Chapter 328: Xu Rong Designs the Thief Exterminator (4)
The battle ended quickly, the thieves on the shore saw the Jincheng generals who rushed over, most of them had been paralyzed on the ground in fright, and some remained, some of them fled in the wilderness, and some abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and a very small number of them resisted under the leadership of the thieves' vanguards, but the number was extremely rare, and there were no more than 500 thieves who had the courage to fight with him, most of them were personal guards, and these scattered troops were drowned in the sea of people in an instant, and they were gone.
"The first team and the second team are responsible for rescuing people~~ You go over there, you ~~~ immediately take people upstream to help block the water" The deputy general who came with the troops continued to command, and orders were issued one after another, and the advance and retreat were measured, and the command was lawful.
"This~~~" Chen Yi looked at the military general who was commanding and dispatching in the water, and had doubts in his heart, "General, why haven't I seen this person, even among the generals you brought, he has never shown up, who is this?" ”。
"Hehehehe~~~" Xu Rong glanced at the shore, smiled and said, "This person is not my subordinate general, but the general of the Gongsun family in Liaodong, named Liu Yi, what does General Chen think of this person?" ”。
"Well~~ The dispatch is fast, the command is good, and he is indeed a talent~~ It's just that this Gongsun family~~~ I don't know which Gongsun Taishou is talking about?".
"Liaodong Gongsun Du~~ This person is the same township as me, I have known each other since childhood, and I sent this person to my place to submit a letter, saying that it was Huangfu Song's bullying, and he had a heart of disobedience, and wanted to break away, I was the time to use people, and hit it off, so you can see this person now" Xu Rong explained unhurriedly in the water, although he could also go ashore at this time, but countless soldiers in the water were suffering, Xu Rong had to stay to raise the morale of the soldiers, so he was happy to say something to listen to when he had nothing to do.
Chen Yi floated to the side and silently responded, "I see~~~ But this person has just arrived, why is the general so trusted?" There was unwillingness in his tone, and it seemed that even the Gongsun family general who had just arrived in this operation had been told the details, and only he was concealed, and he felt quite unhappy in his heart.
"General Chen, don't be surprised, I'm new to Narrow Road, it's normal for you to be prejudiced against me~~~ There is a gap between you and me, how can you work together, especially the heavy affairs of military aircraft, the slightest mistake will be lost~~~ I have arranged this battle for a long time, in order to flood the thieves today~~~ I asked General Chen~~~ If I told you in advance, would you do your best to cooperate with me?" Xu Rongping asked calmly.
Chen Yi was speechless when asked, in all fairness, when Xu Rong first arrived, he was against him, jealousy, contempt was extremely obvious, usually Xu Rong ordered the matter, it is good not to add chaos, let alone cooperate, after a few times, Xu Rong will no longer give him tasks, he is also happy.
But this time the border chapter is not trivial, most of the territory of Xiliang was broken, and the city guards were killed on the battlefield eight or nine times out of ten, so it will endanger Chang'an, Xu Rong is a famous general, how do you not know that this matter is important, so as early as the early stage of the trouble, he began to arrange manpower, inspect the terrain, cast an embankment in the upper reaches of Yangshui to block the water, and then implement the strategy of lightening the enemy, so that the thieves can easily kill the city to lure the enemy into the urn.
This plan seems simple, but it must be carried out in secret, not to mention that it cannot be detected by the enemy, and even those who are unconvinced like Chen Yi cannot reveal half a point.
After a few months of arrangement, it finally achieved results, but when it was about to be completed, Xu Rong made another difficulty, this plan to lure the enemy needs to be completed by himself, and the person who stays behind when he goes out of the city is very important, first of all, this person must have the ability to judge the situation, because there is a risk in the plan to lure the enemy after he goes out of the city, and this guard must have the ability to respond on the spot.
Second, to be able to attack and defend well, the biggest risk of this plan is that the thief commander has excellent ability, and his intelligence is not inferior to his own, if he attacks the city, the situation will become very complicated, although Xu Rong is very confident in his strategy, but he can't ignore this risk, and the defensive ability of the people left behind is very important.
The next is the success of the strategy, but the enemy still has a certain combat power, at this time the combat power of the troops to raid is particularly important, if the enemy can not be annihilated here, not only the soldiers in the river are in danger, but also the city will be empty.
Therefore, this candidate to defend the city immediately became a very headache for Xu Rong, so where did he ask him to find it for a while? Not to mention that he still needs to trust him.
Just when Xu Rong was in trouble, someone suddenly came to report, saying that it was the Liaodong fellow who asked to see, Xu Rong was overjoyed when he saw this, he really had to do all the effort, this time Gongsun Du sent a messenger, saying that he wanted to take refuge in himself, and the person who came was Hua Xin, a staff officer under the account, Hua Ziyu, and Liu Yi, one of the three generals.
This time Coke is bad for Xu Rong, he has already heard of Hua Xin's name, and they talked very happily at first sight, and Hugh said that the trivial matter of defending the city is the whole strategy Hua Xin can be rationally and smoothly adjusted, and this person with troops must be Liu Yi.
After Xu Rong told Chen Yi in detail about the situation, Chen Yi was convinced, and sighed repeatedly, "Xu Taishou is worthy of being a famous general of the five schools, Chen Yi is ashamed~~~ There have been many offenses these days, Chen Yi is guilty of capital crimes~~ capital crimes~~~ Xu Taishou, please feel free to send it ~~~."
