Chapter 392: Arriving in Inju
Lu Guangda, who was stationed in Renzhou, finally waited for the arrival of the reinforcements led by Xiao Yao, which made him finally let go of his nervous heart, because he had been worried about it during this time, worried that Gao Changgong would suddenly go south to attack Renzhou and pull out him, the Huaibei stronghold of the Chen army, then Lu Guangda would definitely be a capital crime!
After all, because of his defeat before, more than 30,000 soldiers of Chen Guo died tragically outside Xuzhou City, if it weren't for Chen Xu's great military exploits before him, and he is still guarding the Huaibei stronghold of Renzhou, Chen Xu would have cut off his head to bear the responsibility for the defeat!
And when Xiao Yao set off from Jinling Wharf, which led the forward brigade, Chen Xu also sent a messenger and rushed to Renzhou as soon as possible, informing Lu Guangda that Xiao Yao would reinforce Renzhou, and ordered Lu Guangda to completely obey Xiao Yao's command, follow Xiao Yao to capture Xuzhou, and make meritorious contributions!
When Lu Guangda received this holy decree, he was happy in his heart, but he was unwilling, and his mood was very unpleasant!
I'm glad because reinforcements have finally arrived! The remnants of the defeated soldiers who fled back after the Battle of Xuzhou led by themselves finally don't have to worry all day long, worried that Renzhou City will be surrounded by Gao Changgong, and they have just fled back to Xuzhou, but they will fall into a more cruel siege battle!
Unwillingly, Chen Xu only sent Xiao Yao and his forward brigade of only 5,000 men to come over for reinforcements, which shows how much Chen Xu trusts Xiao Yao and how much he recognizes Xiao Yao's strength! The reason why Lu Guangda fell for Gao Changgong's calculation at the beginning, did not contact Xu Jingcheng's East Route Army and surrounded Xuzhou City without authorization, which led to a big defeat! One of the most fundamental reasons is that Lu Guangda is eager to make meritorious contributions, he wants to surpass Xiao Yao's military exploits, and he also wants to break through a city with his own strength, but he was ambushed by Gao Changgong because of the light enemy.
So now he has been waiting for more than a month, but he found that it was the person he was most jealous of who rushed to reinforce him, which of course made Lu Guangda feel very uncomfortable!
But when he told his subordinates about it, when the soldiers heard that it was Xiao Shilang who led his forward brigade to reinforce him, it made everyone instantly excited, and their morale was much higher, completely without the desperate and discouraged look that they had just fled back from Xuzhou before, which made Lu Guangda also begin to accept the reality that he was indeed inferior to Xiao Yao!
Therefore, Lu Guangda also began to hope that Xiao Yao could rush to Renzhou as soon as possible, and then he could follow Xiao Yao and fight back against Gao Changgong, and be ashamed!
As a result, after waiting for more than ten days, Xiao Yao came to Renzhou slowly and appeared in front of Lu Guangda.
"General Xiao, you have finally arrived, and our soldiers in Renzhou City are all very eagerly looking forward to your arrival!" Lu Guangda said excitedly, in fact, he himself was very strange, why he was so disdainful of this yellow-haired boy who was younger than his son before, but now he is so confident in him, believing that he can take himself to Gao Changgong for revenge!
"Haha, there was some delay on the road, so it was late, but General Lu, please rest assured, our Dachen army is attacking, and their Qi army is defending, so Gao Changgong they can't run away! And in the past two months, haven't they been cowering in Xuzhou City, not daring to attack south, don't you see that you are all safe and sound in Renzhou City? Xiao Yao smiled and comforted.
"We are safe and sound, but our dead brothers are still buried in the mass grave outside Xuzhou, more than 30,000 soldiers, they are all good brothers who have followed me from birth to death! We must break through Xuzhou, make great achievements, and avenge these dead soldiers! Lu Guangda said with tears in his eyes.
"General Lu's mood, Shiro understands that last year, Shiro's forward brigade was also ambushed by Gao Changgong, and more than 5,000 soldiers were almost wiped out by him, fortunately, our soldiers fought bravely and desperately broke through the siege, so they were able to break out of the encirclement of Gao Changgong's tens of thousands of troops, but there were still more than 3,000 brothers who died at the hands of Gao Changgong, so I came this time to avenge my more than 3,000 brothers!" Xiao Yao also said excitedly.
"General Xiao used 5,000 soldiers and horses against the tens of thousands of troops of the Qi army at that time, and half of the soldiers could successfully break through, how powerful and mighty this is! And I was in Xuzhou, leading tens of thousands of troops but still unable to defeat the defenders with less than 20,000 Gao Changgong, and in the end not only were they cut down and killed our 30,000 soldiers, but now they are so frightened that they hide in Renzhou City and dare not fight, which really makes me very ashamed! If I hadn't avenged my dead brothers, I would have wanted to kill myself, and I wouldn't want to live in the world anymore! Lu Guangda said with a face full of shame.
"As the so-called failure is the mother of success, the husband, the person who can bend and stretch, dare to face failure bravely, is the real hero, if only because of a failure, he has lost the ambition in his heart, then what kind of man! We have indeed been defeated, but if we have the courage to stand up again, it means that our hearts are stronger! Only with a strong heart can we defeat our common enemy! Xiao Yao poured Lu Guangda a full bowl of chicken soup and encouraged him.
"Yes, we all have a common enemy, so Gao Changgong must die! General Xiao, Your Majesty's holy decree has arrived, I am grateful that Your Majesty did not hold me responsible for the defeat of Xuzhou, but I, Lu Guangda, am also guilty now, so Your Majesty requires me to completely obey General Xiao's command, let me take these remnants of the defeated generals in Renzhou City, follow General Xiao to attack Xuzhou, and defeat Gao Changgong! Lu Guangda was also aroused by Xiao Yao, and said with confidence.
"Good! When the time comes, Shiro will definitely take General Lu and all the soldiers of Renzhou City to defeat Gao Changgong and take Xuzhou, which will be a shame! Xiao Yao was not polite, since Chen Xu had already ordered him to be the chief general of these attacking Huaibei troops, then in terms of command, naturally there was no need to be too modest!
"Then next, when will we attack Xuzhou? How to attack Xuzhou? Now Gao Changgong has a unit in his hand that is the same as General Xiao's infantry battalion, which is a unit that uses firearms, and at that time, I was crushed by their artillery and fled! So General Xiao must be careful with this kind of troops! Moreover, now the East Route Army that has retreated to Supre County has less than 10,000 people left, and the main general General Xu has been killed, morale is low, and there are many wounded soldiers, I am afraid it will be difficult to join forces with us to attack Xuzhou! Lu Guangda said worriedly.
"The attack on Xuzhou was the planned plan to attack Xuzhou before, and it was Gao Changgong who knew this plan in advance, so you fell for Gao Changgong's trick and were broken by him one by one! Therefore, we can no longer play cards according to the conventional routine, so that Gao Changgong can not guess and cannot be prevented! Xiao Yao said with a smile.
"What does General Xiao mean? We don't get tired of deceit, and we will attack Xuzhou secretly? Lu Guangda said excitedly with a look of surprise on his face.
"Nope! I Xiao Yao doesn't like to play sneak attacks! This time, we are going to find Gao Changgong to take revenge, so I want to attack Xuzhou with great fanfare! Xiao Yao said with a fierce look in his eyes.
"Attacking Xuzhou with great fanfare? Attacking from the front? Lu Guangda said puzzled.
"That's right, it's a direct attack from the front!" Xiao Yao smiled domineeringly.