Chapter Forty-Eight: Running a Thousand Miles at Night

Compared with the tragic battles experienced by the armored veterans, this skirmish on the banks of the Qishui River in Xuzhou is nothing at all. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

If it is presided over by other generals of the Liang Kingdom, this battle will even be lost in the waves of history, which is not worth mentioning.

But it was Xiao Liang Wang who presided over the battle, and it was also the first time in Xiao Liangwang's life that he defended the camp and was besieged, and the danger was enough to arrive in front of King Liang in a battle report...... As long as King Liang read it out in public, the historians of Liang State had to record it word by word.

The difficult attack camp team Xuzhou, the self-proclaimed general of the old lady guarding Chen Qi, is really difficult. There was no problem with his tactical deployment, and the deployment of troops was in accordance with the rules.

First surrounded by heavy troops, the front is strong and the side is weak, attracting the Liang National Army in the camp to take the strongest defensive position to defend the front camp gate, and suddenly attack the west with heavy troops when the flank is lax, in order to quickly break the camp.

Often, when an enemy several times his size, and an enemy who has broken through the positions of the former army, the blow to the morale of the army alone is enough to break the sergeants in the camp.

But this group of more than 1,000 Liangzhou troops did not disperse.

The heavy force broke through the flank camp gate, taking them by surprise, and the Xuzhou army rushed thirty paces into the camp gate, and the enemy should panic and crash into the camp like headless flies.

But they didn't.

Before besieging the camp, Chen Qi carefully looked at the garrison in this camp on the top of the mountain, although there was no flag, but the way this Liangguo heavy cavalry battalion camped had already given him a lot of self-evident information.

For example, their formation is loose and their armament is excellent, and their simple weapons and armor have been divided into two worlds from the advance army of Qingzhou of the Liang Kingdom, and even to a certain extent, the sophistication of the armor exceeds that of the elite soldiers of the Liang Kingdom of Xu Huang's overseer army. But the location of their camp was very uncommon, and although this place seemed to be a dangerous place with a river in front of the high ground, which is often mentioned in the war books, they left two camp gates.

This way of camping left an opportunity for the Xuzhou army to take advantage of, and let him judge that their leader probably did not have much experience in warfare.

But in today's stalemate, Chen Qi has fully realized that this is a wrong decision.

The army of more than 5,000 people passed through Xu Huang's blockade, and it was not easy for them to cross the mountains and mountains to get here, in order to completely pass through the Liangguo army to the rear grain route and cut off the enemy's supplies...... Now, it is here that not only has a large-scale conflict erupted, but also the presence of its own army has been exposed.

"Father, we must get the army out of our way and bypass the enemy camp!" Chen Deng wore light armor and carried a Han sword at his waist and said: "If you continue to fight, you will be surrounded by most of the enemy's army, and it will be difficult to escape when the time comes...... Xuzhou is lost, and lives are devastated! ”

Chen Deng knew very well that with the existing soldiers and horses of the Xuzhou people, it was really difficult to defeat the soldiers and generals of the Liang State, not to mention the elites of the Liang State led by Xu Huang, even the 20,000 Qingzhou troops of the Qingzhou Guanhai Governor would bring too much damage to his side.

Xuzhou is the land where he was born and raised, how can he watch Xuzhou be destroyed by the army?

"Withdraw, who does Yuan Long think can take on the post of the rear? Most of them go straight to the north, and they will invade their grain routes. Chen Jue made up his mind in a moment, and when he said this, he was already ready to cut off his own queen, leaving the responsibility of cutting off his grain route to his son, waving the order flag and ordering people to give an order: "Prepare to evacuate this camp." ”

"Let the son cut it off, and he will definitely be able to stop the enemy's pursuit!" Chen Deng shook his head and pointed to the camp and said: "There are many iron horsemen in this camp, if others come to break it, I am worried that it will be difficult to defend, so I will hand it over to my son and meet my father in Ju County later." ”

Chen Jue glanced at his son heavily, and then made up his mind and said, "Okay, we must meet in Ju County!" ”

After that, Chen Jue ordered people to prepare to evacuate, while Chen Deng walked quickly to the war drums, personally beat the drums and ordered the sergeants to continue the march, creating pressure on the Liangguo army in the camp, so that they had no time to care about the fact that the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou had retreated.

Seeing his father's soldiers and horses retreat quickly, leaving only more than 1,000 people to besiege the camp, Chen Deng dropped his drumsticks and gave up his hand to the east where the soldiers and horses had withdrawn...... Father, son may not be able to join you anymore!

He will also withdraw, but not to the east or west, but to the south...... Retreat to a more dangerous place to attract the attention of the Liangzhou army.

Before Xu Huang arrived, he had already negotiated with Liu Bei in Jingzhou, and although Liu Bei did not say that he would definitely send troops, he thought that Liu Bei would definitely do something...... After all, when it comes to outstanding heroes and those who have the strategy of a king, Liu Xuande is the person he respects the most in this world!

After the order was broken, he was now looking forward to the news from Jingzhou to mediate the war.

