Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

This time the expedition against the barbarians was more like Ju Ming's military training.

He trained soldiers according to his own needs according to the descriptions in "General Martial Arts", "Records of Military Training" and "New Book of Jixiao". Along the march, we also followed the instructions in the book, sent out vanguard troops to conduct reconnaissance, carefully selected our campsite, and tried our best to learn how to deal with various daily chores.

You will still make mistakes at the beginning, but gradually you will become familiar with it.

Including civilian husbands, there are a total of 3,000 people in the team, and Ju Ming has become more and more comfortable.

Cutting down trees, digging pits, setting up camp, collecting water, making food... everything was done in an orderly manner. The masons accompanying the army even had free time to get large and small stones to make stone bullets.

Yu Wenchang found that he didn't have to worry about anything and was in a happier mood. At the same time, he also quietly became familiar with the method of marching in the army.

His father, Yu Wenchangling, was also a fierce man when he was young. He was awarded the official title of Rongzhou at the beginning of Jinshi. Xiongben was ordered to manage the Zi and Kui factions, and had the power to open the government. He directly recruited Yuwen Changling as his staff.

The conquest strategy of Kuizhou Road and Zizhou Road was actually revealed by Yu Wenchangling's hand, which defeated the barbarians into obedience. The fortresses of the Nanping Army (Nanchuan and Qijiang, Chongqing) were also surveyed and built by Yuwen Changling. When he did these things, Yu Wenchang was only in his twenties.

Yu Wenchang grew up listening to his father's legendary deeds, and he also read various military books. Now he is partnering with Ju Ming to fight, which can be regarded as turning theory into practice.

Ju Ming was still managing the camp, and Yuwen Chang rode out of the camp, with the long card player and a few barbarians behind him.

When they were about to reach the river, Yu Wenchang ordered: "Go and shout."

Several barbarians were protected by the long card player and walked to the river and shouted to the other side: "Ghost Lords of the Lianglin tribe, you and Qiongbu River are enemies. Qiongbu killed your tribe and insulted your great ghost master. Now you have taken refuge in the Qiong tribe, which will make the ghosts and gods angry and no longer protect you! The ghost masters of the Lianglin tribe listen up. Whoever kills Busu will be made a great ghost master by the Han officials, and he will be given a population and peace. livestock!"

The barbarians who were building a wall on the other side of the river, which was less than ten meters wide, could hear clearly.

The barbarians who came from the Lianglin tribe stopped what they were doing when they heard this.

They were among the conquered. Although they were able to survive, they were ordered around by Qionbu Sichuan barbarians from then on. Every time they fought in the war, they were asked to send troops, but the spoils were not divided much. Usually, they had to pay tribute to the big ghost master of Qiongbu River.

They already had resentment in their hearts, but they just didn't dare to express it.

"Archery!"

Buyu's eldest son did not dare to let the other party continue shouting, and immediately ordered bows and arrows to be fired.

The shouting barbarians quickly hid behind the giant shield.

Several waves of arrows rained down, but because they could not cause any damage, Busu's eldest son could only stop.

The barbarians started shouting again: "There are six major tribes in the Qiong tribe. Now the Wudeng tribe occupies the most fertile land and has the most big ghost masters. Can the other five tribes of you tolerate it? Especially the Meng tribe, you were the most powerful before." Mighty ones, are you willing to obey the orders of the leader of the Wudeng tribe now? Listen, the five ghost masters, big and small, as long as you kill Busu, the Han officials will confer bigger officials on you and reward you with more land and population! "

There are six Qiong tribes in total. When they first conquered this land, it was too fertile and the Wudeng tribe did not dare to take it all for themselves.

So some of the meritorious service members of the other five tribes asked their descendants to move over with a small number of tribesmen and take in the conquered Lianglin barbarian captives. They stayed here as little ghost masters, each commanding a few villages, and all obeyed the orders of the big ghost master Bu Su.

Buyu's eldest son was so frightened that he rode back to report the situation.

