Spring and Autumn I Am King

Chapter 972: burn one's boats

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One early morning in early March, the Zhao Jun camp in the Yin Land on the south bank of Luoshui raised a curl of cooking smoke, rising straight into the air, and when the spring breeze blew, it drifted toward the north bank, mixing with the mist on the river.

It has been seven days since the robber Zhi led the army through the road for a whole week, raided Ruyang, the important grain storage place of Zheng State, and broke the Lu Hun Mountain City, and cut off the Zheng people's grain road. During these seven days, Robber Zhi asked Wang Sunsheng to take a division of troops to guard Lu Hun City, defending the reinforcements of the Zheng people and copying his back. They detoured to the northern foot of Xiong'er Mountain, fought for a hundred miles, and broke through the shadows again with an unstoppable attitude.

Although the underworld was finally captured, the Zheng army resisted stubbornly, and the Zhao army also paid hundreds of casualties.

How can a war be without casualties? These veterans from the state of Lu were also used to it. After burying Paoze and burning the enemy's body on fire, they took the time to rest. As long as the war does not stop, they will keep turning like a screw until the establishment is crippled and incapacitated. This is the fate of the soldiers. As for the soldiers recruited from the common people, one head means a piece of land and money. After the victory of this expedition, Zhao Qing will definitely not be stingy with rewards, because the journey went smoothly and everyone's morale was very good.

Today is the day when the army will start again. When the roosters crow, the soldiers will get up to make rice. When the rice is cooked, whether it is the fried corn as a standard ration, or the naan and pot helmets that the generals add meals to the people, they are all hot. A spoonful of fish soup or hare broth that the soldiers got themselves on top of the dry staple food is a delicacy for Seifu, who is far away from home.

The robber Zhi had already put on his armor and was checking the preparations of everyone. Perhaps he had been a robber for too long. He was much more comfortable in the field and among the soldiers than in the city.

Those who had followed him since he was a thief loved him and could die for him. When Robber Zhi passed in front of their campfire, the well-behaved group of robbers cheered him, invited him to share the hare he had caught, and told of his behavior of urinating on the capital of Zhou Tianzi.

The civilians of Lu who joined the army later have a little fear in addition to their respect. After all, when they were young, the legend of Robber Zhi eating people's liver was widely circulated in Lu, but some careful people observed the food of Robber Zhi, and they even followed him. They were almost the same, and everyone was a little moved for a while.

As for the military **** in the division, he was at ease with him. The military **** system and the ordinary army were at odds with each other, and the robbers only had the right to command them. But he doesn't care, these people are sharp weapons.

After walking around, he saw that the soldiers were all ready, and the scouts sent to the other side of Luoshui also reported. After there was no enemy ambush on the north bank of Luoshui, Robber Zhi asked everyone to gather and start to encourage the soldiers to cross the river.

In the past half month, they have raided nearly three hundred miles, smashed three cities in a row, and defeated countless enemies, but Robber Zhi knew, and the soldiers also knew that the real fierce battle would come after crossing the Luoshui.

Qin, Wei, and Zheng Yun gathered 100,000 troops to attack Zhao and Han. Among them, there were 20,000 Zheng troops. Together with the Qin and Wei divisions, there were at least 40,000 people outside the river to attack the Han family. Yu Ren

If the enemy heard that the land of Yiluo was lost, and gave up attacking the Han family, and 40,000 people came together to attack the Robber Zhi, it would be bad.

"You speed won't be so stupid. Even though the Han family is defeated, there are still more than 10,000 people in Guocheng. They must stay and watch over them. Otherwise, they will face the attack from both us and the Han family. At most, half of them will be sent over. Defeat me and restore the sustenance of the land of Illo."

Robber Zhi's guess was correct. It is said that the scouts who went to the north bank first reported back. Just as everyone was preparing to cross the river, the banner of Zheng Jun also appeared dozens of miles north of Luoshui. The number of people was 20,000. They were listening. After the news that the thief Zhi copied his own way back, he came galloping overnight.

"We have more than 10,000 people to cross the river, and it takes half a day. I'm afraid that the enemy will arrive first and attack us halfway." In the spirit of seeking nothing but success, some generals persuaded Roof Zhi to cancel the crossing. The yin land and the enemy army face each other across the bank. Anyway, the food supply of the other generation has been cut off, so it is enough to drag it down.

"It can't be dragged." Rogue Zhi sighed.

Zheng Jun's back road is cut off, is his back road stable? If Wang Sunsheng's side division were attacked by reinforcements from the Zheng State, he would not know how long he would be able to hold it, let alone hundreds of miles to the south, that is, the State of Chu, which had an ambiguous attitude since the war between Lianheng and Hezong. How about sending troops to help his traditional ally Qin Zheng? At that time, more than 10,000 people of Robber Zhi will be made dumplings, so they must fight quickly, break the blockade of the enemy army, merge with the Han family, and open the situation on the southern front first.

