The order to withdraw troops was quickly conveyed to the front line.
The first person to be stunned was not the Yi Congjun group, but Cui Hong's troops who had just looted for two days.
He led 4,000 people into the city and raided the Zhongwu Army and Caizhou Army, and then the number swelled to 6,000.
In fact, not many people actually died in the raid, definitely no more than a thousand. The number of people increased sharply, mainly because many Caizhou soldiers joined in. Even some Caizhou teenagers took the initiative to join the gang and robbed the city where they lived.
The temptation of zero-yuan purchases is really hard to resist for the people of Huaixi, who are indistinguishable from gangsters to gangsters.
"Gather your troops! Don't fucking rob us. Go and gather your troops."
"Where are the soldiers? Where are your soldiers? How can we fight without soldiers?"
"Look at the Xia army. They camped outside the city. Apart from transporting food and grass, they just watched the Bian dogs. I don't know how to imitate them!"
"Hurry up! The Bian Dog is coming, take your brothers and retreat!"
Cui Hong's personal soldiers and generals were thrown out, kicked, beaten and roared everywhere.
The sergeants were a little dissatisfied. They agreed to allow three days of robbery, but before the third day was over, they drove them away?
Someone was making noises and causing trouble. After Wu Zang Ji Ming got the news, he immediately sent three thousand soldiers from Hengshan City into the city. The Cai people immediately became honest. However, their surrender was only temporary. A good man will not suffer the immediate losses. After a while,
Many people took large and small bags and slipped out of Caizhou City.
Cui Hong didn't stop him either.
Everyone has their own ambitions, so there is nothing to say. These people are either new recruits or defected halfway. It is also good to leave some people with uncertain minds to avoid being difficult to manage in the future.
In addition, these people are also very stupid. After the Liang people's army comes, they will definitely put a lot of effort into rectifying it. Do you really think that Zhu Quanzhong will not kill people? Those who participated in the military rebellion will be found out sooner or later. Needless to say, the end is basically death.
After a chaotic half-day of reorganizing, there were still four thousand people left. Pushing carts, pulling packhorses, and carrying bags on their shoulders, they left Caizhou City, which had brought them great happiness.
The Tianxiong Army also came from Zhenyang County.
Niu Li frowned and looked at the Cai people who had gone south to plunder. It might be unfair to say that they couldn't fight.
Today's warriors, not only the Cai people, but all the vassals and towns are similar. When they want money, they insist on money. But when it is time to go into battle, they are also very disciplined. They listen to the command and obey the order. Otherwise, I am afraid that even the militia will not be able to fight.
Win, let alone a slowly rising force like the Khitan.
But the domineering nature of these people is also true.
In the second year of Changqing, Li Guangyan led the Zhongwu Army to pacify Zhaoyi Town, and the imperial court appointed him as the Henghai Military Envoy. The soldiers he brought should have stayed in Cangjing, but the soldiers were not happy and wanted to return to Xuzhou to see their families.
Guangyan became "sick from fear" due to the noise and chaos, and actually got sick from fear.
In the fourth year of Qianfu, the loyal military general Li Kefeng led his army to guard the border. After the garrison period was over, he returned to Xuzhou. When the army reached Pizhou, the soldiers "coerced the commander and asked for old and owed food and salt" and detained the commander Li Kefeng.
On the fourth day, "the whole community was shocked."
However, this unit was known as "Jingyong" and often went into battle when defending Tibet, and its record was quite good.
They like to make noise and cause chaos, and are difficult to control. It seems that it is completely incompatible with strong fighting ability, and can even be said to be the opposite. But the thing is so outrageous. The secret is that when they fight in formation, they give strict orders, are not afraid of death, and are still brave.
There is no such situation as that of the late Five Dynasties and the early Northern Song Dynasty, when arrogant people were brought down.
Military discipline is deteriorating bit by bit, and the morale is getting worse day by day. It can still be saved now, but the prerequisite is that you can't accommodate the sergeants without a bottom line. You asked them for help and wanted them to support you in rebellion and become the emperor, so you gave in.
, and then they go further, the game is like this.
Someone who is not in the right position can only accommodate the sergeant without any bottom line, right?
