The guard Qianhu, who was responsible for transporting grain and grass, built a temporary camp on the shore, working as a horn with the navy to serve as a place to store grain for this troop dispatch.
The more than two thousand soldiers under Wang Jing's command had to eat horses and chew every day, which required a lot of food and grass.
Ordinary soldiers can only carry three to five daily rations.
This time Wang Jing sends troops, a few days will definitely not be enough. Therefore, preparations for food and grass supplies before the war must be made.
The cavalry led by Mu Hong galloped along the river bank and met Wang Jing an hour later.
Subsequently.
Fan Yin personally led a few cavalrymen to act as sentinels to inquire about the situation nearby.
"Lord, this is only sixty miles away from where the Taiping Army was besieged... If we march in a hurry, we can arrive there in half a day!"
Soon, Fein came back with the spies to report.
He had previously made a rough and simple topographic map based on the information obtained by spies, including the marching route of Liang Yun's continuous encirclement and suppression of the Taiping Army.
He took out a map with rough lines from his pocket and pointed it to Wang Jing, Mai Tiezhang, Mu Hong and others.
"How is the Taiping Army doing now?"
Wang Jing asked.
The Taiping Army was the soldiers of the Taiping Rebellion in the Qing Dynasty. They used religion to brainwash the people and coerce them into rebellion.
They are essentially the same as the White Lotus Sect.
However, their organizational structure was more like that of a rebel army, far superior to that of the White Lotus Sect of the same era.
The White Lotus Sect that appeared in the east was different from the Qing Dynasty. They were an insurgent army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and their combat effectiveness was pretty good.
It's just that they have experienced relatively few battles, and they don't have the elite Taiping troops who have traveled thousands of miles to repeatedly defeat the Qing troops.
"The Taiping Army is relatively resilient. They were constantly pursued and suppressed by Liang Yun, and they still retain a strong combat effectiveness. They are now surrounded by the former Qin Army on a hill, and they relied on the mountain to block several attacks by the former Qin."
"But they are short of food and grass and are besieged from all sides. It is estimated that they will be able to hold on for a day or two at most!"
Fein said.
He somewhat admired the Taiping Army. He felt that these Taiping Army were somewhat similar to the Beggar Army. The White Lotus Army, which was similar in strength to them, had been defeated, but they could still persist in fighting.
"The Taiping Army is indeed capable of repeatedly defeating the Qing troops. They have been in a stalemate with the former Qin army for so long, and both sides have exhausted each other. Even though the former Qin soldiers and horses have won repeated battles, they have been reduced to a tired army by them!"
Wang Jing said with a smile: "Our army used its elite division to attack the tired soldiers of the former Qin Dynasty. Is there any reason to be invincible?"
He brought more than 2,000 soldiers this time, but the former Qin army's partial division numbered 10,000 people. Mai Tiezhang and Mu Hong were okay, but the other hundreds of households and the team were a little panicked.
They had never fought with thousands of soldiers and horses, and they couldn't help but feel worried.
Wang Jing noticed their expressions, so he deliberately eased their emotions.
Mai Tiezhang shouted: "What my lord said is absolutely true. The former Qin army has been fighting for so many days, how can it be our opponent? I beg for your orders, and I am willing to be the vanguard to capture and kill Liang Yun for my lord!"
The sound of Mai Tiezhang was loud, and hundreds of households nearby, the team leader, and the soldiers further away all heard this.
Most of their original panic and worry dissipated.
Wang Jing laughed loudly, "Mai Qianhu took the initiative to ask for orders, and I will give you this opportunity! Rest for half a day, and after half a day, we will march forward!"
…
Dozens of miles away.
Nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses were divided into three camps and surrounded the hill in front.
Most of the trees on the mountain were cut down and built into a wall to resist the horses. Thousands of people with weapons relied on the wall to resist the horses and fought fiercely with the soldiers surrounding the mountain.
The former Qin army had been besieging the mountain for two days. In just two days, the former Qin army and the Taiping army each suffered more than a thousand casualties in the fierce fighting.
