Chapter 199: The Battle of Shallow Water

. Shumilou.CoM.Shumilou.Co

"The area of the shallow water plain is spacious, although it is possible to divide the troops to lead the other party there, and then flank it, but if it fails, it can only hold on for more than ten days." Li Shimin said with some worry.

"Why is it called Asamihara?" Yuan Ziyan asked curiously.

"Originally, there was a shallow river here, hence the name, but this year's drought is just because there is no water in the river." Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "It should be called Wushuiyuan." ”

Hearing this, Yuan Ziyan's eyes suddenly lit up and he giggled. Dou Liang also laughed, "As soon as I saw this, I knew that the Purple Smoke Girl had an idea for seconds." ”

"It's a bad idea." Yuan Ziyan first laughed at himself and said: "Shimin, everyone knows what you mean, that is, to consume the other party's grain and grass, and to make chaos without a fight. However, now, Xue Renguo is also aware of this problem, so the offensive momentum is very fierce. ”

"yes, the previous idea didn't work." Li Shimin reluctantly smashed the table.

"Actually, we can do it another way." Yuan Ziyan pointed to the map and said: "The grain and grass will not be consumed in a short time, but if there is no water source, the soldiers will not be able to hold out for a few days." ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin suddenly looked at Yuan Ziyan, Yuan Ziyan was uncomfortable, and hurriedly touched his face with his hand, as if it was quite clean, and suddenly realized: "Shimin, I'm not in such a hurry for my own ......"

"What is the weakness of the heart?" Li Shimin scolded lightly, and then his face was full of smiles: "Ziyan's plan is very good, if you can lead Xue Renguo's main force here, hold on for a few days, and when his mouth is dry, I will copy it from the north bread." Surely they will be able to annihilate their army! ”

"Yes, yes!" Li Shuliang and others echoed one after another.

Shallow Water was originally in the southwest direction of Gaoji, and ordered Liang Shi, the head of the march, to pretend to be out of the city to move rescue troops, and then galloped in that direction.

Xue Renguo and the others soon learned the news. Very excited, Li Shimin finally couldn't bear it anymore, and found out that the direction of his escape was the shallow water plain, and Xue Renguo laughed even more.

Because this place is empty, although it is dangerous, it is not enough to resist for a long time, so he immediately wanted Zong Luohu to bring elite troops to this place to exterminate Liang Shi's forces.

Zong Luohu was very hesitant: "Holy Lord." If I lead the troops out and Li Shimin suddenly rushes out of the city, how should the saint deal with himself? ”

Xue Renguo disagreed. looked at the city tower mockingly and said: "I waited for a few days to scold, but I didn't see Li Shimin's figure, which shows that he has been afraid of me since the last defeat." The general is worry-free, since Liang Shi led the team out. Li Shimin did not dare to send troops without authorization. ”

And the lieutenant general who had killed the child before stepped forward and said, "Holy Lord." Don't miss the opportunity, and never miss it. If Zong Jiangjun is not at ease, you can ask the saint to move the national capital for the time being and wait for the news of Zong Jiangjun. ”

Zong Luohu looked at this lieutenant general in confusion, feeling that he was a little strange, but he couldn't say where it was. Since they have come, they have to fight. You can't back down, and it seems right to let the emperor go back to the base camp first.

Just when Zong Luohu hesitated. Xue Renguo had already made a decision: "Okay, I'll go back to the camp first and wait for the general's good news!" ”

"Holy!"

Zong Luohu still wanted to study the battle plan in detail, but the adjutant general gave up his hand and said: "The general is kept, and I will definitely escort the saint back to the national capital safely." ”

A dark smile flashed in the lieutenant's eyes, and when Zong Luohu wanted to take a closer look, he had already turned around and left.

As the so-called holy decree is difficult to disobey, Xue Renguo is an urgent son, Zong Luohu did not dare to delay, so he had to lead the elite troops in the army and chase in the direction of Liang Shi.

Li Shimin and the others, who found out the news, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the beast finally entered their trap. Therefore, he immediately deployed Pang Yu, the general of the Right Marquis, to stand by, and when the army of Zong Luohu was exhausted, he must be blocked, and this battle can only be won, not defeated!

Pang Yu was ordered, and went down with confidence.

Next, although Gao Ji had no battle to fight, he was more nervous than ever, sleeping in his clothes every day, waiting for news from the front at any time, and preparing to leave immediately.

Not long after Liang Shi occupied a dangerous position, Zong Luohu's elite troops also rushed over, perhaps it was the unified combat method of the Western Qin State, and it was a strong attack.

Liang Shi put up a stubborn resistance, making it difficult for Zong Luohu to move an inch.

Due to the lack of water, after a day of fighting, Zong Luohu's troops were so thirsty that they could not even cook, and of course these people could not eat. At night, Zong Luohu was also thirsty and licked his lips, and the soldiers picked out the thin snow on the high places to eat. It can only be regarded as moistening the throat, and it does not play a key role at all.

"Brothers, we don't have water, and neither does Liang Shi!" Zong Luohu made a wrong judgment arbitrarily, "We are now more endurance, but there is still a little snow, and Liang Shi is not so lucky, as long as he persists for a few days, he can die of thirst!" ”

Of course, Zong Luohu's brain is not enough, the other party is fighting a war of attrition, naturally everyone wears enough water, as long as they save a little use, it is no problem to drink for a week, and then rely on their own perseverance to hold on for another three days, so that there are ten days.

