The unexpected reinforcements also unexpectedly ended what was supposed to be the pinnacle showdown between the new infantry formation and the Han family's Youzhou cavalry. Is the shield stronger or the spear stronger?
It was Tian Jun, the commander of the Taishan Army's assault cavalry, who led the army.
When the two generals Li Damu and Dian Wei jointly sent a letter to the headquarters, Zhang Chong ordered Tian Jun to bring a thousand cavalry to support, in order to prevent the pure infantry formation from suffering a loss when facing the cavalry legion.
At that time, the main force of the Taishan Army had moved to a place less than five miles away from the small town of Yanshi. After receiving the news from Generals Li Damu and Dian Wei, Tian Jun and his Qianqi quickly moved to the northwest and finally caught up at the edge of Xingze.
At that time, Tian Jun saw that the main cavalry force of the Han army was very large and was about to attack Li and Dian's troops, so he quickly ordered his cavalry to gallop back and forth, stirring up dust, so that the Han army could throw a trap.
Sure enough, the main cavalry commander of the Han army on the opposite side saw that the reinforcements of the Taishan Army had arrived, and knew that the outcome of the forceful attack was uncertain, so he retreated to Xingyang fifteen miles away. He planned to rely on Xingyang City as a support and then deal with the thieves.
Seeing that the Han cavalry was retreating in an orderly manner, Tian Jun did not dare to pursue further. After joining Li and Dian's troops here, Zhang Dan's troops from Zenei also moved out. So the three troops were counted up and down, and there were four thousand steps.
Thousands of horsemen and soldiers.
However, Zhang Dan's troops were trapped in Zenei for a day, and their men were trapped and their morale was low. The four generals discussed and planned to continue retreating to Yan's Dazhai, planning to wait for Commander Qu to arrive before making further calculations.
Shortly after the five thousand horsemen retreated to Yanshi, the Yellow Turban Army's soaring general Zhang Chong came with the main force of Taishan Army's 17,000 men in the flying dust.
Zhang Dan took Li Damu, Dian Wei, and Tian Jun out of the camp to meet Qu Shuai's army.
Li Damu and Dian Wei were originally part of the Right School Lieutenant Department and were Zhang Dan's old subordinates. It was only Zhang Chong who went south to Yingyang to mobilize the best of the army. Now that they were following Zhang Dan, they couldn't help but worry about their old boss.
Obviously, there must be an explanation for the failure of the Xingze ambush battle.
This battle was really thrilling. First, Zhang Dan failed to ambush him with two thousand men and was trapped in Xingze. Then Li Damu and Dian Wei went to support them, but they almost had an accident.
In the past, the Taishan Army surrounded the point to reinforce the Han Army, but this time it was surrounded by others to reinforce the Han Army. It’s not that the Han Army did not expect that the Taishan Army would have a reinforcement force, and they did not want to sacrifice too much. This time will be the first time since the founding of the Taishan Army.
A great defeat in which a school captain was wiped out by the establishment system.
Taishan Army is now divided into three major systems.
One is the left-behind force in central and southern Shandong. The main field regiment has about 3,000 people and about 10,000 field guards. It controls half of Taishan County, Jibei Kingdom, and most of Dongping Kingdom. These are all presided over by Yang Mao, deputy general of the army, and Duman.
, most of the family members in the army were there.
Then there are the left-behind troops in the Heji area. The main force is 3,000, and the field guards are about 6,000. They control half of Dongjun and a small part of Yingyin. Previously, Zhang Dan controlled half and Xi Shen controlled half. Now
Zhang Dan led his main force of 2,000 troops to march westward, leaving two troops behind under Xi Shen's command.
Finally, there is the main force of the Taishan Army. The Taishan Army, which was expanded after the First World War in Yingyang, has 5,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry. After that, Runan and Yingchuan Yellow Turbans were vassalized one after another, with a total of 10,000.
But among them, there are only 14,000 people from the three systems that can actually be pulled out to fight with the Han army. And if Zhang Dan's two thousand people are wiped out, the battle damage rate will directly reach 15%. This is not a muscle injury.
Instead of moving the bone, I scraped off a piece of thigh meat.
Li Damu and Dian Wei had a clear understanding of Qu Shuai's benevolence, so they were worried about the fate of their old boss Zhang Dan. Didn't you see that Dong Fang made a careless move before and failed to clean up the rural tyrants, which caused an accident and was deprived of him?
Not to mention his job, he is still fooling around in the collision team.
Zhang Dan walked in front of everyone. At this time, he didn't look worried about himself at all. He just waited respectfully for Zhang Chong and other main forces to arrive.
After the main force of the Taishan Army arrived, they built a camp on a plain near the Yanshi camp. There were civilians everywhere unloading bundles of fences from their cars.
Zhang Dan and others also saw a battalion leader composed entirely of women. Zhang Dan turned to Tian Jun and asked what the female battalion did.
Generally speaking, the army is not allowed to bring women. Although the Taishan Army brought women with them all the way to Dongjun, they were all the family members of the Taiping Taoists from various places, and they were all settled in the base area of Heji afterwards.
