Chapter 291: Reorganize the Crane Cavalry and Defeat the Beisha Soldiers and Horses Again
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In Duli Town, Wang Pu heard that Li Lingfu's son Li Juren had died, and before he died, he actually handed over Qingnipu not to his younger brother Li Juyi, but to Li Jing, and couldn't help but feel indignant, "I have worked hard in Duli Town for a hundred years, but I have not been able to take Qingni City." Li Jing didn't spend a single soldier, and now he is sitting in the green mud city, which is really a creation and a trick. From now on, Duli Town can no longer take Qingni City! Wang Pu was depressed, and he was so depressed that he couldn't afford to be sick.
Li Jing led the army back to Qingni City, Li Juyi announced Li Juren's deathbed to Mrs. Gao and Li Meng, and everyone in Qingni City and the wealthy families came to visit Li Jing. Li Jingnai took over as the city lord, supplemented by Li Meng, and ordered Li Chunyi, the secretary of Shamen Town, to be the assistant, and then ordered Lin Wu to be the general of Qingni Town, and led the green wolf battalion to garrison the city. In addition, the Zhenhai battalion was sent to garrison Qingnigang, and Li Xu was the commander of the navy.
In addition, Li Jing reorganized the cavalry and crane cavalry directly under Shamen Town into a new crane cavalry battalion, which was a large battalion of 2,000 men and horses in ten capitals. Li Jing appointed Li Juyi as the new tenth general of the Crane Control Battalion, and Gao Rong as the deputy tenth general. Thorn Che, Fu'an, Cao Meng, Li Biao, Yu Bao, and Gao Duo are all generals, and the cavalry of Shamen Town has transferred four cavalry generals Mao Youliang, Yang Xing'an, Ma Ruhai, and Chen Xianjin to the same general.
More than 4,000 soldiers except for 1,000 Hu cavalry were recruited into the crane army, the remaining 3,000 were also recruited by Li Jing, and the three battalions of Xincheng were three battalions of flying spears, flying spears, and flying axes, stationed outside Qingni City.
While reorganizing the army, Li Jing posted notices on the other. Appease the military and civilians. In addition, the funerals of Li Lingfu and Li Juren and Juyi's father and son were also arranged. Li Jing and sergeants of the big and small. All are filial piety. After the completion of the memorial sacrifice, he was buried in the Tieshan Ridge on the shore of the Liao Sea.
The old army of Qingnicheng was also reorganized into three garrison infantry battalions, plus three battalions of infantry of the Fan army, as well as Lin Wu's iron spear and Li Xu's Zhenhai, and the soldiers and horses of Qingnicheng had eight battalions of men and horses, a total of 8,000 military horses.
The Crane Control Army was left by Li Jing's side, which was also Li Liang's idea. The Crane Control Army is the most elite of Qingni City, and they are transferred to their side. It is not only conducive to Lin Wu to control the situation in Qingni City, but also conducive to Li Jing slowly subduing the elite of the Crane Army.
Gao Rong and other soldiers received a large amount of money from Li Jing after the war, and Li Jing originally promised to help them capture Beisha City after the war. However, after two battles before and after, especially after suffering a big loss in the town of Duli, and the loss of a thousand soldiers, they immediately came to their senses. It's okay to be mercenaries with their rabble, but it's unlikely that they want to rob Beisha City.
In the face of Li Jing's conditions for recruiting them, there was not much hesitation, and the leaders of all the tribes couldn't help but be moved, and it didn't take long for them to agree.
Conclude an armistice with the town of Duli and strike the army. After sorting out this mess in Qingni City again, Li Jing did not plan to withdraw Da Xie Yan immediately.
