Chapter 86 Beacon Yangzhou Road

Shi Kefa said: "I intend to rescue Chuzhou and block Cao Ying north of the Yangtze River. ”

Liu Zhaoji thought for a while and said: "It's just that there are no soldiers in Jiangbei now, even if you hold Chuzhou, the thieves will make a detour to the south, I'm afraid they won't be able to stop it." ”

Shi Kefa said: "Now it is a point to delay a point, this official has written to General Zuo, ordering General Zuo to go south, from Wuchang downstream, it is only a dozen days, counting today, this letter has arrived in Wuchang, just drag the Cao thief for more than ten days, Jiangnan can be preserved." ”

"That being the case. Then the last will obey the order. Liu Zhaoji said.

Lau Siu-kee certainly has experience in the army. But confined to this era, the discrimination and suppression of military generals by civilian officials, the kind of generals who are both civil and military, and can be proficient in both strategy and tactics, are not popular, what is the best general in the eyes of civilian officials?

It's just like Huang Degong.

Dare to fight, be obedient, be loyal, and do other things to be done by civilian officials, so you don't need to worry about those martial arts in the future.

And the orientation of civil officials has naturally led to the alienation of military generals, and military generals have naturally become attached importance to family members, and not everyone is like Huang Degong, if there is no Huang Degong's martial arts, there must be a strong personal guard, otherwise I don't know how to die on the battlefield.

Although Liu Zhaoji has experience in warfare, he is also accustomed to the tasks assigned by the civilian officials above, and he just takes his brothers to rush into battle and kill the enemy.

Therefore, Shi Kefa has already decided, and Liu Zhaoji naturally will not say half a "no".

"Without further ado." Shi Kefa said: "Let's go immediately." ”

"Yes." Liu Zhaoji replied violently.

Immediately went down and laid it out.

Liu Zhaoji is also a capable person, half an hour later, he was almost ready, under the leadership of Shi Kefa, he scraped out an army of about 10,000 people, out of Yangzhou Mansion, to the west, to support Chuzhou City.

However, after all, it was a newly trained army, and even under Liu Zhaoji's supervision, the marching speed was not very fast.

Shi Kefa also knew that it was useless to rush the urging.

He had no choice but to lead by example, not riding a horse and riding a sedan chair, but marching on foot. On the way, the soldiers did not drink water, no matter how thirsty they were, Shi Kefa did not drink a sip of water, and when eating, if the soldiers were not full, Shi Kefa would not eat a bite no matter how hungry he was.

Except for a few personal soldiers around him, all the expenses are no different from ordinary soldiers.

The newly formed army has not been trained much, and they have already complained. But seeing Shi Kefa like this, they all quieted down.

Shi Kefa was born as a jinshi and was a big official, in the eyes of ordinary soldiers, that is

Wenqu Xing went down to earth, but he was able to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and now among the generals of the official army, there are a few who can do it. This is Shi Kefa's usual style.

This is also why Shi Kefa is not too proficient in military affairs. But what is the reason why it can pacify the war and protect the Lebanese people.

For such a person, the soldiers are willing to die for it.

It's just that the development of things has taken a sharp turn for the worse, which caught Shi Kefa off guard.

"What kind of thieves invaded Tianchang County?" Shi Kefa said.

"My lord, this is a distress letter from Tianchang County, please come to the rescue quickly." The messenger for help said with a hint of crying in his voice. It can be seen that the situation in Tianchang County is not very good, but the current situation, he has more than 10,000 people in his hands, even if he gathers troops in one place, he may not be able to defeat the thieves, and if he divides the troops to rescue, I am afraid that he will not be able to save one place.

Shi Kefa was also a little confused at this time. Immediately invited Liu Zhaoji over and said, "General Liu, what do you think?" ”

"My lord, I can only choose one place at this moment, whether it is Tianchang or Chuzhou." "It's impossible to do both. ”

Shi Kefa was short in stature, his face was a little dark, and he looked even more tired at the moment, and said, "General Liu, do you think it should be like this?" Is it going to Chuzhou, or is it long? ”

Liu Zhaoji pondered for a while and said: "Tianchang, Chuzhou is a city no matter what, it should be able to hold out for a while, but Tianchang County is a small county, and it won't last long, but the thieves divided their troops to attack Tianchang, which is clearly intended to be Yangzhou, but there are many Yangzhou people in the army." ”

Shi Kefa understands that there are many people in Yangzhou in the army, and if Shi Kefa abandons Yangzhou, I am afraid that the army will be in chaos.

