The worm boat is the real water killer, they are the Northern Sui Water Division, with a large number of water-based soldiers, and they are real water professional soldiers. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The 100 Worm Boats are all 500 stone in size, and their heads are equipped with ramming angles, which are the world of surface sampans, sentinel boats and rafts, and as long as they are hit by it, they will almost always overturn head-on, and even be smashed to pieces.

More than 100 Worm Boats were extremely fast, and they rushed into the water of the battlefield in a moment, and they came fiercely, knocking over the rafts of the Tang Army one after another, and the soldiers on the rafts fell into the water one after another.

At this time, the Sui army water ghosts lurking on the worm boat attacked, this time the Sui army sailors dispatched nearly a thousand water ghosts, they are underwater special soldiers, all of them are white stripes in the waves, wearing only a pair of pants, and biting an extremely sharp short knife in their mouths.

When they entered the water, they immediately turned into bloodthirsty sharks, and the Tang soldiers were most afraid of them, and even Shi Huaiyi, the fierce general of the three armies, had no resistance when he fell into their hands.

As the Sui army water ghost entered the river, the screams of the Tang soldiers continued to be heard on the water, and many Tang soldiers who were originally lying on the raft suddenly screamed, and then they lost their breath, and the soldiers in the raft found that a sharp dagger stretched out from the gap in the raft, cutting the neck of the soldier just now, and some soldiers were even disemboweled.

But there are not many such tragedies, the Sui army's water ghosts are more tasked with destroying the raft that crosses the river, the soldiers under the water cut the ropes one by one, the raft suddenly fell apart, the soldiers on the raft fell into the water one after another, they could only hold the wood and cry for mercy.

In just a moment, the complete raft was no longer visible on the river, and the logs were floating on the water, and many logs were clinging to the Tang soldiers who fell into the water, as long as they fell into the water, the Tang soldiers basically had no combat effectiveness, and their morale collapsed, and they only begged the Sui army water ghosts under the water to spare their lives, not to mention that many soldiers were wounded by arrows.

One by one, the soldiers of the Tang Army were carried onto the Worm Boat and knelt on the deck to become prisoners of war, and in just half a day, more than 5,000 people were already captured, and many of the Tang soldiers who had just set off broke down in confidence and fled back to the south bank desperately.

Li Xiaogong, who was watching the battle on the shore, sighed helplessly, and ordered to the left and right: "Stop the attack, Mingjin withdraw the troops!" ”

'When! While! While! ’

When the bell rang to collect the troops, the tens of thousands of Tang soldiers on the south bank breathed a long sigh of relief and rushed to the camp.

In the big tent, Li Xiaogong was completely desperate, the Sui army firmly controlled the battle situation, controlled the rich water, whether it was building a pontoon bridge or a raft to cross the river, it was easily resolved by the Sui army, even if they broke through to the north bank, they would also be wiped out by the Sui cavalry, they actually had no chance of winning.

At this time, the three generals Huang Junhan, Lu Shangzu and Wang Renshou walked into the big tent, bowed down together and saluted: "See Your Highness!" ”

Li Xiaogong sighed slightly and said: "We only have three days of rations left, the game we hunt, the fruit stems we pick, and the fish and shrimp we catch are insignificant. ”

"What decision does Your Highness need to make?" Wang Renshou asked cautiously.

Li Xiaogong glanced at Huang Junhan and said: "General Huang proposed a plan yesterday, called the plan of surviving with a broken arm, that is, to let the soldiers of Nanjun surrender to the Northern Sui, and then be sent back to their hometown by the Sui army, and then concentrate the grain, and give our 20,000 descendants one last chance to cross the Jiugong Mountains to Baling County to the west, I think this plan is feasible, what do the two generals think?" ”

Lu Shangzu and Wang Renshou pondered for a moment, and Wang Renshou said first: "As long as His Highness decides, he will obey the order." ”

"What about General Lu?" Li Xiaogong turned to Lu Shangzu again.

Lu Shangzu hesitated and said: "I'm not worried about the lowly position, but I'm afraid that the reinforcements from Wuchang will come, and we have already left." ”

"I was worried, but now I have to make a choice, either I believe that reinforcements will come, and we will continue to wait, if the reinforcements do not come, we will have to destroy the whole army; Either believe that reinforcements will not come, and must use the last bit of food to survive, we can't drag it out for a day, and now we have to make a decision, I don't know what you guys think, but I'm more inclined to the second possibility. ”

"I also don't think reinforcements will come." Huang Junhan said on the side.

