Chapter 21: On the Banks of the Sand River

On the fifteenth day of the twelfth month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, under Zhang Xuan's order, the Linying camp and the horse team, a total of 4,000, went north.

Luo Dai released several teams of cavalry and rushed back and forth. Spread all the whereabouts of Liu Hongqi's department.

"Report." One of the scouts said: "Liu Hongqi crossed the Sand River in two teams. ”

"Revisit." Zhang Xuan said.

Zhang Xuan rode on his horse, and his eyes looked in the northwest direction, where was the direction of Shahe.

Runing City is at the junction of the Ru River and the Huangyou River, and Suiping County is in the west of the Ru River, north of the Huangyou River, and between Runing City and Suiping County, there is also a sand river.

However, this sand river is not the Bisha River.

This sand river flows out of the mountains and flows into the Ru River, which is a small river.

"My lord, shall we defeat the enemy in the middle of the crossing?" Zhang Yuanhai asked with a bit of eagerness.

Zhang Xuan said: "The art of war has never had a certain rule, and today I didn't attack him halfway, put Liu Hongchao back, and asked him to greet Liu Hongqi on my behalf, and said, I want to hunt with him to the south of the Shahe River." Please Mr. Liu, don't miss the appointment. ”

"Yes."

A horse galloped away.

At this moment, on the south bank of the Shahe River, Liu Hongqi was anxious.

He never imagined that a mere army of 20,000 would make him so embarrassed.

An army of more than 10,000 men was commanded by himself, and the other army was led by Wang Liangmo. In order to cross the river efficiently, the two sides crossed the river one mile apart.

Instead of pontoons, a considerable number of ships were gathered.

Although his sentinels are not as elite as the people under Luo Dai's command, they are not deaf or blind, and when he crossed the river, Zhang Xuan's department had not yet left the city.

But he didn't finish crossing the river, Zhang Xuan had already made a sudden move, and he ran for thirty miles in half a day, and there was only about ten miles away from the place where he crossed the river. It's just a rabbit.

He not only underestimated Zhang Xuan's speed of action, but also overestimated his own commanding ability, commanding thousands of people is two completely different abilities from commanding tens of thousands of people.

Just when Liu Hongqi was worried that Zhang Xuan would launch a surprise attack. Suddenly, someone came to report and said, "The second master is here." ”

Liu Hongqi was suddenly startled and said, "What's the matter? ”

"Big brother." The embarrassed Liu Hongchao almost cried when he saw Liu Hongqi.

"Bastard." Liu Hongqi saw Liu Hongchao and kicked Liu Hongchao's stomach without saying a word, and said: "The errand I asked you to do, you will do it like this." ”

"Big brother, it's not my problem, it's Zhang Xuan who has been planning for a long time." Liu Hongchao said.

"Bastard, you've been planning for a long time." Liu Hongqi scolded: "Why do you still want to be recruited. Then he flew up and kicked Liu Hongchao.

This angry scolding, Liu Hongqi felt a bit strong. But a wave of anger did not know to whom to send out, and the current situation was really not as he expected. It put a lot of pressure on his heart.

Liu Hongchao was kicked by Liu Hongqi, but Liu Hongqi took several of their brothers to beg for a life since he was a child, and he felt a little like a brother and a father, Liu Hongchao was not angry for Liu Hongqi's feet, but knelt on the ground and hugged Liu Hongqi's legs, and said: "Big brother, that Zhang Xuan and Shen Wandeng are united, and now Shen Wandeng is in Zhang Xuan's army, he let Wei pass the word to you, saying that he is waiting for the big brother to hunt in the south, big brother This is his conspiracy, and he can't be led by his nose." ”

"You don't have to worry about this." Liu Hongqi said.

How could Liu Hongqi not know, but it took more than half a day for 20,000 troops to cross a river, and even so, there were still some troops on the other side of the river who did not come.

Liu Hongqi didn't dare to imagine that if he ordered the whole army to retreat, the entire formation would be chaotic, and he didn't dare to imagine what kind of collapse would be caused if he was pounced on by Zhang Xuan when he retreated.

At this moment, he can't retreat.

"Someone, send someone to inform Zhang Xuan, tomorrow's decisive battle." Liu Hongqi gritted his teeth and said.

