Chapter 25 Multi-line (Additional update for leader Ciaoki)
On the seventh day of the seventh month of the third year of Dashun, outside Tuhao Village, Shaanxi and Guo sergeants began to form an array.
The feudal towns have been divided for more than a hundred years, and the tactics of each town are generally the same, but there are also minor changes.
Ten thousand people of the Baoyi Army formed a square formation, but their cavalry was actually placed in the center instead of behind the formation like in the northwest vassal town, which is a bit interesting.
A large square formation has ten thousand people, but it is actually composed of several small square formations. No one is stupid enough to form a formation with ten thousand people close together.
The small phalanxes on both sides of the corner came forward, with grain carts, antlers, spearmen, crossbowmen and a few cavalry arranged among them. Was this because they were afraid that the siege would fail and the enemy would open the door and counterattack?
There were scattered groups roaming on both sides of the formation, mostly archers and crossbowmen.
At the front of the formation, there are four separate groups standing out, all of them are heavily armored, holding large shields and machetes.
After the scattered teams, there was a second wave of eight scattered teams, also wearing armor, holding swords, and carrying spears on their backs.
Further back, there is the main force of the front army. Sword, shield, infantry and cavalry, each has its own arrangement.
What I haven't mentioned yet is that the formation is still well practiced and the equipment is not bad, but I don't know what the actual combat power is.
Li Fan boarded the assembled watchtower car, feeling depressed.
The location of Tuhao Village is actually good. There are mountains to the east and mountains to the north. Only the west and south sides can be attacked. Part of the Yi Congjun has already formed up in the south, but they are feigning an attack.
The capital of the Baoyi Army is actually not very rich among the towns in the north.
There are more than 10,000 infantry, which is relatively small, and more than 2,000 cavalry, which is relatively small.
Xuanyi Town also only led two states (Hua Town), but it had 20,000 infantry. A few decades ago, it went to Liangzhou to recruit troops and formed a cavalry force of more than 4,000 people. He Delun and his son came from Hexi at that time
.After passing Huang Chao, Qin Zongquan made a fuss, and his strength was somewhat damaged, but he was still firmly on top of Shaanxi and Guo.
Maybe the strength of Youguojun (leading Henan Prefecture, Ruzhou), Heyang Town (Meng, Huai), and Fengguojun (Caizhou) is worse than them.
The drums sounded, and then the trumpets continued to blow.
On the high platform where Sergeant Jishi was stationed, arrows rained down from the wall, shooting into the village.
To deal with such a low fortress, don't be polite, just build an earth platform and shoot hard from the high platform.
The rebel army in the south also began to move.
The old routine is that the master carries the soil and fills the trench. After filling it, he goes to the rear to receive the reward. Then he gets a voucher and can go home directly. This year's service period is over.
The Bian army behind the sheep and horse wall cooperated with the enemy troops on the wall to fire their bows and crossbows. The master carrying the earth bag fell in pieces like wheat that had been cut down.
A group fell down, and another group continued to move forward, and those who dared to flee back were directly killed by random arrows.
"Damn it, it's either the new party member or Master Shaanzhou, so cruel!" Li Fan could see clearly from the high platform and cursed continuously.
But it's no use.
Someone must make this sacrifice, either you or him. Li Tangbin chose Dangxiang and Shaanzhou people.
After filling up the city, more than twenty wooden carts left the formation and moved forward slowly under the escort of sergeants.
The wooden cart brought up a large amount of smoke and dust. It was not because the cart was heavy, but because it contained smoking utensils, which were burning as they walked, and drifted toward the enemy's stronghold in the south wind.
Push it until it is close to the sheep and horse wall, and the entire car will be on fire, with thick smoke billowing and drifting down the wind.
This thing was called a "dust truck" in the country. To be honest, it was not very effective. It could only deal with low walls and could only cause slight confusion to the enemy. Sometimes it could not even cause any confusion at all.
There were actually many such miscellaneous things in the imperial army, but no one wanted to use them when attacking a city.
The same is true for dust trucks, and the same is true for trebuchets. Stones are difficult to find, and the trouble of making stone bullets is one of the reasons. Inaccuracy is the second reason, and low power is the third reason.
When Taizong attacked Goguryeo, he used trebuchets and chariots at the same time. In the end, he paid a huge price and broke through the city wall with chariots.
Subsequently, the imperial dynasty has been improving trebuchets for more than 200 years, but there has been no progress. So far, they can only be used to defend the city and see if they can hit people. Li Tangbin prepared some in Wei County, but the stone bullet reserve
It's not enough, I guess it will only last a few days.
