Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles. This is a personal description, but for major events that concern the people of the entire city, they naturally don't go out. In a short time, what was said on the notices around the four city gates, very quickly
The news has spread to the ears of the people in the city, and many brave people have begun to cheer.
Many people, especially merchants and those who have interacted with merchants, know quite well about the Xiaoguo Army. Furthermore, the life under the jurisdiction of the Xiaoguo Army is good, with low taxes, and a series of benefits such as land allocation.
, is still spread all over the world. Therefore, after this notice was posted, the people in the city were very happy, not much afraid.
The people in the city soon discovered that none of the Bingzhou North soldiers who were patrolling were now visible. The arrogant slaves of the rich families in the city now rarely appeared in front of people. Many wealthy gentry's mansions were located here.
, has been sealed by the Xiaoguo Army in the city, which makes the people who are dissatisfied with the black-hearted wealthy gentry in the city feel even more secretly happy.
The two camps in the east and west of the city used to conduct some drills in the morning. Although the Bingzhou Northern Army bullied the weak and feared the strong and did not dare to fight the Turks, it did not mean that the Bingzhou Northern Army would not be able to do it. The Bingzhou Northern Army under Cao Gang
Half of the army still came from the same origin as the Longxiang Army under the command of Li Huaiyuan, the governor of Youzhou. It was just that the commander above made peace with the Turks, so the soldiers below naturally did not dare to object.
Therefore, the daily training is still carried out normally. Although the effect is not comparable to that of the Longxiang Army of the frontier army in the past, it is still a daily training, and the sound can be heard in half the city, but this morning the sun has already hung in the sky.
The camp was still quiet. It seemed that all the soldiers were still sleeping last night. Occasionally, one or two groups of soldiers appeared, but they were all wearing Xiaoguo Army soldiers.
Of course there are no soldiers in the military camps, but after last night's operation, in addition to three thousand Xiaoguo troops in each of the two camps, there were also a thousand Bingzhou Northern Army and more than 1,500 wealthy gentry.
The private captain of Xiaoguo Army's infantry was currently busy reorganizing the soldiers in the city.
For the Xiaoguo Army, the lands in the northern part of Bingzhou are already in their possession. Now that they have defeated them, they cannot ignore them. Regarding these unstable factors, the Xiaoguo Army will definitely cut through the mess quickly.
Clean it up.
The Bingzhou Northern Army was originally a mixture of the Longxiang Guards and the Fu army from the Bingzhou area. It was the frontier army in the northern area of Bingzhou. As for the combat effectiveness, it goes without saying much. However, since the disputes between the major forces in the Central Plains,
Situ Lei sent Situ Jian to Bingzhou to take over the military power of Bingzhou. The people under Cao Gang were very different from before.
Cao Gang, who was born as a military general, is very clear about the reason for his current status. With soldiers in his hands, he is the powerful Zhenbei general in the northern part of Bingzhou. Without soldiers, he is nothing. Especially in these troubled times, he is better than words.
He could see everything clearly. He saw with his own eyes the Xiaoguo Army’s
As he rose step by step, he was naturally unwilling to hand over the military power in his hands to Situ Jian, the deputy governor of Bingzhou sent by Situ Lei. Situ Jian was unable to do anything for a while, but he also stopped the supply of food, grass, baggage and money, as well as military armor and equipment.
There is no further offer to the north.
This was a big blow to Cao Gang, but Cao Gang still refused to give in. After integrating the troops and horses in his hands, he cleared out all those sent by the imperial court and placed all his cronies at the head of the various ministries.
As a result, these more than 100,000 soldiers became his private soldiers. In order to raise food and feed the army, he began to conduct various trades with the Turks without any taboos.
Although Cao Gang supported more than 100,000 soldiers through this method, the people under his rule suffered. I don’t know how many people died tragically at the hands of the Turks, and how many were robbed by the Turks and became the rulers of the grassland.
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and numerous bones. Because of this, many soldiers were dissatisfied with Cao Gang. Therefore, the operation of recruiting soldiers was carried out easily. In addition, the treatment of Sergeant Xiaoguo's soldiers was very good, so there was no objection to these demoted soldiers.
Therefore, when the Second Town Army of the Young Guards arrived two days later to escort the civil servants, many places in Daizhou Prefecture had completely stabilized. What they needed to do was not to stabilize the place, but to allocate the fields and resettle those who were killed.
