|||--Chapter 707 Breaking the Game

With the power of a great victory, the Song army can be said to be unimpeded, fighting all the way to the city of Qinzhou, forcing the remnants of the 5,000 defeated soldiers into the city of Qinzhou.

The current situation is extremely unfavorable for Chen Guojun, because there are only 35,000 people left in the 100,000 army he brought with him, and he has just suffered a major defeat, and his morale is very low. The Song army, under the leadership of Shi Bin, defeated the Jiaozhi army, although it also lost 20,000 people, but there were still 80,000 troops with high morale. Therefore, Chen Guojun was anxious, but fortunately he didn't show it, so the military spirit was still stable.

However, Shi Bin, who led the army to the city of Qinzhou, also felt troubled. Because before his army arrived, Chen Guojun redeployed his troops. 20,000 elites were transferred out of Qinzhou City to confront Shi Bin's army, and the other 15,000 men were held on to Qinzhou City. Use the momentum of the horns to fight against the 80,000 Song army.

Although the brutal Song army will definitely win regardless of the casualties, this will not only cause heavy casualties, but will also cause Shi Bin to have no ability to go south to destroy the country of Jiaozhi. If this strategic goal cannot be achieved, Shi Bin's operation will actually be a failure. So Shi Bin made up his mind not to do it like this.

Since you don't do it so brutally, you need to think of a smart way to deal with the handover army in Qinzhou City, otherwise the gains will outweigh the losses.

"Xu Feng, call Li Chao, Xie Qiangbing, and Zhou Xunliang for me, and Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi don't need to be called." Shi Bin said.

At first, Xu Feng didn't understand why Shi Bin was not called Wang Jian, Xiang Shibi and Zhou Xunliang, but after a little thought, he understood. After all, the relationship between Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi and Shi Bin is not so close, but they are just colleagues and colleagues. Zhou Xunliang is different, Shi Bin has a life-saving grace for him. He himself is not bad, and he is familiar with this place, so he naturally wants to call him.

After the three of them arrived at Shi Bin's tent, Li Chao and Xie Qiangbing were very calm, and Zhou Xunliang was very excited. He never imagined that his little commander could be called into the tent to discuss issues with Shi Bin's descendants.

"Lord Zhou, why are you so excited? Take it easy. Xie Qiangbing said with a smile, "Dashuai is very approachable, as long as you don't deliberately make trouble, don't do both ends, everything will be easy to do." ”

"Understood, understood, thank you for your advice." Zhou Xunliang nodded again and again to show that he understood, and there was obvious gratitude in his words.

"No thanks. Okay, let's hear what the big marshal has to say. Xie Qiangbing said with a smile.

"I'm calling you here today to ask you what to do next. We came a little late, and Chen Guojun had already arranged the momentum of the corner. There are 20,000 elites outside the city, and 10,000 elites and 5,000 defeated soldiers inside the city, which is very difficult to fight. ”

"What the marshal said is extremely true. The trouble is that there are still two rivers here in Qinzhou that can be used by the handover army. Zhou Xunliang said very positively.

I thought that Zhou Xunliang would only listen, but I didn't expect him to speak first, which surprised Shi Bin, Li Chao and Xie Qiangbing. But they were not disgusted but pleased, knowing that it was very rare for a general who knew the place so well to dare to speak boldly.

"General Zhou, tell me your opinion carefully." Shi Bin said with a smile.

"Yes, sir. The Qinjiang River passes through the city of Qinzhou and flows south into the South China Sea. If the addresser wants to break through from there, it won't be very difficult. The Maoling River, on the other hand, was close to Luzhou, which was actually more important because the addresser could directly transport soldiers and grain and grass to Qinzhou City from there to support Chen Guojun. ”

As soon as they heard that there were these two rivers, Shi Bin and the three of them immediately felt unhappy. Although it is possible to send troops to cut off the sea grain route to Qinzhou, it is absolutely impossible for those sailors who dare not fight to prevent the people who have sent troops from there to enter the Qinjiang River and then support Qinzhou. The Maoling River is even more difficult to control. First, Shi Bin's troops were insufficient, and the second was too far.

