"The rebels have sensed the true movement of our army, and have left the Chuting camp and moved forty miles west to Xingleshui?"

When he heard the news, Li You was a little surprised.

In the past few years, although Li You was robbed of the limelight by his former subordinate Heifu, and he did not have the reputation of being good at fighting, he was also a veteran military officer who had experienced 20 years of war, and served as a county guard in Changsha for six years, and was familiar with the hydrological landforms of the county.

He is very clear that the time of the dry period of the Xiangjiang River is from the beginning of September to the end of February of the following year in the summer calendar, and now it is dry, and there are three rains in the whole spring, the water level of the Xiangjiang River is reduced, the flow rate is reduced, the river becomes thin and small, and the riverbed is exposed in a large area.

But even so, the middle of the Hunan River is still bottomless, and the current is so strong that it is impossible to cross it without boats, let alone cross and attack the enemy—before swimming across the river, those who cross the river will be swept away by the current.

Therefore, this is obviously not the battlefield that Li You expects.

The soldiers were treacherous, and Li You also played a small trick, that is, with great fanfare, he took 3,000 Changsha soldiers to the east bank of the Xiangjiang River, the avenue from Changsha to the Chuting camp, and also sent two envoys to surrender in a row.

This makes people believe even more that it is indeed the main force that is pressed head-on and confronted by the rebels across the Xiangjiang River......

When the 3,000 suspicious soldiers overhauled the camp on the north bank of the bend of Xiangshui and increased the number of stoves, Li You quietly left, crossed Xiangshui by boat, and joined the real main force who came by the west bank trail!

Attracting the attention of the rebels through suspicious soldiers, but suddenly attacking from the flanks with the main force, this is Li You's plan!

Unexpectedly, the "nobody" on the opposite side discovered his trick and moved to Xingleshui early, waiting for Li You's arrival.

Seeing the enemy shadow on the other side, Li You was a little unhappy:

"If you can detect my plan, either the scouts are far away and see our army coming, or someone in Changsha County has sent a message to the rebels!"

Li You turned his head and his eyes fell on the few officers who came with Linxiang.

In addition to ordering passing troops, not allowing the people of Changsha to take a stitch and a thread, training bell doctors, going deep into the counties to diagnose and treat diseases, and disseminating "common sense" to buy people's hearts, he also arranged for a large number of disabled soldiers from Changsha County to be restored and recommended as local officials.

Most of Li You's old troops were transferred, and even the guides sent by the county lieutenant were fresh.

Li You couldn't trust the locals anymore, so he simply asked them to be placed under house arrest in the army, and went to the Xingle water to observe the enemy's situation.

Xingle Water (Xiangtan County Juanshui) is only a small tributary of the Xiangjiang River, originating in the Hengshan area, running north-south, because of the large drop, the water flow is slightly more rapid than Xiangshui. However, its width is only twenty or thirty zhang, and it is in the second month of the summer calendar, the last period of the dry season, and the water level is still shallow. Li You sent people down to try, the deepest is only up to the neck of a person, and most places are only up to the waist and abdomen, basically there is no need for a boat, and the soldiers can swim across the water.

This water is no longer like the Xiangjiang River, a natural barrier, and the two armies face each other across the river, and may fight at any time.

Li You was on the west bank, and when he looked back, he saw that his army was very strong, with long halberds like a forest, the sound of war drums, and high morale.

The "rebels" on the east bank seem to have just arrived, and they haven't even had time to set up camps, and they are crowded on the bank of the river in a disorderly manner, and their flag is still the flag of the commander with the word "Han".

Changshi took a good look at this person's resume in the Southern Expeditionary Army, it turned out that Han Xin was originally a hooligan of Chu, but he had always been cowardly, and he once knelt down to drill his crotch because he did not dare to draw his sword against the roadblocker, and then became a county laughing stock, this story was widely spread in Wuchang Camp.

How did this crotch man rise to a high position? According to rumors, he took the nepotism of the black man, jumped from an inconspicuous pawn to another Sima, and made some contributions when attacking the Yue people.

