Chapter 325: Defeat Chen Lan
The next day, Lu Su, who had arrived not far south of Shu County, saw that it was impossible to sneak attack the enemy army and that the disparity in the strength of the attack was too great, so he immediately ordered the army to camp on the side of a hill fifteen miles south of Shu County. During the camp, the 3rd Independent Cavalry Brigade was always guerrilla outside, guarding against enemy attacks on the stability of the army.
Because the camp site was cleverly chosen, with a hill on its back and an unnamed river on its right, the hills and the creek became the natural barrier of the camp, so it was only necessary to build a fence on the north and west sides, and a camp could be completed. With the joint efforts of 10,000 people and more than 20,000 soldiers, it took only two hours for the camp to begin to take shape, and the camp was built before it was dark.
As soon as the camp was built, the men were busy drawing water from the meandering river to prepare dinner for the officers and soldiers and the people who had worked hard all day.
In the tent, Lu Su was discussing the military situation with Sima Lang, Zhou Tai, Ma Dai, and Ling Cao.
Sima Lang said: "Now that there is a huge disparity between the enemy and our forces, our army should temporarily take the defensive, and only when Wenyuan's army arrives can we launch an attack!" ”
Ma Dai nodded and said: "The last general agrees with the deputy chief of staff, our army's 30,000 elites are stationed here, and Lei Bo will definitely not dare to attack the city easily, so that the danger of Shucheng will be solved without a fight." If we rush to attack now, in addition to the strength of our army to stay in the camp and protect the baggage and people, the available troops are at most 25,000, but the Yuan army on the opposite side can mobilize more than 60,000 troops to fight with our army, the disparity between the strength of the two sides is huge, and the situation will be very unfavorable to our army, it is better to wait until the deputy corps commander leads the troops to arrive, and then cooperate with the defenders of Shucheng to defeat the Yuan army in one fell swoop! ”
Zhou Tai and Ling Cao couldn't help but nod lightly when they heard this.
Lu Su was originally a little worried that Zhou Tai and others would be tough on the main battle, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw this, and said: "Everyone's thoughts, I think it is the best way at present, Sun Tzu's art of war has a cloud, 'ten rules to encircle, five to attack, times to fight, the enemy can be divided, less can escape, if not, it can be avoided', at present, our army's strength is far inferior to the enemy, and if we go out to battle, we will inevitably lose more and win less, in this situation, our army should stick to the camp and wait for reinforcements...... What's more, as long as Xingba can take Hefei, Lei Bo's army will inevitably be in chaos, the back road will be cut off, and the supply will be difficult to reach, if you don't want to be surrounded and annihilated by our army in Lujiang, Lei Bo will inevitably lead the army to retreat, recover fertilizer, and open up the connection with Jiujiang, then our army can take advantage of the enemy's heart to chase and attack it, and will be able to defeat the enemy. ”
Zhou Tai, Ling Cao, Ma Dai these fierce generals are thick and fine, although they are not afraid of heaven and earth, but under the premise that there is no need, they will not gamble with the Shu army with more than 100,000 casualties and rely on the great exploits of a hundred battles, and they will not easily sacrifice the lives of their soldiers. All nodded their heads.
Sima Lang said: "The enemy's strength far exceeds our army, and we must strengthen our vigilance to prevent the enemy from sneaking up at night." ”
Lu Su nodded and said: "Yes, especially to strengthen the vigilance of the small river in the east and the hills behind, I have found someone to explore the small river, the depth of the water is not waist, and now it is hot again, the enemy army can easily wade through; Although the hills behind are rugged and difficult to walk, but it is not a natural danger, today the sky is clear, there will be a bright moon in the sky, and it is not difficult to climb the hills by moonlight. After dinner, Boda you must personally check the guard, and you must not give the enemy a chance! ”
Sima Lang saluted and said, "Obey!" ”
Lei Bo did not arrange for anyone to come to attack the camp, and he didn't say anything all night.
