Zhongmou Ancient Ferry is only twenty miles away from Jundu Village. The grass slope where Xiao Heng was killed is even closer to Jundu Village, less than fourteen or five miles away. The sky is clear and the sky is clear. Although it is impossible to see people clearly from this distance
However, in the afternoon, the sight of two to three thousand cavalry galloping in a fierce battle in the wilderness more than ten miles away could be seen by the soldiers standing at the head of the military capital.
Although the distance is so far, many details of the fierce battle between the two sides are not clearly visible, and the specific casualties on both sides cannot be clearly seen. The fierce battle lasted much shorter than imagined, but it is more intuitive to feel the Chushan Cavalry Statue.
A green-black blade ruthlessly tore apart the surrounding Yunzhou Cavalry without any hindrance.
After Chushan's cavalry broke out of the tight siege, they galloped straight towards Yuma Lake.
On the north bank of the Caishui River, the Yunzhou Cavalry, which had a six to seven times advantage in men and horses, stayed on the banks of the Caishui River and did not dare to pursue them.
In a short fight, it was clear who was victorious and who was inferior, even if they were fourteen or five miles away.
However, the defenders of Jundu Village never expected that in such a short battle, Yunzhou Cavalry Commander Xiao Heng would be killed by Chushan Cavalry in front of the formation.
"The puppet Chu guard infantry commander Yuhou, and the Yunzhou cavalry commander Xiao Heng's head is here! You must surrender before the time of Shen, otherwise this will be your fate!"
Several knights raised Xiao Heng's head high with their long spears and walked around the military capital stronghold, issuing an ultimatum and urging the defenders to surrender.
Several fast horses carried Xiao Heng's head and passed slowly by a stone's throw away.
From such a close distance, He Zhen could almost clearly see the ferocious and unwilling look on Xiao Heng's purple-red and black blood-stained head. This was even more shocking than when he heard the news that Major General Yang Congzong died in battle in front of Longjin Bridge.
After all, Xiao Heng's death happened almost right under his nose. He had generally seen the fierce battle before, but he didn't expect that such a short fight would lead to the execution of such an important person!
At this time, several soldiers climbed up the wall of the village. When he saw one of them walking towards him, He Zhen's face changed drastically. He glanced at the distance between him and lowered his voice. He shouted in a low voice: "Shan... Master Shan, why are you here on the wall?"
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Zhang Xiongshan was wearing an ordinary Xiang Army uniform, but with his burly figure standing on the wall of the village, he was far more eye-catching than the frail Xiang Army soldiers on his left and right.
He Zhen was afraid that this scene would fall into the eyes of the nearby Xiongzhou guard, and he wanted to grab Zhang Xiongshan's arm and ask him to squat down and talk.
Zhang Xiongshan, however, was unscrupulous and said: "There are only two moments left before Shenshi. If He Jun still can't make up his mind, he can dedicate Zhang to Yang Qingshan! Maybe when you guys defend Jundu Village, He Jun
The envoy can also exchange Zhang Zhengerba Jing for a commander’s official hat to wear!”
"Master Shan, what you said makes me, He Zhen, look like someone who betrayed my friends?" He Zhen looked at Zhang Xiongshan almost pleadingly.
"Then I don't know what Commander He is hesitating about," Zhang Xiongshan stared at He Zhen with stern eyes and asked, "Does it mean that Commander He still thought that the Chushan Army was surrounding Jundu Village at this time?
Bluffing? Could it be that Commander He thought that Yang Qingshan could defend the military capital stronghold with five or six hundred Xiongzhou soldiers who were so frightened that he was terrified? Or did he think that the Yunzhou cavalry would dare to rush over to liberate the military capital stronghold?
Surround?"
Zhang Xiongshan has been lurking in Bianliang City in recent years, using his warehouse operations and mule and horse operations as a cover.
Whether he was spying on intelligence or maintaining superficial business operations, he had close contacts with the officials of the Supervisory and Pastoral Affairs Department of Taipu Temple, both covertly and covertly.
After the fall of Bianliang, the Xiongzhou Army received more than 4,000 fine horses and continued to herd them at Yuma Lake to alleviate the food crisis.
