Chapter four hundred and forty-ninth a battle for three thousand miles
It can't be done forcefully, so is it a clever move? Of course it's even more impossible.
No matter how courageous Luo Yunzhuo is, he will turn into a cowardly turtle when facing Zhu Biao who is in the limelight at this moment. First Quzhou, Yuzhou, Houxijing, Xiyang, Zhu Biao's reputation is too prosperous
. In addition, Luo Yunzhuo's military strength is only five thousand, so it is even more impossible to risk an attack.
Outside the city were 16,000 to 7,000 Han troops on foot and cavalry. With what he had in his hands, the whole army would be destroyed in just one attack. Now the situation of the Zhongshan Army was to stick to the dangerous pass, and being safe was the best strategy.
So Zhu Biao had to find another way to break through this line. Otherwise, why would he have traveled hundreds of miles to come to the Muzhou Army?
He came here just to break through the Zhongshan Army's defense and to open up mountains and roads and build bridges across rivers for the Muzhou government and the people of Muzhou to increase their value and generate income.
Quzhou and Yuzhou were hit by military disasters, and the common people were in trouble for a long time. The people of Muzhou were frightened and lamented, and in their hearts they worshiped Huangfu Jian as a god. But then the situation turned around, and the young men of Quzhou and Yuzhou followed Zhu Biao.
The fight for hegemony started, which immediately made everyone in Muzhou jealous. Although it is very likely that the losses among the people in Quzhou and Yuzhou are far beyond what the young and strong people can make up for with the little money, food and materials they can get.
But there are many rumors, and ordinary people will not analyze them rationally one by one. Otherwise, how could there be a saying that "rumors stop at the wise"!
In addition, there are government officials behind the people. Those parents and adults who not long ago were grieving for their colleagues who died in the two states were staring at the other side of the mountain with red eyes, hoping that they could also make a big profit.
Pen.
To be honest, with the young men and soldiers behind Zhu Biao, half of the goods, money, grain, cattle and sheep supplies they robbed went into the county treasury, and the other half was probably distributed among the accompanying soldiers.
The young and strong soldiers were either used as payment for collecting chariots and horses, or even as local pensions. At least 20% of the remainder was put into the pockets of officials and generals.
Because Zhu Biao himself did this, and it went even further. He took one-third of the army's "burning, killing, and looting" income, and the remaining one-third was distributed to the soldiers, and another 20% went to the generals, and the remaining
will be counted as a pension for fallen soldiers. Of course, the 'income' here does not refer to armor and military supplies, nor materials and food, but pure gold, silver and jewelry.
Zhu Biao has been unable to balance his income and expenses since he won 8 million taels of silver in a bet from Ji County Shenquanmen. Even though he did a few votes in the middle, his family has a big business and the balance of payments deficit continues to widen. It has never been a problem.
It is to make ends meet.
This trip to Zhongshan Kingdom was really a great replenishment. The amount of savings skyrocketed instantly. It has not reached the highest level in history, but it has directly increased from four million taels to six or seven figures.
Zhongshan Kingdom, which has not suffered a military disaster in 500 years, has not faced the threat of war in 500 years, and its people are wealthy beyond Zhu Biao's imagination.
As the saying goes: Don’t worry about scarcity but worry about inequality. The military and civilian officials in Muzhou all felt that the people in Quzhou and Yuzhou were taking advantage. They couldn’t get anything, so they naturally had problems. And they didn’t know who they had got through.
What did the big guys in the imperial court think? Zhu Biao, who was squatting in Guangyang City, was pushed to Muzhou with a transfer order. Zhu Ming and Yu Shaoan in Beiping City had not heard any news, and Yu Ziliang gave them to him.
A letter that he could do it with peace of mind made Zhu Biao really scratch his head.
In the Ningwu Valley, a Han army of 5,000 people was walking forward step by step along the winding and difficult valley bottom path with uneven heights.
