Cao Bianjiao looked around, reckless plains, few trees, occasionally some sparse forests, and the river was dry and dry. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are many villages, dotted with some locust trees and other miscellaneous trees, but most of them are destroyed, and the remaining villages that are lucky not to be destroyed, as well as the big Zhuangzi that have formed a village to protect themselves, seem to be drowned in the raging tide of the rogue at any time.

Although it is not late autumn, the scenery in front of you has a sense of slaughter, a gust of wind rolls in, the grass and treetops are swaying, and the yellow dust is blowing.

It seems that deep on the horizon on all sides, there are large puffs of smoke and dust, covering the sky......

Seeing everyone looking at him, Cao Bianjiao suddenly decided: "Turn around first and join the Buying." ”

With some apprehension, more than 5,000 cavalry soldiers of the barracks pulled their horses back and ran back along the way they came.

All the way back, on the rear road, countless hoof prints, many small groups of thieves and horsemen, are scurrying around, they move flexibly, distributed in the area between the cavalry and the infantry battalion, see a large force of Ming cavalry rushing back, a bomb scattered.

The horsemen of these thieves are all quite skilled in horsemanship, some of them are armed with bows and arrows, or three-eyed guns, most of them are waist knives and sabers and other weapons, and some people are armed with spears and axes, which are elite soldiers.

Due to the flexibility of the horsemen, it is easy to defeat them, but it is difficult to annihilate them!

In fact, after Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen entered the Guide Mansion, they killed a lot of rogue foot soldiers and hungry soldiers, but there were quite few horsemen who killed them, because they were flexible, and many of them rode well, and they were not inferior to the soldiers of the cavalry battalion.

The cavalry was about one or twenty miles away from the rear infantry battalion, at the speed of the cavalry. It didn't take long to gallop, and the thief horse team didn't intercept it, so it went smoothly, and Cao Bianjiao and the others converged with the infantry camp of the second town.

Before arriving, Cao and Wang were still worried about whether their own camp would be attacked by most of the rogues, and they were relieved to see that it was peaceful.

However, the two saw that the infantry camp was already in formation. Soldiers in red cotton armor are outside. Spearmen in blue waist-length armor were lined up in a phalanx on all sides, and a mile or two away from them, surrounded by many rogue horsemen outside. And the more you get together, the more you get together.

Therefore, the generals of the second battalion all felt bad. Although the thieves did not attack. However, if there is silence before the storm, everyone always has a premonition that something big will happen, when Cao and Wang come. They were arguing fiercely about something, and when they saw most of the cavalry returning, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

There was not much time, and after most of them converged, Cao and Wang immediately recruited the generals to discuss the matter, and the thousand general level arrived.

The two military towns of the two of them each have a regular barracks, a new barracks, two middle officers, two battalion generals, two or three thousand generals in each battalion, in addition to the officers who are pacified and comforted, and there are some praise paintings in the barracks.

Following the example of the Jingbian Army, although Cao Bianjiao and others were not as meticulous as Wang Pu, they praised the benefits of painting, and Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Yang Guozhu and others could deeply feel it.

One person has short skills and many people are long, and when they come out to fight, there are too many things to consider in all aspects, and sometimes if they make a little mistake, they may win the victory unconsciously.

They can often come up with some plans, and the Lord will make the final decision.

There is no need to work hard yourself, not to mention, because of the planning from everyone, there are few miscalculations, so over time, Cao Bianjiao and other generals who are friendly with Wang Dou have become more and more aware of the role of painting.

Everyone gathered, by the river, under a large locust tree, around a large Mazha discussion, on which was covered with a simple map of Guide Province.

Hearing the news of the possible ambush from the mouth of the main general, all the officers were in a commotion, but they were shocked but not confused, after all, everyone was born and died, what kind of vicious battle had they not seen? It is the soldiers of the new military camp in the second town, who have experienced the bloody battle in Liaodong, and they have all been reborn.

Breakthrough!

