Chapter 379 The remaining dash of the army in the northern expedition
"Sir, I caught two bastards with their tongues..."
Just when Zhu Biao led his army to Jiuyuan, the "part of the cavalry" mentioned in Li Huizu's last writings who tried to break through finally saw the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty. But this does not mean that they are safe and peaceful. Behind them
Not to mention the pursuers, more than one group of Hu cavalry appeared in front of them.
With a gray face, dirty robes and armor, Yun Zheng could not be said to have any "heroic appearance" at the moment. However, General Sheng Tengfang, the Huya general who came out with him, was seriously injured. He was the highest-ranking official in the Han army that could not be ridden by three thousand people.
With first-rate skills, proficiency in bow and horse, decisiveness in killing, and an arrogant personality, Yun Zheng would definitely be a top figure in the circle of noble princes in the royal capital. But on the battlefield among millions of troops
, If he hadn't been lucky enough to meet Sheng Tengfang, if it hadn't been for the loyal family general who always followed him, this young general who was as famous as Zhu Biao would have died on the spot.
"Did you ask anything?"
"Hu Gou has already reached Beiling. They are all new troops who have followed the old Wuji thief. The total number of troops is more than 30,000 -"
"Handle it! This news has been buried in your stomach, and no one under your command is allowed to expose it." Yun Zheng didn't want to say anything. If the Hugo army ten times his own was allowed to escape just now,
Heavenly people know that the little faith they have left will be lost, right?
The visitor nodded understandingly and went down to deal with it. The leader of the family next to Yun Zheng whispered: "Young master, you can't stay here for a long time. There is not even water to drink. If you want to rest, you need to find a water source!" And since it is here!
There are also Hu Qi's Shooting Eagles appearing. That's not far behind Hu Qi. No matter whether this group of Hu Qi is a large group or a small group.
Now the whole army is exhausted. To put it bluntly, there are only a thousand Hu cavalry, and they can kill their own group of people all the way by relying on cavalry shooting. Before the battle strength is restored, the Hu cavalry will be extremely difficult to encounter.
wonderful.
Yun Zheng remained silent. He naturally knew the current critical situation. But the soldiers and horses had just settled down. This was really not the time to start shouting. It would have been at least half an hour later.
In the midst of distress, another person reported loudly: "General Yun! We have found some defeated troops!"
But he is a regular Dysprosium soldier in the military.
Yun Zheng turned his head and looked, and saw a General Difeng whose uniform had turned brown. He was leading his subordinates and a few men over. When they arrived in front of Yun Zheng, when they saw the military salute, all of them were as downcast as frost.
Yun Zheng had seen such a small team more than once during the two days of escape. If these scattered broken troops were gathered together on the grassland, the number would definitely far exceed his three thousand riders. "Which team are you from?"
One of them raised his head, looked at Yun Zheng's young face, and said tentatively: "Are you the Yulin Guard's military commander... General Yun?"
"it's me!"
"General Zhen, the younger one is also from the Yulin Guard, and is led by General Tang Aotang, the commander of the Yue Cavalry School. He is the cavalry uncle of the Jinwu Guard. These two are subordinates of the villain, and that one is his subordinate. The last one is the big one.
The flag of the Yandong Army."
Of the six people, five were members of the Imperial Guards. This result made Yun Zheng feel unspeakable.
You can't say that the defeated soldiers who were able to escape were not able to fight hard, but compared to those who died on the battlefield, the fighting will of the defeated soldiers is always inferior. And the comparison between the imperial army and the border army in a small team is 5
:1, we can’t help but embarrass the Imperial Army.
But Yun Zheng can't be scolded. Didn't he himself choose to die in battle and die for his country? The eldest brother has the right to criticize the second brother. Why should he laugh at a hundred steps at fifty steps?
More than half an hour later, the Han army, which was still exhausted, mustered up its energy and headed southeast. Knowing that Hu Qi had already entered Beiling, Yun Zheng did not dare to lead his team to hit the south road, so he planned to head southeast.
On the one hand, we should avoid the most dangerous due south road. On the other hand, there is a river in the southeast. Once there, we can at least solve the problem of drinking water for people and horses.
And with the water source, the helmet is a ready-made utensil. At least you can have a hot meal. During the two days of being surrounded on Baiping Mountain, there was a lack of water. The river at the foot of the mountain was occupied by Hu Qi, and there was an outbreak both times when the water was collected.
It was such a bloody battle. Some of the water from the iron bucket was stained red with blood.
No one thought that the entire army would lose their lives because of a weed. After the siege, there was no shortage of food and grass. Although Li Zhengfang's rear army carried 5,000 food trucks, it was only half a month's ration for the entire army.
When the Han army of more than 200,000 people marched, they also brought with them half a month of food and grass.
The water source was the biggest danger for the Han army at the beginning of the siege. Until Hu Qi set fire to the mountain, before dusk that day, countless Han soldiers were still hard at work digging wells on the mountain.
A person can live without food for two days, but cannot live without drinking water for a day. On the way to escape, every water pool was a key monitoring point for Hu Qi. Yun Zheng did not dare to lead his troops there for fear of falling into a trap. In two days, because of the word "water"
How many people were left behind? Of the more than 7,000 riders who broke out of the encirclement, half were not left. God damn it, it was cloudy and windy, but it wasn’t snowing!
