Chapter 174: What About the Western Army?
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The issues that Gao Lian is concerned about are also what Lin Chong is most concerned about.
If the city gate is closed and the army in the city has been assembled by the time he and the others arrive at the city gate, it will be a big trouble. In order to get out, Lin Chong had no choice but to use the Liangshan Army's big killing weapon - black, fire, and medicine weapons.
But fortunately, the situation did not develop in the worst direction, and when Lin Chong caught up with the large army and rushed to the east gate closest to Chai Huangcheng's house with the convoy, the city gate had not yet had time to close!
It was also Shi Qian and the others who reacted quickly, and when they found that the situation was wrong, they immediately made the most correct decision, and sent people to wait on horseback on the way to the east gate and intercept them with crossbow arrows, and the convoy of Chai Huangcheng and others set off not much later than the soldiers who went to give orders.
Therefore, when Lin Chong rushed to the city gate with the convoy, when the lazy gatekeepers at the city gate saw that the situation was wrong and wanted to close the gate and block it, where was the time? It didn't take much effort for Lin Chong to lead people to kill a few soldiers and rush past.
After that, the chasing soldiers in the city chased out, and Lin Chong took Wang Feiyu and Shan Shiqi to personally break the back, after killing more than ten Chong in the front of the pursuers, nearly a thousand Song cavalry did not dare to continue to move forward.
In the afternoon, the convoy converged with the Liangshan vanguard cavalry, and then Lin Chong sent someone to Gao Lian to write a war letter, and made an appointment to fight a decisive battle ten miles outside the city of Gao Tangzhou tomorrow, and if Gao Lian avoided the battle, he would kill his brother-in-law Yin Tianxi.
"Daguan, although the master hurts his muscles and bones, and hurts his viscera, coupled with his impatience and heart, the blood does not disperse, but he can't be saved, just open his heart, recuperate, between ten months, his condition can be eased, and he can walk on the ground after three months at the earliest, and the big officials don't have to worry too much."
That night, An Daoquan, who arrived by car, diagnosed his condition and persuaded Chai Jin.
Lin Chong was also overjoyed when he saw it, and said in his heart that this An Daoquan was really an authentic miracle doctor, looking at the appearance of this Chai Imperial City, there was only one breath left to hang his life, and he could still be cured, and this medical technology was comparable to the big hospitals with complete medical facilities in later generations.
However, the irony is that such a powerful Chinese medicine has been hacked by many people with ulterior motives in the future generations, and it is quite speechless to think about it.
"Second brother, relax, there is a doctor of tranquility, Lord Yama has to retreat, and my uncle will definitely get better soon......"
Lin Chong comforted Chai Jin, Chai Jin's mood finally gradually improved, and then he followed Lin Chong and Xu Guanzhong around the barracks with great interest.
"Big brother, our Liangshan Army is developing so fast! How did these sergeant brothers train? Morale is high! ”
Seeing that it has only been less than half a year, the Liangshan Army has developed from scratch to what it is now, all the sergeants are high-spirited and confident, and when they are fierce, they are completely different from the general Great Song Forbidden Army, Chai Jin can't help but be shocked and amazed.
Lin Chong smiled, glanced at the armored warriors around him who were happy when they heard the battle, and said: "This is the biggest difference between my Liangshan army and the Great Song army, in the Song Dynasty, the sergeants were all thieves with the army, they were scolded as a money-rich man, they were looked down upon by everyone, and the treatment was very low, for a long time, these sergeants naturally had inferiority complex and a sluggish temperament.
In the Liangshan Army, the status of soldiers is the highest, respected by everyone, coupled with the patriotic education and historical mission education day and night, so that every soldier in the Liangshan Army has a strong sense of mission and honor.
In addition, every time they win the battle, the belief that they will win if they dare to fight is naturally established, and everyone's spiritual temperament is naturally completely different from that of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty. ”
Chai Jin nodded a little uncertainly, in fact, he didn't quite agree with why the status and treatment of soldiers were raised so high, what if he became a proud soldier in the Five Dynasties period?
However, although Chai Jin has no special skills, he is self-aware, and if he doesn't understand, he won't say much, and he is also more humble, so he changed the topic and said: "Big brother, this time we dispatched 7,000 soldiers and horses, what should Liangshan do, didn't you say that the imperial court will attack the two armies?" ”
Hearing this, Lin Chong and Xu Guanzhong couldn't help but glance at each other, chuckled, and listened to Xu Guanzhong proudly say: "The big officials don't know that this expedition, not even half of the Liangshan army is coming, and although the imperial court has two armies to attack, they are still assembling, and when they start to pull, we have already beaten Gaotang Prefecture back to the division." ”
"Yes, yes!"
Chai Jin reacted and sighed loudly: "I have long heard that it took less than half a day for my Liangshan Army to conquer Yunzhou City, and it also took less than a day to conquer Zengtou City.
It's just that this Gaotang Prefecture is a little different, it is said that there are two battalions of the elite of the Western Army in the city, and this Western Army has been fighting with Western thieves all year round, and has experienced a hundred battles, but I'm afraid it's not so easy to deal with, right? ”
Lin Chong smiled, speaking of which, the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty is indeed a strong force in a hundred battles, brave and good at fighting, especially very good at defending the city, because the Western Army's attack on Western Xia relied on building fortresses and camps, and then slowly pushed over the tactics little by little, and the city defense technology naturally did not say.
However, the Western Army is not without weaknesses, this army is fierce and fierce, but the war mainly depends on the blood and courage of individual soldiers rather than discipline, and the military discipline of the Western Army is actually very poor.
And there is one more question for the Western Army, and that is the question of who to fight for.
The Western Army fought against the Western Thieves in Guanxi but was extremely brave, that was because of the century-old blood feud between the Western Army and the Western Xia, and almost every family in Shaanxi Zhulu had people who died in battle with the Western Thieves or had relatives who were taken captive by the Western Thieves as slaves and maids.
Therefore, when the Western Army fights the Western Thieves, it is to protect the family and defend the country, that is, to avenge the family or ancestors, so the fight is particularly desperate, but when the Liao State and the Jurchens are fought later, all kinds of problems of the Western Army are exposed, and they can even do things like the pit commander.
Therefore, Lin Chong really didn't think that the Western Army was so difficult to defeat, and the reason why he attached so much importance to the Western Army was only because he didn't want to fight the Western Army to the death before defeating the Jurchens, and let the Jurchens take advantage of it in vain.
Not to mention that there are only two battalions and a thousand western troops in the city of Gaotang Prefecture.
"Second brother, look at it, tomorrow's battle, as long as Gao Lian dares to fight, my Liangshan army will definitely be able to annihilate the defenders of Gaotang Prefecture."
Lin Chong said lightly, seeing that Lin Chong said so surely, and Lin and Xu both had a natural expression, Rao is Chai Jin had a general understanding of the strength of the Liangshan Army, and he was completely shocked at this time.
Good boy! Liang Shanjun is so powerful, it seems that Brother Lin said that he wanted to overthrow Zhao Song, but he really didn't just talk about it, Chai Jin couldn't help but think.
"Then according to the eldest brother, will this guy go to war tomorrow?" After a moment, Chai Jin asked again.
"Eighty percent will." Lin Chong thought for a while and said, "Even if we don't fight, then we will attack it strongly, it just so happens that my Liangshan army doesn't have much experience in attacking cities." ”