The time goes back to October 26, the day after the "Battle of Danshui". King Su Zhao Hongrun made a painful decision in Yunshi City to prepare for a surprise attack on Gaolang.
Under Zhao Hongrun's instructions, this area from west to east includes the Shangshui Military Camp in Fayu Mountain, Shangshui Military Camp in Tanyuan, Xuushi City, and Yanling Military Camp in Yangtou Mountain. These four strongholds are controlled by King Su's army.
, quietly dispatched teams of thousands of people, using the pretense of patrolling the surrounding areas, to secretly march towards Gaolang.
Since this land is full of Korean cavalry under Feng Ting and Baoyuan, two of the top ten North Korean generals in the North Plains, it is unrealistic and unnecessary for all the 100,000 King Su troops to evacuate southward.
After all, Zhao Hongrun considered that if this sneak attack could succeed, in fact, 20,000 soldiers working with the Green Crows would be enough to capture Gaolang.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun secretly mobilized only 20,000 soldiers, 10,000 each from the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army, divided into twenty thousand-man teams, and slowly moved south in a roundabout way.
Starting from Xu o'clock on the evening of the 26th, each of the four strongholds controlled by King Su's army sent out a thousand-man team every hour. Within five hours, each stronghold sent out a total of five thousand-man teams.
The soldiers of King Su's army braved the severe cold at night, deliberately bypassing the flat terrain, and moved close to Fajiu Mountain or Yangtou Mountain. Once they found traces of the Korean cavalry, they immediately fled into the mountains and forests.
It has to be said that the difficulty of this sneak attack mission is that on the way, in Shangdang County, the night approaching November is very cold, and the Suwang Army has not yet received cotton-padded clothes and other supplies due to various reasons.
Wearing clothes to keep out the cold, the Wei troops who participated in the sneak attack were shivering under the cold wind at night.
Even King Su Zhao Hongrun was almost frozen in the cold wind because he was only wearing autumn clothes.
"Your Highness."
Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao handed over a water bag.
The contents of this water bag are not drinking water, but wine, which is produced in Xuushi City.
Zhao Hongrun took the water bag and drank a few sips, then he couldn't help coughing lightly.
"Your Highness?" Wei Jiao exclaimed anxiously.
Zhao Hongrun waved his hand to signal Wei Jiao not to worry. Then he took another sip, tasted it in his mouth, and then murmured to himself: "Sorghum wine?"
"Your Highness, this is the specialty of the Hyun family, millet wine." Wei Jiao explained quietly from the side.
The drinks in the Wei State are generally based on rice wine, rice wine, and fruit wine, and the alcohol content is generally not high. However, the drinks in Xuushi City are different. The drinks in Shangdang County use the local crop sorghum (millet) as raw material.
That's what
The so-called sorghum wine (baijiu), even though the distillation method has not yet appeared in this era, Shangdang's sorghum wine can also be called "strong liquor" compared to the wine of Wei State, so that Zhao Hongrun, who was caught off guard, was
I choked on my wine.
"Millet...heh."
After taking two more sips, Zhao Hongrun felt that after the few sips of wine went down his throat, it seemed to turn into a warm current, flowing throughout his body. He moved his somewhat stiff right hand, secretly thinking about "millet", a crop that is abundant in Shangdang County.
Keep it in mind.
As for the purpose, it is nothing more than to use the party's sorghum to brew real spirits after the war is over and supply it to the troops on the front line.
It may seem ridiculous to give wine to the army. In fact, wine has always been a necessity in the military. Of course, the purpose is not to let the soldiers drink and cause trouble, but to keep out the cold. In cold weather, the military cannot actually guarantee
Every soldier can receive cotton-padded clothes to keep out the cold. At this time, wine is needed to help patrol at night, and the soldiers on duty can drive away the cold.
In addition, drinking a few sips of strong alcohol before a fierce battle can also help soldiers suppress the fear of death in their hearts.
While Zhao Hongrun was thinking about it secretly, news came back from the Qingya people in front, saying that in a forest about ten miles away, a group of about 200 Korean cavalrymen were resting there.
"Kill them?"
Zongwei Gao Kuo suggested from the side.
Zhao Hongrun thought about it carefully and finally shook his head and rejected it.
It is undeniable that with the strength of his thousand-man team, plus the Green Crows, they can indeed deal with the more than two hundred Korean cavalry, but the risk is too high. Unless they can completely annihilate each other, once they are defeated,
If a few of the Korean cavalry escaped, the rest of the Korean cavalry would inevitably be attracted to retaliate against them.
Zhao Hongrun was not afraid of the other party's revenge. What he was really worried about was that his true intention was discovered by the Korean cavalry.
"Forget it, let me go." Zhao Hongrun said seriously.
After hearing this, Duan Pei, the leader of the Green Crows, said: "Your Highness, if we want to go around, we have to take a long detour..."
"It doesn't matter." Zhao Hongrun raised his head and glanced at the night sky full of stars, and whispered: "There is still plenty of time, go around."
"yes!"
Following Zhao Hongrun's will, the thousand-man team and the Green Crows they were in quietly bypassed the forest, followed Sheep Head Mountain, and headed in the direction of Gaolang in a roundabout way.
When it was daybreak, a Korean cavalry force came from nowhere and caught up with them, which frightened Zhao Hongrun and others.
The thousand-man team that Zhao Hongrun is in is Ran Teng's Thousand-man Team of the Shang Shui Army. It is currently recognized as the most powerful thousand-man team in the Shang Shui Army, and the special Thousand-man General Ran Teng is also a brave and brave warrior.
A wise general.
After learning that the Korean cavalry was rapidly approaching, Ran Teng quickly ordered the soldiers of his thousand-man team to line up in order and form a formation to confront them.
