Zheng Lang went south and took Yue'er with him.

It seems very dangerous, and it is not much better than the invasion of Cochin twenty years later. But in fact, it is not, and Yongzhou is not the Yongzhou where the Soviet Union fought in a lonely city twenty years later. Bringing your favorite concubine with you is a statement and confidence to the people of Guangnan West Road.

He was accompanied by more than 30 horsemen.

The other Fan cavalry has been transferred out since the winter, and now the two provinces have seen the benefits, and the various ministries cooperate, unless there are some barbarians in the deep mountains and old forests, in fact, many barbarians do not really understand anything, and some barbarians have sent representatives to consult with officials. If it weren't for Nong Zhigao's rebellion, there was no need for a hundred horsemen to be inseparable.

Zheng Lang asked dozens of cavalry to leave his side, and cooperated with Zhang Kang to form and train a light cavalry, which was also called a pseudo-cavalry by Jiaozhi.

A total of 4,000 people, after a winter of training, in the states and counties of Quang Nam West Road while marching and training, riding, riding and shooting, horse fighting, formation, mutual cooperation. However, the complex rainforest climate has to be half trained in horse skills, and half trained in the mountains and forests to fight. In desperation, the Guangnan West Road, or the future Kuixia, Meishanman, is very little suitable for large-scale cavalry operations. Or do you expect the enemy to take the initiative to come to a terrain area like Quy Nhon Pu and let the Song cavalry slaughter them?

But it also makes sense.

The cavalry may not be able to play much of a role, but there is one thing, although it is a southern horse, the speed can keep up. With these 4,000 cavalry, they were able to quickly transfer several thousand troops to the place where the accident occurred and suppress the rebellion.

Cochin noticed the cavalry.

Just pay attention, how much effect can the cavalry army organized by 4,000 hastily play? Besides, it's still Southern Malaysia. Whether it is speed, collision force, the combat effectiveness and ferocity of the soldiers, or others, they are far inferior to those horses in Di Qing's hands.

Ultimately. It can only be said that it is a fast infantry army. That's why the Cochins called them pseudo-cavalry. There are also cavalry like this among the nong zhi masters, and there are few. Cochin also has. Not much, not valued, not useful!

However, many arrangements, which seemed to be "reasonable" and "normal", eventually came together and changed the direction of the war. For example, the scouts of Cochin easily inquired about the truth of the Methodist battle. There was no clever commander, so Zheng Lang calmly came to that open field. The weapons are overhung and the personnel is redundant. didn't pay attention to intelligence, and so on, so that the barbarians and the smugglers were defeated. It was not that Zheng Lang's command level was high, but that the enemy was too weak. This is the "reasonable" explanation for the great victory of the pious path.

Yue'er rode on a horse and asked, "Official, why are there so many enemies around our Song Dynasty?" ”

I don't understand, the Song Dynasty valued peace and treated the surrounding countries well. But no country is safe. It can't be said that Tubo is safe, and if Tubo is not forced by the Tangut people, it will not be peaceful.

Zheng Lang replied: "Yue'er, if a dozen wolves are hungry, dare they pounce on the tigers." Want to feed on tigers? ”

"Don't dare."

"What if these wolves meet a camel?"

"That must be daring." Yue'er suddenly covered her mouth and said, "Official, do you mean ......?"

"Our Song Dynasty is not a camel...... Zheng Lang shook his head, saying that the Song Dynasty was a camel is wrong, for example, although Haoshuichuan and Sanchuankou were defeated, the bloody nature of the Song army, and when fighting with the Khitan, the whole army was wiped out many times, no one surrendered, and the bloody battle was fought to the end, not because the soldiers were not brave. Even in the weak Southern Song Dynasty, many soldiers and generals still performed well. The Song Dynasty was not a camel, certainly not a tiger, not a sleeping lion, not a long dragon in the sky, just a giant panda. It's powerful, but it's so well-behaved and so cute, so any country wants to come and take a bite. No wonder the giant panda is a national treasure in China......

The group continued south.

Zheng Lang began to receive a steady stream of information from the front line on the road.

What made him feel most fortunate was that after the Jiaozhi army came to Anyuan City, they did not attack that night.

Qinzhou was the focus of his inspection, and he had also been to Anyuan City. There are only more than 700 households in the city, about 4,000 people, and there are less than 10,000 households in the entire Qinzhou, how can you expect how many people can be in a subordinate county. The arrival of immigrants is mainly concentrated in Anyuan County. The topography determines that the Sihong River and the Qinjiang River form a large alluvial plain at the mouth of the sea. If it is not developed, it is a swamp, and some poisons grow, crocodiles, and of course it has become a notorious miasma area. In fact, this land is the best fertile land.

