Chapter 972: Breaking the Cauldron and Sinking the Boat

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Early one morning in early March, the camp of the Zhao army in the yin land, located on the south bank of Luoshui, rose with curling smoke, rose straight into the air, and was blown by the spring breeze, and then drifted towards the north bank, mixing with the mist on the river. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Seven days have passed since the thief led the army to take advantage of the road to become a week, raided Ruyang, the important place of Zheng State's grain, and broke through Luhun Mountain City, cutting off the Zheng people's grain route. In the past seven days, the thief asked Wang Sunsheng to lead a division of troops to hold Luhun City and defend against the reinforcements of the Zheng Guoren to copy his own back road. They made a detour to the northern foot of Bears Ears Mountain, turned to fight for hundreds of miles, and broke through the yin land again with an unstoppable attitude.

Although the Yin Land was eventually captured, the Zheng army resisted stubbornly, and the Zhao army also paid hundreds of casualties.

How can there be no dead and wounded in war? These veterans from the Lu country were also used to it, and after burying their robes and burning the corpses of the enemy, they seized the time to rest. As long as the war does not stop for a day, they will keep turning like screws until the establishment is crippled and incapacitated, and this is the fate of the soldiers. As for those apprentices recruited from the people, a head means a field and money, after the victory of this expedition, Zhao Qing will definitely not be stingy with rewards, because the journey is smooth, and everyone's morale is very good.

Today is the day when the army starts again, and the soldiers get up to make rice when the roosters crow, and when the rice is cooked, whether it is fried corn as a standard ration, or the naan and pot helmets that the generals give to everyone are hot, and pouring a spoonful of fish soup or hare broth that the soldiers themselves get on top of the dry staple food is a delicacy in the world for the soldiers who are far away from home.

The thief had already put on his armor and was inspecting the preparations of the people, perhaps having been a thief for too long, and he was much more comfortable walking among the soldiers in the field than in the city.

His subordinates, who had followed him since he was a thief, loved him and were able to die for him. As the thieves passed by their campfire, the good bandits cheered at him, invited him to share the hares they caught, and told him how he had urinated in the capital of Zhou Tianzi.

The civilians of Lu who joined the army later had a trace of fear in addition to respect, after all, when they were children, the legend of stealing and eating people's hearts and minds was widely spread in Lu country, but some careful people observed the food of the thieves, and it was almost the same as them, and everyone was a little moved for a while.

As for the soldiers of that division, if they leave him immediately, the system of the soldiers and the ordinary army are if they leave, and the thieves only have the right to command them. But he didn't care, these people were a sharp weapon to attack.

After going around, seeing that the soldiers were ready, and the scouts sent to the other side of Luoshui also reported, and after there was no enemy ambush on the north bank of Luoshui, the thieves asked everyone to assemble and began to cross the river.

In the past half a month, they have traveled nearly 300 miles, broken three cities in a row, and defeated countless enemies, but the thieves know it, and the soldiers also know that the real fierce battle will only come after crossing Luoshui.

Qin, Wei, and Zheng gathered 100,000 troops to attack Zhao and Han, including 20,000 Zheng troops, plus Qin and Wei's partial divisions, at least 40,000 people attacked Han outside the river, and there were only more than 10,000 people under the thieves......

If the enemy army heard that the land of Yiluo had been lost, gave up attacking the Han clan, and 40,000 people came together to attack the thief, it would be bad.

"You Su won't be so stupid, although the Han clan is defeated, there are still more than 10,000 people in Yucheng, and they must stay in the army to watch, otherwise they will face both us and the Han clan, at most half of the people will be sent over, wanting to defeat me and restore the grain route in the land of Yiluo."

The thief's guess is correct, it is said that the scout who went to the north bank first reported back, just when everyone was about to cross the river, the banner of Zheng Jun also appeared dozens of miles north of Luoshui, the number of people was 20,000, they heard the news that the thief had copied their own back road, and galloped overnight......

"More than 10,000 of us crossed the river, often for half a day, just afraid that the enemy army would arrive first, and attack us half-crossing......" In line with the idea of seeking no merit and not seeking to be excessive, some generals persuaded the thieves to cancel the crossing of the river, and they faced the enemy across the bank in the shadows.

"I can't hold it off." The thief sighed.

Zheng Jun's back road was cut off, will his back road be stable? If Wang Sunsheng's partial division encounters Zheng reinforcements to attack, I don't know how long it can hold out, let alone a hundred miles to the south, even the Chu State, which has been ambiguous since the war between the two sides, if the Chu people fall to his traditional ally Qin Zheng and send troops to help? At that time, the more than 10,000 people who stole the feet will be dumplings, so they must fight quickly, break the blockade of the enemy army, join up with the Han clan, and open up the situation on the southern front first.

