Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 416 Resources
On the first day of October in the second year of Dashun, Shao Shude took the [-] Shunyi Army as the vanguard, and led [-] cavalry troops and [-] Huazhou soldiers to the east.

The main force of the silver guns had been taken back, and Shao Shude personally called Yang Hongwang, Wang Chong, and Zhe Congyun.

"The Battle of Xiashi was well fought." Shao Shude first praised Wang Chong: "When marching and fighting, make use of strengths and avoid weaknesses as the top priority. You used the terrain of mountains and valleys to defeat the Bian army's cavalry. This is also a meritorious service."

"It's a pity that we failed to capture the thief general Liu Kangyi." Wang Chong said regretfully.

There were still two groups of cavalry in the Bian army, but they didn't meet them all the way. They bumped into Yang Hongwang's troops all the way, and fled after seeing more than [-] cavalry and armored cavalry.

"It's okay, I'll give you another chance today." Shao Shude said with a smile: "Go back to Shanzhou to repair the equipment, collect food and grass, replace the horses, and rest for two days. Afterwards, we will detour to the pillars, one person and two horses, along the south bank of the Dahe River, passing through Mengzhou to Go forward to the area of ​​Gongxian County, Henan Province. If you encounter the enemy halfway, the bandits who are weak will attack, and the bandits who are strong will avoid them. When encountering the enemy escorting grain and grass troops, you can attack decisively and burn the enemy's grain, grass, equipment, and kill all the draft animals that cannot be taken away. . Well, all the leopard riders are left behind."

Yang Hongwang and Wang Chong took a deep breath and took orders one after another. Zhe Congyun felt a little regretful, he was a ten general of Leopard Riders, so he had to stay with the commander.

Dizhu Mountain, in the middle of the Yellow River, is the so-called mainstay, and it is a landmark.

Gong County, a county in Henan Province, is located in the north-east of Luoyang.

Walk along the south bank of the Yellow River from Shanzhou, make a big circle, and go to Mengzhou to reach the rear of Luoyang.But because they had to pass through Mengzhou, they were likely to encounter the main force of the Bian army gathered in Zhengzhou and the east of Heyang, so Shao Shude asked them not to gnaw on hard bones, but to pick soft persimmons.

If you really can't find the target, it doesn't hurt to withdraw.Their own existence is a great deterrent to the Bian army.Li Keyong is probably struggling now, so it should relieve him some pressure.

I just don't know what moves Ge Congzhou will make. His subordinates are mainly soldiers from the Henan government, and most of them are infantry. Now we have to see if he can withstand the pressure.

After the Feixiong army left, Shao Shude personally watched the battle of the Huazhou soldiers.

Wang Bian's army was once attacked by Hao Zhenwei and suffered heavy losses. Most of the troops now expanded are new soldiers.

Moreover, Huazhou is comfortable, with prosperous commerce, and the people lack a sense of impoverishment, so they cherish their lives relatively.Compared with Henan, which is plagued by many disasters, Hebei, which is full of martial arts, and Northwest, which is utterly poor, Huazhou people are not cruel enough, not cruel enough to themselves, not cruel enough to others, and not the best source of soldiers.

At this time, the war drums were already beating, and the [-] soldiers of the cavalry army scattered in battalions, and the farthest even ran to the east of Ganhao Village, hunting and killing Bian army messengers and rangers who appeared in the field. And attracted the only remaining [-] riders of the Bian army to fight.

Iron Cavalry Army is not the same as Flying Bear Army.Although the mighty long horse lance was abandoned in order to carry bows and arrows, but the close combat ability is not weak, and all members are armored, and many of them even wear wart armor.

There are so many armors, of course we have to thank the saints.

The Shence Army was probably the most well-equipped army in the Tang Dynasty. After the disastrous defeat of the 2 army, most of the armor was captured by the Jingyuan Army, and then most of it was returned to the Shuofang Army.Coupled with the money obtained from the treasury of the Chang'an government, more than [-] collar armors were obtained, which can be described as a sudden wealth.

Now Shao Shude wants to kill the cavalry in Xie Yanzhang's hands, destroy this annoying "existence fleet", and then completely control the initiative in his own hands.

