Chapter 7: The Marsh March
Sun Yang put a knife on Yuan Yao's neck, and when he found Yuan Yao just now, this kid had half a breath left, and it took him half a day to save him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Ji Ling, Yuan Yao is in my hands, whether he is dead or alive is in your words." Sun Yang said, whispering viciously to Yuan Yao: "If you want to live, let Ji Ling retreat." "Actually, now Yuan Yao can't stand on his feet in a daze, let alone shouting.
Ji Ling watched Yuan Yao being slipped away by Sun Yang like a little chicken, but he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and thought about it for a while.
"As long as you hand over Gongzi, I can withdraw from the city, but you have to ensure that the Beiting Army will not attack our army." Ji Ling thought about it and said, secretly sighing in his heart that he had fallen short.
"Okay, when I get to the city gate, I will naturally release Yuan Gongzi."
The two groups of people guarded each other and retreated towards the city gate, and the city gate was also tense, the flood had receded, and the soldiers and horses left by the Huainan army outside the city were completely wiped out by the Beiting army, and Ji Ling, who was watching, really wanted to cut Sun Yang directly.
Ji Ling retreated with the unconscious Yuan Yao, and both sides were very tired after tossing for half the night, not to mention that there was a lot of mourning in the city.
More than 1,500 people of the Beiting Army were drowned in the city, and the losses in the city of Xiapi were great, 20,000 people were drowned, and the hundreds of Liaodong troops and thousands of county soldiers left behind in the city were all killed, and the Huainan army that was left outside the city was killed by the Beiting army, which was relieved, and more than 3,000 people were killed, as the first batch of Liaodong troops to be called.
"System, I underestimated the people of the Three Kingdoms, I obviously knew that Cao Cao had drowned Xiapi, but I still let Ji Ling take advantage of the loophole." Sun Yang's voice was a little hoarse.
"You have the advantage, but you are nothing in the face of man-made natural disasters, didn't you say that the human heart is worse than the flood? You must know that the Mongol expeditionary forces of later generations have attacked cities with the corpses of the Black Death. The system reminded.
In the early morning, the entire Xiapi City is like a ghost town, only the cars transporting the corpses make a crashing sound, the real liquidation, found that the number of dead far exceeded 20,000, it should be that more and more displaced people have flocked to Xiapi City in recent times, I heard that there is enough food here, so it has caused greater casualties.
Now they have all become a nameless corpse, and they would rather be peaceful dogs than troubled people.
The eyes of those who were lucky enough to survive looked at Sun Yang coldly, just like the walking dead, even if Sun Yang took out a lot of supplies, everyone just took them away silently, without even looking at them.
In the military camp of the Huainan Army outside the city, Yuan Yao had already woken up, and the small black room that had been locked up for a month was about to make him crazy, and when Ji Ling came in, Yuan Yao was vigorously shaking on a thin military prostitute.
In the middle of the sound, Yuan Yao screamed comfortably, put on his clothes and got off the bed, without looking at Ji Ling, drinking a lot, eating a large piece of meat, and behaving rudely, Ji Lingzhi frowned, it seemed that the son was tortured quite miserably, and his temperament changed greatly.
In normal times, a general like Ji Ling, Yuan Yao treats each other politely, and whoever is locked up in a dirty and smelly dungeon for a month will also be emotionally abnormal, not to mention a noble son who has never suffered hardship.
"Why don't you attack the city yet, I'm going to cut off Sun Yang's head and use it to hold wine." Yuan Yao wiped his mouth after eating, and said to Ji Ling, mentioning Sun Yang was full of resentment.
"I just fought all night last night, and the soldiers are very tired." Ji Ling was a little dissatisfied with this young master's blind command, and he would have to go back to sleep later.
Yuan Yao snorted a few times, took off his clothes, hugged the military prostitute and fell asleep, and snored after a while. Ji Ling shook his head, a little speechless, and left, this time the combat effectiveness of the Beiting Army scared him a lot.
The next day, Sun Yang left part of the Beiting army to repair the city and houses, and originally wanted to recruit strong men to reinforce the embankment in Surabaya, but unfortunately the surrounding area of Xiapi City was also full of mourning, so he had to give up.
