Chapter 977 The left cavalry was almost wiped out, and the three masters went to the border together.
After the autumnal equinox passed, the war outside Liangzhou Pass suddenly became tense.
Previously, the scouts from Liangmang and the two sides were cruising outside the pass, and their power was generally equal. Although the number of people in Beimang Horse Roof was the superior, due to the battle of Longyaner Plain, the two elite scouts who were most familiar with the border terrain and the most outstanding combat power at the same time were almost completely lost. They followed the army to advance to the horse Roof south of Hutou City. It is hard to say that the headless flies were bumping around, but compared with the second-class scouts in Liangzhou who were extremely familiar with the geographical situation, they still could not gain any advantage. Once the two sides encounter sudden contact and war, the scouts outside Liangzhou Pass received military orders and must not fight without authorization, but Beimang Malanzi was ordered to attack without regard to casualties. Many times we met on narrow roads, even though Beimang Malanzi was at a disadvantage in local battlefields, he still launched a charge without fear of death, even if he used three for one. Murong Baoding, who was rich and powerful, personally promised that as long as he was promoted to the front line, whether he was a direct subordinate or other troops under his command, he could not only win the number of military achievements at the head level, but also rely on his own losses to exchange for military achievements!
In the unreasonable fierce offensive situation of Beimang, the scouts of Beiliang did not suffer major casualties in a single battle, but after repeated losses continued to accumulate, in just 20 years, the resignation of intelligence from the left and right cavalrymen learned from the spy from the left and right cavalry that more than 700 people had been killed in battle!
The border troops in Liangzhou had to start gathering small groups of scouts, and at the same time narrowed the width and depth of the reconnaissance line, and decisively gave up the risky move of a few scouts who dared to cruise in and out across a large area. The sequelae of Beiliang’s choice to pay attention to the Liuzhou battlefield and tilt its troops westward. For example, Li Hanlin led all the white horse crossbowmen to transfer into Liuzhou, which gradually became apparent. Not to mention the control of the border defense line of the one and three towns, including Huaiyang Pass, Liuya, Fuling, and Chongzhong, under the large-scale madness of Beimang Malan, the connection with the left and right cavalry is becoming increasingly thinner, which is definitely not a good sign. As the largest field force of the Northern Liang border army, the left and right cavalry’s main function itself is not to kill the enemy, but to connect the defense line between the Beicheng and Huaiyang Pass, preventing the Beimang Cavalry from completely dividing the battlefield outside Liangzhou Pass. But at present, unless Murong Baoding has his own troops and is unwilling to lose the Donglei Jing Cavalry and Rouran Iron Cavalry, slowing down the speed of the horse’s hooves going south, the Liangzhou scout took the opportunity to regain his initiative, otherwise, from the chessboard, the confrontation between the troops in the middle of the two sides, the overall situation has been decided. During this period, Li Gongde, the only official in Beiliang Road in the north city, who was the second rank of the border official, proposed that Li Hanlin lead all the remaining white horse crossbowmen in Liuzhou to return to the battlefield outside Liangzhou Pass, but was rejected by the young vassal king and deputy governor Yang Shenxing at the same time.
What was the ending of the magnificent cavalry battle in Liuzhou Laoyu Mountain, which was destined to be famous in history? The northern city outside Liangzhou Pass has not yet obtained accurate intelligence. The previous letter from the six hundred-li emergency military article from the scout under the command of Shi Fu, the general of Liangzhou, is still placed next to the signing room.In the desk of that small study, even though he knew that this powerful King of Xinliang was particularly respectful to the Double Bi of Da Chu, no less than the two confidant generals Yu Luandao and Cao Wei, who were born in Beiliang, the military text written by Shi Fu was still straightforward, revealing the unique cruelty of fighting on the battlefield: “Xie Xifeng monks in the corridor with no danger and no way to retreat, and the 50,000 cavalry blocked by 15,000 five-in-one soldiers, I am not able to rescue them. The last general will only block the southward road of the remaining cavalry of the Southern Dynasty according to the established strategy, and join forces with the 4,000 Tiefutu of Ning Emei tribe, which will definitely cut off the main force of the Huang Song Pu tribe’s retreat northward. Xie Xifeng and Lantu Mountain monks will die or live, and my Qingyuan army’s cavalry will not be able to help.”