No matter how skilled Ge Congzhou is in using troops, what can he do in such a passive situation?

Shihaozhai is not high, with a mixed civil-engineering structure, and there are not many soldiers. At this time, there are probably more than a thousand people.

The accessories brought by Huazhou Army General have been assembled, and several flying ladders have been built.Wang Bian also became ruthless, and personally selected four battalions of soldiers to launch attacks from the west, south, and north at the same time.

Under the wall of the village, arrows flew across.

The Huazhou sergeant's face was pale, and under the urging of the officer, he braved dense arrows and ants to attack the village.

Zhang Quanyi's garrison soldiers were well prepared, and even poured a large vat of gold juice from the wall of the village.On the wall of the village, strong men and healthy women were even seen transporting arrows and stones. The will to resist was surprising, and I don't know what the generals propagated to them.

"Kill!" On the ladder, Huazhou sergeants rained down, and then people kept coming up.

A military academy wore heavy armor, held an iron mace, and climbed up with a large shield.

Guns and bayonets slashed against the walls of the stronghold, making harsh scraping sounds.

This person was born with supernatural power, and stepped up step by step, and then swept across with his mace, knocking down two people in a row.

The defenders frantically stabbed with their spears, the military academy reached out and grabbed the spear shaft, and with a pull, one person fell from the wall.

Then he took a sudden step and climbed onto the wall of the village.

Four or five spears were stabbed at him almost at the same time, and one of them slid straight to the chest, and the spear tip slashed across the jaw and left eye.

The military academy was in so much pain that he didn't defend himself at all, and rushed directly into the crowd of defenders, no matter how many weapons were greeted on him, he swung his mace vigorously and smashed it.

The morale of the Huazhou soldiers in the back was greatly boosted, their faces turned from pale to red, and they followed up with a roar.

Everyone knew that the King of Lingwu County in the northwest of the famous town was watching the battle.

If a martial artist without a background wants to prosper, he has to risk his life to fight for that chance.

More and more people rushed up the wall of the village, people were everywhere, the formation of the group could not be opened, and everyone fell into a melee.

Knives and axes were hacked, spears were stabbed and sticks were smashed, there were screams everywhere, and people fell down the wall of the village everywhere.

The military academy that was attacked in the first place has fallen silently to the ground, still biting someone's ear.

One by one, the Huazhou soldiers who jumped up the wall stepped on the corpses on the ground and forced the defenders down step by step.

Tuntian soldiers, at the critical moment, they were almost out of breath.No matter how good the mobilization was in advance, if you let go of your energy at the moment of gritting your teeth and wrestling, you are doomed to lose today.

"Boom!" The gate of the village was violently pushed open from the inside.

The general beside Wang Bian waved the flag, and a battalion of soldiers rushed over with long spears in small steps, and went straight to kill along the gate of the village.

"It's broken." Chen Cheng said from the side: "It was done in one go, without much effort."

"When the general is captured, he will be executed! The family members will be assigned as slaves to farm the army's farm." Shao Shude ordered: "To force the common people to go up the wall of the village, this person has a dark heart."

Sima Ye, the magistrate of the Huazhou shogunate, watched with rapt attention, and his heart moved when he heard the words: I am afraid that not only the family members of the garrison will be affected, but the more than 3000 men, women and children in the village will not be able to please, and I don't know where they will be taken.

While thinking about it, the east gate of the village opened wide, and a group of field soldiers rushed out in embarrassment and fled eastward.

"Boom!" The sound of horseshoes sounded, and the knights of the cavalry who were cruising nearby came over.

First, there was a round of arrow rain, which caused these fleeing soldiers to scream again and again, and then the iron cavalry rushed in, slashing with swords, and quickly killed them all.

"The attack is too ruthless!" Shao Shude looked a little angry, but he couldn't say anything, he could only tell the killers after the battle was over.

People are precious resources, how can they be slaughtered at will.

Chen Cheng and Sima Ye also frowned, the cavalry army is too murderous!Zhe Siyu probably has never restrained his subordinates, no wonder he asked the commander if he could slaughter villages and towns before, he was really insane.

