Chapter 44: Borrowing Troops
In the early morning of the second day, Yang Ling and Ma Xiaoying quietly left the Chengnan Post Station, so low-key that they did not attract anyone's attention, and as soon as they returned to the camp, Yang Ling immediately rushed to Yang Keshi's Chinese army camp.
"What, you're going to camp in Baigou Hebei? Didn't you kid go to Xiongzhou City and take the wrong medicine when you came back, right? Yang Keshi looked at Yang Ling in surprise, and he really didn't know what he thought.
"Yang Ling, you yourself have personally gone to see the north of the Baigou River, although Xuan Shuai has not decided whether to fight or make peace with Da Liao, but the Baigou River is not far from Zhuozhou, Yizhou, if it is discovered by the guards, you two hundred people will fight against the river, and in the end you will not even be able to recover a single corpse." It was as if Yang Keshi had never been an enemy, and at this time, he couldn't help but say frustrating words, after all, Yang Ling's decision was really a bit of a waste.
Yang Ling stepped forward and said, "General Yang, it's not that his subordinates are unwise, but at the moment, my army of more than 100,000 soldiers is in Xiongzhou, and I can't advance, I can't retreat, and the daily grain and grass consumption is like flowing water. Yang Ling's words just knocked on Yang Keshi's heart, "Although a certain person is humble, he does not dare to forget the worries of the country, what he can do at the moment is to cross the Baigou River as soon as possible and open the whistle far away, otherwise, it is difficult for the three armies to have the will to fight." ”
"If Xuan Shuai finally makes a decision to go north again, then a certain unit will already be stationed north of the Baigou River and gain a firm foothold, so that the three armies will not have to cross the river in a hurry, and take 10,000 steps back, even if Xuan Shuai does not choose to go north in the end, what does it matter if we retreat at that time?" Yang Ling's analysis made Yang Keshi gradually clearer.
Yes, if there is a precursor at this time, whether it is advancing or retreating, it is prepared, but it is beneficial and harmless, "There are more than 200 people in your department, and the cavalry is only 20, have you ever thought that if Zhuoyi Erzhou sends troops to come, can you retreat with your whole body?" ”
Yang Ling replied truthfully, "No! ”
"With such troops, it is impossible for our sentinels to open too wide, but I am sure that Zhuoyi Erzhou will never send troops to suppress the border!" Yang Ling said in a positive voice, "The general of Zhuoyi Erzhou is Guo Yaoshi, this person is a Han man from Liaodong, and at this time of the Great Liao, this person can be loyal to Liao wholeheartedly, but he is holding his own territory tightly and preserving his strength." ”
Yang Keshi said, "That's not the case, for the general, don't think about winning, think about defeat first, on the battlefield, act quickly, although your guess is reasonable, but it's just a guess, and then allocate three hundred Baiqi soldiers to you, make up for the number of a battalion, are you sure to gain a foothold in Baigou River!" ”
Yang Ling replied, "The Bai Ling soldiers have always been the most powerful in the Great Song Dynasty, and if the general is so arranged, a certain department will definitely be like a nail, nailed to the Liao Realm!" ”
It is worth noting that the first battalion here is not the establishment of later generations, there are as many as six or seven hundred people, and the least battalion has more than five hundred people.
Yang Keshi nodded, "That's fine, before the afternoon, a certain soldier and horse will be allocated to you, don't let me down, go!" ”
Yang Ling clenched his fists slightly, then turned around and retreated.
Yang Keshi saw Yang Lingyuan's distant back, and suddenly remembered something, but said loudly, "After you run out, remember to return the white soldiers to me!" ”
I have to say that Yang Keshi is extremely efficient in doing things, in fact, just after the sun, three hundred white soldiers came to Yang Ling's camp, at this time, the white soldiers only wore a layer of leather armor, and the speed of travel was naturally extremely fast, but they were followed by donkey carts, and the cars were carrying vests and human armor, all of which were made of fine iron.
The arrival of this group of people immediately caused an uproar in Yang Ling's army, Wang Gui ran forward and tried the weight of the armor, there were sixty catties or so, the weight unit at this time was different from modern society, one catty in ancient times was not ten taels, but sixteen taels, that is, a single body of armor, that is, nearly 100 catties, plus the war horse was also wearing heavy armor, so that the weight of the horse when fighting was more than 200 catties.
Not to mention, after the war horse speeds up, but also to charge forward at high speed, often a battle down, a lot of horses are tired to death, but more still die on the battlefield, this is also the place where the soldiers especially cherish the horses, on weekdays I can't wait to carry the horses away, will be raised more careful than their own sons, the biggest force in wartime is not people, all rely on horses.
And horses are easy to tame and very humane, in TV dramas, we can often see such a scene, after the two armies fought, the ruins and bones, a lonely war horse guarded the side of the owner who had died in battle, refusing to leave, which was sad.
In fact, when the Bai Qi soldiers heard that they were going to come to Yang Ling's department, they were actually very happy, after all, since the battle of Baigou River, there was no war in the entire Song Liao, and as a big killing weapon of the Bai Qi soldiers, it was really put a little rusty.
The Baiqi army is all happy when they hear the battle, and Yang Ling killed the Liao people and killed the Jurchen Tartars, which undoubtedly stirred up layers of ripples in this calm season, and it was necessary to listen to the fact that it was transferred to Yang Ling's tent to listen to it, and it was also necessary to cross the Baigou River, and a group of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals actually smelled the smell of meat in the dark night, and they were very excited.
Yang Keshi was so noisy that his brain was about to explode, and he finally selected three hundred people to send them away, so that he could be cleaned, and before leaving, he kept warning them not to think that they were arrogant and arrogant, and to obey Yang Ling's dispatch.
Yang Keshi's prestige is unrivaled in the army, and for a while, the soldiers also recorded it in their hearts.
When they came to Yang Ling's camp, they saw from a distance that their troops were neatly trained, although the gunners and feet were a little heavier, and they knew at a glance that they were recruits, but it was precisely because of this that they were very surprised, and the recruits were able to train to this point in a short period of time, which was already amazing.
At that moment, the white soldiers were more convinced of Yang Keshi's vision, Yang Ling is not a mediocre talent, but it is worth selling a lot of energy.
Yue Fei, Zhang Xian and others accompanied Yang Ling out of the tent, and when they saw such a lively scene, Yang Ling stepped forward and asked, "Are you the white soldiers under Yang Xianggong?" ”
A person walked out of the crowd and bowed his hand, "The last general, Lei Yuanwen, is the seventh deputy commander of the Baiqi Army, and he is ordered to come and wait for the dispatch. ”