Chapter 73 The Battlefield of Annihilation (5) Shan Yu's resourcefulness
Shan Yu climbed the enemy tower to face the autumn wind and overlook the endless Hutuo River, a ray of residual sun on his face and his somewhat heavy heart. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Seeing that Shan Yu didn't say anything, Zu Sheng continued to ask: "Judging from the expression on your face, you are already in the chest, and it seems that the last general will only need a little guard to repel the incoming enemy."
Shan Yu smiled and stroked his beard and said, "Zu Sheng, you will remove half of the troops in the coastal defense area under your command and transfer them here to meet the enemy behind you."
Zu Sheng, Cai Cheng, and Wen Yang all showed shocked expressions when they heard this, and several captains beside Shan Yu were also startled.
Cai Cheng was puzzled and said: "Military Division, the 20,000 troops of Qiangkui crossed the river to see us, there were not many defenders in the north bank defense area, and now you have to extract half of the Lingshou who can't even see the shadow of the enemy, and the last general really doesn't understand why you did this."
Shan Yu also saw the doubts in the hearts of the generals, and said: "I knew the news from the time he Qiang Kui just sent troops to cross the river, although Qiang Kui sent 20,000 troops to cross the river, if he understood the current climate of Daidi, he would not do this, Hugh said that he had 20,000 soldiers and horses, hundreds of wooden boats, even his 100,000 soldiers and thousands of ironclad warships could not cross this Hutuo River.
Now that the autumn equinox has passed, all the water flow has become unpredictable, this is like a big river, the Hutuo River is even more so, from the ugly time of the day to the unitary time, the water flow is relatively stable in these nine hours, there is not much wind and waves on the river surface, and once it enters the time of the water, the water flow begins to become turbulent, and the river surface also begins to appear whirlwind current.
This celestial phenomenon continued until the end of the day, accompanied by downpours and thunder and lightning, and the local people were so familiar with this kind of weather since the beginning of autumn that the river began to become uninhabited as soon as the sun set, but Qiang Kui and his men from the west did not know this.
Gu spy came to report that Qiang Kui sent troops to cross the river at three o'clock, although there was wind and waves at this time, there was nothing to stop, and now there was less than a moment before the time of Xu, so let's see how the 20,000 Qin troops disappeared into the river. ”
All the generals deeply admired Shan Yu's clever calculation, and then Wen Yang approached and asked: "Strategist, since the disaster in front of you is no longer a cause for concern, but you have repeatedly said that there will be someone behind us to sneak attack us and have transferred so many troops, who is so bold and dares to attack us from behind."
Shan Yu said: "You should also ignore it, there is a small city called Quancheng dozens of miles away from us, this Quancheng soldiers are outnumbered, sparsely populated, and food is only enough for self-sufficiency.
But I have been keeping a close eye on the movements in Quancheng, and a year ago, Zhang Tianhun was defeated and happened to be invested in Quancheng, and I learned that in the past two months, Che Feng has the financial resources of the whole city to recruit troops and horses, collect grain and grass to expand armaments, and his purpose is not what else will we Lingshou do.
And Qiang Kui sent a large army to cross the river to attack us, which also made Che Feng and Zhang Tianhun suddenly find the right time to grasp, so when Qiang Kui sent troops to cross the river, I had already ordered Li Kang and Zhao Guang to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to ambush on their way, and in order to defeat Zhang Tianhun, I also transferred Xu Feng, who was second only to General Zhang in martial arts, and ordered him to lead a thousand cavalry to ambush on the plain to resist the enemy, so that the Qin army would be defeated."
After hearing this, the generals admired Shan Yu even more, and Shan Yu immediately dispatched troops to prepare to meet the soldiers and horses of Quancheng, not to mention it.
On the river surface in the center of the Hutuo River
At this time, the Qin army fleet was still moving, the night had already fallen, the clouds in the sky had covered the stars, and the water in the water leakage timing barrel had already been on the carved wood.
A strong wind gradually blew on the river, and every ship began to sway from side to side.
A lieutenant on the main general's ship hurriedly said to the general Wang Yan: "General, the wind and waves suddenly blew inexplicably on the river, many warships lost their balance, and even some small boats were overturned by the wind and waves.
When Wang Yan heard this, he was furious and said: "What are you panicking about, we are not afraid of thousands of troops and horses on the plain, are we afraid of this little wind and waves when we enter the river, and let alone a big river, there is no wind and waves, and the whole army continues to advance."
Before the words could be spoken, a warship was blown off the course by the wind and loaded onto the main ship from the side, smashing the entire starboard side of the main ship to pieces, and the mast was broken in two and smashed into the water.
There were more than a dozen warships that collided together, and each warship was burned by overturned lanterns, and hundreds of Qin soldiers fell into the water.
Wang Yan couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly ordered the ships to salvage the overboard soldiers.
The main general's ship was so badly damaged that it was no longer possible to sail, and in desperation, Wang Yan boarded another intact warship.
At this time, the waves on the river became more turbulent, and lightning and thunder began to roar in the sky, Wang Yan said to everyone: "It was okay just now, why did this Hutuo River say that it changed its face, could it be that even this river is facing Zhao Guo to stop us from passing, or it is just that someone has cast a demon spell."
An adjutant general said to Wang Yan: "General, let's retreat quickly, otherwise I'm afraid we will all be buried in the belly of the fish."
Although Wang Yan had a feeling of not wanting to retreat, he couldn't help this celestial phenomenon and thought about the lives of his soldiers, so he said: "All the warships return the same way, quickly evacuate this place."
The rough seas on the river were mixed with many broken ships and remnants of wood chips, so that the whole fleet could not turn around at all, and Wang Yan ordered the warships to turn around in turn, and the fleet was scattered and disorganized as if it had just suffered a defeat.
Wang Yan led the army to withdraw to the south bank with great difficulty, and Qiangkui, who was attacking Fanwu, also received the news of the great change in the weather on the Hutuo River, so he ordered a fleet to go to the rescue early.
In the end, with the help of this rescue fleet, Wang Yan and others got out of danger, and when they arrived on the shore, they lost 10 small boats, 13 large ships and more than 500 soldiers, and some of the remaining warships were also riddled with holes and broken masts.
Qiang Kui was a little angry when he saw this, but he had no choice but not to know the climate here, so he had to concentrate his forces to conquer Fanwu first and then try to go north.
Shan Yu in Lingshou City on the other side was also dispatching troops, Shan Yu looked at the carved wood in the water leak and said to Cai Cheng: "It seems that the Qin army on the river has been defeated at this moment, and it will be the turn of those people in Quancheng next, be sure to cover up the news of the withdrawal of the Qin army crossing the river and the transfer of troops and horses along the coast, and we must not let the enemies we will face know, otherwise there will be nothing good to watch."
Cai Cheng was ordered to walk out of the yamen, and the city was also ready to send troops. To find out how the two armies fought next, see the next breakdown.