Twenty-one, early in the morning.

Luo Wenhu buried the stove to cook rice here, making the final preparations before pulling out the camp, Zhou Sheng rushed back to meet, and brought the liaison officer sent by Liu Zhenzhi.

After seeing the whole picture of the Chaishan soldiers and horses that crossed the Huai Mountain and infiltrated the hinterland of Jingxiang, almost all the generals of the Lishan defenders chose to join Huaidong with Luo Wenhu, and only a few people were cleared out.

Ordinary guards ate two meals of wheat cakes and salted meat and wild vegetable soup in succession, I heard that such a delicacy is common in the Huaidong army, and the accumulated merits, wounded, and battlefield families have pensions, and they can get fields, and their waists are suddenly straighter than when they were guarding the mountain city. Even if they wanted to march west with the army to participate in the war immediately, few people flinched.

The Lishan garrison was temporarily organized into a brigade, with Luo Wenhu as the brigade general, Cao Ziang sent his personal guard Cao Peng to Luo Wenhu as a commander to join the army, brought several military commanders to supervise military discipline, reissued some bows and crossbows, and armor, and went west to participate in the battle.

Cao Ziang originally transferred Luo Wenhu to Tang Fuguan's jurisdiction, but at this time he was temporarily adjusted and transferred to Liu Zhenzhi.

Liu Zhenzhi commanded six brigades, but the elite of two brigades was drawn down by Cao Ziang and Zhou Tong as reserves, and at this time, the four brigades in Changgou, ten miles south of Zhangjiawan, plus Luo Wenhu's department, were the soldiers and horses of the five brigades, and they would rush to the front line of Pinglinbu to intercept the enemy.

In order to quickly bypass the southern border of Suizhou County, the soldiers and horses of the five brigades had to go into the field together. Relatively speaking, the path left for Luo Wenhu is still the best.

Zhou Sheng rushed over, and in addition to the liaison officer sent by Liu Zhenzhi, there were also thirty mules and horses.

The four-wheeled mule and horse carts, with axles and wheels, were made of fine iron, and each cart carried less than a third of the supplies, and even if there were no ready-made roads, they could march with the infantry battalion in the wilderness. Behind each car, an additional bed crossbow was towed.

For Luo Wenhu and others, who were born in the Suizhou Army, they have seen bed crossbows, and they all know that bed crossbows are good things and very expensive. In the Suizhou army, the soldiers and horses of the descendants of Fei Luo are not allowed to match this kind of heavy crossbow.

Luo Wenhu led these miscellaneous soldiers to Shouli Mountain, three thousand soldiers and horses can't make up a hundred pairs of armor, not to mention war horses, even mules and horses can't make up a hundred. Although Luo Wenhu was also diligent in training in Lishan, his armor and weapons could not keep up, and his combat power was very improved.

After receiving the compilation in Lishan, Cao Ziang and Zhou Tong immediately supplied Luo Wenhu with 300 sets of armor, 300 foot bows, and 300 mules and horses.

Armor and infantry bows play a role in increasing the combat power of the battalion, and the ability of the infantry battalion to pass in the field is more directly related to the number of supporting mules and horses.

There were not enough mules and horses, and supplies had to be distributed among each soldier. Bear an extra seven or eight pounds of weight, walk a mile or two will not feel anything, continue to walk for two days, you will feel that this is the last straw that crushes the camel. When marching, the wounded and some heavy armor can be carried on the mules and horses, so as not to affect the speed of the march.

Luo Wenhu didn't expect to rush to Pinglinbu to block the enemy this time, and added thirty bed crossbows.

The bed crossbows that Luo Wenhu had seen in the past were all wooden, and the thirty bed frames that Cao Ziang had given him this time were all cast iron, and the small wheels were the same as the mule and horse carts, and they were all cast in fine iron - in addition to the additional supplies that Luo Wenhu needed for seven days, there were also some wooden boxes, and the craftsmen who accompanied him said that this was the scorpion crossbow and shield cart that were assembled after arriving at the battlefield.

Huaidong has three treasures, scorpion crossbows, shield carts and fire oil cans......

Liu Zhenzhi would not ask Luo Wenhu's troops to form a formation in open terrain to block the enemy's cavalry, so he did not give him a scorpion crossbow that could be deployed in the formation, and the use of fire oil tanks in combat requires training of generals, and the use of shield vehicles is simpler. Therefore, in addition to the bed crossbow, Liu Zhenzhi gave him some additional shield car accessories that he would assemble after entering the battlefield and some craftsmen who accompanied the army.

