Chapter 416 Advance
Baiya Village was completed after a day of work.
The fortress is not a city, and the defense power of the two is several levels worse.
But it’s okay to just act in a hurry. After all, Baiyazhai has an advantageous location, and we don’t expect it to hold on for long.
On the fifth day of September, Shao Xun saw the angel who came urgently from Luoyang on Baiya Mountain.
The messenger was Liu You, son of Liu Dun, now the seventh-grade prince Xima. After reading the edict, he looked at Shao Xun longingly.
"You might as well take a look at the bottom of the mountain." Shao Xun pointed his riding whip and said.
Liu Youyi looked at it.
The most eye-catching thing is the dense crowds, draft animals and vehicles at the ferry.
The ships work day and night, even if they capsize or fall apart, they must continue to transport supplies and people across the river.
By this time, the large-scale river crossing operation had basically ended.
More than 20,000 hedgehogs gathered on the river beach, packed their bags and set off in batches.
Liu You took two more steps forward and looked down the cliff.
Teams of cavalry were running fast, followed by changing horses.
Behind the war horse, the kicking and kicking kicked up a swirl of smoke and dust, leaving a string of hoof prints.
Behind the cavalry were large groups of infantry.
They lined up in three columns and walked meanderingly.
Looking to the east, there are green pines and mountains.
The remaining veins of Wangwu Mountain stand majestically in the wilderness, stretching all the way to the river bank.
The first unit to set out had even turned two hillsides, faced the rising sun, walked into the green and continuous pine forest, and disappeared into the sky.
Liu You withdrew his gaze, thoughtfully.
Shao Xun drew out his bow and shot into the distance with a "whoosh" sound.
A pheasant just flew out of the forest. The feathers of various colors complement each other, and the long and beautiful thin tail is pretty and attractive.
The arrow hits the target directly.
The pheasant flew with its arrow, fluttered a few times, and then fell to the ground.
"The arrow has been shot, can An take it back?" Shao Xun handed the bow to Cai Cheng, looked at Liu You and asked.
Liu You couldn't be right.
Shao Xun smiled and asked: "How is Beijing?"
"People are panicked and in chaos." Liu You shook his head and said: "More than 21,000 defeated soldiers have been taken in one after another. , but morale is low and sluggish. Many people have lost their weapons and armor, and the court has searched the treasury but cannot replace them. Many people even use rotten wooden spears."
"But they can hold on. ?" Shao Xun asked.
"Please also ask Mr. Chen to lead his troops back for reinforcements as soon as possible." Liu You gritted his teeth and said.
"I can't even save Yiyang, will I save Luoyang?" Shao Xun asked: "Shi Le can only reach Luoyang City with a few thousand riders, how can he take Luoyang? Don't scare yourself, If the situation is in chaos, nothing will happen to Luoyang."
Liu You couldn't listen, and just said: "Ming Gong came out in full force and marched eastward. Is there really a chance of winning? Why don't we just give up and return to the army? "
"See you off!" Shao Xun waved his hand and said.
Liu You looked ugly and wanted to say a few more words, but was stopped by the Shao soldiers.
"So what if Chen Gong defeats Liu Fu?" Liu You asked loudly and anxiously: "Luoyang is broken and all the people in the city are gone, so what if we win?"
< br>"If the three cities of Heyang cannot be built, there will never be peace in Luoyang." Shao Xun paused and said: "I said, if you don't mess up, nothing will happen in Luoyang. At most, you should be a little scared."
< br>"Can Ming Gong definitely win? The Huns may increase their troops."
"If this battle is lost, the Jin Dynasty will have no future." Shao Xun no longer stopped, his voice floated from afar : "I personally supervise the battle this time, and my subordinates are all gathered from Henan for ten years. Once destroyed, no one north of the Huai River can resist the Xiongnu army."
"Ming Gong!" Liu You stamped his feet. Stomping his feet, he said: "Now that we know that the Silver Spear Army is a pillar, we cannot throw it lightly."
"It's too late." Shao Xun laughed and said, "I will live and die together with tens of thousands of people. What regrets do I have in this life?"
The person has gone away.
Liu You stood there for a long time, feeling extremely complicated.
After a long time, he looked at the blurred back and sighed heavily.
For a moment, his heart was touched.
To be fair, this battle of Xin'an brought huge trouble to Mr. Chen. But he withstood the pressure and still followed the established policy, taking action when it was time to take action without hesitation.
Perhaps, if the battle of Xin'an had been fought better, or even not fought at all, Mr. Chen wouldn't have had to make such a desperate move, right?
What exactly did the emperor and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty do?
In this world, should people with clear minds and abilities make decisions? Even if he is not from a wealthy family.
Liu You doesn’t know, he is confused. But he knew that this kind of wavering and doubt itself explained something.
It's time for a change.
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The rain has stopped for several days. The muddy road gradually became dry, leaving only a large number of crisscrossing "scars".
On the gentle slopes of winding hills, there are many flags, and the army marches forward inexorably.
After coming out of the mountain, it is even more flat wilderness.
The grass is withered and yellow, and the cold wind is blowing hard.
