The sun is shining in the sky, and the flowers are smiling at me...
Under the clear sky, in the yard of a family in a Linhe village in Puzhou, Luo Hu and Ma Bao were drinking from a water vat, which made everyone feel so cool and happy... In the corner of the yard A peasant woman shivered and looked at him with fear in her eyes.
"Auntie, don't be afraid. We are the rebel army and the Dashun Army. We will not harm the common people." After drinking enough water, Ma Bao took out a small piece of broken silver from his arms and walked to the peasant woman: "Auntie, this place is still far away from Puzhou. How far away are you? Can you see the officers and soldiers?"
The peasant woman shook her head and knelt down with a plop: "Master, please forgive me, I have never traveled far, I have never been to Puzhou... and I have never met other military masters..."
Ma Bao stretched out his hand to help the peasant woman up, saying that we were rebels and would not harm the common people: "Where are your men?"
"My man has gone out to make a living," the woman said tremblingly. Ma Bao made a sound and put the broken silver into his hand. He looked towards the far door and saw Luo Hu talking to a soldier. He walked over and said, "Brother Tiger, that woman doesn't know anything about it."
In terms of age, Ma Bao is only fifteen years old this year, but he serves as the deputy camp commander of the old camp. In history, he was named Anding Bo by Nan Ming at the age of eighteen. Luo Hu is a few years older than him and is the leader of the kid camp. The flag bearer holds the most powerful Zhenshan camp in the Dashun army. In terms of military position, he is General Guo Yi, and in terms of official rank, he is Tongguan Bo of Dashun!
Both of them were young heroes, but Ma Bao was inferior to Luo Hu in terms of experience and military rank at this time. However, because they were the same age, the two were usually close friends with Li Zicheng, and Ma Bao regarded Luo Hu as his brother and idol. , after all, Luo Hu is so popular now, and his strength is too strong. It is said that Li Zicheng has many talents under his command, and his papers are about martial arts and bravery. However, his status can be known from the comments of later historians on Luo Hu: “However, no one can surpass him in wisdom and bravery.”
"A woman who has no knowledge to begin with, and now she is so scared that she is almost stupid, what can you ask?" Luo Hu curled his lips: "This village is called Tantou, and it is more than a hundred miles away from Puzhou."
Ma Bao raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "There are still more than a hundred miles. At the current speed, it will take almost two days."
The day before yesterday, they were ordered to lead their troops to Puzhou. Their troops had more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, half and half from Zhenshan Camp and Lao Camp. It could be said that they were all elites. After all, they were going to fight in the local territory. If you are not an elite, you would give people their lives.
But one thing they regretted was that this elite force was a mixture of infantry and cavalry. There were only a thousand cavalrymen, and the rest were all infantry. This greatly reduced the combat effectiveness and affected the marching speed.
Why not make up for this regret?
In fact, the intention is more than enough but the strength is not enough.
During the Eastern Expedition, although Li Zicheng claimed to have one million, he actually only had 60,000 troops, and they were all loose and clean. Even the elite of the Zhenshan Camp were not all cavalry. It was not until after crossing the Yellow River that he seized the military supplies of the officers and soldiers and instantly became rich. .
At that time, they had enough war horses, and almost all the elites were equipped with a large proportion of cavalry. However, it did not last long. The setback in Baoding Mansion determined the failure of the Eastern Expedition. Then they were chased and beaten by Chang Yu like a lost dog. He was chased and bitten for thousands of miles by the three mad dogs of Gao Jie Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo. Although they survived under the desperate protection of Zhenshan Camp and Lao Camp, their vitality was severely damaged. Seventy-eight percent of the loot they had plundered was chewed up. Let’s go, this includes war horses!
After the remaining twenty-three returned to Xi'an, there was nothing you could do to divide the various hills into points. Luo Hu's Zhenshan Battalion's three thousand warriors participated in the battle in order to protect the main force after the failure of the Eastern Expedition. In the battle, more than one-third of the troops and horses were lost. After returning, the troops were insufficient, and the horses were also insufficient!
Although after more than half a year of recuperation, they still have not returned to the state before the Eastern Expedition, let alone the peak period during the Eastern Expedition. Moreover, they were ordered to cross the river to attack the city a few days ago. In fact, the cavalry is of little use. The northern front troops participating in the war are Nine times out of ten, they are all infantry. If they are suddenly asked to go to Puzhou, they can't just wait for the war horses to arrive. Besides, they may not be able to mobilize many war horses. If they don't have them on hand, others may not lend them to them. you.
