After the sun went down, the fighting continued.
The Long Sword Army was indeed fierce, and the Feilong Army fought with it, but was repulsed with considerable losses.
At three o'clock in the hour, the Zhongwu Army also selected three thousand elite soldiers to fight.
The Liang people hurriedly stood up to fight. To guard against the cavalry charge, they had to dispatch most of their men. After finally repelling the Zhongwu Army, they retreated panting.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The archery exchanges between the two sides continued. The soldiers of the Long Sword Army who had defeated the enemy and returned to the car formation were very agitated. After a day's journey, even eating and drinking were interrupted many times. Everyone was really upset.
I'm tired. If it weren't for the obsession to go home, I would have been unable to continue fighting.
"Kill!" More than 3,000 cavalrymen rushed over from behind with overwhelming force. Looking at their overwhelming momentum, they seemed to be launching a decisive battle.
The sound of drums and horns started, and everyone was dressed neatly and holding instruments in their hands.
The officers shouted loudly and passed various orders, and the entire Long Sword Army was mobilized and prepared.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!" This was the sound of a bow shooting outwards, but the result was very little, because the Xia people spread out horizontally at the edge of the arrow's land and circled in another direction.
Obviously, they are not close, they are just harassing outside.
"I've been fooled again!" A military academy member stomped his feet angrily.
Division Wang Zhong was also livid, and he immediately ordered some of the sergeants on alert to be removed and rest in batches.
If they continue like this, they will be killed sooner or later.
After receiving the order, the battalion left the cart and went to the open space to rest, but they were not allowed to remove their armor.
Wang Zhongshi urgently discussed countermeasures with several old subordinates.
"In the past, Liu Yu destroyed Nanyan. How did he do it?" Wang Chongshi asked.
He had fought on the Eastern Front before, and it was not that he had never encountered cavalry. But Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin's cavalry were relatively stupid and liked to charge directly at the infantry. The result was a huge defeat.
First of all, the Xia thieves' cavalry far exceeded Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin in terms of number. In addition, they did not charge directly, but mainly harassed people, which was very annoying.
"Liu Yu first took a boat. There were ships transporting grain and grass, and there were crossbows on the ship. The thieves and cavalry did not dare to approach. After getting off the ship in Xuzhou, they built a city thirty miles away and stocked up on grain, grass, equipment, and patients." Someone said.
Thirty miles is just within the range of a day's march for infantry. In other words, Liu Yu's infantry has a place to stay at night. Even if they can't live in the city, they can go to the village according to the city.
The Changjian Army did not go down to the stronghold today. They rushed to attack as soon as they reached the ground, Meng Lang.
In the final analysis, it was caused by the insecurity of escaping. The rush to go home, the rush to break through the enemy's blockade. What if the arrival at the stronghold was delayed and was surrounded by more enemies?
It's too late to say anything now. Looking at the behavior of the thieves, I won't give them a chance.
"After Liu Yu entered Qingzhou, he surrounded the queue with a large cart, and a curtain was hung on the cart. The thieves could not see what the people inside were doing from a distance and did not dare to charge."
"Liu Yu's car is much better than our baggage truck."
"It's not a problem with the vehicles. Li Keyong used grain trucks to surround the camp. Can the big cavalrymen in Hebei do anything against him?"
"This is not the main reason. There are too many Xia rebels. Not only are there many cavalry, but there are also many infantry."
Master Wang Zhong listened silently, his reasoning became clearer and clearer, and his heart became increasingly sad.
The large number of Xia thieves is the key, and the main force to stop them is the Feilong Army.
The cavalry can still be dealt with, but the combination of cavalry and infantry makes it difficult for you to deal with it. This is the most deadly thing.
Today, the thieves took turns to challenge and harassed them repeatedly. The soldiers are tired and hungry. Obviously, they won't let you sleep at night. How long can you last?
Just as my mind turned to this level, another group of thieves came out of the darkness. Judging from their appearance, they must be the mounted infantry of the Flying Dragon Army.
Master Wang Zhong forced himself up his tired body and ordered to fight.
Shao Shude has returned to the camp and is listening carefully to the continuous reports from the generals.
"The thieves must be extremely tired. To defeat our troops, we need to temporarily mobilize a second batch of soldiers to assist in the battle."
"Our troops went out to fight at three o'clock in the morning, and the thieves were obviously exhausted."
"The last general has just led the troops, and by the time of the battle at 3:00 p.m., it was obvious that the rebel army could not stop them." The last one to speak was Zhao Yan.
His face was pale with a trace of blood. He was the one who fought just now.
Shao Shude did not underestimate these children and nephews of the Zhao family.
Although some people have a literary background, such as Zhao Lu, their martial arts skills are not bad. During the battle with Chao Army more than ten years ago, Zhao Lu led "sharp soldiers" and went into battle many times.
