Chapter 288: Warriors Show Their Skills
Just after Qin Jin made a decision, the rangers returned from Feng Yi one after another, and at the same time brought more detailed news.
"It has been figured out, the Huangfu Ke rebels are besieging Feng Yi on a large scale, and the last general has managed to get in touch with Feng Dao, they can at least hold on for more than a month, please envoy Jun to attack with him inside and out......" The brigade in charge of the rangers reported the results of the investigation to Qin Jin in detail.
The fact is as they just discussed, although it is unwise for Huangfu Ke to attack Feng Yicheng, judging from the current situation, there should be a reason to attack, maybe it is for the materials hoarded in the city.
"Bring me the map!"
Qin Jin spread out the internal map sent by Yu Chaoen, on which many relatively complex lines were drawn, indicating the rivers, roads, and cities near Feng Yi in Guanzhong.
"Feng Yi is only a hundred miles away from where we are now, and Huang Fu Ke is afraid that he has received the news that the imperial court has sent reinforcements. ”
His fingers pointed in the direction of Feng Yi along a thick line extending northeast from Chang'an, and then kept drawing circles nearby, as if he was hesitating about something.
"Huangfu Ke can't do anything about himself, let's let him taste the consequences!"
There was a hint of excitement in Lu Qi's low voice, the Shenwu Army had been defending Chang'an, and had not yet had the opportunity to participate in the big war, and now this opportunity had finally come.
In addition to Lu Qi, Pei Jing also thought that at this time, he should be caught off guard by a thunderous momentum.
"Ordinary Tang army foot soldiers march for a hundred miles, at least three days or more, the Shenwu army is good at marching, and the final general is sure to arrive at Feng Yi within two days, Huangfu Ke must not have imagined. ”
At the beginning of Qin Jin's leadership of the Shenwu Army, he said that now, the training that could not be stopped for a day was marching, and now it can finally come in handy. At the beginning of the martial arts exercise in the Forbidden Garden, the Shenwu Army relied on this marching ability to drag down the guards, and even the famous Gao Xianzhi suffered a big loss...... Defeating Huangfu Ke is the beginning of a meritorious career, and everyone is full of infinite expectations for it.
The judgment of time on the battlefield often becomes the key to deciding the outcome without noticing, looking at the expectant gaze of the generals, Qin Jin's fingers finally knocked twice on Feng Yi's position on the map.
"Okay, the army is divided into three parts, the front, the middle and the rear, and the second advance must reach Feng Yi's city within two days. ”
In the Shenwu army, counting the men and horses transferred from the Longwu army, there were more than 14,000 soldiers, Qin Jin took the 1,000 cavalry of Wuhu Huaizhong as the vanguard and was responsible for the lead of the army, he himself led the main force of the Shenwu army to follow in the center, and Chen Qianli's 10,000 people were the rear of the army.
Regarding Qin Jin's arrangement, Lu Qi was a little unimpressed.
"Why don't you divide the 10,000 people of the Longwu Army into two parts and place the two wings of the vanguard......"
Qin Jin interrupted Lu Qi's words with a wave of his hand, "Just follow the three armies in the front and back, and the middle army to execute!" Pei Jing, you will return to the army now and be in charge of command, remember, Chen Qianli is only responsible for assisting you in commanding the army, understand?"
Lu Qi's intentions, Qin Jin understood very well, if the ten thousand people were divided into two parts and placed on the two wings of the vanguard, it would be clear that these people would be able to confront the Huangfu Ke rebels before the main force of the Shenwu Army. This kind of practice of consuming miscellaneous troops to protect his main force, he also knows it well.
This is the norm today, and there is nothing wrong with that. But Qin Jin still has his thoughts, for this Ten Thousand Dragons Martial Army, he doesn't just plan to use it as cannon fodder, so it would be too wasteful.
The original generals of the Longwu Army were not stupid, but how could they not be able to distinguish the vicious intentions in them? If this continues, the estrangement between the two departments will deepen day by day, so how can they fight together? This is not the result that Qin Jin wants, so in order to bridge the contradiction between the two departments, it is destined to use the Shenwu Army as the main force, so that those people can see the combat effectiveness of the Shenwu Army......
Pei Jing returned to the 10,000 horses of the Longwu army and personally conveyed Qin Jin's orders, Chen Qianli respectfully obeyed the order, and asked the guards to convey each department separately to prepare for the battle within two days.
However, Qin Jin's arrangement still caused dissatisfaction among the Long Wu army.
"What does the surname Qin mean? When our Long Wujun is raised by a concubine? Their Shenwu Army eats meat, so we can only drink soup after us?"
"Silence! From now on, where will there be the Long Wu Army? Isn't the meaning of the Son of Heaven very clear? From now on, we will be merged under the command of the surname Qin......
"Phew, let us be subservient to the command of the surname Qin? Sooner or later, let him know our methods, and let people look down on us!"
When carrying Pei Jing on his back, the captains and brigade leaders often gathered together to complain secretly and discuss secretly.
"Shut up!" These words happened to be heard by Chen Qianli in the patrol army. "Now there is no distinction between the Shenwu Army and the Longwu Army, everyone is a Tang Army, and they all have a common purpose, that is, to kill thieves and quell the rebellion! If anyone dares to get rid of such rebellious words, he will regret coming out of his mother's womb, have you heard clearly?"
Chen Qianli did not hide his anger, and reprimanded a group of generals who had secretly discussed in private.
