generation hero

Chapter 54 Northward

Most of the army led by Qu Sihan was infantry, and the number of cavalry was extremely small, which was enough to protect Qu Sihan himself and hunt down the fleeing Baiyu people. They brought food, relocated households and disabled soldiers. Wulan Sanqi has an advantage, but has no advantage in combat power.

It was getting dark, and Qu Sihan sent people to nearby counties to spread the news. The scout soldiers searched around, but found nothing. He ordered people to dig a trench outside the camp. It was too late and manpower time was limited, so only one trench could be dug. The earth ditch was five feet wide. During the night, Beicheng soldiers drove Baiyu's relocated households and chafus to the outskirts of the camp for a generation.

Liu Yanping was very dissatisfied with this, and asked Sihan to reason: "Your Excellency moved these residents, didn't you treat them as the citizens of Beicheng, why did you put them in danger?"

Qu Sihan didn't listen to Liu Yanping's reasoning at all, Liu Yanping quarreled with him, his face was flushed, Qu Sihan said impatiently: "I didn't let you sleep outside, why are you so anxious?"

Liu Yanping was so angry that he stared straight away, and left with a flick of his sleeves, and returned to the thatched hut where the residents stayed overnight. The theory was fruitless, so he had to ask the accompanying servants of the Liu family to be more vigilant at night.

Feng Cong was concentrating on something, Liu Yanping said: "Please spend the night in the camp, Your Highness."

Feng Cong said, "No need, it won't be peaceful anywhere tonight."

Liu Yanping was worried.

Feng Cong and Liu Yanping were going to stay outside, but Qu Sihan was a little unhappy. He was ordered to bring them back to Yaojing. It would be meaningless if he brought back a dead person, so he forced Feng Cong and Liu Yanping to "please" Back to camp.

"Swords have no eyes, please understand my difficulties." Qu Sihan invited the two into the tent in the name of a meal, and said flatly.

"People are frightened by horses and tend to flee," Feng Cong said, "Let Liu Changshi and I stay outside to calm people's hearts, and you can do whatever you want."

Hu Sihan said: "I arrange you, not you arrange me."

Feng Cong said: "You can't prevent Ulan Sanqi like this."

Liu Yanping couldn't lift the chopsticks, and was surprised when he heard this: "Your Highness?"

Not long after the pontoon bridge was built, the Ulan people should be nearby. The enemy is bright and we are dark, and the enemy is moving and we are quiet. The battalion is full of infantry. There are very few arrows and equipment. Judging from the hoof prints in front of the bridge, there are dozens to hundreds of cavalry in Ulan crossing the river. The shore is open and flat. Without a trace, they can only defend as much as possible and leave this area as soon as possible.The Ulan people occasionally crossed the river to plunder, and would not go deep into the interior. After they left, they would be handed over to nearby counties to send troops to encircle and suppress.

This is the truth, but when Feng Cong said it, Hu Sihan felt uncomfortable. He said, "Prince Xia, you seem to know a lot?"

Feng Cong smiled and said: "Ulan Sanqi ventured across the river, and they will only leave if they have something to gain. They know that the pontoon bridge will be burned, and the nearby towns will be prepared. Instead of robbing the town, it is better to rob you." Set up a temporary camp, and immediately build a pontoon bridge to cross the river."

"So what?" Qu Sihan raised his eyebrows, "Could it be that I just let them not grab it?"

Feng Cong took two sips of porridge calmly, and said, "The Ulan cavalry are fast, so we can only wait where they are, or they will be intercepted by them, let alone resist them. Once they succeed, you will never be able to catch up."

Husi looked at Feng Cong for a moment, and said, "Prince Xia, although you Nanxia are good at sailor and infantry combat, you are still inferior to my Dasheng on both sides of the Yangtze River, and you have no experience in fighting Ulan Sanqi. Why should I listen to you?" of?"

Feng Cong said: "You don't want to wait for Ulan cavalry to attack. If you drive the grain carts and the people to the camp, don't the Ulan people know that you deliberately lured them?"

Qu Sihan raised his eyebrows. He intentionally burned the pontoon bridge to create smoke. He refused to avoid camping here, and drove the grain carts and relocated households outside. He really planned to lure Ulan Sanqi out. Qu Sihan said: "So what if you can see it?"

"It can be seen that there must be precautions." Feng Cong said: "In three to five days, the counties and counties may not be able to mobilize troops to destroy Ulan Sanqi, but they can harass them from time to time. You use these people as bait, and the people are unarmed. If you can't withstand the arrows of the Ulan people, when the Ulan people shoot them to death, your troops will be wiped out."

Arc Sihan frowned.

Feng Cong said: "To deal with this Ulan cavalry, it is useless to build a camp and defend."

Hu Sihan looked at Feng Cong with extreme distrust, finally put away his contemptuous expression, struggled a bit, and said, "Prince Xia, let me tell you about your solution first."

