"The hardship of generals and soldiers, fighting bravely is only one of them. It is even more difficult to sleep in the open, start a camp, and attack the camp, and work hard to attack the distance. It is also the most reflecting the combat effectiveness of a soldier..."

Xu Huai, Qian Shangduan and others accompanied King Jing Zhao Tuan to stand at the top of the Yehuangling Ridge on the northwest foot of Songshan Mountain, looking north and east of Gong County, the camp established in just three or four days; and to the south of the Yehuangling Ridge, there was an open valley surrounded by the Yehuangling Ridge, the Holy Flag Peak in the southwest and the main vein of Songshan Mountain in the southeast.

There was the tomb where the sixth dynasty emperors of the Great Yue Dynasty and many concubines, princes and ministers were buried.

At the entrance of the valley between the Emperor Ridge and the Shengqi Peak, a carriage and horse galloping road has been opened, making it more convenient to enter and exit.

Fortunately, Cao Shili led the Lanshuo rebels to attack and rushed to attack Gong County in a hurry. He had only time to divide up a small group of troops and set fire to burn the annexes in the imperial tomb area, leaving behind a wreckage, but he had not had time to drive the prisoners to excavate the imperial tomb.

If the enemy soldiers were asked to dig out the imperial tombs of previous emperors, robbed all the burial objects, and exposed the remains of previous emperors in the wild, even if they finally defend Gong County, after the Chihu people invaded the south for the first time, the second prince would probably still be criticized by court officials and the children of the royal family.

In addition to leading the Western Army's vanguards into Gong County, Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian and others also set up a continuous camp between the embankment on the east bank of the Yiluo River to the west. However, Xu Huai and his troops led their troops to withdraw from Gong County and did not camp at the entrance of the Imperial Gorge.

They chose a slightly eastward position of the valley entrance, and camped at the foot of the northern foothills of Yehuangling in a narrow area south of Gongxian.

There is a narrow passage here for the enemy soldiers to bypass the east of Gong County.

And they camped here, not only blocking the gap, but also acting as a winger, taking the initiative to attack from the low-ridge area on the northern foot of the Emperor's Ridge, and going around to the northeast of Gong County, and attacking the enemy between Gong County and Hulao.

Deng Gui, Yang Qiye and Tang Pan also led Caizhou reinforcements to Gong County before noon this day.

Caizhou reinforcements arrived in Gong County later than scheduled, but there was no accident on the way.

However, before Cao Shili supported his troops and rushed to attack under Gong County, Xu Huai had already helped King Jing to successfully control the tomb guarding army and had the confidence to defend Gong County.

Instead, he was worried that Deng Gui, Tang Pan and Yang Qiye led their troops to climb the dangerous path of Songshan, and that the soldiers were too tired, resulting in unnecessary reduction in staff, and deliberately asked them to slow down.

Although more than a thousand elite troops arrived in Gong County for a few days than expected, the soldiers were not driven too much, too tired, and still maintained relatively sufficient physical strength. At this time, they entered the camp on the northern foot of the Yehuangling Mountains for rest and recuperation, and soon they could enter the subsequent battle.

However, the camps on the northern foot of Huangling were a bit too simple.

The guards of the tombs leaned against the city and were now barely qualified, but the generals were too spoiled and were very unfamiliar with camping.

Xu Wujiang personally accompanied Zhang Xin and pointed out the methods of camping from details. After finally sorting out a little smoother, he went to visit the west peak of Huangling with Deng Gui, Yang Qiye, Tang Pan and others.

Xu Huaize stood on the west peak of Yuhuangling, and when Xu Wujiang and others climbed the peak, he explained the camping matter to King Jing.

King Jing Zhao Tuan was very knowledgeable, but he was still unfamiliar with military affairs and could not get in touch with this area in normal times.

Among the princes, in addition to the third son of Empress Shugong who was favored by the officials, who had long been intentional about deposing the crown prince, the second prince usually deliberately kept his weakness in order to avoid being targeted by Empress Shugong, so he did not pay attention to the lieutenant generals and ministers of the court.

At this time, King Jing was no longer as simple as winning the official Pang Xing; it was no longer as easy as secretly cultivating power.

The Chihu people invaded the south for the second time, and Bianliang was likely to fall along the established historical trajectory. Even if Xu Huai could find a way to make King Jing escape from this difficulty, he wanted to win the support of the ministers and officials of the court and the country, King Jing was still at a great disadvantage compared to King Zhao Guan of Lu who held the emperor's decree to command Weizhou.

If King Jing wants to move back to his disadvantages, and to win the support of more officials and workers in the court and the southeast, southwest, Shaanxi, Hebei and Hedong, he must see that he is the one who turns the tide when the mountains and rivers are broken.

In the prosperous times, when an emperor, one must first know the governance and change of power. However, the mountains and rivers are broken and the country is in danger, and the power of the whole country is used to resist the barbarians. If an emperor does not know about military affairs, it is obviously not qualified.

Therefore, Xu Huai has now seized the opportunity, and of course he would explain to King Jing about the easy-to-understand generals, camping, food, and fodder.

The guarding army seemed to have defended Gong County, but was not scared by the cruel bloody battle of siege. The brave soldiers were also promoted, filling grassroots military officers and supporting the skeleton of the soldiers. However, at this time, there was still a long way to go to a strong army.

