-
Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading
Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Tang Qi Volume 4 Hu Han Cang Qiong Chapter 270 Battle of Beijing Part 5
Previous page Return to Catalog Next page
- A new silver shipping channel is being formed from Shuofang to Chile.
Between Qinxi and Hedong, one could have walked through the Guanzhong Plain, crossed the Yellow River and turned to the northeast, but at this time Guanzhong was divided into east and west parts. Although caravans could enter Shijin's country, it was a civilian journey after all, and military transportation could not arrive. But now that the Tang Army of Tang Dynasty was deploying troops to the northeast, a passage from Ganlong to Chilechuan was imperative.
When Xue Fu went north, he took the land route. Although this road was direct, the cost of land transportation was destined to be high. Xue Fu went north with hundreds of thousands of cattle and horses, so he was able to do this. But in the future, it will be too expensive to rely on oxen, horses or porters to cross the thousand-mile road from Qinxi to Chilechuan. Fortunately, there is a natural waterway between Ganlong and Chilechuan - the Yellow River!
The section of the Yellow River above the Qingtong Gorge (now in Ningxia) located in Shuofang has a narrow channel and a huge drop. Some places are simply waterfalls, so it is not conducive to navigation. However, once it passes through the Qingtong Gorge, it enters the alluvial plain zone, which is nearly two meters long. Thousands of miles of river, the river bed is wide and the current is gentle, making it possible to sail. Just set up a raft and drift along the river, and you can transport thousands of kilograms of goods. For business travelers, what is more cost-effective than traveling thousands of miles without using animals or manpower?
Such a waterway would be a typical golden waterway if placed in an economically developed area. However, this section of the Yellow River, starting from Shuofang (today's Ningxia area), is half agricultural and half pastoral, and ending at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain is a famous pasture. It is extremely commercially unfavorable. Developed areas, therefore this waterway has not been able to generate any economic benefits. Needless to say, when this river fell into the hands of the nomads, when the Han and Tang Dynasties were in their heyday and troops were deployed to the north, it was naturally much more convenient for the Central Plains to mobilize supplies from Hedong, which was ten times richer than Shuofang, so it was never important in history. Military transportation routes.
But now is a special period. Hedong is still in the hands of Shi Jin, and Zhang Mai wants to go from Qinxi to northern Shanxi. Considering the transportation cost, it is naturally the most cost-effective to take this Yellow River waterway.
The Tenth Battalion's Modao Tomahawk New Formation set out on horseback from Qinxi. Yang Guangyuan dispatched two thousand light cavalry to accompany them. Five thousand people marched along the Huluchuan River for half a month before crossing the Qingtong Gorge. There is a newly built wharf here - now a market has been formed, called Xiabei Market.
After Zhang Mai arrived here, he ordered the felling of wood for rafts, and a large number of rafts were built in half a month. During this period, the fifth battalion of cavalry, the fifth battalion of Han infantry, and the tenth battalion were mobilized from Hehuang, Jianbei, and Qinxi. Long-range shooting teams and a thousand auxiliary soldiers also arrived one after another.
In terms of numbers, this army only has 12,000 people, which is not a large number. It is a mid-way march from various places to Xiabeiji. Zheng Wei can still afford this fee.
What’s more, given Zheng Wei’s personality, he would not just settle military accounts. The two marches that Yelu Wuzhi took to the south and north were temporary operations. Later, merchants formed trade routes through the road they walked, but they were not used as fixed routes. This time Zhang Mai chose this marching route. If everything If it goes well, this transportation line can be turned into a routine and the supply bases along the coast can be improved. At that time, there will be Qinxi in the southeast and Lianglan in the southwest. The trade routes will converge here and reach the Chile River through the Yellow River, and then enter northern Shanxi along the land route. They will even move towards Yanyun, Northeast and Mobei with the expansion of Tiance Tang Army's power, and will be included in the entire Silk Road. the road.
