Of course, the officers and soldiers of the Feilong Army did not dig up Zhu Quanzhong’s ancestral grave. Is anyone stupid enough to inform him of his whereabouts?
They first traveled thirty miles north and arrived at Baimajin, also called Liyangjin, which had only a dozen veteran troops.
The ferry garrison had been transferred to the garrison in Weinan County next door. There were still some old men left, and Qi Banzhang did not make things difficult for them. He even gave them some biscuits to feed these poor people who looked hungry.
After spending one night in Baimajin, the army continued eastward, bypassing the heavily defended Weinan County without fighting, and ran all the way eastward.
On the way, he met a group of Liang Army cavalry who were searching for them. In order to prevent the night from being long and full of dreams, Qi Bizhang ordered them to speed up without sacrificing their horse power, and finally arrived at Puyangjin in the north of Puyang County at nightfall.
The ferry defenders yelled and were disarmed and then released.
This day is already March 16th, the second year of Qianning.
There was a sound of water outside the ferry, and there were dots of fishing fires on the river. I don’t know which fisherman they were, but they were still busy after nightfall. The harsh government was fierce, probably to cope with the government’s urging for classes.
On the other side of Puyangjin is Dunqiu County in Weibo. In terms of external exchanges and commercial exchanges, this should be the most important ferry nearby, also known as Desheng Ferry.
"Deshengdu is not safe." Qi Binzhang asked someone to spread out the stained map.
He knew very well that Puzhou had been attacked by the Liang people for many years, and a large number of people were plundered. In addition to controlling the vicinity of the city, the Puzhou defenders were basically in a state of semi-abandonment, such as Puyang. , Liang general Liu Zhijun has already occupied Linpu County and may go north at any time to threaten Puzhou City.
Puyang, who can guarantee safety?
The sergeants were exhausted, but could not rest.
Some soldiers were assigned the task of going out to guard, while the auxiliary soldiers began a series of trivial logistical tasks.
They tore down the planks of the ferry barracks and chopped them into firewood for cooking.
Some people built horseshoes and nailed horseshoes, and some people started killing horses!
Today, we killed some horses and mules. Some of them collapsed on the road. Some of them persisted until they reached the ferry. However, they could no longer survive and were directly killed for their meat.
After dinner was cooked, the soldiers brought horse meat, vinegar cakes and a jug of wine.
Qibizhang devoured the food and then focused on looking at the map.
Eighty miles east of Puyang is Juàn County, Puzhou, which was historically the fiefdom of Cao Zhi. You can reach Weibo by crossing the river in the north.
The governor of Puzhou was Shaolun, the descendant of King Xia, who came from a family of local generals in Puzhou.
Sixty miles northeast of Puzhou to Fan County, the seat of Gu State in the Xia Dynasty during the pre-Qin Dynasty. Further east from Fan County, it enters the territory of Shouzhang County in Yunzhou.
Puyang is actually quite close to Bianzhou.
Starting from Puyang, go southwest and pass through Weicheng and Fengqiu counties to reach Chenqiao Station, which is only forty miles away from Bianzhou City.
Puzhou goes south, needless to say, to Caozhou and Songzhou.
The distance between Zhongyuan prefectures and counties is so close! Beyond Tongguan, the further east you go, the denser the cities and towns are, the more people there are, and they seem to be much wealthier than Guanxi.
If the commander-in-chief is still stuck in Kansai and does not come out, and the heroes of Kanto are allowed to annex, the consequences will be disastrous. There is no need to unify the entire Kanto. If Henan is unified, it will be too powerful to control, and if Hebei is unified, it will be even more uncontrollable.
This is not just a matter of population. The populations may look similar, but with the same population of one million, Kanto is much richer than Kansai, can better support long-term wars, and has more advanced technology and culture.
Qibizhang thought for a while, and now Liang Jun's troops should have entered Huazhou one after another. But he spread the word that he was going to Songzhou to dig up Zhu Quanzhong's ancestral grave. No matter what they thought, they felt that he might be a liar, but someone
Dare to bet?