After the dust cart burned, thick smoke billowed toward the enemy troops on the stockade behind the sheep and horse wall. The sergeant pushing the cart held a large shield and slowly retreated, but people still fell down from time to time, screaming miserably.
Diagonally behind them, a large group of cavalry were mounted, ready to respond at any time, but the enemy troops in the stronghold did not move out.
"Dong dong dong..." The drum sound started again.
A full thousand soldiers came out.
The first row of sergeants carried large shields, and nearly a thousand people behind them were wearing heavy armor and holding long swords, mo knives, and changke axes.
The sound of heavy footsteps sounded with a lively rhythm, like a knock on people's hearts.
These are a thousand warriors from the Yi Cong Army in Hengshandu.
They were tall and fierce-looking, and as they were marching, people kept cheering them up.
Every encouragement was met with a chorus of roars of "Kill!"
Thousands of people shouted, and the sound shook the whole country.
The Bian army behind the wall of sheep and horses also became fierce. One general shouted, and everyone responded, as if tit for tat.
The sound of neat footsteps kept approaching.
"Shoot!" A large arrow flew from the wall of the village.
The big shield blocked part of the way, and there was a series of muffled groans from behind. Someone fell down, and was quickly replaced by someone else. The formation remained as strong as ever.
"Dong dong dong..." The drummer looked at the formation of Hengshan Dou soldiers, his blood was burning in his chest, and his men became more and more powerful.
"Shoot!" The arrows from behind the wall of sheep and horses were like a gust of wind and rain.
The big shield was already filled with arrows. More people fell this time, but they were also replaced, and the formation remained as strong as ever.
With less than twenty steps left, the drum beat suddenly became more intense. The Hengshan Dujia soldiers quickened their pace, raised their hands slightly, and raised their epee, Mo Dao, and Changke ax slightly. Gu
The last few steps.
"Kill!" The chorus of shouts almost pierced people's eardrums, and the raging wave of armor suddenly rushed forward.
"Poof!" Chang Ke's ax whizzed down, cutting off the neck of a Bian soldier until almost only a layer of skin was attached.
The epee swordsman braved the spear thrust towards him like a hedgehog, jumped over and slashed horizontally and vertically with his long sword.
More than a thousand people from both sides almost fought together.
There was no formation, little coordination, and all they relied on was a desperate fighting spirit.
Li Fan closed his mouth tightly.
Once upon a time, he fought so bravely and almost lost his life. Only then was he appreciated by the superior officer and climbed up step by step.
Years have passed, but he is no longer the same person.
"Isn't it a feint attack? Why are they fighting so fiercely?" Li Fan saw clearly from the high platform that the Bian army in the stronghold was already mobilizing to the south. They were not sure which side of the Xia army would mainly attack and which side would feint, so they could only attack first.
Let’s stop talking about it.
"Attack!" He asked people to raise the flag, the drummers began to beat the drums, and the west side also moved.
Li Tangbin was watching the battle from the watchtower in the camp, but flew elsewhere regardless of his thoughts.
There are more than 8,000 cavalry in total, Bai Gui took away more than 3,000 cavalry, and there are still 5,000 in the camp.
The main force of the Tianzhu Army, the Yi Cong Army in Qingtangdu, and the Heyuan Army were all in full formation, waiting for reinforcements from the Bian Army to arrive.
But the question is, will they come? Hu Zhen doesn't seem to have many soldiers. Ge and Yang are still blocked in Xiaoshan on the South Road. Will anyone come?
Tuhao Village is located to the east of Wei Village and to the west of Mianchi, between these two important strongholds.
Will the Bian army abandon this stronghold and only let it become a flesh-and-blood millstone that consumes our army's strength?
He wasn't sure, but he sincerely hoped that reinforcements from the Bian Army Brigade would arrive.
If you don't come, you have no choice but to suffer some losses and capture this stronghold.
No matter what method is used, attacking a city will always suffer losses. Even if there is no city wall, in a field battle, the attack will suffer more than the defense, and it will cost more casualties. Of course, this is when both sides have the same strength.
The Shaanxi and Guo army are only of this use.
…
Within Xin'an County, Wei Zhao hurriedly arrived.
When he saw Hu Zhen, he only had one sentence: "Prince Dongping asked me to ask you, can you withstand it?"
"Yes." Hu Zhen replied directly, and then smiled bitterly: "It's just that the scene is a bit ugly."
