Chapter 130: Loss
Facts have proved that Ou Xing still has a certain military level, and Li's temptation is completely to deliver food, and he has suffered a big loss, the reason is not that the enemy is rash, nor is it low morale, it is completely a natural disadvantage in the army; Lost in the water war, the waters of Jiangxia County are very developed, there are countless rivers and lakes, Nanyang County also has a lot of water flows, but compared with Jiangxia County, it is really a small thing, the so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to draft the water, Jiangxia County is rich in fishermen, and after the fishermen take up arms, they are the water army; There are many bandits and bandits in Nanyang County, and many people are doing the thing of occupying the mountain as the king, but I have never heard of who is doing the profession of water bandits, that is, the newly levied guard Zhou Xiang of Li, this goods was originally a fisherman, but he did not dry the water bandits but went to block the road and rob; After Ou Xing tested Sun Jian and Li Kai, he knew that the two would not be fooled by their so-called "kind appearance", so he marched at night and marched east for more than 20 miles, where there was a river called Surabaya; Swimming across the water and camping on the other side, Ou Xing planned to use those people with excellent water surnames in his team to complete the plan of intercepting the official army, this plan was wise, at least he defeated the official army for the first time, beheaded more than a thousand people, and dyed the surface of the Surabaya River red; Across the Surabaya River, Li Kai was so angry that he scolded his mother, but he was helpless, because he found that he knew six of the seven tricks of water warfare, and he didn't know anything! If cavalry battles and infantry battles are okay, they are not good at water warfare, because in Fan Zeng's ability, water warfare is also a weakness; "What can I do?" , Li Mouren looked across the river and paced back and forth: "Swimming across the past will only let the rebels shoot as rabbits, but for a while they can't find a boat to transport soldiers and horses, if they act at night, but it's still winter, they will freeze to death!" ”
This is how he ate before, forgetting to consider the temperature of the river at night, and after the soldiers swam over and went ashore, the frozen lips were purple, the skin was blue, and they were about to catch up with the zombies. War is a game of the strong, and neither side must show weakness, Li Kai thought so, so after the defeat, he did not blame himself, but carefully thought about the next step in order to win; After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't think of how to cross the Surabaya River and beat Ou Xing hard, and indifferently took out the map. Why? Just look at the geographical location indicated on the map, the Surabaya River leads directly to Jiangxia County, that is, below Xiling City, just outside the city, turn east and continue to flow, the Surabaya River is in a sense the moat of Jiangxia County; This also means that as long as the district star gathers enough ships, they can completely flow down and directly attack Jiangxia County, they can only run in the back, and the boats are all collected by the district star, and they have no boat to ride!
Be sure to find a way to keep the district star here! Li squinted his eyes and thought for a long time without any practical ideas, but when he turned around, he saw that on the hill behind him was a forest, a tall poplar forest; Very good! Li Kai clapped his hands and praised: "There is no endless road!" The earth has the virtue of good life! General Huang! ”
With a loud shout, Huang Zhong not far away rode over, he had just settled the wounded soldiers, and after salvaging the dead bodies on the river, after riding his horse, Father Huang asked, "What does the little gentleman command?" ”
"See the woods, right? Find someone to cut wood! Quick, be sure to bring in twenty before night comes, no! Thirty trees! Li Kai commanded in a deep voice: "Tell the brothers to work hard, as long as this battle is won, I promise that there will be a reward!" ”
As for whether this reward will be realized, please rest assured that the most taboo thing about leading troops to fight is to make empty promises and not fulfill them, which will hit their positive surnames and make their morale drop, Li Kai does not want them to suffer internal injuries, and they will not be able to work hard from now on, and the dream of training strong soldiers that he expects at that time will be shattered; Nanyang County is now so poor that it still has to feed 600,000 displaced people, so what reward will they be given? It's very simple, in a conversation with Sun Jian yesterday, Li Kai learned a piece of news, Jiangxia County - millions of stone in grain!
