It felt like I had been stabbed by a silver gun. God was finally willing to let it rain for several days, making both sides of the river transparent, although it was a little late.
Huangchi is located in the west of Neihuang County, not far away. Looking from the top of the city, you can see vast expanse of blue waves, extremely rippling.
There are some sandbars looming in the lake, which seems to tell people that this lake is not entirely a deep water area, and there are many shoals. You must be careful when sailing.
"Is this the place where Liu Can once hunted?" Shao Xun asked, looking at the dense water plants by the lake.
"Back to Ming Gong, when Liu Can was stationed in Wei County, he came here to hunt for three days." Huang Tong, the master of Wubao, replied respectfully.
His son Huang Tao stood behind him, stealing glances at Shao Xun from time to time, as if he wanted to see clearly what this powerful man in the North looked like.
"During the battle of Gaoping, I kept guessing where Liu Can was. If I had known that he was in Huangchi, I would have killed him directly, and Gaoping would not have gone." Shao Xun said with a smile.
Because I didn't know where Liu Can was, I went to Gaoping to get Jin Zhun. This guy seems to have no movement among the Xiongnu now, and he should have been excluded from the upper echelons of power.
A disastrous defeat at a critical moment, with so many competitors, would have an extremely far-reaching impact. If Jin Zhun wanted to rise to the top, he could only rely on strange moves.
Today Shao Xun also came to Huangchi for hunting, and most of the invitees were nearby Wubao commanders and manor owners.
After hunting for half a day, we didn't get much. Some people even returned empty-handed.
It's not that they don't work hard, it's that they really can't shoot.
In troubled times, some Wubao commanders and manor owners gathered refugees to form their own Wubao. These people generally had some courage.
But there are still many people who rely on generations of family members to have children and slaves, and are just bankers to protect themselves. To put it bluntly, these people rely on the "rules" formed by social traditions, inertia and values ​​to control everyone. They may not necessarily
The bow and horse are proficient, even though this is a time of trouble.
For the former, Shao Xun gave silk as a reward.
For the latter, try to get them to talk as much as possible. After all, they should still have nephews and nephews who are skilled in bow and horse.
Yu Chen followed him.
Compared with Shao Xun, he spoke more. After all, he had guarded Ji County for many years and had considerable influence in the four counties of Ji, Wei, Hanoi, and Dunqiu. He had even seen many people in front of him more than once. He had previously guarded Ji County.
, and also relied on these people to provide food, grass, equipment and even soldiers. The relationship was extraordinary.
After taking up the post of Sili Xiaowei, he took charge of the recruitment work and also opened up gaps from these people. Otherwise, do you think that as soon as the army arrives, you can say a few impassioned words and people will bow to you? It's not that simple.
Everything has a prerequisite. In this matter, Yu Chen has made great contributions. Shao Xun knows it very well and appreciates his feelings. At the same time, he also laments how important it is to have useful helpers around him.
He has always been the one taking others to fly, but actually he also really wants to be taken flying by others.
"Dong dong dong..." The sound of drums and horns sounded densely on the Huangchi Lake.
Everyone looked over subconsciously.
A ship was moored in deep water, and the boatmen were busy carefully checking various supplies.
Neihuang is not the end, it is even just a starting point for the war in Hebei.
After the supplies accumulated in the north and south cities of Fangtou are shipped bit by bit, Shao Xun will use this as a logistics transfer node to enter Huanshui in the west and go straight to Anyang.
He didn't believe that when he got there, Shi Le didn't show up.
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The cities on both sides of the Qishui River have already reached a large scale.
The names of the cities are also very vulgar, namely Shiqiao North City and Shiqiao South City. It is thirty or forty miles away from Chaoge County in the south and more than forty miles away from Dangyin County in the north.
When the city was nearly completed, Li Chong transferred ten thousand people from the Yangdan tribe and stationed them inside and outside the north city.
Thousands of people from Liang Su tribe were stationed inside and outside Nancheng.
As for Chaoge, it was left to the five thousand Luonan Dingzhuang who had recently arrived to guard it. This was the only support force that Shao Xun gave him.
