The road from Linlu County to the east to Yecheng is not too far, but it is not easy to walk because it has to pass through hilly and mountainous areas.
Leading the charge was the Yi Congjun.
They have expanded to 900 people. Their equipment is not very good, but their morale is good.
Perhaps these relatively young warriors are easily inspired and enthusiastic.
Yi, who had a horse, dispersed from afar and wandered around.
The horseless Yi Cong walked together with five hundred auxiliary soldiers, driving the cart through the mountain post road that had been in disrepair for a long time.
Sometimes, they even have to stop to repair the road - a big hole in the road, if you don't fill it up, it will be cleaned up.
It took them four days to cross the endless mountains and reach the plains.
They waited here for a day, and then set off again in the early morning of the 20th, heading for Anyang along the post road covered with residual snow. By this time, more than 30,000 cavalrymen led by Shi Le had rested overnight in Handan.
Shao Xun had already dismounted and started walking. As he walked, he drew a map and asked the guide accompanying him about the local customs.
Chu Hui followed and watched silently.
This soldier is a little different.
What he likes to do most is probably to keep talking to the soldiers while marching. Maybe most of them are meaningless nonsense, but occasionally he will find problems, ask them carefully, record them one by one, and solve them.
In addition, he also likes to draw maps, as if he has great distrust of the maps issued by the imperial court. He must draw them himself and add countless annotations after each map, many of which come from his conversations with the guides.
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When doing these things, he would often call a group of respected officers to follow him and silently watch him do what he did.
This guy - he seems to be able to accomplish something.
Chu Hui silently compared the previous impressions he had of Shao Xun: arrogant, domineering, good at fighting, lustful, and at the same time somewhat benevolent and fond of farming.
Following him all the way, he didn't find anything domineering about Shao Xun.
He is arrogant and arrogant. He uses his troops fiercely and boldly. He does not look down upon the people from all walks of life in Hebei Province. He feels that his army has great potential in the world. Even if it is deeply surrounded, it can still defeat the enemy - simply
Arrogance to the extreme!
He wanted to give advice many times, but he stopped and wanted to observe again.
Good fighting skills do exist.
When Wang Sang and Liu Ling divided their forces to plunder, they decisively seized the opportunity and pursued them all the way, giving them the possibility of reuniting without defeat. It can be said that they won the first battle.
He hasn't noticed that he is lustful yet. At least this man is not a womanizer during the war, and there are no women in the army. He is much better than many generals who bring dancing girls and female musicians with their armies and regard it as a graceful thing.
The more Chu Hui read, the more reliable he felt. At the same time, he felt a little secretly happy: Marquis Lu Yang was still discriminated against by many scholars, and there were not many talented people in the army, but this was a good opportunity.
Arrive early and reserve a seat early. Arrive late and stand aside.
Maybe he can accept the position of a big farmer in the Marquis of Luyang.
In this way, while walking and drawing maps, nearly 20,000 troops stopped and stopped, and arrived at Anyang County, which was in a "state of anarchy" at nightfall on the 22nd.
From now on, heading north, there is no longer a narrow post road between Linli and Anyang, but a wide and large post road, only forty miles to Yecheng.
At this time, Shi Le's army had arrived in Yecheng.
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The sun is high in the sky, dispelling the chill on the earth.
Shi Le looked at the sky strangely. It was extremely cold a few days ago. A north wind blew southward, destroying all the grass and causing heavy snow to fall all over the sky.
As a result, after this period, the weather suddenly turned warm, which made people feel at a loss.
Inside the Tongque Terrace, there are luxuriant grasses and crumbling roofs.
Shi Le summoned Wang Mi, Wang Sang, Liu Ling and Shi Chao to discuss the matter.
Qi Wuda, the general of Zhendong, who was the first seven generals to go to Taihang, was defeated by Tuoba Xianbei and withdrew with the remaining troops.
Well, Xianbei also withdrew.
Liu Kun, that fellow, would simply not be able to fight without Xianbei's help.
He wanted to see how long the Xianbei people could help him?
Yan Yan is dead.
He was killed when Zhaojun attacked the city. Thousands of his tribesmen had been captured by Shi Le, and together with the 30,000 men he had forcibly recruited from Zhaojun in Guangping, they transported goods, grain, and livestock back to Hedong.
Thinking of this, Shi Le's eyes turned around Wang Mi and the other four generals.
Among these people, Shi Chao has more than 6,000 people.
He is well-connected in Hebei and has a deep foundation. He did not use many tactics in the recruitment process. The mentality of his subordinates is relatively stable, but it is not easy to annex him by force.
Wang Sang and Liu Ling were attacked head-on by Shao Xun. One only had more than 4,000 soldiers left, and the other had more than 5,000 soldiers, most of whom were new soldiers.
Wang Mi did not suffer any losses and now has more than 10,000 cavalry.
The three of them together have more than 20,000 soldiers, and they are not easy to use force.
After thinking about it, he decisively gave up some unrealistic thoughts and said: "The Jin army marched north in large numbers, numbering tens of thousands, and they were fierce. However, I intend to send troops south and besieged by the whole army. What are your intentions?"
Shi Chao looked at the air, as if counting how many grains of dust there were.
Wang Mi had some free time and said nothing.
Old God Liu Ling was there, eyes half-open and half-closed.
