When the Dang brothers hurriedly went to inspect a cart, Dang Shixiong picked up a knife and cut open the nearby sack. They saw densely packed corn flowing out, and the rice grains gathered into one piece, as if coming from the hillside.
There was a bright yellow spring flowing down. On the other side, Dang Shiying and some surrounding sergeants lifted up the linoleum cloth on other chariots one after another, and saw a bundle of sharp arrows tied neatly, with sharp edges and cold edges.
Under the cluster of arrows, there are pieces of armor and coats of the Song Army standard.
"We still need to teach our brothers to be more careful. It is not advisable to stay here for a long time. We will immediately escort the chariots to Huguan."
Li Xiaozhong ordered that the captured Song soldiers were not escorted back together. Instead, their weapons and armors were handed over, and each of them received a piece of clothing and coat. Then they were sent back to their own safety. After all, they captured the enemy.
The army intercepted the baggage at the rear of the army, and it was unknown when there would be troops of the Song Army nearby hearing the news and rushing to rescue them. Among the other officers and soldiers of the Jingnan Army who were ordered to escort and rob the large amount of baggage and supplies, there were also many people carrying jars filled with strong fire oil.
Equipment such as skin bags and flints, once encountering a large group of enemy troops, will immediately burn all the military supplies on the spot, thus ensuring the mobility to break out of the encirclement and return to the base with light equipment. Although it is not possible to obtain a large amount of military supplies, it can still be destroyed.
The purpose of enemy logistics supply.
In the next period of time, it will be necessary to borrow food through the road. The troops escorting military supplies from various state capitals in the south do not seem to be good at fighting. After a few battles, the best result can be to drag down the Song army.
The people and horses are exhausted, and the logistics are difficult to maintain. The daily consumption will continue. At that time, the key passes leading to Taiyuan Prefecture in the north, Wei Shengjun and other key prefectures in the east of Hedong will be tightly guarded. The Song Army will waste its troops to seize the dangerous pass, and it will be even more difficult.
Disaster.
"I heard that the chief general of the Song Army who was ordered to dispatch the troops and horses of the various ministries, Guanju Gongweifu, the former military commander of the imperial camp and the observation and disposal envoy of one side, seems to be called Zhang Jun? According to the detective report, he seems to be from the Western Army, but
Now it seems that he is not a brave general."
Li Xiaozhong murmured that based on the previous military intelligence reports, he probably also knew the background of Zhang Jun, the general who was in charge of the Song Army under the imperial decree and seemed to be launching an attack on the Hedong border. Although this guy was related to the current official living in Sichuan and Shaanxi Xuan
The name of Zhang Jun, who cared for Prime Minister Chu, had the same pronunciation but different characters. Zhang Jun was not like Zhang Deyuan, who was known as Mr. Ziyan in the world. He was originally a high-ranking civil servant in the Bianjing court. He went to the western frontier to supervise the administration under the orders of the official family.
He came into contact with military affairs as a soldier of various ministries. However, this Zhang Jun joined the army as an archer when he was a teenager. He was originally an out-and-out soldier with mud-legged background. Now that he has been promoted through hard work, he is already in charge of the Song Dynasty.
Zhang Jun is a high-ranking general in the army. Zhang Jun has built such a great achievement in the army step by step. It should be said that he must be a good general who is good at using troops.
However, according to detective reports, in addition to participating in suppressing the rebel armies in various uprisings, Zhang Jun seemed to have only made achievements in a few small-scale battles with the Xia Army and the Jin Army a few days ago, which prompted Zhang Junjie to
The experience of rising to higher levels seems to have occurred when brother Xiao Tang fought against Yin Shuke, Wanyan Wushu and other famous Jin generals. He led his troops to gallop across the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers and pacified Huaining, Zhenjiang, Hangzhou, Lanxi, Xiu, etc.
There were armed rebellions in the prefectures and other places, but they were by no means a powerful separatist force.
