Zhang Guihou rushed forward with a thousand heavy cavalry.
Hundreds of cavalrymen came forward, shooting arrows from a distance, and blocking them. However, the power of the cavalry bows was too weak, and their lethality was limited. As a last resort, they drew out their short weapons from their sheaths and came forward, only to be beaten by the heavy cavalry.
Rush and disperse.
However, after being blocked by them, the Chishui Army cavalry who rushed into the camp gradually withdrew.
They took advantage of their horse speed to break away from contact and regroup at a distance.
Everyone in the hall dismounted after riding across the stone bridge.
They held large crossbows, slowly formed an array, and marched forward in a row.
"No need to worry about General Zhang seeing you off." Liang Hanyong shouted from afar: "Come back in two days..."
After that, thousands of people left like a gust of wind.
Zhang Guihou had no intention of pursuing him. He couldn't catch up with the heavy cavalry, and there were too few light cavalry. If he tried to catch up, he would fight one to five, and he would probably be beaten to death.
Zhu Hanbin ran out of the camp in embarrassment and cursed at the leaving Xia army's cavalry.
This battle was really embarrassing. The new recruits in Poxia were inexperienced, so they watched stupidly as the bandit cavalry broke through and made a mess. As a result, the three hundred veterans under him were unable to do anything, and were beaten into disgrace.
"The next day we will go to Anyi, behead the Shao thief, and present his wife to the King of Liang." Zhu Hanbin pretended to be bold and cursed a few words, vaguely touching the wound on his back, and he grinned for a while.
The sergeants in Luoyandu stood aside and remained silent.
To be honest, they also looked down on Zhu Hanbin a little.
When the king of Liang attacked Yan and Yun in the east, he saw a sergeant from the capital under Zhu Jin's tent. He had two wild geese tattooed on his cheeks and was named "Yanzidu". Therefore, he selected several hundred warriors to build "Luoyandu" and gave it to Zhu Hanbin to command.
But what credit does Zhu Hanbin have? His martial arts skills are not necessarily better than others, so why?
Zhang Guihou was too lazy to pay attention to this man, got off his horse, and went to comfort the injured sergeant.
On top of the city tower, Zhu Quanzhong held the wine bottle and stared at the Shiqiao battlefield where the fighting had just ended.
He was deeply impressed by the decisive and brave style of the Xia thieves. They were no worse than the old yamen soldiers under his command who had suffered from blood and fire. Compared with them, the Po Xia, composed of children from wealthy families in Bianzhou, were like helpless girls.
Just the same, let these strong men ravage you.
It is enough to have a strong backbone of officers and veterans, along with a group of new recruits, to fight farmers and soldiers, but it is not enough to deal with these brutal professional warriors who make a profession of killing people.
Fortunately, the hall saved some face.
They are also children from wealthy families, but they have been fighting for many years and have superb skills. In the confrontation just now, they killed many thieves, but in the end they were still a little embarrassed.
"Commander..." Jingxiang was about to speak, but was stopped by Zhu Quanzhong.
Zhu Quanzhong drank the wine in the cup, laughed, and said: "What a big deal. In the battle of Bajiao Town, Qin Zongquan had more than 100,000 troops, with camps spanning dozens of miles. Our army lost the first battle, and people were panicked. In the end, it was not
Destroy all thieves."
Of course, compared with the Battle of Bajiao Town, Zhu Quanzhong concealed a key fact, that is, Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin brothers arrived with tens of thousands of Yan and Yun troops as reinforcements, and Zhu Zhen brought more than 10,000 troops raised from Ziqing
The new soldiers returned quietly, and finally cooperated with the inside and outside to attack Qin Zongquan from both front and rear.
"What the commander said is absolutely true." Wei Zhao joked: "The thieves were defeated and fled in a hurry. Why not have General Zhang pursue them and keep all these thieves behind?"
Zhu Quanzhong glanced at him, and Jingxiang also glanced at him. They didn't know whether this person was a "high-level black man."
"Commander, we have to drive them as far away as possible from Bianzhou." Jingxiang said, "Lest people panic."
Zhu Quanzhong pondered undecidedly and asked: "There was a military report before that the Xia thieves were in Guanghe and Banzhu City and gathered a large number of soldiers and horses, as many as 40,000 people. Is this true?"
