The situation in the middle took a turn for the worse, and Zhang Chong, who had been observing the formation from the left back high ground, naturally saw it.
He frowned as he looked at the Feibao, Tianwei, and Tianwu armies. They were first intercepted by a group of cavalry, then suppressed in a narrow grassland, and finally dismounted to fight.
Zhang Chong watched the whole process, but he didn't say a word.
Guo Zu beside him couldn't help it anymore and stepped forward to give advice:
"Commander Qu, the third battalion of assault cavalry in the middle is surrounded. We still have five hundred assault cavalry. Do you want to go and rescue them?"
Zhang Chong remained silent, obviously thinking about something.
Guo Zu and other crossmen stopped talking, knowing that Qu Shuai was thinking about something very important.
After a moment, Zhang Chong smiled and said to Guo Zuda beside him:
"Have you noticed anything strange about the enemy troops?"
Among the generals such as Guo Zu, except for Guo Zu, who was considered a rough embryo, the others were all elites selected from various armies. At this moment, after hearing Commander Qu's reminder, they also began to drive ahead seriously to change the chaotic middle road.
This look really allowed them to see a bit of reality.
One of the generals in the collision team was named Zhao Dan, who was a veteran from the Laiwu area. After thinking about it, he said to Zhang Chong:
"Commander Qu, this enemy army is indeed a bit suspicious. Although they surrounded the back road, the intensity of their attack was not high. It seems that they did not try their best."
With Zhao Dan's opening, another composer Li Bao also expressed his own views:
"Qu Shuai, if you look at their assault cavalry, it's the same. They've clearly entered the formation, and they've rushed out again. All these things make you suspicious."
Zhang Chong nodded.
Although he is the commander-in-chief of the entire army, he is not on the battlefield after all, and his judgment of the entire situation is chaotic. For example, he is currently unable to judge whether the enemy is luring the enemy or is unsustainable.
At this time, the people who know the most about the battlefield are the military leaders on the front line. He believes that these beloved generals who have experienced countless wars will make their own judgments.
Therefore, even if he saw the crisis of the third battalion in the middle, Zhang Chong still decided to stand still and wait and see.
Zhang Chong held the riding whip and said calmly:
"Look again."
…
Zhang Chong and the other generals' judgment was correct.
The Han army in the middle really had a problem.
That was when the old Great Wall beacon soldiers of the Third Battalion of the Chinese Army began to lose their physical strength.
No one would believe it. Not even half an hour into the battle, the physical fitness of the beacon soldiers was exhausted. How could they fight like this?
It is ugly to say that these beacon soldiers have not had enough to eat for more than half a year.
The beacon fire troops of the Old Great Wall were first built in the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty by Emperor Xiao'an. In the autumn of that year, Daijun Xianbei invaded and killed the chief official of Guizhou. So the Han Dynasty sent out Bian Jia soldiers and 20,000 Liyang soldiers to garrison in the upper valley and Zhongshan area.
After that, the Zhongshan Kingdom's beacon-sui soldiers became an organization, and they were all used to prepare for the Xianbei autumn attack, but the scale of the troops was not as large as in the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty.
After all, it costs a lot to support the beacon soldiers stationed there.
According to the standard rations for the beacon soldiers of the Han Dynasty, each soldier must be provided with food, horse materials, military uniforms, and military supplies on a daily basis. From livestock, donkeys, and horses to as small as a file and a saw, the Han Dynasty needs to supply everything from top to bottom.
, which shows the great pressure of raising troops.
For example, during non-war times, each soldier's daily ration was twelve stones a year, and twelve pieces of cloth were donated a year, half of which were silk and half cloth. And the front line of the Old Great Wall was originally a border county, and its daily rations were doubled.
to this number.
At the beginning of the dynasty, this treatment could still be maintained, so the beacon soldiers in the border counties had always been able to fight. But later the court focused on the Qiang rebellion in the west, so the original border soldiers were given to Duzhi.
It was placed in the northern counties of Jizhou such as Zhongshan Kingdom.
Naturally, the small Zhongshan Kingdom could not support such a large daily expenditure, so the establishment of the Beacon Soldiers was repeatedly withdrawn, and now there are only less than 2,000 people left.
Yes, the actual number of beacon soldiers that Zang Min recruited to go south this time was only 1,500, and the remaining 500 were recruited temporarily.
After the dynasty recruited troops, whenever the army went on an expedition, the food supply was based on the establishment of each battalion. This establishment was the military status of the soldiers who went out for the expedition. But in fact, during the campaign and when stationed, the number of troops would inevitably decrease due to illness or death.
Run and reduce staff.
In order to maintain the number and combat effectiveness of the army, each army will choose to temporarily recruit brave men to maintain the number of registered troops. Of course, the premise of this is that the daily stipulated supply of the army cannot be reduced.