We must divide our troops into Songzhou. Even infantry troops must be sent there.
In addition, the recruiting envoy Gao Renhou should have sent a second batch of 5,000 Feilong troops to cross the river and go south. There may also be some Tibetan cavalry. We just don’t know where they will sneak southward, which will also cause damage to Liang Jun’s troop deployment.
What impact.
By the way, speaking of Fanqi, where are these two guys, Li Renyu, and Tuoba Renfu? Qi Bizhang decided to send someone to Puzhou tomorrow to contact Zhu Xuan’s people and ask Tuoba Renfu and Li Ren
He wanted these two unmotivated people to come over and see him.
On March 18, the two Tibetan generals did not come, but Puyangjin welcomed an unexpected guest: Zhu Jin, the military envoy of the Taining Army.
"I've met Zhu Shuai." Qibi Zhang, who was packing his bags and planning to go to Puzhou City, saluted.
"General Qibi is so polite." Zhu Jin stopped Qibi Zhang and asked, "The Feilong Army caused a big scene in Huazhou. I went to aid Yunzhou and heard about General Qibi's feats, but
Don’t know where you want to go now?”
Qi Bizhang hesitated for a moment and said: "I want to go to Puzhou to supply some grain, grass, horses, mules, arrows, and medicinal materials. Then I will fight to Caozhou and watch the Liang army move before we make any calculations."
Zhu Jin also hesitated for a moment and said: "Two generals Tuoba Renfu and Li Renyu, don't bother looking for them. They took their troops to Qizhou, sometimes plundering De, Di, sometimes Zi,
Qing, you are very happy. A few days ago, the whole army gathered and went to Dizhou. It seems that they will not leave."
"These thieves!" Qi Binzhang gritted his teeth and said, "They don't even want their family anymore. Thieves are thieves!"
"It's not their fault." Zhu Jin said with a smile: "Wei Bo didn't allow them to use the road, so they had to stay in Yun. There was nothing they could do. There is something that General Qibi probably doesn't know yet. Li Keyong has left Wei from Wei.
The troops withdrew from the city. Because the situation in Youzhou was unstable, Lu Wenjin and Shan Keji persuaded Wang Rong to take the opportunity to rebel. Ke Yong noticed something was wrong and prepared to go back to suppress it. Therefore, more than 30,000 people led by Zhang Cunjing and Ge Congzhou could return at any time.
If Generals Hua, Zheng, and Qibi return to Huazhou, they will inevitably suffer losses."
"I don't know about that." Qi Binzhang thanked him.
"We can't go back to Huazhou now. It's too dangerous. In fact, as General Qibi said, if we attack Caozhou at the right time and then break into Song Bo, Quanzhong will definitely be in chaos." Zhu Jin said: "If General Qibi doesn't
If you mind, I also want to take two thousand men with me and go south to Caozhou to kill some thieves for fun."
Perhaps only Zhu Jin can use "play" to describe killing.
He was a cavalryman, good at shooting, and also very good at archery.
Historically, after defecting to Huainan, the master archer An Renyi once boasted: "The ten bows of (meter) Zhicheng are not worthy of one of (Zhu) Jin's bows; the ten bows of (Zhu) Jin's bows are not worthy of one of (An) Renyi's bows."
This was a flattering statement for An Renyi, but it also showed from the side that Zhu Jin's Ma Shu was indeed very powerful, at least in Huainan, he stood out from the crowd.
Xu Wen's son Xu Zhixun once learned the art of war from Zhu Jin, and Zhu Jin taught him carefully, which shows that he is also quite talented in military command, but he just doesn't know why he was defeated repeatedly by Liang Jun.
Of course, infantry combat is also good. After Xu Zhixun learned the art of war from Zhu Jin, he saw the famous horse that Yang Xingmi had given to Zhu Jin. He liked it very much and demanded it. Zhu Jin refused to give it, so Xu Zhixun selected several assassins to assassinate Zhu Jin at night.
He was killed by Zhu Jin on the spot and buried in the backyard.
