The quality of Lin Zhengbiao's army was uneven, and after the forced march for two days and two nights, this uneven quality was particularly obvious, and the 40,000 troops dragged about 20 miles long, and once this kind of army encountered an ambush, it was too late to assemble to defend against the enemy, not to mention that they had entered the encirclement of the Sui army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, Luo Shixin led 10,000 troops to kill from the north and south in two teams, cutting the Chu army into two, the Chu army was in chaos, many generals commanded the soldiers to resist, but most of the soldiers were exhausted, and they were affected by other fleeing soldiers, and they were quickly defeated with only a little resistance.

The field was full of desperately fleeing soldiers, throwing away their armor and everything that affected their escape speed, even weapons and rice bags, and soldiers who could not escape knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

10,000 cavalry in the back of the rapid pursuit, many fleeing soldiers were galloping by the cavalry running like a lightning head off their heads, the head fell to the ground, the corpse rolled, but the cavalry did not stop, continued to kill the next target, under the full pursuit of the cavalry, most of the Chu soldiers could not escape, either kneeling and surrendering, or died under the sword of the Sui cavalry.

Lin Zhengbiao took more than a dozen personal soldiers to the west and fled desperately, running out of more than 20 miles in one breath, and there were gradually no pursuers behind, so they breathed a long sigh of relief, and then another army came to the west, which really scared Lin Zhengbiao half to death, and finally saw that it was the banner of the Chu army, so he took his own soldiers to meet him.

Rushing to the front, the leader of the general was Zhao Yanlu, he led an army of about 3,000 old and weak, the soldiers were even more physically weak, and they couldn't keep up with the main army, so they had to slow down behind, but they escaped the encirclement and ambush of the Sui army.

Zhao Yanlu also saw Lin Zhengbiao, and was shocked, so he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Why is the lord here?" ”

Lin Zhengbiao said with annoyance: "I was ambushed by the Sui army, I fled desperately with the speed of my horse, the army was behind, and I didn't know whether I was alive or dead." ”

Zhao Yanlu was so frightened that he froze, Lin Zhengbiao was so anxious that if he didn't leave, the Sui cavalry would catch up again, he hurriedly shouted: "Come with me, if you don't leave, the Sui cavalry will catch up?" ”

When the soldiers heard that there were pursuers behind, they were so frightened that they turned around and ran, the reason why Lin Zhengbiao fled to the Ganjiang River was because Lu Fei was still leading three thousand troops behind, and Zhao Yanlu looked down on the three thousand old and weak troops, but he could also use them as a meat shield.

After obtaining Lu Fei's 3,000 elite army, he could flee to the south.

Two days later, Lin Zhengbiao led the army to arrive at the place where he had crossed the river before, there was no boat on the riverside, looking at the empty river, Lin Zhengbiao was even more anxious, it stands to reason that Lu Fei just went back to clean up the aftermath, at most only one or two hours later than them, so that he has not crossed the river until now, could it be that he encountered the Sui army, and they didn't have time to cross the river?

At this time, Zhao Yanlu sighed, "Don't you understand?" Why did the Sui army ambush on the east bank of Ganshui, this is clearly the Lu brothers secretly collaborating with the enemy and instigating the lord to go to Poyang County, of course Lu Fei did not dare to appear again, he was a thief! ”

Lin Zhengbiao's heart was also a little shaken, he thought that Lu Ping also disappeared unexpectedly before the Sui army came, could it be that the two of them really betrayed themselves?

At this moment, there was a sudden frightened shout from the soldiers, Lin Zhengbiao turned around, and was suddenly frightened, only to see three armies behind them, surrounded them in the shape of "Pin", each army was about more than 3,000 people, and the middle army flag was inlaid with gold edges, which was the king flag of the Sui army, which meant that Zhang Xuan, the king of Qi, was in the army.

The three armies approached step by step, Lin Zhengbiao and the soldiers kept retreating, followed by the Ganjiang River, the three armies changed from a zigzag to a semicircle, at this time, Zhao Yanlu gritted his teeth and said: "I protect the lord to break through from the south, otherwise we will all die here!" ”

"Then let's do it!" Lin Zhengbiao gritted his teeth, and he had no choice.

Zhao Yanlu yelled, "Kill!" ”

He led a hundred soldiers to rush to the south with a big sword, and Lin Zhengbiao followed behind Zhao Yanlu and galloped, and he also used a big knife.

At this time, the three thousand Sui soldiers in the south raised their crossbows together, and the cold crossbows aimed at them, Zhao Yanlu did not stop, he killed the Sui soldiers like crazy.

There was a bangzi sound, and the three thousand Sui soldiers shot crossbow arrows at the same time, and the dense crossbow arrows shot at the more than 100 people who rushed towards him, Zhao Yanlu was immediately shot like a hedgehog and killed on the spot, and the hundreds of soldiers behind him were also shot by arrows and fell off their horses, and none of them survived.

Lin Zhengbiao, who was running behind, was also hit by more than 20 arrows, his strength disappeared suddenly, and the big knife fell to the ground, just at the moment when Lin Zhengbiao fell off his horse, he actually saw a Sui general on the opposite side, it was none other than Lu Ping, who disappeared unexpectedly, at the moment before death, Lin Zhengbiao suddenly understood everything.

