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The Flag Enters Yanyun Chapter 82 The First Battle

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    Wang Ziwu seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and hurriedly smiled and said: "I just rely on Zhou Cuan!" But then he said worriedly: "Zhou Cuan, you eight hundred people are hanging alone outside the city. That vegetable thief is so terrible."  If there are too many soldiers, why not go into the city?" "Command the army!" Zhou Ping interrupted Wang Ziwu and said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because there are few soldiers that we must set up a stronghold outside the city.  There is a canal outside the west gate of Xiuzhou City, which is too small to maneuver. There is a large pond outside the east gate, which is not conducive to the thieves' attack. If I am not mistaken, the thieves must have come from the south gate. We will set up a stronghold outside the city.  , As long as the stronghold cannot be breached, the thieves will not be able to cut through the city gate. The city is large and the stronghold is small. Even if there are millions of thieves, they can only force a few thousand people in front of my stronghold. The thieves have no armor, as long as I use a strong bow and a strong crossbow.  "Zanshe, what's there to be afraid of?" "That's good, that's good!" After hearing Zhou Ping's analysis, the worry on Wang Ziwu's face finally faded a little, and he sighed: "You saw it too, Supervisor Zhou.  I was originally a scribe and didn't know how to fight, but I didn't expect that I didn't cultivate in my previous life. I unexpectedly met Fang La, a demon king like this, in this place in the south of the Yangtze River, and was entrusted with the position of commander of the army by the officials. Really, really -" At this point  , Wang Ziwu's eyes were already wet, and two lines of old tears were shed.  Looking at Shangguan's appearance, Zhou Ping couldn't help but feel dumb. Fang La hadn't come over yet, and this was how the commander looked inside the fortified city.  Then when Fang La comes over, how should the soldiers feel when they face each other hand-to-hand and fight to the death?  Zhou Ping had no choice but to comfort him in a low voice: "Commander, please rest assured, as long as the general is there, Xiuzhou will be there!" As soon as Zhou Ping finished speaking, he heard a rush of footsteps coming from outside.  When he turned around, he saw that it was Xue Liangyu who was leading the cavalry. He had a nervous look on his face, saluted Wang Ziwu with his hands crossed, and said loudly, "The bandits have arrived, and their vanguard is less than ten miles away from the south gate." "  How many people are there in Shili and who is their leader?" Zhou Ping asked quickly.  Xue Liangyu's face showed a rare nervous look, and he replied in a low voice: "Thieves are all over the mountains and plains, and they all wrap their heads in cloth, like moths. Countless!" At this point.  He swallowed his saliva and said: "I'm afraid there are no less than ten thousand people. Due to the large number of troops, Tanqi did not dare to get too close. I don't know who the leader of the thieves is." Xue Liangyu just finished speaking.  Zhou Ping heard a thud from behind him.  When I looked back, I couldn't help but be shocked. It turned out that Wang Ziwu had fallen to the ground.  "Come on, come on, come on! Master Tongjun has fainted!" Zhou Ping hurriedly helped Wang Ziwu up.  He saw that his eyes had rolled back and he was unconscious. He quickly stretched out his hand and pinched the other person hard several times. After a while, Wang Ziwu woke up leisurely and smiled bitterly at Zhou Ping: "Hey, Juncheng, I am  If it doesn't work, you can take the talisman letter, and I'll be relying on you to defend the city!" Zhou Ping looked at Mrs. Wang and several concubines who were surrounded by people crying and coming in from the outside, and closed his eyes slightly.  The salivating Wang Ziwu smiled bitterly and said: "I will definitely try my best!" When Zhou Ping returned to the main hall of the Yamen, all the officers in the city had arrived.  In order to ensure the morale of the army, Zhou Ping did not tell the ugly behavior of Wang Ziwu just now, but directly took out the talisman letter from his arms and showed it to the generals, and then said in a deep voice: "The commander of the army is slightly ill, and I entrusted the talisman letter to me.  , take command of the entire city's army and horses. The bandit army is approaching. You must obey the orders of a certain family and kill the thieves with all your strength. If you are afraid, you will not move forward. "At this point, Zhou Ping pulled out his sword and gave it a weak strike, and said: "Zhou.  