Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 899
Spectacular, fierce, bloody, and cruel, it is the best interpretation of the ongoing cavalry charge.

The [-] cavalry from the left side of the Iron Forest Army, led by Du Youyi envoy Xu Hao, fought uninterruptedly with the cavalry of the Jin Army.

The scale of the fighting is not large, it is all the impact and counter-attack with the infantry, the scale of thousands of riders is considered large, generally speaking, there are only a few hundred riders.

But the accumulation of casualties throughout the day was astonishing: [-] of the [-] cavalry of the Iron Forest Army had died in battle, and almost everyone was injured.

On the side of the Jin army, the cavalry of the Yiwu Army was defeated and was reorganizing in the rear.An Fuqian's cavalry also suffered heavy losses, losing more than 300 lives.That is to say, the main force of Yi'er Army still maintained its combat effectiveness, Li Siben rushed left and right, very arrogant.

The fate of the cavalry of the Iron Forest Army is inevitable.

Some people have already fled the Japanese army, about a hundred, and now their heads are hung up to frighten everyone: want to escape?Try to see if two legs are faster than four.

Their efforts successfully disrupted the Jin army's ferocious attack on the Pongri camp.

A whole day passed, and the camp still stood there.

In fact, so what?There are also troops such as the National Defense Army, the Tielin Army, and the Tianxing Army in the rear. Their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the Japanese army. Can you still eliminate them one by one?

The Jin army also discovered this problem.They sent several groups of scouts, and learned that from Pingyin to Changqing, there were tens of thousands of Xia troops waiting in full battle.They consume their own energy, physical strength, and morale by praising the Japanese army, and then throw a fatal blow at a critical moment.

There is hardly any conspiracy to speak of.After the ambush plot failed, it has turned into a positional battle, everything is on the surface, without any cover, just to force your part, what's wrong?
After the battle between the cavalry was over, the Jin army camp was gloomy, and no one wanted to speak.

"How about...turn back to Dong'e and go south to Yanzhou?" Wang Chuzhi suggested.

He could guess with his toes, either tonight or tomorrow, the Yiwu Army would be sent to attack the stronghold.Although Xia people's camp is like a dilapidated house, it will collapse if you kick it, but if you want to kick it, it will cost your life.

He wasn't happy, and neither were the Yi Ding warriors, although when they really wanted to fight, they would eventually carry out their orders.

"Shut up!" An Fuqian said angrily, "It's all come to this point, the only way is to defeat the enemy. Turn back? Hmph, can you guarantee that there will be no thieves behind?"

Wang Chuzhi was so angry that he couldn't let it out.

The Dingzhou Wang family has been married to the Jin Wang family for three generations, what the hell are you?A fake Shatuo is a real Sogdian cheap breed.

Something happened in Hebei, which time did Yi Ding not send troops?There were rebellions one after another in Guangyan Town, and the crusade against Chengde, the Yiwu Army dispatched no less than three times.King Jin didn't say anything about us, who are you?
"Okay!" He Huaibao took a picture of the table, stopped An Fuqian, and said, "It is impossible to retreat. As the saying goes, chasing after blocking the front, since the Xia people sent thin soldiers to block the way ahead, there must be elite soldiers behind It’s too risky to turn back at this time.”

Wang Chuzhi was too lazy to speak, closed his eyes and meditated.

Ma Ke treated the wound on his forearm like no one else, and didn't bother to speak.

The cavalry of the Yiwu Army were disabled, and there were only a hundred or so cavalry left.The scouts have lost thousands of soldiers. The morale aroused by the previous mobilization is probably exhausted. It's time to replace them. Why do you keep letting them take the lead?
Li Siben was secretly angry.Honestly, he could go.The volunteers were all cavalry, so if they wanted to run, they didn't have to take the post road at all, they could just pass through the wheat fields.But he didn't want to leave, and he didn't want to bear the notoriety of abandoning Pao Ze. In the end, he would only die, which was easier for him to accept than running away.

Now he was only thinking about how to make Xia Jun's cavalry suffer, and he was too lazy to care about other people's disputes.

