Chapter 374: The Battle of Baiping Mountain
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That night, Yu Ziliang's pleased laughter sounded in the Elbe Houfu; That night, Yun Han in the Anping Marquis Mansion sighed with relief.
The next day, Yun Han entered the East Palace, and the upper and lower faces of the East Palace brought smiles again; The next day, I wish my mother to enter the Elbe Houfu and talk and laugh with the old man until the afternoon.
The wisp of clouds that had just condensed in the sky above Beiping City in the past two days dissipated, and the sun was shining. Although in private, the people of the East Palace are still digging three feet into the ground like mad dogs. But on the surface, this matter is over.
Because on the third day, Zhu's mother and daughter-in-law Shan entered the palace to meet the crown princess. When the news came to Funing Palace, Ji Zhao, who was holding a jasper bowl and drinking medicine, had a happy old face and was relieved in his heart. Before it got dark, his imperial decree came from the palace, wishing the Liu family a good way to teach his children and carry the country's wife.
The husband is proud of his wife, the husband has been, and the wife is the wife, which is the rule of the Central Plains human race in all dynasties for thousands of years. Mrs. Guo, Mrs. County, Mrs. County, Mrs. Township, Mrs. Ting, the Northern Han Dynasty legislated according to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there are these five orders.
But that's the glory of the husband and wife, it has nothing to do with the parents, and people who don't have outstanding merits can't budge their ancestors and heirs. So in the past, Shan Yuping was the lady of the county, and Zhu's mother was still a common man, and now she is soaring.
At the same time, Ji Zhao's self-attitude is also undoubtedly revealed.
Although the undercurrent is still very turbulent, Ji Zhao's imperial decree is a needle iron that fixes the sea god, which makes the court situation that should be turbulent because of it stop the floodgates. Of course, the four princes were dissatisfied in their hearts, but they could only endure the surging in their hearts.
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Outside the frontier.
Hutian is snowing in August, and now it is October. Although there is no heavy snow yet, there is no green in sight. The whole world is covered with wild grass. Straight to the end of heaven and earth.
More than 300,000 allied troops, known as 500,000 troops, went on the march. Just when several people in Beiping City were analyzing and looking for every clue with their eyes wide open, the army led by Li Huizu set out.
Out of distrust of the Zhongshan Army's combat strength and the psychology that the Han Army would take the lead, Li Huizu placed the Zhongshan Army at the end of the coalition army, and also protected the allies in the name of beauty.
Li Zhengfang, the general of Zhongshan Guozuo, was the commander of the Zhongshan Army in Luozhou, and there were only more than 60,000 soldiers of the original 90,000 soldiers. With more infantry troops and fewer cavalry, Li Huizu also deliberately transferred a battalion of Han cavalry to Li Zhengfang for control. The task of its 70,000-strong army was to outflank and transport grain and grass by the guards.
Li Zhengfang's soldiers and horses are not strong in battle, and his waist pole is not straight, and he will do whatever Li Huizu commands. Escort grain and grass to escort grain and grass, and there is less risk if you don't take the lead.
Immediately after the army set out, with his subordinate general Gao An leading the Zhongshan cavalry in front, Li Huizu assigned the Han cavalry to protect the left and right, and he himself led as many as 60,000 infantry armies to form the Chinese army. The camp was joined together by 5,000 grain carts, round on the outside and square on the inside, and slowly moving forward like a huge hedgehog. Anyway, the march of this battle was on the grassland, the terrain was wide and flat, and although the area of the cart camp formed by the grain carts was huge, it could go straight forward without hindrance, which was absolutely impossible to do on the battlefield of Han China.
Agrarian society. Not to mention the counties, towns, and villages, but the ridges and irrigation canals at the heads of the fields, as well as the planting of forests, it is absolutely impossible for the 5,000 grain wagons to form a cart camp to pass along the road.
The scouts and Di Feng of the Han army, who were fighting horses and reporting before and after, all covered their mouths and laughed when they saw the current appearance of the Zhongshan army. It's rare. Car camp? For many years, the Han army infantry has never been afraid of fighting with Hu Qi in the field.
A soldier of the Han army wearing iron armor and holding a spear and a sword. I don't know how many times I have completely crushed the swarming Hu Qi into powder. Che Ying, that is the table of the weak, is the turtle shell of a coward.
As long as the soldiers were fearless and the former saber players were standing, the Han army's infantry formation was never overwhelmed by a comparable number of Hu cavalry. Although the archers like Hu Qi are indeed the nemesis of the infantry army, it also depends on whose infantry it is, and the Han army is not among them anyway.
The soldiers of the Han army have even solidified this idea in their minds, the range of the longbow of the foot archer is obviously far that of Hu Cai's short bow, and there are sharp crossbow arrows to help, under the strict protection of the sword player, how incompetent the army should be defeated by Hu Cai's cavalry!
Li Zhengfang didn't care about ridicule, he experienced too much ridicule after reinforcements went north to the battlefield. The Zhongshan army is obviously inferior to the Northern Han army in combat strength, and it is quite far inferior. So he did not hesitate to use grain trucks to form a rare car camp in Han China. It is absolutely unacceptable to slap a swollen face and become fat, and the car battalion is cumbersome and inconvenient to mobilize, but the protection force is strong enough, which is suitable for the Zhongshan army that is unfavorable in the field. If you want to save face now, when you go into battle with the outflanking Hu cavalry on the grassland, all you will shed is the blood of the soldiers.
In this battle, the relationship between victory and defeat is obvious. The army of the Celestial Empire is about to arrive, and Hu Qi still has a reason not to retreat? However, his subordinate soldiers and horses were the rearguard force of more than 300,000 troops, and they also escorted grain and grass, and if they were attacked and defeated, the battle of Baiping Mountain would no longer be feasible.
