Outside Guangping City. 《八》八《Read》书, 2■3o⊥
More than 50,000 Shile's troops are stationed here.
Before Shi Le decided to send troops to attack Guangping, he thought that the thousands of beggars in Guangping City would definitely not be able to withstand a full blow from ten times his own army.
However, the thousands of beggars, who were almost alone, not only withstood the fierce attack of Shile's army, but also held on for more than a month.
These beggars who were not afraid of death almost made Shi Le want to eat their flesh and blood.
At this time, Shi Le was summoning his generals and counselors to discuss countermeasures in the tent.
A group of ferocious-looking warriors and counselors dressed in scholar's attire were listening to Shi Le's lecture.
"Yesterday, I received a letter from His Majesty from Pingyang, asking us to return to Bingzhou in a month and prepare to attack Luoyang southward again."
The majesty Shi Le mentioned was of course not the puppet emperor Sima Chi, but Liu Yuan, the Xiongnu massacrer.
"So we must eliminate the beggar army in Guangping City within half a month, so that we can have time to collect food and supplies from nearby counties."
At this time, the Hun Emperor Liu Yuan was so prestigious that Shi Le and other servant warlords were very obedient to Liu Yuan's orders. If he could not arrive at Bingzhou and participate in the attack on Luoyang at the time requested by Liu Yuan, he would definitely be reprimanded and punished by Liu Yuan. .
"General, I observed from the watchtower that the fireworks in Guangping City these days are obviously much less than before. This must be because the beggars in the city are starting to lack food, so they have to reduce the number of firework."
As soon as Shi Le finished speaking, his new chief bookkeeper Zhang Bin spoke.
This time Shi Le captured three counties in Hebei and captured a large number of officials and scholars of the Jin Dynasty. It was Zhang Bin who worked hard to recruit many counselors from these people for Shi Le.
Now Zhang Bin has become one of Shi Le's confidants, second only to the Hu Diao Ying, thanks to his many suggestions.
Zhang Bin saw everyone looking at him. This feeling made him feel proud and continued.
"From this point of view, the beggar army in the city must have been exhausted. Even if there are still stubborn people, it is not a problem. As long as the general sends more sergeants to step up the attack and the beggar army continues to be exhausted, then In a few days, Guangping will be owned by the general!"
Zhang Bin's words were very much in line with Shi Le's wishes. In fact, he already felt that the beggar army in Guangping City was probably close to exhaustion. The purpose of calling the generals today was to encourage them to continue. Leading the soldiers to fight to exhaust the last strength of the beggar army.
"What Mr. Zhang said is very reasonable." Shi Le immediately expressed his stance.
But soon, someone expressed doubts.
"General, our son has been fighting hard for more than a month and has lost thousands of people. If there are more casualties, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."
It was Diao Ying who spoke. The sons he spoke of were Bingzhou Jie and other miscellaneous men in Shi Le's army. Although these people only numbered more than 10,000, they were the foundation of Shi Le. What Diao Ying did not say in the end was, in fact, They were just afraid that further damage to the Hu soldiers would affect Shi Le's foundation.
Before Diao Ying finished speaking, Zhang Bin smiled confidently and continued quickly.
"Diao Changshi, don't worry. For this all-out attack on the city, we will use all the Jin soldiers in the army. Our Bingzhou elites will recharge their batteries first. When the beggar army is exhausted, we will launch another attack by the Bingzhou elites." Final blow."
Zhang Bin's suggestion was immediately approved by many Hu generals, and even Shi Le cast an approving look at Zhang Bin.
"However, the fighting strength of these Jin people is so poor. After being shot by the beggar army's arrows, they all refuse to move forward. If we don't have Bingzhou athletes to hold down the battle, wouldn't it be in vain? Not even a hair of the beggar army can be touched. ∝八∝八∝Read ∝, ◆o＋”
Ding Zhuang, a Jin native in Shi Le's army, was quite capable at the beginning and was not weak against ordinary powerful men and the Jin army.
But this time, the beggar army on the opposite side was too strong. After several bloody battles, these strong cannon fodder soldiers were almost scared out of their wits.
If Shi Le had not sent the generals and soldiers to guard the formation, I am afraid that these young men would not even be willing to take a step forward in the direction of Guangping.
Diao Ying's words were also recognized by all the Hulu generals. They all said that if the Hu soldiers did not come to the front line with swords and guns, these young men would be useless without any fighting spirit, even if they were to kill some lagging behind. Or, the rest of the people just moved a few steps forward.
In this case, we can't cut off all the strong men.
"General, I have a plan, I can try it, but I don't know how it will work." Zhang Bin said again.
"Oh, Meng Sundang said it doesn't matter." Shi Le was very satisfied with Zhang Bin's state of being resourceful and resourceful every time there was a war.
