When setting off on the 24th, Shao Xun left Li Chong to lead 2,000 Yamen troops, 1,000 auxiliary troops, and 2,000 Yiyang Forts to build forts and strongholds as a way out.
If you don't watch out for the intersection of two dangerous slope roads in the East and West Erjiao, once it is captured by others, and you want to return to the Luoshui River Valley, you will have to abandon most of your luggage and go back in embarrassment by a small road.
It is not easy to resettle supplies. Once food, tools, cooking utensils, medicines, vehicles, spare equipment and even money are taken away by others, morale will inevitably plummet. In history, many armies were attacked in a roundabout way to attack the supply troops and vehicles.
The personal belongings they carried were taken away, leading to a collapse in morale and defeat in the battle.
The army went out, and the scouts were sent out thirty miles away.
This is the limit. To be precise, there will be one batch at five miles, one batch at ten miles, one batch at twenty miles, and the last batch at thirty miles.
If it is a cavalry-based unit, it can even be placed fifty or one hundred miles away, but it is of little significance. A thirty-mile warning range is enough, regardless of whether the enemy is infantry or cavalry.
Of course, the above are all conditions during normal marching.
If it was a rapid march, chasing the enemy, and then fleeing, that would be another matter. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many ambushes in history.
Everyone follows the rules and is very professional, and there is no such thing as an ambush! Of course, this is impossible, because many military teams are themselves grass-roots teams, and the role of their existence is to achieve the reputation of other famous generals. What's more, the scouts are far away.
Far from being so clever, they often fail to detect enemies that are close at hand.
On the 25th, we arrived at the boundary of Kip Shek Wu.
This is a fortress belonging to the Pei family, and everyone lives in peace and harmony.
On the 26th, we entered the deep plateau terrain.
Shao Xun deliberately climbed onto a plateau and overlooked the plateau.
As an extension of the Loess Plateau, Hongnong has too many plateaus. There are many deep ravines and steep valleys between the plateaus, and the post roads are located in these deep valleys.
Many literati in the past dynasties have walked this road, and they have described the steepness of the road, such as "the guest road opens on two cliffs", "the earth stands like a deep wall", "the sky light peeks through", "the cliff is as steep as a thousand feet", etc.
If troops and horses of the Shao tribe were ambushed on the plateau at this time, bows and crossbows were fired, and rocks fell down, the Shao tribe's troops and horses traveling on the post road between the plateaus would have suffered heavy losses.
You can even build a city on a plateau. The famous Yubi City is located on a plateau, surrounded by deep valleys on all sides. The Yuwen clan has a general manager to lead its army.
In short, this terrain can actually be used. Shao Xun rubbed his chin and silently thought about countermeasures.
On the 27th, the army marched to the southeast of Shaanxi County and suddenly began to accelerate.
The 1,200 soldiers were divided into two groups. One group was led by Chang Can, with a total of 300 people, and headed straight for Maojin Ferry, four miles northwest of Shaanxi County. The rest, led by Chen Yougen, headed straight for 900 horses three miles northeast of Shaanxi County.
, there is the enemy's pontoon bridge.
Zhanggu and Yu An led a thousand Yamen troops, a thousand auxiliary troops, and a thousand Yiyang forts, bypassing Shaanxian County and heading for somewhere seven miles southwest of the city.
As for the main force, it is stationed under the city of Shaanxi County.
There were enemies in the city, so they closed the city gate early and sent several groups of messengers to flee.
Next comes the highlight...
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The weather cleared up but on the fifth or sixth day, another heavy rain hit.
On both sides of the river, the soil that had absorbed the rainwater groaned with pleasure.
Above the Yellow River, a long dragon-like pontoon bridge spans both banks. It may have passed the transportation peak, and there are almost no people on the bridge at this time, except for hundreds of sergeants stationed on each side of the bank.
Nine hundred riders braved the heavy rain and rushed forward.
People kept falling down along the way, but the remaining people didn't notice, and after rushing closer, they dismounted one after another.
After a while, a neat queue was already spread out on the river bank.
Heavy rain washes away the beetle leaves.
The heavy sword, the long axe, and the walking stick have been raised high.
The soldiers of Wang Mi's tribe who were guarding the pontoon looked at them stupidly.
The sound of neat footsteps sounded.
Hundreds of sword soldiers shouted and rushed towards the crudely built camp.
The fortress, which had almost only a low wooden fence, had no ability to withstand any resistance. It was split open and cut off in three attempts.
Chen Yougen took the lead, passed by a thrusting spear, and struck the opponent's shoulder with his heavy sword, instantly taking off one of his arms.
Chen Jingen held on to his big shield, blocking left and right.
Chen's soldiers rushed into the opponent's crowd. Some people were stabbed in the gaps between the armor leaves and fell to the ground clutching their stomachs. The remaining people were stunned and kept close to the casualties, and kept slashing with their heavy swords.
Slash and kill the opponent's spearmen, causing them to retreat repeatedly.
The long-sword warriors behind them quickened their pace, sticking to their opponent and slashing at them, not letting the long-sword warriors move away from each other.
When the enemy soldiers retreated, they pursued them.
