Deng Cunzhong waved the horse in his hand and charged straight towards the enemy's strongest point!
It is true that he has not received formal military training, but his intuition from many years of military career tells him that he must suppress the enemy's aggressiveness. Otherwise, we will be outnumbered and have the upper hand, and it is very likely that the opponent will break through to the central army, causing insurmountable consequences.
Undoing the damage.
It was extremely critical at this time, and the general's courage was the driving force to support the army's lieutenants. Seeing Deng Cunzhong's unstoppable advance, the soldiers of the Yu Liangzhou Army began to gather in the direction of Deng Cunzhong. Gradually, more and more soldiers gathered, and finally turned into a group.
, like a stream, gradually gathered under the military flag and re-formed a raging river.
Deng Cunzhong's bravery and the tenacity of the Liangzhou Army made the general Hu Chang, who was conducting the night attack, flash a hint of fear in his eyes.
Hu Chang was the head of the Hu family, a small wealthy family that Suo Weikang had won over. Everything was just as Mu Yanzhang thought. A wealthy family like Suo Weikang would not abandon his family business to coexist with the unpopular Cao family.
They will not be easily moved by interests. It's not that they are noble, but that they have been powerful for hundreds of years and have a great family and business. Most people can't afford the benefits that make them risk their lives.
This is not the case for small and medium-sized families like Hu Chang. As long as they are given enough, they will probably migrate to the Western Regions or Tubo. It is better than staying in Shazhou, sharing their private soldiers with Dayu, and becoming an insignificant rich man.
The Suo family wanted to monopolize the merits of surrendering and presenting the city, so they avoided the real wealthy families and chose small families close to them to invite them to do big things together. As soon as the plan was made, Hu Chang sold it out.
After Cao Yanlu and Ge Zhuoxi heard the news, they followed the current and devised a plan to lure the Dayu army into the city, encircle and annihilate it, and completely pull the Guiyi army onto the pirate ship.
However, Dayu did not advance rashly. Cao Yanlu and Ge Zhuoxi combined their efforts and could only launch a night attack to repel Dayu's army outside the city, so that they could evacuate safely.
Hu Chang, who is famous for his bravery, naturally accepted this task...
Dayu's strength is somewhat of a myth here in Hexi. It is due to the achievements of Manichaeism, merchants and Wu Desi.
Although there were only a thousand Yu troops outside the city, and they were rushing from Liangzhou and passing through the desert, Hu Chang still did not dare to underestimate him. He did not even dare to take the nearest south gate, but went out from the east gate of Shazhou.
, with the help of his familiarity with the terrain, he made a big circle of slander before he dared to launch a surprise attack.
During this confrontation, Hu Chang immediately realized that the opponent in front of him was very different from his previous enemies.
When they were attacked, the other party did not fall into chaos and even gathered together in twos and threes to resist.
The most important thing is that each of them wears strong armor and stomach, and all the soldiers actually sleep with their armor on.
In a cold weapon duel, armor is far more effective than a sword.
Relying on advanced armor, Dayu's army fought them back and forth despite being at a disadvantage.
It was just tea time, and the opponent, who was far outnumbered, actually launched a counterattack?
This completely goes against what Hu Chang knows as common sense...
But he didn't know that Dayu's soldiers had already possessed a certain degree of faith under the influence of subtle influences.
Luo Youdu's attitude towards soldiers was the best in history. He also created a word "soldier" specifically for them, granting soldiers the responsibility of soldiers, the belief of soldiers, and of course the treatment of soldiers and the glory of soldiers.
The status of soldiers with meritorious service in Dayu can be compared with that of scholars with diplomas.
To put it bluntly, the soldiers of Dayu can walk with their chests held high on the streets, and once they are awarded a certain level of meritorious service, in addition to monetary rewards, they will also be listed in the county annals and be commended by the entire village and county.
The improvement in status made Dayu's troops feel ashamed of their defeat. Even if they were at a disadvantage, they would not retreat easily because they could not afford to lose this person.
Looking at Deng Cunzhong who was rushing towards him, Hu Chang gritted his teeth and said, "I will definitely cut off your head today and make it into a urine container."
He cursed but issued a new combat order, "Big brother, little boy! The two of you bypass this person and go directly to attack the thief's central army, and fight to a quick victory."
Hu Chang did not intend to confront Deng Cunzhong head-on. He had already seen the strong combat effectiveness of the army in front of him.
Strong, the opponent has sharp blades and strong armor. Even if you have the advantage in strength, the weapons and armor are not comparable, and the same is true for combat effectiveness. You may be defeated due to excessive casualties in the fight.
The strength of Dayu's army was well-known far and near, so he did not dare to drag it down. The only way to win was to use the advantage of his troops to avoid the enemy's sharp edge and attack his army.
Generals Zong Tonghe and Tong Yuanlin obeyed the order and came out of the crowd. They led two cavalrymen to make circuitous routes to the left and right, bypassing Deng Cunzhong and attack the Chinese army.
Deng Cunzhong overthrew the enemy in front of him with one blow, and looked at the two troops attacking the Chinese army from the left and right by the light of the fire, angrily
He cursed angrily: "Mu Yanzhang, you weakling, why haven't you come yet?"
support?"
He is not afraid of many enemies, but he is afraid that his enemies will not confront him head-on.
The two groups of soldiers and horses went back to attack the Chinese army. Regardless of whether they succeeded or not, it would have a great impact on their morale.
Even though the endurance of Dayu soldiers is far greater than that of ordinary soldiers, under the absolute disadvantage, they will still waver. This is human nature...
The unclear situation between ourselves and the enemy is the biggest problem at the moment.
