The cavalry of the Bian Army went crazy and chased him wildly.
Yang Liang laughed loudly and walked away with his head...
There were cavalry from the rear to meet them. However, they had no intention of stopping and quickly left Mengzhou City.
A beautiful fishing ambush battle has achieved good results. There is no need to confront the enemy head-on.
The Bian Army cavalry was so angry that they lost one of their generals, and chased forward for several miles. It was not until the sound of trumpets was heard from the city tower that they came to their senses, slowly gathered their troops, and retreated.
A large group of infantry were also dispatched from the city. They were arrayed outside the city. They looked very impressive and had no flaws. At first glance, they looked like a regular army that had been fighting all year round.
"Kill!" Thousands of infantrymen shouted in unison, the sound shaking the countryside.
A standard square formation, complete with scattered troops, garrisons, and roving troops, and a high armor rate. If the cavalry dares to attack frontally, the end result will be like Zhu Jin's "Ten Thousand Cavalry" attacking the Bian Army infantry.
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Zhang Shensi, neatly dressed, also left the city.
He looked at the messy battlefield in silence.
Ankangba's body was still lying on the ground, with a head missing. Not far away, there were many people lying in various directions, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive. The ownerless war horses ran around uneasily, as if they were telling the humans about the encounter just now.
of tragedy.
The Xia thieves were unable to attack Mengzhou. There were more than 10,000 yamen troops in the city who were brave enough to fight and had sufficient supplies of food, arrows and defensive equipment. Even if 50,000 reinforcements from Shuo Fang were sent, they would not be able to capture the city.
But the face was beaten too hard!
"Gather the horses, the injured, and bury the bodies on the spot. Send a messenger to Bianzhou." After Zhang Shensi gave these instructions, he returned to the city.
Many people in the city were uneasy.
They didn't know the specific battle situation outside the city, but judging from the situation where the garrison inside the city rushed out angrily to retaliate, they should have suffered a loss.
Once upon a time, war was far away from them.
In the beginning, in Yuan County, he was only recruited to be a master and repair the fortress.
Later, the war broke out in Wangwu County until the county fell. Although the people of Heyang were worried, they were still far away. Qiziling and Zhiguan were like two firm barriers that isolated the war.
But Qiziling soon fell. The Xia cavalry took a detour and appeared in Heqing County, attacking a grain transport team. Now they appeared outside Mengzhou City, and the war was raging before their eyes.
Mengzhou is no longer peaceful. This is everyone's subconscious reaction, and panic begins to gradually spread.
Zhang Shensi was not interested in appeasing the people. He now thought of how to maintain this difficult war situation.
"Zhang Shuai also saw it. The Xia bandit cavalry are extremely arrogant and good at fighting. They dare to provoke us under our noses." In Jiedushi's office, Zhang Shensi came to Zhang Quanyi to discuss the situation of the war.
"Zhang Dutou, please tell me exactly how far Xia Thief can go?" Zhang Quanyi frowned and asked.
He had just come to Heyang to take office, and he planned to show off his talents.
Henan Prefecture is like that. It was badly harmed by the Shao thieves. The remaining more than 100,000 people are farming in the Yiluo Basin. In the past two years, some refugees have been accommodated, and there are only less than 180,000 people and more than 30,000 people.
household.
There are more than 10,000 households in Ruzhou, but they are also suffering a lot. They have to work for three days and two days, and they cannot rest properly.
It can be said that his foundation was seriously shaken by Shao Thief.
Even if King Dongping repelled the Xia thieves and recovered the entire territory of Henan Prefecture, would Henan Prefecture still have anything to do with him?
The National Protectorate Army is different from the Xuanyi Army. Zhang Quanyi is not a subordinate of Prince Dongping, and maintains a high degree of independence. The Henan Prefecture's army was established by himself, and the officials were appointed by themselves. They usually transport money, food, soldiers, and horses.
Although Prince Dongping was dissatisfied, he didn't say anything.
But if it really develops into a duel between the two main forces in Luoyang, no matter who wins or loses, Henan Prefecture will never be able to return to its past.
He really hated Shao Shude with all his teeth.
And this time when he left the town of Heyang, Zhang Quanyi didn't have a little bit of Xiao Jiujiu in his heart. He already had a foundation in Mengzhou. If he stayed stable for a few years, he might not be able to become another foundation of the Zhang family.