After generals such as Zhongshi Dao, Zhongshizhong, Yao Gu, and even Liu Yanqing and Liu Zhongwu died or were deposed and retired, some military generals in the Song Dynasty began to emerge one after another. .Zhang Jun is undoubtedly the one who has benefited the most from being reused and promoted. However, it seems that he has not accomplished any great feats that are famous in the world so far. But why did his official career start to skyrocket during this time of national crisis?
Zhemo still followed the court's "routine", and Zhang Jun was also very good at catering to the important officials in the court... Li Xiaozhong muttered in his heart, supposedly he had received the flight from Jingdong Road. The pigeon document warned that the Song army in the south had indeed begun to mobilize on a large scale. However, Zhang Jun, the commander-in-chief of the army, seemed to be afraid of approaching the area controlled by his own rebels too early, so he hesitated with his troops and horses, while waiting for all the other Song armies under his control to assemble. Fang dared to move. This also delayed the military plane and gave Li Xiaozhong the opportunity to take a roundabout way to intercept the Song army's supplies.
If Zhang Jun is also a mediocre person who does not live up to his name, it will be a good thing for our army. Li Xiaozhong sent all the soldiers to escort a large number of captured baggage on the return journey, and walked about five or six miles in the mountains. While on the road, Li Xiaozhong, who was riding his horse, suddenly felt that the surrounding atmosphere seemed a little strange. Just when he was about to order the soldiers of the Jingnan Army under his command to be careful, a rapid sound of horns suddenly sounded from the surrounding mountains, and then there was a murderous sound. Drums were beating continuously, and army horses dressed in the Song Army's uniforms rushed out from the mountain col.
When Li Xiaozhong looked at these people, he didn't know whether he had already prepared to set up an ambush here, or because the Song army rushed to the rescue after receiving reports that the baggage train had been intercepted. With an invincible explosive force, they knew that compared with the imperial soldiers and horses with lax military discipline and low combat effectiveness, these soldiers and horses that suddenly came out were obviously not weak troops that could be easily defeated and dispersed.
"Hey! That's true. I said that taking the road to attack the carriages and carriages is going to be dangerous. At any rate, the Song army may not be all cowardly and fearful of death. But even if there are soldiers and horses blocking the road, they will not be afraid of death. What can we do? Going forward about seven or eight miles, we will reach the boundary of Huguan. We have already been greeted by our brothers, so we just have to rush out!"
Li Xiaozhong said in a solemn voice, and immediately ordered his soldiers to immediately take out the skin bags filled with strong fire oil and scatter them around. As a few fire sticks were ignited and thrown over, the baggage trains arranged in a snake-like shape were suddenly filled with flames. , thick smoke billows, like thousands of golden snakes and fire dragons tumbling and wreaking havoc, spreading and eating away a large amount of food and military supplies.
There were no burdens such as grain carts and baggage to take care of, which slowed down the journey. Just as the flames of the chariots were rising one after another, Li Xiaozhong ordered the soldiers of the Jingnan Army to gallop forward at almost the same time. They gathered into a formation and burst out, galloping straight towards the intercepting Song army in front!
The fierce flags fluttering in the wind on the opposite side also started to wave, and the Song Army's cavalry formation also began to urge the horses to move forward. The roar of a large number of strong horses tapping the ground became more and more urgent, and gradually carried the force. With the power of crushing everything, its momentum was like the earth falling apart, and it was rolling straight towards the rebel army of the Jingnan Army. Just looking at this momentum, it seems that we can probably predict that many of these Song army tribes should have experienced battles. The soldiers were accustomed to the scenes of tough battles. There was no hesitation in urging the horses to gallop, and the lineup was very neat and without any chaos. It was obvious that the generals who commanded these horses should also be able to fight well. A person to be underestimated.
"General Li, come forward quickly. Our brothers will lead the troops to charge for a while, hold them back for a while, and then the brothers will assemble and just rush over. There is no need to entangle, so we can break through."
When the two brothers Dang Shixiong and Dang Shiying galloped up to him, they asked for orders. Li Xiaozhong immediately nodded. When he turned his head again, he could already roughly see the Song troops fighting in front.
When he read the banner font size, Li Xiaozhong's brows twisted into knots involuntarily, and he murmured: "Yang Yizhong?"
