Inside and outside the city, banners covered the sky and the sun, and the camps stretched far away.
There are really too many people gathered, hundreds of thousands of people, which can be called an overwhelming army, and countless losses are consumed every day. If this kind of battle is repeated several times, the savings will be exhausted!
In the Zhao Mansion in Changshe County, Zhao Lin was having a banquet with his "little friends".
"In the fifth year of Dashun (894), Pang Shigu also led more than 100,000 troops to fight the Shao thief in a decisive battle. He was defeated that time. Two years later, it was still him. Can he win this battle?" Zhao Lin shouted.
It's a bit much, and I don't keep my mouth shut.
Pang Shigu is now the person with the most military power in the Xuanwu Army. Is this someone you, the little envoy of the Poxia Army, can comment on?
After hearing this, Zhu Hanbin repeatedly persuaded Zhao Lin to drink, lest Zhao Lin say anything more and spread the word and bring disaster to everyone.
"The Battle of Heqing in the fifth year of Dashun, and the Battle of Luoyang started at the end of last year. Until now, the Shao thieves have annihilated nearly 60,000 troops. The King of Liang only had more than 200,000 troops, and they have been used up a bit fast in the past two years.
." Wang Yanzhang was fascinated when he heard Zhao Lin talk about the Battle of Heqing. He was too low-level to participate, which was a great pity.
The decisive battle involving a total of more than 200,000 people from both sides makes me excited just thinking about it.
The offensive and defensive battles inside and outside the city of Heqing came and went with great ferocity. In the end, Qi Bizhang took advantage of Hedong and went out of Baixing to attack Huaizhou. Zhu Xuan of Yunzhou became active again. In the end, both sides retreated with a tacit agreement, ending the war.
A battle.
In that battle, Shao Thief should not have been able to swallow up Pang Shigu's hundreds of thousands of troops. Perhaps, with the help of the navy, it would not be possible.
At the end of the second year, the Battle of Luoyang was even initiated by the Shao thief. It was another decisive battle involving about 200,000 people and lasted for several months. This time, Wang Yanzhang participated in the second half of the battle. He was a little ashamed and fled back in confusion.
to Xuzhou.
"Sixty thousand? Pang Shigu brought 70,000 this time. What do you think would happen if he lost all of them?" Zhao Lin laughed without any cover-up, as if he wished Pang Shigu would lose.
Zhu Hanbin shook his head and smiled bitterly, while Wang Yanzhang frowned and sighed.
A servant came over, bowed his head and spoke in Zhao Lin's ear.
Zhao Lin was shocked when he heard this and said: "Let him come in."
Zhu Hanbin pulled Zhao Lin up and said: "Kang Yanxiao once served as the commander of the capital of Poxia, and he was also the commander of the camp of Yu. The military envoy should not be neglected."
"That's right." Zhao Lin chuckled and said, "Just give him some face."
Wang Yanzhang frowned and looked at him, then looked at tonight's banquet. There weren't many dishes. How could you drink like this?
Kang Yanxiao frowned as soon as he came in, but he was too lazy to care. The Zhao family is a local snake, and in this situation, it is not appropriate to say harsh words. After clearing his throat, Kang Yanxiao said: "Hurry up and pack up and leave camp immediately.
"
"Go to camp?" Zhao Lin was a little confused.
"Envoy Zhao, where are your troops?" Kang Yanxiao walked up to him and asked.
"Outside the city." Zhao Lin was a little afraid of Kang Yanxiao's eyes, feeling that he was anxious, even irritable, as if he wanted to choose others to devour.
When Po Xia's army escaped and defeated the general with thousands of remnants, his uncle Zhao Jue paid for him to recruit 3,000 new Chen Xu sergeants, expanding the army to 4,000, and is currently stationed outside Xuzhou City.
