In addition to the 6,000-strong Dragon Tiger Army that stayed behind in Bajiao Town, the main force of more than 40,000 people has gathered here.
The weather has been clear for two days, but it is still not conducive for the cavalry to move, which makes Liang Jun feel a lot more relaxed.
It's not that they can't deal with the cavalry, but it's really annoying and very energy-consuming. The two armies of Xiongwei and Feisheng are all veterans, so they are relatively skilled in dealing with them and don't panic too much. But Long Xiang, Long Hu and Tu Tuan Xiangfu are not.
It's a bit overwhelming and nervous. I don't know how to allocate physical strength reasonably. I don't know when the enemy is bluffing and when they are serious. The most important thing is that they are afraid!
There was a lack of materials for camping nearby. The 40,000-strong army attacked separately and searched for a long distance before finding a forest, so they gathered people and cut it all down. Large logs were used for camping, and miscellaneous trees, branches and the like were piled up for firewood.
Where armies are fighting fiercely, the first thing to be harmed is the forest. The more you fight, the more severe the damage will be. If you fight for dozens or even hundreds of years, your forest coverage rate will be reduced by several percentage points.
"Have you not received any news from the west?" Zhu Quanzhong was a little impatient and in a bad mood.
This bad mood came for no reason. Zhu Quanzhong thought about it and didn't think there was any big problem. He could only say that maybe there was God's will somewhere.
"The scouts haven't come back yet." Li Zhen replied.
After three days of marching, he no longer looked as refreshed as when he first set out. His shoes and boots were covered with mud, his face was oily, and his eyes were bloodshot. At first glance, he looked like a poor man tortured by fatigue.
"On a rainy day, the Xia thief cavalry is useless. The scouts shouldn't have found out the news yet." Zhu Quanzhong sighed and said, "When you are ready, we will attack the thief camp first and test their quality."
The camp has been built up to Jiugou. If you say there is no problem, you are deceiving yourself. Why did the Xia thieves set up a camp in Jiugou to block the troops coming from Bajiao Town?
As long as you think in this direction for a moment, you can draw many bad conclusions. Coupled with the lack of information, the west side is like a layer of fog, and you don’t know what is going on. Zhu Quanzhong is not afraid to take the worst case.
Thinking from this perspective, he felt that Zhu Youyu's team might be in big trouble.
If this is really the case, then he has to provide rescue. The Changzhi Army cannot be lost. These ten thousand people are Bianzhou's Dinghai Shenzhen and the capital he relies on to make a comeback. As long as the money and food are enough, ten thousand people will be his main force.
With the core, there is no problem in raising another 100,000 troops. The combat effectiveness may be a little weak at first, but as long as they are carefully cultivated, trained rigorously, and trained more on the battlefield, it is not impossible to become a strong army.
As for the safety of his eldest son Zhu Youyu, that is not the point. Yes, that is what Zhu Quanzhong thinks. The Changzhi Army is his capital to maintain power and even make a comeback, but his son is not.
"Your Majesty, we have good news." Jingxiang hurried in and said.
Zhu Quanzhong looked at his number one confidant, whose hair was almost half white, and sighed silently.
Before leaving, he spent the whole night in the mansion with Mrs. Liu. The woman was pregnant, and she couldn't tell who the father of the child was. But there were too many people who were suspicious, ranging from a young man of fourteen or fifteen years old to a senior official.
It is possible for anyone to be an officialdom veteran to be fifty years old.
This bitch is almost the son of the upper-level generals in Bianzhou...
By the way, because of this incident, Princess Zhang was very unhappy. In anger, she took her daughter-in-law Liu to live in the temple to pray for Youyu.
"Jing Sima, please sit down quickly." Zhu Quanzhong took Jing Xiang's hand and personally asked him to sit down.
"Your Majesty, what good news." Jingxiang sat down and said with a smile on his face: "Qingzhou general Liu Wei made a surprise attack and occupied Jinxiang County in Shanzhou, killing more than 500 Xia thieves."
