Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 756 Surprise
The city of Caizhou has now become a place of slaughter.

Lisuo Ruyang County, from its name, can be known to be located in the north of Rushui, opposite to Yingzhou Lisuo Ruyin County.

Zhezong himself led [-] steps to ride in Beiguan City, and there were two stockades outside the city, each with [-] horses.On the other side of Rushui, more than ten thousand people set up camp and built a temporary pontoon bridge, ready to assist Beiguan City at any time.

On the small post road between Tang and Cai, the cavalry of the Fan people transferred from the Yingshui area were marching rapidly.Pulling a big carriage and leading their horses, they traveled thirty miles a day, and they had quietly entered Langshan County, guarding the grain road.

Xia and Liang, the main forces in the core battlefield are still at each other, but in the flank battlefield, the flames of war are connected and intensified.

Today is another sunny day, Zhe Conggu rushed out with hundreds of horsemen, fighting with the bandits.

Fighting him was the cavalry of the Zhongwu Army brought by Yang Shihou. There were more than a thousand cavalry in total. They were very orthodox cavalry from the Central Plains, and their specialty was head-on fighting.The Zhejia cavalry was unprepared at the beginning, so they rushed to disperse them. Zhe gathered up the scattered cavalry from ancient times, went back to put on armor, took the horse lance, turned on the horse and fought against the bandit.

Both sides did not use bows and arrows to bully others, it was a hard-core style of stabbing and slashing each other head-on.

Zhe Zongben was wrapped in the blanket given to him by his grandson, watched the fierce cavalry battle in the distance, and secretly judged the combat effectiveness of the loyal army.

It seems that the fighting power is not bad.

After the hardships, the towns rebelled. As time went by, the feudal towns in Henan became more rebellious and caused more trouble.For example, the Li Shidao rebellion in Ziqing, the Yindaodu rebellion in Xuzhou, the Pang Xun uprising, the rebellion in Huaixi, and so on.The three towns of Xuanwu, Zhongwu, and Yicheng are on the front line of countering the rebellion, and it seems that they have been trained.

The royal thugs of the imperial court!Zhe Zongben snorted coldly, even Yang Fuguang recruited Badu recruits from Chen Xu, took them to Guanzhong, and participated in the battle against Huang Chao.After Yang Fuguang's death, the Eight Capitals of Zhongwu had no masters and jumped into Sanchuan.This group of recruits caused huge waves, if not for internal strife, what would happen in the end may not be the case.

The sound of beating gongs sounded in the field, and the two sides dispersed tacitly, each cleaned the battlefield, packed up the corpses, and even helped to send back the corpses and horses of the opponent's robe.

After the cavalry retreated, Zhe Zongben sent his infantry out of the city to form an array to invite the Zhongwu army to fight.

Brother Zhang Quanyi in Caizhou City looked expectantly at the Zhongwu Army outside the city, but Yang Shihou refused and refused to fight.

Zhang Quanyi felt a chill in his heart.As a veteran warlord, how could he not understand Yang Shihou's thoughts?This is to preserve strength and support self-respect.

To be honest, he thought Yang Shihou was a bit stupid.Still waiting and watching at this time, and still slipping the first battle will only make your reputation worse.You are like this, when you are in trouble in the future, do you still expect others to come to your rescue?

Zhe Zongben narrowed his eyes after receiving the reward from the people below.The military leader knows the military leader best, and Yang Shihou probably has an idea.

Of course, this is just his guess.Yang Shihou's reason is very reasonable, less than [-] paces, Zhe Zongben's side counts tens of thousands of Xiangyong, the formation is scary, and it is understandable that he does not want to fight in the wild.But combined with Yang Shihou's slow and hesitant attitude in Shangcai before, he already had some doubts in his heart.

"When the building is about to fall, some people try to turn the tide, some people think that a gentleman can't stand under a dangerous wall, and some even fight back, thinking that there are many steps to advance." Zhe Zongben looked at the sky and said with a smile: " Come here, write a letter to General Fu, the envoy of the Luoyang camp and the return of the German army, the opportunity has come for him to make meritorious deeds. Whether he succeeds or not, let's give it a try."

……

Dai Siyuan raised a lot of draft animals, food and grass in Yancheng, which is actually quite rich.

Yancheng is originally in the south of Lushui.In the 20th year of Kaiyuan, there was a flood and the city was destroyed, so the water was relocated to the north to build a new city.

This city has been very important since ancient times. "When the Chen and Song Dynasties rushed, the Huaihe River met, and the boats and cars converged", it was the key to the North and South military routes.

Duke Huan of Qi attacked Chu and allied the princes in Zhaoling, which is 45 miles east of the county.

Dai Siyuan was not stationed in the city, but in Huiqu in the southeast of the county.The sloping water turns here, which is good for drinking horses, collecting firewood, and convenient for crossing the river.

However, Dai Siyuan is ignorant after all.

During the reign of Xianzong Yuanhe, Prime Minister Pei Du supervised the army to attack Wu Yuanji in Huaixi. He built a town at Tuokou, [-] miles southeast of Yancheng.Wu Yuanji was stationed in Huiqu, ten miles away, and sent general Dong Zhongzhi to lead a cavalry attack, which once approached Pei Du's army.Fortunately, Pei Du stabilized and did not run away. Instead, he commanded the soldiers to fend off the enemy. Only then did the arrogant Cai thieves retreat, and finally put down the Huaixi Rebellion.

It's not a good sign that Dai Siyuan is in Huiqu.

The Flying Dragon Army finally marched south from Yancheng on the 25th.The march went smoothly at first.The [-] infantry, with more than [-] horses, donkeys and mules, sometimes walked and sometimes rode, traveled [-] miles in a day, and arrived at Shangcai County, [-] miles east of Rushui, which can be described as extremely fast.

