The two cavalry fought fiercely, and a small group of Han troops arrived around Puyang one after another, they were Si Hongzhuang's vanguard troops, and they were ordered to come here to see if the Puyang defenders were out of the city to support, and if the Puyang defenders went out of the city, they decided whether to seize the city gate by surprise.
Correspondingly, the Shijie Zhao army also had troops arriving one after another, when the Han army gathered close to 20,000 people on the Puyang side, the Shijie Zhao army and the Puyang defenders were more than 40,000, and the two sides fought on the vast plain until nightfall, and the Han army took the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield.
Li Su came to Puyang, went to the head of the city and looked southeast, the Han army camp ten miles away was already quite large, too many bonfires and torches reflected the clouds in the sky.
"The enemy is burying the pot to make rice" Li Su can smell the fragrance in the air, in addition to the aroma of rice, it is the aroma of meat, which is very strong: "There is meat in a meal" The current foundation of the Han Kingdom is in Qingzhou, and Qingzhou is close to the sea, at the beginning Liu Yan wantonly added seafood to the meal, and over the years the war seized a large number of cattle, horses, sheep and sent people to graze, to say that there is really no shortage of meat.
In addition, there is another point that is the unique output of the Han Kingdom, that is, sea salt.
Salt is fine and coarse, and it has never stopped being sold to the outside world, even if Shijie Zhao and Han are at war, the private trade has actually not stopped, but the amount has dropped a lot because of the impact of the war.
From the head of the city of Puyang, the situation on the side of the Han army camp is actually quite vague, the general outline of the camp, some moving black spots in the firelight, and then there is the dense smoke rising to the sky.
Shijie Zhao Jun is actually also opening a gang here, slaughtering cattle and sheep, and all kinds of coarse grains are also thrown into the pot, and the same main ingredients are different cooking methods and condiments, resulting in different fragrances.
"How is the other party?"
Li Su asked definitely not about food, he said: "Has the morale of our military been seriously affected?"
In a fierce battle during the day, the cavalry of the 10,000 Shijie Zhao Army, which was the forerunner, suffered serious losses, and the number of people killed on the spot during the battle exceeded 3,000, and the number of seriously injured people should be 2,000, almost everyone was slightly wounded, and there were more than 300 missing people.
When the Han army retreated, they tried their best to take away the bodies of the dead, and the number of Han soldiers killed on Li Su's side was only more than 300.
"The number of enemy casualties will not exceed 1,000" Qi Ai looked very miserable, with a strip of blood on his forehead and a wound cloth around his chest, he was the general of Shijie Zhao.
He lowered his head and said, "The enemy's special cavalry unit is a great threat, and our engaged soldiers will probably not dare to pursue it in the future." ” The Han army archers used riding bows, and the longest range could reach 150 steps, and the lethality could be guaranteed within 70 steps.
The horn bow used by the Hu people has a range of about 100 steps, and the arrows fired out of more than 30 steps will become soft and fluttery, and shooting people without armor is killed, and having armor is basically similar to itching.
During the day, the two armies fought, and the three thousand Han archers kept a distance to conduct cavalry shooting, first dragging down the same number of Shijie Zhao troops who were pursuing them, and then cooperating with the assault cavalry to make a charge, that is, that large-scale hedging produced the most casualties, and the rest of the time was actually not very intense.
Qi Ai is actually a grass name, the Qi people were originally a slave race, no name and no surname is a common phenomenon, they turned over and became the master of the Han surname, more of a random to get a surname for themselves.
The phenomenon is similar to that of the rest of the Hu people, who all give themselves a surname at random, or even keep no surname.
Among them, the Xianbei side is somewhat similar to the Yanhuang Miao descendants, and several major tribes use place names as their surnames.
The Han army was generally considered to be well-armed and well-armoured, and the rumors that Li Su had heard before were basically like this.
Not only him, but also Shijie Zhao basically had such an idea, and it was only after Yao Yizhong's defeat that the concept was reversed.
"The intention of the Han army must be to capture Puyang."
Li Su patted the female wall at the head of the city and said heavily: "Since they want it, let them attack it" When the general of Puyang heard Li Su's words, his face turned pale instantly, and he had to say: "General, Puyang is in disrepair, and there are gaps in the city walls in many places. ” Li Su was indifferent.
