That night, Yu Ziliang's happy laughter rang out in the Yibei Marquis' Mansion; that night, Yun Han in the Anping Marquis' Mansion sighed with relief.
The next day, Yun Han entered the East Palace, and everyone in the East Palace smiled again; the next day, Zhu's mother entered the Yibei Marquis Mansion, chatting and laughing with Lao Gaoming until the afternoon.
The clouds that had gathered in the sky over Beiping City in the past two days dissipated, and the sun shone brightly. Although privately, the people in the East Palace were still digging three feet into the ground like crazy dogs. But on the surface, this matter was over.
Because on the third day, Zhu's mother and her daughter-in-law Shan went to the palace to pay homage to the Crown Princess. The news reached the Funing Palace, and Ji Zhao, who was drinking medicine from a jasper bowl, felt happy and relieved. Before it got dark, there was news in the palace.
According to his imperial edict, I wish the Liu family to raise their children well and raise the country's wife.
The husband honors the wife, the husband is the wife, and the wife is the wife. This is the rule of the people of the Central Plains for thousands of years. There are five levels of country lady, county lady, county lady, township lady, and pavilion lady. According to the legislation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Northern Han Dynasty had these five levels.
But that is the honor of husband and wife, and it has nothing to do with the status of parents. People without outstanding meritorious service cannot admire the descendants of their ancestors. So before, Shan Yuping was a serious county lady, and Zhu's mother was still a commoner. Now
It has soared into the sky.
At the same time, Ji Zhao's self-attitude was also clearly revealed.
Although the undercurrent was still very turbulent, Ji Zhao's imperial edict was like a sea-fixing needle, which stopped the court situation that should have been turbulent because of it. Of course the four princes were dissatisfied, but they could only endure it.
The surge in my heart.
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Beyond the frontier.
It's snowing in Hutian in August, and it's almost October now. Although there hasn't been heavy snow yet, there is no green at all as far as the eye can see. The sky is covered with weeds, stretching straight to the end of the sky and the earth.
More than 300,000 coalition troops, known as an army of 500,000, set off for the expedition. Just as several people in Beiping City were analyzing and searching for every clue with their eyes wide open, the army led by Li Huizu set off for the expedition.
Out of distrust in the combat power of the Zhongshan Army and the desire of the Han Army to take the lead, Li Huizu placed the Zhongshan Army at the end of the incoming coalition forces, under the guise of protecting the Allied forces.
Li Zhengfang, the left general of the Zhongshan Kingdom, is the commander-in-chief of the Zhongshan Army in Luozhou. The original 90,000 soldiers now only have more than 60,000. There are more infantry and less cavalry. Li Huizu also specially transferred a battalion of Han cavalry to Li Zhengfang's control. Seven of them
The task of Wan Dajun was to outflank and transport grain and grass as a rear guard.
Li Zhengfang's troops and horses were weak, and he could not straighten his waist, so he did whatever Li Huizu told him to do. He escorted the grain and fodder, and it would be less risky if he did not go in front.
Immediately after the army set off, his subordinate general Gao An led the Zhongshan cavalry in front. Li Huizu sent Han cavalry to protect the left and right sides. He himself led an infantry army of up to 60,000 to form a central army. He used 5,000 grain trucks.
The carts were connected into a camp, with a circle on the outside and a square on the inside, moving forward slowly like a giant hedgehog. Anyway, this battle was marching on the grassland, and the terrain was extremely wide and flat. Although the camp formed by grain trucks was huge, it could go straight to
Moving forward without hindrance is something that is absolutely impossible to achieve on the battlefield in Han Dynasty.
In an agricultural society, not to mention the compensation of counties, towns and villages, there are ridges, irrigation canals and forest plantings on the fields. At present, it is impossible for a camp consisting of five thousand grain trucks to pass smoothly.
The Han army scouts and Di Feng who were reporting back and forth on horseback all covered their mouths and laughed when they saw the current appearance of the Zhongshan army. How strange. Chariot camp? How many years have passed, and the Han army's infantry have never been afraid of wild battles with Hu cavalry?
war.
The soldiers of the Han army wearing iron armor and holding spears and swords completely crushed the swarming Hu cavalry into powder countless times. The carriage camp was a sign of weakness and the shell of a coward.
As long as the soldiers are fearless and the former saber players stand tall, the Han army's infantry formation will not be overrun by Hu Qi in equal numbers. Although cavalry archers like Hu Qi are indeed the nemesis of the infantry, it depends on whose infantry it is.
Army, anyway, the Han army is not included in this list.
The soldiers of the Han army had even solidified this idea in their minds. The range of the long bow of the foot archers was obviously farther than that of the short bows of the Hu cavalry. Moreover, there were sharp crossbows to assist them. Under the tight protection of the sword players, it should be
What an incompetent army to be defeated by Hu Qi's cavalry and archery!
Li Zhengfang didn't care about ridicule. He experienced too much ridicule after going north to the battlefield with reinforcements. The Zhongshan Army was obviously not as powerful as the Northern Han Army, by a long way. So he did not hesitate to use grain carts to form a rare cart in the Han Dynasty.
Battalion. It is absolutely necessary to pretend to be fat. The car camp is heavy and inconvenient to maneuver, but its protective power is strong enough. It is suitable for the Zhongshan Army, which is disadvantageous in field battles. If you want to save face now, wait until you are on the grassland to face the outflanking Hu Qi.
When you go into battle, the blood of the soldiers will be shed.
In this battle, the relationship between victory and defeat is obvious. The Celestial Army is about to arrive, why does Hu Qina have any reason not to retreat? However, his troops are the rearguard of an army of more than 300,000 people, and they are also escorting grain and grass. If he is attacked by
If the attack is defeated, the battle at Baiping Mountain will no longer be feasible.