Wu Zang Jie Ming came over, looked at the Cai soldiers who were rapidly retreating south, and the Caizhou people who were temporarily recruited to transport supplies to the south, and said: "Yang Shihou did not go out of the city to pursue."
Their fifteen thousand battle-hardened infantry were waiting for Yang Shihou's thousands of soldiers to come out to pursue them, but they are still huddled in Beiguan City.
He does have a thousand cavalry, but to be honest, one thousand cavalry cannot defeat a thousand well-trained infantry, let alone more than 10,000 infantry. It seems that he has given up.
"Don't worry about him. Each department will take turns to cover the retreat. If Yang Shihou comes after him, give him a hard blow. After retreating through Ru River, he won't be able to chase him even if he wants to." Niu Li said.
"Niudu will know why the commander ordered the troops to retreat?"
"Of course I know." Niu Li said: "Liang soldiers divided up their forces and outflanked them. One of them marched along Huaixi, and the vanguard has arrived in Shouzhou. If they are allowed to penetrate Guangzhou, who can stop them? Can Chen Su stop them?"
Wu Zang Jie Ming shook his head.
"If we can't stop them, the south bank of the Huai River will be occupied by them, and we will lose all our retreat. If the Liang people press from the north again and are panicked, can't the whole army be wiped out?" Niu Li said: "The Liang people are fighting on the inside.
There are many soldiers and they can be mobilized from all directions. We have to be on guard. This time, we also got a lot of things."
Long before they headed north, Zhao Kuanglin took 3,000 Suizhou soldiers to relocate the people of Xinxi County to Shenzhou.
Thanks to the continuous battles between Suizhou soldiers and Liang people in the past two years, their temperament and combat effectiveness are different from those in the past. Otherwise, they might not be able to defeat those common people. Every household has soldiers, and those who have been thieves for many years, can they be ordinary people?
In order to forcibly relocate this group of people, they even killed a group of the most aggressive ones, which frightened the Huaicai people. After much effort, they finally moved less than 20,000 people to the other side of the Huai River.
According to the plan, these people will be resettled in Suixian County, not Shenzhou.
After two years of fighting in Sui, Guanghua, Tangcheng, and Zaoyang counties, there were only 40,000 to 50,000 people living there, which was incredibly empty. Not to mention, even when the country was at its peak, the level of development in this place was a bit low.
At that time, there were only 100,000 people. If we develop it properly, it could be doubled.
The people in Baoxin County are also relocating, but it is hard to say whether it will be too late. It has just begun. The local people resisted fiercely, and the Suizhou soldiers suffered a small loss and lost a few manpower.
As for Zhenyang County, they gave up. It was too late and the troops were insufficient. They only plundered a little food and grass and gave up.
The most pity is that the horses raised by Zhu Quanzhong in Caizhou Ranch were not caught and were moved, which is quite disappointing.
The plan to tire out the enemy should not have ended so hastily, but it was a pity that Zhu Quanzhong was serious and mobilized too many troops, so there was no way out.
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"Kill!" On the west bank of the Huishui River, Sergeant Cai, the newly recruited Ten Thousand Guang, was practicing.
Shao Shude glanced at it for a moment, then turned his head and continued to discuss with Chen Cheng.
He had seen too much military training. He even participated in it personally in his early years and knew it very well.
The newly recruited 10,000 people have a good foundation. They are much better than the Tuan Tuan villagers in other counties in the north. They can also understand some golden drum flags. It can be seen that they have also practiced in the slack seasons in the past.
Most people have some background in martial arts, which is due to the prevalence of Huaixi martial arts. After all, whether you are a soldier or a thief, you must not lose your cooking skills, otherwise you will not have the chance to engage in this "promising" career.
What they need now is to get to know each other as quickly as possible while slowly adapting to the constraints of military discipline.
This is not a simple matter. The biggest difference between a mob and a professional martial artist is here.
Whether they can cooperate with each other, whether there is a tacit understanding on the battlefield, when they should do something and what they should not do, they need to use a whip to let them know and remember it in their minds.
Of course, under the current situation, it is not impossible to recruit them to fight. Some state and county soldiers who have been at peace for many years may not be able to defeat them. But Shao Shude has higher requirements. Since he has been recruited temporarily, he must follow the regular rules, even if
In the end, they were not used, but all the training was indispensable.
