On the eighth day of August, the sun is scorching like fire.
Han Ying walked around the camp at Zhumapo and felt quite satisfied.
The Liaodong Army has been stationed in the four northeastern counties for hundreds of years. Although it is not as good as it used to be, it still has some capital.
As early as decades ago, the Military Martial Hall was established with the original intention of cultivating young talents in the military and promoting those who could be made.
However, today's Junwu Hall has actually become a private martial arts academy for the six clans of the Liaodong Army. Unless you have a close relationship with the six major families of the Liaodong Army, no matter how potential you are, you will not be able to step into the Junwu Hall. On the contrary, even if you have dull qualifications, you will not be able to enter the Junwu Hall.
Opportunity to gain qualifications in the military martial arts hall.
Han Ying, through his relationship with Song Shixin, naturally spent two years in the Junwu Hall.
Naturally, Han Ying had studied how to build a camp in the Military Martial Hall and was very familiar with it.
Camping near the water, with the Songshui River as a water source, and the Zhuma River overlooking the surrounding terrain, it can be said to be a perfect place to camp.
Song Shixin left a thousand troops and horses to Han Ying, including 200 cavalry.
Although the Liaodong Army has no shortage of horses, among the 20,000 Liaodong Army, there are only 5,000 actual cavalry. However, a cavalry of this size is already the most powerful cavalry regiment in the Tang Empire.
The cavalry is the most expensive unit. This is not only because the cavalry's pay is twice that of the infantry. The most important thing is that the equipment of the cavalry and the maintenance of the horses require a large amount of money to maintain.
Moreover, a cavalryman will be equipped with at least two horses. The biggest advantage of the cavalry is its powerful maneuverability. Once the cavalry is used for long-distance raids, they usually bring two horses with them for transfer on the way to give the horses a chance to restore their strength.
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The cost of maintaining one cavalry is equivalent to the cost of five infantry, so even the Liaodong Army cannot afford such a large cavalry army.
In three days, day and night, a large number of craftsmen and soldiers finally built a large camp on Zhumapo.
Surrounding the Zhuma Slope, there are two rows of wooden piles as the village wall. The outer row is high and the inner row is short. There are village gates on all sides, and dense Juma piles were laid on the surrounding slope walls. The entire camp was built in a hurry.
Although it can't be said to be impregnable, after being built in this way, it can be regarded as easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The grain and grass were stored in the center of the camp, with the granary as the center. The soldiers built tents around the granary according to the organization. There were roads between the tents, especially the roads leading to the gates on all sides of the camp. This was also conducive to the soldiers and horses being able to move around at any time.
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These are all experiences learned in the Military Martial Hall. Based on what he learned, Han Ying took thousands of people and spent three days to build the first camp in his life.
Three thousand shi of food have been hoarded in the center of the camp, enough to feed the soldiers and horses for several months.
Walking to the southeast corner of the camp, Han Ying looked south. The sun had not yet set, and the Songshui Bridge on the river was clearly visible.
Before the camp was completed, Han Ying built a checkpoint on the north bank of Songshui Bridge, and quickly built two arrow towers on the left and right of the checkpoint. The checkpoint was completed much earlier than the camp, and then sent more than 30 people.
Soldiers guarded the checkpoints and began to check passing vehicles and pedestrians.
In fact, before Long Ruijun garrisoned Songyang Caochang, there were not many pedestrians traveling on this road.
After crossing the Songshui River, less than a hundred miles away is the area of Songyang Caochang. Songyang Caochang is at the foot of Heishan Mountain. There have always been Blackshan bandits gathering on the mountain. Naturally, no one around them dared to approach easily, and before that, no one dared to approach easily.
There is no trading ground, so this road is even a little deserted.
However, things are different now. This road has become an important commercial route, with many vehicles passing by every day.
A camp was built in Mapo, and it was under the banner of the Liaodong Army. This made the merchants who came and went feel very uneasy, and they vaguely felt that the situation had become serious.
If in normal times, there are officers and soldiers stationed on the trade road, most of the merchants will wait for a while to avoid the limelight in order to avoid trouble.
But the Heishan Trading Ground is now a time when trade is booming. In the early days of trade, merchants in the customs tried their best to make friends with as many northern customers as possible to lay a foundation for future trade. In addition, many goods were agreed upon
The delivery date has been set, and we cannot break the contract, so even if we know that the situation is wrong, we can only bite the bullet and continue to travel through this road.
Han Ying looked a little unhappy as he watched another group of caravans coming over Songshui Bridge.
Both the water and land trade routes of the Fucheng Trade Center have been cut off, and it is now in an extremely difficult period. Naturally, everyone in the Liaodong Army is aware of this situation. Although the Han family is only an inconspicuous family in the Liaodong Army, it has great influence in trade.
The market is also a place of interest.
Nowadays, there is still an endless stream of caravans going to the Heishan Trading Ground. He wants to burn down the Songshui Bridge and block the way of the caravans.
However, the tasks he received were only to build a camp in Zhumapo, set up checkpoints at the bridge, and temporarily check the passing pedestrians and convoys. However, the superiors did not give him the authority to detain any convoys and business travelers. Before receiving the order,
, he could only let his subordinates delay the caravan's time in the name of interrogation, and in the end he could only let it go.
