"The Beggar Army Ran Long"
Ran Long couldn't help but be surprised when he heard that the several rangers on the opposite side turned out to be the Qingzhou Army. He was full of doubts as to why these Qingzhou Army appeared in Hebei. Eighty-eight reading, o
However, regardless of whether these Qingzhou troops came to Hebei to grab territory or rob people, since they came near Zhangshui, which is less than a hundred miles away from Guangping, the siege of Guangping can probably be lifted with the help of these Qingzhou troops.
So Ran Long quickly registered his number and put away his bow and arrows to show that he was not hostile.
Several Qingzhou Rangers on the opposite side had also scattered around and stopped about ten steps away from Ran Long and the others.
"Where is the beggar army?"
A Qingzhou cavalry wearing a gray cloak asked loudly.
“Quang Binh”
Ran Long said happily, anyway, Guangping has been besieged by the Hulu. Even if these Qingzhou troops are not friendly forces, how bad can the situation be.
After hearing this, the Qingzhou cavalry quickly exchanged a few words with the people next to him, and then said to Ran Long.
"Brother Ran, since he is a warrior of the beggar army, he is a friendly army. Come with us back to the camp to meet our general."
This Qingzhou cavalry said politely, but the other Qingzhou cavalry nearby had quietly dispersed, gradually forming a semi-surrounding situation around Ran Long and the others.
Ran Long also saw several Qingzhou cavalry farther on both sides, watching from a distance. He knew that these Qingzhou cavalry were well-trained at first glance. If a conflict broke out, it would be difficult for his side to retreat unscathed. .
Moreover, Ran Long also wanted to find out the intention of the Qingzhou army to march hundreds of miles to Hebei. If possible, it would be best to persuade Qingzhou to rescue the beggar army in Guangping.
"Since the brothers from the Qingzhou Army invited me, Ran Long is going to bother me."
As Ran Long spoke, he quietly gestured to his son Ran Liang next to him, because he had already seen Ran Liang's hand touching the horn bow. If there was any misunderstanding, it was not what Ran Long wanted to see.
Afterwards, Ran Long and the Qingzhou cavalry walked side by side at the front, followed closely by Ran Liang and three beggar cavalry, and the rest of the Qingzhou cavalry were in a defensive posture on the left and right rear.
Ran Long didn't pay attention to the vigilance of these Qingzhou cavalry. Instead, he chatted happily with the Qingzhou cavalry who was traveling with him along the way, as if he didn't notice the vigilance of these Qingzhou cavalry at all.
Through conversation, Ran Long learned that the name of this Qingzhou cavalryman was Chen Xian, whose courtesy name was Deming. He was from Yinxian County, Donglai County, and served as the flag captain of the left governor of the Yamen Army in the Qingzhou Army.
Ran Long didn't know what kind of official the Zuodu Banner Team was. It sounded like a team leader, but he was just a small team leader in charge of a hundred people.
But seeing the pride on Chen Xian's face when he said that he was the leader of the flag team, Ran Long was a little unsure. Maybe he was a relatively big official in the Qingzhou Army.
When Chen Xian heard from Ran Long that a few of them came out from the heavily surrounded Guangping to look for reinforcements, Chen Xian had a look of approval on his face.
"I didn't expect that Brother Ran is so powerful. I admire him."
The men in this army admire bravery the most. Sometimes, even enemies will gain the respect of their opponents. What's more, Ran Long and others are all desperate and willing to give up the North for the sake of the beggar army in Guangping. The recruitment of Pei Xian and others by Zhong Lang made Chen Xian admire Ran Long's bravery and also admire his character a little more. Reading in 88, 23o
When Chen Xian saw Ran Liang who was accompanying him, he looked like he was only a teenager, but when he heard from Ran Long, this kid had actually killed several Hulu, he couldn't help but say.
"Brother Ran, your son is amazing. He is so powerful at a young age. It will definitely be no problem to become a general and a marquis in the future."
"Deming, please don't praise him. Alas, if it weren't for the difficulty of making a living in the begging army, and the wars for many years, who would be willing to let these children go into battle to fight."
Ran Long said with some pride and helplessness at the same time.
"However, even if even the children in my begging army went into battle to kill thieves for the imperial court, this time Guangping was besieged and tens of thousands of begging soldiers, men, women, and children in the city were in danger. Wang Kan, He Yu, and Pei Xian, these rats, still saw each other. If we don’t save them, the tens of thousands of people in my begging army will be slaughtered by the barbarians.”
Chen Xian had just heard what Ran Long said about the situation of Guangping's begging army, and also knew that he had asked for help from the three court generals Wang Kan, He Yu, and Pei Xian to no avail, so Chen Xian knew that if there were no reinforcements in Guangping, Just begging for a living will most likely result in the destruction of the city and the death of people.
