Chapter Ninety-Six: Target: Dayang (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
When he set off on the 24th, Shao Xun left Li to lead 2,000 Yamen troops, 1,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 2,000 Yiyang Fort Ding here, and built a fortress and set up a fortress, thinking that it was the back road.
If you don't look at the intersection of the two difficult and dangerous mountain roads in the east and west, once you take it for others, and then want to return to the Luoshui River Valley, you have to discard most of your baggage and go back on the path in embarrassment.
It is not easy to carry out the reconstruction, and once the food, tools, cooking utensils, medicines, vehicles, spare equipment, and even money are seized, the morale will inevitably plummet - there have been many armies in history who have been attacked by the baggage troops in a roundabout way, and the personal belongings carried by the vehicles have been taken away, resulting in the collapse of morale and the defeat of the war.
The army traveled, and the scouts were released thirty miles away.
That's the limit. To be precise, put a batch in five miles, a batch in ten miles, a batch in twenty miles, and the last batch in thirty miles.
If it is a cavalry-based unit, it can even be put for fifty or a hundred miles, but it is of little significance, the warning range of thirty miles is enough, whether the enemy is infantry or cavalry.
Of course, all of the above is the state of a normal march.
If it is a hasty march, chasing the enemy, and fleeing, it is another matter. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many ambushes in history.
Everyone comes according to the rules, they are very professional, and they are ambushed! Of course, this is also impossible, because many military teams are grass platform teams themselves, and the role of their existence is to achieve the prestige of other people's famous generals. What's more, scouts are far from being so godly, and they often can't spot enemies close at hand.
On the 25th, they arrived at the boundary of Kip Dock.
This is a dock fort of the Pei family, and everyone is safe.
On the 26th, it entered the deep terrain of the earth.
Shao Xun deliberately climbed a hill and overlooked the bottom of the hill.
As an extension of the Loess Plateau, Hongnong's soil is too much, and there are many deep ravines and valleys between the plateaus, and the post road is in these deep valleys.
There have been many literati who have walked this road in the past dynasties, and they have described the steepness of the road, such as "the two cliffs of Klook Road", "the earth stands like a deep wall", "the sky shines through a gap", "the cliff is a thousand cliffs" and so on.
If the soldiers and horses are ambushed on the hill at this time, the bows and crossbows are fired together, and the falling rocks are falling, and the soldiers and horses of the Shao Department who are passing on the post road between the plateaus must have suffered heavy losses.
It is even possible to build a castle on an earthen hill. The famous Jade City is located on a mound, surrounded by deep valleys, and the Yuwen clan has a member of the general manager to lead its army.
In short, this terrain is actually exploitable. Shao Xun rubbed his chin and silently thought about countermeasures.
On the 27th, the army marched to the southeast of Shaanxi County and suddenly began to accelerate.
The 1,200 soldiers were divided into two parts, one led by Chang Cang, a total of 300 people, and went straight to the Maojin ferry four miles northwest of Shaanxi County; The rest were led by Chen Yougen, and the nine hundred horsemen went straight to the northeast three miles of Shaanxi County, where was the enemy's pontoon bridge.
Zhang Gu and Yu An led 1,000 Yamen troops, 1,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 1,000 Yiyang Baoding to bypass Shaanxi County and go to a place seven miles southwest of the city.
As for the main force, it was stationed under the city of Shaanxi.
There was an enemy in the city, so he closed the city gates early, and sent several groups of messengers to run west.
Now comes the main event......
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It was only five or six days after the sky was clear, and another heavy rain hit.
On both sides of the river, the rain-soaked earth moaned with pleasure.
Above the Yellow River, a long dragon-like pontoon bridge spans both banks. It may have passed the peak of transportation, and there were hardly any people on the bridge deck at this time, except for hundreds of sergeants stationed on each side of the river.
Nine hundred horsemen braved the heavy rain and rushed straight forward.
On the way, some people kept falling, but the rest of the people, if they were unaware, rushed to the front and dismounted.
In a few moments, a neat queue was already unfolding on the bank of the river.
Heavy rain washes over the nail leaves.
The heavy sword, the long axe, and the lance have been raised high.
Wang Mibu's soldiers guarding the pontoon bridge looked at them dumbfounded.
Neat footsteps rang out.
Hundreds of sword soldiers shouted and rushed towards the thickly constructed camp.
The barracks, which had almost a low hedge, had no resistance at all, and was split and cut off after three strokes and five divisions.
Chen Yougen took the lead, let a spear stabbed in, and the heavy sword slashed on the opponent's shoulder, instantly unloading one of the opponent's arms.
Chen Jingen held on to the big shield, covering left and right.
The soldiers of the Chen family rushed sideways into the crowd of the opposing party, and some people were constantly stabbed in the gap of the nail leaf, holding their stomachs and falling to the ground. The rest of the people were red-eyed, and they were close to the casualties, and the heavy swords continued to slash, causing the opposing spearmen to retreat again and again.
The samurai of the Longsword Army behind them quickened their pace, clinging to the opponent and slashing, so as not to let the spearmen get away.
The enemy retreated, and they pursued.