Mi Zhicheng was in a pretty good mood.

This is also a heartless person.On the first day of the battle, he wounded Li Renhan, the deputy envoy of the Japanese army, with an arrow from a long distance, and shocked everyone with his skills. Afterwards, he supervised the attack, beheaded hundreds of Xia thieves, and returned. The result was quite good.

He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that there will be no stage for performance.It’s hard to fathom the psychology of this kind of person. They have too much desire to express themselves, and they are too competitive. I don’t care what the outcome of the battle is.

"How about this—" He Huaibao paused, and said: "Continue to attack tonight, Wang Yaya and Li Jun will lead their troops to disperse, drive and stop the bandits, An Fushun!"

"The end is here!"

"Lead [-] elite soldiers, together with the peasants from Bozhou Tutuan, and continue to attack the bandit camp. There will be no mistakes. Tomorrow—tomorrow I will see Dai Siyuan's head." He Huaibao ordered.

"Of order." An Fushun stepped out and responded.

The raid on the camp last night was unsuccessful.Dai Siyuan was in a hurry, but he still held on.Fighting for another day today, it should be the end of the battle to support the Japanese army.If you are lucky, you may be able to break the stockade before dawn.

As for the bandit villages in Pingyin County and Nanshan, they were already half-destroyed.That is to say, they were not interested in attacking, otherwise the Xia bandits there would probably have collapsed.

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The big camp beside Haogou Bo was empty.

Under Shao Shude's order, the army marched westward from the camp, with the Tianxing Army as the forerunner, followed by the left wing of the Tielin Army and part of the Dingnan Army, and marched westward.

"The scouts from Chengde lost no less than a thousand people, and the morale should not be as good as before."

"The cavalry of Wang Chuzhi of the Yiwu Army was defeated, and the main force of the infantry remained, but it's hard to say how much fighting spirit there is."

"The headquarters of the Jin army has not suffered major losses. The cavalry may have lost seven or eight hundred horses, but there are still three or four thousand cavalry remaining. The main force of the infantry has not yet entered the battle, and their morale and physical strength have remained good."

"There are also more than [-] Bozhou Tutuan villagers, whose morale is low and has nothing to do with the overall situation."

Chen Chengzai carefully introduced to Shao Shude the situation of the various units of the enemy army, which was generally accurate.

"The vigor of the thief army has been exhausted, but it is far from enough." Shao Shude frowned.

The strategy is to let the veterans of the enemy's main division get tired, and then he will command the elite fresh troops to press them up. This is the safest way.But now it seems that two days have not worn away enough energy, physical strength, morale and life of the enemy, and it is not yet the most favorable moment to launch a decisive battle.

"Give Qi Bizhang an order that the Flying Dragon Army dispatch a reinforcement to the Japanese Army and the Zhongwu Army," Shao Shude said.

The Flying Dragon Army will be guarding the door, and they will definitely arrive in one night.

"Obey." Chen Cheng called someone and told him to handle it. Then he looked around and said in a low voice, "Since March, the troops from all walks of life have consumed a lot..."

Shao Shude nodded imperceptibly.

Consuming unreliable troops not within the system was originally a planned plan.Roughly speaking, the biggest loss may be Wang Tan's Shenjie army, which lost more than [-] soldiers.

The second place should be the Zhongwu Army. 8000 people arrived in Yunzhou, and the battle damage should be more than half.

Xu Bing, you can't deliberately waste it anymore, if it goes on like this, the Zhao family might rebel.

The third largest loss was the National Defense Army, with nearly 4000 people.

They can no longer deliberately target them, they have to give some rewards to appease them.The National Defense Army had already rioted once. Although it was suppressed, the resistance was growing.

The loss of the Jianrui Army ranks fourth.Qi is full of 1 people, more than 7000 are left behind, and more than [-] people marched eastward. The loss is no less than [-].

In addition to these few troops, miscellaneous troops such as Longxiang, Longhu, Guangsheng, Pengri, and Pengsheng suffered different losses, but none of them were as big as the above four.