"You also know the news from the scouts. General Liang Jun is Shi Shucong. He has a lot of troops, probably more than 30,000 people, maybe more." Shao Shude said: "There are many ships on the Huaihe River, full of goods. Ying
There are already Liang troops setting up a stronghold over there, and it seems that that side is where Liang troops are gathering."
"Shishu Cong?" Chen Cheng thought for a while, and it seemed that this person didn't have anything outstanding. If it weren't for Zhang Shensi, a veteran of the Liang Army, and Pang Shigu, he probably wouldn't have been able to lead the army, right?
Shao Shude nodded and said: "Shishu Cong is an ancient favorite general of Master Pang, and he still has some abilities."
Zhu Quanzhong was very fond of Shi Shu Cong and affectionately called him "Shi Lao".
His most outstanding battles should be the two sieges of Taiyuan. The first time he encountered continuous rain and diseases in the army, so he had to retreat. The second time he defeated Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei, captured and killed ten thousand people, and then sieged Taiyuan again.
Li Keyong once wanted to give up Jinyang and run north to the grasslands, but his subordinates persuaded him hard so he did not run away. However, after being forced to do so, the Jin people did not dare to go south for several years because they were really afraid of being beaten.
With such a remarkable record, but also "nurturing scholars, caring for the people, and being very capable in government", wouldn't this increase his prestige? But under Zhu Quanzhong, this was a recipe for death.
In the first year of Tianyou (904), Shi Shucong received the dirty work: regicide. Zhu Quanzhong had him and Zhu Yougong die on the same day to stop the mouths of the people in the world. If the Huai people were defeated, they would also be ordered to kill the king by Quan Zhong secret order, and his fate would be the same as that of Shi Shu Cong.
Interestingly, there was also a civil servant, Jiang Xuanhui, who killed Zhaozong. However, Zhu Quanzhong only killed two generals with outstanding military achievements, and Jiang Xuanhui was fine. The reason why his uncle Cong and Zhu Yougong died can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.
Killing a general is not just as simple as killing one person. Zhu Zhen, Wang Zhongshi, Shi Shucong, Zhu Yougong and other meritorious generals who were killed by Zhu Quanzhong were often surrounded by many middle- and lower-level officers who were attached to them, that is, the officer corps. These people Even if he doesn't die, he will be purged and sidelined.
In addition, generals generally like to recruit elite sergeants as their own troops, which often have the final say and turn the tide on the battlefield. These troops also need to be cleaned, dismantled, and reorganized.
It can be said that this is how Liang Jun's combat effectiveness overwhelmed Zhu Quanzhong.
"According to the commander-in-chief, Shi Shucong is a good general and can command a large army, and he is coming from the east. If Zhu Quanzhong sends his army south from Bian and Song Dynasties and attacks from two directions, our army will be in a worrying situation." Chen Cheng's eyes caught it. On the map, Shen and Guangzhou are located south of the Huai River and north of the mountains. The terrain is flat and there is no danger to defend.
Is it possible that we have to give up again, retreat behind Pingjingguan, and rely on the Tongbai Mountains for defense?
"Zhu Quanzhong is serious this time. If we want him to wake up now, we can only use force in the north to break through the defense lines of Hu Zhen and Zhu Zhen's groups, so that they have no danger of mountains and rivers and have to retreat." Shao Shude also said. He looked at the map and said, "But this may take time."
Yes, it takes time. Chen Cheng frowned and thought hard.
Although the troops dispatched this time have achieved results, thousands of people were captured and killed, and a lot of people, food and grass were plundered. More importantly, the momentum of the Liang people was dampened and their confidence was shaken, but I still feel that there can be greater things. results.
Shao Shude looked at the sergeants who were practicing and said: "Send orders to the Wei Sheng Army to break up the clan and mobilize two thousand cavalry from his tent."
Chen Cheng felt a chill in his heart and admonished: "No, Commander!"
Shao Shude glanced at him and said, "Do you know what I want to do?"
"I know!" Chen Cheng urged, "Commander, please take back your life."
"Dissuasion is ineffective." Shao Shude took out the bow tip from his waist, tried it, and said with a smile: "Now there is no one to use, no soldiers to use, what can I do?"