Chapter 11: Victory in the First Battle

"Tang Gongzi, in front of you is the Black Wind Horse Bandit Stronghold in Tuyin and Xu Wuliang County. Heifeng Village is composed of Xianbei in Liaoxi and local landless people who moved into Youbeiping in the past two years, the whole village has a total of about 3,200 people, most of them are women and children, old and young, about 1,000 young and strong, and 300 war horses. There were a variety of weapons, most of them were hoes used by farmers, and only a small number of swordsmen did not have bows and crossbows. Zhang Chao said to Tang Zheng,

"Some time ago, I captured a tongue in the mound, and after torture everything in the village to find out. The big boss of the village used to be a county lieutenant named Chi Shuaijun in Xu Wu County, who was dissatisfied with the oppression of Shangguan and led a group of soldiers to gather some homeless people and Hu people who were making trouble everywhere, and gathered together to do the business of robbing houses and houses. That's all the Humility has found out about the stockade. Tang Zheng nodded to indicate that he knew, then turned to Han Dang and said, "Brother Han, what do you think, what are the problems, and how to attack." ”

"It's said that it's a horse bandit, but in the end it's just some poor people who can't survive, although there are circumstances, but the court is strict and the law is strict. As for the offensive aspect, let's listen to what Brother Tang said first. Han should have the intention of taking the school examination for Tang Zheng.

"I think first let Cheng Mo lead a team of people to guard the back door of the village, and then Cheng Hu will lead the Modao battalion to attack from the front, and the archers and Zhang Chao will take 36 cavalry to respond in the center." Tang Zheng said to Han Dang, although it is not outstanding, it is better than the rules.

When the two armies are engaged, it is most forbidden to attack lightly, unless their own side becomes overwhelming. The battle of Chibi in the previous life is the best example, although Cao Cao's command mistake hit the fire attack plan, but Cao Cao did not underestimate the enemy's rashness, how to come to the plan, how to come from the three kingdoms behind the theory.

Han Dang was very satisfied with Tang Zheng's arrangement, and what he wanted for the general was to fight steadily and slowly, and to avoid taking the enemy lightly.

When it is clear that one's own side has the upper hand, the rash attack of the enemy will often ruin a great situation, and make previous efforts useless.

Although Tang Zheng is still very immature, he already has the talent of a commander.

"Since Brother Tang has such an arrangement, there is no need to sacrifice ugliness under him." Han Dang didn't have anything to say about Tang Zheng's arrangement, and the rest depended on the training of the soldiers during this time.

Tang Zheng ordered to go down, and then Cheng Mo took a team of swords and axes to the back door to guard. Cheng Hu took 500 Mo sword soldiers and waited for an order.

"Big boss, it's not good, there are officers and soldiers coming to attack us." A little minion ran into the conference hall in a panic and said to Chi Shuaijun, who was discussing with the second and third masters to go to the plunder.

"What officers and soldiers? Where did the officers and soldiers come from? You make it clear. The second master, Duan Nansheng, grabbed the collar of the little minion and asked.

The second master, Duan Nansheng, is the leader of the Xianbei people in the stockade, and is in charge of the few cavalry in the stockade.

"The second leader, I don't know where the officers and soldiers are, they are all foot soldiers, and the cavalry only has a small number of thirty or forty horsemen, all of whom are wearing armor and can't see where they came from." The little minion said hurriedly.

"Could it be that Liu Wei sent someone to exterminate us? I haven't heard that Liu Wei has a horse with all the armor, let alone the man who assassinated Shi Guoxun, Jixian is far away from us, and we haven't heard a little rumor. Chi Shuaijun said to everyone.

"Regardless of his troops, I will take the sons and daughters to rush at him for a while, and they will be killed." Duan Nansheng, the second master, said.

Duan Nansheng, the Xianbei people who moved from Xianbei in western Liaoxi, the son of a small tribe leader, changed from being controlled by others to being controlled by others, which made him arrogant and unbearable, so he gathered his clansmen to make chaos and loot everywhere, and met Chi Shuaijun, who betrayed Xu Wu, and the two hit it off to form Heifeng Village.

During this time, he led his subordinates to plunder a lot of places, and was also surrounded and suppressed by many local officers and soldiers, all of whom were defeated by him, making him feel that the Han army was nothing more than that.

"Second brother, don't worry, it's better to let people find out where they came from and how many people there are." The third master, Du Shantai, persuaded him.

Du Shantai, the third leader of Heifeng Village, Xu Wuxian, read some books and fled from Xu Wushi because he offended the squire, and was caught by Chi Shuaijun, who happened to recruit troops, and was persuaded to join Heifeng Village.

"Why don't you rush when everyone hits the gate, if you don't go, I'll go by myself." After saying that, he turned around and went out to gather his subordinates.

"Third brother, go and gather people and support from the side. Since they dare to come and explain that they must have something to rely on, you also know what the officers and soldiers are like today. I'm afraid that the second brother's men and horses won't be able to resist, so you go and gather the people first, and I'll be there right away. Chi Shuaijun said to Du Shantai, the third master.

