Chapter 311: The Battle of the Sand Gully

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Under the blue sky, the morning breeze of early spring carries the chill of the steep cliff, as well as the fresh smell of Zhongchuan water, gently blowing across the endless plains, the lazy body caresses the green earth that has just spit out in the stretch, and the moist cherry lips kiss the crystal clear dew sprinkled on the leaves.

Suddenly, the silence of the early morning was broken by the hunting flags, and the frightened wind crossed the colorful flag cloud in a panic, and suddenly the drums and trumpets shook the sky, and there were countless yellow "long arrows" roaring and rushing forward, and in front of them was the sand ditch city on which it hovered every day.

Shagou City hangs alone on the plain, submerged in the yellow "arrow cloud", and the Daxu on Shagou City is lonely and flutters under the white clouds, although it stands proudly, it is alone, and there is a breath of despair in the desolation.

Under the city, on the city wall, Tang Wanren was also desperate, he couldn't stand it, in the face of the rebels attacking like a tide outside the city, in the face of dozens of times his own enemy army, he could hold on for more than two hours, and he could fight bloodily until dawn, which was already commendable, his subordinates had suffered heavy casualties and were unsustainable, he now only had two choices, either abandon the city and leave a way for himself and his subordinates to survive, or live and die with Shagou and wipe out the whole army.

Arrows rained down, the sea of people was like a tide, the piercing whistling, the deafening killing sound, and the earth-shattering drums and trumpets converged into a wave of terrifying sounds, like a continuous angry wave violently impacting Tang Wanren's heart, he felt that he was about to collapse, especially when he heard the screams of the soldiers under his command before they died, and saw the brothers who swore to fight to the death fall one after another, he could no longer hold on, and finally, he raised the bloody war knife and roared out a word hoarsely, withdraw

The officers and soldiers fled by the way, the rebels swarmed in, and the sand ditch changed hands in an instant.

The morning sun is rising, the glow is thousands, the city of Shagou is bathed in red light, it looks very beautiful, but the smell of blood in the air and the smell of burnt trees after burning are mixed together, pungent and unpleasant, so the glow turns into blood light, and the city bathed in the blood light is terrifying and cold, revealing a solemn atmosphere after the war.

Li Fengyun greeted the "blood light", smelled the bloody air, surrounded by Han Jinluo, Shan Xiongxin, Xiao Yi and others, rode into Shagou City, he had a smile on his face, and his arms kept waving to greet the soldiers, but he was not happy in his heart, because this battle was not fought very well.

In tonight's battle, he took out four armies, the second army of the alliance is his descendant, the eleventh and twelfth armies of the alliance are Han Jinluo's headquarters, and the seventeenth army of the alliance is Shan Xiongxin's Wagang army. Cao Kun, the commander of the Second Army, attacked the West Gate, Han Jinluo attacked the South Gate, Shan Xiongxin attacked the East Gate, and left the North Gate for the officers and troops to escape. This should be a battle without suspense and with one drum, but as a result, only Cao Kun attacked with all his might, and it was the second army of the alliance that broke the city first, and this battle was fought until dawn. This is too dangerous, Shagou City is only sixty miles away from Licheng, if Zhang Xutuo gets the news at the first time and gallops to help, he will definitely be able to rush to Shagou before dawn, fortunately, Zhang Xutuo's reinforcements did not come, and the righteous army captured Shagou City as they wished, seizing the opportunity.

Everyone was very happy, and Li Fengyun buried his dissatisfaction in his heart, but he had a bad premonition, the contradiction between Meng Haigong and Shuai Rentai was becoming more and more intense, Han Jinluo and Shan Xiongxin were selfish, and there were more and more hidden dangers within the alliance, but the opponent of this battle was Zhang Xutuo, a fierce general, in this case, it was difficult to say the outcome of the battle.

