I can’t tell you exactly which ones, but it’s just annoying.
Maybe it's because they are both wealthy families on the frontier and their situations are somewhat similar, but the Wang family is far worse than the Zhe family.
The arrogance of the Zhe family is also too much to bear.
People like Oritsugu Yuu have already made many people gnash their teeth secretly, and Zhe Congyun, who is also a general in the Flying Bear Army, also makes people feel that he deserves a beating. He has not met Oritsugu Ben, but his feeling is not much better.
This is what a family is like.
But he is the commander of all the troops and horses in Qiuchi, Qinling Mountains, so I can't afford to offend him!
Wang Chong dusted off his buttocks, stood up and climbed onto a watchtower, carefully observing the situation near the village.
The first impression is that the mountains here are much more complicated than the Yinshan Mountains, with layers upon layers and boundless. The mountains are almost entirely covered with inaccessible dense forests, where birds and animals lurk, and it is almost impossible to tell the way.
No wonder Jun, Fang, Jin and other states mainly rely on water and land to communicate with the inside and outside. With such congenital conditions, there is no other way.
By the way, although the imperial court issued an order to establish the Zhaoxin Army to collect gold, merchants, and capital, there were more than 260,000 people in 19 counties in Fangzhou, Fangzhou, but the four most populous counties in Fangzhou did not follow the edict, and they still obeyed the Zhao family in Xiangyang.
He ordered, gathered troops to fight, and even planned to counterattack Junzhou.
According to the original version, Li Yanling and Li Yanling unanimously decided to send Li Bai, the governor of Pining and the governor of Pizhou, to lead an army to attack Fangzhou. In Wang Chong's opinion, this would most likely lead to disgrace.
Chao Army is no longer the Chao Army it was ten years ago!
Ten years is enough time for a fierce warrior to become extremely depressed, enough time for his fighting ability to degrade to a shameful level.
Gold merchants and thieves can't do it.
Of course, Wang Chong is not stupid. Zhe, what are the ideas Li and Li have come up with? I am so smart, don’t you understand?
Just consuming dissidents!
This is similar to Li Tangbin's desire to consume the Baoyi Army.
Troops that are not in your own hands are a scourge and a hidden danger and must be eliminated.
It's just that in this way, the interior is clean, and the hidden dangers of civil strife have been eliminated a lot, but it will still hinder the commander's reputation a little bit.
Well, there is also Huazhou Army King Bian, who is probably very trembling, feeling that the last bit of capital he has on hand cannot be saved.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, it's all human nature. In this world, if you don't have an army, how can you not be afraid? Well, it seems that you are afraid even if you have an army. I really don't know what to say.
"General, I have a military order from the commander." The soldier ran up to the watchtower and handed over an order.
Wang Chong looked at the seal, then opened it and read it carefully.
"Let's go down and look at the map." Wang Chong immediately went downstairs and went straight to the barracks.
Zhe Zongben was brave enough and actually moved to the territory of Dengzhou. It would be fine if the troops were all cavalry, but there were still two thousand infantry. This meant that the east road of Shannan was heavily defended outside and the inside was empty.
Zhe Zongben's bold actions and wanton looting did not unexpectedly arouse Zhao Kuangning's anger. According to the current situation detected by the sentry, the enemy army is divided into three groups.
The first group, Tangzhou Governor Zhao Fan, led 7,000 infantry troops and more than 1,000 cavalry troops from Biyang.
The second group, Suizhou Governor Zhao Kuanglin led 6,000 infantry and more than 1,000 cavalry from Sui County.
The third group, led by the Jiedu Envoy of the Zhongyi Army and personally led by Zhao Kuangning, had 5,000 infantry and more than 1,000 cavalry, setting out from Xiangzhou and stationed in Dengcheng.
But in fact, there is another enemy, and that is the troops stationed in Dengzhou. They have not dispatched, but it does not mean that they will not go south when the situation is suitable. After all, they are close at hand.
It seems that these three groups of people are going to gather in Xiangzhou and then head west together.
Zhao Kuangning was still cautious and did not give anyone a chance to defeat them.
The total number of soldiers and horses in the three groups is more than 20,000, but I don't know how good they are. They should not all be the elite of the Yamen Army.
This number of people was also estimated by sentry detectives. No one knows whether it is accurate or whether it will increase in the future.
"The terrain of Xiangzhou is flat, with dense water nets, and numerous lakes and swamps..." Wang Chong read the map and thought to himself: "The flat terrain makes it difficult to hide a large army, and the dense water nets make it difficult for cavalry to move. We have to find a good place."
The place chosen by Zhe Zongben was Xiaojiangkou Village.
Because this is the most suitable place to hide troops, five thousand Fengxiang troops have moved south to the stronghold, and the news has not yet leaked. Most of the Leopard Cavalry are also stationed in Cangcheng, and they are also unknown. If the rebel army is attracted here, or
Can work wonders.
I just don’t know if they dare to come over.
…
In Dengcheng County, Zhao Kuangning was already waiting anxiously.
Last year's winter wheat has been harvested, but there are still many fields planted with spring wheat, which will be harvested at the end of the month. If the time is delayed and summer thieves are allowed to seize the grain in the fields, it will be a big trouble.
It is no secret that summer thieves are short of food.
They know the foundation of Junzhou very well.
I have a rough idea of what a gold merchant is like, and they have tens of thousands of "nest thieves".
Even if some supplies are transferred through Shangshan Road, it will be enough to support three to five thousand men. There cannot be too many cavalry, otherwise the army will lack food and big problems will occur.
Furthermore, Fengxiang's army came all the way, so they must be generously rewarded, otherwise the soldiers would get into trouble and Zongben's head would be ruined.
