Chapter 626: It's going to slip away
Huang Degong's expectations were wrong this time, Chang Yu in Baoding City did not order a counterattack, but just had a bloody battle with the thief army, which was no less intense than the siege battle the day before yesterday, so all the generals in the city looked solemn, feeling that the determination of the thief army to break through the city and go north was extremely firm, and they were not sure whether they could stop the footsteps of the thief army.
But Chang Yu had another feeling, he felt that Li Zicheng was about to slip away!
Chang Yu is not a god, nor is he a prophet, many times he can anticipate the enemy's opportunity because he has crossed over, he is familiar with the historical trajectory of the late Ming Dynasty, and then according to some of the actual situations in front of him, a little analysis, many veins can be taken by him, for example, he can know the route and actual strength of Li Zicheng's Eastern Expedition and the real strategic intention before the imperial court.
Through these, he can easily wrestle with Li Zicheng, and take the lead everywhere, the day before yesterday the battle solved the danger of Baoding, when the thief army set up a defense line across the river, he was thinking, Li Zicheng is not going to take advantage of this to retreat, because no one knows Li Zicheng's intentions better than him, this is the best time to accept it when he sees it, if he is Li Zicheng, he will withdraw decisively.
But after a night, the thief army did not move, but they came one after another to report that the thief army had set up a second line of defense on the bank of the Qingshui River where the camp was ten miles away, which made Chang Yu have to rethink what Li Zicheng wanted to do next?
Could it be that Baoding City, the fat that hangs on his lips, is unwilling to eat it, and he wants to break the city and loot it before leaving? Or is it unwilling to be put on his own again, vowing to fight here again?
But no matter what the reason, this is a very unwise and irrational choice, Chang Yu doesn't believe that a big hero like Li Zicheng would be so impulsive and brainless, but why didn't he move?
Until this afternoon, it was found that the thief army had moved, and the thief army on the bank of the Qingshui River actually tried to kill the river, and the tactics were still old-fashioned, using the displaced people as cannon fodder first......
Chang Yu ordered Shi Kefa to go to the city to supervise the battle, bombarding the opponent's position with artillery, also known as Li Yan to go to the front line to command, and ordered Zhou to meet Ji Fuzhi.
The main road of the Qingshui River is actually the south moat of Baoding City, the width is different, but the shallow water thief army drives the cannon fodder across the river and rushes into battle, if it is placed in peacetime, Shi Kefa may not be ruthless, but there is a little eunuch sitting behind him, how can he be soft-hearted, and he knows the consequences of soft-heartedness, so he ordered an artillery bombardment.
The cannons in the city had a long range, and most of them fell into the formation of the bandits on the opposite bank, killing and injuring countless people, and Li Yanke, who was in command of the front line, was more ruthless and neat than Shi Kefa, and ordered the Shenji battalion to set up field artillery, and thousands of archers launched a fierce attack on the bandit army on the opposite bank against the displaced people on the riverbank.
The two firepower points above and below the city crossed, so that the frontal attack of the thief army was frustrated, so they divided the east and west wings to cross the river with heavy troops, and the battle line was once stretched for more than ten miles, Li Yan ordered Zhou Yuji to stick to the east flank, and ordered Qin Songwang, the general who was originally stationed in the west of the city to be captured, to meet the enemy on the west flank.
Qin Songwang is Li Yan's confidant general, the day before yesterday he made great contributions in the first battle, and was ordered to guard and educate the prisoners in the original thief camp in the west of the city, and rebelled against thousands of prisoners in one day.
So as soon as the fight started here, Qin Songwang shouted, and these prisoners went to kill yesterday's colleagues with knives, and they were extremely vicious.
Chang Yu was watching the battle in the city, and at first he was a little confused, what was the purpose of the thief army suddenly crossing the river?
Besiege? However, most of the thieves were cavalry on the opposite bank, and most of the heavy defeats in the siege were won by officers and soldiers, and it was obvious that the cavalry could not defeat the city.
Cleaning up the officers and soldiers outside the city?
The only large camp of officers and soldiers outside the city is Qin Songwang in the west of the city, there are thousands of soldiers guarding more than 10,000 prisoners, if the thief army pulls out the camp should launch an attack from the west, why attack the city head-on?
Chang Yu couldn't figure it out.
But the offensive of the thief army is still extremely fierce, but the officers and soldiers are not afraid, the two sides are swords, swords and shadows, you come and go desperately as if you are just fighting for the river of the Qingshui River.
The two sides fought fiercely for more than half an hour, the river was dyed red, the corpses were piled up, and the enemy and I suffered heavy casualties.
Looking at the retreat of the thief army, the corpses in the river were all over the place, and even the river was cut off and dyed red, it was shocking and miserable, Chang Yu raised his eyebrows and looked solemn, Li Zicheng paid such a big price for some reason why he fought this one inexplicably?
