Chapter 45: Trick (Happy New Year)
Xiang Yu has a black cone horse, Lu Bu has a red rabbit horse, and Qin Qiong has a yellow horse...... A hero can live without a beauty, but not without a good horse!
A good war horse is the second life of a warrior! To put it bluntly, utility soldiers are private soldiers, they go to the battlefield to receive rewards for meritorious service, and they always take advantage of it when they have it, and run away if they don't have it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Info War Horse is the standard configuration of utility soldiers, and it can't be used as a utility.
Wang Ning'an didn't have the stupid idea of bringing his own subordinates and serving the country loyally for the court.
Daddy covets good horses, and so does he.
You must know that since the loss of Yanyun and Li Yuanhao's rebellion, the Central Plains Dynasty has lost two excellent horse production bases in Liaodong and Northwest at the same time.
Relying on the trade of the field, more than 1,000 war horses are obtained from the Liao State every year, and they are all castrated, and cannot be used for breeding, the Great Song Dynasty has been established for a hundred years, and the war horses are becoming more and more scarce, coupled with the decline of the population, it is generally not much higher than the donkey, and some people simply breed a large number of mules, but the result can only be used for transportation, and there is no way to charge into battle.
In today's Great Song Dynasty, the lack of war horses has reached an outrageous level.
Take the Hebei East Road where Cangzhou is located, for example, in the fourth year of Qingli, an order has just been issued, requiring the cavalry to fill in five points for horses, and Shaanxi Road and Hebei West Road to figure out, and only four points for other roads!
What does that mean, ten horsemen with five horses!
That's right, as the first line against the Liao State, the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty actually asked for two people and a horse!
You must know that the cavalry of nomads has always been one person with two horses, or even one person with three horses!
Poor Da Song actually asked two people to ride a horse!
Outrageous?
How much combat power did such a cavalry have?
What's worse is that five cents is just a number on the books, which often includes many horses, old horses, soldiers, mules, and even donkeys!
Of 10,000 cavalry, there will be no more than 1,000 cavalry.
The result of not having a war horse was painful, and the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty could only desperately pile armor on their bodies, which is how the famous Buren armor came from.
Although equipped with unparalleled armor and the cavalry have the strength to fight, but people don't fight with you at all, they can rely on flexible and mobile tactics to drag you tired, slack, collapsed, and then give a fatal blow, and the poor Song soldiers can only be ruthlessly slaughtered.
Even if they win, because of the lack of mobility, there is no way to catch up with the enemy and inflict heavy losses on the opponent...... It's all tears.
Wang Ning'an's grandfather, Wang Liangjing's father, sacrificed his life for the country in Western Xia a few years ago, if the old man could have an excellent war horse, he would not fall into the encirclement...... According to people, the grandfather stabbed a dozen Western Xia soldiers, and finally was surrounded in the valley, killed by random arrows, and sent home only a jar full of ashes......
There are too many cruel lessons, and it is understandable that Wang Liangjing is looking forward to getting a good horse.
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"There are definitely good horses in Wolf Valley, I've seen it with my own eyes." Liang Dagang said firmly.
Uncle Wu pondered: "Even good horses can't fall into our hands, that Commander Zhu's eyes are red, and Bao Heizi won't let go, now that the court is short of horses, we can offer some good horses, and we can guarantee that we can increase the official and enter the knighthood, but it can't fall into our hands." ā
Wang Liangjing was full of enthusiasm, but after thinking about it for a long time, he had no idea.
"I'm delusional."
"Don't worry, there may be a turnaround." Wang Ningan pondered for a long time and asked, "Uncle Liang, are you familiar with the terrain of Wild Wolf Valley?" ā
"Yes." Liang Dagang said without hesitation: "There are mountains on both sides, and there is only a ditch in the middle, leading to the valley inside, like the shape of a water bottle, very dangerous, desolate, there are always wolves in the past, so it is called the Wild Wolf Valley......"
After listening to Liang Dagang's introduction, Wang Ningan became more and more sure.
"Big guy, clean up, let's go to Wolf Valley immediately to help fight!"
More than 30 men, armed with weapons, under the leadership of Wang Liangjing, marched quickly along the mountain road, and traveled for more than an hour to the periphery of the Wild Wolf Valley.
From a distance, you can see a group of people running wildly, as if someone is chasing behind.
"It's the people of Cangzhou, they defeated!"
Wang Ningan was not disappointed, but cheered and almost jumped up.