Suddenly, Chen Deng felt a little short of breath in his chest, and he almost couldn't breathe. Over the years, he often had this feeling, his chest seemed to be pricked by needles, and most of the time he was fine after half an hour's rest, which also made him pay less attention to such a disease. After taking two breaths, Chen Deng was worried that he would miss the fighter because of his illness, so he hurriedly ordered: "Retreat, bow and arrow to suppress the pursuing enemy army, listen to my all the killing!" ”

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Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

The war between Liu Bei and Sun Jian has died down for nearly two years, and the people under his rule have gradually recovered the peace they once had. But among the upper echelons of Jingzhou, worries about the general outlook of the world have never stopped...... Today's general trend of the world can be divided into three factions, there is the Liang King who swept Liuhe in the north, and the Jiangdong Tiger who is proficient in the battle formation in the south. In the middle, the imperial court of Sili Henan County is the head, Cao Cao of Yanzhou, and Liu Bei, who is the governor of Jingzhou, can be regarded as a force between them.

Among them, although Ma and Sun occupied an area, they were nominally respectful to the imperial court, especially the Liang State also paid tribute to the imperial court every year, and they did a good job on the scene, and they always abided by the emperor's edict, and the Ma people did not go out of Tongguan. Even a large-scale military operation such as the conquest of Jizhou bypassed Henan County...... But with the bravado of Gan Xingba's troops through Luoyang this year, everyone knows that the respect on these scenes is just an illusion.

The fall of imperial power has become inevitable.

If the Liang Kingdom is still like this, if the Sun family in Jiangdong crosses the Yangtze River and goes north to Luoyang, how arrogant and domineering should it be?

People don't dare to think about it anymore.

And now, the march of Liangguo to Xuzhou is huge, and the talks between the envoys of Xuzhou and Liu Xuande, the pastor of Jingzhou, have once again pushed Jingzhou to the cusp.

Will you go to war or watch the fire from the other side?

How will Liu Bei choose the Jingzhou people who are trying to survive in the cracks?

"Too many people want an answer, Kong Ming, I, how should I choose?" Liu Bei was very distressed, and his ten fingers were clasped on the pavilion of the Taishou Mansion, looking at the houses in Xiangyang City and the city with the setting sun in the distance, "You see how happy the people live here?" We've done everything we can to prevent the flames of war from reaching this land again, but now we're going to take them into war again? ”

How many decades is a person's life? Liu Bei has stood on this land for more than ten years, every canal here has the mark of his digging, every piece of land has his measured figure, and he can even call the name of every sergeant...... Liu Bei doesn't like to ask for other people's names, and he doesn't like to write down other people's names.

These people fought for him, and if they died because of their orders, Liu Bei remembered their names and had an extra debt on them.

But he was even more afraid that these people would defend themselves with their lives, but he couldn't even remember their names.

For this reason he walked with their roster in every tent...... Walking to his position, one step can save people, one step can also harm people, and sometimes even he himself doesn't know whether taking a step forward is to harm or save people!

So looking at the remnant sun like blood, looking at living and working in peace and contentment, he was very distressed.

"Ma Junhao begged for land, so he split the soil and sealed the king. Cho Mengde sought power and thus took control of Gyeonggi. Sun Wentai sought power, so he was dominant in Jiangdong. And what are you asking for? Zhuge Liang didn't wave the feather fan, but just sat quietly on the pavilion with Liu Bei looking into the distance, what made him choose Liu Bei when he lived in the grass house? Maybe it's the enthusiasm in the eyes of this man who started from the end of the day, as if he was having a shocking dream. "Envoy, my subordinates can't give you any advice at this time, I can only ask you, Xuande is public in the world, is it to protect the territory and the people, or to help the world?"

Protecting the territory and the people, or helping the world?

"Kong Ming is swearing?"

Liu Bei smiled self-deprecatingly, he Liu Xuande begged for benevolence and righteousness, don't you Zhuge Kongming know?

Shaking his head, Liu Bei got up and asked Zhuge Liang, "Where does King Liang live now?" ”

"Some time ago, Pei Mao increased his troops to Yizhou, Guan Yunchang pulled out the defense line in Jizhou, Qingzhou was strictly defended, and King Liang was probably no longer in Longdu." Zhuge Liang smiled lightly: "Qingzhou millions of laborers, King Liang will not miss it, if the lord wants to try his luck, he can go to Qingzhou, but he must bring enough guards, the Qingzhou garrison is all mountain bandits and robbers, but I am afraid that the road is not easy to walk now." ”

Liu Bei nodded slowly, and suddenly turned his head to Zhuge Liang and said: "Since this is the case, Jingzhou will be handed over to you and Yide to be fully responsible, and at the same time order Huang Hansheng to lead the army to garrison Jiangxia to guard Jiangdong, and Zhao Zilong and Wei Wenchang to lead the army to Xuzhou, and be sure to block Xu Gongming's southern invasion." ”

"No!"

Liu Bei got up and left, and ordered to the left and right: "Prepare the horse and prepare the ceremony, the flying horse sends a message to Qingzhou Mu Duji, and Liu Bei asks to see King Liang." ”

The lonely more than ten riders came out of Jingzhou, and rode all the way from the Yellow River to Qingzhou by Daosizhou, just to reach Qingzhou as soon as possible.

Liu Bei knew that if he arrived one day late, the war in Xuzhou would be ignited for another day.

If he wants to see Ma Yue, he must see Ma Yue, and only by seeing Ma Yue can he stop this dispute that is not beneficial to everyone at all, and solve the fire and water of the people of Xuzhou...... For this purpose, Liu Xuande ran thousands of miles at night without regrets!