In fact, the real ruthlessness of the battlefield lies in the implication of Shi Fu Bingwen. Even if our Shi Fu cavalry can reach the corridor battlefield in time, as long as the infantry in the western border still has the strength to block the main force of the Southern Dynasties, the cavalry in the Qingyuan Army will stop in the distance and choose not to save him! In case the main force of the Southern Dynasty cavalry gave up rushing to Laoyu Mountain, they decisively fled north and returned to the Southern Dynasty to scatter into the Great and Small Army Pass again.
The young vassal king did not summon the generals and went to the meeting hall to discuss the matter, and did not even send the military text that the stone talisman had in advance to “go to the study room” and sent it to the military room for browsing and circulating. At that dusk, Xu Fengnian sat quietly in the study for a moment, then picked up a pen and wrote a letter to return the stone talisman of the Liangzhou general. The content was also concise and to the point of view. It was roughly about the subsequent handling of the corridor battlefield. Since you are a general of a state, you will naturally act cheaply and don’t have to report everything to the north city. When the young vassal king finally put the seal of the “King of Northern Liang” in a large blank space on the letter, the blue-shirted counselor turned around and left in a hurry with the official document. The young vassal king sat alone in the study and was silent for a long time.
The night is as cool as water, and the lights of the vassal residence in Jubeicheng are still bright, and the steps are as dense as drums, endlessly, and I have long been accustomed to it.
Xu Fengnian was in the study and staring at two situational charts on the table, mainly Laoye Mountain and Huaiyang Pass. He suddenly looked up and saw Yang Shenxing, Gu Dazu and Bai Yu walking together, his face extremely solemn. Gu Dazu’s voice was hoarse and said in a deep voice: “Just just got the news, Murong Baoding personally led the Donglei Jing Cavalry and Rouran Cavalry with 20,000 troops each, and Wang Yong, the 30,000 reinforcements of Baoping Prefecture, and successively attacked the main force of the Left Cavalry of Lu Dayuan’s troops. Zhou Kang and Li Yanchao were unable to rescue!”
Yang Shenxing said bitterly: “It seems that the 10,000 Rouran Iron Cavalry that had fought with Li Yanchao of the Right Cavalry before was just bait. The remaining 20,000 Rouran Cavalry had already joined Murong Baoding’s direct troops and horses, and from the beginning they had headed straight for the left cavalry. The so-called division of troops in two groups was divided into 30,000 Rouran Cavalry to attack our Liangzhou Right Cavalry. Murong Baoding was in charge of the 20,000 infantry camp and remained silent. It was all a guise. In fact, the 20,000 infantry was pretending to be Rouran Iron Cavalry and finally joined forces with Wang Yong to encircle and suppress the Left Cavalry.”
Xu Fengnian’s face turned slightly pale and murmured, “Twenty thousand Donglei private cavalry, twenty thousand Rouran iron cavalry, and thirty thousand Baopingzhou elite cavalry, and a total of seventy thousand Beimang first-class cavalry.”>
Yang Shenxing was about to speak when he saw Bai Yu pulling the cuff of the veteran Spring and Autumn Period, and his eyes signaled the old man not to speak for the time being.
The young vassal king who was sitting behind the desk raised his head slowly and asked, “How was the casualties of the Beimang barbarians?”