Four days later, each side had a loss of nearly 20,000 yuan, but Liang Shi seemed to be getting braver and braver the more he fought, while Zong Luohu was eager to pull out the wet mud on the ground and squeeze water to drink.

You must know that the north is covered with snow all year round, and the terrain of the Central Plains is basically melted at the bottom of the edge, and there is not much snow at all. The amount of alcohol consumed by tens of thousands of troops was enormous, and one after another people suffered severe dehydration, and people were deformed.

On the one hand, he gave up the attack, and on the other hand, victory was imminent, Zong Luohu was anxious, thinking that if he was defeated and fled back, the punishment of the great loss of troops was inevitable. Not to mention these, if the Tang army increases support and turns around to attack the palace, what troops will be there to block.

But the soldiers still had to drink water, so Zong Luohu had to give an order to kill a group of war horses and drink horse blood to survive the difficulties. At the sound of an order, the soldiers immediately rushed to their war horses with their swords frantically, countless war horses fell to the ground, blood splattered, and this group of hungry people were like vampires, pounced on the war horses layer by layer. You pushed me to catch up, the scene was tragic.

In a state of complete loss of control, there are constantly war horses being killed, if they are all killed, what else to ride! Zong Luohu was so anxious that he shouted loudly that he must no longer cut down the war horse.

But the soldiers were mad with thirst, and were anxious to drink, and wanted to drink what they did, and one after another the horses fell down with a wail, and died at the hands of their masters, and without mercy.

Pang Yu, who had been waiting for an opportunity, felt that the time had come and could not give the other party a chance to breathe, so he shouted and surrounded him from all directions.

Zong Luohu finally realized that he had been tricked, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't drink anymore, retreat quickly, retreat!" ”

However, it was too late, the Tang army with big swords and spears was like a heavenly soldier, and this to these soldiers who were already in a trance, as if they were in a no-man's land, the knife rose and fell, splashing pieces of blood, and the air was filled with a strong bloody atmosphere.

The soldiers, who had no horses and were in a state of lack of water, had no power to resist, did not listen to the command at all, and fled in all directions like flies without a head, killing and wounding countless people.

Zong Luohu was furious when he saw this, and when he saw Pang Yu, who was burly and looking at him with mockery on his face, he was furious, turned over and stepped on his war horse and slashed at Pang Yu with a big knife.

Pang Yu hurriedly blocked with a silver gun, only to hear a loud bang, sparks burst out, and a huge force came from Pang Yu's palm, which shook the tiger's mouth and almost took out the gun.

What a force! Pang Yu knew that he had encountered an opponent, so he didn't dare to underestimate it, and went all out to fight.

This Zong Rahu really deserved to be the first fierce general in Western Qin, and the big knife in his hand danced out pieces of sharp snowflakes, which were divided into three ways: upper, middle and lower, and shot towards Pang Yu respectively.

Pang Yu's silver spear immediately danced into a shield, and all the tricks were resolved, and as soon as it came down, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. Secretly, this Zong Rahu is really very brave, and he is afraid that he is not his opponent.

Winning is the key, personal honor is secondary, not to mention in dangerous situations. So he pulled the horse's head violently, and then ordered to besiege and kill Zong Luohu with all his might.

Immediately, hundreds of Tang soldiers surrounded him with spears, Zong Luohu smiled disdainfully, suddenly jumped up from the horse, slashed the big knife in his hand, and the screams were endless, and in the blink of an eye, there were dozens of soldiers killed and wounded.

Pang Yu was shocked, and Zong Luohu had been completely ignited with anger, and the target was still Pang Yu, chasing after him. The two chased and fought, and after a few hundred moves, Pang Yu had already fallen behind, and the head of the silver spear was cut off by half of the opponent's big knife.

However, Zong Luohu is not much better, Pang Yu is powerful, he has several wounds on his body, just like a bloody man, the big knife has long been curled, and the armor is even more tattered.

If you don't kill Pang Yu, it is difficult to eliminate the hatred in your heart, Zong Luohu has not stopped attacking him, and his subordinates have persuaded each other hard, general, it is better to flee quickly, and when Li Shimin's reinforcements arrive, there will be no chance!

Zong Luohu glanced at Pang Yu angrily, desperately fought his way out of a bloody way, and went towards his old nest.

Less than half an hour after Zong Luohu fled, Li Shimin and others also arrived, and when they saw the corpses all over the ground, they knew that a vicious battle had just taken place, and of course it was their own side that won.

"General Pang, where is Zong Luohu?" Li Shimin asked as he looked around.

"The last general is ashamed to let him run away!" Pang Yu dismounted and knelt down with hatred.

Li Shimin frowned, and asked again: "How long have you been running?" ”

"Half an hour!"

"Immediately deploy two thousand elite cavalry and follow me to chase after Zong Luohu!" Li Shimin said loudly.

Li Shuliang and others, who had always advocated fighting, were dumbfounded at this time, they had to defend when they should fight, but Li Shimin wanted to take risks when they should have collected their troops. The chances seem to be good, and the cavalry also has the ability to fight against ten, but for siege, there are not so many advantages.

"Shimin, are you crazy?" Yuan Ziyan also asked in surprise.

"Don't you want to fight quickly and rescue Li Mi?" Li Shimin turned around and asked, Yuan Ziyan was stunned, is what this person said true or false?

"If you want to save Li Mi, come with me, I guarantee your safety!" After speaking, Li Shimin ignored everyone's obstruction, and only chased out in person with 2,000 soldiers. (To be continued......)