The army of Hao Shao and Liu Mang in Guangzhou City prepared two days of grain and grass and cooked hot food, and wanted to prepare a house for Zhao Yun's Baima Congyi, but was rejected by Liu Mang. He couldn't afford to delay now. , and Baima Congyi, a light cavalry soldier, Liu Mang intends to let him travel thousands of miles a day, and he needs to stay in the city for this hundred-mile journey alone, with hot food, and training soldiers!
One man and two riders, swapping rides, the horses are in good spirits, but these cavalry are a little depressed. After all, there are still a thousand recruits among the three thousand white horses who need to be taken care of. There are saddles and stirrups, otherwise these recruits would have been thrown out.
The two days of galloping also allowed these recruits to get used to it a little bit. Once they enter the city to rest, all previous efforts will be wasted.
"Replenish food and grass, rest for half an hour, and move forward immediately!" Liu Mang issued an order to Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun clasped his fists and said yes. The combination of the two can truly display this tactic after a thousand people.
Now Gwangju is no longer the small town that Liu Mang didn't care about at the beginning. Now Gwangju has been merged into three by Liu Mang. From a small county town, he was raised to the level of a county.
Hao Shao is good at defense. With the resources of the three cities, the west gate of Yangzhou can be regarded as impenetrable.
"Wen Chang is still in Yiyang!" Liu Mang's army arrived, Wei Yan and others should come to meet Liu Mang, but Wei Yan's figure is not seen now. So Liu Mang asked.
"Yes. General Wei Yan is now commanding the soldiers in Yiyang!" Hao Shao nodded to Liu Mang. Wei Yan had never worked with Hao Shao before, but Hao Shao had seen Wei Yan's ability. The Yiyang soldiers under his command were simply a bunch of desperadoes, and they were not afraid of death when fighting. Can you be strong! When Wei Yan had something to do, Hao Shao naturally respected Wei Yan. Hao Shao came from the Bingzhou Wolf Rider, and the Bingzhou Wolf Rider worshiped powerful people, so although Wei Yan belonged to Hao Shao's restraint. However, Hao Shao always asked Yu Weiyan and Wei Yan to discuss matters of general size, and the cooperation between the two was very close. "Do you want Shao to call General Wei Yan back?!"
"No need, I will definitely go through Yiyang this time, and I will talk about it later," Liu Mang waved his hand and said, "Yiyang soldiers have five thousand troops, Bo Dao, you also have five thousand soldiers in your hands, a total of 10,000." , there are enough people here!" Liu Mang asked Hao Shao, frowning.
Ten thousand soldiers and horses in three cities seems a lot. But in fact, there are not many. On average, there are only 3,000 people in a city. Moreover, the 5,000 Yiyang military soldiers among the 10,000 people have not yet formed an army, but what Hao Shao needs to guard against is Liu Bei's 40,000 soldiers. Even in Xinye, there are 15,000 troops from Jingzhou Liu Biao. .
"My lord, don't worry, although Shao is not good at attacking cities, as long as Shao is still alive, he will definitely not let the enemy enter Yangzhou!" Hao Shao said firmly, the 2,000-3 rate garrison, Hao Shao can stop Liu Bei's 20,000 troops In three days, Hao Shao now has 10,000 men and horses, who can command the supplies of the three cities, making the west gate of Yangzhou even more impenetrable.
"Bo Dao, you and Wen Yuan are now my two great gatekeepers!" Hao Shao's defensive ability Liu Wei is still very relieved, this person is the first person to stop Brother Zhu, Chen Cang's battle, let Brother Zhu With Hao Shao's plan to leave Sichuan and Shu, we can see Hao Shao's defensive power. The only one in the Eastern Han Dynasty who can be compared with Hao Shao is the unmasked Huo Jun. The two But it is called the Great Wall of Human Flesh. As for the Xiliang iron cavalry rushing into Yangzhou before, it was because Hao Shao really had no cavalry in his hands, and the horses under his crotch were not as good as the elite Xiliang iron cavalry, so Jia Xu rushed into Yangzhou and came to the city. This time Liu Mang also brought Hao Shao a hundred horses as spares.
Half an hour passed quickly, and half of the horses were fed with horse feed, and half were not fed. The white horse Congyi rode those who were not fed. Once the horses ate too much, they started to run because of digestion problems. Naturally, it will be slower, and the horsepower will be much less, and the other half of the war horses that do not eat horse food will have a lot of people, so the speed of the two phases will be almost the same.
After one and a half days' journey, Liu Mang's army once again arrived outside Yiyang City. Wei Yan had already greeted him there, accompanied by five thousand Yiyang soldiers. That kind of killing intent, but also full of energy. It made Liu Mang very satisfied. Although this Wei Yan was a little arrogant, he was very busy! People who have something to do with arrogance are called arrogance, and those who have nothing to do are called criminals, and they are cheap.
