"Drive..." Zhu Biao galloped freely in the open fertile field. To the west of Taichang County City, the sky and the earth were boundless, and the three thousand cavalry were so small.
"It should be three hundred miles away, right?" On a small slope, Zhu Biao reined in the reins and looked around. Since he left Taichang County early yesterday morning, it has been two days since he left before arriving in Taiyuan.
On the eastern border of Chang County, Taichang County is indeed the largest county in the Northern Han Dynasty.
One county is comparable to half of Muzhou and Quzhou.
"Taichang County is five hundred miles away, and the county seat is seven counties to the east, which is not three hundred miles away!" Chen Mengren, Sima of the Right Army, the newly transferred officer with the highest position, said loudly.
Although he only got along with Zhu Biao for a few days, he showed a tendency to actively move closer to the organization. What is rare is that although Chen Mengren is moving closer, he does not make his image look too flattering because of "moving closer".
Unknowingly flattering people, silently and without interest! Although he has not yet seen his military command with his own eyes, Zhu Biao has implicitly accepted him. No one really hates such a person.
"Tell the brothers, after crossing the river ahead, we will enter Luozhou. We should get to Qingshui County before dark and have a good rest!"
Zhu Biao's loud shout immediately won a burst of cheers from the surrounding guards.
Qingshui County is one of the only three remaining counties in Huaiyuan County. Hu Qi entered from the center of Luozhou, and the offensive and occupation were in an 'arrow'-shaped sharp arc. Because Uweituo and others are currently in
The focus is not on occupying land, but on destroying the Han army as much as possible.
Therefore, the current overall situation in Luozhou is like a square formation that was penetrated from the center on the battlefield. Hu Qi penetrated two-thirds of it, but has not completely penetrated it. The square formation was broken open from the center to both ends.
A large V-shaped gap.
This Qingshui County is the westernmost point of the V-shaped gap. It is connected with the two counties of Guming and Meixi downwards. The distance is about 200 miles long, and it is protected by Beipan River, Meixi and other water flows.
Lived on the east side of Taichang County.
How weak is this kind of "arch protection"? Therefore, once the battle in Luozhou was lost, the impact on the Northern Han Dynasty would be unusually large.
If the Hu cavalry attacked Yandong and Hexi from both sides of Luozhou, not to mention that the troops and horses in both places would be severely defeated, at least the loss of land and people would be inevitable. No matter which piece of land fell to the Hu cavalry
, the common people will suffer a catastrophe. Those who escape early will become refugees, while those who stay behind will directly become slaves of foreign races, with no protection for their property, wives, daughters, and their own lives.
The offensive in Yuming County continued, and a letter written by Li Huizu arrived in Wu Hengfei's hands, asking Wu Hengfei to think of another way and use some of his strength to bluff in Huaiyuan County. He really couldn't lose this battle, otherwise the entire Luozhou would fall.
Under the hooves of Hu Qi's horse.
Huya General Sheng Tengfang from the enlightenment direction and Guangwu General Yuan Deming from Yongkang County are also doing their best to entangle Hu Qi in front of them and go all out to create conditions for the Yuming battlefield. Li Huizu has a heavy responsibility, so of course he needs to
Using all his bargaining chips, when he saw that the battle in Yandong had come to an end, he immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Juyan City, a thousand miles away, and then reported it to the Yamen of the Ministry of War.
Even after receiving the letter from Wu Hengfei and knowing that Yandong could only send a few 3,000 cavalry, the dignified General Zhenbei agreed happily.
Looking back, when he was in charge of Luozhou, he had an army of 300,000 men.
Qingshui County.
The empty city has long since lost its redundant citizens. Those who remain here are the loyal and brave soldiers and civilians who have been gathered hard by the county magistrate Li Yirong in recent years, totaling 2,000 people.
County Lieutenant Li Maozhong was his cousin and his most important helper.
He is forty years old, with a medium build and a square face. Due to years of hard work, his hair has turned gray at the temples. This was Zhu Biao's impression when he first met Li Yirong.
What just made him a little strange was how could the county captain be his cousin? Li Yirong himself had rough skin on his face and thick skin on his hands, but he didn't look like a scholar at all. He looked more like an old farmer in the countryside.
Li Maozhong, on the other hand, has a military demeanor. He is thirty-four or five years old, and is of medium height. His round face is covered with broad thick eyebrows, and a pair of resolute and deep eyes shines. He wears a backwashed military uniform, which is slightly white.
There was a leather bag tied around his waist, which revealed his strong physique, with sharply bulging shoulder muscles, showing great courage and military dignity.
"You two, I must have seen the official document from General Zhenbei. I wonder how the military preparations in the city are going?"
Zhu Biao came under the command of General Zhenbei, and his first mission was to counterattack Huaiyuan. Li Huizu didn't think that Wu Hengfei would dare to fool him with a parallel import at this critical moment, so he was relieved to capture all the soldiers and civilians of the three counties of Huaiyuan with a stroke of his pen.
Under Zhu Biao's command.
Ever since he saw Zhu Biao, Li Yirong's eyes were full of disbelief. To counterattack Huaiyuan, for such a major matter, Yandong actually sent a twenty-year-old boy. Is this nonsense?
Li Maozhong's eyes flashed several times. After having been in the army for several years, he took it for granted that Zhu Biao was classified as a descendant of a wealthy family. He didn't have much thought about the counterattack plan in his heart.
It almost went out instantly.
"I wish you to rest assured, Lieutenant Colonel. After receiving the military order, our county, Guming County, and Meixi County are already making preparations, and everything is ready now." Li Yirong suppressed the restlessness in his heart and said respectfully.
The twenty-year-old school captain, like his cousin, also classified Zhu Biao as a son of a noble family.
"Then Magistrate Li, please send a quick horse overnight to inform Guming and Meixi counties that the army will gather in Hanqiu tomorrow. Anyone who fails to do so will be dealt with according to military law!"
"There are a thousand troops in each of the three counties of Er -"
Zhu Biao is not deliberately looking for trouble, to prove his sense of existence and establish his prestige. Although the sentence "those who fail to pass the time shall be punished by military law!" are really suspected of looking for trouble to show his power, but Zhu Biao really does not have this
mean.
There is no need for him to spend time in this area. Once he goes to the battlefield, everything will be famous. Zhu Biao is confident enough to prove himself on the battlefield and conquer everyone with practical actions.
In doing so, he just wanted to attack quickly and not let the barbarians on the opposite side react. If all the barbarian cavalry in Huaiyuan County were gathered together, the battle would be difficult to fight.
According to the information given above, there are a total of 30,000 to 40,000 Huaiyuan Hu people in Huaiyuan County, but the military proportion among them is too high. As long as they are over 15 years old, grab a bow and sword and mount a war horse, they are a warrior. 30,000 to 40,000 Hu people are at least
Five thousand Huqi can be gathered.
If Wu Hengfei could give himself a month to train and adapt his new army, Zhu Biao would not care about a mere 5,000 tribal Huqi. Even if he had 10,000, he would dare to fight hard.
But now he has no time to train his troops. Not only the techniques and tactics cannot be used, but also the conical battle formation cannot be used. This is equivalent to cutting off Zhu Biao's arms.
Based on the A-level troop bonus alone, it would be hard to tell the outcome of a battle between 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 cavalry.