Only Wang Sang spoke: "Captain, our army totals only more than 60,000 people. I'm afraid Shao Xun has 40,000 to 50,000 people. It's difficult to fight. For now, we might as well roll up the enemy while he is still in Anyang."
When it comes to wealth, it’s better to leave first?”
"Bang!" Before Shi Le could say anything, Shi Chao slapped the case hard and glared at Wang Sang: "Just walk, walk, and you will know how to walk! Yecheng is the foundation of Wang Ba, so why don't you just give up?"
Wang Sang was not afraid of Shi Chao. Seeing him being so rude, he retorted: "The Governor of Pingdong is so majestic. Since you came down from the mountain, you have never let go. But when you recruit troops in Yecheng and sit back and watch us beat people to death, you
What kind of peace of mind do you have?"
"You're just a bandit, how dare you challenge me?" Shi Chao sneered, "Believe it or not -"
"Bang!" The sound of heavy objects hitting the wooden case sounded.
Everyone looked for the reputation and saw Shi Le throwing an official seal on the table and saying: "This is the seal given by the emperor to the governor. It can control the armies."
After saying that, he asked for a sword, held it in his hand, and said in a cold voice: "This is the Jieyue token sent by Yushi Huyan. What dissatisfaction do you have? Do you dare to say it to this thing?"
Shi Le is now the governor of "Zhijie".
The so-called "jie" was originally a jingjie, but now it has developed into a symbol of authority.
Keepsakes are no longer limited to festivals, anything is possible.
Sima Mo, King of Nanyang in the Jin Dynasty, held Guanzhong, and the "Jijie" token given by the emperor was a sword.
The Han token that Shi Le received was also a sword.
Facing this symbol of power, Shi Chao wisely shut his mouth. Wang Mi, Wang Sang, and Liu Ling looked at each other in disbelief and then lowered their heads.
As long as you are still a Han official and as long as you do not want to rebel, then it is best to obey the man holding the sword.
Shi Le held the sword given by Liu Yuan and asked again: "I want to raise my troops to go south to fight Shao Xun. Can you obey my order?"
"I will obey the orders of the Governor." Several people were silent for a while and then responded one after another.
"That's good!" Shi Le said with a straight face: "Immediately organize the provisions, equipment, and soldiers, and set off tomorrow at the latest to attack the Shao bandits directly."
"No." All the four generals dispersed and reorganized their troops.
Shi Le found Kui'an, Taobao and other generals, ordered them to supervise their troops, prepare to set off, and assigned orders one by one.
The war machine has been fully activated.
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The army led by Shao Xun rested for a day in Anyang.
The main purpose is to restore the physical strength of the soldiers, and also to allow the auxiliary soldiers time to repair the vehicles and ensure that they are in good condition.
On the 24th, the camps left Anyang one by one, crossed Huan River, and headed north.
In the afternoon of that day, when they arrived near Hanling Mountain, the scouts and rangers suddenly became nervous because a large number of enemy rangers appeared in the wild, and as time went by, their number increased.
The infantry did not stop advancing, but reduced their marching speed to maintain their physical strength.
Cavalry Governor Duan Liang led more than 400 cavalrymen who had "hit Tiger Ben Governor" out of the car formation and ran into the vast wilderness.
Yi Congdu Manyu rushed out from the other direction with more than 200 cavalry to meet the enemy cavalry.
"Dong dong..." The drums sounded, and the marching infantry gathered their spirits, acted as ordered, and continued on their way.
However, some people wore armor and weapons and got into side cars and baggage cars to prevent the enemy from suddenly attacking.
Looking down from the sky, on the vast land, a long line of infantry meanders northward along the post road.
The long dragon is faintly divided into three sections.
The first section was a little shorter, with about 4,000 people in it.
The second section is the longest, with nearly 10,000 people.
The third section was similar to the first section, with more than 5,000 people.
In the fields and grass on both sides of the long dragon, countless "black masses" were moving quickly.
Within the "black group", war horses neighed and shouts continued to sound.
The black group on the periphery has a large number of people, one thousand, two thousand, three thousand...
The number is increasing rapidly.
Some of them were armed with sharp spears and halberds, and charged fiercely in the form of a "black mass".
Some of them spread out to form swimming "black snakes", swimming quickly in the wilderness, encircling and outflanking them, and scattering countless arrows.
The black group and the black snake are approaching the long queue of cars step by step, menacingly.
The drumming stopped, and the long dragon suddenly stopped.
Soon, flags were flying in the long dragon formation. As if by magic, the two borders of the long dragon began to extend to the outside, like moving walls.
After a while, three circles appeared in the wilderness, more than a hundred steps apart.
The sun gradually set in the west, and the sky slowly became dark.
A large part of the enemy cavalry surrounding the car formation dispersed.
Their total number has exceeded ten thousand. It is obvious that Shi Le has gathered all the cavalry under the generals.
Ten thousand horses are divided into three parts.
Some of them went to find a place to feed the horses, eat, and sleep. These people did not need to participate in the battle in a short period of time. Their most important task was to eat well, sleep well, rest well, and recharge their batteries.
Some of them find a place to hide and are on standby - they don't have to fight for the time being, but they need to take turns to attack at any time.
Some began to attack - their mission was somewhat unclear because the general had not yet made up his mind.
But no matter what, the official battle has actually started at this moment.
Chapter completed!