"Then go to Tianchang County." Shi Kefa gritted his teeth and said, "I hope Chuzhou City can hold on for a while longer." ”

Originally, the army left Yangzhou City to the west, but at this time, an order was given, and the army immediately turned to the northwest.

In the afternoon, I heard a commotion from the front army. Shi Kefa didn't know what was going on, so he heard the front shout loudly: "The thief is coming, the thief is coming." ”

After all, these more than 10,000 soldiers were recruits, and they were very flustered for a while.

Liu Zhaoji beheaded several people in a row before he could be regarded as calming down the riots. In addition, Shi Kefa's prestige was okay, and the army slowly calmed down. However, even then there is a tense atmosphere in the army, and the tension at the time of battle can be relieved by killing a few people, especially for new recruits.

Shi Kefa looked in front of the formation.

But I saw dozens of horsemen surrounding the periphery, some people were riding horses to look this way, and some people simply dismounted to eat dry food, and let the war horses on one side eat grass. is so leisurely that he doesn't take the more than 10,000 troops on one side in his eyes at all.

"General Liu, you can order the horse team to kill this generation." Shi Kefa said.

Although most of the more than 10,000 are foot soldiers, Shi Kefa does not have a horse team in his hands, and the horse team in his hands is none other than Liu Zhaoji's family, about more than 100 horsemen. It is Liu Zhaoji's last capital. Liu Zhaoji listened to Shi Kefa's words, and said with a wry smile: "My lord, no, it's not that the last general cherishes these horse teams, but the horses of the last general's horse team are all collected from the south of the Yangtze River, and compared to the horses on the opposite side, they are more than a step behind, even if they rush over, it is difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat." And this is the elite of thieves who do not collect at night. The last general sent people to attack, and they will surely scatter with a bang, and monitor the army all around, these people are not to worry, but to worry about the back. I'm afraid that Tianchang County is already more auspicious. ”

When Shi Kefa heard this, his heart sank suddenly, and he also understood why Liu Zhaoji said this, this place has not yet left the boundary of Yangzhou, and it is still dozens of miles away from Tianchang County, and the thieves and cavalry have already been placed here, so it can be seen that the situation of Tianchang must be very bad.

"What should we do?" Shi Kefa said.

Liu Zhaoji's face was also quite bad, and he said: "Our army is all newly formed soldiers, if the thieves have a large group of cavalry, they are not the enemy in the field, and now they can only defend the city." ”

What Cao Ying is famous for is Cao Ying's fine ride.

And Cao Ying's coming, menacing, there were dozens of cavalry not far away, saying that Cao Ying did not have a large cavalry brigade, Liu Zhaoji himself did not believe it.

"I have to go back to Yangzhou." Shi Kefa said with a gloomy face.

What kind of city is there around it? Yangzhou is also regarded as a place of ancient and modern warfare, a place where the north and the south clash, there are many ancient cities left behind, but Yangzhou is also a prosperous place in the world. These military buildings left over from ancient times have long been unmaintained, and they have long been lost, or they have been encroached upon by all kinds of dwellings.

The only place that can be defended by the city is Yangzhou.

"Yes." Liu Zhaoji said: "And it must be fast, otherwise when the Cao Ying brigade comes, we will not be able to leave if we want to." ”

Shi Kefa said: "According to the general's opinion." At the same time as saying this, Shi Kefa seemed to be drawn to the bone, although Shi Kefa's military level was not high, but he still had vision, how could he not know that his order was to give up the defense of the Qianli River. It has lost its influence on the boundaries of Jiangbei and can only sit back and watch in Yangzhou.

But Shi Kefa had no other choice at the moment.

Liu Zhaoji listened to Shi Kefa's promise, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately sent an order, the rear team is the front team, the front team is the rear team, and went to Yangzhou, Liu Zhaoji personally led more than 100 cavalry to break the rear, so that these dozens of cavalry could not harass the brigade.

In this way, Shi Kefa led the troops out of the city in the morning, and after tossing all day, he returned to Yangzhou City in the evening when the twilight was dull. And the soldiers he brought with him, after this toss, both his physical strength and morale fell to the bottom.

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