41. Engage the enemy
In troubled times, there is no righteous war, and all benevolence, righteousness, morality, and ethics are just fig leafs for flaunting personality.
The Huai River in late autumn is sparkling and clear.
The continuous water of the Huai River nourishes the land on both sides of the Huai River, raises countless children of the Huai River, and witnesses their stability and wealth, prosperity and decline, as well as hunger, cold and turmoil.
Just today, on the side of the Huai River waterway, Guo Zixing's army of 50,000 is even more powerful than the Huai River.
These Huaixi descendants, who were originally farmers in the times, are going to the battlefield today. and they are connected by blood, and the villagers who are also Huaihe men are fighting desperately.
War, if you want to survive, you can only kill each other, like beasts.
Oh, no.
People in troubled times are not as good as wild beasts, and jackals, tigers and leopards will not be separated from their own kind. But there are only those who are alive and those who are dead.
The water of the Huai River flows quietly, as if with sadness and tears. Because of this battle, I don't know how many Huaixi men's blood stained the Huai River, and I don't know how many Huaixi flesh and bones sank into the riverbed.
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"Drive!"
A team of knights galloped wildly, and the smoke and dust raised by the horses' hooves made the sassy autumn day more gray.
This place belongs to Haozhou and Hezhou, where the two cities meet, and hundreds of cavalry pioneers occupy a high ground. Under the fluttering banner of Zhu characters, the soldiers surrounded a burly man with a beard like a mountain and a man standing on his horse and looking into the distance.
The galloping knight rode directly to the high ground and stopped in front of the burly man.
"Commander! The old thief Guo of Haozhou went out of the city, known as an army of 50,000, of which there were 20,000 homeless! ”
This man is none other than Chang Yuchun, who was the leader of the camp after Zhu Wu's meritorious service was conquered and conquered.
Trapped in the camp, it is taken from the meaning of charging into battle that Chang Yuchun likes. There are young and strong soldiers of the Hezhou official army under his command, and there are 500 Dingyuan veterans selected by Zhu Wuqin.
Chang Yuchun was the commander, and Liao Yongzhong was the deputy, who was the vanguard of the Dingyuan Army. In order to explore the enemy's situation, Zhu Wu handed over his cavalry to him again this time.
"How is the appearance of the Haozhou army?" After listening to the knight's advice, Chang Yuchun asked.
The knight smiled, "Stop-and-go, pull your hips very much!" ”
"The rabble, insert the label and sell the head!" Chang Yuchun laughed, "Go to our camp to report to the lord." ”
Since Dingyuan has broken away from Guo Zixing and become independent, before Zhu Wu's new name is thought of, the official name of Haozhou Red Turban can no longer be used.
Everyone simply learned from Li Shanchang and other literati and called Zhu Wugong.
As he spoke, he pulled out the shovel hanging from the saddle, "Sons, follow me and kill him for a while!" ”
After speaking, the war horse under the crotch neighed and rose into the air. When the soldiers in the trapping camp saw that their own commander was so powerful, their morale was greatly shaken.
Thirty miles back is Zhu Wu's camp, and he expected that Guo Zixing would definitely not be able to swallow this breath, and he would definitely lead the army to attack.
After letting people go back to Haozhou to send their heads, they immediately led their troops out of the city and prepared to fight with the Haozhou army in the field and fight the winner.
As for why the field battle is necessary, it is already the autumn harvest season at this time, and if Guo Zixing can be defeated outside the boundary of Hezhou, the Hezhou army will be able to collect a few more buckets of grain during the autumn harvest, and the people will be less affected by Guo Zixing's army.
In addition, if you want to fight Guo Zixing in one go, you can't turn over, only field battles.
At this moment, Zhu Wu was in the camp, in front of a huge map, and Xi Yingzhen, Li Shanchang, Feng Guoyong and others, Dingyuan Army generals, discussed the offensive route.
The map is something in the camp of the former and state officials and soldiers, rough and simple, but the mountains, rivers, roads, and cities are clearly marked.
After listening to the vanguard's report, Zhu Wu immediately found the location of the Haozhou army on the map.
