Gao Qiu's army passed through the city, treating the more than 10,000 people who were defending Lingchuan County as if they were nothing. The Blood Blowing Guards were fine, but most of the Chenzhou soldiers had pale faces, and there were also some bad moods among the soldiers who surrendered.
Brewing.
In response, Ximen Qing smiled slightly and did not even hold a military meeting. In his opinion, Gao Qiu's doing so gave him considerable convenience. In fact, Ximen Qing did not expect Gao Qiu to send reinforcements, nor did he.
I didn't want to join Gao Qiu's army.
The power of fifteen thousand people in his hands is already a great fortune for Ximen Qing.
Instead of following Gao Qiu's army around, we might as well manage these 15,000 people in Lingchuan County.
Ximen Qing is the nail in the coffin.
Seize the gateway to Weizhou and let Gao Qiu and Niu Wenzhong attack it!
Ximen Qing at least has the title of military supervisor, which is convenient for appeasing Chenzhou soldiers.
"The marshal has led his army to Gaizhou Prefecture to fight Niu Wenzhong." Ximen Qing reassured him: "And our mission is to guard Lingchuan County to prevent the thieves from cutting off the marshal's retreat. This is
The order of the Marshal."
The Chenzhou soldiers were relieved. It turned out that this was prearranged. Since the army went to Gaizhou Prefecture, wouldn't Lingchuan County be the rear area?
The morale in the city suddenly turned from low to high, especially in the evening when Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, Sun Xin, Shi Xiu and others returned with more than a hundred carts filled with grain and grass, and morale reached a high level.
Including the soldiers who surrendered, they were relieved. They had food in hand and were not panicking.
Is it much better to stay here in the "rear area" than to go with the army to fight with Niu Wenzhong's tens of thousands of elite soldiers?
After eating and drinking, naturally you can't be idle. Those who build the city walls and those who train the troops train the troops. The instructors are not Qin Ming and Lin Chong, but the blood soldiers. The training methods are the same as those on Liangshan.
After Wu Bingyi died, Ximen Qing reorganized the Chenzhou soldiers and the surrendered soldiers. Each brother was divided into hundreds to a thousand men, and the original tooth generals became deputy generals.
A snake cannot survive without a head. For an army to have strong combat effectiveness, hard training alone is not enough. It also requires a complete officer system so that the army can be commanded like an arm and a finger. Even if the general is absent, the army can still continue to fight in an orderly manner.
rather than collapse.
In ancient times, the Qin army adopted a complete officer system to ensure its combat effectiveness in the southern and northern wars.
Niu Wenzhong's grain transport team is a negative example. It was panicked when encountering the enemy and could not even organize an organized block or counterattack. Its combat effectiveness was extremely low.
Therefore, the elite selected among these soldiers become the lowest-level officers, corps commander, tenth commander, and squad leader. The multi-level system allows each soldier to always have a target to follow during training or on the battlefield.
In fact, most people in the world are followers by instinct. This kind of officer system is present in most armies, but it has no actual effect. It has gradually turned into a false position, some of which are free of charge, and some of which exploit ordinary soldiers.
, there are more people who are the first to grease the soles of their feet when a real battle begins.
But Ximen Qing's method is to return these low-level positions to their original functions, let truly capable people take on these low-level positions, and then use these corps, ten, and squad leaders to unite the entire army.
The fist must be clenched so that the blow will hurt.
Seeing these low-level officers gradually entering their roles and the soldiers starting to train seriously, Ximen Qing nodded secretly.
At the same time, sick Wei Chi and Sun Li also proposed to guard the three-way intersection thirty miles north of Lingchuan County and cut off this grain road.
Ximen Qing readily agreed, but instead of assigning fixed generals and soldiers, he adopted a rotation system, rotating every three to five days, with the intention of tempering these soldiers with small-scale battles.
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"Crack!"
Niu Wenzhong was so angry that he slapped the table with his palm, almost vomiting blood.
Sixty thousand elite soldiers set up camp twenty miles northeast of Gaizhou Prefecture, but soon received two pieces of bad news.
Fang Qiong and four generals Yang Duan, Guo Xin, Su Ji, and Zhang Xiang died, and 20,000 soldiers were routed. Some of them fled back to Gaoping County and brought back the bad news.
Gaoping County was guarded by Xiong Weiyu Yulin with 10,000 men, and four generals He Ren, Cao Hong, Shi Xun, and Sang Ying. In addition to guarding Gaoping County, they were also responsible for transporting grain.
When Yu Yulin got the bad news, he and Sang Ying were drinking and having fun, and they were served by several captured folk girls.
There is no need to go to the front to fight and transport food and grass, which is a good job.
The news of Fang Qiong's death shocked Yu Yulin, and the planned Uncensored Conference fell through.
Sang Ying gathered the soldiers who had escaped, and there were thousands of them, but more of them were originally soldiers from the Sanjin area and took the opportunity to escape back to their hometowns.
The situation was already bad enough, and Yu Yulin was also planning to send someone to report the bad news to Niu Wenzhong.
Unexpectedly, the next day, a group of soldiers who escaped back were soldiers from the grain transport team originally sent by Yu Yulin.
He Ren, Cao Hong, and Shi Xun failed to escape, but died at the three-way intersection.
When Xiong Weiyu Yulin got this second bad news, he suddenly panicked.
The Song soldiers, who were originally thought to have only enough strength to huddle in Lingchuan County, were actually able to send out men to rob food.
