Chapter 560: A dilemma
Lu Shi led a large group of people and horses, and followed closely behind Gao Yingxiang ten miles away.
Ten miles, a distance full of hostility, a distance where war will break out at any time if one is not careful, but this distance is indeed out of helplessness.
Hand up the pergola to look at the spicy sun hanging high in the sky, and look at the brothers behind him, neatly arranged, they are wearing helmets and armor, with serious expressions, in this sultry weather, in this scorching sun, they just insist on standing in a strict queue, and the whole body does not dare to relax at all. The sweat like a stream ran down their resolute cheeks, wetting the front and back, which made people feel distressed to look at.
If it weren't for the snow-white figure of the Women's Army shuttling back and forth in the battle array, constantly supplying buckets of herbal tea and mung bean soup to relieve the heat, I can't say that many brothers have fallen to the ground from heat stroke now.
Ten miles away is an army of more than 30,000 marching poles, and they are now forced by themselves to gather in a palm-sized place along the Yellow River, and there is not even a space for them to shine and move.
Now, Gao Yingxiang's position, south of Yichuan County, where there are already more than 5,000 Ding military households, densely standing at the head of the city, 5,000 Ding is not much, but relying on the city wall, it is almost worth ten times Gao Yingxiang's rabble, he wants to change his mind to break through to the south, then it is more than ascending to the sky, even if he has the determination to fight to ascend to heaven, but also to see if Lu Shiken refuses to give him a chance, now, Weinan in the south, Hanzhong, invisibly, has become a taboo for Lu Shi, That is what Lu Shi takes for granted in his own pocket, and no one else is allowed to interfere, the official army is not good, the township is not good, and even such an ambitious pole is not good.
But for other poles that have no ambition and are willing to vote, as long as they are implemented in accordance with the rules of selecting elite soldiers, distributing cadres, and breaking up and placing them, Lu Shi has a welcoming attitude.
Now, Gao Yingxiang was finally politely sent to the edge of the Yellow River by Lu Shi, trapped in the land of the projectile, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, things finally did not drag on for too long, not only to get what he wanted, but also to rot the place, the next step is to send him across the river to Shanxi, to contain the Shanxi officials and troops for himself, don't give himself a just recovered, and urgently need to build a stable Yichuan to add chaos.
Look at this group of soldiers who are waiting for the battle, one-fifth of them began to disband, entering the woodland on the side of the road to cool off, and another group of brothers who are ready to go, shouting trumpets and beating waist drums, coming out of the woods and filling the position of the battle formation that has just rested, everything is so orderly, Lu Shi can't help but put his mind at ease.
Rotate and rest, even if Gao Yingxiang wants to turn over and fight the trapped beasts, then his brothers who are waiting for them can deal with them for a while. Everything is under your control.
Lu Shiduan sat on the white horse without resting, and Zhao Xing and Guo Tianxing couldn't hide to cool off, and they could only suffer from the anxious Lu Shi.
"King Chuang, you better rest for a while, I'll keep an eye on it here." Guo Tianxing wiped the sweat on his face, shook his arms fiercely, shook off the sweat on his hands, and tried to blink his sweat-drenched eyes a few times, and persuaded Lu Shi beside him.
When there were outsiders, Guo Tianxing once again resumed his title of King Lu Shichuang, in fact, he didn't care about what he called Lu Shi at all, but like before, one gentleman and one brother sounded more heartwarming.
But he proposed it several times, but he was taken as a deaf ear by Guo Tianxing, and I don't know if this Guo Tianxing is really rude or thoughtful. Every time I think of this, Lu Shi's heart warms, how much this good brother has paid to himself.
Looking at the sweaty Guo Tianxing covered by armor, Lu Shi couldn't help but smile bitterly, this outfit was extremely bright, especially the yellow and shiny arms, which made Guo Tianxing want to sleep at night without taking it off, let alone before this thousands of troops.
"Commander, let's go to the woods to rest, don't cover the prickly heat, there are no good herbs to treat this disease at this time." As soon as Lu Shiyi said it, Guo Tianxing immediately felt itchy all over his body, but he didn't want to take off this armor no matter what.
Zhao Xing shrank behind Lu Shi, as long as Lu Shi didn't leave, he wouldn't go away no matter what.
Chen Ce, who had just been persuaded by Lu Shi to go back to the woods to rest for a short time, ran back with a sweat and rain at this time, with a worried face, came to Lu Shi's side, and whispered with a worried face: "King Chuang, it's not a way to go on like this, not to mention that our brothers can't stand it, it's Gao Yingxiang's subordinates, in this hot weather, under this boundless pressure, it is inevitable that they will be impatient, and if they can't blow up the camp, if they really want to blow up the camp, then everything will be over, and tens of thousands of Liukou will disperse, and Yichuan, which has just stabilized, is a complete tragedy." ”
Chen Ce said to the key point, people's emotions are controlled by temperature, especially in this hot time, emotions are most likely to get out of control, not to mention that they are still in a desperate situation, when they know that they have entered a dead end, it is inevitable that they will break the jar as soon as they lose control, and everyone is no longer controlled by Gao Yingxiang, and they scatter in all directions.
If you really want to herd the sheep, tens of thousands of unrestrained poles are scattered on this vast land, imagine what kind of scene it is? For the people of Yichuan who had just entered the scope of Lu Shi, it was an absolute disaster.
