In addition to the confusion of official titles in small countries like the Northern Han Dynasty, powerful countries like the Great Zhou Dynasty generally continue the same official and title system since the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Military generals who can reach the third rank are already at the top of the pyramid. All military generals in the third rank of the Great Zhou Dynasty are
There are no more than twenty. They are of the third grade and are already generals with a guard of troops and horses.
As for the rank of second-rank military general, there have been two since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. One is Luo Xu, who leads ten thousand tigers and beni, and the other... is Chai Rong himself. Guo Wei is still on the throne.
At that time, Feng Chai Rong was promoted to the title of Champion General and was responsible for the military affairs of the whole country. This Champion General had a higher position than Luo Xu's Grand Protector and had more real power.
In other words, the only general in the entire Zhou Dynasty who is ranked second rank is Luo Xu. Even Sun Xuandao has been sitting in the position of third rank for six or seven years. In terms of military merit, Luo Xu is not necessarily small but much greater. This shows that the generals
How difficult is it to go further? If it weren't for Guo Wei's paranoid doting on Luo Xu, with Luo Xu's military achievements under Chai Rong, he would be at the top of the third rank.
The Northern Han Dynasty was different. This small country in troubled times wanted to show the love and generosity of its lord. Even the commander of a battalion of soldiers and horses could be given the official title of the second rank. For example, An Heng, the governor of the Fuyuan Army,
He Kun, the military governor of the Jianxiong Army, both held the rank of Tianwei General, which is a complete joke.
The smaller the country, the more the emperor paid no attention to rewards in order to show his benevolence and wisdom. In the small area of the Northern Han Dynasty, there were several first-grade generals, and two-grade generals could form a team together, and the leader of the team was a good leader.
If you are a first-rank general, there will be a lot of people fighting for it. As for the general positions of third-rank and lower ranks, there are even more.
Just like when Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was besieged by 200,000 Turkic wolf cavalry at Yanmen Pass, Yang Guang issued a confusing order to save his life. He said that as long as his soldiers defended Yanmen Pass and defeated the Turks, all the surviving soldiers would be given six official titles.
Grade. As a result, King Qin’s troops from all over the country came and repelled the Turkic wolf cavalry. There were more than 10,000 defenders who were still alive. That’s more than 10,000 sixth-grade military attachés. According to the grade at that time, everyone could
Lead a regiment of troops, three hundred men.
Not to mention that the Sui Dynasty did not have so many soldiers and horses for them to lead, and they could not even afford the salary of more than 10,000 sixth-grade military attachés. Therefore, the wise Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty chose to make the nobles forget their things and kill himself.
He seemed to have completely forgotten what he had promised. The result of this incident was that no one was willing to work for him after that. Yang Guang thought he had taken advantage of his boss.
Later, when Yu Wenhuaji killed him, there was no one to plead for mercy.
The situation in the Northern Han Dynasty was even more chaotic. This chaos was different from the chaos in the Sui Dynasty when senior officials from several aristocratic families caused chaos. Instead, it was caused by the founding emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty himself. Just because the country was small, he had to show off himself even more.
It is the emperor's right. He can grant lordships and generals at every turn without any regard.
Let’s just say that the commanders of the eleven battalions of the Pingnan Army currently under Liu Ling are all at the level of a second-grade general. If the Zhou invasion is really defeated this time, it is estimated that the current emperor Liu Zhuoneng will win and return to the court.
My hair turned gray because I was worried about how to award the reward.
If a small country that only occupies more than half of the province of Shanxi can seal off more than twenty first-grade generals, it will be enough to make the civil servants, military generals and even the emperors of the surrounding big countries laugh out loud.
But now Liu Ling had no time to think about these problems. He led 5,000 cavalry and severely damaged the 30,000 elite troops led by Chai Rong. After leaving the Zhou army's formation, there were less than 3,000 men left. The Han army's cavalry was already precious.
After all, nearly 3,000 people were lost today. How could Liu Ling not feel distressed?
Although Hanasaburo's interception of Sun Xuandao was a beautiful battle, it almost brought the decisive battle in advance that Liu Ling deliberately avoided. Although Wang Banjin led the 30,000 troops and horses from the southeast camp to support him, but the force raised from a distance was
Even a fool could tell from the dust and smoke that the Zhou army's reinforcements were not far away.
