I don’t know how many times this attack has been rehearsed on weekdays, but it seems that the formation is not scattered. In order to reduce the attack by arrows, the chaos is continuous. You let go of me and come again. A captain of each team commanded 2,000 Qingqi to rush to the front like a huge wave rolled layer by layer. The cavalry threw burning torches, pots filled with kerosene or alcohol at the traffic queue, and then the cavalry wanted to shoot arrows wrapped in oil-soaked cloth.
At this time, it was a hot and dry summer afternoon, and the pottery jar smashed the shaft and shield and immediately fell apart. When it met the torch, it immediately set off a flame, burning the wooden driver and shield as it flowed. Unfortunately, it was contaminated with oil and alcohol or shot by an arrow at Jiangdong foot soldiers, and soon it fell into a sea of fire and struggled to become a fireman.
Even if the soldiers were not shot, they lost their fighting power because of the smoky fire. More people turned pale and retreated. However, without the traffic jam, where could they be safe? The generals who led the troops in Jiangdong commanded the foot soldiers to put out the fire while making the crossbowman shoot arrows.
"Hold on a little longer. Reinforcements will arrive soon!" Seeing that the Ministry is in chaos, the army is in danger of collapse at any time, and the general can also shout for a little stability.
After hearing his shout, most Jiangdong soldiers were skeptical, but there was a little hope that many people turned and rushed to the traffic, took off their thin clothes and beat the burning rotor. However, once the fire burned, could it be extinguished by beating their clothes? What’s more, Jingzhou Qingqi Battalion repeatedly impacted and constantly threw torches and arrows, and those oxen, mules and horses who were driven to the hills to pull carts also became restless to see that the lines formed by the traffic jams were about to be broken by Jingzhou soldiers.
At this time, a tiger was killed from the direction of Shu County. It was Cheng Pu who personally led the troops. After listening to the scouts’ report, Huang Zhong immediately decided to withdraw and leave. Killing the enemy was not the main purpose, but mobilizing the enemy to be exhausted was the essence of harassment tactics.
When Cheng Pu led more than 3,000 steps to ride, he saw that hundreds of carts had almost burned down, and more than 700 crossbowmen escorting nearly 1,000 foot soldiers and ambushing vehicles also suffered heavy casualties. If Cheng Pu hadn’t arrived, I’m afraid these soldiers would have been devastated.
"Does the general pursue it?" A PianJiang looked at the distance Qingqi battalion cavalry to Cheng Pu asked
Cheng Pu was very depressed and saw his one eye chase? What to chase? This 1000 cavalry? Or the two thousand steps?
Feeling that Cheng Pu’s eyes are not good, the PianJiang can’t help but bow his head, but he says, "When these guys come, just fight and go." If you don’t give up Shu County and Linhu, let’s go back to Jiangdong together.
Of course, it’s just to think about this idea. If you dare to say it, you will be punished for "confusing the morale of the army". It’s light to get an army stick …
At this time, Huang Zhong, who led the troops to retreat to Anhui City, was in no hurry to ride his horse to a slope and look at the enemy. Cheng Pu did not pursue him, but he was a little faint. Just now, the intensity of World War I was not high, and his own casualties were less than 100, while the other side suffered heavy losses but failed to annihilate it, which made Huang Zhong somewhat unwilling, but the enemy did not pursue him and did not intend to fight again. After all, the physical loss of soldiers or horses was too great in such hot weather.
These two thousand Qingqi have been fighting with Huang Zhong for dozens of days, and they should also go back to Anhui City to have a rest. Another two thousand Qingqi will come out to harass the enemy, so that everyone can rest in Anhui City for a few days and recover their strength to fight again.
"I don’t know if the general will make us attack Shu County," said Huang Zhong who looked at the enemy in the distance.
Huang Zhong’s eyes narrowed, and his skin was rough because of his perennial campaign. His face was gully and his eyebrows had several deep wrinkles, but his battle-hardened spirit made him have a formidable majesty.
Huang Zhong didn’t say anything about the guards. In his opinion, it is impossible to rely solely on harassment tactics in Jiangbei. It is necessary to pull out Shu County, Linhu and Xiang’ an to pose a more direct and effective threat to Youchun Valley.
