In the open field, more than a thousand cavalry were fighting fiercely.
Shi Yanwei held up an iron spear and stabbed down two Xia cavalrymen in succession, defeating the siege...
This group of thieves and cavalry is too difficult to deal with. Like the Central Plains cavalry, they are good at fighting but not good at riding and shooting. The two groups have the same characteristics. It is very laborious to kill and the casualties are also very high.
"Retreat!" he shouted, and his own soldiers waved the flag, signaling for their cavalry to follow. After a circle, they returned to their own formation.
The Xia thief on the opposite side didn't bother much. They broke away from each other in a tacit understanding and went back to lick their wounds.
After Shi Yanwei dismounted, he gasped and nodded his head, almost falling to the ground.
Nearly two hundred horses are missing!
Most of their cavalry have surnames such as Shi, Kang, An, and Cao, and they are all old people from Liangzhou. It is really heartbreaking to lose so many of them all of a sudden.
Yes, they are all Sogdians, with tall noses and deep eyes, but they have lived in Bianzhou for many years.
Shi Yanci, the elder brother of Shi Yanwei clan, is now an official in the Bianzhou shogunate. His younger sister, Shi, is the concubine of the king of Dongping County. She gave birth to a son, Zhu Youzhang, who was very favored.
The Sogdians in Bianzhou initially started out as soldiers. Like He Delun's group of Hexi Hu people, they belonged to the cavalry unit of the old Xuanwu Army. However, after living for two generations, they have gradually expanded to various industries. Many people
He even started a business.
But no matter what, those who made their fortune through military exploits especially understand the importance of military power in today's world.
We had just lost 200 cavalry in the battle, which was really heartbreaking.
Zhu Youwen rode over and saw Shi Yanwei standing there with a dark face, and he understood.
Ankangba is dead. If something happens to Shi Yanwei again, the once-prominent Sogdian army will collapse.
Hedren's fellow was not the same as them. On the contrary, there was a little fight. He should be happy to see them defeated.
Oh, what a bullshit factionalism!
"General Shi and Pang Shuai have ordered that the Shengsheng Army send 500 riders to Heyang to escort a batch of grain, grass and equipment to the camp." Zhu Youwen said.
During this trip to Heyang, Xiao Fu was the food envoy, and Zhu Youwen also came with him to gain some experience and earn some military merit.
"It's just a few dozen miles away, but I still need to wait? Aren't there infantry escorts?" Shi Yanwei asked after breathing again.
Mengzhou to Heqing is actually not that far away, only seventy or eighty miles, and a normal march only takes three days. With this distance, what can happen? Is it making a fuss out of a molehill?
"There are infantry escorts, but the cavalry still needs to keep a distance. The thieves and cavalry have been moving around these days and may rob our army of food and grass." Zhu Youwen replied.
Shi Yanwei was a little helpless. After checking the military orders of Pang Shigu and Li Sian, he accepted the order.
This was not Pang Shigu's idea. Mostly it was Zhang Quanyi's. Xiao Fu was good at it, and Pang Shigu didn't want to embarrass the two of them over such a trivial matter, so he went along with the flow and agreed.
After thinking about it, Shi Yanwei had no choice but to order 500 horses and follow Zhu Youwen himself.
In the past few days, he had been fighting against the Xia cavalry on the front line, and he probably figured out the situation.
There were actually not many bandit cavalry, at least not as many as the Bian army.
The three cavalry armies that followed Master Pang to the north added up to more than 4,800 cavalry. Zhang Shensi had more than a thousand, and Zhang Quanyi had 500. A total of six to seven thousand regular cavalry. There should not be so many Xia thieves.
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However, they should have a lot of cavalry, but they haven't been dispatched very often. But Shi Yanwei doesn't pay much attention to those people. Their equipment is too poor, their military discipline is not very strict, and the most important thing is that they only know how to shoot and fight in close combat.
Weak, as long as they dare to fight head-on, they can be defeated in a single confrontation.