"Let's go into the city!" Liu Mang didn't choose to rest in Gwangju because he needed to train the white horse in his hand to make the recruits adapt to the long-distance raid, but he rested in Yiyang because of the four days. Almost all of them are on horseback, which can be regarded as a kind of training. Everything is too late. Now Baima Congyi has been trained. At least he can stop and run for several days without stopping. , if you continue to forcibly train, it will only lead to collapse, so proper rest is still needed.
What's more, Liu Mang has more important things to do in Yiyang City.
As soon as Liu Mang said that he could go to the city to rest, the whole White Horse Congyi began to boil, whether it was the recruits or the veterans, the four-day long-distance raid was uncomfortable even on horseback. In fact, this kind of discomfort is not ordinary.
Basically, some fell from the horses, and when riding a horse, the shit floated on the cavalry behind with the wind, and there was a burst of shouting.
There are also those who are not good at learning, then they really died in a rush. Three thousand cavalry have gone out to fight, and the battle has not yet started. Five people have died, and three are seriously injured. These are all when they fell off the horse. Trampled to death by the horses behind.
This is true for recruits, but it is not much better for veterans. Although those Xiliang iron cavalry took off their heavy armor and put on brocade clothes, they didn't stay off their horses for four days! When they got off the horse, their buttocks became stiff, and some people's buttocks were soaked through their own. It was sweat mixed with blood.
"What's the mess? What's the mess! Form a queue. Enter the city!" Liu Mang frowned. The officers of the White Horse Congyi over there began to reprimand these White Horse Congyi. The light cavalry that Liu Mang needs is a light cavalry who keeps his words and deeds. What is the difference between a light cavalry who has lost his head and an ordinary light cavalry when they have been fighting all the time? !
Seeing the Baima Congyi who were suffocating under the officer's reprimand, Liu Mang suddenly laughed. Now it is better for these bastards to hold their breath and have complaints in their hearts. Who brought all these hardships to them! Naturally, it is the enemy. If Liu Bei hadn't killed Liu Mang's envoy, such a long-distance raid would not have happened. Even if there is, it should be a few months later, when everyone gets used to it.
The complaints from their training will accumulate more and more, and in the end they will all be spilled on the enemy. This is what Liu Mang needs.
Seeing the white horses entering the city one by one from Yi, Wei Yan didn't know what to say, he was envious and jealous! Baima Congyi was one man with two horses. Besides his sword, what Baima Congyi carried the most was the quiver, which was full of arrows and two spare bows. He was even wearing brocade clothes, and his arrows were extremely luxurious. In this era, a war horse is so expensive that it can be as expensive as a hundred gold, and the cheap one can be several gold. This white horse Congyi's equipment can be equipped with a team of Yiyang soldiers. Wei Yan can't be envious and jealous! Especially the white-robed Zhao Yun, the leader of the White Horse Congyi, didn't he conflict with this little boy back then! But then Zhao Yun directly became the chief general of the first army, while Wei Yan was thrown into the city management army to be a giant shield soldier. He is good looking.
Wei Yan blinked his lips, but envy is nothing but envy, Wei Yan now has a kind of arrogance of his own, even though your little white-faced white horse Congyi is rich and well-equipped, so what? Ah, your white horse Congyi may not have killed more enemies on the battlefield than his Yiyang soldier. His Yiyang soldier can't be worse than his little boy. Thinking of this, Wei Yan suddenly yelled at his subordinates, "I can't walk anymore! Line up, line up, who the hell can't walk, I'll come personally!" Teach him!" Under Wei Yan's scolding, the Yiyang military soldiers also began to plan neatly, and the two soldiers and horses walked out of the military parade, which really made Liu Mang smile bitterly.
The two armies entered the city together. With the help of the people in the city, they cooked and set up tents. Yiyang is no different than other places. It is under the rule of Liu Biao. Liu Mang didn't want to surround the people too much, so he asked soldiers and horses to set up tents. Fortunately, the people rushed to help and it was completed before dark.
Liu Mang was also able to enter Yiyang's county mansion, everyone was seated, and the banquet began, although there was no singing and dancing, it was enjoyable, full of wine and food, Wei Yan approached Liu Mang, clasped his fists and asked. "My lord wants to attack Nanyang this time?!"
"Otherwise?!" Liu Wei put down his wine glass and asked back. Liu Bei killed Liu Wei's envoy, which can be regarded as completely tearing his face. Liu Wei had not settled with him when he attacked Yangzhou before, so this time he came to recover the interest. of.
"Are the soldiers of General Cheng Yu and General Xu Sheng behind?!"
Liu Mang shook his head, "Cheng Yu is defending Shouchun, Xu Sheng, now under Wen Yuan's command, he should be in the Linhuai generation!"
"My lord, only these three thousand white horses are righteous in attacking Nanyang?!" Wei Yan really didn't understand, if Liu Mang came to attack Nanyang County, or to deliver food to others, three thousand light cavalry, and the opponent really There are 40,000 soldiers and horses and strong city defenses. How can this be wrong? Rather than burying the white horse from righteousness like this, it is better to give him the remaining 3,000 war horses to Wei Yan. Although Wei Yan has Yiyang soldiers in his hands, he also wants to turn Yiyang soldiers into Yiyang iron cavalry.