In this way, we can revitalize the entire strategy formulated by Shangqing.

So the thief gave the order to cross the river, and issued an order that surprised all the soldiers.

"Carry three days' rations, in addition, all the surplus food in the general was burned, and tents, kettles and other things were also smashed and discarded!"

"General!" His subordinates were shocked: "After burning rations, tents, and smashing kettles, how can I make food after crossing the river?" How do I set up camp? ”

"When were we thieves, when did we have three days' worth of rations? Didn't they all eat the last meal but not the next meal, so they could only go to the noble doctor to rob it? If you don't have a place to live, you have to occupy the eaves of other people's houses to avoid the rain. ”

Everyone looked at each other, but they heard the thief laugh and said, "Without a kettle, we can cross the river lightly and avoid being attacked by the enemy!" As for sleeping and eating, let us go to their barracks and get tents and kettles to cook and rest after we have defeated the enemy! ”

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"General, Luoshui is near!"

You Su waved his hand in the car and asked the scout to go down and explore again to find out the number of Zhao troops on the other side.

A few months ago, under the persuasion of Chen Heng, Zheng Guo, who was afraid of being carved up and eaten up by Zhao Han, joined Lian Heng, and the accession of Qin and Wei made them breathe a sigh of relief, feeling that they had the strength to fight the enemy. Coupled with the changes on the side of the Song State, it was no longer possible to contain Zheng Guo from the flank, so the Zheng army decisively sent 20,000 troops to march west with Yousu, intending to destroy Han's army outside the river first, and remove this thorn that had been stuck in Zheng Guo's back for several years.

Just like when he attacked Xu State many years ago, the experienced You Su took the Zheng army across Luoshui, and suddenly appeared behind the Han army who was fighting hard with Qin and Wei.

But at this time, You Su was shocked to learn that his back road was cut off by a Zhao army, Ruyang's grain was burned by a fire, and Lu Hun and Yin Di also fell one after another, which shocked him very much, and he had to withdraw from the encirclement in advance, and he wanted to wave his army back to solve the enemy in the rear first.

But at this time, it was at the critical moment of attacking the Han clan, and both Qin and Wei did not agree to remove the siege, so You Su proposed to take the Zheng people first, and he had a big quarrel with Qin Wei's generals, so he did not get the help of their soldiers.

"Don't they understand, this is a big trap that Zhao Wuxian has put in our pockets?"

Carefully looking at the map and looking at the circuitous route of the Zhao army, You Su felt frightened, and he was keenly aware that the battle of the Han clan, and even the entire Hedong, might be a trap for Zhao Wuxian, and this Zhao army on the southern line was the crossbow machine that the hunters seized when hunting.

Anyway, after a few months of blows, Han's strength has been greatly damaged, although it will not collapse, but at least for ten years, it will not be able to beat Zheng Guo's idea, and their Zheng Guo's war goal has actually been achieved.

Next, should you let the Zhao family and Qin Wei fight in Hedong, and then go to fight the Song State yourself? Although the details are not clear, the Song Kingdom suddenly became chaotic, and it is said that it was caused by Le's critical illness and Dawu Nanzi......

But first, he must defeat the Zhao army on the south bank of Luoshui, according to Yousu's expectations, the other party should be aware of his arrival, and he must have given up crossing the river at this moment and camped on the south bank to confront each other, right?

"Stupid, as long as Zheng Guo sends troops to help, you will become a rat in a dilemma......"

But the speed of the swim was miscalculated, and the enemy army crossed the river faster than them, and they abandoned all their baggage and took a foothold on the north bank before the Zheng arrived.

When the army panted and joined the forward scouts, the first thing he saw was the smoke rising from both sides of the Luoshui River.

The wind was blowing in the north, and although it was not strong, the smoke still created some trouble for Zheng Jun to observe the enemy.

You Su immediately asked the scout to come over and ask: "What are the enemy trying to hide when they release smoke?" ”

"General, the enemy is just burning things." The scout was also puzzled and said: "The enemy burned tents and baggage on the south bank, and after crossing the north bank lightly, they burned all the boats used to cross the river!" ”

"Burned the baggage and the boat!?" You Su's brow twisted into a pimple, and after a quarter of an hour the wind stopped and the smoke cleared, he finally saw the number and position of the enemy army, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

"The enemy general turned out to be ...... Backwater? ”

(To be continued.) )