Xiongzhou has never had a large-scale cavalry establishment. Yang Jingchen also attached great importance to obtaining these horses. In addition to making them
Yang Qingshan, the nephew of the clan, led a battalion of Xiongzhou Army elite soldiers to be stationed here to take charge of the garrison and pastoral supervision. He also transferred the officials and garrison troops from the former Supervision and Animal Husbandry Department to other places.
However, the Xiang army that had been used as horse farm servants eventually numbered 1,600 to 700 people, and it was said that 2,000 people remained.
Although Yang Jingchen, the main general in charge of the Xiang Army soldiers, was also transferred from Xiongzhou, a group of grassroots Xiang Army generals such as He Zhen continued to be appointed and were responsible for specific supervision such as feeding, grazing, breeding, and treating sick horses.
Pastoral Affairs.
After the attack on Bianliang, more than a thousand Chushan elites and rebels came to attack Jundu Stronghold. The 500 Xiongzhou soldiers under guard Yang Qingshan were not enough to defend the huge Jundu Stronghold, so He Zhen and the others had the opportunity to lead them.
Soldiers climbed up the wall to participate in the defense.
Zhang Xiongshan sneaked into Jundu Village before noon, contacted He Zhen through internal lines, and wanted to persuade He Zhen to cooperate with others to capture Jundu Village. However, He Zhen was timid and did not even dare to meet Zhang Xiongshan.
With the attacking army's capital stronghold imminent, Zhang Xiongshan had no choice but to take the risk and pretend to be a soldier, directly scaling the city wall to see He Zhen and put the final pressure on him.
"..." Zhang Xiongshan stared at He Zhen with burning eyes and asked in a deep voice, "He Junshi, time waits for no one. You have made up your mind at this time, and you can still be regarded as a returning general. The court will definitely not treat you badly.
You, but if the Commander-in-Chief officially orders the siege, Commander He is still undecided. Even if Zhang misses his old friendship, he will not be able to do anything. He must be aware of the difference between a general who returns to Yiyi, a general who surrenders, and a general who is captured.
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"Master Shan, who is really willing to be a lackey of the Hulu? But the question is, what can I, He Zhen, do at this time?" He Zhen asked with a sad face.
"As long as Mr. He is determined, we will make arrangements for everything..." Zhang Xiongshan said.
The most important thing about this raid on Bianliang is how to arrange the retreat after the raid on Bianliang.
Seizing good horses from the military capital is the most important and crucial step in evacuation. How could Chushan pin its hopes on He Zhen?
The storming of the military capital was imminent, and Zhang Xiongshan no longer concealed it, and immediately disclosed some of his arrangements frankly.
"..." After hearing this, He Zhen was shocked for a while and said, "Just follow Master Shan's orders in everything!"
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There are two gates in Jundu Village, one facing east for the entry and exit of officials and soldiers. It is also a regular gate with eight main gates, made of stone and bricks, and is only more than one foot wide, which is very narrow.
However, in order to facilitate large groups of horses leaving early and returning late, and to facilitate the transportation of large amounts of fodder, the west gate facing the Huaishugang on the south bank of Yuma Lake is much wider. The 78-foot-wide village gate is also composed of several sections of wooden gates.
As a relatively pure horse breeding area, Jundu Village did not pay much attention to defense. The defenders knew that the gate of the West Village was the weak point, so they could only make hastily made of miscellaneous trees in the village to keep the horses away, and piled up deer antlers.
Fill in behind the gate.
Chushan's armored soldiers and sudden cavalry were mainly deployed on the east slope of Huaishu Gang to prevent the Yunzhou cavalry from taking advantage of the chaos to make a surprise attack. They were not eager to participate in the attack on the enemy's capital village.
At Shenshi, two more groups of rebels came from Bianliang to join forces. A total of 1,500 nominal army generals were greatly boosted in morale. They were also equipped with newly captured soldiers and armor. With the help of simple war equipment such as ladders, they attacked the low military capital.
Walled Wall launched an attack.
At the same time, a raging fire broke out in the stock yard and military buildings in the military capital stronghold. Some stables were opened, and hundreds of frightened war horses ran around the stronghold, suddenly falling into chaos.
Jundu Village can house more than 20,000 horses at its maximum, and its area is much larger than that of an ordinary county seat, and is not even under the size of a state city.
The Xiongzhou Army only had more than 500 garrison troops, and there was no way they could defend the ten-mile-long village wall watertight.