Wang Renshou nodded, "I think so too!" ”

Lu Shangzu smiled bitterly, bowed down and said, "No matter what choice His Highness makes, he will resolutely obey his humble position." ”

"Good! Since the opinions of the four of us are unified, now we are faced with a second choice, who will lead the army of 60,000 Nanjun to surrender to the Northern Sui? One of the three of you must shoulder this burden. ”

The three of them were silent, and Li Xiaogong said again: "I know that some words are taboo, but now we must be honest with each other, I say this, I don't care what your true intentions are, as long as you are willing to lead the army to surrender to the Northern Sui, whether you come back in the end, or voluntarily stay in the Northern Sui, you will be a hero of the Tang Dynasty, and you will not be held accountable, I will send his wife and children to the Central Capital, which I Li Xiaogong uses my personality as a guarantee." ”

The three of them glanced at each other, and at this time, Huang Junhan sighed and said: "This is the plan I proposed, naturally it should be implemented by me, I stay, and I am from Jiangxia, Zhang Xuan will trust me more." ”

Li Xiaogong glanced at Wang Renshou and Lu Shangzu, and both of them nodded, indicating that they accepted the result.

Li Xiaogong immediately said: "In this case, we will start acting now, order all the soldiers to hand over the dry rations, and I will lead the army to the west tonight." ”

The three of them saluted together, turned around and retreated, Li Xiaogong stopped Huang Junhan, "General Huang, wait a moment." ”

Huang Junhan stopped, Li Xiaogong stepped forward and looked at him silently for a moment, and patted him on the shoulder, "Take care of yourself, I hope we won't meet on the battlefield in the future." ”

Huang Junhan's eyes were a little red, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word, Li Xiaogong smiled: "I know in my heart, don't explain anymore, I fully understand your decision, if I wasn't surnamed Li, maybe I would have the same choice as you." ”

"Your Highness, take care!"

Huang Junhan knelt down and bowed deeply, got up and strode away........

That night, the Tang army divided into two routes, Li Xiaogong crossed the river from the west under the pretext of taking all the grain with him, and also took away 20,000 descendant troops, while Huang Junhan led 60,000 Nanjun troops to stay in the Tang army camp.

Just two hours after Li Xiaogong left, Huang Junhan sent a confidant general to cross the river to surrender to the Sui army.

In the military tent in the camp of the Sui army, Zhang Xuan and Fang Xuanling listened to the expression of Huang Junhan's henchmen asking for surrender, and couldn't help but look at each other, this result did not occur to the two of them, Li Xiaogong actually left 60,000 Nanjun troops to retreat west, needless to say, Li Xiaogong took away all the food, leaving tens of thousands of soldiers in a desperate situation to them.

Zhang Xuan immediately asked Huang Junhan's henchmen to be brought down first, and he asked Fang Xuanling: "What does the military advisor think of this matter?" ”

"This matter should not be faked, as long as we are cautious, they have no chance at all, the key is whether His Highness is willing to accept Huang Junhan's surrender, or whether he is willing to accept the 60,000 troops, Weichen feels that this is the key."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "Frankly speaking, I can understand the difficulty of Li Xiaogong making this decision, because giving up 60,000 soldiers from Nanjun is equivalent to completely giving up the vast territory of southern Jingzhou from the Yangtze River to the South China Sea, Li Xiaogong will definitely be severely punished by Li Yuan because of this decision, I believe he himself understands this, but he has no choice." ”

"Has Your Highness accepted the surrender?"

"Why not?"

Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "Li Xiaogong's decision will also allow us to successfully take Jiangxia and even the entire Jingbei without spending a single soldier." ”

Fang Xuanling also came to his senses, and gave a thumbs up and praised: "Your Highness can still see it thoroughly!" ”

.........

That night, Jang Hyun and Hwang Junhan agreed on the details of the surrender.

As soon as the morning dawned, a group of Tang soldiers walked to the bank of Fushui, put down their weapons and armor, and then went to the west ten miles away to cross the river to the north to accept the reorganization of the Sui army.

Although the decision to surrender was very sudden for the 60,000 Tang troops, it did not arouse resistance or anger among the Tang soldiers, on the contrary, when Huang Junhan told everyone that His Royal Highness the King of Qi had promised to send them all back to their hometowns and reunite with their families, the camp immediately resounded with a long-lasting cheer.

The grain was cut off, the will to war had disappeared, and no one was willing to die for the Tang Dynasty anymore.

Ten miles to the west, twenty 2,000-stone boats from the mouth of the Fushui River became temporary ferries, transporting boatloads of surrendered soldiers to the north bank, where they were immediately taken to temporary prisoner of war camps by Sui cavalry.

