Chapter 214: A War with a Generation Gap
The defeat in the first battle dealt a great blow to the morale of Luo Rucai's peasant army, but Luo Rucai thought that they were not losing on the battlefield, they were losing to the flood of the Huai River and Qin Yiming's tricks. But when Qin Yiming's troops swaggered across the Huai River and camped on the riverside on the north bank of the Huai River, Luo Rucai did not make any move.
Luo Rucai seemed to be hesitating, he kept dragging on without moving, Ruyang couldn't attack for a while, if this stalemate continued, their food supply might have problems, you must know that they still have seventy or eighty thousand people, and the daily food consumption is very amazing, everyone is very strange, what happened to their leader, why did not there be action with such a good opportunity.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was more anxious than Luo Rucai, seeing that his old enemy Zuo Liangyu was already a turtle in the urn, but if Luo Rucai retreated like this and the Ming army made a comeback, then his pressure would be great, and then he even had to give up the siege of Tang County and choose to retreat, Zhang Xianzhong didn't want to give up the head in his hand like this, so Zhang Xianzhong was very worried that Luo Rucai would escape, so he sent his general Sun Kewang to help in the battle.
In Luo Rucai's camp, there was formal laughter and laughter at this time, and Luo Rucai's subordinates collected a few special women, so that Luo Rucai hugged left and right, and sang songs every night.
Sun Kewang walked in and saw Luo Rucai holding two maiden women, gulping wine, the two women were a little shy and afraid, and when they saw someone coming in, they looked up at Sun Kewang.
"General, the reinforcements of the Ming army are just around the corner, and the general can still have fun here? The general despised the martial champion of the Ming Dynasty so much, and Sun admired it very much! Sun Kewang patted his ass and said.
"Haha, is General Sun here? Come on, look at these women around me, if General Sun takes a fancy to any of them, take them away......"
"General Luo, I'm here this time ......"
"General Sun, what do you think of this, my mother said, a woman with a big ass gives birth to a son!" Luo Rucai patted the buttocks of the woman next to him and said with a smile.
Sun Kewang glanced at the woman, the woman cowered and didn't dare to say anything, her appearance was average, but her buttocks were a little big, Sun Kewang had a stomach in his heart, it turned out that this Luo Rucai still had this habit.
"General Luo, now Qin Yiming's reinforcements are on the north bank of the Huai River, this is a Jedi, he Qin Yiming is looking for death, why doesn't General Luo fulfill him?"
"Yes, General, there are many of us, and there are about 10,000 of them, let's rush up, I don't believe we can't defeat him!" Someone in the tent said.
Luo Rucai's face suddenly turned cold, the originally lively atmosphere instantly became cold, and everyone lowered their heads, only Sun Kewang kept staring at Luo Rucai, waiting for Luo Rucai to answer.
"Yes, we have a lot of people, but if there are more people, will we be able to win? I know everyone is not convinced by the defeat in the first battle last time, and I am not convinced, but have you forgotten the lesson of that day's fiasco? ”
"General, if it weren't for the cunning of the Ming army and the flooding of the army, we would ...... Can't lose! One of the leaders replied.
"Really? You all think so? ”
"General, not only do we think so, but also the brothers of the righteous army! If it weren't for everyone's fear of water, how would we lose? ”
Sun Kewang also had a general understanding of the battle, and he didn't understand Luo Rucai's actions very much, so he asked, "General Luo, are you scared of Qin Yiming?" ”
"Hmph, General Sun, is our leader a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?!" Luo Rucai's subordinates were not convinced, their faces were not good, and they refuted Sun Kewang.
"General Luo, my grandson has no other meaning, my father-in-law thinks that General Luo will successfully exterminate the Ming army in Huguang, and only let me bring two thousand elite cavalry to help, if General Luo gives up this great opportunity to exterminate the Ming army in front of him, then it can only be blamed on the father-in-law for looking away!"
Luo Rucai's face was pale, and he didn't say a word, but his subordinates were angry, and some people said: "Hmph, the eight kings eat meat, and our leader is not a vegetarian, why do you look down on people!" ”
Sun Kewang just smiled faintly and did not refute, but Luo Rucai was furious at this time, slammed the wine bowl, and said, "Brothers, do you want my Cao Cao to be looked down upon by his eight kings?" ”
"I don't want to!"
"Do you dare to fight? Annihilation of the Ming army? ”
"Dare, dare, dare! May I die for the leader! ”
Morale was immediately high in the big tent.
"Okay, everyone go back, let your subordinates rest well, tomorrow after breakfast, the army will charge, and we will encircle and annihilate this Ming army that came to send them to death!"
"Yes!" The subordinates left Luo Rucai's camp with high morale. Sun Kewang didn't leave, and after everyone left, Sun Kewang said to Luo Rucai apologetically: "General Luo, I didn't mean to offend just now. ”
Luo Rucai smiled all over his face at this time, and said, "Hehe, I understand, you deliberately want to provoke me!" I also want to thank you! ”
"Thank me? Why? Sun Kewang frowned and asked suspiciously.