In fact, he knew very well that it would be a matter of time to cut off this road. However, the three armies and horses have not been fully deployed yet. If the road is cut off immediately at this time, it will inevitably cause a reaction from Long Rui's army, so there is no need to rush. Long Rui
The army is in western Liaoning, and Yingping County still belongs to the strength of the Liaodong Army. Once everything is deployed in an orderly manner, the next step will naturally be taken.
It is the duty of soldiers to obey orders.
Although Han Ying was eager to block the road, he did not dare to make any independent decisions.
Suddenly he heard the sound of horse hooves, and his heart trembled. At this time, he had already heard the sound of the horn, but it was coming from the watchtower at the north gate of the camp.
Regardless of the current combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army, it is the imperial frontier army stationed in the Northeast after all, and the marching orders are always in order.
The moment the horn sounded, the whole battalion knew that the enemy had been discovered.
Han Ying frowned. His attention was always on the south. He looked down from a high position and saw that except for the caravan that had just crossed the bridge, there was no enemy. In other words, the enemy could only come from the north, and the north was where Songyang Grassland was.
, could it be that Long Ruijun in the grassland couldn't keep his temper and had sent troops to kill him?
The soldiers in the camp were not slow to react and stayed at their respective posts, while more soldiers and horses gathered towards the north gate.
Han Ying led a group of people and quickly rushed to the north gate. Someone had already come to report: "Wuqi Lieutenant, there are a large number of soldiers and horses coming from the north, and they are less than ten miles away."
The Wuqi Lieutenant is the lowest-level general in the Liaodong Army, and his rank is not even as high as that of a Colonel. However, for Han Ying, who has not yet made any achievements, if he did not have a brother-in-law like Song Shixin, even the Wuqi Lieutenant may not be able to make it.
Because of this, he was eager to make achievements on the battlefield so that he could be promoted. After all, with Song Shixin as his backing, as long as he really made achievements, he would be promoted much faster than ordinary people.
Secondly, it can also strive for more benefits for the family. After all, the Han family is only a small family in the Liaodong Army. Only by being promoted through meritorious service can the Han family improve its status.
"Is it Long Ruijun?" Han Ying asked immediately.
In fact, when he asked this question, he knew that he was asking nonsense.
Apart from Gu Baiyi's troops of Long Rui Army stationed in Songyang Grassland, where are the other troops and horses in the north? It is impossible for the Xile people to cross the Long Rui Army camp and run to the Songshui River.
"The flag that was flown is the Jiang character flag." His subordinates reported.
Han Ying looked surprised and slightly changed his expression: "Jiang Xiaochun, this is Jiang Xiaochun of Long Rui Army!"
After Long Rui's army came out of the border, it grew stronger day by day, and the important generals in the army were naturally found out by the Liaodong Army.
In fact, Jiang Xiaochun is more famous than Gu Baiyi.
All the generals in Liaodong know that Jiang Xiaochun was once a very important general of Princess Sheyue. He led two hundred elite cavalry to guard the inner treasury in the south of the Yangtze River for many years. If he could be favored by the princess and placed in such an important position, he knew that this person was extraordinary.
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During the Jiangnan Queen Mother Association Rebellion, Jiang Xiaochun led his two hundred Neiku cavalry into the rebel formation that was ten times more powerful than the enemy. It was like entering an uninhabited land, and caused a great shock to the rebels at a very small cost.
Naturally, word of the First World War spread throughout all states in the Tang Dynasty, and Jiang Xiaochun and the two hundred Neiku cavalry were even more famous.
When Han Ying heard that Jiang Xiaochun was leading the troops, his confidence weakened a bit.
Compared with Jiang Xiaochun, who has experienced hundreds of battles, Han Ying is naturally not worth mentioning. Both his qualifications and experience are vastly different from Jiang Xiaochun. Now that the powerful generals of the Long Rui Army are coming, Han Ying's first reaction is that he is the opponent.
Maybe they were going to attack Zhumapo.
This is the first time he has led an army independently. In his dreams, he has seen many scenes of leading troops in battle. In those fantasies, he is always strategizing and calm. Even if the situation is critical, he can deal with it calmly and calmly.
, in the end, they were able to turn the situation around and kill the enemy troops completely.
But at this moment, he realized that there was some difference between dreams and reality.
Although he tried his best to calm down, when he heard the rapid sound of horse hooves, he only felt that his legs were a little weak, his hands even trembled slightly involuntarily, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his heart was pounding.
I couldn't even jump or try to calm myself down.
Long Rui's army was getting closer and closer, and the surrounding soldiers were looking at Han Ying, waiting for him to give orders and decide how to respond.
"Report, the enemy is five miles away!" the soldier on the sentry tower shouted: "Thousands of cavalry are in the vanguard, with the main infantry following behind."
Han Ying opened his eyes wide, feeling horrified.
The total number of soldiers and horses stationed on the horse slope was only a thousand, but the soldiers and horses Jiang Xiaochun brought, there were thousands of cavalry alone, plus the infantry, the opponent's strength was naturally far superior to his own.
"Close the camp door!" Han Ying shouted almost as a reflex: "Get ready with the archers. When they get close, shoot them immediately. You must not let them come in." At this time, he finally thought that he was the commander of an army, and he trembled.
After touching it twice, he grasped the handle of the sword at his waist, drew the sword out of its sheath, and said loudly: "Brothers, hold on to Zhumapo. As long as you hold on, reinforcements will arrive soon!"