When Liuzhu Bodhisattva parted ways with Xie Xizhen, he once asked the lieutenant general of Liuzhou a heartbreaking question.
Are you not afraid that you and I guarded the two towns of Linyao and Fengxiang, but because the 20,000 monks and soldiers did not rush to the Liuzhou battlefield in time, Qingcang City fell
Xie Xizhen's answer at that time was very interesting: With Kou Jianghuai around, it would be impossible.
The Beiliang frontier army has always had the habit of being xenophobic. The deputy commander of the infantry, Gu Dazu, had already won a very high reputation in the Spring and Autumn Wars, but outside the Liangzhou Pass, he had never reached the height he should have. can change that embarrassing situation. Jin Partridge, Zhou Kang, once broke face with him on the spot in Chongzuka Army Town. For example, if Chen Yunchui, who is also the deputy commander of the infantry army, has something to discuss with the left and right cavalry troops in Liangzhou, or needs to second manpower, maybe he doesn't need to come in person at all, a letter is enough, or even digging at the foot of the cavalry army in anger , from Yuan Zuozong to He Zhonghu and Zhou Kang, I am afraid that everyone will bear it, and at most laugh and curse a few words when they meet and discuss matters. Known as the originator of the theory of the world's situation, the master of war will never be treated like this in the Beiliang frontier army.
Not only Gu Dazu, but Yu Luan Dao of the younger generation was also in a bad situation at first, so he could only go from Liuzhou to Youzhou to serve as a cavalry general, instead of riding and climbing directly in Liangzhou. Before the cavalry took down the series of battles outside the gourd mouth, the Youzhou cavalry had been ridiculed by the Liangzhou side cavalry with their eyes high above their heads as the embroidered cavalry. In private, they joked that they were the daughter of the old commander Yan Wenluan. .
Then there is Liuzhou general Kou Jianghuai who is a neighbor of the Dragon Elephant Army. After the first reckless battle, the Dragon Elephant Army needs to replenish the source of troops. Whether it is He Zhonghu or Zhou Kang, even a young cavalry soldier who has never experienced a border Cao Wei, soldiers and generals, even though Liangzhou border riders complained, they followed the wishes of the young vassal king in the end, except for Kou Jianghuai, who is the general of a state, even though the entire Beiliang officialdom knows it well. It is clear that this person is a genius who has made outstanding military achievements in Guangling Road. In the end, most of the soldiers and horses under his command can only come from young and strong refugees. In the end, neither the Xianli Ranch nor the Tianjing Ranch in Lianglong were very happy to deliver them high-quality war horses. It was only because of the harshly worded military order from the young feudal lord from Qingliang Mountain that they did not shoddy and perfunctorily dealt with it.
This is the case for Kou Jianghuai. In fact, Xie Xizhen, who is also one of the two great Chus, is not much better. Before he was temporarily promoted to the deputy general of Liuzhou from the third-rank official position, he cooperated with Cao Wei's elite cavalry to rush to Miyun Mountain Pass. His cavalry at that time came from It's mixed, most of them are cavalry troops from Fengxiang and Linyao towns who were born as horse thieves in the Western Regions, plus two or three thousand cavalry troops recruited by Chai Dongdi and Han Wenbao. Don't look down on them.
Whether this deep-rooted habit can be changed has something to do with the personal prestige of King Xinliang, but the relationship is definitely not so big that it can be changed overnight.
And the young feudal lord seemed to have an almost conceited confidence in it.
In fact, neither Yu Luandao, who has been promoted by He Zhonghu to be the second deputy commander of the Zuoqi Army, nor Kou Jianghuai, the Liuzhou general who is not so worthy of the name, has never disappointed Beiliang.
This was especially true for Xie Xizhen, who had already helped Cao Wei win the battle at Miyun Mountain Pass.
Fengxiang Army Town had two thousand soldiers defending the city before Xie Xizhen led troops in. The refugees were young and strong and Youzhou infantry were half and half. Compared with the low walls of Qingcang City, the Dafeng Dynasty was obviously more Pay attention to Fengxiang Army Town, which can immediately reinforce the Western Regions Protectorate, the city wall is set to be the same size as the Central Plains county town, and compared with the two ancient towns of Qingcang Linyao, it will eventually be a dynasty, and it will be the same county as the other two town chiefs Feng Xiang, who kept his rank and salary, had as many as two hundred officials who were able to wear the big seal ribbon, far more than the one hundred and twenty people in Linyao Qingcang. Once the Protectorate of the Western Regions in the far west cannot control the more than forty countries in its jurisdiction, in every war, the defeated nobles of the Western Regions must pass through Fengxiang Army Town, and then choose to enter the Central Plains from the old Beiliang, or just leave it at that. Turn southeast and go to Shuzhao for refuge.
Therefore, the history of Fengxiang Army Town, like its city walls, is thicker than that of Qingcang Linyao.
If there were no 10,000 monks and soldiers from Xie Xizhen as the backbone, Fengxiang Army Town would face the siege of 10,000 Southern Dynasty infantrymen, and the 3,000 cavalry troops outside the city would wait for the opportunity, and perhaps at most they would try their best to stay under the city and at the top of the city. Put down more corpses of the barbarians of the Northern Mang, Fengxiang is destined to still fall, Beiliang can only give up this strategic point covering a small half of the Western Regions, maybe Liuzhou was defeated by the Western Front Army of the Huang Song Pu, Fengxiang Linyao Gains and losses are not of great significance, but as long as the two sides are in a stalemate, whoever holds the two towns is very likely to change the situation of the battle. This is as Gusai Prefecture assembled troops and horses to vigorously reinforce Huang Songpu. Especially if the Liuzhou cavalry were lucky enough to win a big victory, and they still had the strength to break through the border defenses of the Southern Dynasties and march north to Gusai Prefecture, then the loss of two towns in Beiliang could even be said to be a fatal mistake.
