Miao Bo rushed out with four thousand people.
After all, it is an army of economic discipline, so of course it goes into battle in neat formations.
The strength of the enemy's army was evident in yesterday's offensive and defensive battle. It was actually just farmers and soldiers brought from the fields to hold back the desperate spirit of some rogue bandits.
In fact, he wanted to take the initiative yesterday.
Since ancient times, in city defense battles, if there are no peripheral strongholds that echo the main city, and the defenders dare not leave the city to attack, it will generally be very difficult to defend the city.
Enemy siege engines cannot be burned.
The arrows fired cannot be recovered.
We cannot take advantage of their failed siege and retreat to effectively kill or injure their personnel.
Not to mention that night raids would make it impossible for him to sleep peacefully.
It is absolutely taboo to stick to it!
Miao Bo was familiar with military books and had led soldiers. Although he had never fought in a battle, he still knew this.
Therefore, after seeing the enemy retreating in chaos, he fought against all opinions and led his troops to attack, hoping to defeat the enemy in one battle and capture and kill thousands or even tens of thousands of people.
When the news reaches the palace, how happy I will be!
After the army left the city, they chased them for hundreds of steps. When the bandits behind them saw them, they only resisted for a moment, then dispersed and fled.
Miao Bo laughed loudly and said: "A careless thief will collapse at the first touch, and it is easy to break."
But at this time, the originally tight pursuit formation gradually became scattered as it advanced.
There is no other reason than that there is a lot of money and silk on the ground.
When the first person couldn't help but bend down to pick it up, a second person soon followed suit.
The bandits also abandoned many livestock.
Several Forbidden soldiers ran towards the horses and scrambled to snatch them.
Others jumped on the cart and rummaged through the carriage looking for their belongings.
It doesn't matter if you don't have time to rummage inside the carriage, just untie the harness and leave with the oxen pulling the carriage.
The whole scene was chaotic, even more chaotic than the enemy's retreat just now.
Miao Bo subconsciously felt something was wrong, and with a stern look on his face, he scolded: "I have ordered that anyone who picks up property without permission will be killed without mercy."
The soldier turned his horse's head and was about to deliver the order when he saw smoke and dust filling the sky in front of him, and a large group of thieves rushing over along the post road.
At this time, in the mountains and forests on the left and right, there were also bandits rushing down, shouting and shouting.
Liu Ling used all his old tricks. Thousands of people besieged him from three sides, killing the imperial army and catching him off guard.
"Miao Bo!" Liu Ling, holding a heavy halberd in his hand, jumped out from the mountainside and ran straight down the mountain along the path.
"Bang!" The euphorbia seemed like a light toy in his hand. When he waved it casually, it was so powerful and heavy that everyone who was swept away screamed and fell to the ground.
Miao Bo was stunned. The only thought in his mind was: It's over, he's been tricked!
Liu Ling was wearing heavy armor and opened and closed his halberd. He knocked down more than ten Forbidden Army soldiers in an instant and headed straight in the direction of Miao Bo.
The people on the battlefield looked a little stupid, they had never seen such a powerful person.
The hundreds of soldiers behind him, chanting the slogans of Tianshi Tao, marched forward bravely, and they were brave and difficult to defeat.
The outer front quickly collapsed, and Liu Ling was only dozens of steps away from Miao Bo.
"Whoosh!" A stray arrow flew towards him, and Miao Bo's horse's front hooves softened and he fell to his knees.
Miao Bo exclaimed and came to his senses, immediately turned around and ran away.
As soon as he escaped, the Imperial Guards soldiers who had originally planned to resist suddenly collapsed and fled in all directions.
Liu Ling pursued closely, leading hundreds of soldiers to bite Miao Bo's men.
Miao Bo passed the city gate and rushed into Sheyuan Pass.
Liu Ling chased him outside the door.
Miao Bo did not stop and rushed directly to the back of Guancheng.
Liu Ling rushed into Guancheng with his own soldiers.
Miao Bo took over a horse, waved his whip and ran away.
Liu Ling was furious and asked the cavalry to come up quickly and pursue them without stopping without stopping.