He was assassinated in the middle of the night. He was caught off guard and didn't even wear armor. He drew his sword and fought with the assassin. One by one he was against several, and he killed them one by one. This martial art was really amazing. It was a combination of both foot combat and cavalry combat.
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"Zhu Shuai wants to go with us, but Zhang doesn't want him. But, doesn't Zhu Shuai need to go back to Yanzhou?" Qi Banzhang asked.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Jin sighed and said: "Since Guangqi, I have either been rescuing Xuzhou, or on the way to rescuing Yunzhou, or fighting against the Liang thieves. How many days are there in Yanzhou at the end of the year? I have long been used to it. My brother no longer wants to fight with
Quanzhong hit me, but I still can’t let it go and want to try again.”
Qi Bizhang glanced at Zhu Jin, what a terrible young man!
Yes, Qi Binzhang is in his forties this year, but Zhu Jin, who became the military commander of the Taining Army at the age of twenty, is not yet twenty-nine this year. He is in his best years and is also the most unconvinced.
when.
Is it weird that he wanted to fight Zhu Quanzhong? Zhu Jin was very disappointed when Zhu Xuan didn't want to fight before, but now that he met Qi Binzhang, his thoughts were aroused again, so he came up with the suggestion just now.
"That's alright." Qibizhang said: "Since Commander Zhu wants to go south, I have a lot of helpers, which is very good. King Xia has been using troops for many years, and this year he mobilized more than 100,000 troops to attack Quanzhong from the north and south. The Liang thieves are weak on the left and right, and they can no longer support them.
Live, defeat will be a matter of time."
"I don't have any other thoughts, just behead Quanzhong." Zhu Jin said with a smile, "Let's go south together and kill him and turn everything upside down."
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As Gao Renhou sent a second wave of troops to Henan and Li Tangbin stepped up his offensive in Xin'an County, the situation on the Liang Army's northern front suddenly became tense.
On the southern front, a large-scale war has continued for several days.
In the camp on the west bank of the Peishui River, enough food and grass had been stored for two months. The Liang Army brigade began to look for opportunities to cross the river, but was discovered several times and failed.
They had no choice but to forcefully cross the river downstream, and at the same time set up camp and build a pontoon bridge upstream.
On the vast land, Shao Shude got on his horse, pushed away Chen Cheng's hand holding the reins, laughed and rode away.
The soldiers roared to follow, their roars like thunder.
Chen Cheng was so angry that he stamped his feet, but soon he smiled helplessly, secretly called the two of them, asked them to bring a few empty horses, and chased after the commander closely.
A group of Liang soldiers had already crossed the river from the bank of Peishui River.
The leader was a group of old soldiers, who looked fierce and resistant. When they were discovered, more than 300 people had crossed over. They quickly formed a small formation and slowly pushed outward to open up space for the troops who followed.
The infantry of Qianxia Army rushed over quickly, formed a hasty formation, and then rushed over.
But what is outrageous is that they came down from the high hill, occupied a favorable location, and had more people, but they were gradually pushed back by the Liang people, who numbered only one-third of them, making them unable to stand.
"Uncle Cong!" At the critical moment, more than a hundred riders rushed over and shouted in unison.
Liang Ren, who was walking along the wall, was startled when someone in the back row subconsciously looked around.
"The head of the clan is supervising the battle on the east bank. Brothers, don't be deceived by the thieves. Kill them!" a military academy member yelled.
"Whoosh!" An arrow flew out and hit the man right in the face.
Liang Renjun felt something was wrong at the last moment and subconsciously wanted to hide, but the arrow came too fast and penetrated his eye socket. He screamed and fell to the ground.
"Shishu Cong!" Shao Shude did not signal this time, but the soldiers spontaneously shouted.
"Over there!" Shao Shude laughed, raised his hand and shot an arrow, hitting another person.
After shooting, he turned his horse's head and galloped sideways.
"Uncle Cong!" Li Zhong waved the banner and almost shouted out loud.
"Uncle Cong!" the soldiers shouted in unison, almost drowning out the sound of horse hooves.
"Over there!" Another arrow flew out and hit a Liang Jun warrior.
