Late October, North Bank of the river.

In the morning, the sun was still bright, but the clouds were already obvious, and before noon, as the north wind gradually picked up, the weather became gloomy. Under such circumstances, the main force of more than 20,000 troops

The troops crossed grandly from the north of Chiping City.

Before the bulk of the troops arrived, Chiping's deputy captain, Han Erlang, had already sensed something was wrong, and immediately ordered a strict defense of the city and sent a messenger north to try to summon the county governor Cao Shancheng.

However, Han Erlang still underestimated the army's determination. Almost at the same time that he noticed the strange military order, countless light cavalry appeared in the field of vision, blocking almost every intersection. Every knight in the city would encounter them when they went out.

To hunt ten times or even dozens of times the light cavalry.

Looking down from the city, small groups of light cavalry are running, driving the smoke and dust from the winter fields, as if there are dozens of invisible big hands constantly drawing lines on the Hebei plain below the city.

But then, as the main force of the army came into view, the previous light cavalry patrol seemed childish again.

By the way, after crossing the pontoon bridge and entering Hebei, I don’t know whether

Intentionally or unintentionally, the army got rid of the previous leader's march system on the spot. Instead, at Zhang Xing's request, the two commanders Xu Shiying and Liu Zhouchen directly followed the Eastern version of "Six Tao" and walked out a decent one.

Regulations for large troop marches.

As for the effect, no one has more say than Han Erlang who was on the "military parade" in Chiping City - people like Xu Shiying, it's not easy to jump up like monkeys, isn't it?

Looking from the city, except for the few hundred light cavalry that initially passed by, the remaining main force was clearly divided into three armies: the front, middle and rear armies (actually the fourth army. Niuda led a small force of 2,000 people to serve as a flank further north.

(It was just covered by smoke and dust), with baggage carts, mules and horses, and civilians in the middle. On them were not only various miscellaneous materials for setting up camp, as well as a few days of rations and fodder that could be easily carried, but also obviously the armor of most of the soldiers.

Weapons, and even some of the winter clothes that were taken off when they got too hot.

This is because the marching troops were armored in proportion. Most of the soldiers in the inner layer were unarmed, and only the two rows of soldiers walking in the outermost layer were in the so-called armored and combat-ready state.

In addition to the cavalry who had previously sealed off the city and then left to serve as vanguard, looking at the cavalry, there were actually quite a few cavalry, and they were clearly divided into two categories.

One type is those who are not wearing armor, but their figures are extraordinary at first sight.

"Armor cavalry", they often surround the generals' flags and confuse the generals who are protecting the same attire, which makes it difficult to behead in a surprise attack;

The other type is not so much cavalry as it is leather-armored infantry on horseback. They only hold spears or carry crossbows on the two wings and parade in formation, not close to the infantry formation in the middle.

Of course, there is a third type of cavalry, but even Han Erlang on the city can't see it clearly. They are the very few military commanders and messengers who shuttle around the outside of the marching column. Their horses are hung with bells.

, there is half a red cloak on the back, and a small leather bag designed by Mr. Zhang himself on the waist, specially designed to hold official documents.

On the top of the city, Lieutenant Han's mouth went dry as he watched... This was not rhetoric, but the truth, because he was always studious and was writing and drawing on the city wall bricks in front of him while reading,

I have already become very good at remembering some things.

At the same time, many of his subordinates were stunned.

And just when Han Erlang was looking at it, he suddenly heard another exclamation in his ears. He hurriedly raised his head and saw a red flag with the word "deposed" in his field of vision. This time, it was Han Erlang.

The deputy captain no longer learned to march before the battle, but stared blankly at the flag and stood still.

Without him, although he is in Hebei, he is close to the river. He has heard people talk about this flag countless times in the past two years, and has also heard countless stories from related people. First update@ Even, what many people don’t know is that in the past two years,

Before the flag became famous or even appeared, he was actually a participant in related stories.

"Second brother."

Zhang Laowu, a team general who was slightly older than Han Erlang, couldn't help but speak. "Could it be that those under the city are the same people who drove away the crows and set fire to Zhang Jinsheng?"

Han Erlang nodded silently.

This caused uneasiness among a group of subordinate officers and soldiers around them, especially the Boping County Township Party who had followed Han Erlang into the present. Although they relied on Han Erlang's outstanding performance that day, they became uneasy.

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The whole gang escaped, but the fire started so suddenly, and the way it started left a deep impression on them, and they continued to hear strange stories.

There are real gods in this world.

Moreover, according to empiricism, although gods have long since ceased to appear in central areas like Hebei, when the world is in chaos, they often break conventions.

Han Erlang did not stop the noises ringing around him.

For one thing, he himself still had lingering fears about what happened back then. Even if Governor Cao had explained to him what was going on, he understood in his heart, but he would still be frightened by this bizarre attack method that came from outside his cognition at the time.

secondly, he had experienced formal low-level military training and had survived the chaos in Hebei in the past two years. He had also seen that the army marched with great fanfare and strict order, including the previous efforts to blockade the city, but instead

It means that the other party is just passing through, and the target is not Chiping, which he is responsible for, but judging from the direction, it is not even Qinghe County... In this case, the brothers can be allowed to vent a few words to avoid being timid.

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In troubled times, it is extraordinary to be able to protect his subordinates. It is also okay to repay Governor Cao for not killing and for knowing what happened, but the rest is more or less enough.

However, when the army was about to leave from the official road in the north of the city, Zhang Laowu suddenly asked again: "Second brother, how many people do you think there are here?"

"Twenty to thirty thousand." Han Erlang answered calmly, but used a vague number. In fact, he counted clearly, it was just over twenty thousand, but he didn't know why, but he felt guilty. "It's still easy to count.