Although Liu Ling led his own soldiers and severely damaged Chai Rong's troops, Zhou Huben Lang left Luo Xu's elite 10,000 tiger and warrior cavalry unscathed, and was inspired to fight and murder like a mountain roaring and a tsunami. Chai Rong's
The Forbidden Army is far from being comparable to the Forbidden Army of Taiyuan Prefecture in the Northern Han Dynasty, and its elite level is no less than that of the Tiger and Horse Cavalry. Although the five guards and horses of the Forbidden Army only have a total of ten thousand people, their combat effectiveness cannot be ignored, and in the attack just now, these ten thousand people were almost
Didn't receive any blow.
Only the 10,000 infantry of the Zhou army were disrupted. Liu Ling's 5,000 cavalry eliminated less than half of them like chopping melons and vegetables, and successfully drove them to hit Chai Rong's central army. However, the expected Zhou army
The Great Crash did not occur.
Now Liu Ling must re-examine the current situation. Although his troops temporarily exceed Chai Rong's troops, he cannot completely defeat the more than 20,000 elite troops under Chai Rong within half an hour. He will wait for the huge backup of the Zhou army.
When the troops came over, it was the Han army that was unlucky.
If the 30,000 troops in the southeast camp were defeated and the Zhou army rushed the defeated army to attack the Han army's own camp, the chain reaction would be that not only the camp could not be saved, but Yuzhou would also be captured by the Zhou army in one go.
While Liu Ling was rapidly calculating the gains and losses in his mind, he was trying to think of ways to prevent the worst outcome from happening. At the same time, he sent his own soldiers to quickly notify Cheng Yihou of the Southwest Camp and Hu Tinghou Liu Mao, who was currently in charge of the Yuzhou Chinese Army Camp. Southwest Camp
All the men and horses were mobilized and formed five miles away from the flanks, forming horns with the men and horses of the current southeast camp.
Liu Mao was ordered to send troops to strengthen the defense of Yuzhou City, and then the remaining Chinese army camp troops and horses were waiting in formation outside Yuzhou City. At the same time, Liu Mao was ordered to quickly transport the twenty consecutive rockets he had just built to the front of the two armies' formations.
Liu Mao's biggest advantage is his decisiveness. After receiving the order, he was rushing over with the remaining troops from the Chinese army camp to support Liu Ling. After receiving the order, he did not hesitate at all and immediately returned with everyone.
At the foot of Yuzhou City, the troops who had already reached the halfway point turned back, and only sent 500 troops to escort the 20 consecutive rockets as quickly as possible to the front of the two armies' formations.
Liu Mao is said to be of the blood of the royal family of the Later Han Dynasty, but his surname Liu is not the real Liu surname of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Liu Zhiyuan, the great ancestor of the Later Han Dynasty, was a complete descendant of Turks and had no Han blood in his body. Liu Mao is said to be
At that time, the only royal family of the Later Han Dynasty who escaped from the iron cavalry of Guo Wei of the Later Zhou Dynasty was said to be a close relative of Liu Zhiyuan, the founder of the Later Han Dynasty.
It is a pity that the Later Han Dynasty overthrew too quickly, and was destroyed by Guo Wei of the Later Zhou Dynasty in only four years. Although Guo Wei had long been disobedient, if not for Emperor Yin of the Later Han Dynasty, Liu Mao's cousin of the emperor would have been smart enough to kill him.
Without Guo Wei's family members, Guo Wei really wouldn't have raised the banner of rebellion so quickly.
In order to avoid disaster, Liu Mao fled to the Northern Han Dynasty alone, and was taken in and reused by the Emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty.
Liu Mao was not a very outstanding general. In terms of strategy and martial arts, he was not as good as King Cheng Yihou. But the best thing about this man was his decisiveness in executing orders. He never doubted his superiors' intentions, nor was he disloyal to his superiors.
That's why Liu Ling left his life to him with confidence and boldness. Although such a person is incompetent, he can be of great use.
The Han army, under the command of Liu Ling, was setting up a defense line, and the Zhou army also began to assemble after Chai Rong regained his consciousness. Ten thousand tiger and horse cavalry were outside, followed by Chai Rong's forbidden army. The Zhou army formed a regular square formation, but
Offensive and defensive.