"It may not be true." Jingxiang said: "But we must be careful."
He could only say this much, no matter how much more he said, he didn't know what to say. There was so much fog in Heyang that it was difficult to know where the main force of Shao's thieves was deployed.
On the other hand, after so many years of fighting on their side, the passive defense has almost become clear.
How can Hu Zhen and his gang not know about it? Don’t Ding Hui and his gang know about it? Don’t you know about Qi Bizhang’s troubles, Zhu Zhen, Shi Shucong’s soldiers and horses? Pang Shigu is guarding the defense line of the river, no?
do you know?
This is the disadvantage of being passively beaten. The initiative lies in the opponent's hands.
"Send an order to Zhu Zhen. Jian Rui, clip the horses, ride them personally, and move the fourth army to the west. Deng Jijun will be the commander, and Zhang Jun will be his deputy." Zhu Quanzhong ordered.
Jingxiang is very satisfied.
Pang Shigu's soldiers and horses could not move. The Shao thieves were pulling things back and forth in the east, probably because they wanted to force them to mobilize Pang Shigu's troops to reinforce Bianzhou and open a gap. If the Shao thieves had assembled a large army in Heyang, then
Like a torrent flowing south, Luo, Meng, and Zheng are in a critical situation.
Now is the time to compete for patience. You must stay calm and not be fooled by Shao Thief.
There was a sound of footsteps, and Zhang Lang, the commander of the guards and soldiers, walked up to the tower and whispered something into Zhu Quanzhong's ear.
"Wow!" Zhu Quanzhong kicked the table and turned it over. His face was frighteningly ugly.
Not knowing why, everyone looked over.
"Tell Yuan Xiang to get over here first!" Zhu Quanzhong flicked his sleeves and went straight down the tower.
If Jingxiang realizes something, something must have happened to Prince Liang’s sister, Mrs. Zhu of Pengcheng County!
…
On the snowfield, thousands of horses galloped, and flags were flying.
Feilong Army and Taining Army left Xiapi County, crossed the mountains, and entered Yizhou.
"The Huai people are nothing more than that." The sergeants laughed and dismounted to rest.
The county magistrate drove a large group of pigs and sheep over to work for the army. After all, they were in Zhu Jin's territory, so it was as expected.
"We can't let the Yizhou elders suffer." Qibizhang called the civil servants and gave some instructions.
Soon, a batch of money, silk, gold and silverware looted from Sizhou flowed into Cheng County.
"General Qibi really has the style of a famous general." Yan Bao and Kang Huaiying, the generals of Yan, were standing by and were amazed when they saw this.
There are no military men these days who are so easy to talk to. Zhu Quanzhong’s Liang Army is one of those who really strictly enforces military discipline. They don’t disturb the people very much, and they don’t loot on their own territory. After entering enemy territory, they don’t just loot again and again.
It means looting and not killing people indiscriminately.
I didn't know what the military discipline of the Xia army was before, but now it seems to be pretty good.
There is robbery, but there is really no random killing. Moreover, the so-called robbery is also very orderly. Private robbery is strictly prohibited, and violators will be beheaded. It is all organized robbery. Of course, they call this "distribution"
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"Yang Xingmi is naturally generous in entertaining guests," Qi Bizhang said with a smile.
On this trip, they set off from Yanzhou and broke into Xuzhou. After mobilizing the Liang Army, they entered Suzhou. They were then chased and intercepted by the overwhelming Liang Army. Zhu Zhen's troops even went south for reinforcements. As a last resort, they broke into Sizhou directly to the east.
territory, then made a circle and returned to the territory of Taining Army.
Yan Bao and Kang Huaiying laughed when they heard this.
On this trip, they also made a lot of money, mainly light silk, and everyone was very happy.
In the past, when we fought in wars, we would fight head-on with others, resulting in too many casualties and often being defeated. Now we go around in circles to avoid the real situation, and it is simply too comfortable.
Another advantage is that Qibizhang, a general who was born as a prairie chieftain, really knows how to operate in the enemy's hinterland. Hit and run, rob and escape, maybe it is the talent of the prairie barbarians?
Zhu Jin stood far away, expressionless.
Qi Bizhang confessed to him on the way, and then he would go north to look for opportunities to raid Cao, Hua, Song and other places.
Zhu Jin didn't plan to follow him anymore. He was already satisfied with having such a big bad breath.