When Qu Shuai went south to Yingyang, there were no women with him.
When asked by Zhang Dan, Tian Jun explained that this was because when the troops were stationed in the Yingchuan area, some women nearby could no longer survive in the wild. The traveling thieves teams specifically preyed on these women. With the Taishan Army,
Shelter saved these women from tragedy.
After that, on the way north, women who had the same experience joined the army from time to time. After that, Qu Shuai asked these women to be responsible for carrying military supplies and taking care of the wounded in the army.
At first, Zhang Chong was worried that these women would not be able to carry the heavy military supplies, but it was obvious that he did not know that this era was even more cruel than Zhang Chong's previous life.
In the previous life, men were used as livestock and women were used as men. In this life, men and women are cattle and horses, and those who cannot do anything will die. Therefore, these women put all their strength into use in order not to be abandoned by the Taishan Army.
Yan Zhuang, who was in charge of logistics at that time, set up a special battalion for these women to avoid getting along with the men in the army. These women had to carry military supplies when marching, and when they were repairing, they had to make straw sandals, leggings, and hakama for the army officers. Taishan Army
After long periods of marching, straw sandals and leggings were particularly consumed. Now that these women are helping with the work, they have indeed replenished the army.
Zhang Dan nodded after hearing this, but still commented:
"This is not possible when fighting outside a base area. It is still very inconvenient to have women in the army."
Tian Jun nodded.
Tian Jun did not dare to neglect Zhang Dan at all. He was different from Li Damu and Dian Wei, who both had muscles in their minds. Li Damu was better, but his improvement was limited. Tian Jun was not worried that Zhang Dan would ambush him because of Xingze.
He was deposed due to war, and for no other reason, Zhang Dan was given the surname Zhang.
It's not that Tian Jun is slandering his commander for appointing private individuals and seeking favoritism. It's that he, Tian Jun, has a very clear view of all departments in the army. The biggest people in the army now are the old brothers who followed his commander in Linzhong. And these old brothers
The largest one is the Zhang clan in Dasangli.
In the largest expansion of the Taishan Army that year, the establishment of the Military Academy was directly established. Originally, Zhang Dan was almost the same as those of the Tun Generals, and they were all at the same level. However, during that expansion, Zhang Dan jumped two levels in a row and became a Tun General.
Of course, the one who jumped the most was Guan Yu, who was directly promoted from Bingzi to Zuo Lieutenant. However, Tian Jun also understood that Guan Yu was a special case. Since him, there has been no such exaggeration in the army.
Got promoted.
Tian Jun understood from the personnel arrangements for the army expansion that Zhang Dan was regarded by Zhang Chong as one of the core members of the army, the leader who specialized in building the basic base of his relatives. So let alone saying that it was not a big defeat now, it was really a big defeat.
, Zhang Dan will also be reused soon.
Regardless of whether Tian Jun's idea is right or not, it has already been thought by the higher-ups. It's no wonder that he was able to sneak into the Xue family's house and get the groom of the family owner.
The army was ready, and all units were in step. Then a team with apricot-yellow flags waving continued to move out from the busy plain, and walked directly to Zhang Dan and others.
Zhang Dan knew Qu Shuai was coming as soon as he saw this group of people.
Among them, more than a dozen scribes have their own styles, and dozens of generals are uniformed and majestic. But there is only one knight among them who exudes infinite charm. He is full of heroic spirit while looking forward, and is the core of everyone.
Zhang Dan and others hurried forward, especially Zhang Dan who walked directly to Zhang Chong's horse and helped hold the reins. Zhang Dan looked at his still optimistic and young brother, tears welling up in his eyes for a while. Obviously, it turned out that
Zhang Dan, who seems calm, is not as calm as everyone thinks.
Zhang Chong looked at his young and mature companion and smiled:
"What's up, Adan? What are you doing standing still? Help me get off the horse."
Zhang Dan wiped away tears, hummed, and hurriedly helped Zhang get off the horse.
After Zhang Chong got off his horse, he took Zhang Dan's arm and introduced him to a group of civil and military officers behind him.
Of course, most of them knew Zhang Dan, but people like Chen Qin, Dong Zhao, Guo Tu, Shen Shang, Xu Huang, Ma Bao, Li Jing, Xu Zhong, Chen Guang, Ren Jun, Zhong Yan, Shi A,
Zhou Gui, Zheng Xiang and other civil and military officials who surrendered in the battle of Yingyang, as well as young generals from the Yingchuan and Runan armies, did not know Zhang Dan.
When they met Zhang Dan this time, these people all saluted respectfully, obviously knowing Zhang Dan's status in the army. Zhang Dan was also happy to see these talented people joining the Taishan Army, and he was more interested in the development of the Taishan Army.
Intuitive understanding.