"Chang Shijun is angry, the surname Qin is stealing merit, can't we complain?"
Those who were bold were not convinced, and openly questioned Chen Qianli.
Regardless of the Dragon Martial Army and the Shenwu Army, the will to fight is not weak, and when they hear about the big battle, they are all gearing up and eager to try, which is of course gratifying. It is much better than fearing the enemy and fighting timidly. However, Chen Qianli understood Qin Jin's hard work, no matter whether he won or lost the battle, after all, he was going to die, if he really put the Longwu Army to the front and had a hard encounter with Huangfu Ke, the generals were afraid that they would question Qin Jin to kill people with a knife again.
Thinking of this, Chen Qianli smiled bitterly. O human heart, it is so, no matter what, it does not know satisfaction.
Even so, Chen Qianli was still very comforted, he was still worried that Qin Jin would not be able to treat them equally, but now it seems that he is too worried, and at the same time, he also knows that he has underestimated Qin Jin's mind, this person has great ambitions.
"What are you complaining about? Are you complaining that Qin Envoy Jun won't let you go to death?"
The lieutenant argued to himself: "On the battlefield, the horse leather shroud is a model for my generation! Since we have put on this armor, we have long been mentally prepared, and the brothers are not afraid of death, but they are afraid that Qin Yuanjun will not have a bowl of water and will not give us a chance to make meritorious contributions!"
After that, he turned around and asked loudly: "Brothers, tell me, is this the reason?"
This sentence was immediately exchanged for an earth-shattering response.
"Horse leather shroud, my generation is a model! We are not afraid of death, we are afraid that we will not be given a chance to die!"
Chen Qianli suddenly felt the strong fighting intent of his subordinates, and most of the anger in his heart subsided, and he laughed.
"It's very good to dare to fight like this, it's very good! Wait, if you have the opportunity to die, even if Qin Envoy Jun doesn't give it, Chen will try his best to fight for you!"
The 1,000 cavalry under Wuhu Huaizhong has always been an extremely low-key existence under the command of Qin Jin, and in order not to attract attention, even during the change in Chang'an, they are rarely seen. For more than half a year, Qin Jin helped this general of the Tongluo tribe to gather many of his subordinates who had been separated in the war. With the addition of the elderly, weak, women and children, there are already three or four thousand in size.
This time, it was finally their turn to show their skills, Wuhu Huaizhong took his personal guards to climb a high mountain, from Chang'an to Feng Yi's official road to Pingchuan, compared to the mountainous Kanto, the terrain is most suitable for cavalry long-distance raids.
The Guanzhong Plain, which has been formed by Weishui for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years, has no end in sight, which is a rare terrain for the warriors of the Tongluo Division. They had been walking along the north bank of Weishui for a whole day, and after passing Weinan, Huazhou was in front of them. However, after another ten miles ahead, the army should turn north and go to Feng Yi.
Wuhu Huaizhong had carefully read the map of Feng Yijun in Qin Jin before, Feng Yijun City is located on the left bank of Beiluoshui, Beiluoshui is one of the main tributaries of Weishui, the amount of water is not small, for the cavalry warriors of Tongluobu, this river is their biggest enemy.
If the Han people cowered in the city, the warriors of Tongluo couldn't help the hard and towering city walls, but once they fought in the field, they didn't pay attention to the Luoluo River under the command of An Lushan. Huangfu Ke's army is just a second-rate man in the Shuofang army, and it is an elite existence in the eyes of the general **, but in the eyes of Wuhu Huaizhong, it is as straight as a chicken.
Therefore, the enemy he was most worried about was not Huangfu Ke, but the big river of Beiluoshui.
Even if there are tens of thousands of people under the command of Huangfu Ke, so what? Wuhu Huaizhong once took 5,000 warriors from Tongluo to Luoyang in less than a month, and there were thousands of horses chasing tens of thousands of people on the way. If it weren't for them, the Hu people, as the backbone of the battle, how could they have been able to hold off the barbaric Khitans? How could they have been in the Western Regions in all directions?
"Change horses, speed up!"
Wu Hu Huaizhong's orders were short but firm, and Qin Jin equipped this cavalry with one man and two horses, which could ensure that they had enough horsepower when entering the battlefield when they marched and fought in a hurry, even after a long and rapid run.
The rangers have been sent out first, mainly to investigate the depth of the Beiluoshui, I heard that this year's Guanzhong is in a great drought, and even the Yellow River is so short of water that it is about to be cut off, and he believes that the situation in Beiluoshui is not much better than the Yellow River.
Half a day later, he was rewarded with a satisfactory reward. The amount of water in Beiluoshui is much lower than in previous years, except that the river surface has shrunk by more than half, and even the deepest part of the river is only waistless, and the depth of the general water level is only above the knee.
After learning of this situation, Wu Hu Huaizhong breathed a long sigh of relief, and his last worries and doubts were dispelled.
Within twenty miles of Beiluoshui, they were already able to encounter groups of Huangfu Ke rebel rangers, and the cavalry of the Tongluo Department annihilated hundreds of people in a row with their superb cavalry tactics.
Wuhu Huaizhong immediately entered the battle preparations, he knew that the other party must have detected his arrival, and the big battle was imminent!
Note: In ancient times, the left and right banks generally refer to people standing in the river water and facing downstream, with the left bank and the right bank. Most of China's rivers run from west to east, so usually the left bank is the north bank and the right bank is the south bank.