As soon as the five thousand grain trucks were destroyed, did the Han army continue to fight because of the northwest wind to fill their stomachs? Therefore, Li Zhengfang was still very careful and did not dare to be careless. He strictly ordered the three armies to follow the flag order and stop every five miles.
This is to prevent the various parts of the car camp from being connected properly and allowing Hu Qi to take advantage of the gap.
After marching slowly like this for three days, news came from the front army that the front had reached Baiping Mountain, but Li Zhengfang's troops had only gone 200 miles, and were still more than 170 miles away from the Han army.
Early this morning, there were Hu Qi's eagles wandering around the edge of the rebel general's Gao'an camp. At the same time, traces of Hu Qi were also found on the left and right wings. Military intelligence came to Li Zhengfang, and he knew that Hu Di and other grassland
The tactics that worked well for the nation - taking back roads and cutting off food routes - started to be used again.
At three posts that day, the Hu Qi from the brigade had already arrived. The cavalry from the High Security Department retreated to the carriage camp and saw the tall flags of the Hu Qi waving in the distance.
Gao An's eyes were hot, and it could be said that he was eager to fight. He had fought with Hu Qi more than once in the past few months. Although he lost more than he won, it was not that he had never won. He didn't feel how scary Hu Qi was.
!
As a front-line general, he could clearly feel the difference in combat power between the Zhongshan Army and the Han Army. It was not simply training and experience, but also a sense of spirit. The Zhongshan Army was generally a bit timid, while the Han Army
The new recruits in the army are fearless even if their combat prowess is poor. The gap is huge.
He was not afraid of Hu Qi either. He always felt that Hu Qi was nothing to fear from the bottom of his heart. He felt that if he led the Han army to fight, he might not be inferior to those Han generals who had repeatedly made military exploits.
He lost the battle because his men's combat effectiveness was weak, and after months of training, it is an indisputable fact that his cavalry's combat effectiveness is getting stronger and stronger. Against Hu Qi, many times he has been able to kill them. Today is
The army is well prepared, and the vanguard officer cannot be robbed by others under any circumstances.
If he can fight a bloody way out of the car camp this time, he can also boost the morale of all the Zhongshan Army in this battle. Thinking of this, Gao An's enthusiasm became even more intense, and he immediately called Li Zhengfang and asked:
"Commander, the wild dog is an eyesore. I will lead my headquarters as the vanguard of the army and wipe it out with one blow!"
Li Zhengfang stood motionless on the watchtower and watched Hu Qi's movements. Gao An asked several questions but he did not answer. Until the gangster general Zhang Mu, the backbone general Xiang Zhong, the festival general Xue Dazhu and others came one after another to ask for instructions.
When it came to what to do next, he just withdrew his gaze from afar, glanced at Gao An, Zhang Mu and other generals, and said in a deep voice: "There is no forward in this battle."
"There is no forward?" Gao An was startled: There is no forward to open the way, how can the army advance?
Zhang Mu, Xiang Zhong, Xue Dazhu and others were also puzzled. If they didn't send an army to clear the way for the army, how would the battle be fought? If there was a loophole in the operation of the carriage camp, it would be completely defeated.
"The Han army can walk as a chariot, and hundreds of thousands of troops march forward in formation, and the Hulu are invincible. Our Zhongshan army does not have such courage, but with the chariot and camp in hand, it can still make the Hulu people overturn their horses. Send the order, the whole army is ready for war, the chariots and horses
Move together, just press forward like this! Press forward mightily——"
"Just press up like this?" All the generals were shocked again. The chariot camp is a defensive weapon. Should it be used to attack Hu Qi, who is coming and going like the wind? Isn't this a joke?
"Commander, this is the food and fodder for the whole army. If anything is lost, I will regret it even if I die!" Zhang Mulian added. Tens of thousands of people and thousands of vehicles all rushed forward like this.
, if something goes wrong, not only the Zhongshan Army will be ruined, but the Han Army in front will also be in trouble!
"Commander, please be careful. It is unusual for the whole army to fight. If we are not careful, our army will not even have room to make a comeback."
"Yes, it would be too risky to press the entire army. Commander, please think again!"
All the generals denounced this decision. Li Zhengfang smiled coldly, "The Hu cavalry on the opposite side can only be 20,000 at most. Our army is 70,000, and it also protects the carriage and camp. Why should we be afraid? The Hu cavalry came and crushed them.
It’s just that, don’t you think that my mighty army can’t defeat even this small number of cavalry?”
What Li Zhengfang wanted to do was to fight head-on and crush him directly. Hu Qi could just retreat, and the car camp would go his own way. As long as he didn't block the way, he would never catch up. If Hu Qi didn't want to retreat, then he would just have a hearty fight.
In a battle, there are 70,000 cavalry on foot and 5,000 grain carts. There is no reason to be afraid of 20,000 cavalry.
The subordinates all went back to their respective departments to prepare. Li Zhengfang continued to observe the movements of Hu Qi on the opposite side from the observation platform to see if any other soldiers and horses of Hu Qi had joined him. However, after watching for a while, he found that no Hu Qi came to reinforce him, only the one in front of him.
Less than 20,000 cavalrymen were waiting, and now they were even more confident, so they sent orders to prepare for the attack.
Under a black banner. "Hahaha, hahaha~~" Hululuomen looked at the tortoise-like Zhongshan Military Vehicle Camp opposite and laughed. It was so funny. It had never happened before. After the Zhongshan Army went to the battlefield, it was so funny.