After all, war horses these days are rare items, luxuries, and are as valuable as the Hummers on the battlefield in later generations.
What's more, the military situation was urgent. Li Guo ordered them to rush to Puzhou for a surprise attack. They must have planned something. They didn't dare to delay and led their troops to rush along the river overnight. However, they soon discovered that the river bank was really difficult to walk on. Some places were okay. It's a wild river beach, and some of it is so steep that even the infantry, let alone the cavalry, can't step down.
So they decided to go around the river bank and take the main road to Puzhou. The cavalry was in front and the infantry was behind. He ordered the soldiers not to disturb the people, but to camp outside the village and rest while a few of them went into the village to ask for water and ask for directions.
There are still more than a hundred miles away from Puzhou. If the cavalry does not consider physical problems, one day is enough, but with the infantry dragging them down, it will take a day and a half at the fastest. But by the time the legs are weak, if a fight starts, it will be terrible.
Luo Hu and Ma Bao sat cross-legged on the big millstone under the tree at the entrance of the courtyard, discussing in a low voice. Since they were asked to lead their troops to raid Puzhou from behind, it meant that Li Guo was going to attack Puzhou by surprise. As for when From then on, I thought it was time for them to arrive. Only if they disrupted Puzhou's rear, would Li Guo have the chance to take action the day before yesterday.
Therefore, it is very important when our troops, who are deep behind the enemy's rear, arrive in Puzhou!
"Why don't you let the cavalry go first? How about exploring the road and feeling the situation there?" Ma Bao said casually with grass in his mouth. Luo Hu lay on the millstone and squinted his eyes. After a while, he opened his eyes and looked at the things floating in the air. A few white clouds: "Li Shuai used the method of recruiting tigers away from the mountain, hoping to lure Li Yan's troops to Hejin to relieve the siege, and then take the opportunity to regain the imperial capital. However, Li Yan was not fooled and stood still, and may even have made other surprising moves. Actions, such as besieging Tongguan and so on, were used to encircle Wei and save Zhao, so Li Shuai decided to retaliate in kind..."
It has to be said that Luo Hu is very smart. He did not participate in the planning of this melee, but he can analyze it closely. Ma Bao's eyes widened after hearing this: "According to what Brother Hu said, then we have to Hurry up..."
"Isn't it?" Luo Hu stood up and said, "Just like you said, let the cavalry go first and don't miss the chance of fighting."
"I just said casually... We have more than a thousand cavalry, and Li Yan has tens of thousands of troops stationed in Puzhou. Isn't such a small number of troops a bit overwhelming?" Ma Bao scratched his head (they were not aware of it at this time) I know that Li Yan’s main force crossed the river to attack Dali)
Luo Hu snorted coldly and said with disdain: "So what if there are more than a thousand cavalry? Zhenshan Camp originally only had three thousand people, but it has defeated tens of thousands of officers and soldiers more than once! The eunuch is not here, what can Li Yan do?" fear!"
The intelligence of the rebel army is also solid. For example, they know that Chang Yu's Dongchang Guards are not on the Yellow River defense line, and he is the only existence that Luo Hu is afraid of!
"What Brother Hu is saying is that except for the dog eunuch, all the officers and soldiers are made of paper. So what if Li Yan is the one who has a better brain. He is really no match for our brothers in a fight. Besides, even if we have more than a thousand cavalry, We defeated tens of thousands of his troops, but we were able to protect ourselves. Besides, we don’t just have these thousand cavalry, but also thousands of warriors! We brothers all crawled out of the dead, and none of us are dead! "Mabao is young, energetic and extremely proud.
Luo Hu glanced at him and chuckled: "Except for the dog eunuch who is a tough guy, the officers and soldiers are not all tough. Wu Sangui and Nama Ke are both difficult masters, although they are not the same as them." I have done it head-on, but I heard Chuang Wang and the others say that he is not a soft persimmon, but he is now in Tongguan... As for Puzhou, there is really nothing to fight against as you said, and Li Yan is a bit It’s just a brain.”
Half an hour later, Luo Hu led more than a thousand cavalry to advance, and Ma Bao led the infantry behind to attack Puzhou.