The next morning, just after the soldiers had breakfast, Lu Su was rewarded by the expedition, and an enemy army of about 3,000 men was approaching the camp, which was only about three or four miles away.
Lu Su immediately gathered to discuss.
Knowing that the enemy army was coming to challenge, led by Zhou Tai, Ma Dai, Ling Cao and others all shouted that they must give Yuan Jun a good look, and they fought for the opportunity to fight for the first battle one by one.
Lu Su looked at the generals in the tent and was overjoyed when he heard the battle, and nodded secretly, considering that this was the first battle with Yuan Shujun, and there was no room for failure, so he ordered Zhou Tai, who was the first in martial arts among the three.
Zhou Tai saw that the opportunity for the first battle was handed over to him, and immediately smiled, while Ma Dai and Ling Cao looked at Zhou Qin with a hint of envy and left with a smile.
The Second Fleet of the Navy has a total of 20,000 troops, of which 3,000 stayed by the river to guard the battleship, and the others followed Lu Su to this place.
Although Zhou Tai's department belongs to the navy, but this is not the next generation, the two sides are separated by a few miles or even dozens of miles to operate naval guns to bombard, at this time the naval soldiers in addition to the boat, but also proficient in broadside combat, that is, hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, so it can be said that the current naval army is a dragon in the water, and it is also a tiger on land, and its combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of the army.
As soon as Zhou Tai led the army out of the village, he saw a group of soldiers and horses in the north coming slowly, and the distance between the two sides was only two miles.
In a short time, the two armies came to a halt when they were a stone's throw away from each other.
Zhou Tai stepped forward with a knife and shouted: "I am Zhou Tai, the commander of the Second Fleet of Shu Kingdom, who is coming, report your name quickly!" ”
I saw a general in the enemy army carrying a gun out of the battle, and said: "I am Chen Lan, a general under the command of the general of the Dazhong National Chariot Cavalry, and now I am in the holy order to crusade against the thief Lu Kang. ”
Zhou Tai snorted coldly: "Hmph, everyone in the world knows that this world is Liu Han's world, where did the bullshit Zhongguo come from?" Yuan Shu'er jumped off the beam, as a Han Chen, he dared to call himself the emperor, how did he know that this was the crime of exterminating the nine clans? My king is in accordance with the holy decree and the will of the people, and we are specially sent to punish this national thief to correct the dynasty outline, and relieve millions of people in Yuzhou and Huainan from danger. ”
Chen Lan was unceremoniously and shouted: "A bunch of nonsense, Liu Han perversely acted against the law, sold his official beard, and hundreds of civil and military officials were corrupt and perverted the law, scraping the ground, causing chaos in the world, thousands of miles of red land, starvation all over the wilderness, the people changed their children and ate each other, and Liu Han's destruction was determined by heaven!" At this time of crisis, His Majesty the Emperor inherited the mandate of heaven to rise up on behalf of the Han Dynasty to save the people of the world from the dire situation. Quickly lay down your arms and surrender to Your Majesty, and this general will say a few good words for you in front of Your Majesty, or you may be spared death! ”
Zhou Tai was not good at words, spat fiercely, and scolded: "Shameless You ......" After scolding, he stepped forward immediately.
Chen Lan snorted coldly, not afraid at all, and urged her to step forward.
The speed of the two horses became faster and faster, and the flying hooves of the horses seemed a little empty and lonely in the morning light.
"Kill ......" Chen Lan shouted violently, and the gun in her hand shot like lightning, stabbing Zhou Tai's door directly.
Zhou Tai didn't face it, raised his knife, and easily blocked Chen Lan's shot.
The two horses staggered past each other and immediately pulled their horses to meet each other.
This time, Zhou Tai chose to strike first, and when he saw that the two sides were only one zhang apart, the long knife blade in his hand turned and slashed at the front hooves of Chen Lan's mount.
Seeing this, Chen Lan immediately stabbed Zhou Tai with a knife.
