There was a light rain last night and the grass was a little wet.
Tall trees and low shrubs complement each other in Ruyuan Wetland. In the lakes and seas, fish jump up from time to time, showing off their tenacious vitality.
The southeast wind blew up suddenly, blowing down large areas of fresh and tender grass. The horses lowered their heads and chewed silently.
Rivers, lakes, reeds, woods, and grasslands form a perfect picture that makes people forget all their worries and just want to lie on their backs on the grass, breathe in the air mixed with the smell of grass and wild flowers, and watch the faint sky
White clouds.
The sun gradually rises.
Zhang Guiba shook off the raindrops on the nail leaves and carefully wiped the blood on the horizontal knife.
At his feet lay two corpses.
The deceased's lips were tightly closed, his eyes were half-opened, and his fists were clenched. A terrible wound on his abdomen extended to his chest, and the blood had solidified and was almost black.
At the feet of the corpse lay a fish.
The fish's mouth is wide open and its eyes are almost bulging out. You can imagine it leaving the water and struggling to death on the shore.
"Bury the body." Zhang Guiba ordered, wiped his muddy military boots on the grass, picked up the fish, got on his horse and rode away.
The battle in the valley has entered a fierce stage.
The Tatar cavalry's eyes were red, and they repeatedly attacked a solid formation that remained motionless.
The formation was full of spears, bows and thunder, and dead men and horse corpses in front of the formation almost blocked the way forward. The Tatars became more and more desperate, and some of them almost cried.
I'm already dying, why can't I attack the Xia people's army?
The people who formed the military formation were all professional warriors who were capable of killing people. The early morning sun shone slantly on their faces, but it seemed to have no impact at all. The crossbowmen were doing their job step by step, the spearmen were as steady as a mountain, the sergeants were fearless, and they cooperated in an orderly manner. This is a group of people.
Warriors who have experienced strong winds and waves and are used to life and death fights.
They will not be afraid like novices when they see cavalry, they will not be panicked at the slightest disadvantage like new recruits, and they will not disregard everything when they see an advantage like newcomers.
The enemy charges fiercely, but we fight steadily. The enemy retreats, but we maintain our formation and advance in a row.
"Woo!" The trumpet sounded, and the swordsmen quickened their pace slightly, and the crossbows fired continuously, destroying the enemy's last wave of offensive head-on.
The officers looked back at the high platform and saw the flags changing continuously.
The command sounded immediately. Everyone put their crossbows under their feet, took off their long swords and Mo Dao from their backs, and quickened their pace and rushed forward.
"Poof!" The Tatar cavalry, who were still trying to charge forward, were hacked to the point of being knocked off their feet.
The sharp sword was like a talisman, knocking people down completely.
There were soldiers armed with hooks, sickles, and long-handled axes who came up, hooked the horse's legs, and slashed the rider. The long swordsman worked hard to chop. The entire formation was like a precision-operated killing machine, killing all the last Tatar warriors.
The enemy finally couldn't hold on any longer.
They glanced reluctantly at the family members who were being transferred in horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts, and whizzed away with tears in their eyes.
Qingqi rushed down the hillside.
The Tubo, Dangxiang, Qiang and Qiang people from the Hewei provinces made frightening screams, sped up and chased after them, beating up the drowned dogs.
The Tatar cavalry had no fighting spirit and collapsed everywhere. The Longyou Fan cavalry chased and killed them easily, easily harvesting one head after another.
"In the battle of Yiyi River in the past, one hundred thousand Turkic cavalry charged hard at Su Dingfang's thousands of infantry. However, they were defeated by Su Dingfang. Their morale was greatly reduced and the army was defeated. The Tibetan cavalry took advantage of the situation to pursue and kill tens of thousands of them," Zhang Guiba said.
He got off his horse, looked at the messy battlefield, and said with emotion: "In today's battle of Ruyuan, no less than six thousand people were beheaded. General Yang can also leave his name in history."
The subordinate generals Xiao Siye and Tibetan general Po Run who followed Su Dingfang into battle were recorded, and their names can be left behind when compiling history books in the future. I just don’t know if I, Lao Zhang, was lucky enough to lead his troops to intercept and kill them, forcing him to retreat.
The reinforcements from the Weiner Li Department in the carriage room should also be given a name, right?