But he no longer had a chance, and after falling off the horse, his body turned into a corpse.

Lu Ping silently watched Lin Zhengbiao die, his eyes showed a trace of sadness, but this is war, and he and his brother are also tools in Zhang Xuan's hands.

At this time, Zhang Xuan coldly ordered: "Those who surrender will not die, and those who resist will be killed!" ”

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The fall of the three Lin brothers meant that the third hard bone in the south was gnawed, and it also meant that the power of the Northern Sui expanded eastward to the area of Yuzhang County.

A fleet is slowly sailing north in Poyang Lake, as the first big ship, Zhang Xuan is listening to Fang Xuanling's report on inspecting Qichun County, Fang Xuanling did not come directly to Yuzhang County after his physical recovery, but took a boat from Pengze County to Qichun County on the north bank of the Yangtze River to inspect.

Qichun County was originally Xiao Miao's territory, but Qichun itself belonged to Jianghuai, when Zhang Xuan destroyed Du Fuwei to take Jianghuai, Li Shimin seized Jiangxia again, Xiao Mi had to give up Qichun County in the gap between the two powers, Qichun County Taishou turned to Northern Sui allegiance, Fang Xuanling was entrusted by Zhang Xuan to pacify the officials of Qichun County.

But Fang Xuanling's real task was to assess the defense and security of Qichun County.

"Qichun County is west of the Han River and south of the Yangtze River, facing Jiangxia County across the river, it can be said that it is a bridgehead for attacking Jiangxia County, and the threat to Jiangxia County is great, if I am Li Shimin, I will definitely take Qichun County as a defensive buffer in the east of Jiangxia County."

"Sir, do you think Li Shimin will do this?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

Of course he wanted to, but he couldn't transport the army across the river because he didn't have a warship.

"The Tang army doesn't even have a ship to transport soldiers!"

"They have a few cargo ships, but His Highness should also understand that if there is no naval strength to control the Yangtze River, the Tang army will only kill itself if it crosses the river, and Li Shimin will not make such a meaningless decision."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Mr. is right, this time we attacked Lin Shihong, although the Tang army appeared frequently, but they never dared to intervene, or because they lacked a naval army and lacked confidence, Li Shimin originally wanted to deceive his warship under the pretext of aiding Lin Shihong."

At first, Lin Shihong refused, but if Lin Shihong couldn't withstand our pressure, it was very likely that he would sacrifice part of the warship in exchange for the assistance of the Tang Army, but Lin Shihong died at a critical moment, giving us time, even if Lin Zhengwei finally compromised, it was too late, we have blocked the mouth of Poyang Lake, so it is better to ask for others than for ourselves, if the Tang Army started building ships earlier, it would not be so passive today. ”

Fang Xuanling smiled, "The navy needs to accumulate slowly, it is impossible to achieve it overnight, if His Royal Highness had not begun to vigorously develop the shipbuilding industry in Beihai County, there would not be our powerful navy today, even so, our navy is also accumulating step by step, growing little by little, the Tang army has lost its first hand, and it is already difficult to remedy it, at most it can only be carried out in Guanlong or Bashu to engage in transportation, by the way, I almost forgot one thing, an important piece of information came from Chang'an, and the Tang army was ready to use a raft." ”

Zhang Xuan was stunned, "Using a raft? ”

"Exactly!"

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "It should not be the kind of small raft we imagined, but a large raft, I saw it when I traveled to Jincheng County eight years ago, transporting supplies on the Yellow River, and the cargo capacity is equivalent to a thousand-stone warship." ”

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but laugh dumbly, "It seems that the Tang Army's urgent need for ships has reached the point of starvation, which also shows that Liu Lan has successfully worked hard, I have to reward them well, and I actually intercepted the Bashu Tang Army on the gorge for twenty days, completely changing the situation in the south, and this credit can be crowned the Duke of the county." ”

"That's His Royal Highness's insight into people, and he appointed Liu Lancheng exceptionally, and he didn't live up to His Highness's expectations."

Speaking of knowing people, Zhang Xuan hesitated a little and asked Fang Xuanling: "There is also about the Lu brothers, there are already several generals who have persuaded me to kill them, what do the military advisors think?" ”

"I wonder what sin they have committed that they need to be killed?" Fang Xuanling asked puzzled.

"They didn't commit a crime, but made a great contribution, if it weren't for their internal response, I wouldn't have killed Lin Shihong so easily."

"If you have done a great job, why kill them?"

Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "It's because they are ruthless and vicious, instigated Lin Zhengbiao to kill his brother and father, and finally betrayed Lin Zhengbiao, the soldiers are extremely disgusted with his two brothers and are unwilling to be with such people." ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly: "First of all, these two people were sent by His Highness to go undercover, so no matter what they do, they should protect the interests of His Highness, as for being vicious and ruthless, I don't think it's a crime, just like a knife, it can eliminate evil and promote good, and it can also kill innocents indiscriminately, the key is who will use this knife, of course, the mood of the soldiers is understandable, but His Highness can't only use bright and upright generals, but also need insidious and vicious ministers, some things still need someone to be evildoers, it depends on how His Highness uses them." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, both used it and believed it, Fang Xuanling's persuasion made him finally make up his mind, he knew what he should do.

(To be continued.) )