After careful calculation, he found that the West Route Army under his command consisted of 3,000 Heiji troops, 10,000 Nanyang troops, 10,000 Guanxi troops, 5,000 Luonan Dingzhuang, and 2,000 Yi Cong troops, totaling 30,000 infantry and cavalry.
The two units that really have some combat effectiveness are the Heiyi Army and the Yi Cong Army.
There are 2,000 people in the Yangdan tribe who are more resistant to fighting. They are mainly the elite tribe of the Nanyang rich family. They have iron armor and relatively sophisticated equipment. They train very diligently on weekdays, and the others are just mediocre.
The Kansai soldiers are actually the Wancheng soldiers, and they can only fight with only a thousand people.
Therefore, Li Chong has always adopted a step-by-step strategy. He first stabilizes the food routes and accumulates supplies. At each key node, he strictly follows the pre-war deployment and builds the city to ensure that there are supplies needed by the army for more than two months, and then builds the city.
Go north and look for enemy troops to fight.
Because of this, Yang Dan privately nicknamed Li Zhong "Zhang Weng", mocking him for being as timid and slow as an old man.
Today is June 16th. I don't know if "Zhang Weng" took the wrong medicine or something, but he actually asked the Beicheng garrison to send a group of troops northward to act as a vanguard and advance in the direction of Dangyin.
Yang Dan directly ordered the two thousand elite troops, took two thousand bankers and five hundred cavalry assigned to him, and went north with his chariot. He walked more than twenty miles that day and stopped at a place called "Changsha Valley".
"Camped at a place - this place is only about twenty miles away from Dangyin.
In the evening, four thousand pioneers formed a camp around the car and spent the night in the fields.
Yang Dan climbed up a tree and looked around.
When he was finishing his meal, there were a little more Hun cavalry watching outside, which made him a little less arrogant, fearing that he would encounter a large Hun army and cause huge casualties.
He first looked to the south, which was where they came from, and it was peaceful.
Then I looked to the west, and it was still calm.
There was smoke and dust rising in the north and east, quite a bit, a little more in the north and a little less in the east. If nothing else happened, it was the noise caused by a large group of cavalry, at least five thousand or more, which made him a little worried——
really!
The sound of rapid horse hoofbeats was heard from the north. Yu Wei, the leader of the Yi Cong army, galloped back on his horse and shouted loudly: "The enemy cavalry is galloping from the direction of Dangyin, and there are no less than three thousand in number."
"You can't defeat us with only three thousand horses?" Yang Dan jumped down from the tree and asked maliciously.
Damn it! Yu Wei almost yelled, but considering that he was now under the command of Yang Dan, he held it back. He just snorted coldly and led the cavalry into the car formation.
Yang Dan sneered and began to assign orders to his generals.
The auxiliary soldiers shouted slogans, carried the crossbows to the baggage cart, and loaded arrows.
Melee infantry began to wear armor, hold shields, and catch swords.
The archers gathered together, divided into several groups, and prepared to take turns in battle.
The smoke slowly approached and stopped not far away.
At this time, the last trace of light on the horizon also disappeared. Torches and braziers were ignited, illuminating a small half of the camp - without fire, it would be inconvenient to command, and if the fire was too strong, it would be easy to become a target.
Yang Dan put on two layers of heavy armor and was protected by a large shield of his own soldiers. He looked into the distance with excitement in his heart.
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Zhi Quliu and Kui'an dismounted from a distance and observed the Jin army's camp.
"Shao Thief has more and more cavalry." Kui An looked at it and sighed: "There are only a few thousand vanguards, but there are actually hundreds of cavalry."
"These cavalry have average combat power and are not as good as the previous ones." Zhi Quliu was a little less confident when he said this, but he still insisted on his opinion.
"That used to be the Luoyang Forbidden Army." Kui An smiled and said, "But after several rounds of wars, almost all the old soldiers are dead, and now the people are not very good either."
Zhiquliu nodded secretly.