The swordsmen in the valley rushed forward for a hundred steps and then stopped. After a while, they formed a team and then charged forward again.
The old and weak Tatar women and children who were escaping were crying and screaming.
Some people jumped off the carriage and stopped the enemy on foot. Looking at their gray beards, Zhang Guiba just sneered. After fighting in the north and south for so many years, his heart has long been hardened. As long as he is an enemy, even a three-year-old child stands in front of him.
, he chopped it down with the same knife without blinking.
The defense line composed of a few hundred old and weak people was almost overrun at once.
The ruthless professional warriors used their heavy swords and swords to cut a path, leaving their limbs broken and their hearts bleeding all over the place. They rushed forward and caught up with the escaping convoy.
The Tibetan Qingqi were scattered around, guarding from a distance, with perfect cooperation and tacit understanding.
No one is resisting anymore.
The last descendant of the Arbus family was surrounded by people. The curtain of the carriage was opened, and when the passengers saw the samurai with intestines hanging on the armor leaf holding a heavy sword dripping with blood, he fainted from fear.
The battle is over.
Facts have proved that they are not as difficult to defeat as those in the Central Plains. Their only advantage is their flexibility. If their tactics are wrong, they will be killed by them. But as long as you force them to fight head-on, it will be a piece of cake.
It's easy.
"Military envoy, yesterday we won a great victory, and today we won again. The soldiers fought continuously without any sign of fatigue. The Golden Sword Army looks like a strong army." Zhang Guiba walked up to Yang Liang and complimented with a smile.
"How does it compare to the Long Sword Army?" Yang Liang asked.
Zhang Guiba said without any hesitation: "I want to be a little stronger."
"Haha!" Yang Liang laughed.
Zhang Guiba didn't tell the truth. Yang Liang's family knew about his family affairs, and compared to the peak state of the Long Sword Army, it should still be worse. After all, when the army was first formed, a lot of new recruits came in, and it took time for them to grow.
Fortunately, there were many veterans of the Changzhi Army in the team. They were indeed Zhu Quanzhong's pro-army soldiers. They killed people with ease and did not seem to be afraid when they were surrounded. They still talked and laughed and fought bravely to kill the enemy.
Sometimes Yang Liang feels that they have no humanity and are complete killing machines. However, the recruits grow up quickly under their leadership, which is the biggest advantage.
An army is not afraid of being severely damaged, but is afraid of being wiped out. Once the grassroots officers and veterans who are experienced in battles, can read the battlefield situation, and have subjective initiative die, all the inheritance will disappear. Newcomers need to accumulate experience from scratch.
In this process, you will experience setbacks, you will pay a bloody price, and more likely, you will not have the chance to grow up at all.
"Have the thieves retreated?" Yang Liang glanced at the sergeant who was arresting old and weak Tatars and cleaning up the battlefield, and turned around and asked.
"There were not many people coming, just a few thousand riders. When I led some people to attack the scouts, the main force rushed forward stupidly. Du Yanqiu occupied the high ground and fired their bows and crossbows. The thieves suffered heavy casualties and were scattered in all directions." Zhang Guiba was a handful.
In a few words, he told the general process of leading his troops to scare off the thieves.
In fact, the whereabouts of the Golden Sword Army should have been leaked all the way. Yesterday they captured a Uighur tribe, beheaded more than 2,000 people, captured more than 10,000 people, and over 100,000 cattle and sheep. Today they worked non-stop, and they happened to see the Yinshan Tartars.
Tao was running away, obviously he had received the news in advance.
But when there are more people, running becomes slower. Moreover, you have to carry tents, household items, cattle and sheep along with you, so the speed is too slow, and it is inevitable to be overtaken.
"After the births, property, and miscellaneous animals have been counted, we will send people to Jining. You can make arrangements. No need to do more. Just send more than a thousand Qingqi to escort them." Yang Liang ordered.
"As ordered." Zhang Guiba responded loudly.
His mentality changed very well and he was very satisfied with the role he played in the Xia army. Sometimes people need a little luck. At the beginning, the king of Xia captured not many Liang soldiers and generals, and because of the grassland war, he urgently formed Heijin.
, the Second Army of the Golden Sword gave him a chance to be demoted as a general. Otherwise, it would take the year of the monkey and the month of the horse to become a general again? Do Ge Congzhou, Kang Yanxiao, and Zhang Shensi have this opportunity? No.