"Pang Shuai gives you two choices. One, cooperate with Yang Shihou, Dai Siyuan, and Zhang Quanyi to defend Caizhou; two, go to Yingzhou and repel the traitors." Kang Yanxiao said.
This is just for the sake of the Zhao family. If it were someone else, the situation was so urgent and they had given the order directly, how could they have given you the choice?
"Caizhou? Yingzhou?" Zhao Lin was still a little dizzy.
It was inconvenient for Zhu Hanbin to interrupt, but Wang Yanzhang said directly: "Envoy, we are about to go on an expedition."
When he heard the word "camp", Zhao Lin suddenly became alert and sobered up a lot.
"Going to war? Yingzhou?" He cast doubtful eyes on Wang Yanzhang.
"Then let's go to Yingzhou. We will set off tomorrow. Don't delay, otherwise military law will be engaged." Kang Yanxiao was too lazy to talk nonsense with this drunkard and left directly.
Next, he would go to Shangcai and bring hundreds of sergeants with him. If Yang Shihou still resisted, he would be killed directly, seize his military power, and rush south quickly.
In response to the offensive launched by Zongben and his son in the south, Pang Shigu adjusted his own combat sequence as quickly as possible and sent troops south to intercept it.
In this battle, there are no secrets between the two sides, they are just taking advantage of each other.
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A large group of defeated soldiers rushed to the outside of Lisuo Ruyin County in Yingzhou, panting and crying.
"Open the door quickly!"
"The summer thieves are here to kill!"
"Hurry up and let me in."
"More than 10,000 Huaining troops have arrived. Let us in quickly, otherwise Yingzhou will not be able to defend it."
Someone on the top of the city looked over, then looked into the distance, and said, "I have to report back to you, please wait a moment."
"Go quickly, go quickly!"
"What's the report? If the king had been here, how could we have been defeated like this?"
"My belly is empty, hurry up, I'm starving."
The north wind was blowing up fine snow, which was blowing hard on the ground. The lead clouds were very low, and the surrounding fields were desolate. The sergeants looked very frightened and frightened. At the slightest sign of any disturbance, they would scream in surprise and keep knocking at the door.
The city gate soon creaked open.
As if they were being pardoned, the defeated soldiers gathered their weapons and rushed inside.
Li Ze, the governor of Yingzhou, was heading to the city gate surrounded by his subordinates.
As he walked, he scolded: "I said at the beginning that we shouldn't send troops, but you persisted and demonstrated the benefits of sending troops. Now it seems that you have ruined three thousand troops."
At least half of the 3,000-strong force were state and county soldiers. It was really heartbreaking to lose them. It was really unreasonable. Well, luckily some of them came back. I heard there were hundreds. I don’t know if more will come back in the future.
The sound of rapid horse hooves was heard outside, and the sound was so loud that it could be faintly heard in the city.
"Did the thief catch up so quickly?" Li Ze asked incredulously.
At the same time, I was also a little panicked. There was still a lot of food and grass stored in Yingzhou City, and the equipment had not been sent out, so nothing could happen.
"General Zhou!" Li Ze shouted.
"Your Majesty, the last general is here."
"General Lu has not come back, so I will leave the city defense to you. Call all the soldiers together and go to the city to garrison. If there are any deficiencies, send the young men and women to the city."
"As commanded."
"Also," Li Ze called to the general who was about to leave, and said, "Bring me some additional armor and fight with the Xia thieves."
"Your Majesty's move will definitely boost morale. Everyone in Yingzhou will be excited. Aren't the Xia thieves scared to death?" General Zhou said with a smile.
Li Ze was a close confidant of King Liang. After Wang Jingsun was transferred, he took over the post of governor, which shows his trust. There is a widely circulated saying in Xuanwu Town that if a certain governor or governor was originally a military man, but now he is a civil servant.
, then this person is probably a close confidant of King Liang and should not be offended.
Li Ze is such a person.
"Go and make preparations." He waved his hand.
