Chapter 544: Attacking the county seat

In this era, there are no trains and automobiles, and the grain and grass materials needed in the war need to be continuously transported from the rear through horse-drawn carriages, once the supply line is too long, there will be huge losses, so many troops are supplied on the spot, An Shirong's status in the Tian Hu army is second only to Qiao Daoqing, one of the four major generals, superb martial arts and strategic vision, he has long seen that the Jeju army and the court are not in harmony, and the Jeju army needs food and grass supplies far away, so he proposed to empty Mengxian, Shouyang, Warehouses and wealthy households in Binh Dinh County. The official warehouse said, but the rich family had some trouble, Tian Hujun said that there was no piece of armor left where the Jeju army passed, and there were no chickens and dogs left. Therefore, some people moved with the army, bringing cattle and sheep with grain, but there was not enough transportation capacity. At this time, trouble came, first of all, only 3,000 soldiers led by An Shirong were elite soldiers trained by his headquarters, but the other more than 20,000 soldiers were transferred from other places by Tian Hu, the army was in a hurry, and the military discipline was sloppy, just at the beginning, it was just a small group of soldiers robbing the people, and later more and more soldiers robbed the people, gold and silver, cattle and sheep, and grain were the focus of the robbery.

Suo Chao's patrol team was the first to discover this situation in Meng County, and immediately reported it to Yang Zhi, who immediately sent scouts to report, and at the same time decided to attack to see if there was an opportunity. Who knew that as soon as the scout team left, another soldier came to report: "Sun Anbu, Luan Tingyu's two battalions of cavalry have arrived." ”

Yang Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this: "This is very good, these two battalions are light cavalry, and our three battalions are just a big victory when they are together." ”

Yang Zhi and Suo Chao went out to greet Sun An, Luan Tingyu and others, politely, Luan Tingyu said: "I came to reinforce Battalion Commander Yang on the order of the Metropolitan Governor, and the Metropolitan Governor said that the situation of the former enemy Battalion Commander Yang is relatively clear, and I and Battalion Commander Sun are unified under your dispatch." ”

Yang Zhi hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, everyone just discuss with each other, now the situation is urgent, Tian Hu sent the general An Shirong to lead 30,000 troops to support Yangquan, the enemy army adopts the policy of clearing the wilderness, and is transporting grain and grass around Mengxian County, during which there are chaotic soldiers and robberies, and the people suffer, it is better for us to take the opportunity to rush up, annihilate the living force of the enemy army, and take Mengxian County as a stronghold for us." ”

Sun An asked: "How many soldiers and horses are carrying materials in Meng County. ”

"The scouts reported less than 7,000 infantry, it should not only be Mengxian, I estimate that the same thing is happening in Shouyang and Pingding." Yang Zhidao.

Sun An said: "Our three battalions have a total of more than 4,000 cavalry, and it is easy to annihilate 7,000 infantry, but An Shirong is not simple, I am afraid that he has an ambush, so we have to think about it." ”

Suo Chao said: "This is troublesome, we are not familiar with this terrain, not to mention that there are Taihang Mountains here, it is too easy to hide soldiers." ”

Luan Tingyu said: "For the sake of safety, Yang Ying, Deputy Battalion Commander Suo, and Battalion Commander Sun, you lead the two battalions to attack Meng County, and I will bring people to respond outside, how about it." ”

Yang Zhidao: "This is very good, without further ado, everyone eats and sets off in an hour." ”

This camp has auxiliary soldiers and people who have already arranged to meet the large army, so Sun An and Luan Tingyu can also arrange it as soon as possible when they come from afar, and immediately bury the pot to make food, people eat, and horses eat food. The soldiers put their bows in order, their bows and arrows in order, and their swords and guns sharpened. The light cavalry also belongs to the cold weapon class, and there are only a very small number of tiger squat cannons, and small melon mines, small melons with small black gunpowder are unstable and easy to explode in bumps, so the cavalry does not have much. After deliberation, the three battalions each left a team of 200 men to defend the camp.

The horn of the troops sounded, and the cavalry of the ten squads of Yang Zhi's department rushed out, and these ten squads were elite scouts, sentry in front of the army. It was followed by the team, Yang Zhibu, Luan Tingyu, and Sun An. The archers were in front, the lancers were behind, and more than 4,000 cavalry and 6,000 horses were discharged for more than two miles, and smoke and dust were billowing out.

An hour later, a cavalry sentry under An Shirong of Mengxian County led more than 100 cavalry to be on duty, and Tian Hu was ready to raise troops for a few years, but the cavalry was rushed to the army, fortunately, there were many horses in the north, and there were still hundreds of cavalry.

The soldiers under the big black man were a little resentful, and the soldiers who moved were all full of money, but they were the soldiers on duty who could only watch, and when everyone was depressed, they heard a small soldier say: "Head, look at the little black dot in the distance." ”

The big black man looked up in the direction pointed by the little soldier, was taken aback, and scolded: "This is a fucking black spot, this is a cavalry, and it is an enemy soldier." ”

The cavalry accelerated, raising a cloud of smoke and dust and rushed over.

The big black man puffed out his cheeks and blew the horn of vigilance, the short horn indicated that the enemy was coming, but at this time the soldiers were cleaning the grain of the big family, fine and soft, cattle and sheep, and it was a mess, where were the soldiers coming out to support.

When it was closer, the big black man seven or eight hundred meters away could already see the armor and bows of the Jeju army clearly.

"Head, let's go back to the city." The soldiers proposed.

The big black man looked at the low city walls, the dilapidated gates, and the soldiers who were robbing everywhere, and sighed.

"Hey, it's over, I'm going to die soon, you guys run away, I'm going to die or die on the way to the charge." Let's talk about it.

The soldiers said, "What are these words, you have to die together, and everyone rushes with you." ”

"Okay, rush." Drive, drive, drive. More than 100 cavalry launched a suicidal charge, and less than 3,000 cavalry led by Yang Zhi and Sun An came to attack. Sun An looked at it and sighed: "I didn't expect that there would be such morale in Tian Hu's army. ”

Yang Zhi said: "It's really rare, I know that I am dead and still rush forward, he is a man, Camp Commander Sun might as well capture him, if he can take refuge, it is also a good thing." ”

"Okay, watch me capture him." Sun An said.

Yang Zhibu led the cavalry to the side, and continued to rush forward, Sun An led more than a thousand cavalry to meet it, more than a thousand cavalry surrounded a hundred and ten cavalry and did not release arrows, Sun An held a big sword and went straight to the head of the big black man with the speed of the horse, the big black man raised his knife to parry, when there was a sound, the big black tiger mouth was numb. The big black man was stunned for a moment, and the second sword slashed over his head again, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly lay on the saddle, Sun An stretched out his big hand, grabbed the big black one, and threw it into his own ranks, and immediately seven or eight guns were pointed at it, and several soldiers went over to take the rope and chirped and tied it up. More than 100 other enemy soldiers surrendered under pressure.

Sun An was overjoyed, and let the captives be gathered and continue to attack.