It was completely dark, and Hu Sihan finally agreed to let the people enter the camp for the night.

Yuan Tang was waiting for Feng Cong outside the thatched shed, and when he saw Feng Cong and Liu Yanping coming out, he rushed over excitedly.

Feng Cong smiled at Yuan Tang, and said, "Go, point out all the Southern Xia Qizhou Army among the poor."

Yuan Tang said, "Want to fight?"

Feng Cong patted Yuan Tang on the shoulder, just as Qu Sihan also came out of the tent, staring at Feng Cong with a complicated expression, Yuan Tang almost thought that he had also taken a fancy to Feng Cong, and turned his head to stare at him.

But Hu Sihan said to Feng Cong: "I heard that you are the grandson of Mu Luhu from Su'an, and you used to stay in the Su'an tribe?"

Liu Yanping frowned upon hearing this, but Feng Cong just nodded, not wanting to say more.

Yuan Tang ran to call for someone, but Feng Cong pulled Yuan Tang back and stuffed a piece of dried meat into his arms, which was taken from Hu Sihan's dining table. Yuan Tang hadn't eaten meat for many days. As soon as it was bright, he went to find someone with the jerky in his mouth.

Most of the Qizhou army in the chafu guarded the West Camp with Yuan Tang. Because they did not want to surrender to the enemy with Su Shoukui, and Qu Sihan needed coolies for transporting grain, he was incorporated into the team of grain transporting officers.

The reason why they were singled out was that Xia Guo soldiers had more experience of infantry fighting cavalry than Beicheng soldiers.

Hu Sihan was not at ease with the assembled Nanxia soldiers, and temporarily organized them together with Beicheng soldiers. In fact, there were less than 50 Nanxia soldiers on duty, and even if they worked together, they were no match for Beicheng soldiers.

Heihu Pengshen and the others heard that they were going to cooperate with the Beicheng soldiers, and there was nothing awkward about it. Even if they had fought on the battlefield before, the most important thing is to defend against the enemy and survive.

Hu Sihan finally let go of his guard, and distributed the weapons to the Xia soldiers.

Yuan Tang put on the temporary wooden armor made of branches and leaves. Although it is not as good as the iron armor, it can provide some protection. Feng Cong stretched out his hand to help Yuan Tang tie the rope behind the wooden armor, and said to Yuan Tang, "You will follow me in a while." I will guard the east, and let Sihan and the others guard the west."

Yuan Tang was a little excited in his heart. He had never realized that he was a militant. He raised his eyes and saw that Feng Cong's eyes were also faintly beating with light. Compared with being escorted as a prisoner, it was more enjoyable to kill. .

Born in this world, where disasters and chaos are endless, Yuan Tang felt for the first time the passion and sense of solidity of holding a weapon in his hand. I don't know if Feng Cong also feels this way.

Feng Cong looked at Yuan Tang and smiled. His handsomeness and unruliness blended perfectly with the sternness at this moment. It was very good-looking. He looked at the knife in his hand, then took Yuan Tang's hand, his eyes were extremely bright under the firelight.

Yuan Tang and Feng Cong hid behind a crude temporary shield made of wood and sacks of grass leaves. Liu Yanping and the people went back to the tent and waited. The wooden armor came out.

"His Royal Highness has already made suggestions for Hu Sihan. Could it be that the Beicheng Army can't defend against the enemy by itself, it's better for His Highness to wait in a safe place." Liu Yanping said with some concern.

This Liu Changshi is quite interesting. He is less elegant and weak than ordinary celebrities, and more pragmatic and capable. He is loyal to Nanxia, ​​and he is also loyal to the royal family of Nanxia by the way. He would rather die than go north. He has shared weal and woe with everyone along the way. Liu Yanping respects Feng Cong as the royal family of Nanxia.

However, Feng Cong felt a little headache from his respect, so he had to remind Liu Yanping to keep quiet, because the Ulan people might come at any time.

Heihu put one ear to the ground and listened intently. After a while, he suddenly raised his hand, and everyone behind the shield held their breath.

After a while, the sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded, and it seemed to come from all directions. The Ulan people were dressed in black and looked like ghosts, galloping around the perimeter of the camp, surrounding the outside.

Fences were erected around the camp, and soil ditches were dug. Ulan Sanqi couldn't get close, but they didn't need to get close either. First, a round of arrows rained down densely.The Ulan people's bows were extremely strong, and the crude shields they made temporarily were vulnerable to a single blow, and were quickly shot through.

It was the first time Yuan Tang saw the bravery of the Mobei cavalry, and the wooden armor they wore was not very safe, going out against the rain of arrows would be tantamount to death.

Everyone could only throw stones prepared in advance, but the range of throwing stones was not as good as that of bows and arrows.

The wooden fence outside was also broken by Ulan Sanqi, and some flying arrows shot directly through the tent, and the campers couldn't avoid it.

Qu Sihan ordered: "Fire the arrow!"