Since Tiance took over Shuofang, the focus of development here is agriculture and animal husbandry. However, with the opening of the northern Shanxi trade route, the commercial factors in Xiabei Ji became active. Nowadays, the relationship between merchants and the army in Ganlong area is good. Tiance Tang Army has often become the umbrella for merchants in the territory. Tiance The Tang army had strict military discipline - not to mention Zhang Mai was in charge. This is also an important feature that distinguishes the Tang army from other armies. If those armies were marching with looting habits, the merchants would have to hide far away to avoid being plundered by them, but the merchants in the northwest like to follow them. Zhang Mai's army set off because the public security would be very good near the army. The bandits are gone, Hu'er is submissive, and even the weather seems to be getting clearer.
——————————
When the merchants in the north of the gorge heard that Zhang Mai was coming, they pooled their money and transformed three large river boats into three huge building ships for inland navigation and dedicated them to Zhang Mai as a boat - the soldiers could make do with it, Marshal It would be too shabby to ride on a raft.
Zhang Mai did not refuse. After gathering for the military parade in the north of the gorge, he led the army to board boats and rafts, and the army of more than 10,000 people marched north along the gentle current. People in the northwest region are not used to taking boats. Although there is no wind or waves, many soldiers swayed as soon as they stepped on the boat. Some generals even asked to go ashore to accompany them. Even though the level of the Yellow River in this section was gentle and waveless, they would rather sit on their horses. I don’t want to take a boat ride if my back is bumpy.
But Zhang Mai rejected everyone's request and ordered the entire army to board the ship and set off. This is still an inland river, but there are already soldiers vomiting non-stop, but they got used to it after vomiting for hundreds of miles. Although you can sit on the boat without moving,However, many generals feel that this is more draining on the soldiers' physical strength than the jolting on horseback.
In fact, the fleet with rafts as the main body moved very slowly, less than twenty miles an hour - this speed was not much faster than a person walking at a brisk pace. Zhang Mai's building boat could not break away from the large force, and was used to the ships of later generations. Given his speed, it was hard for him to imagine that a long-distance water march would be so slow! However, Zhang Mai still insisted on taking the boat and refused the generals' request to march ashore. He only allowed two cavalry units of 500 men each to take turns patrolling both sides of the strait.
On the first day, we set off from Xiabeiji at five o'clock. We docked at noon to cook, and allowed the soldiers to go ashore to rest for half an hour. Then they continued sailing. In early summer, the days were longer than the nights, and it was not until dusk that they went ashore to camp again. Walking for more than five hours a day, nearly two hundred miles. The calculation is not faster than walking on a light horse, but firstly, there is almost no need to consider the damage caused by the baggage to the animal power. Secondly, if the soldiers are not used to it, such a march hardly consumes the soldiers' physical strength.
Zhang Mai is expected to take fifteen days from the north of the gorge to Hekou Town, the landing place of Chilechuan. He may spend some time on the way to raid several strongholds that are said to be occupied by bandits, laying the foundation for the future security of this waterway. Zheng Wei is very confident: as long as Zhang Mai makes this trip, and the news of the Zheng family's profits in northern Shanxi at the beginning of the year reaches Ganlong and Qinxi, this water trade route will develop by leaps and bounds.
However, Zhang Mai didn't pay much attention to these things. While he was on the Yellow River, his heart had already flown to Linhuang Mansion - the battle situation outside Shangjing City was what he was most concerned about!
——————————
Outside Shangjing City, the battlefield has become intense.
The Khitan has 20,000 followers. After successfully completing the central breakthrough, at this time, Tiance's Ganliang New Army was located in the second depth. The waist crossbowman had already abandoned the crossbow and drew his sword, retreated ten steps, and at the same time the swordsman and the gunman stepped forward. However, they could not choke the Khitan's progress like Xi Sheng did at the Huanma Highlands!
The first cavalry clump in the center of the hill, with men holding swords, the horses splitting the iron armor, like wild beasts wearing iron armor. After the first moon formation on the first level of the cut slope, after a few ups and downs, they touched the second depth! But at this moment, Lala Duokuo stopped and let the black dragon take a rest while the following cavalry rushed forward.
The second depth of Tiance’s Chinese army. The formation is still in the shape of an early moon, with infantry sword formations at the two ends and gun and shield bearers in the center. The two screamed: "Forward! Forward!" The center shouted: "Defend! Defend!"
