War is not only the ambition and pride of the upper class, but also the step-by-step work of the lower class of small people.

When the soldiers in the rear sat in the caravan and praised the mighty martial arts in front of them, the Taishan army in front of them repeated the monotonous march.

Actually most of the war life is like this, pale and even somewhat boring.

At this time, the closest unit to Shangdang Heights was Zhao Yun's Crane Control Army.

This battalion head is not a convention, but with Zhao Yun's own right guard of the Flying Leopard Army as the core, it is organized into the five eight warriors of the four capitals and the rear army marshal headquarters of two battalions, and is unified into an independent battalion head equipped with a thousand cavalry troops and 4,000 infantry armor.

This form of mixed organization was adopted in response to the situation in the Shangdang area. It can not only allow each team to disperse independently, but also deal with large-scale corps operations, and the number of cavalry is enough to cover and drive the battlefield.

This time, Zhang Chong made Zhao Yun the commander of the Crane Control Army, which was to put him in an independent position to train him.

Only when you are in your place will the mind be still. If you don't sink, how can you be a general?

In fact, why are ancient and modern generals often the people around the superiors, either children or Yuan Cong. Did they have the ability to command an army of tens of thousands in the first place? No, it's because the superior often gives these people the opportunity to sit in that position.

Only by constantly gaining experience in this kind of army command can one become an excellent general in war.

From this arrangement, it can also be seen how much Zhang Chong expects this brother-in-law.

Of course Zhao Yun understands, so this time when he sent troops, his people were obviously a lot calmer.

According to the scheduled marching speed, Zhao Yun had already led his troops to arrive outside the Tuanbai Valley.

There was no Han army stationed outside the Tuanbai Valley, but Zhao Yun was quite cautious, and ordered Han Dangxian to lead a hundred people into the valley.

After traveling through the valley for twenty miles, the Taishan army successfully entered the Shangdang Heights.

In front of Han Dang and others is a small city, called "Nie County", which was the Yangyi of Liang Zi, the Jin doctor in the Spring and Autumn Period, but now it has long been destroyed.

In fact, when the Taishan army appeared in the valley, the local tyrants of this county had already abandoned their homes and fled to the eldest son in the southeast.

After the original Taiyuan began to carry out a vigorous land division, the news soon spread to the Shangdang area. The leaders of the Qianqian in this area are all looking forward to the Taishan army.

So when Han Dang's hundred-man team appeared outside the city of Nirvana, the people in the city quickly opened the city gates.

In this way, the Taishan soldiers opened the passage to the party without blood.

After that, Han Dang did not wait for Zhao Yunbu to leave the valley, and continued to go south.

At this time, the road they took was a post road built by the Han family.

Due to the frequent business travel between the Taiyuan area and the Shangdang area, the number of post stations on this route is not only large, but also the facilities are also very mature.

Starting from Yangqu in the north of Taiyuan, from north to south, walk 80 miles to Tongge Station, and then go south 70 miles to Qi County Pantuo Station, and then turn into the valley, walk 60 miles to Xiangyuan County Taipingyi.

After that, from Xiangyuan County, Tunliu, the eldest son, the Hyun family, and then to Taihang, during which three hundred miles, the road is flat, and it can be said that the horse gallops and can be reached in one day.

But when they walked to the Taiping Station in Xiangyuan County, they saw the enemy.

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In the third year of Taiwu, March 6, Xiangyuan wilderness.

Last night, Han Dang had received definite news from the Wanderers that the enemy had built fortifications in the woods about five miles away from him.

The woods were right on this post road, and if they were not cleared in time, it would affect the speed of the follow-up troops.

So, on this day, Han Dang ordered his Dou Tai troops to attack the forest directly along the post road, while he would take the rest of his troops around the post road and flank from the side and rear of the forest.

This is a classic frontal attack, a pincer tactic with a roundabout flank and rear, which is commonly used by the Taishan army in the tactical attack of small forces.

Dou Tai, who was responsible for attacking the forest barriers, was a naturalized Xiongnu, brave and good at fighting, and was a warrior sergeant of the fifty-eight capitals.

After receiving Han Dang's order, he hastily had breakfast and launched an attack on the target in the early morning.

Dou Tai did not attend the military academy of the Taishan Army, but his long-term hunting career enlightened him with basic military tactics.

He did not use all the fifty officials in his hands in one go, but divided them into two echelons.

Dou Tai himself took two Shi as the first echelon to attack, and his deputy Pan Le was prepared as the second echelon, cooperating and responding to the front at any time.

At this time, a thin layer of mist shrouded outside the woods, and from Dou Tai's direction, he couldn't see the situation inside too clearly.