Beicheng soldiers shot arrows outward, Feng Cong also opened his bow, aimed at Wulan Ranger's horse and shot in the belly of the horse. The horse neighed instead and threw the people on it off.

More Ulan cavalry spread out in all directions, or circled the camp from time to time, sometimes shooting arrows into the camp, as if deliberately teasing.

Beicheng soldiers took advantage of this time to collect the arrow feathers on the ground. Many people were shot by Ulan Sanqi's hidden arrows, but they lacked arrows and had to collect them.

The arrow flashed, and Feng Cong dragged Yuan Tang to the back of the wooden cart that had been arranged earlier, and everyone followed suit. When the arrows turned from dense to sparse, this was the first round of the Ulan people's offensive. The arrows are not inexhaustible, and their main purpose is to plunder.

Feng Cong nodded to Yuan Tang, Yuan Tang understood, and crawled out from under the wooden cart with Peng Shen and others behind him.

From time to time, Feng Cong would also shoot arrows behind the wooden cart to cover for Yuan Tang.

The Ulan people only retreated for a while, and gathered again. They knew that the soldiers in the camp were not well armed, and they also brought a large number of unarmed civilians, so they began to try to move and jump into the camp.

Yuan Tang climbed to the edge of the ditch and threw the fire into the ditch. Dry firewood and dead leaves were piled up in the ditch in advance, and the sparks ignited as soon as the sparks burst out. Once the Ulans attacked.

However, the fire always burns out, and when the fire gradually dies down, Wulan Sanqi starts to circle around the outside again, this time their yelling is even more fierce, even if they don't understand what they are saying, Yuan Tang knows that they must It was shouting outside.

Hu Sihan also led Bei Chengbing to scold inside.

The Ulan people had originally planned to loot and leave in a hurry. The pontoon bridge was burned, and Beicheng was already alert. They couldn't stay on the south bank of the Yangtze River any longer. , there is food and grass, and there is no danger to defend, it is much easier than looting the riverside towns, so the Ulan people do not want to give up easily.

The flames gradually weakened, and the Ulan people calmed down their war horses. They fired arrows at the camp again, and rushed to the camp without any cover when the campers dodged. In the camp, it was difficult to use bows and arrows, so they drew out their scimitars and went on a rampage.

Feng Cong shouted loudly: "Get up!"

The Nanxia soldiers and Beicheng soldiers guarding the east side picked up wooden shields from the ground and put them on their heads, or a group of warriors or seven people, holding wooden sticks with steel knives tied to the top, facing Ulan war horses at leg level Qi cut off.

Nanxia soldiers often use this method to fight against Beicheng soldiers, but Nanxia's long swords are refined and forged. It was refitted, and the team was improvised. It was not as powerful as the Nanxia army, but it was enough to deal with Ulan Sanqi.

Ulan ran across the north of the Changhe River, at most coping with Beicheng's pursuers, and had no experience in the tactics of Xia's army. The loose cavalry who rushed into the camp first were quickly cut to the ground.

However, the Ulan people don't know how to retreat. Now that they have entered the camp, the population and food are in front of them. How can they retreat? Ulan cavalry rely on the flexibility and speed of their horses to shuttle between the sword array and the tent, and constantly attack the soldiers under the shield. , Their bows and arrows and knives were useless at this time, and several cavalry cooperated to surround the soldiers under the wooden shield and disperse the attack power of the knives.

Something hit Yuantang on the top, and his center of gravity was unsteady and rolled to the ground. Feng Cong also rolled out shortly, picked up the wooden handle, flicked away the blade of the Ulan people, and pulled Yuantang up with one hand, and the two stood back to back stand up.

Yuan Tang stomped on the ground and sank down, swung the long handle in his hand, and slammed into the Ulan man on the right. Feng Cong jumped up, holding the modified long blade in both hands, and slashed forward. Go out, and get rid of the three Ulan Sanqi around.

For a while, Ulan Sanqi didn't dare to surround him again.

The battle lasted until dawn, when the Ulan cavalry abandoned the more tightly defended east side and attacked the west side, and took advantage of the chaos to loot some food in the camp, and once they succeeded, they left in a hurry.

Feng Cong and Hu Sihan had expected such a result before the Ulan people attacked. The Beicheng army with over a hundred Ulan scattered cavalry and lack of military equipment and a group of old disabled soldiers and common people was hard to resist. They set up camp hastily. , It is impossible to prevent completely, only to minimize casualties and losses.

Only a little rice was robbed, and the remnant soldiers and civilians were hardly injured. The defense was considered successful. The important thing is that the batch of food taken by the Ulan people was tampered with. There were holes in the rice bags, and the spilled rice would Point out the whereabouts of the Ulan people.

At dawn, Qu Sihan led cavalry and infantry to find the Ulan people on the bank of the long river, and by surprise wiped out the Ulan cavalry who were about to cross the river.