When Buyu heard the news, he immediately summoned all the ghost masters and announced: "Don't believe what the Han people say. Han officials always lie. Have you been deceived too many times? If you fight for me, I will not treat you badly." All ghost masters have rewards, and so do all warriors!"

Afraid that someone would actually defect in front of the battle, Buyu quickly took out the goods. Even the barbarians from the Lianglin tribe received a few kilograms of grain.

For a time, the morale of thousands of barbarian soldiers was greatly boosted.

But Busu felt extremely uneasy, and he was especially worried about the Lianglin tribe.

The Qiongbu Sichuan barbarians had occupied this place for less than ten years, and they discriminated against and suppressed the surrendered Lianglin tribe. What if these people really rebel?

Bu Su quickly used various excuses to transfer several little ghost leaders from Lianglin Man to other places to perform tasks, which was equivalent to separating the little ghost leaders from his subordinates. Immediately afterwards, the defensive positions of the two Lin tribes were changed, and the Qiong tribe soldiers were asked to separate the two Lin tribes.

This move indeed made it difficult for the Lianglin tribesmen to defect, but it also made them feel obvious protection and discrimination.

A rift has arisen that is difficult to bridge.

"Woo~~Woo~~Woo~~"

There was a sound of horn horns coming from the north. Ju Ming immediately got on his horse, ordered all the soldiers to gather, and rushed out of the camp with his personal entourage.

A cavalryman responsible for reconnaissance and security rushed over: "Shuai Zhu, there's a fight on the mountain to the north, and Guandou is chasing the barbarians!"

Ju Ming ordered: "The whole army will be organized, Deng Chun will lead the cavalry to meet them, and the rest will be ready to cross the river to fight!"

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Guan Sheng led ten Yuanyang Formation teams around the back hill of the enemy village.

The long cards were too heavy and were not conducive to rushing forward, so they were all replaced with bucklers.

How could the barbarians not be on guard against such a critical location in the back of the village? Several cage forts were built a few years ago, and there are even barbarians farming on the mountains.

Bu Su's second son A Teng commanded more than 600 barbarian soldiers and was stationed in the cage castle on the mountain.

Guan Sheng's troops were discovered by barbarian sentries before they reached the foot of the mountain.

Ateng got the news and said to his generals: "Let them go into the mountains and ambush them in the most dangerous place!"

Guan Sheng sent some soldiers to explore the road. The soldiers who explored the road quickly entered the barbarian ambush circle, but A Teng did not launch an attack. He was ready to eat all Guan Sheng's team.

"Kandutou, there seems to be a cage fort on the top of the mountain ahead." The explorer team came back to report.

Guan Sheng ordered: "Soushan soldiers, withdraw as quickly as possible, and each queue will respond!"

"Dang-dang-dang!"

The gong sounded, and the explorers turned around and fled.

"Shoot arrows and hunt down the Han soldiers!" A Teng shouted when he saw this.

Dozens of earthen arrows were shot out, and two of the pathfinders fell down in an instant. The other three people were not killed by arrows and ran wildly with arrows stuck in their bodies.

Six hundred barbarian soldiers rushed out from the mountain, holding various weapons and making strange noises.

The ten teams quickly formed a mandarin duck formation. Due to the restricted terrain, the formation was extremely non-standard.

The squad leaders also lacked actual combat experience, so there were inevitably omissions when setting up the formation. Everyone was frightened, and some even turned around and wanted to run away.

Guan Sheng could only stand at the front, holding up his spear and shouting: "You are not allowed to retreat until I die!"

He yelled again: "Did County Magistrate Zhu give me enough food rations?"

"That's enough!" the squad leaders replied immediately.

Guan Sheng continued to shout: "Did County Magistrate Zhu pay enough?"

"Enough!"

All the soldiers shouted together.

Guan Sheng asked again: "I've been given enough food and salary, should I fight tooth and nail?"

"Desperately, desperately!"

More than a hundred soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs, their morale soared instantly, and soldiers who were planning to escape also clenched their weapons.

The damaged pathfinder soldiers fled back and quickly hid in the formation.

Ateng commanded more than 600 barbarian soldiers and divided them into three groups to attack. One unit charged head-on, while the other two units circled to the left and right to outflank them.