In fact, with Dou Tai's own thoughts, he would rather go to battle than gnaw on the wall.

Because in the battle, even in the chaotic battle, his martial arts can greatly protect himself. But it's not the case with the attack, who knows where to throw a stone and a drop of dung, the uncertainty is too great.

At this time, he had already seen that his subordinate Han Dangzheng was moving south with the remaining fifty men, preparing to go around the side and rear of the woods from there.

With a sigh, Dou Tai put the shackle on his head, and rushed towards the forest with a short spear wrapped in wire.

As he ran, he said in the Chinese dialect of Sandwich:

"Follow me!"

Behind him, two Taishan soldiers began to run in groups of three and three according to the regulations.

In fact, from Han Dang's rank, he only commanded a team of 100 people, so you can know that this army is an elite soldier. In addition to the fact that everyone in this department is a veteran, there are also a small number of nomadic samurai from the nomadic system and the fifty-eight capitals, which can be said to be a fist army.

When the two began to march according to the regulations, except for Dou Tai in the front, who was running quickly, there were three other people behind him, one with a sword, and one with an archer, and one with a lance.

Behind these three people, there are also two battle groups on the left and one on the right, all of which are in the same configuration. It was just the last thing, but everyone with bows and crossbows followed closely behind the front team.

From the post road to the forest, it is about 200 steps.

When Dou Tai shouted, they had already been spotted on the other side, and they were screaming in panic on the wall, and then they began to shoot at Dou Tai's team.

Dou Tai was holding the wooden pole to block the arrows that were being shot, and he was speeding up.

But obviously, the general on the opposite side also has a certain ability, and the camp he chose was just a muddy pond in front of him, Dou Tai was wearing heavy armor, and his steps were struggling with difficulty, and he suddenly became the target of the defenders on the barrier.

There were about a dozen archers on the rampart, and except for a few who were attacking the squad behind Dou Tai, the others all aimed their arrows at Dou Tai.

At this time, Dou Tai's whole person shrank behind the shield, ashamed and anxious, he couldn't help but scold Han Dang in Xiongnu dialect, scolding him for not knowing how to explore the way first.

And the Shangdang army above was even more anxious when they heard the words of the Hu people below.

Fortunately, at this time, the crossbowmen behind the Taishan army had already rushed over, and the tendons and horns on their hands were of better quality, the wood was also better, and the accuracy was high, so they immediately suppressed the archers of the Shangdang army.

At the same time, the three-person team behind Dou Tai also caught up, and they held cards to form a wall, and walked in unison with Dou Tai.

With a squeak, the opposite wall opened, and two knights rushed out of it, followed by more than twenty foot lancers, who were pressing over in a tight military formation.

Obviously, the generals on the opposite side saw that Dou Tai and the others were few, and saw that the archers on their side could not bargain, so they decided to attack.

After they went out of the wall, the wall door creaked and closed again.

The two knights at the head were very fast, but they did not directly attack Dou Tai and them, but directly bypassed the silt pond and ran towards the ten crossbowmen behind.

Dou Tai glanced at it, cursed, and fought with the rifle hand that rushed out from the opposite side.

There were four people on his side, all wearing armor, holding cards, and using sharp soldiers. And the twenty or so Shangdang lance players on the opposite side are almost all cloth clothes, even the rifles in their hands are a little distorted, which is obviously not a good product.

In this way, Dou Tai and the four of them almost didn't think about it, put the card against their chests, and then jumped into the infantry phalanx, and then grabbed the ring knife and began to wipe the feet and necks of those Shangdang soldiers.

Screams and wails erupted, and the Shangdang soldiers began to scatter and flee as soon as the phalanx was broken, and those who walked slowly were directly caught by Dou Tai and cut off their heads.

And the rest didn't work out, when Dou Tai jumped here, the original three-person team on the left and right sides began to run to both sides of the Shangdang soldiers, directly cutting off the way back for the Shangdang soldiers.

These party soldiers hurriedly threw away their blades and were about to surrender. But suddenly I heard Dou Tai's nonsense, and quickly picked it up again.

Seeing that these people were nervous like this, one of the generals in the team hurriedly shouted in Chinese:

"Abandon your weapons, don't kill!"

By this time, the remaining Shangdang soldiers knelt in the silt pond and surrendered.

And over there, the two Shangdang knights who had rushed to Dou Tai's rear also suffered defeat.

These two obviously didn't expect the crossbowmen to be so strong in combat, and in the face of the galloping horses, they didn't dodge, so they drew their bows and shots.

With only one round of arrows, the Shangdang knight who ran at the front was planted to the ground with arrows in his head, and even the war horse under his crotch only continued for more than ten steps, and then he lay on the ground with his neck crooked.

