The strong wind covered the sand and grass dust, causing people's faces to feel sore.
The large banner (handsome flag) with a radius of ten feet was blown loudly, almost wanting to be blown away by the wind.
It’s already the spring season, but it seems like it’s going to snow?
I also saw a ghost. When I took the oath in the morning, it was still a cloudless and sunny sky. Before noon, God changed his face. In just half an hour, it was overcast with clouds and strong winds.
Is this it, or is it the auspicious day calculated by Yang Shu with his fingers?
It's yellow, it's yellow, the yellow wind is filling the sky...
Even if it doesn't thunder, it can rain. What kind of snow will it rain?
Li Chengzhi cursed, tightened his veil, stood up in stirrups, put up a awning to protect against the wind, and tried his best to look back.
You can vaguely see the army coming east along the bank of the Ru River. It looks like a giant dragon, so mighty that it can't be seen to the end.
Fortunately, the wind is tailwind, and the wind is just chasing the butt, with little resistance, and there is no sign of drivers falling behind for the time being.
Further back, the dark clouds were like huge cliffs, chasing after me.
Maybe it will really rain?
Li Chengzhi felt happy but also a little worried.
Not surprisingly, nine out of ten times it will be rain plus snow, and it also comes a little earlier.
At that time, the soldiers were all wet, and if they were blown by the wind, they would see ghosts if they didn't catch a cold?
But in such weather, there is no way to camp on the spot. I am afraid that as soon as the tent is unfolded, it will be blown away by the strong wind.
Hu Baozong from South Road should have arrived early, right?
After all, the Red River is straighter than the Ru River, so there are no need to take too many detours. Moreover, his soldiers are half less than his...
Li Chengzhi changed his thoughts and shouted to Li Song: "How far is it from the camp?"
"At most five miles!" Li Song replied loudly.
It's five miles away, and you'll be there in two-quarters of an hour if you walk faster...
"Monkey, hurry up and send the order, the whole army should speed up!"
Li Cong responded and rode away against the strong wind.
The wind is howling in the ears, and the sand and fog are thick in front of the eyes. Flags and golden drums are no longer of much use, and we can only rely on fast horses to convey military orders.
Especially the flag, which cannot be lifted even if it is slightly larger.
It’s funny to say that when the wind first started, Li Houer, who was holding the command flag seriously, was almost carried away by the wind...
Thinking of this, Li Chengzhi looked at Qi Jia again.
Four big men, including brothers Li Zhang and Li Xian, were kneeling in a two-wheeled carriage, pressing the flagpole of the flag tightly.
Fortunately, the flagpole is thick enough, otherwise it would have been scratched.
In fact, Li Chengzhi wanted to take down the handsome flag for a long time, but as soon as he mentioned it, Li Song knelt down for him.
It is said that on the day of departure, let alone the wind and snow, even if a knife and thunder were fired, the big banner would not fall even half a cent.
God knows what the rules are. Li Chengzhi has no power to complain and can only let it go...
After walking for another moment or so, they met the auxiliary soldiers sent by Li Liang to meet them. Li Chengzhi once again asked the entire army to speed up, and finally arrived at the camp a moment later.
It is said to be a camp, but it is actually a farm close to the Red River.
It is more than fifty miles away from Jingyang, but less than forty miles away from Jingzhou City.
Less than thirty miles to the north, on the south bank of the Pu River, is Anwu County under the jurisdiction of Anding County. It was also the second county captured by Liu Huiwang besides Wuzhi County, and there were about 2,000 bandit soldiers stationed there.
The bandit cavalry that appeared near Jingyang City a few days ago were sent from Anwu County.
This farm was previously occupied by bandits and was considered one of the southern outposts of Anwu County.
In fact, Li Chengzhi originally did not want to camp so close to the camp. Just a few days ago, when Li Shi led the Tang cavalry to investigate, he unexpectedly sneaked into the village at night and annihilated more than 20 bandit cavalry inside. None of them were captured.
Run away.
Asked again, there are not many bandit soldiers in Anwu City, less than two thousand. The rest are all stationed outside Jingzhou City.
Li Chengzhi decided to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and use his surprise troops to see if Anwu County could be captured first.
If you really succeed, it will be like removing a nail on the road to the Eastern Expedition. You don't have to worry about being cut off by the enemy when you capture Jingzhou.
For the rebels, not to mention the further reduction in depth, it means that one of the few escape routes has been cut off.
Kill two birds with one stone...
What Li Chengzhi didn't expect was that Li Feng and his men had been hiding in the farm for three days, and no one came to inquire?
At most, they would light cigarettes three times each in the morning, noon and evening to report each other’s safety.
As for the rebel scouts, after Li Chengzhi settled in Jingyang, they were killed by Li Shi and Tangqi, and they were unable to even explore five miles away from Anwu City.
What’s even more surprising is that God is even more beautiful, and even says it’s yin, it’s yin, and says it’s windy, it’s windy?
With the discipline and temperament of the rebels, let alone patrolling out of the city, they might not even be willing to defend the city walls.
Therefore, Li Chengzhi suspected that the thieves in Anwu County and Jingzhou City might not even know that his army was about to approach the city.
He then thought, should he take advantage of God's help to raid Anwu overnight?
Of course, it would be best to have a few more thunders, or even a little rain...
After thinking about the feasibility, Li Chengzhi followed his guards into the camp.
