Chapter 229 Hanling Mountain
The road from Linlu County to the east to Yecheng is not too far, but it is not easy to walk because it has to pass through hilly and mountainous areas.
The leader was Yi Congjun.
They have expanded to 900 people. Their equipment is not very good, but their morale is good.
Perhaps these relatively young warriors are easily inspired and enthusiastic.
Arima's righteousness dispersed from afar and wandered around.
The horseless Yi Cong walked with five hundred auxiliary soldiers, driving the cart through the mountain post road that had been in disrepair.
Sometimes, they even have to stop to repair the road - there is a big hole in the road. If you don't fill it up, it will be cleaned up.
It took them four days to cross the endless mountains and reach the plains.
They waited here for a day, and then set off again in the early morning of the 20th, heading to Anyang along the post road full of residual snow. By this time, more than 30,000 cavalrymen led by Shi Le had rested overnight in Handan.
Shao Xun had already dismounted and started walking. As he walked, he drew a map and asked the guide accompanying him about the local customs.
Chu Hui followed and watched silently.
This soldier is a little different.
Probably his favorite thing to do is to keep talking to the soldiers while marching. Maybe most of them are meaningless nonsense, but occasionally you will find problems. After asking carefully, record them one by one and solve them.
In addition, he also likes to draw maps, as if he does not trust the maps issued by the imperial court. He must draw them himself and add countless annotations after each map, many of which are From a conversation he had with his guide.
When doing these things, he would often call a group of respected officers to follow him and silently watch how he did things.
This guy——seems like he can accomplish something.
Chu Hui silently compared the impressions he had received about Shao Xun before: arrogant, domineering, good at fighting, lustful, and at the same time somewhat benevolent and fond of farming.
Following him all the way, he didn't find anything domineering about Shao Xun.
He is arrogant and arrogant. He uses his troops fiercely and boldly. In his words, he does not look down on the people from all walks of life in Hebei. He feels that his army has great potential in the world. Even if it is deeply surrounded, it can still win. Destroy the enemy army - it's so arrogant to the extreme!
He wanted to dissuade him many times, but he stopped and wanted to observe again.
There are indeed people who are good at fighting.
When the likes of Wang Sang and Liu Ling divided their forces to raid in four directions, they decisively seized the opportunity and pursued them all the way, giving them the possibility of reuniting without defeat. It can be said that they won the first battle.
He hasn't noticed the lust yet. At least this man is not a womanizer during the war, and there are no women in the army. Compared with many people who accompany the army with dancers and female musicians and regard it as a refined thing. The general is much better.
The more Chu Hui read, the more reliable he felt. At the same time, he felt a little secretly happy: Marquis Lu Yang was still discriminated against by many scholars, and there were not many talented people in the army, but this was a good opportunity.
Arrive early and reserve a seat early; arrive late and stand aside.
Perhaps he can accept the position of great farmer in the Marquis of Luyang.
In this way, while walking and drawing maps, nearly 20,000 troops stopped and stopped, and arrived at Anyang County, which was in a "state of anarchy" at nightfall on the 22nd.
From now on, heading north, there is no longer the narrow small post road between Linli and Anyang, but the broad big post road, only forty miles to Yecheng.
At this time, Shi Le's army had arrived in Yecheng.
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The sun is high in the sky, dispelling the chill on the earth.
Shi Le looked at the sky strangely. It was extremely cold a few days ago. A north wind blew southward, destroying all the grass and causing heavy snow to fall all over the sky.
As a result, after this period of time, the weather suddenly turned warm, which made people feel at a loss.
Inside the Tongque Terrace, there are luxuriant grasses and crumbling roofs.
Shi Le summoned Wang Mi, Wang Sang, Liu Ling, and Shi Chao here to discuss.
Qi Wuda, the general of Zhendong, who was the first seven generals to go to Taihang, was defeated by Tuoba Xianbei and withdrew with the remaining troops.
Well, Xianbei also withdrew.
Liu Kun, that fellow, would simply not be able to fight without Xianbei's help.
He wanted to see how long the Xianbei people could help him?
Yan Yan is dead.
He was killed by an arrow during the siege of Zhaojun. Thousands of tribesmen have been captured by Shi Le, and together with the 30,000 men he forcibly recruited from Guangping and Zhaojun, they transport goods, grain, and livestock back to Hedong.
Thinking of this, Shi Le's eyes turned around Wang Mi and the other four generals.
Among these people, Shi Chao has more than 6,000 people.
He is familiar with people in Hebei and has a deep foundation. He did not use many methods in the recruitment process. The mentality of his subordinates is relatively stable, but it is not easy to annex him by force.
Wang Sang and Liu Ling were attacked head-on by Shao Xun. One only had more than 4,000 soldiers left, and the other had more than 5,000 soldiers, and most of them were new soldiers.
Wang Mi did not suffer any losses and now has more than 10,000 cavalry.
The three of them together have more than 20,000 soldiers, and it is not easy to use force.
After thinking about it, he decisively gave up some unrealistic thoughts and said: "The Jin army marched north in large numbers, with tens of thousands of people, and they were fierce. However, I intend to raise my troops to go south, and the whole army will besiege you. What's your intention?"
Shi Chao looked at the air, as if counting the number of dust particles in it.
Wang Mi had some free time and said nothing.
Old God Liu Ling was there, eyes half-open and half-closed.
