Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Xia Ding

Volume 7: Laughing and Talking about Drinking the Blood of Huns Chapter 44: Big Flag

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    The Yangou mentioned by Yang Ye is the only place suitable for maintaining a barrier between Youzhou and Zhuozhou.  There is dense forest on both sides with a river ditch in the middle. On the slightly more spacious flat land, a walled city was built to guard the main point. Next to the walled city there is a watchtower called Haotian Tower, which is five-story and octagonal and more than ten feet high.  When he went north ten days ago, Chen De was deeply impressed by the simple and vigorous Haotian Pagoda, because it was the place where Yang Ye's bones were placed in the novel "The Yang Family General". From this, the opera legend of "Meng Liang Stealing the Bones" was born.

    At this moment, Yang Ye wanted to take the risk to collect and escort the Han people back to the interior, and let him lead his troops to Yangou to intercept the ambush. Chen De had no choice but to say in a deep voice: "Then, as General Yang said, De will lead his troops to guard Yangou and wait.  Even if the Liao people come to attack with thousands of troops and thousands of horses, and they don't see your order, they will still fight to the death." Under the excitement of his heart, his tone and title changed a little.

    Yang Ye gave him a strange look.  The military situation was urgent, so after a hurried discussion, Chen De informed Yu Furen to divert to Yangou to meet up, with Wang Qianchong as the marching guide.  Chen De himself led 300 Anxi troops and went to Yangou to collect the defeated troops and make arrangements.

    The Ya army camp waited for a long time. After listening to Chen De's plan to help Yang Ye rescue the Han people, all the soldiers had no objection.  At this time, the sky was still dark, and Chen De led his troops out of the camp. The infantry all mounted and prepared their horses. Three hundred cavalry rushed to the Yangou Village Fort, and a line of white fish belly just appeared in the east.  After inspecting the terrain on the left and right, Chen De ordered the Ya army camp to line up and assemble. He slowly scanned the queue from left to right. He had lived in Bianliang for many years. This was the group of Ya soldiers who had led the army from the south of the Yangtze River and had followed Chen De for the longest time. They had received the most training.  , the deepest feelings. After this battle, I don¡¯t know how many people can survive.

    Looking at the simple, resolute and silent faces, Chen De couldn't help but feel a little choked in his throat and the corners of his eyes were sore. He forced himself to calm down the surge in his heart, and said slowly and clearly: "You are selected from thirty thousand Anxi robes."  Elites, trained for a long time, will be used for a while today. From my point of view, in terms of bravery and talent, you can all be centurions. After the army is defeated, if there are any warriors who are willing to follow our army to intercept the Liao army here  , you can go and gather the leaders, I will recommend the most important to the Western Army of Anxi. After this battle, the man with ten men under his command will be the captain of ten, and he will be elected as the centurion, captain, and even the army commander. Today I will fight the enemy side by side with you.  , Chen De is very lucky. This battle has attracted the attention of the world, so it is up to our warriors to rewrite the history of history with our swords and live up to Anxi's famous name."

    After listening to Chen De's speech, all the sergeants were excited, some were excited, and most of them had burning eyes.  Yajun camp is the camp where Chen De cultivates and reserves officers' seeds.  Most of the sergeants who can be selected into the Ya Army Camp have experience as centurions. The military and political strategies that Chen De has organized and taught for more than a year have already surpassed the level of centurions and captains. Even how to control several military coordination  The tactics of the attack were also discussed in the Yajun camp.  A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and this is especially true in Yajun Camp.

    In more than a year of integration, a complete and smooth command hierarchy has been formed within the Ya military camp, and the sergeants are familiar with the military order system and their respective methods of doing things.  Chen De wanted to use the reserve officer corps of the Ya Barracks to capture those who dared to fight among the defeated Forbidden Army, and hastily assembled a force that could intimidate the Liao soldiers.  If the soldiers nearby were disengaged, Chen Deshang would not dare to make such a plan, but the Imperial Forbidden Army put the most emphasis on drills, and the soldiers of the Forbidden Army all had certain rules for their basic battle tactics.  With the Ya army camp's familiarity with the Forbidden Army's tactical commands, it was a method that could be tried reluctantly by packing up the Forbidden Army soldiers and fighting in a row.