Climb the city tower, facing the morning sun, a warmth hovers in the heart. Looking northeast along the avenue that spreads to the sky, there is no one to see, and the fleeing officers and soldiers are gone, but soon, the officers and soldiers of Licheng will appear in the field of vision of the righteous army.

There will be a fierce battle next, and this fierce battle will last for a long time, and the alliance will have to pay a big price for it. Han Jinluo was worried that he would be put on the frontal battlefield by Li Fengyun to confront Zhang Xutuo, so he hesitated for a moment, and then asked with a smile, "I wonder if Meng Shuai can reach Shagou before Zhang Xutuo?" ”

"Last night, I ordered Meng Shuai to hurry to Shagou." Li Fengyun turned his head and glanced at him, a trace of coldness flashed imperceptibly in his eyes, he knew what Han Jinluo meant, so he unceremoniously cut off Han Jinluo's "thoughts", "But even if Meng Shuai rushes to Shagou now, he will not enter the Shagou battlefield, but lurk on the west bank of Zhongchuan Shui, temporarily on standby." ”

Li Fengyun's decision was to besiege the city and send reinforcements, but the illusion he made was "siege and reinforcement", it seemed that the main forces were attacking the city, and the blocking force was very weak, in fact, the main forces were all "blocking and reinforcing the battlefield", and Zhang Xutuo's army was consumed little by little, so Meng Haigong's five armies on the right side must be placed behind, and they will not be thrown out for the time being, so as not to expose their true intentions and let Zhang Xutuo "decouple" and escape.

Han Jinluo's smile was slightly sluggish, and then his eyes showed a look of worry, "If Zhang Xutuo tries his best to rescue and storm the sand ditch, I'm afraid we will be difficult to resist." ”

Li Fengyun's face changed, his expression was cold, his eyes showed a cold light, and he asked, "How many officers and soldiers are guarding the sand ditch?" How many of us are attacking the city? However, the officers and soldiers have been guarding until dawn, and if there is such a huge disparity in combat effectiveness, we really can't hold the sand ditch, so I would like to ask you, for such a long time, we have invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources in army building, why is the combat effectiveness still so unbearable? ”

Li Fengyun was still saving face, and he didn't name him, but the generals standing beside Li Fengyun knew that Li Fengyun was angry and couldn't bear Han Jinluo, who didn't work hard. The atmosphere was suddenly tense, Han Jinluo was annoyed and angry, his face was very gloomy, but Li Fengyun's next words made him shudder.

"In this battle of Shagou, all armies took turns to hold on, Han Shuai was brave and good at fighting, and the first battle belonged to you." When Li Fengyun said this, his tone suddenly changed and became murderous, "This battle is related to the survival of the alliance, whoever loses the sand ditch will cut off someone's head, and there will be no mercy for killing."

The birds are silent, as if the air is stagnant, the cold wind hits the face, and everyone is in danger.

Han Jinluo knew that there was no way out, so he hesitated a little, and planned to put forward some conditions, he couldn't just let him be slaughtered, but Li Fengyun seemed to see through his filthy psychology, and without waiting for him to speak, he waved his hand violently and said loudly, "Shan Shuai immediately led the army to retreat to the east bank of Zhongchuan Shui, build fortifications, and coordinate with Shagou City to defend and support each other." Cao Tong's army immediately withdrew to the west bank of Zhongchuan Shui, and crossed the river at any time to support Shagou. ”

Shan Xiongxin and Cao Kun bowed down to promise, while Li Fengyun glanced at Han Jinluo coldly, then turned around and left, "When you go back to Changqing, the Shagou battlefield will be handed over to you." ”

Xiao Yi and Cao Kun hurried away after Li Fengyun.

Han Jinluo and Shan Xiongxin looked at each other, and their eyes invariably showed a cold and murderous aura.

"He hid behind and enjoyed his success, but let us fight in front, which is obviously calculating us and weakening us, and his heart can be punished." Han Jinluo said angrily.