The use of the attached army in the world is usually to pull to the front of the battlefield first to wear down the sharpness of the enemy.

For example, Ye Ji Luorong was under the city of Jingzhou, and he piled more than 20,000 soldiers under the city to dig the foot of the city wall with arrows and stones that rained down, and he didn't care about the casualties of the surrendered troops at all, so as to reduce the casualties of the soldiers and horses of his headquarters.

Luo Wenhu gave the order to lead his troops to participate in the war with the army, thinking that he would also face such a fate - he also thought that only by surviving this catastrophe could he truly make the Huaidong Army trust, and he would gradually move towards the elite of the Huaidong Army.

Although he has such an awareness, Luo Wenhu's mood cannot be good.

How many people think they will be sent to the battlefield to die, and they can still be elated?

But seeing that Cao Ziang continued to replenish them with excellent armor and weapons that he had never dared to think of before, Luo Wenhu's mentality began to change: he realized that Cao Ziang was eager to send them to the battlefield, not purely to send them to the battlefield to be a meat cushion between the fleeing enemy cavalry and the elite of the Huaidong Army, but hoped that they could go to the battlefield and make up for the lack of strength of the Huaidong Army, and there was no special discrimination against them.

The change in mentality of Luo Wenhu and his generals actually brought about a change in morale. When facing the defeat of the enemy fleeing from the north, it is not necessary to be strong or well-trained to intercept the troops and horses, but it is necessary to have the courage and will to intercept the fleeing enemy cavalry head-on.

The above is the change in the mentality of Luo Wenhu and other generals, but for ordinary soldiers, smelling the strong aroma of broth coming from the iron pot is already very elated. The military commanders who joined the battalion with Cao Peng were seizing the time to explain military discipline and rewards and punishments to these attached soldiers.

When the fog cleared slightly, Luo Wenhu immediately set camp to the west. When crossing the Zhangjia River, the white mist had almost receded, and the morning sun like the yolk of an egg duck floated on the mist, looking a little cold. The hoarfrost on the grass has long been trampled into a mess.

Several pontoon bridges have been erected on the Zhangjia River, but there are traces of wading through the water around the pontoon bridges.

After the Zhangjia River entered the autumn, it was only three or five feet deep, but it was already winter, and the generals of the Huaidong Army directly waded through the river water that was not over the waist and stretched out their hands to attack Luo Xianyi's camp on the west bank, which also shows how strong and resolute the generals of the Huaidong Army were when they fought. However, there is no way, the front soldiers and horses must enter the camp of Luo Xianyi's department as quickly as possible, and the rear soldiers and horses can calmly build a pontoon bridge to cross the river, and carry out the tactical actions of subsequent rushing to the camp and chasing the defeat.

On the inner side of the meander, Luo Xiancheng's temporary garrison was a mess, full of remnants of soldiers and halberds, and the arrow feathers planted in the ground were as dense as the rice stubble harvested after autumn. There were corpses everywhere, and the blood began to solidify into a purple-black in the cold air, trampling on the soldiers who followed the march.

Groups of prisoners are sitting in the shallow ditch on the side of the road with their heads crossed, and the slightest abnormal movement will suppress the Huaidong generals who are monitoring.

These captives watched Luo Wenhu's troops pass in front of them, wearing the same uniforms as them, except for the red bands tied around their arms, and in addition, they were all in armor; The captives who had a little eye knew that Luo Wenhu's troops were all Suizhou troops who were absorbed by the Huaidong Army after surrender and immediately sent to the battlefield.

Some of the bold prisoners shouted to the prison generals: "I have also surrendered, give me food, I will pick up the sword and follow you to fight......" It is unknown whether they will live or die after giving the prisoners, but if they can go to the battlefield with the soldiers in front of them, they can survive on the battlefield, and at least they can be relieved of their previous crimes.

When someone starts, more people follow. In the Suizhou army, most of them were poor and had no food to eat, so they rebelled and killed officials.

However, such a big matter is not something that the prison school can decide at all. He just sent people to pull out the prisoners who were going to make trouble, and they were left alone, and if they didn't like it, they were whipped twice.