Five hundred combined shields were erected - Tiance's Tang army entered Mobei and could not carry large weapons. However, the craftsmen of the Tang army put great effort into designing a set of combined shields. When these shields were separated, each one was only about three feet long. , about two feet wide. Easy to carry, just put it directly on the horse's buttocks. But the structure is clever and can be spliced. When the six shields are spliced ??together, it becomes a large shield nine feet high and four feet wide!
Three thousand small shields were combined into five hundred shields. There was a five-foot gap between the shields, and a spear stretched out. Waiting for the enemy under the leaning tree, there are two spears, two hooks and sickles, a hidden archer, and each large shield is equipped with five infantry. Five hundred large shields formed a 500-foot defense line. This is the second deepest central defense of Tiance.
The cavalry in the heart of the Khitan rushed towards them fiercely. Thousands of horse hooves trampled the ground at the same time within a distance of twenty steps, causing a shock that was enough to shock people's hearts. At this time, the less courageous infantrymen will be frightened by this power and run away, and then there will be no need to fight anymore, only the pursuit!
"Shut up! Shut up!"
The generals of the new army in Ganliang worked hard to cheer up the soldiers. They were trained under the new military training system in Ganliang. Some veteran soldiers had already gone through two years of military camp training, and some had only one. In the year or two before the surprise attack in Mobei, Zhang Mai would run to the military camp whenever he had time. That "Shut up, Shout out!" was what Zhang Mai called out during actual combat training.
No one knows why it’s called “Hold!” to defend the position! No one in the military community in the world knows the origin of this word, but if the marshal called it out, it must be correct!
"Shut up! Shut up!"
The vibration of horse hooves has already reached the front, and some less courageous people want to turn around and run away. However, these thoughts only pass by for a moment, the Khitan cavalry is already approaching!
They all thought of Zhang Mai’s personal instructions——
"On the battlefield, the more you fear death, the faster you will die!"
Yes, it’s too late to escape!
Just die!
????????? The Khitan people have all experienced battle formations, and when they saw the 500-foot shield formation, they arrogantly collided with their horses. The more experienced ones were ready to show off their riding skills and slip through the gap between the shields. Some Khitan cavalrymen surrounded a giant shield with two or three cavalrymen, while some shields contained no Khitan cavalrymen at all.
The veteran soldiers in the heart know very well the principle of concentrating troops instead of evenly distributing them.
"Close Crossbow PredictionBe prepared! "
When the war horse is only five to ten meters away from the big shield, at this distance, the Khitan cavalry only needs to reach out and wave the sword, coupled with the sprint of the horse, within half a second, the saber will fall on his neck. ! But at this distance, once the crossbow arrow is fired from the gap in the center of the shield, the cavalry in front will have almost no room to maneuver!
On both sides of the offense and defense, as long as one hand is unstable and one heart is trembling, the victory or defeat will be decided!
"Cum!"
"Cum!"
——
This is not dense, but scattered and irregular. The dark archers behind each shield fired according to the situation in front of them! More than 300 of the 500 giant shields faced the enemy, and there were more than 300 hidden archers among the 300 or so giant shields. There were 280 people who successfully shot at the battlefield. It took more than a year of training and thousands of miles. The training of the expedition made them "roar" their fears, but there were still more than 30 people who either had unsteady hands, had problems with their crossbows, or misjudged the timing and missed the opportunity to fight.
But as long as you shoot successfully, there is almost no chance of a miss at this distance! Either people or horses were hit. More than a hundred Khitans were killed on the spot, and the rest were either injured or their mounts fell down and rolled to the ground! But some Khitan cavalry actually dodged the bows and arrows!
Just after the electric confrontation. Thousands of war horses hit the shield at the same time, and nearly a thousand Khitan cavalry rushed through the shield gap at the same time!
"Gun!"
Whooshing sound! More than 900 spears were thrust into the horse's belly! However, the Khitan inner circle showed their superb close combat skills at this time. Most of them just reined in the horse or clamped the horse's belly, avoiding the thrusts of the spears and spears, and followed the circular swing of the sabers. One by one, the spears and spears were cut off!
"Hook! Hook!"
Hooks, sickles, spears, hooks, and horse hoofs are also used by infantry to deal with cavalry. However, after the Battle of Luntai, the Khitans were deeply prepared for this. A horse sword with an elongated handle, somewhere between an ax and a knife, swung downwards, carrying the momentum of horse power, breaking the hook when it encountered it, the gun when it encountered it, and the hand when it encountered it! If it encounters the neck, it is a life!