The 10,000 Southern Dynasties' ant-attached siege can be said to be brave and fearless. However, because it was a surprise attack with a certain chance of winning, it did not carry a large amount of food, grass and siege equipment that would delay the advance speed, so even if it was captured by Bei Mang It is believed that the siege force is not inferior to that of the Beiliang Youzhou infantry and the Liyang Jinan infantry. They fought very hard. Showing amazing accuracy, many refugees who participated in the battle for the first time were young and strong. Even if they were reminded in advance not to show their heads between two rounds of arrows, many corpses could only be dragged down the horse path. Under the premise that Xie Xizhen did not use the monks and soldiers of Mount Landa to the greatest extent, groups of daredevil soldiers with shields and knives in their mouths attacked the city several times, and then were killed by Youzhou infantry and refugees Qing Zhuang again and again. .
From the sound of noon to the dusk, the Bu Ba soldiers paid nearly 2,000 lives, and most of them died on the top of the city, and then were thrown off the top of the city.
During this period, Xie Xizhen only let everyone's strong and powerful monk soldiers participate in the defense twice, that's all.
Night battles are naturally not conducive to the siege side, and the infantry gave up after trying to siege the city once.
Attacking the top of the city many times, but unable to break through, just like the master of the rivers and lakes can break through only a thin line, so naturally he will not give up.
The next day was destined to be a more tragic offensive and defensive battle.
The defenders of the city were extremely silent.
Everyone looked at the monks and soldiers of Mount Landa, especially the expressionless young general, with grief and indignation in their eyes.
It's not that they are afraid of death, but that as long as that young man surnamed Xie is willing to send a thousand people to the front line of the city, they can save a lot of people from dying.
Even if there are only five hundred people!
So when the morning of the next day, the barbarians of the North Mang blew the siege horn, and a general who left the Youzhou infantry and served as the guard general of the Fengxiang Army said a word to Xie Xizhen. The middle-aged man who shot through the shoulder drew his sword and rushed to the battlefield again.
He said that with a smile.
"General Xie, you can rest easy, you can sit on the top of the wall with a bench, and let's see how my Beiliang frontier army retreats from the enemy!"
In the Liyang army in the Central Plains, whether it is a school lieutenant or a miscellaneous general, they may be boasted by others as a general.
But in Beiliang, only the old Liang king, Xu Xiao, could bear this honor. Yuan Zuozong and Yan Wenluan, the cavalry armies, could not, and neither could Chen Zhibao and Chu Lushan, the old and new Beiliang governors.
Except for the Youzhou Cavalry Army who once fought side by side outside the pass, the Xinliang King Xu Fengnian is still rarely honored as a general, more often he is called a prince.
So Xie Xizhen was "respected" as a general with his surname.
Absolutely no good intentions.
As the lieutenant general of Liuzhou and the general directly under the jurisdiction of Fengxiang and Linyao towns, Xie Xizhen seemed completely indifferent to this kind of offense, his face was still as watery, and he watched the general stride away.
For a whole day, there were more than 2,000 lonely and wild ghosts in the foreign land.
The commander of the 10,000-step pawn began to withdraw his troops after discussing with the cavalry general.
Of the 2,000 infantry guarding the northern border gates, only 600 remained.
The city lord who almost died in the battle was dragged off the horse path by a monk, spat a mouthful of blood, and yelled in the direction of Lieutenant General Liuzhou: "Fuck your mother, Xie Xizhen!"
The remaining six hundred people, except for less than one hundred Youzhou veterans, the rest are young and strong refugees.
Both sides were full of hatred for the young man who was immobile from beginning to end.
When Bei Mang was about to retreat,
Xie Xizhen had already ordered: "The monks and soldiers will follow me out of the city, regardless of the cost, and keep them haunted for at least three hours."
This kind of behavior of standing on the sidelines during the war and taking credit for the end after the war has not been seen once in twenty years at the Beiliang Border Pass where the military law is like a mountain.
Xie Xizhen didn't explain a word.
The middle-aged monk on Mount Lantuo who rescued the general who guarded the city, hesitated for a moment when he followed Xie Xizhen down the city, and finally asked: "General Xie, do you want to inform the Linyao Army Town? Take the pawns and eat them together?"
This warrior monk is also a top-notch person in Mount Landa, both in Buddhism and cultivation.
One way is all ways.
Through the secret words of the female bodhisattva before leaving, he has already learned that the cavalry of Yu Luan's Saber Department will make an emergency U-turn and cooperate with them to intercept the infantry.
But for some reason, Xie Xizhen shook his head and said, "No need."
The monk was puzzled, but he didn't say much.
After all, Xie Xizhen is the main general.
The middle-aged monk has already experienced the horror of Beiliang's military law.
No matter how dissatisfied the two thousand defenders were, no matter how Xie Xizhen stood by and watched, everyone still died generously!
He was just full of suspicion, he had only heard of military generals in the battlefield since ancient times, except for a few people in history who were afraid of their high military exploits, they only despised those who were not strong enough in battle. This young man surnamed Xie was very strange.
After Xie Xizhen led the monk soldiers out of the city, he turned his head to look at the deserted city of Fengxiang Army Town, and muttered to himself.
"Refugees, people in Liuzhou, people in exile...Mr. Li, the use of soldiers is so ruthless, and the use of soldiers is so amazing...Twenty years ago, talking about soldiers on paper is still better than we are now fighting fiercely."