Each time the soldiers will not be taken away more than 2,000 people, this is also a common means of dealing with the soldiers, in the place of surrender the soldiers are often unstable, a large number of soldiers gathered is easy to cause turmoil or mutiny, so it is necessary to strictly prevent a large number of soldiers from gathering.

Zhang Xuan rode on a war horse and watched the soldiers cross the river with dozens of generals, while Xu Shiji was responsible for leading the army to collect the large number of armor piled up on the bank.

At this time, several Sui soldiers took Huang Junhan in front of Zhang Xuan, and Huang Junhan knelt down on one knee and said: "Huang Junhan is willing to serve His Highness as a dog and horse, I hope His Highness will include it!" ”

Before surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, Huang Junhan was a ten-year general in Xiangyang County, and he was also an important figure in the Huang family.

Although he had a deep personal friendship with Li Xiaogong, Huang Junhan was already deeply disappointed in the Tang Dynasty, and this time he sincerely surrendered to the Northern Sui.

Although his plan to survive with a broken arm helped Li Xiaogong evacuate Fushui smoothly, it also ruined all the achievements of the Tang Dynasty in destroying Xiao Miao.

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, helped Huang Junhan up, and said sincerely: "General Huang can lead tens of thousands of soldiers to lay down their arms, end the war, and make indelible contributions to the restoration of Jingzhou's people's livelihood. ”

"It is the blessing of life to follow His Highness!"

Zhang Xuan immediately named him a general, gave him the title of Duke of Wuchang County, and ordered his soldiers to take him to the camp to rest first, Huang Junhan did not expect that he could get such a high position, he was overjoyed, and thanked him repeatedly, so he followed Zhang Xuan's personal soldiers to the Sui army camp.

At this time, Luo Shixin, who was confused, asked Fang Xuanling in a low voice on the side: "Military advisor, I am really a little puzzled by my humble position, this Huang Junhan has mediocre martial arts and a small reputation, and I haven't heard of any proud achievements in him, why does the marshal value him so much that he actually gave him the high position of general and county duke?" ”

Fang Xuanling also explained to him with a low smile: "General, don't underestimate this Huang Junhan, with him, we can firmly sit in Jingbei, especially Xiangyang County, the Tang Dynasty won the hearts of the people there, even if we seize Xiangyang County, there will be continuous internal troubles, and Huang Junhan has been in Xiangyang for ten years, many people regard him as a reborn parent, with him we have the capital to confront the Tang Dynasty in Xiangyang County, and the other Jingbei counties are only Xiangyang Ma Shou, Xiangyang is stable, and the other counties are also stable, His Royal Highness is such a shrewd person, How can you do a loss-making business? ”

Luo Shixin suddenly realized, it turned out that there were still so many famous halls hidden here, he admired the handsome more and more in his heart, the handsome man was young, but he could have such a deep vision, no wonder he could be the emperor, as long as he followed him loyally, the glory and wealth of his descendants did not have to worry.

The more Luo Shixin thought about it, the more excited he became, he couldn't wait to behave well immediately, he hurriedly stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Marshal Qiqi, since the Fushui War has ended, I am willing to lead the troops north to support General Luo Cheng!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and nodded, "It's okay, you can lead 10,000 infantry cavalry troops to the north, the infantry is responsible for capturing the green copper mine, destroy the defenders, let the mine continue to mine, don't be affected by the war, and the cavalry will converge with General Luo Cheng, but you have to remember that you can show off your might, but you are not allowed to really attack Wuchang County." ”

"Obey the order!"

Luo Shixin's face was flushed with excitement, and he immediately turned his horse away, Zhang Xuan looked at his distant back, and felt a little strange in his heart, what was this kid excited about, was he stimulated by something?

He glanced at Fang Xuanling strangely, "What did the military advisor say to him?" ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly: "Weichen told him that he would not suffer a loss if he followed the marshal to do business, maybe he wanted to become a general." ”

Zhang Xuan laughed, "This kid is still a little too young to be a general, unless he goes back to give birth to a son immediately, for his son's sake, I may mention it to him again." ”

"How is Your Highness going to fight next?"

"Do you have any good advice?"

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Weichen thought about it last night, relying on Li Xiaogong's westward retreat alone is not enough to make Li Shenfu succumb, Weichen suggested that His Royal Highness capture Xiangyang first, once Xiangyang County is taken, Li Shenfu will not be able to hold Jiangxia no matter what." ”

(To be continued.) )