Chapter 507: The rapid advance (Part 1)
"Crash!" A ship was pushed into the white ditch, causing a large splash of turbid water.
In the open space outside Fangtou South City, craftsmen built boats day and night and piled them on the shore.
The wood of the ship has not been dried in the shade for a long time, so the new ship will deform, leak and even rot in a short time. But as long as it can be used temporarily, that's enough, right?
In the Qishui Gudu after dredging, trackers pulled a boat to Nancheng Hepu. After unloading the cargo, some of the boats returned south and some stayed behind, preparing to be transferred to the direction of Baigou for use. .
Xuchang Shibing stood on the shore and cooperated with the boatmen and troop transporters to unload the sidecars and baggage trucks one by one to the shore. After a rough inspection, the team headed east and arrived at the south bank of Baigou. Temporary residence.
Yang Bao followed the last fleet to Hepu.
As soon as he got off the boat, he heard a "swish" sound.
The sound gets louder and louder from far to near.
The followers looked not far away in surprise. Yang Bao suddenly turned around and saw a group of people walking on the river embankment.
This group of people lined up neatly and had high morale. They were wearing iron armor, had bows on their left and swords on their right, and held tall spears in their hands.
People kept walking down the river embankment, following behind.
It was scattered at first, and gradually gathered into a group.
After a little alignment, the group of people slowly combined into a larger group, and the queue became more orderly.
It is like streams that merge into a big river, and like fine soil that piles up into mountains.
They remained silent and quickly passed by Yang Bao and others.
The gun tip flashed with a dazzling cold light.
The nail leaves are full of scratches from sharp objects.
The sound of collision filled his eardrums, and Yang Bao even smelled a hint of blood.
They were silent and looked indifferent, as if they were not fighting for their lives, but completing a very simple thing.
The "rustling" footsteps slowly fade away.
Yang Bao felt a bitter and salty taste at the corner of his mouth. He raised his hand to wipe it and found that the sweat on his forehead was flowing down his face.
Seeing that the followers were in despair, I was about to say a few words to liven up the atmosphere, but I heard a desolate horn sound.
Vehicles rumbled along, bringing up large amounts of smoke and dust.
In the smoke and dust, the big paper stood high.
As soon as the cheers started, someone stretched out his hand to suppress them, showing this person's strong control.
Hundreds of riders walked out of the smoke. The leader was wearing golden armor, holding the reins with one hand and holding the sword with the other.
Everyone pays attention wherever he goes.
"Mr. Chen!" Yang Bao whispered.
"Mr. Chen went on an expedition?" someone asked.
"Going to war." Yang Bao sighed softly. He didn't know whether he was talking about Duke Chen, or Yang Qin, who was a member of Duke Chen's soldiers, and his son.
He stopped talking and went straight into Fangtou Nancheng and went to the branch of Duzhi Yamen here.
Compared with the last time he arrived, the outside of Fangtou South City was much neater. It seems that this place has passed the most chaotic stage of materials and personnel.
All the supplies that should be sent have been sent, the people and horses that should be assembled have been assembled, and their assigned tasks have been completed. All that is left is to wait for the outcome of the battle.
To be honest, he was a little nervous.
Changing places, if he were in Shao Xun's position, he would be satisfied with being a Henan warlord and have no more ideas. Although he also knew that if he was trapped in Henan and did not fight out, he would be dead, but he I just don’t want to take risks, and I can just hang out for a day.
“No wonder he is in such a big situation.” Yang Bao shook his head and prepared to go to the shogunate clerk who was left behind to deliver the supplies.
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It is June, and the melons and beans in the fields are ripe.
The mulberry leaves grow extremely luxuriantly, but no one picks them.
A few brave farmers were picking fruits and vegetables in the fields. When they saw the army passing by, they were trembling, but they did not stay away.
There were not many soldiers on the north bank of Baigou Water. Occasionally, some riders passed by, but they were in such a hurry that they did not notice them.
On the Baigou Shui River, boats one after another flow down the river.
Someone looked up to the west, where there were dense black clouds, teeth and claws showing, like a ferocious beast.
Ships spit out from the mouth of the beast, one by one, one by one, never stopping, there is no end.
The farmers lowered their bodies subconsciously and kept silent, as if they were afraid that the passing army would hear their words.
On the south bank of Baigou Water, the flags cover the sun and the sky is filled with smoke.
Chariots, horses, and soldiers are like long dragons, filling the space between heaven and earth from east to west.
Unless you see it with your own eyes, it’s hard to believe that there are so many people in the world!
Yes, these farmers only know hundreds of people in their lifetime, but how many people come from the other side?
A large area of darkness, boundless and endless, innumerable.
"The castle owner doesn't even raise that many sheep, does he?" someone murmured.
“The castle owner raised a thousand sheep at most.”
“When they were released, they were covered in white flowers. I thought there were tens of thousands of them.”
Everyone laughed. .
The speaker blushed a little. One thousand or ten thousand seemed to him the same number, there was no difference.
"Whose soldiers are these?" someone suddenly asked.
"Are they from Da Hu?"
"It doesn't look like that. If they are Da Hu's soldiers, they must be Jie Qi. They will not be so kind."
" I really didn’t see the Jie people. "The Jie people are easy to distinguish. They have long beards, high noses, and deep eyes. Their appearance is different from them.
The most important thing is that they are relatively savage and brutal, killing people like crazy, and their methods are very dark. Even Dahu cannot restrain them well.
"Let's go, they may be people from Henan who came to fight Dahu." Some people were scared and looked to the west, where the black clouds seemed to be getting heavier.
“Let’s go.” The few people had no objection, packed up their farm tools, fruits and vegetables, and disappeared into the fields.