Only Wang Sang spoke: "Captain, our army totals only more than 60,000 people. Shao Xun is afraid that there are 40,000 to 50,000 people. It will be difficult to fight. For the current plan, it is better to wait while he is still alive. In Anyang, let’s pack up our belongings and leave first?”
“Bang!” Before Shi Le could say anything, Shi Chao slapped the case hard and glared at Wang Sang: “Let’s go, let’s go.” , just know how to leave! Yecheng is the foundation of Wangba, so give up?"
Wang Sang was not afraid of Shi Chao. Seeing him being so rude, he replied: "The Governor of Pingdong is so big. Weifeng, you have never let go since you came down from the mountain, but you are recruiting troops in Yecheng and just sit back and watch me beat you to death. What do you think about it?" "You are just a bandit, but you dare to challenge me?" Shi Chao sneered: " Believe it or not -"
"Bang!" The sound of heavy objects hitting the wooden case sounded.
Everyone went to look for the reputation, but saw Shi Le throwing an official seal on the table and saying: "This is the seal given by the emperor to the governor, which can control the armies."
After that, He also asked for a sword, held it in his hand, and said in a cold voice: "This is the Jieyue token sent by Yushi Huyan. What dissatisfaction do you have? Do you dare to say it to this thing?"
Shi Le is now the governor of "Zhijie".
The so-called "jie" was originally a jingjie, but now it has developed into a symbol of authority.
Tokens are no longer limited to festivals, anything is possible.
Sima Mo, king of Nanyang in the Jin Dynasty, held Guanzhong, and the "Jijie" token given by the emperor was a sword.
The token of Han that Shi Le got was also a sword.
Faced with this symbol of power, Shi Chao wisely closed his mouth. Wang Mi, Wang Sang, and Liu Ling looked at each other and lowered their heads.
As long as you are still a Han official and as long as you do not want to rebel, then it is best to obey the man with the sword.
Shi Le held the sword given by Liu Yuan and asked again: "I want to raise my troops to go south to fight Shao Xun. Can you obey my order?"
"I will obey the command of the governor. Life." Several people were silent for a while and then responded.
"Okay!" Shi Le said with a straight face: "Immediately organize the food, equipment, and soldiers, and set off tomorrow at the latest to attack the Shao bandits directly."
"Nuo." Four They all dispersed and organized their troops.
Shi Le found Kui'an, Taobao and other generals, ordered them to supervise their troops, prepare to set off, and assigned orders one by one.
The war machine has been fully started.
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The army led by Shao Xun rested for a day in Anyang.
The main purpose is to restore the physical strength of the soldiers, and at the same time, it also allows the auxiliary soldiers to have time to repair the vehicles and ensure that they are in good condition.
On the 24th, the camps left Anyang in turn, crossed Huan River, and headed north.
In the afternoon of that day, when they arrived near Hanling Mountain, the scouts and rangers suddenly became nervous, because a large number of enemy rangers appeared in the wild, and as time went by, their number increased. .
The infantry did not stop advancing, but only reduced their marching speed to maintain their physical strength.
Cavalry Superintendent Duan Liang led more than 400 cavalrymen who "hit Hu Bendu" out of the car formation and ran into the vast wilderness.
Man Yu, the governor of Yi Cong, rushed out from the other direction with more than 200 cavalry, facing the enemy cavalry.
"Dong dong..." The drums sounded, and the marching infantry gathered their spirits, acted as ordered, and continued on their way.
However, some people wore armor and weapons and got into side cars and baggage cars to prevent the enemy from suddenly attacking.
Looking down from the sky, on the vast land, a long line of infantry meanders northward along the post road.
The long dragon is faintly divided into three sections.
The first section is slightly shorter, with about 4,000 people.
The second section is the longest, with nearly 10,000 people.
The third section is similar to the first section, with more than five thousand people.
In the fields and grasslands on both sides of the long dragon, countless "black masses" are moving quickly.
In the "Black Group", war horses neighed and shouts continued to sound.
The black group on the outside has a large number of people, one thousand, two thousand, three thousand...
The number is increasing rapidly.
Some of them were armed with sharp spears and halberds, and charged fiercely in the form of a "black group".
Part of it spread out, forming a series of swimming "black snakes", swimming quickly in the wilderness, circuitous and outflanking, scattering countless arrows.
The black group and the black snake are approaching the long queue of cars step by step, menacingly.
The drumming stopped and the long dragon suddenly stopped.
Soon, flags were flying in the long formation. As if by magic, the two borders of the long dragon began to extend to the outside, like moving walls.
A moment later, three circles appeared in the wilderness, more than a hundred steps apart.
The sun gradually set in the west, and the sky gradually darkened.
A large part of the enemy cavalry surrounding the car formation dispersed.
Their total number has exceeded ten thousand. It is obvious that Shi Le has gathered all the cavalry under the generals.
Ten thousand horses were divided into three parts.
Some of them are looking for a place to feed their horses, eat, and sleep. These people do not need to participate in battles in a short period of time. Their most important task is to eat well, sleep well, rest well, and recharge their batteries.
Some of them find a place to hide and are on standby - they don't need to fight for the time being, but they need to take turns to attack at any time.
Part of them started to attack - their mission was a bit vague because the general had not yet completely made up his mind.
But no matter what, the official battle has actually started at this moment.
(End of this chapter)