More than 200,000 people were rescued by the Guo army.
After solving the defenders in the city, they also unified the trained young men in the city and carried out some rectification. Of course, the Xiaoguo Army does not need these young men to become Xiaoguo soldiers, but it does not want these young men to become Xiaoguo soldiers.
Zhuang was seduced by others in the city and caused some trouble.
After solving the security problem in the city, the Xiaoguo Army infantry left behind 5,000 defenders and left Qiangyang County with 5,000 surrender troops, totaling another 15,000 troops, heading south to prepare for the attack.
Other cities carry out operations.
Overnight, the Xiaoguo army divided into more than ten groups and launched a surprise attack on the entire Daizhou Prefecture. It has to be said that because this is the northern part of Bingzhou and borders the Turks, Cao Gang did not leave too much behind in the counties.
There are too many garrison troops. Of course, he can’t support them either.
There were so many troops. Although there were young men and women, they were only used to defend the city during war. In addition, they appeared as Turks. Therefore, in addition to four cities in the fifteen cities in the nine counties of Daizhou Prefecture,
Except for the exception, everything else was taken down.
Except for the two cities in Daizhou County, where Daizhou Prefecture is located, which are the headquarters of Daizhou Prefecture because they have a large number of defenders, the other two cities, although they discovered something unusual, still attacked by force at the moment when the Xiaoguo Army deceived the city gates.
.It can be said that the entire Daizhou Prefecture
It was captured by the Xiaoguo Army in one day. Among them, the Turks were the biggest contributors. This was also the price Cao Gang paid for succumbing to the Turks. Otherwise, when the Turks entered the city, there would be no soldiers to defend the city.
How dare you not even ask?
After all, Daizhou Prefecture is a land of one government. Although there are not many garrison troops in each county, there are more than 10,000 soldiers in Daizhou Prefecture. This is also to prevent problems in Daizhou Prefecture. After all, Cao Gang
No matter how close he got to the Turks, he still knew that this state capital was still under his jurisdiction.
After Li Chenfeng decided to launch the operation, he knew the actual situation in various places in Daizhou Prefecture. In addition to asking among the Turkic prisoners, the Xiaoguo Army's spies had also been densely swarming in Bingzhou Prefecture for a long time. Therefore, this generation
Li Chenfeng personally brought five thousand cavalry to capture the two cities of the prefecture and county. Of course, there were also 20,000 infantry behind them.
The two cities in Daizhou County are more than 30 miles apart. Daizhou City is the administrative seat of Daizhou Prefecture, and the other city, Ningshan City, is the grain and grass transportation center of Daizhou Prefecture. It is located in the south of Daizhou City. Because Ningshan City is located near the mountains.
There are not many people in the city, so there are only three thousand defenders here. Because no one can easily reach the inner line on weekdays, so it is safe and sound.
During Li Chenfeng's operation this time, the front cavalry encountered obstacles in these two places. The defenders in the city did not allow them to enter the city at all. Instead, they asked for the name and number of their army commander, and even ordered military orders. In this way,
The Xiaoguo Army, which pretended to be a Turkic army, was immediately stumped. Soon, the other party noticed the anomaly, saw through the fake Turkic army in the Shadow Land, and issued a warning, summoning the defenders to defend the city. But the cavalry had no choice but to retreat.
withdraw.
On the second day, by questioning the people around him, Li Chenfeng knew that the general of the city's defenders was Li Shouming, who was the general Wu Benlang who was responsible for the military affairs of Daizhou Prefecture. This man was from the Longxiang Army and was a talented person. It was also because of him that Daizhou became the leader of the army.
The training in the state capital and counties has never been due to
It was suspended for various reasons. It was also because of him that each county had more or less trained young men, who were the reserve troops of the defenders. However, the defender officers of each county were under Cao Gang's military orders.
, did not dare to offend the Turks, causing the counties to fall one by one.
Li Shouming, who was guarding the city, was also extremely puzzled by the sudden enemy attack outside the city. He didn't understand where the enemy came from. Later, after seeing the opponent remove the Turkic disguise and display the flag, he understood that the opponent was from the east.
