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Chapter 38 Provocation

On April 17, the fifth year of Dashun, one day later than the expected time, Cai Songyang and Yang Sheng arrived in Wangwu County with 5,500 infantrymen and 1,000 cavalrymen of the Tiande Army.

Shao Shude personally arrived at Wangwu to inspect the troops.

The Tiande Army was born from the Fengzhou army, with only 4,000 troops at the beginning. Later, after being reorganized and replenished, it has now expanded to 6,500 infantry and cavalry - it is worth mentioning that there are some Henan surrendered troops in this army.

"I was born into the Tiande Army." Standing on the temporary high platform, Shao Shude suddenly remembered a lot of past events.

As the guard of the military supervisor Qiu Weidao, he rushed to the Hedong battlefield to encircle and suppress Li Guochang and his son.

There were three noble people in my early years...

Qiu Weiren supervised the army for many years, but the court could not transfer him away. This position was specifically for him to enjoy the happiness. He was the only one who could take away. Qiu Weidao has been practicing immortality in the past two years and has taken a lot of messy medicines. I heard that his health is not good.

When Sun Guiren promoted Shao Shude, he was even more likely to be promoted. Now, he is over 50 years old and holds the ranks of Jingzhou, and is safe and stable as the governor of a town, and is rich and noble. His eldest son, Sun Jinde, was a troupe envoy under Han Jian, Shanzhou, and his development was also good.

Li Kan besieged Lei Man, Langzhou, but failed to conquer him repeatedly, and withdrew his troops. He was not young, in his fifties and sixties, but he was energetic and was planning a second conquest to Langzhou.

The enemy at that time, Li Keyong, who was now the righteous brother, had just cooperated with Wang Chucun to repel the Youzhou army that came from the south and stationed troops in Zhuozhou. His adopted son, Li Cunxiao, the envoy of Xinyi Guitu, summoned a large group of foreign people to go south to help in the war, and the situation in Youzhou was in chaos.

My brother-in-law should be in pain and happiness in the past or two years.

But the Hedong army has been fighting abroad for a long time and will return home sooner or later. Shao Shude wants to see how the situation in Youzhou will eventually evolve.

"When Tiande Army conquered Lanzhou, it was brave and good at fighting, and he made great contributions." Shao Shude said: "In the third year of Guangqi (887), he guarded Fenglin Pass and Pingyi defended the city. In the third year of Dashun (892), he also guarded the Jishi Army City of Guzhou, and worked hard and made great contributions. This time, he attacked Zhu Quanzhong, and hoped to make new contributions."

"I will not give up until the bandits are defeated." Cai Songyang clasped his fists and said with his fists.

"It is determined to be the general to defeat the thief." Yang Sheng also expressed his opinion.

Yang Sheng, the former general of Dasanguan Town, Fengxiang Town. When Zhu Mei went south, he was unwilling to go. After Zhe Zong moved to Fengxiang, he recommended him to Shao Shude, which happened to catch up with the wave of expansion of the Shuofang Army, accumulated some contributions, and finally served as deputy envoy of the Tiande Army.

"The cavalry of the Tiande Army advanced eastward and came to Yang Liang's command. The infantry army was stationed in Wangwu County." Shao Shude ordered: "Add to take the order to attack at any time."

"As for the order." The two responded together.

There is only such a big place around Heqing County, and there is no need to garrison too many troops. Anyway, Wangwu County is only forty miles away from Heqing, so if you really need to use them, you can get there in a moment.

Shao Shude stayed in Jinxian Temple for one night. On April 18, Fu Cunshen, the commander of the Guide army, led the vanguard troops to Wangwu.

"I have only one request to defend Ji Pass to the time of the day." Shao Shude held a banquet in Wangwu County to entertain Fu Cunshen and his group, Cai Songyang, Yang Sheng, Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng were accompanying him.

"Don't worry, the general will be determined to keep it safe." Fu Cunshen replied.

Hu Guocheng was handed over to Wang Jianji to guard, and Fu Cunshen finally escaped from the sea of ​​suffering.

Squatting on the mountain all day long and occasionally having small-scale conflicts with the enemy, this matter is the most tragic thing.

Now he has been transferred to the northern front battlefield. Although he is still defending the city, it is different.