No one can always fight, no one can always be strong.
Since the melee between the kings of the Jin Kingdom, he realized a truth: the competition in this world is who can bear it.
Duan Xianbei participated in the melee early and lost tens of thousands of people. Later, he was beheaded by Shao Xun by five thousand in Chang'an. He was then chased by Murong Xianbei and Yuwen Xianbei. Recently, he fought with Tuoba Xianbei and them. It can be said that he was extremely weak.
Otherwise, they would not have succumbed to Da Hu after falling out with Wang Jun.
At present, it seems that Tuoba Xianbei is also looking for death.
Fighting with Wang Jun, fighting with Duan Bu Xianbei, and even fighting with the Pingyang court for years. Zhi Quliu didn't know how many of them died. He guessed that it was definitely not less than 10,000, or even more.
These are the ten thousand best warriors in the tribe, and they are slowly being used up. It is hard to say whether they can be replenished in the future.
If Shao Xun hadn't intervened, Zhi Quliu felt that Dahu might have come from behind and driven all the Xianbei out of the Central Plains, and even made them vassals. If there was no need for anything else, he would just learn Shao Xun's methods and fight you every year.
, fight in spring and summer, and fight in autumn and winter to see who can't stand it first.
"Woo——" the sound of horns sounded, with the unique sense of desolation of the grassland.
Hundreds of riders rushed out and began to circle around the car formation, occasionally firing arrows secretly.
The darkness became their best cover, preventing them from becoming living moving targets for the infantry.
As they turned around, some people got bold and began to get closer. After quickly shooting an arrow, they immediately turned their horses' heads and ran towards the distance.
The huge "buzzing" sound of the crossbow machine sounded in the vehicle formation.
Thick crossbow arrows shot out of the sky with a scream of death. Most of them missed, but a few still hit people and horses, causing a lot of noise.
The arrows shot from the walking bow also flew out and scattered under the vast night sky.
People on both sides kept falling down, letting out horrifying screams.
"This Jin people are not as good as the Silver Spear Army." Kui Jing looked at it quietly for a long time and said with some joy.
Zhiquliu's heart moved and he asked: "Should we keep them?"
"Da Hu is still collecting food, and the infantry brigade has not returned to Yecheng yet." Kui'an shook his head and then said, "However, Tao Bao does have a lot of men and horses, and we may invite them."
When Zhiquliu heard this, he immediately said, "I know Taobao. He claims to be a wise general and I won't agree to it."
"Then there's nothing we can do." Kui'an asked people to strike back the troops and said casually, "We all have to obey his orders and do whatever we can."
Zhiquliu sighed and was about to say something when several horses came galloping from a distance. After being stopped by his own soldiers, he realized that they were messengers from Yecheng.
"How do you say that?" Kui An asked.
"Master Taofu has an order. You must immediately march eastward to Neihuang to harass the Jin army. You must slow down their advance and make sure there is no mistake." After the messenger finished speaking, he handed a letter of order to Kui'an.
"What happened in the east?" Kui An asked in a low voice.
The messenger hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "The Shao thieves gathered their fleet on the Huangchi to gather the powerful families of the counties and counties, and there were many people who responded."
Kui was at ease.
Now that the main force of the Shao thieves has arrived at Huangchi, there is no need to hold on to Dangyin, and Anyang is the next focus.
If Anyang cannot be protected, then prepare for the defense of Yecheng as soon as possible. There is no other way.
Shao Thief doesn't want to play tricks with you, he just comes straight here without any intention of hiding his intentions.
To deal with such people, either confront them head-on or think of other ways.
The two sides engage in a decisive battle with the main force, which is what Shao Thief wants.
In fact, everything he did was to force Da Hu to fight him.
Kui'an couldn't help but feel angry.
He felt that the situation was not very good. How to neutralize Shao Thief's intention of decisive battle? And he had to do it quickly!
The vanguard of the Jin's West Route Army was almost in danger, while the East Route Army was gathering in Huangchi.
Every day, they are getting closer to Yecheng.
Kui'an felt heavy pressure.
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