Wang Liangjing led people to catch up, and when he saw the reinforcements, the people of the Weizi battalion were relieved, and the people of Wild Wolf Valley couldn't tell how many people came, so they retreated one after another.
The two warring sides separated and met again, Wang Ningan almost laughed, Gongsun Ce's face was black and gray one by one, like a little ghost, Wang Chao was bleeding from his shoulder, Ma Han had an arrow stuck in his back, and the arrogant Commander Zhu was also unlucky, and a bag the size of an egg fell on his forehead, red and swollen and tall, like a hard-boiled egg.
In the first place, let alone others, how embarrassed and embarrassed it is.
Commander Zhu didn't have the face to see anyone, only Gongsun Ce intermittently told them what had happened...... There are three walled gates at the mouth of the wild wolf valley, they have captured two in a row, and they have full strength, Commander Zhu personally led the team, and wanted to take it in one fell swoop, who knew that when approaching the third walled gate, suddenly countless soybeans were thrown down on the hills on both sides.
The round little thing fell on the stone road, rolling everywhere, the left and right sides of the gate were not more than ten zhang wide, the soybeans fell from the sky, and the soldiers on both sides were hit one after another, and slipped and fell to the ground.
The people of the Wild Wolf Valley took the opportunity to shoot arrows, igniting the dry grass on both sides, and the Xiang army was in chaos, trampling on each other, killing and wounding countless people, 400 people came, and now there are only more than 200 left.
Some died in battle, and many more ran away.
"What a cunning bandit, I want to report to Lord Bao immediately, and ask for more men and horses to be mobilized to level the Wild Wolf Valley." Gongsun Ce exhaled angrily, Commander Zhu's face was a little dark, obviously his cowhide was blown up, and his face and lining were lost.
Bao Zheng is not only Zhizhou, he also hangs the big seal of the general deployment of soldiers and horses, and the Xiang army in Cangzhou is under his control, although the Xiang army is a family of its own, and it does not care much about Zhizhou.
However, Bao Zheng is famous, iron-faced and selfless, and if he grasps a handle, he can definitely make Commander Zhu a mess, and even lose his official position.
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"Mr. Gongsun, the kid has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not."
Gongsun Ce blinked, and suddenly smiled: "How can I forget, Erlang has written about the Three Kingdoms, and he has a strategic mind, he must be in the middle of the strategy, and the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, if you have any ideas, tell me quickly!" ā
"Mr. Gongsun praised it falsely, the kid feels that he has the strength to use his strength, but he has no strength to use his wisdom, as long as he hits the vital point of the thieves in the Wild Wolf Valley, he will not be able to take it down."
"Nonsense!" Commander Zhu said unceremoniously: "Who knows their point?" ā
"I'll know it." Wang Ningan said with a smile: "The Cui family's power has collapsed, the people of the Wild Wolf Valley are like rootless duckweed, they urgently need a place to live, the Wild Wolf Valley is not a place to stay for a long time, you must find a place to go, Mr. Gongsun, think about it, where will they choose?" ā
Gongsun Ce frowned, pondered for a long time, and suddenly exclaimed: "It's the Liao Kingdom, they will flee to the Liao Kingdom!" ā
Wang Ningan snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "Mr. Gongsun is wise, the Wild Wolf Valley is only more than a hundred miles away from the Liao Kingdom, and it is completely possible for the Liao soldiers to appear here, as long as we play a play, we don't worry about the people in the Wild Wolf Valley not being fooled." ā
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The dense woods, night fell, there was a lot of dew on the leaves, and they didn't go far, Liang Dagang and a dozen brothers were wet in their clothes, and the mountain wind blew, not to mention how cold it was.
"Gangzi, don't take the wrong road, I see how there are tigers around!"
"Tigers? Even if there is a dragon king, Lao Tzu will split him! Liang Dagang said angrily: "You all shut up for me, follow honestly, if anyone is bad, I don't need the fourth brother to make a move, I will abolish him!" ā
Everyone was cautious, in the middle of the night, touched a cliff, Liang Dagang took out the flying rope, by the moonlight, climbed the rock, he went to the top, put the rope down, the other brothers followed, have to go up the mountain, around a mountain beam, the wolf valley appeared at the foot, lit torches, people rushed back and forth, to listen to the distance, and there was a faint sound of killing.
Liang Dagang looked up at the sky and prayed silently, the gods and Buddhas of the heavens must be blessed! In any case, get the war horse too!