After walking more than ten miles to the southeast, a big silver river appeared in front of everyone. You said there is ice on the river. Are people who have drunk horse blood afraid of ice?
At this moment, Yun Zheng directly felt that the team's spirit was rising.
Smoke was rising from the river, and the ice on both sides of the river had cracked with knife and ax chop. The helmet really became a marching pot at this moment.
But in the end, their heads were still intact, and everyone reached the other side.
Everyone knew the consequences of large-scale burying pots to make rice, so when the smoke rose, Yun Zheng led the military experts and generals to think about whether the bridge could be demolished. But the lime-glutinous rice mortar construction
The sturdy piers made of the bridge and the bridge deck made of stone beams and green bricks told him ruthlessly that it was unthinkable to fulfill this wish in a short time.
After drinking the hot soup, Yun Zheng simply forgot about his worries and enjoyed his first real meal in recent days. In the past, he would have just endured eating such rough food, but after going through the misfortune and the test of life and death,
, what he eats now is so delicious.
Then in this place, this water source, the Han soldiers and horses were resting and recuperating. If their whereabouts were exposed, they would be exposed. Who cares!
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Huaiyuan County, Meixi.
After receiving no news from Li Yirong all day long, Li Maozhong couldn't hold back his anger. While ordering the baggage troops to move to Xinchang, he ordered his soldiers and headed northward.
I want to join Xie Qiang's team and go north to explore!
But before his army had crossed the border of Meixi, the scout captain of the army returned with his team and reported to him in a panic. At least four to five miles ahead, there were about three to four hundred remaining troops of Peng Mingxie's strong army.
The people are fleeing south. Behind them are Hu Qi, who is also following the brigade, chasing them. They will be there in the blink of an eye. The situation is urgent!
Is it to withdraw or to accept?
"Maozhong, we can't retreat! Our main force are all fellow villagers from Huaiyuan, and we don't want to talk to anyone. People will be dissatisfied as soon as you retreat!" The old man who was at least half a hundred years old whispered from the side.
"Come up and do the damn thing! You actually came to Meixi to run wild and bully us in Huaiyuan because we have no men, right?" The military lords in the team, Uncle Du, showed no fear, and everyone went out to fight.
"Arrange the formation! Prepare for battle!" Li Maozhong gave the order loudly and said to the old man, "
Uncle Qi, I have never thought about retreating. The damn bastards have all come to Meixi. Xie Qiang's men have also been defeated. Peng Ming must have lost it. What about big brother Qingshui? There has been no news for a day!
"
Li Maozhong's eyes already glowed red.
The soldiers moved upon hearing the sound, and the anti-horse guns carried on the carriage were immediately carried out and divided into three sections and placed on the front and both sides of the formation to prevent wild cavalry from making detours. The heavy shield soldiers quickly rushed to the front, and later,
It is a swallow-tailed shield. Although it is lighter than a heavy shield, it is equipped with only a short knife at the waist like the heavy shield soldiers. Later, there are the spearmen, divided into five columns, leaning down and sitting on the ground, lifting the spear heads.
From the swallow tail shield, from the opening, aim straight ahead.
The soldiers with broad swords and heavy axes inserted their weapons in a convenient position [on the ground]. The spears and short axes were already in their right hands. Finally, the soldiers with swords and shields and the infantry archers holding long bows came behind.
The array only faced the front, because Li Maozhong believed that after Xie Qiang retreated to his side, he would defend the back for himself. More importantly, he only had one organization and limited troops. It was impossible to cover everything.
Although the new recruits were calm and the veterans looked relaxed, Li Maozhong was quite satisfied. After a year of training, the results were still remarkable. However, although the formation was formed, it was only a superficial effort. Whether it was a mule or a horse, we had to wait until after the war.
Only then did we see the difference.
Li Maozhong tightly grasped the broadsword given by the imperial court in his hand. They had made outstanding contributions to the Huaiyuan strategy, and the Ministry of War also left their names in their names, and even gave them armor. He could not calm down in his heart. It was still unknown whether Li Yirong was alive or dead.
This made him really unable to calm down, and all he could do was fight with all his strength.
"Here we come." The seventh uncle in Li Maozhong's mouth looked at the dust rising in front of him, with a cold light in his eyes.
Looking ahead, I saw a group of defeated troops running towards me in panic. Judging from their uniforms and equipment, they must be Peng Ming's Xie Qiang troops.
"Second Brother Li, our Sima has been killed by Hu Gou!" The first military prince came to report.
"Where's Qingshui?"
"No news. Ever since I received Brother Li's order to withdraw, I haven't seen anyone running from the north."
"Take you people to the back -" Li Maozhong exhaled, his voice calm. But when he looked up at Hu Qi, who was running towards him, he already had an unparalleled sense of death.
Here it comes! Just two or three miles away, a large group of Huqi, hot in pursuit, roared towards us.
Dust and smoke rose, and the sound of hoofbeats shook the sky. Hu Qi, who was fighting back to the Han Dynasty, was in high spirits.
Then Xie Qiang's military commander led his men and horses directly to Li Maozhong's formation and stopped. He turned around and saw that Hu Qi was not far away. Time was pressing, so he didn't say much, "Brothers, cheer up. The archers will enter the formation first, and the rest will go their own way."
Form the team and prepare for battle!" After saying these words, the remaining three hundred soldiers took action. The more than twenty remaining infantry archers quickly integrated into Li Maozhong's formation.