Zhao Kuangning also worked in the army for many years, how could he not understand this truth?
The warriors don't care what kind of general or marshal you are. If you don't pay me, I will chop off your head and replace you with someone else to be the governor. You will do what you say without any delay.
How much wealth does Junzhou have to support a few warriors with insatiable desires? Zhao Kuangning doesn’t believe that there is anything different about the warriors in the northwest, and that there are still some who don’t love money?
Therefore, Zhe Zongben had at most three to four thousand soldiers, but only a few hundred cavalry!
And this number has been confirmed in several battles in the past and cannot be wrong.
There may be some additional reinforcements coming to reinforce, but they will never be many. At most, there will be about 2,000 people. This is the limit.
In other words, Zhe Zong originally had a maximum of 6,000 infantry and cavalry. But this time, the Xiangzhen prefectures will gather four to five times their strength to kill them all in one fell swoop and completely wipe out this group of bandits!
"Brother." Zhao Kuangming hurried in and said excitedly: "Zhe Zongben had left Xiang and Deng and retreated all the way. They looted a lot of money and food, but failed to raise enough carriages and horses, and abandoned them along the way.
A lot."
"Oh?" Zhao Kuangming's eyes moved, smiled slightly, and said: "What is the situation on the road?"
"Most of the items abandoned were food and less goods." Zhao Kuangming said with a smile: "These thieves are really laughable. They were obviously short of food, but they couldn't part with the goods they got. Some scouts saw that the thieves had packed a lot of bags.
The small bag is full of plunder and heavy loads, and the cart is also filled with silk and bronze utensils."
"Don't be careless." Zhao Kuangning warned, and then he couldn't help but laugh, and said: "The warrior is like this. It's pretty much what I expected. Zhe Zongben came alone, and most of the rewards in the army were insufficient, and the sergeants complained.
, he could no longer suppress him and could not allow him to escape far away with his belongings, so he abandoned a large amount of military rations along the way. He had no choice but to do this, otherwise the army would mutiny and he would die without a burial place."
Zhao Kuangming nodded, agreeing with his brother's judgment.
Warriors really have this kind of virtue. Don’t let them give up the goods they have got. If there is not enough food? Go back and rob the people of Junzhou! What does the life and death of the people have to do with me? If the military leader doesn’t allow it, then kill them.
If you seize the military leader and then plunder the people, can you still have nothing to eat? If that doesn't work, you can still eat...
Brother Zhao Kuangning made inferences based on the clues they found, and then verified based on their own experience, and they have come to a conclusion.
Zhao Kuangning is actually quite cautious. Yesterday he also asked several senior staff members left behind by his father. Everyone said that the three counties of Junzhou can only support 3,000 soldiers. Feng Xingxi was already aggressive in his military affairs back then, so it was impossible to have any
More money and food.
That’s right! Even if gold merchants support some, how many more can they support?
"Brother, there are two more pieces of news, one happy and one sad." Zhao Kuangming said again.
"Let me tell you the good news first." Zhao Kuangning sat down steadily and said.
"The governor of Fangzhou, Sun, sent back news that his troops defeated the Jinzhou soldiers in Hannan, beheading six hundred and capturing three hundred," Zhao Kuangming said happily.
Zhao Kuangning stood up suddenly and said in surprise: "Does Zhe Zongben know the news?"
"You should know, otherwise you could retreat in such a hurry?"
"No wonder." Zhao Kuangning fisted his hands and said with a smile.
Everything is right!
"What's the reward?"
"Brother, Li Kan has assembled a large force of 20,000 troops in Jiangling Mansion, with Zhao Wu, Xu Cun, Zhang Xiu and Zhang Jun as generals, and intends to conquer Leiman in Langzhou southward."
"Zhang Xiu, Zhang Jun?" Zhao Kuangning hesitated, as if he had never heard of these people.
"My younger brother just came from Duyu Housi and learned that the Zhang brothers were veteran generals of the Jingyuan army. When the Jing army entered Bo Chang'an, they were defeated by Shude and the army was defeated. The two of them fled south with more than a hundred relatives.
He went to Kui Gorge and defected to Li Kan, and was later promoted to important positions." Zhao Kuangming replied: "Now that Li Kan is raising his troops, these two will be the vanguard and deputy."
"Since he is a veteran general of Jingshi, he should have some abilities." Zhao Kuangning sat back again, his face not very good, and said: "Time waits for us. If Li Kan defeats Lei Man, don't say that we will no longer have a chance to plot Jiangling Mansion.
This person may have plans to go north to plot Xiangyang."
"Li Kan is very ambitious. He will either go south to attack Hunan or go north to take Xiangyang. He has to guard against it." Zhao Kuangming agreed with his brother's view.
"We must wipe out Zhe Zongben as soon as possible!" Zhao Kuangning couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and said: "Urge Xia Tang to follow the soldiers and horses of the two states and come quickly to join together. This time, bring more troops, five times the strength.
Overwhelm them and decide the outcome in one battle."
Will you lose with five times the force? Generally speaking, not so.
In the past, when the Qin clan had power across the Central Plains, who did it rely on?
Are they humane? Are they righteous? Are they brave? None of them! There are just so many people!
There are more than 100,000 and 200,000 Cai people. Are you afraid?
Jin asked for help, and the three towns combined 100,000 troops. They finally won after relying on the city to wear down the energy of the Cai people.
Zhe Zongben's soldiers were capable of fighting, and Zhao Kuangning knew this.
But the old foundation of Shannan East Road is Cai Bing. Although they have lived a stable life for five years, they are not as desolate as the Chao bandits next door. They cannot even defeat Fangzhou soldiers.
Moreover, if you still don’t dare to fight with several times the military advantage, then just don’t do it as a military commander, and just be a Tianshefu!