Liu Ling could see Chai Rong's intention. With the current morale and numbers of the Zhou army, it was obviously unrealistic to take the initiative to attack again. Even if the Tiger and Ben warrior cavalry were invincible, Luo Xu, who commanded the Huben cavalry, would have to send more
Their energy was focused on the safety of His Majesty the Emperor. Moreover, the fighter planes had disappeared. If they attacked forcefully, they would inevitably be taken advantage of by the Han army.
The Zhou army is waiting. Whether he launches a full-scale attack or withdraws to the Tanzhou camp, Chai Rong must wait until the follow-up support troops arrive. To attack, the Zhou army's current number is definitely insufficient. If the Han army retreats,
Being hit in the back is also a worry. As long as the backup army arrives, offense and defense will not be a problem.
Chai Rong was as conflicted as Liu Ling. He also did not want a decisive battle on such an occasion. The Zhou army had lost two battles in a row, and its morale was far less high than that of the Han army. Under such premise, both sides gathered all their forces for a decisive battle, and the one with the numerical advantage had the upper hand.
The Zhou army's winning rate was only half.
If the Han army cannot be defeated in one fell swoop, even if it is a tragic victory, it will not be able to continue to advance north. The 100,000 troops mobilized by Chai Rong will detour northward from the border fortress, and the 50,000 troops will arrive at Tanzhou in less than three days to support. If the decisive battle is carried out in advance,
If so, all arrangements will be disrupted.
Chai Rong can also see his own disadvantage from the morale of his troops. The 10,000 forbidden troops failed to protect him and were almost attacked by a sneak attack, which was a big blow to them. The Hu Ben Iron Cavalry was better, and the remaining five
More than a thousand infantrymen have completely lost their fighting spirit.
Now the two sides are like two men who want to save face. No matter they are suffering losses or taking advantage, no one dares to take action easily, but for the sake of face, no one can give in. But what Zhou Jun and Han Jun are protecting now is not
It's a matter of face, but whoever strikes first will suffer. The current situation is not the time to strike first to gain advantage, and to strike last may not necessarily lead to disaster.
Just facing each other, the two armies were about a mile apart and ready. The generals on both sides could not help but pay attention to the expressions of their generals, trying to see something from it. However, whether it was the Han army or the Zhou army, they were both looked at by their generals.
I was overwhelmed by the serious clouds and fog.
It doesn't matter if we fight, or if we don't fight. It's hard to measure this scale, and Chai Rong's head is almost split. The fighter plane has disappeared, and it may not be an advantage to continue to waste it like this.
And if he retreats without a fight, not only will he, the emperor, lose face, but the hundreds of thousands of Zhou troops will also lose face. And this face will affect the fighting spirit of the soldiers in the future. Who will leave in such an embarrassing manner?
They all feel useless.
In another half an hour, no less than 100,000 troops came out and formed a large formation around Chai Rong's army. Before that, Cheng Yihou's 30,000 Han troops from the southwest camp were also ready, three meters away from Liu Ling's troops.
For four miles, they supported each other. Together, the two sides gathered nearly 200,000 troops, and the plain was immediately filled with a murderous aura that could cut open human skin.
Both sides are still waiting, and no one dares to beat the war drum first.
Liu Ling looked at the Zhou army's formation five to six hundred meters away. From a distance, he could see Chai Rong, who had boarded the emperor's chariot, and seemed to be looking this way. As the flags of both sides were fluttering, the two leaders were looking at each other.
other side.
Liu Ling suddenly smiled and ordered his soldiers to get a set of clean clothes, remove their armor, change clothes, and put on the prince's regular clothes. As soon as he finished doing this, he saw three cavalry rushing out of the Zhou army's formation.
, the horse rushed towards the Han army's camp. The Han army's archers reacted immediately, drew out their arrows, and were ready to give the order to shoot the three cavalry hedgehogs at any time.
Liu Ling waved his hand and said, "Let them come over, but don't shoot arrows."
Under the gaze of tens of thousands of eyes of the Han army, the three men from the Zhou army arrived not far in front of Liu Ling's horse.
An old man in civilian clothes, about fifty years old, bowed deeply on horseback.
"Ning Hao, the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, has met Prince Zhong."
He secretly glanced at Liu Ling, and saw that this man was quite elegant in his regular clothes, with a handsome face, and an intriguing smile on his face. He exuded a kind of calmness and calmness that would keep him calm even if the mountain collapsed. (To be completed.)