"Send 3000 of the 500 soldiers of the Jianrui Army back, and the rest will be supplied to Wang Tan." Shao Shude ordered: "Wang Tan is still fighting hard, let him recover his strength."

"In addition, the Zhao family of Xuzhou sent five hundred elite soldiers to Bianzhou to test their attitude."

"National Defense Army... just forget about the National Defense Army. After Wang Yao was so frightened, she probably didn't dare to recruit more soldiers, and she shouldn't provoke the National Defense Army any more in the short term."

The Zhongwu Army should still have [-] soldiers left to guard Chen and Xu, and asking them to pick up [-] elite soldiers is a temptation in itself.

The finances are self-financed, household registration and land registration are not accepted, the army only obeys its own orders, officials are appointed and dismissed by themselves, and the vassal towns are much more independent than those fake towns under Shao Shude.To be honest, he is not at ease, and it is necessary to regularly test his attitude, including but not limited to asking for money and food, selecting and sending elite soldiers, accepting and sending protons, "going to Beijing" to report on his duties, and so on.

The National Defense Army is now a powder keg, and it should not be stimulated anymore.Wang Yao originally had 1 soldiers, but when he returned this time, there were only more than [-] soldiers left.He should not try to restore the general's quota to [-] in the short term, and distribute the saved money and food as rewards, so as to appease the morale of the army is the right way.After the situation stabilizes, he should expand the army again. This is the instinct of a warlord and has nothing to do with anything else.

"It's still less consumed..." Only in front of Chen Cheng, Shao Shude would reveal the secrets in his heart that he couldn't tell others.

Chen Cheng was silent.Too many soldiers have been surrendered, the general Tu has been swallowed up, more than [-] Yunzhen warriors have been swallowed up, and half of the Yanei army has been swallowed up, but there are still as many warriors in the world.

In the new dynasty, only 30 forbidden troops are enough.If there are too many, the burden on the people will be too heavy, and it will be too difficult to raise them.

Local prefectures and counties actually don’t need many soldiers. A prefecture has hundreds of warriors, and the rest can be replaced by local peasants who take turns on duty.

Therefore, under the circumstances that dismissal is too sensitive and likely to cause collective hostility among warriors, slow consumption is inevitable.But this kind of thing can't be done too much, it's really difficult to grasp the speed.

"This kind of thing can't be delayed to my son's generation." Shao Shude said again: "He can't grasp it, and he can't hold it down. I will do this kind of thing for as long as I live."

Recovering power and reducing feudal vassals, disbanding the old army, these two things are no easier than conquering the world.These warriors have grass in their hearts, and they don't even want to farm. If you take their jobs, even if you know you will lose, you may rebel.

Shao Shude couldn't imagine that after his death, his son cut down the domain and took power.There was a rebellion in a feudal town, and a general was sent out with [-] imperial troops out of Beijing to quell the rebellion.Then the general made very limited progress in suppressing the rebellion for a year, but kept asking for equipment, money and food, and kept placing cronies to strengthen his prestige. What would happen in the end?
"Let's go, there are too many things to do." Shao Shude said with a sigh.

On March 27, [-] cavalry from the He Gui Department of the Tianxing Army arrived east of Pingyin as a vanguard.

At this time, I got the news that the Jin army attacked the Ping Japanese army at night, and the Ping Japanese army lost more than [-] soldiers and was about to collapse.At the critical moment, the Flying Dragon Army entered the battlefield, raided the Jin army at night, beheaded more than a thousand, and captured the Jin general An Chonghui.

In addition, [-] people from the right wing of the Tielin Army have also reached more than ten miles west of the Jin Army camp.

Yi Congjun has passed Dong'e and is heading for the front line.

The people of Jin were surrounded tightly.They had no other way but to disperse into the mountains to the south.And once they go to the mountains, the establishment will naturally not be able to remain intact, and they will not be able to carry much fresh water. How many people can escape in the end depends on luck.

Anyway, from a military point of view, these scattered Jin people can declare that the entire army has been wiped out.

(End of this chapter)