"

"We also counted about the same number, all around 30,000." Zhang Laowu hesitated for a moment, and then expressed his feelings. "But why does it look better than Zhang Jinsheng's five or six before?"

Does ten thousand people seem too many?"

Han Erlang was startled. He wanted to tell the other party that this was a military formation.

It was pulled open neatly and long, but after thinking about it, I realized

He fell silent because he realized that sometimes, being more truthful is meaningless... and intuitive illusions may not be meaningless either.

The army of 20,000 people is much stronger than Zhang Jinsheng's army of 50,000 people.

"Pity."

After passing Chiping, he relaxed a little, and Zhang Xing started chatting with a few people around him. "Wei Gong is not here. He only led a few thousand people across the river there, but he can't travel thousands of miles a day like us.

A tiger and a tiger bring forth the wind."

People around me, starting from Xu Shiying and below, are a lot of weird people. It's easy to understand that a tiger is like a tiger, but how do you say it's a thousand miles a day? And, does it describe walking fast, or does it describe the momentum of marching?

Even so, Xu Dalang still smiled and said: "With such military power, this battle will definitely be won."

"That's good." Zhang Xing blurted out, and then he calmed down and looked around to explain. "To be honest, our military columns were not even at all, and the cavalry was too scattered. We were able to seize the logistics only in this hasty attack.

I didn’t bring much supplies... but I would say, it is still better than before, because the cavalry can be used centrally, the logistics can be centralized, and the army of more than 20,000 can move with one attack and stop with one order.

Well...before today, could you have imagined that the number of war horses in our army could actually reach seventy-one?"

Only then did everyone get the idea. No matter what they thought in their hearts, they all had smiles on their faces and kept agreeing with each other, but they did not dare to discuss it in depth.

You must know that the Eastern Territory produces horses, and the horses in Dengzhou are even famous. Otherwise, there would not be the hundreds of horses that Cheng Dalang had at the beginning. Therefore, the army that controls the eight counties in the Eastern Territory certainly does not lack horses.

However, the geographical environment and economic model of the Eastern Territory mean that horse resources are basically scattered among the people, and the quality is different. This makes most of the horses in the army are logistics pack horses, and it also makes it difficult to gather high-quality war horses...

.. Of course, there is also the factor that Zhang Xing, several leaders and the elites in the gang just said, which is the obstruction of the powerful Shantou doctrine... Therefore, the army's cavalry cannot be used intensively at all, and the cavalry organization

They usually exist as small strands attached to the top of the big leader mountain.

The usage method and scale are almost the same as Cheng Dalang's hundreds of horses before.

For example, Xu Shiying had more than a hundred armored cavalry personal guards, and his subordinate Guo Jingke had five hundred light cavalry (actually, Zhang Xing.

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He knows very well that this guy has been buying horses privately from Hebei in the past two years, and his father still has hundreds of horses hidden in Weinan); Shan Tonghai is similar, but it is not used intensively. Basically, he is far away from Xiahou Ning and Liang Jiading.

Each person has two to three hundred, and they serve as both guards and scouts. Zhang Xing's place has always been very poor, otherwise there would be no such thing as a hundred knights in white. If there really were thousands of armored knights, why would they rush into battle in white? Just wait.

After defeating Dengzhou, I got war horses and ordnance, which got rid of the embarrassing situation before, but it was also only two hundred armored cavalry and six hundred light cavalry. The latter were usually scattered among various ministries to act as scouts. This was the first time they were concentrated.

The use was handed over to Wang Xiongdan.

After such a calculation, the sum of Wang Xiongdan and Guo Jingke is actually close to Qianqi. It is no wonder that they performed the *** mission with excellent results.

Han Erlang, who is eager to learn and has always had good luck, has no choice but to do so, and it seems to be a matter of course.

In fact, this is another perspective on why Zhang Xing came to Hebei...

.Using the power of unifying eight counties before, they coaxed, intimidated and lured half of the leaders, elite practitioners, troops, weapons, and food to Hebei. Then they faced a new territory and new enemies.

These heroes of the East, who were helpless, could only follow the inertial tradition and follow the authority of the military class and the gang to leave everything to this leader.

Things that you were reluctant to give before, you can’t do without now; things that you weren’t happy with if you gave them before, you can’t seem to be happy without giving them now.

And as long as Zhang Xing follows the optimal solution, or uses these resources in a more efficient way than their scattered use, wins victory and stabilizes the territory, he can lock the seemingly unsolvable and powerful mountain in the new world and do it.

Start everything cleanly.

It's a bit like transferring conflicts to the outside world, and it's also a bit like deliberately avoiding them, but it's really useful... Throughout the ages, there are countless examples of success and failure in resolving internal conflicts, such as moving capitals and expeditions.

In fact, now that things have come to a head, especially after the resolution, many people have come to their senses and are vaguely aware of Zhang Xing's thoughts, and Xiong Bonan's expression is one of them.

But just as many people thought it was Li Shu's conspiracy before, some people now can only lament that it was Zhang Xing's conspiracy.

Let’s not talk about anything else. Let’s just talk about the two ends of this contradiction, that is, between Zhang Xing and the leaders with strong backgrounds in the Eastern Territory. In fact, they are afraid of two ends... Zhang Xing has no courage, and

If you don’t dare to solve this problem within the Eastern Territory in this hostile environment, how dare others?

Aren't they afraid of Zhang Xing? Aren't they afraid that the imperial court will come to suppress them? Aren't they afraid that the Huaiyou Alliance will take advantage of the situation and rise up?

Everyone knows that if we want to stay in the east, where these leaders' families are located, to resolve this conflict, it will definitely require the use of swords, bloodshed, and even civil war.

In the past two years, people outside said that with the help of the right time, place and people, many people jumped up and gained the energy of the earth first, becoming like a dragon.
To be continued...