"Dog leftovers, I'm Tian Su, help me say a few nice words to the general of Huaidong, and I'll go to the battlefield with you......" A prisoner got up from the shallow ditch and shouted at Zhou Sheng beside Luo Wenhu, wanting to get his attention.

Immediately, two of the prisoners rushed over, pushed the prisoner to the ground, and dragged him down the ditch with a knife from his neck.

"Bitter baby." Zhou Sheng recognized that the captive soldier was Tian Su, an old acquaintance in the township, and his head rushed with blood, and he was about to rush over to save people with his horse's head. Luo Wenhu whipped over and stopped Zhou Sheng, Zhou Shengcai saved Tian Su from being a prisoner at this time, if he rushed over to save people, he was afraid that he would be killed by the imprisoned Huaidong generals on the spot, and even Luo Wenhu would not be able to save him.

Zhou Sheng looked at Cao Peng and begged: "Kuwa'er is poor like me haha, I forced Luo Ye into the camp back then, but I haven't done anything evil, can I ask them to follow me to redeem their merits?" He also knew that Luo Wenhu couldn't be the master of this matter, so he could only ask Cao Peng.

"Wen Hu, you lead the troops first, and Zhou Sheng and I will stay and ask what's going on," Cao Peng said, "In addition, Huaidong will not kill prisoners, as long as your relatives in the Suizhou army have not done great evil, and you can put down your weapons and give up resistance in time, there will be no problem in saving your lives, and you don't have to worry too much......"

Luo Wenhu led his troops first, Cao Peng and Zhou Sheng stayed, he recognized Ma San, the battalion general who was responsible for staying here to hold prisoners, and asked: "There is a shortage of people in Pinglinbu, I will pick some people to go......

"Except for the prisoners, those ordinary prisoners, as long as you feel that there is no problem, there is no problem in picking them all out......," Ma San said.

This time, Cao Ziang led the troops to lurk in, and there were 50,000 soldiers, but there were very few soldiers, let alone the soldiers and civilians, until the sneak attack was launched, and thousands of people were requisitioned around Chai Mountain to accompany the army, but it was still seriously insufficient, and now it can only be made up from the right prisoners.

Cao Peng asked Zhou Sheng and Tian Su to pick out more than 100 fellow villagers from the captives, briefly feasted, and then went to catch up with Luo Wenhu, who was in advance.

When it was dark, Luo Wenhu and Cao Peng led their troops to the northern foot of Baiyun Mountain in the south of Suizhou City.

Standing on the top of the mountain, you can see Suizhou City under the night, and several fires in the city are lit, clearly outlining Suizhou City from the dark night around.

Cao Ziang sent messengers to inform the ministries of the latest situation of the Jingxiang battle to ensure that the ministries could make due tactical adjustments according to the latest situation. After Luo Wenhu and Cao Peng arrived at Baiyun Mountain, they knew the battle situation in Suizhou City.

Luo Xianyi did not last long in Zhangjiawan before abandoning the camp and fleeing, and Tang Fuguan led his troops to bite the tail of Luo Xianyi's rout and rushed directly into the east gate of Suizhou City. When Luo Wenhu and his troops rushed to the northern foot of Baiyun Mountain, Tang Fuguan's department had already defeated the defenders of the east gate of Suizhou City and controlled the outer city of Suizhou, but Ma Zhen and Luo Xianyi led the remnants to retreat to Changle Palace.

Luo Xiancheng has been operating in Suizhou for several years, and built an inner city in the Suizhou army as his Changle palace city. The strength of Changle Palace is no less than that of the outer Suizhou city wall, and nearly 4,000 remnants of soldiers retreated into it with Ma Zhen and Luo Xianyi.

Tang Fuguan led the light troops to pursue, and there was no heavy weapon in his hand that could storm the city, and he couldn't beat the Changle Palace for a while.

Luo Wenhu's heart swelled with inexplicable emotions.

Although Ma Zhen and Luo Xianyi still led the remnants of the army to resist stubbornly in the Changle Palace, although Zhong Rong and Luo Xiancheng had 90,000 soldiers and horses on the north and south lines, but the era of the Changle army according to Suizhou has really turned over since then - as long as the true appearance and strength of the Chaishan latent soldiers and horses are transmitted to the north and south defense lines, the soldiers and horses on the north and south defense lines will immediately be unable to support and collapse under the blows of the main forces of Huaidong and Huaixi on the outer wings, and there will be no miracles.