"Three thousand soldiers and horses are enough!" Liu Mang said, looking at Wei Yan very indifferently.
"My lord, you?!" If it weren't for the orderly hierarchy, Wei Yan would probably have to check if Liu Mang has a fever, and his mind is hot and confused. Three thousand soldiers and horses are enough, if this white horse is so powerful, it would have been driven into Yangzhou by the coalition forces of Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu! It is not enough to form a white horse directly.
"Master Wen, it looks like you think I'm confused? Eyes covered by anger?!" Liu Mang looked at Wei Yan with a half-smile and said.
"Wei Yan dare not!" Wei Yan lowered his head. Liu Mang was deeply impressed by Wei Yan's suppression of Wei Yan, how dare he directly contradict Liu Mang.
Wei Yan said he didn't dare, but his eyes were still a little arrogant, "Master Wen, let me ask you! One man and two horses, who in Nanyang can catch up with me?"
Wei Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard Liu Mang's words. The three thousand white horses were congyi, one person and two horses. This level of luxury, the horsepower is absolutely sufficient. There are really few princes in the Central Plains who can afford such a configuration, let alone The Xiliang iron cavalry is still a heavy armored cavalry, and it hurts horsepower very much. It relies on explosiveness. Compared with horsepower, it really can't compare with "No!"
"Three thousand white horses follow righteousness, is there any pawn in Nanyang who can stop me?!"
"No!" Light cavalry may be slightly insufficient to deal with heavy cavalry and heavy armored infantry, but to deal with ordinary infantry, it follows the law that cavalry naturally restrains infantry. Three thousand light cavalry is still a nightmare for this infantry .
"This Xiliang iron cavalry can't catch me, and this Nanyang infantry can't stop me! Wenchang, what doubts do you have?" Liu Mang said to Wei Yan with a smile.
"This!" Wei Yan really couldn't refute, Liu Mang's two words had already made his troops invincible.
"But my lord, although the Nanyang soldiers and horses can't do anything to get you, you can't do anything to get Liu Bei either!" Why not Liu Bei? As long as Liu Bei closes the gate of Nanyang, once the city gate is closed, then Liu Mang's 3,000 light cavalry can only hang around outside the city, and there is a possibility of being ambushed by Liu Bei, and the consumption of food and grass will also cost a lot of money Woolen cloth! Why do such a thankless thing.
"Hehe, I really don't believe him in the eighteen counties of Nanyang. Every city in his city is closed. As long as there is one city that is open, my army will arrive at night and day, and the city will be destroyed. It would be better if it was a field battle! Zilong, come and tell the text chief our sixteen-character secret!" Liu Mang asked Zhao Yunlai to talk to Wei Yan. In that case, there will be troubles if there is discord within the army, and only by letting the two talk to each other can the conflict be resolved and the conflict eased.
Zhao Yun nodded and stepped forward, clasped his fists at Wei Yan and said, "General Wei Yan, the 16-character formula left by my lord is that when the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy retreats, we advance, when the enemy is stationed, we disturb, and when the enemy is tired, we fight!"
"This!" Hearing the sixteen words Zhao Yun said, Wei Yan really couldn't calm down, and took a breath. These sixteen words are easy to say, but in practice, Wei Yan doesn't know what to do. Dare to imagine, you can't catch up with such a one, and you can't attack it even if you go forward to attack it. When you enter the palace, he will retreat, and if you retreat, he will move forward. When you rest, he will come to harass you and attack you, delay you, let him You are miserable. I am afraid that within a few days, morale will drop to a certain level. Although the exhaustion tactics do not cause much damage, they will accumulate over time. In a few days, the number of possible casualties will still be terrible. In the end, the army is most likely to be defeated. ! Once the morale of the ancient army is low, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced!
Wei Yan listened to what Zhao Yun said, if he was the Nanyang Army on the opposite side, the last and best way might be to close the city gates and defend the city.
Indeed, what Liu Mang wanted was for Liu Bei to stay out of the city, because in this way he could truly make Nanyang uneasy. Firstly, it could play a role in training troops, and secondly, Liu Mang could rely on this to organize the transportation of Liu Bei's army's grain and grass.
Liu Bei's Nanyang granary was burned upside down by Jia Xu. Liu Wei lacked food and grass, so Liu Bei didn't lack it! If Liu Bei doesn't leave the city, then he can only starve to death in Nanyang. If Liu Bei goes out of the city, then he will just wait to be drunk and dreamed of by these three thousand white horses! Liu Bei makes Liu Wei uncomfortable, and Liu Wei will not make Liu Bei feel comfortable either. Now let's see whose strategy is more vicious, who can play to death!
"My lord is a great talent, Wei Yan can't do it!" Wei Yan once again put his proud head down and cupped his fists. (to be continued..)