The cavalry of both sides encountered each other west of Mengjin and east of Heyang. More than three hundred Xiongnu Rangers dispersed and faced off against—well, it was still the Xiongnu Rangers.
The remaining people dismounted, handed the reins to the soldiers left behind, and then changed to war horses, holding spears, halberds, and horse spears.
The Xiongnu probably came with more than 3,000 cavalry, or in other words, there were more than 3,000 cavalry in this group. They allocated some of their manpower and beat the "Hong traitors" to a pulp.
Yi Congjun was unmoved.
After more than six hundred cavalry formed a formation, the flag was raised, and fifty cavalry rushed out first, rushing straight towards the Xiongnu.
The rest of the people followed, from few to many, gradually forming a loose arrow shape.
The Huns subconsciously dispersed to both sides and increased their horse speed, but some of them were holding long pole horse warfare weapons and planned to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Jin army.
The distance between the two sides gradually approached.
Under the continuous sound of bowstrings, the Jin cavalrymen fell on their backs, and from time to time some people screamed and fell to the ground.
"Raise the gun!" Manyu yelled.
Hundreds of spears and horses were all leveled, and their speed was getting faster and faster.
The Huns who intercepted them head-on were also outrageous. They said it was a hand-to-hand fight, but in fact they took the time to fire the last round of arrows. After killing and wounding more than a dozen Jin cavalry, they put away their horned bows and held their long and short bows. One's melee weapon roared and rushed forward.
More than a thousand riders from both sides collided head-on.
The horse screamed in agony, blood flying.
The Jin cavalry scattered the Huns with just one blow. After gathering in the distance, they turned their horses' heads and faced the Huns again.
The Huns cavalry also gathered together.
It’s still the old trick, divide it into three, some people go around both sides and kill the enemy with bows on horseback, and some people intercept it head-on.
“Charge!” With a few familiar faces missing, Man Yu had no time to feel sad and ordered the charge to continue.
The horse's speed gradually increased.
“Raise the gun!”
The speed is getting faster and faster.
The Hun melee cavalry on the opposite side was a little hesitant, and their actions were not as decisive as the first time.
The two armies clashed and stabbed and slashed each other. This was too depressing and it was too easy to get killed or injured.
As a result, when the Jin army rushed over at a faster speed, their movements were not so determined, and some people even subconsciously wanted to dodge. But their thoughts will only cause greater casualties - this kind of face-to-face fight between men, the more they think about it, the faster they will die.
"Boom!" The Jin army endured arrows fired from both sides, passed by the Huns' cavalry, and scattered them again.
The Hun melee cavalry who ran back into the distance did not gather together for a long time, and seemed to be more hesitant and timid.
“Come on again!” Manyu ordered loudly with his eyes red.
Yin Qi, who was following him, was panting and silent, with a stern look on his face.
His horse is gone. It may be stuck in the enemy's body and it is difficult to remove it for a while. But he took out the iron sword from its sheath and showed no intention of retreating.
The rumble of horse hooves sounded.
Hundreds of cavalry rushed forward, rushing towards the Huns' melee cavalry.
The Huns were stunned for a while, and then suddenly dispersed.
The Hun cavalry archers who were secretly firing arrows on both sides did not realize that their close combat cavalry was so deceptive. When they saw them fleeing, they cursed and fled away in a panic.
"Follow me to kill the enemy!" Man Yu waved his horse's head, and his soldiers waved the flag, followed by hundreds of horsemen, like a long dragon, holding their bows and arrows hard, catching up with the Hun cavalry archers who had no time to retreat.
With a single stroke of the saber, his belly was rotten and his intestines were pierced.
The euphorbia danced heavily and blood splattered.
Ma Shan stabbed him hard, and the body was lifted up high. The visual impact was extremely shocking.
After scattering this group of cavalry archers, the Jin cavalry slowly gathered again.
The heavy breathing of the horse can be heard clearly.
Excitement, bloodthirsty and exhaustion coexist on the human face.
"Keep charging! Crush them!" Man Yu's horse was gone. He raised his saber high and ordered.
The Huns looked at them for a while, then stopped playing, turned around and ran away, disappearing into the wilderness.
After resting for two hours, Man Yu continued to advance with the vanguard cavalry.
Before nightfall, they encountered another group of Hun cavalry that was searching westward.
Nothing to say, just rush forward and do it!
After two rounds of charges, the Huns were scattered and fled. Seeing that it was getting dark, he found a place to rest.
On the sixth day of September, the follow-up cavalry arrived for reinforcements and replaced their troops who were tired from long battles and suffered heavy casualties.
In the evening of that day, the vanguard cavalry arrived more than ten miles northwest of Mengjin.
At this time, the main infantry led by Shao Xun, under the cover of carts and supported by boats traveling on the river, was only one day away from the Xiongnu camp in Jamati.
This time, he came in full force.
With more than 20,000 auxiliary soldiers as the main offensive force, using the Yellow River as a food channel, and cooperating with the army on the south bank that was stepping up the construction of pontoon bridges, they vowed to crush the Huns on the north bank of the Yellow River.
(End of this chapter)