Chapter 49: Turning Point (Additional update for the Alliance Leader, Young Master Qingshan)
Fan Jushi was shouted out in a hurry.
The situation was so urgent that he didn't even have time to put on his armor. He grabbed a heavy sword from the hands of his own soldiers, and rushed out with bare feet and disheveled hair.
There was chaos on the street.
The Huaizhou soldiers and the Bian-Song soldiers fought together, and the Huaizhou soldiers also fought with each other. It seemed that not everyone was rebelling.
Fan Jushi was wearing a single coat, roaring like thunder, slashing left and right with his heavy sword, killing two people in a row.
"Formation! Formation!" Fan Jushi would definitely die if he fought alone. Fan Jushi walked quickly with bare feet, making blood dripping from his steps and cutting the soles of his feet, but he didn't notice it and shouted loudly.
More and more people gathered around him... After fighting for a long time in the dark night, the Bian soldiers were a little discouraged. At this time, seeing the figure of the general, their morale was restored.
"Where is Fan Jushi? Shoot him to death!" Wang Ban shouted on the tower.
"Traitor!" Fan Jushi spat, took his bow and shot an arrow.
Wang Ban shrank his head in fright, and the arrow hit the soldier beside him.
Then he became a little annoyed, and ordered his left and right people to fire with powerful crossbows, suppressing the arrogance of Fan Jushi and his gang.
More and more Xia soldiers entered the city.
Although the combat effectiveness of the Feilong Army was not as good as that of the Bian-Song soldiers in the city, they were better because they had more people and a more organized formation. They also took advantage of night raids and the enemy troops were killing each other and making a mess.
, fired a volley of infantry bows, stabbed with spears, fired again with infantry bows, then marched into the wall, stabbed with spears, and soon defeated the remaining Bian soldiers.
Fan Jushi originally had a chance to escape, but he resolutely led 500 people into the inner city and defended the danger.
More than three thousand troops entered the city one after another and quickly cleared out the remaining Bian soldiers and Huai soldiers.
"See General Qibi." When Wang Ban saw Qibi Zhang riding his horse into the city, he immediately stepped forward and saluted.
Qibizhang glanced at him, sat on the horse without moving, and said: "How many people do General Wang have?"
"There are still four hundred people." Wang Ban answered honestly.
"Good luck." Qibizhang praised it and ordered: "You lead 1,500 people, together with General Wang's troops, take advantage of the Bian bandit army's instability and storm the inner city. I must win it."
Wang Ban's expression suddenly changed.
"Follow your orders!" Xue Li also knew that if there were any hidden dangers left in the city during the war, it would be very fatal. Not only would it tie down their small number of troops, but it would also greatly affect their morale, and they must be eliminated as soon as possible.
"General Wang, without further ado, your department is familiar with the inner city, so you can attack the first formation, right?" Xue Li looked at Wang Ban and said in a questioning tone,
Wang Ban was extremely reluctant, but now that the matter had come to this, he had no other choice but to bite the bullet and accept it.
After the two left, the shouts of killing started again.
Qibizhang sat in the state office and waited for the sergeants to count the seizures.
This wait lasted until dawn.
As an important material transfer center, Huaizhou City has more than 100,000 hu of grain, more than 30,000 bundles of arrows, and other miscellaneous military equipment.
This is the reason why the rainy season has just begun and the materials sent by Bianzhou have not yet had time to be transported to the city via Qinshui River, otherwise they may need more.
Qibizhang estimated based on experience that if more than a thousand cavalry and four thousand horse infantry led by Yang Liang arrived, the entire army would have nine thousand men, more than thirteen thousand horses and mules, and more than one hundred thousand husks of grain and grass, which would be enough.
They spent three months. After all, the food intake of those horses and mules is equivalent to that of 40,000 infantrymen, which is so damn good. The cavalry is really not something that the poor can afford!
Qibizhang thought for a while and sent some more soldiers to guard the warehouse.
Huaizhou Xinde, who knows who is hiding in the city. If someone takes the opportunity to set fire to it and the Lingwu County Prince knows about it, the credit will be greatly reduced.
