what are you pretending to be!Why advance in two directions and use the mountainous terrain to prevent Shao's cavalry from entering?Can that mountain go?How to pull the cart?No way, we still have to go to a relatively flat place.

The wind picked up again, and the sky was cloudy.It's only October, isn't it going to snow?

Ahead is a dangerous narrow mountain road.

The more than 3000 of them are also veterans, so they naturally know what to do.

The main force first lined up outside the pass.

Immediately, the teams were drawn, and the two teams of hundreds of people were closely connected, with guns and flags on both sides, bows and crossbows outside, and walked slowly.

After the front team passed the pass, they chose a favorable terrain to form an array, put their bows and crossbows on a high place, and lined up their spears in front to support the follow-up troops to pass through the pass.

Of course, there are those who don't want to be so troublesome, so they will resign themselves to their fate.It may be okay after ten times, but something happened on the No. 11 time. I often walk by the river, and there is no one who does not get wet shoes.

The military system of the country and the DPRK, even if it is marching on the inside, must do the same.

The northern feudal towns that have fought all the year round can abide by it, but if the peace lasts for a long time, I'm afraid it won't work.Without him, it's too much trouble!
Some people may say that scouts can be scattered far away. This is indeed useful, but it cannot be relied on purely.

There are more than 3000 of them, in four directions, front, back, left, and right, there is one scout within five miles, one more for each ten miles away, one more for fifteen miles away, and they will not be released any further.

When some troops march, they will be placed thirty miles away, and the scouts will still be in groups of two or three, each with two or three horses.

Of course scouts are useful, but if you think it's safe, will there still be ambushes throughout the ages?

At this time, five miles to the north, a bloody fight had just ended.

A Bian army scout covered his neck and exhaled out loudly, his mouth was full of blood foam.

The two Xia army scouts were panting heavily.

Life and death fights are only for a moment, but they are extremely exhausting.

One person put away the flag brought by the Bian army scouts, walked to a high place, guessed that the time was almost up, rolled up the flag and held it up.

This is a signal that there are no thieves. If there are thieves, the flag will be opened.

Another scout sees it and raises a flag in response.

Of course, this is a daytime practice, and it will be more complicated at night. A group of three or five people is necessary, and a hidden shop must be set up, but again, it is not 100% safe.

However, camping at night is not necessarily more dangerous than during the day, provided that your camp follows the rules.

After raising the flag, Xia Jun scouts disappeared behind the hillside.

In the valley below his feet, a large group of cavalry led their horses and left the resting position, ready to fight.

Hao Zhenwei was riding on the horse, looking around.Feng Ba was thinking about something, absent-minded.

Suddenly, on the mountain forest in front, a scout raised a flag high, and the flag stretched out, as if faintly blood-colored.

"There are thieves!" Hao Zhenwei didn't need to say anything, Du Yuhou had already seen it, and immediately warned loudly.

The sergeants were in a panic.

Du Yuhou led his men forward, kicked and beat them repeatedly, and ordered the soldiers to calm down and start to line up.

They are all veterans. Under normal circumstances, they would not panic at all, but this time it is different!
The sound of horseshoes is already close to the ears, it must be within five miles, or even closer!

With a roar, Hao Zhenwei ordered the cavalry to mount their horses and charge forward after him, buying time for the infantry to form formation.

Feng Ba also came to his senses, he summoned a general and ordered him to follow Hao Zhenwei with his cavalry, ready to support him at any time.There are still some cavalry pawns left beside the infantry, but only about two hundred cavalry are used for counterattack at critical moments.

The few dozens of carts were pulled over and placed across the road, acting as obstacles.

There are still too few chariots. If there are too many, place them on both sides of the infantry, let the shieldmen, spearmen, and archers get on the chariots, and use the range advantage to drive out the thieves. The army moves forward slowly, and there may be a chance to return to the camp.

It's too late to say anything now, this time to attack the pontoon bridge ferry, I didn't bring many baggage vehicles at all!
Not far from under the hill, a large group of Xia Army cavalry rushed out diagonally.

Some armed with lances rushed forward, but more people turned around to the two wings.

Hao Zhenwei was born as a frontier general, and his riding skills are naturally not weak. He made a horse spear superb. When fighting head-on, he provoked one person, then swept away, and knocked down another horseman.

Arrows rained down on the mountains and slopes on both sides, and the clanging and clanging of armors kept ringing.

Ridiculous bow riding power!
But before he finished laughing, the horse suddenly stumbled and rolled off the horse in an instant.

A horse rushed towards him, the tip of the spear gleaming coldly.In a blink of an eye, he dodged abruptly, dodging the killing move, but the helmet was knocked down.

He was terrified, and just as he was about to find an empty horse, several horsemen rushed forward. One of them fired two arrows in succession, one arrow missed, and the other arrow accidentally hit his forehead, which was not protected by a helmet.

The blood soaked the red forehead, and then covered his eyes. Hao Zhenwei fell to the ground on his back, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The fighting continued.

More than [-] silver guns came out in full force, and the complex terrain provided them with a great bonus in combat power, allowing them to give full play to their advantages in riding and shooting, and hurt the enemy with arrows.

Hundreds of cavalry from Zhaoyi Town couldn't stop the cavalry from both sides. The speed of the two long dragons slowed down a bit when they circled the mountain, but they still charged forward without hesitation.

"Swoosh!" The infantry fired a volley from outside the range of the cavalry, and the cavalry who rushed to the front all fell off their horses.

The rest of the cavalry bypassed the messy vehicles, and the speed of the horses dropped again.

Feng Ba's infantry teamed up in groups of three and cooperated with each other, knocking the cavalry off their horses and beheading them with knives.

This is the unique skill of Zhaoyi's infantry. During the middle Tang Dynasty, it was said that Zhaoyi's infantry was the best in the world. After the infantry formation was broken, they often formed groups of three or three to form a large group to knock down the cavalry. One beheaded.

This is actually a rather weird thing.The infantry formation was rushed away by the cavalry. Generally speaking, they were doomed. However, Zhaoyi's elite soldiers could continue to fight until they couldn't hold on anymore and finally collapsed. However, the enemy cavalry generals probably wanted to die. This exchange What a loss!
At the end of the Later Jin Dynasty, it was these militia warriors and infantrymen of the imperial army who were full of military virtues that beat the Khitan cavalry without temper. After the formation was broken up, they continued to fight.

But their performance today is a bit lacklustre. It may be that morale was low after defecting to Zhu Quanzhong, or it may be too hasty. Only some people are still fighting with their lives.

The common problem of the army in the feudal era is that the level fluctuates too much!
In the high light, the cavalry who broke into the formation were hooked off their horses and killed like wild dogs. When they were in the water, they were chased and chased north, causing chaos.

The back array is still shooting arrows, but it is obviously sparse.

The more than 200 cavalry left at the end hesitated, wondering whether they should charge back and kill a wave, and finally struggled.

At this moment, on the hillside to the west, the sound of war drums suddenly sounded, and there was also the faint sound of shouts for killing.

This became the last straw that broke the camel's back. With a whistle, the cavalry slapped their horses and fled wildly while there was still some distance to go.

Feng Ba also got on his horse, ready to flee.

But dozens of cavalry came head-on, and there were outflankers on the left and right flanks. After chasing for a while, all the soldiers were killed and wounded. Feng Ba's horse was shot dead by arrows and fell to the ground, shouting "willing to surrender".

Among the chaotic army, who can hear his words!

Several cavalry charged forward, Feng Ba was furious, and smashed down a cavalry with the iron mace in his hand, but his head quickly flew high and fell down heavily.

Both generals of the Bian army died.

After the two generals were killed in battle, some Bian troops fled to the mountains.

The infantry who could not escape stayed where they were in despair, and shot down the cavalry with silver spears who were too close with their infantry, and some knelt down and abandoned their weapons, saying "willing to surrender".

In the end, fewer and fewer people resisted, and more and more people surrendered. The equipment was thrown all over the ground, which looked quite spectacular.

Yang Hongwang stepped forward immediately, looking at the extremely messy battlefield, he sighed a little.

Helong Qianghu's will to fight is far worse than theirs!

Those Qianghu savages are savages, but when the situation is not right, they will never hold back. They can either flee or surrender, which is very neat.

He looked at the mountains to the north again, all the cavalrymen with silver spears got off their horses, and chased the defeated Bian army fleeing into the forest.

How many years has Li Ke been fighting Zhaoyi Town?It seems not short.

Last year, Li Keyong ordered Zhaoyi Town to select [-] elite soldiers and send them to Jinyang. He probably also took a fancy to the skills of these infantry.I don't know how many of them are one of the five hundred in today's battlefield.

The commander had feelings for the Zhaoyi infantry, and there were many Zhaoyi soldiers drawn by Chen Cheng in the original Tielin Capital.

If you can get the Zhaoyi Wuzhou, select the strong and strong from the common people, practice for a few years, and you will be an army of infantry.

In fact, their folk foundation is very good. Many recruits have mastered the most basic skills, and the training cost will be greatly reduced.

It's a pity, in Li Ke's hands, he still hasn't managed it well!

"Military envoys captured about 2000 people, including Zhaoyi soldiers and Bian Song soldiers, and very few Tongzhou soldiers." Wang Chong came to report.

In fact, the exact number has not yet been counted, so he only glanced at it.

"Killed more than a thousand thieves, and even ran away, do you want to chase them?"

"Let Zhe Silun's men chase after him, isn't he here?" Yang Hongwang glanced at the west side, the one who beat the drum to disturb the enemy's morale just now was the Zhe family's disciple who followed.

"Gather a thousand riders, let the captives lead the way, go to their camp, take the luggage and return it." Yang Hongwang ordered: "Today's battle also had an element of luck, catching up with the Bian army and marching back lightly. Forget it, we won. There is nothing to talk about. Go back to the Sun Pontoon Bridge and cross the river down the river. Take a short rest and take a look at the Zhe family’s auxiliary soldiers. By the way, Feng Ba’s head has been processed and put in a box.”

(End of this chapter)