Chapter 208: Sniping
The night is already dark, and the people of Chang'an City are still dragging their families and rushing forward!
The road is difficult, especially after dark, they can't see the road ahead clearly! At this time, it can only be the army in front to probe the road and alert the back when encountering dangerous situations, while the people behind are cautiously following behind the army!
More than 100,000 people formed an extremely long line at this moment, some walked faster, others walked very slowly!
Gradually, the terrain became steeper, and the people traveled more slowly! Especially the old people and children, many of whom are no longer able to move on! At this time, under Zhao Chen's order, the defenders of Chang'an City had begun to help those old people and children, many soldiers carried the old people and children on their backs, and some soldiers pushed the cart to put the weaker people on the cart and led the people forward!
"Hurry up! No one knows when King Kang's army of traitors will catch up! We must send these people to Wugong County as soon as possible! Zhao Chen said.
Yu Yunwen nodded.
"The terrain here is getting higher and higher, have we reached Zhongnan Mountain?" Zhao Chen asked sharply.
"Yes, Your Majesty, we are now moving near the foot of Zhongnan Mountain!" Wang Shu said.
"Wang Shu, Yu Yunwen, these more than 100,000 people will be handed over to you, you take them forward, don't let people pull them down! After you arrive in Wugong County, you have to arrange the defense of Wugong County! Also, you inform Fufeng County and let the soldiers of the Production and Construction Corps there also advance eastward! King Kang's rebels have hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, and we also have 400,000 young people! Our 400,000 youths, even if they can't defeat them, are enough to stop them! Zhao Chen said.
"Your Majesty, aren't you going with us to Wugong County?" Yu Yunwen said with some surprise.
"I have other things to do!" Zhao Chen said.
"I don't know what it is?" Yu Yunwen said tentatively.
"You'll find out in a few days!" Zhao Chen smiled faintly.
At that moment, Wang Shu and Yu Yunwen led more than 100,000 Chang'an people in the direction of Wugong County, while Zhao Chen stopped in the area of Zhongnan Mountain with 5,000 imperial soldiers!
The cold wind was howling, the snow was all over the sky, Zhao Chen and the imperial soldiers found a leeward place, they got off their horses, and those imperial soldiers went to look for firewood! After a while, everyone lit a bunch of bonfires!
They all carried enough grain and grass on their bodies, and someone had already started cooking!
Zhao Chen and Kang An were sitting by the fire, the two were roasting a roe deer, and gradually the aroma of meat came out!
"Your Majesty, what are we doing here?" Kang An said a little strangely.
"Naturally, I am waiting for the arrival of King Kang's army of traitors!" Zhao Chen said.
"Ahh What the? Kang An's face showed an expression of disbelief!
"When King Kang's army arrives, we will surprise them! They have hundreds of thousands of troops, and we are going to snipe them with 5,000 cavalry! Do you have the courage to do that? Zhao Chen said.
"Your Majesty, we Imperial Battalion soldiers naturally have such courage! For us, being able to fight for the country and sacrifice for the country is something that we cannot ask for! It's just that, Your Majesty, your status is valuable, and you are related to the country, you must not be with us! Sniping hundreds of thousands of troops with 5,000 men is too dangerous! You should immediately retreat to Wugong County, or even to Fufeng County, Fengxiang Mansion, or Dasanguan! Kang An said anxiously.
"Don't worry! There won't be much danger! King Kang's hundreds of thousands of troops arrived, and they would never have imagined that our more than 5,000 people would dare to snipe them here! This time, we are unprepared, and we will only defeat the enemy! Zhao Chen said.
"Your Majesty, the battlefield is dangerous, you can't stay here!" Kang An Road.
"The battlefield is dangerous, I know that! It's just that the soldiers are not afraid of danger, so why should I, as the emperor, be afraid of danger? In person, Emperor Taizu relied on his martial arts to lay down thousands of miles of country, and I, a descendant, can't be much worse than Emperor Taizu! Follow me in this battle, and I will win! Zhao Chen said.