After hearing a golden sound, the knife in Zhou Tai's hand was castrated, but Chen Lan felt that his hands were numb, and at this time he knew that the other party was actually a fierce general who was far superior to himself at least in terms of strength. But it was already too late, and in Chen Lan's astonishment, the galloping mount sent its front hooves to Zhou Tai's blade.
The two horses that came at a relatively high speed were equivalent to doubling the speed, and there seemed to be blood flying faintly, Chen Lan sat down and the war horse fell to the ground without feeling the pain, because the speed of the impact was too fast, the horse after the cut was in the scorching sun after the cracked ground with gusts of smoke and dust and slid forward for more than a zhang before stopping, and the severe pain of the broken foot made the war horse scream and struggle desperately.
Zhou Taila turned the horse's head, looked at the mournful war horse and the broken hooves more than a foot away, and suddenly had an unbearable color in his heart, and gently urged the horse to come to the mournful war horse, and stabbed the war horse's neck with a knife, ending its pain.
Chen Lan was thrown out of the three zhang at the moment when the war horse fell, and slammed it on the ground, and he struggled to get up with pain everywhere in his deep body, but when he saw Zhou Tai already walking towards him with a bloodied long knife, he couldn't help but feel terrified, and shouted: "Hurry up...... Help me......"
Hearing Chen Lan's shout, two young generals in the enemy army rushed towards Zhou Tai with their horses in their arms.
Zhou Tai didn't seem interested in Chen Lan, who was lying on the ground and was almost powerless to fight back, and turned his head to show a terrifying smile to the two who rushed towards him.
The two young generals of the Yuan army couldn't help but be shocked, and then they thought that the other party was a fierce man who could defeat even the general in two moves, and the two of them joined forces and were not Chen Lan's triad generals, didn't they come to send them to death? It's just that the scene just now was too sudden, they didn't think about it at all, and when they heard Chen Lan's plea for help, they rushed up without thinking about it, who had always been afraid and afraid of Chen Lan. But it is absolutely impossible to retreat now, otherwise the crime of fleeing from the battle will be confirmed, and Lei Bo will not be able to let them go when he returns to the camp.
One of them was still a little anxious, and shouted: "Let's go up together, protect the general......"
The three thousand Yuan troops behind him immediately rushed forward when they heard the order, but this person gave up his companions, urged the horse to run towards Chen Lan, and stretched out his hand to Chen Lan from a distance. Chen Lan was eager to flee for his life, and hurriedly stretched out his hand, and the two hands were held together in a blink of an eye, the young general pulled suddenly, dragged Chen Lan onto the horse, turned around and fled towards his own army, and in the blink of an eye, he mixed into the Yuan army formation that was rushing forward.
The other young general didn't expect his companion to be so unrighteous, his face changed drastically and he was about to scold, when Zhou Tai's blade flashed, and an angry head rose into the sky.
When Zhou Tai's personal guard captain saw the enemy rushing up, he was worried that Zhou Tai would lose, so he hurriedly ordered an attack.
The armies of the two sides were scuffled together in a blink of an eye, Zhou Tai had a long knife in his hand to chop, chop, chop, and sharpen, Yuan Jun touched it either dead or wounded, and when he was young, more than a dozen enemy corpses were lying next to Zhou Tai.
Chen Lan has been frightened by Zhou Tai, and finally escaped with her life, where do you dare to continue fighting? After saying "collect the troops", he was the first to leave, leaving only 3,000 helpless Yuan troops.
Chen Lan's rout made the Yuan army demoralized, and there was no one to coordinate and command, and the retreat immediately turned into a flight, Zhou Tai naturally would not miss this opportunity, and commanded the guards to cover all the way, almost to the city of Shu, and then collected the troops and returned.
In this battle, nearly 2,000 enemies were annihilated, and the Shu army only paid the price of more than 200 casualties, and the battle loss of ten to one made the Shu army camp full of cheers.