In other words, if you are given an establishment of two thousand, it doesn't matter how many people you have, but the court or the local government will give you two thousand in money and food supplies.
But even so, the supply of these beacon soldiers cannot be guaranteed.
So from a long time ago, these beacon soldiers of the Zhongshan Kingdom began to cultivate and cultivate fields near the beacon. The Zhongshan State Government provided them with cattle, tools, and seeds to cultivate and cultivate the fields. The harvested millets and wheat were used as military rations. In order to increase their enthusiasm, they
If there is surplus grain, the Zhongshan Kingdom will buy it at a price higher than the market price.
In this way, these garrison soldiers who migrated over a hundred years ago also relied on this method to take root in the north of Zhongshan. Their father and son successively formed a new clan.
However, any policy will have many drawbacks as time goes by. Since the Zhongshan State charges the grain from the beacon soldiers at a higher price than the market price, then why do these beacon soldiers have to farm the land? It would be better to just buy it from elsewhere and sell it to the Zhongshan state.
Therefore, wealthy families, corrupt officials, and Feng Sui officials repeatedly arbitrage, enriching the private family and harming the public family. The most miserable people are the ordinary Feng Sui soldiers, who are cold and hungry.
In the original peaceful situation, Zhongshan Kingdom continued to purchase, but in fact this was spread to hundreds of thousands of Zhongshan Kingdom people, and it could still be maintained.
But with the Taiping Dao Rebellion, the world was in chaos, and various places were no longer interested in production, and the roads between them were cut off. The Zhongshan Kingdom had not traded with the Feng Sui soldiers for half a year.
The Feng Sui soldiers, who had long been unable to farm, had hastily planted millet for a season, but did not obtain any big output. So this time, they went south happily for the Prime Minister's Ceremony of Soldiers.
Because there was no more supplies, the chiefs of the beacon fire were worried that they and others would be the first to be killed by the rebels below.
Although the two thousand Zhongshan beacon soldiers went south, they were far away from the gathering place, so when they arrived, they didn't have much to replenish them, and they went south again.
And this journey was at night, and it was frightening. Especially when I came into contact with the charge of the Taishan Army's thieves and cavalry on the battlefield, although I only resisted for half an hour, the consumption of physical energy was huge.
Just like that, the beacon soldiers were paralyzed.
…
Watching the Zhongshan Kingdom's beacon soldiers continue to collapse on the ground due to exhaustion.
Zang Yi, who had just led the Wuhuan cavalry to turn around, frowned. He realized a big loophole that he had never noticed before.
That is what he really knows about the two thousand Zhongshan soldiers that he and Sun Jian trained together. He knows their physical ability and will.
However, although the beacon soldiers showed excellent fighting skills at the beginning, they were nothing more than embroidered pillows. At this moment, some people kept falling down and gasping for breath, and even consciously retreated to the periphery.
Zang Yi never expected that he would lose to these people at the moment when the battle turned upside down.
He also saw that their physical fitness had reached the extreme. No matter how much he encouraged and promised, it would have no effect. Looking at the battlefield on the opposite side, more than a thousand enemy assault cavalry still maintained sufficient physical fitness even if they dismounted and fought on foot.
, I really don’t know how such a soldier is trained.
At this moment, Zang Yi suddenly heard the rapid sound of horns from the north and the south at the same time, and his heart tightened.
He couldn't see clearly at the moment, but judging from the sound, it was two lines of enemy cavalry rushing over for reinforcements.
Zang Yi didn't think much about it, and after explaining the situation to many Yi Cong in Wuhuan dialect, he ordered the whole army to abandon the besieged Taishan Army in the formation and move towards the west.
It was also at this time that a few veterans on the side asked Zang Yi in confusion:
"Why give up on this little beast in the trap?"
Zang Yi did not answer them, but looked at the high ground in the southwest, where an apricot-yellow paper was held high, and said this:
"The enemy is on the left high ground, kill them."
Then the Wuhuan Yi followers looked to the southwest one after another, and then they all smiled cruelly.
In this way, Zang Yi decisively gave up his plan to continue to encircle and annihilate the three battalions of cavalry in the middle before the Taishan Army's northern and southern cavalry encircled him.
By a strange combination of circumstances, he found the biggest winner in this war.
That is, kill the enemy commander and put an end to the battle.
…
The actions of the Han cavalry below fell into the eyes of General Hengchang on the left high ground.
Those Han cavalrymen knew that they were first-class Hu cavalry just by hearing the sounds of yahoos and the distinctive hair and attire. Looking at the direction in which they were sprinting, it was obvious that they were rushing towards themselves and others.
So Guo Zu, Zhang Chong's general, couldn't help but persuade:
"Qu Shuai, let's get out of the way."
After hearing this, Zhang Chong turned his head in confusion and asked:
"Azu, are you following me on the first day?"