Shan Xiongxin snorted coldly, glanced at him disdainfully, and didn't answer his words at all, "Go out of the city immediately." ”

Zhang Xutuo came from the north, and Shagou City was under the greatest pressure, followed by the first line of Zhongchuan Water, so in comparison, the pressure on Shan Xiongxin was much less. Han Jinluo is reluctant, all the hard work and dirty work belong to me, you are watching the excitement on the side, it is impossible, and you will be dragged alive or dead.

"The sand ditch is lost, and it's not just so-and-so whose head is lost, but also you, and you can't run away." Han Jinluo threatened, he was worried that at the critical moment, Shan Xiongxin would stand by coldly and let himself and Zhang Xutuo lose both, then his loss would be too great.

Shan Xiongxin sneered and asked, "You are from Jibei, you have fought with Zhang Xutuo, and you know a lot of Qilu heroes, don't you know how many troops Zhang Xutuo has?" Now Zhang Xutuo not only has to deal with us, but also has to deal with Meng Rang and the Zuo brothers in Changbai Mountain, as well as Guo Fangpre and Qin Junhong in Beihai, in addition, Wang Bo of Douzigang may go south at any time, and Hebei Haoxiong Liu Badao, Sun Xuanya, Hao Xiaode and others may also take the opportunity to go south and take advantage of the fire to rob, so Zhang Xutuo also has to deploy heavy troops on the front line of Jishui and Dahe, so how many troops can he throw into the battlefield of Shagou? It can be said with certainty that even if Zhang Xutuo threw all the defenders of Licheng in, it would not be more than 10,000 people. How many people are there in Han Shuai? The two armies of 8,000 soldiers have a great advantage in terms of troops, and then you also have Shagou City, and the strong city defense of Shagou City is at least worth 10,000 troops. ”

Han Jinluo was furious. Shan Xiongxin is above board, to put it bluntly, a certain is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, until the moment of crisis, a certain will not support you, a certain only needs to hold the Zhongchuan water defense line, and a certain will not bury his brother's life in vain for you.

"Don't be complacent, and don't think that Bai Shuai put you in Zhongchuan Water to take care of you." Han Jinluo gritted his teeth with hatred, but at this moment he was full of smiles, but his gloomy eyes exposed his monstrous anger at the moment, "Zhang Xutuo is a fierce general, do you think he can't see through Bai Shuai's plan, and he will rush into the sand ditch trap?" ”

Shan Xiongxin smiled, hugged his fists as a salute, and left.

However, the change in the battle situation was right for Han Jinluo.

Zhang Xutuo led 3,000 men and horses to Shagou City at a gallop. On the way, he met Tang Wanren, Tang Wanren took the initiative to ask for guilt, Zhang Xutuo asked him, after the two wars, how many people did you bring back? Tang Wanren said that there were more than 400 brothers left. Zhang Xutuo patted him on the shoulder and said four words, "Make a note." ”

Zhang Xutuo arrived at Shagou, and when he saw the deployment of the righteous army, he immediately guessed Li Fengyun's true intentions, and immediately ordered to surround Shagou City, besiege but not attack, and storm the Zhongchuan water defense line with all his strength.

Shan Xiongxin was caught off guard, he didn't expect that after the official army came, he would not attack Shagou City at all, and he would come at him, and he didn't have time to build fortifications, let alone organize effective resistance, and 3,000 men and horses fled to the other side in a swarm.

Zhang Xutuo ordered to form a formation on the east bank of Zhongchuan Water to confront the rebels on the opposite bank. Then he ordered another 3,000 men and horses to be transferred from Licheng to fortify in the southeast of Shagou City to block the rebels coming from the direction of Shanchi.

Li Fengyun received the news and smiled bitterly. Zhang Xutuo is to know that he also governs his body, you besiege the city to help, I also besiege the city to help, you surround my 3,000 men and horses, I will surround you 8,000 soldiers, see who has the last laugh.

"What's going to happen?" Yuan An was anxious and asked.