One versus six.

Guan Sheng retreated slightly, but not far. He just retreated to the formation to command.

Swish, brush, brush!

The barbarian soldiers' earthen bows fired arrows, which were not very powerful. The sword and shield soldiers in the front row raised their shields to block, and the wolf soldiers and spearmen also waved their weapons.

However, several Han soldiers in the formation were still hit by arrows. Fortunately, their cross arms protected their heads and throats, and there were tree crowns nearby to naturally block the arrow rain.

The arrow shot from earth did not penetrate deeply into the leather armor.

These barbarian soldiers were not in neat formation on the ground, let alone rushing down from the mountains.

There was no formation at all, just a swarm of swarms. They used more to defeat fewer, and also used higher to defeat lower, thinking that they were sure to win, and they could defeat the Han soldiers as long as they rushed over.

Guan Sheng and each squad leader are equipped with bows and arrows.

When the enemy approaches, they immediately release arrows. Guan Sheng's archery skills were not good, and his first arrow missed and only hit the arm of a barbarian soldier.

Ateng was proud of his bravery and rushed to the front with a spear, and he was very alert to avoid an arrow.

When he got close to the fight, A Teng suddenly slowed down because there were a bunch of wolves standing in front of him.

The squad leaders were still firing arrows, and the second wave of arrows was shot out, only a few meters away, and they all hit the barbarian soldiers running at the front.

Ateng took two arrows in an instant, because he had the most exquisite leather armor and silver decorations on his bun.

"Go around, go around!"

Ateng had two arrows stuck in his body but was not dead. He endured the pain and continued to command, while retreating behind the soldiers.

"Change!"

"Hush!"

The squad leaders blew their bamboo whistles and changed their formations according to their usual training content like a conditioned reflex according to the situation they faced.

The number of barbarian soldiers was six times that of Han soldiers, but they could never attack. Even if they went around to the side, they would be blocked by boring men and spearmen. Occasionally, those who broke through the defense were taken care of by the sword-shielders and spearmen, and even the fire soldiers were filling their positions with swords.

More barbarian soldiers were scattered in the rear, sleepwalking, not knowing how to charge.

The Han soldiers' mandarin duck formation always maintained a local advantage. Looking closely, it turned out that they were using more to fight against fewer.

The battle only lasted for more than ten minutes, the barbarian soldiers lost more than 5%, and their morale had dropped to the extreme.

The faint of heart start to back off and collapse is only a matter of time.

As for the Han soldiers, only a dozen people were shot and wounded. The only casualties were two fellow soldiers who were shot while exploring the route.

The arrow wound on Ateng's body was extremely painful. Seeing this situation, he could only ask his confidants to lead his troops to resist, while he led the main force back to Tengbao on the mountain.

"The barbarians are defeated!" Guan Sheng shouted.

"Kill!" Han soldiers shouted excitedly.

The barbarian soldiers who were responsible for blocking the rear were so frightened that they turned and ran away.

Guan Sheng put away his bow and arrows, raised his spear and rushed out. More than a hundred Han soldiers roared and chased him.

Ateng was injured, and when he heard the sound of pursuit from behind, he was frightened and stepped on the air. He rolled down the hillside for several meters, and his close friends came to save him, but more of them were running for their lives.

Moreover, they were running away in all directions and could no longer care about returning to the mountaintop fortress.

Guan Sheng stabbed several people to death one after another. Seeing hundreds of barbarian soldiers fleeing up the mountain, he knew that he would not be able to capture the fortress on the top of the mountain today.

"Du Tou, that's where the thief chief went!"

"Chase!"

Ateng was injured and ran slowly, but was killed by Han soldiers in the front. He had no choice but to escape down the mountain and run south towards the village.

Guan Sheng left a few soldiers to collect the corpses and take care of the wounded, and he led the rest of the soldiers to pursue them at full speed.

The two sides chased and fled, and soon reached the foot of the mountain. They both ran along the farmland by the river, and were discovered by the Han scout cavalry on the other side.