The person in charge was Zhu Biao himself. As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, he walked at the front of the team. The people who served as scouts at the front of the team were Xing Tianxiao, Chu Jian, and Shi Tianba, the chief arrester of Muzhou Six Gates. The three leaders
Yishui'er has a scout team of more than 30 people composed of top-notch experts.
Chu Jian was also a Golden Eagle warrior in Tingwei Mansion. He was on good terms with Xing Tianxiao and also had a friendly relationship with Zhu Biao. When Zhu Biao got married, he was one of the two Golden Eagle warriors who came to congratulate him along with Xing Tianxiao when Zhu Biao got married.
one of them.
Although it is a famous sword, Chu Jian's weapon is a hundred-refined Burmese sword that makes quick decisions.
The Burmese knife can be hard or soft. If it is hard, it can cut gold and break iron. If it is soft, it can be wrapped around the fingers. It is also called the Mian knife, also known as Yizhangqing. But how can it actually be ten feet long? Zhu Biao's steel gun
It is only two feet long, and the Burmese sword is not a two-handed weapon for horse fighting. Although it has many advantages over the ordinary three-foot Qingfeng, its real length is only between five and six feet. The longer the Burmese sword, the harder it is to make. According to Chu Jian,
His family once had a seven-foot Burmese sword passed down from his ancestors. However, after too many fights, the blade of the sword was damaged. It was okay to play with it a few times, but it became unbearable in battle.
The envoy from the Taiwei Mansion who rushed to Guangyang City to deliver the order was escorted along the way by Chu Jian. After that, he followed the order and stayed in the army, and all the men he brought were added to Zhu Biao's command.
The two Golden Eagle warriors, Li Huizu's initial treatment was not much better than this. Zhu Biao's illustrious military exploits and Zhu Biao's record and reputation were already worthy of the Northern Han court's huge investment.
Yuzhou, Taigu County.
As the easternmost state of the Zhongshan Kingdom, the main facing area of Yuzhou in the western half is Muzhou in the Northern Han Dynasty [the eastern part of Yuzhou deals with the Chen Kingdom].
In normal times, except for a small number of troops guarding Changping Fortress and Dashunguan Pass, most of the troops are stationed in Fuwang County, Yuzhou Prefecture.
But now that Zhongshan and the Northern Han Dynasty are at odds, about 10,000 Zhongshan troops are guarding Changping Fortress, Dashunguan and Ningwu Valley, and another two to three thousand people are stationed in the remaining counties and counties, such as Shajing, Ganhekou, etc.
.This is to prevent the Han army from protruding out of the Ningwu Valley and being able to immediately reinforce the troops guarding the valley entrance. But in general, the threat from the Ningwu Valley is not taken too seriously. Because the narrow road at the bottom of the valley is really difficult to walk.
Even cattle, horses and grain trucks can pass through.
But there are no grain trucks or livestock. How much grain can be carried by soldiers alone? How much food can they carry for several days? To put it bluntly, if they walk slowly at the bottom of the valley, the army may not be able to get out of the Ningwu Valley.
They all starved to death in the middle.
However, compared to his predecessor Zhu Biao, he has a lot of hidden advantages. The long soldiers are level A, the short soldiers are level B, and the archers are level C. Zhu Biao leads a group of archers, and all of them take off their armor. He only carries dry food and bows and arrows with him.
, which reduces the burden a lot. It can roughly be compared with the speed of short-armed units with a speed of 15, that is, sword players, shield hands and even sword and ax hands. The highest level of long-armed units has a speed of 20, so it is slightly reduced.
Slower. The overall marching speed is 12 to 15 times faster than that of ordinary troops. For an army that stretches for seven hundred miles in a zigzag direction from northeast to southwest, it is also a hundred miles away. There is still a lot of energy left. Because the farther you go to the back, the harder it is.
Let's go. If you walk a hundred miles, it's half ninety.
The guard general of the Zhongshan Army in Ningwu Valley was named Zhu Xie. He was only a five-bow captain. He had 1,500 soldiers and was entrenched at the entrance of Ningwu Valley.