    "Put up my flag by the road! Also put up General Yang's flag to recruit soldiers to intercept the Liao army." Following Chen De's order, Zhang Zhongyao took out the scarlet flag of "Anxi Jiedu Chen" and put it on his feet.  Standing on the eight gun poles by the roadside, he took out the blank blue flag usually used for drills, dipped his pen in ink, and when he was about to write Yang Ye's name, he frowned and asked, "How to write the rank of General Yang?"  In the Northern Han Dynasty, he served as the Jiedushi Envoy of the Jianxiong Army, and his status was respected. He was respected by the Han people in the north. After entering the Song Dynasty, he had the empty title of General Wei, who led the army on the right, and was sent to serve as a minor official escorting the transportation of grain and grass. It is really difficult to write.  Chen De pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Just write 'Daibei Yang Jiye'." For some reason, what Chen De blurted out was not Liu Jiye, nor Yang Ye, but Yang Jiye, who was praised by all people for generations and has been famous for thousands of years.  The troops beside him took it for granted, as if Yang Ye had always had such a prestigious reputation.  Zhang Zhongyao said hello and quickly wrote the banner with the character "Yang" and placed it beside Chen De's banner.  At this time, the glow was just beginning to appear in the east, and two large flags were waving in the wind. The sergeants of the Ya army camp below the flagpoles were all high-spirited, looking forward to death, and there was no trace of depression at all.

    The scattered soldiers at the foot of Youzhou City began to pass by Yangou in twos and threes. They saw two large flags standing beside the road. More than ten elite cavalry surrounded a majestic general with a helmet and armor standing in front of the big flag. Some of them looked around curiously.  , some hurried past with their heads lowered, and some marched cautiously and cautiously with their swords drawn. One of the ten Chinese came forward to inquire about the news. The sergeants of the Ya barracks had already dispersed. The sergeants were all over the salt ditch north and south, agitating like a reverberant tongue.  Once he persuaded those soldiers who were a little hesitant, or who were not angry and fled, but were still able to fight, to stay.

    A donkey cart drove slowly past, escorted by dozens of riders.There was a noise outside, and someone asked in a weak voice: "Cui Qing, what happened again?" Zhao Jiong's face was pale inside the car curtain, and through the gap in the car curtain, he could vaguely see a group of men and horses standing majestically.  Beside the road.  In a daze, Zhao Jiong thought he was hallucinating.  Cui Han knew Chen De well. He sent a junior officer to inquire about the situation. He leaned over the carriage curtain and said: "Your Majesty, it was Chen De who gathered the defeated troops during the Anxi Festival in an attempt to rely on Yangou Village Fort.  Stop the Liao people." At this time, an Anxi sergeant came over and said loudly: "The Anxi Jiedu envoy Chen De is here to stop the Liao army. I think you are all good men, why don't you stay and fight the Khitan dogs together!  "Cui Han was embarrassed when he heard this, drew out the sword from his waist, and scolded: "Everyone has his own ambitions, and the road goes toward the sky, so don't stop it!" Seeing the reluctance of the group, Qin Jiong didn't say much, and vomited contemptuously.  Phlegm, patting his waist knife and gathering the defeated army elsewhere.

    Zhao Jiong was startled when he heard this, and gently opened the car curtain to take a closer look. He saw that Chen De was surrounded by officers above ten captains of the Ya Army Camp. They were full of heroic aura, with tall war horses and neat armor. The Anxi flag was fluttering.  Thousands of soldiers have already gathered.  For a moment, whether it was jealousy or humiliation, Zhao Jiong felt sad. At this time, he was only protected by dozens of cavalry troops. Naturally, he did not dare to reveal his identity easily, so he could only say in a trembling voice: "Chen De, okay." Cui Han couldn't hear it anymore.  Next, he ordered the cavalry to escort the officials quickly through the salt ditch. In his mind, the Anxi people and the Khitan people were equally threatening to the officials.  After Cui Han escorted Zhao Jiong out of the imperial camp last night, he did not dare to go south because there were Liao cavalry galloping everywhere. Instead, he found a hidden mountain col to hide until the Liao troops retreated. He did not know what the situation was like in the camp.  Later, when I saw that the troops were defeated everywhere, I just thought that the army was defeated, and they marched southward even harder. It was just that the donkey cart was not fast, and they just passed the salt ditch after Chen De and other Anxi troops and horses.  The officials did not dare to stay in the Liao Dynasty and retreated all the way to the Song Dynasty. Only then did they order Cui Han to station their horses at Jintaiyi on the border of the Liao and Song Dynasties to collect the remaining troops.

