Chapter 722: Recovering from Xinxing
Jin Zheng arrived on the evening of the 25th.
Along the way, Yinqian Youying and Luoyan Army fought several small-scale battles. Either the small tribe of Hu people refused to get out of the way for fear of their plundering, or the Xiongnu retreated. Or they are local tycoons who do not understand the situation clearly and refuse to donate food.
Overall it was quite relaxing.
The light cavalry charged and the defeated troops basically dispersed.
When encountering the Hu cavalry, they all mounted on foot and cavalry, and beat them into flight.
Wubao was a little more difficult to deal with, but Jin Zheng didn't bother too much, so they didn't dare to take the initiative to cut off the food route.
Six thousand elite soldiers with silver spears, more than two thousand Luoyan Army infantry and cavalry, plus three thousand Henan Dingzhuang, are all Kim Zheng's troops - the latter two serve as temporary auxiliary troops.
"The enemy's morale is low, why not attack?" After the two armies merged, according to the regulations, Li Chong was the commander, and Jin Zheng was his deputy. However, this was not the first time that Jin Zheng contradicted the commander. In addition, He vaguely looked down on Li Chong's mixed background, so he questioned him.
"There are few soldiers." Li Chongyan replied concisely and comprehensively: "Shi Le is the turtle in the urn, and it is not worth the risk."
"After the Battle of Jingxing, I thought you had enlightened yourself." Jin Zheng sneered and said.
The faces of those noble family members, Wubao commanders, and town generals from Hebei who died after Li Chong were not very good-looking.
Damn it, can the Silver Spear Army look down on people?
Most of the battle in Bingzhou was fought by ourselves. How many people died? On the contrary, it is too much for the backbone battalions such as Silver Spear and Black Gun to enjoy the benefits and only engage in field battles without attacking the fortified city.
"Okay." Li Zhong stretched out his hand, stopped the possible quarrel, and said, "General Jin, what suggestions do you have?"
"Strate out in three directions." Jin Zhong stretched out his hand Three fingers, said: "Look for the woodcutter's path along the way, go around and harass, it doesn't matter if all of them are dead, just mobilize the enemy troops. The second way, send the human world to Xinxing, Xiao, with great righteousness, recruit the Tu people to surrender, and order them to send troops, It doesn’t need to be very powerful, just cause trouble. On the third route, I will lead the right camp with the silver spear to attack.” As soon as the general arrives, our troops are strong, so we can separate our troops and take a detour."
The Hebei generals looked at Li Chong helplessly. Jin San is so domineering, yet you still say nice things to him.
"Send a thousand men to attack first. I will climb up to observe the enemy's strength." Jin San waved his hand and left.
Soon, the order was given.
The six thousand soldiers of Silver Spear's right battalion wore armor on each other in twos and twos, sat on the ground, took out food and water, and ate silently.
There are also some people wearing armor and armed with weapons, who are on guard.
The whole process was orderly and without a trace of chaos, which showed the strict military discipline of Yinqiang Right Camp. It also showed how frequently this unit trained on weekdays. Every movement was almost engraved in the bones. It became an instinctive reaction.
Li Zhong sent two troops from Boling and Hejian to gather a thousand men, and slowly attacked along the mountain road.
As expected, the two sides started a fierce battle halfway up the mountain.
The Hebei soldiers couldn't charge and didn't dare to retreat. They could only stand there with their big shields raised, but they were still shot badly.
After charging for a while, he retreated in embarrassment.
The Wubao commander who led the team became angry and beat the troops with a riding crop, and took them in. Then he cursed a few times, led his servants to take the lead, and attacked again.
Without any suspense, they quickly retreated again.
I didn’t dare to say anything this time. It was too difficult to attack from bottom to top, so I was shot.
Jin Zheng jumped down from the tree, waved his hand, and two soldiers with more than a thousand silver spears stood up solemnly.
Someone was holding a large shield and a ring-headed sword.
Someone is holding a spear.
Someone carefully inspects the walking bow.
There are also people holding heavy Changke axes and wooden poles, preparing to sweep away thousands of troops in a chaotic battle.