Compared with the tense atmosphere at Changping fortress, the Zhongshan Army at the entrance of Ningwu Valley is completely free-range. Because no one would believe that the Han army could enter Yuzhou from the entrance of Ningwu Valley. The mountain road is six to seven hundred miles long, and the mountains on both sides are steep.
, there are mountains and rocks, and the road is extremely winding and difficult to travel. It has been many years since large-scale people walked on it. Some plank roads and wooden bridges in the mountains have also been decayed by time, adding to the difficulty of traveling.
Difficulty. For ordinary people walking, there is no twelve or thirteen days that is extremely difficult to overcome.
So the day before the Changping fortress was full of surprises, but the entrance to the Ningwu Valley was leisurely and peaceful.
Zhu Xie was not nervous at all. It was difficult to walk at the bottom of the valley, and the army could not get through it at all. Who could do it if a soldier was fully equipped with weapons and armor and had to carry half a month's worth of dry food on his back?
We must know that in Zhu Biao's previous life, he fought against U.S. aggression and aided Korea in the early days of the founding of China. The Chinese Volunteer Army, which had entered the era of mature hot weapons, could only maintain an offensive for a week. Their load was no heavier than the fully equipped Han infantry.
The superior words have the same effect, and the Zhongshan soldiers stationed in Ningwu Valley are also happy and comfortable. Because everyone knows the difficulty of the road in Ningwu Valley, even if the Han army is really not afraid of death and passes through Ningwu Valley, after running for more than ten days, now it is
In summer, from time to time, as long as it rains, the stone path will be slippery and difficult to walk, and it may last more than half a month. Even if they can see the mouth of the valley alive, they must be exhausted, so how can it be possible?
Break through the strong stronghold established by your own army?
Holding the iron-pointed steel gun in his hand, Zhu Biao leaned as close to the mountain wall as possible. There was only a trail less than two feet across the mountain, and on the other side was the rolling river. If he fell, he wouldn't even be able to find his body.
Such road conditions are like walking on plain ground for a master like Zhu Biao, but for the newly transferred five thousand soldiers, it is a dangerous and dangerous road.
Fortunately, this march did not bring any food or supplies. Otherwise, if we wanted to march through, we would have to walk all the way through the repaired plank road, and the speed would undoubtedly be even slower.
After walking through the 100-foot-long trail through the mountain, Zhu Biao's eyes suddenly widened. He did not run to a safe place to rest, but stood on a large rock at the entrance of the trail, staring at the winding path on the cliff.
People, dragons, and countless soldiers lined up one after another, marching slowly forward, and it was really impossible to see the edge at a glance.
Since entering the valley, some soldiers have fallen down the cliff from time to time. I am afraid that there are no more than fifty soldiers, and there are only thirty or forty soldiers. Zhu Biao gave the order early, and the soldiers in front and behind were separated a little, which was better than a single fall.
Under the influence of panic, a series of things happened.
The speed of travel will not slow down much!
Calculating the time, it has been seven days since the army entered the valley. According to the strength of the soldiers, it is probably close to the end of the Ningwu Valley entrance. "I hope the road ahead goes smoothly." In this way, I can reach Zhongshan in less than ten days.
Under the army's nose.
One night passed, another day passed, and it was time for the next day.
"Have we really reached the valley entrance?" Zhu Biao put one hand on the mountain wall, and his unchanging and determined expression immediately straightened up after hearing Xing Tianxiao's words. He quickly raised his eyes and looked forward, even though he could see the front.
The trail is still winding, but the road not far away suddenly has the same height.
That means that after your troops have passed that point, they can return from a suspended cliff to the ferocious open gravel land on the left and right. Although it is more strenuous to walk, the safety is much more guaranteed.
, for ordinary soldiers, life will no longer be over if they make a mistake. Zhu Biao was immediately overjoyed. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a Piaotian Literature member to recommend this work. Your support,