As soon as the 5,000 grain trucks are finished, will the Han army continue to fight to fill its stomach with the northwest wind? Therefore, Li Zhengfang is still very careful and does not dare to be negligent. The three armies were strictly ordered to follow the orders of the flag, and the army should stop every five miles, so as to prevent the various units of the car battalion from being in place one after another, so that the Hu cavalry could take advantage of the gap.
After three days of walking slowly, the news sent by the front army said that the soldiers had reached Baiping Mountain, but Li Zhengfang's troops had only walked 200 miles, and they were still more than 170 miles away from the Han army.
Early this morning, there were Hu Cai's eagle shooters wandering around the edge of the camp of the rebellious general Gao Anbu, and at the same time, the left and right wings also found traces of Hu Qi. When the military intelligence came into the hands of Li Zhengfang, he knew that Hu Di and other grassland peoples had a trick that worked -- copying the back road and cutting off the grain route, and he began to use it again.
On the third pole of the day, the Hu cavalry of the brigade had already arrived. The cavalry of the Gao Security Department retreated to the front of the camp and saw the tall banner of the Hu cavalry waving from a distance.
Gao An's eyes are hot, it can also be said that he is eager to fight, he has fought with Hu Qi more than once in the past few months, although he has lost more and won less, but it is not that he has not won. He didn't feel how terrible Hu Qi was!
As a front-line general, he can clearly feel the difference between the combat strength of the Zhongshan Army and the Han Army, which is not just training and experience, but also a spirit. The Zhongshan army is generally a little timid, and the recruits of the Han army are not afraid of even if their combat strength is poor. The gap is huge.
He is not afraid of Hu Qi, and he has always felt that Hu Qi is nothing to be afraid of in his heart. I feel that if I lead the Han army to fight, I may not be sent to those Han generals who have made many achievements.
He defeated the battle because his subordinates were weak in combat, and it is an indisputable fact that after several months of training, the combat strength of his cavalry is getting stronger and stronger. Dealing with Hu Qi, many times it is already difficult to kill. Today is a large army prepared, and this vanguard officer cannot ask others to rob it anyway.
If he can fight a bloody way for the Che Battalion this time, he can also give a boost to the morale of all the Zhongshan Army in this battle. Thinking of this, Gao An's affection became even more intense, and he immediately called Ma Lai to ask Li Zhengfang: "Dashuai, Hu Gou is an eyesore, the last general is willing to lead the headquarters as the vanguard of the army, and swept it away with one blow!" ”
Li Zhengfang stood on the lookout and looked at Hu Qi's movements motionlessly, and Gao An didn't answer even a few questions. It wasn't until General Zhang Mu, the backbone general Xiang Zhong, the Jianjie general Xue Dazhuan and others rushed to ask for instructions on how to act next, that he withdrew his gaze from afar, glanced at Gao An, Zhang Mu and other generals, and said in a deep voice: "In this battle, there is no forward. ”
"No strikers?" Gao An was stunned: There is no forward to open the way, how can the army advance?
Zhang Mu, Xiang Zhong, and Xue Dazhu were also puzzled, if they didn't send an army up to open the way for the army, how would this battle be fought? If there is a loophole in the car operation transfer, it will be completely destroyed.
"The Han army can be used as a car, hundreds of thousands of troops march forward in array, and the Hulu blockers are invincible. Our Zhongshan army does not have such courage, but with the chariot camp in hand, it can also make the Hulu people turn on their backs. The order goes down, the whole army fights, the chariots and horses move together, and it is pressed up like this! Mighty pressed up—"
"Just pressed up?" All the generals were shocked, the car battalion is a defensive weapon, used to attack or attack the Hu cavalry who comes and goes like the wind, it's too funny, right?
"Marshal, this is the food and grass of the whole army, if it is lost, I will regret it even if I die!" Zhang Mulian said. Tens of thousands of people, thousands of cars, just rushed up in one go, in case something went wrong, it was not only the Zhongshan army that was finished, but also the Han army on the road ahead!
"The marshal must be cautious, the whole army fights, it is extraordinary, if one is not careful, our army will not even have room to turn the tables."
"Yes, it's too risky for the whole army to press, please think twice!"
All the generals had a slander against this decision, and Li Zhengfang smiled coldly, "The Hu cavalry on the opposite side is no more than 20,000, and my army is 70,000, and it also protects the chariot battalion, so why be afraid?" Hu cavalry rushed over, overturned it, don't you think that my vast army can't even beat this bit of Hu cavalry? ”
What Li Zhengfang wants is to hit the hard and crush it directly. It's just that Hu Qi retreats, and the car battalion goes on its own, as long as it doesn't get in the way, it will definitely not chase or catch up. If Hu Qi is unwilling to retreat, then it is just a hearty battle, 70,000 foot riding and 5,000 grain carts, how can there be any reason to be afraid of 20,000 Hu Qi.
Li Zhengfang continued to observe the movements of the Hu cavalry on the opposite side on the lookout, and inspected whether there were other Hu cavalry soldiers and horses to join, but after watching for a while, he found that there were no more Hu cavalry to come to reinforce, only less than 20,000 cavalry in front of him, and the confidence was even more sufficient, so he had to give the order to prepare for the attack.
A black big shot. "Hahaha, hahaha~~" Hu Lu Luomen looked at the turtle-like Zhongshan military vehicle camp opposite and smiled shamefully. It's so funny, it's never been a thing, after the Zhongshan Army went to the battlefield, it was really funny, entertaining the public!