"Who says it's not, it's been two days now, why is he Gao Yingxiang so stupid, he can't even think of a way to cross the river? If this drags on any longer, Shanxi must have mobilized a large team of people to wait, and at that time, even if you want to cross the river, you won't be able to cross it. Lu Shi was also in an anxious mood, and the folding fan handed over by Chunlan in his hand made a loud noise, but all the fans came out were hot air, which made people even more irritable, so he put the fan away and stared into the distance.
Chen Ce smiled bitterly and said in his heart: "Do you think that everyone in the world is like you, with countless wonderful ideas? He Gao Yingxiang is just a pole, a rough man, fighting, killing and killing, playing some small tricks that can't be on the table, what can he do about the rolling Yellow River?
"But the moat in front of Gao Yingxiang is indeed an insurmountable chasm." Chen Ce smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Fart, what kind of chasm is white, it's that he is incompetent." Guo Tianxing was angry at that time, "If you don't leave so slowly, do you really want to follow what King Chuang said, the officers and soldiers on the other side are calm, and he Gao Yingxiang is still crossing a fart river?" Zai immediately straightened up, as if he wanted to see the situation on the other side of the Yellow River more than ten miles away.
Of course, this is just a subconscious action, and in the end, of course, he didn't see anything, sat back on the horse, and said hatefully again: "Could it be that he Gao Yingxiang is doing something like a moth?" It's not to be consumed with us, and then let us feed and drink. As soon as these words came out, I was startled at the time, and with the heart of Lu Shina Bodhisattva, maybe I was really happy to give a Zhao'an, and Gao Yingxiang was really happy to get off the donkey down the slope to give you a fake surrender.
Looking at Lu Shi with slanted eyes, he saw that Lu Shi didn't talk, but there was unbearability and hesitation on his face, so he hurriedly said: "There is no difference between raising this selfish and arrogant guy and raising a white-eyed wolf." ”
Chen Ce also hurriedly stepped forward and began to admonish the commander according to the words of the commander: "Gao Yingxiang, Xiao Xiongye, is extremely ambitious, and he holds himself the leader of the Northern Shaanxi Righteous Army, and he regards the heroes of the world as dung, especially, knowing that we have been called the king of Chuang, he still plays the banner of the king of Da Chuang, and his contempt for us in his heart can be seen, and he is undoubtedly willing to annex the results of our hard work, if we are really soft-hearted and take them in, he will definitely not be grateful to Dade, but will have a rebellious heart, Resentment has forced us to force them to the point where they are today, since resentment is born, once we recover our vitality under our protection and support, don't say that they are brazenly confronting us, that is, once the official army encircles and suppresses us again, he stabs us in the back, then the base area we have worked so hard to build, and the hundreds of thousands of people who follow us will be in dire straits. ”
Lu Shi turned his head and looked at the two worried brothers, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Just now, he did have the idea of surrendering Gao Yingxiang, the first reason is that Lu Shi knows that no matter how Gao Yingxiang treats him, but after all, he is in this last era of the Ming Dynasty, a well-known hero recorded in the history books, and in the end, he was captured and did not surrender, and he was generous and righteous, such a hero is still worthy of respect. Second, Lu Shi's sympathy is overflowing again, no matter what, in Gao Yingxiang's team, there are all people who are suffering, and one person is one person, how can he just watch them die? Third, I'm really afraid that those poles will collapse and scatter on the land of Yichuan, and at that time, it will really give me a headache.
But Guo Tianxing and Chen Ce's considerations are also absolutely reasonable, Gao Yingxiang will not be subservient to others no matter what, especially not under himself, which is undoubtedly revealed from his historical records and letters to himself.
In particular, Gao Yingxiang has gone from an army of more than 100,000 to now in a miserable situation where he has no way to advance or retreat, which is indeed caused by himself. That would be absolute self-deception.
So, I had to shake my head helplessly, and smiled bitterly, I can do nothing, but the people and brothers must not let anyone hurt them, this is Lu Shi's principle.
It was time for Zhao Xing to stand up, and said with a heavy face: "Brother Sergeant Supervisor reported back and forth, now Gao Yingxiang has collected all the ferries along the river, but there are only twenty-two, and he can only spend more than 500 people at a time, but he Gao Yingxiang has set up a position on the bank of the Yellow River, so that the world knows that Shanxi has begun to mobilize officers and troops from all over the country to start gathering at the ferry where he wants to cross the river, according to the observation of Sergeant Supervisor, now the officers and soldiers have gathered about 3,000 one after another, and the swords and guns are sufficient and neat, if you want to cross the river successfully, It can't be done without spending 5,000 elites at once. ”
Lu Shi couldn't help but have a toothache, and inhaled the cold air, this is really a problem, even if he helps himself, there is nothing he can do, he can't conjure up a ferry that can cross five thousand people at a time.
But time waits for no one, if it continues like this, in two days, Lu Shi dares to guarantee that those rabble will guarantee to bomb the camp, at that time, it will definitely be a dilemma for themselves, kill, can't bear it, after all, they are all people, don't kill, that's really as Chen Ce said, then it will really erode Yichuan, which has finally stabilized.
What to do? This does make Lu Shi entangled, but things have to be solved in a different way.