The drums sounded.
One thousand two hundred people came forward slowly, in an orderly manner.
The sword and shield hand is in front, trying to block the flying arrows.
Pikemen follow closely behind, ready for close combat.
The infantry archers were scattered on the post road and in the mountains and forests on both sides, slowly approaching.
The Hebei generals sighed secretly as they watched all the iron-armored silver spearmen walking swiftly in the mountains.
If nothing else, these people have really good physical strength, which means they eat well and practice a lot. This is a clear advantage.
Of course, the ones that made their eyes jump the most were the archers.
There are three types of infantry shooting assessment items in the army: 1. Infantry shooting; 2. Infantry shooting wearing leather armor; 3. Infantry shooting wearing iron armor.
Since the Han Dynasty, most archers have no armor, a few wear leather armor, and only a few wear iron armor.
Archers without armor are very convenient to shoot, but wearing leather armor is much more troublesome, because armor is really inconvenient, hinders movement, affects shooting accuracy, and is heavy, consuming physical strength.
Rifle shooting while wearing iron armor is the most difficult and requires very hard and long-lasting training to master the essentials of shooting.
It is said that Liang Gong drew a strong bow and shot from step with iron armor, and he could hit nine out of ten shots at seventy paces. This is already a miraculous level of skill, and there are very few people who can achieve this level.
The group of silver spearmen in front of me were all armored. The archers were walking around in the mountains, raising their hands to shoot an arrow, then quickly picking up their bows and nocking arrows, and shooting a second time.
The accuracy is frightening, and the arrows bite the flesh.
The two sides fought for a while, and the enemy's archers hiding in the treetops, behind the earthbags, and even in the bushes on the hillside were shot with arrows one after another, screaming in agony.
The only ones who can shoot against them are the enemy archers standing behind the earth wall. After all, they are covered and safer. The casualties of the Silver Spear Army archers were also mainly caused by them.
"Shoot while marching!" A loud roar sounded on the mountain road.
The Silver Spear Army infantry archers immediately began to take action.
They were in groups of five, with an arrow on their bow and one in their mouths.
After shooting one shot, he quickly shot the second one, then took out the third one from the quiver and ran the whole time instead of standing still and shooting like before. Although this will reduce the accuracy, it also reduces the risk of being shot. Occasionally, if you are shot, you can continue fighting as long as you don't break through the iron armor - if you have no armor or wear leather armor, you may have lost your combat effectiveness.
The Hebei generals’ mouths twitched.
There are people of this level in their family, but there are really very few of them, and they are all provided for like treasures.
Jin Zheng randomly assigned them and pulled out 1,200 people, all of whom were at the level of the elite members of their family. I had heard about the elite Silver Spear Army a long time ago, and I was just impressed when I saw them today.
The two sides continued to fight.
The Silver Spear Army invested a total of six hundred infantry archers, and the arrows rained down with high accuracy. They quickly suppressed the enemy's archers, so that they could no longer shoot at their own infantry without restraint.
The infantry took advantage of the situation and went up, with unparalleled bravery, and started a hand-to-hand fight with the enemy on the spot.
One side is protected by an earth wall, which can cover most of the body, and it is condescending, which is more convenient.
One party wears iron armor, shoots out a spear like a dragon, cooperates tacitly, has high morale, and is not afraid of death.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a while.
The stalemate means casualties.
Jin Zheng watched from a distance without any expression.
Another group of people have already stood up and lined up, preparing for the next batch of attacks.
But they may not be needed anymore. Inside and outside the earth wall in front, the sound of killing is loud. Gradually, soldiers with silver spears have climbed over the earth wall and rushed in.
Although they were quickly stabbed to the ground by the enemy soldiers who were waiting for them, more and more people climbed over the wall and rushed forward quickly. They rushed into the enemy soldiers with their iron armors and drew out their swords to chop them wildly. cut.
The enemy may not be used to this kind of close-quarters melee, or they may only be good at using long soldiers and have no skills with short-hand soldiers. They were beaten back and forth, and people fell in rows, suffering heavy casualties.
