Chapter 110 Qingshui River (7)
Tongxin City is a rare city with a moat in the northwest. When the Tang army rebuilt the city defense of Tongxin City, according to the characteristics of Tongxin City facing Qingshui River in the west, it diverted a small river channel from Qingshui River, bypassing the three walls on the south, north and east of Tongxin City, and flowed back to Qingshui River, forming a natural moat, making Tongxin City look like a southern city densely covered with water networks.
There are still more than 4,000 Dangxiang Army in Tongxin City, and they still have very good combat effectiveness. Before the two Zhou army joined forces, Fang Dangdu put down the suspension bridge and wanted to sneak attack the Zhou army camp on a dark and windy night. The Zhou army was extremely vigilant. As soon as the Dangxiang Army rushed out of the suspension bridge, the Zhou army camp sounded the horn of the alarm, and the Dangxiang Army had to retreat back to the city. Seeing that the Zhou army was defending tightly, Fang Dangdu stopped the idea of ​​night attacks and guarded the city honestly.
When the Zhou army met outside the city, the Zhou army had nearly 20,000 people, with many cavalry and strong morale. Fang Dangdu did not wait for the main force of the Dangxiang Army in Xihuizhou, but instead waited for the Zhou cavalry with the carved flags flying. Shocked, Fang Dangdu sent people to sneak into Qingshui River from the west wall at night to find out the news, and then sneak into the city from Qingshui River at night. After the soldiers who went out to find out the news came back, Fang Dangdu then realized that Fang Dangming's main force, who was heading south from Xihuizhou to rescue, was severely damaged, and his eldest brother Fang Dangming was blown away. After learning about the death of his eldest brother, Fang Dangdu felt that the burden on his shoulder was as heavy as Mount Tai. In order not to affect his morale, he blocked the news tightly. Therefore, the Party and the Xiang army in the city did not know the current situation, and still fantasized that Fang Dangming's army would fight south, and after the inside and outside, he would eliminate the Zhou army that was showing off his power outside Tongxin City.
Tongxin City is a key place for Dangxiang people. Although Fang Dangdu knew that there was no army to rescue, he did not dare to give up Tongxin City easily. Otherwise, he would lose his prestige in Dangxiang's army and even could not gain a foothold. Fangdou strictly prohibits Dangxiang's army from leaving the city to fight. When the enemy is strong and we are weak, going out of the city to fight is in vain. Fangdou now needs to preserve his strength, and when he is unable to defend, the whole city will break through. Fangdou has a loyal general under his command.
, called Fangdang's great power, Fangdang's great power is persevering. Fangdang's secretly sent to protect Fangdang's secretly. He prepared an escape road for Fangdangdu. There were several small boats hidden in the tent of Fangdang's great power. He could at any time with Fangdangdu at night, put the boat from the west wall to the Qingshui River, and then flow down the river, unknowingly escape from the siege of Zhou's army. Of course, Fangdang's great power would not do this until the last moment.
The Dangxiang Army did not dare to go out of the city to fight, and outside Tongxin City became the world of the coalition forces. Since the late Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains army has been blocked at the doorstep for a long time. This time, the turnover slaves became the master, and the coalition forces the brave Dangxiang Army into a turtle. The soldiers were very morale, full of energy, and showed off their power under the city.
With Wang Yanchao organizing the siege, Hou Dayong lived a very easy life. After walking around the horse every day, he would go around the army.
The cavalry of the Independent Army received a full set of equipment from the Black Eagle Army. The war horses seized this time were mainly supplemented with the Independent Army. In order to reorganize the military discipline, Guo Jiong killed several sergeants who violated discipline in succession. At the same time, taking advantage of the gap between besieging Tongxin City. According to the Black Eagle Army's command, the formation of the formation was intensified to train the team. If we look at it from the surface, the formation of the Independent Army also had a bit of the black Eagle Army's flavor, but the ice was frozen for three feet to be cold for a day. The improvement of combat effectiveness is not a combination of equipment and formation. It also involved tactical ideas, combat experience, sergeant morale and other software. Therefore, it would take some time for the Independent Army to reach the level of the Black Eagle Army. Without a few bloody battles, it is difficult to improve the texture.
On the occasion of the siege, Hou Dayong officially announced the establishment of the Northwest Allied Army Field Hospital. The hospital was directly responsible for the northwest camp. Han Qi, a military officer of the Black Eagle Army, served as the director and enjoyed the treatment of the commander of the capital. Other disciples with excellent medical skills were awarded corresponding positions. Each army could select a certain number of sergeants to study and serve in the field hospital.