If he could, he thought about the day of the decisive battle and delayed it a little longer, but Liu Hongqi knew that Zhang Xuan would not give him such a chance. Even if he will give a chance for one night, Liu Hongqi doesn't know.

Something unexpected happened, Zhang Xuan actually promised a decisive battle tomorrow.

Whatever the reason, Liu Hongqi seized the time and transported all 20,000 people to the south bank in the afternoon.

The whole army was led by him, his three younger brothers, and Wang Liangmo. Set up camp by the river. On the second day, before dawn, he buried the pot and cooked rice. The array went south.

The south bank of the Shahe River is flat, no, because most of the area of Runing is flat, a flat river.

The weather of the month of Layue is frosty, the rising sun has a thrilling red, 20,000 people form a phalanx of tens of thousands of people from a distance, steaming countless ha, gathered together to be extremely eye-catching.

"Report." A scout came up to Liu Hong and said, "The enemy is out. ”

Liu Hongqi listened, took out a clairvoyant mirror and looked at it from a distance, but saw the ground line catching up, and one after another war horses jumped out with cavalry on their backs. From one ride to dozens of rides, dozens of rides are like heavenly maidens scattering flowers.

Suddenly, above the horizon, there was an extra row of people, and in the blink of an eye, Liu Hongqi saw rows of soldiers from the Runing Army coming up.

All into the knife sharpening axe chisel general.

Looking at the military appearance, Liu Hongqi secretly gritted his teeth, although there were 20,000 people under his command, and there were only thousands of people on the opposite side, but it could not bring him a sense of security at all.

"The order goes down, and the head of a thief will not be delayed

Owe. Liu Hongqi had to use his killer weapon, which was to reward silver.

Liu Hongqi knows too well the soldiers under his command, a small part of them are old guys who followed him with white knives and red knives to sell smuggled salt, and some of the local bandits he absorbed from Runing, they have always had a characteristic, that is, if they have silver, they have combat effectiveness, and there is as much combat power as there is silver.

As long as you give enough money, there is no one who does not win.

Today, however, his confidence in his winning trick was shaken.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan was riding on the war horse, pulling out the clairvoyant mirror to look at the past from a distance, there were more than 10,000 people, boundless five edges, and 20,000 horses, which simply had an overwhelming feeling.

However, judging from the speed of their actions, Zhang Xuan was able to draw a result that was not enough, and from a distance, it was still like a large phalanx. But if you take a closer look with a clairvoyant mirror, there are countless chaos, mistakes, and chaos.

And when there are many people, there are many flaws, and there are countless places that can be used.

"Yuan Hai, do you understand now, why did I let them come?" Zhang Xuan casually handed the clairvoyant mirror to Zhang Yuanhai, Zhang Yuanhai took the clairvoyant mirror and swept it, and said with some understanding: "The general is going to kill them all." ”

"Yes." Zhang Xuan said: "The Liu family is in Pingshu County, Suiping, Xiping, with deep roots, and I don't have to play hide and seek with him here." ”

"General." Luo Dai galloped over and said, "Let me fight, I dare to make a military order and absolutely defeat the enemy." ”

"Now isn't the time to use you, have you found a suitable place to swim? And the cold measures are in place? Zhang Xuan said: "When the time comes to pursue the enemy, it will be up to you." ”

Luo Dai was very dissatisfied with this result, but he didn't dare to disobey Zhang Xuan's order, so he could only admit the fact that he could only play in the second half.

Zhang Xuan sent Luo Dai away, and the soldiers led by him slowly unfolded the battle formation, and Liu Hongqi's army was slowly exhausted. And Liu Hongqi was also commanding his army, facing the Runing army head-on, and pressed over little by little, as if before the battle, the two boxers stepped forward, approaching little by little, clenching their fists and preparing to fire a fatal punch at any time.

Zhang Xuan closed his eyes slightly, feeling that the sun was very good, and the north was a little warm. It's a great time to do laundry in the winter.

It's a pity that no one washes clothes today, but many lives need to be washed off, but I don't know whether to sleep?

"Drumming." Zhang Xuan gave an order suddenly.

Just near Zhang Xuan, every four people pulled a big drum, and a drummer struck heavily on the big drum.

The dull drum beat of "dong dong dong" was like rolling thunder, with a murderous aura that spread across the battlefield. In an instant, the atmosphere became solemn.

Everyone was nervous.

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