"Hahahaha~~ What did General Chen say, you and I are both ministers of the Han Dynasty, and there is a slight disagreement~~ How can I blame you, as long as you and I cooperate happily in the future, I will be satisfied~~~" Xu Rong waved his hand, for Chen Yi, in fact, he still appreciated it very much in his heart, after he arrived in Jincheng, everything he saw showed that Chen Yi was a master of governance, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the surrounding towns and villages were harvested year after year, beaming with joy, these are Chen Yi's credits, and his ability is also reflected, such a talent, their own account is very rare, if it can be compatible, wouldn't it be a match made in heaven.
Chen Yi's face was full of shame, full of remorse and self-blame, facing Xu Rong, he really didn't know what to say, and stammered in his mouth, "Xu Taishou ~~~ A large number of adults ~~~ I~~ I ~~ I ~~ I~~".
"Okay~~ General Chen, it's good to solve the misunderstanding, and in the future, you and I will cooperate wholeheartedly, why not?".
"Yes~~" Chen Yi raised his head, his expression was extremely upright, and said to Xu Rong, "Too conservative in the future, but there is an appointment~~~ Chen Yi will swear to complete it, and will never ~~~."
At this moment, Chen Yi's expression suddenly changed greatly, and his figure swooped forward, pressing Xu Rong under him at once.
Xu Rong was too close to Chen Yi, and the two had just reunited, without the slightest vigilance, and the sudden change made him not react at all for a while, and the person was pressed into the water at once, and at the same time Chen Yi's shout was heard, "Be too careful!" Ah~~".
With a miserable scream, Chen Yi's voice stopped dumbly, Xu Rong's heart was shocked, and he quickly turned over, and as soon as his body rose from the water, he heard the sound of two sharp arrows, and instantly came behind him.
At this time, he was already on guard, and his hands were used at the same time to exert force "Pa~~Pa~~" The two sharp arrows were blocked, and when he looked up, he saw that in the distance on the opposite bank, there were several horses, and the person who was immediately the leader was holding a longbow, and it seemed that these two sharp arrows were shot by him.
"Catch those people for me~~~" Xu Rong shouted.
Immediately, a soldier rushed towards the opposite bank, and Liu Yi on the other side also discovered the situation on the other side, and immediately sent a team of soldiers around the river to pursue, but it was too late at this time.
The man with the bow and arrow saw that Xu Rong was prepared, and sighed darkly, "I didn't succeed~~~ This person will be our henchman~~~."
"Brother, there are enemy soldiers chasing after you, let's withdraw first~~~" The younger man next to him said softly.
"Humph! Withdraw~~" The archer unwillingly glanced at Xu Rong in the water again, and ordered with hatred.
A few people hurried up, and after a while, they disappeared from Xu Rong's sight, and at this time, the pursuing people had not yet bypassed the river, how could they catch up with them.
"General Chen~~General Chen~~~" Xu Rong hugged Chen Yi and shook him vigorously, only to see a sharp arrow pass through his back, and the tip of the arrow just came out of his chest.
An arrow pierced his heart, Chen Yi had no breath at this time, and he had already been dead for a long time~~~ Xu Rong's eyes were full of tears, and he said with hatred, "General Chen's death~~~ My fault~~~~".
Xu Rong held Chen Yi's body in the water in a silent daze, the soldiers on the side kept persuading each other, time passed little by little, and finally the river was blocked, the rolling waves subsided, the soldiers in the river soaked in the water for a long time, although some people were picked up by Liu Yi, but some people were too tired to move, and some were seriously injured, and they could only rely on the soldiers on the side to drag and barely support.
Therefore, there were still most people left in the river, among which Xu Rong and Chen Yi's body had not come ashore until Liu Yi picked everyone up, and was pulled up by the soldiers on the side.
After going ashore, Xu Rong sat next to Chen Yi and waited silently, Liu Yi stepped forward at this time and said softly, "Xu Taishou, death is great~~~ It's better to go to the ground as soon as possible."
"Alas~~~ General Liu, why should I not trust him? General Chen died to save me in the end, but I never trusted him in the end, he died too unjustly~~~."
"Why should you blame yourself, life and death are fate, I believe General Chen will not blame you."
"My fault, my fault~~~" Xu Rong couldn't stop chattering, but at this time, the sky was gradually getting dark, Liu Yi barely cleaned up the battlefield, and the rest could only wait until tomorrow.
"Take General Chen's body and go back to the city~~~" With an order, everyone hugged Xu Rong and headed towards Jincheng.
In front of the city, Hua Xin has been waiting for a long time, and he should be back when the hour is counted, before someone reported that someone on the river bank had a sneak attack, I don't know what the casualties were, and when the two generals appeared in his sight before the military horse, this hanging heart was put down.
"Congratulations to Xu Taishou on his victorious return, after this battle, the thieves will be frightened, and they will never dare to harass the land of Jincheng again" Hua Xin's face was happy, he had just arrived here and encountered such a big victory, which was good for morale and prestige, and it was also a good sign.
But after getting closer, Hua Xin saw that Xu Rong's face was gloomy, and Liu Yi's eyes were secretly calling, following Liu Yi's eyes, Hua Xin suddenly found the corpse on Xu Rong's horse's back, and looked at it, it turned out to be General Chen Yi, and he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart.
When Xu Rong saw Hua Xin, the first sentence he said was "General Chen Yi ~~~~ was killed ~~~~~".