In recent fierce battles, Han Qi brought dozens of his disciples to rescue a large number of injured soldiers, especially after the end of the Niuguan ambush, Han Qi rushed for several days in order to treat the injured soldiers, but the people were so tired that they were deformed. Since Han Qi and his medical team, the Black Eagle Army's death rate of the war wounded and mortality rate has been significantly reduced, and the troops' recovery ability has also been greatly improved after the war. Most of the soldiers in the Black Eagle Army have been treated by Han Qi. Therefore, Han Qi and his disciples enjoy a high prestige in the Black Eagle Army.
However, the original medical system of the Black Eagle Army had major problems in actual combat inspections. The main reason was that the wounded were scattered in their own operations and were not concentrated together. This caused a lot of trouble for the treatment and dispersed valuable medical resources. Hou Dayong had planned to establish a formal field hospital very early, but due to various conditions such as the number of military doctors, medical equipment, etc., the establishment of a hospital was not implemented. Taking advantage of the fierce battle in the northwest, Hou Dayong asked the court for some medical doctors and a large number of medicinal materials to establish this coalition field hospital.
After the hospital was established, more than 200 injured Infantry Sergeants and hundreds of injured cavalry soldiers were immediately treated, which made the hospital, which was very simple, appear chaotic, smelly and moaning.
Wang Tengxiang is a general who likes to think. In the past few days, he has secretly observed the training, tactics and equipment of the Black Eagle Army, allowing him to enter the ocean of knowledge like a studious student, and like a treasure hunter who finally found the overwhelming pearls and gems in a cave. He was ecstatic and ashamed.
After the establishment of the field hospital, Wang Tengxiang did not have much hope. He just took the dead horse as a living horse and sent more than 30 seriously injured wounded soldiers from the Lingzhou army to the hospital. The soldiers who were waiting for death in the Lingzhou army camp were quickly opened, cleaned the wounds, replaced them with the wounds treated by Han Qite, and then wrapped them with boiled bandages. After this rectification, although the injuries of the injured soldiers were not significantly relieved, seeing the doctors' confident smiles, they received a positive reply of "can be cured". The soldiers swept away the despair of waiting for death in the military camp, their eyes were full of desire for life, and their mental outlook was completely renewed. In just half a day, several wounded soldiers who came in lying in were able to fight.
In fact, in Hou Dayong's view, the medical methods of field hospitals are really simple. However, most of the wounded people who survived for several days did not suffer fatal injuries. The cause of death was more improperly treated, which caused minor injuries to be seriously injured, and serious injuries to be incurred. The biggest role of field hospitals was to allow these sergeants who could survive as much as possible.
The day after the injured sergeant entered the hospital, Wang Tengxiang arrived at the newly built field hospital. He was surprised to find that most of the dying sergeants were energetic, and their desperate expressions became relaxed and happy. Wang Tengxiang then looked at the field hospital with admiration, although he still felt that the name "field hospital" was very strange and unpleasant.
After Wang Tengxiang came out of the hospital, he saw Hou Dayong walking by the Qingshui River from afar, and stopped and looked at the very magical northwest camp recruiting envoys.
Hou Dayong did not notice Wang Tengxiang's gaze. He and Chen Meng walked side by side by the Qingshui River, while the other soldiers followed from afar.
Hou Dayong reminded: "Yanzhou was occupied, and it was verified that it was indeed the land of the Dangxiang Tuoba people. This time you went to Youzhou to retaliate against the Youzhou army to capture Yanzhou. Your task is to burn, kill, and rob. It is to disrupt Youzhou."
Chen Meng was Hou Dayong's confidant. He smiled happily and said, "The Jiedushi made me the King of Mountains. This is my ideal since childhood. Drinking a big bowl of wine and eating meat is like the Western Paradise."
Hou Dayong said with a serious expression: "Xia, Sui, Yin, and You belong to Li Yiyin, a native of Dangxiang Tuoba. Dangxiang Tuoba people are different from Dangxiang Fangdang. Fangdang people did not belong to the Great Zhou Dynasty, but were a people outside the world. Dangxiang Tuoba people joined the Central Plains in the middle Tang Dynasty. Li Yiyin is now named the governor of Dingnan, and is also a subordinate of the Great Zhou court. Therefore, the 500 Black Diao Army soldiers led by you can only pretend to be the King of the Mountain and do it secretly. Dangxiang Tuoba army has strong combat effectiveness. When you encounter a large group of Dangxiang Tuoba army, you will flee. When you encounter a small group of Tuoba army, you will eat it. In addition, you cannot cast the flag of the Black Diao Army, you cannot be injured and captured. There are nearly 80,000 troops."
