stubborn thief

Chapter 181

Temptation, it is difficult for people to resist temptation.

Temptations that can be rejected are usually just rational considerations after analyzing the pros and cons.

He Huchen's army was the greatest temptation in the world to Liu Chengzong.

These Ningxia frontier troops are the most difficult troops that Lion Camp has ever seen, or in other words, they may be the closest to normal frontier troops.

But it was only close to normal. Although there was no drought in Ningxia last year, the land in Ningxia could not grow money, so it still owed money.

Even so, the Lion Camp may not be able to outperform the Ningxia Camp if it is fought in other terrains and in sunny and rainless environments.

Because the Ningxia Camp has almost no shortcomings, but the shortcomings of the Lion Camp are very obvious.

Tang ride.

In addition to fighting against Zhang Yundeng's Fuzhou soldiers, Fenzhouwei, and Pingyangwei's banner troops, Wei Qian'er's Tangqi was always suppressed in all battles between the Lion Camp and the frontier army.

And in terms of the speed of sending messages, it is an era behind the frontier army.

The news of the Lion Camp, no matter day or night, depends on four legs and one mouth.

As for He Huchen's Tangqi, the distance between them was ten or twenty miles. As soon as the Tangqi waved the flag along the way, the news came.

It's not that Liu Chengzong has never seen this kind of Tangqi before, but such Tangqi... all died in the battle.

For example, Li Bei's were all killed by Zhang Tianlin's regular cavalry during the battle.

Another example is Ai Mu's army, which was completely taken out by Yang Yao's troops before the battle started.

However, He Huchen's army still has complete Tangqi troops. If this army can surrender and join the Lion Camp, then Liu Chengzong will have the opportunity to form a Tangqi army in the Lion Camp.

Make up for the last shortcoming compared with the frontier army.

In the future, Tangqi can be used to suppress enemy Tangqi.

His large army was still forty miles away, and the Tangqi of the official army was compressed to within ten miles, and the various departments of the official army began to be forced to wear armor, defending in all directions.

Just thinking about such a picture, Liu Chengzong's heart is filled with happiness.

It's just that Yang Yao, the outpost commander of the Lion Camp, suffered.

To the west of Huanglong Mountain, Yang Yao and Zhang Tianlin, the two 'running fast' join forces.

Both of them were experts in using cavalry, one was good at attacking and the other was good at running. When Du Wenhuan's remaining troops withdrew from Fucheng, the two troops cut off the communication channel of He Huchen's remaining troops from the outside.

Zhang Tianlin also conveniently used Li Laojie's name to rob two castles in Fuzhou.

The Fuzhou soldiers were so angry in the city, but there was nothing they could do.

Their armor was robbed by Ai Mu's family team, and they have been busy buying weapons when they returned to Fuzhou. Now they haven't even got the weapons, let alone the armor.

They didn't dare to go out to fight at all, fortunately...it's not good to say that, but Master Zhang of the Hexi Brigade was gone, and no one urged them to fight.

Zhang Tianlin was still languid. He broke down two castles, had someone transport twenty shi of millet, and threw it at the military platform in the south of Yunzhou City. Throw it here!"

The Fuzhou soldiers in the city were so angry that their teeth were itching. Of course they would not take it, but the people couldn't help thinking that they were colluding with thieves.

The food was thrown outside the city for two whole days, and only when it rained did the poor people secretly fetch it home at night.

The next day, word spread in the northern and southern suburbs of Yanzhou City that the soldiers of Yanzhou took the food left by the thieves.

Yang Yao and Zhang Tianlin had no choice but to attack He Huchen's stockade twice.

At the beginning, 1000 people were stationed in the village. Later, the 1000 people marched eastward to suppress, and the number of soldiers stationed in the village became 600.

It was the two generals that He Huchen sent to the north to pursue Zhang Tianlin's headquarters earlier. The general in the front led the army into the camp safely, while the general in the back was tossed hard by Zhang Tianlin, and Yang Yao intercepted him because he was leading a few mutton skewers.

The last two generals left a total of 600 people, staying in this camp.

The strong attack could not be broken, Yang Yao and Zhang Tianlin discussed and dug triple trenches on the outside, and they would not be allowed to escape if they could not be defeated.

But the siege, the two of them, thousands of people, are not capable of this.

After all, it's raining, and he and Zhang Tianlin's people are also having a hard time.

Moreover, there are Fuzhou soldiers in Fuzhou, Yan'an Fucheng in the north, Jinsuo Pass and Yaozhou in the south, and Qingyang Mansion in the west, which can be described as extending in all directions.

The two of them are small enough to fight a field battle for a short period of time, but the more they surround them, the more panicked they become.

Suddenly one day, Yang Yao discovered that there were more troops stationed in the village.

Yang Yao could tell from the daily excrement and water dumping by the officers and soldiers in the village that these Ningxia soldiers were very bad, and they didn't want to run away.