Yang Shenxing tried his best to calm down the intense emotions in his heart, and replied, “Murong Baoding did not invest all his troops at once. After the Donglei private army lost more than 9,000 people, he still did not evacuate the battlefield, and then invested 20,000 Rouran Iron Cavalry in one breath. Lu Dayuan… The left cavalry fought to Wang Yong’s cavalry and entered the battlefield. At that time, the remaining Donglei cavalry had to stand by. On the battlefield, there were almost no Rouran Iron Cavalry, and the Baoping Prefecture Cavalry still lost more than 6,000 people. Only 800 cavalry of the Left Cavalry broke through the encirclement and returned to the Jubei City. Lu Dayuan, the first deputy commander of the Left Cavalry, and the other two deputy commanders, were all killed in battle one after another.”
In early autumn, there were strong soldiers of the left cavalry. Hundreds of cavalry outside the northern city raised their arms and released eagles, and they are still vivid in my mind.
Gu Dazu suddenly said bluntly: “The left cavalry has disappeared, and the right cavalry is alone and can no longer restrain the situation outside Liangzhou Pass north of the northern city and south of the heavy tomb. The prince must not agree to Zhou Kang and Li Yanchao’s initiative to fight!”
Xu Fengnian nodded and said: “Immediately pass the order to Zhou Kang and Li Yanchao. The right cavalry tried his best to avoid Beimang’s next main force going south!”
Bai Yu said helplessly: “The military order of Jin Queqiao was actually at the military room of the governor Yang. From the commander to the three deputy commanders and all the lieutenants, they signed blood seals and requested a death battle to ensure that at least the Donglei cavalry of Murong Baoding’s army and Wang Yong’s army were wiped out.”
Xu Fengnian stood up and said with a stern look: “Then add another sentence to tell Zhou Kang and Li Yanchao that it is easy to die. You dare to disobey the orders of the North City Army. I, Xu Fengnian, went outside the pass and twisted their heads!”
Yang Shenxing, who had never seen a young vassal king, was frightened and was shocked, and Gu Dazu sighed softly. Bai Yu was calm and smiled and said, “When General Yang and I, the governor of Liangzhou, would be much easier when Jubeicheng responded to the Right Cavalry in this way.”
The three bosses of Jubeicheng left quickly with their own thoughts. Wang Jijiu, who was on duty in the ceremony room, carried two pots of green ant wine into the study. He saw that the young vassal king had not yet sat down. He was standing behind the desk and looking down at the two big seals on the table. One side is naturally the Liang King Seal, which was regarded as the most powerful small object in the world during the entire Yonghui period of Liyang. In the past twenty years, in the northwest border, as long as more than 5,000 troops were involved in the dispatched troops, this seal was required. The shape of this seal is exactly the same as the current Zhao court. It imitates the orthodox style of the Central Plains of the Spring and Autumn Period. It belongs to jade chopsticks and seals. The seal script is evenly fat and thin, and does not pick the tip of the tip. It is well versed in the Confucian meaning of justice and peace, and has always been known as the authentic calligraphy. However, next to this Liang King Seal, there was a large seal that had long since left the officialdom of Northern Liang. After the Xu family’s iron cavalry followed the king and the vassal of Northern Liang to slaughter Xu Xiao into Northern Liang, this ancient bronze seal, which is commonly known as the “General Seal”, occasionallyHe also met with some important military articles outside the pass, but as the prince Xu Fengnian officially inherited the King of Northern Liang, he completely left the vision of the border army. The general’s seal uses willow leaf text, a copper seal with tiger button, three inches and three minutes in square and nine minutes in thick, and is shaped like a tiger lying on a dragon plate. Now the permanent and powerful general who was the first to be Wu Zheng, Zhen and Ping in Liyang has long switched to the silver seal of the Chiding text, and abandoned the willow-leaf text with the font like a knife. In fact, there is a large seal in Qingliang Mountain, which is mainly used for the promotion of officials from the Northern Liang Road. Xu Fengnian left it to the deputy commander Song Dongming, who allowed him to stamp the seal on his own after the official document was approved to demonstrate his transcendent status of “inheriting power alone”.
After Wang Jijiu sat down, he opened two pots of wine and leaned forward to hand the young vassal king a pot.独乐乐不如众乐乐。