Chapter 297 Fangcheng Suppressing Bandits, Xiangma

The mobilization documents of the troops arrived faster than the surrounding troops. Now there are only more than 6,000 soldiers who can enter the mountains outside Linyi City. This is all the troops that the two guards can dispatch. The number of soldiers and horses that were originally planned to be transferred from other places was more gathered before setting out to suppress the bandits.

However, after the sword attacked the banner of King Jing, the imperial supervisor rushed to Linyi with unprecedented efficiency and ordered an immediate suppression. The reason was very simple. The bandits are still established in a hurry, which is a great time to wipe out. If they grow stronger, they will be troublesome.

How could the two local garrisons keep in mind the will of the court? Although they were reluctant under the urging of the military supervisor, they still set off.

The one who led the army was Shandong Governor Demp. After receiving the imperial decree from the court, he rushed to Linyi day and night. This incident happened in Shandong. As the governor, he was already a serious crime. If he had not made meritorious contributions in this bandit suppression, the rebellion would have not yet come to an end, and the black veil on his head would be in danger.

The Jinyiwei and various yamen runners around Linyi City are not for nothing. The news from all aspects has been summarized and the bandit who heard the sword should have the strength of two or three thousand people. It is now entrenched in the Yimeng Mountains near Fei County. Although there are many cavalrymen dispatched, they are only seven or eight hundred.

According to the common concept of bandits on the mountain, whether it is the guards who lead the team or the general manager, they all think that the two or three thousand people on the mountain can fight these seven or eight hundred cavalrymen. Although they are a little unsure of the attack on the 6,000 officials and troops, they cannot say that there is any danger.

Six thousand vs. three thousand. Such a comparison of troops still makes the officers in the garrison feel that they are not sure, which can also explain what combat effectiveness these soldiers are.

There is a place called Fangcheng in the middle of Linyi to Fei County. It is rare to have flat ground in the nearby mountainous area. After walking for two days, the army was thinking of going to this place for a rest. On weekdays, the military training in the garrison was pitiful, and this kind of long-distance march consumed the physical strength of these farmers.

The generals and schoolmen also understood very well. Walking in the official roads in the mountains, killing evil waters on both sides. If they were beaten and ambushed, they would probably end up with the collapse of the entire army. If they lose the governor, they would not have a chance to make meritorious service at that time. Even if they wanted to commit crimes and make meritorious service, they would have no chance to follow the governor Demp, who had the highest official title and followed the governor Demp to tell these things very frankly. Although Demp did not know military affairs, he knew the status of the local officers and soldiers.

Originally, in this time of bandit suppression, Deng Pu was preparing to mobilize the troops of the Shandong guerrilla Jiang Feng. Everyone knew the combat effectiveness of the Jiang family army. It was a first-class strong army, not to mention that the two thousand soldiers in Tengzhou were transferred to the vicinity of Fei County, which was very close. However, this mobilization was directly denied by the above.

If the Jiang family army is not mobilized, there will be no available army in Shandong. When Chen Shizi rebelled, the two guards near Linyi fought to fight, but then they were transferred to Qingzhou for defense. They wanted to wait until they gathered about 15,000 troops to go into the mountains to suppress bandits, but the court's documents urged him one by one, and he had no time to wait.

He had to summon 6,000 nearby soldiers into the mountain. The common practice of the Ming Dynasty was that civil servants led troops and eunuchs supervised the army. Military generals were all executors, but civil servants had so many military talents, so many unreasonable things were caused by military orders. Governor Demp was quite self-aware this time. Anyway, before the start of the journey, the generals of the Wei Office understood:

"This time King Jing fell, and then the rumors of rebellion were rumored. No matter what, the civil and military officials in Shandong Province would probably not be able to escape the blame. If the suppression failed this time, I and your Xiang Shang's head would probably not be able to be protected. I will not be able to move the military of the army to set up the formation, so I would like to ask the generals here."

These words were so extreme that the officers didn't say anything else, but just said that the governor would rest assured. This is a major matter that is important for our lives, so we must do our best.

When Governor Demp had nothing to do before, he read a few military books and knew that walking in the official roads in the mountains, poor mountains and rivers were the most likely to be ambushed. He was worried along the way until the soldiers in front said that they were about to walk out of this mountainous area, and that was why they felt relieved.

Unexpectedly, my heart had just settled down, and the servants I sent in the team came back hurriedly to report the news. At this time, my tone was not as relaxed as I was just now, but was a little irritated. I spoke up in a daze:

"Master, Master, the thief army is setting up a formation in front, waiting for the army!"