Not long after they left, a group of rangers rushed forward.
The leading officer pointed, and dozens of riders rushed out, conducting in-depth inspections and inspections in all directions.
The others stopped on the spot and rested for a while.
The horse lowered its head and ate the fodder and vegetables in the field.
Drums sounded from the other side.
The group of people who had just formed a team moved forward again, marching in neat steps.
Entering enemy-occupied territory, the veterans of the Silver Spear Army returned to their alert posture, with bows strung, knives unsheathed, spears in hand, armor on, and walking inside the sidecar.
After getting tired, they sat in the car to rest. Another group of people who had finished their rest got off the car and continued to be alert.
Every day while the sun was still in the sky, the entire army would stop and set up camp. They were very cautious and did not hesitate to sacrifice their marching speed for this purpose.
There was a sound of arrows piercing the air from ahead.
Everyone became nervous and mounted their horses one after another.
A moment later, the chaotic sound of horse hooves sounded, and several Xiongnu rangers came running wildly, with arrows stuck in their backs.
The Jin army's rangers who were resting did not hesitate at all, and immediately rushed forward, attacking from both sides, and knocked the enemy's rangers off their horses.
The vegetable field was trampled into a mess, and even the farmland next to it was trampled to pieces by dozens of horsemen from both the enemy and ourselves.
This is war, there is no mercy.
To put it bluntly, if you encounter Shile's army at this moment, the two sides will spread out on the spot and fight in formation. The farmland and vegetable beds near and far will be filled with dense soldiers, and the mulberry forests that hinder the movement will be cut down. .
This is not something that should be done.
Even though it is an army with the best military discipline in the world, and the general loves the people very much, in this case, should he let the troops spread out from the marching state and form a military formation?
The post road was just that wide, and a row of soldiers formed their formation and immediately stood in the farmland.
When the army advanced and retreated, crops within a radius of several miles or even more than ten miles were completely destroyed.
The sound of drumming and marching sounded again from the other side of the river.
"Let's go to the next place to rest." The leader waved his hand and rode away.
"No." The others followed closely behind, passing through the vegetable fields and native fields, bypassing the Wubao, crossing the river, and followed the army all the way forward.
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On the sixth night of June, the army was stationed near Suxukou.
The so-called Suxukou is the place where the ancient Yellow River bursts (located southwest of today's Jun County), located twenty miles east of Fangtou and fifty miles southwest of Liyang.
The Yu River (the Yellow River during Dayu's flood control period, today's lower reaches of the Yellow River) originally flowed north from here, but began to flow east in the fifth year of King Ding of Zhou Dynasty.
Cao Cao built Fangtou, diverted the Qi River to the east, and dredged the Baigou. This Baigou was actually the channel of the ancient Yellow River.
On the seventh day of June, the army marched northeast along Baigou. At this time, the two thousand cavalry in the vanguard had arrived outside Liyang City.
Thousands of rebel cavalry dispersed on the spot and circled the city.
The soldiers of the Mule Army, which had expanded to a thousand men, got off the mules one after another, took off the armor from the back of another mule, and put it on each other.
Jiang Ke, the former owner of the eighth building of the Silver Spear Army and now the governor of the Mule Army, stood outside the city, looking at the dilapidated city.
Since the kings started fighting, Li Yang has changed hands several times.
The most tragic incident was when the Huns destroyed the Jin general Liu Jing and attacked Liyang. After breaking the city, they drowned 30,000 people and refugees in the county and surrounding areas into the river.
This place has transformed from an important river defense town into a dilapidated ruin.
"Woo——" the sound of the horn suddenly sounded.
Qiao Hong, the deputy governor of the Yi Cong Army, was startled. He turned around and saw that thousands of soldiers of the Mule Army were already arrayed in the city.
The first hundred people were dressed in leather armor and were as light as swallows. They aimed at the gap in the city wall, threw their claws, and climbed up.
The flying claw is a climbing device with a grappling hook at the front and a rope tied at the back. It has been listed in the army since ancient times. It was very popular in the Tang Dynasty and became rare after the Song Dynasty.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was internal strife in Huazhou and the soldiers had no desire to fight. It was snowing all over the sky and extremely cold. Zhu Zhen did not allow the soldiers to rest. They rushed to the city in the snowy night. One day, they went straight to the bottom of the city and climbed up. They insisted on their righteousness and became Jiedu envoy An Shiru.
This is not a special forces weapon. Like long ladders and ladder trucks, it can be regarded as one of the various means of attacking a city.
While the soldiers of the Mule Army were climbing up, several heads poked out from the top of the city. When they saw them using the gap in the city wall to climb up, they exclaimed loudly.
The follow-up men of the Mule Army immediately stepped forward, drew out their long stacks of arrows, and shot on foot while wearing armor.
Their accuracy was far inferior to that of the Silver Spear Army, but they were better than the large number of people. Under the volley of hundreds of people, the enemy soldiers who poked their heads out of the city screamed.
The hundred people who ascended first roared and climbed to the top of the city, and the two sides started a fierce battle.
A moment later, another hundred people climbed up along the rope.
The sound of killing gradually moved into the city.
"Creak-" The tattered west gate of Liyang, studded with a few "patches", opened, and the mule army, which had been waiting impatiently for a long time, swarmed in and rushed inward along the street.
The cavalry was eager to try. After making sure it was safe, they ran quickly and rushed into the city.
The hundreds of men in the city could not resist the enemy, most of them surrendered, and the rest rushed out of the gate and disappeared into the wilderness.
Liyang changed hands in one day.
"Send people to seize the ferry, collect ships and return to the south bank to report the news." Jiang Ke, who had achieved the first success in breaking the city, ordered in high spirits.
(End of this chapter)