This makes people even more confused: "He is not the nephew of the Wei family, why is he so cared for?" ”

Thinking of more than ten years ago, there was no shortage of subordinates who went in and out of women, and even broke the city and raped Chu women when they couldn't hold back, but Heifu was the only one who was good and not close to women, Li You realized something, and laughed:

"It turns out that this Han Xin is not only a crotch man, but also a good friend of the black man Longyang!"

"Han Xin's eloquence must not be bad." Li You's subordinates also smiled meaningfully.

In short, about Han Xin, as long as you have heard his story, the label of a coward is indispensable, although Han Xin's rapid relocation made Li You a little surprised, but he still did not regard this person as an opponent, he only felt that it was easy to hear, even if he won the battle, it was boring.

After all, it is a general, although he despises it in his heart, but there should be a lot of arrangements, seeing that it is getting late, Li You then ordered:

"And send the scouts to the upper reaches to investigate, send sentinels, monitor along the river, and the army will find high dry places and camp, and then engage them tomorrow!"

However, just when Li You and his subordinates laughed at Heifu for being a famous general, but made the same mistake as Wei Linggong and Wei Anjiao, they heard the neighing of horses outside, and even the military officials hurriedly came back to report:

"General Li, the rebels are forcibly crossing Xingle Water!"

……

The sky is getting dark, and the east bank of Xingle Water has been illuminated by torches, and it seems that there are more than 10,000 people, and they are still making noise, and people are constantly trying to enter the water, testing the depth of the river little by little.

"Moths to the fire?"

A Sima is a little funny, even if the army has iron discipline, it will be swept away by the current when crossing the river, and landing from the river is like climbing a mountain and attacking from the back, which is extremely unfavorable to the attacking party, not to mention that they have a lot of strong bows and crossbows, and the rebels have almost no chance of winning, but they are not driven to death?

"Or the rebels are lucky, seeing that our army has just arrived and has not yet set up camp, and wants to take us by surprise!"

Li You's Sima and the commanders under him were gearing up and asking for battle to defeat the rebels, which was a credit for nothing.

But Li You's long history felt different: "General Wei is a famous general, and the person who was promoted to lieutenant by him is probably not an ignorant and stupid person, I am afraid that there will be fraud!" ”

Although Li You was a little unhappy in his heart, he still asked the whole army to strengthen their vigilance by the river, and sure enough, the people on the other side of the river were struggling, and after testing a few steps in the water, they saw that Li Youbu was within range, so they didn't go forward, but just shouted in the water......

"Sure enough, there is a fraud!"

Li You slapped his hands and said: "That Han Xin is smart, this is a general who learns from the book, bluffs with a partial division, pretends to be the main force, plays more torches, plays more flags, comes here to pretend to cross the river, attract our attention, and the main force sneaks to the upstream at night to outflank our army's flank." ”

After a while, Li You's scouts who had arranged for him to go to the upper reaches of Xingle River to investigate returned, and confirmed that there was a rebel army of several thousand people, sheltered by the woods along the coast, sneaking seven or eight miles upstream to the south, and was trying to cross the river......

At this moment, Li You had two choices, one was to directly let the army rush over and eat the suspicious army in front of him.

Second, attack the rebels ten miles upstream!

Even though the other party is just a nobody, Li You is not an adventurous person, he thought about it and said:

"The art of war clouds, guests come from the water, don't welcome them in the water, so that they can hit it half-helped, and benefit."

He made up his mind: "Let the elite riders travel south!" Half-crossed, heavy damage to the rebels! ”

……

There is no city on both sides of the Juan River, only the villages inhabited by the Yue people and the Pu people, there are green waters and green mountains everywhere, there are many pines, cedars, nanzhu on the mountains, the fish are abundant in the water, the lotus leaves of the fields are used in between, the lotus flowers of the lamps are intermittent, and the water flows murmuringly.

But today, the two Qin armies are fighting in the same room, but they break the tranquility of this river.

Li You rode the chariot first, and he led the army to the south, and he could see a few miles ahead, the firelight covered both sides of the Xingle River, not only his own side shot torches, but the rebels who were originally stealthy and sneaky saw that their whereabouts were exposed, and they also lit fires.