When entering the mountains to suppress bandits, the bandits should be waiting to suppress them honestly. Of course, if they are not honest and run away from heaven and earth, they are also possible.

However, the Wendao Department now set up a formation in Fangcheng with great fanfare, which turned out to be prepared for a battle, which was too bold. Things are abnormal and they are monsters. Governor Deng naturally had no confidence in his heart, and hurriedly urged the carriage and horses to go to the formation to see what was going on.

After learning that the Knife tribe had already formed a formation there, the generals of the Ming army almost fell off the horse. However, after they came to the front of the formation to observe and report the results of the horse exploration, they said that the bandits formed a formation in Fangcheng were less than a thousand cavalry. Could such a small number of people be ambushed?

Not only did the generals have this idea, but even the governor Demp thought so. However, the horses and whistle siege searched around carefully, but there were no traces. The generals began to be excited. There were only less than a thousand horse bandits in front of them, and there were six thousand horses here.

The horse bandits of less than a thousand, and this number was the same as the situation reflected in Linyi and the looted cities around. Governor Demp, the guard and several thousand generals looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. Governor Demp's nervous mood suddenly relaxed, and the guard beside said with ambition:

"Eat the thief here in Fangcheng, this is a great achievement!"

Seeing the officers on the opposite side gradually calm down from the beginning, they gradually formed a formation under the shouts of the general, and slowly pressed towards this side.

Wen Dao and his subordinates were not in a panic look on their faces. Whether it was the 200 confidants he brought with him at that time or the 400 soldiers who came to join the Jiang family army, they all looked calm. These people were all powerful knights fighting over thousands of troops.

On the contrary, more than 100 people from Yimeng Horse Bandits were quite nervous. Wen Dao sighed in his heart. After all, he could not always rely on these more than 600 cavalrymen. I don’t know how many people his cousin has inserted into it. His 200 confidants were all obeying the orders of the patriarch Liu Shier and Liu Shisan. However, Wen Dao always felt that if the Liu family had the prestige of the past, they had to work alone. At least now they have a lot of momentum. Now they have taken the banner of King Jing and sent the King of Jing's seal to the people around them to see.

The various forces that were originally very alert to themselves or kept a distance came to please them. It seemed that the Zhu family's status was indeed very useful. Under the banner of King Jing, recruiting soldiers in Lunan will become stronger and stronger. Why bother to join Jiangfeng in Dengzhou?

Although that man was fierce, he thought about fighting on the sea all day long, and he never left Dengzhou and Shandong. This was a heroic act and had any future. However, he never expected that everything he had now was given to him by Jiang Feng, and even the idea of ​​plundering King Jing this time came from Dengzhou.

Under the order of Wendao, the seven hundred cavalrymen were all arranged in neat rows, controlling the horses to slowly advance towards the formation of the official army. They were holding the usual wooden poles in their hands, and they just sharpened their heads with their knives. The poles were about seven feet long.

The horses were running small steps. The front rows were still neat, and the back was a little scattered. Wen Dao knew that this was also the tactic of the cavalry returning from Dengzhou. He said that he wanted to save horsepower before the impact. When the pointed wooden pole in his hand came to Fangcheng, the leader of the four hundred people in Dengzhou was suggested by his far-far cousin, and he didn't know what it would do.

The 6,000 official troops can spread out in this gentle area of ​​about 2,000, but they can also be arranged into a very thick square formation. When the infantry's square formation is thick, it will often bring confidence to the soldiers, and the formation will not be scattered easily, especially for such soldiers who are not considered powerful.

Compared with the thick square formation of two thousand people and the large formation of the official army behind the two thousand people, the array of seventy cavalry with the sword seemed much sparse and had no power.

Seeing the distance between the two sides getting closer, Wen Dao picked up the short axe hanging on the saddle and shouted loudly. The front of the horse team suddenly began to accelerate. The jogging for a while had already heated up the body of the war horse. He urged a little, and then rushed up.

The pointed wooden poles in their hands were all flat, as if the arrows were running wildly towards the front. The soldiers who were constantly advancing looked at the horses rushed in front of them and the sharpened wooden guns. They knew that the square formation was very thick and could withstand the charge of the cavalry in front of them.

So the people in the back row did not hesitate, but the soldiers in the first row had pale faces. No matter what, they were the first group of people to bear the brunt of the cavalry.

The cavalry distance was getting closer and closer, and finally some of the officials could not bear it. They even forgot to put the spear in their hands flat. They shouted in panic and ran towards both sides. The second row naturally did not want to do so, the third row, the fourth row...
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