Chen Meng straightened his chest and said, "Don't worry, the governor, with the ability of the lion camp, you will never suffer any loss. Anyway, that old rule - if you can win, you can fight, if you can't win, you can run away."
Hou Dayong reminded: "You must remember. I told other generals that the Tubo people were causing trouble in Jiezhou. Fengzhou was empty and sent you back to reinforce. After you head south, you will cross the Maling River from Liujiadu, bypass Yanzhou, and attack Youzhou. Don't fight hard with the Dangxiang Army in this battle, don't make unnecessary sacrifices." After the explanation, Hou Dayong waved his hand and said: "You go and prepare."
Chen Meng saluted a military salute on his horse, turned his horse's head, and ran towards the lion camp.
Hou Dayong rode on the banks of the Qingshui River. In this world, he had a wife, children, and comrades-in-arms, but no one could really penetrate into his heart. Hou Dayong came from modern society. He knew the general direction of history and some important matters that affected the development of history. These were destined to become a lonely person.
Hou Dayong wandered casually on the banks of Qingshui River, analyzing the current strategic situation in the northwest as he walked: After Xiao Niuguan severely damaged the main force of the Dangxiang Army, the threat to the northwest by people was basically lifted. At this time, the unified Tubo country no longer existed, and the Tubo tribes were divided into small tribes one by one, which could not pose a fatal threat to the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although the Uighurs still had a Khanate, Lanzhou Biegasa took Lanzhou as the base and married the Tubo tribes beside Qinghai Lake, forming a two-sided attack on the Uighur Khan Renyu.
In the momentum, the Uighur Khan was exhausted from dealing with civil strife and unable to move eastward; the Khitans, the largest enemy in the north, also temporarily reached a trough. Yelu Shulu, a Khitan nobleman who had fought with Hou Dayong on Baitou Mountain, proclaimed himself emperor and became the Emperor of Liao. Yelu Shulu only likes to drink, play and hunt, and has no intention of government affairs at all. Although the Great Liao Kingdom is still a vast empire with strong strength, it is already showing some decay; some tribes further north cannot pose a threat to the Central Plains because they are separated by Uighurs, Dangxiang, Khitan and Tubo.
When Hou Dayong thought of this, he couldn't help but wonder why Zhao Kuangyin could not take advantage of this very favorable situation to eliminate the threat from the north in one fell swoop, and watched the Jurchens, Dangxiang, Mongolia and other ethnic groups emerge without hesitation. In the end, even the little emperor of the Zhao family was forced to jump into the sea.
Hou Dayong stayed on a relatively gentle shore by the Qingshui River, got off the horse and sat on the shore, allowing the "wind" of the war horse to rest at will. By the Qingshui River, the river wind blew a burst of fresh air, bringing a large number of negative oxygen ions. Hou Dayong sat in the natural oxygen bar with an extremely clear mind, and his thoughts returned to a question that he often thought of: "It is August of the third year of Xiande. If Chai Rong died on time according to the historical records, according to the expiration of the expiration of the expiration of the history books. Then, he would give himself only more than two years. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, no town could fight against the large number of central imperial guards alone. Although the Black Eagle Army had strong combat power, it was too small and was not an opponent of the imperial guards. Only by holding the strong combat power of the northwest army in his hands can he compete with Zhao Kuangyin for a long time."
"However, how to take the Northwest army into its hands is a difficult task. Once the siege of Lingzhou was lifted, the Northwest War Institute had ended. Attacking Tongxin City was just a secret. However, the main force of the Fangdang people was wiped out. It could not pose a threat to the Great Zhou Dynasty. The northwest camp had lost its original meaning. Chai Rong would let the northwest camp end the mission at any time, and then the various governors returned to their own land one acre and three-point land. The situation that was finally established suddenly turned into nothing."
Hou Dayong finally concluded that the long-term existence of the northwest camp is the key to mastering the military and local areas in the northwest.
Thinking of this, Hou Dayong looked back at the Lion Camp's garrison and took out another letter. The letter was sent by Liu Chengtong, the secretary of the Black Eagle Army who was sent to Xiazhou. It was written by Li Yiyin, the governor of Xiazhou. In the letter, Li Yiyin first explained that the capture of Yanzhou was Dehao, the commander of the horse army, who was greedy for the money of Fangdangdu, and sent troops to attack Yanzhou without the consent of the Youzhou army commander Li Yiqiu. The first culprit Dehao had been beheaded and sent to Daliang to apologize. Then Li Yiyin repeatedly stated that he would always be a minister of the Great Zhou area and would never dare to have a quarrel.