Shi Xuan, who was in Baima, had been waiting for a piece of news, Li Nong had withdrawn his troops from the Tongguan battlefield for nearly two months, and the beggar army had first retreated to the land of Sanchuan, and then received orders to support the Yanzhou battlefield, and the time would arrive in these days.
Shi Xuan had already sent an order to Li Nong, telling the beggar army to enter Dunqiu County, and to cross the Yellow River to attack Jibei County no matter what.
Shijie Zhao's intention to have such an intention is very simple, Xu Zheng led the army to break into Puyang County, the Han army in Jibei County will inevitably become empty, if Li Nong can cross the river to attack, it is naturally the best, and if he succeeds in capturing Jibei County, he can encircle the Han army, and being blocked by the Han army's fleet can also attract the attention of the Han army and disrupt the overall strategy of the Han army.
Coincidentally, Xu Zheng actually had the idea of attacking the rear of the enemy, even if he didn't do it, it would involve the enemy's attention and strength.
Lu Shaoyang, who was the captain of Liu Yan's bodyguard, started as a tun commander after being sent to the army, and has been transferred to the Yanzhou battlefield for seven months.
He was standing on the deck of the transport, listening to the sound of the waves on the river, his eyes looking at the dark opposite bank.
In the snow season, the Yellow River does not freeze immediately, and the ice has to wait for the deep winter, but after the snow begins to fall, ice slag will appear on the Yellow River, which is actually not suitable for navigation.
There were not too many Han troops who were ordered to cross the river, only 5,000, and the main general was Dou'a, who had already become a dignified captain.
The hull of the transport ship is huge and the draft is deep, so naturally it is impossible to directly approach the shore, so it stays not far from the shore, and then the boat is lowered, and the soldiers climb the net from both sides of the boat to the boat, row and then land.
"I'd rather slow than rush."
Dou A is still very nervous in his heart, there is moonlight today, but because it is not a full moon, the light is not enough, and it is not suitable to show the torch if it is a sneak attack: "Go down slowly one by one, don't shout after falling into the water, naturally there will be a robe to control the boat to rescue you" Although they have been very careful, there will still be people who fall into the water, and there are only a few people who can be rescued immediately, most of them are supported by the pig urine bubbles on their bodies and floated downstream to be stopped by nets before being rescued.
Of the 5,000 people, only more than 4,600 were able to reach the north bank of the Yellow River, and not all of the 400 people who fell into the water could be rescued, and there were still people who drowned.
There were more than 300 people before it was opened, and Dou'a's mood naturally felt heavy.
He was ordered in advance that there was no need to fight any major battles after crossing the river, and that the goal was to attack and harass.
Dunqiu County is not a big county, compared with the flat terrain of Puyang County and Jibei County on the other side of the Yellow River, it is a hilly terrain, or how to say that Huaxia's naming of the region is really reliable.
"In addition to the necessary guard and garrison points along the Yellow River, the main garrison of the enemy army is stationed in the Wangmang River."
Dou Ah did not dare to lead his troops deep into the forest area, but took the people to the edge of a hill, summoned the officers to tell the objectives of this battle, and finally said: "Therefore, it has fallen into disrepair, and there are many shallows that can be crossed, and we also have enough hills as cover." ” A few years ago, Shihu ordered the conscription of more than 400,000 people, and nearly 100,000 people died in the mouth of the beasts.
During the day, it was actually fine, and a large number of people gathered together, and the beast also knew how to avoid evil, but at night the beast did not know whether it was blind or bold, but it was very fierce.
Wang Mang's river is of course from Wang Mang's handwriting, its southwest is directly connected to the Yellow River, its northeast to the territory of Pingyuan County, the total length of more than 300 li, the original intention of building it is for irrigation, initially it can also be sailed, but after hundreds of years, this desecration has actually been abandoned almost in addition to individual lots.
Dou'a was talking to the officer, but a scout sent back to tell him that a large number of enemy troops had been found in the northwest and marching at night, but there was no light in the night, and the enemy did not show their torches, so the scouts could not see the flag and the specific size of the enemy army.
"In a military meeting a few days ago, it seemed that I heard about the movement of the beggar army to evacuate the Tongguan battlefield" Lu Shaoyang looked at Dou'a and said, "Do you remember the captain?"
Several military marquis also immediately responded to.
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Dou A has actually forgotten about that, but after being reminded, his face is extremely ugly, it is ugly rather than embarrassing, if the unknown armed forces found are really begging troops, then the beggar army is coming along the Yellow River, you can imagine what it is going to do.
