Chapter 528: Committing a Crime Against the Wind (1)
That night, with almost no effort, 23 warships were robbed, and thousands of stones of grain and grass were found in the cabin, and more than 1,200 oarsmen were rescued.
Without exception, these oarsmen came from the third and fourth generations of the Central Plains people in the province of Sundia, and the Central Plains dialect was severely degraded, and they were chained to wooden oars and driven by leather whips.
The more than 200,000 horses stationed outside the West Mountain relied on the grain ships to supply military grain and grass in case they were intercepted by the coalition forces, but they did not want to end up in the hands of the coalition forces.
Bailiyan immediately made a decision, all the warships transferred grain and grass back to the valley overnight, and after the end, they dug and sank the river on the spot to block the passage of barbarian warships, and at the same time erected a pontoon bridge overnight, and set up a pontoon bridge on the afternoon of the third day to start crossing the river.
At the same time, the barbarian army entrenched outside the West Mountain had just recovered its strength and immediately came to chase after it to prevent the coalition army from crossing the West River.
The coalition army crossed the river to the west, then demolished and burned the pontoon bridge, repaired it overnight, and on the second day, it attacked a village forty miles away, broke through a castle, killed 500 defenders, punished more than 100 people, intercepted more than 8,000 male and female children from the Central Plains, and attacked two places in the village that night, and obtained 13,000 men and women, and the momentum grew rapidly.
At the same time, the battle situation in Xishan was not delivered to the Temir camp until two days after the coalition army defeated the northwest camp, and when he learned that Cartenson had suffered another defeat, Temir was furious:
"Cartenson, this fool, did not send someone to sue me in the first place, until he suffered a defeat and killed Manile, and then he remembered me, two hundred and twenty-one thousand, not even a group of inferiorly armed peasants, he should be judged by the priests, this scum!"
Temir cursed hysterically, slamming his anger on the table, his anger still unquenchable, and the most unacceptable thing for him was that his right-hand man Manilai died in the chaos.
Then Nakikas said carefully:
"Your Excellency, the northerners defeated the northwest camp of Cartenson, and it is inevitable to cross the river to poach grain and grass in Posong Province, and it is imperative to organize troops and horses to block the northerners from crossing the river as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."
"Of course I know, but now Cartenson's army is in a crush, with seventy or eighty thousand casualties, and its vitality is greatly damaged. Manilai was also killed in battle, and even if we pursued it now, it would take three or four days to send out cavalry to arrive, and it would take six or seven days for the infantry troops, and we would not have enough time to intercept them, no! ”
"We can let Yabuk take over the duties of Manile, lead 100,000 troops, and block the northerners from crossing the river, Cartenson continues to hold the camp, and his subordinates will immediately send reinforcements from the base camp, there should still be time. At the very least, we must chase after the northerners, and we must not give them a chance to breathe. ”
"Okay, you lead 50,000 cavalry first, and then I will allocate 50,000 infantry troops, and we must prevent them from crossing the river!"
When Temir vowed to prevent Bailiyan and Gongliangwen from crossing the river to the west, Bailiyan and Gongliangwen had already crossed the river to the west, each leading 50,000 soldiers and horses, rapidly expanding the results of the war, coercing the male and female people from more than 20,000 to more than 40,000, breaking through four castles, killing more than 2,000 defenders, and punishing more than 500 maintenance teams and Central Plains thieves. More than 10,000 stones of grain and grass, more than 4,000 horses and unicorn horses, thousands of cattle, sheep and pigs, and a number of weapons and military assets were intercepted.
On the second day after the allied forces crossed the river, Yabuk received an urgent letter from Temir, so he immediately led 100,000 troops to leave Cartensen and march fifty miles south, crossing the river in batches by warship.
On the fifth day, Bailiyan and Gongliangwen marched to Calezer from the north and south wings, and in the afternoon of the same day, the troops came to the city, two hundred steps away from the east gate of the city, and secretly dug four tunnels, preparing to bomb the city.
Later, the scouts reported that Yabuk had crossed the river with 100,000 men and followed him by boat, arriving in three days at the earliest.
"It's really fast, I just thought it would take five or six days, but I didn't expect to chase across the river so soon."
Bai Liyan looked at the map, and the sudden change in the situation made the battle situation tricky. At this time, Sikong Nan said:
"It takes at least two days to dig the tunnel, even if the defenders are weak, it is enough for our army to kill for most of the day, and the Jinxuedi people will arrive in three days, and the grain and grass cannot be transported, let alone slaughter the city."
"What Sikong Nan said is very true," Lu Gao affirmed, and continued: "Even if our army turns around now, it is inevitable that it will be a vicious battle, and now it is a dilemma. ”
Baili Yan twisted her short beard thoughtfully, and at this time Gongliangwen came uninvited:
"Yan Gongzi got the news?"
"I just got a report from Tanmalay, and I'm thinking about a plan to break the enemy. What advice does General Gongliang have? ”
"There will be a plan, and it will be used."
"Oh, I want to hear about it."
"At present, the barbarian army is pursuing behind, our army might as well gather all the new annexed people who have been scattered, train on the spot and form a new army, and at the same time divide twenty or thirty thousand horses, continue to the south along the periphery of Posong Province, capture the villages of the Central Plains to collect the people of the Central Plains, and quickly speak loudly, while the main force of our army continues to confront it here, and after the soldiers and horses grow south, the two armies echo each other from afar, and then seek a way to break the city and annihilate the enemy, what does General Baili think?"