The fighting was still going on in the inner city. Qi Binzhang was impatient and was planning to personally supervise and kill the people when Xue Li limped over.
"Is there any good news from General Xue?" Qi Bizhang held his breath and sat back.
"Returning to the army, the general fought hard in the middle of the night, killed more than 300 bandits and captured more than 100. The bandit general Fan Jushi set himself on fire and died."
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Qi Binzhang suddenly stood up, took the head, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "What happened to the rebels' capture?"
"There are two hundred Bozhou soldiers in the inner city. They made a rebellion in the middle of the night. They wanted to surrender to Fan Jushi but failed. The general saw the opportunity and sent people to attack fiercely and finally broke through the inner city. In this battle, no less than a thousand people were killed or injured." Xue Li replied.
Qi Bizhang remained speechless.
If it weren't for someone who didn't want to die with Fan Jushi, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to conquer the inner city, and the casualties would indeed be a bit heavy.
But it doesn't matter, the military has its own pension.
Once Huaizhou is reached, if the troops led by Yang Liang arrive again, the situation in Heyang will undergo earth-shaking changes.
The good news has been sent to Heqing overnight, and the commander will receive it soon.
And what they are now facing is likely to be the siege of the frustrated Bian Army.
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"Pang Shigu's fighting style is almost the same as Ding Hui's." In Baiyacang City, Chen Cheng was explaining the battlefield situation to Shao Shude and his soldiers and generals again.
Since the soldiers have the opportunity to be deployed as junior officers, of course they must take turns to study. This kind of explanation class combined with actual battlefield conditions is particularly effective.
"Pang and Ding attacked the cities of Yan, Yun, and Xu. If they could not defeat them at once, they would mainly build forts and besiege them. Compared with them, Zhu Zhen had more tricks. He once deceived the defenders into defeat.
Chen Cheng said: "Pang Shigu dug trenches and advanced, built a stronghold for more than ten years, and used strong crossbows to fire from a high position. This shook the morale of our army and forced the Tiande army to withdraw from the northwest camp.
.In the next step, the Bian army may move to the south, and repeat the same tactics, attack Liaowu by land and water, and seize this stronghold."
The Bian Army broke through the northwest camp yesterday.
Strictly speaking, it was the Xia army who took the initiative to retreat and abandon this place.
Being shot over the head all day long, morale was greatly damaged, so Gao Renhou directly ordered a retreat to preserve his strength.
Some of the Tiande army's infantry who retreated returned to Baiyacang City, and some entered Heqing County. As for Liaowu, the place was not big, and the original force was enough, not to mention that Heqing County and Baiyacang could send troops to support them.
"Although Pang Shigu's method of fighting will cause small casualties, it will take a long time and consume a lot of money." Chen Cheng continued: "If it weren't for the close proximity of the Bian and Song states and the convenience of transporting grain and grass, I would have been urged to fight quickly.
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Having said this, he paused for a moment, and everyone began to talk among themselves.
Shao Shude stretched out his hand to stop everyone, and said: "Quan Zhong must do his best, but I can only use half of my strength. However, our army has a favorable geographical location, and defense is much easier than attacking after all. This battle will still have to be exhausted before there is no result in other directions."
.Zhu Quanzhong sent 100,000 troops. Even if it is at home, the consumption is not a small amount."
If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, the consumption of a hundred thousand troops is very shocking. In the movie, there are hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops, and they fight deep into the enemy's territory. This is impossible in reality, especially when the place you occupy is a vast area.
In vain, there is no foundation whatsoever.
The Central Plains were mainly destroyed by Huang Chao and Qin Zongquan in Henan Prefecture, Ruzhou, Caizhou, Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Xiangzhou and Heyang. These were their main areas of activity. The people were not killed or dragged into
The army is the territory of the fleeing Xuanwu Army. If only one third of the territory is left, it is good. In some places, even one out of ten is left.
Zhu Quanzhong went to war every year. No matter in history or in this time and space, he often had an army of 100,000 troops. Sometimes he attacked three or four vassal towns at the same time. He also gained a reputation among the people for having relatively light taxes. This is certainly related to the wealth and wealth of the Bian and Song states, but it has always been like this.