Facing the formation of more than a thousand Wei soldiers, the Korean cavalry was lingering nearby, neither attacking nor retreating.
Worried about being seen through by the other party, Zhao Hongrun and the Zongwei quickly rolled down and hid themselves among the soldiers.
When he dismounted, he glanced at the Korean army in the distance and roughly estimated the number of people on the other side: about two hundred riders.
"Is it the Han Cavalry that rested in the woods last night?"
Zhao Hongrun asked the people around him in a low voice.
Duan Pei, the leader of the Green Crows who stayed beside him, shook his head, indicating that he was not sure.
At this time, Ran Teng, a special thousand-man general, squeezed through the crowd and came to Zhao Hongrun. Seeing that Zhao Hongrun and the Zongwei all showed solemn expressions, he comforted him and said: "Your Highness, the opponent only has two hundred riders, so he may not dare to do so.
Attack our thousand-man army... If these brats really don’t know how to live or die, I and my brothers will send them on their way."
Zhao Hongrun nodded when he heard this. In fact, he didn't think that the 200-man Han cavalry on the opposite side dared to attack his thousand-man team.
After all, the heavy infantry of King Su's Army still held a high status in Han Qi's heart, and they were no less fearful than Wei General Jiang Bi's Northern Third Army.
As expected, the 200-man Han cavalry did not attack directly. They just rode their horses and stood in the distance, shooting several waves of arrows at the formation of Ran Teng's thousand-man team.
The Wei soldiers of Ran Teng's thousand-man army were not afraid of such arrows. They raised their shields and easily blocked the opponent's arrow attack.
Ran Teng was a little complacent at first, but when he heard the Han cavalry laughing in the distance, he came back to his senses with a blushing face: the other party was not trying to use arrows to reduce their numbers, but was teasing them.
them!
Sure enough, during the entire period of burning incense, the two hundred Han cavalry galloped around Ran Teng's thousand-man army, shooting a few arrows at the Wei army with their crossbows from time to time, watching Ran Teng's soldiers hurriedly
They raised their shields to defend themselves, and the group laughed with joy.
"These bastards!" Ran Teng was so angry that he wanted to cut the two hundred Han cavalry into pieces with a thousand knives.
But reason prompted him to calm down, because he understood that the soldiers under his command only had two legs, and those Korean cavalry relied on four-legged horses to move. How could two legs outrun four legs?
No matter how angry he was, he could only endure it.
Zhao Hongrun, as for Zhao Hongrun, looked at the arrogant behavior of those Han cavalry with cold eyes, but there was nothing he could do about it - in the wilderness, infantry were so passive when encountering light cavalry.
After a full stick of incense was spent, the Korean cavalry slowly withdrew.
Seeing this, Ran Teng was about to give the order to continue heading south, but saw Zhao Hongrun saying: "The other party will come back and go east."
General Ran Teng was suspicious, but he did not dare to go against the wishes of His Royal Highness Zhao Hongrun, Prince Su, so he ordered his troops to turn back and head east.
Sure enough, after about half a stick of incense, the Korean cavalry left and returned, once again teasing Ran Teng's army.
"Go back this time."
After the Korean cavalry left again, Zhao Hongrun ordered in a deep voice.
This time Ran Teng no longer had any doubts and ordered the entire army to go back, but the pace of advance was much slower.
Not long after, the cavalry returned again and followed Ran Teng's army for about three to five miles before leaving again.
Under Zhao Hongrun's instructions, Ran Teng's army rested on the spot for a while. After discovering that the Korean cavalry would not come back this time, they headed east again, making a large circuitous circle and heading towards their destination, Gaolang.
Xuansheng City is about forty miles away from Gaolang. Originally, the Wei army could reach Gaolang within one day, but because they had to hide from the Korean cavalry, each thousand-man team involved in the sneak attack had to take long, roundabout routes.
As a result, at dusk on October 27th, we still had not arrived at Gaolang.
Even Zhao Hongrun's Ran Teng Thousand-Man Team is still nearly twenty miles away from Gao Lang.
But having said that, the first twenty miles is actually the most difficult section of the road, because there are many Korean cavalry here, but in the last twenty miles, there are much fewer Korean cavalry.
On October 28, twenty thousand-man troops of King Su's army, after passing through the wilderness area controlled by the Korean cavalry, changed their marching speed from yesterday and marched straight towards Gaolang.
During this period, these twenty thousand-man troops merged one after another, so that in just half a day, they formed an army of more than ten thousand men.
Moreover, there are still nearly 10,000 soldiers continuously gathering towards Gaolang.
"Success!"
When the Green Crows reported that the army was only five miles away from Gao Lang, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but clenched his fists and felt a little excited.
Because he deceived Feng Ting's army and blocked the blockade of more than 20,000 Korean cavalry by Tong's army.
And just when he was overjoyed, he suddenly heard the faint sound of horse hooves behind him, as if a large number of cavalry were rushing here.
"You noticed it so quickly?"
Zhao Hongrun's expression changed slightly, and he immediately ordered: "Quick! The whole army marches quickly to Gaolang and capture this land for me!"
"yes!"
The Wei army accelerated their advance and rushed towards Gao Lang quickly.
When the Wei army was only two miles away from Gaolang City, a Korean army suddenly shot out from behind an unknown mountain in front and intercepted the Wei army.
At the front of the Korean army, I saw a Korean general, Huo Huanhuo, standing with his arms outstretched and sneering. It was Jin Miao, the Korean general who had not heard from Feng Ting and Bao Yuan in recent days.
"Jin has been waiting here for a long time, Mr. Wei Run!"