Rushing back to Defu City, this is everyone's first reaction.

However, some officers and zanhua believed that they could hold on to the spot, and the infantry continued to attack the enemy with fierce firepower, while the cavalry waited for the opportunity to fight.

Originally, when the two towns went south, there were more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry, but all the way south, there were still various battles, dead and wounded, and sergeants fled to flee, and the battalions were already less than the quota, and the infantry and cavalry were less than 10,000.

But even so, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in the two towns, which is still a very strong combat force, no matter how many thieves and horses there are, as long as they suffer heavy casualties during the siege, maybe they will eventually retreat to stand still, and on the way to the battle, they may even wait for reinforcements.

However, this proposal was immediately opposed by gossip, this plan is too conservative, no matter how you look at it, you are waiting for death.

"You can't stay put!"

At this time, Yang Shaofan, who was already the commander of the new military camp in Yutian Town, also objected: "Needless to say, this place is surrounded by plains on all sides, and even there are few forests, which is not conducive to defense, that is, I do not have much food and grass with the army, and I can't hold out for long. ”

Yang Shaofan is already a deputy general, still less than 30 years old, he sits calmly on a small pony, and the others are either leaning crookedly or sitting on the ground without an image, forming a sharp contrast.

The great enemy is coming, and he still maintains a certain etiquette, and when he speaks, he is also thoughtful.

In the end, Cao Bianjiao also vetoed the bill, and the ants bit the elephant to death, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of thieves, and the consequences were unimaginable.

The thieves are the best at using the offensive of the wanderers, using the tide of hungry soldiers to consume the physical strength and medicine of the defenders, and the fierce as a tiger who died of martyrdom, Sun Yingyuan and others were all consumed alive by the thieves' tactics of the sea of people.

Moreover, when they came from Guide Mansion, the army of the two towns did not have much grain and grass with the army, and they could only eat it for a few days now, and only hoarded some grain and grass in the rear of Xiayi County, and some people in the prefecture and city transported grain, leaving hundreds of troops.

Although the thieves want to besiege the army, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the amount of grain and grass they need is also massive, it is possible that they will eat up their own grain and grass first on the way to the siege, but this is just speculation, Cao Bianjiao did not dare to pin his hopes on this.

What worries Cao Bianjiao is that I am afraid that the thieves will still use artillery, they have laid out such a big game, and even attacked the city of Guide, but they couldn't help but use artillery, I'm afraid it's just to wait for themselves.

According to Cao Bianjiao, the thieves attacked the city. There are a lot of large and small Franco machine artillery collected, and many of the Ming gunners who surrendered, they also ate and drank well to feed up, if in the plains, the thieves bombarded intensively with artillery, and the army formation of the party was afraid that the end would be similar to that of the Qi army.

As for the reinforcements, Cao Bianjiao was not without sadness in his heart, he knew that it was impossible.

Zuo Liangyu and others in Runing Mansion. There is no such idea not to say. Absolutely do not dare to rescue.

Hu Dawei and Chen Yongfu in Kaifeng City, even if they had the heart to rescue, they saw that the thieves were powerful, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered. I will hesitate to think about it or two. In the end, even if they arrived. I don't know that my own people are still there.

"General Cao, you must leave immediately!"

Wang Tingchen has been a general for many years. also saw at a glance that the fate of sticking to the backup is definitely not good, and the only way to survive is to fight in death and open a bloody road.

Although the thieves are besieged, they are not an elite army, and the combat strength of the troops is good and bad, and there must be loopholes in their mutual cooperation.

And their encirclement is also too big, the information obtained so far, they are from Yongcheng, Dangshan, Haozhou three boundaries to encircle, it takes time to encircle, there are many territories that can be broken through at the moment, nearly 10,000 border troops are facing a little fierce breakthrough, there is a great chance to break out of the encirclement.

Their infantry can't catch up at all, and they can't stop it, and there won't be too many horsemen in one direction.