Marching and camping seem simple, but it is the most test of the skills of an army.

Especially for hundreds of miles or even thousands of miles, high-intensity continuous marching, every day, in addition to rushing through the road, you must release alerts when you go to the camp. You must not slack off on defense. You must bury the pot and cook, rectify the logistics, and prevent epidemics. After nights, you must set off the camp and set off to collect the camp tents and take away all the reusable items. From commanding the soldiers to the soldiers at the bottom, you will be very dry and irritable every day, and it is extremely exhausting and hard to work; and the marching team must be rectified and the preparation for fighting at any time is not easy.

What's more, the guarding army has only defended the city once before and has not really left the city. How can they be qualified to be called a strong army when facing the siege and impact of the powerful enemy?

Therefore, even if we don’t consider Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian, Wu Wenche and others react, they may impose various restrictions on them. Even if we build the tomb guards into an elite force who dares to face a strong enemy, Xu Huai will still pull them out of the city and fight with the enemy soldiers outside the city.

There was no such condition before, mainly because Xu Huai had limited elite troops and was far from guaranteed that once the formation was defeated by the enemy cavalry, he would only lead a limited elite cavalry to protect the generals of the tomb guarding army from unilateral massacres.

Tang Pan led a battalion of armor to ensure that there could be a solid anchor on the battlefield adjacent to the mountains and not easily defeated by the enemy cavalry. Xu Huai had room to deal with the enemy soldiers. At this time, even if the array of the tomb guards was washed away, Xu Huai was sure to cover up his wing and cover the defeated soldiers to escape to the rugged mountains.

So after Xu Wujiang, Zhang Xin, Tang Pan, Deng Gui, Yang Qiye and others climbed to the Yuhuangling Mountains, Xu Huai directly explained the key points of the coordinated combat between infantry and cavalry with everyone, especially Zhang Xin, Ling Jian, Zhou Shu, Chen Jin, Yu Gong, Yu Zheng, Han Wende, Liu Shiwang and other generals.

Gong County is under Luoyang Prefecture, Northwest Jing Road. Gao Huihong, as the magistrate and county magistrate Zhu Xun, and others, were directly dispatched by the transfer envoy Wu Wenche. However, King Jing led the tomb guard army out of the city, Qiao Jien as the tomb guard army, and Chen Yougui as the tomb guard army commander. Even though the command of the tomb guard army was deprived, there was no way to leave the city.

They thought that even after hiding after the Western Army’s aid division, their safety could be guaranteed even if they left the city.

At this time, they stood beside King Jing Zhao Tuan, and heard Xu Huai and the generals talking about infantry and cavalry formations to meet the enemy, their faces were tightening.

Qiao Jien hesitated for a while, but gritted his teeth and advised King Jing: "The Western Army’s aid troops have arrived, and they have set up a formation according to Gong County. When we have to fight the enemy soldiers from the front, there is no room for us to intervene. Besides, the imperial tomb has caused the enemy soldiers to rage, and it will take some time to rebuild the temple, but we must also do our best to clean up to the best of our ability to meet the spirit of the previous emperors in heaven!"

"The mountains and rivers are broken, the country is in danger. Every man is responsible for expelling the barbarians. How can I stay out of the matter? This is more important than cleaning up the tombs!" King Jing said solemnly.

"The Western Army aid division sets up its frontal formation and will fight the main force of the enemy. As the border, we look for opportunities to attack the enemy from the northern foot of the Emperor Ling. On the one hand, we share the pressure of the Western Army aid division's frontal attack, open the eastward passage as soon as possible to resolve the siege of Bianliang, and give full play to the loyalty and filial piety of His Highness. On the other hand, this direction is not only the weak flank of the enemy's soldiers, but also the terrain is much rugged than the frontal, which is not conducive to the deployment of superior troops on both sides. It is suitable for small-scale combat and is not very dangerous."

Qiao Ji'en and Chen Yougui have been cooperating for the past ten days, and King Jing is really short of the staff available. Xu Huai also explained to them as kindly as possible, and said,

"Xu Huai dared not take advantage of His Highness's safety and took risks."

Qiao Jien now knows the whole story of King Jing’s “refuge” Gong County, so how could he believe Xu Huai’s nonsense?

However, when Qiao Jien witnessed the entire process of defending the city in Gong County, he became more and more determined that the ancestral laws were extremely correct, and he would strictly control these military leaders, so that they would not act rashly. This was the case at this time, and he did not dare to argue with Xu Huai and other military leaders in person, for fear of annoying them.

Qiao Jien was also stutteringly at the moment.

Xu Huai had already figured out the thoughts of Qiao Jien and others, and now he only hoped that they could shut up and said, "What Qiao Langjun said just now is reasonable. The imperial tomb sacrifice hall asked the enemy soldiers to set fire to the fire. Your Highness could not ignore it completely, but he could call Qiao Langjun. Chen Junhou was responsible for recruiting the people and doing it..."

The enemy soldiers attacked, and a large number of people fled into the mountains in a hurry, lacking clothes and food, and were hungry for feeding. I don’t know when I could return home.

Even if you are a winger, using rugged terrain to fight against the enemy from the flanks, casualties are inevitable, and new soldiers need to be added in the future.

Now that they have handed over Gong County, they cannot recruit volunteers from the city to supplement the tomb guards, so they have to recruit new soldiers from the escaped people in the mountains.
Chapter completed!