The bright full moon was dragged deep into the dense clouds, and the earth became dark.
The river breeze blew, mixed with the fishy smell of water, and seemed to be mixed with a little rain.
There was silence inside and outside Fangtou, and the entire camp seemed to be completely asleep.
Inside the Chinese army's tent, it was almost time, and Shao Xun was still negotiating with the shogunate officials who had arrived from Henan.
"The main force of the Yi Congjun is transferred back to Henan, and you and others must cooperate closely. Zhuwubao is very critical. They are needed to provide food, place the wounded, and inform the news." Shao Xun said: "Maybe we can't catch the main force of the Huns, but as long as the pain hurts,
The two troops restrained themselves."
Today is September 25th. It has been almost two decades since the Xiongnu invaded Henan. Since crossing the river from Jibei, they have focused on ravaging the three counties of Jibei, Gaoping and Dongping. Now they have just transferred their focus to Jiyin and sent two troops.
A small-scale partial division entered Puyang and the territory of Liang State, either to disrupt the line of sight, or to further test the situation in various places in Henan, and to encircle and suppress the few remaining cavalry forces in the area.
Shao Xun ordered the main force of the Yi Cong Army to withdraw, but he actually made some choices.
Currently, more than 500 of his cavalry troops remain in Heyang Beicheng, and the rest have all brought Fangtou.
According to the order Man Yu had just received, he led 2,000 cavalry back south, so there were not many people left in Fangtou, almost 800 cavalry.
This is already the minimum, anything less is inappropriate.
At the same time, it also meant that he gave up his plan to counterattack. Without large-scale cavalry, even if Shi Le was defeated, he would not be able to pursue him, because you cannot pursue with confidence against Shi Le's cavalry group.
Choosing and choosing is nothing more than giving up one aspect and strengthening the other.
"Ming Gong, some counties and counties have unstable hearts and minds, and the shogunate has sent people to comfort them. But there are still some counties and counties that are standing still, do you want to send someone to urge them?" Yu Liang, who joined the army, said.
"Which counties?" Shao Xun asked with a focused gaze.
"Taishan and the two counties of Lu were on the back of the Xiongnu, but they closed their doors to protect themselves, and not a single soldier was sent out," Yu Liang said.
Shao Xun looked at Yu Liang.
Yu Liang was a little embarrassed and lowered his head.
"Yuan Gui. I heard that there is a civil uprising in Runan, do you know about it?" Shao Xun asked suddenly.
"What?" Yu Liang was surprised. This had not happened before when he left Xuchang. When did it happen?
"I just received a military report. Zhang Xiaoer from Fufeng was dissatisfied with being sent to the river. He gathered a crowd to revolt, captured Yang'an County, and killed the commander. There was also Li Mazi from Pingyang in Gebei who revolted, destroyed dikes, killed officials, and fled eastward.
Ruyin, conquer Linyang." Shao Xun looked at Yu Liang expressionlessly and said, "Do you want to listen to their banner?"
"This..." Yu Liang's face turned pale, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.
"Concentrate more on business, don't think about things that you have and don't have," Shao Xun said.
"Yes." Yu Liang replied with difficulty, looking a little dazed.
He suddenly thought of the admonitions of the local officials when he inspected the rivers, lakes and ponds, and he felt a little regretful. It seemed that he had indeed acted too hastily.
But what he is most worried about now is not how to put down the civil uprising, but whether it will leave an irreparable bad impression on Mr. Chen. In anxiety, his mind is not in control, and he wishes he could fly back to Runan right now and kill the rebellious people one by one.
Kill them all.
After teaching Yu Liang a lesson, Shao Xun looked at Liu Anzhi, the lieutenant in charge, and said: "There are young men from five counties in Chen County who have been practicing for many years during the slack season. Some of them even fought in the Battle of Zhemati. I will give them all to you."
.Small villages can be abandoned, and the personnel should be concentrated. At least every five battalions should be gathered together to prepare for the enemy's surprise attack. Remember, the Silver Spear Army has already diverted south to quell the civil unrest, and they will not be able to go there for a while.
Chenjun, please don’t take it lightly.”
"As ordered." Liu Anzhi responded loudly.
He had reason to be excited.
Even if there is only one child in a family, there are tens of thousands of people. How many people in this world can command an army of tens of thousands?
Well, his army of tens of thousands is too weak, because it is stationed in place and will not gather on a large scale, but it is still a considerable force, which means that his status in the shogunate has been improved to a higher level.
Thinking of this, I took a peek at Yu Liang.
If there had been no civil uprising in Runan, perhaps Chen Gong would have asked Yu Liang to lead the army? After all, he was joining the army.
Liu Anzhi secretly calmed his mind, continued to sit upright, and listened carefully.
"Let's talk about the transportation of grain and grass next..." Shao Xun said.
At this time, outside the Chinese army camp, the rapid sound of horse hooves broke the silence of the night.
A war horse stopped outside the camp and whistled for a while. After some negotiation, the defenders lowered the ladder and led it into the camp.
Soon, the sound of rapid footsteps fell outside the Chinese army's tent.
Liu Ling, who was like a door god, went inside to report the situation and then brought him in.
"I didn't originally plan to build Fangtou South City, but now I think it is a good opportunity. We will try our best to raise food and grass. If there is enough, we will build both cities. If there is not enough -" Shao Xun's voice stopped.
He looked at the messenger gently and said, "Your name is Tang Xin, right? You have a younger brother in the Yamen Army."
"Mr. Chen actually remembered me..." the messenger said in surprise.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Shao Xun smiled and asked.
"Reporting to Lord Minggong, Shi Le sent troops to attack the front army camp at night. The offensive is very urgent. General Hao asked for reinforcements from the Silver Spear Army," the messenger said.
