If we talk about the Baibo Army now, it is naturally just a small problem in Bingzhou. They use the river as a barrier and the mountains as a hindrance. Although there are many people, it also limits their destructive power. The court thinks that they are just
Like the Black Mountain bandits, Qingxu Huangjin and other Yellow Turban remnants, there are tens of thousands of mediocre people, and they are just ordinary banditry.
But the Han people who were born in Bingzhou and lived together with Zahu for a long time have a fighting spirit that is unimaginable in the Central Plains. The cold wind and frost taught them self-reliance, the barren land taught them tenacity, the rolling mountains taught them optimism, and the rolling Yellow River taught them
Give them heroism. In a sense, their soul strength is much higher than that of other rebels, and they will shock the world for a time in later generations, but their ending is far bleaker than other rebels.
When later generations refer to Baibo Valley, they mostly think that the Baibo Fort built when the Baibo Army marched east of Hedong is Baibo Valley. This is actually a misunderstanding. The current home base of the Baibo Army has always been in Xihe County, because the Wan River flows through Duilong Ridge and merges into the big river.
A few miles to the south, the accumulated sand from the upper reaches of the river has accumulated here to form a natural sand beach, forming two flying sand weirs. The water of the river is steep and clear, and you can actually see clear water and white waves, so the lower tidal flat of Duilong Ridge is called Baibo Valley.
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Of course, the current Baibo Army has conquered the two counties of Yuanyin and Yuanyang. From the south of Yuanshui to the north of Hedong, everything has been captured by the Baibo Army, and then they have recruited refugees from Bingzhou, Liangzhou, Hedong and other places. At this time, Baibo Army
The army is no longer what it used to be. Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, suffered two losses here, so he simply pretended that there was no such thing. Bai Bo's army also did not interfere with the river, and both groups lived freely.
Now that Zhang Yi has been transferred by the imperial court, he is so busy in Meiji that he has no time to pay attention to them. However, the Baibo army is also busy preparing fortifications and training soldiers all day long, as if facing a powerful enemy.
At noon, in the town of Yuanyang County, Guo Da commanded his soldiers to reinforce the watchtower at the east corner of the city, work hard to build a canal, and add some arrows to the arsenal as a backup. He also told his young commanders: "You guys are here.
There is a permanent sentry on the watchtower, divided into four shifts. People at night try to pick out the one with the brightest eyes, and don't react until the officers and soldiers arrive at the door." The young handsome man responded generously and turned to look for his brothers.
Guo Dabao stood there and watched his men doing their work.
Unexpectedly, he was suddenly slapped on the shoulder. He turned around and saw Yang Feng standing behind him, fully armed and armored. He only had a piece of biscuit in his mouth, a piece of mutton in his hand, and his beard was full of
The cake crumbs looked quite funny. Yang Feng laughed and said: "Brother Guo, it's already noon and you haven't come to eat yet. Several brothers are waiting impatiently. You don't mind if I eat first."
Only then did Guo Da realize that the sun was already in the sky. He rubbed his eyes with his hands and said calmly: "This is all a trivial matter, Brother Yang. Our colleagues are still working, but we have to eat first. Back then, Master Daliang was still there.
At that time, there would never be such a situation. I saw them bring the porridge and rice and then leave. You ask Hu Cai and the three of them to wait."
After Yang Feng heard these great principles, he didn't bother to continue with Guo Da. He finished the Hu cakes in a few mouthfuls and walked towards the tower with a disapproving expression. He thought that if Master Daliang's tricks were effective, Huang Tian would have
It has been realized, and everyone will now live a good life in Luoyang, Hedong, where there is constant wine and meat, surrounded by beautiful women. Each brother has a general, so how can he cause such a big mess because of a mere prefect.
At this time, three men were sitting in the tower, namely Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai. They were all commanders of the Baibo Army. They did not sit separately like the custom in the Central Plains, but they were in line with the custom of the Huns: a few
People gathered around a big table, sitting on Hu chairs. On the table were some roasted sheep and Hu cakes, sprinkled with some spices from the Western Regions.
Yang Feng entered and came down from the table, took another piece of Hu Pancake, broke it open, revealing the meat filling with runny egg yolk, tore off a bite, smiled at the three of them and said: "Brother Guo wants to see the brothers eat before they come over.
Let’s eat first. It’s hard for us to get together once. The next time we meet will probably be next year, so I won’t treat myself as an outsider.”
When Han Xian heard this, he took action directly and said with a smile while eating: "Brother Yang, please feel relieved. I have been tortured by my subordinates recently to the point where I have trouble sleeping and eating. I feel that the two ounces of meat I have raised in the past two years are all worth it."
I'm done with it." When Yang Feng heard this, he winked and joked: "Old Han, I think you are enjoying your food now."
“Only when you can’t hear those troublesome things will you know that your belly is empty!”