"This ...... This plan is good, but it is a bit dangerous, and if the barbarian army increases its troops while dividing its forces to pursue, I am afraid it will not be good. Moreover, our army has no cavalry, and there are very few horses, so this plan is quite difficult. ”
"The general can lead the army under his command, and the lightly armed Jane will run for a hundred miles from one night, which can make the barbarian army unable to pursue."
Bai Liyan suddenly understood that Gong Liangwen wanted to let him stay outside Calezer City as a bait, and Gong Liangwen led his troops and horses to the south with light equipment. Gongliangsong and Gongliangxiu stayed in the valley with Su Fangyi this time, Gongliangwen can be said to have no burden, even if he is pursued, he still has the possibility of escaping.
After thinking for a while, Bai Liyan decided that he should make this plan:
"There are both soldiers and soldiers, and the general is a little more sure of this plan. I wonder when the general is going to leave? ”
"I will go on the road in the second half of the night, and the army will be in the hands of Yan Gongzi for the time being, please be cautious."
"General Gongliang rest assured, Yan Ding will live up to his mission."
After agreeing with Gongliangwen and sending him away, Bailiyan returned to the camp to readjust the deployment:
"Sikong Nan, let Fang Liang immediately scatter his manpower and take back the new vassals who are still looting outside, and those who can't be recovered, but whoever makes trouble and stands on his own, and those who take the lead, will be killed."
"The last will obey."
……
"Baihe."
"The last general!"
"After the new vassals are gathered, you and the royal guest will be responsible for the on-the-spot training and training of the new vassals. In addition, there are 17,800 women and thousands of young children and teenagers accompanying the army. ”
"The last general commands."
……
"General Lu Gao."
"The last general!"
"Our army is encamped on the spot, there are no fortifications yet, and there is no need to wait until tomorrow, just start tonight, cut down trees nearby, demolish houses, and build a large camp as soon as possible."
"The last general commands."
……
"Jiang Jie."
"The subordinates are here."
"There are still a large number of Central Plains thieves among the new vassals, you lead the old soldiers and the royal guests to investigate secretly as soon as possible, but remember, at this very moment, you can't catch it openly, you can only act secretly and secretly, and when they have misdeeds to surrender to the enemy, once they are confirmed, they will be executed secretly."
"Yes, sir."
In the second half of the night, Gongliangwen led the army to set off in the starry night.
At the same time, soon after Nakikas led his army to the Cartensen camp, he was disturbed by the Soviets' attacks day and night, and each time he made a large attack but did not attack, and after throwing gunpowder and alcohol to kill and wound some people, he retreated.
Moreover, a portable disposable stone cannon truck was created, which was dismantled and left, and the temporary assembly was used to escape after a few shots, and there was no need for anything before it was burned, and it was burned with fire, anyway, it was all improvised devices, and there was wood in the mountains.
In such a piecemeal fight, stealing chickens and dogs, Jin Xuedi was killed and wounded three or two thousand people in a few days, and the casualties of the coalition forces were negligible.
Yabuke continued to lead the army to pursue Bailiyan, and waited until he learned that Gongliangwen led the army to divide the troops to the south, and Yabuke divided the troops to assist the cavalry 20,000 to pursue, at this time Gongliangwen had already laid a city castle, rolled up two Central Plains villages, killed more than a dozen troublemakers, more than 50 Central Plains thieves, and then continued to lead the army south.
By the time 20,000 light cavalry caught up with Gongliangwen, its number had soared from 30,000 to 60,000 men and nearly 20,000 women, totaling more than 80,000 people, and obtained thousands of horses, and armed thousands of cavalry of the Zhi Army on the spot.
Bailiyan was busy building the camp and digging tunnels, and the tunnels were dug two days later, burying hundreds of catties of gunpowder, which can be said to have cost a lot of money.
There were more than 23,000 new vassals gathered, nearly 4,000 of whom ran away, and hundreds of troublemakers were killed by Fang Liang and Sikong Nan, including some Central Plains thieves who secretly instigated and deliberately sabotage, which greatly deterred those with bad intentions. At the same time, they had to plunder tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass, thousands of horses, unicorn horses, and countless other pigs, cattle, sheep, and farm tools.
"General, these Jin Xuedi people are rich and simply flowing oil, every household has surplus grain, less than seventeen or eighteen stones, more than twenty or thirty stones, rich households are even more than hundreds of thousands of stones, every family has chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep and dried meat, if it is not for the lack of animal power, this time it must be a harvest of grain, grass, meat and two or three hundred thousand stones, this is the land of a city, compared to the people of the Central Plains such as me, it is simply different from the mud."
Sikong Nan told what he saw and heard in detail, which was quite eye-opening, but Bai Liyan didn't think so, he said:
Not to mention that the Jin Xuedi people enslaved a large number of descendants of the Central Plains outside the Guan, and provided them with almost all the labor for free. Their iron farming tools alone are beyond my reach.
Jin Xuedi iron tools have become popular, ploughing cattle are all over every household, and even horses, pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, etc. Their wheat and barley can be planted in two crops a year, and although the yield per mu is only six or seven percent of that of rice, the land is vast and fertile, and there are more than 20 mu or even 30 mu of land per capita.
If we don't take into account the new farming methods of our Xianguo, the grain produced by each household of the people of Jinxuedi is almost one and a half times the grain produced by each household in our Central Plains, or even more. In addition, its national strength is unified and there is no civil war, and the people are more able to specialize in farming. ”
Due to the fact that Jinxuedi was not disturbed by war and civil war for a long time, its political rule was relatively stable for a long time under the influence of religion, and at the same time, the implementation of the "land preservation system" greatly mobilized the peasants' enthusiasm for production.