Sun Yang crossed Surabaya with 16,000 Beiting officers and soldiers, and because the ships were all taken away and destroyed by Ji Ling, the Beiting army spent a lot of time.
After wasting two days, he finally caught up with the Huainan army in Fuli, but encountered continuous heavy rain, and Fuli, which was already full of rotten grass, brought big trouble to the two armies. Sun Yang secretly scolded Ji Ling for leading a broken road.
Ji Ling was also uncomfortable, I don't know if it was flooded, he was punished by heaven, and he was sick, Ji Ling was afraid of fighting Sun Yang at this time.
Sun Yang found a local person to ask, saying that he was near Lishan, because the mountain produces Fu grass, so it is called Fu Li, Fu Cao, Sun Yang has never heard of it, Fu Li roast chicken is like thunder, but it is estimated that this era, it has not yet appeared.
Sun Yang remembered that he was stationed at a high place when he encountered water, and when he encountered a forest, the road was too bad, and many ox carts were damaged. Ji Ling fought and retreated, and he never succeeded.
The mountains are lush with vegetation and surrounded by swamps, looking at the horseshoe prints and footprints left behind, it seems that Ji Ling has retreated, whether to chase or bypass, the swamps around the mountain are not small in this era.
Most of the generals of the Three Kingdoms follow the principle of running away if they can't fight, and there are not many fools like Lu Bu. Ji Lingjin left the mountain at the right time, and when Sun Yang arrived, due to the sowing of the rain, the swamp mud completely blocked the road.
There is not much grain and grass, due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, coupled with the massacre carried out by Cao Cao in the Huaisi Valley, the area of Fuli and Xiaqiu is sparsely populated, and there is no way to replenish it.
Sun Yang thought for a while, remembered the deeds of the Qing Dynasty's Nian Qianyao's expedition to Qinghai, and called Chen Gong to whisper a few words, Chen Gong's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again.
The next day, each soldier carried a plank and a bunch of grass. When encountering a swamp, throw the grass first, then the planks, and soon open a safe passage, and of course a few unlucky ghosts will fall into the muddy swamp.
In the swamp, you can often see a piece of white bones, I heard the guide say that when a group of yellow turbans ran out of food, they began to eat people, and the villagers were so frightened that they ran away from the mountain, and it was also raining, so they fell into it, and they cried as they spoke.
With the advance of the Beiting Army, Ji Ling, who was originally hiding in Lishan, relied on the abundance of grain and grass, and there was a swamp blocking the grain and grass that could consume the Beiting Army, but he didn't expect Sun Yang to use the simplest method to crack the swamp.
In a tent on the mountain, Ji Ling and Yuan Yao were warming up around the brazier, and the weather in the ninth lunar month was already getting cold and rainy.
Yuan Yao clenched his neckline, glanced up at Ji Ling, and said, "The general's body is better." ”
"Thank you, son, this is an old problem, I injured my muscles and bones from practicing in my early years, and when it came to a rainy day, I had a faint pain, and I got typhoid fever again, so it's good to rest for a day or two, it's a pity." Ji Ling knew in his heart that there was no time to rest.
Yuan Yao clenched his fists and slammed into the ground, "Damn, this Sun Yang came out of nowhere, and even Lu Bu was captured alive by him." ”
The Beiting Army set up a formation at the foot of the mountain, take the back attack, at this time the mountain is much more than the later generations, can carry thousands of people to open the formation, the Beiting Army attacks wave by wave, the Huainan Army releases arrows at a high place, this period of rain continues, the bow and arrow are damp, and the shooting is also a little weak, and the lethality produced is limited.
Soon the two armies drew closer, the archers of the Huainan Army quickly retreated, and the regular soldiers of the Huainan Army made up for it, and the Beiting Army was hard to face, at this time the gap in strength was revealed, and the Beiting Army was a strong soldier who was blood-stained with yellow sand and raised its prestige in a foreign land.
