Chapter 445: Expansion of the army
The wolf's tooth village was breached, and Zhou Botao was cut in half by Li Fengyun.
Poor Zhou Botao, he could have escaped this catastrophe, as long as he persevered a little longer, and waited until dawn, then everything would have nothing to hide.
The 2,000-strong guerrilla battalion, which lacked siege equipment, could not break through the Wolf's Tooth Village, which numbered more than 3,000 people.
If there is no desire, then it is strong, but people are not sages, where are there people without desire in this world? Just because of the fear in his heart, Zhou Botao lost the only chance to save his life. The jack gate was raised, the gate was opened, and the god of death was put into the wolf's tooth village.
Two thousand Khitan iron horsemen were killed seven or eight hundred people in their sleep, and the rest fled in panic, not even caring about the horses, and gave Li Fengyun a big gift in vain.
The Khitan people in the wolf's tooth village brought a lot of real cattle and sheep, and the grain and grass were piled up, and there were several large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry looted by Zhou Botao over the years, all of which were collected by Li Fengyun and owned by the guerrilla battalion as military funds.
The guerrilla battalion suffered very little losses, more than 30 people were killed in battle, more than 80 were wounded, and the Khitans who woke up from their dreams in a hurry during a night attack were not much stronger than those thieves in the Tibetan army valley.
Since the guerrilla battalion did not block all the roads this time, almost no one fought to the death, and those who could escape fled, and some did not even have time to put on clothes, shoes and socks.
Even though some Khitans wanted to turn around and organize their fellow clans to fight again, it was a pity that the thieves in the wolftooth village did not care about it at all, and scattered the formation that was finally organized, and the brave grassland warriors swirled in the sword light and fell into a pool of blood, unwillingly looking at the twinkling stars in the sky.
The hearty victory in the field greatly boosted the morale of the officers and men of the guerrilla battalion. Many of the soldiers of the auxiliary battalion were on the real battlefield for the first time and killed for the first time.
It turns out that the Khitan people are really no different from the people of the Central Plains, and if they are cut by a knife, they will scream in pain, and their heads will be cut off, and they will also return to the west with their lives, and if they are afraid, they will flee in all directions.
The Khitan iron cavalry is nothing more than that, and the guerrilla battalion is different.
The guerrilla battalion is as anxious as the wind, as quiet as a forest, plundering as a fire, and immobile as a mountain; under no circumstances, as long as the commander does not give an order, it is absolutely forbidden to retreat privately, otherwise it will be punished as deserters.
It is shameful to run away before the battle, if you are caught, you will be beheaded, and if you don't get the worship of Fengyun Temple, you will die without relying on it, and your family will be looked down upon because of this, and you will not get the compensation of the war dead.
Li Fengyun said: "If you are afraid of death, you can ask to withdraw from the guerrilla camp at any time before the war. Even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of you, there is a dead end, and you have to rush forward with an order. ”
Therefore, from the beginning of the establishment of the Fengyun battalion to the guerrilla battalion, there has not been a single deserter who left his back to the enemy.
Looking at the soldiers of the auxiliary battalion who were happily cleaning up the battlefield, and at the newcomers on the battlefield who were obviously enduring the discomfort in their chests, but they were pretending to be full of interest, Li Fengyun knew that another group of new soldiers had really grown up.
Only soldiers who have really been on the battlefield and have been stained with blood are real soldiers, can they face the bloody and ferocious battlefield, put life and death out of the way, and can truly display what they have learned in ordinary training.
Nodding, Li Fengyun said to Dian Kui: "Brother Dian, I plan to turn these eight hundred auxiliaries into regular soldiers and supplement them to each regiment, each regiment will replenish one hundred people, and the pro-guard regiment will not be replenished for the time being, and the remaining more than two hundred people plus the veterans sent by the pro-guard regiment will be expanded into a regiment, and in addition, recruit another thousand auxiliary soldiers, what do you think?"
Dian Kui's eyes lit up, and he said, "Okay! I wanted to do this for a long time, our troops are too small, and we are overstretched, but the logistics can afford it?"