Hou Dayong was puzzled by the intention of the Youzhou army to suddenly capture Yanzhou. After reading this letter, he suddenly realized. Hou Dayong believed that Li Yiyin was not the mastermind, because the people of Dangxiang Tuoba were not yet capable of establishing their own troops and sending troops to attack Yanzhou was completely inconsistent with the strategic interests of the people of Dangxiang Tuoba. However, Li Yiyin pushed this matter to Dehao, the commander of the Youzhou army, the commander of the Cavalry Army. Hou Dayong did not believe it. Without the consent of the head general of Youzhou, Dehao could not have sent troops to attack Yanzhou privately. This matter must have been a good thing done by the head general of Youzhou, Li Yiqiu, and Dehao was just a scapegoat.
When Hou Dayong received this letter, he felt sleepy and encountered a pillow, and was immediately filled with joy. "The people of Dangxiang Tuoba are stronger than those of Dangxiang Fang. If Chai Rong is suspicious of Li Yiyin and regard Dangxiang Tuoba as an imaginary enemy, the camp in the northwest can exist for a long time."
In order to make Chai Rong suspicious of Li Yiyin, Hou Dayong implemented a plan to muddle the water: Chen Meng led the five hundred Black Eagle Army to attack the military and civilians of Youzhou from a long distance to anger the Tuoba people in the Party Xiang. The Tuoba people were famous for revenge. If they were burned and killed by the Zhou army on their territory, they would definitely take revenge. Of course, the targets of revenge were Yanzhou and Yanzhou. At the same time, Hou Dayong wrote a memorial to Chai Rong, honestly reported on the situation of the war in the northwest, and attached the details of the land captured by Yanzhou and Li Yiyin's handwritten letter.
Chai Rong is extremely smart. Any exaggeration or spreading rumors may be a mistake by being smart. Therefore, Hou Dayong just honestly provides materials to let Chai Rong make a judgment on his own, so that the purpose of keeping the camp in the northwest can be achieved.
Hou Dayong sat by the river for more than an hour, suddenly a sound of horse hooves rang. A personal guard rode a fast horse. He jumped on the war horse quickly, and then saluted and reported: "A group of people with suspicious signs were caught. He claimed to be Luo Ling, a Sogdian merchant, and reported to the Jiedushi." In the coalition, all the generals and soldiers of the Black Eagle Army, local generals and sergeants called Hou Dayong the Jiedushi, while the generals and soldiers of the Baozhou Army, Yongxing Army, Lingzhou Army and Independent Army called Hou Dayong the recruitment envoy.
"Luoling, Sogdian, what did he do here?" Hou Dayong stood up with some confusion and ordered his personal guards, "Take Luo Ling to the tent to see me."
Hou Dayong wanted to put his airs on his face and did not immediately meet the Sogdian businessman who had a wide range of friendship. He first came outside Tongxin City to watch the siege game. The person who commanded the siege battle on the spot was Wang Lantian, the son of Wang Yanchao. During the encounter outside Tongxin City, he was shot on his face. At this time, the wound was scarred. The long black scar destroyed Wang Lantian's handsome facial features, but added more fierceness. When he saw the imperial envoy coming, he ran over a few steps and saluted the military salute in a regular manner.
Hou Dayong had a good impression of Wang Lantian and asked, "General Wang, how is the battle situation?" This sentence is actually a waste of time. In the past few days, he siege the city, purely attacking the city wall with stones. The army did not launch a substantial siege, so there is no question about the battle situation.
Wang Lantian grinned and said, "There are too few cannon trucks, and the stones must be transported from far away places. It is not enough to be hit. If dozens of cannon trucks are fired at the same time, the city wall will not be able to stand. If the stones are replaced with caltrops, the Tongxin City can be burned into a sea of ​​fire, so that will be satisfying."
Wang Lantian's unintentional words made Hou Dayong feel moved. He remembered an example of the battle he had learned in military academies before: In the Battle of Bianjing that destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin army set up more than 5,000 stone throwing cars overnight. In order to collect enough stone bullets, the Jin army looted all the stone products near Bianjing. When siege, they first filled the moat, then fired all the cannons, and then defeated the deployment of the defending troops in one fell swoop. Then they drove giant siege cars of the same height as the city wall and could accommodate 80 people - launched a battle to climb the city against the tower, and then conquered Bianjing.
Hou Dayong said in his heart: "The northwest army has been fighting with the Hu cavalry for a long time, and the heavy equipment is obviously insufficient compared to the eastern towns. If they fight with Zhao Kuangyin in the future, these heavy equipment is essential. It seems that they must be prepared." Hou Dayong smiled at Wang Lantian and said, "General Wang's proposal is good. I ordered people to find dozens of artillery vehicles and bombard them every day, so that the Dangxiang people cannot stand on the city wall."
Chapter completed!