"The last time the city of Beisha took advantage of the fire, it looted. Looting Qingni City, now that I am the new city lord of Qingni City, then this revenge must be avenged. ”
Li Liang also agreed with Li Jing's decision, "In the past, Han Gaozu was based in Guanzhong, and Emperor Guangwu was based in Hanoi, which was deeply rooted and then fought for the world. In this way, the enemy can be defeated by advancing, and the retreat can be held. Now the Lord has the whole of Da Xie Qi, but Da Xie Qi is only an archipelago in the sea, and the foundation is congenitally unstable. Now that the green mud city is in hand, this is a god-given foundation. With Da Xie Qi, it can connect Liaodong and Ziqing Town, and to the north, it can expand the territory to Liaodong, reclaim land, and resettle the people. The workshops on Daxie Island were used to produce goods and accumulate wealth, and the land was hoarded in Qingni City to produce food. Accumulate strength, wait until the Central Plains changes, and then you can send troops west to the Central Plains to fight for the world. ”
"Fight for the world?" Li Jing chuckled, "I am the border general of the Tang Dynasty, don't say this in the future, it will attract people's attention." Moreover, the Tang Li family has been in the country for 300 years, and the people's hearts are turned back, how can it be changed overnight. ”
Li Liang said: "If the Lord has no Qingyunzhi, how can he do this? Looking at the various actions of the Lord, this is the image of the overlord and the master. As long as the Lord has some will, I am willing to swear to follow the left and right, saddle before and after the horse, the head of the horse is support, and assist with all my heart. ”
Li Jing smiled, what Li Liang said was true, the mastermind always wanted to meet the ambitious master, so that they could have the opportunity to give full play to their talents. Standard literati, they will never think about making a career on their own, but thinking about learning literary and martial arts, selling goods to the emperor's family, assisting a master to succeed, and they can also leave a name in history. But now is not the time to say those words, although Datang is about to leak and sink the ship, but even if such a big ship sinks, it will have to sink for decades.
If you jump out too early, you will only be the first to be beaten.
"I want to use the three-foot Qingfeng in my hand to sweep away the turmoil in the world, prosper the Tang Dynasty, and recreate the prosperous world!" Li Jing stroked the sword and said angrily.
Li Liang's eyes lit up, and he had already heard the meaning of Li Jing's words. For example, today, if you are under the banner of Zhongxing Datang, you are undoubtedly smarter than those marshals who rebel and claim to be kings and emperors at every turn. After he understood Li Jing's intentions, he smiled slightly, and never mentioned these things again.
Instead, he said, "I'm in favor of sending troops to Beisha City, but don't really fight after that." Although Beisha City is not comparable to Duli Town, it is a mountain city built on top of the Great Black Mountain. Of course, Emperor Taizong conquered Liao and sent 20,000 troops to besiege the Beisha City of 3,000 Goguryeo defenders. Today, if we attack Beisha City, we will not be able to capture it if we have few soldiers, and if we have many soldiers, we will inevitably be empty when we come to Qingni City and Da Xie Yan, and secondly, we will suffer great losses from hard attacks, which is not cost-effective. In the end, he still invited Shicheng and Shirenzhu and other forces near Beisha City to send troops together, and it was best to force them to sign the alliance under the city without blood, and force them to come up with a sum of money and food compensation, which not only obtained a harvest, but also weakened Beisha City. In addition, it is possible to strengthen friendly relations with other powerful forces by joining forces together. ”
Li Jing nodded after hearing this, "There is a big drought this year, and it looks like the summer harvest season is coming, but there will be no harvest in all parts of the north. At this time, with the soldiers of Beisha City, you can get a lot of money and food. The city of Beisha was originally a group of horse thieves, and there was a lot of money, food, and silk. If he gets acquainted with him this time, we can avoid using troops against him for the time being. If he is not interested, he can just bring the allied forces of all the ministries together to form an alliance. ”
Immediately, Li Jing asked Lin Wu and Li Xu to lead the army to stay in Qingni City, and there were three battalions of garrisons and three battalions of 6,000 soldiers to assist in the defense. Li Jing led the Blue Wolf, Tiebi, Zhenhai, Flying Eagle and 6,000 horsemen from the Xinjian Crane Battalion to Beisha City, and sent people to contact Shicheng and Shirenzhu Gangcheng on the other hand, and asked them to send troops together.
Along the way, Li Jing was not in a hurry to rush to Beisha City, but ordered the five battalions to separate and keep a certain distance. On the one hand, on the one hand, the army is cleared of the mountain thieves, sea thieves, horse thieves and other forces along the way, which is not only to train soldiers, but also to copy the nest thieves, money, and food, and on the other hand, it is also to eliminate the thieves near Qingni City and keep Qingni City peaceful.