Zhao Chen insisted so much, Kang An couldn't persuade him anymore, he could only secretly swear to follow Zhao Chen tightly on the battlefield and protect Zhao Chen's life!
"Send someone to check the nearby terrain immediately! Before King Kang's army arrives, we must understand everything around here clearly! Also, find a hidden place, we must be able to hide ourselves! Zhao Chen said.
Kang An nodded, and went down to carry out Zhao Chen's order, not to mention it.
Zhao Chen stood on the hillside, looking at the scenery in the distance! This is a picturesque country, and now he is the ruler of this country! But the country is in danger right now! The main reason why he stayed here was to snipe King Kang's army and buy time for Wang Shu, Yu Yunwen and others! Although Kang An is loyal and quite powerful, Kang An is not good at resourcefulness, and he is not as good as him as an emperor! In such a situation, Zhao Chen decided to stay by himself and choose a method to snipe the enemy according to the situation!
"It's been four years since Xuanwu, and I'm fourteen years old! I thought that everything would go well in the future, and under my leadership, the Great Song Dynasty would be thriving, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen! My ninth uncle, as a Han Chinese, actually united with the Jurchens and gave me a sudden blow! But it's nothing, it can't really hit me! At most, they occupy Tongguan and Chang'an, and occupy some places, and I will take them back in the future! Last year, a million young people were recruited, of which 300,000 entered the army, and another 1.2 million formed the Production and Construction Corps. With enough time, sooner or later these young people will grow up and become elite! That's when I really fight back! Jurchen, King Kang, let you be arrogant for a moment! Zhao Chen said secretly.
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It's the 14th day of the first lunar month, and the snow is still blowing one after another, and there is no sign of stopping!
It was getting late, and a cavalry appeared from afar!
This cavalry is also dressed up in the Song army, they are coming from the direction of Chang'an! Needless to say, they are the army under King Kang Zhao Gou!
The leader is unusually handsome, who is it not Liu Guangshi?
Liu Guangshi has an army of 100,000, of which 80,000 are infantry and 20,000 are cavalry, and at this moment he is leading 20,000 cavalry to gallop forward!
From a distance, you can see how big the gap between Liu Guangshi's cavalry and the Jurchen cavalry and Yue Fei's cavalry is, their teams are unusually scattered, some are three or five people together, some are on the road alone, and 20,000 cavalry form a long snake-like team! These cavalry marched extremely slowly, just a little faster than the average infantry, they talked and laughed, and there was a constant cacophony of voices in the army! In the Jurchen cavalry and Yue Fei cavalry, such a scene will never appear!
However, even though the team is so scattered, Liu Guangshi is still full of confidence, he feels that his cavalry is an invincible existence in the world!
"I haven't won a battle like this in many years! We first conquered Tongguan, and then conquered Chang'an! It won't be long before the entire Guanshan will be ours! Liu Guangshi said to one of the generals behind him.
This time they conquered Tongguan with an army of 800,000 people, and they suffered heavy casualties, and it was almost impossible to say victory! As for Chang'an, it was completely given to them by Zhao Chen! But in Liu Guangshi's view, these are all victories! Liu Guangshi was extremely excited and proud at the moment!
"The general is right, from the Jingkang Revolution to the present, we have never fought such a victory! However, Emperor Xuanwu is too cunning, we have conquered Chang'an, and there is not a single common people, not a single soldier, no food, grass, weapons, etc. left! All we get is an empty city! "The general in the back looks about the same age as Liu Guangshi, but he is far less handsome than Liu Guangshi! He is extremely tall, with a slender body and an ugly face, he is Li Qiong, the general under Liu Guangshi!