I know you, but I don¡¯t know this knife from a certain family!¡± ¡°Here!¡± Everyone responded in unison, Zhou Ping nodded, and then loudly assigned the generals. He has been in Xiuzhou for almost ten days, and he is studying again.  As for the origin of the building, a concise schematic diagram has been drawn for a long time.  Whenever he called out a person's name, he would indicate in detail on the map the defense area that the other person was responsible for, who would defend the city, who would patrol, and the division of labor.  As the saying goes, "The general will give courage to the army." Although everyone heard that Wang Ziwu was ill, they felt relieved when they saw that Zhou Ping was so calm and clearly assigned.  Seeing all the generals going to guard separately, Zhou Ping sighed and said to Chang Zongtian on the side: "Marquis Chang Yu, go to the south gate and see how powerful these Mani thieves are!" When Zhou Ping and Chang Zongtian  When they boarded the south gate tower, Fang Lajun's forward had already entered the line of sight of the two of them.  According to Fang La's rules, the peasant soldiers all wrapped their heads with cloth and were divided into six grades, distinguished by color.  Since the peasant army obtained a large amount of loot when they captured Hangzhou and other prefectures, many people simply used the captured silks and satins as materials for their headscarves. The bright colors brightened the otherwise gloomy sky.  The people standing on the tower looked at it and couldn't help being speechless for a moment.  "I didn't expect the thief to be so powerful!" After a moment, someone whispered. Zhou Ping looked back and saw that everyone's dark faces were a little pale, and they were obviously a little scared.  It's no wonder that even Zhou Ping himself felt a little guilty. After all, in the past, he had only commanded a few hundred people to fight, but when he saw that there were more than ten thousand people on the opposite side, he swarmed up and??You can drown yourself with saliva.  "It's okay, the thieves don't know the art of war, so it's not difficult to defeat them!" Chang Zongtian said with a smile.  "What do you say? Chang Yuhou has a plan to defeat the enemy?" Zhou Ping asked quickly.  "Well!" Chang Zong added: "Judging from the appearance of the thief, he must have come all the way without rest or food. Moreover, the teams were too close, leaving not enough gaps, and the flags were too chaotic. As long as  The first battle is unfavorable, and it is easy to trample on each other. " "It's really good!" Zhou Ping looked at the situation of the peasant army. As Chang Zongtian said, the formation of the various armies was a bit chaotic, and the flags were also very chaotic.  It turns out that there were no advanced communication tools in ancient times. Once the two armies clashed and were at each other's throats, it would be too late to use communication officers alone. The method used was nothing more than trumpets and trumpets.  Generally speaking, a small unit of the army has a flag, and the soldiers in this unit all look at this flag. If the flag moves forward, the soldiers move forward, and if the flag moves backward, the soldiers move backward.  If this flag is destroyed, although the soldiers are still there, they can only fight on their own and cannot form a joint force. From a tactical point of view, this unit will no longer exist.  There must be a certain gap between the armies of different units, so that generals can direct the armies of these units to complete tactical actions such as advance, retreat, and detours.  The size of this gap is knowledge. If it is too large, it will easily be wedged by enemy troops.  If it is too small, once it is squeezed and retreated by the enemy, and different units huddle together, the original order will be lost. At that time, the general will not only be unable to command these units, but may even kill each other and trample on each other.  The Peasant Army lacks experienced grassroots officers, and the soldiers are not well-trained, so the distance between the teams is obviously too close. Once attacked, it is easy to fall into a situation of trampling on each other.  "Then beat the drums and march immediately to catch them off guard!" Xue Liangyu said anxiously.  "There are too many thieves. We have few people. It will be troublesome if we are surrounded!" Chang Zongtian looked at the peasant army that kept emerging from the horizon in the distance, and whispered: "If we can think of a way to delay  Just half an hour, let those bastards be hungry and thirsty!" "Half an hour?" Zhou Ping rolled his eyes after hearing this.  He turned around and said: "Coach Yang!" "The general is here!" Yang Wu responded loudly.  "You go down to the city and leave the camp immediately. Challenge the rebel army. Try to spend as much time as possible, got it?" "The general understands!" Yang Wu immediately understood what Zhou Ping meant, and his face turned red.  Responded loudly.  "It's good to understand, but you have to be careful about your own safety!" Zhou Ping said with a smile: "Remember, try to delay as much time as possible. As long as you can defeat the bandit army, you will be the first to succeed!" "Here!" Yang Wu responded and turned around.  After leaving, Xue Liangyu on the side became anxious and rushed forward: "Prisoner, why don't you let me go? I'm no worse than him in terms of bow and horse skills!" "Why are you panicking!" Zhou Ping snorted coldly: "Go down and take everything.  All the horses have their girths loosened and fed with good food. Everyone has a good meal and is ready to rest." "Here!" Xue Liangyu responded and retreated.  "Li Dutou, Kong Dutou!" Zhou Ping shouted.  "The general is here!" "You two lead two crossbowmen, go out from the east gate, follow the reeds by the lake to the side of the bandits. When you see fireworks lighting up on the south gate tower, make a loud noise to the bandits.  "Arrow the crossbow! Do you understand?" "Here!" Seeing his men rushing to carry out the order, Zhou Ping turned to Chang Zongtian and said with a smile: "Chang Yuhou, do you think I can handle this?"  Are you passable?" "Good!" Chang Zongtian raised his thumb and praised: "If I hadn't heard that you didn't have any northwest accent, I would have thought you were a general of our Western Army! It seems that Lao Chang is with the right person this time!  "It's time to move around a few times." Chen Antian was sitting on a carriage, standing out among the large group of walking peasant troops.  The reason is very simple. After he was appointed as the vanguard by Fang Qifu, he rode on a newly acquired war horse. As a result, the inner sides of both thighs were scratched by the saddle, and it hurt when he touched it.  Can sit on the chariot and command the battle.  "General! Xiuzhou City is ahead!" A general with a green cloth on his head pointed at the city wall in the distance and loudly reported.  "Well!" Chen Antian looked at the city wall in the distance. As a general who can command a huge army of more than 10,000 people, he is far from qualified. However, as a middle-level Manichaean cadre, he is still qualified to command group fights in the countryside.  Have considerable experience.  Moreover, he had an uncle who was a native of Xiuzhou. He had been here several times and knew the terrain of Xiuzhou City very well. This was an important reason why Fang Qifei chose him instead of others to be the vanguard of the 60,000-strong army.  "The outside of the east gate and west gate are too narrow. The north gate has to bypass the entire Xiuzhou City." Chen Antian said to himself: "I didn't expect that the officers and soldiers actually built a camp outside the south gate. They are quite courageous!", Chen Antian sneered. He was not too worried about whether he could capture Xiuzhou City. The smooth journey since the incident gave him considerable confidence.  More importantly, he was very aware of the resentment of the entire southeast region against the various arbitrary expropriations and expropriations imposed by the Northern Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years.  In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the strategy of first south and then north was adopted, in order to take the southeastern land first, and use its rich wealth to support the world's best soldiers and move north to Youyan.  But for the people in the southeast and Shu regions at that time, the Song army at that time was actually a group of invaders from the north. In addition, the Song army at that time inherited the shortcomings of the rebellious armies of the Five Dynasties.  They often slaughtered and looted wherever they went, which aroused the famous Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun uprisings in Shu.  After that, although the Northern Song Dynasty failed to restore Yanyun, whether it was the annual tribute paid to the Liao Kingdom or the long war between the northwest and Xixia.  All greatly increased the burden on the people of the southeast region at that time. After Emperor Daojun came to power, the "Huashi Gang" was the last straw that broke the camel's back. Chen Antian believed that as long as he started to attack the city, Xiuzhou City would look like  Like other southeastern counties, the citizens in the city will cooperate with each other to break the city.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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