Li Fengyun smiled and said: "There should be no problem, this time we have more than 4,000 horses, we don't want so many, leave more than 1,000 horses, and resell the rest to the surrounding friendly troops, let them exchange weapons, armor, clothing and grain and grass, I estimate that we can raise a large amount of grain, grass and weapons."
Moreover, now we have the Tibetan Army Valley, and there is also a lot of grain in the Tibetan Army Valley, and if all the wasteland in the Tibetan Army Valley is opened, it is estimated that 1,78 acres of good land can be sorted out. In addition, the food and salary allocated by the imperial court are sufficient to meet the needs of the guerrilla battalion now and for a certain period of time in the future.
This time, we captured a lot of prisoners, and with the capture of the Tibetan army valley last time, we can completely hand over the heavy work such as farming to them. The auxiliaries were responsible for escorting food and grass and supervising these prisoners, as well as defending the Tibetan army valley, and 1,200 men were enough. ”
Dian Kui thought for a moment and said: "In this case, I think it's okay, it's just that the new regiment of soldiers and horses, who will be the main general, do you have a candidate?"
Li Fengyun smiled: "Of course, I think Ding Hu can, Ding Hu has been with me for so long, he is definitely trustworthy." He is not weak now, in the early stage of the second rate, and he is steady, comprehensive, and completely able to take charge of himself. I plan that Ding Hu's regiment will stay in Langya Mountain.
The location of Langya Mountain is very good, it can be attacked, retreated, and defended, and it can protect the left flank of the Tibetan Army Valley. There is also a lot of fertile land at the foot of the mountain, and just collecting taxes can ensure the daily food and salary of the 300 people of the Ding Hu Regiment. Even if there is a shortage, the grain transported from the Tibetan army valley is only 80 miles, and the pack horses can transport the grain and grass in one day.
I thought that as long as we had a firm foothold on the line of Wolf Mountain and Langya Mountain, we would protect the right flank of Dingzhou. It is of great help to the safety of Du Shuai's upcoming army. ”
Dian Kui agreed with Li Fengyun's opinion, and then asked, "Where do you plan to recruit the 1,000 auxiliary troops?" ”
Li Fengyun hesitated for a moment and said: "Of course, we can't all draw from the Fengyun Dart Bureau, that will have too much impact on the strength of the Fengyun Dart Bureau, I want to draw two hundred trained recruits from the Fengyun Dart Bureau, plus the two hundred people we left in the Tibetan Army Valley as the backbone of the auxiliary army, and then recruit a group of people in the Wolf Mountain Sect, and recruit another group of people around the Wolf Mountain, which should be able to gather 1,200 auxiliary troops." ”
Dian Kui frowned, a little worried: "Is it appropriate to recruit people from the Wolf Mountain Sect? Let's not say that they agree or not, according to what you said, there are many people in the Wolf Mountain Sect who seem to have deep hostility towards our guerrilla camp. ”
Li Fengyun smiled and said, "This is also one of the reasons why I have to recruit people in the Wolf Mountain Sect, the Wolf Mountain Fort is very important to the security of the Tibetan Army Valley, and we must strengthen the connection with the Wolf Mountain Sect." But what friendship is deeper and stronger than living and dying together on the battlefield?
We can't always guard against the Wolf Mountain Sect like this, I think, as long as the Wolf Mountain Sect is smart enough, it will not be an enemy of us. We recruited the disciples of the Wolf Mountain Sect into the guerrilla camp, and invisibly, we became our own people of the Wolf Mountain Sect.
However, there is one thing we have to make clear to the Wolf Mountain Sect, the disciples of the Wolf Mountain Sect have entered my guerrilla camp, that is, the people of my guerrilla camp, and before they are discharged from the army and returned to their hometowns, the Wolf Mountain Sect will not be able to come to the guerrilla camp, otherwise, we would rather not have these people. ”
Seeing that Li Fengyun had taken all aspects into account, Dian Kui nodded in agreement, and praised: "Fengyun, you have really become a tiger general in charge now." ”