"We are right, the Haozhou Army must advance along the waterway. Otherwise, tens of thousands of troops will have a problem eating and drinking! Zhu Wu stared at the map, his finger falling on one place, "Let's stop him!" ”
"It's best to wipe out all the thieves in this battle!" Feng Guoyong said, "Then let's take advantage of the victory to capture Haozhou, and the Dingyuan army will be connected in Huaixi!" ”
Li Shanchang also said, "It's not over after taking Haozhou, if the lord wants to go south to Taiping Road and capture Jinling." Sizhou Xuyi also has to be won, Xuyi is backed by Jinling, and this city is a springboard. After the autumn harvest, the troops were divided into two roads, all the way out of Hezhou, all the way to Xuyi, Jinling at your fingertips! ”
Zhu Wu was slightly distracted, "Sizhou Xuyi, I heard that it is now a heavy starling!" ”
"I've heard of this person, my lord's brother!" Li Shanchang smiled, "Since you are an old man, it is better like this." He, Zhu Chongba, followed Guo Zixing, it is better to follow the lord. In such a troubled world, when a man shows his strength, he will not be ignorant of the severity! ”
Seeing Li Shanchang take a bite of Zhu Chongba, without taking it to heart, Zhu Wu felt a little funny.
If you don't have yourself, a butterfly in later generations, you should meet Chong Starling at this time, join his command, and follow him to fight in the north and south.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but smile again. Zhu Chongba follows me? I'm afraid this is trying to eat fart, if he Zhu Chongba is willing to be willing to be subordinate, he will not lead troops to fight Sizhou Xuyi.
It will not establish the Ming Dynasty and become a generation of emperors in the original historical trajectory.
"Guo Zixing has been running Haozhou for a long time, and there are countless people who dare to fight, so he should not be taken lightly." Xi Yingzhen, who had been with the old god all along, suddenly said, "It's best to win by surprise and catch him off guard!" ”
Zhu Wu thought for a moment and said with a smile, "You are an old man, you never want to say pleasant things, you have to think about it." ”
said, and said to the generals, "Commander of the water army, Liao Yongan!" ”
Liao Yongan stood up, "The last general!" ”
"After the navy was handed over to you, I haven't seen it, how many soldiers are there now?"
"It's not easy for the navy to drill, there are only two battalions and a thousand people at the moment!" Liao Yongan's face was slightly hot, "But don't worry, my lord, there are no opponents on the Huai River." The first 10,000 or 20,000 water bandits in Chaohu Lake didn't dare to provoke me. ”
"Enough!" Zhu Wu said with a smile, "Guo Zixing doesn't have a navy, you take the navy brothers to go around from the waterway to the back of the Haozhou army, and when you take the main force of Haozhou to fight a decisive battle with our army, you give him a ruthless blow from behind!" ”
"The last general will not be dishonored!"
……
Hundreds of people are in the dark, and tens of thousands of people can't see the end at a glance.
The road is full of Haozhou red scarves, densely packed. If you look down from the sky, it's like an ant, and you can't count it at all.
Zhu Chongba and Xu Da took their personal brothers and soldiers to cruise on the left side of the Haozhou army, protecting the flanks of the army.
He is just a deputy, and his forehand is Guo Zixing's personal guard commander Hua Yun.
Zhu Wu fled back to Hezhou and sent Zhang Tianyou's head. Guo Zixing was furious and became more and more suspicious.
Except for the old brother who started with him, no one believes in it now. Zhu Chongba, a party like Zhu Chongba, not only failed to return to Sizhou to lead the troops, but instead wanted to serve in front of the army.
"That's bad luck!" Xu Da and Zhu Chongba walked side by side and said with a smile, "Sizhou didn't go back, and he was arrested by Guo Dashuai!" ”
"People are under the roof, and they can't help themselves!" Zhu Chongba smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect that we would meet Xiao Wubing one day." ”
It's not that he didn't expect it, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly and so suddenly.