Seeing that he was pondering, Shi Kefa, who wanted to speak, finally held back, and hurriedly led people down the city to the front line on the riverbank, this battle was no less intense than the battle the day before yesterday, and the officers and soldiers almost threw all their troops into it, Li Yan's righteous division, Wu Weiying's Shenji battalion, Zhou Yujibu, Jin Wuwei and Teng Xiangwei in the city, and even the black panther battalion in Dongchang held the river bank line to the death, and did not let the thief army step further.
However, the damage was also extremely heavy, and almost all of the subordinates of some generals were killed, which shows the degree of tragedy.
"Is this a dog jumping off the wall in a hurry?" Wu Zhong leaned on the wall and looked at the tragic battlefield below and hummed, he followed Chang Yu back to the northern line and Qiao Sanxiu the day before yesterday, Jiang Fa and the three did not go to the battlefield, but looked at the wind in Xushui City, and only after the officers and soldiers defeated the thieves did they take Nangong Yu into Baoding City.
Although he repeatedly asked for battle in today's battle, Chang Yu did not agree, the battle below was tragic and abnormal, although Wu Zhong was a master of martial arts, but the battlefield was different from the beginning of the rivers and lakes, and he would burp if he was not careful, such a good sparring partner Chang Yu didn't want him to die so early, of course, if the black wolf camp was there, he could also let him practice his hands.
Saying unintentionally, listening to the heart, Wu Zhong said casually, but Chang Yu seemed to have caught something, but it seemed to be empty-handed, but at this time, a spy came to report that last night Huang Degong's department fought fiercely with Li Guobu outside Zhending City, and the killed Li Guo fled for dozens of miles.
Scold! Chang Yu was a little surprised, Huang Degong was still in Zhaozhou when he left, although he left a message to him and Li Muxian to wait and move, but he didn't expect this guy to send troops to Zhending Mansion City, and he also fought with Li Guo and Luo Hu, the most elite in the thief army, and even won the battle!
Presumably it was Li Muxian's demagoguery to help him succeed, otherwise Huang Degong would not be able to resist Li Guoluo Hu and Ma Shiyao at all, but he was not sure.
What the hell, Ma Shiyao didn't leave the city at all, he was blocked in the city by the homeless! After hearing the spy's detailed description, Chang Yu was shocked, and then burst out laughing, Li Muxian Zhen Nyima is a treasure bull's nose! There was such a big move.
Hey, everyone in the world is rude and brainless, how can he play so cleverly with small means.
When he was amazed, he raised his eyebrows again, Li Zicheng's inexplicable onslaught today, presumably because he had already reported Li Guo's defeat, and he was furious after two defeats on the northern and southern fronts within two days, so he sent troops to discourage?
"But in today's battle, fortunately Li Guo and Luo Hu are not here, otherwise I am only afraid of ...... The Qingshui River defense line is not guaranteed," Chang Yu looked due south, "I'm afraid that once Li Guo returns to the army, there will be another fierce battle!" ”
"Back to the Lord of the Governor, Li Guo did not return to the army, but camped on the bank of the Dasha River!" The spy whispered, Chang Yu was shocked, his eyes narrowed, and then he took out the clairvoyant mirror and looked south, but saw that the thief army stationed on the riverside had retreated a few miles to re-set up the defensive line, and further south, some figures could be vaguely seen coming and going.
"I know, I know......" Chang Yu gasped, his face slowly turned happy, his expression was very exaggerated, and the people who watched Mr. Wu were very puzzled.
"What does the Overseer know?" At this moment, Shi Kefa, Li Yan, Zhou Yuji and others went to the city and asked casually.
"The thief is going to escape, haha, the thief is finally going to escape!"
Chang Yu's gaffe made Shi Kefa and the others a little surprised, although this little eunuch was far from the steady and calm image of the big boss of the East Factory in their hearts, but he was not shocked on weekdays, but when he heard what he said, he couldn't help but exclaim: "What the overseer said is true? ”
"Take it seriously" Chang Yu stabilized his mood a little, raised his eyes and looked at the thief army camp and sneered.
Before, Ben Du had been unable to guess why the thieves were fighting this battle for no reason, but now he finally understood! ”
"The sound is striking west, deliberately disturbing our ears and eyes, but in fact, Chen Cang has already retreated south?" Li Yan was the first person who knew Li Zicheng, and blurted out in surprise.
Chang Yu stroked his palm: "Just like General Li said, dark Chen Cang!" ”
"Not good!" Shi Kefa changed color when he heard this: "According to the words of the Overseer, the feint attack on the thief's side is actually covering the retreat, so isn't it already far away at this time, and we should immediately send someone to pursue it...... Oh no, at this time, the battle has just passed, how to chase him, a good thief is really cunning......"
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