Even because the Beibu Gulf area will be expanded outward in the future, only a few places need to build strong seawalls, and most areas do not need to build seawalls, and just let them pass. Then cut down the dead grass and branches, burn them, force some poisons out to hunt them, and then organize people to kill a small number of crocodiles, and this will become the best arable land.

There were many immigrants, and Anyuan County had to be expanded. However, due to the lack of labor, only the city wall was strengthened, but the moat outside the city could not be dug deep and wide due to lack of labor.

Again "reasonable".

At this time, there were more than 1,000 households and nearly 10,000 people in Anyuan City.

However, there are more than 10,000 households in the surrounding areas, except for some people who flock to Ruhong Village on the bank of the Sihong River, and all the other people must be accommodated by Anyuan County. Perhaps enough time was given to retreat, but 10,000 families poured into the county town of 1,000 households, and the chaos of those hours can be imagined.

If the Cochin army arrives and immediately attacks, the situation will be dangerous.

As for Lianzhou Zheng Lang, he was not very afraid, after all, it was a state city with a large area and tall and strong walls. There are some preparations again, and it is not easy for the Cochin people to attack.

Knowing that Jiaozhi did not attack Anyuan City that night, Zheng Lang's eyes did not look at Qinlian Erzhou, but moved to the south. Where is the real main battlefield.

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In fact, the situation in Anyuan City is still very bad.

The time earned this night is precious.

Moreover, Zhao Xun actually found a large amount of gunpowder in the county treasury, more than 20 trebuchets, grain and cloth, some large sasswood, and many large woods. Be overjoyed.

Zhao Xun's heart also settled down.

But what made him wonder was why Zheng Lang hadn't consulted with them beforehand, this didn't seem to be Zheng Lang's style. Previously, the northwest fought under Zheng Lang. Zheng Lang summoned the generals to discuss and improve the plan, and now even Zhao Xun maintains this tradition. Likes to ask his subordinates. Use everyone's ideas to fill in the gaps and improve the plan you have made.

He was thinking a little wrong.

Zheng Lang asked, but asked smartly. Zhao Xun didn't pay attention. It was also discussed, mainly with Zhang Kang. There is no way, the plan is like this. If the Jiaozhi people want to attack Liangguang, they will send scouts to spy on the news, and the longer they delay, the more news they will find. So the fewer people who know about the plan, the better. In order to train Zhou Xin, Zheng Lang let Zhou Xin know part of it, but he was a civil official and couldn't think of it.

As for Yu Jing, oh my God, can you count on Yu Jing......

After settling down, Zhou Xin and Zhao Xun patiently arranged for the people to enter the city again. With Zhang Zhixian door-to-door persuasion. Let the people of the city take in the people who have entered the city, let them build the floor, and everyone will squeeze it. There were too many rainy days in the south to keep them outside. And they kept their goods and cattle in a register and marked them. Gather and watch. This Zhao Xun had experience in the northwest and brought it to Anyuan City again. The crowd in the city exceeded the load of the small city of Anyuan, but order became orderly.

Zhao Xun also took the time to train the militia again.

He doesn't have the luxury of the rear, this don't want that, don't want that. As long as you dare to go to the city to defend the city, even if it is an only son, you are welcome.

They were also divided into areas where they lived in each other, organized into teams, and carried out some hasty coordination training, such as using rattan shields in the warehouse to protect the militia behind them, and the militia behind them had to constantly fire arrows and throw spears.

The time is too short, they are all chicks, and when the big war comes, this kind of temporary cramming and hasty training may not have much effect. But it's better to practice than not to practice.

The next day came quickly.

The Cochin people prepared weapons and siege equipment, as well as some straw bales, and there was a moat that had to be filled with straw bales of mud. But the moat was too small, and the Cochin people didn't care at all.

This is a reasonable preparation.

It's small, but it doesn't necessarily work. Without this moat, Jiaozhi has a large number of troops, and can launch fierce attacks everywhere along the city walls, and the situation is even worse. There is a deep and wide moat, even if the Qinhuai River is used as a moat like Jiangning City, can't it be broken?

Therefore, there is no need to dig the moat deep and wide, in that case, Jiaozhi must think that the Song army is prepared, and this large-scale invasion will not be launched this year.

The enemy approached.

The main general of Jiaozhi is Pei Qingcheng, the son of Pei Jiayou, a former scholar of the Civilization Hall of Jiaozhi.

Han people, in fact, from the king to the important ministers of the Yue Li Dynasty, most of them are authentic Han people. However, at this time, there is no so-called national distinction, Zheng Lang can understand, but he can't think about it.