Once hundreds of cavalry circled behind the shield. After the spears, spears, hooks and sickles failed to stop them in the first place, the giant shield wall would become a virtual reality.
At this moment, a pile of moving steel rolled over - it was Drago Duokuo after taking a short rest. The black dragon seemed to have just warmed up. Around it, a cavalry team of fifty people wearing armor and horses gathered. Cong! The black dragon jumped into the giant shield happily, dragging Duo Kuo and not paying attention at all, just on one side of his body. Even if a hidden arrow hit his shoulder - it couldn't penetrate his flesh at all! At the same time, the black dragon has knocked over the giant shield!
He swung his giant axe, cutting off the spearman who was stabbing him in fear. At the same time, the black dragon rose up with almost manpower, avoiding the hook and sickle spear that tried to attack it. The horse's hoof stepped on it and broke the skull of a Tiance soldier!
Under the fierce impact of fifty heavy armored cavalry regiments, countless war horses kicked out their front hooves under the control of the knights, crushing the heads and shoulder bones of countless infantrymen! There was a huge gap in the giant shield.
Li Bin watched with tears on his face. The second line of defense has been broken through by the central government, but the Ganliang warriors who are in danger are still fighting for their lives under the hooves of the horses!
It was expected that the second line of defense would not be able to stop the heart, but it was unexpected that it would be broken through so quickly! Although the inner circle also paid the price of hundreds of casualties, the damage suffered by the Ganliang New Army was more than twice as high!
A captain who did not know his life until he died shouted: "We can't let down the marshal! We can't let down the governor!"
"Shut up! Shut up!"
"Shut up. Shout out!"
They shouted at the top of their lungs, as if this was the only way to give themselves the courage to fight!
Li Bin's heart was trembling. His tears were moved by the soldiers who died in battle. However, as a military advisor who had experienced thousands of lives and deaths, his heart had already been tempered like iron stone. The trembling at this time was not because of sadness. , but because of fear!
The Tang army has already paid such a price, but the Khitan forwards have not yet shown signs of weakness - even, it seems that they have just begun to enter the state!
——————————
"This is not a Luntai! The Khitan is not a strong enemy or a divination strategist!" On the way to the capital city, Yelu Deguang said solemnly: "Yang Yizhen really wants to confront us head-on? He has the wrong idea!"
——————————
But at this moment, a strange rhythm suddenly sounded on the battlefield. It was a burst of singing, coming from the west, floating far away on the temporarily windless battlefield.
The voice is desolate, it seems to be full of nostalgia, but also with determination in the nostalgia!
Yelu Deguang is very familiar with that rhyme scheme!
heHeard this song!
That’s Wang Changling’s “Out of the Fortress”!
But Yelu Deguang didn’t know Wang Changling!
He knew "Crossing the Wall" because a Han Chinese he deeply hated sang it - Xi Sheng!
In the battle on the Huanma Highlands, the general of the Tang Army who left the Khitan with no money and suffered heavy losses, which brought an opportunity for Xue Fu, sang this song!
————————————
When the Battle of Huanma Highlands broke out, Yang Yi had already led his troops to fight in Mobei, so all the Tang soldiers in Mobei had never witnessed the brutal battle of Huanma Highlands. But when the story of the battle last winter was heard, everyone from the Mobei expeditionary force to Yang Yi and the unknown soldiers burst into tears!
For the Sweat Blood Cavalry, it was the Modao Battle Ax Formation that made it famous for its great victory, while for the Mobei Expeditionary Army, it was the Modao Battle Ax Formation that defended Tiance's home and their homeland. , saved the lives of his relatives, and also saved the significance of the surprise attack in Mobei - if Ganlong was lost, would the surprise attack in Mobei still have any meaning?
My colleagues have sacrificed their lives for this country and this nation last year. Today, it is my turn!
——————————
The first person to sing "Out of the Fortress" was the Longxiang Iron Armor Army located in the third depth. Then the song spread, and tens of thousands of men from the Tang Dynasty sang at the same time. Trapped under the hoofs of horses, Ganliang's recruits found hope in the singing and found the courage to continue fighting!
