On April 17, the fifth year of Dashun, one day later than expected, Cai Songyang and Yang Sheng arrived at Wangwu County with 5,500 infantry and 1,000 cavalry from the Tiande Army.
Shao Shude personally arrived at Wangwu to review the troops.
The Tiande Army, born out of the Fengzhou armies, initially had only 4,000 men. Later, after reorganization and additional manpower, it has now expanded to 6,500 infantry and cavalry. It is worth mentioning that there are some soldiers who surrendered from Henan in this army.
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"I was born in the Tiande Army." Standing on the temporary high platform, Shao Shude suddenly remembered many past events.
Serving as the escort of the supervisor Qiu Weidao, he rushed to the battlefield in Hedong to encircle and suppress Li Guochang and his son.
In the early years, there were three noble men...
Qiu Guiren has been supervising Jun Shuofang for many years, but the court has been unable to transfer him. This position is specifically for him to enjoy the blessings. The only one who can take it away is himself - Qiu Weidao has devoted himself to cultivating immortality in the past two years and has taken a lot of messy medicines. I heard that
My health is not good.
Sun Guiren helped Shao Shude more often. Now, in his fifties, he is holding Jie Jingzhou and serving as the governor of a town safely, with no shortage of wealth. The eldest son, Sun Jinde, is working under Han Jian in Shanzhou.
The team training is good and the development is good.
Li Kan besieged Lei Man in Langzhou, but failed repeatedly and retreated after running out of food. He was no longer young, in his fifties or sixties, but he was full of energy and was planning a second expedition against Langzhou.
The enemy at that time, now his adopted brother Li Keyong, had just cooperated with Wang Chucun to repel the Youzhou Army from the south and stationed troops in Zhuozhou. His adopted son, Li Cunxiao, the training envoy of the Xinyi Regiment, summoned a large group of Tibetan people to go south to help the battle. The situation in Youzhou
What a mess.
My adopted brother must have been in pain and happiness in the past two years.
However, the Hedong army has been fighting outside for a long time and will return home sooner or later. Shao Shude wants to see how the situation in Youzhou will eventually evolve.
"When Tiande's army conquered Lanzhou, they were brave and good at fighting and made great achievements." Shao Shude said: "In the third year of Guangqi (887), they garrisoned Fenglin Pass and leveled the city to defend the city. In the third year of Dashun (892), they again
We also worked hard to garrison the Jishi military city in Kuozhou and made great achievements. I hope to make new achievements this time to defeat Zhu Quanzhong."
"We will not give up until we defeat the thieves." Cai Songyang clasped his hands and said loudly.
"Determined to be the commander-in-chief and the thief-breaker." Yang Sheng also expressed his stance.
Yang Sheng was the former general of Dashanguan Town in Fengxiang Town. When Zhu Mei went south, he was unwilling to go. After Zhe Zongben moved to Fengxiang Town, he recommended him to Shao Shude. He happened to catch up with the expansion of Shuofang Army and accumulated some money.
Thanks to his great achievements, he finally served as the deputy envoy of the Tiande Army.
"The Tiande army's cavalry marched eastward and were under the command of Yang Liang. The infantry was stationed in Wangwu County." Shao Shude ordered: "Always wait for orders to attack."
"As ordered." They both responded in unison.
The area around Heqing County is so big, there is no need and indeed it is not possible to station too many troops and horses. Anyway, Wangwu County is only forty miles away from Heqing. If you really need them, just give the order and they can be there in a moment.
Shao Shude stayed one night in Jinxianguan. On April 18, Fu Cunxen, the envoy of the Returned Army, led the vanguard to the king's house.
"With the eight thousand soldiers who returned to Germany, I have only one request: to hold Jiguan and wait for the weather." Shao Shude hosted a banquet in Wangwu County for Fu Cunxen and his party, accompanied by Cai Songyang, Yang Sheng, Chen Cheng, and Zhao Guangfeng.
"Don't worry, Commander, we will keep it tight." Fu Cunchen responded.
Hu Guocheng was handed over to Wang Jianji to guard, and Fu Cunshen finally escaped from that sea of suffering.
Squatting on the mountain all day, occasionally having small-scale conflicts with the enemy, was the most irritating thing.
Now he has been transferred to the northern battlefield. Although he is still defending the city, it is different.