It was raining, and these things could not be dug in the camp, so the Ningxia soldiers sent people to carry buckets out every morning to dump them.

They found that Yang Yao had dug a trench to cut off the road, and the Ningxia soldiers dumped the sewage directly into the trench.

Yang Yao was so angry, the co-author grandpa built a big hut for you.

But at the beginning, there were only a few dozen soldiers dumping manure every day, and suddenly there were more than fifty soldiers one day.

According to this change, Yang Yao judged that around [-] troops were stationed in the camp.

Yang Yao stood on the hill far away, watching the soldiers pouring dung in the rain, with an uncertain face, he said to Zhang Tianlin, "The strength of the soldiers in the village is the same as ours."

At this moment, the two of them no longer thought about the siege.

Take the initiative to withdraw the line of defense and start looking for terrain suitable for ambush around.

But the Ningxia army in the stockade had no plans to break out of the encirclement. Instead, they deployed defenses on the official road to the east, and even sent troops to drive them away once.

There were casualties on each other, Yang Yao and Zhang Tianlin retreated after fighting for a while.

Two days later, the number of soldiers pouring out the excrement water became more than [-] people, but they poured it out once in the morning and in the evening.

Another increase in troops.

Yang Yao and Zhang Tianlin calculated that there are nearly two thousand officers and soldiers in the village.

Why did they find such a situation, the two of them couldn't figure it out.

The information Yang Yao received was that Liu Chengzong expected to fight He Huchen in Yichuan, even if they ran and marched, it was not enough to come back so soon after a fight in Yichuan.

So he considered whether it was because of the rain on the mountain road that the Ningxia soldiers retreated, and the two sides did not fight.

Then the situation of this meeting will be that the main force of the lion camp is trapped in the mountain road, with He Huchen in the west and Du Wenhuan in the east.

Yang Yao scratched his head anxiously, and discussed with Zhang Tianlin: "No, we need to find something for He Huchen to lure him to attack us."

"Are you crazy?"

Zhang Tianlin had just developed a good impression of the outpost chief of the Lion Camp, but in a blink of an eye, the good impression disappeared completely: "He has 2000 multilateral troops, and I have a lot of recruits. It's okay to fight with the wind, and a slight setback will lead to defeat."

Yang Yao scratched his head: "Then what should I do, why don't you rest and I'll find something for him."

He explained: "The general is blocked in the mountains, and a gap must be opened here, otherwise the lion camp will be over if it is blocked inside; at least he can run if he is provoked outside."

The two of them were anxiously trying to figure out a solution, but soon after they realized that something was wrong with the defenders on the camp.

"Why are those wearing unlined clothes going, and there are also empty-handed ones?"

In the camp separated by the Luo River, He Huchen was also extremely troubled.

The meaning of this camp was originally the same as Liu Chengzong let Zhong Hushao camp in the mountain road, it was just to prevent the back road from being cut off.

But the construction of camps is related to the number of defenders, just like Nanjing City is obviously a fortified city, but most of the time it has almost no defensive power.

The city defense facilities of Nanjing City have more than 1 crenels alone, and there are 13 troops with ten defenders at a crenel.

The bigger the camp is, the more guards it needs, so the camp at Xishankou is not big, it is a camp with 600 troops as the standard.

There were 600 people stationed in the 300-person camp, which was extremely crowded, and there were problems with eating, drinking, and drinking.

He Huchen finally spent a day to revive the morale of the defeated army.

It is indeed not easy to boost the morale of his defeated army.

The elite soldiers who took part in the battle were defeated three times in a short period of time, and the soldiers on the second line of defense were also defeated twice.

After going through hundreds of miles of muddy marching, the sick, war-wounded, and lost returned to the West Mountain Pass in extreme embarrassment.

The first thing He Huchen did when he returned to Xishankou was to kill the cavalry guard who escaped first to sacrifice the flag.

Others are defeated, but he is a serious frontline deserter.

He Huchen endured the heartache of losing his son, and repeatedly boosted morale, telling everyone that the lion camp's ability is no better than theirs, but they just took advantage of the red cannon.

The road is difficult in this rainy day, and when the red cannon comes over, it may be some time.

Du Wenhuan's troops must have arrived first, and when the time comes, the two sides will attack and they will not lose.

Anyway, that's what he said, and the soldiers listened dubiously.

Really let them take the initiative to attack, and dare not.

There is nothing wrong with defending the camp, after all, there are many people and the camp is small, so the camp is full.

Unfortunately, something He Huchen never expected happened.

Two days after entering the camp, He Huchen heard his subordinates report: "Commander, to the east, our captured soldiers have returned."

"The captured soldiers are back?"

He Huchen was overjoyed suddenly, and hurriedly sent troops to meet him.

But when he really saw the captive soldiers, his expression became very complicated again.

The captives looked miserable.

One by one, they were stripped naked and wearing wet single clothes. You help me and I help you. Some have leaves hanging on their bodies, and some carry sick and wounded soldiers.

More than 600 people are mighty.