This place has become the core battlefield, and more than 150,000 people from both sides are entangled here. After the dust settles, the situation in the Central Plains is likely to undergo tremendous changes.

This is where a real man uses his skills!

"Heqing is still the key to the battle with Zhu Quanzhong." Shao Shude said: "The Bian army should be more than 100,000, and it is fierce. I only have 18,000 infantry and cavalry to defend the city. The Bian army's military strength is six times that of mine. It seems to be as dangerous as a burden, but it contains the energy in danger. The requirement for you is to rest and maintain physical strength and spirit. The Bian army is good at fighting in the field, but now it is a big mistake it has made. There is a chance for this battle."

After leaving Wangwu County, Shao Shude rushed back to Baiyacang.

On April 19, he brought his personal soldiers and a total of 2,000 cavalrymen in the Tiande Army to patrol the front line.

In the past two or three days, the Bian Army attacked the camp in the northwest corner again.

The city sent troops to rescue again, and defeated more than a thousand bandits. However, when chasing the enemy's defeated soldiers, the 500 cavalry were attacked by the bandits' personal cavalry, and the white horses were tied up. After a fight, most of the five hundred people dispersed, and only two hundred cavalry ran back, which was considered to be a trauma.

On such cramped terrain, once you are bitten by someone, you will only have to fight head-on, and there is no room for you to show off your riding and shooting skills. It is normal to lose in the end.

Shao Shude directly ordered a thousand cavalry of the Tiande Army to be assigned to Heqing County. The infantry went out of the city to fight, but it was indeed inconvenient without cavalry support.

"Pang Shigu has won so many battles, why are he still so cautious in his life?" Shao Shude rode his horse back and forth, carefully observing the camps of the Bian Army, but saw that he was very strict, with trenches, resisting horses and guns, and had all kinds of earthen walls, and obviously he was not lazy.

"Master, don't move forward any further." Zheng Yong, the ten generals of the personal soldiers, stopped in front of Shao Shude and persuaded.

Shao Shude smiled and was in good faith.

He liked Taizong's way of fighting, but he would not take risks like Taizong, approaching the enemy camp himself, and even the enemy army treated him as an ordinary scout - how could the chief general run to the enemy's nose to reconnaissance himself?

"Pang Shigu is so stupid that he insists on breaking my horns and siegeing again. This man, alas!" Shao Shude sighed.

If you don’t come to attack the city, don’t lose a lot of lives under the city, and don’t fight to get exhausted both physically and mentally. How can you defeat the thief army?

One hundred thousand people, it’s such a big pile. If you can stay all of them, Zhu Quanzhong will not be able to hold on for a few years.

This is like the Battle of Guandu in Cao Yuan during the Three Kingdoms. After Yuan Shao's defeat, the offensive and defensive momentum reversed.

If Zhu Quanzhong ruined 100,000 troops here, Shao Shude would dare to encircle Heyang, then look for opportunities to cross Henan and go south, or harass the hinterland of Bian Song, or surround Luoyang, and encircle the Hu Zhen group, with ease and variety of choices. After a few years, Zhu Quanzhong would become a frustration when he had not yet defeated Qin Zongquan.

Unfortunately, I can't attack Wuchao!

The supply of the Bian army was mainly transported from the south of the river. The floating bridges of the three cities of Heyang were the "large project of the century" of the state. The materials were distributed in the North City of Heyang. They only needed to transport more than 70 miles to reach the front line camp, not to mention that they could also transport water.

Damn, Boss Cao, please teach me how to fight this battle.

Suddenly, a group of Bian cavalry appeared opposite and rushed towards this side.

"Master-in-law, go!" Zheng Yong pulled Shao Shude's reins and hugged him and retreated.

"Do you want to follow Wang Ke's story?" Shao Shude glanced at him.

Zheng Yong sweated on his forehead.

In the Battle of Fen River, Wang Ke personally visited the front line to boost morale, but he was afraid of the enemy's arrows and retreated in a hurry, which greatly subsided the morale of the army.

"Let them come." Shao Shude said: "I have a thousand eagle claws, a thousand warriors of the Tiande Army, two thousand cavalry, and only a thousand thief cavalry, so why fear it?"

Could it be that Lu Bu is the one who comes from the opposite side? Then Cao - I, Shao, will avoid the edge.