According to his understanding of the Liang people, Shishu Cong and Zhu Zhen were very likely to attack the Taining army when they were angry and had to guard against it.
It seemed that the Xia people had some skills in fighting. Zhu Jin admired him in his heart, but of course he would not say it out loud.
We have been fighting with the Liang people for so long, fighting in the field, and the results are terrible. Don't I want to lose face?
Qi Bizhang's journey north to Yun and Yan was probably decided in advance. It was winter and the Yellow River was freezing, so Shao Shude was going south again in a big way, right?
Zhu Jin felt deeply confused about the current situation, not knowing what to do or what not to do.
When Zhu Quanzhong was beaten, he was motivated by hatred, but after the beating, he felt it was boring, as if he shouldn't have been beaten.
What can I do? What can't I do? Zhu Jin felt his mind was in a state of confusion. Thinking of his brother Zhu Xuan's attitude, Zhu Jin was even more at a loss as to what to do and was stunned for a while.
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"Gao Renhou is the commander of the capital. If he feels it is necessary, just move." Shao Shude, who had just arrived at Zhongnan Mountain, made the decision.
This is Cuiwei Palace, formerly known as Taihe Palace, built by Emperor Gaozu.
In the 21st year of Zhenguan, Taizong suffered from the heat in the capital, so he sent people to repair it and renamed Cuiwei Palace. In May of the 23rd year of Zhenguan, Taizong died in the Hanfeng Hall of Cuiwei Palace. From then on, no emperor visited Cuiwei Palace.
During the Yuanhe period of Xianzong, Cuiwei Palace was abandoned and turned into Cuiwei Temple. After the Chao Rebellion, all the monks in the temple died and were scattered, so Shao Shude picked it up and used it as his divorce palace.
News from the Henan battlefield came one by one.
After reading all the military reports, Shao Shude and Gao Renhou felt that Liang Jun had not been fully mobilized.
It may take time, or it may require more troops.
Gao Renhou was not going to wait, and decided to put another 5,000 men of the Feilong Army into the Hua-Bian battlefield, and add more troops to see if Zhu Quanzhong could still sit still.
The troops have been dispatched. The reason why he wanted to report to Shao Shude was mainly because he wanted to keep these 5,000 mounted infantry in his hands and throw them out as a victory weapon. But now it seems that the early test has not been successful.
When the expected results were achieved, the plan was forced to change.
Shao Shude agreed to Gao Renhou's transfer.
When marching and fighting, whatever you want, the enemy will follow suit. This ideal situation is hard to come by.
Thinking of this, Shao Shude asked Shangyi Du to get paper and pen, and wrote an order to mobilize 6,500 German troops to march eastward to strengthen the troops of the Huaizhou camp.
After finishing writing, Mrs. Pei used the seal and Mrs. Chen stepped forward to take it.
The two of them looked at each other inadvertently, and then quickly looked away.
Mrs. Chen's face remained unchanged, with the same graceful and indifferent expression. Mrs. Pei knelt down beside Shao Shude, her face was red, and her snow-white thighs hidden in the wide and gorgeous skirt were rubbing gently and imperceptibly.
Shao Shude patted Mr. Pei gently. The underskirts of the Guochao Dynasty were good. There was no concept of underwear, so it was so convenient.
Is this woman suffering from Stockholm Syndrome? She has an abnormal admiration for a man like Shao Shude who once directly controlled her life and death, and is easily excited.
"Don't be in a hurry to accept the official seal." Shao Shude held down Pei's hand, and after thinking about it, he said: "Wan Niang, come and write, I said, you write."
"As ordered." Mrs. Chen responded.
"Fu Cunshen was appointed as the envoy of the Eastern Capital Passage System and returned to the German army. The right wing of the Baoyi Army was under his control. The 40,000 people from Heyang Tutuan County were also under his command. Once the time was right, the entire army immediately went south to build the city.
Shao Shude said.
Mr. Chen was busy writing at his desk, and his handwriting was quite——huh? It was actually very lively! Even more lively than Shao Shude’s handwriting. No wonder Mr. Chen once laughed at the calligraphy he learned from a woman.
I’ll practice calligraphy on you more next time!
"Zhen Zi Yanchao has been appointed as the deputy general of the army and will come today." Shao Shude added.