    An hour later, Cao Han led more than 7,000 cavalry troops through Yangou. He saw that Chen De had gathered more than 3,000 soldiers and lined up in front of Yangou Fort. There were more than a dozen large flags of various colors with the word "Anxi" written on them, and they were flying.  , his face darkened, and he ordered his soldiers to drive away the scattered defeated army in front and pass quickly.  After crossing the salt ditch and not being ambushed, Cao Han breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking about it, he chose a flat ground suitable for formation under Zhuozhou City, raised his own flag, and ordered the cavalry troops to intercept and gather them.  The defeated army coming from the north was different from the soldiers north of Yangou where Chen De only left soldiers who volunteered to resist the enemy.  With Cao Han's extremely high prestige in the imperial army, the cavalry troops forcibly gathered together. In addition, all the soldiers knew that the Anxi army was blocking the Liao people in the north and that there was a strong city in Zhuozhou to defend. He actually stopped three or four out of ten stops.  Cao Han gathered them together, and within a few hours, 30,000 to 40,000 horses gathered.

    "This Hexi Chen De is really a character," Liu Yanrang said to Shi Shouxin while looking at the more than 5,000 forbidden soldiers gathered under Chen De's banner.  The two of them had been in battle for a long time, and led more than 700 cavalry soldiers to march slowly. Seeing that Chen De actually dared to gather his troops to intercept the Liao soldiers so close to Youzhou, Liu Yanrang couldn't help laughing and said, "You are very brave. If  Emperor Shizong, he had his head chopped off long ago." There was admiration in his words. Shi Shouxin looked at Chen De with a complicated expression as he immediately raised his hand to him as a salute, and unconsciously raised his hand in return.  The group of people slowly passed through the Anxi military formation, and Wugong Prince Zhao Dezhao still looked back frequently.

    Until noon, the Yang family's cavalry led the civilian men with carts and burdens, and the Han civilians with their children and women arrived in Yangou one after another. These people saw the flags waved by the Anxi Army and the strict military formation.  Feeling relieved in their hearts, some turned around and prostrated themselves on the ground after walking hundreds of steps away, while others took a handful of Youzhou soil when passing by the salt ditch and left reluctantly.  After noon, Yang Yanzhao retreated with a group of grain trucks. Chen De frowned and said: "Brother Yang, you can just burn these cumbersome things, why bother carrying them back." Yang Yanzhao said solemnly: "  These are the treasures of the people in the Heshuo area. I can't bear to abandon them. They are piled up here in the salt ditch for the time being. If the Khitans come, they can be burned to stop the enemy." After saying this, he ordered the soldiers to connect the grain trucks end to end and block the main road of the salt ditch, leaving only  A very narrow gap allowed the defeated army and the people to pass.  After finishing the arrangements, he had no time to chat with Chen De, and hurriedly led his troops to meet the people again.

    Outside Youzhou City, the Liao troops such as Yelu Xiu Ge, Yelu Xiezhen, and Yelu Sha fought fiercely with the Song people all day long, but failed to defeat the Song army. They all reorganized in their respective camps. King Yelu Xiu Ge of the North Courtyard even carried three  Chuang fell into a coma as soon as he came off the battlefield. He didn't wake up until noon the next day. Hearing that the Song army had withdrawn, he still didn't believe it.  "Has the news been confirmed? The southerners are cunning. You must not fall into an ambush!" Brother Yeluxiu's face was as golden as paper, his lips were bloodless, his voice was hoarse, but his eyes were burning.

    "It's absolutely true," Yelusha Bing said, "Lan Zima ventured into the Song army's camp and saw discarded weapons and armors everywhere, and even found a dozen discarded weapons in the tent.  It is said that the eunuchs and concubines of the Southern Emperor retreated at night because the Emperor was lost and the army was without a master."

    "God is really helping me in Liao Dynasty!" Yelu Xiu saidHearing this, he patted the edge of the bed and immediately shattered all three wounds. He frowned slightly and then said excitedly: "The enemy army retreated and it was time to pursue them. What is the purpose of the Prime Minister here?" Yelusa frowned and said: "  The troops were exhausted and feared being ambushed by the Southern Dynasty, so they did not want to pursue them!" "Confused!" Brother Yelusiu was furious. Regardless of Yelusa's face, he shouted: "The Southern Dynasty has an army of more than 200,000. As long as there are brave men  The general will be aware of the weakness of our army and can make a comeback at any time. The best strategy is to pursue the enemy and force them to flee continuously." After saying that, he endured the pain, forced himself up from the bed, and said in a deep voice: "Be prepared for me.  Carriage, I will personally command the palace's elite troops to pursue and annihilate the enemy troops."

    {PiaoTian Literature www.PiaoTian.com thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our greatest motivation}
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report