Dou Ah said in confusion: "The problem is, our fleet has not found the enemy's sailors."
The sections of the Yellow River along Dunqiu County and Jibei County were under the intensive monitoring of the Han fleet, and the non-native ark ships were basically wiped out immediately.
Then there is the water system that connects the Yellow River in Dunqiu County except for the Wang Mang River, and the Wang Mang River is actually not able to go by boat, and the Shijie Navy can hide the boat even if it wants to.
"There is only one water system in the surrounding Yangping County that can be sailed, which is Luoshui."
Lu Shaoyang has been by Liu Yan's side for a long time, even if he can't learn too much, he can definitely hear and see much more than his colleagues present, he said: "Whether it is a beggar army or not, it is impossible for them to march eastward on a large scale to support the Jizhou battlefield. ” Dou A was embarrassed, and the military order he got was to attack the rear flank of the enemy, but now he found that it may be that the beggar army is coming, or maybe it is not the beggar army, but the large-scale movement of the enemy army must have a goal, and it is very likely that they are also thinking of crossing the river to the south bank, what should they do "I think it can be like this."
Lu Shaoyang waited for a while, and when he saw that his boss and colleagues were silent, he continued: "It is inevitable to send someone to report the discovery here, maybe we can take advantage of the terrain and suddenness to set up an ambush first, and then act according to the actual situation."
There was no conflict with getting the military order, and Dou Ah thought about it for a while and agreed.
Speaking of Dunqiu County is a hilly terrain, there are not too many places to set up ambushes, they asked the scouts to pay close attention to the enemy's movements, mainly to find out how many enemy advance troops there are, and then choose an ambush location according to the direction of the enemy's march.
There is one thing in the back that confirms, it is really a beggar army, and the leading troops are no more and no less, that is, 3,000 pioneers.
"It's a little strange, why did they choose to march within ten miles of the big river" Dou'a had already led people to a valley, and after the ambush, he couldn't help the confusion in his heart, and asked in a low voice: "Although the terrain is complicated, the enemy commander should not ignore the fact that we will send scouts to pay close attention to the movements." ” Lu Shaoyang said briefly: "They are beggars. ” Dou Ah seems to understand whether he understands or not, he has been trained many times to establish meritorious service and get knighthood and promotion to official positions, but what he has learned does not include politics.
With the help of nightfall, the Han army set up an ambush and achieved success, ambushing 3,000 beggar troops in a narrow terrain surrounded by hills on both sides, but did not complete the total annihilation, only eliminated and captured more than 1,000 people, and the remaining beggar army ran away without hesitation when they saw that the situation was not good.
"Didn't start too early" Dou A was very depressed: "How could they slip away so fast" In fact, the 3,000 beggars did not rush together, according to the normal situation, one or two hundred people at the beginning, two thousand in the middle, and one thousand in the rear.
Dou A and the others were not familiar with the nearby terrain, and it was good to be able to set up an ambush in a hurry, but they underestimated the "old fritters" nature of the beggar army.
So, waiting for Lu Shaoyang to say briefly, "They are beggar soldiers."
Dou Ah immediately understood.
In the early stage, the begging army was a force that was good at fighting game warfare, relying on the ability to fight and the Hu people if they couldn't fight, and the beggar army who can survive until now does not have a few hearts, if you want to say that you will fight a tough battle, you can really not slow up the speed, especially in the complex terrain and a dark environment.
After the ambush, Dou A and the others would definitely not stay where they were, and they would not rush deeper without finding out the situation, but they took refuge in a mountain forest only five miles away from the Yellow River by taking advantage of the complex terrain.
It must be said that after entering the mountains and forests, they fought many times, but with wild beasts.
Early in the morning, the morning sun rose in the east, and the scouts sent by Dou'a finally found out the situation, but it was very complicated.
When they learned the information, they naturally wanted to send it to the rear, waiting for Xu Zheng to receive the situation, Yuan Qiao changed his original intention and had already taken Dou'a's army back to the south bank of the Yellow River.
"Uncle Yan did the right thing."
Xu Zheng was not surprised by the mighty beggar army, but he was not surprised, Dou'a, a force of only more than 4,000 people, was useless to stay on the north bank of the Yellow River at this time, so it was naturally necessary to take it back.
When he received the report, his subordinates were fighting with Shijie Zhao's army, and he was on top of the nest cart, with a number of colleagues standing beside him.
"The other party has the same mind as us, but I don't know how determined it is."
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