Pei Qingcheng looked at the head of the city, a little surprised, according to intelligence, there are not many troops in Anyuan City, even if they include native soldiers, there will be no more than a thousand soldiers. However, at this time, the city was crowded with black and oppressive soldiers, fully armed, what was wrong.

Observing carefully, we can't expect him to have the military cultivation of Zhang Kang, Zhao Xun, and Guo Kui, and if he has not experienced the dyeing of the Northwest Battlefield, what can he talk about military cultivation? There is a war in Jiaozhi, and there is a war in Dali, which can only be regarded as a battle of the rabble against the rabble. It's up to whomever is more thorough.

It can't be said that he doesn't understand, it's definitely better than Zhou Xin and Yu Jing. If you look closely, you will see some famous names in a while. There are not many crossbows, armor and shields are mostly made of ancient vines, and there are not many standard weapons. Immediately understood, it was militia, and he also saw some women.

The heart is determined.

Laughing loudly, shouting the order to attack, and hearing his order, the Jiaozhi army slowly marched towards the city of Anyuan.

It's a woman, this is a bad idea that Zhao Xun came up with.

This is a battle to defend the city, with a flurry of arrows, and God knows who shot the soldiers to death. If the rewards and punishments are not clear, the militia is not motivated, and major events will be carried out. Therefore, let the children of each village and village form a team nearby, get acquainted with each other, facilitate the establishment and management, and supervise each other's real military exploits. Moreover, it is to reward some young women, the more beautiful the better, not to let them fight, but to hold a shield to protect themselves, look at the soldiers of each team, and let them remember the merits of the soldiers.

It's not just about being a bystander, once the battle starts, the scene is very bloody, and it is estimated that it is a good thing that these girls do not faint. But with a beautiful young woman standing behind them, are these children embarrassed to be cowardly?

Zhou Xin was silent for most of the day.

However, the great enemy is present, and has to be. There is an insult to Sven, but it is better than the slaughter of everyone in the city by the Jiaozhi people.

There are cochin soldiers throwing mud bags.

Zhao Xun stood at the head of the city and had not yet issued the order to release the arrows.

Huang Xiaohu is also in the city, and he can't really let the militia form a team to fight. That would be messy. A group of fire chiefs were assigned as temporary captains to command these temporary militias. Huang Xiaohu was also drawn out and led a hundred people. Last night I taught the people, and today I went to the city to fight.

Suddenly, his eyes looked not far away and shouted, "Ning Erwazi." You're up too? ”

Ning Laohan's second son.

But he is not in Huang Xiaohu's formation.

Ning Laohan's youngest son nodded.

"Are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid," but Ning Erwa's teeth chattered as she spoke.

"Don't be afraid, Zheng Xianggong has already arranged it, otherwise there won't be so many weapons in the warehouse." Huang Xiaohu comforted.

"Yes," Huang Xiaohu comforted, Ning Erwazi still had a stiff face, and he didn't know what the weapons in the warehouse had to do with the arrangement.

"Aim a little bit later when you release the arrow, don't be nervous. Just like these Cochins are a sheep and a rabbit. ”

"Yes, Uncle Huang."

Seeing that there were no arrows in the city, more enemies came to the moat to throw mud bags. There are more than a dozen groups in total, vainly trying to attack Anyuan City from multiple sides later.

Seeing that the enemy was growing more and more by the moat, the city did not let go of arrows for a long time, and some of the enemies slackened. The shield protection was not effective, so Zhao Xun waved his hand fiercely and said, "Release the arrow." ”

One arrow after another flew out, dozens of cross-finger soldiers fell, and the rest scattered with a bang. Zhao Xun suddenly remembered Zheng Lang's evaluation of the Jiaozhi army, which should not be taken lightly. There is a certain combat effectiveness, the two armies of the water and land have formed some scale, if there is no Song Dynasty, Jiaozhi is the most powerful country in the south, whether Dali or Zhancheng and Zhenla, are not Jiaozhi opponents. However, because of the lack of experience in dealing with the strongest countries, they were blind and arrogant, and the army was lax. This is the most fatal flaw of the Cochin army.

Sure enough, military discipline is very loose.

Zhao Xun breathed a sigh of relief again, although the danger continued, but the hope of guarding Anyuan City increased again.

Suddenly, there was a sparse cheer.

A batch of arrows were released in a mess just now, which made Zhao Xun frown. Some of the militiamen were nervous, and before the strings were full, the arrows were released, and as a result, they did not even cross the moat and fell.

Still, some killed enemy soldiers with arrows.

What does an enemy soldier represent? Two horses of cloth, five coins, and five stones of grain. This grain alone is enough for one person to feed for a year, two pieces of cloth can put the whole family in new clothes, and some can buy more for five dollars after shooting the enemy.