Li Fengyun waved his hand, the clouds were light and the wind was light, "Wait." ”

What are you waiting for? Yuan An was stunned for a moment, and then woke up. Waiting for Changbai Mountain Meng Rang and the Zuo brothers, waiting for the Beihai heroes Guo Fangzhu and Qin Junhong, and Wang Bo who is waiting for Douzigang, only any of them will attack all the way, then the Qi County shape shì deteriorated rapidly, Zhang Xutuo was attacked on all sides, and he was overwhelmed, taking care of one and the other, where would he have the time and energy to go on with Li Fengyun on the front line of Zhongchuan River?

"Ming Gong, if the time is too long, and the grain and grass in Shagou are exhausted, Han Shuai and the eight thousand soldiers will be in danger." Yuan An cautiously reminded, "There are only 3,000 officers and soldiers in Changqing City, but there are 8,000 men and horses in Shagou City. ”

Li Fengyun laughed, very subtle, even a little weird.

Yuan An was stunned and had an epiphany. Han Jinluo and his two armies are very important to the alliance, but for Li Fengyun, it is chicken ribs, the food is tasteless, it is a pity to abandon it, it is not used to fight the war, and the food and drink must be fully supplied, which is equivalent to raising a tiger for trouble, maybe one day it will be bitten, so the battle of Shagou has been a trap from beginning to end, if you can't pit Zhang Xutuo, you will pit Han Jinluo, anyway, you will always have to pit one.

Yuan An was secretly shocked, hesitated for a while, and then said, "If Manager Zhen insists on rescuing ......"

"Then save." Li Fengyun said solemnly, "My own brother, how can you not save it?" But the key is how to save. Hitting the sand ditch is equivalent to falling into Zhang Xutuo's trap, which is really unwise. ”

Yuan An looked at Li Fengyun dumbfounded, cold sweat dripping from his vest.

If you don't fight Shagou, then you will fight Changqing, as long as Changqing City is captured and the officials and troops that Zhang Xutuo wants to save are all under control, does Zhang Xutuo still have the meaning of continuing to surround Shagou City? Therefore, Zhen Baoche must have taken the lead in the siege battle and moved forward, which will inevitably wipe out his "old book". The "old book" here was gone, and the grain and grass were cut off there, and Li Fengyun uprooted the Jibei series in the alliance without much effort.

At this moment, Zhen Baoche came rushing and roaring, eager to save Han Jinluo.

Li Fengyun was more anxious than him, and had already ordered to convene an emergency military meeting with the marshals. At the same time, he urgently ordered Lu Xingxing, who was besieging Shengcheng, to take Shengcheng as much as possible, so that the strength of four more armies could be dispatched; Urgently ordered Meng Haigong, Shuai Rentai and Xu Shiren to form a horn with Shan Xiongxin and Cao Kun to support each other, and confront Zhang Xutuo across the middle river.

At the military meeting in the middle of the night, Sima Yuan'an came up with two rescue strategies, one was to do his best to start a decisive battle with Zhang Xutuo on the front line of Zhongchuan Shui, defeated Zhang Xutuo, and relieved the siege of Shagou City, saving Han Jinluo and 8,000 soldiers; The other is to make every effort to attack Changqing City, solve the siege of Changqing City, Zhang Xutuo will inevitably withdraw to Licheng, then the siege of Shagou City can be solved.

Meng Haigong, Shuai Rentai, Xu Shiren, and Shan Xiongxin, who participated in the military conference, were on the front line of Zhongchuan Water, if they followed the first rescue strategy, they would have to fight face to face with Zhang Xutuo, their losses were too great, on the contrary, if they followed the second rescue strategy, the main attack on Changqing City was Li Fengyun's descendants, and they only needed to watch coldly on the front line of Zhongchuan Water.

So the second rescue strategy was unanimously approved by the heroes. Li Fengyun immediately ordered to make all preparations for attacking Changqing City, and only waited for Lu Xingxing to take Shengcheng, and then concentrated the forces of seven armies to storm Changqing.