Meng and Huaishi counties, where rivers pass through, are densely covered with water networks, flat terrain, and extremely fertile. As long as there are enough people, given time, they can slowly recover like Henan Prefecture.
"Zhang Shuai is also a martial artist. It can be seen that this Xia bandit cavalry must have escaped from Heqing County." Zhang Shensi said: "The Wangwu Heqing Road has rugged terrain and no square rails, making it difficult to transport food and grass. From there, it is difficult to transport food and grass.
Heading east from Heqing, there were only a few people along the way, and the Xia thieves could not get much supplies. Most of them could only carry them with them when they set off. They could not hold out for a few days in the wild. Even though Ankang was killed, only two of the eight hundred cavalry who left the city came back.
There are more than a hundred, but this Xia cavalry army is actually not terrible. Can they attack the grain transport convoy? As long as they are careful, they don't have the ability. Can they attack our infantry? They can't do it."
To deal with the constant harassment of cavalry, the Northern Dynasties have had a mature plan. After all, whether it is the Later Wei (Northern Wei), East and West Wei, Later Zhou (Northern Zhou) and Northern Qi, there are huge numbers of cavalry, and the size of the infantry is also very large.
Huge. And when the infantry is dispatched, it is impossible to have a large group of cavalry to protect it every time, so how to deal with the day and night harassment of cavalry has become a compulsory subject.
The first requirement is to have a resting point within dozens of miles. This is the most important for the infantry who are exhausted from being harassed to recuperate.
Of course, if you can't even withstand the harassment of the cavalry for a few days, then there is nothing you can do. Such a weak infantry is just delivering food to people. Even if you don't go on an expedition, Westerners can withstand the green cavalry for a long time.
There is no reason why the warriors of the Tang Dynasty, who have been fighting wars all their lives, can't handle the "Turkic harassment".
Heyang is a small place with many prefectures, counties, and military towns. It is not difficult to find a place for the infantry to rest. Zhang Shensi felt that the Xia cavalry could not seriously interfere with their grain transport teams or marching infantry.
What's more, they also have cavalry. Compared with raising horses, the grasslands are not as good as those in the Central Plains. The premise is that the pastures in the Central Plains are not occupied by people or officials and there is enough land for pasture. This is not realistic when the population is densely populated, but
Will this be densely populated?
"Zhang Dutou, that's what he said, but the Xia cavalry troops reached the gates of Mengzhou City, which greatly damaged morale. In the future, our army must be cautious when moving and mobilizing. The marching speed is slow, which is really worrying." Zhang Quanyi certainly didn't agree.
Will be fooled by Zhang Shensi's words.
It is indeed difficult for cavalry to win against well-trained infantry, but the advantage is also obvious. The marching speed is slowed down, and the grain transport team also needs to be equipped with some capable infantry guards, which makes the already insufficient troops even more difficult.
Tight.
"What's the strategy for Heqing, Zhiguan and Zhangdutou?" Zhang Quanyi asked again.
Zhang Shensi hesitated after hearing this. The situation he faced now was similar to that of Ge Congzhou, with not enough troops.
"The Zhiguan Pass is critical. I want to go to Jiyuan to increase troops." Zhang Shensi replied: "It is not easy to transport food and grass in Heqing County. If the Xia thieves cannot break the city in a short time, they will definitely retreat after running out of food. The cavalry that attacked Mengzhou today
, it must be Xia's plan to attack the east and attack the west."
Zhang Quanyi thought about it carefully and agreed with Zhang Shensi's judgment.
"Huaizhou is repeatedly attacked by Xia thieves, how to deal with it?"
"I want to personally lead the army to Huaizhou and provide support from the center."
Huaizhou is located in Hanoi County, not far from the various passes in Taihang Mountain. In fact, there are three passes in Hanoi, namely Zhiguan Pass, Taihang Pass and Baixing. They are all within the control of Hanoi County. It is indeed the place where troops are stationed.
It's a good idea.
"Since Zhang Dutou has made up his mind, I won't say anything more. If Dutou goes away, I will personally take charge of Mengzhou. Even if I die, I won't let Shao thieves take it." Zhang Quanyi rarely makes such harsh words.
It can be seen that the mentality is indeed a bit chaotic.
"What is Pang Shigu doing now?"
"After Pengcheng was defeated, a small number of troops were left to guard, while the rest returned to Bian and Song Dynasties for rest and reorganization. Where to go next is unknown," Zhang Shensi said.