This has become the core battlefield, with more than 150,000 troops from both sides entangled here. After the dust settles, the situation in the Central Plains is likely to undergo huge changes.
This is where a man comes into play!
"He Qing is still the key to the battle with Zhu Quanzhong." Shao Shude said: "The Bian army should be more than 100,000 strong, and I have only 18,000 cavalry to defend the city. The strength of the Bian army is six times that of mine. It seems to be extremely dangerous.
, but there is something organic in the crisis. What I ask of you is to take a good rest and maintain your strength and vigor. The Bian Army is good at fighting in the field, but now it comes to attack the city. Although it is a last resort, it is a big mistake.
There is a chance in this battle."
After leaving Wangwu County, Shao Shude rushed back to Baiyacang.
On April 19, he took a total of 2,000 soldiers and Tiande Army cavalry to inspect the front line.
In the past two or three days, the Bian army attacked the camp in the northwest corner again.
Troops were sent to rescue the city again, and more than a thousand of the bandit soldiers were defeated. However, the 500 cavalrymen were killed by the bandits' own cavalry troops when they were chasing the enemy's defeated troops. They were all covered in white. After a fight, most of the 500 people were defeated, and only two of them ran back.
Baiqi is really exhausted.
In this kind of cramped terrain, once you are bitten, you can only fight head-on. There is no room for you to show off your riding and shooting skills. It is normal for you to be defeated in the end.
Shao Shude directly ordered a thousand cavalry from the Tiande Army to be assigned to Heqing County. The infantry went out of the city to fight without cavalry support, which was really inconvenient.
"Pang Shigu has fought so many victorious battles, how can he be so cautious?" Shao Shude rode his horse back and forth to patrol, carefully observing the camp fence of the Bian army, but he saw that it was very strict, with trenches, carbine guns, and earthen walls all in place. He was obviously not lazy.
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"Commander, you can't go any further." General Zheng Yong stopped in front of Shao Shude and advised him.
Shao Shude smiled and followed the good example.
He liked Taizong's way of fighting, but he would not take risks like Taizong and approach the enemy camp personally. Even the enemy army regarded him as an ordinary scout - how could a general of the army go to the enemy's nose to conduct personal reconnaissance?
"Pang Shigu is so stubborn that he insists on breaking my horns and then besieging me. This man, alas!" Shao Shude sighed softly.
If we don't attack the city, if we don't lose a lot of lives under the city, if we don't fight to the point of physical and mental exhaustion, how can we defeat the rebel army?
One hundred thousand people, it's such a huge mass. If he could keep them all, Zhu Quanzhong wouldn't be able to survive for a few more years.
This is like Cao Yuan's Battle of Guandu during the Three Kingdoms period. After Yuan Shao's defeat, the offensive and defensive momentum reversed.
If Zhu Quanzhong buried his 100,000 troops here, Shao Shude would dare to surround Heyang, and then look for opportunities to cross the river and go south, either to harass the hinterland of Bian Song Dynasty, or to outflank Luoyang, and encircle and annihilate Hu Zhen's group. He would be able to do it with ease and have various options. In a few years,
Zhu Quanzhong will become what he was before he defeated Qin Zongquan.
It's a pity that I can't sneak attack Wuchao!
The supplies of the Bian Army were mainly transported from the south of the river. The pontoon bridges in the three cities of Heyang were the "major project of the century" of the imperial court. The supplies were collected and distributed in the north city of Heyang. They only needed to be transported for more than 70 miles to reach the frontline camp.
What's more, they can also be transported by water.
Damn it, Boss Cao, please teach me how to fight this battle.
Suddenly, a group of Bian Army cavalry appeared on the opposite side, heading this way from a distance.
"Commander, let's go quickly!" Zheng Yong pulled Shao Shude's reins and hugged him back.
"Do you want to tell Wang Ke's story?" Shao Shude glanced at him.
Zheng Yong was sweating on his forehead.
During the Battle of Fenshui, Wang Ke personally went to the front line to boost morale, but he was afraid of the enemy's arrows and retreated hastily, greatly demoralizing the army.
"Let them come." Shao Shude said: "I have a thousand eagle claws, a thousand warriors of the Tiande army, and a total of two thousand cavalry. The thieves' cavalry is only a thousand, so why should I be afraid?"
Could it be that the one coming from the other side is Lu Bu? Then Cao——I, Shao, will avoid the sharp edge.