"Isn't this irresistible?" Shao Xun asked displeasedly: "Could it be that he was derelict in his duties, was careless, and allowed people to touch him without realizing it?"
The messenger was speechless.
"Let's go up to the high platform and have a look." Shao Xun waved his big hand, left the camp, and led everyone to the high platform of the middle camp.
Inside and outside the former military camp, fires were blazing, and the sound of killings grew from small to loud, from far to near.
Faintly, people kept falling down on the camp wall, both on the attacking side and on the defending side. It looked like the fighting was very fierce.
Shao Xun had been fighting for a long time, and he knew at a glance that Hao Chang had been touched by someone during a night attack.
This kind of thing is very common in ancient times, because it is difficult to maintain a tense state for a long time.
"Send an order to Jin Zheng and send out four troops for reinforcements." Shao Xun ordered.
The messenger left quickly.
Shao Xun gave the order easily, and Liu Anzhi and others were not in a hurry.
Although the fighting at the former military camp was fierce, it would not be broken for a while. Hao Chang, although he had been with Chen Gong for so long, still liked to make a fuss.
Such people cannot achieve great things.
It's good to have one less competitor.
In the Chinese army camp, Jin Zheng ignored the dissuasion of the generals and dressed himself up. When he walked to the equipment rack, he picked up a weapon and walked out of the camp gate - well, he was a little pretentious, but the silver spear soldiers basically
He can use several kinds of weapons. As a senior military officer, Jin Zheng has practiced martial arts all year round and can indeed use any weapon.
In front of the camp gate, Jin Zheng was holding a sharp steel knife.
While waiting for the troops to form up, he looked at the knife in his hand with gentle eyes, gently stroked the back of the knife with his left hand, from the handle to the tip, then turned his wrist and stroked the knife back to the handle along the surface.
After doing all this, he took a deep breath, looked forward, and said: "Let's go!"
"Kill!" More than two thousand people shouted in unison and rushed out with murderous intent.
On the high platform, everyone continued to chat.
"The soldiers who attacked this night should be soldiers summoned by Shi Le from Wei, Zhao, Guangping, Yangping, Julu, Qinghe and other counties." Shao Xun pointed to the north where half of the sky was red and said: "This year they have won again.
He went down to Zhongshan, Changshan, Gaoyang and other counties, gathered surrendered troops and refugees, and distributed farmland. What he did was quite disturbing."
"There are many famous mountains and swamps in Hebei, and they recruited many miscellaneous barbarians and taught them farming and animal husbandry. Almost all the beggar soldiers were defeated and surrendered, and they were used by him. This year, Shile had a great harvest. If he hadn't crossed the river to attack like this
, Youzhou will be destroyed in just an instant. Wang Jun, I’m afraid he won’t be able to survive for half a year.”
Why did Wang Jun lose? Not only because Youzhou was weak, but more importantly because Wang Jun was surrounded by enemies, and no one was willing to help him.
Previously, he had a falling out with Tuoba Xianbei, had a big battle, and failed.
Then he had a falling out with Wuhuan, and his son-in-law Su Shuyan surrendered to Liu Han and looted Youzhou.
Then continue to fuck Liu Kun.
First, Liu Kun sent his clansman Liu Xi to secretly sneak back to Zhongshan and recruit soldiers. When Wang Jun found out, he was furious and directly transferred the troops who were fighting Shi Le from the front line, attacked Liu Xi, and killed him.
After supporting Liu Xi, Shi Le made great progress and successively captured the counties of Zhongshan and Changshan. Wang Jun was frightened and prepared to return to fight against Shi Le, but he was afraid that he would not be able to defeat him, so he called Duan Xianbei, who had had a falling out with him, to help in the battle.
But the people in Duanbu Xianbei were afraid of being framed by Wang Jun, so they refused to call.
Wang Jun was so angry that he bribed Tuoba Xianbei with a large amount of money to help teach his son-in-law a lesson and attack Duanbu Xianbei.
Tuoba Yilu was so greedy for wealth that he ignored his past grievances and sent his son Tuoba Rilu to lead an army to attack Duanbu and defeat him.
At this time, it was completely impossible for Duan Bu Xianbei to help Wang Jun again.
Wang Jun's rule in Youzhou is already in danger.
In fact, it's quite strange when you think about it. This guy actually fell out with everyone around him, and his behavior was so chaotic that it was very uncomfortable.
Shao Xun once had some doubts about whether he could help Wang Jun out of a mess.
Even if he was helped up for a while, this guy would probably act randomly again and eventually kill himself.
"Ming Gong, is Shi Le really planning to keep wasting it?" Yu Liang looked for a long time and found that after the reinforcements arrived, the enemy's offensive suddenly stalled. There was a stalemate for a moment, and then they were slowly pushed out, but they seemed not to
After giving up, another batch of reinforcements arrived to try to save the defeat.
"Yuan Gui, after fighting for so long, haven't you seen it yet?" Shao Xun said: "Shi Le is serious this time. He has brought out all his old tricks, regardless of casualties, and fought fiercely. Another cavalry army broke in.
In Henan, people were burning, killing, and looting everywhere. Even near Luoyang, there were thieves and generals.
Three thousand cavalry are wandering around. At this time, if I can withstand it, Shi Le will have nothing to do. If he doesn't want to lose all his old base, he can only retreat. If I can't withstand it, with the thieves and cavalry looking at them eagerly, it won't be so.
It's easy to retreat. If you're not careful, you'll be defeated."
Yu Liang felt a little ashamed after hearing this.
At the critical moment, he was still causing trouble, alas.
"Go back and work hard. The overall situation of Henan depends on you and others to support me." Shao Xun waved his hand and said: "There is nothing to see. The overall situation of tonight's battle has been decided."
Chapter completed!