"It's good enough to say that Xiao Wu is enough, and the handsome brother-in-law will cut it when he says it!" Xu Da continued, "People, there is really nowhere to look. When I saw him for the first time, he was still a half-sized boy who didn't know anything, and he couldn't wheel a knife, but now he can wrestle with Guo Dashuai! ”
Zhu Chongba sighed and said thoughtfully, "Time, life!" The first time we saw him, the little beggar in the City God Temple, thin as a monkey. tremblingly holding a broken knife, he held Xiu'er behind him. ”
said and laughed again, "But at first sight, we can see that this kid is not a mortal!" ”
Xu Da smiled and asked, "How can you see it?" Heavy starling, will you look at it? ”
"Eyes!" Zhu Chongba seemed to be recalling, "His eyes are bright, that thief!" With the strength of not admitting defeat! Clever and ghostly, the most observant! ”
As he spoke, he shook his head again, "The clever ghost is confused now!" This time, Xiao Wu is too impatient, there is no such way to kill people! ”
Xu Da smiled again and asked, "Why kill or not?" Anyway, they're all enemies, and I'm afraid of a ball! ”
"If it's us, let's write a letter to Guo Dashuai first to stabilize him. Even if you kill someone, you have to leave a whole corpse for Zhang Tianyou. ”
"Brother Chong, you can just talk about it!" Xu Da laughed, "If it were you, you would definitely take off Zhang Tianyu's head and kick it as a ball!" You've got a lot of tempers! ”
At this time, Tang He came over with people and joined forces with Zhu Chongba.
scolded and scolded in his mouth, "Damn, I am a cavalry thousand, and I have always fought in the front, and I only listen to the commander." It's good now, why do you have to ask the commander of the marshal's personal guard first! ”
After letting Zhu Wu take someone to beat him, Tang He didn't go to the Marshal's Mansion anymore, and he was a little estranged from Guo Zixing.
"You, say a few words!" Zhu Chongba scolded with a smile, "At this juncture, we outsiders don't talk much." ”
"You're right!" Tang He pouted and said, "Compared with our own families, we are all outsiders, and the dead brother-in-law is so exciting, I don't know if I think he let Zhu Xiaowu cut it!" ”
The troops were dispatched in a hurry, and the Haozhou army knew that Zhu Wu had rebelled and cut off the handsome brother-in-law, but he didn't know the truth inside.
Xu Da and Zhu Chongba glanced at each other, and then Xu Da leaned to Tang He's ear and whispered about it.
"His grandmother's!"
Tang He's eyes widened, "I've been with Guo Dashuai for so long, and I really haven't seen that he is so indistinguishable from wrong." Well chopped, if Zhu Xiaowu chops his Zhang Tianyu dog day, feed the dog! ”
Xu Da suddenly asked, "Tang Dazui, let's go fight Xiao Wu, are you a little ...... in your heart?"
"Humph!" Tang He snorted coldly and frowned, "Xu Tiande, you don't bury me!" Although I am not a decent gentleman, I know what I can and can't do!
If Zhu Xiaowu is really reversed, the real knife and real gun will fight, and I will not be merciful. But now that this is the case, I am not going to gloat! ”
The three of them were talking, and suddenly smoke and dust billowed in front of them, and a group of cavalry in their sight stepped on a meteor, posed as an arrow, and rushed straight towards the army.
"Enemy attack!"
"What the hell is this crazy?" Tang He scolded, "One hundred and ten people dare to rush our army, thinking that they are Guan Yunchang? ”
As soon as the words fell, a group of cavalry in the Haozhou army rushed forward and met them.
Rumble!
The two streams of iron collided, and the heavens and the earth trembled.
This is a real life-to-life fight, not a cavalry shooting like the Mongolian cavalry, but a knife-to-knife, gun-to-gun, one-life for one-life fight.
There is no shouting and killing, and there is no nonsense. Under the huge impact, the war horse fell, and the knight flew sideways. The long knife flashed, and the head was to the sky!
Killing is a matter of the blink of an eye, and in the blink of an eye, there is a lot of smoke and dust. The cavalry of Haozhou was not fast enough, and was directly pierced by the Hezhou soldiers.
The first member of the fierce general still had drops of enemy blood in his hand, and rushed towards the Haozhou army with no indomitable progress.
………
Hurry up and hurry, finally catch up.
Leg pain was committed, unilateral right leg hip femoral head avascular necrosis, stage II. Usually nothing is delayed, but it hurts when the day changes.
Just did a shockwave to unclog the blood vessels.
In the next chapter, Chang Yuchun is naked and fights Xu Da.
Stay tuned.