In history, Liu Guangshi had two generals under him, one Wen and one Wu, the text was called Li Qiong, and the Wu was called Wang De! Li Qiong is outstandingly resourceful, and after Liu Guangshi was devalued in history, Li Qiong took refuge in the Jurchens, known as the "Jurchen General" in history! But now, Li Qiong is still Liu Guangshi's subordinate!
"He's not cunning, he's scared! Emperor Xuanwu is just an incompetent and timid person after all, which is really insignificant! Liu Guangshi said with a smile.
"General, I think Emperor Xuanwu should not be underestimated! We have seen the strength of Emperor Xuanwu's soldiers and horses in Tongguan, and we can't take it lightly! Li Qiong said.
"Tongguan is different from other places, it is the gateway to Guanshan, and the soldiers there are naturally elite! However, except for Tongguan, there must be no such elite soldiers and horses in other places! Speaking of which, most of the soldiers and horses under Emperor Xuanwu were the Folding Army of the year! What kind of virtue is the Zhejiajun, don't I Liu Guangshi know? Liu Guangshi said disdainfully.
Liu Guangshi is also from a family of Northwest generals, and Liu Jiajun was second only to the existence of the Western Army back then! When Liu Guangshi's father Liu Yanqing was alive, Liu Jiajun still had to go to the Folding Family! Liu Guangshi has always looked down on the Zhejia army, he thinks that all Zhao Chen's subordinates are from the Zhejia army, so now he also looks down on Zhao Chen's soldiers and horses!
"What the general said also makes sense!" Li Qiong thought for a while and said.
"Originally, Emperor Xuanwu had a general under him, who was well-known in the world! However, Emperor Xuanwu is the most incompetent emperor in the world, and he doesn't know how to use this general! Liu Guangshi said with a smile.
"I don't know who the general is talking about?" Li Qiong said.
"Naturally, it's crooked! Quduan is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and everyone in the world knows it! When he fought against Western Xia, Qu Duan made many military exploits, and my father admired them! Emperor Xuanwu was extremely confused, and he didn't even use the curved end, which is really ridiculous! Liu Guangshi said.
"General, the terrain here is getting higher and higher, and we have reached the area of Zhongnan Mountain, so we still have to be careful!" Li Qiong said.
"Careful? And what's there to be careful about? We've already probed, and there's no large-scale army gathering around here! Moreover, we have received news that the forbidden army under Emperor Xuanwu has gone to the north, and now it will definitely not be able to return! As for the Jingyuan Army and the Huanqing Army, they are all in northern Shaanxi, and some are in the area of Dasanguan and Jingyuan Road, and it is impossible to come over now! Now that Guanshan is completely empty, we can gallop at will! Emperor Xuanwu, it's not that I look down on him, because he really doesn't have anything I can look up to! Liu Guangshi laughed.
"This ......" Li Qiong was stunned, and had to admit that what Liu Guangshi said was correct!
"Besides, our 20,000 cavalry is just the vanguard, and behind it is the 70,000 infantry army of our Liu family's army, which is only about twenty miles away from here! After that, there is an army of nearly 700,000 led by Lord Qin Hui! With so many armies, what is there to worry about? Now we just need to keep moving forward, catch Emperor Xuanwu as quickly as possible, and establish great achievements, this is the most important thing! Liu Guangshi said.
Liu Guangshi kept urging his cavalry to move forward, but the quality of his cavalry was too poor! It was dark and the road was slippery, and many cavalrymen were not willing to continue on the road at all, and countless cavalry complained!
Gradually, their ranks grew longer and longer, and more and more cavalry fell behind! Liu Guangshi also didn't have the idea of tidying up the army, his Liu Jiajun has always been like this! Since the death of his father Liu Yanqing, Liu Jiajun has been far inferior to the beginning!
Another hour passed, and it was already dark, and at this time there was an extremely long gentle slope ahead!
Liu Guangshi led 20,000 cavalry to rush towards the gentle slope, but just when he was halfway up the hill, the sound of 10,000 horses galloping came from above!