Driven up the wall
The soldiers participating in the defense were not fully equipped with soldiers and armor. Although people were panicked, few people really wanted to help the Xiongzhou Army defend Jundu Village.
After the chaos broke out, the insiders who had already sneaked into Jundu Village, together with He Zhen and other Guiyi military generals, immediately controlled a section of the village wall in the southwest corner, and cooperated with two hundred rebel generals to board the wall. The nearby Xiang army soldiers were very
They quickly turned against each other, and a group of Xiongzhou troops rushed over to take back control of this section of the wall, but were quickly defeated and fled in all directions.
In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Xu Huai did not intend to kill all the defenders of Jundu Village, and specifically left the east wall and gate of the village unencircled; the attack on Jundu Village was also carried out around the other three walls.
After dark, seeing that Yunzhou Cavalry still dared not attack Huaishugang from the side and rear, and no reinforcements appeared from the direction of Bianliang, defender Yang Qingshan finally gave up his resistance and led more than a hundred remaining troops and a group of war horses from the east.
Seize the door and escape from Jundu Village.
The rebel generals were the first to enter Jundu Village to put out the fire. Fortunately, it was just autumn and there was not much fodder stored in Jundu Village to quell the chaos. The fire was finally put out before midnight.
However, a large number of war horses still died in the smoke, fire and chaotic trampling.
In addition, Yang Qingshan escaped from the East Gate, and hundreds of horses followed him away from the East Gate. After a final count, a total of more than 2,500 good horses were seized in Jundu Village, but it was enough.
Although there were many rebels and horses assembled this time, more than 10,000 of them, there were very few who could control the horses.
And if the rebel army did not withdraw to Chu Mountain and brought a large number of war horses that were very different from ordinary camels and farming horses, it would be extremely disadvantageous to return to the Hehuai counties and continue to lurk.
The most important purpose of this batch of war horses was to equip the guards' barracks, so that the more than two thousand guards' new barracks dispersed and lurked to Yanling, and Wei's more than two thousand guards' new barracks were restored to cavalry formation. This was also the most critical part of the raid on Bianliang.
In the clear morning light, Zhang Xiongshan led He Zhen and other returning generals to see Xu Huai, who was taking a short rest. The reconnaissance cavalry also brought Ru Ying the latest news about the changes in the situation.
In the original plan, after seizing the Jundu stronghold and restoring the cavalry formation of the Guard Barracks, it meant that the Bianliang raid was temporarily over. The Guard Barracks would continue to stay near Bianliang to deal with the enemy and help the rebels to withdraw quickly.
Walk.
Xu Huai did not plan to engage in a head-on confrontation with the main force of the Red Hussian cavalry. The original plan was to avoid the main force of the Pingyan Army cavalry who were reinforcing from the east and southeast as much as possible. It was expected that the main force of the cavalry from Zhennanzong Palace would not be able to do so for a while.
It is not difficult to cross the river and go south, restore the guard camp of the cavalry, and retreat to the west to the western foot of Songshan Mountain.
In the original plan, Xu Huai did not think of incorporating the military capital village. The most that the soldiers with weak combat effectiveness could do was to open the money and grain warehouse and let them withdraw the money and grain and disperse.
However, since Xu Huai decided to recruit veterans of the Jingsheng Army and brave and bloody men from the Bianliang surrender army, Xu Huai adjusted his original evacuation plan.
The arrangement for the more than a thousand soldiers in Jundu Village was also to allow those who were unwilling to return south to go into the warehouse to collect money and grain and disperse on the spot. However, in the end, more than 700 soldiers decided to go south with He Zhen and other returning generals.
Under the Dai Viet military system, part of the soldiers of the Xiang army were old soldiers who had been eliminated from the prison guards, and part of them were weak people recruited from refugees and bandits.
They were incorporated into the Xiang Army, and they were mainly engaged in hard labor. Their pay was much poorer than that of the Forbidden Army, which was not enough to support their families. Therefore, most of the Xiang Army soldiers did not have families at all.
More than 700 military soldiers were directly recruited. Although they are not expected to participate in cruel and bloody battles, they are not burdened by family members.
Xu Huai also directly decided to organize more than 700 military soldiers into a battalion of engineering and transport troops, with He Zhen as the temporary commander of the battalion to assist in subsequent operations...