The knight behind him was startled, and immediately turned back to his horse's head and galloped back to the wall.

Even, he used his spare eyes to take a look at the battlefield in the mud, and saw that the rifle team he brought out was all wiped out like this, and he was terrified in his heart.

"Let's not drink a glass of water yet, are we all done?"

But just as he was about to face him, he suddenly saw an enemy warrior holding a short spear wrapped around wire aimed at him, and he panicked.

Then there was a cracking sound, and the short spear was stuck in his chest.

After falling off the horse, his war horse ran more than ten steps before he reacted, and hurriedly turned around and walked to his master's side.

And at this time, Dou Tai had already walked up.

He drew the spear from the knight's chest, stuck it in the dirt, and began to cut the man's head with the short knife he carried.

The hand of the Shangdang knight kept pushing Dou Tai's hand hard, and his feet kept pushing back.

But everything was in vain, after cutting off this person's head, Dou Tai did not keep himself, but shook it vigorously and threw the head into the wall.

After doing this, Dou Tai wiped the blood on his hands, pulled out the short spear on the ground, and suddenly shouted:

"Drop!"

The nearby Taishan soldiers were touched by him, and they cheered up and shouted:

"Drop!"

The camp on the opposite side fell silent, and suddenly there was a commotion, then there was angry scolding, wailing, and finally only begging for mercy.

Dou Tai and they are not in a hurry, so they wait.

Some of the old soldiers had even begun to bend down to cut off the heads of the corpses on the ground, making the soldiers tremble in horror.

Then, the barrier opened, and out of it came a warrior covered in blood, holding a head in his hand, and was scolding angrily:

"Which one cut this?"

Dou Tai was stupid, and walked over slowly, with a bitter face:

"General, yes...... It's us. ”

It turned out that this samurai was none other than Han Dang.

When Dou Tai launched a frontal attack, he took the remaining fifty men into the barrier and surrendered a force of almost 200 people inside.

At this time, Han Dang looked at Dou Tai, suddenly smiled, and the head in his hand was also stuffed into Dou Tai's arms:

"Lucky for you, I asked this person, it's the general here."

Although Dou Tai was a Hun Zahu, he had also learned the word general, and immediately realized that he had made a meritorious service, grinning, with blood at the corners of his mouth.

……

An hour later, Han Dang successively cleared the wall, seizing about a dozen stones of grain and some broken blades.

He also learned from the surrendered captives that these people were just nearby village soldiers who had been recruited, and they were not serious samurai at all.

Therefore, Han Dang made a judgment that the strength of the Shangdang army in front of them must not be strong, otherwise it would not be unprepared and the military resources would be small.

So he decided to make persistent efforts and go south to break through a few more walls.

But when Han Dang said his decision, his lieutenant hesitated to object, his name was Sun Qing, who was originally a small marshal of Taihang Mountain, and later led his troops to take refuge after the Taishan Army took Zhao State, and then like Han Dang, he entered the rampage general, but two later than Han Dang.

At this time, Sun Qing hesitated and said:

"General, we can't underestimate the enemy. I've dealt with this party army before, and it's not so weak. ”

Han Dang nodded, he didn't say anything, but he didn't think so in his heart.

When you Sun Qing was a thief in Taihang Mountain, what kind of soldiers did you bring, and what kind of soldiers are we now? Can it be compared?

He didn't talk much to Sun Qing, and directly gave an order in the name of his general:

"Pick a group of men to send these prisoners to the rear, and the rest of the soldiers will rest in the barricade and wait for my orders."

The officers complied, and then drew lots to choose a man to escort the prisoners to the rear. And the rest of them dispersed to rest.

Although this short battle was not long, it actually consumed a lot of energy and physical strength. Soon, however, the sergeants lay down on the straw on the wall and fell asleep.

Their sleep has long been tempered by a long military career, and these people fall asleep with their heads on their backs with fodder.

As the sun rose, Han woke up and had lunch before preparing to evacuate the wall.

Before leaving, Sun Qing meant to burn the wall so as not to be used by the Shangdang army, but Han Dang didn't take it seriously, he just felt that this wall could just leave a friendly army behind to rest after coming up.

Sun Qing saw that his several admonitions were useless, and he was angry in his stomach, so he simply stopped talking.

In this way, under the dappled sun, after Han Dang and the others were full, they continued to walk along this dense forest, looking for the next barrier.

After Han Dang and the others left, the selected officials also took the remaining prisoners to the rear.

Only the empty wall was left, and it became more and more gloomy under the shroud of mist.

And less than three minutes after they left, a Han army cavalry in crimson military uniforms rushed here, and when they found that the army was empty, they immediately scattered and ran towards the army in all parts of Shangdang.