Chapter 595: Fighting a war is not reasonable

I have to say that Li Xian has fought hundreds of battles large and small on the battlefield for a long time, and it is not an exaggeration to kill people like hemp on him, but the first time he experienced a water battle still made him feel a lot of emotion. The tragic agitation of the water war is very different from the land battle, although it is a little less than the rampant madness of the plain field war, but it is a little more magnificent and majestic. More than 1,000 warships crisscrossed the water, and the feathered arrows were like flying locusts in the sky.

He is no longer the young man who kills a few enemies and gives birth to a proud and proud heart, and he has seen and participated in battles involving hundreds of thousands of people at every turn.

Looking at the sawdust flying up on the river in front of him, Li Xian felt familiar when the black smoke swept across the river, he had watched countless war movies and TV series in his previous life, but Li Xian still couldn't hide his shock, no matter how real the scene on the TV screen and movie screen was, it was not as real as it was in person. Li Xian understands the power of explosives better than anyone else, but understanding does not mean that he will not be moved.

The five-tooth ship is nearly 70 meters long, and it passes through three floors of the building, carrying thousands of soldiers. A huge hideous hole was blown out near the bow of the ship, and the water of the Yellow River, covered with mud and sand, poured into the cabin violently, and the sailors in the cabin were swept away by the huge waves before they could escape. The water poured in rapidly, and the tilt angle of the big ship increased.

The sailors and soldiers on the deck shouted in panic, some subconsciously climbed the mast, and some jumped directly into the water regardless of the torrent. Some people were crying and holding things around them that could hold their bodies in place, and some people were stupid and didn't know what to do and fell down the sloping deck.

The capsizing of a big ship is like the stranding of a giant whale.

Many soldiers who were fighting desperately on the warship subconsciously stopped after hearing the loud sound of winter thunder, and the soldiers of both the Yan Yunjun and the Tang Army fixed their eyes on the capsized ship. For a moment, there seemed to be silence on the river, and only the groans of pain from the sunken ship wafted above the water. I don't know how long it was, maybe just a few seconds, someone shouted and continued to swing the knife, and the noisy and chaotic shouts of killing sounded again.

People were shocked by the power of the bombing, but they cared more about their own lives.

Hundreds of centipede clippers burrowed into the battleship formation of the Tang Navy Division from the cracks, and the ziplines kept throwing up, just like hundreds of millions of ants climbing onto the back of an elephant, frantically gnawing on the flesh until only a pair of dry bones remained. Han Kuishan knew that he had made a mistake, and he didn't dare to kill more people than Nie took away, so he took a few centipede clippers to pass through the water, and hung explosive bags on the Tang army's warships from time to time, and then explosions came and went.

Su Shengcai was mobilizing the rear team of warships to get out of the way, and seeing that the scene in front of him was getting more and more chaotic, the sense of foreboding in his heart was getting stronger and stronger. Yan Yunjun's powerful weapon frightened him, it was a fear from the heart, and it made him feel that the combat techniques he had learned were useless in front of this weapon. No matter how clever the calculations, no matter how proper the distribution, no matter how correct the tactics, they all become meaningless in the face of such an anti-heaven thing.

He was just ordered to intercept Li Xian, the king of Yan, and did not allow him to rush to Chang'an by water, he was just a general of the naval division who had newly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and he did not dare to disobey the orders of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, but he also knew that the king of Yan, who had been ordered by Li Yuan to be named the governor of Henan Province, was by no means easy to mess with. So from the beginning, he didn't have the heart to fight to the death, after all, he was just a courtier, and if he didn't respect King Qin, he might have no place in the Tang Dynasty, but if he fought to the death with King Yan, wouldn't it be the same as having no place to go?

He just wanted to delay Li Xian's westward advance, and only wanted to block the river with an absolutely solid defensive ship formation. When the battle situation developed to the present, Su Sheng realized that he was really wrong. His fault was not that he listened to King Qin's military order to block the river, nor did he dare to be an enemy of King Yan, but that his concept was wrong from the beginning.

This is war, not child's play.

He didn't want to offend King Yan, but how could King Yan allow someone to block the way? He didn't want to fight to the death to become a dead end, but how could King Yan accompany him to play at home?

He, a battle-hardened general, forgot the true meaning of war from the very beginning.

As long as there is a war, you need to go all out.

Yan Yunjun's sailor went all out, but he still wanted to leave room to meet again in the future, how could he be undefeated with such two completely different concepts?

"Let the rear warships dock and get out of the river!"

Su Shengcai waved his hand weakly, feeling sorry for the more than ten five-toothed ships destroyed by Yan Yunjun. The cost of these dozen warships is enough to equip tens of thousands of heroes. And these ships are the foundation of his life, without these warships, what use does Datang want him?

He sat down against the side of the boat, as if he had been drained of all his strength for a moment.

"War ......"

Lai Yuan, who was standing on the ship's floor, looked at the white flag raised by the Tang Army warship in front of him, and the excitement on his face dissipated and returned to calm. Looking at the white flag, he muttered, "War...... Is it child's play? ”

It's a bit pretentious and arrogant to say, but who knows that his perception of these six words is far beyond human understanding. At that time, what he thought in his heart was to send out the order, wave the flag to cover the sun, and guide the country with 100,000 battle armors, and use the learned art of war battle array to fight for the world, so as to establish immortal achievements for future generations. But Yang Xuan was a mess of defeat, and it took him to understand the true meaning of these six words after millions of people died.

From the day he was able to survive, Lai Yuan remembered one thing deeply. But when you move troops, you must go all out, and take every war seriously, that is, take your own life seriously.