I’ve turned my horse’s head, and Huang Zhong’s heart is in a dark channel. No, I’m Qingqi Camp to expand the scope of harassment and make Seibel lead the trap camp to raid the lake. To do this well is to take the lakeside, which means that Shu county and Xiang’ an have nailed a nail. Without the support from the rear, the enemy in Shu county will be caught in a dilemma of fighting and defending. If it is done well, it will be impossible to gather and annihilate the enemy in Jiangbei. However, once it occupies the lakeside, it will be very dangerous to be trapped in the enemy’s attack.
And the Qingqi Battalion led by myself will also face more brutal battles than before. Is it worth taking the risk? Huang Zhong was lost in thought on horseback … I don’t know how long it took Huang Zhong to finally raise his head and his eyes were full of perseverance.
☆, Chapter 54 Title to death.
In the summer evening, the river breeze blows with a slight coolness, which makes people feel the rare coolness and refreshing mood in the Austrian heat all day long. Many hulin water villages are as dense as Lin Yuan from afar, and those tall battleships are like rolling hills. The lights of warships are lit up one after another for dozens of miles. The sunset glow in Shan Lan complements each other, and the training troops from various parts of Linjiang land have just returned to the camp.
The army has been stationed in the tiger forest for more than half a month, and those who died of serious injuries have already buried those who have not recovered and turned to Xiakou and other places to recuperate, while the follow-up supplementary troops have come from Jingzhou one after another, and they have been divided up by various ministries and immediately trained daily.
After the land and water wars, Jingzhou army realized that Jiangdong soldiers could not be underestimated, and their training became more and more strict.
After receiving the attack plan of Jiangbei sent by Huang Zhong, Liu Cong was interested in inviting Jia Xu and others to discuss the feasibility of this matter. He gave Huang Zhong an order to act cheaply, but since Huang Zhong sent someone to Liu Cong, he must consider the current situation and reply to Jiangbei or Jiangnan. It is a game of chess, and sometimes it is necessary to check.
"General Huang’s proposal is risky, but it’s worth a try." Jia Xu smoothed her sparse beard and said, "Now the situation in Jiangbei is deadlocked. Cheng Pu naturally won’t take the initiative to attack Anhui City, but if you want to break the stalemate, one party must take the initiative. General Huang’s move is to take the initiative to attack and disrupt the enemy’s deployment and force him to withdraw from Lujiang County."
Liu Cong looked at the map of Lujiang County and frowned for a moment. He asked Jia Xu, "But the lake is located in Shuxian and Xiang’ an, and it is a day’s journey. If the attack is not smooth, there will be danger of being caught by the enemy."
This is the mindset that bretz has developed for a long time. Jia Xu is naturally familiar with this. He squinted and mused, "Let General Huang lead his troops to attack Shu County for a pretence, and then Seibel led the troops to attack the lake at one stroke. This will make it possible to attack the lake without being occupied by the enemy when Seibel attacked the city. After the lake, General Huang Qingqi Battalion harassed the enemy. If you can hold the reinforcements from Shu County and Xiang’ an, Shu County will become an isolated city. By then, reinforcements will be provided outside the grain and grass.
"But what if Sun sends troops to Jiangbei to reinforce?" Liu cong asked.
Jia Xu shook his head. "Jiang Dongjun should have no more troops transferred to Jiangbei. There is a rebellion in Huiji County. Sun Ping’s rebel forces are all stretched. There will be no reinforcements sent to Jiangbei. Jiang Dongjun of Lujiang County is currently aware that the cavalry is only close to 10,000, so it is a good opportunity for our army to divide and conquer."
"We don’t have many troops in Jiangbei," said Bretz, snapping his fingers. "More than 5,000 Qingqi battalions have fought for more than a month, and now those who can fight should be around 4,500. The Seibel camp claims to be 1,000. Although it is actually supplemented to more than 1,000 people a month, the real fighting capacity is that his original 5,000 soldiers have to take the initiative to attack General Huang for 12,000."
Pang Tong, who sat at the bottom, said, "The generals and military advisers have missed one."
"oh? Shiyuan, tell me what we missed? " Bretz turned to Pang Tong and asked with a smile.
Pang Tong said, "More than 30,000 people were captured by Li Shu, the former grandson of Anhui Province. If Sun put this group of troops in rebellion, many Jiangdong soldiers could be transferred from all over the country."
After what he said, bretz and Jia Xu looked at each other slightly, but they didn’t expect that this floor was due to the fact that Li Shubu was said to have been scattered after being captured, and then moved to places such as Dan for a short time. But if part of Jiang Dongbing supervised the suppression of the rebellion, it should be no problem.