Unfortunately, Li was a hungry wolf, and he was already staring at it with green eyes, and regarded the grain as his own bag, so he was the first to do the idea of Ou Xing to fight Xiling City; Is cutting down trees a bridge? Of course not, it's just used to delay Ou Xing for the time being, when Ou Xing made an idea and wanted to lead his soldiers and horses down the river at night, there was a sea of fire on the river, and they couldn't get through it anyway; Thirty withered trees were joined together one by one, and each third was tied together, and with a lot of hay and oil, even on the surface of the river there was a raging flame, blocking the way of Ou Xing's fleet; This is just to delay time, and Li Kai found Sun Wentai again, discussed the current situation with him, and told him that he needed his cooperation: "I have already chosen the location of the decisive battle, and I will knock the district star to death!" The location is under Xiling City, but I need you to go to Xiling City first and get ready! ”
Sun Jian was very happy, he also knew the current situation, and agreed without hesitation, leading three thousand soldiers and horses from his headquarters to Jiangxia County overnight, as for what Li did he was not worried about, he did not show disbelief in this person whose beard had not yet grown; As for the reason, the talent he showed in the battle of Xiliang was enough to make him believe that such a brave army of Xiliang Xiaocai could be crippled by him, not to mention these hastily gathered chaotic people?
Nanyang County is also a group of rabble, and it is also a hastily gathered soldiers and horses, but this army of soldiers and horses has a simple characteristic, that is, hard-working, how hard is the life of the homeless? Just experience it to make sure you don't think about it in the future, so they're tough; Li Kai gave full play to their characteristics, all the way down the river to the riverside of the Surabaya River, cutting down trees all the way, blocking the Surabaya River, and preventing Ou Xing from taking a boat to Xiling City at the fastest speed. Two armies across the Surabaya River are rushing to run, and the common destination is Xiling City, so will there really be a prize for whoever arrives first? Fart prize! Regardless of whether Li arrives first or last, he is the winner!
If he arrives first, he can refuse to defend the city and wait for the opportunity to fight with Ou Xing again, if he arrives later, he can give Ou Xing a knife from the rear and attack Sun Jian back and forth! In a word, Li's little abacus crackled, and Ou Xing didn't realize this problem at all; The running race between the two sides did not stop until twenty miles outside Jiangxia County, and under the reminder of his partner, Guo Shi, Ou Xing woke up to the fact that the other party was playing him! With an army of 30,000 following you, can you choose to attack the city? Unless it's a fool!
Ou Xing is not a fool, on the contrary, this person is a monkey spirit, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he thought of a way, since the strategic plan has been shattered, let's change the course of action! Where to go? Go to Yangzhou! It's not far from the east of Jiangxia County!
There is so rich, the state pastor Liu Miao has just taken office and is a soft egg, bullying him may have a surprising effect, if there is really a chance to divide Yangzhou, I can't think about other things! The so-called other things are nothing more than being the king and the hegemon!
With the support of everyone, this group of rebels no longer stayed, and went directly to the east, leaving Sun Jian and others who were waiting for them to attack the city with wide eyes, and the depressed Sun Jian waited for Li Kai and asked what to do; Li Mouren laughed loudly: "Ou Xing is confused! The thief said, the period is not far away! ”
The reason why there is such a judgment is because Ou Xing ignored a fatal problem, to say the least, it was seventy or eighty miles, two or three days away, and he was in a hurry to raise troops - the grain and grass were not fully prepared!
These rebels are just for a full meal, and if there is not enough food and grass, they will only cause internal chaos, so they give the officers and soldiers a big chance! District Star is self-defeating! Maybe he was confident that he could plunder all the way over, but he forgot that on the way from Xiling City to Yangzhou, there were no larger county seats, and the most were villages!
How many villages can be plundered to feed an army of 40,000? Especially while they are plundering, the rebels with lax military discipline will definitely have incidents, if Ou Xing can solve it in time, it will be no problem, if it can't be solved, he will definitely die!
In particular, there will be many people who have been plundered by them who will help the officers and soldiers with hatred and psychology, and their so-called righteous army will not stand up in righteousness, and will be spurned by people to become a rogue army!
As expected, Ou Xing's behavior aroused the public anger of Jiangxia people, and many people came to report to the official army, and some people even formed a militia team to sneak attack and harass the rebels, and for a time Ou Xing fell into a sea of people's anger; It was only at this time that he woke up to the idea that he had put forward many ideas such as the impossibility of heaven and earth, and that everything should only be fought for by himself, in order to save the poor people who were living a difficult life under the rule of the Han Dynasty and could not have food and clothing, but now he is more ruthless and desperate than those officials!
The hearts of the people have been lost! Ou Xing feels that something in his body is broken, is it an ideal? Or conscience? He wasn't sure for himself, so gritting his teeth, he decided to go all the way to the dark! He also made a reason in his heart to comfort himself; How can you do great things without sacrifice? Their sacrifice was worth it, and I'm going to have some unbounded ideas in the future!
It only took two and a half days for Ou Xing to run, and Li and Sun Jian blocked his way in the wild, this time - it was a decisive battle!
(To be continued)