Besides, I didn’t beat the big sword, so the thief rider probably didn’t know who I was, and I was afraid of being fucked!

The thief was very close.

The gate of the camp opened in the northwest corner. Yang Liang, who had hurriedly put on his armor, took the lead and rushed forward with more than 3,000 cavalry. Judging from their speed, they were trying to save horsepower, and they looked like the sky was about to collapse.

On the contrary, Lao Gao was relatively calm and stood at the top of the city without any movement.

The cavalry of the Tiande Army resolutely met.

They held horse lances and shouted loudly. They guarded the Hewei River and Wei in the fourth year of Qingtang. Is there any reason? No, the foreign people were irritable and angry, and sometimes they were unhappy and suddenly turned around. At this time, they had to send troops to conquer, so they experienced a lot of battles. At this time, they saw the cavalry of the Bian army rushing towards them, and they met them without fear, fighting with spears.

"Bow comes." Shao Shude stretched out his hand and said.

I'm going to show off, let go!

Zheng Yong stopped talking nonsense and took the bow that Shao Shude often used, and had already put the strings on it.

Shao Shude tried it and quickly regained his feelings.

Over the years, hunting twice, archery, the foundation of life, has never fallen.

"Swoosh!" An arrow flew out and hit the neck of a Bian army cavalry.

"Swoosh!" Another arrow came, and a Bian Army Military Academy fell off the horse.

"Kill!" Shao Shude grabbed the horse's belly and walked around the side of the Bian cavalry, drew his bows in succession, and shot three more people in a moment.

The personal soldiers surrounded him in the middle, layer by layer, and some even abandoned their weapons and only held a large shield.

"The Great Commander's Shooting!" The soldiers shouted when they saw their head coach so bravely, and they were full of morale.

Zheng Yong's face turned black and he was all a bunch of stupid guys!

However, the Bian Army was already in chaos at this time and could not bear to resist retreating. In fact, it was nothing serious.

Shao Shude was also a little overwhelmed, and rode his horse and rushed forward. He kept riding a bow in his hand, shooting twelve arrows in his row, killing eight people until his arms were a little sore and weak, and then he stopped.

At this time, they had already rushed to a place not far from the Bian Army camp.

Zheng Yong signaled his personal soldiers to bring the two most majestic and fastest war horses, and hold the reins firmly in his hands. Once things were inconsistent, he immediately asked the general to replace the fast horse and leave.

However, Shao Shude became stubborn and ridden his horse to laugh at the place where he was left with an arrow from the Bian Army camp, saying, "Where is Zhu San? Do you dare to come out to see me?"

Seeing this, the personal soldiers shouted in unison: "Where is Zhu San?"

Zhu San refused, but Zhu San couldn't hear him in Bianzhou.

A suspension bridge was lowered on the camp wall, and a team of infantry clamored to leave the camp.

Shao Shude got off the horse and took out his step bow and shot the first person who rushed out with an arrow.

The second man continued to go forward, flew with an arrow and landed in the trench.

The third person had no time to stop and was killed with another arrow.

The rest of the people dared not move, retreated back to the back of the trench bridge, and noises broke out.

Shao Shude got on the horse and laughed again: "Does Zhu San dare to come to Heyang to see me?"

"Does Zhu San dare to come to Heyang?"

"Does Zhu San dare to come to Heyang?"

The personal soldiers shouted in unison again.

The Bian army behind the trench bridge was all disgraceful after hearing this. Is this the fuck Shao Shude? This is Li Keyong!

That Shatuer often provoked the enemy in front of the formation, bent his bow and arrow, and shot the enemy generals who rushed over.

"Zhu San is timid. He is so dark and weak, aren't he afraid of Pang Shigu's rebellion?" Shao Shude rode his horse around, extremely arrogant. He left with a laugh until the Bian army put down several trench bridges and the large groups of soldiers and cavalry were about to go out of the camp to fight.

Blasts of smoke and dust rose from the ground, and two thousand riders left like a gust of wind, as if they had never been here before - they ran away after pretending to be a pussy, which was really exciting!

Wang Tan, who was chasing the camp, grabbed the horses, looked at the corpses scattered in front of him, and looked at each other with his subordinates.
Chapter completed!
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