Behind Liu Ling, more and more rebels came back and poured into Sheyuan Pass like a tide. No one could stop them.
Guancheng fell.
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"On April 20th, in Xiangcheng, the bandit army of King Lezi was defeated. He killed more than 3,000 of his soldiers and captured 4,000 others. Lezi only escaped with his life."
"On the 21st, 8,000 Zhang brothers were defeated."
"On the 22nd, we defeated it again and beheaded more than ten people below the general level. We captured more than 3,000 enemies in two wars and beheaded 2,800 people."
Within three days, the Southern Route Army, with the Silver Spear Army as the main force, fought four battles in the Rushui area, beheading more than 6,000 people and capturing more than 7,000 people, while the rest fled.
After all this, the bandits who were confused and engaged in "Brownian motion" finally calmed down and stayed away from this place, either returning to Yingchuan or going south to Runan, but most of them still followed Wang Mi northward.
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Wang Mi couldn't control everyone. The bandit leaders who "joined" each had their own ideas, and he didn't bother to care. He only had to hold on to the tens of thousands of people he could control. Unexpectedly, under Shao Xun's series of blows, the thieves went north one after another.
, took the initiative to follow the "General Zhengdong", which I have to say is very ironic.
"Send an order to Huang Biao to lead a reserve team to sweep along the Ru River. There are many remnants of the enemy scattered outside. Don't let them get close to Luyang, Guangchengze, and Liang County. If the defeated enemy can be gathered, then gather them. If they can't, don't attack them without suspicion.
." On the way to Yushanwu, Shao Xun gave the order to the messenger.
After the messenger repeated the story, he took the order and left.
Shao Xun shook his horse's belly and rushed forward.
On the country road soaked by drizzle, the army with high morale meandered.
The prisoners and captured property have been handed over to the reserve team, and now they are going into battle lightly.
In addition to the auxiliary troops of the Silver Spear Army, Fu soldiers and the Hebei surrender army, there were more than 2,000 "Yi Cong" warriors with various weapons and equipment in the team. Most of them were brave young men from Xiangcheng, rangers, and leftovers who voluntarily followed.
Most of those who were taken down were powerful child servants recruited from Xiangcheng and Jiacheng, and prisoners released from prisons.
A force cannot only have elite soldiers, but also needs a large number of miscellaneous soldiers.
In a battle, even if the enemy only gestures with you a few times, he will not be able to hold on and retreat. But in this process, using strong bows and crossbows to shoot from a distance, and fighting in close combat, you cannot suffer any casualties.
Even if you are wearing iron armor, you will not be able to withstand the force of a blunt weapon in close combat.
No matter how well you protect yourself, a powerful crossbow can fire several arrows at once, piercing through multiple iron-armored warriors to the ground with ease.
Even if a strong bow is fired at close range, the iron armor cannot stop the bow and arrow, let alone others who can shoot at the door.
In a dense formation, the lethality is especially terrifying.
Even if you achieve a mythical casualty ratio of one to dozens or even a hundred, killing and capturing ten thousand enemy troops, your number of casualties will not be less than one or two hundred.
The edge of the knife will become blunt if you hit it hard.
Elite soldiers will be consumed as they are killed, if there is no time to replenish them.
At this time, miscellaneous soldiers or second-line troops are crucial.
If he hadn't distrusted the newly captured Wang Mi thieves, Shao Xun would have already selected some of the stronger ones to add them.
It would be great if you can join from samurai with righteousness.
With these two thousand people as the vanguard, wherever they go, they will be filled with courageous thieves. At this time, there is no need to waste precious silver spear soldiers. After all, even if you chase and defeat the enemy, there will be casualties.
On the afternoon of the 24th, the army approached Yushanwu. After Wang Sang's tribe heard about their arrival, they fled north in a hurry. After some pursuit, the fortresses withdrew.
"Your Majesty, nothing was lost at Yushanwu." Li Chong came down from the mountain and reported respectfully.
"You fought well." Shao Xun patted him on the shoulder and said: "With more than 5,000 soldiers, we defeated tens of thousands of thieves and killed a lot of people. Not bad. Do you have any insights?"