"Oh?" Zhu Quanzhong was a little surprised and praised: "I thought that Ziqing Town would not be able to fight since Li Shidao, but there are such good generals. How did it win?"
"Liu Wei came out from Yanzhou and collected grain and grass all the way with great fanfare. Yanzhen was unwilling to supply it, so the two sides clashed. The soldiers almost rioted, which was heard far and near. When the Xia people heard about it, they slacked off, and they went out at night and day.
, Jiandao raided Jinxiang and pulled it out." Jingxiang said excitedly, as if he had commanded this small victory.
"How many soldiers does Liu Wei have?" Zhu Quanzhong asked.
"There are more than 10,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry. Recently, the Tibetan generals Tuoba Renfu and Li Renyu led more than 5,000 cavalry southward and were under the control of Liu Wei." Jingxiang replied.
"Tuoba Renfu..." Zhu Quanzhong suddenly laughed and said: "In the past, the Shao thieves sent them to use the Weibo road to travel eastward to help Zhu Xuan guard Yuncheng. After Luo Hongxin did not use the road, Tuoba Renfu and Li Renyu went wild.
Haha, Thief Shao also suffered the loss of being dumb."
First, Li Keyong, then Shao Shude, alternately sent troops to Yunzhou to help defend against the Xuanwu Army, which once made Zhu Quanzhong very angry. Unexpectedly, the world changed, and no one expected that Tuoba and Li would become independent.
Now, if you turn around and beat the Shao thief, what a joy!
"Tuoba Renfu went south. Did Zhu Jin, Zhu Wei, and Wang Shifan give up the siege of Puzhou?" Zhu Quanzhong asked.
"Exactly." Jingxiang nodded and said: "The Xia thief Tielin and the Wuwei Second Army with 60,000 people pressed forward. They were all worried about their own lair, so they all left the siege."
"In the face of a powerful enemy, instead of uniting as one, they are looking out for themselves, alas." Zhu Quanzhong also sighed, angry that he would not fight.
Back then, he still liked the three towns of Yun, Yan, and Xu, but now he wished that the three towns of Yun, Yan, and Qing were one family, and they could assemble more than 100,000 yamen troops to fight the Xia thieves to the death.
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Zhu Quanzhong said, "What do you think about the Zhongmu incident?"
"Your Majesty, the Xia bandits must have increased their troops, there is no doubt about it." Jing Xiang said flatly: "First send the cavalry to the vinegar ditch and set up a stronghold on the road. Why is this? To block my reinforcements."
The meaning is very clear. The Xia Army in the Jiegou Camp is a blocking force, blocking the Liang Army in Bajiao Town from advancing towards Zhongmou. So the question is, what happened over there in Zhongmou?
This question is actually easy to understand.
The Xia thieves have actually "demonstrated" it more than once. They built a city at Baisima Ban to block Luoyang's reinforcements from moving north, so that they could try their best to besiege Huo Cun and his son in the south city of Heyang. They set up a garrison in the Poppy Valley to block the Liang army from heading toward Xuanmen Pass.
Luoyang, so as to lay siege to Luokou and the defenders of Gong County with all our strength.
Thinking about it carefully, Xia Thief's tactics to this day are the same: quick maneuver, use more to attack less, and use strength to attack weak.
This is Shao Shude's style. He never takes advantage of people's hearts or "soft" strategies such as deception. Instead, he fully mobilizes various resources to fight "hard" battles, going straight and straight, but in line with the righteousness of the art of war.
There is probably a siege going on in Zhongmou. This is everyone's unanimous judgment.
"The Changzhi Army is good at fighting, and nothing will happen in a short period of time." Zhu Quanzhong pondered for a while, and said: "Now we must open the road as soon as possible. If there is an opportunity, we will send troops to Zhongmou City. By then, my son will lead the Changzhi Elite Army Center to blossom.