"The eldest brother is exaggerating, today's military discipline has long been broken, and the soldiers have little combat power, and the second brother is a cavalry, and the cavalry has been the nemesis of the infantry since ancient times, and there are only a few dozen horsemen. Maybe they were sent by the above to do the formalities. Du Shan, the third master, said disapprovingly.

"Be careful, go and gather the brethren first." Chi Shuaijun said to Du Shantai. Seeing that the eldest brother didn't say anything anymore, Du Shantai turned around and went down to gather people.

"Childe, a group of cavalry came out of the stockade, and there were about three hundred cavalry." Cheng Hu ran over and said to Tang Zheng.

"That's the people and horses of Duan Nansheng of Heifeng Village, this person was born in Xianbei, Liaoxi, unruly, followed his grandfather and moved into Xu Wu County with his clansmen, and took advantage of his grandfather's illness and death to lead the clansmen to rebel in the area of Xu Wujun, and later mixed up with Chi Shuaijun for some reason." Tang Zheng told Cheng Hu what he knew, and then ordered: "This battle is led by your Modao Battalion, and the archers are postponed for you, the Modao Battalion will inevitably be a little nervous in the first battle, tell the brothers to arrange neatly according to the usual training, and advance step by step. ”

"No, let's go and prepare." Cheng Hu replied. , then turn around and go down to arrange. Duan Nansheng led a large group of men and horses out of the gate of the village, and was taken aback when he saw the military formation in front of him, the dark and neat armor, and the long knife like a tiger and wolf that emanated from the forest.

It's not easy to mess with at first glance, and now it's hard to ride a tiger, and the only way to do it is to fight hard. Duan Nansheng's whole team began to charge, the speed of the war horse slowly increased, and it was getting closer and closer to the army formation in front, but the team in front of him was different from the Han army he usually saw, and he did not panic at all.

Cheng Hu looked at the cavalry getting closer and closer in front of him, there was no nervousness, only excitement, after training for so long, it was finally time to check the results.

Then put down his armor and raised his Mo knife obliquely, and shouted to kill, and the military formation moved forward with neat steps. The sword flashed, and as soon as the cavalry rushed in front of him, the person killed by the sharp Mo knife turned over on his back.

The battle became a one-sided trend, although Duan Nansheng was brave, he still couldn't resist the attack of the Modao battalion, and at this time, Du Shantai, who had gathered good men and horses out of the village, looked at the one-sided slaughter in front of him and opened his mouth wide.

When did you get such a powerful centaur around? Is this still the officer and soldier I know? Seeing that Duan Nansheng's men and horses were about to be killed, Du Shantai came out with more than 800 people to respond, and at this time, Zhang Chao, who was pressing the formation in the back, took 36 horses to the battlefield to kill.

At the beginning, Tang Zheng wanted to make these 36 cavalry into heavy cavalry, but considering the shortcomings of the Modao Battalion's insufficient attack speed, the cavalry's armor was not as full body armor as the Modao Battalion, and only protected the fatal parts.

Zhang Chao took 36 horses like a wolf into a flock of sheep, and the surrounding people instantly turned over on their backs. There is no suspense in this war, Duan Nansheng was also beheaded by Zhang Chao, and the people brought by Du Shantai fled instantly when they saw that the situation was not good.

The battle lasted less than half an hour before it ended.

"Childe, in this battle, the cavalry led by Duan Nansheng was completely annihilated and 128 war horses were captured. Except for the twenty or thirty people who fled, the rest were either captured or killed. We had 14 serious injuries, 47 minor injuries, and none of us died. They are all brothers of the Modao Battalion, and there are no casualties among cavalry and archers. Cheng Hu reported to Tang Zheng after cleaning up the battlefield.

"Well, the wounded brother will send someone to heal him first, and then let the captive and wounded brother return to Rinyama Castle." Tang Zheng arranged for Cheng Hu,

"Now follow me into the village to exterminate the remaining bandits."

"No." Cheng Hu took the Modao battalion and followed Tang Zheng towards the village.

"Congratulations to Brother Tang for his victory, Brother Tang's way of training is really unusual, with such a strong soldier in hand, I think who in the world dares to attack Rinshan." Han Dang hugged his fists and said to Tang Zheng.

"Brother Han has an overreputation, and it all depends on everyone's hard work to fight down."

"Brother Tang is humble, without your method of military training, how can you say that you are a strong soldier." Having witnessed the outcome of this battle, Han Dang admired Tang Zheng's talent very much.

When he first came, he planned to take Cheng Pu to join Yuan Shao, but now seeing the development of Rinshan City and the results of Tang Zheng's military training, he had the idea that it would be better to join Tang Zheng.

The icing on the cake is certainly good, but it is far less important than sending charcoal in the snow, Yuan Shao IV and the Third Duke have a lot of talents, on the other hand, Tang Zheng has just started everything, and there are no available people under him.

Tang Zheng didn't know what Han Dang was thinking, so he beckoned Han Dang and said, "Brother Han, let's go first and exterminate the remnants." Saying that, Tang Zheng took the lead and walked towards the cottage.