After getting closer, the voices also came one after another, mixed with the sound of the water, some people's high-pitched shouts, some blades intersected with gold and iron, and some people's miserable screams, unable to distinguish between themselves and themselves.

Finally, when he got closer, Li You was able to confirm that in this battle, his own side had a big advantage.

However, he saw that nearly half of the rebels on the other side had crossed the river, but they were intercepted by the chariots and horsemen who rushed to the river, and a burst of arrows were fired.

On the other hand, the chariots that arrived in advance had already dismounted to meet the enemy, entered the river, fought with the enemy, and walked more and more towards the center of the river, and there were more than 1,000 people on the shore holding spears, lining up near the river, and waiting for strict precautions.

When the enemy saw Li You's army arriving again, something rang out, "Dangdang!" The crisp sound of ".

"General, it's Mingjin!" The military judge shouted.

"Hearing the sound of drums and marching, hearing the sound of gold and retreating, Ming Jin is the meaning of withdrawing troops, as soon as they heard this sound, the rebels who crossed the river began to turn around and walk towards the east bank as if they had been amnestied!

"The rebels are defeated!"

Li Youjun shouted, and the rebel array became even more chaotic, and even the people on the shore began to retreat.

The 2,000 people in the river were red-eyed, how could they be easily let go? He followed closely behind and chased after him.

Li You also wanted the whole army to attack and rush over, but Changshi was still calm, and hurriedly persuaded: "General, don't take risks, take this small victory, if it drags on for a few more days, the rebels will collapse." ”

But his opinion was opposed by Sima and the commanders: "How can you be released if you can finish your work in one battle?" If they are allowed to return to Lingnan, it will be even more difficult to deal with. ”

Li You was still a little hesitant, but most of the subordinates next to him were urging him to cross the river to pursue, and after thinking about it again, seeing that the rebels were about to land on the east bank after dropping hundreds of huge corpses, Li You ordered:

"Han Xin, the crotch husband is also cowardly, the second and third sons will go, take their heads!"

He drew his sword, and at this moment, he only felt that he had reached the pinnacle of his life:

"Cross the river! Pursue! ”

……

"Captain Han, our troops have all withdrawn to the shore, and the enemy has entered the water!"

On the east coast, Han Xin was not as Li You imagined, and he was completely stunned after suffering a setback.

On the contrary, he squatted in the army, silently observing every move on the other side, and heard that Li You's army finally couldn't resist the temptation of a war to quell the rebellion, and began to cross the river to pursue the router, so he stood up!

"Great goodness!"

Seeing the fish enter the urn, Han Xin waved his hand: "Put the lamp!" Tell Tao Duwei that the embankment can be broken! ”

Behind the military formation on the east bank, Mo Shi Ah Zhong looked at the thousands of living beings coming across the river, fresh lives, sighed, or lit the paper lamp in his hand, raised it high, and let go of his hand......

The lantern is made of bamboo strips, pasted with flexible bamboo and linen paper to make a lantern, and as the cloth is lit, the air in the cage is heated and expands and becomes lighter, and then it rises......

One, two, three...... They swayed and floated into the sky, the lights flickering like rising stars.

This is a new invention made by General Wei Zhong after the end of the war, which is used to transmit military signals at night, and everyone in the battalion calls it "ink lamp" or "black man lamp".

But Heff rightly gave it a name.

"Glowing Lantern ......"

This time it brings not blessings and wishes, but disillusionment and death!

Seeing the bright lights rising into the sky, Li Youjun on the west bank of Xingle Water raised his head and showed a look of surprise, which was a strange scene they had never seen.

But Han Xin on the east bank, Licang who was a suspicious soldier downstream, and Xiao Tao by the embankment upstream, all read out what Heifu had said at the beginning.

"The glow is high, and the army will be killed!"

Xiao Tao personally entered the water, thousands of sandbags Yongsai's upstream embankment was dug up, and the river water that had been suppressed for a long time was free, and they were flooded with white waves, roaring down from the upstream, like a group of galloping horses, trampling Li Youjun who rushed straight to the half-crossing!

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PS: The hand is a little raw, the code word is a little slow, and the second chapter is before 12 o'clock.