I will personally supervise the army to attack fiercely, which may cause the Shao thieves to suffer a big loss and annihilate tens of thousands of his troops. But alas, it will only relieve the temporary difficulties."
Jingxiang remained silent.
Annihilating tens of thousands of Xia troops could not reverse the decline, but could only slightly improve the bad situation and give them more breathing space. The success of this battle was really hard to describe.
In fact, there was one thing he couldn't bear to say. Chang Zhijun probably wouldn't be able to hold on for too long.
The defeats in these years have been such a blow that the king has lost his keen judgment. Is the Changzhi Army today the same as it was ten years ago? Let alone ten years ago, the Changzhi Army five years ago was
They can easily defeat themselves today. It is really not advisable to overestimate their fighting power, otherwise they will suffer a big loss.
After thinking about it, Jingxiang decided to speak out: "Your Majesty, if the Xia bandits have 30,000 to 40,000 elite soldiers, supplemented by a large number of local groups, and they attack in turns, the Changzhi Army may not be able to support it. Today has cleared up, and in two or three days
On the 1st, the traitor cavalry can attack everywhere again, and the situation is not optimistic. We must capture the vinegar ditch as soon as possible."
"Your Majesty, the Changzhi Army cannot be lost. Please promise me a heavy reward and open the road as soon as possible." Li Zhenye stepped forward and said.
Zhu Quanzhong nodded and said, "Let's go and see my sons."
Having said that, let's get out of the big tent first.
The sergeants in the camp were eating. There was no meat, only corn rice and pickles. This was the standard meal for the regiment soldiers during training.
The atmosphere in the camp was not very good. Seeing Zhu Quanzhong personally patrolling the camp, the officers scolded them repeatedly before asking the martial arts men to put down their jobs and stand up to salute.
Zhu Quanzhong didn't take it seriously. When he first arrived in Bianzhou, the situation was even worse. With only 500 yuan from the old man, the old army of Bian Song Dynasty was extremely unruly. It took a long time to slowly gather the morale of the army and rectify it.
Xiongwei, Fei Sheng and the soldiers of the Second Army were resentful, and he knew this. But he could not change anything and could only rely on generous rewards to win over the morale of the soldiers. For this reason, most of the savings in the treasury for many years have been lost. His wife Zhang
Hui even took the lead in taking out all the jewelry as a reward for the army. Before heading off to the expedition, Zhu Quanzhong had already discovered that the last step on his wife's head was missing.
Military rewards, military gifts, and military supplies are all becoming increasingly insufficient. This is a systemic problem, related to the increasing loss of territory, and is difficult to resolve.
I wonder if Luo Hongxin can support him with another sum of money. It doesn’t need to be more. Two to three hundred thousand pieces of silk is enough. It can help him solve too many problems.
Zhu Quanzhong had many things on his mind, and his mind kept spinning.
Until this moment, even though he was sighing, even if he was discouraged, he still did not give up and was still thinking hard about a comeback strategy. Perhaps this perseverance and indomitable temperament were important factors for his success.
Even if he was alone and alone, he would not give up. As long as he was alive, he would have a chance to make a comeback.
On September 23, Liang Jun, who had established a firm foothold and secured his camp, launched an attack.
Thousands of Bianzhou Tutuan folk were the first to go into battle and launched a fierce attack on the Jiegou camp guarded by the guards.
Deputy Wanhu Meng Zhixiang remained calm and personally directed the battle, launching a bloody offensive and defensive battle with Liang Jun.
After two or three consecutive days of clear weather, the road conditions improved greatly, and the cavalry became active again. Thousands of cavalry from the right compartment of the bodyguards and cavalry troops scattered everywhere, pulling nets to kill Liang Jun's scouts and rangers.
Under such circumstances, Tianxiong's left wing quietly arrived five miles west of Jiegou and approached the battlefield step by step.