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After the white flag was raised, the river did not return to calm for a long time, and the Tang Army's sailors wanted to get out of the way of the river and rescue the soldiers who fell into the water. The big ships of the Yan Yun Army gradually moved in turn, monitoring the Tang Army warships landing and lowering their sails. The centipede warship sped back and forth on the water, assisting the Tang Army in rescuing soldiers who had fallen into the water.

The two sides, who were still fighting each other with swords and fighting endlessly, held hands and looked at each other's eyes at this time, relatively speechless.

The soldiers who fell into the water, whether they were from the Yan Yun Army or the Tang Army, would hold on tightly when they saw a pair of outstretched hands. The bodies that were still floating on the water and had not been swept away were also recovered, and the soldiers went from being covered in blood to being soaked with sweat. One second ago, he was still killing, and the next second he was saving people. War is never static, the bloodshed of the dead is the main theme, but so is saving people.

The Tang Army warships, all of which raised the white flags, docked in turn, lowered their sails, and the soldiers threw their hard bows on the deck, looking at the Yanyun Army Centipede Clippers who were busy saving people with complicated eyes.

It took more than an hour for the river to gradually return to calm.

The people on both sides of the river bank who were trembling and watching the battle at the beginning were still pale with fright, feeling that such a big battle was too tragic and cold, and when they saw the end of the war, they felt bored in their hearts, and said how could it be that the battle ended in a short time? How many people have died? How many ships were destroyed? It seems that it is far less bloody than expected, so I am very dissatisfied, and I can't wait for the two sides to make some waves and fight again to relieve my anger.

This is the cold-blooded ruthlessness of people, in order to watch the fierce and lively, many people are complaining that there are fewer people who die.

The onlookers gradually dispersed, and the most they watched today was to let them brag about it more in the future. Few people would think that the corpses of soldiers who died in the water were gnawed off by big and small fish, and they might become white bones if they floated out for dozens of miles. No one even thinks about whether the deceased has fathers and sisters, and whether there are wives, wives and children waiting in front of the house and looking forward to the return of their relatives.

Someone even spat at the mouth of the foam and scolded the Tang army for being a bad seed, and then talked about a certain battle he experienced that day, which was really a mountain of dead people and a river of blood.

Most of these people have experienced the pain of war, and they don't know how many relatives and family members have died as a result of the sword soldiers. At that time, they all felt that they were the most miserable people in the world, and there was not a single straw curtain to roll up the corpses of their relatives for burial. finally survived, but they became even more cold-blooded and impersonal. How many of those corpses in the water were trapped in the belly of the fish? Mo said that there was no grass curtain to roll up the corpse into Tibet, and according to folklore, the deceased who fell into the water could not even be reincarnated.

Li Xian's Yanyun giant ship is 100 meters long, which is one-third longer and one-third wider than Yang Guang's big dragon boat. Compared with the dragon boat, it is a little more solemn. The Yanyun giant ship was anchored in the middle of the river, surrounded by warships.

Su Sheng went to his armor, took off his helmet, and when he boarded the giant ship in a dejected manner, he actually forgot to take a good look at this behemoth. He is the general of the defeated army, so he is worried in his heart, I don't know what kind of scene it will be when he sees King Yan for a while, if King Yan is angry and orders to behead himself, then wouldn't he be extremely wronged and wronged?

They are all people from Datang, why do they have to work so hard?

He got on the big ship in a panic and brought a dozen major generals to ask King Yan for his guilt. The guards at the door made his generals wait outside, and let him in alone. Su Shengcai thought about how to excuse himself as he walked, and only after entering the cabin did he realize that his worries were a little unnecessary.

King Yan sat quietly in a chair and talked to someone, and there didn't seem to be a little anger between his eyebrows.

His first reaction after seeing King Yan turned out to be, how could there be such a handsome man in this world? Not long ago, he had met Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and Li Shimin's handsome demeanor had already impressed him, and when he saw King Yan today, he found that he was really an uninformed person. Dressed in black clothes, King Yan sat on a chair and talked to the person next to him, and the man lowered his head and replied from time to time with a humble attitude.

This person Su Shengcai also recognized, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Humble Su Shengcai, I have seen His Royal Highness King Yan!"

Su Shengcai didn't pretend to be tough, he knelt on the ground and made a big salute. And he claims to be lowly, not defeated. Li Xian turned his head and glanced at him lightly, and then said to the people around him: "Be careful not to leave out a person, after the number is determined, Lone Hui will personally write back to Juye Zezhong and ask Du Ruhui to send the pension." Remember a little ...... All soldiers who cannot be found are given a pension for the death of the war, and even if they survive in the future, the pension cannot be returned. No one is going to joke about death...... And human life is not something that can be traded for money. ”

King Yan actually said such a thing, which surprised Su Shengcai.

He raised his head and glanced at King Yan, but saw Li Xian waving his hand at him and said, "Stand up and speak." ”

He hurriedly got up, and then bowed his head to Lai Yuan, who was about to leave, and said, "I've seen the young general." ”

Lai Yuan glanced at him and said indifferently: "You have lost your father's face." ”

Su Shengcai's face turned red, and he didn't dare to answer.

After Lai Yuan left, Li Xian asked Su Shengcai with a faint smile: "You are also a person of a hundred battles, do you know why you lost today?" ”

Su Shengcai thought about it and replied truthfully: "I just can't think of it, and I can't understand it, since I am also a minister of the Tang Dynasty...... Why is His Highness so ruthless? What the lowly wants is to intercept His Highness, and His Highness does want to kill the lowly office. ”

Li Xian smiled and said, "You should be glad because you stopped the wrong person." Don't say that Li Shimin asked you to lead troops to intercept it, but the Tang Emperor asked you to Chen Bing here, and he ran over alone. The Matter of Soldiers...... It's not one-two-three. ”