This man stripped off his armor and rushed forward with his flesh exposed. He held a heavy sword and chopped down two Xia soldiers in succession. He was extremely brave.
The arrow flew over with a sharp whistling sound and penetrated hard into his chest and abdomen. The man staggered two steps and fell to the ground.
The soldiers also took out their riding bows and fired a round of arrows.
Suddenly attacked from the flank, even though Liang Jun was fierce, he was somewhat disorganized.
After the Xia army stabilized, these Cai people also became ferocious, roaring and launched a counterattack.
As their morale waxed and waned, they actually gained the upper hand and began to push the Liang people back.
Shao Shude no longer cared about the Liang army that had charged the farthest, and instead took his own soldiers and rode to where Liang Jun crossed the river.
He pulled out an arrow in his right hand and raised it high.
"Shi Shu Cong!" The shouts have never been so loud.
"Whoosh!" Drummer Liang Jun fell to the ground on the bank of the river.
Another feathered arrow was raised high above the head.
"Shi Shu Cong!"
"He's dead!" Shao Shude let go of his hand and the arrow flew out. Liang Junqi screamed and died. The other man was caught off guard and the flag fell down.
"Shishu Cong is dead!" Cheers resounded throughout the wilderness.
Seeing how brave their coach was, the new recruits of the Cai people became more and more motivated. The remaining nervousness was thrown away, and some jerky movements became smoother.
They roared and charged, forcing the Liang army in front of them to retreat steadily, all the way to the river.
On the river bank, a second wave of 700 to 800 Liang Jun soldiers had already crossed the river. They were all native Tuan folk from Chuzhou.
The drummer and flag bearer were already in a bit of chaos after being shot dead by Shao Shude with two arrows. Now they will be rushed by the defeated veterans, adding to the chaos.
The new soldiers of the Cai people were unyielding when they gained the upper hand. They all rushed down the mountain like fierce tigers and rushed the Liang people into the river.
Liang Jun's defeated troops cried out and jumped into the Peishui River, trying to swim across the other side. However, it had just rained heavily for two days in Shouzhou, and the river rose three feet overnight. The water was turbid and turbulent. The men flopped a few times, and soon followed.
The sediment and dead branches and leaves rolled downstream together and gradually became silent.
The killings on the river bank continued.
The Cai people became aggressive and extremely bloodthirsty and cruel. Liang Jun wanted to surrender, but was quickly cut into a pulp by random knives.
The remaining people had no hope. Except for a few lucky ones who got on the ferry and rowed to the other side, most people rushed to jump into the river and completely collapsed.
Shao Shude glanced at the battlefield and turned his horse around.
Zheng Yong had just arrived with more than a thousand people. He witnessed this hearty victory with his own eyes and was in a great mood.
Shao Shude held his riding bow high and roared past.
Wherever they went, the sergeants hit the ground with their rifles, followed the bright red cloak with their eyes, and cheered.
Zheng Yong looked at his lord with envy. He is the military envoy of this army. He has been training hard in the past month. He has food and accommodation in the military camp. It can be said that he shares the joys and sorrows. But now it seems that it is King Xia who has won the military heart. His personal force
The importance is evident.
I heard that Jinyang Li Keyong also had great military support. Maybe it has to do with the fact that he often fights on the front line?
His eldest son, Li Luoluo, is currently serving as a cavalry commander. He also likes to take the lead and often leads the charge. Such a lord is indeed easy to win the military's morale and can better control the troops.
"The thieves have been defeated, our army will win!" Zheng Yong raised the mace in his hand and shouted.
"We must win! We must win!"
The uniform roar crossed the Peishui River and reached the other side.
The real uncle Cong stood on the high slope. When he saw this, he snorted coldly and ordered to strike the trumpet and stop crossing the river.
Although fighting across rivers has always been a difficult problem, and countless people have faced off across the river in battles since ancient times, the fact that he could not break through the defense line of 10,000 new soldiers really made him feel embarrassed.
However, this was his first trial attack. Next, he would think carefully and fight to the other side of the Feishui River.