The two started joking as if no one else was around. Li Le and Hu Cai continued to sit upright, unmoved. After a while, Hu Cai sighed: "Shuai Yang, now Chen Chong has borrowed 20,000 troops from Wang Yi, Hedong, and wants to attack us in the first month.
In the face of the enemy, it is the right way for Commander Guo to show compassion to his soldiers, but you are frivolous."
"You only have 20,000 men, what can you do?" Yang Feng picked up a bowl of wine and drank heavily, gulped down the cakes and snacks in his mouth, and said with a smile: "When Zhang Yi came with 30,000 troops from Bingzhou, he withdrew his troops and retreated to Taiyuan after only two months of siege.
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"How can you underestimate the enemy so much? When Commander Guo came back from Hebei, he often scolded Chen Zei. Everyone in the world knew that he knew soldiers, but you, Yang Feng, treated him like a rotten dog."
Hu Cai persuaded him again, but unexpectedly it aroused Yang Feng's dissatisfaction. He cursed angrily: "What happened in Hebei is ridiculous. The wise master Daliang, with millions of people, actually waited to be killed? Now three years have passed since the incident, and the world's religious people are in a state of dissatisfaction.
The swirl is destroyed, but I, Baibo and Heishan, remain standing. Heishan has 600,000 people and our army is only 70,000. This shows that our army is the strongest in the world. How can Thief Chen do anything?! Commander Hu, don’t panic, I have a heart in my heart
We have already decided on a plan. Just wait for Brother Guo to come, and I will explain it to you."
"Why didn't Chen Chong do anything? His political work in Xihe did not harm you at all?" Guo Da happened to walk in, took off his fur coat, changed into a robe and walked into the table. Seeing the delicious food on the table, he couldn't help frowning again.
: "Brother Yang, I have told you several times that it is not appropriate to be so extravagant now that it has been a severe winter year after year."
Yang Feng waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, Guo Shuai. At worst, I'll give the rest to the brothers." Guo Da scolded: "What do you mean, no one will be left to eat scraps." Guo Da scolded him.
As the commander-in-chief of the Baibo Army, he is still quite powerful, and Yang Feng is the leader.
Guo Da sighed, knowing that he couldn't listen to what he said, so he said to Li Le and Hu Cai: "You should hurry up and eat, how can cold food taste." The five of them are rough men, so eating is naturally a mess, but in just a moment,
Everyone was full of wine and food, but there was still a little left. Yang Feng looked at Guo and laughed and said, "I'll ask someone to help warm it up, and give me a few pieces of music."
Guo Da had nothing to say. When he finished his troubles, Guo Da said solemnly: "I think everyone should have got the news. Chen Thief was appointed as the new governor of Xihe. As soon as he took office, he regarded us as a big problem. First, he
After two months of relief work, we lured the Xihe villagers to rebel against our army, and borrowed more than 10,000 troops from Hedong, including about 20,000 troops from Xihe County, in order to attack us at the beginning of the year. I summoned you to come, firstly, to ask you about your losses today, and secondly.
It’s about discussing strategies to retreat from the enemy.”
Li Le had already made statistics with the other commanders in advance, and he responded directly: "Shuai Guo, we have already calculated the total. It is estimated that more than 8,000 people from our five divisions have escaped in total, but the influence of Thief Chen is by no means limited to this. We have
I see that all the troops have lost their fighting spirit after hearing the news about Chen Zei's relief efforts. Now Chen Zei has released the news that he will lead people to reclaim wasteland and set up counties for the victims. People's hearts are shaken. I think even if Chen Zei doesn't lead his troops, it will be difficult for our army to last.
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Guo Dafu was silent for a while and asked: "How great is the impact of Chen's thieves' reclamation of wasteland and establishment of counties?"
Speaking of this, Li Le also smiled bitterly. He sighed: "Chen Thief is good at attacking people's hearts. He set up the reclamation land in front of a river beach south of Lin County. It is across the river from our troops. Every day, our troops
You can see the smoke rising from the cooking stoves on the other side. The soldiers from the county on the other side often shout to us, saying that if it works anyway, the prefect will still give us cattle and sheep in the coming year. You are in Wanshui, so the impact is still small, but our troops have already turned their backs on people.
I have already ordered my troops to leave Dahe, otherwise I will not have to wait until the beginning of the year, and not even one of my men will be left alive."
Guo Da felt cold all over after hearing this, so he could only put on an extra robe and sighed: "Chen Thief has always been so cowardly. Forget it, if the government could have treated me so kindly at that time, why would I have to risk my life?"
Where are you fighting? Li Le, then you first withdraw your troops back to Baibo Valley, which is the base of our army. Even if we lose in the two counties, our army can still make a comeback."