"Lord Zhou, do you have any way to solve this trouble?" Shi Bin asked.

It is rare to have a chance to talk to Shi Bin, and of course Zhou Xunliang must seize it. So he didn't answer the question immediately, but thought seriously after apologizing first, asking Shi Bin, etc. The hard work paid off, and it really made Zhou Xunliang think of something. So he said, "My lord, there are some immature suggestions in the end, please refer to them." ”

"Tell me about it."

"The last general heard that the reason why your Excellency was able to cut off the sea grain route of the handover army was to block the port by scuttling ships, and then send the navy to burn those grain ships that were handed over to the address?"

"Yes." Shi Bin was actually not so happy when he heard these words, after all, these were all old routines, and he wanted to listen to new ideas. But he didn't want to hit Zhou Xunliang, so he said, "Then what do you think?" ”

"Marshal, the last general thinks that on the Maoling River, we can also use the method of digging ships to prevent the delivery of grain and troops to the army, and Qinjiang will probably have to use other methods. The last general's solution is to flood the Seventh Army. ”

Flooded Seventh Army? It's a crazy idea. Although it is true that the flooding of the Seventh Army and the return artillery are both cruel, this force of nature is uncontrollable, and it is likely that more innocent people will die.

"Flooded Seventh Army? Are you asking me to dig up the embankment of the Qinjiang River and flood the city of Qinzhou? Shi Bin asked.

Although the desired answer is a negative answer, there is no doubt that the answer is yes. Moreover, Zhou Xunliang also emphasized that there were not many ordinary people of the Great Song Dynasty in the city, and most of them were soldiers. Those Song people were slaughtered or plundered back to the address by the Jiaozhi army.

After thinking about it for a while, Shi Bin still didn't make a decision. It's just that the three of them want to guard the camp well, and let him think about it carefully.

This thought was thought about for more than ten days, although the Song army's attack on Qinzhou did not stop, but with little effect. As Zhou Xunliang said, the addressee entered the Qinjiang River from the mouth of the Qinjiang River and directly supported Qinzhou by water. On the other hand, it transported grain and grass and troops from Luzhou through the Maoling River to support Qinzhou.

In this way, Shi Bin's advantage is gone, and Shi Bin and Chen Guojun have become evenly matched. understands that things can't be delayed any longer, and we must find a way to eliminate Chen Guojun, otherwise we can really only flood the Seventh Army.

Within five days, Shi Bin sent nearly 300 scouts to investigate within a radius of 400 miles, and unexpectedly discovered a situation: behind his army, thousands of troops appeared on the official road in Yongzhou.

This situation scared Shi Bin into a cold sweat. sighed that Chen Guojun was really powerful, and he actually wanted to cut off his back road, and then attack himself head-on, and hit himself by surprise.

This time, Shi Bin knew that if he wanted to win at the lowest cost, he would definitely not be able to bypass the 'Flooded Seventh Army'. But there must be a variable in it, and this variable is the thousands of handover troops behind them who plan to cut off their own back roads.

"Xu Feng, go and call Li Chao, Xie Qiangbing, Wang Jian, Xiang Shibi and Zhou Xunliang, and say that there is something important to discuss." Shi Bin said.

Although he said it very calmly, Xu Feng, who knew the situation, understood that Shi Bin was very anxious, so Xu Feng quickly went to pass the order after receiving the order, and urged the five of them to come over quickly. Xu Feng, who is still steady on weekdays, is so anxious shows that the matter is not small, and of course Li Chao and the five of them did not dare to delay in the slightest, and arrived at the handsome tent as quickly as possible. This made Shi Bin very happy, and repeatedly praised Xu Feng for doing a good job, Li Chao has made progress in the five, and his sense of time is much stronger.

After saying a few words of nonsense, Shi Bin said: "I called you here in such a hurry because there was a troublesome matter, and I have to deal with the handover army in Qinzhou quickly." ”

"May I ask what is it about Dashuai that makes you so anxious. It's not like the style of the handsome. Li Chao asked.