In fact, the Bian army in Henan Prefecture is more numerous than the Xia bandit, but it is divided into two battlefields by the Yaoshan Mountain.
Deliver food.
As for the large group of people heading north, they can only go out of Shazha Valley and back to Xiban, but they are faced with the threat of the Xia bandits.
Liu Kangyi is a waste!
That defeat was not just as simple as the loss of thousands of troops.
The loss in terms of military strength is a trivial matter, even insignificant, but the loss of Huguo Village, an important stronghold connecting the north and the south, is too fatal.
"It's good if we can hold it." Wei Zhao nodded and said: "Huguo Village is lost, Shazha City, we can't have any more troubles when we return to Xizan. Last year, all the thieves and silver spears left the Shazha Valley and entered the Luoshui River Valley.
, there are major earthquakes in various counties, we can’t let them succeed again.”
Hu Zhen felt uncomfortable after hearing this.
Who is Wei Zhao? I joined the gang when General Tianbu Jianjun (Wang Xianzhi) was still there, so it’s your turn to teach me how to do things?
However, it still said: "Although Ge Congzhou is still young and has not led a large army alone, he is still capable. He will definitely not let the Xia bandit army break into Ruzhou. Besides, the Xia bandit army does not have many troops."
"That's good." Wei Zhao then found a chair and sat down, sighing: "The battle in the east was not going very well. Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin somehow changed their temper and stopped fighting. The army was making slow progress.
, we just surrounded Puzhou half a month ago, I don’t know how long it will take.”
Puzhou is a state city, and the city spans about ten miles. If the defenders are well prepared and the soldiers are willing to fight, it will not be easy to capture it.
The Bian Army established a Shengsheng Capture Army, which originally only had a few hundred horses. At the end of last year, they bought a lot of horses from Wang Rong. They returned to Bianzhou via Weibo and recruited Huaiyi into the army, expanding it to 2,000, specifically for plundering.
Population, money and food.
This is the only harvest this time.
You are not a Xia thief! You rob people from Henan, I will rob people from Puzhou and Xuzhou.
"The autumn harvest is coming soon, and the Xia bandits' offensive will not last long." Hu Zhen ordered his servants to serve tea and said: "The general is attacking Puzhou and transporting grain to the city through rivers, while the Xia bandits still need to be transported by land from Shaanzhou.
If they fight for more than a month, the Xia bandits will have to retreat. At that time, the king of Dongping County has captured Puzhou, and the main force will march westward, transporting troops and food along the Luo River. They will first capture Huguo Village and all the 30,000 Xia bandits.
In the pocket."
Of course, both Hu and Wei knew that it was not easy to do this.
The summer thief is very clever and can run faster than a rabbit. Once the Xiaoshan camp feels the pressure, he will probably leave. It doesn't matter if you chase him or not, it will be a headache.
"We are fighting on both sides this year. We have consumed a lot of goods, money and food, and a lot of pensions." Wei Zhao sighed: "General Ding has more than 20,000 people stationed in Suzhou. Zhang Can, the governor of Haozhou in Xu Town, wants to surrender, but he has not yet surrendered.
The governor of Sizhou, Zhang Jian, wanted to surrender, but recently he suddenly lost his voice, which is strange."
It is indeed not easy to fight on several fronts with tight troops.
On the eastern front, King Dongping led more than 40,000 troops to attack Yuncheng. There was no problem in the field battle, but if Zhu Xuan made a slip in the battle, it would not be possible to pacify it in a short time.
Ding Hui had more than 20,000 troops, plus thousands of troops from Xu Zhen, stationed in Suzhou.
To the south are the two states of Hao and Shou. Sun Ru's old tribe in Shouzhou surrendered last year. Haozhou should also be able to surrender this year. However, if Sizhou does not surrender, it will not be able to connect with Chuzhou, the enclave to the east.
It's not beautiful.
I heard that Yang Xingmi had captured and killed Sun Ru and surrendered his tribe. There were many Confucian soldiers from Cai. Xingmi selected 5,000 of the brave and strong men and gave them generous rewards. They wore soap clothes and armor and were named "Heiyun Changjiandu".
Elite.
If they wait until they have sorted out the mess in the south of the Yangtze River before moving into the north of the Yangtze River, the pressure on the southern front will increase again.
Perhaps, it's time to send someone to contact Du Hong and Qian Liu.
Du Hong of the Wuchang Army has secretly surrendered to the King of Dongping County, and Qian Liu of the Zhenjun Army should be a little frightened when facing the pressure from Yang Xingmi, but they can make a good relationship with him.