This fully demonstrates that Lingchuan County still has enough resources to send troops.
Will the next target be Gaoping County, which he is guarding?
Xiong Weiyu Yulin climbed up the tower and looked in the direction of Lingchuan County, his face was ashen.
"General, it's better to report the news to the Privy Council as soon as possible." General Sang Ying suggested: "It's better to let him decide on this matter."
"This is true, but what will the Privy Councilor think?" Xiong Weiyu Yulin felt his voice was a little hoarse and pondered for a long time: "Of course, these two bad news must be reported to the Privy Councilor, but at the same time, we must make it clear that I
Waiting for the determination to stick to it.”
"The general is right."
"From today onwards, we will rectify the soldiers and practice diligently." Xiong Weiyu Yulin patted the green bricks on the wall: "This city wall will also be repaired."
"Yes, General Mo will do it now."
"Slow down!" Xiong Weiyu Yulin said again: "At the same time, we are searching for food and grass around Gaoping County. Don't let go of a grain of wheat or a blade of grass!"
"Yes!" Sang Ying suddenly hesitated: "Do those people want to leave some food rations..."
Xiong Weiyu Yulin snorted: "Extraordinary measures are used in extraordinary times. They need rations, but the army doesn't need them. If the food road is cut off and is not restored for a day, the food will not be transported in. It doesn't matter if we starve."
Well, the Privy Councilor’s 60,000 elite soldiers cannot go to Gaizhou capital on an empty stomach!”
"You will finally understand!"
"Moreover, send a messenger to Baodu Mountain and ask the three village owners to send troops to clear the grain road."
"yes!"
"Also, alcohol is prohibited in the army from today... including me, general. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed!"
Xiong Wei Yu Yulin's decision surprised Sang Ying, because he knew that Xiong Wei Yu Yulin was a heavy drinker and would never have fun without drinking. Even when the Privy Council issued a ban on alcohol, General Xiong Wei would
Yu Yulin was also disobeying the rules, but he didn't expect that he would be asked to issue a ban on alcohol today.
"yes!"
Sang Ying responded solemnly.
While Niu Wenzhong was furious, he also received the news that Xiong Wei had expressed his determination in Yulin, so he suppressed his anger a little.
Piwei general An Shirong and Biaowei general Chu Heng were also in the tent. These two bad news were like thunder on the ground, making them tremble in their hearts.
Then Ximen Qingman only had more than 10,000 men and horses, so why did he scatter 20,000 elite soldiers and boldly send troops to rob food?
Those grains and herbs were originally going to be shipped here!
"How much food and grass does the army still have?"
Niu Wenzhong finally calmed down a bit and asked with a frown.
Piwei General An Shirong hurriedly called the officer in charge of military rations to inquire.
"If we get back to the marshal, we still have five days of food and grass." The officer cupped his hands and said, "It is estimated that Gaoping County will transport the food from the general in a day or two."
"The batch of grain and grass will not arrive." Niu Wenzhong said coldly: "But if this news gets out, you are the only one to ask."
The officer was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat: "Your Majesty the Privy Councilor... this..."
"Okay, you go down first."
Niu Wenzhong waved the officer to retreat, his eyes shining brightly: "Five days...Five days of army rations are enough! Do you think this Gaizhou Prefecture can stop our army?"
Piwei general An Shirong and Biaowei general Chu Heng looked at each other and said in unison: "How can a mere state capital block my army for five days!"
"No..." Niu Wenzhong said sternly: "Three days, we only have three days! Starting from tomorrow, we will distribute an excessive amount of food and grass so that the soldiers can only attack the city when they are full!"
"Your Majesty the Privy Council, this..."
"Gaizhou Prefecture has enough food and grass. Only by defeating it can we replenish our army's needs." Niu Wenzhong said: "So our army only has three days. Are you two confident?"
"Yes! Three days is all!" Piwei said An Shirong patted his chest.
"I would like to issue a military order!" Biaowei bowed and handed Chu Heng over.
"Okay!" Niu Wenzhong suddenly stood up: "This is a critical moment, don't be careless! When Gaizhou Prefecture is captured, Lingchuan County will be next!"
"I don't believe that Ximen Qing's more than 10,000 troops can stop us!" Niu Wenzhong's voice was sonorous and powerful: "When the time comes, Lingchuan County will be leveled, and I will cut off Ximen Qing's head and wait for General Fang.
People take revenge!”
"Yes! We are willing to be the vanguard!" Piwei General An Shirong and Biaowei General Chu Heng remembered that the four mighty generals had now become three mighty generals, thanks to Ximen Qing, and they were filled with anger:
"Conquer Gaizhou Prefecture and conquer Lingchuan County!"
"Cook at the fourth watch, let the soldiers eat and drink well, and set off at the fifth watch!" Niu Wenzhong ordered: "Send spies to sneak into Gaizhou Mansion, thinking they are inside!"
"As you command!"
At this moment, with a long "report!", a spy hurriedly walked into Niu Wenzhong's tent, sweating profusely, looking quite panicked.
"Why are you panicking? Report it quickly!" Niu Wenzhong shouted.
"About 100,000 Song soldiers have set up camp 20 miles southeast, with the banner of Gao Qiu, the Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army, and seven military and horse supervisors!" The spy reported hurriedly: "It seems to be reinforcements for Gaizhou.
From the government!"
"What, there are actually 100,000 people!" Piwei general An Shirong and Biaowei general Chu Heng were shocked.