After all, the family’s wealth will eventually be depleted one day.
"Commander, there is a military report." Zheng Yong, the tenth general of the army, walked in.
A civil servant also came in over there and handed a copy of the ultimatum to Chen Cheng.
Shao Shude and Chen Cheng looked at each other and smiled.
"It must be good news." Shao Shude opened it and read it carefully.
Chen Cheng also finished reading it quickly.
"Commander, this matter"
Shao Shude stretched out his hand to stop, then turned his back on both sides and started pacing.
The buzzing in the room stopped instantly, and everyone's eyes turned.
"The overall situation in Heyang is settled." Shao Shude smiled.
"But Pang Shigu is still here." Chen Cheng also smiled.
"He has to leave." Shao Shude played with the official letter in his hand and said: "The front cannot be attacked for a long time, and the flanks are threatened. If he and I were Zhu Quanzhong, the headache now is how to clean up the mess in Heyang and minimize the losses."
"Order" Shao Shude finally decided to do some micro-managing in person. He only heard him say: "Deploy 10,000 people from the Hezhong Yamen Army and 10,000 Tu Tuan villagers to Qiziling to attack Zhiguan together with the Guide Army."
"Send an order to Ye Liyu, and the Tielin Army will march eastward with 13,000 infantry and cavalry, under the command of Gao Renhou."
"Sending an order to Wang Xie, the Yinshan and Hengshan tribes with eight thousand cavalry march eastward, under the command of Gao Renhou."
"Send an order to Li Tangbin. Don't rest any longer. Attack the Bian army in front of you. No sneaking or sneaking."
"Send orders to Qi Bizhang to defend Huaizhou without any mistakes. If you have spare strength, you can attack Jiyuan. The frontline Bian army at Zhiguan will return. If there is no chance, you should protect yourself."
"Send an order to Liang Zhixia. From the five counties of Shaozhou, ten thousand people from Tutuan Township will be mobilized to assemble in Wangwu County."
This is a full-scale counterattack.
This war has been going on for more than three months since the troops were dispatched in February, and the battle to defend the city also lasted for more than a month, but it seems to have reached a turning point.
In fact, according to Shao Shude's original intention, the city defense battle should last at least three more months to exhaust the energy of the Bian army. At this time, a full-scale counterattack will be launched. The Bian army has not yet become a tired army, so the time is not ripe.
But the situation in Huaizhou is changing rapidly. If you don't fight back, they will leave.
From another perspective, this is also an opportunity for Pang Shigu. If he is bold and careful, seizes the opportunity when Xia Jun comes out of the turtle shell, and wins a few great victories, he might be able to capture Heqing and push back to
The Shaozhou line is threatening the river.
"In addition, send an order to Zhu Shuzong of Lingzhou to recruit 10,000 new soldiers and transfer them to Shaozhou." After Shao Shude gave these orders, he stopped talking.
In the counterattack, he will no longer micromanage and leave everything to a few generals.
He has now begun to imagine the strategic situation of Xia and Bian in the next stage.
The most ideal situation is obviously to seize all the area north of the Yellow River and confront the Bian Army across the river. If this is such a situation, then changes in the surrounding situation must be considered.
Li Keyong? Luo Hongxin? Wang Rong? Zhu Xuan? Zhu Jin? Even Yang Xingmi?
It is another grand drama of vertical and horizontal combinations. If it is not done properly, it is possible to be accused of Dong Zhuo.
"Where is Wang Ke?" Shao Shude approached Chen Cheng and asked in a low voice.
He did not restrict the movement of Wang Ke and his wife, and they could go wherever they wanted. According to the last news obtained, they were still living in Anyi and said they would go back to Jinyang in the near future. I don't know if they left or not.
"Commander, he's still in Anyi." Chen Cheng knew the reason for Shao Shude's question and immediately replied.
"Let Wang Ke and his wife go back to Taiyuan and bring me a letter back," Shao Shude said.
"Should I write the letter?" Chen Cheng asked.
"You write it."
Li Keyong is the biggest variable now. If he comes back from Youzhou, the situation will be complicated.