Genius remembers in a second [Aishang Novel Network biquge.info] to provide you with wonderful novels to read.

Whether it is Ding Shao or 6 Yao, the estimation of the enemy cannot be perfect. (Please search, the novel is better and faster!)

It was expected that the Hebei thieves would arrive at noon the day after tomorrow, but in fact, Shi Le's troops were more rapid than expected. From the early morning of the next day, many routs from Tobu City, Qinghe, Beiqiu, Boping, Liaocheng and other places flocked to Guangzong. According to them, since the news of Ding Shao's critical illness reached the front, the Jin defenders in various cities were very panicked, and some troops had lost their fighting spirit, and there were cases of non-commissioned soldiers fleeing. And at this most dangerous time, the thieves braved the storm and used a considerable number of troops, and launched a night attack on five cities at a distance of one hundred and sixty miles from east to west.

Such a fierce offensive was rare in the past few months, and almost overnight, the bandits captured these five strategically important cities. And this was only a prelude to the real bloody battle, and the thieves continued to the west without stopping, driving the routs full of fear and panic like cattle and sheep to Gwangjong.

From early morning to late afternoon, more and more routs flocked to him. Many of them were wounded, and many of them were sick with fever because of the bad weather and great psychological pressure. There are also people who have difficulty persisting in running for dozens of miles, who have died on the road along the way, or who have been tortured and killed after being chased by Hebei thieves. The army that was able to hold out until Guangzong was able to hold out, and his basic body was exhausted, and his spirit was on the verge of collapse.

If Ding Shao was indeed seriously ill, the feelings of these defeated soldiers would surely spread to the entire military camp like a plague, causing the already low morale of the Jizhou army to fall again. Unfortunately, the thieves' plans could not be realized. The Jizhou army built a temporary camp behind the embankment near the county seat of Guangzong to accommodate the defeated soldiers, and urgently dispatched dozens of high-voiced soldiers to publicize the news that Ding Tingshi was in good health in the camp to appease people's hearts.

Ding Shao himself personally led the soldiers of Hu Congjia to inspect the embankment with great fanfare, so as to boost morale. Although he did not serve as the assassin of Jizhou for a long time, he was good at economics and understood the law, so he achieved the effect of "political peace and litigation". Families everywhere were satisfied with his methods of governance, and many ordinary people survived by his impartial judgments. In just two years, he has accumulated considerable prestige, and everywhere he goes, the soldiers who were anxious about his illness cheered and rejoiced, and even some soldiers burst into tears and couldn't help themselves.

In the evening of the same day, the army of Hebei thieves who followed the rout also arrived.

The four-day disaster weather was gradually improving at this time, and the overwhelming rain line was obviously becoming thin. Pine torches were lit here and there in the barracks, and some people tried to reach out into the open air, and although the flames were crushed by the rain, they were not extinguished. But the clouds were still so thick, like a cascading black curtain, firmly pulled together, blocking the light from high in the sky.

No amount of torches could light up the distance, so the soldiers could only see large black patches from the end of the plain. Those black traces are the army of Hebei thieves, they are like dense swarms of bees, tangled, scattered, surging forward, getting closer and closer, and gradually spreading out the formation.

After Shi Le took command of the Hebei bandits, he paid special attention to the orders and prohibitions of the army, and tried to gradually unify the bandits into a powerful and well-deployed army. But after all, the time is too short, and his prestige is far from being established, and the thieves who appeared in front of the Jizhou army at this moment are still looking chaotic.

They marched in front of the Jizhou army without any scruples, adjusting the queue as they advanced. Some teams were blocked by another cross-marching team in the process of advancing, and had to stop and wait patiently in the confusion; The party that was supposed to advance to the left flank lost its way in the darkness and circled the right flank with the other ranks; Some of the thieves called friends as they marched, and accepted other small groups of thieves, which became a larger team; Others, in the process of moving forward, find that the road is uneven or have some obstacles, so they take it upon themselves to turn in another direction that seems better.

If the army of the imperial court marched in this way, it must be a weak army, but this indicator cannot be used to judge the combat effectiveness of the thieves. After all, they were thieves, accustomed to chaotic and unplanned actions, and even to rising out of such a chaotic situation with no command at all, and to attacking with high spirits.

Compared with these chaotic but brave and warlike thieves, except for some recruited Hao clan tribes who can be used as the backbone, the rest of the soldiers are temporarily recruited farmers, and their combat effectiveness is really inferior. The Jizhou army had the same understanding, so they didn't feel the need to take advantage of this chaotic situation to carry out a half-crossing operation. They simply stuck to their fortifications, observing the movements of the thieves by the faint light before nightfall.

"Do you see that cavalry? The one with the white feathers on the helmet! A soldier climbed halfway up the battle and pointed and poked at the enemy on the opposite side. He is a famous scout in the Jizhou army, and he also has a good understanding of the background of the thieves: "That is Wu Yu's cavalry." Wu Yu is a native of Yuezhi, originally a herdsman in the Red Dragon Ranch in Hebei, and later with the Shile cavalry, known as one of the eighteen horsemen, but a brave general! Hey, it's a pity that I didn't kill him earlier, and I left it to do evil now! ”

"It's too dark to see...... Where are the white feathers? His companion grumbled, putting his ear on the ground: "It sounds like thunder, and it seems that they have a lot of cavalry." ”

"The hooves are loud, but don't you feel a little tired? Their horses were tired. Another scout said, "From West Pyeongchang and Ande to Guangzong, the distance is not closer than that from Guangzong to Yedu, right?" Not to mention, it is difficult to walk on rainy days, and it is not easy to cross rivers along the way. ”

"What is it to cross a river? The key is this weather! The heavy rain was wet and cold, and the damage to the horses was the greatest, and the thieves were willing to use cavalry, but they really didn't know what to think. ”

The imperial court set up pastures and horse gardens in various parts of Hebei to raise military horses. The more famous ones are Chiping Ranch, Chilong Ranch and other places. When Sima Teng, the king of Xincai, was in charge of the history of Bingzhou, he once captured Hu'er on a large scale and sold them to Shandong, and many of them were used as herdsmen in the pasture. No one expected that these shepherd slaves would one day rise up, not to mention anything else, and first sweep away the military horses of the imperial court. Because of this, there were a lot of cavalry under Shile's command, and they were all unsatisfactory. However, there is a limit to the tolerance of war horses to harsh climates, and there are also requirements for breeding conditions. Traveling long distances in such a rainy environment without concentrate feeding, it is easy to cause fatigue and weakness of war horses, and then get sick.

"You know what? The thieves have been cornered by Ding Thorn History, and no one has anything to eat, let alone horses? They can't even get enough forage for the winter! Anyway, this is their last fight, if they lose a hundred, where can they care about the life or death of the war horse? The scout who spoke initially sneered, "However, no matter what the thieves do, it's useless. This time they're dead! ”

While they were chatting, a dull sound of magic conch sounded, and groups of crossbowmen, sword and shield men, and spearmen came out of the various camps of the Jizhou army camp and gathered on the side of the camp facing the thief army.

******

I have to go on a business trip again today, and I am expected to return on May 2. But I'll try to keep it updated for a few days.