Xiaoguojun. Although he admires and respects Xiaoguojun, it does not mean that he is willing to ask the other party
Surrender. Therefore, Li Shouming did not hesitate to reject the persuasion to surrender from outside the city. Of course, he did not know what the Xiaoguo Army's current offensive was, and why it appeared in Daizhou Prefecture? Even his plans for other counties
They didn't know much about the situation, because all the spies they sent out were attacked and killed by the opponent's cavalry.
The five thousand cavalry did not forcefully attack the city because they were cavalry and because they did not have siege equipment in their hands. The infantry would not be able to arrive for a while, so Li Chenfeng prepared to move the defenders out of the city before taking action.
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The Bingzhou Northern Army in the city had no cavalry. It was not that they did not have horses, but that they could not afford to raise them. After cutting off the support from the court, Cao Gang unified the only cavalry under his direct jurisdiction. Therefore, the people who defended the city from various places
The garrison army did not have cavalry. Because of this, the garrison inside the city knew nothing about the situation outside the city. It can be said that although the Xiaoguo Army did not besiege the city, they had cut off contact with the outside world.
The Xiaoguo Army cavalry cut off Daizhou's connection with the outside world, and then pretended to attack Ningshan City in the south. Since there were Xiaoguo Army cavalry outside the city to explore, Li Shouming had no idea whether the Xiaoguo Army outside the city was real.
They are going to attack Ningshan City, and have the outside counties found out that the Xiaoguo Army has entered the country?
Although including the young and strong, the garrison in the city now numbered between 20,000 and 30,000, but on the third day, he also saw more than 10,000 Xiaoguo Army infantry outside the city. As time passed, Li Shouming finally couldn't sit still
, although he had full confidence in defending Daizhou City, he was not confident about the strength of his troops.
The small Ningshan City was extremely worried. Although Ningshan City was easy to defend and difficult to attack, after all, there were too few defenders. In addition, after getting closer to the Turks, the battle preparations of the Bingzhou Northern Army also relaxed. In Ningshan City, but
Without the help of young men, if one person is killed, that is one less person.
Ningshan City, as the logistics center of Daizhou Prefecture, is the key to a prefecture. The Bingzhou Northern Army gained profits through trade with the Turks and purchased grain from various places. The grain and grass of Daizhou Prefecture were usually stored here.
If it is captured, the entire territory of Daizhou Prefecture will be destroyed. The military rations of each county will never exceed enough to last for one month.
Of course, he did not know that the entire territory of Daizhou Prefecture had fallen. The key reason why Daizhou Prefecture’s food and supplies were not placed here was because there were often Turkic troops stationed here, whether it was Cao Gang or Li Shouming.
, do not want their hard-earned food, grass and baggage to end up in the hands of the Turks.
On the afternoon of the third day, Daizhou City received a letter asking for help from the defenders of Ningshan City. Li Shouming could no longer calm down, so he took advantage of the Xiaoguo Army's infantry outside the city being unprepared and personally commanded five thousand soldiers.
Together with five thousand young and armed new soldiers, they headed south to prepare to support Ningshan City. To a certain extent, Ningshan City was more important than Daizhou City.
After the defenders in the city left the city, the Xiaoguo Army outside the city naturally got the news, and then spread it to all the ministries. Between Daizhou City and Ningshan City, almost twenty miles away from Daizhou City,
There is a mountain ridge, led by a crouching tiger. Although it is not dangerous, it is the only way to pass. Here,
Li Chenfeng had already placed the 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry who had not yet appeared here. As for Ningshan City, apart from a vigorous demonstration, there was no forced attack on the city. However, the appearance of Zhentian Lei,
This also caused the officers of the Ningshan City garrison to hurriedly ask Li Shouming for help.
Not long after Li Shouming left the city, the Xiaoguo army outside the city suddenly changed its attitude. Instead of surrounding and refusing to attack, they launched an siege. More than 10,000 troops marched up, and in an instant, the entire Daizhou City was in a state of chaos.
There were shouts of killing. At the same time, some spies and internal agents stationed in the city also began to stir up anger in the city and respond to the Xiaoguo Army outside the city.
The city's commander left, half of the defenders were transferred, and problems appeared everywhere in the city. The defenders quickly retreated amidst the Xiaoguo Army's shouts of killing and persuading them to surrender. Half an hour later, after spending three
At the cost of thousands of casualties, Xiaoguo's army captured Daizhou City, the seat of Daizhou Prefecture.
