Chapter 114: Soldiers to Mamenburg

The current war situation in the northern provinces is not good for the Great Xia Kingdom. Although it is said that the armies from all over the northern part of the Great Xia Kingdom, plus the large armies that have come from all over the country, the total number is nearly 600,000. However, the distribution is too scattered, and the good and the show are uneven, many of them are even empty troops who only eat military pay and have no real soldiers, and most of them are just a rabble with little training, which are scattered by the Hu people, and can be used for pursuit, but cannot be used for the use of the enemy.

I am afraid that only the 250,000 troops urgently transferred from the southern and northwestern provinces and the tens of thousands of divisions that were originally deployed at various border checkpoints and strategic towns in the north can really be used, with a total of no more than 300,000. Even this figure has many untruths, and many local officials in Jiangnan and Northwest China have selfish intentions, and the number of reinforcements not only counts the number of logistics miscellaneous workers and even cattle and horses, but also has a lot of water.

No one can say exactly how many real combatants there are.

It is also unknown whether the 300,000 of the Hu people is the real number or just a claim. But there must be more than 100,000 horses, and most of the troops of the Hu army going south are elite, and the cavalry has a considerable advantage in the field battle. And they also learned a lot of the tricks of the Great Xia Kingdom in the siege of the city, and the attack was good, and after the capture of the city, there would be a bloody massacre, so the deterrent effect was great, and the soldiers and civilians in many towns and villages either fled or surrendered to the wind.

However, there were still a few soldiers and civilians in the border towns who held out to the last man, blocking the pace of the Hu people's attack and giving time for the arrival of reinforcements.

At this time, Li He and the tiger battalion led by him were on their way to Xiyuan Province. In addition to eating, drinking, and sleeping, this road is a hurry, which is extremely boring and boring. Accustomed to being accompanied by beautiful women all the time, it was really painful to suddenly live this ascetic life. It's not ** that suffers, it's psychological.

When passing through Xue Cheng, Li He even wanted Chen Yun to lead his troops north first, and he went to Gongsun Shijia to find ruthless warmth, but in the end, he thought that the war in Xiyuan was urgent, so he forcibly suppressed the hope in his heart and continued to rush silently on horseback. can only tell Chen Yun, You Bi and Yang Jin a few people about yellow jokes that are not salty or light, and pass the boring time along the way. But what I didn't expect was that telling pornographic jokes actually shortened the distance between myself and my subordinates a lot.

But these yellow jokes also quickly spread to the pro-guard team through Yang Jin and Gu Kang, and the soldiers of the pro-guard team then spread to other standard camps, and then spread throughout the tiger camp, everyone knows that General Li is not only strong in martial arts, dignified, and diverse, but also has all kinds of yellow jokes. These jokes were even called "general's jokes" by the beautiful name, which made Li He depressed for a long time.

In addition to farting, chatting and telling jokes, when camping and resting, if he sees a forest or something around, Li He often takes Dafei to hunt game. At this time, he especially missed Qianqian, Xiangxiang and Ziyan. If they were there, Ziyan would make the game the most delicious, and then he would pill it on Qianqian's thighs and let her massage her shoulders, while Xiangxiang would use her small hands to remove the bones and and bring the tender meat to his mouth.

Life at home is really happy! Li He sighed.

When Li He and his tiger battalion arrived at Mamenbao, where the main force of the Third Route Army of the Xiyuan Provincial Front was stationed, the Great Xia army had recovered most of the towns in Xiyuan, but in fact they had not fought a few battles with the Hu people.

The Third Route Army was mainly composed of 110,000 reinforcements from Jiangnan and more than 20,000 regular garrisons in Xiyuan Province, and the main general was Xiao Mowei, a veteran appointed by the imperial court. At present, there are more than 63,000 people in the main force of the Third Route Army stationed in Mamenbao, most of whom are the elite of the Qing and Lin armies.

Although after the counterattack on the Hu people from Xiyuan Province with the Third Route Army, all the way to the city and the village were overcome. The Hu people almost didn't fight back, so they abandoned the city and fled, and it seemed that the recovery of the entire Xiyuan Province was just around the corner, but the veteran Xiao Mowei knew in his heart that the battle with the Hu people had not started at all. What he needs most now is soldiers, many, many soldiers, elite soldiers, strong soldiers. As soon as he heard that reinforcements had arrived in Jiangnan, he immediately took Zhang Qi and several other generals out of the fort to greet him.

Outside the fort, looking at the large group of men and horses galloping in the distance with dust and smoke, Xiao Mowei frowned slightly, and said to the scout who reported to the side: "How many reinforcements are there in total?" ”

"General Hui, General Li said that the tiger quasi-battalion he led has a total of more than 3,500 soldiers and more than 200 miscellaneous soldiers." The scout said.

"Only three thousand five hundred?" Xiao Mowei's face couldn't hide his disappointment, three thousand five hundred people, for the current situation, it is really a drop in the bucket. It seems that the imperial court really only sees the smooth side, and does not know that the real bitter battle has not yet come.

Zhang Qi next to him said: "General, the commander of the army, Li He, is the second son of Lord Li, the governor of Qinglin. In the future, the governor has explained that he wants the last general to take good care of the second son, this ...... Do you think the second son and his subordinates are arranged under the command of the last general? ”

Xiao Mo was stunned for a moment, nodded and replied lightly: "Then let's be incorporated into General Zhang's forward army." In my heart, I was even more disdainful of Li He, who had not yet met, and I was more and more disappointed in this quasi-battalion.

"General Xie is complete." Zhang Qi hugged his fists.