The enemy soldiers had no choice but to stop, so they moved forward bravely.
In the heavy rain, the bows and crossbows were completely scrapped, and both sides fought with bloody courage.
"Traitor!" Chen Yougen slashed his sword diagonally into the enemy soldier's body. He twitched but did not move.
There was a spear coming from behind, so he simply gave up his heavy sword, grabbed the barrel of the gun, and pulled hard.
The enemy soldiers staggered forward.
"Traitor!" Chen Yougen roared angrily, raised his fist as big as a sand bowl, and suddenly hit the opponent in the face.
The enemy soldiers fell back.
Chen Yougen did not let him go, grabbed his clothes and punched him again and again.
Chen Jingen led his soldiers forward desperately, using a large shield to block the spears coming from all directions.
"Haha, your head is not as strong as my fist!" Chen Yougen shook off the enemy soldier's corpse, which had changed beyond recognition, and grabbed another person, punching him to the flesh with extremely ferocious force.
The enemies were frightened by his fierce fighting style, their legs trembled, and after shouting, they turned around and ran away.
"Thieves, don't run away!" Chen Yougen picked up a spear and charged forward with a roar.
Hundreds of soldiers swarmed forward, like chopping melons and vegetables, and scattered the already shaken enemy troops.
Real battlefield battles are always cruel and bloody at the beginning, with both sides constantly dying. After a certain threshold is exceeded, it always ends with the other side's rapid defeat.
To put it bluntly, whoever has more courage and can endure casualties better will win.
One of the biggest differences between recruits and veterans is their ability to endure casualties.
After clearing the ferry, the soldiers did not stop at all and rushed towards the north bank along the pontoon bridge.
There has been a fierce battle on the south bank for so long, and there is no one on the pontoon.
The defenders on the north bank also responded and were heading to the south bank for reinforcements.
When encountering each other on a narrow road, the brave will win. Hundreds of soldiers collided head-on with each other and fought to the death on the narrow pontoon bridge.
There was no room to move around at all, and what came oncoming were either long spears and short blades, or large shields and heavy swords.
At this moment, it doesn't matter whether your skills are high or not.
Even a new recruit who has just entered the battle can stab someone's body if he thrusts forward without any plan.
On both sides of the pontoon, there were constant sounds of splashing into the water.
The enemy troops who were reinforcing the south bank were driven back steadily and turned around to flee.
Some people couldn't escape and were knocked directly into the river.
Before someone fell into the water, they stretched out their hands randomly. Regardless of whether it was a robe or an enemy, they subconsciously pulled them into the water, and they disappeared after a while.
There was a section of the pontoon bridge that was overwhelmed, tilted slightly, and more than ten people fell into the water with a crash.
At this time, both the lightly armored soldiers of Wang Mi's tribe and the soldiers of the Shao family in full iron armor could not struggle for a few breaths in the river, and soon sank to the bottom of the water.
Chen Yougen was also dodged by the swaying pontoon. Someone stumbled over and knocked him directly into the river. Fortunately, the soldiers had quick eyes and quick hands and struggled to pull him up.
He took off his helmet in anger, smashed it on the bridge, and led the sword warriors forward bravely, driving the enemy's broken troops all the way to the north bank.
There were only about two hundred people left in the camp. Seeing the defeat of the people on the south bank and the reinforcements, they had long lost their fighting spirit.
After the government soldiers rushed over, they only resisted for a short while and then collapsed backwards.
The government soldiers took advantage of the situation and chased him for more than a hundred steps on the muddy road. After beheading dozens of people, they slowly withdrew and then strengthened the camp to hold on.
After nightfall, Wang Que'er, deputy governor of the Silver Spear Army, escorted a batch of supplies across the river.
"The city of Shaanxi was destroyed." Wang Que'er said: "More than a thousand thieves were scared out of their wits when the drums were played. They defended until dark and fled at night."
"Maojin has also been captured. Your people are collecting ferries and they will arrive in two or three hours at most to rendezvous."
"When will you cross the river?" Chen Yougen's hand was wrapped in a piece of silk, which was soaked in blood.
During the fight, the blood surged up, and I felt no pain at all. Now that I stopped, I felt excruciating pain. Of course, Lao Chen still looked nonchalant - at least he had to pretend to be so.
"Soon, maybe in the middle of the night, maybe tomorrow morning." Wang Queer glanced at Chen Yougen's hand and said.
He had already heard Sergeant Chen's "bragging", but he didn't take it seriously.
Fighting in battle relies on the efforts of everyone above and below, and the cooperation of the group.
Although Chen Yougen was brave, Wang Que'er couldn't appreciate this style of fighting. In his view, a truly good army should have strict military formations, keep their feet on their heels, and go forward and succeed one after another, rather than those like Chen Yougen who rely on being brave and fearless of death.
The spirit of bloody courage, the killer talent who marches in noisily.
The two did not agree on each other's words, and they belonged to different systems. They soon separated and inspected their respective headquarters.
People, cars and horses were still passing by on the pontoon bridge.
The rain has stopped, and the long line of torches can be seen as far as the end. The large group of people marched directly to the territory of Hedong.
Target: Dayang.
Chapter completed!