Li Le responded, but Yang Feng didn't understand. He knocked on the table with his scabbard and said sternly: "Brother Li, why are you doing this? If there are unruly people who don't understand and have to escape back to the army, then you can kill them with one sword. Ming
Canonical punishment is the perfect way to establish authority. Who else dares to say no?"
Guo Da glanced at Yang Feng, but ignored it and continued: "There is news from Hedong. Wang Yi has indeed started to organize his army every day since two months ago. It seems that the dispatch of troops from Hedong is correct.
We should not underestimate them, after all, these are the orthodox Three Rivers Knights and are not comparable to ordinary county soldiers."
Sanhe refers to Henan County, Hanoi County, and Hedong County. Most of the imperial troops were drawn from Sanhe, because Sanhe was rich and prosperous in martial arts, and the soldiers were well-equipped. Huangfu Song recruited 30,000 Sanhe knights and swept them across half a year.
The Yellow Turbans destroyed Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao's party, and the world was shocked. The reputation of the Three Rivers Knights was also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. People often talked about it in private, saying that 10,000 Three Rivers Knights were worth a hundred thousand troops, which was quite invincible to the Ten Thousand Thousand Thousand People in later generations.
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This invisibly put great pressure on the other four people. When Guo Da saw everyone was silent for a while, he asked: "There are still more than a month to prepare for the war. Do you have any good ideas for me?"
Hu Cai spoke first. He carefully considered his words and said slowly: "The Hedong Army must have taken a detour from Shangjun. This will prevent our army from using the river as a barrier, while the West River Army still has to cross the river at the bend of the river. Their soldiers
Dividing into two groups, we might as well enter Shangjun first, send one part to cross Yanshui, and wait for the Hedong Army to seize the military supplies after crossing the river, so that the Hedong Army can retreat without a fight."
Guo Da thought for a moment and felt that it could not be done, so he vetoed: "We have a good relationship with the Xiongnu of Fushitiefu tribe. Now that the Xiongnu are being recruited by the army, they may not make this convenient way for me. Although the idea is good, it is not feasible.
OK."
Han Xian thought of a plan and was quite pleased with himself. Then he said with a smile: "Otherwise, we can take advantage of Chen Zei and others to cross the river meander. Now that all the soldiers from Bingzhou County are gathered in Lishi, Taiyuan is empty, and our troops can cross
Luliang, pointing directly at Jinyang! I heard that Zhang Yan and other remaining troops are crisscrossing the Black Mountains, with more than 600,000 people. Our troops are like horns with each other, what do you think?"
Guo Da continued to deny: "Brother Han, this plan can still be done in the summer and autumn. Now it is the cold winter. We are leading our troops to cross the mountains and ridges to go to Taihang. I am afraid that countless people will freeze to death along the way and there will be too many casualties.
Too big, the gain outweighs the loss."
After finishing speaking, Guo Da saw that Li Le looked like he had something to say, but was hesitant and hesitant, so he immediately asked: "Brother Li, do you have any suggestions? You might as well tell me." Li Le just said slowly: "I see.
Thief Chen is not a bloodthirsty person, or else we might have had some chance of surviving this harsh winter by pretending to surrender."
As soon as these words came out, the other three people fell silent. Guo Da stood up for a moment, walked back and forth in the empty tower, and then shook his head and said: "What Brother Li said may not be unreasonable in terms of common sense. It's just that
Not only have I seen many officers and soldiers, but I also know the character of Chen Zei better. Everything I did before was a ploy to deceive me. If we surrender, we will lead everyone into a trap, which is absolutely impossible!"
Yang Feng also stood up and said loudly: "Why are you so pessimistic? I have a plan that can make the Chen thieves retreat quickly, and our army can not only turn the crisis into safety, but also make a lot of money!"
"What's the plan?" Everyone looked at him and asked.
Yang Feng carved the tabletop with a knife to represent the big river, and used three bowls to represent Meiji, Bai Bojun, and Hequ. Then he pointed the knife at Meiji and said with a smile: "My subordinates arranged by Meiji reported that Chen Thief is buying grain in Meiji. It seems there is something wrong."
He is planning to buy more than 20,000 cattle and sheep to win over the people of Xihe. It will take seven or eight days for him to buy all the cattle and sheep and transport them back to Lishi."
"And I heard that he only brought about 300 guards with him on this trip. As Brother Li said, most of the county soldiers were reclaiming wasteland with the abandoned people. When he led the cattle and sheep to cross the river, I led a thousand cavalry to raid the bend of the river.
If we cross, we can capture all the cattle and sheep. The most important thing is that we can capture Chen Chong in one fell swoop! How can we sit back and watch such a good opportunity?"
"With Chen Thief as a hostage, the Hedong Army will also throw a rat weapon into the trap." Guo Da murmured, then nodded and praised: "If this is true, Brother Yang's plan is indeed a good one!"