After a night's rest in Shangcai, Dai Siyuan wanted to go straight to Ruyang, which was seventy miles away.But the number of horse mules is small. After yesterday's high-speed march, it is not impossible to travel another [-] miles today, but it is unnecessary to treat draft animals so harshly.So he decided to lead the horse on foot first, maintain the horsepower, and wait for the news ahead before making any calculations.

Before leaving, Dai Siyuan received news: Xia Bandit Wei Shengjun and Yang Shihou fought in Beiguan City, regardless of the outcome.

"Why is there no winner?" Dai Siyuan sneered, maybe it wasn't a real fight, but they were all telling the story.

"How is Xiang Yongzheng going?" He called several generals and asked them one by one.

"We have a team in Xiping, and we are still recruiting people."

"Yancheng County is not doing well. Just after receiving the news, more than [-] people have been recruited."

"Wufang County has both ends of the head and rats. I think they want to bring down thieves."

"The county magistrate could not be found in Shangcai County. I heard that he beheaded Yang Shihou because he hated him. The county magistrate, chief secretary, and county lieutenant fled in fear. We couldn't find anyone."

Upon hearing these complaints, Dai Siyuan's face turned dark, what kind of shit is it all about?Can't you just let yourself be relieved?
"I'm not leaving!" He said angrily, "First, we have finished recruiting the brave men from the village, gathered 2 people, and bought the food and grass. Let's go south. With Master Yang here, we can't lose Caizhou City."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, finally responded with a cry, and dispersed one after another.

The supporters watched and peeped on one side, maintaining the state of a new force.But the question is, Zhe Zongben has fought all his life, is he that stupid?With 3 or [-] people watching, they want to storm Caizhou City or the camp of the Zhongwu Army?is it possible?

The flying dragon army stayed in Shangcai for three days.

Within three days, the county recruited thousands of township braves and gathered outside the county seat.This is Caizhou. Every household has hidden weapons. Many people even have forbidden military bows and iron armor. They don’t know where they got them. There are even more horses and mules. After all, it is the hometown of the mule army. One of them.

On the 29th, Dai Siyuan heard that Zhe Zongben had stormed Yang Shihou's camp. In the middle of the battle, Zhang Quanyi went out of the city to attack.They attacked Caizhou Zhongcheng again, and Yang Shihou stroked his side and back, but the two attacks were not smooth.

Dai Siyuan felt that it seemed that he could find an opportunity to surprise Zhezong.Back then when Li Yan entered Caizhou on a snowy night, should we also give him a sneak attack on a snowy night?

Looking at the gradually cloudy sky, Dai Siyuan thought it was a trick.

……

Qi Bizhang did not find Feilong Army in Chenzhou, but he also found out the news: they went to Yancheng.

At that time, Qi Bizhang had just arrived in Xiangcheng County, Chenzhou, and was heading towards Lushui County. Looking at the gray sky, Qi Bizhang got off his horse with a smile on his face.

"Here's an order to set up camp, and we'll have a big meal today," Qi Bizhang said.

The generals were a little surprised, but they carried on.

The Flying Dragon Army has been fighting outside for a long time, and its military discipline is somewhat different from other troops.The strict place is very strict, mainly in military operations, and the loose place is very loose, such as turning a blind eye to disturbing the people.As long as it doesn't go too far, the shogunate officials who accompany the army generally don't care.

Qi Bizhang ordered to set up camp, and even if the meeting had not yet come, he had to resolutely implement it, and there was no room for bargaining.

They camped in the wild southeast of Xiangcheng County.There is not even a village around, and there are deserted meadows everywhere, and jackals haunt them, so it is very miserable.

The auxiliary soldiers got busy everywhere, some went to dig ice by the stream to get water, some picked up dead branches and leaves, some loosened the girth of the horse, took it for a few laps of jogging to absorb the sweat, and some had already taken out the salt water. Meat, cheese, etc.

Qi Bizhang found a trusted official and asked, "Mr. Qiu, I was lying in the tent last night, talking loudly in my dream, and consciously startled. What is the sign of this?"

"Mr. Qiu" carefully observed Qi Bizhang's face, and said with a smile: "The ancients called the help of gods for sleeping plans. Don't worry about military envoys, this is a good omen."

Qi Bizhang also showed a smile on his face, and said, "I got a BMW in my dream last night, and I rode it so fast that it almost flew up, what's the reason?"

Mr. Qiu frowned and thought about it, and said: "Miscellaneous in the army, dreaming of walking fast, winning battles, winning. Dreaming of flying flying, defeating people who are famous for thousands of miles. Congratulations to the military envoy, this is a great victory!"

Qi Bizhang looked happy.

Although there is a plan, there is always some worry.Now that he heard Mr. Qiu's interpretation of dreams, it was well-founded and convincing, which strengthened his confidence even more.

Today, the whole army is going to eat to boost morale, while recuperating horsepower, repairing equipment, and inquiring about news.When everything was ready and the time came, he would rush out to surprise the thief.

When marching and fighting, sometimes you have to take some risks.

Xu Cai's battle has entered the decisive moment.In fact, everyone has a chance. After all, no one dares to say that he will win in such a thing as a battle.How about hundreds of thousands versus thousands?The fire and meteors that fall from the sky must also be extinguished for you, are you convinced?
If the Liang people win a big victory in Caizhou, and in turn take care of Yingzhou and relieve their worries, they can directly march into Tang and Deng, and in turn threaten the rear of Li Tangbin's main army.But it seemed that Pang Shigu didn't dare to put all his eggs in one basket after all, and sent all the reserve teams that could be mobilized to the south, the gamble was not strong enough.

I made a bet with my old friend Dai Siyuan today, the bet is fate.

(End of this chapter)