Zhang Chong did not talk about the Xingze ambush battle from beginning to end, but introduced it one by one. The process of this introduction was also the process of Zhang Chong's evaluation and praise of generals. Zhang Chong praised people's abilities to a certain extent, and it was like Dong
Zhao, who was forced to join the army, looked proud when he heard Zhang Chong's praise. It was naturally an honor to be recognized by General Chongtian.
Finally, Zhang Chong specially introduced Yiweng to Zhang Dan.
This man's hair is all gray, but his muscles are not inferior to those of the young and strong men around him.
Zhang Chong said with emotion while introducing:
"I used to read history books and it was said that Lian Po, the veteran general of the ancient Zhao Kingdom, was always strong and strong. But when I saw Xiang Weng, I realized that he was honest and would not deceive me."
After speaking, he introduced Xiang Weng's origins to Zhang Dan.
It turns out that Xiang Weng brought a dozen old men like him to join the army not long after Zhang Chong captured Guancheng.
At first they wanted to enter the camp and said they wanted to surrender, but they were directly stopped by the soldiers guarding the camp gate. Looking at these old men who were more than twice their age, the Taishan soldiers couldn't hold it back and laughed at them for being able to lift them.
Knife no.
Those old men were furious, but Xiang Weng used this to bet with the soldiers. There were three fights between the two sides, and the old men and his gang won in all three games.
After that, the Taishan soldiers did not dare to underestimate them and were directly introduced to the recruitment field. After that, Xiang Weng and others revealed their identities. It turned out that they were officials of the Lao Yuyang Camp.
But now they only have one identity, that is, they are hyenas who are paid to join the army. In other words, they are recruiting soldiers.
The Yuyang Camp was composed of soldiers recruited by the Han court. These people were paid by the Han court to work on the battlefield. These people had no obligations and did not have many ideals. The Han court gave them a penny and sold their lives. The war
Starting from the beginning, the generals will raise flags to recruit these recruits to form battalion leaders. After the war, the generals will not be able to support these battalion leaders. Except for some veterans, they will be absorbed into the garrison, and the others will be disbanded.
Twenty years ago, Xiang Weng was also a veteran who was good at fighting. He was originally going to be recruited by the general as a training soldier. However, due to a dispute in the military camp, after the legion was disbanded, he led dozens of recruits to surround their general.
stand up.
Because of the selfish behavior of this general, half of the people in the camp were left on the battlefield and allowed to be slaughtered by the Xianbei people. In the end, Xiang Weng and others stripped the general and hung him under the military flag, and then they escaped from the camp together.
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After that, Xiang Weng and others traveled to the battlefields in northern and western Xinjiang. Wherever there was war and employers, they would appear. They did not ask why they fought, but they were hired by the Qiang people to fight against the Han army.
Just ask:
“Gotta pay more!”
In recent years, Xiang Weng and others have grown old and thought it was time to give up. They wanted to find a peaceful place to bring a group of old brothers to retire. Then they chose Xiang Weng's hometown, Guan County, as the burial place for the rest of their lives.
But soon a problem arose. It was difficult for these old recruits who had left the battlefield to settle down. They were used to holding swords and could no longer hold up hoes and rakes. So these people abandoned Tian Yi and left him alone.
I still danced with swords and ate wine and meat just like I did in the military camp.
The saved salary was soon consumed by this kind of life. In order to make ends meet, and more importantly, to eat meat, they began to steal cattle from nearby powerful families.
Don't ask why they don't steal from farmers. Can they have cattle?
Soon, these cattle thefts were discovered by the local powerful people, who planned to lynch them. Xiang Weng and others killed a wave of powerful minions and left Guanxian County, and began to work as thieves in the Songshan Mountains. These people
With sufficient military experience and ruthlessness, they soon became a large bandit gang near Guan County.
At that time, in order to prevent these unstable recruits, Guanxian County even issued a special notice, requiring that whenever a gang of more than ten people appeared wandering the countryside in the county, it was necessary to inform each pavilion to ask for theft and present the talisman, and the pavilion would arrange for them to be separated in the local area.
Settlement. If you do not comply, you will be expelled from the county immediately and will not be allowed to appear in the county again.
After that, Xiang Weng and others began to fight guerrillas with the soldiers of Guanxian County in Songshan. Many of Xiang Weng's old brothers died, and the feud between the two sides became deeper and deeper. Not long after, the Taishan Army captured Guanxian County. Xiang Weng and others
After hearing this, he kept asking about the Taishan Army nearby. Knowing that it was a well-disciplined army, he decided to join him.
Of course, they did not take refuge mainly for money. On the one hand, they wanted to repay their kindness, and on the other hand, they wanted the Taishan Army to support their dozen old men in retirement.
And for all this to come true, Xiang Weng and others naturally had to show their value, so there was the scene where they entered the camp.
But after Zhang Chong learned about their experiences later, he had no intention of letting them join the front-line troops to fight again. Instead, he asked them to join the training team. At the same time, each old man was assigned a secretary, who would record their past battles.
Then Zhang Chong personally sorted it out and distributed it to the military academy as a case study for middle- and high-level military officials.
These dozen or so veterans of hundreds of battles are themselves the greatest wealth.