Furthermore, I didn’t use a big banner, so most of the thieves didn’t know who I was, so they were scared!
The thief is very close.
The gate of the northwest corner of the camp was opened, and Yang Liang, who had hurriedly put on his armor, took the lead and rushed over with more than 3,000 horsemen. Judging from their speed, they did not hesitate to use horsepower, and they looked like the sky was about to fall.
On the contrary, Lao Gao was relatively calm and stood motionless at the top of the city.
The cavalrymen of the Tiande army rushed forward resolutely.
They held horses in their hands and shouted loudly. They guarded the river and Weiwei for four years in the Qing and Tang Dynasties. Do you really think that nothing happened? No, the Tibetan people were irritable and irritable. Sometimes they were upset and suddenly turned against each other. This
At that time, they had to send troops to conquer, so they experienced a lot of battles. At this time, they saw the cavalry of the Bian Army rushing towards them, so they rushed forward without fear and fought with each other.
"Here comes the bow." Shao Shude stretched out his hand and said.
I'm going to show off, get out of the way!
Zheng Yong stopped talking nonsense and directly took Shao Shude's commonly used riding bow and strung it.
Shao Shude gave it a try and quickly regained his feeling.
Over the years of hunting every day, the foundation of my career as an archer has never been lost.
"Whoosh!" An arrow flew out and hit a Bian Army cavalryman in the neck.
"Whoosh!" With another arrow, a Bianjun military officer fell off his horse.
"Kill!" Shao Shude clamped his horse's belly, walked around to the side of the Bianjun cavalry, opened his bow repeatedly, and shot down three more people in a moment.
The soldiers surrounded him in the middle, layer upon layer, and some even abandoned their weapons and only held a large shield.
"The handsome man is a great shooter!" The soldiers saw that their coach was so brave, and their morale was so high that they shouted one after another.
Zheng Yong's face turned dark, they are all a bunch of fools!
However, the Bian army was already in disarray at this time and could not bear the strength and retreated backwards. In fact, it was not a big deal.
Shao Shude also got a little carried away, and roared forward on his horse. He kept shooting twelve arrows back and forth with his bow, killing eight people. He didn't stop until his arms felt a little sore and weak.
At this time, they had already rushed to a place not far from the Bian Army camp.
Zheng Yong signaled his soldiers to bring over the two most powerful and fastest war horses, holding the reins firmly in their hands. If something went wrong, he would immediately ask the commander to put on a fast horse and drive away.
However, Shao Shude got angry and rode his horse a stone's throw away from the Bianjun camp, laughing, saying: "Where is Zhu San? Do you dare to come out to see me?"
Seeing this, the soldiers shouted in unison: "Where is Zhu San?"
Zhu San should not respond. Zhu San could not be heard in Bianzhou.
A drawbridge was lowered on the camp wall, and a group of infantrymen clamored to leave the camp.
Shao Shude dismounted and took out his bow, and shot the first person who rushed out with one arrow.
The second man continued to move forward, an arrow flew over and fell into the trench.
The third person had no time to stop and was killed with another arrow.
The remaining people did not dare to move and retreated behind the trench bridge, making noises everywhere.
Shao Shude mounted his horse and laughed again: "Do you dare Zhu San to come to Heyang to see me?"
"Do you dare to come to Heyang, Zhu San?"
"Do you dare to come to Heyang, Zhu San?"
The soldiers shouted in unison again.
The Bian army behind the trench bridge all turned pale after hearing this. Is this Shao Shude? Is this Li Keyong?
That Shatuo'er often provoked the enemy in front of the battle, often bending his bow and arrows to kill the enemy generals who were rushing towards him.
"Zhu San is cowardly. He is so weak. Are you not afraid of Pang Shigu's rebellion?" Shao Shude galloped back and forth with great arrogance. He didn't laugh until the Bian army laid down several ditch bridges and a large group of cavalry were about to leave the camp to fight.
and leave.
Waves of smoke and dust rose from the flat ground, and the two thousand riders left like a gust of wind, as if they had never been here before - just pretending to be cool and running away, it was really exciting!
Wang Tan, who left the camp to pursue, reined in his horse, looked at the corpses scattered on the ground in front of him, and looked at each other with his subordinates.
He felt that General Pang Du might be in a little trouble.