The most difficult thing to deal with is actually the regular cavalry of the Xia thieves. They should be called "military cavalry". They don't ride and shoot, they only fight, so they are very difficult to deal with.
After Shi Yanwei and Zhu Youwen left, the Bian Army cavalry did not continue to provoke, and most of them returned to the camp.
Pang Shigu was discussing matters with the generals in the camp.
Kou Yanqing of the Changzhi Army, Huo Cun of the Victory Army, Dai Siyuan of the Flying Dragon Army, Xu Huaiyu of the Mighty Army, Zhang Cunjing of the Cavalry Army, Wang Tan of the White Capital, Li Sian of the Capture Army, Li Hui of the Navy, Kang Yanxiao of the Camping Capital Yuhou, and Xiao the Food Envoy
Fu and other major generals came, as did Guo Shaobin and Zhang Jun of the Jianrui Army.
Guo Shaobin is Guo Zhu, the former general of Caozhou in the Tianping Army, who killed the assassin Guo Ci and surrendered in the city.
Zhang Jun was a general of Suzhou in Xu Zhen. After expelling Shangguan, he named himself the governor, and later returned to the Bian Army.
The 20,000-strong Jianrui Army also mainly surrendered troops, with two men in charge of the left and right wings.
These two people did well after changing jobs and changing bosses, and they were trusted by Zhu Quanzhong.
After Pang Shigu called everyone together, he first discussed the situation in the army, and then the topic naturally turned to the current war situation.
What is Shao Thief's strategy for dealing with this? This is something that needs to be clarified urgently.
"When they attacked Liaowu a few days ago, the Xia thieves were well guarded and responded quickly. There should be a lot of soldiers on the dock." Li Hui said: "The soldiers were also very capable, and my subordinates were finally defeated. From this point of view, Liaowu
It should be its key point of defense. But on the river, the rebel army no longer dares to disembark the grain ships, so what is the use of Polygonum Dock? The only explanation is that the rebel army is afraid that our army will attack the dock and threaten its rear. Xia
A thief should focus on defending."
Pang Shigu nodded slightly, but did not express his opinion.
"Aren't those the tricks of the Xia thieves?" Huo Cun sneered and said, "When the victory army crossed the river and went north, the thieves' cavalry was very rampant. They took advantage of the cavalry's advantage to harass our army's rear and cut off our food routes.
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"General Huo's words are wrong." Zhang Cunjing said calmly: "Our army's food road is only more than seventy miles away, how can we stop the bandit cavalry? If that doesn't work, we can also choose a place near the camp, cut down trees and build a bridge to reach the river.
Here, we use boats to transport grain and grass. Below the clear river, the water flow suddenly slows down. Although this is not easy, it is not impossible. How can the summer thieves cut off my grain route?"
Huo Cun's eyes widened and he was about to complain about their cavalry's incompetence in fighting, but after thinking about it, he held back.
Zhang Cunjing was an old man named Wang Yuancong of Dongping County, with a transcendent status. He was just a surrendered general from the Chao Army who came to join the army halfway. Although he was very trustworthy, he was not as good as Zhang Cunjing after all.
"In my opinion, there are not many Xia rebels!" Changzhi Army envoy Kou Yanqing said bluntly: "Shao Shude is conservative in his military use, but he still likes to defeat the enemy in the field. Back then, he attacked Huangchao in Guanzhong, defeated Lingzhou, and defeated Li
Chang Fu, all fighting in formation, destroyed the enemy army in one fell swoop. He does not dare to fight now. It can only be said that he has few soldiers and is not sure of defeating our army."
There is some truth to this statement. Pang Shigu glanced at Kou Yanqing with a look of approval on his face.
He is indeed one of the two generals admired by Prince Dongping. What a pity Liu Han is!
"When Zhiguan came to report, the Xia thieves dug trenches, broke trees, cut off roads, and retreated to Qiziling. This shows their cowardice. Obviously they don't have many soldiers." After thinking for a long time, Xu Huaiyu also expressed his opinion: "The Shao thieves have few soldiers and are worried about defeat when they go into battle.