In front of the fancy soldiers who are good at all kinds of equipment, it is a hand-to-hand melee. It is really difficult for the pure team to resist.
In the second half of the battle, the enemy archers were the first to flee.
Some Silver Spear Army archers put away their bows, and under the leadership of officers, drew their sabers and joined in the close combat.
The enemy troops collapsed uncontrollably and turned around and retreated to the second earth wall.
The Silver Spear Army rushed in pursuit, braving enemy arrows and fighting with the rebel infantry.
Inside and outside the earthen wall, blood flowed like a river.
After another moment of stalemate, the second earth wall broke down.
The sound of the drums became more and more intense, and the Silver Spear soldiers rushed to the third earth wall. The enemy resisted for a moment, then with a shout, they all collapsed.
The silver armor was still shining in the mountains. They rushed forward without hesitation and rushed to the highest point of the stone ridge, killing the fourth group of enemy troops again. They did not stop until they encountered a high fortress.
The Hebei generals and colonels at the foot of the mountain looked at me and I looked at you, all with dry mouths.
"Why are you still standing there?" Jin Zheng angrily scolded the stunned Hebei generals, saying: "The men broke through three formations in a row and killed no less than five hundred enemies, so you just watch?"
After saying that, he looked at Li Chong again.
Li Zhong had a calm expression and did not pay any attention to Jin Zheng's attitude. However, he was a veteran of fighting, and he knew that when attacking the enemy's camp, the Silver Spear Army could not attack first, otherwise the casualties would be greater, so he ordered two thousand Hebei infantry and asked them to go up the mountain path to attack the enemy camp. Consume the enemy's armor and physical strength.
The people in Hebei didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore. The people who were called came forward honestly and drove their bankers to storm the enemy camp.
This attack lasted until late at night.
On the 26th, we attacked for another day, and the enemy camp was already crumbling.
Jin Zheng decisively sent out the Silver Spear Army, broke into the camp after nightfall, and killed Shi Leya gatekeeper Wang Bo.
On the 27th, the army headed straight for Jiuyuan without stopping at all.
On the 28th, they were defeated in one battle. The city was sparsely populated, and many people in Shi Le and the general's mansion were empty.
On the 29th, Li Zhong sent troops to collect Xinxing counties and wait for grain and grass supplies.
In early June, all the emerging counties were restored.
So far, since the war began, the Jin army has captured the four counties of Leping, Xinxing, Taiyuan, and Shangdang, annihilated more than 30,000 enemy troops, completely wiped out the Huns' power in Jinyang and Shangdang, and achieved victory An unexpected and brilliant victory.
Where to go next depends entirely on Shao Xun’s wishes.
But for now, the most important thing is to step up the stocking up of food and grass.
The army went out and originally carried one month of rations with the army, but now it has dropped to less than ten days, and it is in urgent need of replenishment.
At this time, Shao Xun had arrived in Qixian County for many days.
Because the Wang family had many bad deeds before surrendering, their manors scattered in Jinyang, Qixian, Yangyi and other places were attacked by the army. They had served as officials for the Huns, or were identified by others as having close relations with the Huns. All members of the clan died, their property and food were confiscated, their fields were distributed to villagers, and their wives and daughters were confiscated in Yeting.
The rest of the people will all move to Bianliang and settle down.
If nothing else goes wrong, the Wang family's family status will also be reduced to Hansu. Fortunately, the Wang family surrendered at the last moment, otherwise the family would have been exterminated.
There is no doubt that this is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey and show it to the wealthy people in Bingzhou.
After doing all this, Shao Xun left Qixian and headed for Jinyang. On the way, he received news that all the emerging counties had been recovered.
Facing the inquiries from Li Chong and others, he only gave one reply: hoard supplies for another battle.
As soon as this order came out, everyone understood that this was just the end of the first phase of the battle.
After the rest, there will probably be a second stage. Liang Gong really does not give the enemy a chance to breathe.
On the tenth day of June, Shao Xun arrived in Jinyang.
It rained continuously for days, and the Fenshui surged. Farmland, houses, and roads were flooded, and the army was unable to move for a while.
(End of this chapter)