Pang's ancient division, plus Wang Chong's division and He Delun's division stationed in Caozhou, should be the only mobile field regiment of the Xuanwu Army, with a total of more than 50,000 Yamen and 20,000 Hao, Su, Shou, Chu, and Xu soldiers.
Originally there was still Ding Hui's 30,000 yamen troops, but their 30,000 yamen troops had arrived in Xu and Cai. They unified the command of a total of 45,000 yamen troops, including Ge Congzhou and Yang Shihou, as well as prefecture and county soldiers, and some Tutuan villagers to deal with them.
The Zhezong headquarters of Tang and Deng Sui.
Hu Zhen also has 30,000 government troops and a number of miscellaneous soldiers.
After careful calculation, Shao Thief has actually attracted Xuanwu's 100,000 main force. They said they were defending from the west and attacking from the east, but with so many troops being restrained, it was really abnormal. It was time to face up to the threat of Shao Thief.
Pang Shigu's army, in cooperation with Wang Zhongshi and He Delun, had no problem defeating Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin in the field. Even with only one-third of the troops, they could defeat Er Zhu in the field, but if they wanted to besiege the city for a long time, they would have no problem at all.
Somewhat lacking.
It would be better to divert all the troops northward and send them to Heyang to push the Shao thieves back to Wangwu Mountain.
"Why don't you and I go to the table together and ask the King of Dongping County to mobilize a large army to go north to fight against the Shao bandits in Heyang?" Zhang Quanyi suddenly said: "Move 70,000 government troops to go north, and then recruit soldiers from Fazhou and County, Tutuan Township
With an army of tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people pressing down, we will definitely be able to defeat the Shao thieves."
Looking at Zhang Quanyi's earnest face, Zhang Shensi hesitated a little, but finally said: "That's fine, I'll go to the table with you."
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Outside Heqing County, Shao Shude ordered the heads of the Bian army and prisoners to be taken to the city walls.
The morale of the soldiers who were attacking the city was greatly boosted, their strength increased by three points, and the offensive became more fierce.
In the past few days, the army has actually achieved results, not in Heqing County or Baiyacang, but in Liaowu.
Most of the more than a thousand Bian troops guarding Liaowu were surrendered by Xu Zhen, and their fighting spirit was the same.
During the day, the Heweifan troops attacked fiercely, killing and injuring nearly a thousand people, and could not recover. At midnight, the elite Wuwei Army came up and fought until dawn. The rebel army collapsed and successfully occupied the dock.w.
Subsequently, the master from Hezhong Prefecture immediately took action. Under the escort of the army, he built two earth walls and trenches around the road down the mountain from Baiyacang to prevent the bandits from descending the mountain at night to attack and break their horns first.
After completing this work, the Heweifan tribe immediately launched a fierce attack on Heqing County regardless of casualties.
"Heqing must be captured before the main force of the Bian army comes from." Shao Shude sat in the camp and said to the leaders of the tribes who came to discuss the matter.
Now is the time to grab time.
The transportation on the mountain road was difficult, and after saving for a long time, the military rations in the camp were still only enough for more than twenty days.
A large carriage can transport thirty bushels of grain, but a pack horse can only transport more than one bushel. The efficiency difference is too big. Moreover, the passing rate of that small road is too low, the speed is too slow, and the loss is too high. People who fall down will be killed and injured.
There are countless people and animals, which hurts morale.
"No matter how big the casualties are, don't tell me how many people have died." Shao Shude said with a serious face: "By capturing Heqing County, our army will have a foothold. Then we can reduce the number of frontline troops and slowly accumulate food and grass.
Relying on the defense of the fortified city, we will use this place as a base for our troops to move forward."
"The leader of the team is dead, the deputy general is going up. The deputy general is dead, the ten generals are going up. The ten generals are dead, the military envoy is going up. The military envoy is also dead, I'm going up. There are more than two thousand thieves in the city, and it's not a city with difficult terrain. Mo Ye will
It’s worn to death.”
"Zhang Shensi, you should react soon."
"Five days, I'll give you five more days. If it doesn't work, don't fight this battle."
Shao Shude said so much in one breath, the heads of the tribe looked at each other, and finally knelt down in unison and said: "I will obey the order of the Great Khan."
"Land." Shao Shude pointed to the endless wilderness outside the camp and said, "I have made it clear to the soldiers that you can get as much land as you want. I only want Heqing County. If I can also capture Baiyacang, I will reward you with three thousand pieces of silk."