, so we must fortify the wall and defend ourselves until our troops are exhausted."
Everyone was talking to each other, and judging from the clues they observed, they were all people who had been fighting for half their lives and had rich experience, which allowed them to analyze everything.
The summary is this: there are not many Xia rebels, not even half of them, and there is no guarantee of victory in the field battle. And once the field battle is defeated, not only the Heqing River, but also the Wangwu and Yuanxian counties will probably not be saved, and the Bian army can still defeat the king.
Starting from Wuxian County, they detoured behind Qiziling and attacked from both sides with the army from the direction of Zhiguan. In this way, the situation that the Shao thieves had managed for more than a year would quickly collapse, and Wang Yao in the river might also change, and he would be in dire straits.
Anyone who dares to brave the risk and go out to fight in the city must be very gambling. Shao Thief doesn't seem to like gambling, so it is normal for Yingcheng to defend itself.
"I have studied Shao's strategy of using troops." Pang Shigu raised his hands to stop everyone talking, and said: "He likes to lead the main force of the central army, and sends strange soldiers to separate battlefields. This is the art of war.
Li Weigong likes to do this on the Huanghuang Avenue. Now Shao Thief's troops are in Heqing. This should be true, but where are the unexpected troops?"
"Or in Zezhou?" Dai Siyuan said in a questioning tone: "There was a military report yesterday that the bandit general Qi Bizhang led troops to raid Wuzhi, Wude and other places, killing hundreds of Huaizhou soldiers, and Huaizhou Sima Zhang Jifeng died in the battle.
Is this a surprise soldier?"
Dai Siyuan is the Feilong Army Envoy, and Qi Banzhang is also the Feilong Army Envoy. He has always been very concerned about the Xia Army's mounted infantry. After all, they are "true companions."
"This is a surprise attack." Pang Shigu nodded and said, "But it's not enough, there may be a second way."
"Could it be Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin?" Kang Yanxiao, who had always kept a low profile, said, "The Xia thieves sent a lot of cavalry to Yunzhou. Is this a surprise force?"
"What can a few thousand cavalry do? There are Desheng troops on the left and right, sudden generals on the left and right, long sword troops on the left and horse cavalry troops on the left and right. Are you afraid that you will die if you come?" Huo Cun glanced at Kang Yanxiao.
This man who came from the east of Hedong actually prospered in military affairs and reached Yuhou, the capital of the camp. It is really annoying.
Desheng's army was a cavalry army with the military envoy He Delun.
The Long Sword Army is a melee combat unit led by Wang Zhongshi and is one of the elite main forces of the Bian Army.
General Tu, as you can tell from the name, is a death squad. It is composed of brave men from Qin Zongquan's old army. It has been used to defeat the enemy and kill the enemy in the field.
The Jia Ma Army is equipped with long guns, heavy swords and various types of crossbows, specializing in dealing with cavalry.
"Although the relief will not help, if the situation is critical, Shao Thief will send Human Road to Yunzhou and strictly order the cavalry to go out to fight. It will be a surprise force along the way." Kang Yanxiao looked at Huo Cun unconvinced and said.
I am a descendant from Hedong, and you are a descendant from Shang Rang. We are mutually exclusive. Is it possible that we are still afraid of you?
"Two generals." Xiao Fu, the grain commander, stood up with a smile on his face. He walked past Guo Shaobin and Zhang Jun and said with a smile: "Don't be impatient for a moment. I watched Pang Shuai smile without saying a word.
It has already been settled. We are all members of our family, why should we hurt our friendship?"
The smile on Pang Shigu's face faded and he said: "Today's discussion, the strategy is clear. Shao Thief is so unhappy that he has no heroic spirit at all, and he is obsessed with defending. Now that the matter has come to an end, there is nothing more to say, no matter where he comes from
, I will only go all the way and attack Heqing first."
Everyone also looked solemn and listened carefully to the order.
"Guo Shaobin, Zhang Jun!" Pang Shigu shouted.
"The end will be here!" they both responded in unison.
"The equipment is almost ready, now it's time for the sharp army to take action."