The summer days were very long, and the more than ten miles of journey passed quickly in a hurry. Because he was concerned about the situation in Ningshan City, Li Shouming didn't care about anything else. But almost as soon as he led the army to the sleeping area
When the tiger leads the mountain, Li
Shouming's former army had just arrived at the foot of the mountain when suddenly there was a burst of smoke and dust in front of them, and the ground shook slightly. Li Shouming's mind suddenly cleared, and then his face turned pale. He was from the military, and he knew something was wrong when he heard the sound, "Enemy attack! Shield formation."
Defend the enemy, quickly!"
Although Li Shouming reacted astutely, how could the advancing army form its formation so quickly? If they were all elite veterans, they would still be able to survive hundreds of battles, but of the 10,000-strong army here, half of them are soldiers and half are young men. Even if they are all elite veterans, half of them are young men.
Among the soldiers, only half can
They are considered old soldiers, and the rest are just reorganized from the original army. Since Cao Gang made peace with the Turks, these soldiers have rarely experienced bloody battles. Faced with such a situation, the army immediately became confused and roared.
The confusion delayed the formation of the shield array.
"Cavalry! Damn it, they are not in Ningshan City!" Li Shouming cursed secretly when he saw the cavalry at the front. But at this moment, his subordinates could only barely form a defensive formation in front, but the opponent had already killed them.
Came over.
The five thousand cavalry were in the vanguard, just like an arrow leaving the string, and like a huge wave like a mountain roaring and a tsunami crashing heavily on the shore. With a bang, the spears in the hands of the cavalry in front were like sharp lightning, flying in the air
An afterimage was cut through, and several thick wooden and cowhide shields were split into two almost instantly.
Half a day later, even the soldiers with several giant shields had a several-inch-long gash cut on their arms by sharp spears. Blood dripped down, but before those soldiers had time to shout, their eyes suddenly opened in the next moment.
It bulged, and with a sound of ah, it was sucked into it by the surging torrent of cavalry.
Li Shouming's men were all infantry. After half a long journey, the new army was already exhausted. How could they be a match for the cavalry waiting for work? In addition, there were no heavy armored infantry, and the light armored infantry was facing the surging cavalry.
The charge, without even forming a formation, was unable to stop the cavalry's impact, and the two hastily established defense lines were torn apart in an instant.
Li Shouming could only grit his teeth and lead his soldiers to fight. However, after the opponent killed 5,000 infantry on each side, the 10,000 soldiers in his hands seemed so small at the moment. Li Shouming was indeed a member of the former frontier army Longxiang Army.
His martial arts skills were indeed extraordinary, and he killed several Xiaoguo Army cavalry in a row. However, under the successive sieges and the sudden attack of arrows, he was still seriously injured and fell limply on the back of his horse, protected by his personal guards.
Retreat.
The Xiaoguo Army was like a tiger descending from the mountain, invincible. Especially after Li Shouming was injured and retreated, the Bingzhou Northern Army suddenly lost morale. Although the Bingzhou Northern Army continued to form a defense line at the rear under the orders of officers and orders many times,
You are all here
Under the iron cavalry of the Fruit Army, it was torn apart like a sharp knife, and the shaky defense lines were defeated. The Bingzhou Northern Army, which was caught off guard from the beginning, gradually fell into a disadvantage when facing the Xiaoguo Army, which had a great morale victory.
He was unable to fight back.
"Counterattack! Don't run, form a formation for me, form a formation!" Li Shouming had several arrows stuck in his body, and his arm and shoulder were stabbed once, but he still roared fiercely. At this moment, his eyes were red.
, breathing heavily. The situation in front of him was not what he wanted. These ten thousand soldiers were surrounded and killed by the Xiaoguo army in front of his eyes. How could he be willing to...
"General, let's withdraw. Now it seems that we have fallen into a trap. No matter whether Ningshan City is captured by the Xiaoguo Army or not, we can't continue to fight. There are not even half of the 10,000 soldiers left. General
, if you don't return to Daizhou City, then we will have nothing." Li Shouming was still preparing to continue organizing his soldiers to fight back, but the officers around him hurriedly dissuaded him.
Li Shouming looked at the defeated situation in front of him and sighed in his heart: "Withdraw as much as we can! We return to Daizhou City and wait for reinforcements from various places to arrive. In the future, this group will definitely enter our
The Xiaoguo Army thieves in Bingzhou are good-looking."