Not everyone can lead "sharp soldiers". Especially the sharp soldiers who go out to fight in the city. Generally, they have to be strong generals to be qualified to lead them. But Zhao Lu really came from a primary school literary background, but in today's world, light will
It is obviously not possible to write poems and articles without knowing martial arts, riding and shooting.
Either learn martial arts or have both civil and military skills. This is a common choice for the children of local powerful men.
"Aren't all the Long Sword Army men of iron?" Shao Shude exclaimed.
Although it is impossible for them to be unable to rest and eat due to continuous harassment and challenges, to be honest, it is a fact that the rhythm of rest has been greatly disrupted. Moreover, they were on their way during the day, even with the mental bonus of going home,
This fighting will is really firm.
But the stronger they are, the happier Shao Shude is.
The "military assets" created by the separation of vassal towns in the Central Plains for more than a hundred years are a considerable amount of wealth. Yes, people are also a part of military assets, even the most important part.
He had already tasted the benefits of recruiting the remnants of the Changzhi Army. With them as the backbone, the Heijin and Jindao armies were transformed into mounted infantry, which made the Tatars scream. Zhu Quanzhong still had many such individual combat capabilities.
The soldiers are by no means weaker than the Xia army. After surrendering, they will be adapted and slowly digested. From now on, they will be their own "forbidden army".
Since this battle, Zhe Zongben has captured tens of thousands of people, mainly Yang Shihou and Zhang Quanyi. He has released the Tutuan villagers, eliminated the old and the weak, and left five thousand strong, and plans to hand them over to Luoyang in a while.
Qibizhang captured nearly 5,000 Feilong troops.
Shao Shude defeated Ge Congzhou and Wang Jingxuan and captured more than 27,000 people. The Tutuan villagers will release them in the future, so there will be about 15,000 good soldiers left.
All together, there are already 25,000 soldiers. In the future, they will all be sent to Shaanzhou Academy to expand its training force to 50,000 people.
As a result, there were 100,000 sergeants in training in Lingzhou and Shaanzhou Second Academy, which were under the jurisdiction of Dujianzhiyamen, and a high proportion of them were surrendered.
After fighting this battle this year, it’s time for a major reorganization.
This time is a comprehensive and thorough reorganization. There will be changes in the establishment and number of each military unit, and some military numbers may even be abolished.
Weeding out the weak while retaining the strong and reorganizing his troops was what Zhu Quanzhong did in history after he defeated Er Zhu and Wang Shifan and extended his sphere of influence deep into Guanzhong.
He compressed the more than 200,000 troops into 1340,000, eliminated those who were too old or too young, those who were dawdling, and those with average combat effectiveness. The remaining 100,000 forbidden troops were defeated by the previous army of more than 200,000.
, you can probably still win.
Zhu Quanzhong fought in Henan every year, and sometimes went on large-scale expeditions more than once a year. If he did not follow the route of elite troops, the financial pressure would be huge.
Shao Shude understood this quite well and was prepared to follow suit.
In the final analysis, they are basically the same person. They are doing the same thing, taking back power, cutting down the vassal, and reorganizing them, all in order to weaken the foundation of the vassal and town separatism.
Zhu Quanzhong, I understand you, we are "comrades" on the same road, but I still want to kill you to inherit your legacy and...
"Your Majesty, the general is back." Zhao Lu led more than 3,000 men and horses into the camp in a chaotic manner.
Shao Shude glanced at him.
Zhao Lu lowered his head in shame and said: "The local heroes collapsed first, and the officers and soldiers of the Zhongwu Army were affected and also collapsed back."
"It's okay." Shao Shude said gently: "Tell me carefully."
"Back to your Majesty, the thieves are no longer able to fight." Zhao Lu raised his head, and he looked a little excited after suffering a defeat, and said: "The brave soldiers from Changshe Township can't even be defeated with one drum. The thieves' power has declined."
After thinking about it, Shao Shude smiled and said, "I guess he won't be able to do it either."
"Your Majesty!" Qi Binzhang stepped forward and said loudly: "The Flying Dragon Army has rested enough and is ready to go into battle."
In fact, in Qi Banzhang's opinion, the whole army could have been suppressed long ago, and he could win if he kept it. In his opinion, he could even fight when the bandit army first arrived during the day.
But the king refused, and took the trouble to explain to him the reason why Taizong beat Dou Jiande.
Why didn't Taizong fight with Dou Jiande from the beginning? He had to hide in the city and fight with him for more than thirty days, which wasted Dou's army's food, supplies, and morale. On the day of the final battle, he deliberately let Dou's army cross the river and made them queue up for a day.
During the battle, he was physically tired, hadn't eaten, and was still fighting for water. He was extremely thirsty, and finally sent the well-rested Tang army to defeat the enemy in the field?
Don't underestimate any enemy.
Taizong attached great importance to Dou Jiande's army and was not sure that he would win in a decisive battle when he was in good condition.
Shao Shude will not underestimate the Long Sword Army. He must exhaust them to the extreme and then launch a thunderous strike to destroy everything.