After killing the fleeing soldiers, the soldiers of the iron cavalry army walked away far away, inserted their short spears and swords into the holster beside the saddle, and took out their horn bows, like a pack of wolves, ready to kill again at any time.

Shao Shude watched silently from the side.

He knew many people in the Cavalry Army, and he often visited them during the Winter Solstice and New Year's Day.The soldiers are also willing to surround him and talk to him, all of them are loyal, brave, obedient and obedient.

But he never naively thought how kind the warriors of the Cavalry Army were.Their military envoy, Zhe Siyu, has such virtues, if he relaxes his control a little bit, he will dare to set up a capital for you.

This is a sharp sword, if I can control it myself, will my son be able to control it in a hundred years?
"Marshal, the envoys of Anjun have broken through the three villages and killed more than [-] thieves." A messenger came to report from afar.

"How did you kill so many people?" Shao Shude sighed, and said, "Relocate the people from Sanxiang Village to Shanzhou and hand them over to General Zhe."

"Obey!" The messenger got on his horse and galloped away.

Chen Cheng and Sima Ye looked at Shao Shude.

Shao Shude smiled and said, "Wait for Ge Congzhou's movement."

……

On the north bank of the Dahe River, Jiyuan County, Mengzhou.

Feng Ba and Hao Zhenwei are resting.

Feng Ba had [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, the backbone of which were soldiers from Zhaoyi who fled south from Luzhou with him.

Hao Zhenwei had only [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, the backbone of which was also the old man he brought from Tongzhou.

Both of them were poor and defected to Zhu Quanzhong. They were not paid much attention, but they were not considered neglected.

Whether it is Zhu Quanzhong or Li Keyong, they will give the most basic treatment to Jiangren who escaped from the opponent.As for whether you can get up later, it depends on your ability.

Of course, Shao Shude is also good against Jiangren.

An Xiuxiu, who had fled from Hedong, Li Duo and He Yu were taken in by Li Han's troops, and he organized them into the Shunyi Army.

In the battle of attacking Liangzhou, the Shunyi army worked hard and got rewards: after the war, they swallowed Liangzhou state soldiers, and also made up some of the soldiers to join the army. The total strength of the troops did not decrease but increased. Qian, it can be regarded as a little bit of strength.

Both Feng Ba and Hao Zhenwei are now under the command of Ge Congzhou, including Zhang Yanshou, who led the Caizhou army northward under the orthodox command.

Ge Congzhou is really lucky.This is probably also the first time he has commanded so many troops. If he can win, he will immediately be on a side with Zhu Zhen, Ding Hui, Hu Zhen, and Pang Shigu, surpassing brothers Huo Cun, He Delun, and Zhang Guiba by a large margin.

"Have you had enough rest?" Hao Zhenwei was a little restless for a long time, but after seeing the sun rising in the sky, he couldn't help it anymore, stood up and said, "It's time to go."

Feng Ba looked at him in surprise: "Why is General Hao so impatient?"

"You want to seek Li Keyong's life, and I will seek revenge from Shao Shude. I have rested for half an hour, that's enough." Hao Zhenwei's temple hair is almost completely white, and the hills and valleys on his forehead are like the Tongguan Forbidden Ditch, with a determined expression on his face , with fierce eyes.

"That's all." Feng Ba didn't want to argue with a lunatic, so he got up and said, "Let's go, there is still a long way to go from Yuanqu."

As the two generals stood up, the sergeants who had rested for half an hour also stood up one after another.

After sorting out the queue, proceed in batches and head towards Yuanqu County.

Riding more than 3000 steps, with many donkeys, mules, carts, loaded with equipment and food, walking alone on the north bank of the big river.

On both sides of the post road are continuous mountains with luxuriant grass and no people.

The mountain wind is cold and blows straight into people's necks.However, Hao Zhenwei held his head high and his chest was full of enthusiasm.

The king of Dongping County is generous, as long as he has meritorious service, there may be a chance to recover.At that time, it may not only be able to claim the same state, but most of Huazhou will also be able to claim it.

Oh, thief Shao!

(End of this chapter)