Therefore, Chen Xian couldn't help but persuade him.
"Brother Ran, don't worry, the siege of Guangping will definitely be solved. Our Qingzhou Army will come to Hebei this time."
Chen Xian was mid-sentence when he suddenly stopped talking. He couldn't help but cursed himself in his heart. He was so bad that he almost revealed the secret of the march. If the military judge found out, it would cost him his head.
Although Ran Long only listened to half of the sentence, he felt confident in his heart. It seemed that these Qingzhou troops came to Hebei mostly to compete for territory. After all, he had heard that the Qingzhou thieves, oh, that is, the Qingzhou army Liu Yu was a rebel. He was born in the Qing Dynasty and fought against Gou Xi, Gou Chun, Yuan Fu and others several times. Just listening to these, you know that the Qingzhou Army is not a "loyal and honest person". I just don’t know how many troops these Qingzhou troops have come. If the troops are too small, it will be difficult to be a big deterrent to the tens of thousands of Hulu who besieged Guangping.
Chen Xian then never failed to mention any military affairs, but chatted with Ran Long about human affairs in Hebei.
After walking for a while, Ran Long and the others, led by Chen Xian and other Qingzhou Rangers, finally arrived near an abandoned village, where 10,000 Qingzhou troops from Jibei County were stationed.
In the Qingzhou Army's camp, there is one of the largest campsites of the Chinese Army.
Liu Yu, who personally led 10,000 Qingzhou troops, was discussing military affairs with Wu Xin and other generals from Jizhou.
Now, Liu Yu's 10,000 Qingzhou Army has entered the territory of Ping'en in Guangping County. After crossing the Zhang River not far ahead, the Qingzhou Army can reach Guangping City after walking dozens of miles.
The Qingzhou Army had to be cautious about the enemy they were about to encounter. After all, there were tens of thousands of Huru bandits ahead, while the Qingzhou Army only had 10,000 people.
According to the reports from the rangers scattered in front, apart from the villages where many people went to empty houses, there were also large and small forts built by some strong men. No official troops of the Jin Dynasty were found at all, nor were there any traces of the begging army. No trace of Hulu was found.
However, according to the descriptions of some refugees who fled from the north, Shile's tens of thousands of Hulu troops were indeed in Guangping, and had been besieging Guangping for several days.
As for why the Qingzhou Rangers did not encounter the Hulu Rangers for twenty or thirty miles, Wu Xin and others felt that this was quite normal.
"General, the Hulu have been entrenched in Guangping for more than two months. Except for the forts and cities that are difficult to attack, the rest of the villages have been plundered. Otherwise, the people have escaped long ago. Now in the cold area Frozen, even if these Hulu sent out ranger scouts, they could only spread for twenty or thirty miles in all directions. If they were further away, the powerful forts along the way would be their enemies. Even if these rangers were killed, the Hulu would It is impossible for the army to find out who did it, so we are still nearly a hundred miles away from Guangping, and it is impossible for the Hulu to discover us."
Wu Xin said.
After hearing Wu Xin's words, Liu Yu felt that it made sense. With the strength of Shi Le's barbarians, it would be difficult for the cavalry to be loyal enough to serve. For the sake of the safety of the large army, they would risk being stabbed by powerful men. To detect the danger, we traveled nearly a hundred miles to investigate.
Moreover, with the severe winter now, there is almost no floating population on the land of Hebei, except for some Wubao who hold groups together. Even if there is, most of them come from the north where the fighting is taking place, and go to Yanzhou or Qingzhou in the south. Therefore, the Qingzhou Army The news of this coming has probably not reached Shilehuru’s ears yet.
The reason why Liu Yu paid so much attention to the information about the Qingzhou Army's itinerary was because when he wanted to attack Shi Le, he defeated Shi Le's miscellaneous army as quickly as possible in a way that caught him off guard, and then recruited an army of beggars to raid Guangping County. Powerful.
Because only the most sudden appearance can cause the greatest chaos and damage to the tens of thousands of people under Shi Le's command.
"Okay, send more ranger scouts, and bring back all the people we encounter who may expose our army's whereabouts. If there are followers, if necessary, we can deal with them in the same way we deal with enemy troops."
Liu Yu once again ordered to strengthen investigation and isolate marching information.
"Yes, general." Wu Xin, as one of the leaders of the Qingzhou Army Cavalry, is fully responsible for all the cavalry scouts this time.
"Also, Bocheng, have the people you sent to Guangzong made any progress?" Liu Yu continued to ask.
"I sent four waves of people in succession, and they all said that Guangzong's Liu Ling had a large number of troops and surrounded Guangzong. The war in Guangzong seemed to be very anxious, and it was impossible to get close to Guangzong City and contact the beggar army inside." Wu Xin said with some disappointment.