Dang Dang!
The sound of retreating gongs and drums sounded, and the soldiers of the former Qin Dynasty retreated like ebbing water. Then, with the sound of swissing through the air, the overwhelming rain of arrows roared, killing many Taiping soldiers on the mountain.
After the previous wave of former Qin soldiers retreated, the next wave of soldiers led by the former Qin captain launched another assault.
Liang Yun, the former general of the Qin Army, looked as normal when he saw this scene.
There were several lieutenants beside him. One of them said: "It seems that the Taiping Army cannot hold on for long. The general ordered our army to attack in turns and did not give the Taiping Army time to rest. It is indeed a clever strategy!"
The former Qin Dynasty's partial army of ten thousand people attacked thousands of Taiping troops for several days. They surrounded the opponent behind a hill and continued the siege for two days without success. The former Qin army was somewhat disgraced.
But Liang Yun quickly thought of a solution.
That is to rely on the advantage of having more soldiers and generals to attack the hill in turn, without giving the Taiping army time to rest and eat. As long as the opponent is slightly careless, the former Qin soldiers and horses can rush up the mountain.
Liang Yun smiled faintly and said: "What a clever strategy, it's just to win with more."
He is very self-aware and knows that he is not as good as his brother Liang Cheng, so he pays attention to stability when leading troops into battle.
Such is the current siege of the hill.
After Liang Yun settled down in the camp, he continued to send troops and horses to attack in turns. No matter whether the Taiping army pretended to surrender, attacked at night or otherwise, he turned a deaf ear. A single-minded siege.
He is the most normal general template in history.
For ordinary soldiers and ragtag bandits, he led his troops to crush them, like a mountain crushing eggs, which was very powerful.
But in the eyes of famous generals, Liang Yun is just an ordinary mediocre general.
At this time.
A cavalry sentry rushed towards him from a distance. When Liang Yun saw it, he waved his hand and asked his guards to let the man come over.
"General, a troop of troops appears from the west and is approaching our army!"
"What?"
Liang Yun's expression changed, and several lieutenants around him were also a little shocked. Could it be that the Taiping Army has reinforcements outside? All the large and small forces in the nearby territory have been wiped out except for the Taiping Army.
What could be the origin of these soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared?
"How many soldiers and horses are there? How far is the distance?"
Liang Yun asked quickly.
"There are about two thousand soldiers, less than thirty miles away from our army!" Tan Ma said.
"Send the order, leave the left camp to guard against the Taiping Army, and the entire center army and right camp will be on alert!"
Liang Yun immediately ordered.
Woo!
The soldiers and horses of the former Qin Dynasty who were attacking the mountain continued to retreat and stayed in formation at the foot of the mountain to prepare for the Taiping Army's counterattack.
Other soldiers and horses of the former Qin Dynasty changed their formations to prepare for possible enemies in the west.
"what happened?"
After the current Qin soldiers and horses withdrew, the Taiping soldiers on the mountain saw the movement in the distance and did not dare to relax at all.
It can be seen that each of them looks depressed, their eyes are red, and most of their energy and energy have been consumed.
The leader of the Taiping Army was covered in blood. He had not washed for several days and his whole body was full of fishy stench. He looked at the movements of the Qin soldiers and horses and was a little puzzled.
However, he soon realized that there must be other soldiers approaching, and they were enemies of the former Qin army.
"It's true that God will never stop me!"
He burst into laughter and shouted: "The Qin army is about to encounter enemies. Send the order and distribute all the remaining food, grass and water to look for opportunities to break out!"
Under the anxious waiting of the Taiping Army and the Former Qin Army.
boom!
Accompanied by the thunderous sound of war drums, two thousand infantry were arranged neatly, with hundreds in groups and five hundred in groups, coming from four sides.
Behind the infantry, there were two hundred cavalry.
A large banner was erected high behind the infantry, with the word "王" embroidered on it.
The East Lake Army is here!