Of course, in order to build a strong army that competes for the world, Yuan Shu has not spent much money, and the Huainan Army under Ji Ling was built by Yuan Shu with a lot of money, and its combat power is not weak, not to mention the advantage in numbers.
Looking at the light rain in the sky, there was no intention that it would not stop for a few days, and Sun Yang gave up waiting for the Huainan Army to run out of water.
Due to the hurry of the pursuit, the newly built bed crossbow was not brought over, Sun Yang personally tested it several times, and found that the bed crossbow and the infantry crossbow were very defective, easy to damage, and caused trouble.
However, the handicraft industry in the Song Dynasty was developed, and the country had money, but in fact, the combat effectiveness of the Song army was still strong, mainly because there were too many corrupt civil officials and generals.
When I came to the end of the Han Dynasty, I found that the commerce and handicrafts of this era were really bad, and they were too far from the Song and Ming dynasties, perhaps because the damage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion was too great.
Ji Ling also learned smartly, and ordered the soldiers to cut down trees, collect bundled grass, and use it when preparing to break through, there was a battle under the mountain, and Ji Ling's movements naturally couldn't escape Sun Yang's eyes, but he couldn't help it, he couldn't surround the mountain.
At night, the barracks of the two armies were quiet, Sun Yang did not rest, there were many neglected generals in this era of the Three Kingdoms, and Ji Ling was one.
Sun Yang patrolled one battalion after another, greeting the wounded soldiers and saying that those who were sick should be cured as soon as possible, of course, Sun Yang did not ask if they were homesick, and there was no home for them in this era.
The wounded barracks walked around, Sun Yang's mood was a lot duller, there were no anesthetics in this era, by the way, Hua Tuo's hemp was boiling, but he hadn't seen him since he was flooded, Sun Yang suspected that Hua Tuo was dead, it was a pity.
When he returned to Shuaiying and found that Chen Gong was carrying two pheasants, Sun Yang's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "It's okay to go to the public platform, you can shoot pheasants at night, your archery skills are good!" ”
Chen Gong's demeanor was a little twisted, and he said: "These two pheasants ran to a certain tent by themselves, there are many pheasants in this place, and the lord may not pay attention to it when he is busy with the war." ”
The two men shook off the mud from their shoes and went to the tent to sit down.
"Sun Yang is dead...... Kill...... Sun Yang died. Suddenly, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and when they heard that Sun Yang was dead, the Beiting Army began to commotion.
Hundreds of people shouted with torches outside the range of the barracks, and it didn't take long for it to stop, and after a while, they beat the big drum again, harassment tactics, Sun Yang smiled disdainfully, Ji Ling actually used this bad trick, no, and Chen Gong glanced at each other, and the two of them understood each other's meaning at the same time, Ji Ling wanted to run.
When Sun Yang got rid of these hundreds of abandoned sons and rushed up the mountain, he found that there were already people who had gone to the camp, and Ji Ling actually crossed the swamp at night, and there were not many people who dared to march at night in the era of cold weapons, let alone the swamp.
When the day was almost dawn, Ji Ling's army finally completely broke away from the swampy wetlands of the mountain, and looked at the remaining soldiers behind him who wanted to cry without tears, and on this night, several thousand troops were gone.
Sun Yang, who set off after dawn, was startled, there were too many deaths. As soon as he chased out of the swamp, he received news that the reinforcements sent by Gu Yang to Yuan Shu had already joined Ji Ling, and Sun Yang retreated back, this time the troops were in a hurry, and the granary in Xiapi was blistered, and there was not much grain and grass to carry, and there was no way to collect grain on the spot.
This time, the army that hit Ji Ling hard, I am afraid that there are less than 10,000 people who have returned to Huainan, and it can also give Yuan Shu a long memory.
Half of the Beiting army was stationed in Fuli, and it is said that the garrison found a lot of pheasants in Lishan, so they caught and raised them, and later Fuli people called it "Fuli Maji".
Sun Yang returned to Xiapi and took advantage of this opportunity to recruit displaced people in Xiapi and distribute the ownerless houses in the city and the ownerless fields outside the city to the people.