Only in this way can the entire strategy formulated by Shangqing be revitalized.

So Robber Zhi ordered to cross the river and issued an order that surprised all the soldiers.

"Carrying three-day rations, in addition to this, all the excess food in the generals was burned, and the tents, kettles and other items were also smashed and discarded!"

"General!" His subordinates were shocked: "I burned rations, tents, and smashed kettles. How to make food after crossing the river? How to set up camp?"

"When we were thieves, when did we have extra three days' rations? Didn't we have to eat one meal but not the next, so we had to go grab it with the noble doctor? If you don't have a place to live, you have to occupy other people's homes. The eaves of the roof shelter from the rain, can you forget what happened at that time?"

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, but heard Roof Zhi laughed loudly: "Without the kettle, we can cross the river lightly, to avoid being attacked by the enemy troops! Take tents and kettles to cook and rest in the barracks!"

"General, Luoshui is approaching!"

Yousu waved his hand in the car and asked the scouts to go down and explore again to find out the number of Zhao Jun on the other side.

A few months ago, under the persuasion of Chen Heng, Zheng Guo, who was afraid of being divided and encroached on by Zhao Han, joined Lianheng. Qin Guo and Wei's joining the alliance made them relieved and felt that they had the strength to fight the enemy. . Coupled with the changes in Song State, it was impossible to contain Zheng State from the flanks, so Zheng Jun decisively sent 20,000 troops to accompany you to the west, intending to destroy Han's troops outside the river first, and relieve this root in the river. Zheng Guo had a thorn on his back for several years.

Just like the surprise attack on Xu Guo many years ago, the experienced Yousu took Zheng Jun across Luoshui, and suddenly appeared behind Han Jun, who was fighting hard with Qin and Wei. Wei and Zheng were surrounded by water in Hebei and Henan, and their fall was just around the corner.

But at this time, Yousu was shocked to learn that his back path was cut off by a Zhao army, Ruyang's grain was burned by a fire, and Lu Hun and Yindi also fell one after another, which shocked him. We had to withdraw from the encirclement in advance, and we had to wave our division back and deal with the enemy coming from the rear first.

But at the critical moment of attacking the Han family, Qin and Wei did not agree to remove the siege, so Yousu proposed to take Zheng Ren first. A pawn's help.

"Don't they understand that this is a big trap that Zhao Wuxi gave us?"

Looking at the map carefully, looking at the circuitous route of the Zhao army, the swimming speed was startled. He was sensitively aware that the war in the Han family, and even the entire Hedong, might be a trap for Zhao Wuxi, and this southern army was a trap. The Zhao Jun on the line is the crossbow machine that the hunter deducted when hunting.

Yusu's departure, in addition to the need to save the back road, also has the intention of avoiding disaster. Anyway, after these few months of blows, Han's strength has been greatly damaged. Although it will not collapse, it will be at least ten years. The country has decided, and their war goal of Zheng Guo has actually been achieved.

Next, should Zhao Clan and Qin Wei fight in Hedong, and he himself will attack the Song Kingdom? Although the details are not clear, Song Guo suddenly became chaotic, which is said to be caused by Le's critical illness and Da Wu Nanzi

But first of all, he must defeat the Zhao army on the south bank of Luoshui. According to the expectation of the swimming speed, the other party should realize that he is coming. At this moment, he must give up crossing the river and set up camp on the south bank to confront each other, right?

"Stupid, as long as Zheng Guo sends troops to help, you will become mice in a dilemma"

But the swimming speed is miscalculated, UU reading www. uukanshu. The enemy army crossed the river faster than them, and they abandoned all the baggage and stopped on the north bank before the Zheng people arrived.

The first thing he saw was the thick smoke rising from both sides of Luoshui after waiting for the speeding army to join the forward scout out of breath.

The wind was blowing toward the north. Although it was not big, the smoke still caused some trouble for Zheng Jun to observe the enemy.

Yousu immediately asked the scout to come over and question: "What are the enemy's cigarettes trying to cover up?"

"General, the enemy is just burning things." The scout said inexplicably: "The enemy burned tents and luggage on the south bank, and after crossing the north bank lightly, they burned all the boats used to cross the river!"

"Burn the baggage and the boat!?" Yusu's brows became a pimple. After a quarter of an hour, the wind stopped and the smoke dissipated. He finally saw the number and formation of the enemy troops, and couldn't help being surprised.

"The enemy generals are arrayed against the water?"

To be continued.

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