General Zhou responded, turned around and left. Unexpectedly, he only took two steps when he heard a burst of sound breaking through the air. General Zhou didn't even have time to grunt, and he fell back and fell at Li Ze's feet.
"Kill!" Like a volcano erupting, the defeated soldiers who poured into the city waved their weapons and slaughtered the Yingzhou sergeants and generals around them.
Li Ze was a little confused at first, but he quickly came to his senses and slipped towards the state government office surrounded by his entourage.
More than ten people had been watching him for a long time. Someone took out his bow and fired two arrows in succession. One arrow hit the Yingzhou Sima who was running behind him, and the other hit Ru Yinling.
Li Ze was so frightened that his soul was gone, and he screamed.
Another arrow shot out and nailed him in the back of the heart. The man staggered and fell down.
The sound of horse hooves outside the city is getting closer and closer.
Soon, the first batch of more than 300 dismounted warriors rushed into the city. They first controlled the city gate and nearby buildings, and were not in a hurry to advance. After the second batch of thousands of warriors dismounted and came in, they stayed
A small number of people stood guard, and the rest rushed in.
Qibizhang entered the city with the auxiliary soldiers when it was almost dark.
"It's God's blessing to have a sheltered place to rest for a night." Qi Banzhang smiled.
It is common for warriors to live in the open air, sleep on the ice and eat snow during the march. Being able to live in a house, sleep on a bed, and eat three meals on time is really not easy for a warrior. This may be due to the fact that many warriors are old and sick.
One of the reasons for not living a long life.
"Yingzhou is in my hands." Qi Bizhang took out an ultimatum from his arms, which was sent by Wei Shengjun.
Pingyu County surrendered without a fight, and now the army is besieging the three cities of Ruyang and digging two trenches.
Zhe Zong didn't know that the battle situation here was like this, but he asked Qi Bizhang to immediately move towards Chenzhou once he made a breakthrough in Yingzhou. He would send Chen Su and Cui Hong to lead the army eastward to consolidate Yingzhou
Line of defense.
"I fully understand your intentions." Qibizhang laughed.
The battle between Xia and Liang has entered a stage of fierce battle. The key to determining the outcome of both sides may lie in the area of Chenzhou and Yingzhou.
The noisy situation in Yingzhou City did not last long. At the beginning of Xushi, the following people came to report: more than 900 people including the thieves and assassins Li Ze were killed, and more than 1,500 were captured. There were still more than 300,000 dendrobium of grain in the city.
One hundred thousand bundles of hay and several other supplies.
"More than three hundred thousand grains?" Qi Bizhang was a little surprised.
Yingzhou has only four counties and less than 200,000 people. How can it be so wealthy?
Henan is such a wonderful place! It is rich and has such convenient transportation. It is truly the gift of an emperor.
"First replenish our food supply, and then seal up the rest after counting it." Qi Bizhang said: "Zheshuai has appointed Cui Hong, the general of the Huaining Army, as the military envoy of Yingzhou Town, and unified command of Chen Su and Wei Shoujie
They should be able to make use of the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in their headquarters."
After Zhe Zongben learned that the progress in Yingzhou was relatively fast, he immediately ordered Chen Su and Cui Hong to go eastward towards Yingzhou.
Chen Su, the governor of Shenzhou, currently has four thousand soldiers, half of whom are local warriors.
Cui Hong originally had 7,000 people, almost half of whom were local warriors. However, after entering Caizhou, he decisively exerted his influence and recruited many stragglers, and his army increased to more than 10,000.
After these two troops marched eastward, together with Wei Shoujie's troops, there were nearly 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers and horses. It was unclear whether they could gain a firm foothold in Yingzhou.
Qi Banzhang was too lazy to take care of them. The whole army had a rest today, and a few men were left to wait for delivery tomorrow. The main force went north to Chenzhou. He didn't know whether Dai Siyuan's Feilong Army was still there.