"So you have to send more troops to Jiangbei." Bretz’s eyes are dignified. It seems that it is not appropriate to send more troops to Jiangbei because Zhao Yun led the light riding or Wei Yan’s artillery battalion suffered great losses in the battles of Zhang Quan and Liu Hu.
If you attack the city, it is reasonable to deploy part of the artillery battalion to strengthen the attack power. However, the artillery battalion is slow to start early after all, which may expose the significance of surprise attack if it arrives late …
When Jia Xu saw that Liu Cong frowned and said nothing, he knew that he was worried about the surge. After a moment of meditation, he said to Liu Cong, "General Wen and Fei Xiongjun are not sent to Jiangbei?"
Wen Pin and his men stuck to the land camp that night, which made the sneak attack on the camp. Zhou Yu’s pro-guard suffered heavy casualties. Although there were casualties, his strength was still relatively complete, and the Flying Bear Army was good at siege and transferred some of them to Jiangbei, which also enabled Seibel and his men to enhance their siege strength.
After considering for a moment, Liu Cong agreed to Jia Xu’s proposal. Unexpectedly, after the news came out, a captain from various ministries came to well-documented Zhao Yun and Wei Yan. Although they didn’t show up in person like Hu Cheer, they probably came a lot.
Others are well sent, but Hu Cheer is the commander of the Flying Bear Army and his department. Bretz also has to agree that he led the troops to Jiangbei. Jiangbei must obey Huang Zhong’s command. For this, Hu Cheer is big and slaps his chest to ensure that he will absolutely obey orders and will not act without authorization.
There is no nonsense about Wen Pin bretz, who is self-serious. After the attack on the camp, Wen Pin showed enough that he was a general who could sit on the side.
On the second day after Wen Pin and Hu Cheer selected Ma Bei, Liu Cong received a letter from Zhou Yu.
Liu cong was not surprised by Zhou Yu’s reply to himself. He was a little curious about what Zhou Yu would write in his letter.
See the eye messenger see each other supercilious look full of calm eyes from bretz is a smile and take out the letterhead and look down.
The article "Jun Ying was brave and courageous, and people broke Cao Gong from Jingzhou" corresponds to the praise for Zhou Yu in Liu Congxin’s letter, but then Zhou Yu analyzed in the letter that "However, it is not wise for the general to control Jingzhou for a long time, to attract Yingjie to prepare for the military and repair the cultivation, and then to meet the sky in the north to repay your long-cherished wish." There are three wise men who steal. "
See here bretz smile look more serious.
"Don’t you smell that the soldiers will win in a general way? The second general’s patients are only Cao Cao, Cao Cao and yuangong, who are at loggerheads, but they can attack the north and not miss the opportunity. Sanjiang Dongli Sun Shi has three generations of people’s solid soldiers attached to the people’s wishes, and the building is like a cloud, and the military is generous and outstanding! "
After analyzing the general trend, Zhou Yu wrote, "The general is talented and bright, and he should know that Jingzhou Jiangdong is contending, just as the fighting between snipes and mussels makes the fisherman benefit, and Yu only hopes that the general will think twice before you act."
Who is the fisherman? No matter who Zhou Yu wrote, Liu Cong knew who he was referring to.
Finally, at the end of Zhou Yuxin’s letter, he wrote, "SHEN WOO, the general of the conquest, is a great talent and a fierce separatist regime in Jiangdong. Thousands of soldiers and talented heroes are happy, and Yu sees his favor and leaves his minions. Today, he has to take the lead and die."
The subtext of this remark is that Sun is an English master, so he believes in me, Zhou Yu, and I will never repay him with two hearts.
"I already know the governor’s intention," said Liu Cong on the letterhead to the messenger. "People hurt tigers and hurt people’s hearts. In the future, I will naturally take the initiative to finish the battle. Please tell the governor that my intention has definitely changed unless …"
Angel smell speech looked up at bretz eyes slightly in doubt.
"It’s just that I want to come to Sun, and I won’t willingly give up everything I’ve won." But Liu Cong seems to laugh at himself and wave his hand. "The former dispels the hatred between the two families. I specially asked the court to canonize Sun Yi, the general of Yangzhou, and the court also made allowance for Yan’s painstaking efforts. Who knows that Sun Lang has his own plans?"
Speaking of which, bretz has a wry smile on his face. "My watch has actually hurt General Sun Yi, but I don’t know if he is safe now." If it’s a problem? "
The emissary sneered, "This is my Jiangdong Department. Please forgive me for some inconvenience."
"Oh … as far as I know, General Sun Yi is not now a prefect of Danyang, and he has been deprived of the exile of soldiers." Liu Cong sighed, "It’s a pity that a member of the Iliad"
Seeing that the messenger turned his eyes and turned his head to ignore himself, bretz smiled and stopped talking about this topic. Although the messenger came to send Zhou Yu’s reply, he wanted to send this letter. Sun already knew and his messenger would answer Sun’s question carefully. In this case, it would be too bad to provoke a grandson and Sun Yi by the way. If Sun could not help but tidy up Sun Yi, it would definitely make many people in Jiangdong Army feel chilling.
On the other hand, if Sun Yi heard these words, I’m afraid he would be even more worried. If he didn’t want to wait and die, he would be able to walk along the road he designed. When the time comes, it would be a disaster for him to be deeply involved in the Ministry and Jiangdong. The most difficult thing to ponder in this world is the people’s heart, but the best guess is that the people’s heart is not a man-made disaster. Thought of here, Liu Cong took a deep breath. There should be some differences, right?
☆, Chapter 55 Otherwise the actual situation
In Zhou Yu’s letter, there is a faint meaning that he is willing to stop fighting in Jingzhou and make peace with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao together, but Liu Cong did not respond to this. This is not to say that Liu Cong can easily wipe out Jiangdong, but that the current situation is absolutely unable to make peace with Jiangdong.
Now the situation in Jiangdong is developing in the direction that Bretz hopes. Even if we pay more, we must pacify Jiangdong.
In mid-June, Wen Pin and Hu Cheer led more than 3,000 troops into Anhui, including 2,000 troops under Wen Pin and more than 1,000 new troops under Hu Cheer, which made Huang Zhong more confident in the attack. At the same time, Wen Pin also brought Jia Xu’s suggestion to attack Shu County first, and at the same time, ambush the Flying Bear Army and the trap camp near the lake and rush to Shu County for rescue. After the two armies highlight the raiders and seize the lake, it is up to Huang Zhong to take care of it.
For this plan, Huang Zhong did not copy it completely, but made some adjustments according to his own understanding of the terrain, his comprehensive consideration of the enemy’s fighting capacity and the character of the leading generals. The troops attacking Shu County were composed of two parts, 3,000 Qingqi Battalion with 1,000 suspected soldiers who were in charge of feinting Shu County and harassing and blocking this route when the enemy in Shu County went out of the city to rescue the lakeside. Huang Zhong personally led this route, while the main force attacking the lakeside was led by 1,000 flying bear troops who served as more than 2,000 assistants of Wen Pin and more than 1,500 Qingqi Battalion soldiers who were preparing to meet Xiang
Although the soldiers are very expensive, it is enough to make corresponding preparations, but the siege equipment is still rushed, but the quantity is not much, and the work will be completed soon. At the same time, scouts and scouts continue to attack or cover up the movements of various ministries to the predetermined place, or enemy scouts fight hand-to-hand to block Shuxian’s lakefront alliance, which creates an illusion that Jingzhou Army will attack Shuxian with great force.
Shu County was suddenly coming like rain. Those families with a little money all took refuge out of the city with their families, but they couldn’t go away. They also recruited people to raise the walls, and the city was looted by soldiers. People wanted to leave the city, but people outside the city wanted to enter the city, which made people panic for a while.
"The general can’t go like this." Zhou Tai Chengtou looked at the chaos in the city and said to Cheng Pu. Who knows if there are Jingzhou soldiers posing as agents in these shabby people? It is always troublesome to be mixed into the city by them.
Compared with Zhou Tai with a slightly anxious color, Cheng Pu’s face seems to be lost in thought when he looks at the distance. He is in his fifties this year. He is not very tall but quite strong. Because he has been camping in the battlefield all the year round, his skin is dark, but his eyes are very sharp. Even when he is silent, it gives people a heavy pressure.
Did the Jingzhou army finally have to start work? Shu county bears the brunt of the attack, which is arguably the first target of Jingzhou army. However, Cheng Pu faintly feels that something is wrong. The distribution range of enemy scouts is a bit too large. If it is cut off, Shu County’s lakeside alliance will ensure that it will not suffer from its own counterattack when attacking Shu County. But somehow Cheng Pu just feels that it is not as simple as it looks.