Guo Zu blushed when he was asked directly by these words. How could he, Guo Zu, be greedy for life and afraid of death? But he, Guo Zu, could rush to kill with blood, but could Qu Shuai do it? If something happened to you, Qu Shuai, your wife and the military advisor would not be able to take advantage of him.
Got his Guo Zu’s skin?
Of course, Guo Zu's life is a piece of shit. But without Qu Shuai, what would the thousands of Taishan troops do?
Therefore, Guo Zu had already made preparations. If Commander Qu was unwilling to withdraw, he would drag him away temporarily even at the risk of being beaten to death by Commander Qu.
But Zhang Chong saw Guo Zu's thoughts.
Zhang Chong burst out laughing and cursed at the generals who had the same thoughts:
"Since when has the world forgotten my reputation as Zhang Chong? Since when did anyone dare to charge in front of me? Even though they are so weak, they can force you back?"
After walking a few steps, Zhang Chong had already reached his mount. He turned his back to the generals and said:
"I started to become the military leader of Mount Tai, and I started to strategize from behind. When everyone felt that the superior could not take risks lightly, so everyone started asking me to seek stability and safety. But do you know?"
Zhang Chong suddenly turned around, pointed at the Hu riders below, and said angrily:
"What you know, the enemy also knows. These people have seen that I don't dare to take risks, and they have also seen that you don't. That's why they are so wanton and arrogant. They think they are barefoot, so they think we are wearing shoes.
Will they definitely quit? I want them to know that I, Zhang Chong, can still take off my shoes after wearing them. I am still the same me and will never change."
"I want to tell you today that I, Zhang Chong, am a martial artist. No matter who I am here, I mean no one, can let my banner take half a step back."
He said coldly:
"Since these people choose to die in this way, I, Zhang Chong, will help them. Let them understand what kind of mistakes they have made."
After saying that, Zhang Chong ignored the generals, mounted his horse directly, and shouted loudly:
"Raise the flag."
After saying that, Zhang Chong, with his whole body armored and his horse's tail on his back, sprinted straight down the slope, taking the lead.
Zhang Chong's actions shocked the generals.
Especially Guo Zu, this big man from Qingzhou, his eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes. He immediately got on his horse, roared and ran forward, even directly surpassing Zhang Chong.
More and more collision officers and assault riders got on their horses and sprinted wildly. They stared closely at the high-speed moving mirror armor knight, who was the person they swore to follow and protect to the death.
Therefore, the elite Taishan Army in Zuo Highland directly chose the toughest method to welcome Zang Yi's beheading.
They surged down like a yellow tide.
…
Zhang Chong rushed faster and faster along the ramp. In his field of vision, he could only see Guo Zu, who was slightly ahead, and Cheng Puhandang, who somehow rushed to the front.
Han Dang made a big mistake in this battle, and Zhang Chong was prepared to punish him severely.
But during the war, this man thought he was a good man and would die on the battlefield even if he died, and begged Zhang Chong to give him a chance.
All the generals begged for mercy, but Zhang Chong did not comment and only said:
"Let's watch your behavior."
Then Zhang Chong saw Han Dang charging like a mad tiger.
At this moment, in order to pursue speed, he directly rushed naked, rushing and beating without any obstruction. If Cheng Pu hadn't been protecting him, Han Dang would have died long ago.
But it was Han Dang's fearlessness that greatly dampened the enemy's morale.
Han Dang's madness even made the Wuhuan veterans speechless:
"This is a lunatic."
Zhang Chong looked at Han Dang and cursed the same thing, but the corners of his mouth were slightly exposed. It was obvious that Han Dang's behavior made Zhang Chong very satisfied.
At this moment, Zhang Chong also began to greet the first echelon of enemy cavalry.
This was a very clean Wuhuan man, which was in sharp contrast to the filthiness of the barbarians Zhang Chong had seen.
This time, Zhang Chong also had a sigh in his mind:
"This is a decent man."
But it's a pity that this decent man died in such an ignominy way.
When this man held up his horse and used a standard mid-level stance to pick off Zhang Chong's head, it was Zhang Chong's head that was faster than him.
Zhang Chong completely ignored the approaching Ma Jin and directly cut off the head of the opposite Hu Qi, then followed the man's side and continued to kill the enemies behind him.
As for this Wuhuan warrior, his name was not even reported. His headless body was carried forward by his mount for a few steps and fell to the ground.
After that, Zhang Chong picked and killed several more people. Later, he felt that he was too slow and directly used the horse in his hand as a stick, knocking back and forth the Hu Qi who were in the way.
Every blow was like an explosion in the air, and the huge force hit Hu Qi's head, making it look as white as a watermelon.
So when Zhang Chong appeared in front of Zang Yi wearing mirror armor full of red and white.
Under the iron mask, Zang Yi made a trembling cry: