Chapter 1152 Hunting
"Shoot the arrow!" With the order of the prefect of Ba County Xie Siming, tens of thousands of arrows were fired at the flat ground.
The dense arrows covered the edge of the mountains and forests, sweeping the Liang army that rushed out to the ground. Seeing that the situation was not good, the rest retreated into the mountains behind them.
It is obvious that they were discovered as early as the process of crossing the mountains and forests, and then fell into the enemy's preset battlefield, so they suffered heavy casualties.
The dense arrows continued for a moment until there was no one standing figure on the edge of the forest.
"Dongdong..." The drum sounded, and more than 2,000 people from Banyanban rushed forward with bows, shields, and short soldiers in their hands, chasing and killing the defeated enemy.
The tactics are good, but are there fewer people chasing?
Jie Siming felt something was wrong at first sight, so he immediately called the county magistrate and asked, "Where are the people from the Lan family?"
The county magistrate was also stunned and said, "It seems that he didn't come."
"Go and ask!" Jie Siming said with a gloomy face.
"As for the order." The county commander took the order and left.
Jie Siming looked at the battlefield ahead, without any pleasure in defeating the Liang people in his heart.
The Lan family is a large clan of Fuling County.
In order to win over, the Li Cheng court called them Banyan Barbarians, but the Liang Dynasty said that they were all White Tiger Barbarians, just like the Badong tribes. Anyway, everyone speaks their own words and they are all for political purposes.
Although there are five counties in Fuling (now Pengshui), the local tribal leaders have the final say - the tribal leaders call themselves "Yijun" because they built cities and towns.
Whoever they turn to is who they are.
During the Shu Han period, the largest wealthy family in Fuling was the Xu family. They were suppressed because of rebellion, and then moved the Wuqian family of Xu, Lin, Xie and Fan to Shu, and the leader became a "hunting officer".
After these families left, the originally inconspicuous family of the Lan family began to expand their power. Now they are the number one "Yijun" in the five counties of Fuling.
To be honest, Xie Siming didn't look down on the Lan family very much before.
This family is savage, fierce, vulgar and unwritten. The ancestors had no surname. Because they admired the Lin family of Fuling, they named this surname. However, it was written incorrectly during registration, and "Lin" was written as "Lan", so Lan was used as his surname, and anyone who knew about it was so happy.
But the Lan family did not obey the order? This is outrageous!
While angry, Xie Siming felt a little worried: Recently, the leader of the Liao people led his men to run away. Fortunately, the General of the East of the Conquest responded in time and tried his best to block the news, which minimized his impact on the morale of the army.
The Liao people ran away first, and the Fuling people ran away again. What is the reason?
Jie Siming knew the reason in his heart. Was it because Liang army broke into Dangqu and rushed to the rear of Jiangzhou?
On the first day of February, the Liang army's Right Cavalry Guard burned down some of the military funds accumulated near Dianjiang County.
Li Zhengdong got the news the next day, and then selected thousands of six counties to go to Dianjiang on the grounds of changing defense to stabilize the situation.
Just yesterday, this group of people took the initiative to attack, defeating the Liang army, with more than 2,000 people killed and injured and dispersed. The rest fled directly to Dianjiang County and the surrounding water and land camps, and did not dare to fight again.
As a result, land transportation was greatly affected, and countless military funds were intercepted, burned and plundered, which not only affected the front line of Jiangzhou, but also fattened the Liang army team that broke into the Dangqu, making them short of food.
In no way, Li Zhengdong could only ask the navy to draw some small boats back to help, not to defeat the Liang people, but to transport resources. After all, the water and land were transported together because of insufficient ships.
The war has reached today, Yangguan City has been damaged and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties. The barbarian soldiers lying behind the city moaning and howling. A large number of people are pulled away every day, and new ones are added every day, which is shocking.
To be honest, Li Zhengdong visited the city to command many times, and scattered his family's wealth to reward the soldiers. The children of the six counties worked hard enough, barely defeated the Liang people's two roundabouts, a water raid, countless forced attacks on the city, and even expelled them from a roundabout way to the Man Liao settlement area in the southern part of Ba County. They were already very hard-working.
If the entire army collapses due to the cut-off of the food route, it would be a pity that the dangerous places like Yangguan and Jiangzhou would be lost.
Thinking of this, Jie Siming sighed deeply, feeling confused about the future.
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In a narrow and dark brick house in Yangguan City, Li Shou grinned and allowed the doctor to clean and bandage his wounds.
The navy governor Luo Heng, the shogunate Sima Cai Xing, the Yangguan governor Shangguan Dan, the cavalry governor Li Bao and others surrounded him and complained.
"Luo Yan is really a waste. A sneak attack can be pushed back all the way." Cai Xing couldn't help but curse: "After Dangqu was lost, it was shaken all over. What's the use of us fighting to fight to the death?"
"He is the prince's uncle." Li Bao said quietly.
He is Li Xiong's son, and there is no big chance at all, but it doesn't prevent him from feeling sad.
The emperor made a legitimate son the crown prince, and he didn't say anything, but he just made a nephew, which was incredible.
Of course, this has nothing to do with him. He has no chance of becoming the prince or even the emperor at all, so he has given up long ago.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Luo Heng thought to himself, are you blind? I, a member of the Luo clan, are still there.
"Okay." Li Shou waved his hand, but the wound was pulled, and his face wrinkled. He said after a long time, "I heard that Luo Gong had recruited thousands of Banyan soldiers and Liao soldiers in Langzhong and Xichong. These are loyal and brave men. Without the Luo family, how could Banyan soldiers serve the court? In the past, the Gong brothers served Luo Shang (Luo Xian's nephew, from Xiangyang). "
Li Shou set the tone, and everyone realized that they were incompetent and no longer complained.
Luo Heng was originally the eldest son of Li Shou and had a high status. These nobles and royal family members of the six counties were originally very polite to him, but in the face of crisis, they were inevitably inferred from responsibilities and spoke without saying anything. In fact, everyone was inseparable from the war.
"Your Majesty has an order to defend Jiangzhou and drive away the enemies who are raiding the back." Li Shou said, "He has-" Speaking of this, Li Shou looked a little sad, and said, "He is already sick and personally expeditioned, and vows to annihilate the stubborn thieves and clear out the enemies who have broken into their hearts."
When Shangguan Dan heard this, he secretly said that he had to bear the death of Yangguan.
The Liang thieves' offensive was too fierce, and the morale of the army was a little unstable. The casualties were too great. How long would it take to withstand?
However, as a child of the Shangguan family in Tianshui, he had nothing to say about it. Now, even if you have to bite the bullet, you have to withstand it.
The generals of the East Expedition were several times at the top of the city and were even injured by arrows. What reason did he not fight to the death?
"Can Your Majesty expel the thief army? If it really doesn't work, can you draw the Hanzhong defenders to go south? The lord only needs a letter..." Cai Xing said.
"No." Li Shou said with a bad look on his face: "If it were usual, it would be impossible to withdraw the Hanzhong defenders, but this would not work. If you don't retreat, you can grit your teeth and hold it back. If you retreat, you will be relieved and you will be defeated thousands of miles."
General Nai Zhenbei, who was guarding Hanzhong, was born in the Ren family of Tianshui, and his wife Li was the sister of Li Shou.
"Sima Ke pointed out the number of food, armor, horses, and soldiers to make a long-term plan." After the bandage, Li Shou asked the doctor to retreat and said, "There is still a front-line opportunity to defend Jiangzhou. If you can't defend it, even if the emperor wins, he will still lose in the end."
"Abide by the order." Cai Xing bowed.
It is very clear that if there is terrain, Guancheng, and even Jiangzhou assisted by the navy, they cannot defend it and put tens of thousands of Liang troops in it, and how can you fight in the flat wilderness?
Now I can only hold on and I will be able to hold on. I will be able to drive some troops to the north.
But can we really draw a lot? Cai Xing calculated silently. There are less than 35,000 people near Jiangzhou. This morning, Xie Siming came to report that there was a Fuling Banyan Man who left without saying goodbye and was sending people to intercept him. The Lan family's move may trigger a tide, allowing more people to flee, and fewer soldiers are available.
After suffocating, he squeezed out thousands of people, but this is just a drop in the bucket.
And just as he was frowning, there were another thrilling drum sounds outside the city, and a new round of attack began.
Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't give any breath.
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The Jialing River was formed by the ancient Western Han River.
More than ten years after the founding of the former Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty was redirected, and it was impossible to communicate with Guanxi and Shuzhong. The terrain where the Western Han Dynasty waters cut through, slowly forming the Jialing River water system in later generations.
The name of Jialing River is derived from the Jialing Valley of Wudu. Even on the maps of Sima Jin and Li Cheng, the Jialing River is still written as the "Western Han River". Unfortunately, it has been changed to the route and can no longer enter the Mian River (upper stream of the Han River), but it enters the Yangtze River - this section of the Yangtze River, which is also called "Shu River" by the locals, but this name is not widely spread.
On the seventh day of the second month, Huan Wen received a reinforcement army and sent him out immediately.
These were the Hun cavalry from Kelan County, with a total of 2,500 cavalry, collected from Xiurong, Jingle and other counties, led by the county commander Wanqike.
After receiving the order, they crossed the river from Dangqu, headed westward to the east bank of Jialing River.
The Banyan Man Zan clan became very young and strong, with seven thousand soldiers and horses from the tribe and the small surname that depended on the Zan clan, and cooperated with the actions of the Wanqike clan's light cavalry.
At this time, there were already thousands of soldiers on the west bank of the Jialing River. The Banyan and Liao soldiers recruited by the brothers Luo Yan and Luo Gu, which looked like three or four thousand people, were stationed in Nanchong Kingdom. This is a county under the Brazilian county, not called "Nanchong County" or "Nanchong Kingdom", but called "Nanchong Kingdom County". It has historical problems and is roughly located in the area of today's Nanbu County.
Luo Yan seemed quite timid, especially when he saw a large number of cavalry on the other side, he was a little afraid and made up his mind to confront each other across the river and would never take the initiative.
Wanqike didn't have the patience to get entangled with them.
On the eighth day of the second month, he ordered the Zan clan to cut wood and build bridges and attack Nanchong.
Although Zan was unwilling, he agreed with a lot of considerations.
So, a barbaric civil war is about to begin.
Wanqike quietly headed south on the night of the eighth day of the day, using the explosive power of the cavalry to travel south for dozens of miles. With the help of the follower tribe, he forced his crossing of the Jialing River on the ninth day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the 10th day of the
He had no interest in paying attention to Luo Yan's brothers. In fact, after learning that Li Xiong had brought tens of thousands of people to the army in person, Huan Wen already knew that if he did not block this army, he would not be able to completely eliminate the enemy Jiangzhou army. His target was already on Li Xiong.
On February 13th, after receiving the last supply, Wanqike finally got the news of the army.
So he walked quickly.
When Wanqi can climb a high slope and observe the road ahead, he can see flags like forests and soldiers shining in the sun several miles ahead.
finally found you!
At noon on February 14, 2018, the sixth year of Kaiping, Daliang, it was located more than ten miles north of Guanghan County (now Shehong South).
It was also on this day that Huan Wen received the third batch of reinforcements sent by his military advisor He Lun: two thousand cavalry of the Mihu Light Cavalry of the two counties, Xihe and Pingyang.
He stopped waiting and led the Feilongshan soldiers and 2,500 cavalrymen on the spot. Hoshino came along with both journeys, trying to use these 5,000 cavalrymen to hunt Li Xiong.
There is no doubt that this is a battle that determines Li Cheng's fate.
(This chapter ends)