Li Zhong pondered for a moment and said: "To deal with these thieves who don't care about human life, it is best to fight with them in the field. Attack and defend the city, but let them take advantage of it. This time Yushanwu was trapped by them. If
If the princes don't come, the stalemate will continue for many days until they can no longer bear the casualties."
"That's right." Shao Xun nodded and said, "Write down all my insights. Every battle we fought, the gains and losses, has been compiled, and now I can add your part."
In a field battle with a small number of elite troops like Wang Mi, which coerces the majority of cannon fodder, it is easy for the cannon fodder to collapse, affecting the morale of the elite main force, and thus leading to a rout.
But attacking and defending a city is not necessarily the case.
If the thieves built walls and dug trenches to surround the city, it would become a siege, and casualties would increase sharply.
Of course, with the 2,000 Yamen Army and 600 Silver Spear Army recruits in Li Zhong's hands, he may not be able to win the field battle. After all, the Yamen Army is a light infantry with poor equipment and poor training as compared to the Silver Spear Army.
Shao Xun didn't mean to criticize him harshly. In fact, he played very well.
Yushanwu was nailed here and contained a large number of enemy troops, including Wang Mi's cousin Wang Sang. It can be said that he was worthy of the court and no one could blame him for avoiding the war.
"Is the Lord going north now?" Li Zhong asked.
"If you are tired from a long battle, let's rest for a day or two first." Shao Xun rubbed his chin and said: "Furthermore, let Shenyuan Pass sharpen the enemy's spirit. If Wang Mi is not fully exhausted, his morale will still remain.
It would also be troublesome to turn around and attack me."
"It is the right thing for a prince to be mature and prudent," Li Chong replied.
In this war, Marquis Luyang fought hard against the rebels from beginning to end, winning four times in three days and shocking Xiangcheng. He did not take any passive action to avoid the war.
Even if Li Chong was worried about Luoyang, he had to admit that Marquis Lu Yang had tried his best.
Shao Xun then looked down at the farmland at the foot of the mountain.
The bandit army did not deliberately cause damage, but trampling is inevitable as the army marches back and forth. The millet sown this spring will be harvested in the autumn. It seems that the Wubao, manor and even Guangchengze under the rule this year are the best.
To sow overwintering wheat, try to harvest as much grain as possible.
As for soil maintenance...
The Xiongnu have already reached Pingyang, and they will probably go south next year, and they still need to maintain a whole lot of soil!
After the war breaks out, farmland will be in a de facto state of fallow, and there will be plenty of time to restore soil fertility.
On the 25th, the army rested for a day at Yushanwu.
Shao Xun transferred some officers from the seventh building of the Silver Spear Army, and soldiers were added to the first to fifth buildings to improve its organization.
I will find a way to recruit new people to fill the vacancies in the seventh building.
On the afternoon of the 26th, Shao Xun mobilized 1,000 Baoding and 500 Yamen troops from Yushanwu, with Zhang Gu as the vanguard, and assigned 2,000 Yi followers to them, and headed north in advance.
Early in the morning on the 27th, the Silver Spear Army, the Long Sword Army and the auxiliary troops marched northward in large numbers to pursue the enemy.
On the 28th, Sili Colonel Mi Huang sent an envoy from Dagong Pass, detouring to Liang County and Yushanwu, and catching up with Shao Xun from behind.
"Sheyuan Pass was lost, most of the five thousand imperial troops were defeated, and the general Miao Bo escaped alone." When they heard the news from the breathless envoy, everyone was shocked.
If nothing else happens - the accident will happen soon!
It’s really tempting to commit suicide!
Shao Xun didn't know whether to be happy or sad when he heard about the fall. In the end, he could only laugh or cry.
"Give the order to the front army, march day and night, and chase after it." Shao Xun ordered: "Give the order to Wang Chan and Hao Chang. Put the ox cart at the back. First select a group of horse carriages and mule carts, and then set off with the army."
After the order was issued, the army's movement speed suddenly accelerated.
Chapter completed!