"Of course not, if you are in a hurry, but I feel that if I delay any longer, I will lose my advantage. Our scouts found more than 3,000 troops on the official road behind them. although

Of course, they are all lightly armed, but they are obviously elite. Chen Guojun probably wanted to rely on these 3,000 men to raid our rear army and defeat our army in one fell swoop when I was fighting fiercely with him. Shi Bin said with a frown.

"Chen Guojun is very powerful, if it weren't for the commander who sent enough scouts, we might really be calculated by him. Although the last general does not think that Chen Guojun can use this to defeat the army led by the marshal, I am afraid that we will suffer a lot of losses. Wang Jian said.

"Lord Wang is reasonable, may I ask what you are going to do, Dashuai? Do you send troops to level the 3,000 soldiers behind us first, or do you have other plans? Xiang Shibi asked.

"Before, Lord Zhou mentioned to me the 'flooded Seventh Army' and asked me to dig up the embankment of the Qinjiang River and flood the city of Qinzhou. Because there are not many of my Great Song people in the city, it can still work, what do you say? It's good to flood the Seventh Army, and I'm ready to use it, but do you have anything to add? Shi Bin said.

Hearing the words 'flooded Seventh Army', Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi were shocked, although the two were battlefield generals and had seen countless dead people, they still didn't like this practice very much. The reason is the same as Shi Bin, they all feel that this natural force is uncontrollable, and many innocent people will die. After all, not all soldiers are heinous.

"Lord Zhou, how can you give such advice to Dashuai? Don't you think that's too cruel? Wang Jian rebuked unceremoniously.

"yes, that's too cruel, even more cruel than using a return cannon. As soon as the water flushes, there is nothing. Please think twice! Xiang Shibi said solemnly.

"So what do you say you are going to do? Did you send men and horses to destroy the 3,000 soldiers behind you? Shi Bin asked, "They shouldn't know that we've found them yet, but it won't be long." ”

"If you annihilate those 3,000 people like this, you must have alarmed Chen Guojun, it's not good to startle the snake like this, and the profit is too small." Li Chao said.

"Then what are you going to do, Li Chao?" Shi Bin asked.

"Commander, the last general thinks that he can be attacked, and we had better pretend that we can't resist it. At this time, the Junction Army must be fully mobilized, hoping to defeat us. At this time, we dug up the embankment and flooded the Seventh Army. Li Chao said.

After a long time, the Seventh Army will still be flooded, so the results will be very great. If the operation is done well, Chen Guojun's original 35,000 people and the more than 10,000 people who have been transferred recently may have to be fed fish and shrimp. As for Qinzhou, there is no doubt that it will be recovered.

Hearing Li Chao's suggestion, Shi Bin was very happy, what he wanted was to try to eliminate the Jiao Zhi army, not just defeat it. Xie Qiangbing had known about this plan for a long time, so he fully supported it. Now Shi Bin, Li Chao, Xie Qiangbing, and Zhou Xunliang all support the use of the 'Flooding Seventh Army', Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi know that it is useless to protest, so they can only acquiesce.

Sure enough, five days later, Chen Guojun led 40,000 troops to take the initiative to attack, leaving less than 10,000 people to guard Qinzhou.

Shi Bin was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately acted according to the previous plan. first pretended to be inseparable from Chen Guojun, and when Chen Guojun saw this, he came up with a killer weapon - 3,000 strange soldiers. Then Shi Bin asked the rear army to pretend to be under surprise attack, as if they might be breached at any time.

When Chen Guojun was really caught in the battle and couldn't get out, Shi Bin immediately ordered to dig up the embankment of the Qinzhou River, and flooded the Seventh Army. Qinzhou then went down. Outside the city, he used the twenty return cannons that had been prepared long ago to give Chen Guojun a big gift.

However, after only two hours, the address army was greatly defeated, and those address soldiers only hated their parents for having two legs and fled the battlefield quickly. Chen Guojun knew that the overall situation was decided, and he could not turn defeat into victory, so he had to flee the battlefield with the thousands of elites under his command who could still command.

With such a killing, Shi Bin and the others were actually uneasy in their hearts, so after the victory, Shi Bin ordered someone to invite nearby monks and Taoists to overtake all the people who died in the battle.