Deng Cunzhong didn't know how many soldiers and horses the enemy had in this dark night...
He was suddenly in a dilemma: should he continue the attack or return to support the Chinese army?
At this moment, a cavalry team came out from the flank and rushed directly to Hu Chang's position.
The opponent's number was small, but it was extremely fast and the direction of the attack was extremely precise. It rushed into the enemy's army from a diagonal thrust.
"Well done!" Deng Cunzhong laughed loudly, and vaguely visible in the firelight was Mu Yanzhang, whom he disliked the most.
He roared loudly, as if there was a thunderbolt in mid-air, and then he rode forward, laughing and saying, "Kill that guy with me."
Although the two have been fighting openly and secretly for a long time, at this critical moment, something called "tacit understanding" was born.
Mu Yanzhang's battle experience was far less than that of Deng Cunzhong. Faced with the night attack, he was a little panicked and his reaction was half a beat slow. Deng Cunzhong helped him calm down the situation, and Mu Yanzhang also calmed down and judged that although the opponent's attack was fierce,
But it was not the Guiyi army that actually attacked, but a small force integrated by the opponent. The number may be greater than theirs, but their equipment and combat effectiveness are not at the same level.
The fastest way to break the situation is to use your own powerful combat power to decapitate...
Mu Yanzhang believed that Deng Cunzhong's ability could last for a certain period of time. When the opponent's main attack was on, he asked his deputy general to support the Chinese army. He quietly detoured back to the flank and used the firelight of the attack to determine where the opponent's general was to launch his attack.
attack.
Mu Yanzhang's blow was accurate and hard, catching Hu Chang off guard. He always thought that he was the attacker and a hunter, but he didn't want to become the prey.
Seeing Mu Yanzhang piercing his heart like a sharp sword, Hu Chang hurriedly arranged for people to arrive and roared in Tubo: "Send the order to Kuang Liuming in the rear team, let him withstand it!"
Before he finished speaking, there were more shouts of killing coming from the front. Hu Chang looked forward and felt his heart went cold: Deng Cunzhong, who was still hesitant at first, shouted and rushed in his direction.
After just thinking for a moment, Hu Chang made a decision, turned his horse and fled.
The Cao family was unpopular. Hu Chang was seeking profit in this night attack. What does profit mean in the face of his own fate?
With Hu Chang's escape, the two generals Zong Tonghe and Tong Yuanlin were abandoned, and were killed by Mu Yanzhang and Deng Cunzhong respectively. The night attack also came to an end with the wonderful performances of Mu Yanzhang and Deng Cunzhong.
Mu Yanzhang learned from experience, and Deng Cunzhong also realized that theoretical knowledge was not useless.
Hu Chang's night attack failed, casting a dark cloud over Shazhou.
But with the arrival of Murong Defeng, Murong Rujie and a group of Guazhou troops, the clouds gradually dispersed.
The Cao family, which had long been heartbroken, became history at this moment.
The Guiyi Army also officially came under the jurisdiction of Dayu...
After Jing Qiong in Ganzhou learned about it, the last glimmer of hope in his heart was shattered. He knew that the Ganzhou Uighurs, who had been surrounded by Yu, would assimilate to the East sooner or later, and there would be no room for maneuver.
The only thing he can do is to safeguard the national sovereignty of the Ganzhou Uighurs during his tenure.
Zuo, to avoid becoming the sinner of the Uighurs in Ganzhou. When the news of the surrender of Shazhou and Guazhou reached Bianjing, it did not cause much sensation. Of course, it was because Dayu's momentum was unstoppable and his triumphal song was played loudly, but he only regained it.
What does the land of two states mean?
But in the final analysis, the vast majority of people do not have much concept of Shazhou and Guazhou at all, even most scholars are like this.
Hexi has been far away from the Central Plains for too long. After a long period of hundreds of years of turmoil from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Chinese government decrees, not to mention Hexi,
Even the land of Longyou River and Huang cannot be entered.
Therefore, the understanding of the West has been cut off in these hundreds of years.
It was because of the existence of Luo Youdu that the exchanges with the West were re-opened. Familiar and unfamiliar places such as Hehuang, Liangzhou, Shazhou, Dunhuang, and Yumenguan once again appeared in the public's ears.
At the court meeting, a small incident that deserves alarm was triggered because of the lack of understanding of the Western Regions.
"The Guiyi Army is in Sha, Guazhou and Guazhou have a bad reputation. Zhang and Cao have been responsible for the vassal towns in the past dynasties. I propose to abolish the organization of the Guiyi Army and create an innovative army to calm the people's hearts."
Luo Youdu looked at the memorial in his hand, and then at Zhao Pugai's seal, and couldn't help but curse: This idiot!
He checked the signature of the memorial and found that it was Zhao Feng, a doctor in the capital.
It turns out that the Huangchao Rebellion in the late Tang Dynasty burned down the history museum in the Daming Palace, causing most of the official historical materials after Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty to be lost.
At the same time, Zhang Yichao's descendants established the Jinshan Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty, which was tantamount to rebelling, and the Cao family usurped the power of the Zhang family. Naturally, they had nothing good to say about the Zhang family, so that the heroic deeds of Zhang Yichao and his return to the Tang Dynasty were completely buried.
Most people in this era don't know Zhang Yichao's deeds, let alone the origins of the Guiyi Army.
Zhang Yichao's deeds were found and completed from a few scattered records during the reign of Song Renzong when Ouyang was compiling history. Even so, Zhang Yichao was not able to establish a biography.
Zhao Pu's talents were not directly proportional to his cultural level. He didn't even know that Zhang Yichao existed, so he naturally agreed to the decision to abolish the Guiyi Army.