The land of Liaodong was called under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, but it was actually a borderless land for a long time. There are many forces, and people of all ethnic groups are mixed. Most of the forces are like Duli Town, with tens of thousands of troops, and dozens and hundreds of small ones. The big potential is based on a hundred miles, building a city and building a fort, and the small force is simply a cottage in the mountains and forests, and even hiding directly in the cave. There are many thieves, horse thieves, and pirates. Even when Li Lingfu mastered Qingnipu, with his strength, he could not exterminate these thieves within the range of his power.
Within three days, the five battalions and companies destroyed dozens of cottages, killed thousands of thieves, obtained more than 5,000 prisoners of war, seized many other food, money, silk, and many other goods, and obtained many captive men and women. Li Jing sent people to behead all the heads of these thieves and bandits, and the rest of them were reduced to slaves, so that all the men and women captured and captured by the bandits were sent back to Qingni City first.
When he arrived at Beisha City, Li Jing did not rush to attack the city, but led the crane battalion to be stationed under the city, and let the remaining four battalions scatter around Beisha City to continue to exterminate those thieves. Zhang Dewei heard that Li Jing led his troops to attack on the Great Black Mountain, and he was panicked. I also heard that Li Jing wiped out dozens of cottages of all sizes along the way, beheaded more than a thousand, and captured thousands. Now he has also contacted the two soldiers and horses of Shicheng and Shirenzhugang to attack together, and his heart is even more uneasy.
Just when he was panicking, the scout suddenly reported that after Li Jing's soldiers and horses arrived at the bottom of the mountain, he was very arrogant, and actually scattered most of the soldiers and horses to suppress the bandits, and he only left 2,000 soldiers and horses waiting for Shicheng and Shirenzhu soldiers and horses to come. Hearing the news, Zhang Dewei couldn't help but feel a little moved.
In the middle of the night of the same day, Zhang Dewei's subordinate general Wang Du asked for battle and personally led 5,000 soldiers and horses down the mountain to attack. Li Jing had long expected that the other party might attack the camp, and he had already prepared for it. The king's soldiers and horses entered the camp, but only one empty camp was obtained, and he knew that it was a plan. Li Jing had already led the crane cavalry to cover the attack from the side, and the two armies fought, Li Jing had 2,000 against 5,000. However, although the Crane Control Battalion was newly reorganized, there were 800 elite cavalry from Li Lingfu's old department, 200 cavalry directly under Li Jing, and the 1,000 newly recruited cavalry were also Hu cavalry, who were good at riding and shooting.
In this night battle, although there were many soldiers and horses in Beisha City, because of the last defeat in Beisha City, half of the veterans were gone. Zhang Dewei cleaned the Hu people in the city again, and as a result, he went to the small half of the Hu soldiers, and now among the 5,000 soldiers and horses, there are less than 1,000 veterans, and the rest are all newly recruited soldiers. These people are not skilled in martial arts and have poor equipment, which is the opponent of the 2,000 Crane Control Army. In the melee, Wang Du's bright red armor appeared abnormally, and he was targeted by Li Juyi, and caught up with the horse, and the two sides fought less than a few times, and was directly stabbed off the horse by Li Juyi. Even the general flag of the royal capital was stabbed to death by Li Juyi and took away the general flag.
The flag was lost and checkmate was killed, and the Beisha army that was ambushed was suddenly in chaos and fled in all directions.
Li Jing led the army to cover up the killing, and pursued from the bottom of the mountain to the foot of Beisha City. Zhang Dewei saw that the fire went straight up the mountain, and when he got closer, he found that the 5,000 soldiers and horses from his house were actually defeated at this time, and Li Jing's soldiers and horses were slashing and killing like pigs and cattle in the back, and he immediately fainted in fright.
The defeated army fled to the city and shouted to open the door. Zhang Dewei ordered the door to be opened, and watched Li Jing lead the army to chase and kill to the city, slashing and killing for a while, and finally watched many hopeless soldiers who fled for their lives abandon their weapons and knelt on their knees begging for mercy.
Five thousand soldiers and horses were gone, Li Juyi rode his horse Yang Lance, with the head of the royal capital inserted on the lance, and rode to the city a hundred steps, shouting: "Zhang Dewei, you are still surrendering at this time, when will you wait!" (To be continued......)