"In this case, it means that Liu Ling, the barbarian who besieged Guangzong, has no chance of conquering Guangzong in a short time. As long as Liu Ling does not conquer Guangzong, then when we attack Shile, Liu Ling will not have a chance. Withdraw your troops from Guangzong calmly and come to rescue Shi Le." Liu Yu said.
"General, would you like me to send more men to keep an eye on the movements of the Hulu near Guangzong?" Wu Xin said.
"No, I estimate that even if Liu Ling, who was besieging Guangzong, guessed that our Qingzhou Army was coming, he would never have imagined that we would reach Guangping in less than three days."
It was already winter. Not only was the land frozen, but all the rivers were also frozen. Hulu such as Shi Le, Liu Ling, and others would never have thought that the Qingzhou Army could attack from Jibei County to Guangzhou in such a short time. Pingjun.
The Qingzhou Army's hard training for months and months of marching finally came into use this time.
"As long as we defeat Shi Le's troops and cooperate with Guangping's beggar army, Guangzong's Liu Ling bandit army will probably have to flee."
Liu Yu was very confident in defeating Shi Le's tens of thousands of men, because according to historical records, Shi Le was not an invincible military genius. In the early stage, he was beaten by various generals of the Western Jin Dynasty. If it were not for the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty, support, and the endless stream of refugees in the hinterland of the Central Plains were exploited. The barbarians like Shi Le, who claimed to be the "Eighteen Riders" to conquer the world at the beginning, had long been hammered into pieces.
The real rise of Shi Le was after Huo annexed Wang Mi and gained the foundation in Jizhou and Xiangguo. It was then that he had the strength to separate one side and used the capital to organize and train elite troops. He no longer relied on the previous strength of numbers. Fight like a bandit.
Therefore, for today's Shi Le, Liu Yu felt that with 10,000 elite soldiers of the Qingzhou Army, he could defeat Shi Le with great confidence. After all, even though Shi Le now claimed to have an army of tens of thousands, after Wu Xin inquired about the news, Shi Le's army There are only more than 10,000 real barbarians such as the Xiongnu, Jie, Wuhuan, and Lu Shuihu. The rest are refugees recruited locally in Jizhou. Although the number of these refugees is large, their combat power is a big problem.
"After we finish taking care of things here, we have to return to Qingzhou as soon as possible. I'm afraid Sima Yue's war intention against Qingzhou can no longer be hidden."
Liu Yu had just received news from Qingzhou, saying that Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea, not only wanted to mobilize soldiers and horses from Xuzhou Governor Pei Dun to attack Qingzhou, but also mobilized soldiers and horses from Yangzhou to go north, intending to attack Qingzhou from three sides, with Yangzhou leading the army. The general is Wang Dun.
At this time, Wang Dun was just an ordinary high-ranking disciple. Although he had served as a high-ranking official for a long time, he only took advantage of the ninth-grade Zhongzheng system.
But even so, Liu Yu still felt a lot of crisis after hearing the news. After all, Wang Dun was a big warlord who could occupy Jiangjing, and his military ability was certainly not bad. If Wang Dun led the army to attack Qingzhou, then Liu Yu could It must be given the highest attention.
Suddenly, the guards outside the tent came in to report that ranger scout Chen Xian came to report that they had encountered a beggar army coming out of Guangping City.
"Ah, you came out of Guangping. Could it be that Guangping City was conquered?" Liu Yu was a little surprised when he heard this, because when the city was conquered, there would often be huge chaos. At this time, compared with when the city was besieged, it was actually It is easy to escape with the help of chaos, of course, provided there is an opportunity.
"It shouldn't be so fast. I also got a report from the rangers today, saying that there was no retreat at all in Guangping. Even if Guangping had just been captured, it would be impossible for the retreating troops to attack for nearly a hundred miles in a long time and run away. Come here." Wu Xin immediately expressed his doubts.
Liu Yu immediately asked the guards to bring the ranger Chen Xian in for questioning.
"Reporting to the general, the villain encountered a beggar army who came out of Guangping City to ask for help."
Chen Xian said quickly as soon as he entered the camp.
"He's from Guangping," Liu Yu asked.
"Oh, it comes from Quang Binh, but not from the direction of Quang Binh."
Chen Xian then gave Liu Yu a complete report on his encounter with Ran Long and his party, and explained the situation of the beggar army and Shi Le army outside Guangping City.
However, Liu Yu paid little attention to these, because he heard a name that surprised him.
"Wait a minute, what's the name of the beggar father and son you met?"
"Oh, Ran Long, his son's name is Ran Liang, what's wrong, General?"
Chen Xian asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Quick, please come in quickly. If we can recruit Ran Long and his son, it will be worthwhile to enter Guangping this time." 11 Friends who read books, you can search for "blue" and you will find this site immediately.