Hearing the noise in his ears, he instinctively raised his head and found that Hu Baozong's soldiers had indeed arrived one step ahead.
A group of black-armored soldiers unloaded trucks, set up tents, and fed horses in an orderly manner.
This is the team that Hu Baozong put together in an emergency after merging all the Hu family's private soldiers and more than a thousand Longdong County soldiers.
Not many, only five brigades, which is 2,500 people.
Although they are improvised, they are permanent troops that have been preparing for war for many years. Compared with the quality of individual soldiers, they are not much worse than Li Chengzhi's white-armored soldiers.
Moreover, the proportion of cavalry is extremely high, as many as one thousand.
The only thing that can't compare with Li Chengzhi is that the soldiers are all half-armored and the cavalry is only a single horse.
According to Hu Baozong's idea, all the five brigade soldiers were originally going to be merged into Li Chengzhi's command, but Li Chengzhi refused without even thinking.
First, he does not want to reveal too many methods of training troops and formations to people outside the Li clan, especially cavalry tactics.
The second thing is that he doesn’t want to be mixed with sand.
There is no need to think about it. With Hu Hai’s urine, if he had not thought about it, Li Chengzhi would have dared to stand upside down to wash his hair...
So I just helped with training for a few days and set up a few tactics, but Li Chengzhi never said a word about it.
Of course, he is the head coach and Hu Baozong is the side coach, so naturally he has to take orders from him...
Li Chengzhi took off the yarn, spit out the sand in his mouth, and looked up again.
It was Hu Xin and several generals who commanded the soldiers to set up camp, but Hu Baozong was nowhere to be seen.
"Where is your captain?" Li Chengzhi asked loudly.
Hu Xin bowed respectfully: "I am waiting for the general in the tent..."
Waiting for me?
He must have gone to hide for some time, right?
Li Chengzhi cursed, got off his horse, and walked towards the commander's tent.
I originally thought that Hu Baozong was warming the stove and drinking wine, but when I didn't expect to go in, I actually saw him staring at a map in a pretentious manner, wondering what he was thinking about?
"What are you thinking about?" Li Chengzhi took off his cloak, shook the soil, and asked curiously.
"I'm thinking about how to fight Anwucheng!"
Hu Baozong frowned, drew his finger across the line between the three cities of Jingyang, Anwu, and Jingzhou, and said worriedly: "If we don't capture Anwu, we can't capture Jingzhou, otherwise we will most likely be cut off from our retreat.
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"That's true!"
Li Chengzhi replied casually and rolled his eyes: "I say we can capture it tonight, do you believe it or not?"
Hu Baozong was shocked: "How is that possible?"
No matter how small Anwu is, it is still a county town, and the shortest part of the city wall is still three feet high. Add to the rush, and there are not even a few cloud chariots and stone cannons (trebuchets) built. How can we attack this city?
Li Chengzhi blinked his eyes and said mysteriously: "You forgot, I told you that I have an agent in Anwu City!"
Hu Baozong said nothing, but looked at him sideways, as if to say: Are you fooling a fool?
Li Chengzhi said that he had internal troops in Anwu City for more than a day or two. He also said that as soon as the army arrived, the internal troops would open the city gates and welcome the volunteers...
But no one believed it.
Including Yang Shu, Hu Baozong, and even Guo Cunxin and Li Song.
How dare a person who can’t even remember what his biological father and mother look like brazenly say that he has arranged internal spies within the rebels?
Are you telling a joke?
But Li Chengzhi was the commander-in-chief, and he insisted on sending troops. No one could stop him, and in the end they couldn't defeat him. Even with few siege equipment, tens of thousands of troops came out and headed straight for Anwu City...
Everyone is guessing how Li Chengzhi will attack Anwu?
As for going around the city?
Absolutely impossible.
Because Anwu City happens to be right between Jingyang and Jingzhou. If Anwu is not defeated, we will not be able to advance into Jingzhou, otherwise we will worry about being cut off...
There is no internal response!
It was an excuse that Li Chengzhi made up because he had no other choice.
He couldn't do it without compilation. It was impossible for him to mobilize all his troops and attack Jingzhou directly without giving a reason.
This is not to say that the command cannot be moved, but if there is no strong reason, it is likely to shake the morale of the military.
But it’s even more impossible if we don’t send troops.
He never expected that even though he had acquired the land, there would be no one to cultivate it?
Regardless of Chaona or the other three counties under the jurisdiction of Jingyang, most farmers are busy cultivating their own land and have no time to spare.
They sent out a larger army and recruited some civilian men, so the manpower was even more insufficient.
As for the tenants who farmed the land for the Hu family, it’s ridiculous to think about it: most of them were monks, and they were following Liu Huiwang in the rebellion...
If you wait any longer, you won’t even be able to plant the beans. How could Li Chengzhi not be in a hurry?
He had no choice but to use a big weapon: even if there was no thunder, the city of Anwu would definitely be exploded...
At this point, Li Chengzhi was not in a hurry, and just said slowly: "I originally planned to let you enter the city first and make the first contribution when the city gate opens. If you don't believe it, then forget it, I will arrange for Li Song to go
..."
Head work?
Hu Baozong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up suddenly: "Can this city gate really be opened?"
Li Chengzhi glared at him: "What else is true or not? If the city gate doesn't open, can I still let you ride your horse into the wall?"