Normally, like Liu Han, they would have to waste several years before they could slowly gain the trust of King Xia and be able to command the army.
I, Lao Zhang, am a man of great luck. The blind fortune teller in my childhood was right.
"After today's battle, we can't stop. Let's continue to advance south and attack Yuyi Town." Yang Liang has a big appetite and a very aggressive style. Shao Shude was right to hand over the Golden Sword Army to him, although it was not good for the overall strategy.
There were some doubts, but the execution of the order was very resolute and in place, showing the style of a famous general.
The place where they met was actually Yuyi Town, but it was called "former Yuyi Town". It was east of Guyuan County in Zhangjiakou and west of Dadan Town, Fengning County, Chengde City. It was located between the east and west sources of the Ru River.
Luanhe.
More than 140 miles south of the old city of Yuyi and more than 60 miles north of Chicheng County, there is the new city of Yuyi Town built by Emperor Xiaowen Taihe of the Later Wei Dynasty. This is a transportation node outside the Great Wall, and its location is very critical.
"Military envoy, Yang Du has an order." A horse galloped up from a distance. When he got close, he got off his horse and took the order book.
Yang Liang took it and looked at it carefully and said: "Yuyi Town has to be attacked. We all have orders. After our troops occupy Yuyi Town, we will repair the city and send troops to stay behind."
Zhang Guiba was a little surprised.
He thought that sending troops this time was just to plow the courtyard and clear holes. If the attack was not followed, the cattle and sheep would be harvested. Does this mean that they wanted to occupy land?
Is it possible to restore the military towns of the Later Wei Dynasty after a journey of hundreds of miles? Who should be sent to guard them?
Take Yuyi Town as an example. Emperor Later Wei placed the captured Gaoche people here and ordered them to guard the border. How would the King of Xia arrange it? In Rouzhou, the Qibi tribe was guarding the border. In Huaihuang, who was Yuyi?
? Zangcai clan? Hun clan? Or the King of Xia’s own slaves? It is most impossible to transfer the Yamen army from the Central Plains, because the cost is too high, and all kinds of materials have to be transported inland.
For grasslands, we have to follow the grassland way of life. Unless we arrange for people to come and colonize the grasslands, the scale is destined to be large and it will be difficult to support more than 10,000 soldiers.
"Compared with Li Keyong, the king may be more worried about the Khitan." Yang Liang seemed to see what Zhang Guiba was thinking, and said: "Never mind. Let's clean up these miscellaneous tribes. Even if we retreat in the future, we will not
Unfortunately, I can see that these tribes are too scattered and it is difficult to unite them into a single rope. If the Khitans attack, they will be swallowed up one by one."
Zhang Guiba was not very clear about the Khitan's strength and found it somewhat difficult to understand.
In fact, five years later in history (902), Yeluyi led "400,000 people" to attack the east of Hedong, circled around Daibei, and captured 95,000 people, including countless cattle, sheep, horses and camels. Regardless of the water content of these 400,000 people,
How big it is, but it is unimaginable to go on such a large-scale expedition without scanning these tribes along the way.
What Yelu Yi did was a devastating blow to Li Keyong's grassland friends. From now on, it is unlikely that the Daibei tribe will take orders from Hedong again, and it will be difficult for Li Keyong to obtain a large number of war horses and Tibetan cannon fodder.
Before his death, there were only 7,000 cavalry in Hedong. In addition to the great consumption of the war with Zhu Quanzhong and the death of a large number of Shatuo cavalry from his own tribe, the fact that the grassland tribes slowly moved away from him was a factor that cannot be ignored.
Shao Shude took the lead in clearing out these tribes this time. Although it was impossible to completely wipe them out, the harvest would certainly not be small. I just don’t know what they would think of the Khitan after the news reached them.
On June 20th, Yang Liang, the envoy of the Golden Sword Army, led more than 10,000 Fan and Han troops southward and raided Yuyi Town, which was more than a hundred miles away.
The thieves had no fighting spirit and had already fled most of the way. They tortured the prisoners and quickly pursued them, killing thousands of them and seizing more than 300 oxcarts and more than 80,000 cattle, sheep, horses and camels.
At this time, news of the Supreme Khan's large-scale eastward raids gradually spread. When the tribes in northern Yan heard the news, they were shocked and fell into a dilemma.