"Many of the strong men in our army are fathers and sons and brothers in the same army. The general can select such soldiers, keep one as a hostage in the rear army, and the rest will be selected as vanguards to attack the city. If it is during the siege, If there are those who abscond and fear the war, then all will be beheaded. If the city can be broken back, or there are dead in the battle, then the hostages of the rear army will be released for the people. In this way, if the enemy is afraid of the enemy and the war is fearful, the father, son and brother will die together, but If we can fight to the death, maybe we can have the hope of having both worlds.”
After hearing this, Shi Le thought for a while and realized that Zhang Bin's method was more suitable. After all, the Jin people in his army were all recruited along the way. When these barbarians recruited young men, it didn't matter what third Ding and one Ding were drawn. Those who were drawn one, as long as they were caught, were all pulled into the army.
"Okay, I think Meng Sun's method is feasible." After saying this, Shi Le burst out laughing and began to praise Zhang Bin for his ability to change his tactics.
All the Hu generals in the tent also felt that Zhang Bin's method was feasible. They all knew that these Jin people valued the relationship between father and son and brotherhood the most. Sometimes threatening the lives of relatives was more effective than threatening him himself.
However, when the other scholars and counselors in the tent heard Zhang Bin's method, they all looked intolerable. Taking advantage of the human relations between father, son and brother was really despising them.
However, one of them didn't seem to feel this way. Instead, he followed closely behind and said to Shi Le with a flattering look on his face.
"General, I think that when choosing soldiers to attack, among fathers and sons, the father should be the soldier and the son the hostage. After all, the love between parents is the purest, and they will definitely fight to the death."
When Shi Le heard this, he looked over and saw that the person who said this was a middle-aged scholar. His name was Zheng Wen and his courtesy name was Shi Da. He was a distant branch of the Zheng family in Xingyang. After being captured in Wei County, he surrendered to Shi Le.
"Hahaha, what Shida said makes sense. He is indeed a son of an aristocratic family who understands human nature."
For a dog slave like Zheng Shida who had no ability but was very good at catering to his own wishes, Shi Le was never stingy in praising him. Anyway, it only took a few words to win the favor of these noble family members.
Shi Le then began to make preparations and ordered his generals such as Tao Bao and Diao Ying to select their own soldiers and organize them into two armies according to Zhang Bin's method.
However, before Shi Le's arrangements were finished, a Huqi scout suddenly ran in in a hurry.
"General, on the north bank of the Zhang River, forty miles south, we found some unknown cavalry. Judging from their clothing, they looked like Qingzhou soldiers."
As soon as the scout finished speaking, there was a burst of noise in the tent.
"What? Qingzhou soldiers again?"
"But the Qingzhou soldiers who performed sorcery in Juancheng?!"
"It's impossible. Our rangers didn't see a single figure in Baigou two days ago. How could the Qingzhou soldiers cross the Zhang River so quickly?!"
"We have been working hard in Guangping City for so long. If the Qingzhou Army makes a surprise attack again, wouldn't it be dangerous?"
Hearing the dejected words from all the Hu and Han generals in the tent, Shi Le felt slightly angry. He had always been unconvinced that he had been inexplicably defeated by the Qingzhou soldiers twice.
His face darkened, his curly-bearded cheeks trembled slightly, and he scolded in a deep voice.
"Why are you panic! Even if the Qingzhou Army has the magic of the Celestial Master, now I also have Master Zhu Tu from the Western Regions. Master Zhu Tu is a man who has attained the Great Dao. How can the mere magic of the Celestial Master be a match for the boundless Dharma?"
Not long ago, when Shi Le led his army to rob Sizhou, he met a monk from the Western Regions who called himself Zhu Tu. This Zhu Tu had falcon eyes and a tall nose, and looked very similar to Shi Le in appearance. Moreover, Master Zhu Tu was eloquent. Shi Le had doubts many times, so at this time Shi Le had already placed great trust in Master Zhu Tu from the Western Regions.
Hearing what Shi Le said, General Hu, who had been frightened by the thunder from the sky at night by the Qingzhou Army, calmed down a little. After all, they had seen with their own eyes that Master Zhu Tu could not only cure diseases with Buddhism, but also see people's emotions. In the past life and this life, it should be easy to deal with the Heavenly Thunder Spell of Tianshi Dao.
"Let me ask you, how many of these Qingzhou troops can you see?"
Shi Le continued to ask the scouts. After all, his army had been fighting with the beggar army for too long. If the Qingzhou Army was strong, he would have to evacuate quickly to avoid being taken advantage of by the Qingzhou Army.
"I didn't see it. Their rangers are very powerful, so we don't dare to take too many risks."
"Immediately send me an order to bring more troops and find out as soon as possible whether these people are really the Qingzhou Army, how many there are, and whether they are coordinated by other armies. Go quickly!"
After Shi Le finished his instructions, he started making calculations in his mind.
According to his guess, most of these troops were the Qingzhou Army, and their purpose of coming here was probably to relieve the beggar army. As for the reason, Shi Le guessed that it must be that Qingzhou Liu Yuan wanted to rob Jizhou's population.
. . . . . .
The next day, early morning.