The enemy soldiers had no choice but to stop, and they marched forward bravely.
In the heavy rain, the bow and crossbow were completely scrapped, and the two sides fought with a bloody and brave spirit.
"Thief!" Chen Yougen slashed diagonally into the enemy's body with a sword, and twitched, but did not twitch.
A spear stabbed from behind, and he simply dropped his heavy sword, grabbed the barrel of the gun, and pulled it hard.
The enemy staggered forward.
"Thief!" Chen Yougen roared angrily, raised his fist with a sand bowl, and slammed it into the other party's face.
The enemy soldiers fell backwards.
Chen Yougen didn't let him go, grabbed his clothes, and punched him again and again.
Chen Jingen led his soldiers forward, using a large shield to block the spears stabbed from all directions.
"Haha, my head is not as hard as my fist!" Chen Yougen shook off the corpse of the enemy soldier who had been unrecognizable, and grabbed another person, fists to the flesh, extremely fierce.
The enemies were all frightened by his fierce play, their legs trembled, and after shouting, they turned and fled.
"Don't run away from thieves!" Chen Yougen picked up a spear and rushed forward with a roar.
Hundreds of soldiers rushed forward, like chopping melons and vegetables, and scattered the enemy troops who had been shaken.
Real battlefield engagements are always brutal and bloody at the beginning, with both sides dying and after a certain threshold, they always end in a quick rout of the other side.
To put it bluntly, whoever has more courage and who can endure casualties more will win.
One of the biggest differences between recruits and veterans is their ability to endure casualties.
After cleaning the ferry, the government soldiers did not stop at all, and rushed along the pontoon bridge to the north bank.
After so long of fierce fighting on the south bank, there was no one on the pontoon bridge for a long time.
The defenders on the north bank have also reacted and are reinforcing the south bank.
The brave wins when they meet on the narrow road, and hundreds of soldiers collide head-on with each other, fighting to the death on the narrow pontoon bridge.
There was no room to toss and turn at all, and it was either a spear and a short blade, or a large shield and heavy sword.
At this moment, it doesn't matter whether the skill is high or not.
Even if a new recruit stabs forward in an orderly manner, he can stab a certain body.
On both sides of the pontoon bridge, the sound of falling water continued.
The enemy reinforcements to the south bank were driven back and turned and fled.
Someone couldn't escape and was knocked straight into the river.
Before someone fell into the water, his hand was stretched out indiscriminately, whether it was a robe or an enemy, he subconsciously pulled him into the water, and it was silent for a while.
There was a section of the pontoon bridge that was overwhelmed, and it tilted slightly, and more than ten people fell into the water collectively.
At this time, whether it was the lightly armored Wang Mibu soldiers or the fully armored Shaw soldiers of the Shaw Clan, they couldn't struggle in the river for a few breaths, and soon sank to the bottom.
Chen Yougen was also flashed by the shaking pontoon, and someone stumbled over and knocked him directly into the river. Fortunately, the soldiers were quick and struggled to pull him up.
In annoyance, he took off his helmet and smashed it on the bridge, leading the samurai with his swords to drive the enemy rout all the way to the north bank.
There were only more than 200 people left in the camp, and seeing that the south bank and the reinforcements had been defeated, they had long lost their fighting spirit.
After the government soldiers rushed over, they only resisted for a short time before they broke back.
The government soldiers took advantage of the situation to chase and kill, chased out more than 100 steps on the muddy road, and after capturing dozens of heads, they slowly retreated, and then strengthened the camp, thinking that they would hold on.
After nightfall, Wang Qi'er, the deputy governor of the Silver Spear Army, carried a batch of supplies across the river.
"The city of Shaanxi is broken." Wang Qi'er said: "More than a thousand thieves were frightened as soon as they beat the drum, and they stayed until dark, and fled at night. ”
"Maojin also conquered. Your men are searching for ferries, which will meet in two or three hours at most. ”
"When will Lang Jun cross the river?" Chen Yougen's hand was wrapped in a piece of silk, which had been soaked in blood.
When I was fighting, my blood was surging, and I didn't feel any pain at all, but it would stop, but it hurt for a while. Of course, Lao Chen still looks like he doesn't care - at least he has to pretend like this.
"Soon, maybe in the middle of the night, maybe tomorrow morning." Wang Qi'er glanced at Chen Yougen's hand and said.
He had already heard Sergeant Chen's "boasting", but he was very unimpressed.
The battle battle depends on the life of the upper and lower levels and the cooperation of the group.
Chen Yougen is certainly brave, but this style of play is something that Wang Queer can't appreciate. In his opinion, an army that is truly good at fighting should be a strong military formation, unswerving, and going forward one after another, rather than Chen Yougen, a killer like Chen Yougen who relies on the bloody and brave spirit of not fearing death to advance with a loud voice.
The two did not talk speculatively, and they belonged to different systems, so they soon separated, and each inspected the headquarters.
On the pontoon bridge, there is still a steady stream of people, cars and horses.
The rain had stopped, and the torch dragon could not be seen at a glance, and the brigade of men and horses drove directly to the east of the river.
Target: Dayang.