With the organizational ability of the thieves, it also takes time and coordination for nearby soldiers and horses to come to block the rescue.

"Then break through!"

The military situation was urgent, there was no room for much fighting, and the encirclement was highlighted, which soon became the consensus of all the generals in the two towns.

It's just that in which direction to break through, the public praised the officers, and there was another controversy.

The current enemy situation, from the intelligence from the sentinel cavalry, know that from the two directions of Dangshan and Haozhou, a large part of them are thieves' horsemen, they move very fast, if the opportunity is made, Cao and Wang will abandon the infantry, and the cavalry can escape.

But this is impossible, just bring the infantry, and it is quite possible that the rear road will be cut off by their horsemen.

Even if they weren't cut off, the cavalry could have been entangled by their horsemen.

As soon as the cavalry was entangled, it was equivalent to the infantry being entangled, so there was a proposal from Zanhua to go the opposite way, break through to the southwest of Yongcheng, and go straight to Fengyang Mansion in the south of Zhili, which will definitely surprise the thieves and catch them off guard.

This proposal made the generals feel moved, and then everyone shook their heads again.

After these days of conquest, they are more familiar with the Defu Mansion, some terrain can be used, and they also know the situation of thieves in these places, and the east and south of Yongcheng, who knows what the situation is over there?

The enemy's situation is unknown, the terrain is unknown, and the future is unpredictable, and if the grain and grass are exhausted on the way to break through, it will be a disaster.

The lesser of two evils, soon, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen decided to come down, break through to Xiayi in the rear, and then return to Defu City from Xiayi.

"Okay, while most of the thieves and horsemen have not yet arrived, Brother Wang, you immediately lead your soldiers in the barracks to break through to the city of Xiayi, consolidate the city, protect the grain and grass, and respond at any time.

"Okay."

The royal courtiers knew that this was not the time to be polite, and it was very important to occupy a stronghold in the rear.

Although Xiayi City is dilapidated and not a good place for defense, it is only a hundred miles away from the city of Guide (of course, if there is a railway or highway, the road can be shortened to fifty or sixty miles), and it is easy for Guide to support there.

If there is a case, the army is trapped by thieves, and the broken Xiayi city is better defended than the land of Pingchuan.

Not to mention, there is also a part of the grain and grass of the army in it.

The plan has been decided, he led his own barracks, immediately took action, more than 2,600 cavalry soldiers, broke the cauldron and sunk the boat, only carried a small amount of grain and grass, baggage and anything, all left, decided to disperse the nearby thieves and horsemen as quickly as possible, and rushed to the city of Xiayi.

Cao Bianjiao's more than 2,800 cavalry battalion soldiers protected the infantry camp of the second town, as well as the vehicles that transported grain in the army, as well as mules and horses, and there were tents, horses, thistles and other baggage.

The main barracks were all elite soldiers, and soon the royal courtiers were ready, and the horses were lined up in array, and the royal courtiers were even in the first column of the assault.

He took a step and was about to get on the horse, paused, but turned around again, he strode over, hugged Cao Bianjiao, patted him the back, and said loudly: "General Cao, you promise me that there must be no trouble." ”

Cao Bianjiao's mood was agitated for a while, and then he laughed and comforted Wang Tingchen: "Don't worry, a certain person will be safe, and the soldiers of the second town will all be safe and sound...... Brother Wang himself should be careful. ”

Wang Tingchen cracked his mouth and laughed: "General Xiao Cao can rest assured." ”

The two counts of the Ming Dynasty with deep comradeship-in-arms hugged each other, and the knights on the horses laughed the same and said goodbye to the horse step army behind them.

In the midst of the cheers, the royal courtier stepped on his horse, raised his weapon, and shouted, "Go!" ”

"Let's go!"

The knights brandished their weapons and roared.

The tips of their spears and swords pointed forward, rolling cavalry, only charging forward, the sun shining in the bridle of each man, and the weapons of the forest shone with the light of metal in the sun. (To be continued.) )