Then some bold young women complimented the warblers behind them, and the soldiers cheered even louder, arousing the strong jealousy of their companions.

Zhao Xun immediately found out about this situation and pursed his lips, this was exactly what he needed.

Pei Qingcheng was furious and ordered the law enforcement team to shoot two soldiers who had fled before the soldiers stopped.

Then a series of orders were issued.

This time, the formation was more neat, with the shield soldiers in front protecting and the soldiers in the back throwing mudbags.

Zhao Xun sat back again and did not give an order.

In a moment a dozen dams appeared on the moat.

Pei Qingcheng gave the order to launch a general attack, and more than 8,000 Jiaozhi soldiers swarmed over, stepped across the river dam, and came to the city wall, ready to set up a siege ladder.

Zhao Xun then gave the order to counterattack, and the arrows and short spears fell like raindrops.

The city has the advantages of the city and the city is small, and as long as the soldiers are sufficient, the city is easy to hold. In fact, after a night of organization, there were many soldiers in the city, and the number reached more than 3,000. As long as the fear can be overcome, there are nearly 10,000 men in the city who can serve as reserves. Of course, it will only be at the last moment when there is absolutely no choice before it can be mobilized, or even forcibly conscripted. If more than 3,000 regular soldiers guarded it, with these soldiers in Jiaozhi, there would be no threat to Anyuan City at all. The militia's combat effectiveness is obviously much weaker, but without these militias, Anyuan City will definitely be lost.

It's very messy, and there are a lot of arrows that shoot down, and there are a lot of short spears that are thrown, but the lethality is limited. It did not deal a fatal blow to the Jiaozhi people, and some Jiaozhi soldiers actually succeeded in setting up the siege ladder and climbing to the head of the city.

But Zhao Xun saw a weakness of the Jiaozhi army, which was also very chaotic, and it seemed that the shield soldiers were doing small regional protection, but there was no strict formation as a whole.

It's time for the fire.

He raised the small flag in his hand, a small black flag.

At this time, hundreds of regular soldiers officially entered the battle, commanding the militia, moving the trebuchet under the city wall, and commanding the soldiers to carry the gunpowder packs and rolling stone sassalwood to the city, or to place them next to the trebuchet.

A number of Cochin soldiers had already taken up the city, and the militia suffered casualties for the first time.

The small flag in Zhao Xun's hand fell.

The gunpowder bag on the trebuchet flew out, intercepting the rear first.

The loud explosion brought the Cochin troops to a halt.

But for the militia, it is customary. Construction has been going on for months, and this powder kit is used in many places. In fact, the Jiaozhi people were also prepared, so they divided into more than a dozen batches to attack and evacuate the soldiers, just for fear of the damage of the gunpowder bag. But the soldiers didn't know, so they lost their minds a little at the sound of the explosion.

Then the gunpowder bag and the rolling wood and stone were smashed down the city.

Seeing that it was not good, Pei Qingcheng asked his subordinates to blow the horn of retreat.

The first attack was repulsed, and the Song army suffered dozens of casualties, but the Jiaozhi suffered even heavier losses, with more than 300 corpses left on both sides of the moat.

There was a cheer from the top of the city, but there were also some weepings, the weepings of the families of the fallen militiamen. Zhou Xin sighed secretly, this is the beginning. Officials were sent to comfort them, and said that they would give them heavy pensions after the war to soothe their inner wounds.

The sun is at noon.

Zhou Xin couldn't bear it, Pei Qingcheng couldn't bear it either, not to mention the huge disparity in the proportion of casualties, even if it was a one-to-one exchange, it was not worth it.

Sitting in the tent and thinking, he then gave two orders, first sent his subordinates to Lianzhou by fast boat, inquired about the situation in Lianzhou, and then sent more than a dozen teams to the suburbs and countryside of the city, preparing to capture the people, and use the people of the Song Dynasty as cannon fodder to be at the front.

But to their disappointment, all the villages were empty, and some villages did not even have a grain of grain left. Enraged, the squad burned down the general's house.

Pei Qingcheng was very disappointed.

He didn't think that he shouldn't set this fire, about the habit of invading the Song Dynasty many times before, burning, killing, and plundering, but he didn't know this time and that. At that time, the Song Dynasty was unprepared, and there were people in the village. Now that they are all gathered in the city, how do you think about seeing the homes you have worked so hard to build turn to ashes? Is it easy for a poor family to build a house?

Zhao Xun looked at the smoke billowing from time to time in the distance, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. However, it also has a headache, and it will cost a lot of money after the war.

In the evening, the news brought that the situation on the Lianzhou side was similar, and it encountered strong resistance from the militia of the Song Dynasty, which also lost hundreds of soldiers. But there was a way to do it...... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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