Luo Rucai sighed and said: "Hey, this Qin Yiming is really cunning, a fetch of water, even let the 20,000 people of our rebel army be washed away directly, this is a very big blow to the morale of our rebel army, if you can't find a way to mobilize their morale, this battle is not sure to win." ”
"I see, the general is really smart!" Sun Kewang smiled and complimented.
Luo Rucai laughed, patted Sun Kewang's shoulder, and said: "The Eight Kings are afraid that my side will retreat, and he won't be able to withstand it, so he is willing to let you bring two thousand elite cavalry over to help. ”
The smile on Sun Kewang's face suddenly froze, and he didn't know how to reply, this Luo Rucai looked like a big pinch, it turned out that he was also very calculating, and he dragged it for a purpose.
Luo Rucai left 20,000 people under Ruyang City, and the remaining nearly 60,000 people were gathered, and he was ready to eat Qin Yiming's Ming army in one fell swoop. In fact, there are some old and weak women and children outside Ruyang City, which looks black and oppressive, and has no combat effectiveness at all, but Luo Rucai expected that the Ming army in the city would not dare to go out of the city, so all the people with combat effectiveness were transferred over, among these 60,000 people, there is his old book Luo Rucai, more than 10,000 old battalions! He looked at the Ming army by the river in the distance, full of confidence, this time he will definitely be able to avenge the blood feud of the previous few days!
Looking at the Ming army by the river in the tense scheduling, it was the first time he had seen such a Ming army, they were arranged in a phalanx one by one, people were very densely standing together, orderly, and there were bird guns in the front row, this bird guns were powerful, but he was not afraid, because he had seen the Ming birds, when attacking those local villages before, he occasionally encountered some powerful family members with bird guns, but that thing was gone after a shot, it was useless, and there was no bow and arrow!
The rebels under Luo Rucai were not afraid of these birds, some people had seen the power of this firearm, but unfortunately those people were swept away by the flood, and the remaining people were all people who had not crossed the river, so they naturally could not see the specific situation on the other side of the river.
Sun Kewang saw that in front of Qin Yiming's army was a row of firearms soldiers, it seemed that there were as many as two or three thousand people, if these righteous soldiers rushed over like this, I am afraid that they would suffer heavy casualties, Qin Yiming's bird soldiers were different from the bird soldiers of the other general soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, he was very worried, so he suggested: "General, let me lead the cavalry to disperse the Ming army's firearms first." ”
"No, General Sun, don't worry, good steel must be on the blade, now is not the time for you to play." Luo Rucai reassured, Sun Kewang wanted to say something, but Luo Rucai had already waved his hand and issued a military order!
"Beat the drums of war, charge me!"
Luo Rucai is also a mud-legged general who has been fighting for more than ten years, he has very rich experience, positional battles, the Ming army's firearms or bows and arrows must be stronger than the righteous army, so in the first wave he will choose to send some young or old and weak women and children to attract firepower, and when it is almost consumed, at this time in the front of the main force, as long as it is bitten with the Ming army, the Ming army's sharp firearms or bows and arrows will not be able to play a role, and at this time he will use the tactics of the sea of people to win.
Therefore, the key to victory is not the first wave of strikers, but the second wave of elites, if this wave of elites fails, then his enemies will take advantage of the situation to press, and vice versa.
Qin Yiming stood on a high place, watching the black pressure on the opposite side approaching with a full force, the speed was very slow at first, but when they reached a distance of two or three hundred steps, they would begin to accelerate and charge.
"It's not for nothing that this Cao Cao can live for so long, you look at his troops, it's different from other people's!"
"Young master, what's the difference, it's not some homeless bandits, I think it's all the same!" The little monkey muttered.
"No, it's different, if it's other bandits, they will scatter in a hurry and start running from afar, but Cao Cao's troops are different, they know how to save their physical strength, and they only accelerate the charge when they get closer, the wisdom of this soldier is the wisdom of the general!"
"Oh"
"It's coming!" Qin Yiming stared seriously, to be honest, he was still very nervous in his heart, this time he was really taking a risk, this black and oppressive piece in front of him, if he hadn't undergone strict training in normal times, his soldiers would probably have been scared and fled in all directions.
"Qin Mangfu, are you very nervous, you don't blink your eyes? Beware of cramps in your eyelids! Song Xiance saw that Qin Yiming's body was tense, so he deliberately found a topic to let Qin Yiming relax a little.
Chen Daquan was even more nervous than Qin Yiming at this time, and as soon as he heard Song Xiance say that Qin Yiming was also worried, he couldn't help it, and complained: "Hey, this damn Cao Cao is desperate this time, where did he get such a person, this black oppressive piece, do you think we can keep this point!" ”
"Lord Chen, this sweaty head can't be scared, right?!" Song Xiance suddenly asked.
Chen Daquan touched his forehead and pretended to be calm: "People are nervous and sweating on their backs, what kind of sweat is on their foreheads, let's be hot!" ”
Chen Daquan saw that Song Xiance actually looked relaxed, and he still had the heart to smoke, but he couldn't get angry, and cursed: "Smoke, take two more sips, if you don't have a chance, you won't have a chance today!" ”
"No, this is a war with a generational difference, we won't lose!" Qin Yiming said firmly, but his eyes were staring at the battlefield in front of him without blinking!