"Distribute food and water to everyone and rest for a while. Yinshi goes to battle!" Shao Shude said: "This time the whole army is suppressed, I will definitely kill the thieves!"
"Yes!" Qi Banzhang and others responded.
The second half of the night is the most difficult, as a person's energy and physical strength will drop to their lowest ebb at this time.
Master Wang Zhong was leaning on his long arm, feeling sore all over his body.
The officers and soldiers of the Long Sword Army lay twisted on the ground, and everyone was tired and ready to die.
More than three thousand horses came running from a distance.
Master Wang Zhong spat heavily, but he hadn't drank water for a long time. His mouth was so dry that there was almost no saliva to spit.
"Get up, get up! There are thieves!" Master Wang Zhong stood up with difficulty and knocked the soldiers beside him with a stick.
The drummer cheered up and began to beat the drum to gather troops.
The soldiers stood up silently, numbly preparing to fight.
"Dong dong dong..." The sound of drums sounded in the distance.
Wang Zhongshi was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted and shouted: "The Xia Thieves Infantry Army is out for battle. Cheer up, everyone, get up, hurry up!"
Under the moonlight, battalions of Xia troops came out of the camp and formed formations in the open space.
Five hundred, one thousand, one thousand and five...
They formed a large formation of six thousand people.
No, it seems that there are more, the number is still increasing.
The Zhongwu Army dispatched two thousand men, and Changshe Xiangyong dispatched another thousand men, a total of nine thousand people.
The sound of horse hooves became more intensive and sounded from two directions. A total of six thousand cavalry appeared on the field.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The flying dragon army in formation shouted three times and began to advance.
Thousands of soldiers of the Long Sword Army managed to get up and silently looked at the Xia soldiers who looked lively and vigorous.
Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps, they walked very steadily. There was no sound in the queue, only the atmosphere of killing was full.
"Buzz!" Arrows fell overwhelmingly. They were thrown from a long distance. They had no accuracy and no power. They were purely aimed at damaging one's own morale.
The soldiers in the front row of the Long Sword Army lowered their heads one after another, and the sound of clanging could not be stopped.
Seventy steps, fifty steps, thirty steps, the arrows became more and more dense, and the screams became more and more loud.
Some members of the Long Sword Army also fought back, but the effect was not satisfactory.
Archery is a physical activity. Without good rest, it will be difficult for you to keep up with the enemy's pace.
"Woo..." The final horn sound sounded.
"Huh!" The warriors of the Feilong Army flattened their long branches one after another, uniformly in the darkness.
The rustling footsteps became more and more intensive, the rhythm became faster and faster, and the sound of the collision of beetle leaves rang all the way to my ears.
"Kill!" A deafening roar sounded like thunder, and the warriors of the Flying Dragon Army who rushed to the front jumped up and jumped onto the grain truck.
A brutal hand-to-hand fight broke out instantly.
The officers and soldiers of the Feilong Army, who had been recharging their strength for a long time, rushed into the bandit formation with unstoppable courage, killing the Liang soldiers until they retreated steadily.
Master Wang Zhong roared and stabbed out the long spear, then swung it sideways, mowing down the people one after another.
A flying dragon military officer was so brave that he grabbed his sword and pulled hard. Master Wang Zhong was so weak that he couldn't pull him away. He didn't hesitate, let go, took off his sword, and tried his best
Fight.
One person's bravery can hardly save the overall situation.
Wang Zhongshi was flanked by his own sergeants at first, but as the fight continued, he was almost surrounded by Xia soldiers. Looking out of the corner of his eye, more and more Xia soldiers jumped into the car formation, and it was obvious that his side could not stop them.
Already.
There were Xia people everywhere, and they even allocated part of their manpower to break down the obstacles and carts, allowing more people to rush in.
The cavalry is getting closer and closer.
Without the harassment of the infantry archers, the grassland warriors gave full play to their archery skills, causing great damage to the soldiers of the Long Sword Army.
The crash happens almost instantaneously.
The soldiers, whose physical strength and energy had reached their limit, retreated backwards. Someone opened the car barrier and ran into the wilderness without caring about anything.
One of them did this, and soon a second one followed. The resistance gradually collapsed, and the retreat became unstoppable.
The cavalry soldiers, staring at them like a pack of wolves, surrounded them.
They did not rush forward to kill them immediately, but followed behind them, keeping a certain distance. They first used their cavalry bows to shoot the soldiers with long swords who showed their backs to them, and then drew out their daggers, iron maces, daggers, and sabers.
, passing by from the flanks and behind, like a seasoned hunter, carefully planning the escape direction of the prey, waiting for them to use up their last courage and will, and then move forward to capture them.
Master Wang Zhong roared in grief and anger. Suddenly, a bone struck him and hit him hard on the back. Master Wang fell out without saying a word.
The Long Sword Army followed in the footsteps of the Jia Ma Army.