The source of singing is not immovable!
The third depth is already in action!
The first two lines of defense are to wait for the enemy to defend, but by the third depth, they are already taking the initiative to attack!
The new Ganliang Army in the second depth needs to be encouraged, needs to be cheered up, and the generals need to use all kinds of means to "shout" their position!
But for the Longxiang Iron Armor Army in the third depth. What are those things!
The backbone of this army is the experienced general from Anxi! Fight all the way from thousands of miles away to Ganlong, then back to Luntai, then to the river, then to Mobei, and then to Linhuang Mansion!
The blood shed by their comrades was enough to stain hundreds of bloody spears!
And the blood of the enemy under their swords is enough to dye thousands of faces red!
This is a cavalry that has faced death for a long time!
So what about Khitan! So what about the abdomen!
As Zhang Mai’s personal guards, the pride of the Longxiang Iron Armor Army is enough for them to face all enemies!
There is no army in the world. It can make the supreme Zhang Mai army fearful!
They don’t need encouragement, they just need orders!
So, when Zhangba Changshan raised a red satin blood spear next to him, they took action!
——————————
"The moon is bright in Qin time and the moon is off in Han time!"
“We will not pay back the long march of thousands of miles!”
Coming to Mobei and Linhuang Mansion, this bloody man has already made plans to wrap his body in horse leather!
Xi Sheng changed the word "wei" into the word "bu". A little less talented as a scholar, but a little more deadly as a martial artist! This is the end of Mo Dao Battle Ax Formation’s determination to fight until death!
And now this determination has been brought to the battlefield in Shangjing through the word "no"!
bring it on. Khitan!
bring it on!
"But the Flying General of Dragon City is here!"
"Don't teach Huma how to cross the Yin Mountains!"
You have broken up two formations, but this is the last place you can reach!
Longxiang Iron Armor Army is the last mountain range that you can't cross!
——————————
Shi Jian and Guo Zhang, who were moving closer to the center, also heard "Out of the Barrier"!
Whether they are the soldiers under Shi Jian or the cavalry archers under Guo Zhang, they are also Zhang Mai's personal guards. For the funeral songs left by Mo Dao's battle ax formation, and for the war weddings sung by their comrades, they feel the same way more than anyone else!
"Come on! Come on!"
The two wings, which were just jogging at first, seemed to have received the loudest command and ran towards the two wings of Khitan at the same time!
——————————
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? can be raised up to look to the west! There is Wanqi approaching in front, slowly accelerating towards this side!
The Tang army took the initiative to attack!
The formation is still the Chuyue type. But in the first two depths, the elites were concentrated at the two tips, but in the third depth, there was a change. The elites were concentrated in the center of the formation!
There are hundreds of cavalry in the center, shining brightly in the west-slanting Yang light!
That is the improved Mingguang Armor! The armor is light and thin, but afterThe hammer has been forged hundreds of times, but its defensive power is the first-class body armor of this era!
??????????????????????????????????????????????????…
The sword is a precious sword, the horse is a military horse, and the armor is fine armor!
There is no famous general among Longxiang, but the entire army is full of elite soldiers!
Is this Zhang Mai’s bodyguard?
Is this the famous Dragon Cheung Iron Armor?
Is this the powerful Tiance team that sought a battle in Guanzhong last year but failed to win?
"Laduo Kuo seemed to be going crazy, his mouth was split open and he was trembling with excitement!"
The black dragon seemed to be psychic and was jumping with excitement! Is this beast really a horse and not a tiger?
"Charge for me, kill for me! Step over for me!"
It was as if he had seen Zhang Mai, and it was like the orcs in Western fantasy legends going crazy, crying and laughing, leading thousands of cavalry to rush towards the dragon's iron armor!
Strong soldiers and strong soldiers finally collided together, and the sun suddenly dimmed. It seemed that the sparks caused by the collision of two too powerful cavalry troops made the sun dare not look directly at it!
——————————
Above the Yellow River, Zhang Mai seemed to have a telepathic feeling. He faced the north and murmured: "Ayi, I know you won't let me down. And you guys! I know you won't let me down!"
——————————(To be continued) - 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
- Previous pageCatalogNext page