Liu Yu led the Qingzhou Army to a ferry in Mingshui, Guangping County, which was only twenty miles away from Guangping City.
If the weather is usually clear, you can see the faint outline of Quang Binh City from this distance.
As soon as more than 10,000 Qingzhou troops crossed the Ming River, the Qingzhou cavalry in front reported encountering a large number of Hu cavalry and bandit troops.
In fact, the Qingzhou Army encountered several Hulu cavalry yesterday and had small-scale battles. However, both sides were more cautious and did not gain anything.
By the time both sides stopped fighting, it was already evening.
Therefore, Liu Yu concluded that the real battle between the two sides would probably occur today.
"Send the order to the entire army to form a horizontal formation to engage the enemy and advance together slowly!"
If a large number of cavalry appeared in front, Shi Le's main force would probably follow closely behind, because according to Ran Long's description, Shi Le had probably suppressed the beggar army in Guangping City, and a large army would definitely be dispatched to stop the Qingzhou Army.
The terrain near the river beach was too flat, which was very conducive to the movement of the Hulu cavalry, so Liu Yu ordered the entire army to continue advancing to avoid Shi Le using the terrain to suppress him when encountering Shi Le's main force.
As the Qingzhou Army quickly changed its formations, the eleven thousand soldiers continued to adjust their formations following the orders of the drum trumpets, and soon became more than ten formations, continuing to advance according to the commands of their respective officers.
Soon, in the direction of the Qingzhou Army's advance, a mass of black cavalry appeared. It was Shi Le's Hulu cavalry.
At the same time, the Qingzhou cavalry in front had to retreat step by step in the face of the overwhelmingly superior Hulu cavalry.
Wu Xin, who was in charge of commanding the cavalry, rode his horse to Liu Yu's side.
"General, more and more Hu cavalry are coming from the front. I'm afraid there are nearly a thousand of them. I have asked the cavalry to retreat a little to avoid losing manpower in vain."
"Okay, you lead the cavalry on the left and right, retreat first and then reorganize the formation. If Shi Le dares to come to fight today, he will have to count on you cavalry when he finally captures the prisoners."
The number of cavalry Liu Yu brought this time was 500. Although they were all descendants of Hebei who were able to ride with bows and horses, the number was still too small after all, and each one was very valuable.
"I obey!" Wu Xin quickly took the order and led most of the cavalry to repair.
When the cavalry of the Qingzhou Army retreated, the ei of the Qingzhou Army's formation became a racecourse where the Hulu cavalry galloped freely.
These Hulu cavalry as the vanguard only had a thousand troops, and most of them did not dare to attack the Qingzhou Army in formation.
Moreover, when these thousand barbarians approached the Qingzhou Army infantry and tried to harass them with bows and arrows, they were easily driven out of the range of the bows and arrows by the Qingzhou Army's infantry bows before they could even shoot two arrows.
"There are so many archers!?"
Ran Long was a little surprised to see that the Qingzhou Army had so many archers. He had just retreated to the rear with the Qingzhou Cavalry to rest.
"Hehe, if the infantry can be rated as qualified archers, they can receive more land and land customers, so there are indeed many infantry who can shoot bows."
Hearing Ran Long's surprise, Chen Xian beside him explained.
"However, the accuracy of these archers seems to be average." Ran Long discovered this problem.
"It doesn't matter. The battlefield is crowded, so just shoot roughly." Chen Xian also knew the level of the infantry's archers.
After hearing this, Ran Long nodded in agreement, because he had already seen several Hulu being hit by arrows and falling from their horses. Although the number was small, they had been scared away and ran away from the range of the bow and arrow.
Soon, the Qingzhou Army remembered the order to advance again, and more than 10,000 people began to move forward slowly according to the formation.
This move of the Qingzhou Army shocked Ran Long again. You must know that there are Hulu cavalry nearby the Qingzhou Army. If you advance under the eyes of the enemy, aren't you afraid that when the army is in chaos, the Hu people will take advantage of it?
However, the pace of these thousands of Qingzhou troops was not chaotic at all. Even if a thousand Hulu cavalry nearby tried to approach and harass, it did not cause any confusion among these Qingzhou troops, as if they were convinced that these thousands of Hulu cavalry would not dare to charge.
Although Ran Long was convinced that these bluffing Hulu would not dare to charge.
But like the Qingzhou Army, under the command of the trumpet and whistle orders, the entire army of ten thousand people acted like one person thought. This is really something Ran Long admired.
After repelling several rounds of Hulu cavalry attacks, the Qingzhou Army finally moved away from the very gentle Ming River bank and reached the densely populated fields ahead.
At this time, Chen Xian of the Qingzhou Army Cavalry Flag Team touched Ran Long with his elbow and said hurriedly.
"Yuan Chang, here we come, here we come, look quickly, is the Hulu army coming?"
After Ran Long heard this, he stood up on his horse and saw a large cloud of dust rising from the north. It looked like a large group of people and horses were marching.
"Thief Hu, he's finally here!" 11