Xiao Mowei waved his hand, and he was completely interested, and said, "Then this ...... General Li was entertained and arranged by General Zhang, and the general was a little uncomfortable, so he went back to rest first, and if there was anything, he would report it again. Then he took the other generals and a group of guards and walked towards the Fort of Mammun.

Zhang Qi was puzzled, and he didn't know why General Xiao didn't take half of it, but he still saluted and said: "The last general obeys the order, the general, please take care of your body." ”

After a while, Li He and his 3,500 soldiers of the Tiger Battalion had arrived in front of Mamenbao.

Li He dismounted and walked over quickly, hugged his fist at Zhang Qi and said, "General Zhang! Don't come unharmed! ”

Zhang Qi hurriedly greeted with a smile: "The second son has worked hard all the way!" However, although Li He was covered with wind and dust, his face was still full of energy, not at all like he had rushed such a long way, and the soldiers beside him were very different, and he couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart, I thought that these two sons had always been arrogant, and they thought that they were just a rich and noble son who was addicted to wine, and he couldn't endure hardship, but he didn't want to be really as Governor Li said, his body was extremely strong, and he had some real kung fu.

Li He smiled and said: "General Zhang, now that you and I are both generals in the army, we should be commensurate with the rank of general." ”

Zhang Qi also smiled: "Then it is better to be respectful, General Li, take the brothers into the fort." In my heart, I secretly wondered, why did the two sons have so much time difference in Huyang, and the arrogance of the body was almost gone, and I could only see some unruly and unruly, and he really looked like a young and promising officer and general.

On the way to take Li He into the fort, Zhang Qi explained to him the current situation of Mamenbao and the Third Route Army. Li He's ears listened carefully, and his eyes looked around.

Although this Mamen Fort is called a fort, its scale is no less than that of a large city, and it is more than enough to garrison more than 60,000 horses. He saw that there were many houses in Mamenbao, but there was not a single civilian, and he couldn't help but wonder: "General Zhang, why don't you see ordinary people?" ”

Zhang Qi said: "This Mamen Fort has been captured by the Hu people once, and we only recovered it not long ago, and the people here have already been killed and killed, and those who fled have fled." ”

Li He sighed, stopped talking, and continued to listen to Zhang Qi's introduction.

And as soon as Zhang Qi said about this refugee, he began to follow the refugee's words: "These Hu people are really fucking cruel." Every time a city is captured, only the beautiful women and craftsmen are left, and the others, young and old, are all killed. Alas, the Hu people invaded the south for a few months, and there were no less than hundreds of thousands of people killed in the three provinces! In this Mamenbao alone, at least 1,000 people were buried alive, and countless others were killed. ”

Zhang Qi said with emotion, but Li He didn't feel much when he listened. As soon as he came to the places he passed along the way, although he also saw some dead bodies, after all, those towns and villages had been recovered by the Great Xia army, and most of the corpses had been disposed of and buried, and he didn't see much of those miserable scenes. So, to him, the dead were just numbers, and they didn't sound much of a shock. When I heard that the Hu people had snatched a lot of Daxia beauties, I was very unhappy.

"The Great Xia army in the three northern provinces has about 350,000 troops that can be deployed for battle, and these soldiers and horses are divided into three routes. The First Route Army was commanded by Lin Tianwen, the general of Dingbei and the commander of the three armies, to attack the Hu army in Lingchuan Province and recover Lingchuan; The Second Route Army, led by the general Weng Yuan, attacked the Hu Army from Tongyang Province and was responsible for recovering Tongyang; The Third Route Army is us, and the general is Xiao Mo as Xiao Gong, which is mainly composed of our Jiangnan Qing Lin Army, responsible for recovering Xiyuan Province. Zhang Qi introduced the current situation of the Great Xia Army in the three northern provinces.

Li He said: "That...... How are the Hu people? The Third Route Army has attacked this Mamen Fort, it seems that the defeat of the Hu people this time has been decided? ”

Zhang Qi shook his head and said: "General Li Tong, you don't know, this Hu people claim to be 300,000 iron cavalry south, but we don't know exactly how many troops, but at least 150,000 is definitely there." And although we say that there are 350,000 troops in the three northern provinces that can be mobilized to participate in the war, even if we count those miscellaneous soldiers, there is still a lot of water, and if we are bold enough to say it, I am afraid that the real one who can take it out to fight is barely 200,000. Like our Third Route Army, it is said that there are 130,000 soldiers, but in fact, most of them are logistics personnel, at least one-quarter of them do not hold weapons, knives and guns. Coupled with the fact that the cities we have conquered along the way have to be garrisoned, we have fewer and fewer troops when we get here.

Don't look at us fighting smoothly, all the way to attack the city, in fact, the Hu people did not fight with us at all, as soon as they saw the arrival of reinforcements, they immediately abandoned the city and fled, and disappeared. This is true of every city, and occasionally those who encounter small resistance will run away with bows and arrows from a distance.

The Hu people have not been hurt at all, and they may make a comeback at any time. And in order to divide our troops to defend the city, our forces are too scattered, and once we are attacked by the main force of the Hu army, I am afraid that it will ......."

"Do you know the location of the main force of the Hu army?" Li He asked.

Zhang Qi shook his head: "It would be nice if we knew, we can only know their approximate location, so we have no choice but to divide our troops in three ways to regain the lost ground and attack the main force of the Hu army on the other hand."

The main force of the Hu army was almost all cavalry, and its mobility was too strong, and it came and went without a trace. There was no logistical supply drag, and it was often broken into pieces, with tens of thousands of people divided into dozens or thousands of detachments, collecting grain and grass everywhere, and then suddenly gathering in one place to attack our weak forces. ”

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