He Huchen couldn't say that he didn't want them to come back, after all, they were all soldiers under the command of the Ningxia General Army. ,
But it is true that maybe they won't come back, He Huchen feels more comfortable.

In fact, the disaster in the Ningxia camp began after these more than 600 prisoners entered the camp.

Shen Guangxian withdrew with He Huchen. Although his troops were defeated, they had fought a tough battle after all. He Huchen didn't reprimand him too much, and he was not asked to set up a defense line at this time, but only asked him to take care of the returned prisoners.

Unexpectedly, only one night, Shen Guangxian came to the door, full of resentment.

"Marshal, we can't take these people anymore."

In He Huchen's Chinese army tent, Shen Guangxian shook his head and waved his hands: "I can't do anything, six out of ten are sick, and I can't lie down with the wounded soldiers, and whisper how good the Lion Camp is for the surrendered soldiers. "

"I can't do anything, but I can still eat well. I give them serious military rations, and it's fine to eat clean. When I'm full, I complain. What do you say, the food you eat when you come back is not as good as the enemy's."

He Huchen asked, "They complained to you?"

"No, they complained to other soldiers, and they didn't say anything when they saw me." Shen Guangxian became angry when he mentioned this: "Now everyone in the village knows that the food in the Lion Camp is good, and it's good for the soldiers. , and some people say that Ningxia soldiers shouldn’t have come.”

After finishing speaking, Shen Guangxian said to He Huchen: "The soldiers in the whole village don't want to fight anymore, shall we go back to Ningxia?"

When He Huchen heard this, he didn't feel good no matter what he heard, and when he thought about the defeat on the front line, he became annoyed when he spoke to Shen Guangxian: "Is it because the soldiers in the whole village don't want to fight anymore, or is it because your general doesn't want to fight anymore?"

"Master, I don't mean that!"

Shen Guangxian was still aggrieved. I fought bloody battles with the enemy on the front line. More than half of my soldiers were killed or wounded and did not retreat. In the end, the Chinese army was scattered by a cannonball. ?

He also said aggressively: "Go and ask Brother Zan, he just came back from captivity!"

As soon as these words came out, He Huchen couldn't hold back his face anymore, and stared directly at a pair of murderous eyes.

But only for a moment, thinking about his son's state, he sighed again, believing most of what Shen Guangxian said in his heart, suddenly looked a little older, and asked: "Guangxian, I, are we Shouldn't you come to Yan'an?"

He Zan's condition was very bad. He came back completely sluggish, didn't talk to others, couldn't cheer up all day, just sat in the military tent.

Shen Guangxian knew it was bad when he said that, it must have hurt the heart of the general soldier, and he even thought about the bandit number after his rebellion.

Seeing that He Huchen's tone suddenly softened, he felt relieved, and sighed: "Anyway, Liu Shizi is really not easy to fight, no wonder Du Wenhuan didn't come to fight."

"Marshal, I've thought about it, Mr. Du from Yansui Town..."

Shen Guangxian shook his head, ignored the harsh words, and said, "He can't be counted in the army."

He Huchen also didn't want to speak ill of his colleagues.

Can Du Wenhuan fight?He can fight very well, has fought more than a hundred battles with Mongols, big and small, and has never lost. In terms of prestige, he can rank among the top three among the nine commanders in the imperial court.

But this man has lost his ambition after getting old, he is greedy for pleasure and smart enough to just want to protect himself, let him fight She'an, this guy resigns if he thinks he can't win; let him aid Liao, he bullies the Mongols.

I have everything, and I obviously don't want to work hard anymore.

He Huchen shook his head: "With only 2000 of us, how can we not count Liu Shizi as our force?"

But in fact, what He Huchen couldn't accept the most was He Zan's state.

That night, He Zan walked into the military tent, knelt down and begged, "Master, retreat."

"Brother Zan, what are you talking about?"

"My son didn't say anything stupid. We can't beat Liu Shizi. There is still time to retreat now. If we don't retreat, he will have to go to these 2000 people. The more officers and soldiers want him, the stronger he will be."

He Zan lowered his head, not daring to look at his father.

He couldn't describe his feelings, but after thinking about it for several days, he couldn't figure out how to deal with Liu Chengzong.

"He knows what the frontier army wants, but what we can't give, he can give."

He Huchen hadn't figured out the meaning of these words. He just thought that the frontier army wanted to be promoted and make a fortune. How would he give it to Liu Shizi?
Chaos outside.

Then a servant entered the account: "Marshal, Liu Shishi is here!"

"Liu Shishi is here, why is it so chaotic outside?"

He Huchen strode out of the military tent, and saw that all the troops were leaving the camp in an orderly manner. He wondered if I didn't give the order?

Immediately following Shen Guangxian, he galloped forward, panicked, and shouted loudly: "Marshal, the generals can't control the soldiers anymore, they are all surrendering to the enemy, they are all surrendering to the enemy!"

　good evening!

　　
　
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